Is it IMPOSSIBLE for someone to support you doing IM?

by HowieM
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I have started a great system in the last two days. I have made $50 today. And I was super excited.

I only had to spend about $20ish dollars to turn it into 50 directly. But I have had to spend money to learn how to do this (wso), and having to test out different areas. Which in total cost me about 75 dollars.

I have had a track record with online money making.

I did PPC (neobux) for about a year. Didn't really make money except for breaking even.


So I finally found a legitiment way to make money online, and actually MAKES me money. Every dollar I spend, it makes me about 2.80. And I plan on quitting Fiverr, which makes me a couple hundred a month.

To get to the point... I was telling my Mother about how I made some money today and she asked how much I put into it. So literally I'm negative right now, but tomorrow I'll be in the Green. And shes bringing up my PPC failure and how she doubts I'll make any money.

This Pizzed me off and said fine, I wont tell you anything for a month... Then she said she'd just cut me off.

Grr, why can't someone support me? Anyone else feel my pain?
#impossible #support
  • Profile picture of the author Bozigian
    Same here, except I am making money monthly but they want me to get a real job.
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  • Profile picture of the author nowk
    If she didn't invest any money for you then do it for yourself. Then show them bigger profits. Scale!!!
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  • Profile picture of the author BenoitT
    I think you are a lot like me. My mom did everything to make me stop IM after I dropped from the university but now I am glad I did what I though was better for me
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    • Profile picture of the author Zach Crawley
      Originally Posted by BenoitT View Post

      I think you are a lot like me. My mom did everything to make me stop IM after I dropped from the university but now I am glad I did what I though was better for me
      This is why it's nice having a dad who's an internet marketer lol .. he supports me doing it. But I totally agree at the same time, as none of my friends even understand what I'm trying to do and they think it's impossible to make money on the internet.

      I told this one girl in my class the other day that I was going to be a millionaire eventually and she said, "good luck with that" with a snobby attitude..
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      • Profile picture of the author Jacob Hargreave
        I am sorry to see so many of you have it this bad, but I really must encourage you turn those negatives into positives by striving to go further.

        Understand that the only way to truly gain support of family and friends are simply to get results and to keep getting them.

        Those that set off to pave their own paths are the ones most ridiculed, yet they are also the ones that are praised once they do.

        I was known in my family as the "lazy" one. However I was also the one that was never broke and always had money to lend.
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  • Profile picture of the author iRunThis
    Same bro. My mom is the same way. She says it's all a big scam and the people telling me that it's possible to make money online and selling those products are the only ones making money. I'll show her though, give me a couple more months.
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    • Profile picture of the author Bozigian
      Originally Posted by iRunThis View Post

      Same bro. My mom is the same way. She says it's all a big scam and the people telling me that it's possible to make money online and selling those products are the only ones making money. I'll show her though, give me a couple more months.
      Well I think everyone thinks its a scam if they do not know what Internet Marketing and Affiliate Marketing is.

      I remember when I first heard about making money online I clicked on ads and then found out I had give up all this info. So I went to google and typed the name of the website and it also came out with the word scam.

      Then out of curiousity I went to youtube and saw people making money online and always mentioning they got cheques from this "clickbank" then I youtubed some more and found out what clickbank actually was and came to the conclusion that you really can make money online legit.



      Those people that say its a scam just dont know what IM is.. they listen to the news or their friends.
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  • Profile picture of the author O0o0O
    Same here. It's hard for us to get any support from friends or family. But hang in there. We're here to support each other and we are real people trying to make it too.
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  • Profile picture of the author AmandaT
    Ya... my friends all act like I'm just checking my email all day... my family keeps telling me to get a real job... my husband is trying to be supportive but in the end he thinks all internet marketing is a pyramid scheme.
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    • Profile picture of the author Ben Armstrong
      The only person I've told so far is my fiance and she's given me more support than I ever could have imagined.

      She doesn't like that I have to spend so much time on the computer doing this but she understands why I'm doing it and fully supports me.

      She was extremely excited when my hard work started turning into commissions.

      However, I have yet to mention anything about IM to friends and family as I'm not sure they'd be as positive about it as she is. I'm going to wait until I have a solid income from it.
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  • I know girlfriends and wives in general have major issues with it, mostly becuase we live behind the computer screen, or "Wired In" as Zuckerburg would put it.
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    • Profile picture of the author dbarnum
      I'd like to encourage you younger IMers to hang in there. When I helped out at Yanik's Underground in DC this year, a bunch of young IMers flew in from different countries and met there, not ever having seen each other in person. They'd been Facebooking and networking online in other ways, too, and ended up having a blast in DC together.

      You do have many who support your efforts
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  • Profile picture of the author GeoFan
    Just because you tried four or five things that didn't work, does not mean it's impossible.

    "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." - Thomas Edison

    Having an angel investor means you have to keep selling that person on what you are doing. You have to believe you can do it. Find something you enjoy doing that delivers value. There will be good days and bad. Watch the trends, not the short-term. Think in weeks, not days. Do measure it, in detail, and look at trends.

    All the best! We learn as much from failure as from success, maybe more?
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  • Profile picture of the author AmandaT
    And everyone seems to get more supportive once you have money to show for it! My husband was very against it until that first payment came into Paypal!
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    • Profile picture of the author Chris Jenkins
      Hey just remember I think you really do have to Fail to Succeed! I know there are other kind of stories are out there but I think they either had a bunch of money to invest or really got lucky right off the bat. I make money everyday some days are better then other of course.

      Make sure whatever you are doing to build a list in every niche that you go in it will be your support when things are not going well. Not by just blasting them with emails but by building relationships with them and helping them through the things that they struggle with.

      Please know that there are people in here that do give great VALUE and latch on to them and most of all watch how the market to you! Not so much what they market.

      I am not saying they are marketing bad stuff I am just saying that that will get you farther then any ebook or course that you do purchase.

      Yes I am buyer I love information but limit that information so you do not get overloaded and unfocused. Well guess that is all I have for now, I really hope this helps someone in their business and just in feeling better that are people who do care!

      Chris
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    • Profile picture of the author Zach Crawley
      Originally Posted by AmandaT View Post

      And everyone seems to get more supportive once you have money to show for it! My husband was very against it until that first payment came into Paypal!
      Yep! After I got my first 4 sales, and actually got the check. My friends were like "How did you do that again?" lol.
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  • Profile picture of the author CyberSorcerer
    I completely understand what everyone is saying but success, in anything, depends on your attitude toward what your doing.

    When my parents, and family, found out that I was going to start making money online they were all for it and never really had negative thoughts.

    BUT, there's a reason to this. They know me and I get involved with some crazy things sometimes, but I've never failed at anything I started. Eventually, I'm going to achieve what ever it is I'm working toward.

    Like when they found out that I was hacking computers, way back in the day, and now I'm a computer security consultant. Or the time I left California to come to Las Vegas to be on a blackjack card counting team and did that for 3 years. It's things like this that they know, what ever he sets his mind to just forget about it because he is driven to make it work.

    Now I have a friend of mine that talks all the time about a whole lot of different things he's going to do. Does he ever complete even one of them? No. He talks about how great he is at WOW but when I watch him play, he's never in the top 25. I wouldn't be happy unless I was in the top 3, I wouldn't take anything less.

    So just remember, when you tell people you're going to do something, it's all the things that you've told them, in the pass and whether you've accomplished those goals, that determines if they believe you or not.

    Just remember - "Actions Speak Louder Than Words"
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  • Profile picture of the author Dash Evra
    I've never told anyone. I started last year and in order to get some seed money, I worked at burger king for 6 weeks during my first college year. Now I am making a part time income online.

    I've recently figured out a business plan that looks good on paper. It will earn a full time income using Flippa, Adsense and CPA offers. I told my girlfriend of two years all about it in details and all she did was give me a blank look then said "Ok!"

    Anyway, I am going to go ahead and take actions. I am sure it'll be clearer to her when she notices I am making 70k - 100k yearly by the time I graduate college.
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  • Profile picture of the author consuela22
    Yes I do feel your pain. I have always had friends to ridicule me until they saw one of my checks. So we will support one another.
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  • Profile picture of the author MarathonMan
    I'm bringing in $200+ on a good day and $150+ every day through Adsense along, so needless to say I've been getting plenty of support from the people who know - but mainly "How can I do this too?"
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  • Profile picture of the author Charlotte Jay
    People are born skeptics unfortunately. I still have plenty of people that tell me I should just "get a real job" You just have to take it with a grain of salt and persevere. Some of the greatest inventions in history were snubbed by the skeptics, such as the car, telephone and even electricity. I think sometimes the tangible helps. I took my family out for a slap up meal with my first earnings, they sure believed me then lol
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    • Profile picture of the author neojr
      If anyone else supports you, get the support from yourself.

      Go ahead and believe in you. That's all you need.

      Good luck!

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  • Profile picture of the author Madruga
    I gotta say, that the best way is to shut up and be silent before you are going to get not only results, but good results represented by a decent amount of money on which you can rely for further investments and to be considered enough to affect positively your personal life also. I know that it will happen many times, when you are close to do something that might bring you a small fortune, or just trusting in your skills and discovered plan, to get over excited about it and share your story to people who doesn't have a clue about what an earth you are talking about. No matter how much you are going to explain it, and worse, when you are promising that 'big' money are coming soon, and all will be fine.. will end up sometimes by a failing to reach your target or even reach somewhere, will lose credibility and respect from people around you, towards your online 'mysterious' jobs, instead of 'getting a real life' like the and work your ass of doing the same things all day while an arrogant boss is yelling at you that you don't deserve your $500~ per month and make sure to remind it to you everyday. Not to mention about the times when you might encounter jokes from some stupid friends criticizing the entire 'concept' of making money online, calling you a hacker without knowing even the difference. Didn't experienced something like this yet and I know it can go similar if I'll act crazy about it, and it's just a point of view for how this might go in case you are going to let your mouth talk too much before your wallet gives it permission to, related on this subject.
    However, bragging about after a successful story, will attract upon you a lot of interest and people willing to learn how they can do it too. So my advice on this, is that it's not impossible for someone to support you doing IM, but a major factor that you have to keep in mind, is to talk less with people around you who are out of this circle, and talk more with us, who are always willing to help, suggest and give advices on improving your skills and knowledge.
    Hope you got the point!
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  • Profile picture of the author James Hessler
    Having experienced that IM high off and on for over 2 years,regaling my wife with what's possible, I now no longer go into the minutae and am desirous to show results. As a BUSKING magician, I'll be maximizing what I do offline CIA my show and part of that is the purchase of a great big tool my wife bought me. A 27" iMac. My wife 'gets it' and now I am pushing forward on getting results. Bolo fed experiencing that IM high ( mostly)and knucing down to push through thebarrier.All with that support from myawesome partner.
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    • Profile picture of the author JPSimplySites
      I know how you feel about your family not supporting you in your IM endeavor. Believe in yourself and keep going. I think you are doing great for getting $2.80 for each $1 you spend.

      I think you are on your way to success. Keep up the good work. You will change your mom's mind soon enough. I believe in you!!!

      Keep us posted with your progress. I bet in a year's time or less when you've scaled up and are making a good income, you will have a different story to tell us here about your mom's support.
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  • Profile picture of the author Linda_C
    When I started, my family used to send me job postings. People can't identify with what they don't do or know.

    In the long run, 2 things are inevitable.

    1) Your strongest supporter is in the mirror
    2) Success speaks for itself.


    Also? If you're not earning enough to pay the bills, someone *is* supporting you, at least financially. That's all they know how to do for now. When you succeed in an area they don't understand, they'll support you emotionally, too.

    Just my experience.
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  • Profile picture of the author christopher jon
    Re: Is it IMPOSSIBLE for someone to support you doing IM?
    It's certainly not impossible.

    PM me for my paypal account. I'm gladly accepting support.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jermaine Tabor
    Sometimes with out the right support it can be a real drag.

    Negative coments make it even worse. But you... have to
    understand that people usually dont support what they
    dont understand.

    Just keep pluggin away and you will make it!!!
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  • Profile picture of the author clever7
    We live in a cruel world. There are many dangers everywhere. Don’t expect to find support from anyone. Someone will help you though, in a way or another.

    This is why the Warrior forum exists. I never saw a forum so helpful in my online life! So many people here have helped me so much! I don’t mind not being supported by my family, and I don’t care about their opinion.

    My son told me to stop complaining because he never helps me online. He is a 26 years old man, he knows many things, he could super help me if he wanted to. However, he has his own life and his own ideas, he is ‘too busy’ to give me a helping hand.

    When I make money ‘internet marketing is good’; when I delay selling something, ‘I’m wasting my time’…

    I’m not working online only because I want to make money. Making money is only part of the process. This is how I see it.

    You have to build a business. This is not a simple matter. Once you manage to find what you need and work the way you desire, it becomes very nice. However, it’s hard to get there. Be patient.

    When you’ll regularly make money online, buy many gifts for your family. They will stop criticizing you.
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  • Profile picture of the author BloggingPro
    I find these posts quite strange because I don't seem to get this kind of reaction when I tell people what I do in my spare time (i.e. outside of work). Just about everyone I've ever told immediately replies with a "thats really cool" or a "what do you mean?" and then they want to know more--which leads back around to "thats really cool."

    Even my Grandparents who are "stuck in their ways" are thrilled when I come tell them of my online success. My Grandpa is always telling me, "now you better be saving some of that!"

    The support is great and if someone tells you that you can't do something, then buckle down, get focused and prove them wrong.

    To the OP... continue what you are doing and then when you are in the GREEN print off whatever shows that you are in the GREEN and re-approach the subject.
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  • Profile picture of the author celente
    I was shuned by my family and exposed at the black sheep when i did this.

    But you just gotta have a little faith....like that song.

    I now earn about the same as my family put together, but i will never forget, and still remind them of when they didnt support me. They need to be reminded CONSTANTLY!
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    • Profile picture of the author No1here
      I've mentioned before that I've been doing IM off and on since 1995. I've also mentioned that back then the only type of product that really converted well was porn. People just didn't trust their credit cards on this "Internet thing." Nevertheless, a horny guy who became aroused to some of the "free" pictures in your gallery would override and worries about the Net+CreditCards fear since he was extremely eager to "finish."

      Back then my parents were not very pleased that I was promoting pornography but they were still supportive of my work and only once in a while my dad would say to me, "so, you think you might be promoting something other than porn anytime soon?"

      I don't promote porn anymore and have moved on to other products and services that are more "family friendly." My parents understand that I work very hard at this and they understand that what I do is basically a type of "Sales" job. So they understand that some months I'll make more money than others.

      So in my long-winded way I guess I'm trying to say that my parents have been and continue to be supportive of my IM work.

      Perhaps the fact that I also maintain my dad's website for him helps him to have a more positive attitude towards what I do.
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    • Profile picture of the author Madruga
      Originally Posted by celente View Post

      I was shuned by my family and exposed at the black sheep when i did this.

      But you just gotta have a little faith....like that song.

      I now earn about the same as my family put together, but i will never forget, and still remind them of when they didnt support me. They need to be reminded CONSTANTLY!
      I approve on that, even if it's not my case yet, but hate it when this happens.
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      • Profile picture of the author AndrewCavanagh
        Think about this logically.

        If your family are still paying most of your bills then they have every right to be skeptical.

        Since I've made a good full time living from internet marketing for many years and most of the people I know well are the same obviously we know it can be done.

        But your task is not to convince people with words about the fact that it can work.

        Stop playing games and just start getting serious about making some money so you don't have to answer to anyone or convince anyone of anything.

        Kindest regards,
        Andrew Cavanagh
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  • Profile picture of the author majay
    I'm very new in IM and i haven't told anyone what i'm doing.This is simply because i don't want negative energy vibes around me.

    so keep on pushing on
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  • Profile picture of the author simonbuzz
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    My whole family used to laugh at me when I first started online...they said that I can't make money online...so then I started researching and finally I am now making a huge amount of money per month...now guess what they are now telling me to teach them my techniques which I will never show them.....so don't listen to others and concentrate on your work..they soon will realize
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  • Profile picture of the author renegadetmj
    My girlfriend gets frustrated with me rambling on to her about SERPs positions, click rates and a million other things she has absolutely no interest in.

    I get frustrated with her rambling on to me about shoes, her friends lovelife, and the idiots she works with.

    It cuts both ways I guess.
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