Internet Marketing Degree

Just giving you my 2 cents..

You would be much better of just going through this forum for free and would learn a lot more about online marketing than pursuing that degree.. I am pretty sure these kind of degrees do not go much into depth.

LOL. In that case, go for it, but just understand that you will find much more info here on the forum than they would teach you.

i dont think it is a bad idea at all. it will give you a very solid marketing foundation to help you see through the hype and BS some people pitch as the latest greatest way to make easy money.

i think it would also give you a very tangible degree that in the worst case scenario, would give you a real leg up on getting a job. Everyone know the internet is only growing, so that degree would be worth something. granted it wont be a Harvard business degree, but i think it is a solid plan.

Any company that tries to sell you an Internet Marketing Degree is a complete joke. Marketing on the Internet moves too quickly to have any sort of curriculum be of any use. Further, the truly powerful IM techniques are never discussed, never taught, and you have no chance learning it from anybody else, through a school, through this forum, at all. The reasons for this are very self explanatory.

You are better off learning business and marketing in general.

I would be wary of any institution marketing a degree as an "Internet Marketing Degree." This is commensurate to the previous debate within academia over the so-called "entrepreneur degree." The opportunity cost is not positive in my opinion.

Wow Internet Marketing Degree lol

First think of MBA. How many MBA students can run a business of their own? Street is the best teacher not school. Take I.T for example or music or sports, the best in these industries are those that are self taught, think of Bill Gates or Steve Jobs, or Dell or etc, Elton John Or Jay Z, Ronaldo or Federer, etc they didn't go to university, they learn hard core from teaching themselves and working hard at it.

Secondly, by the time you finish your degree, say 3 years, the whole industries would have moved in another direction. When I was studying Computing at uni, all my academics books were outdated throughout the 3 years. Yeah it's true the fundamentals remain the same, but someone out there will always be ahead of you if you are stuck at the university.

My 2 cents, so please comment.

Hey,

I think what you need to take into consideration is what your learning style is like?

Some people like the classroom environment it helps them learn better, some learn by doing, others by reading and watching videos.

Totally depends what works best for you... we agree to disagree, simply because everyone is different.

For me personally working on my I.M business has been the biggest and best experience for me... beating any college education I could get and I'm getting paid at the same time to learn, improve and get better.

Hope this helps,

Colin

If you want to learn the traditional stuff then perhaps, but how much of that will you actually learn there?

Get a mini budget, come on this forum, trial and error, see how you go. I did a marketing type diploma that only went for a year. It was enough to get the basics, i'm now just exploring online (while working a 9-5 online marketing job).

Everyone's different, do what you think is best for you. Perhaps just a normal market degree, as a future proof, then learn IM off here.

Good luck

The stuff here in Warrior forum is more up to date, but a formal education is more structured without all the misinformation.

I'd never heard of this school prior to the opening of this thread. Visiting the site was worthwhile. Full Sail also has a Wikipedia entry, although the editors say the article is written like an advertisement. I found both the school site and the Wikipedia site useful.

Did a quick Google search using "Full Sail University Accreditation" -- without the quotes. The search returned some useful results that led to some open questions about whether credits earned at Full Sail are transferable to other academic institutions. There appears to be no doubt that the school is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC) and licensed by the state of Florida.

Info on ACCSC, which accredits trade and technical schools, is here:

ACCSC- About Us

Full Sail has some PR savvy. Its website reports that Hank Williams Jr. did a shoot for Monday Night Football at the school's campus on Sept. 1. The school also has a "Hall of Fame" in which it lauds prominent graduates, including a Grammy-winner and an Emmy-winner.

The school, which has multiple degree programs and publishes a list that includes both credit hours and clock hours, has critics. Some folks complained it was too expensive. Others complained its degrees may lack street clout. Still others asserted that coursework was pedestrian.

Here are some of the instructors and their academic pedigrees:

Faculty - Internet Marketing : Full Sail Online

One thing that caught my attention is that the school says it has a Public Relations module in its IM degree track. The reason it caught my attention is that IMers frequently have no PR savvy at all and are behind the wheel of PR trainwreck after PR trainwreck.

On a side note, Bethany College (Kansas) announced in April that it was introducing a marketing degree track that had a network-marketing emphasis. The critics of MLM promptly stroked out, but the real story was in the equally predictable reactions of certain MLM aficionados. MLM so often is its own worst enemy.

Lots of IMers/MLMers create the appearance that academics have no role and that the notion anyone ever would need go to college to learn IM/MLM is absurd. I happen to believe it's not absurd and that academics could play a vital role in elevating the stature of the trade and sending the message that professionalism is not an abstract concept.

Lol i had no idea they taught this in universities

In my mind universities are just another business that trains people to work for other men.
This is my opinion

I'm a professional stand-up comedian and magician, yet I'm glad I got a B.A. from the University of Central Florida.

Here's the thing that a lot of people are leaving out.

When you get a degree, it means you set goals and achieved them. Whether you get a degree in English, political science, or anything else, doesn't really matter.

What matters is that you prove to yourself and to potential employers that you're disciplined and driven enough to set your sites on a goal and accomplish it.

I remember hearing a story about some successful businessman that was asked what his secret was. He replied, "Show up."

So few people simply show up and do the job. When you get a degree, you separate yourself from the flakes.

All education is good and once you have it, it can't be taken away. My advice is to get a degree. After you do, you're free to do whatever you want. No matter what you decide to do, you'll always know that you set your mind to something and accomplished it. That's a lesson that will always serve you well. When things get tough, you'll remember that they were tough before and you prevailed.

The number one reason people don't make money in IM is because they fail to take action. Getting a degree will show you that taking action day in and day out leads to success.

Now, I am speaking as a Jr. High drop-out here, but isn't that piece of paper called a "degree" for those people who want to work for someone else?


... You know the old saying, the A students become teachers, and the B students end up working for the C students.


I'm told those student loans are pretty expensive these days, so carefully consider your goals before committing to that kind of debt.

So they are offering that stuff now? Back then, I got a ton of brochure that Full Sail sent me when they were just starting. I have inquired about their multimedia course (3ds max) but didn't pursue it since they were an unknown. I was self-studying Flash 4 and decided to focus in creating animated greeting cards.

Is it really real? Personally, I don't think Internet Marketing Degree will do much help on how you can enjoy earning some money from your online work, since most people here will probably agree with me that they don't have this formal education for being Internet Marketing businessmen, right?
I mean, there is no such thing as Internet Marketing Degree before and how come it only comes out now? What would we learn from it and what would they teach us? I can't see the logic in the idea that if they are earning because they are an Internet Marketers, why would they make a degree from it and requires a fee to learn from it? And most especially, what guarantees us that we could really make it successfully when we enrol to the degree.

Saw few times the ad from Full Sail on this.

Nothing wrong with that, but maybe it's just a faster way to learn IM (an overview) and I do believe that it'll always keep changing and you'll always still need to learn.

Then again, learning on your own is cheaper and slower. Steep learning curve but I guess with places like here, you can speed up abit with the help of others

I have the IMMS degree and trust me, you will learn a great deal - especially in terms of corporate internet marketing that cuts through a lot of the muck you have to sift through here.

I have so many companies hitting ME up for interviews because they need that demonstrated experience.

Yes, I've done Internet Marketing on my own for 2 years prior to going but the experience of knowing how IM works in ALL aspects is sooo important.

Don't let the naysayers get to you... there are plenty of things I learned at Full Sail on the Master's level from corporate experts with their own multimillion dollar portfolios that you WILL not find here.

i have been making money online for over 15 years, and i can honestly say that without fail 80%+ of my business is continually based on marketing fundamentals. sure some search engine tactics change or software makes thing possible that were not possible before. but by far most of what i do is the same.

i work to create win-win-win solutions with myself, my customers, my business partners.

i work to advertise any site i am working with in as many high traffic places as possible.

i work to create some sort of followup system to keep in touch with customers.

i attempt to track any statistic i can.

the bottom line is that while a few tactics change fast, doing business on the internet does not change nearly as fast as most would think. unless of course you are one of those people thats is perpetually looking for the next way to make a million dollars in a month rather than focusing on solving people problems and just making a few dollars.

for every google or facebook that had a great idea and got a little lucky essentially winning the lottery, there are literally millions of other business built on solid business / marketing fundamentals

Thank you everyone for your views on the subject, there are good pros and cons in this thread. This is only one of three degrees I am considering from there, but it is the only one that applies to this forum. In the end I will be going to that school, it will just come down to which degree I feel will be more beneficial to me in the long run. I am a disabled Veteran so I am not looking for a degree that will get me a job in corporate America, I couldn't work there if I wanted to. I am looking for something to occupy my time and possibly help me with IM or making money from home.

That being said the other degrees I am looking at involves making websites or mobile development. I know mobile is growing but I am afraid that the boom is here and when I am done with the degree I will just be picking up the scraps that are left over. Websites will be around but that doesnt really interest me as much as either of the others.

Again thank you everyone for your input.

There is really no reason the get a degree for something like Internet Marketing when there is infinite amounts of information available on the internet if you know where to look. I really think people nowadays should take it upon themselves to learn what they need to learn in order to be successful in their own way instead of having institutions try and trick them into thinking they need to go through irrelevant courses. There is more information available from people that will provide anyone with a platform to start their own successful business than from some syllabus.

I think a degree is more important when you want to get a job, I mean a real job. Because they are going to see that you are 'qualified'. However, if you are in this game to become financial independent there are many resources that are free like this forum and much cheaper to understand the dynamics of internet marketing to make money. College degrees are kind of expensive and it would take your time. When you are in your own business no one asks you for credentials, not even the lady at the bank when you deposit cash.

To be clear, most of the Internet Marketing curriculum for Full Sail has little to nothing to do with most of the Internet Marketing I see here.

Most of the program is tailored for individuals who are interested in corporate marketing, not necessarily the small, plans to be self-employed business owner.

If your goal is to make a basic portfolio of niche sites, or specialize in a small area of offline consulting, web design, etc, then no this degree isn't for you.

With that said, I *will* say some of the respectable heavy hitters on this forum with proven experience and success in business and marketing do have corporate or entrepreneurial experience that precedes their entrance into this community.

Ron Douglas is an example.

(And this is NOT to say to succeed you "have" to have that success, but that it is noted when someone who does well in this arena can establish the fact they've brought their expertise aboard.)

The incredible growth of the Internet has changed many features and aspects of modern life. One of the many career fields the Internet has changed is marketing. A completely new area of marketing has been given entry and has progressively gained speed as people are increasingly becoming more and more dependent on the Internet in their everyday lives. With so many people accessing the Web throughout the day, it is very good to pursue a degree in Internet Marketing as you will have the opportunity to publicize and market products with ease to various other internet users. It will help you spread out your marketing expertise while making yourself more marketable.
all the very best...

Give it a try if its really for free. However, if its not then your just wasting money or time. Because Internet Marketing is broad and there are lots of way, methods whatever you call it that may work out or may not. You can just learn from a lot of free online internet marketing training which can be very beneficial to you.

Let's cut the B.S. out.

If your goal is to get a "good" job - go to the uni.

If you want to run a real business, study Eben Pagan, Jay Abraham, or Dan Kennedy.
Eben has a great way of explaining things to beginners.

The Warrior Forum is great, but it's not enough to get solid education. See it more as a really powerful supplement.

I reckon it could be pretty useful, but it would probably only be the basic do's and dont's but it could provide you with some very valuable information and tips so I wouldn't really rule it out!

The best degree you can get is from the experience you will have by implementing what you can learn from here , Steve Jobs , the best C.E.O ever didn't need a degree to build MAC , and many other succesfull people.
Are many other ways you can grow you business or build a good one , but honestly going for a degree is not in top of my list of things.
I don't think will bring you much , and besides you will lose valuable time and money doing it...

A good education is the best investment you can do! Take the degree!

This is very interesting. I'm gonna check and find more about the details on what covers the degree.

I have been looking into getting my internet marketing degree from full sail all the people that complain about full sail is because they are doing something like "recording arts" and they can not find a job when they get out. Internet marketing seems like the best degree to get right now. I notice people saying on here how it would be better to just get a course that is so not true internet marketing will teach you a lot of stuff and I can promise you that it will not be in no jeff johnson course. This is far more than just doing SEO and making a site and putting a affiliate link on it. I have heard a internet marketing guru say that he does not believe that you can optimize social media sites but guess what they have a class at fullsail that teaches you to do just that. The fact that you have a degree in internet marketing will make you get hired more easier from a company that would want you to do SEO. Even with clients you might have you can easily tell them you got a degree in internet marketing and that is why you will be the best. There is no way in hell you could look at these posts in here and learn what you would learn at full sail. I do not get why people seem to think it is like getting a internet course reading articles

Get a coach. Learn from those who make real money in IM.

I only use about 5% of what I learned in college.

A college degree is merely a "passport" to get into the real world. That's where "real" learning begins.

I was once considering a "share trading" degree. Luckily my brother talked me out of it.

That's what he told me, "By the time you finish, you will be overwhelmed and don't even know where to start". He was right!

If you learn everything about IM but not mastering in anything, then it is extremely hard to have long term IM success.

IM is so diverse, so you have to focus in a small aspect and master it in order to compete and succeed.

It is not a bad idea given the rise of the Internet.

Internet Marketing Degree? You got to be kidding.

Better go for E-Commerce Degree.