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Old 11-03-2009, 06:36 AM   #1
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Hi All,

I've recently found this forum and have been reading feverishly! I currently work in IT and this all makes sense to me in theory and I now understand the (very) basics of how this can/does/will work - I fell like I'm at the start of a very long and prosperous journey!

What I wanted to ask is how many of you currently make a full time living from these methods? There are a lot of very extravagant claims (naturally as it's all about sales!) being banded around and sometimes it's hard to see the wood for the trees!

I'm really looking forward to getting fully involved and, as soon as I can, giving something back to the community for all I've learned so far!

Good to be on board!
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I am full time and have a staff and office. Been at this for 12 years.

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Old 11-03-2009, 06:38 AM   #3
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Gee Brad, now I feel inferior.

Im also full time, first 12 months in, although I quit my job 3 years ago due to property investing.

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I do, although 50% of my income is from three unique membership sites I have developed as well.

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I make my living 90% online.

Who knew selling animal porn to the elderly was so lucrative!!!


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Who knew selling animal porn to the elderly was so lucrative!!!
We are in the same niche...
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I don't make full time living from IM but I hope that soon I will
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Old 11-03-2009, 07:11 AM   #8
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I've made my living online (with various business models) for about 12 years. Online marketing is just another way to reach an audience like many of the offline methods.
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Hi All,

I've recently found this forum and have been reading feverishly! I currently work in IT and this all makes sense to me in theory and I now understand the (very) basics of how this can/does/will work - I fell like I'm at the start of a very long and prosperous journey!

What I wanted to ask is how many of you currently make a full time living from these methods? There are a lot of very extravagant claims (naturally as it's all about sales!) being banded around and sometimes it's hard to see the wood for the trees!

I'm really looking forward to getting fully involved and, as soon as I can, giving something back to the community for all I've learned so far!

Good to be on board!
Lots do - I don't. But yes, I don't because I have never tried to scale to that amount - I can easily see what a huge income potential it has. I do make a thousand or couple of thousand bucks per month nowadays though, practically with one real product and with my article writing services.

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Old 11-03-2009, 07:48 AM   #10
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I own an Internet business and about a dozen and a half niche sites. I have made probably $15,000 to $20,000 over the past five years from Internet marketing, but that is not too much and is only the tip of the iceberg.

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Old 11-03-2009, 07:51 AM   #11
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Hey Rockfeller,

Classic first post for sure!
Anything is possible online, how much you want to make?

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I make my living entirely online and know of plenty of other people who do so.

Hard work is the "secret" to success as far as I can see!

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Wow, thanks for all the quick, inspirational and helpful responses! Hard work is no problem as long as there's an achievable goal at the end of it!

Joining the War Room is a definite next step!

Thanks guys, this really seems like a friendly, helpful place!

I'm sure I'll be asking all the newbie questions and making all the newbie mistakes soon enough!!

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I think many people earn full time incomes online and many of the monetary claims are somewhat true. I think the biggest exaggeration isnt the money made but the time and work involved in making that money!
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I have worked from home for ten years now. My best year was 10x what I made at my J.O.B.

"Joining the War Room is a definite next step!"

Good move. Keep in mind that there is more to making money online than just selling ebooks.

I started by offering SEO services to clients. I then got into lead generation and the directory business. Have an open mind and find what works best for you.

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Ive been at this since around march, and if you read my previous posts, you'll notice the "journey"

I went from knowing nothing, and i mean nothing!!.

I knew i had to get a basic knowledge of html and stuff, so i went to the w3schools website and learned from there. Then i discovered wordpress, and began teaching myself the ins and outs of that. Then came seo, omg, thats been a journey in itself!!...

Then i learned about article writing, and finally cpa.

Where am i now??...Well lets just say i earn enough to get monthly payments from 2 cpa networks

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not me.

Or anyone I know for that matter... this whole internet marketing thing is one giant scam.

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I make a full living from business.

IM is just a unit.

NYC is my home.
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Who knew selling animal porn to the elderly was so lucrative!!!


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I make a full living from business.

IM is just a unit.
Well said.

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They're not that hot, the one on the rights decidedly ropey... set your sights even higher i say!

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Hey Rockefeller,

That is a great question it reeally is..........
Ive been making money online since 2004 and up until a few weeks ago i didnt know what IM was. I just make money and never labelled it as IM i genuinely had no clue what so ever that these communties/forums existed.

I was invited to a seminar and i went along just out of interest. 3 days later and having spoke to many people i realised that i was a successful IM lol.

These guys in here know everything about everything and i dont mind telling you that i dont know much at all, i know how to make cash thats it.

I see lots of posts making special offers etc i honestly dont even know what a lot of them are talking about.... get blogs, back links, front links, traffic, responders, blueprints, black hats, white hats.... ??? LOL

I have a lot of products which would suit you down to the ground and i would be happy to give them to you for next to nothing. Everything you need step by step but you know what? i dont even know how to sell em on here. I would give you an average price guide of $47 ebook or dvd or video for nothing ($1.97) all the hype all the facts etc in a basket ready for you to munch.

As i say this is brand new to me too, i just did it all myself no help no clues no nothing. I cant even speak the language lol.

I am a new aged dinosaur !!

Anyway good luck buddy

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Yes, you definitely need to get training and stick to one thing. I usually jump all over the place so I am trying to focus on just one thing that I know will work.

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I worked in I.T as well and have been in this business for 5 months, I gave my job the boot 2 weeks ago and lovenet!
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Hi Rockefeller,
Having worked online for a number of years I have been fortunate to make a decent living. Like anything if you stick with it, it can work for you.

There are many different ways to Make Money Online, and it is easy to get distracted by the next Hot Thing to come along. My best advise for you is to chose one thing and Focus on it like a Laser Beam, until you start making money.

All The Best!
Steve, I couldn't agree more with you. I've been doing IM for a few months and only started seeing results when I focused on one thing that was working for me. Jumping on the next hot thing can really make you lose time and focus.
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So, you make porn videos of yourself and sell it to the elderly?
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|I now that a old post, but I'm trying to make money online, I got a 60k job now but I have 4 kid and my wife not working. I think some people are making money online and I hope I will join them one day. For now I'm trying the sniper technique and I have learn really good info with ManicMarketing.

1 day I will learn how to stop spending money online to learn and make money lol

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Full time since June this year which isn't too bad considering I just found out how to internet market in December 08! Full time here meaning no JOBs for me and my husband...but we're making much more than quadruple what we used to make in a executive level jobs. Again, this is still our first year, but the monthly income keeps expanding so its looking pretty good!

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getting close to 3 years, with 5 full time employees.

loving every minute of it

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getting close to 3 years, with 5 full time employees.

loving every minute of it
Great thread

For those who replied stating they have staff in their IM business, I be interested to hear what roles those staff play in your business. Are we talking niche researchers, campaign managers here?

I've often thought if I ever make it successful in IM, could hiring staff provide leverage to become even more successful.

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Have learned a lot in a very short period of time, all with the hopes of being able to retire early enough to be able to enjoy it. Do not necessarily need full time income from it just supplement my pension.
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I think the problem with most people is that they invest in so many programs, but they're not making progress in their own business. I think getting your first check from clickbank, or commission junction or wherever it may be is enough to push someone over the top and make them want to take things a step further. I believe you can do this while you're working at your job. I've been hearing so many people talking about outsourcing, which i think is great; I JUST started outsourcing some of my jobs. But, I think the trick is just picking one idea, one site, and focusing ONLY on that project until you've covered all your points... then move on to the next project! Any thoughts?
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Been Full Time for almost 5 years, from the day I discovered IM (the day before i was unemployed so had no choice)

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IM along with email marketing is how I get my business. I've only started using this approach for the last 4 months and it's working great. Before I was making out bound sales calls and that grew old quickly.

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I earn a full-time income from IM. It's not a big one - less than half what I made at my "day job" before I went full time - but I get by.

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not me.

Or anyone I know for that matter... this whole internet marketing thing is one giant scam.
LOL! Nice one, George.

I'm not as yet, but finally getting some sales after years of trying is exhilarating! You definitely have to keep at it; and I (and I'm sure everyone else on here) can't stress enough on how important it is to STOP JUMPING from one thing to the next. You'll regret the time you've wasted when you look back, I guarantee it.


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I am just getting started and this forum has been amazing, I have learned so much and many of the members get back to you as soon as you post a HELP post, its really great!

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Making very little right now but learning loads of information. I make a sale every now and then - just enough to keep that carrot dangling in front of my face. I am guilty of program jumping but now I am getting focused and concentrating on just one thing.

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LOL! Nice one, George.

I'm not as yet, but finally getting some sales after years of trying is exhilarating! You definitely have to keep at it; and I (and I'm sure everyone else on here) can't stress enough on how important it is to STOP JUMPING from one thing to the next. You'll regret the time you've wasted when you look back, I guarantee it.
Weelllllllll, I'm not so sure. There's so much to learn that you have to work on lots of different things to get up to speed with the basics, and if you just focus on one thing how do you know what that thing should be unless you're led there by your experiments?

My very first site was a blog to feature pages for CPA offers, with traffic provided by article marketing. I learned how to register for a network, track clicks, set up a Wordpress blog with different themes and plugins, add affiliate banners and cloaked links, and some basic SEO. Unfortunately I also discovered that AM gives good SEO ranks but really lousy traffic; I've had less than one unique per day and 0 zip/email submits and 0 list signups.

So if I decided to "stick with it" what would I do? I don't have the budget for PPC. So I tried something completely different: Amazon Affiliate autoblogs, following one of the WSOs here. Now I've learned how to set up blogs with Amaff, how to do article and W2.0 links for SEO, and how to do Google Adsense. I still know nothing about social bookmarking but I'm going to learn in the next few days. But those skills are useful no matter what I end up focusing on.

My problem now is I don't know where to concentrate so I just submit articles and blog posts every day and tweak my army of 20 sites. I may try CPA again by putting their banners on my Amaff sites but there is hardly any clickthroughs as it is -- I get about one adsense click per day and about 5 Amaff buys per month.

So now I need to know if I should just keep working on the SEO mindmaps of my Amaff sites, or start to develop sites for Clickbank (I've never done CB), or look into other-than-Amazon physical products (ShareASale?), or just start a site around my hobbies so I'll be motivated to write posts. Its a tough question -- the past three months have been a great learning experience and the time and money costs have been well worth it -- but I'd hate to concentrate for 6 months on just one thing and not have it work out. I'm leaning towards expensive physical products through some decent commission network, but I just don't know.
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Old 11-03-2009, 07:20 PM   #44
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Is money all that is important to you ?

Sure it is all money in the bank to you but I am the one who has to keep getting grandpa out of the freakin barn.

After the last time I don't think I can ever look at as chicken the same way again. Let's just say ...eggs are no longer on the menu at my house .

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Old 11-03-2009, 07:37 PM   #45
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Lol... I'm full-time, but it takes a GOOD LONG WHILE before you get to that point if you don't follow the right methods. You can work equally hard on 2 websites, and one makes you thousands, while the other makes exactly $10 per month.

I've seen both sides of the coin and wish to never see people have to go through all the struggle. Now I have a system that works for me, and I'm sticking to it.. expanding etc..

New twists on old fundamental ideas.

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Old 11-03-2009, 07:42 PM   #46
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I make a full time income from my business which includes IM.

Aswell as Research, Local SEO consultant and web design.

Maybe if I had the time to stick with IM I could make a good income from just that. lol

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Old 11-03-2009, 07:59 PM   #47
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There is definitely a lot of Hype in IM and a lot of it is not real. Once you get into it,though and do your own due diligence you wil discover the real stuff and it will blow you away. You need to do very thorough research.

It is definitely possible to make a loooot of money. Currently, approximately 90% of new millionaires are made online. The real trick is to find something that works ,stick with it and grow it.

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Old 11-03-2009, 08:04 PM   #48
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I earn a full time living from Internet marketing, but I majority of the money that I make come from the consulting that I do for my clients

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Old 11-03-2009, 08:13 PM   #49
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Self-employed most of my life - I'm 55 so that's a few years - strictly online since 1996. I run a lot of websites but a good chunk of my revenue comes from providing services to the ecommerce industry.

Multiple revenue streams of residual income is my mantra ;-)

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Lol... I'm full-time, but it takes a GOOD LONG WHILE before you get to that point if you don't follow the right methods. You can work equally hard on 2 websites, and one makes you thousands, while the other makes exactly $10 per month.

I've seen both sides of the coin and wish to never see people have to go through all the struggle. Now I have a system that works for me, and I'm sticking to it.. expanding etc..

New twists on old fundamental ideas.

- Chris
Yep, Chris nailed it here, folks.

As much as there is no mystery and that it all comes down to "hard work"... the biggest piece of the puzzle is WHAT you do.

And getting that ever-important first wave of results is essential. It can take months, maybe even a year or two of dedicated trial/error until you "get it".

Whether that's a market that works for you - or a marketing style - it can take time.

Doesn't matter what direction you go, there is a learning curve and a trade-off of some kind. This is why I truly think it's essential to set up QUICK test sites, drive some traffic and see what happens, in a variety of markets at first.

I've had 5 page mini-sites make over 6 figures profit from free organic traffic.

And I've had 500+ page authority sites barely earn 1K a month.

(Same principle goes for opt-in lists, not always the size that matters...)

Bottom Line: It's easy to go "full time" when you've got a WORKABLE combination of market, offers and style.

Finding them is the initial "hard part"...

Stick through, run enough tests, and it's inevitable (which requires focus, effort, time and self-discipline).

Best of luck,

-Chris

P.S. What "works" is usually right in front of you. Choose a market. Look at who's advertising, the main offers, etc. Make a list of what you think are the top 5 sites promoting them.

And then run with something similar yourself. Then do it again. And again. And when you strike a nerve - scale up like a bat out of hell...

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