I have recently decided to take a few online courses and learn how to internet market. I have a degree in marketing and have been in professional sales for almost thirty years, but am fascinated by the growth of the internet and the emergence of the field of internet marketing. I figured out (highlighting the obvious) that it all boils down to getting your message, product or service viewed online by as many people as possible. My goal in the next few months is to create a web site and work to get it positioned on the first page of a selected niche on Google. Probably easier said than done, but it got me to thinking about how and why people succeed and fail in internet marketing. The statistics are rather staggering as Ive read that the overall failure rate of people dreaming of becoming an internet entrepreneur is well over 90%. I did some research, on Google of course, and uncovered some other rather sobering statistics which Id like to share with you.
1) 50% of college freshman eventually graduated. (Amer.College of Testing)
2) 70% of people who graduated from law school became lawyers. (Amer. Bar Assoc.)
3) The percentage of people who went to Weight Watchers and lost weight:
19.4% w/in 5 lbs of weight loss goal. 42.6% maintained a loss of 5% or more. 18.8% maintained a loss of 10% or more.(2001, Journal of Obesity)
4) 12-15% of Americans have a gym or health club membership. 40% use their membership. Less than half of them work out regularly and vigorously. Roughly 3% of Americans have a gym membership and actually use it effectively.(2006, The Amer. Economic Review)
5) 7% of smokers succeeded in quitting on their first try. (Healthy Living)[Chris Farrell Membership]6) 60% of restaurants fail.
57% franchise 61% independent (1991 study from Michigan State/Cornell Univ.)
7) 4.2% of boys who enter the Boy Scouts end up earning the rank of Eagle Scout.(Boy Scouts of America)
8) 24% of people between 18-50 years of age have tattoos. 48% of people between 18-29 yrs have tattoos or piercings in places other thantheir ear lobe. (Journal of Amer. Dermatology)
9) 15% of people abstained from having sex until after their 21st birthday.(Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
Okay, Im not sure what these last two have to do with success and failure, but interesting statistics, none the less.
So why do people fail at so many things and why dont I just give up on my internet dream right now? The rather simple answer is that people who fail at a goal lack the desire, the will and perseverance to stick to it. I believe that often people succeed in areas in which they are strongly motivated and fail in areas where they are not. So were not all failures at everything. So when the realities of staying in school, loosing weight or quitting smoking creep in, its easier to just give up. Vince Lombardi once said that when the going gets tough, the tough get going. Lombardi had many good quotes and the reality is that only the mentally strong succeed. As Coach Deslin, my old high school football coach use to say, You have to want it so bad that you can taste it.
In addition to this Proverbs 27:12 said that if you are failing to plan, you are planning to fail So the take home message for me is to make a goal and stick with it even when its not easy. Also when making these goals they must be planned before they are executed. Goals should be written down and broken down to daily tasks, as well as weekly, monthly and overall objectives. So if I make concrete, written goals and if I want it bad enough, then I am sure to succeed. Winston Churchill once said at the height of World War Two in 1941: Never give innever, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense
What does this have to do with Chris Farrells Membership Program? Nothing at all. Its important to understand that where there is a will, there is a way and Chris Farrells internet marketing training will get you off to the right start.
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