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Why You're Not Earning Enough Money - Online or Off

Well, this is assuming you aren’t, or aren’t earning anywhere near as much as you want to be earning. The secret to earning money is the same both online and off, really. You must provide solutions to people’s problems. Not just ideas, or ways to help them get what they want, you must help get them out of a jam. When you can be a solution provider, people will flock to your door, website, or tradeshow booth. 

As anecdotal evidence, I’ve noticed the best response from articles I’ve written, blog posts I’ve published and web pages on any of my websites has come from ones that help people overcome a specific problem. If you can help them, they will reward you for your efforts. You can help people avoid problems altogether, which actually provides them greater assistance, but you won’t get the response or gratitude you’ll receive if you help people out of an existing problem.

If, in providing that solution, you can earn a living, so much the better. If you genuinely have a way that eases people’s pain, literally or figuratively, you’ll kick they guy’s butt that spends his time in the mousetrap lab. If your solution is unique and effective, people will have no choice but to come to you to get it. They’ll be more than happy to do so. You make their personal or business life easier, and folks everywhere will reciprocate.

If you’re providing a solution to a common problem, you’ll obviously have a wider audience from which to draw. If the problem is a difficult one to solve, you’ll have even more success. Providing specific solutions will create a stream of referrals. Two important points here; the solutions you provide must address a specific problem, and they must be highly effective.

If you can do these two simple things, you’ll be rewarded with a handsome paycheck. Now you’ve provided yourself with the solution to a problem as well.