subject: Growing An Internet Business Means Stepping Out Of Your Comfort Zone Every Now And Then [print this page] We all have our comfort zones -- They represent those elements that we are relaxed about and that we acknowledge we can cope with easily.
Of course, every now and then you need to step outside these areas and take on something new. A new task that you have never tried before and which will provide you with a relatively steep learning curve.
This can be a rather daunting undertaking and a lot people put off tackling these things, often never getting round to doing them at all.
Starting a website business means you are going to be involved in taking on a range of tasks that you have possibly never attempted before. That will mean stretching the boundaries and stepping outside your comfort zone occasionally.
This is a significant leap for a large number of new online marketers, but it is important to consider that there is not much in life worth having that is totally effortless. We occasionally have to go beyond the areas in which we are completely happy if we wish to make the most of the opportunities that are put in front of us.
The reality is that if you develop your online marketing business and only carry on doing the items you feel completely comfortable with, there are bound to be a considerable number of opportunities that you end up missing.
It is vital to keep away from just burying your head in the sand though. You have to encourage yourself to face up to the jobs you are not comfortable with if you want to succeed online.
For example, it is natural to feel anxious about standing in front of your video camera for the very first time and creating a short clip to upload to YouTube.
However, once you have mastered it once, next time round is noticeably easier and the third time is even easier still.
To profit online these days, you must use as large a selection of different internet marketing strategies and methods of producing content as you can... and as many ways of channelling hungry and targetted traffic to your site as possible too. That means doing things that you are not comfortable with from time to time.
So it is necessary to remember the following things:
* Do not be intimidated by the tasks you do not feel comfortable tackling
* See new tasks as a challenge that you must find a way of dealing with
* Take the time to discover what to do - it will mean the entire process becomes much more straightforward
Remember the adage "He Who Dares, Wins". It applies just as much to starting an online business as it does to any other facet of your life.
