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Don't believe everything you read, it's not dead and won't be for a long time.

It will never die, maybe change a bit, but die?

Never.

Well like someone said, until the internet runs out.

Internet Marketing will only die when the internet dies.

There is no faster growing industry than internet marketing. Every man and his dog in the offline world wants to bring their business online and everyone who doesn't - doesn't have access to the internet yet!

Internet Marketing is growing like crazy!

Come on man, don't believe that kind of stupid stuff.. IM has not even started in some countries so how can it die so easily? The only thing that can happen and has happened in the past is that few methods or strategies would get saturated.. You only need to think out of the box and come up with new strategies to keep the ball rolling...

Long Live IM...

As long as you are promoting honestly without outlandish claims all will be good. It's the scammers who need to worry.

There was a rather famous marketer, won't mention names, who claimed it was the end back in 2006.

I believe the rumors of its (internet marketing) death (and impending death for that matter) have been greatly exaggerated

Though I should add one more caveat to those above me who claim IM will die when the internet runs out, true, but I'll also add or until government sticks their big nose in and forcibly ends it.

This is the BEST time to get into Internet marketing. We have an entire young generation that is growing up with cell phones, ipods, and computers. These things are becoming almost standard issue by age 12.

As soon as they are old enough to get credit cards they will be very used to technology which means they will be doing a lot shopping/buying online.

I believe it will evolve, maybe into something that doesn't even look like marketing.. then isn't that the holy grail of marketing?

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This was the subject line of a recent Howie S. email. Perhaps they didn't read the whole email.

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LOL

Thanks for my daily laugh.

actually with the current economic situation,
the Internet Marketing is FLOURISHING

More people are looking for ways to market whatever they have online.

Personally... I'm having my best year, EVER.
Tamer

Internet marketing will never die! It's a cheaper method of marketing then paper/mail marketing. It's too easy to drive traffic to one's blog and/or website instead of sending them something through snail-mail. It's not going anywhere!

Internet marketing is dead .

Keywords are not important .

List building is outdated .

Long sales letters do not work.

Short sales letters do not work.

Scam artist leave the internet ... vow never to return .

An honest marketer can not make it online .

The G-u-r-u-s really are concerned that you do not approve of their business model.

Jimmy cracked corn and I don't care :-)

Geez I sure hope not as my offline work of 20 years fell in the crapper.

so now I will be earning my keep online... uh yeah speaking of that I gotta go write some more content cant be using all my time on here.



peace

"We're promised instant catalog shopping--just point and click for great deals. We'll order airline tickets over the network, make restaurant reservations and negotiate sales contracts. Stores will become obselete. So how come my local mall does more business in an afternoon than the entire Internet handles in a month? Even if there were a trustworthy way to send money over the Internet--which there isn't--the network is missing a most essential ingredient of capitalism: salespeople."

Clifford Stoll

Clifford Stoll (or Cliff Stoll) is a U.S. astronomer and author. He received his Ph.D. from University of Arizona in 1980. During the 1960s and '70s, Stoll was assistant chief engineer[1] at WBFO, a public radio station in Buffalo, New York.

Stoll has written three books as well as technology articles in the non-specialist press (e.g., in Scientific American on the Curta mechanical calculator).

Marketing will never die. As long as people have goods and services to sell, somebody will make money selling them.

I guess the internet could theoretically die, but I don't see that happening any time soon. If it does, the marketers will simply move on to the next medium.

Well, it just so happens that I was talking to the internet this morning and do you want to know what he/she told me... "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated." Count on it!

Internet marketing won't die ... although it may change. Something I see happening in the future is more localization ... marketing to specific areas rather than nationwide. Seems to be more effective overall even now ... Google gives a pretty good boost with 'Local Business Search.'

One look at history will provide you with your answer.

There was a time when an individual could found an oil company. Try it today.

Look up how many airlines were started up by individuals at the beginning of the commercial flight era (c. 1945-1960), then see how many have launched successful airlines in the past 40 years (1970-2009)?

Same with the automobile in the U.S. Look how many auto makers launched in the early days...well over 2,000.

List of defunct United States automobile manufacturers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

How many exist today? Two. (Chrysler no longer counts.)

Other examples abound if you dig for them. It's one of the reasons I love history so much. You can generally get a pretty good idea of where you are going, if you're willing to look where you've been.

IM will still be around. It will evolve, but it will still be around. The barrier of entry will grow higher in time, and the success rate will fall - just as it has in every other time in history that a new business paradigm blossomed, then matured.

yep it's dying run for the hills, more money for me,

internet marketing isn't going anywhere shady business practices and people who take part in them will be dead

I get tired when I hear "the death of" everything, when you look at it, Adsense is still here, Affiliate marketing is still going strong, you can still "creatively" sell digital products on eBay and internet marketing isn't going anywhere anytime soon.

When I get emailed "the death of" email I wonder what they're trying to pitch me. Sometimes it's for shock value and to go against the grain, to be a "contrarian" flying in the faces of the majority for the purposes of setting yourself apart.

Now I'm sure you've all received the FTC email about paid endorsements and testimonials, maybe this was what the OP was talking about but trust me, internet marketing is here to stay and even if there are changes, will only evolve.

If you'd believe that, consider these:
Has every song been sung? Do you still get junk mail from companies in your mailbox? That's been a saturated market for decades, yet it's obviously still working for them. Has everything that can be invented been invented?

Last I checked, affiliate marketing was a $14 billion per year industry and growing by leaps and bounds. Sure, the rules are getting more stringent and the field is more competitive, but that's a good thing. Competition makes everyone better. Competition improves quality. Competition is our friend.

David Merrick

However i think it will become a lot more saturated and you will have to work a lot more for every dollar. It will be tougher all the time since everything gets easier. Today some old granny can whip out a webpage and do some simple marketing.

If some of my competitors felt this way I'd make more money.

It's absolute bull****, the Internet is a channel a medium, much like television, print, display, etc. As long as there is a direct path between consumer and advertiser - there will be a market and marketers.

Why people make claims is beyond me.

Probably just to get attention?

Either way no, it won't be dead soon.

Unless of course one of those comets (which are meant to have destroyed the Earth about twice per year since comets were discovered...) hits the Earth and kills us all

Either that or the *truth* is simply that some people just make silly claims (like this one) to get attention, and it's usually best to ignore them.

web marketing will never die, that would be teh same as saying newspaper and the yellowpages will die soon, it hasent and it never will die

As long as people keep surfing the net internet marketers will be there to tempt them.

It's bound the change significantly with time. But, provided that internet marketers adapt at the same rate the best will survive.

Andy

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IM should be treated as any other means of income, do what it takes to succeed, and be prepared to change your strategy as the market changes. As long as there are people with needs, looking for solutions or answers online, you will always have a market.

I must be getting old - I agree with most of those statements



By the way, Jill:
I've done that. It hurts.

(Fortunately, the plane was still on the runway at the time )


Frank

I heard that the world was supposed to end yesterday.

Alvin Huang

There are people who really really believe that the world is going to end in 2012. This is nothing compared to that!!!

IM will never die unless, as many others have said, the internet itself dies. People are always looking to shop online, and, unless something drastic halts this, there always will be people to market products to online.

internet marketing hasn't even been defined yet. It is in its true infancy stages still. Look at how different verticals have evolved in just the last few years and ones that have yet to be regulated.

Nothing to see here, move along.

As long as the internet is there, internet marketing wont die...i might evolve into something better...Long Live IM!!!!

by the way i heard that the world was going to end yersterday...LOLZ

Big companies like..
CNN
New York Times
Adobe
Dell
Amazon
0800 Flowers
Ebay
Yahoo
Google

And the list goes on and on and on...

Anyway, are you some magic ball gazer seeing these companies going under?

That's a big stretch of anyone's imagination, because they market on the internet.

All the best,

Ewen Vile

What was the reason for the person stating that internet marketing was dead? Were they just trying to get attention or were they trying to promote their own product.

Some people will try anything to stand out. The only thing that will happen to internet marketing is that it will evolve as the internet evolves. It should be interesting over the net 5 years as things chnage but I doubt it will die.

Truth ahead!

There will always be problems, and new ones are created as we advance.

Companies/Product creators will always need affiliates.

Google's main income is its advertising network. It will always be around, long after the internet as we know it dies. We will have access to that network. Always.

There will always be user-created content hubs, and we will always have access to these. (ie. The web 2.0 will be forever.)

PCs are going nowhere. We will always the need the tactile response of a full-sized keyboard. Every single office in the world. We will always need to read information off screens bigger than those on phones. PCs. Are. Going. Nowhere.

If you need more proof, get out now.

I heard the sky is falling too. Is there any truth to this?

Internet marketing is far from dead. How can it be, when the marketplace is growing exponentially - and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.

If anybody believes that it is dying though, please feel free to try something else - more money for me.

John Burton

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Its not going anywhere, besides titles like these make great headlines for IM blogs to create controversy, alot of blog comments and to ultimately funnel a product.

Where's my tinfoil hat?

Jay

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Depends on how you define soon.

If you define it as another one or two million years, then sure IM will (might) be dead soon.

~George

Affiliate Marketing and Internet Marketing are not the same thing.

The real "killer" will be Government Intervention in the Form of Taxes. This will have a huge impact on Affiliate Marketing. But as long as there is an internet companies will figure out ways to leverage it.

I can't do these type of questions anymore.....sighs.... :/

I don't see Internet Marketing dying - however, the way we now see or do Internet Marketing may change. In this sense yes, it will die. But just as most things pass away, new things are reborn or made anew. At some point we may not use certain strategies or methods because they no longer work the way they once did, but we gain new ones as we gain new insights.

And I have a feeling it's going to rock!

From the desk of St Croix,

Dear Friends - Unfortunately, yes, the original poster is correct. Soon internet marketing will be dead. Very soon in fact, as in the next few weeks, time is indeed running out.

So, as a proposition, my new offline company deals in 'green' website disposal. Normally I would charge you $10 per site to dispose of your current converting affiliate websites as this sinking ship goes down....

But if you act now - as a valued member of the Warrior Forums I will offer my clean, green website disposal services for free.

Just send me your Cpanel login information and we'll arrange the domain transfer's for you. This is a limited time offer so ACT NOW.

Internet Marketing is dying. Do you want to leave a horrible website carbon footprint on earth before we migrate to another planet?

Dispose of your converting niche websites now - ABSOLUTELY FREE.

(FTC Complience Statement - Your experience may not be as pleasant as outlined above)

Yes, Internet Marketing is due to end in the middle of December. So everyone shut down before then. Thanks. Oh, and I'll clean up after you.....big time!

Seriously though, it is actually growing exponentially, but the failure rate stays in the high 90's percent wise. So yes it will end if you don't research and work hard.

I can't believe that many people saying that our Earth will finish in 2012 so, don't believe anybody and go and concentrate to do work because Internet Marketing will increase not Finish.

What's this "Internet" thing people keep talking about?

Marketing via the internet will be dead soon?

This is quite possibly the dumbest thing I have ever read on this forum.

We all take it day by day, do not believe all the hype, do something to grow your business everyday, and move forward...

As long as capitalism survives, internet marketing will survive. The internet is just a vehicle that humans utilize for communication. As of right now that communication is free flowing.

The biggest threat to the internet being a marketing tool for anyone with a good idea, is intrusive government.

We all know what many have said is the oldest profession. But think about it, a negotiation or transaction for mutual benefit took place. So bartering, trading or something similar took place. In the end it was a sale. Sales is the true oldest profession.
As long as people can communicate via any source, sales will take place. Sales, are necessary whether it be for your labor or a product makes for success or not and pays to bring us most every material thing we want including the Internet.
Sales will never die online as long as people can communicate with each other.

You got to be careful about reading articles from mad internet marketers. These people have tried Internet Marketing and fail. Instead of saying "ok I failed at this so let me try something else" they try to bash Internet marketing. Watch out for the naysayers they are everywhere.

Well, I'm going to take the position that IM is going to become an inaccessible source of resources for MOST people getting into it, and the reason why is one simple thing : page rank. Google's page rank algorythm is a very dangerous thing(do you guys know the name of the book that was published recently with this as it's thesis?). It literally means that the few websites(relatively fiew when considering the number of websites on the web) with the high page rank can literally out compete ALL of our websites. If CNN decides to write an article on the mind body connection, even though there are whole websites dedicated to that concept, CNN's article will get ranked above it and thus get more visitors.

Now, if a few websites, that aren't even based on investigating the mind-body connection can cement their position in the top five on Google, that's bad news. Because it means that for the little guy, the guy who doesn't have money to spend but who wants to create a website that assembles current studies, features mp3's, televised debates etc--cannot compete with the big boys.

Google's page rank is a dangerous thing. It will eventually lead, once SEO becomes more popular, to the websites with the money being able to dominate every search. And if the info that I got at the wordpress conference is right, that people do not even read past the first 6 entries on Google but instead change up their search options, then this means that the avg. Internet marketer is going to have a big challenge.

I like the optimism and the entrepreneurial spirit on this form, but we often forget that with page rank the way it is, a pyramid is GOING to develop.

Shout out to the brother who pointed out the automobile industry--good insight.

- Nobodyreal

Internet marketing won't die so soon. Internet isn't available to a lot of people, and even if internet is available, you'd be surprised that they might not be as tech savvy. There is still lots of room for more people to come online. Also, consider the fact that many developing countries are catching up in their ecnomomy, and more and more people are able to come online. There is just plenty of room. Even if IM were to end one day, I don't think it is very soon.

Nicholas C.

I hope all of these responses answer your question.

Seriously Warriors,

Who can shut the internet down? Our political leaders? World citizens that sign a petition? (I highly doubt that) I think in the future, we may no longer even need to type. But seriously guys, who actually thinks the internet can get shut down? and if so, how?

Using the internet to market a business is still in its infancy, it's only 14 years old really...and many people are just now catching on.

If the Internet were to collapse (unlikely, it's a HUGE network of computers and pages linked to each other) ...then I guess we would just apply the same marketing skills to another media format (you aren't JUST relying on the Internet to market are you?).

But then there's December 21st, 2012...hmmm...
(LOL)

Thats hilarious..

Every week i see a new email or post online with

Ebay is dead
Internet marketing is dead
Affiliate marketing is dead
pay per click is dead

Damn i wish the peope who keep writing these would just die themselves as its so damn annoying LOL

Internet marketing will just evolve not die

i have laid my life on IM and hoping to make some money.wish IM remains recession Proof.

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Oh noes, the sky is falling!

Seriously dude, use your brain. A long as people surf on the internet and spend money on it IM is going nowhere.

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The only way this could ever happen is if Corporate America could ever legislate the little guy out of the market. We can't rule that out but unless we form some type of political lobby (there might be one but I am not familiar with it) to protect our interests it could happen.

Remember, most people are not selling online and if government could sell the fact that we (as in the general population) could benefit from a certain tax that would make it less favorable for me and you to market online, then we could face an uphill battle.

I like the market we have now, but don't get too cocky warriors.....unless we form some political muscle there is always a wolf at the door.

Follow the money....

IM will never die. And if you have any such thoughts, quit IM right away. It's because of some skeptical newbies that FTC really came down on us.

Newspapers didn't die. magazines didn't die. And so won't video directories, article directories or search engine advertising. the internet cannot die and therefore IM will not die.

internet marketing is at the beginning

in 30 years 80% of all purchases will be made in front of the computer or in virtual shops

so if you are young buckle up and prepare for a ride

It will continue to grow and change, but never die unless the internet gets shut down

Well, way back when the horse and buggy whip were going strong, the new fangled auto was believed by some to be a hopeless stab at something new and different.

What I am waiting for is for some new company to come on the scene that will rock Google's world like never before. Google won't dare diminish their services across the board by design. They will be a staying power for a long time. But this new company I'm waiting for will leap frog over Google like the first automobiles did to the horse and buggy.

Is this serious? It's not April 1st.

Come on.... Do people really listen to such BS phrases.

It's just people trying to sound like they're saying something new - it's desperate marketing.

They don't actually expect anyone to believe it - they're just trying to get attention.

Just get on with your own stuff and ignore anyone who says they know what's in store in the future regarding technology or business.

By feeding such crap you're just making it worse and causing others to get distracted.

There are people saying God doesn't exist but do you see Christians worrying about whether it's true?

The only time anything like this can affect you is if you have no sense of your own business and future - it's people playing on the insecurities of others.

Don't give them that power - get on with moving yourself forward.

I don't honestly seeing IM dying until the internet goes! Until then there will always be people wanting to advertise and buy products through the internet so there is no reason for IM to just vanish, I would not worry at all.

People miss guide. So don't let them overwhelm yourself. IM is never gonna be dead or end. yeah it may change somewhat but can't be end. There are many countries which are unaware of internet marketing.
A lot of competition may has change people perception about IM. But it is never gonna end.
Lets join hands to vanish these kind of rumors.

Nope. Not going to happen. It is too fundamental.

The only way Internet marketing will die is if the Internet dies. Unless the world all turns red that just ain't gonna happen until the world itself dies... but then there will be another one in its place; whether there will be a need for an Internet then is up for debate and speculation!

internet marketing is ALWAYS about constant change and adaption. If someone cannot adapt to changes they better get another job!

( Furthermore, i dont have ANY reason to assume that IM would be "dead" any time soon...the opposite is the case really )

I think It could be..Nothink will last forever..But I'm not sure if it will happens soon...
Actually Not only internet marketing will be dead soon...Our life will be the same..Many People say in 2012 the worldh will end...he3....

IM will die when the internet dies, and I certainly don't see that
happening. I mean can you imagine our world now without the
internet?

QUESTION:

How can something be approaching death, when it hasn't even been truly born yet?

Go figure.

I wonder if there were people in the sixties saying that Television marketing would be dead soon...

What was the point in bumping a year old thread, thats my question.

Sounds ridiculous to me. When I started creating my products a few years ago, my biggest concern was "how many people are actually going to spend money to download an e-book."

Now we've got the iPad, Kindle, etc...people are getting CONDITIONED to reading content on monitors and devices.

And my sales are better than ever...

The aspect that is constantly shifting is SEO. That's the hard thing to stay on top of. I certainly don't think that the idea of selling products online is in any sort of trouble.

Hey,

Don't listen to that nonsense. While the internet is live and while large numbers have access to it, there will be internet marketing. Lots of people online equals lots of opportunities to sell.

The response you read is a lot like saying that TV or billboard advertising is dying out. Sure, both with evolve and have high and low points, but they'll both exist for many generations to come.

The internet itself is still growing massively. As a little side thought, you might want to check out these live stats from Gary Hayes:

The Count | PERSONALIZE MEDIA

If the internet (and Internet Marketing) is dead, it's got a funny way of showing it.

Hope that helps you renew the faith a little!

I don't think so.. Internet marketing will never die even though the economy is as bad as it is right now. we need computers and internet everywhere.

The era now is developing to be digital era. The internet uses is growing, and so is internet marketing.

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Internet marketing is far from dead. It has just begun. Here's a little food for thought: 1) there is an emergence of new networking sites and more and more people are joining them (even Grandma & Grandpa ) 2) more and more people seeking information online 3)something interesting has happened in just recent years--when you drive around your local communities what do you see different on storefront signs? Owners has added websites. People no longer write down only the phone numbers they are writing web addresses. Offline & Online work together these days. No worries!

Internet marketing will die??

Yeah right!

So long as their are people buying and selling (which there has been since the age of time) then its up to us to find the medium of which its taking place upon and leverage it to our benefits.

1,000 posts!

Nonsense if anything Internet marketing is only going to grow as country like China get richer and more open another billion or so customers are going to be available

it is just IMPOSSIBLE

Yep, IM is dead...

...because no one buys anything online these days, and of course, like millions of businesses, none of you are interested in selling online. :p

So yes, of course it's dead!

I just read an article in Forbe Magazine (I think) or one of the many business magazines I subscribe too that they predict 79.6 Million People will start a Home Business Online over the next 3 years. That figure blew me away and I wrote it down in my little notebook.

Internet Market is NOT going to be dead anytime soon in my opinion... it's going to grow exponentially as corporate jobs become the thing of the past!

Anything can happen from what you believe.

It's a hard question. I have heard "they" are working on the next new "thing". (Mankind usually replaces/reinvents techonology that is over x years.)

I have no idea to what the next "thing" will be, but I'm certain that internet marketers with the right attitude will adapt in no time, as well as the early birds will probably find many smart ways to profit.

I personally don't know what to think about that theory. Technology changes every day, the principles of marketing remains the same.

people will always come up with there own opinion in life , but you don't have to react in every thing that you hear

Internet marketing is dead - long live Inbound marketing!

Internet-

A series of tubes, that distribute information.

Marketing-

The process of changing or shaping a persons opinions, in order to facilitate the purchase of goods or services.




Those tubes look to be allright... Marketing's been around since the dawn of time...

I'd say we'll be fine.

More appropriate I think, is the statement that "Rebills" are dead. (Which they arent, entirely, but I mostly welcome that reality.)


The days of squidoo, backlink spam, email spam, blog spam, and Adwords might be over - but so what.

That doesn't mean all that much to me, theirs always new avenues of distribution; With 3.4 billion people online and nobody owning the majority of that inventory yet (Google clocks in with a record breaking 3% of internet traffic.) I'm not to worried.


Relax people. Get back to work. Go make some money.