Who still has a Job despite earning a full time IM income & why

[pheonix44]

I could not have said it better myself. The people who make 1000.00$ a week might say they need 10.000$ a month to quit their jobs, but when they get it now they need 20.000 to quit. If I have a skill I can always use that skill. If google pulls my website I know I still have my list to market to and I still have plenty of money in the bank to use good paid methods to make my money back in no time. It is similar to the people who are scared to death to use ppc even though if you can master it even half way you can make hundreds a day in no time. Taking risks and not being afraid to fail seperates the weak from the strong.

[Jack Doug]

ya...i have a job even though i am in IM biz...that is because i felt IM might not last...what if one day, everything crashes? at least i have my job as backup

[pheonix44]

You got to stop thinking of it as what if the internet crashes.If you are a marketer then you are a marketer. I can go offline and find a hungry niche or a need and fill it. This applies to everything. It's like mail order, do you think those people are worried about what if the mail stops running. They have the SKILLS to get their service or product in front of people who will buy. Hungry targeted crowd, plus you having the ability to feed them will always equal money in your pocket. I remember I was a teenager,I would wait until it snowed and then go to old peoples house to shovel for 20.00. I soon had a list of people I could go to whenever it snowed. I made hundreds everytime it snowed. See what I mean, the same concept of finding a desperate crowd and finding a way to give them what they want is a skill that can be used anywhere and everywhere.

[rdilipk1]

I am still into my job and am not planning to quit until this year end. It is very funny that we all profess about a full time income from the internet and yet do not want to quit our jobs. I feel that the majority of us do it because we are not very comfortable with quitting the job and are scared of a situation where the income from internet dies, for some reason.
I would want to set up something that gives me an assurance, irrespective of, me working or, not working for a day.
This is why I just don't to take any chances.

[pheonix44]

The internet is a giant marketing machine. If it dies then several companies would go out of business then you would see a REAL recession. Trust me, wherever there are hundred of billions of dollars involved you do not have to worry about such a thing happening. You don't believe me, just look at what the president is trying to do with healthcare, do you think there would be this much resistence if a multitude of companies didn't stand to lose BILLIONS of dollars? If you have ever seen the movie "Bulsworth" then you know that he got killed because he dared to threaten the health insurance industry. We are talking about BILLIONS. This is what the internet is, and if anyone tried to take that away they would probably end up in the ground sad to say.

[Rick B]

I started messing around writing a few websites for fun in 1997, never even thinking about earning any money at it. A couple of years later I had a minor heart attack. Then a couple of years after that I had another more serious health problem that was eventually fixed but it forced me to sell my brick and mortar business.

By that time (2001) I had three hundred or so pages of original content on the web and the search engines seemed to like my sites in the SERPs so I added Amazon ads. To my surprise, they generated a couple of hundred bucks a month!

I had some more health problems (that turned out to just be side effects of medications) and figured, "Hell, I'll give this internet thing a try! I can do this from a hospital bed if necessary!"

I quit outside work altogether and lived mostly off the money I got for my business for the next three years. During that time I increased my three hundred pages of original content to a bit over 1000 and my income increased to more than $20,000 per year (still far less than what I was used to).

Then I had another heart attack because the stent implant they put in my clogged artery in 1999 collapsed. Unfortunately, it has taken me a few years to get back on my feet but I'm doing pretty well again now with very little permanent heart damage.

I don't know what I would have done without my internet earnings these last few years! With a minimal amount of work, the automated deposits to my account just kept right on coming in! Due to the nature of internet work, I actually managed to increase my content another 1000 pages or so over the last few years to more than 2000 total pages of original content and my income has grown a bit more too.

I'm back to working normal 40+ hour weeks and am really into internet marketing now. Until recently I did almost no marketing at all and still have managed to earn a livable income.

So anyway, I didn't have the luxury of deciding whether or not to keep my security blanket of a regular paycheck. It's been tough but if I can stay well now, I see a rosy financial future ahead!

I wish the same for all of you!

[sree94]

I will tell you, one thing that is difficult about having a full time IM income and still keeping a J.O.B. is finding motivation. I mean, I make more on autopilot with my biz then I do at my job, which has horrible hours, is very stressful, and is work that, quite frankly, I do not enjoy

What keeps me going is that every day I go in, I am one step closer to having my debt paid off, and one day closer to being able to quit