When Do You Stop Being A Newbie?

You don't ever stop being a newbie personally but its all about how people see you. You could be a guru to some but a newbie to the people above you.

I believe it is a matter of your thinking and a matter of experience/track record.

If you believe you are an expert at something, you are not a newbie.

It may sound stupid, but it is true. How many times have we seen that superior who thought that he was great and an expert at what he do, but we all know he's totally clueless?

Which brings me to the other point: experience/track record.

If you have more experience at doing a particular specialty, you more often than not become really good at doing it and can be deemed an 'expert'. Now, 'expert' status is really objective and situational: you can be an expert among newbies but to be truly 'guru' status you have to be an expert amongst experts!

What about track record? More often than not, track record is simply a term that means 'proof'. A good track record of yours in whatever you do shows people proof of your expertise, proof of your credibility, etc.

Again, you must have seen the humble guy whom is really good at doing a certain thing, and is recommended highly by people. However, that guy is quick to be humble and does not trumpet his skills.

That, IMO, is also an expert. But he is simply an expert from other's point of view.

Hence, my point: you stop being a newbie when you believe you are not, and at the same time, allow others to believe the same too when you have experience and a good track record under your belt.

Hey Great Words of Wisdom there thank you for your reply!

I don't think there's one magic moment when you can say, "nope, I'm not a newbie any more." But the moment you're no longer a newbie doesn't mean you're necessarily an expert, either.

Instead, I think of it as a continuum:

[beginner] ---------------------------------- [Expert]

We all fall on that continuum somewhere.



But marketing is a huge topic, so you can also look at individual topic continuums, like this:

[beginner SEO] ------------------------------ [Expert SEO]


[beginner copywriting] ------------------------------ [Expert Copywriting]


[beginner product creation] ------------------------------ [Expert product creation]



And so on.

The key is to figure out what you're good at and what you like. Then you can outsource the rest.

cheers,
Becky

Honestly, when you stop depending on others
and start doing things yourself.

When you stop asking questions and start
answering them..

We are all newbies when it comes to learning
and new technologies...We all must continually learn.

but the ability to help and to do things and see it
through to fruition is what differentiates "newbies"
from experts..

All the best,

We are all newbies, as things continue to change and we have to continue to learn.

I think we should consider ourselves newbies when we are learning something "new".

The problem with most newbies however is that they always remain a newbie.

I am an example,I have been working on internet marketing since the last 4 years,but yet when I see newbie material,i tend to take it.

The fact is, I cannot grow if I think I am newbie,it limits my confidence.

After some time newbies need to feel they know stuff,not everything, but atleast they know something and so they are not newbies.

Pinky

Well Im a year in and I bang away at the keyboard daily. Guess what I make - Go on. OK I make as of jan 9th this year $700 a year lol.

So I can say I have achieved a holiday for myself every year. Just need to keep tramping on for another couple of years to get the rest of the family with me lol

well,it seems you are so competent.I think newbie is just a kind of call.And usually people judge it by time that you have entered this field.For those guys who have years experience,they are called veteran.But who cares exactly?Just spend more time on your business and focus on your goal.If you can see your progress,it's not very necessary for you to judge whether you're still a newbie or not.

As others have mentioned - IMHO - I think we all need to be continually learning. The field of Internet Marketing is so vast that each of us will always be new to some areas. The truth is that it takes a lot to master any area of IM, and before jumping to another area of specialty we should focus on gaining a handle on what we are doing.

I mean, thinking that an Internet Marketer will be good at every aspect of the profession is like expecting a doctor to be a specialist in every field - it is simply impossible. We can dabble in everything but we will always be a newbie in some fields. In fact, I hate the term 'newbie'. To me it implies that the person is completely new, when in fact they may not be new to IM, only new to the particular area being discussed. Maybe it's my nursing background but as a Nurse Educator we worked with the Novice to Expert continuum. It seemed to make sense to me.

Anyway - back to the point, we all have to keep learning and outsource what we can't do on our own. Just my opinion

You stop being a newbie once you become an expert in your niche, you will always be a newbie in other niches, but your always an expert in the niche you excell in.

Newbie is just a word. If I would sell an ebook I would concentrate on newbies, meaning people knowing less than me and therefore buy my book. If you would buy it en say: "That´s just some rehashed stuff I read a thousand times already.", you wouldn´t fit into my profile of a newbie.

I think the better question might be "When Do You Become A Guru"? My answer would be never, because the marketers that could be defined as Guru's in their respective Niches would never say that they are "Guru's"

My answer to when you stop being a Noobie is when you learn how to play the game!

I think it is a very thin line. It all depends upon your thinking. If you think you know everything on a particular subject and there is nothing you need to learn on that subject, you are an expert else you are a newbie.