What Was Your 'I'm No Longer A Newbie' Moment?

Tracey_Meagher · 07-27-2009, 04:04 AM

When is a newbie no longer a newbie?

Is it when you have the skillset needed to make money even if you haven't yet earned a cent? Mabye it's when you make your first dollar? Or when you learn how to consistenly make that dollar over and over again?
Is it when you graduate from a mastermind program or group? Is it a mindset so you're no longer a newbie when when you stop thinking of yourself as a newbie?

I ask this only because recently I realized that after two years of learning and practicing FULLTIME, I had pretty much all the technical know-how to make money online .. build websites, create videos, design graphics, write content, do almost anything with wordpress, set up ppc campaigns, build ecommerce stores, you name it, chances are I can do it ... But I hadn't yet managed to bring it all together in a money making plan.

That day, I stopped thinking of myself as a newbie. Not in any willful, determined way. It just didn't seem to make sense anymore. It seemed stupid to call myself a newbie. I figured that I would graduate myself based on the knowledge I had acquired, despite not yet earning significantly from it!

Without consciously realising it, I had thought of newbies as people who weren't making money yet!

Since I took the 'newbie' label off myself, I have managed to focus on a plan that will bring together all of my skills and in time generate the regular income that I am striving for. In short, no longer thinking of myself as a newbie has been liberating.

I'm wondering what everybody else's 'I'm no longer a newbie moment' was?

eugie17 · 07-27-2009, 04:11 AM

in fact I said that to myself several times through 2 years of learning, but each time I found out it was temporary success and I still need to know more, till one dayI was so sure that it It was true, that am no longer a newbie, I was finally able to make real money online. since that day I make good money online

Andyhenry · 07-27-2009, 05:12 AM

I've been doing IM for 10 years and still think of myself as a newbie.

The minute you think you know everything is the minute you need to re-evaluate things.

It's easy to draw lines in the sand and call people earning no money newbies, but I also know many people making decent money that know very little about proper business and if their current model stopped working they'd be stuck. Some of them even make their money telling others how to make money and don't make any in any other way for themselves.

The term newbie is just a label and in my experience many people use it as a reason for why they're not yet successful, but in reality they could easily be doing well with a little confidence and a solid plan but they just don't realise it.

Andy

Tracey_Meagher · 07-27-2009, 05:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andyhenry

I've been doing IM for 10 years and still think of myself as a newbie.

The minute you think you know everything is the minute you need to re-evaluate things.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andyhenry

The term newbie is just a label and in my experience many people use it as a reason for why they're not yet successful, but in reality they could easily be doing well with a little confidence and a solid plan but they just don't realise it.

I agree, things change so quickly, new methods evolve, so many great new people come on the scene with brilliant ideas to share, that to assume you know everything is crazy.

But because the learning process goes on for forever, I believe that once a person feels confident that they have enough skills to start making money in a consistent manner, they definitely need to ditch the newbie label.

You're right Andy, at times, it can be a crutch that holds people back.

07-27-2009, 06:08 AM

Being newbie is a state of mind.you may be in IM for years and still think yourself as newbie or you may have only a few months of experience and perceive yourself as experienced marketer.
In most of the cases people who hesitate in taking action remain permanewbie.
IM is a practical thing and you can come out of this newbie state only by taking action.most people who complain about the information overload are the one who waste their time in just checking the e-mails,reading this and that "how to guide" or watching videos but never implementing anything.

dorothydot · 07-27-2009, 06:10 AM

What an interesting thread! It's fun to read everyone's "A-HA" moments.

For me, it was when I was preparing myself to return a potential client's phone call. Since I'm not exactly an expert extemporaneous speaker, I spent the night responding to potential questions by... explaining things to my pillow.

As I listened to myself wise-ing up that pillow, I suddenly realized... Shoot! I DO know this stuff! I really sound like I know what I'm talking about - Whoa!!

Talk about empowering...

Hope this helps,
Dot

Andyhenry · 07-27-2009, 07:14 AM

I don't see the point of giving yourself such a limiting label.

Usually labels like this are attached by other people in order to pigeon-hole you into what they can think of you as.

Andy

k8spy8 · 07-27-2009, 10:46 AM

When the newbie can contribute to a problem and can give some solution to the problem. I believe when you know about all the things about the whole IM you are no longer newbie.

Dan C. Rinnert · 07-27-2009, 10:49 AM

I agree with the others in that, in a sense, you're always going to be a newbie. There are always new things to learn, or relearn.

BrightLife · 07-27-2009, 11:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by k8spy8

When the newbie can contribute to a problem and can give some solution to the problem. I believe when you know about all the things about the whole IM you are no longer newbie.

I fear that is not true.
I can contribute to a lot of problems and still earn very little money.
For me the Newbie time is over when I can live from this kind of work.

andybeveridge · 07-27-2009, 11:05 AM

I kind of agree with some of the above comments. I do think the word newbie sort of labels you as someone who does not know enough to make a go of it.
The reality is that you learn something in one field and move into another area and of course your new in that field.
Really you just keep learning, after all the Internet world that we market in just keeps evolving and we need to keep up with it.

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crissanteiro · 07-27-2009, 11:15 AM

I myself don't really like the word newbie. It sounds a little condescending. At the most you should use it for a couple of months, and then get on with it and become an IMer.

I am not saying that you stop learning. I think the learning curve in IM is super high. I sit in front of my computer most of my waking moments. And I learn every day.

I have started to make a little money, not near enough what I want to make.

I guess the word newbie would apply, just don't really like it.

callseller · 07-27-2009, 11:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andyhenry

I've been doing IM for 10 years and still think of myself as a newbie.

The minute you think you know everything is the minute you need to re-evaluate things.

It's easy to draw lines in the sand and call people earning no money newbies, but I also know many people making decent money that know very little about proper business and if their current model stopped working they'd be stuck. Some of them even make their money telling others how to make money and don't make any in any other way for themselves.

The term newbie is just a label and in my experience many people use it as a reason for why they're not yet successful, but in reality they could easily be doing well with a little confidence and a solid plan but they just don't realise it.

Andy

I could not agree more. I consider myself a newbie although I now make my living on the internet.

I started out with internet marketing and ended up in an entirely different direction where I now make a living.

I have the time now to devote back to IM.

So here I am back learning as a newbie.

fthomas137 · 07-27-2009, 11:22 AM

I still feel like a newbie in terms of having to continuously learn, but hey that's half the fun!

But the day I lost my 'virginity' was when Google spanked me hard when I ran an adwords campaign that over-ran by several hundred dollars in a matter of about an hour. Slap!

So, maybe we are newbies with battle scars? LOL!

pur113810 · 07-27-2009, 11:25 AM

There is no end of learning and for that there is no point of learning! If you can’t finish something than why do you start it? Don’t answer that. You are always a newbie when it comes to mastering something. Just, what you say to yourself matter the most.

SurviveUnemployment · 07-27-2009, 11:32 AM

Quote:

But I hadn't yet managed to bring it all together in a money making plan.

No disrespect intended, but if you haven't made any money, you're still a newbie. I'm starting to make a little (not enough to live on by a long shot) and I still consider myself a newb.

newBum76 · 07-27-2009, 11:37 AM

Well being a "newbie" myself, I would call myself one just for the fact that I'm ......well, new! I just started learning about IM a few weeks ago and I could have made $10,000 in that short time but that still wouldn't change the fact that I'm new.

On the flip side, I could be doing this for the next few years and not make a dime, and you could call me a terrible marketer, but not new at it.

So I guess to me, "newbie" has to do with the amount of time somebody has been doing something, i.e. whether they are new to it or not, not how skilled they are at it.

So to answer the question, I'm still a newbie.....but I guess I will consider myself to not be one anymore after a certain amount of time has passed that I've been working on IM consistently.....a year maybe?

07-27-2009, 04:04 AM	#1
Tracey_Meagher Alter course, Mr. Paris War Room Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Ireland Posts: 449 Thanks: 67 Thanked 100 Times in 54 Posts	What Was Your 'I'm No Longer A Newbie' Moment? When is a newbie no longer a newbie? Is it when you have the skillset needed to make money even if you haven't yet earned a cent? Mabye it's when you make your first dollar? Or when you learn how to consistenly make that dollar over and over again? Is it when you graduate from a mastermind program or group? Is it a mindset so you're no longer a newbie when when you stop thinking of yourself as a newbie? I ask this only because recently I realized that after two years of learning and practicing FULLTIME, I had pretty much all the technical know-how to make money online .. build websites, create videos, design graphics, write content, do almost anything with wordpress, set up ppc campaigns, build ecommerce stores, you name it, chances are I can do it ... But I hadn't yet managed to bring it all together in a money making plan. That day, I stopped thinking of myself as a newbie. Not in any willful, determined way. It just didn't seem to make sense anymore. It seemed stupid to call myself a newbie. I figured that I would graduate myself based on the knowledge I had acquired, despite not yet earning significantly from it! Without consciously realising it, I had thought of newbies as people who weren't making money yet! Since I took the 'newbie' label off myself, I have managed to focus on a plan that will bring together all of my skills and in time generate the regular income that I am striving for. In short, no longer thinking of myself as a newbie has been liberating. I'm wondering what everybody else's 'I'm no longer a newbie moment' was?

07-27-2009, 04:11 AM	#2
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07-27-2009, 06:10 AM	#6
dorothydot Selling with Stories War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Southern Maryland Posts: 497 Thanks: 289 Thanked 120 Times in 102 Posts	Re: What Was Your 'I'm No Longer A Newbie' Moment? What an interesting thread! It's fun to read everyone's "A-HA" moments. For me, it was when I was preparing myself to return a potential client's phone call. Since I'm not exactly an expert extemporaneous speaker, I spent the night responding to potential questions by... explaining things to my pillow. As I listened to myself wise-ing up that pillow, I suddenly realized... Shoot! I DO know this stuff! I really sound like I know what I'm talking about - Whoa!! Talk about empowering... Hope this helps, Dot
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07-27-2009, 10:46 AM	#8
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07-27-2009, 11:37 AM	#17
newBum76 HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: USA Posts: 314 Thanks: 186 Thanked 34 Times in 20 Posts	Re: What Was Your 'I'm No Longer A Newbie' Moment? Well being a "newbie" myself, I would call myself one just for the fact that I'm ......well, new! I just started learning about IM a few weeks ago and I could have made $10,000 in that short time but that still wouldn't change the fact that I'm new. On the flip side, I could be doing this for the next few years and not make a dime, and you could call me a terrible marketer, but not new at it. So I guess to me, "newbie" has to do with the amount of time somebody has been doing something, i.e. whether they are new to it or not, not how skilled they are at it. So to answer the question, I'm still a newbie.....but I guess I will consider myself to not be one anymore after a certain amount of time has passed that I've been working on IM consistently.....a year maybe?