Should you ask for your families opinion on your internet marketing adventure?

Of course once the money rolls in then everybody's behind you. It's those dark days when your struggling and you need that encouragement that everybody tells you "get a real job".

If you're married, then definitely ask your spouse's opinion. If you get a negative reply, it doesn't mean you should give up. Do the IM thing as a way to supplement your income and when it grows large enough you will have the "proof" you need that it produces the desired income.

For all other family, tell them if you want, but don't listen to the nay-sayers.

Good luck to you,

Steve

I spoke to my family about it and luckily I have a very supportive family. While they expressed concern at first, they also wished me success.

I've always thought in life you should do what you feel is right and do what you need to do, but that it's also ok to share it with others.

This is exactly right.

I'd take it a step further, and say that the seeking of other people's approval and the self-doubt that is behind it, is probably one of the major causes of entrepreneurial failure.

When you go for your dreams, and they are big enough dreams that they require a lot of effort and perhaps investment upfront before paying off, lack of confidence can cause you to falter or change course halfway or almost there, thus reinforcing the warnings of naysayers, and the internal self doubts.

There is a big "however", which is this: if you aren't meeting your basic obligations (to your partner, kids, parents, the landlord, utilities etc), then they have a right to sound off about it and demand you get a real job.

But if you are meeting your needs, and pursuing your dreams, just do it quietly, keep your own counsel, or the counsel of other entrepreneurs and mentors who are ahead of you, and in the long run, you will achieve your dreams, be happy about it, and your family will hopefully be happy for you too. Until then, quit seeking their approval.

That's exactly how it goes if you ask people advice when they don't know what they're talking about...

The best thing is not to talk about until you make some decent income online, because if you keep hearing "it's a bad idea" or "that will never work", you'll start believing it yourself, that's how the subconscious mind works...

Just keep working hard and don't listen to ANYBODY...

It seems to be a pretty common thing amongst us internet marketers, my parents are old school and pretty much against it, my in-laws think it is a great idea

But most of all, my most supportive person is my wife. This was not always the case though, but since she has seen some great income and gotten more involved in the business, she is the one that keeps pushing me hard

My advice:

Attitudes seem to change once you have something to show

Keep at it anyway, you have an extended family here that will be happy to keep pushing you to your fullest potential

Mark Barrett

the opinion of your family is important, but if they do not understand you can always start explaining to them what the process consists of
sometimes they might not understand you, internet marketing is new and not everybody fully understands it s potential
you just a have faith in your intuition and ambitions and they eventually will understand