Will IM Be Your Career?
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go back to the Misc phaggot.
Personally, I plan on making most of my monies from software development. I'm just using IM to learn how to market and distribute for when I finish my design.
Also IM helps me pay for school =p
Anyone who answers "yes" to this needs to read (or re-read) How To Get Rich by Felix Dennis*.
He specifically talks about the dangers of associating too closely with a certain industry - he made the same mistake by thinking he was a "publisher", just because his first business was Dennis Publishing. He then started Microwarehouse and made a shitload more cash as well.
The tl;dr version is that you're an entrepreneur who looks for opportunities. Just because Internet marketing is the best one you've found so far, doesn't mean you're an Internet marketer.
Personally - I'm using this to teach me the discipline of marketing, because if I master that, I can use it to build any business.
*Yes, I know that's the 15th time I've talked about this book. It's the only "make money" book I've seen that isn't a bunch of guru bullshit from someone who's only ever made money telling people to make money.
He specifically talks about the dangers of associating too closely with a certain industry - he made the same mistake by thinking he was a "publisher", just because his first business was Dennis Publishing. He then started Microwarehouse and made a shitload more cash as well.
The tl;dr version is that you're an entrepreneur who looks for opportunities. Just because Internet marketing is the best one you've found so far, doesn't mean you're an Internet marketer.
Personally - I'm using this to teach me the discipline of marketing, because if I master that, I can use it to build any business.
*Yes, I know that's the 15th time I've talked about this book. It's the only "make money" book I've seen that isn't a bunch of guru bullshit from someone who's only ever made money telling people to make money.
1word.
Multiplesteamsofincome.
so definitely a stone to bigger things BUT..a huge stone, a stone that makes 9-5 jobs look like a grain of sand
Multiplesteamsofincome.
so definitely a stone to bigger things BUT..a huge stone, a stone that makes 9-5 jobs look like a grain of sand
I agree. I don't know how stable IM will be going into the future, or what the future holds for the internet. People don't really need the internet, just like they did't need a TV and nobody watches it any more. Just because it's today's big thing doesn't mean that trend will continue into the future.
I'm even starting to become interested in the energy industry. My interests are purely monetary, and the internet just happens to be a great place to monetize right now.
As of now it is my income and way of life. I have another job as well but this I'm sure will be my main source for a while.
It's the interdepartmental politics that I miss, you know the "they're making Charlene a VP even though Fred has been here longer" stuff. So important.
I've always wanted to move on to something else but I haven't figured out anything I can make more at without killing myself working. So I've been doing this since 1997 and as my fulltime gig since 2002.
I have however used it as a stepping stone of sorts, investing in rental properties starting in 2008 when the real estate market tanked here. Up to 16 single family properties and a small apartment building all free and clear. I see that more as my retirement than my next job though.
I have however used it as a stepping stone of sorts, investing in rental properties starting in 2008 when the real estate market tanked here. Up to 16 single family properties and a small apartment building all free and clear. I see that more as my retirement than my next job though.
Internet marketing...definitely...the best career...
want to spent whole life in it...
Siddhartha.
want to spent whole life in it...
Siddhartha.