The Online Trader Newsletter - published by Richard Grady

Hi Folks!

Small Steps

Ok, here's the thing...

Many people start off their online business in totally the wrong way. By this I mean that their expectations are too high.

I am sorry to be the one to say it, but it is a fact that the vast majority of people that start an online business will not end up earning enough money to give up their jobs.

There, I have said it - it might not be what you want to hear but it is true. In fairness, this fact is no different in the 'real' offline world - whilst there are many people that would like to give up their job in order to run their own business, few actually succeed in doing this.

HOWEVER if you set your sights a little lower, it is much easier to earn 'pocket money' from the Internet to boost your normal income. When I say pocket money, I am talking a few hundred dollars/pounds a month, so a worthwhile sum.

If you start your online business with the intention of making, say, $500 a month, you have a much better chance of being successful AND there is every possibility that your business will gradually grow to a size where you CAN give up the day job.

If you start out wanting to earn, say, $5000 or more a month from day one, you will quickly become disappointed, lose interest and probably give the whole thing up as a bad job. If your mindset had been a little different, who knows, you may have succeeded?

With all of the other distractions that surround us when trying to get an online business off the ground (family/work commitments etc) you have a far greater chance of success if you keep things as simple as possible and don't put too much pressure on yourself to make a fortune.

At the end of the day, a few hundred dollars/pounds a month extra is better than nothing - this was exactly the view that I took when I started 'playing around' on the Net and I was over the moon the first month that I cleared $500!

Small steps are the way to go - don't try and do everything in one big leap because it just won't happen.

Remember also that hundreds of people ARE managing to give up their jobs every month in order to work for themselves online. It is tough but it certainly isn't impossible :-)

What do you want?

I have been publishing my newsletters, in one form or another, for almost three years now and every couple of weeks I sit down at my computer and bash out an article or two that I think may be of interest to you, the reader.

I figure that in terms of delivering good content, I am doing ok since the vast majority of you keep reading and I continue to attract new subscribers. However, it occurred to me that there may be questions that you would like me to answer but that you are too afraid to ask :-)

So if you have any questions (related to working online or Internet marketing only please!), then let me know and if I think that they have broad appeal, I will try and answer them in future editions of this newsletter.

Whilst I will try and acknowledge all emails sent to me, please do not be offended if I am unable to provide you with a personal response to your actual question and bear in mind that this newsletter is now read by over 30,000 people which could result in quite a few questions!

And Finally....

My online friend and moderator of my Trader Online Forum, Andy Henry, has recently purchased the resale rights to an excellent new package designed to help anyone that is struggling to get started online. Andy has agreed to offer the package at a discounted price to subscribers of this newsletter.

Rather than describe in great detail what is actually included, I am simply going to tell you that the title of one of the eBooks included in the package is 'The Truth About Making Love and Internet Marketing'. They say that 'sex sells' and if that is true, I shouldn't need to say anything else to have you rushing over to check this offer out :-)

And don't worry - there is nothing remotely offensive about this package, so please don't think that I have redirected my online efforts towards a more seedier goal :-)

You can find out more about Andy's offer at: http://www.thetraderonline.com/makinglove.html

Until next time....

Richard Grady