So true. I think the challenge often is that to create real value takes time and energy. And perhaps most people are not willing to give up their time and energy to create something lasting and worthwhile.

But that’s a good thing – it means there is less competition at the top!

Cheers for your great content!

Gideon

One of my favourite sentences

Great post and great newsletter by Perry.

- Roman

Thanks for the content.

I just started on blogging and fully agreed on providing content to our readers. If we want our readers to invest their time to read our site, the content must be of value, in particular blogs. Content is king, we have to be passionate to write and write from our heart, experience, knowledge and NOT garbage.

Great that I visited this site!

Janice

It seems the ideal solution is to fall somewhere in-between:

Make important moves NOW to get your business off the ground, while also keeping your eye on the future.

Perhaps the essential message here is “You can’t get rich quick!” but “If you don’t try something, nothing will ever happen.”

Great post, Yaro!

-Jason

Take this example , when i first visited your blog (mid 2006), i saw how hard you had worked over the years. In One of your posts you had mentioned you were earning $5000 from this blog.
Now when i saw people who had jumped into ppc and were making five figure profits within a few months , i got scared in choosing a long term strategy.To a beginner it seemed unfair.

What are my viewpoints today about entrepreneurs journey:
barriers to entry –> pretty high.
sustainable competitive advantage :Like the German Bismark http://www.youtube.com/v/UKScoC7WigE

Silently over months it has built equity. It’s helping people and it is real business.Why do i keep on coming back ? Because i find value. Because these posts everyday give me a direction , new ideas and sometimes much needed inspiration .

We as entrepreneurs will many times have to undergo the temptation to make short term profits to think long term.

The simplest way to do this build an email list with the traffic you drive through PPC, don’t just send them straight to an affiliate link.

Also, when you tap into something lucrative, that’s when you can look to build a funnel by expanding what you offer to that group of customers.

The risk is if you rely 100% on continuous fresh traffic from PPC and you have no defense against competition. At some point your traffic or sales for that product will drop, so unless you are prepared to forever seek new products, then you need to find other ways to build longevity into the business model.

It’s the age-old business concept – are there barriers to entry? Do you have a sustainable competitive advantage? If not, then don’t expect that income source to be around forever.

I agree , it’s all about building long term sustainable businesses.

There’s a point where i would like to hear your viewpoints. Currently the hottest trend in affiliate business is ppc marketing with landing pages. Find keywords , slap a landing page make money. While there many affiliates who are making 7 figure incomes with this , do you think it is a sustainable model ?

Rosalind Gardner’s site http://sage-hearts.com drives traffic mainly through ppc but it’s a great value addition to visitors.That’s not what i am talking about.
The kind of sites which i am talking about are pages which have a headline , bulleted list and call to action.

My train of thoughts on this path started when i heard perry marshall’s viewpoints wherein he says ” affiliate marketing is no real business”.(Can’t recollect where i read that ).