Would you tell your Grandmother exactly what you do?

I see this as a 2-sided coin . . .

Do people genuinely not understand what you do? . . . or . . .

Do you not communicate what you do so that others can easily understand?

Every business owner ought to be able to say exactly what their business does in 15 seconds or less. Can you meet this test?

In answer to your questions: Extremely , Completely, and Yes.

Steve

Why would anyone feel the need to justify or go into some deep explanation about what they do? Why does it matter what others think?

Try this. Next time someone asks you what you do tell them you broker human organs on the black market. Then, after they recover from the shock tell them you sell stuff online. All of a sudden being an Internet marketer will take on a huge air of respectability.

She's been dead for 30 years so no.

It seems to me that you have a lack of pride in what you do.

You should find a way to deal with that or do something else.

I show both of mine. One of them subscribes to some of my lists, too, just to keep up-to-date with what I'm doing (the other one doesn't speak enough English to read it).

It's just a fact that people's reaction is because of fear of the unknown, they have no idea you can make a living online. My grandmother doesn't even have internet so...

Just don't care about what other people think, it will help you a lot in life

I explained this to my Grandfather when he was already well into his nineties... he understood.

Why would they feel the least bit guilty?

I come from a long line of entrepreneurs. Grandma taught me to be one, so why wouldn't she be proud?

As for the general public, I say I'm a "secret agent."

Grandma isn't the one you should be concerned with. It's the mug you see in the mirror. How do they feel about what you do?

I wouldn't tell my grandmother this but I usually tell people that I'm a director of midget porn. Most people don't know what IM really is and would find my explanation quite boring.

Don't trust anyone, including your grandmother.

And always opt for Whois privacy protection.

I used to question some things back when I was promoting CPA offers like crazy. When I first started out the industry appeared to be legit, so I went all out with Adwords, Yahoo and Bing. Then a few months later the "free trials" that used to be 30 days started shrinking to 21 days, 14 days, 7 days, etc.

I was shocked when I found out that most of these offers were sucking people into continuity offers that were extremely difficult to stop. No one would answer the phones when customers would call in to cancel or if they DID answer, most of the time they'd be placed on hold for what seemed like an eternity.

How do I know? Because not only did I promote them, but my wife also joined a diet offer through an infomercial and it took her 3 months to get the payments stopped. Actually, the bank had to intervene because the company simply wouldn't do it. From what I understand there were a couple hundred customers at her bank that got taken.

If you're actually reviewing products, giving honest reviews, doing your best to help people and being honest all the way through the process, I don't see any reason to be ashamed at all. On the other hand, if it's a scummy product and you're aware of it from the beginning, no, I wouldn't want either of my Grandmother's (both are deceased) to know.

As fate would have it, I lost my Adwords account shortly after those offers took a turn for the worst. It hurt really bad financially at the time, but it was really a blessing.

Just to be clear, not all CPA offers are bad. The industry has really had to clean up its act since then. Still, it's not something I'd want to put all of my efforts into.

My parents always look down upon the whole "making money online" deal and people are going to continue to raise their brows because they are ignorant and believe the only way to make money is though working a job.

My Grandmother bookmarks my YouTube videos for me... on Digg, Stumbleupon, Folkd, Delicious, etc.

My family (including the wife) are happy as long as I'm bringing in money although they all get concerned about how much time I spend working online. My friends, well that is a different matter. I used to get a kick out of showing them how much I was making, but that was a flaw in my personality. Now I keep quiet about what I do, if someone asks I say I'm an information engineer, if they question me further I tell them it's far too boring to talk about.

Answering your questions:

If my grandmothers were alive, I would tell them what I do. Why not?

I'm very proud of my work online and offline. It was very hard to learn everything I'm teaching others.

I'm so honest that my honesty bothers many people...

I've been proud and honest from day 1.

Why are you making this research?

Yes, but she would not understand one bit.

I would, of course, but I would really need to choose words carefully so she would understand it. I think it is mission impossible

My own mother thinks I'm nuts. My grandmother? Pffffffffffffff lol

Just focus on really helping other people. If you're not doing that, you shouldn't be doing it in the first place.

There will always be skeptics and haters, especially if you work online or own your own business. Many are jealous of the perceived freedom that you must have by 'working at home', imagining that it's all lounging on the beach all day and having big fat paychecks rolling in. Most will not believe that you work hard if you work from home or commute, when in fact many of the largest corporations employ freelancers and tele commuters, if only to save costs. Just be strong in your own convictions that what you are doing is right and ignore everyone else.

Yes, you're definilely right and people who judge you too.
And the reason is simple: "every body creates his reality"
You have to decide if you want to make your own way or just walk on those already made.
I think that's a huge step you have to face(no one will, can do it for you).
If you want to make your way(and i hope that's the case), just follow great advices given above....

Good luck.

If you're good at marketing you can always find the right angle to explain it to people.. just split test and see what works. I have a different response for every demographic.

so far i have not get any big success but surely i will do ...very passionate

I wonder how many people thought selling bottled water was scammy when it first started out

After all its free from the tap in millions of places without paying for it. A tap isn't even hard to find

Every business has bad apples. I dont know about your rep. but mine is just fine. As for, would I tell my grandmother what I do. Actually no, because she is 92 years old and doesnt know a thing about computers, so it would be a waste of time trying to explain it to her.

Over the years I have done many, many things to explain to my family exactly what I do. I once even put together a powerpoint slideshow and explained affiliate marketing to them step by step! But the only thing that has been even remotely effective is showing them this video:



That's exactly what I do - I find content/products and use words (my website) make it better so that people buy it.

I don't have any living grandparents, but my mom knows what I do and I have no problem telling her about my work. She doesn't always understand the technical side of it and is still in awe that I'm able to make so much money without working a "real job," but I'm not ashamed to tell anyone what I do for a living.

As far as being proud, I'm proud of what I've accomplished so far, but feel I've still got a long ways to go. I've been honest about what I've been doing since day 1. There's nothing shameful or dishonest about what I do, so I have no problem talking about it.

I'm a digital writer.