1)      You’re lazy and think it will be easy. Working from home or online is hard work and a real business. If you don’t treat it like one you will never make a living online let alone a fortune.

2)      You follow fake ‘gurus’ who fill your mind with lies and tricks to make you buy their own products. Most of these gurus don’t make money in any other way then selling you these bogus products. Don’t be a sucker, you have to think for yourself.

3)      You gave up to soon. We see it all the time, people are on the verge of making some money and getting a taste of success online and guess what…they quit! Some people make the jump to success right away, other it takes years, but if you keep on going, keep on learning you will eventually get it.

4)      You think too small. The Internet is a place of unlimited opportunities; don’t waste your time thinking to small.  It’s just as easy to make something work on a large scale then a small scale so if you’re putting the work in you might as well make it worthwhile if you hit a winner.

5)      You can’t focus.  With so many ways to make money online it’s easy to get caught up running around like a chicken with you head cut off trying to chase riches. You got to calm down and focus on one strategy. It doesn’t matter what strategy it is (there are a lot I’ll write about later) but you need to master it. You’re better off mastering 1 strategy then being crappy at a bunch.

6)      You’re scared to take risks. All business has some element of risks. Luckily Internet business you can limit the risk while still having huge potential. Look at  money invested and lost in the beginning as your investment in your online business education. No e-book or seminar can teach you as much as spending a few hundred dollars are watching it disappear. Just make sure you learn why it disappeared and its money well spent.

7)      No discipline.  You have no boss, no one watching over you to make sure you are working. There are thousands of distractions on the Internet and around home. If you can’t block them out and get down to work then you’ll never be able to make it online. Hint* Sometimes leaving the house to work is a good idea to get away from some of these nasty distractions.

Well there you have it. 7 reasons you won’t be able to make money online. Go through the list and decide how many of these affect you and your business.  Learn to fight them and do the opposite and you are sure to find success online. Good luck you little entrepreneur you!

Hacking

Hacking or using scripts to hack into other peoples’ email accounts or social networking accounts is relatively common and it’s illegal. The idea behind hacking in this case is to grab contact lists which you can then spam with your newsletters and advertisements or sometimes viruses intended to steal information.

What to do instead: If you’re going to try to shortcut by getting email lists, at least have the decency to buy those email lists from providers. It’s still a bit scuzzy, but only in terms of irritating people and you ending up in the junk folder more often than not, but at least it’s not illegal.

Scams

Scams abound and they cost internet users across the world tens of millions a year. The wide variety of scams is astounding, as are the people who fall for them. Sure you’ll make money ripping people’s credit cards, bank cards, and other personal information off of them, but as soon as anyone catches you at it, you’ll lose it all and spend some hard time in prison. Most governments are now cracking down hard on internet scammers and it’s far better to get your money honestly and get to keep it rather than get filthy rich fast, lose it all and then go to jail. Plus, of course it’s completely immoral to take other peoples’ money no matter how susceptible they are.

What to do instead: Turn the tables! Instead of being the scammer, write e-books and articles about how to avoid being scammed. Those with knowledge about how to scam others can make a nice living teaching people how to avoid them. Not only is this a completely legal way to make money online, but you’ll be doing everyone a public service as well.

Ghostwriting Doctorate Papers

It’s sad, but true: the power of the internet has made it far easier for students in a Master’s or pHD program to cheat. Whether it’s by cutting/pasting large parts of their paper or hiring someone to write their paper for them, these cheats abound. If you are a freelance writer with any integrity, avoid these projects like the plague. You will spend a couple of months doing someone else’s homework and all of your work will let them carry off the honors and get a better job! Not only is it degrading, but it is immoral and against school policies to have someone else write your papers and employers who have been hoodwinked by a degree that wasn’t really earned are going to be furious.

What to do instead: Do yourself a favour and simply steer clear of this mess. There are plenty of legit writing jobs out there. Opt for working with small internet entrepreneurs, or businesses; these writing jobs are going to be 100% legit and you’ll build businesses relations that aren’t founded on lies. And always check the reviews/credentials of a potential client to make sure they are truly on the up and up.

Non Deliverance of Goods

One of the most common ways to make money illegally across the board? Promise the world and never deliver it. This problem may start as simple poor work ethic and quickly evolves into fraud. You may demand half up front for a piece of art or an article and then vanish. You may demand a credit card number for payment of a product and then the product never shows up. It’s completely illegal, not to mention a horrible business practice.

What to do instead: Always deliver on your promises. Not only will you stay on the right side of the law, but you’ll also stay on the right side of word of mouth-and word of mouth is the best form of free advertising around.

Sadly, there are plenty of immoral people and crooks online and they take advantage of everyone else by ripping them off and stealing things. Don’t be one of them: stick to the legal ways to make money online and you’ll soon be making money online and be doing it in such a way that you won’t land in jail or end up with a poor reputation!

Write Out Your Script

In fact, you don’t even have to write out your script so much as tweak some of your articles that are related to one another.  For example, if you want to do a marketing video for your herbal goat cheese, chances are you’ve already written at least a handful of articles on what herbal goat cheese is, what its benefits are and so on.  With some editing, you can turn your little bundle of articles into a viable script for a quick five to eight minute video (or less or more; whatever you want!).  Recycling your articles means that you can get far more out of each one than you ever thought possible and that’s just good business sense.

If you don’t have any articles yet, think of your video script as an investment into articles.  There’s no reason why your script on herbal goat cheese cannot be turned into a bundle of articles for marketing purposes.  It all links up nicely and costs you nothing.

Use Your Tools

Most laptops and notebooks come installed with webcams and though you have to purchase one for a desktop, nowadays they are so cheap as to be laughable.  Use your little webcam to first take your video and then use a free video editing program to make any adjustments you want to it.  For example, Windows Movie Maker often comes standard on computers as mart of Media Player and it can be easily used to add things like music and text to your video if you like.  You can also hunt around for other free software if you like, just be aware of the fact that it may or may not be fully functional.

Don’t have a webcam and can’t find a program?  Use your digital camera or even your cell phone!  These techs all have video taking capabilities and while the quality may not be stellar, it will be far better than nothing.  If you can get someone to hold the phone or camera steady or find a way to do it yourself, the quality will jump up and then the video can be editing in Media Player or an equivalent program.

Upload It

There are lots of free places to upload your video.  Assuming you want maximum exposure and linking possibilities, post it on YouTube and on your Facebook account and then share them to places like Twitter and others.  Or, put the video on your blog and link back to your website along with a Share button.  The more places you put your videos, the better chances are that more people will see them, so spread the word around!

Marketing videos are considered great ways to make money online for a reason: they cost next to nothing to produce and they help you gain a much wider audience for your products.  Even if you only make a couple of videos, you can see your traffic jump, so it’s well worth trying out for yourself.