We are NOT a newbie.. Are we ??

The term, newbie, seems to indicate a person who is new and has not yet learned the ropes. Having success right from the beginning doesn't mean you can't still be a newbie. There is so much to be learned in IM that it's difficult to believe a person can land on the Internet and already know it.

While quick successes are possible, it can also simply be that you hit a good niche and targeted a few of the right people to make sales and feel good about your career move.

Imagine how much better your business will be after you've been online a year or more and studied how others are succeeding? That's when you move from being a newbie to being a pro. or advanced marketer.

If you still aren't making a survivable wage online after a year or 10, then I think you are still a newbie, because it indicates that either 1) you aren't doing enough of the right work or 2) you still have a lot to learn.

Just my opinion, you understand.

Sylvia

Hi Dean

I think it's a good question. I think whether you 'class' yourself as a newbie or not depends on the level of two things - Your ability to learn (hopefully fast) and the measure of your own self esteem!

I first started in I.M. about two years ago after going to an Internet Marketing Seminar in Wembley (UK). I noticed two camps of people.

The first 'camp' included 'wannabee' Internet marketers - who I watched shelve out $4,000+ for 'systems' that I could now put together in my sleep. These guys wanted a quick fix - income now and I could see the first problem they encountered their wallets would be out.

I now see these guys as the 'newbies' - they would rather 'spend' money than 'learn' the basics. Don't get me wrong I'm not advocating not going to seminars or buying courses - it's just an observation that I had.

Having kept in contact with a few of these guys - not one of them is in I.M. and some have a 'bitter taste' from the experience.

What I learnt from that experience is that you have to learn a bit of 'everything' first to get your competence and knowledge level up to know what you can do and can't i.e. outsource.

When you know your own strengths and weaknesses in relation to I.M. and have some success (maybe a few sales) then in my opinion you are no longer a 'newbie'.

Now the second group at the seminar were a different lot altogether.

These consisted of two sub groups. Sellers of products - who new their stuff but were 'great marketers' and the other sub group which consisted of learning this as a business.

When talking to some of the guys who were looking at this as a business (and by the way they had the same knowledge level as me - zilch) - a different story!

We all were prepared to learn the ropes, make mistakes, move on and then focus on the activities and processes that would make us money.

Of the five guys/1 gal, 4 are doing this full time.

Being a newbie or not a newbie is first of all dependent on how you 'view' yourself and your abilities. Secondly you may not think of yourself as a newbie but others may because of your income level. So the ideal 'middle road' definition of whether your a newbie or not depends whether you feel that you can 'support' yourself financially and feel content with your 'progress'. That's the bottom line!

Just my 2c worth!!




Regards


Peter

Hey peeps

Some great replies to this..

To me, if you know money can be made online by selling information then you are not a total newbie.

Unless they are already in IM then everyone I meet dont know what im talking about when I tell them I have an online business.

Well they get that bit but when they ask doing what and I say selling information their face just changes .. lol

Oh well.. We know whats possible right

Dean