Have you decided to join the online marketing craze, but are cautiously optimistic since you find yourself completely illiterate with computers? While it may take longer to achieve your goals online, it is possible to achieve and exceed them.

Know what you are getting into

Many people who choose to start marketing online, think they can give it a try and see how it goes. To be perfectly honest with you, that’s not going to work. With so much competition online these days, you’ll need to make a solid commitment to work hard at this.

This involves researching and preparing for the Internet marketing challenge. Online marketing really is the perfect example of “on the job” training. You can test your market and then make the corresponding changes.

don’t get overwhelmed

This may sound a lot easier than it really is, but it’s completely true. If you get nervous about what you don’t know instead of concentrating on what you do, you’re in for a bumpy ride. Take your strengths and experiences from other areas of your life and grow from there. Real world experience has a huge impact on internet marketing. So use those strengths and put them to good use.

allow yourself to fail

The vast majority of online marketing newbies start their marketing effort under the assumption that they have to get everything right the first time. Could not be farther from the truth. When you work online, you have to be willing to fail before you can succeed. Too many people sit on the sidelines and don’t even get into the game because they are too afraid of failing. Trial and error is your friend online.

find a mentor

The fastest way to speed up your learning curve is to find someone to help you who has already achieved success. I said “Help”, not “Do it for yourself”. There is a big difference. If someone else does the work for you, you will never learn to do it yourself. Besides, who’s going to do all this work for you when he could do it himself? You are looking for a guide, not a 1-2-3 success maker.