How many 'Internet Marketers' actually make money?

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I'm an avid poker fan and played a LOT of online poker in the early - mid 2000's. One of the prevailing trends on poker forums and the online poker community is that the majority of people were lifetime losers at the game. Sure they'd talk the talk, know their strategy, place in a tournament or win some money in a cash game... but when it came down to lifetime statistics they were net losers. Only a small percentage were net winners, and an even smaller percentage significant net winners.

So given the nature of the types of businesses discussed around here, I would suspect that while a lot of people may have had some success with online marketing only a handful have made any significant money and/or net profit in the long run.

Am I way off or is this an accurate reality check for a lot of people?
 


A lot of people say its a 90/5/5 (Failures/Profiting/Super-Affiliate). That same general rule can apply to most businesses though. 80% of brick and mortar businesses fail within like 5 years or something?

AM is just like an other business. Takes time and luck. It also has to be something that you love. I feel like most marketers just chase the money and end up burning themselves out because they're doing it for the wrong reasons.

I will admit i am so far an AM failure, but i haven't been doing this long at all. I have learned a shitload from my mistakes and I am a persistent motherfucker. Long run this will work for me. I don't see myself doing anything with my life that is not internet related.
 
I'm an AM failure, but that doesn't stop me from trying. I've had some success, but it doesn't balance out the amount of failures I've had. So in my opinion, your theory is correct. But just don't stop trying, and don't stop learning, and eventually you'll make it. Thats how I see it.
 
Don't count failure as failure as long as you learn something from it. If you look at any billionaire you will see someone that has failed dozens more times than they succeeded. They just remained persistent.
 
Not trying it means real failure, everything else will make you successful sooner or later. If you DO things instead of thinking about them, no matter if they really work out for good, if you actually try, you are way ahead most others !
 
For the record I'm not down and out after "wasting" a bunch of money or anything, I haven't even started yet, still learning.

I was just curious with all of the big money numbers that people are always tossing around how much of it was actually true and sustainable.

It sounds like it was the same way with poker. The people who actually made money did so with a lot of hard work over a long period of time.
 
I don't understand what the big fucking deal is about making money online?

I guess, you know, there's some shit you HAVE to figure out, but on the whole, it's easy to at least make a few bucks.

It's hanging around listening to a bunch of cry babies acting like the shit is so hard that turns an easy hustle into a drawn out process.

IF PEOPLE WOULD STOP CRYING ABOUT NOT MAKING MONEY ONLINE and just do whatever you would do in the 'real world' to make money, you'd be fine.

fuck
 
I think a lot of people are just looking for a quick buck. They think they can throw up a blog with some aff links and they'll be watching the money roll in. Obviously it's not quite as easy and you actually have to know a thing or two and work hard to create a sustainable source of income from your online "business".
 
The get rich quick mentality of the internet will still be around for a long time but as for the poker thing, I've made some money on poker, lost more then I've made but I'll admit that shit with anything.

As for AM, I don't consider myself a failure and I never will I don't loose money doing it but I also wouldn't call myself a success just yet because I don't make tons, I make enough to keep me happy and keep working but other then that I think people should stop crying and get down to doing something about it, I always hate it when someone says ohh life sucks I can't do anything, fuck that shit, get up off your ass and do it, even if you fail at least you know 100% you tried, and when you fail at one thing your that much closer to find whatever it is you'll become successful at.
 
I guess I'm a success. My first two months or so of working on this I made absolutely nothing, but I learned a lot and thankfully my whole perspective on the business changed.

I guess about four months into it I became what most people would call a "success". The only problem was that the money I was making wasn't sustainable. I knew that and it scared the hell out of me. Thankfully I saved all the money I earned and when I was ready to back out of my little cash cow I had enough to start up a legitimate business.

That's where I'm at now. It's stressful work, but the money I make is my own and the work I do is pretty secure when it comes to cashflow. I still wouldn't consider myself a success, I probably wont until I'm a millionaire. Call me crazy, but I have big plans and I'm not going to slow down just because I'm doing better than most people.
 
zayd said:
I guess I'm a success. My first two months or so of working on this I made absolutely nothing, but I learned a lot and thankfully my whole perspective on the business changed.

I guess about four months into it I became what most people would call a "success". The only problem was that the money I was making wasn't sustainable. I knew that and it scared the hell out of me. Thankfully I saved all the money I earned and when I was ready to back out of my little cash cow I had enough to start up a legitimate business.

That's where I'm at now. It's stressful work, but the money I make is my own and the work I do is pretty secure when it comes to cashflow. I still wouldn't consider myself a success, I probably wont until I'm a millionaire. Call me crazy, but I have big plans and I'm not going to slow down just because I'm doing better than most people.
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You've got the right attitude! But don't forget to have some fun while your at it! Life is too short to be stressed all the time. I take some money i make from work and go shopping and things after i plan my future investments.
 
Actually, I don't think there is anything sweeter than spending money that you earned yourself.

If i got an inheritance or something, i would probably save it and accumulate interest in some high profitable investments.
 
sp111 said:
Actually, I don't think there is anything sweeter than spending money that you earned yourself.

If i got an inheritance or something, i would probably save it and accumulate interest in some high profitable investments.
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the best cure for laziness is greed
 
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