How I First Got Started In Entrepreneurship

by Gideon Shalwick on August 31, 2009 · 13 comments

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1 Michelle August 31, 2009 at 6:59 am

A nice little snap-shot Gideon of your path to date. I’m looking forward to you expanding more on the four step formula. :)

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2 Taner Tozan August 31, 2009 at 3:51 pm

Hey Gideon,

Thank you for answering my question. I guess it’s just hard picking one idea and focusing soley on that. But I am at the point right now where I have feel like I have all of these great ideas (literally notebooks full), but I just dont know where to go from there. Should i just pick one and commit to making it successful?

Also, I have a passion for internet marketing. PPC is my #1 choice when it comes to internet marketing because I dont have the money for a website. Now, I havent made any money; actually I have lost close to $500. I feel like i’ve learned things about PPC marketing that are far more valuable than $500. Call me crazy. But its addicitng. Do you have any tips?

I’m sure i’ll have lots more questions for you : ) Next time i’m going to make a video response or post a video question. Thanks again.

-Taner

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3 admin August 31, 2009 at 5:14 pm

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4 Tyrone Shum September 1, 2009 at 7:37 pm

Hey Taner,

I totally agree with Gideon about focusing on one thing. You may not see success in the early stages and it may look that you are spending more in time and resources, though the end results is all due to preparation and the focus you put in.

I’m a little like what Gideon has said – I started with many things, though I realise it takes twice or three times longer to get things done.

Furthermore I found I got busy but not productive.

Sometimes it’s just taking a leap of faith and just focus on that one thing e.g. PPC in your case.

Good luck and love to hear your story!

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5 Zsolt September 2, 2009 at 6:24 am

Hi Gideon! I am so glad you started this blog. I’ll be a regular reader for sure. I really loved the Become A Blogger Premium program. Since I’ve been thinking of getting into this online video thing, I hope I will learn a lot from you.

One more thing. I tried to opt-in for your upcoming Success Report, but after hitting the ‘Add me’ button I got a 404, page not found error. Could you please look into this?

Thanks and keep up the good work!

Zsolt
(Hungary)

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6 Gideon Shalwick September 6, 2009 at 7:45 pm

Hey Zsolt

I have now fixed the optin process and it all should work fine now.

Thanks for letting me know!

Gideon

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7 Leslie, The Freebie Guy September 2, 2009 at 2:04 pm

I just had to add my two cents. What Gideon (and Tyrone) said is 100% true. A jack of all trades is a master at none. It’s easy to think that if you do a bunch of things that can make you a little money here and there that you will be successful. However, all that ends up happening is you burn yourself out.

I’m just like they said. It’s easy for me to try to do a whole bunch of different things and it has taken A LOT of energy for me to focus in on one thing at a time. But when I did that, I started being successful.

My recommendation would be to find something you are passionate about and give it your all. If PPC is your number 1 choice, become a Master of PPC :)

All the best!

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8 Carole November 4, 2009 at 9:30 am

Hi Gideon

Just discovered this new blog of yours. I am following your Become a Blogger program at the moment so this will be great extra material for me. One question: how do you intend to monetize this blog? Will you be running courses/selling affiliate products? And do you recommend NOT having any monetization on a brand new blog but introducing it as you start to build a following?
Carole

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9 Gideon Shalwick November 4, 2009 at 4:29 pm

Hey Carole

At the moment I’m just kinda doing this blog for fun and for relationship building and “testing the waters”. But once it takes off, I will likely monetize it yes. As you can see on the top right hand side, I am already starting to build my email list for this blog – that will set me up for all sorts of income streams a bit later on.

But for now, my emphasis is just on providing lots of valuable content and getting to know my audience.

Talk soon!

Gideon

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10 Matt November 26, 2009 at 9:45 am

I really enjoy the blog, it provide great content. I’m new to this blogging stuff and I am just learning about trackbacks, I didn’t see a trackback URL? did I miss something.

Thanks.
Matt

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11 Gideon Shalwick November 26, 2009 at 9:50 am

Just approved it now Matt!

Thanks for the link love!

Gideon

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