If you think of IM (Internet Marketing) as a get rich quick strategy, change your thinking. Everything I have learned as an IM has told me that, and I am convinced that if I had adopted that strategy years ago I would be in an even better financial situation than I am today.

So if youre just starting out, make sure you have an income stream to absorb your basic minimum necessities/ expenses satisfactorily while you build your business. This, so you can focus on your long term strategy and you don't place dire financial expectations on your new business. Remember all along, youre just out having fun.

Set attainable goals and a 6 month plan into the future. (Especially now that the new year is upon us.) Focus on your strengths (hobbies, things you like to do and know about) and see which avenues of internet marketing you will enjoy most.

Then break down your long-term plan into short-term tasks.

Also, you may list weaknesses in your knowledge that you would need to upgrade along the way to achieve your goals.

The purpose for this is to live proactively, not reactively. You want to have a part in your outcome.

Any entrepreneur has to have vision - believing with all his heart that something which doesn't exist yet is possible, and will happen as sure as the sun will rise.