Well written – great ideas!

Although I have many blogs in different niches each blog is very tightly niched (if that’s even a word).

Very good advice.

You kinda, sorta make a point. But your key in the post about the foaf (friend-of-a-friend), was that he had one particularly successful product/area.

Without having some such similar point of success, tunnel vision is usually detrimental to success.

Yeah, if ya have an area of success, concentrate upon it. But you gotta have it before tunnel vision will work.

F’r instance, I could concentrate on, say, women’s undergarments–Victoria’s Secret makes a bundle there–but without a good sense of what _women_ might like, I’d be doomed to failure unless I was *singularly* fortunate.

‘Nother words, tunnel vision works only when you have something that is already selling, ya know? The concept is good, but it requires some degree of previous success to be truly functional. ce vision has to work *before* you enter the tunnel.

Jason says: That’s a valid point. In business, any time I’ve attempted to dabble in numerous projects (or markets) simultaneously, my momentum slows down considerably. Yes, it helps if you already have a winning product/service or you are making money in a particular market before applying “tunnel vision” to expand. But, look at the comments here from people who have 20+ blogs in 20 markets, making little to no money. Why not pick a niche, focus on 1-2 blogs and work like crazy to make them content rich, 100% high quality blogs that have a better chance of dominating the web and making you money.

@Jonathan Scott, I haven’t received my check either, but good idea to stay safe! LOL

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Thank you for your post. I believe, those that can help others learn the steps in building a successful online business versus just continually promoting other people’s products is what most new internet marketers need.

Joel Comm recently produced: elevateblueprint.com and the mindset of learning how to build a ‘media’ business is useful; knowing what type of staff members you need with you locally, and knowing what else you can outsource.

The following is NOT a plug; however, I met Erica Douglas; erica.biz at the Internet Income Summit; and she’s got a great attitude about Internet Marketing; which is a wise lesson for all of us; sincerely wanting to help others succeed.

Therefore, if more Internet Marketers can start to share their business model, teach it’ and yes, even charge their customers, this could be a long-lasting revenue stream for Internet Marketers because they’d be teaching their customers, clients, twitter followers, etc. the do’s and don’ts of internet marketing.

That’s a win-win attitude; and your blog post reflected that about you; I wish you all the success!

Motie Omari

It was not until I focused on my passion and searched for ways to make a business around my passion, then I was able to maintain tunnel vision. By putting my passion as my focus, I’ve found tunnel vision and success to be much more obtainable.

By (Focusing) “Tunnel Vision”, they seem to be getting the most bang for their buck. I have fallen victim to this throwing mud at the wall syndrome and it has gotten me way out in left field and very poor results. You are not the first to bring up the subject of focus in Internet Marketing, however you did bring home the importance of using Tunnel Vision to get yourself headed in the right direction.

Can a person have totally different niches that they are working in? I believe it will work but they must be kept separate from each other and that one must be some what matured before starting the next. I could be wrong in this thinking but I do not believe that a person can truly focus their attention on more than one project at a time with the best results.

Thanks for the reminder. It is time I put the “Tunnel Vision” to work.