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Old 04-13-2005, 10:58 PM  
Paul Markham
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Making $20 a month is not impossible or even unlikely. But it's not easy.

You need skills, application, talent and the ability to market. Do not cut corners, compromise or cheat.

Skills, do you have a skill that the world needs?

Application, are you prepared to work at it?

Talent, is the little ingredient that puts you above all the others doing the same as you.

Marketing, you may be God's gift to something but to make money you need the ability to sell yourself/product.

Cutting corners, there are few short cuts to success. Simply because others are taking that route.

Compromise, stay true to your beliefs. Learn as you go but be true to yourself.

Cheating, look around you at the cheats. Most of them could not raise $200 if they had to. Doing one deal makes you one profit. Doing the same deal time and time again makes you rich.

Look at me and if you were here think back 3 years when I arrived. I was told by all the experts my content is not needed, I did not understand the Internet so would not succeed and my attitude was not right for selling to Adult Webmasters. Most of those experts are now gone or out of the content business.

I stayed true to the above.

Now can you?
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