We all have what if questions running through our minds.

And far too often we let those questions stop us from doing stuff. Often stuff that we want to do but are also looking for an excuse in case it doesn’t work out.

That happens a lot with internet marketing because there are so many unknowns…

Those unknowns include:

• Whether anyone will be interested in our site (you won’t know until you create it)
• Whether we’ve installed the “right” WordPress theme (it doesn’t much matter – you can always change it)
• Whether there’s some “rule” somewhere that says we can’t do something (yes, there are rules but most of them are based on common sense such as don’t make false claims)
• All sorts of other “but what if” questions that we allow to hold us back

If you’ve been “about” to do a website project for more than a month or two, chances are you’re holding yourself back.

Start by identifying some of the issues

Choose a small problem first.

Not the biggest one!

Why? Because small problems are usually easy to overcome.

Which means you can move one step closer to your aim of getting your new internet project up and running.

If you’re asking something like “what’s the best WordPress theme to use” then go with the default that WordPress gave you. Your site isn’t live yet. So no-one is visiting it. So no-one apart from you will care about the theme.

Before that can happen, maybe it’s the domain name that’s causing you to stall.

Go old-fashioned if that’s the case: write out your choices on separate pieces of paper, lay them out on a table and throw away the ones that don’t look right. Then narrow it down until just one is left and buy that one.

If it’s hosting, pick someone to host your domain! If you’re unsure, send a quick message about something to pre-sales support. Because if they don’t answer pre-sales questions fast, you won’t get a timely response to questions that crop up when you’re live. You can change hosts later if it’s a real issue and if you choose a host with CPanel then a lot of other hosts offer migration (website moving) as part of the sign-up process.

Pick off your what if questions one at a time.

Aim to get rid of one a day, more if you’re feeling keen.

After a few days, you should have very few things left that are standing in the way of getting your new internet marketing project up and running.

Even if it’s a more complicated project like creating a product.

Chunk it down into things that will take no more than an hour to complete.

Then set aside the necessary hour and actually do something!

Rather than pretend to yourself that you’re doing something whereas you’re really just reading emails or scanning Facebook.

One other question to ask yourself…

If you’ve been stalled on a project for more than a month or two, ask yourself is it really something you want to do?

Because if you had a burning desire to do it. the project should have already started to take shape.

Maybe you need to start smaller to give yourself confidence.

Maybe that Wikipedia competitor isn’t the best project to start on 🙂

There’s no problem with starting small.

I often do that if I’m going into a new niche.

I’ll get a domain and set up a website (about an hour).

I’ll put up a handful of pages on it (maybe 30 minutes per page)

I’ll make a few videos and put them on YouTube (less than 30 minutes per video)

And I’ll add in some affiliate links to see whether I can geenrate some sales.

Simple.

Honest!

So if you’re holding yourself back by asking yourself too many what if questions, try this approach. And feel free to let me know in the comments section how you get on.