How To Go From Zero To a Profitable Online Business In 3 Months or Less

Below is a guest post of sorts.  It came from a student of mine at Web Video University.  I didn’t request it and I wasn’t expecting it.  It just showed up in my email this morning.

In the post below, my student explains how in 3 months, he launched not one but two successful online businesses.  And he also shares probably the biggest “secret” to why people succeed online…or why they fail.

Here is his post:

I’m a student of Dave’s but he didn’t ask me to write this.  I want to write this.

And I don’t want any SEO love or leads for this so I am asking Dave to keep my name anonymous.

Now, some may think Dave is writing this… but if you know Dave you know he doesn’t operate like this.

Cha ching

Anyhow, I am sitting here at my desk working on some things and just had an order come through for $495.

Let me ask you, would an extra $495 come in handy for you?  Well it darn sure does for me.

The $495 order came for video based business I started in March of this year.  I teach corporate people stuff.  What I teach doesn’t really matter… the point I want to make in this article is a simple one.

And this point is to stop thinking about that big idea of yours and start doing something about it.  You see, I promise you someone or some company is waiting to send you good money for some skill you already have or can learn in less than 3 months.

3 months to a new business

That’s right.  3 months.

How do I know this?  Because just a few weeks ago I had the idea of converting a free eBook I’ve used to build my email list for the past year into a sellable audio book since I think Malcolm is right and Seth is so unbelievably wrong… but I digress.

So I asked Dave what microphone to use… he told me and I bought it for around $150.  I asked him what software to use… he told me and I downloaded the 30 day trial version (hey, I’m cheap what can I say).

I then worked my face off, as my hero Gary Vay-ner-chuk likes to say, for a few nights and recorded the 90 minute audio book.  I then had an elancer whip up a simple landing page since I can barely spell HTML.  And finally I shot and edited a 90 second welcome video for the landing page right before I launched this bad boy this past Sunday night.

How have I done?

The results?  Well, I’m converting about 5.5% of all leads into customers (Dave tells me 3% or better is outstanding) and made my money back for the mic and elance fees in less than 24 hours.

Why was I successful?  Not because I am smarter than you.  And not because I have a huge list (I have 3,000) or amazing contacts (my niche is actually pretty boring).

My secret?

No, the reason is simple… I had an idea and went for it guns freaking blazing.  I didn’t wait for someone to tell me it was a good or bad idea.  And I didn’t sit and plan for days and weeks on end.

Nope.  I had an idea and went for it.

As a result… in addition to those $495 orders for my video based business I’m now getting orders for $7.95 for an audio book I will never touch again.  In fact, Francis from the Philippines just sent me $7.95 and I live in Texas.  How cool is that?

You can do this

I don’t say these things to brag or pound my chest.  Really, I don’t or I would have used my name and linked to my websites in this article.

No, I say this to drive home a simple truth.  And that truth is that you can do this too.  Really, you can.  You just need to decide to do it.

So what are you waiting for?  You have 3 months.

Did you catch the “secret” he shared?  Good…because it’s an unbreakable, natural law; you will always accomplish more through movement than you will through meditation.  Always.  Always.  Always.