>95% of Internet Marketers DO NOT make a dime online? REALLY?

I say that 95% of the population are not cut out to create, run, grow and manage a business so... why would be an online business be any different?

Actually, the statement people generally make is that 97% of internet marketers will never make a full-time income online.

If worked properly then one can easily run his daily life by internet marketing. I am a student and I easily make enough bucks to satisfy my needs. All one needs is correct focus and right direction!

I think that the percentage may be high, but I don't think that it is in the 90%+ range.

You are also assuming that everyone in WF is an internet marketer and that every internet marketer is a part of WF.

I would agree the percentage is way too high, but please do not equate the Warrior Forum readers with the general population of people trying to make money online.

Two years ago when working as a Network Engineer I could have given you a list of 30 to 50 people who all told me they were trying to make money online and had ZERO success. I can guarantee you not one of those people is a Warrior. Some of them spent THOUSANDS of dollars buying packages promising them the world from cookie cutter sites, with cookie cutter lists of products, which never told them how to promote a thing.

Even when I told many of these people they could make money writing, doing projects on Elance, etc...they looked at me like I was an alien from another planet.

If you factor in all of the people who are never going to be a Warrior your percentage who never make money is going to be much higher than you would expect. They do not want to learn, they want instant income by putting up a blog talking about their family on Blogger with an Amazon Affiliate product listed on it.

It's all because that people say it's so easy - it isn't, sorry.

Those stats probably come from the fact that most give up...

Most of the time when people talk about or "quote"
those theoretical statistics, it doesn't actually help
anyone...in any way to aspire to succeed.

How does believing that MOST people fail do YOU
any good as an online marketer?

It doesn't. Because it presupposes that the odds of
having success for YOU is slim to none, so why try?

And when you DON'T make money...you fall back on
the statistic you WANT to believe is true...regardless
if it is or not...to justify giving up before you start...
anything.

I worked at Macy's department store 2 years ago,
and one guy complained about not making enough
money.

So, I gave him a solution. I said start a business.

His excuse?

"Well, why would I want to do THAT...95% of people
who start a business fail -- ANYWAY"

Kinda funny. But sad.

37% of cats are black
41% of dogs are retrievers
53% of text messages aren't delivered

99% of statistics, are made up on the spot...
Is 2% of the Internet Marketing community failing? Is it 3%? 5%? 10%? .05%

The real question is... What % of Internet Marketers are putting in a real effort, and what % are looking for that 'Secret to Success'? It's not a secret...

*Spoiler Alert* (If you don't want to be successful in Internet Marketing, don't continue reading)



Do as the "Guru's" do, not what they tell you to do.

Read the above statement a few times. Let it soak in. Internet Marketing isn't as difficult as everyone makes it out to be. You just have to stop thinking that it's this almost impossible thing. Then put forth a real effort to attain your goals by providing a "Useful" product or service.
(I use the word Guru as a known term, and not a term I believe in)

Watch this all the way through. It just about sums up this post.

I'm the only one out of the people that I know that makes a living off IM.

So the success rate is pretty low.

It's a meaningless statistic.

People starting in internet marketing today don't have
a 3% chance for success... or 5% or any other set number.

The truth is they have a 50/50 shot... and they get to decide
which 50 it will be. They will either learn the required skills and
apply them on a consistent daily basis or they won't.

Tsnyder

Actually, if it's a sales pitch, it's a pretty bad one. Why would you use a line that says most of you are going to fail ... but hey ... buy my product anyway?

If you take all the members here and polled them, I imagine that most of them are not making any money and many won't ... ever. The goal isn't to make a dime. The goal is usually to make a full time living or at least some good pocket change part time.

The forum threads are full of people desperately trying to make it ... but not doing it. Not everyone is cut out for writing either. Those whose first language is not English won't be as successful as English speaking writers, unless they've mastered English very well.

Too many newbies see or hear about the massive amounts of money the gurus make and model their "business" efforts after that. That's a bad way to go, IMO, when you are starting out ... the Make Money Online niche.

There are so many less saturated and profitable niches to get into and so many different ways to make money, but many swarm to the MMO niche.

Then there are those who just jump from one system to the next, never really perfecting any of them. They are doomed to failure by doing that.

Not so at all. That reasoning would be valid only if the registered members of the WF were representative of internet marketers in general. I hope and trust it's non-contentious to surmise that nobody in their right mind could conceivably assume that to be the case.

The poster has a good point. I have seen statistics that say the same thing. You can't let that hold you back from trying to make money online though.

Most of us will never make a million dollars, but I find that working online is enjoyable. Success is definitely within reach for anyone who is persistent and stays focused on their goals.

95%, if anything, is low.

Hard to believe, but 100% true.

Remember, the definition of "making a dime" could be variable, which affects the percentage.

In my mind, making a dime means turning a profit. If you spent $200 to get online and promote a product, making a dime would mean that you generated $200.10 in revenue before you decided to quit or throw in the towel.

I have no doubt based on previous experience in other fields somewhat similar to IM, that 95% (and likey more) never make the money back from their original investment in a product (domains, hosting, WSOs that promise the moon, software programs, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc).

Just like 95% of the people who go into the restaurant business don't. Or the car wash business. Or ANY business for that matter.

The other 5% are working their butts off to get to a point where the cycle can sustain itself with less effort. There is no magic bullet.

PS - No one is "instilling fear" to stay away from IM. If anything there are 100+ "gurus" spreading the gospel of their riches and how if you purchase their program/software/videos/whatever "you can easily make what I make too!". So that part also falls flat to me.

After reading this post again I will say 99%. Much more accurate number than 95.

This thread smells like something from a BlueFart tail.
Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda Hasta be a fact... News Flash! 99.9% of percentage
stats are flawed and the 1% in the un-flawed status can't be proved wrong.
That doesn't mean they aren't actually wrong.

Hens, Stats are what you make them. You're either determined and do what
it takes to make it happen or you end up in the results as a lonely statistic.

Have a Great Day!
Michael

Statistics were meant to be manipulated; that is why people pull these figures out of the air. A lot of people get confused between making money online and making money by being an internet marketer and then still more people consider IM is online related only when of course it could also include offline efforts as well.

To come anywhere near a true statistic on how many people in Internet Marketing Succeed (why focus on the negative??) you would have to first define just what the Internet Marketing niche is. Then you would have to get in touch with all of the people who are internet marketers under that definition; past and present; and find out what they then based their definition of success on so you could tell whether or not they "failed" - surely you can see just from this little blurb how silly that one blanket statement is...lol

My 2 cents
Lisa

i think its true given that most people spend money setting there internet business up and then get disheartened when they dont make bucket loads of cash like the so called gurus say is so easy to do.

The number may be correct, but that does not mean that you or I has to be that statistic.

Don't think about it. Too many people will flop over and quit after a quick try while thinking that they don't have much of a chance in the first place. If you start to analyze these numbers, you may start to think that you belong in them just because most people would fit into it.

Dave

The reason everyone fails is because they focus on the negative.

If this forum has 200,000 members and 97% fail, that means there are 6,000 people on this forum alone that are making very good livings online.

That is a lot of success if you ask me!

Information Overload

I will go as far as to say that 99% of people in Internet Marketing don't make any money, at all. I will go as far as to say 97% don't make enough to even pay for their most basic overhead.

This is my point of view based on experience. I have been in WF for 2 years and learning internet marketing since March 2007.

I didn't really see much success stories since I joined the forum.

It is like trial and error, I began creating squeeze page, outsourcing article writing and using buying keyword research software to do keyword research, creating my blog and creating videos, etc.

I bought video tutorials on creating squeeze page, building my list and writing emails to build relationship with my list but I experience one BIG problem.

That is not enough converting traffic.

Successful people have strong Character.

They don't give up, have a positive mindset, have visions, goals and dreams, know what they want in life and does not listen to others criticisms and BS.

They focus on the direction they want to go and do whatever it takes to make it to the other side, making 5-6 Figures a month.

They set goals, have a plan and a mission statement.

They stick to their high standards of discipline and keep track of their progression.

Every successful people, self-made millionaires are once a poor dude.

What makes them successful is their strong Character that enables them to overcome any trials and challenges to reached their ultimate goal.

I am just getting started and see fruits of my hard work and due diligence.

I never give up and listened to any BS or criticisms.

I press forward and keep trying for 3 years and I finally tasted the fruit of my results.

I finally understood what it takes to make money online.

It's the Character in us that we strive to build each day, exercising faith and never give up. Always have the firm belief that we will succeed one day. And the day will come when everyone will respect me and congratulate me of my perseverance and hard work.

My take is few people actually made it.

Winson

As for me 95% is way too high. If we will try to think of it, why are there a lot of people everyday, venture into internet marketing. Possible reason is that there is an oppurtunity to make money online. And I believe that oppurtunity can soon and easily be realize if action and focus will take place.

The statistic may well be true, but the warrior forum is not a good example of a sample size I don't think. It would be like saying 1 in 3 people in the US is fat, I am sure Kobe Bryant is like, damn, all my friends are in shape, wheres the fat folk?

Well i don't know why do they still call them internet marketers even if they have never made any money online ...