Any full time college students in here doing IM?
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I am full time in school (16 credits) and full time in AM. its can be hard to find balance, it just takes practice. Until you start making money though, focus more on your school.
It depends on how much you believe in yourself and your capabilities. But the problem you have right now is a typical scenario for someone trying to juggle and become succesful in two things at once. I've read, heard and thought about this a lot, and you really have to take the risk and focus all your energy on one area. You can either be mildly succesful at two things, or you can go all out and go after the one thing which you want to succeed at, and fucking do it properly.
I've already dropped out of college once, but I'm almost positive I'm dropping out again, because school just isn't for me. I find it impossible to follow routine and study generic subjects which are of no interest to me. I hate boring bullshit courseworks, essays, deadlines, lectures, seminars and everything else which really has no relevance to what I'm doing or plan on doing in the future. And because of my focus and passion for my business, I have a lack of enthusiasm for my studies, which in turn reflect in the work I hand in.
I don't know what stage you are at, but I recommend two things:
1. Make sure you get into college first and stay for the first year before making a decision (the experience alone is well worth it).
2. If you find you like college, but the studying is preventing you from expanding your business and doing all the things you want to, then you'll consider leaving if you're really serious about your business. But please don't leave until you are making GOOD money and you have complete faith in yourself. Last year I remember hiting 6 figs a month, and I was still considering whether or not I should leave college or not.
Go with what you feel is right. If your bursting with ideas and think you can really make something of yourself without choosing the life of a deadbeat office zombie, then go for it.
Having said that, I don't know what kind of person you are. You might fail miserably. Good luck.
I've already dropped out of college once, but I'm almost positive I'm dropping out again, because school just isn't for me. I find it impossible to follow routine and study generic subjects which are of no interest to me. I hate boring bullshit courseworks, essays, deadlines, lectures, seminars and everything else which really has no relevance to what I'm doing or plan on doing in the future. And because of my focus and passion for my business, I have a lack of enthusiasm for my studies, which in turn reflect in the work I hand in.
I don't know what stage you are at, but I recommend two things:
1. Make sure you get into college first and stay for the first year before making a decision (the experience alone is well worth it).
2. If you find you like college, but the studying is preventing you from expanding your business and doing all the things you want to, then you'll consider leaving if you're really serious about your business. But please don't leave until you are making GOOD money and you have complete faith in yourself. Last year I remember hiting 6 figs a month, and I was still considering whether or not I should leave college or not.
Go with what you feel is right. If your bursting with ideas and think you can really make something of yourself without choosing the life of a deadbeat office zombie, then go for it.
Having said that, I don't know what kind of person you are. You might fail miserably. Good luck.
Hey thanks for all your advices. College is important to me especially since my folks never went to college. I grew up poor and I still am poor. While my folks have been telling me to study hard and make lots of money for the last twenty years of my life, I only feel pressured. I feel like I have to make up for their lack of success. But I don't blame them because they were immigrants here. Anywho, I guess I'll just have to focus on school and get as much IM shit in over breaks and summer as possible. But wow Demon, 6 figs a month? Point me to the right direction . PPC or SEO?
Turn your classes into websites.
Just an idea...
- Taking speech class? Make a website on "How To Give A Great Speech"
- Taking Bible Studies? Make a religious website with all the stuff you learned
- Etc....
Just an idea...
Many folks are doing those numbers with both. However, if you are as poor as you purport, you might want to travel down the SEO road before you can afford to blow money on paper click.
im in the same boat as you except im making some money lol, but next quarter im only gonna take 7 units and become full time am/domainer
Speech class is the best. When I had it, I gave a presentation on how to make a splog farm and did it right there using the projector.
Um, no. Focus on AM. Throw all of your energy into AM.Think about your campaigns when you're in class.
You need to look at this as a business decision. What's going to make you more money? Getting an A instead of a B in some shitty random class, or setting up a six figure campaign?
It's pretty easy to get by and get Bs and Cs with minimal effort. Do enough to not fail, and focus on AM in all your spare time.
Most employers will not give a shit about your grades- they will care a lot more whether you can make money in the real world, and your marketing experience is far more valuable.
Depends on how much AM you're doing. If you're happy with a couple hundred a week in profit, it doesn't really cut into your time at all. If you want to be a SUPER DUPER affiliate making six figures a month, you're going to have a hard time finding a balance.
I'm doing both. I'm in my second year of college right now, but I don't think I'm going back next year.
I've never had issues with school. I hardly do anything and still have a 4.0. I guess it just depends what kind of person you are.
Learn how to bullshit, thats pretty much how you can get an A in any course. lol
I've never had issues with school. I hardly do anything and still have a 4.0. I guess it just depends what kind of person you are.
Learn how to bullshit, thats pretty much how you can get an A in any course. lol
I just started at school and I'm only tinkering with AM now. In highschool I was very focused on AM and rocked it for a while, then I started to travel a lot and then school started.
I have plenty of time to do whatever, just pushed AM to the back of the mind. I'm finding it hard to not push shit products to my fellow students. They are ridiculously easily manipulated. I've been watching how the "activists" recruit and how I could flip that in my favor. But I don't want to shit where I eat.
Also finding it hard to not republish the work people post to online portions of class. One class requires posting to a discussion board weekly and it's up to 1500 posts about the economy. The professor asked us not to republish anything posted, but if I scrape the entire thing and make a fake forum it's unlikely anyone would even notice or find out it was me.
I have plenty of time to do whatever, just pushed AM to the back of the mind. I'm finding it hard to not push shit products to my fellow students. They are ridiculously easily manipulated. I've been watching how the "activists" recruit and how I could flip that in my favor. But I don't want to shit where I eat.
Also finding it hard to not republish the work people post to online portions of class. One class requires posting to a discussion board weekly and it's up to 1500 posts about the economy. The professor asked us not to republish anything posted, but if I scrape the entire thing and make a fake forum it's unlikely anyone would even notice or find out it was me.
Did both for about a year, realized I was making more money in a month than I would with a great job after college, so I dropped out. Focused on growing my business and haven't looked back since. Would have never gotten to this point financially with a degree + job. And it's not like you can't go back to college in 3, 5 or 10 years if that's your thing. The opportunity in AM however will not be around in 2 years, just going to get harder and harder.
But yeah, not for everyone.
But yeah, not for everyone.
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