Hello forum members,
I am new here, I have been lurking for a month now, and I've seen you are all great and like minded. Thanks to all of you who share valuable knowledge.
Well, I'll try to cut the BS short. Though, sorry, it won't be easy, do have the kindness to follow.
I graduated in law, then took the very, very difficult path of becoming a Notary (in Italy). For those who don't know, Notaries in Italy, especially up to 10-20 years ago, earned easily 6 figures a year.
It took me 4 years for college and 8 years to study this goddam Notary exam. I put all my youth stamina in pursuing the "super specialization" flaw. Anyway, I failed, which was something I should have foreseen more clearly, since the passing rate of the exam is around 5%. And I can assure you, I was far for not being capable... but anyway.
I summoned up a lot of strength and stamina again, and made it so that this was not THE failure of a lifetime, but a blessing in disguise.
So, I decided I wouldn't be a lawyer (which I could easily be) because, even not having read MJ at the time, I sensed I didn't want that kind of life.
I had a "sabbatical year" , more or less, in which I started writing a novel and in which I commenced to create small and simple affiliate blogs... yes, I was lured into the "get- quick-rich"trap (Just for reference, it was between 2013 and 2014).
I knew I wanted a lot of money, I knew I didn't wanted to work my a$$ off for someone else for a lifetime, and I knew I wanted to live in a place I could surf, and that I wanted to travel a lot.
Then I also added to my wants, the idea I should do something of impact and great service (which I happily read even in MJ's book, it's one of the ingredients for big money).
Given my not-so-clear ideas I started from taking the pleasure, and traveled and slacked off a bit. But still, in a little more than a year I wrote my novel and created, with 0 former knowledge, 10 affiliate sites.
Meanwhile, I had my parents, girlfriend and other acquaintances breaking my balls suggesting I simply worked as a lawyer and abandoned these "illusions of grandeur" I started to have.
Moreover, I started reading more and more books, last but not least "Millionaire Fastlane " in september 2015 (thanks MJ), the lousy Rich and Poor dad and the biography of Felix Dennis. It's now more than a year I read around 6 books per month. Not that I had a problem with reading (and learning more, thanks again for confirming it MJ, and Felix Dennis), since in my study years I easily read 70 pages of boring fluff each day.
In the last months (starting 2015) I did even more progress, because I:
And my GF, who is at the moment stuck in the salried-job trap, refuses to follow me for the "security" of the job.
So I am determined to make it, and conjure an offer she can't refuse, getting an house in Costa Rica and tons of money.
Though it's VERY HARD to keep going... my Fu$%%#ing novel, which took me months to write, didn't sell a single copy. My comic book made only 34 downloads on a free promotion, and not a guy bothered to give it a review. The only results are barely a couple of hundreds dollars from the first affiliate site per month.
Regarding my blog, after 10 months... for what matters, I did a great ALEXA climb, and am now 390.000th in the world, I have a list of 130, I have around 50 visits per day with seldom spikes in the hundreds, and my ebook made a sale after 3 days being live (HOW GREAT IT FELT) but it followed by a request of refund, for a mistake allegedly made (how bad it felt).
So I am upset. I fear there's simply something wrong with me... that I have some bad Karma, that money simply eludes me... Probably it is also that I can count on a decent allowance, so I could survive OK without doing nothing... The fact is: I amF^$$#$R$ getting shit done, and I would say, at least in a decent way. This because, also, I really believe I'm not a dumbass...
Who knows, maybe I AM a dumbass.. Or my own intelligence smakes me screw things up!!
Help me, I know I'm new, but help me please. Do you know ways to make not to expensive advertising for self-published books? Ways to increase traffic (in some days I will launch some Facebook campaign)...
Thank you for your time and sorry for the long post.
I am new here, I have been lurking for a month now, and I've seen you are all great and like minded. Thanks to all of you who share valuable knowledge.
Well, I'll try to cut the BS short. Though, sorry, it won't be easy, do have the kindness to follow.
I graduated in law, then took the very, very difficult path of becoming a Notary (in Italy). For those who don't know, Notaries in Italy, especially up to 10-20 years ago, earned easily 6 figures a year.
It took me 4 years for college and 8 years to study this goddam Notary exam. I put all my youth stamina in pursuing the "super specialization" flaw. Anyway, I failed, which was something I should have foreseen more clearly, since the passing rate of the exam is around 5%. And I can assure you, I was far for not being capable... but anyway.
I summoned up a lot of strength and stamina again, and made it so that this was not THE failure of a lifetime, but a blessing in disguise.
So, I decided I wouldn't be a lawyer (which I could easily be) because, even not having read MJ at the time, I sensed I didn't want that kind of life.
I had a "sabbatical year" , more or less, in which I started writing a novel and in which I commenced to create small and simple affiliate blogs... yes, I was lured into the "get- quick-rich"trap (Just for reference, it was between 2013 and 2014).
I knew I wanted a lot of money, I knew I didn't wanted to work my a$$ off for someone else for a lifetime, and I knew I wanted to live in a place I could surf, and that I wanted to travel a lot.
Then I also added to my wants, the idea I should do something of impact and great service (which I happily read even in MJ's book, it's one of the ingredients for big money).
Given my not-so-clear ideas I started from taking the pleasure, and traveled and slacked off a bit. But still, in a little more than a year I wrote my novel and created, with 0 former knowledge, 10 affiliate sites.
Meanwhile, I had my parents, girlfriend and other acquaintances breaking my balls suggesting I simply worked as a lawyer and abandoned these "illusions of grandeur" I started to have.
Moreover, I started reading more and more books, last but not least "Millionaire Fastlane " in september 2015 (thanks MJ), the lousy Rich and Poor dad and the biography of Felix Dennis. It's now more than a year I read around 6 books per month. Not that I had a problem with reading (and learning more, thanks again for confirming it MJ, and Felix Dennis), since in my study years I easily read 70 pages of boring fluff each day.
In the last months (starting 2015) I did even more progress, because I:
- edited and published a funny vintage comic which was public domain;
- edited and published my novel (in English, which is not my native tongue, for added difficulty/satisfaction);
- Started and grew my blog on personal growth and spirituality (by the way I love how "we" entrepreneurs combine money lust and deepness and altruism- you guys are living proof)
- Just 10 days ago got up and live my ebook related to the acquiring of money with Law of Attraction; higly inspired to N. Hill style. I'm afraid it's a path to reaches with teaching somethin I've not acheived, according to MJ's book.
And my GF, who is at the moment stuck in the salried-job trap, refuses to follow me for the "security" of the job.
So I am determined to make it, and conjure an offer she can't refuse, getting an house in Costa Rica and tons of money.
Though it's VERY HARD to keep going... my Fu$%%#ing novel, which took me months to write, didn't sell a single copy. My comic book made only 34 downloads on a free promotion, and not a guy bothered to give it a review. The only results are barely a couple of hundreds dollars from the first affiliate site per month.
Regarding my blog, after 10 months... for what matters, I did a great ALEXA climb, and am now 390.000th in the world, I have a list of 130, I have around 50 visits per day with seldom spikes in the hundreds, and my ebook made a sale after 3 days being live (HOW GREAT IT FELT) but it followed by a request of refund, for a mistake allegedly made (how bad it felt).
So I am upset. I fear there's simply something wrong with me... that I have some bad Karma, that money simply eludes me... Probably it is also that I can count on a decent allowance, so I could survive OK without doing nothing... The fact is: I amF^$$#$R$ getting shit done, and I would say, at least in a decent way. This because, also, I really believe I'm not a dumbass...
Who knows, maybe I AM a dumbass.. Or my own intelligence smakes me screw things up!!
Help me, I know I'm new, but help me please. Do you know ways to make not to expensive advertising for self-published books? Ways to increase traffic (in some days I will launch some Facebook campaign)...
Thank you for your time and sorry for the long post.
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