I figure, if newbies want to be helped, it might pay to learn what NOT to do more so than 'what to do', as that information is available everywhere.

Here is a compilation what NOT to do:

Writer #1.
My biggest mistake was not focusing on the LONG TERM. That and not thinking in terms of building list first and then building relationships. I never really mastered list building techniques when I was a full time techie. And the worst part of it is one of my clients is a master of all things opt-in (shakes head).

Writer #2.
My biggest mistake was falling for every single sales letter when I first came online. It was all so new to me, I actually believed the hype...and MOST of it was pure junk! I wasted all my money buying this ebook, that ebook, joining various MLM programs...information overload and NOT focusing on ONE thing was my big mistake.

Writer #3.
My biggest mistake was planning. I planned. And planned. And planned... I planned too much and never took action. Wasted the best part of 9 months planning things out, learning and such, whilst not actually doing anything. I think if I could go back now I would take action while learning things.

Writer #4.
Jumping around too much, I had no focus. First I tried adsense sites, if they did not work in a couple of weeks, I tried ebooks, then affiliate programs and then back to adsense etc. I wanted everything to happen for me quickly and easily but realized after a while that it just does not work like that.

Writer #5.
My biggest mistake was not doing the obvious, things like Unblockable pop-ups, OTOs, PDFs rather than EXE books and Sign-up Form on every page. Just changing those things made a big difference to my bottom-line.

Writer #6.
My biggest mistake was having too many unrelated projects. It was more than I could handle successfully and consequently none of them brought in the money it could have. I also ended up having many unfinished projects. It is better focusing on one thing and doing it 100% until it succeeds or fails.

Writer #7.
When I first started out I was relying on PPC for traffic, which is fine. But I got a little too "smart" for my own good, cheated the system and got banned! So here I was starting

to build my business and losing my only good traffic resource. Smart guy! I guess the silver lining is that it forced me to concentrate on SEO and natural traffic to the point where I have never needed PPC again. So my lesson too other newbies is forget about all the tricks, black-hat tactics and questionable shortcuts. They always backfire! Build your business to last.

Writer #8.
My biggest mistake was not backing up my site to only wake up one morning and everything was gone and the host had gone out of business! A mailing list of 24,000 was lost because I used to run my list from the host plus all the other products. Now that was a nightmare...

Writer #9.
Finding out that there were free ebooks with the information I bought early on! You would not believe how much useful the information was on offer for free or at rock bottom price!

Writer #10.
Mistakes I learn from...
- Focusing on more than one thing at a time
- Not outsourcing enough and trying to do everything myself
- Not taking enough breaks!

I have made some of these mistakes myself and learn valuable lessons from them. Nothing venture, nothing gain.