Since when was a little...

by BloggingPro

Posted: 12 years ago 7 replies

INTERNET MARKETING

Hard work a bad thing? When did this become the norm? I understand that its a marketing gimmick to have your "make money online" product be "easy" and simple "push-button" products. I'm not here to beat that dead horse again.

What I want to know is why are so many people adverse to doing a little bit of hard work to create a better future for themselves? Almost every person I've ever followed, read about or interacted with that "made it" in an online business worked hard to get to that point.

Maybe the keyword is business, instead of hobby. I have a couple of sites that I update like a hobby, or rather, not very often. The revenue that these sites bring in is so much lower than my battle-hardened "hard work" sites that I sometimes ask why I even keep them around.

Hell even if your outsourcing your "work" you still need to pay attention to what is going on or else your business could go up in flames. But I digress.

So the question is. Why are so many afraid of a little work?

elexmedia 12 years ago

Why are so many people adverse to doing a little bit of hard work to create a better future for themselves?

Maybe because they believe you should work smart, not work hard...

In my cases, I'm not smart enough to work smart, but I still want to change my life. So, I work hard.

"Even an overnight success needs four years in the making."- Pinterest's Investor
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KickinConcepts 12 years ago

I work hard, I try to work smart aswell....

But Hardwork is nesseccary to succeed at anything in life. People shy away from it because of one thing it is "HARD"! But those who can get through it make the real money.
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jamesrich1 12 years ago

I agree with you on the point of hard work being necessary. Marketers want to appeal to the lazy side of everybody. People are working their 9-5's. Some people working 2 jobs and they come home to an ad promising them a better life. Its really just a hyped up deception campaign that has months to years of learning and implementing with no promise of returns anytime soon. Who would sign up if they knew the truth? I would but the conversions would be much less. A lot of marketers deceive the public because they know the public is mostly overworked and not willing to put in work for a commission only business model even if their is leverage and residual built in. So that is why you see all of the simple and easy systems being promoted that really are not easy and simple. The sad part is those systems make it harder for the whole industry to legitimately market products honestly. The solution... Provide massive value and position yourself as a person who is willing to help and go overboard with changing life's. Be accessible and be a innovator who is driven towards a purpose bigger then yourself.
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- WallyDay 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by jamesrich1
  
  I agree with you on the point of hard work being necessary. Marketers want to appeal to the lazy side of everybody.
  
  I'm not so sure it's "laziness" so much that's the issue. It's more of an inability to comprehend exactly what is going on. I see this with my wife quite a bit - I explain and show her what is supposed to be going on, yet I see a "deer in the headlights" look on her face a lot. She simply doesn't grasp what I see as what is obvious (to me).
  
  Of course, I am an analytical programmer to begin with, so some things seem obvious to me from the start.
  
  But, I wholeheartedly agree with the OP here. There is way too much pandering to the lowest common denominator in the IM world. Nothing, and I mean NOTHING, is going to be easy or automatic from the get-go. The IM gurus who are selling that kind of **** ('cuse the French) should be taken out and shot. It's the equivalent of handing over car keys to a six year old - sure, the kid might be able to start the car and get it going, but after that - watch out!
  
  Keeping in mind -a system is just that - a system. A strategy is something that lasts more than a few minutes, and can be built upon over time.
  
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jamesrich1 12 years ago

Alot of marketers promote their systems like its basic arithmetic when its advanced calculus. If they were to promote it as advanced calculus their conversions would be much lower. I think their is a way to tell the truth completely and still make it appealing but very few marketers pull that off.
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williamk Banned 12 years ago

Hard work is a bad thing. It because you did not understand it clearly, you are talking like that. The best is smart work. Understand the difference and you will get your answer.
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helisell 12 years ago

I honestly don't think the folks who hang around here are afraid of hard work.

It's fine for us to get all self righteous about it...but...they fall for the 'no hard work needed' pitches because they sound plausible and given the choice between working hard and not ....well you know what I'm saying.

I've had contact with quite a few on here who have worked extremely hard and still made no money. I've had to get them to change direction and work hard at something else but generally I've found they are NOT afraid of hard work.

just my .02p
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