Internet Entrepreneur Mindset

The other day I overheard an actor in a movie say that it was necessary to earn a viewpoint before speaking about something with authority.  The truth in that statement felt profound.

As an internet entrepreneur, encounters with people who purport themselves to be experts at something they haven’t experienced can be amusing to expose in a private conversation but it is alarming to imagine that people who aren’t savvy enough to ask the same questions might be seduced into believing that they’ve found an individual who can lead them to success.  Allowing for the benefit of a doubt, it could be that these people who claim to know what they don’t are operating within the guidelines of The Law of Attraction.

Although the BE-DO-HAVE philosophy was known to me years before The Law of Attraction gained popularity, the mindset is powerful and should not be overlooked.  It has everything to do with self-belief and that is on the critical path to finding success in anything!

Our culture has largely omitted the part about Being leading to Having and it is so clearly important.  One has to BE what they envision themselves to be so they will be motivated to DO what is necessary to HAVE what they’ve envisioned having.

Entrepreneurs are independent by definition.   Usually, we have analyzed our interests and passions, as well as our capabilities, before choosing a new direction.  The pursuit of income should be a secondary consideration because building a business takes time and, if we don’t enjoy spending the time we must invest, our business will not flourish.  We also should conduct market research to assure ourselves that our niche is wide enough to allow for long-term growth.

Internet entrepreneurs can conduct market research by investigating what people are searching for, using keyword research, and determining whether or not what we have to offer will fill their needs.  We also must evaluate competition in our niche so we can enter the market at a price point where our offers seem valuable, especially in an economic climate where discretionary income is being squeezed by the rising costs of necessities.

Regardless of your business model, I encourage you to ask yourself this important question.  Do you feel that anyone can be in business today without having a website that is more than a replicated page?  I admit to having a bias but I feel the answer is a resolute no!

Many people fail to understand that their website needs to convey information that their audience will use when they decide whether or not they want to spend their hard earned cash.  Since people do business with people, your website needs to inform your visitors why they should trust you more than anyone else offering an equal or similar product or service.

Returning to the original idea of this post, I’d like to come back to the importance of earning a viewpoint before speaking with authority.  Each of us has accumulated experiences in our lives and we all have opinions too.  It isn’t imperative that maturity makes anyone’s opinions more qualified but having real-life experience is essential.  Thus, BEing what you envision yourself to be will force you to DO things that will create experiences allowing you to HAVE what you desire.

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