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By Gregg Gillies

Here are three things you can do (or not do) that will help you get focused and on your way to making an online income.

Step 1. Stop jumping around from one Internet marketing opportunity to the next one, and stop jumping from one technique to the next before you’ve given something a chance to work.

This lack of focus is one of the biggest self-made obstacles there is to making money online. Almost everyone gets caught in this vicious cycle of bouncing around from one money making idea to the next, registering domain names, paying for hosting, buying information product after information product, etc.

Instead, put together an online business marketing plan and stick with it. Do you want to make an income with content sites and Google AdSense? Great! Put a plan together and follow it. Ignore everything that doesn’t have to do with making money with AdSense.

Want to create your own information products and sell them? Okay. Then don’t buy products about making money with AdSense. Got it?

Step 2. Take action. This complements step one. You probably already have plenty of knowledge and information that you can use to make money online. Now you need to put that knowledge to use by creating a marketing plan and taking action on that plan. In other words, use what you learn.

Most people are so busy bouncing from one thing to the next, they never use the information they already have. Don’t let this be you. Stick with purchasing information and tools that you need for your Internet marketing plan. Again, you don’t need information on making money with AdSense if your plan involves selling on eBay.

Step 3. Stop fearing failure. Failure is a good thing. No, really. Nobody has failed more than the most successful people in the world. You learn by failure. Failure takes you one step closer to success. Most all time home run hitters have also struck out the most times. Every time you fail, you’ve learned one more way NOT to run your online business. And that brings you one step closer to success.

It’s like the sales cliché: Every no brings you closer to a yes. And it’s true. Embrace failure. Fail fast. Learn from it. Move forward and become a success.

Create your business plan. Take action on your knowledge. Don’t fear failure.

Gregg Gillies has been running a successful online fitness business for over four years as well as mentoring students for over two years on how to build their very own online business. Check out his free report, “Learn How to Quickly and Easily Launch Your Own Profit Pulling Online Business ASAP” at his site.