If you could go back in time, would you still be an internet marketer today?

If I have the opportunity to go back in time, I would rather still be an internet marketer. I wish I would have done this when I was a kid. I had started doing IM at the age of 21 (still young), but I wish it would have been earlier.

If i could go back in time i would have made facebook.

i started IM sicne i was 17 but if i could go back to time with knowledge what i know now lol that would be epic & i would still chose IM over other jobs or w/e.

I have been at this game since the mid 90's. I was not able to come up with anything to rock the world. If i went back in time it would be when ebay started. People back then would buy anything just to try buying on the internet. The good ole days eh?

Definitely.

I would have approached things differently but there is no way I could work a normal job with normal hours now.

I just would have started sooner !

Definitely! Work for yourself with unlimited earning potential.

The one thing I would have done differently if I could really go back would have been to dump $100,000 into Microsoft and Apple stocks when they dropped their IPO's... and still done IM for fun.

IM has change my life completely and warrior forum become my Nitro boost...

I am my own boss...
I am a successful communicator...
I have almost 100% conversion rate in face to face meetings...
I got ability to look far beyond the horizon of any ordinary marketer...
I am doing what I love and making money from it...

I just regret of 1 thing.... I wish I would get in 10 years earlier... then I would be one of Billionaire and Big lion of online Industry...

For that I need to get in at age of 10! Lol...
Summery: Totally satisfied from what I am and I proud of that...

Hmm.....I understand him 100% and given my time again..No I wouldn't do it. But I do not do this full time anymore either. I've had enough of the slaps, scams etc...but it's still good for passive cash.

if we are playing that game screw that I'd simply pick the lotto numbers when it was at over £100M! LOL

One point I would get over is.....focus on one biz that has the potential to make $1m+ profits....all this running around selling $17 ebooks for others isn't the way to build real wealth! I.M.H.O. It's easier, more scalebale and more enjoyable running one big bizz as opposed to the common theme in I.M. "run 10+" money makers at the same time.

Look at the people who made it BIG. They created one biz. Either lsited it, sold it or outsourced it. Talking millions $$'s.

The minute I decided to be an internet marketer, I made sure that it is an industry I would stick with. Been doing this for six years now and it has been a rollercoaster ride. Nonetheless, there are may things to learn and improve on every day so it is all about tenacity in network marketing. I make sure that my wordpress blogs are customized so that I get hits on my site every day. There is work to be done but I do not mind doing this because I chose this lifestyle.

If I could go back in time, internet marketing wouldn't exist
But yea, I'd definitely still be one.

Great question. I echo what has been said about starting sooner. The hours are great- and coming from a retail job- customer and general people face to face interactions are over rated!

I wouldn't change being an Internet marketer over the career I had. Although I would go back to change a few decisions I made for my IM career, I seem to have spent most of my time online troubleshooting! I didn't really have a plan and just jumped in blind not truly believing I could do this online thing.

Absolutely yes, what other job allows the freedom to do pretty much what you want when you want to do it? have The financial freedom to buy anything you want (within reason of course)

9-5 BS why line someone else's pockets with your hard work, bricks and mortar business's cost a fortune to set up, IM all the way!!

IM treated me well, I would do this again and again

If I knew about IM when I was in high school, I would've dropped out!

Besides the obvious benefits of escaping government education, I'd be one ballin' 24 year old right now.

As it stands, I'm not quite where I want to be yet...

I'm 13 and started halfway through last year, so I still would.

I don't fall in to the IM'er category coz I didnt made any thing from IM yet

Cool question. I would have started sooner. Helping others while following my passion & desire makes me happy. Freedom, no 'bossing' around.... IM is such a great thing!

I could go back in time I would just start sooner. Exactly what many say. I believe, IM is not for some people. You have love the lifestyle and what you do. IM just matches everything I want to achieve and if I could go back in time I would start the minute I woke up.

That is a great question. I probably would, but I would have done things differently.

hellz yeah I would have. I love what I do. But If I could go back with the knowledge I have right now I would make a lot more money!!!

Well, I'm 23 years old, and I've only been in the IM game like a year, so I can't really comment from a place of hindsight.

But I will say that my long term plan is not to be an "internet marketer," but to build a business that uses internet marketing as a tool. Personally, I have no interest in being the type of marketer who creates products in random niches just because they happen to "hot." I'm a copywriter, and every product I create will deal with the subject of copywriting directly. Going forward, I may branch out into more general marketing, or perhaps become a consultant helping people build their freelance careers in areas other than just copywriting. But even then, I will only use internet marketing as a tool, not a final goal. Personally, I would imagine that jumping from niche to niche would be an extremely thankless and unrewarding lifestyle, and ultimately, probably detrimental to your long term results. Becoming an expert is the way to go, no matter what your niche is.

Hi Yasir,

If I may offer my opinion here too, the quick answer is yes, I'd still want to be in this market. Actually I'd also prefer (like some other posts mentioned) to go back around early 2000 and start IM from that year Huge Potential. Having said this, there is still a lot potential nowdays. It is just harder to destinguish the "good" from the "bad" and if oyu are new, Information overaload could break you

Best,

Kostas

If I could go back in time to 1995 when I first started out online, I'd gather together as much money as I could, and register all the great domain names like, business.com, google.com, amazon.com, warriorforum.com, etc, etc ...

Domains cost a small fortune to register back then, as I recall, but if I had known then what I know today, I'd have found the money and registered them all!

John

Yes I sure would, but I'd start off on the right foot, building a list the right way, and not get distracted by all the bright shiny objects begging for my attention all the time.

I would of gotten rid of the first two years where i was a huge idiot and not making any money. But now? I wouldn't change it for a thing.

I would say if you are still on ST you probably do not regret being in I'M.

If I could go back in time, I'd write and market online an ebook about how to go back in time. "It's so easy a child can do it!".

If I could go back in time I wish I would have started IM years earlier to get a leg up on my competition...IM is life and I wish I had started at a younger age!

You can't go back in time, but you can always reset the clock.



Think about it.

All the best,
Michael

Perhaps, but I would definitely major in something from the school of business instead of the Humanities and Social Sciences.

If I could go back in time, I'd have been an internet marketer 10 years earlier, and I'd be retired today.

I would I just finished traveling overseas for over a year what other job could let me do that kind of thing?

Im sure a lot of people have said this but I think it would be great to go back and start out around 1985... knowing what I know now of course

1985 was when the first domain name was sold (according to this article anyways, don't shoot me if this is wrong, I didn't fact check it even a little bit )

Internet's First Registered Domain Is Finally Sold, But For How Much? - HotHardware

Imagine having access to whatever domains you wanted would be worth a mint.

Plus of course the facts that the search engines would be easy to deal with compared to todays standards.

And now that I think of it, I'd probably just start Google, before Google hahah

If i could go back in time, i would be learning about internet marketing at 10 years old.

I also would rather still be an internet marketer, but I wish I would have started when I was in high school.

IM is by FAR the best gig for earning a living I've ever had.

I wish I'd started sooner. I could have taken an e-commerce module during my business degree in 2000 but decided not to because the module said I'd need to learn some coding. BIG mistake and nearsighted. 8 or 9 years later I learned HTML and some CSS and never looked back.

In addition to the many reasons IM is so great set out above, I'd add I love the fact you can build on skills. You can start with an Adsense sight, ramp up to affiliate promotions and list building, then create products ... the sky is the limit and opportunities endless.

Moreover, you build on existing efforts. Sure, mistakes are made, but the successes continue building upon each other. It's the perfect business model in my view ... low overhead, no inventory (unless you go physical product e-commerce), few or no emplyment hassles, no customer service issues (if you're an affilate). You can essentially plan out what would be your ideal business and build it in IM.

The downside is there's too much hype out there about how an online business can be built in a day. Not true ... at least for me. Took some learning and more importantly doing. I don't regret a minute of what I've done in IM.

No. I guess not, being an internet marketer is something I thank God for but if I can turn back time I wouldn't choose to be one. Well I seriously became an anti-social type of person now, I rarely go out and spend time with friends. I think life will be more normal if I was not a marketer.

Anyway now that I am here I will at least do everything to succeed in every way.

Ryuchi

I'll still choose IM as my career :-)

I like business + freedom, IM is perfect for me so far.

If I had my time over I would have started 10 years ago instead of now!

The internet is the present and the future. The only question is is there overload therefore like anything else, it takes persistence and knowledge.

In short: ABSOLUTELY!!! But like anything, you can get lost without strategy, focus and direction.

Thank for sharing your friend's story and for sure many warriors also share the same sentiments. Well, on my part I will still do internet marketing if given a chance to go back time. I found this field very interesting and it makes my existence challenging and reasonable.

I think most people would be lying if they said this lifestyle was 'easy'. Just like everything in life, there's pro's and there's con's.

Pro's

- Less stress
- More flexibility
- Better pay(eventually)
- Self empowerment(you're making money yourself and not relying on a company to pay you)

Con's

- Can be less social interaction(Rent a shared office space fix this)
- A lot of ups and downs(traffic and sales mainly)

There's only a few certain lucky people who know what they want to do and they're getting paid to do it.

For the rest of us, we need to find something that takes care of us financially, then we can focus on doing the things that we love doing.