Summary: <br> <br> In today's Q&A, we are talking about how to do market research using the internet.<br> <br> Be careful who you listen to online. Today we tell you how to find the best information about internet marketing.<br> <br> Do you have a question you want answered on our podcast? We would love to help you!<br> <br> Click here to ask your question!<br> Resources Mentioned in this Episode<br> <br> Fiverr.com<br> Check out VectorStock for stock images, icons and buttons<br> Amazon.com<br> <br> <br> Let’s dive into this week’s question!<br> <br> JOCELYN: Hey y’all, you’re listening to Q&A with S&J.<br> <br> SHANE: Welcome to the Flipped Lifestyle Podcast, where life always comes before work. We’re your hosts, Shane and Jocelyn Sams. Join us each week as we teach you how to flip your lifestyle upside down by selling stuff online. Are you ready for something different? All right, let's get started.<br> <br> JOCELYN: Hi guys welcome back to today’s Q&A with S&J. Today’s question is from…<br> <br> SHANE: Wait a minute, it’s Valentine’s Day.<br> <br> JOCELYN: It is Valentine’s Day.<br> <br> SHANE: Happy Valentine’s Day and all the romance out there going down.<br> <br> JOCELYN: Yeah, if you listen to our podcast, you know how romantic we get.<br> <br> SHANE: Yeah, it’s our Tuesday show, you’re probably like, what do these guys say? “I love you, Jocelyn.”<br> <br> JOCELYN: Yeah. I love you too, dear.<br> <br> SHANE: All right, read the question.<br> <br> JOCELYN: This is getting awkward. So today’s question comes from Penny.<br> <br> Penny says:<br> “At 51 with limited computer knowledge, I started researching internet marketing. The more I learned, the more overwhelmed I’ve become. Blogs, affiliate marketing, emails, podcasts, drop shipping, etc. Do you have any suggestions for where I can learn the basics that is not a scam?”<br> SHANE: All right, before we start talking about where to start in your online business, let’s talk about not getting scammed because that is a great question and I think that everybody needs to hear something like what we’re about to say when they first start out because there are a lot of people out there peddling crap. Really, a lot of people are teaching things that they are just not qualified to teach but they see other people doing it, they start some stuff, they have a snazzy website, and it makes it look like they are an expert when really, you’re just buying junk.<br> <br> We want to make sure today that we help you avoid the scammers, so to speak, out there. So we want to give you a couple of things to look for when you’re looking at any online expert or when you’re listening to a new podcast, or you’re looking at a sales page, you’re thinking about taking some kind of course to help you get to the next level. We want to make sure that you don’t get ripped off and you don’t lose your money.<br> <br> The first thing that you should look at whenever you’re looking at an online expert to kind of see what they are about to make sure they are not scamming you is to look what they are promising. If people are promising you that 100%, this is the magic secret that is going to make $600,000 in a year, you’re going to quit your job, and you’re going to move to a beach in Costa Rica, everything is going to be okay with your life, and this is the one program that you need to make that happen, that is not true because we are very upfront and honest when we tell people online business is very hard. This is a marathon, not a sprint.<br> <br> To get to where we are or to get where other people are where you’re making money online and you get to quit your job and things like that is really, really tough and it’s not a magic pill kind of thing where you find the course that’s going to make it happen. It’s more a collection of steps along the way that you kind of ...
