A summary of the journey we take from
beginner to experienced internet marketer
Internet marketing is an intense experience
It's like living your whole life over
again in a few short months or years.
Read this article and decide which step
you are currently at. This may give you
an idea of what to expect as you progress
in your internet adventure:
Step 1: Babyhood!
You start off your internet marketing
career as a brand new baby, with no idea
of how the whole system works. You just
follow obediently what others tell you
to do, think and say, and you get to know
the basics of how the whole system works.
Step 2: "Know-it-all" Teenage Years
Then you become a "teenager", and have
just enough knowledge to be dangerous
to yourself and others! You go out, gung-ho,
spending lots of money and telling everyone
what they should be doing. In fact, you
probably don't make much money in this
phase because you really don't know what
you are doing and you eventually find
this out the hard way!
Step 3: "Study" Phase
Then you enter the "study phase", where
you decide that if you are going to make
money at this, you better learn a bit
more about the theory of marketing and
how to apply it to your business. You
realise that this internet marketing business
isn't as easy as you thought it was going
to be. It is tough going. This is the
phase where most people drop out. You
find out things about yourself that you
didn't know. You grow in your personal
knowledge. Even if you do drop out at
this stage, it is not really a failure.
You have just admitted that this is not
for you after all.
Step 4: "Career Phase"
If you tough it out and say to yourself
"I AM going to make a success of this",
then you enter the "Career" phase. You
start taking your business very seriously
and you look at how you are going to progress
from here on in. Maybe you will decide
you are going to build an ezine or an
opt-in mailing list. Maybe you decide
to join a REAL marketing company with
REAL products, and stop jumping on the
bandwagon of the latest online ventures
that eventually all go bust.
Step 5: "Senior Executive Level"
The previous stage takes a long time.
Just like a normal career, your online
business career will develop over a period
of 5 - 10 years and longer, until you
are fully established in your career and
are now a "Senior Executive" in the online
business market, and you are enjoying
the fruits of your hard labour! You have
achieved immense personal growth, have
stuck it out through the hard times and
can be very proud of what you have achieved.
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Lianne Blanch is a successful online marketer
and work-at-home mom. Visit her website
today! http://www.working-from-home.biz/1721
About the Author
Lianne Blanch is a successful online
marketer and work-at-home mom. Visit her
website today! http://www.working-from-home.biz/1721
