Do you need to be hated to be successful?

You should not worry about these things, just focus on your goals and action-plan. Everything will be fine. Good Luck.... !

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds"

Albert Einstein

That quote about sums it up

Happy people tend to be silent.

Unhappy people tend to make noise.

So the unhappy people are easily seen, while the happy people aren't.

As the customer base grows, you see a lot more unhappy people, but you don't really see many more happy ones.

Well..Haters will always hate no matter what. but at the end of the day "Money Talks"

thats how its been all this time and thats how it will ever be.

who is hated?, I don't think you have any reason to believe this, do you?

there is a saying that if more people trying to pulling your legs down then you are above them..... more people talking about you then you are on your way of success..... as all we know
""Coins always make sound,
But the currency notes are always silent.
So, when your value increases,
Keep yourself calm and silent.""

so be silent and just go for your dreams.... and be successful .... my wishes with you... Good luck....!!!!!!!!.........

Hi all,

No, this is not something thats keeping me up at night ; ) but I just wanted to get others perspective out there. Thanks again, got some valuable insights.

I am not sure why they are successful if there are a lot of people who feel they have been scammed.
Maybe they get their success by selling to newbies who don't do their research first.

You are never going to please all the people all the time but you can give it a good try.

Sandy

Failures will always talk bad about successes. I can only imagine how many of those people who bad mouth the "gurus" are the same people who tried SEO for 2 days and chalked it up to not working.

Don't agree at all.

If they were so hated then they'd not be successful. What I've started to notice on Amazon that some books have moderate reviews and many have reviews where people love it... or hate it (with few in the middle).

I think when you create a market where people love you or hate you (as opposed to everyone thinking you're just ok and sitting on the fence) it's indicative of being yourself and doing what works for you. Voicing your opinion and your methods... not trying to please everyone.

You will get some very vocal people if they are unhappy with a product after being soaked to the tune of $1997 for it.

Like with every venue, it seems that bad boys and girls are always followed 'way more than everyone else.

They provide entertainment value. And when providing entertainment, good or bad, more and more people will hear about them.

Life's too short to worry if folks envy you or not.

I do agree about being soaked for $1,997 or so....in my wildest dreams, I could never conceive of buying something that expensive unless I knew precisely how it would benefit me (for example, I spent close to 4K to have my flagship site overhauled 15 months ago, but you had better believe I did massive research before settling on it!).

Perhaps I'm just cheap....

Well said... Haters tend to be more vocal.

James Scholes

Who hates you? People who don't earn as much as you?

I think I read somewhere that if 1 person likes your service they'll tell 10 people about it...however if that one person doesn't like your service they'll tell 100 people about it.

I think also in a lot of cases the user doesn't give the product a chance, doesn't follow through or just loses focus and buys the next new appealing shiny toy.

I have supported products that people purchased several months ago but only got to try out recently.

What you plant is what you will going to harvest. That's what it is, so make sure to run a clean business.

You should focus on your plans and goals. Just be honest with your work and everything will turn out fine. Wish you all the best!

Great question Christiani! Here's my take on it...

If other people envy for what you've done, then you are on the right path, because in their eyes, you are successful.

The more successful you become, the more people are NOT going to like you. And that's fine, because you want to focus on those people who admire and what to learn from you.

It's usually a DANGER SIGN if everyone pretends to like you and agree with you. You need opponents, in order to learn more about yourself.

There's an old say, "Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer." That's because you friends are NOT going to tell you all the flaws, but your enemies are going to tell you a big deal of what your mistakes are.

Nobody and nothing is perfect, but you can make it better.

No.Absolutely false. Everyone loves me =D

From now on I want to be known as the Asshole Warrior (if some don't already call me that).

And instead of the Rich Jerk... I am going to brand myself as the The Rich Pr!ck.

Share the hate - make me rich.

I like it. Time to get me one of them donation buttons like Darcklock.

Or you can visit my Fiverr gig where for $5.00 I will totally p1ss you off.

I can see the potential here.

I think it has a lot to do with jealousy, and also they can't afford certain IM'ERS courses, yet they rip it off of all the blackhat forums.

Hate? I guess it's more like envying or jealousy lol

Great insights.

Believe it or not a lot of people are afraid of success out of fear of stepping on someones toes and only think on what can go wrong if they get started. That doesn't seem to be the vibe here lol.

i believe much of the industry has gotten a bad name in the last 5-8 years due to the hype. i really saw things change when the "gurus" started really pushing the $497 - $1997 products. which really began in earnest i guess with the john reese traffic secrets course.

personally, i have bought just about all the major courses from most of the major gurus players and my take is this. The truth is, there is not much meaningful new material to come along in the last few years.

Probably 80%+ of the information in any internet marketing course by anyone that is put out now a days can be found for free in various reports or on the WF.

there really are very few secrets at all, and the gurus dont know much if any more than many of those that are struggling. they have however built up internet assets over many years that allow them to live a very comfortable life.

most of the gurus are making their money with their list...thats it. thats the secret. get a list, some how, some way. if you have that, you can make money in a variety of ways.

another truth about the majority of the people that others refer to as "gurus" is that most of those guys only operate in the IM niche.

they in fact dont practice what the preach in many of their courses. they dont do the keyword research, they dont worry to much about niches, they dont focus on backlinking, they dont write many if any articles....they just create products that people will buy if they hear recommendations from their other "guru" friends.

i still buy most of the course because i can afford to finacially, and i like to see what they are up to, but my advice to people is "buy information or assets(think graphics)...not dreams"

if a sales letter is pushing you some dream income or how your life will get so much better after you pay me xxxx dollars, just close the page and move on.

By successful IM'ers it seems you're referring to IM "Gurus" in the IM niche. Those guys get the most hate and scam complaints. There are many more marketers in their own niches who don't get hated on like that. Yeah there are customer complaints now and then, but the main hate is for the IM gurus it seems!

Two quotes I get by when referring to haters:

'Haters gonna hate.'
When you're trying to better yourself or your business, some are going to hate simply because they either are too scared to take risks like you. They simply aren't as successful or don't understand. Some people are just trolls and hate to try and wind you up just to get a reaction for their entertainment.

'I <3 Haters.'
I've always thought if you are being "hatered on" you must be doing something right and the haters are simply jealous. So hence, I <3 haters, as a sign of validation that I'm doing something right.

Check out a simple blog post I made back in 2010 - http://www.malcolmbryce.com/2010/i-heart-haters/