So What Major Success Lesson Can Newbie Marketers Learn From Marathon Runners?
So have you or anyone you know, ever run (and or) aggressively competed, in a 26.2 mile marathon?
As you might imagine, even those that finish in the bottom rung, have definitely worked their you know what’s off,right?
Of course, (right about) now, you’re definitely wondering, (what?) if anything, does your potential long term online success, have to do with running (and or) aggressively competing, in an extremely grueling marathon, you so skeptically ask?
Well, turns out, quite a bit! As you will no doubt discover, in just a little bit! So please (hang in there), and be patient!Because learning (this extremely critical) lesson, is well worth your time invested!
So What If Anything Can Today’s Aspiring Online Newbie Marketer Possibly Learn From A Simple Marathon Runner About Long Term Success?
Just to properly set the stage here!As previously mentioned, in the prior paragraphs above.
You can literally take the bottom 20%, or (the slowest) twenty runners, out of a (highly) elite class of 100 marathon runners, and even though they may officially record, the twenty slowest times, those extremely dedicated athletes, have work incredibly hard, to get to that point in their careers!
Would you not agree?Absolutely!Now then, (what pray tell) if anything, does that seemingly obvious statement of fact, (possibly) have to do with any of today’s aspiring online newbie marketers chances, for achieving (on or offline) success?
So glad you asked! The main connection, is simply this! Unfortunately, far too many aspiring business owners/entrepreneurs.
Especially as it (directly) relates to, exactly what it really takes, to be successful online!
To (direct quote) my buddy Timothy Gagnon of (TimothyGagnon.com fame), “I think another reason most people fail at this kind of work is because they don’t realize it requires a lot of time and hard-work. They dive in thinking that all they have to do is make a website, upload a few articles, and the sales will arrive the next day.”
Does that pretty much nail it or what? 😎
Where Or How Do So Many Of Today’s Aspiring Online Marketers Get The Mistaken Idea That Long Term Success Is Simply A Matter Of One And Done?
As Timothy’s well thought out (and ) brutally honest comment (readily) points out. Successful online marketing in general and strategic blogging in particular, (without a doubt) requires an extremely l-o-n-g term commitment and strategic, (and realistic) goal setting.
And it also requires periodic, ongoing readjustments, (testing) here and there! Just to name a few basic requirements.Right?
However, when you directly contrast that way of (realistic thinking), to this (all too) common sentiment of, I call simply train one time and suddenly, I’m ready to (seriously) compete in the Olympics!Yeah right! 😎
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Or equally as bad, (and all too) common as well, is this pervasive mentally, (that somehow), an aspiring newbie marketer, that initially chooses (pro-active) blogging, as one of their primary marketing tools.
Somehow they can initially publish ten or so, (fairly bland) pieces of (at best), semi helpful content.
And not post again for next 60 to 90 days, but (still), miraculously, all the major search engines like Google, Yahoo and Bing etc; are supposed to constantly supply them, (not only with) tons of daily free traffic, but their sales should therefore, constantly climb and multiply as well!
(Reality check! What planet are these people from?)
Your Overall Proactive Consistency Of Effort Is Definitely One Of The True Long Term Keys To Success!(Don’t You Agree?)
So don’t be fooled in the least! Even the bottom 20% of 100 elite marathon runners, are constantly working extremely hard!
As so to, are those extremely dedicated online entrepreneurs, even though they may or may not be, (currently) earning millions, or ten of millions of dollars annually, like some of the most famous online gurus and guru-ettes among us! 😎
But whether they never do! The real point is, long term success of any kind, simply doesn’t happen overnight!Would you not agree?
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And that my friend(s) is the (very real) success lessons, today’s aspiring online newbie marketers, (can and) definitely should learn, from a lowly ranked marathon runner! Don’t you agree?
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