I Gotta Make This Internet Marketing Thing Work

My pregnant wife was there.

I was there.

Wow, if only I knew then, what I know now.

Well…who hasn’t’ said that before?

But I recall my frame of mind at the time…

I have no choice…I gotta make this Internet marketing thing work”

When assessing my life circumstance I was right as rain.

I was all-too accustomed and exhausted to this condition in my business back then.

I had yet to comprehend the only REAL shortcut that exists.

I Chased Stars and Rainbows…

I did not know that the pot of gold was in my own backyard. I tend to be a stubborn one.

That stubbornness has served me well in one way at least (by no means, ever quit-right?)

But it has also come back to bite me, with a mentality that seemed to say–

“Forget it, not me…there is no need to work on my listening and communication skills, or how to lead. I’ll find an easier way to get to the top than THAT.”

I didn’t know how hard that would be, trying to find the EASY way.

Because…

Scouting the “Easy Way” is the most Laborious Way of All.

And, you could say…

What Most People Think to be the “Hard Way” is Actually the “Easiest”.

I read Rich Dad Poor Dad, personal development and motivational books.

I went to networking and leadership trainings.

But I never made leadership my number ONE goal–not back then. I just assumed I already was one.

There I was at 30 years old with my expecting wife in my arms.

Chasing the dream.

Two incomes but making enough to be comfortable.

I’d worked hard…real hard.

And then after burning out–after working like a mad-man (chasing all the phony shortcuts most people still chase), I “checked out”.

–Burn Out–

I played catch-up on life.

The color returned to my face.

I smiled more without trying to.

I started a family.

I got my tennis game back.

I caught up on what I had been missing while ‘building the dream.’

There I was again with my baby girl in my lap, needing more income, I found myself in familiar territory…

“I gotta make this internet marketing thing work!”

So I was restlessly working again.. and had been for about a year. I was really stretched thin–working, working…

Trying….

Sitting with my lil girl beside me, trying to find the ‘shortcut’ again. Trying to live up to my ‘big words’ to family and friends, most of whom had forgotten I was a winner.

Trying to uphold my pledge to succeed.

The Million Dollar Chapter Comes…

But within a year from that challenging time, I had figured a piece of it out (the marketing part) and I started attracting business in a BIG way… though I still hadn’t learned how to keep it. I had to go through a very labor intensive learning process because I was still looking for shortcuts in all the wrong places.

Within the first few months of launch I had people joining my networking business before I even had time to make the first follow-up phone call.

It was great, unfortunately there was still plenty of tripping and falling (as I was still learning what I’ll share with you today).

It was actually quite rough… but it WAS a great experience because it forced me to finally– eventually– realize and take the only REAL shortcut that exists… the very thing I was avoiding the entire time because I thought it would be harder, when it was actually much, much easier.

If only I was reading articles like this.

Fast forward– I now head up a growing business. Secure, sustainable, flourishing incredibly fast. Delightful. In perfect balance with my beliefs and goals.

From struggle to now business euphoria, I have learned and lived the only REAL short-cut there is, and how to get people to not just stand in line to join my business… and just stay… but to duplicate in ways that extend far beyond what I imagined possible.

Finding the REAL Short-Cut… And Taking It.

I have always looked for the shortcuts, if only I was looking in the right place.

In my younger years in business, I was constantly falling for the hype, trying to use some new system to generate leads for me. Or to ‘qualify’ them for me.

Yes, I’ve learned to generate my own leads and qualify them. But this aspect of it is SECONDARY to what is most critical for one’s success.

Here’s the “Fundamentals List” most avoid making their number ONE priority in businss:

Focus on Developing…

• A Keen insight (making the finer distinctions)
• An ability to influence others
• Discerning the fluff from the legit opportunities for you
• An ability to create and communicate value
• An ability to attract people to you through networking and marketing
• An ability to inspire others by truly connecting with them, by listening
• An ability to cultivate partnerships

You CAN develop these fundamentals rather quickly, but only if you make that your main aim.

The list is so alien when you’re not ready.

Its like hocus pocus.

It might even be scary.

It makes success seem unattainable. But that’s only if you’re not ready to take responsibility for it.

When you look this fundamental list square in the face, that’s when success gets close.

That’s when you’re getting warmer.

Then, if you don’t take your eyes off this list… that’s when you get hot.

Attractive Marketer Hot.

Doing so puts you on the shortcut… The only REAL shortcut you’ll ever find.

I Wasn’t Ready…

I wasn’t ready to look until I had worked so hard for long trying to bypass ‘the list’ of essentials, that I finally just stumbled into it here and there, over time… over a long period of painstaking time because I didn’t know it was IT.

I thought it was just “part” of it.

Somehow I had exhausted everything else and I just decided to focus only on that list.

I buckled down on ONLY it.

I connected with the right coaching, training and people and developed my skills (the fundamentals list) as QUICKLY AS I POSSIBLY COULD.

I did it because I had to. I was exhausted. It was that or admit failure. And that’s not me.

This is where my stubbornness helped.

And maybe its why I relate so well with the majority out there who struggle… because I was on that path with such intense determination for so long, avoiding the fundamental list just like most do.

My Point In All This?

My message to you is that it doesn’t have to take you as long to find IT as it took me.

It took me a long time because I was stubborn in believing the hype because I wanted to believe it, just like many people reading this want  to believe that relying on others and their systems is the answer…and not you. You don’t want to follow through on this advice because you’re like I was… you’re where I was.

But some of you will take action. And that’s who I’m talking to here.

Don’t get me wrong…

The vehicles you use (the opportunities, system, etc) ARE important obviously… but they are motionless without the list of fundamentals above.

You can’t change the direction of the wind, but you can adjust the sails to reach your destination. That’s what I’m talking about.

I’m talking about  finally being able to navigate yourself from where you are to where you want to be with absolute control, safety, comfort and EASE. Every time with any system.

And…

I’m talking about accomplishing everything you want FASTER by making it your number one intention to focus on the fundamental list.

Are you ready for that?

You are addressing some of this already… likely its the marketing part you’re focused on. That’s good because its one of the things on that list.

But are you consciously addressing the entire list head on?

Is it your number ONE aim?

There are 5 things we will be introducing to you. You’ve likely heard about some of them already. My suggestion is to study what they offer you.

They each help you attack the ‘fundamental list’ head on in very “Easy to Learn It” new ways…

They are:

How to have focus and eliminate the noise.
How to brand yourself.
How to monetize the 95% of people that say “no” to your primary business.

Success doesn’t have to be hard.

But it will be if you don’t take action and attack the fundamentals list head on.

Here it is again:

You Must Have…

>>A Keen insight (making the finer distinctions)<<

>>An ability to influence others<<

>>An ability to create and communicate value<<

>>An ability to attract people to you through networking and marketing<<

>>An ability to inspire others by truly connecting with them, by listening<<

>>An ability to cultivate partnerships<<

You have to initiate all this, directly and head on.

To Your Sucess,

Josh Brisbane