It was encouraging to read the story about Darren Rowse and his journey as a blogger until reaching success. A lot of the online marketers and business owners that I know, pretty much have the same story.
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Here is what Darren says about his time frame to success: “…while there are stories around of people making good money from blogs much faster than I have, from what I know of the many bloggers that read this blog my own increases have been faster than most. I’ve had my fair share of luck, I worked insane hours and I started out at a time that was a lot less competitive than it is now - all of these things have contributed to any success I might have had. It took me over 1.5 years to get things to a point where I could say it was a part time thing and another year after than before I went full time. It takes time.”
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One of the reasons that many people feel that things are going so slow is that the media always picks up stories of get-rich-quick types of situations because they sell well.
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Don’t you like to read when some lottery winner claims the prize of millions? But in the real world, there are very few situations that happen that way, especially in business.
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Let me illustrate it to you in another way. I have been a financial advisor for years and write about it to this day. I have seen individuals and families throughout the years come into sudden money that they received from various circumstances.
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I can’t think of one exception where the one receiving it didn’t run through it in a very short time. We have all heard of the lottery winners that have their families ruined and nothing left soon after.
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What does that have to do with growth and time? The long-term success of a business has to do with developing your USP and then steadily, continuously applying it and using it as a compass to make sure your business is on track.
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The second important aspect is that you are dealing with the satisfying of your customers. Building trust, reputation, and quality are one of those things that will never happen rapidly. Remember, you are building a business; it must be done one step at a time.
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Read here for another post I wrote recently about this subject.
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