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To all writers and non-writers out there, now is the time to start digging up those creative writing skills.With modern communication technology comes the popularity of information-based marketing, which is one of the oldest and most effective techniques in getting targeted prospects to sites and converting them into buyers. This is

There is so much to learn about Internet marketing. It can be such a complicated business. We need to learn how to build a website and then learn all there is to know about search engine optimization, otherwise you will never get any visitors to your site. Then there is autoresponders, emails and that's just the beginning.

Before you start building your business you need to think about a niche, and then you will have to research your market and you may want to consider a product to sell and on and on it goes.

And then just when you think that you have a plan of action along comes yet another invaluable tool or resource. So you read another 180 pages of information and watch 15 more hours of video.

Phew! You take a deep breathe and redo your action plan. You switch on your computer so that you can check your emails. Wow, 75 emails, each discussing the latest and greatest marketing technology.

"How to spy on your competition," "buy the latest private label rights," "listen to the latest teleconference with two self proclaimed gurus" where they are offering to sell you a "how to" e-book which is probably just more rehashed information of what you already learned only a few months ago.

Have you ever stopped to consider if this is just a cleverly organized plan by some of the successful entrepreneurs to confuse the would be marketers out there.

In order to achieve success you will need to focus on Internet Marketing and do your best to avoid distractions at all possible cost. The biggest major distraction is your email inbox. The best thing you can do in this case is to limit the amount of emails you read each day.

The way I have done this is to unsubscribe from most of the newsletters I have subscribed to. I only kept the ones that provided me with valuable information and didn't try to sell me something in every email.

For some, it may be a painful process, because you don't want to miss out on anything. The way I looked at it is that they were selling so many different things that they really had no clue which product was the best, they just wanted to make some money regardless of how much farther in debt I was getting, nor how distracted I was getting each time I read about one of their products.

Once you have done that you can focus on Internet marketing and what you really enjoy. Building your business. Take it one step at a time. To do this, first you need to focus on one thing, once it is set up the way you want then you can expand into the next.

Do not totally disregard what is going on in the Internet marketing but do your best to limit some of the unnecessary distractions.

Focus on Internet marketing and concentrate on achieving your goals and earning some money. Join a mentoring program if you need help in staying focused but do yourself a favor and stop jumping from one thing to another. Be single minded and maintain focus. Once you have your business running on autopilot, you can then look for ways to make improvements.

Connie McKenzie is a full-time work at home mom who doesn't waste her time fighting and figuring out technology. Find out more about how you can build, grow and focus on your business. Watch this free video, it will be the best 30 mins. of your time you'll invest , guaranteed!