WHY You Can’t Make Money Online!

This is a guest post by Kelvin Igbinigie from Entrepreneurs Discuss

Yes! You really cannot make any money online and I’m not scared to say it and in case you thought that was a mistake please read it again… I said “You can’t make any money online”.

Let me put this clear to you, if you think you can just go online or just buy those e-books or videos from those self acclaimed internet business gurus and just start having money sent into your bank account then you had better wake up from your dream.

Also don’t think you can make money online by opening a PayPal account or make money by reading eBooks that teaches you fast ways to make money online.

Some other people think they can just design a website or create a blog and start making money from the internet in few days.

I know many bloggers are scared to admit this fact but I’m telling you the truth: “You really might never make any money online all your life time”.

Now let me prove my point on why you can’t make money online… I’ll give you just 5 reasons why you really can’t make money online:

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1. You buy every e-book or video you come across that talks about making money online

This is one reason many people don’t make any dime online. Do you think you can just make money by buying e-book? Get this: the truth is that most times, the more e-books you buy the more confused you become which eventually stops you from making money online

2. You are lazy

Even when you are privileged to read the right eBooks you end up not doing anything about it because of one truth you have to admit: You are simply lazy. Many of you read good e-books and after reading you don’t just do anything about it. You can never make money online if you don’t take action.

3. You don’t want to sell anything

This is a mistake that is very common among newbies. They expect to make money online without selling anything. There is nobody making real money online that is not selling something. Google is selling advert spaces, Facebook is selling ads, Amazon is selling too, eBay is selling store spaces…

List them for me and I will tell you they are all selling something. Either a physical product or a service. So why are you trying to make money online without selling anything? Sell something or check out!

4. You have only one source of income

This is also another common mistake made by most people doing business online. You can’t just tie yourself up to one source of income and expect to make good money online. Don’t just stick to one affiliate product or just Google Adsense and expect thousands of clicks to make real money online. You will end up poor that way.

You should have at least three-four source of income… try adding Adsense and some CPC, try selling some good affiliate products, try selling ad spaces on your blog privately, try creating your own product etc. All of these will create multiple source of income.

5. You don’t have a focus and plan

How do you expect to make money when you don’t even know how or from what to make the money. Many of you just jump into the internet and put your hands on every opportunity you see. At least try to come up with a winning business idea. Have a plan and a focus before you start your online business. Your plan might not be 50 pages… Just a sketch of where you want to start from and what you want to achieve.

Now you can see some of the reasons why you have not made more than $10 online for 2 years now. Now you know why you are not making any money online.

Stay away from these mistakes and you will start making money online.

Now quickly let me help you a little with 4 tips on how you can start making money online:

  1. Patience: How patient are you when it comes to making money online? Don’t think you can make money over night.  The mindset most people have is that when they read eBooks that promises them $1,000 every week they expect to make that amount of money the very first night they started acting on the information. You must be patient enough to see your business grow. Do not give up too early also… this is the problem with many bloggers: They give up after three months of blogging without making a dime. Be Patient!
  2. Get Mentors: As simple as this is it is very important if you must succeed in your online business. Meet those that have been in the business for years and learn from them. This is one thing I really don’t joke with. I have mentors online… I read blogs that are way ahead of mine, I ask questions a lot. One benefit of getting a mentor is that you have the opportunity to learn what your mentor learned for years in an hour or less.
  3. Motivation: Motivation is what you need after creating the plan for you business. Try and create a mental picture of your dream and learn to see it every time to create motivation in yourself. You are motivated easily when you see and talk about your vision or goal of your business.
  4. Effort: Motivation helps you apply effort into your online business. Putting effort here means taking action towards making money online.  Effort is really needed from your end to move your business forward. Someone said “nothing works expect there is a worker”. So also you cannot make any money online until you start working towards it.

So what do you want to do now? Are you going to continue to struggle with making money online or you are going to start taking steps towards making money online?

Act now on that idea that you have!

Feel free to add to the list because I can’t exhaust all in this post.


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119 thoughts on “WHY You Can’t Make Money Online!”

  1. This is a new way to look at the internet business, because of all the ads you hear that tell you getting rich online is fast and easy. I don’t particularly care for the negative way in which you went about it assuming the worst in people. It is probably true for most though and sometimes you need a shock to your system, so kudos for a well written article.

    1. Thanks Elena… I really had to put a little shock so as to attract some newbie too to read this because of it’s importance to their online business.

      Thanks for the compliment

  2. I was one of those 4 or 5 years ago who bought into the “buy this ebook to make £1000” a week or the “our video tutorials will show you how to make money working 10 hours a week”.

    I now run my own business and I am just looking at blogging as a way to make extra income (I am not even putting adverts on my site until I have visitors coming for my content)

    Thanks for the tips and it is probably something everyone should read before considering trying to earn a living this way

    1. Thanks Craig for your comment…. I’m so glad you are no more among those people looking for funny ways to make money online. We have to share this with other newbies

  3. All the points are right. Laziness always being a barrier for me .But I will remove this barrier. By using the above mentioned your points really it will help to Turn into Make money online .

  4. first of all, you have to made up a proper plan that how you gonna earn money online because there are many ways to earn money, i usually go for adsense which is pretty easier and convenient to manage.

  5. Oh yes, you are absolutely right! I should admit that for my case i really lack motivation. When i first start making money online it was very hard because i don’t really know from where to start…that’s why a mentor in indispensable! Thank you for this great post 🙂

  6. I completely agree. Sometimes it is hard to find people who say it like it is…so thanks for being direct! I have been working online for 12 years and have recently started out on my own. It’s tough out there and the main thing to remember is to have patience. As long as your money keeps increasing every month then you will be fine, just take your time and dont give up. Thanks for sharing!

  7. I agree, Kelvin, reading alone will not do it. Once you have devoured a certain amount of information; you need to create a plan and do it. Being lazy or having a faulty plan will also kill your online earning attempts. But, I disagree that having only one stream is a killer. Sometimes you have to put all your eggs in one basket and watch that basket closely. I believe I have a unique and powerful idea. My sole purpose is to develop that plan. If I were selling trinkets in another part of the market, that would compromise my message.

    1. Thanks David for your comment… Having one stream of income will definitely limit the amount of money you will make. You really don’t have to compromise your message if you must have several streams of income… It does not just mean doing several businesses but several means of making money from one business is also part of it.

      For example as a blogger, you can decide to stick with just making money from selling ad spaces on your blog while another blogger will also do that but add Google Adsense, selling of affiliate products to his readers to his stream of income…

      Now tell me… Who do you think will make more money???

      1. In most cases, I agree with you. However, my income is derived from a message I strongly believe in. I do not want to compromise my message. My eample; If I was telling you about my club and selling trinkets on the side, what would be the real message…the club or the trinkets?

  8. I totally agree with this article. There was a time when I search through the internet to make money online and make it fast. I was looking at google adsense and paid surveys and stuffs. But I didn’t make money. Coz I was not patient and let everything after a while. This article is a eye-opener.

    Thanks so much!

    1. So you know what to do now Jane… Increase your patience level and you will notice the difference… There is a lot of money to be made on the internet and you deserve your share…

  9. Great article. Patience is must in any field and efforts are something that leads to success.But somewhat making money online is not that much easy. You have to go more information for that. One should read all the terms of that site. Some websites are fake and not ethical. So please research on it and then take decision and make good efforts.

  10. Hi Kelvin,
    There are so many people who expect to get a passive income online by doing nothing and only buy one ebook after the other that promises to make them rich. The main problem is that most people don’t focus on something and actually are not taking action they just read ebooks, and even if they try to implement what they have learnt they expect that they will get thousands of dollars in just a few days, of course this never happens so soon and they simple give up, they should really read your post, thanks for sharing

    1. Thanks Kostas… We really have to share this post with many newbies… They do not realize that it might take up to one year before you start making steady income online…

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