Is it really possible to make money online?

Is it really possible to make money online?
This is the question all newbies and a lot of experienced online entrepreneurs continually ask themselves as they try one opportunity after another without success.
The answer obviously is yes otherwise I would hardly be writing this article would I!
Every so called Guru tells you that their opportunity will make you more money than you’ve ever seen, but you join, spend money on adverts, traffic and solo ads and then give up when you’ve spent a couple of hundred dollars and not got anything back, so what’s different about me?
Nothing really - apart from I’m not a Guru and I will tell you straight that if you expect to join any of my recommended businesses and make instant profits you will not be a happy bunny!
I can however on the upside teach you how, with a system, planning, focus, a very small financial investment and most important of all, a regular commitment of your time, you can slowly build up a source of visitors and your own mailing list that will ultimately become a stream of cash that you can tap at will!
None of this can be done without a serious investment of time! All the promises of instant profit are playing on the natural greed of us humans even the ones that promise to send you traffic and close sales for you won’t deliver instantly.
I joined such a programme in January and despite having had over 30,000 unique visitors to my affiliate site I have only 6 people in my downline although this does mean a profit of $40 per month after my affiliate fees of $20. The reason I am sharing this with you is just to reinforce how many people you have to show your opportunity to for any kind of return (and also in the hope you’ll sign up!).
I have left this programme to its own devices till now just to see how the operators delivered on their promises and now, as I have been in profit for the last 3 months I am going to promote the programme to my mailing lists which should deliver a much better conversion rate.
Any person wanting to make money online (as in life) needs first to equip themselves with the right information and tools for the job, then apply themselves fully to the task at hand.
The old cliché ‘Fail to plan then you plan to Fail’ doesn’t mean there is any single correct answer out there, but it does mean that all the solutions have one thing in common which is a plan, that when put into practice will deliver visitors to your business in a constant stream.
You must be aware that not all visitors are equal!
The 30,000 unique visitors delivered above will be as a result of pop unders or exit pop ups or some other automated traffic delivery system and that explains the poor conversion rate whereas your own list should deliver that number of sales to every 1000 visitors or so. This doesn’t mean that the automated systems are worthless but it does mean you don’t want to be paying too much money for the visitors delivered and you also have to design your capture page to make an instant impact and call to action as you probably only have fractions of a second to get your message over.
Your mailing list on the other hand should be very responsive but you have to be careful about the offers you pass on to these people as once your credibility is blown you won’t make any sales at all!
You’re probably now thinking to yourself that all this is just common sense and that you know everything I have said - and you probably do!
But do you use this information every day to build your business?
If you do that’s great and you are probably moving steadily towards whatever your financial goals are, however most people flit from one ‘Magic Pill’ to another never settling down to the daily grind of building their business which is the only sure way of succeeding on or off line.
I have a free re-brandable marketing course available for you to download at my website which will help you generate free visitors and build a responsive mailing list.

David Hall
My Links
http://www.freetrafficforu.com
http://www.guaranteedtrafficforu.com
http://www.prodigiousprofits.com
http://www.davidhallpips.com
http://www.profitmart.com