“I don’t owe anyone anything. They should pay me if they want something of value.”
The phrase above is the mindset of most people.
Unfortunately, it’s the same reason why they don’t make money online.
You see, they have the money making equation wrong.
When it comes to selling online, there’s one little trick that will bring you all the money you want.
I first learned about this technique in the classic book, Influence.
What’s the secret?
Reciprocation.
If you give people FREE information, the chances of them buying something from you SKY-ROCKETS!
Why?
Because people trust and feel indebted to those who either do something for them or give them something free.
There are two things that will make you money online:
1) Free content
2) Traffic
To get traffic, you must create content.
To get people to reciprocate, you must also create content.
So, what’s the moral of the story?
Simple.
Forget about money and focus on helping people.
The more content you create, the more people you’ll help, and the more reciprocation you’ll get.
Write, publish, repeat.
Don’t ever look back, keep moving forward.
Forget about how much traffic you’re getting.
Forget about how much money you made yesterday.
Forget about what other people are doing.
Live life, write your experiences, show people how to fix a problem or improve their lives, and forget everything else.
Do that, my friend, and success will come.
You may able to break rules, but you can’t change the laws of success.
One more time…
Write.
Publish.
Repeat.
Don’t do anything else except be patient and know that success is coming.
How long will it take?
If I gave you that magical answer, it would take you 3x longer.
If that doesn’t make sense to you now, don’t worry, it will.
Just wait.
Talk soon,
-Alexander Writer
Al says
Great stuff as usual.
A little off-topic but what is your opinion on pen names and using them for a blog or anything else really? Do you use a pen name?
Thanks
Alexander Writer says
Hi Al,
Yes, Alexander Writer is a pen name. It’s a matter of personal preference really. As long as you’re honest with your audience that it’s a pen name, it shouldn’t be an issue.