IM = business or well paid job?

bluebrain,

Like a job with three main differences:

1. You're the master and responsible of your own creativity and decisions.
2. Freedom.
3. I generate money for myself, not someone else.

Meharis

bro first time you have to work as a Job, but if you know how to leverage properly and you have the investment on paid marketing then you will have time and time..

each everybody and has gone through this steps..

and anyway everybody working because everyone is still greedy for money, they want to make more and more..

just pick any new gurus, they always lunch new product.. they are still working but one thing is that it is fun..

You have to enjoy what you are good at it..always practice on it

i do my job on line. i promote and sale my product use IM. i create my company online too. so i thing it's my full time job using IM.

Internet Marketing is such a broad term that it encompasses hundreds of different business models. The answer would depend entirely on how a person's business is set up.

I know marketers who run a 6 and 7 figure business with anywhere from 2 to 4 people, though they are heavily involved in their business.

I also know marketers who run 6 and 7 figure businesses and nearly everything is outsourced and they literally don't have to do much.

It all depends on how you set up the business with automation and Virtual Assistants (VAs).

RoD

Well, let's be honest - for me it started out as a hobby. You know, 'shiny button surfing'.
Then became a job that I put more hours into than most jobs I've ever had.
Can now say it's a business, but if I don't want it to slip back into 'job' status I still have to work it quite regularly and be disciplined.

Internet marketing can be a bit of both, it just depends on how you approach it. You start off working a lot on your business, like getting traffic the RIGHT way, then once you start making a profit from your proven day to day formula you can outsource the work that you do.

As most here have already stated, it started as an area of interest (a hobby), became a massive undertaking of study, long hours, work, trial & error, and will eventually be my freedom once my larger scale projects come to fruition.

In short, right now, it's a job that requires too many hours.

But... 3 months, 6 months, or even 2 years from now, all of today's hard work will be compounded over time (leveraged) and will deliver automated sales for years to come... provided there's an internet, and I am still breathing.

robert kiyosaki talks about 4 quadrants. I think most fall into self employed quandrant with a sprinkle of business owner in the mix. Of course if you let them tell it they will say they are business owners.:rolleyes:

A business owner is donald trump. I never seen him pick up a saw. An investor is warren buffet. I never seen him manage a business, just his portforlio

Internet marketers work in the business more so than on the business. If you write copy, write articles, or, do any of the manual labor then you are self employed.

Show me an internet marketer who outsource everything and I'll show you a liar.

uh oh I am moving into rant territory.

In the words of a scholar:

There is nothing quite like working for yourself.... It is freedom.

I think "Internet Marketing" is always just another job if you are marketing other people's products and just making a commission or service fee. Whether you are an employee or contractor, you are still working on building someone else's business and brand. If you are just an affiliate or you don't outsource anything, then you are in the S quadrant.

If you have your own brand, products or services and you "use" Internet Marketing to sell them, and you outsource allot of work... then you own a business which is an asset. That's what I do so I look at Internet Marketing as just one part of my overall business.

So make sure you build your own site/blog, list, products, brand, social media profiles, etc. so you are creating something lasting that you will continue to own.

The Internet is the one rare place that anyone can get into the Kiyosaki B and I quadrants because blogs, lists and digital products have unlimited scale and potential for outsourcing for relatively less investment than offline business. You can create true Kiyosaki assets online with very little money.

It can be a job or a business...

It depends on your abilities and preferences.

Some folks like freedom and may choose to outsource a majority of tasks while other folks like having something to do and enjoy "working" in front of the computer and not having to answer to a boss or all the "crap" that comes with working for someone else.

Then there will be some folks like me who are kinda in the middle.

While my business doesn't take much "work" from me these days. If I were to go on vacation for a month and not touch it I wouldn't make much money...

On the flip side - I do outsource enough things that I can safely travel and enjoy life and still not have to "work" much on my business.

However, since I have a coaching site I can never truly work less than an hour a week as I am obligated to my group coaching students. While I technically could outsource this as well and hire other marketers to speak to my students this is one of the things I enjoy and look forward to doing each week in my business.

So, long story short - it all depends on what you are looking for. First, decide what type of business you actually want then work towards that goal. No matter which route a marketer takes, both will involve a lot of hard work to get started.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Coby

As long as you're doing what you want and it gives you the means to do what you want, it's a business.

It is a job and you will work hard. There are a lot of things that you can outsource so, you can have the time freedom thing going on.

Whenever you do, get an education about what ever niche you want to go into.

It's best to get a coach in the very beginning especially if you can afford it.

Good luck with what ever you do. :-)
Geri Richmond

In my opinion Internet marketing is a skill. It can be used for your own business or it can be a well paid job.

either one is fine by me. as long as i have time and multiple income streams. thats all that i care about.

At the end of the day it's a job and I work a lot more focused hours that I ever did when I had an office job where I spent 8hrs a day mastering the art of paper shuffling to look busy

The difference is that;

The World is my Oyster - I can work from anywhere in the World
I can Work the hours that suit me
I don't have to commute
My success is down to me, I don't have to grovel or suck up to a boss to get on :rolleyes:
My earnings are limitless

You've certainly got to put in the hours though especially when you are first starting out to gain that traction.

The two terms here "Internet" and "Marketing" provide you the knowledge of both worlds.
And who doesn't like the freedom ,the independence,the money,the creativity that comes as an added bonus . Its up to you as to how many hours you want or can do work on your strategy. And that's the beauty of IM. And you can even do the work laying flat on your bed.
And if you are using it as a side income then also you got no problem, as long as you follow a regular schedule.
And cash will roll in if you are doing it right.

The question becomes...Have you learned how to leverage your time and have others do the stuff you don't want to do?

I think if you do everything yourself then you own a job. If you set up a system that does the work for you you own a business.

Right now I own a job. Working towards owning a business!

My personal opinion is that I don't think this really is a choice. It is either you have the drive in you to do any of the options and do it well. Some people simply put....can't do one of the other so it really leaves them "no choice" for the lack of a better explanation.

MM-

Business for sure. And i get to work from home. I spend no more than 2 hours a day on my business.... and that's after waking up at 12pm everyday.

I tend to think of a "job" as when you're an employee working for someone else, whereas a business something you are running yourself. So, in that sense, I see Internet Marketing (though that really is a wildly general term) as a business. You set your own hours, you make your own plan, you take your own action.

It depends I would say in the beginning EVERYONE bust their butt. Hey, you have to,no? Yeah totally. Everyone want to make six figures instead of 6 hundred right? In the beginning it's a bumpy ride even for those who invest BUT smooth sailing once your in it and #winning!

IM can be started as self employed, which is a job. Here you are trading time for money.

To move into a stage where you are operating a business, you need to have systems in place. And you need to have skills to operate those systems efficiently.

Sure, you can outsource some skills to other people, but again, that would require money and you will also need to tell the people how to do the job so that they can do them efficiently.

If you are working solo, focus on practicing. Pay attention to the processes of various tasks you are doing, and then practice them enough so that they get easier later on.

I never made more money while I slept than most people do in a week working a full time job when I was working for someone else, so I consider what I do a business.

And I don't have my own products. However I consider all the traffic I own as my asset that I leverage 24/7.

You need to work smart and NOT hard.
And of course you need to go along many learning curves.
Money without working is a myth. Unless you are a junior.

For me it's a hobby. When I first got started I generated a full-time income for about a year, and then everything fizzled out. If you have something that works stick with it, but don't think of it as a long-term source of income.

I treat is like both:

Business:

1- No boss standing over me telling me what to do and when to do in order to turn over a profit.

2- Costs money every month. Oh, I forgot, traditional jobs are not free either. You have to pay for transportation to and from work and for clothing and for tools (if you need them for your job) and for food to eat while you are at the job.

3- I get paid for my results and not my time.

Job:

1- I have to put in X amount of hours just like a job to keep it in the 'flow' or momentum.

2- I have to show up 'every' day.

3- I have to treat it the same as I would a job that paid all my bills and provided me with an income.

4- Specific Tasks - I have to do specific stuff everyday that has to get results just like at your job. If you go to work and don't fulfill your obligations to your employer, they won't pay you.

You have to keep producing in both. So for me Internet marketing is like a business and a job.

When you work online for yourself, this does not become a job. It becomes your life passion.

A job is when you have someone telling you what to do and how to do it.

Treat your online business like a job, you'll get paid like an employee.

Treat you online business like a business, you'll get paid like you're the CEO.

Well yes, it could be a boring job after sometime but when you see money at other side, you tent to forget even that.

for me IM is a business

Its started out as a ill try this and if it works it works if it doesnt meh. This attitude doesnt really work its not until I treated my work like a businees that I had massive success I also incorporated areas I had over 10 years experience in which I should have done from the start

Internet marketing is a tactic.

IM to me is a business

IM is a bit of both...and in Reality..it is NOT EASY, it does need a constant EFFORT and constant WORK to SUCCEED.....

CHRIS FARRELL who was voted No.1 internet Marketer for 2011/12/13 can help you motivate and succeed.

Hope this helps!

It's a BUSINESS...... at which I work 60 hours a week. BUT.... the difference between " this" and a JOB is the money I make doing what I do.

I suspect that if I had a job doing what I do for someone else, I'd make a fraction of what I do now.

It's my business and I love that I can run it from my cell phone if I want. I don't ever have to be out of touch...a job? I wouldn't want to know that much about my job.

I consider IM as a business. It's something that I don't treat as a job that I need to endure on a daily basis just because it pays my bills. It's something that I can call one of my passions in life.

I don't mind spending a lot of time in IM since I find it truly enjoyable. I learn new things and I apply whatever knowledge that I gain in my IM business. Never a dull day just a combination of calm and tedious days.

I'd rather be doing something productive online just merely surfing the net, FB, Twitter or watching videos. One's business can be someone's source of fun and pleasure. If you like and love what you're doing then it doesn't look like it's work that you dread to do on a daily basis.

You're your own Boss - your own Master. In your world, it's your own rules. You can dictate your own work pace. You can pause to rest and recharge. Then you can work non-stop. You're in control of how much money you want to earn based on your weekly, monthly or yearly projections.

The best people to work for are Me, Myself and I.

Its freedom working for your self, no need to make some one else wealthy, one day i will make it in IM, good on you irfanmau

Is definitely a business for me as you are effectively building an asset for yourself. So, think of yourself as a business owner.

Internet Marketing should be a business nor well paid job for everyone. But for the one who still have limited resources and knowledge about internet marketing, it should be well paid job.

I personally feel that it will be dependent on how much work you want to outsource. If you have a system in your internet business that can run without you getting involved, you will definitely have a business. Just my 2 cents