If there’s one thing I’ve seen more than anything else in my career as an internet marketer, it’s random people that want to “do what you do”. Friends, family, etc. The truth is, this game can be “easy” once it “clicks” for some people, but it’s not for everybody. There are people out there who could simply never do this type of work, it’s just not in them. I know it’s good money, I know I work from home, but what is it that makes someone think they can do it just because I do? Does the title not sound boring enough? Not sound technical enough?
The fact is, those of us that do this – those of that live, breathe, eat, and sleep this – it is what we were created to do. I can’t count on my fingers and toes how many people I know that have asked me to teach them what I do, and I’ve even tried a few times. It’s never the exact same reason – but they always fail or give up before they even get started, and it’s hard for me to really truly understand that.
When you get down to it, there’s alot of reasons people fail at online marketing. Some people just don’t “get it” and you can’t find a way to break it down further than that. Some people are just too lazy. Some people just don’t have the drive. Some people don’t have the BALLS to lose a thousand dollars in a day to find something that can make them ten thousand by the end of the week.
All of that to say this: If someone you personally know or speak to mentions that they want to get started, give them a few quick pointers, and tell them where they can go to start learning. Once they take some leaps of faith, then you can start to help them here and there. If it’s something they TRULY want and something they are actually capable of doing, they will be able to get to a certain point on their own, just like you did. Save yourself alot of time and headaches trying to “fast track” your friends, and let them learn similar to the way you did, through a genuine desire to do whatever it takes to make moneys online.
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Brennen, you’re bang on there.. I’m no baller, but I still get people asking me for help to make money online? how can I do what you do? hell, I even go to the effort with some family members to set up a domain, a wordpress blog, with a free theme on my own server and show them the basics, then I check every now and again whether they’ve done anything, and so far, 10 times out of 10, guess what, nothing happens!
When you go as far as challenging them about it, normally by asking the question about have they made any sales yet
they come up with lame excuse about how stuff got in the way…
I’m sure we’re all the same when people, especially family members ask, we offer gems of information for free, we spend a little time in explaining what to do and how to do it and leave them to get on with it. just to be let down.
It really does get on my tits, that people have this idea that interwebs monies is easy, and there’s nothing to it, its easy right? and when you give them the opportunity they don’t take up the challenge.
I guess like you, nothing that I do was handed to me on a plate, everything I know is down to the commitment of me finding it out myself, then applying it , testing it and making sure there’s no better way in doing it; not going to my mate and expecting to get everything handed to me on a plate.
If it was only that simple!
Catch you on the STM forum!
Hear hear… I’ve just started out too.. told a few friends who seemed interested in hopes we could start a mutual support group, but they never picked up the challenge. Joined a forum for artillery support but locally it’s an army of one. You’re so right, you can only point them in the direction and then see if they want to take it. For me, this is the new life.