Is Success In Online Business Limited To A ertain Age?

Get a new mentor. Seriously.


How could age possibly make a difference? Most everything online is done anonymously. Nobody is going to ask you about your age.

If anything, being older often means you have a greater depth of experience, understanding, and perspective which can come in handy whenever you write or enter into conversations with others in your niche.

More power to seniors! I am one - it says so right under my forum name: Steve B - Senior Warrior Member!

Steve

nah, just a number. 54 is the new 30 these days anyway


- Robert Andrew

I'm older than you and do this full time and make a very good living from it.

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Rob Whisonant

Like Rob, I am older than you (by more than a decade), and make a nice living doing this full time.

Furthermore, I was roughly your age when I began internet marketing.

Yea, age is by no means a deliberating factor in ones chances of being successful marketing online.

I also agree that most of the time it absolutely doesn't matter. That's awesome because older people but also younger (i.e. we have people under 20 running successful online businesses) get the same opportunity. Few areas are little bit influenced by the age. For example YouTube and vlogging.

Absolutely NOT!!! Age has NOTHING to do with anyone's online success. The problem is that we live in an age conscious culture that throws out anyone over 29. It's ridiculous though it's very easy to get sucked into this. It's best to live by your own core beliefs and philosophy and ditch the worlds philosophy because it will inevitably pull you under time and time again if you let it.

You should get a new mentor mate

Yes, everyone making money online is the same age.

Indeed, I truly agree with you that everyone making money online is the same age. Thanks.

Age doesn't matter. What matters is your 'willingness' to succeed and persevere!

Successful marketing is a process that BOTH many young and old fail to follow through with.

Age should not be an issue, I always tell that to anyone wanting to start a business online however you need to learn some
Basic technical things . It's the willingness to learn that matters most !

I know a guy who is 60 years old and doing well with internet marketing business he started a few years back.

Oh please , age doesnt matter seriously .. only thing what matters is if you are willing to work on it and if you are willing to learn

no its not limited, age is just a number, dance and pursue your dreams

You didn't actually say what the statement was that you found discouraging. We can infer from your question that this "mentor" said something to the effect that you're too old for Internet marketing. Of course, you may have misinterpreted the meaning, so that inference might be wrong.

Assuming you were told you were too old for IM...

You're 54 years old and you still don't recognize that such a statement is a poorly conceived opinion rather than a fact? So here's a suggestion: before giving any credence to statements that are discouraging and to people who do not support your goals, stop and think about what was said. Ask yourself questions like:

1. Is the statement fact or opinion?
2. Could this person be wrong?
3. Does this person know me well enough to make judgments about my abilities and will to succeed? (Even if you think they do, they could be wrong.)

In other words, use logic and reason, and a little research if need be, to help validate or disprove what was said. You'll only go as far as your mind will take you, so be careful of what you feed it and even more careful of what you keep and internalize. From my perspective, this "mentor" is not someone you want to let occupy much of your brain space.

Yep, you're screwed. All success and possibility for future success vanishes after age 53. Sorry. You just missed it.

An intelligent question, by a newbie, ....l was sure that this was going to be a bumped thread, (sic)?


But anyway, yeah, your mentor sounds like some 20+ something that managed to make money early. So, ditch that one....

I am a few years younger than you, and it has taken me about 8.5 years to finally make it online, well odd's on....

This is only because l am creative, and whittled website creation, building a list, blah, blah, down to several, (have their own traffic options).

But l do agree with others here, age is irrelevant, it is dogged determination, the ability to ignore your friends and familys rantings, watching some or all of your friends leaving, and persisting regardless of time frames, and effort.

I think that Frank Kern wrapped it up by saying,....

Well, close enough.

It is, if you are selling a personal body building course, with you as the model....or you are selling yourself as an escort.

Other than that, nobody knows how old you are, and nobody cares, least of all your customers.

Makes no different at all. "Internet Marketing" = Using the internet to market something.

You start with learning the basic things about the internet then learn how to implement that. then find a way to monetize that.

I been a digital marketer since 2008. Lot of thing to say.. But PLEASE if need any help to start, or guiding... I really really would love to help you, just let me know!

jerry rubin said, in the 60s 'never trust anyone over 30'

he died in 1994, age 56

Many times being "older" can actually be a good thing. I don't know why however I'm reminded of the following Sales Page: Stop Your Divorce! By Homer McDonald. It wouldn't have the same impact with a person younger.

In any case - with any market - you will be compensated by the value that your provide to your market. (And that has nothing to do with your age,)

Jonathan

Hey Uchwaf,

I had another thought (and others here have already said it)

Obviously he/she isn't really old enough to be a mentor.

You should be looking for someone who has enough years behind them to have tried a number of different approaches and failed enough to understand not only what works and what doesn't... but why.

I think we've made it pretty clear that age is not one of those reasons (however, lack thereof may well be).

Hi Uchewaf,

Absolutely not. Age makes no difference at all.
I'm 59 and a half and I'm going for it too.
I love what I do. I have great hopes and see a bright future ahead.

May I suggest that you may have the wrong mentor if
he or she is telling you that age makes a difference. It does not
in anyt way shape or form.

Keep going and never stop. Never give up,
Get a dream for your life, decide how much money you want,
Ask yourself great questions. You'll find the answers.

Hope that helps.

I saw this video not too long ago and Gary V says it best.


Take advantage while you can. Go for it!

We are all human and can learn anything. If your mentor tells you that you are too something to have success, then they are not the right mentor. There are several senior marketers having great results in the company I am involved with.

No matter who we are, we all have to overcome certain beliefs about ourselves and income production.

But can overcome them.

I feel this is an important topic for many baby boomer marketers.

Have a great day and never give up on your dreams.