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When you do business online (or offline for that matter) you will discover that each day is a new challenge with its own unique problems that you must solve.

Many times working for yourself can feel like a heavy burden, and we have all muttered the self-defeating words, “WHY ME?”

Do not make yourself into a victim.

You must focus on resolving the problem and realize that what you are going through is not unique. Many others have faced the very same obstacles as you are currently experiencing and overcame them at one time or another.

Your problems may seem unique, but they aren’t. At one time someone else had the same problem. Maybe even a lot of people had the same problem.

When you are faced with a difficult situation, don’t waste your time trying to reinvent the wheel. Do research, read, investigate, call SCORE, ask a colleague, do an Internet search– chances are you will find someone who solved the problem you have.

Having a negative attitude will only hamper your ability to find a solution to your problem. By keep a positive mental attitude, you will find that you can think much more clearly, and it becomes that much easier to find the answer you are seeking.

How do you get your creative juices flowing?

You can look look to the arts for your inspiration. Or perhaps literature. However, should we seek to create something entirely new?

“Creativity” as it’s commonly understood, is to experience a breakthrough, something that has never been seen before.

A creator wields power to shape the world around him/her, to change lives, and empower themselves.

The truth is that creativity is nothing more than a synthesis of the mind - a bringing together of unrelated parts to form something new.

The next time you want to stir your creativity, expose yourself to several niches that are totally unrelated to yours and see what methods they are using to market themselves.

Observe, borrow and then synthesize all the methods and strategies you see being used outside of your business and industry. Then apply those methods and strategies to your own business.

There is no such thing as a totally ‘creative’ or ‘new’ idea.

But it’s easy to be creative by synthesizing all the already proven methods and strategies around you.

Previously, we discussed why you must create a Unique Selling Proposition.

Over the years I have had many customers tell me they are afraid to market online because so much information is available for free.

Remember, people buy for their reasons, not ours.

First, nothing EVER sells itself. Just because you have something on your shelf, doesn’t mean customers will be beating down your door to buy it. THERE HAS TO BE A REASON FOR THEM TO BUY IT FROM YOU.

Second, you better give your prospects EVERY REASON you can think of to buy your product. List as many benefits to your product as you can imagine. People buy because of how it will benefit them, and impact their life.

Third, NOTHING is really “FREE”, except maybe the air we breathe.

It is true that there is a lot of FREE information on the Internet. But, is it really FREE? Of course not.

In some cases it’s already been paid for through advertising dollars. In other cases it will still cost you TIME to search for the information.

Time is more valuable than money, because you can always make more money, but you can’t buy more time. Ask any billionaire who has fallen terminally ill.

People are willing to pay for information and save their time if it is:

1. Delivered promptly; 2. Formatted; and 3. Organized.

Some people like information delivered by ink on newsprint.

Some people like information delivered by sound waves from a radio. Still others like to read information in magazines or books or listen to information on audio tapes or on web pages.

People like information delivered, formatted and organized in many different ways, not just one or two.

The question you should be asking yourself is: “Why should people buy my information on the Internet, over all the other available ways it’s currently being delivered, formatted and organized?”

Competition (even from those who ‘give it away’) is NOT the problem. The problem is creativity in a way the translates it into a benefit for your buyers and profits for yourself.