You Know You're An Internet Marketer When...

[timwelch]

you wake up in the middle of the night and start writing down cool domain names you dreamed about.

[jjpmarketing]

What are you talking about? I have a special spreadsheet for that. It's color coded to let me know which TLD's are available, and which are not.

[WritingMadwoman]

LOL Thanks for that Melanie!

My husband heard me laughing at this thread and came in to see what was so funny and I tried to relay some of the jokes to him but got a blank stare. Conversion rate? Money in the list? What?? I explained them, but by then the jokes were flatter than pancakes. It just doesn't work if you have to give the whole explanation first. ;-)

I nominate this thread as the thread of the year (so far) - hilarious comments.

Wendy

Originally Posted by melanied

You know you're an internet marketer when...

- well, when the jokes in this thread made sense to you
- when you laughed at them and had the urge to turn around and tell someone else, and then realized no one else you know would get it (luckily not a problem for me, my mom's an internet marketer, too! )

[JohnMcCabe]

...when people on five different continents recognize your name - but your neighbors don't.

[Brian McElroy]

When you move to Rio de Janeiro for "work"

[GailTrahd]

- When your 16 year old son, who has never had an interest in IM, takes an idea from nothing to FIRST SALE in 24 hours - had to learn it at home right?

- When you shut down Firefox and ask it to 'save and quit' so you can follow a thread on the WF when Firefox opens again.

[Hanuka]

heh, or even better; when the only time that you need to reopen your
browser is when you accidently kicked your computer and the whole system went down xD

Originally Posted by Allen Graves

When you wake up in the middle of the night and you just HAVE to check your email on the way to the bathroom.

Wow! I'm not the only one!

[Tristan Bull]

When the first thing you do once you wake up is check your stats before you even go to the toilet or have breakfast

[WinsonYeung]

When you sleeping while others are working and when you are working when others are sleeping. because i prefer to work at night

[Kevin Riley]

Originally Posted by AndrewCavanagh

When David Cavanagh Skypes you and calls you a dickhead.

Kindest regards,
Andrew Cavanagh

P.S. I bet he's polite to everyone else.

Not to me .. the dickhead

[Kevin Riley]

You sit there for three more hours thinking, "Damn, I really have to go to the bathroom." But, you end up sitting for a few more because there's just one more ...

[hanleo46]

When you tell somebody you visited the forum today, and they ask when you got back from Montreal...........

[lakshaybehl]

when you know You are Freaking cool... and are envied by friends

[Peter Bestel]

• When you've read this entire thread and found yourself agreeing with so many things but you feel guilty about not feeling guilty!

• You're reading this when you should be in bed

• You put your web address on Christmas cards to relatives that don't even have internet access.

Peter

[Michael Stuart Kelly]

Originally Posted by Kevin Riley

You sit there for three more hours thinking, "Damn, I really have to go to the bathroom." But, you end up sitting for a few more because there's just one more ...

Kevin,

LOL...

Dayaamm! I'm busted.



Michael

[Peggy Baron]

Originally Posted by Kevin Riley

You sit there for three more hours thinking, "Damn, I really have to go to the bathroom." But, you end up sitting for a few more because there's just one more ...

Hah, Kevin, I can relate to that one!

From my blog archives:
... when I do my ironing while I listen to the latest IM download.

... when I wrote down a cooking recipe my friend was giving me over the phone and I found myself putting the instructions in bullet point format.

... when I find it a tough choice - new shoes? or the latest and greatest info product?

... when I can remember the name of so many internet marketers I've never met, yet I can't remember the names of my son's best friends.

... when I hurry to finish up some IM thing so I can blog about it.

... when a friend asks me what I'm reading and I don't want to tell her because it's an internet marketing book, and definitely not on Oprah's book club list.

Question...
Are successful Internet Marketers delighted when they have the flu and are puking their guts out, that they’re still making money, even while puking??

Peggy

[RRicart]

Originally Posted by Allen Graves

When you wake up in the middle of the night and you just HAVE to check your email on the way to the bathroom.

LOL - I love this one, I've dont this so many times....or even before work in the morning..... Im running 15 minutes late but I still have to check that message "you've got cash" on my email from paypal lol - love that!

[trafficwave]

... when your friends send you text messages at 2PM that say, "Call me when you wake up".

[trafficwave]

... when you are in your HOME OFFICE and you send your wife an instant message in the next room ....

[kf]

...if you're geographically independent - have laptop, will travel

...if every conversation makes you think, Hey, You could make money doing that iby ...

[George Wright]

When you set up a special gmail account just to receive notification of payments and turn on google email alert so a loud bell rings to let you know you made a sale. And when said bell doesn't wake you up but allows to peacefully sleep deeper and deeper every time it goes off. And you know you are REALLY an Internet marketer when you can convince your wife that a bell ringing all night is a good thing. AND finally you know you are an Internet Marketer when you wake up knowing exactly how much money is in your PayPal account based on sales minus paypal fees even though you slept through most of the ringing.

[George Wright]

When you are at the movies and all you can think about is, "Wow that would make a great avatar," "It subtlety represents 'me' but is still attention grabbing," "Got to get home and Google images to find that for my avatar," "How would that look in an 80 by 80 GIF?" "Gif nothing, I'm going to put that baby in JPG format."

[Jeffrey Louis]

When you go on vacation and think about who's buying your product and how much money you are making

[richpeck]

Originally Posted by Paul_Short

When you spend so much time in front of the computer the radiation from your monitor has burned the warriorforum template in your face and you don't even realize it.

When you go to a real world store and start looking for the WSO section.

When you go to a nightclub where there are at least 100 hot women and think to yourself "If I could just get a 1% conversion rate..."

OR

"Baby, I have an OTO you just CAN'T refuse and if you turn me down you'll NEVER have this opportunity again!"

When your cat starts gnawing on your big toe because you spend so much time in front of the computer you haven't fed her in days.

You have an exotic parrot that's learned to talk and it keeps repeating "The money is in the list" over and over again.

Your baby's first word is "Cha-Ching!"

Paul

Oh my god - so funny!

[Odhinn]

...when you try to pay for groceries with PayPal.

...when IM no longer means instant messaging, and PR is a number rather than a division in your company.

...when you watch TV and think "I wonder if they have an affiliate program for that" whenever you see a commercial.

[Neil Morgan]

...when you have a KILLER idea and you can't think of anyone to tell who would be the slightest bit interested.

Cheers,

Neil

[Daniel Molano]

When you dream of a reply to an e-mail you sent and then procceed to thank the person for the reply... and it never happened...

[Neil Morgan]

...or when your wife doesn't have a clue what to tell people when they ask what her husband does for a living!

Cheers,

Neil

[John Ritz]

When you have to run back to your PC during game halftime to take down a special offer before the 3rd quarter begins again!

[Mike Williams]

This is great stuff guys. Never thought it would go on this long.

I'll add one more inspired by something I saw on a blog.

"You know you're an internet marketer if you've ever sent out an email that got messed up and said Hi {firtname_fix}"

[SusanUSA]

You know you're an Internet Marketer when you fall for the pick-up line: "Hey baby, what's your niche?"

[Thomas Clark Enterprises]

You know this thread is old, but you read the whole thing and join warrior forum just to post to it!

[GeorgR.]

) ... when you go to bed when others wake up (and vice versa) and you need food but cant buy it, not because you're poor, but because all stores are closed when you're awake

) ... when you go to your bank cashing checks, and they're ALWAYS asking "is clickbank the name of the bank?"...and you say: "No, its not the name of the bank"

) WHEN YOU SPEND THREE TIMES AS MUCH AS YOU PAY FOR RENT ON FRICKING ADWORDS...

) ...when you have a bunch of clocks on the wall showing you the time in the US, EU and Australia.

) ...when you have people "working for you" in very, very far away countries

) ...when you look at your watch and it says "9pm" and you think "ok...so its 2pm" because your main market is on another continent

) ... if you leave the house to get some food "before you go to bed"...which is usually 7am or something..and you see hordes of cranky people in rush hour sitting in their cars going to work....

yep and i agree with that "...i wonder whether they have an affiliate program"

[activetrader]

When you are doing your taxes and suddenly realize that you don't have a single W-2 form this year, but a stack of 1099's from various online compalies

[Izet Hasanov]

You don't have to worry about the recession any more and can work from anywhere at anytime.

[Andy Hart]

.... When people don't understand what your job is and ask "what do you do again" and as soon as you reply you earn money online they say ...."oh you sell stuff on Ebay" what happens next ............

I HEAD BUTT THEM IN THE FACE!!

I hate people thinking Ebay is the only way to earn money online!

[dave147]

when you're having an important conversation with someone, but all you're thinking about is "Your Next Product"

[ryanvhamer]

HHHAHAAHHA that's just too funny! Does that really happen or are you kidding?

[ryanvhamer]

Hahahha thats true! I've done that! Actually my cool domains come to me in the shower....on the train .....on the bus....at red lights.....in the middle of conversations when I should be paying attention to the other person......

[JamesPenn]

... when your girlfriend is constantly jealous that you may just love your emails more than her...

[anth.elias]

When you spend your more time thinking about great domain names, and how to even make more money than you do sex.

[Bryan Zimmerman]

When you set your alarm clock JUST so you can check your email in the middle of the night.

[yesacpow]

When you check you email and see the subject line "notification of payment received"

Or

You go into KFC and wish your website had their conversion rate

or

You have people working for you and you don't even know their real names or where they are from

Or

When you go to bed all you can think about is how much sales you will make while you sleep.

[alexshelton]

When you have dreams about Frank Kern and Mike Filsaime....

[Sylvia Meier]

When your children are asked what their parents do...and answer play on the computer all day.

When you're brain no longer functions in your timezone, but instead in EST.

When you carry around a notepad with you everywhere you go, in case you have to write down a new niche idea or swipe the headline from a magazine while grocery shopping.

When holiday shopping no longer stresses you because you can buy all your stuff online for below retail prices.

When you no longer have to worry what you look like when you go to "work."

When your 10 years old knows what directory submissions are, and why they are good for a website.

When you speak and write in more accronyms than words.

[Charann Miller]

...when you speak in acronyms, CPA, CPL, PPC, CPC, CPM and people look at you like you're from another planet. Being in the internet marketing realm you forget that you have to get people up to speed with all the lingo that is second nature to you and pretty much you only...I feel so alone sometimes, hehehe.

[DougBarger]

When recurring payments are a good thing!

[Warriorcoach1]

When your internet connection goes down and you feel as disoriented as Star Trek's BORG when they're cut off from the hive mind.

[IMChick]

...when you intentionally mispronounce the word 'niche' as NITCH and don't notice when non IM'ers look at you funny. (Knee-shhh is the correct pronounciation BTW)

...ps. when everything you write ends in a p.s.

...p.p.s. or keep hammering in a third call to action in a friendly email to a buddy