Do you teach your spouse how to be IM too?

This question comes up regularly on the Warrior Forum. But I always wonder how many IM spouses are sitting around discussing how to get their hubby/wife into THEIR profession:

"I've been trying to get her into mortuary science. So I have her do small tasks for me, like drain the blood from the deceased."


"I just know that once he starts learning about regression anaylsis, he'll be hooked and want to be a statistics professor too."


"Gosh, if he would just show SOME interest in what I do, I know we could really make a go of this bull artificial insemination business."


~Becky

I think majority of WF members are bachelors..

This question/issue is very interesting. In fact I showed this to my wife and she smiled.

She is not interested at all. But she is willing to listen to what ever IM stories/updates that I tell her before we sleep, in the car or anywhere.

I think it is better that way. As long as she supports me...haha...After all she wants me to make the money and be rich...

I did teach my wife on minisite, joomla and fanpage. However, she complained to me that I am fierce during the session. She says this is because I teach her for free and very different whenever I teach paid participants in class..

It could be very beneficial to have twice as much creative input behind projects to cover bases that one individual would not be able to on their own. It could ultimately lead to more money for the household too!

Well the way I got into it is my wife got me into it

My wife helps me within my IM business...

I do the online stuff, and she makes the coffee


Seriously though, before I get shouted at ... She is super supportive of my time and efforts spent online. She can see the work and effort I have put into this, as well as the results. I do keep her updated but she isn't too computer savvy, and is happy to leave me when i'm working, in fact...

I think she is glad to get me from below her feet

In this business, we need even the moral support from our spouses - even if they are not active online with us. It really helps to keep us going and driving the ambition along. So I couldn't do it without the support of my wife.

My husband has 0 interest in my job, IM, social networking, or anything even remotely related to making money online. when I tell him about my job or new projects we are working, on he just nods and plays Angry Birds on his phone

It doesn't bother me though, as I have 0 interest in industrial electrician work

I am a woman with a husband and I do 99% of the online stuff for our biz. He is not into computers the way I am. He is the brains behind our product, and the expert if anyone has technical questions, tho I am quite good at talking to customers and answering emails. Not often I need to ask him something technical. I package and ship all of our orders.

I dont know many women are on this forum but based on photos there's a lot. Dont ever count us out!

My wife has absolutely no interest in the internet or in internet marketing although back in the old days she helped out a lot shipping eBay stuff.

Seems that a lot of people living in their own world.. The best buddy on online business is not the same person living with you but you may find them in this forum.

For most people, their spouses do not get interested until they are making tons of money. IM is a difficult business to explain or to convince someone to join that is why you find a lot of marketers showing their paypal or clickbank account screen shots when they are selling something to you. They want to convince you that they are making money and if you buy their product, you can make money too. If your spouse is not interested, do not push, IM is an "acquired taste".

I'm teaching her how to use Senuke X.


regZ

Few years ago I was very excited about IM and wanted to teach it to my partner, she had the least interest. When I got my first Adsense check, about $30, i showed it to her hoping it'll stir up her interest, I scored another blank, now that I am doing full time in my internet marketing business, and generating leads for offline businesses as well, I still get blank lol. I even asked to set up a blog for her to use as she wish...she's not interested. Tried to convince her about ebay, she wont have it. But she's addicted to facebook, maybe i can get an hangle on facebook to open her to IM....grrrhh

I must say she did help submitting some articles to EZA, she did it like a robot, not asking what I was trying to achieve lol

I am with Becky (R Hagel) above.

Unless YOU also want to learn your spouse's profession... why would you expect them to want to learn your IM stuff?

Should I go to medical school now and study for 10-12 years to become a child psychiatrist?

As for what happens if/when you are hit by a truck - that's a completely different issue and there are all kind of solutions to make a business to survive after the "founder" goes away. I mean if your IM activity is a business and not a hobby

I try my best to keep my work away from my personal. Unless your spouse is a genius at copywriting

my wife will be working for me about 1 hour a day doing "paper work"

My spouse wanted to be a adhd consultant so I set her up a wordpress blog. She didn't use/maintain it. Then she wanted to sell stuff online, so I set her up a shopping cart site. She didn't market it. She wants to make lots of money, so I gave her my copy of willie crawford's "20ways to make $100/day". She didn't read it. I finally gave up when I concluded that she's just not a content person in general... *unhappy shrug*

Now she's complaining that I am not making enough money in IM (since I am virtually unemployed and just doing odd jobs after 6 moves in 2 years, two house fires, two landlord foreclosures, one house we tried to buy ripped off by owners, etc and so forth) and I keep trying to explain that given enough time, focused energy, mentoring, and work, it will take care of us. She's not buying it. So I just do what I gotta do, and keep plugging forward, and then just try to support her interests that she finds on her own. One of my kids is starting to get into IM now though, and is making progress, so that's gratifying.

So moral of the story? Talk is cheap. Spouses usually gotta see results before they'll believe or join in. Consider yourself blessed if your spouse supports your IM efforts before they make you money. Don't push it on them. Just support their interests, and don't pooh pooh either them or their interests. At some point when success comes, they'll either join, say thank you, or jump ship when they've got nothing more to complain about. Respect them and their interests, and hopefully they will return the favor. And don't be offended if IM just isn't their thing. It isn't for everyone.

I tried and failed to get my wife into it. I think mainly because she saw me frantically writing night after night when I first started, and without any immediate pay off.

I even had lined up things that she is interested in that she could write about. Shoes, purses, etc. But she still didn't bite.

My spouse helps write some content and also helps me find products. I think that most male Internet marketers have trouble getting their head in the shoes of women audiences, but I don't because my wife does it for me! lol

Great topic! Actually, my spouse is the socially skilled searcher and finder of us two, and I'm the creative action taker. But we both share the same beliefs and goals. I've listened to a CD a while ago, this it was The Millionaire Mind and he mentioned that couples are over-represented among those who succeed with IM. I believe couples can work together and producte outstanding results as long as there is an understanding and similar beliefs. And a good team work. If one thinks a job is better, well - that's hard. Let's face it, we have like 95% of the entire population against us - and if the one we love is too - then we're really going against it all...

My wife thinks its all a scam, and besides everythig I do doesnt seem to work !Can you blame her.:confused:

What a great topic!

My girlfriend has helped me from the start and although some of the techy stuff is a bit boring for her, she is great at copy & all the other stuff.

And you know what they say '2 heads are better than one'!

It's great to be on the same wave-length with someone you're close to. Thrashing ideas around & picturing your future.

I know from others that it can be quite a struggle on your own & have only the online world to talk to.

This is why the Warrior Forum is great!

My wife is not interested in the slightest, I've tried to explain to her, but she is just goes into a dream state and it goes through one ear and out of the other.

There are times when she says " when is it going to take off and bring in money", i keep telling her "it takes time, maybe in a month or maybe in two years, who knows", that doesn't fill her with confindence.

We have many arguments about it, spending money and getting no return, but i only spend money on things that increase my chances, it's not a quick fix(get rich quick scheme) as I thought when I started.

Take care
Phil

I'm a stay at home mom and do the IM. My husband is a software engineer. Yes, it is true, many sahms are into IM and make GOOD money.

My wife got the online business but it is run by me.. of course, the income goes to her.. no issue on that, I also running 3 other business account for 3 of my elder brothers too.. I thought, It is only for the initial stage.. However, they said it is quite technical and lost interest to learn about website building and promotion.. Even one of them went to the same 5-days web tech course certification together with me for the fee of USD850 in 2007.. what technical? Two of them are engineers same like me.. huhu..

no reason to teach spouse if they are not interested, so it's better you do IM and make enough money, then spouse takes care of everything else in the house