Is Internet Marketing worth it?

Nah, it's definitely not worth it. I mean, if Matthew is only pulling in $20K, jeez, what's this world coming to?

You don't think 20K a month is a good return for running a website from the comfort of your own home (or anywhere you want, really)?

I like to think of myself as a pretty successful IMer and I would absolutely LOVE to be making 20K per month just from my blog!

Internet Marketing is DEFINITELY worth it! IM is probably the greatest thing that has ever happened to me financially and it's also done wonders for my standard of living.

I remember when I got laid off from my "rat race" job in 2008. I was devastated. I actually liked the job and the people I worked with and I was making great money (or what I USED to consider to be great money).

Looking back, losing my job was a blessing in disguise! I probably never would have discovered IM if I had not lost my job. Now I work 2-3 hours per day from my couch and make more than double what I made at my old job. Personally, I think IM is probably one of the best businesses one can own.

Internet marketing is huge. There's a difference between top blogger and top-earning marketer.

Matthew helps people to get better life through SEO course.

Besides Matthew, there are few people making a good living through internet marketing. e.g: John Chow, Yaro Starak, etc.

There is no way of verifying that figure, so I wouldn't form any judgements about it either way. I certainly wouldn't gauge an industry based on "transparent income reports." It could be truthful or it could be a part of the entertainment. That goes for all of these "make money" bloggers that publish income reports.

814,115 registered members in this forum.

These people are after something.

For the record, I'll take $20k/month for running a website with my toes in the sand on a beach somewhere.

Not to mention the time freedom you'll have to create several other $20k/month projects.

It just depends on how much you're after.

Blogging is internet marketing but internet marketing isn't necessarily blogging.

Cheers!
-Pedro

$20,000/month from a 5,243 world-wide Alexa website does seem actually pretty low...

So for someone 20 000 is nothing, but for other is great money.

IM marketing can take you where you want it to take you. Do not base your income potential on the apparent earnings of others.

What do you want? And what are you willing to do to achieve it?

>>Riz

Ps: Earnings from one blog is not only determined by its Alexa Rank

Internet marketing 100% sufficient for your business. It is very helpful for your growing business.

The alexa rank will not mean that much as people in the I.M niche who visit his site are more likely to have the alexa toolbar installed than people visiting sites in other niches, so you get a higher alexa ranking. There is no doubt he's done well though.

I see his site on buysellads - which estimates 105,000 impressions, where as a site in the health and fitness niche has an estimation of 9 million impressions.

You should also consider the fact that it's not just about monthly visits, but also conversions and the life time value for each customer.

ONLY $20k a month, I.M must be no good - go get a job that pays better - LOL!

Of course Internet marketing is worth it. The hundreds, if not thousands of people who make their living with it are a testament to that.

Of course, you might not make millions with it in your first few years, but that doesn't mean you can't.

But still, don't measure your success with others'. Just because they did or did not do something does not mean you will or won't. Your success entirely depends on your skills and determination.

Who knows? Maybe you will build a blog that'll bring in twice what Mathew makes with half as much as traffic. You do know that monetization plays an important part in any project's success.

So try and see. You'll never know until you do.

IM is life changing and definitely worth it. 20k for being your own boss and working your own hours sounds good to me.

I understand the context in which you are framing your comments.

At the same time though, you need to get a grip on some sort of reality.

If there are 7 billion people in the world -- how many do you think produce something that is worth $240,000.00 per year?

Then ask yourself how many others can make that much and produce something worth far less.

The greatest of expectations can normally produce what are realistic results -- regardless of what some motivational guru has told you.

If you don't think $20 thousand a month is a good return, I think you need to reexamine you thinking and perspective of the world

Where else are you going to make 20K per month?

I'd never heard of Matthew Woodward before this thread. Then I realized - the OP doesn't mean internet marketing - he means writing about internet marketing.

That explains it. Blogging about internet marketing to other would-be internet marketers is an incestuous and overcrowded business. Very few can make it work without having a wealth of experience or some other distinguishing angle.

But outside of this market, examples of successful blogs are easy to find. You don't need to be as ambitious as TechCrunch, for instance (monthly earnings in excess of $500K), to see that internet marketing can deliver just about as much as you want it to.


Frank

I know people who make $170K a month in NYC doing absolutely nothing except hanging out, drinking, and taking vacations. Why? Because they invented an APP which has tremendous growth. Spend a few years being a total nerd, invent something that appeals to a market and get rich. Or you can be a wage slave for the rest of your life.

It depends on what you mean by worth it. I know people who have done it for years and haven't made a dime, they are missing something in there knowledge of what to do but they keep at it thinking someday the light will go off in there head and everything will be clear and start making lots of money. Others I know tried it for a while and just didn't get it so they stopped. It all comes down to what do you what to get out of it. It doesn't happen over night.

I think 20k$ a month is really good money to get from internet marketing.

That could be because he stop doing things on the blog

20k is a lot. Remember though, he is from the U.K. are you sure its not 20,000 euros?
That is about $25k a month, 300,000 a year.

either way, good for him. That is a lot of money for a blog.

Matthew Woodward is full of crap and doesn't know jack about SEO implementation. I'll put 20k cash on out SEOing him. Any keyword, any niche, any month of the year.

The only reason your blog is big is because you've manipulated the little guys that are learning into using your ripped knowledge like a bible.

Sorry if I'm being blunt, I've got my opinion - which I clearly believe to be fact.

I know people making $130k on a regular.. im not that high

Internet marketing is a huge thing. $20k for a blog is something worth looking into. Imagine it is just his blog earning that, what more could he do if he ventures into more stuff online? You need to be open minded when you are into internet marketing. There is a lot you can do online. It is a matter of perspective and choice.

In the first year at least, most entry level white collar jobs are bringing more than IM. You can get $40.000 per year by working 9 - 5 but very few people earn $40.000 from the first year as IMers.

This is the truth. 90% of all success stories here are about $2500 - $3000/month. There are a few people earning six and seven figure but they are not that common. Maybe 1000 in total on WF.

So yes, the truth is that flipping burgers to some degree will bring you more money than IM. However, after the second year, everything changes. You work less, you earn more.

IM is like pumping water. The first five minutes you pump and no water goes out from the well. Yet, at some point, the water will come and you can pump less and less. The $1000 that took you 100 hours to achieve the first time will then take 80 hours and then 60 and then 40, 20, 10 or even five.

Earning $500/month from IM is not success if you don't have a second job. It is sub-existence. It is under the poverty line in some countries. When I've been to the US, it was difficult to live decently without a minimum of $3000 - $3500 per month.

If you don't have to pay rent, utilities, transportation, Internet, food, etc, even $500 may seem a fortune. But if you have to pay them, you realize that the "financial freedom dream" of working from home is way overrated. The only reason I'm not getting a white collar job is because it works for me. But if it didn't and I had too many bills to pay at the end of the month, I would simply take a job.

The minimum required to make it worthwhile is about $2000. This depends a lot through on where you are living. In my country, $2000 is not much. It pays for the rent, gasoline, food and utilities. But that's it. But I know that in other places, $2000 means living like a king. On the other hand, in other places $2000 won't even cover living accommodations fully.

So the morale of the story is that if you are not making enough money from IM, just get a nine to five job. There is no shame in that.

I guess it depends what you think is 'worth it' in your life. Is freedom worth it?

This is an amazing consideration.

First we should say that there are people out there that dream such kind of income.

Then for what is my experience it worth every penny, especially if you act like a business man and you get contacts and good collaborations out of the blog.

Matthew run many experiments and it is clear that from them it get other income streams. I think sometimes more lucrative than his blog itself.

However there are people that do lot more money with a single blog or strategy. A good example is all the MOBE guys, and many other CPC, CPA etc.. methods.

Also in the round up of Matthew itself there are people doing more money with a single blog.

However I think that the difference is on who you want to be and what your goal is. You should consider that Matthew's blog is targeted on a small professional niche I think, there are not a lot of people that can use those products.

If you use the same strategies on wider niche you can get more out of them I think.