One of the toughest things you’ll have to face as an Internet marketer is explaining to people exactly what it is you do. After all, they won’t see you leaving for work in the morning along with the rest of the 9-5ers. In fact, you may be seen strolling the neighborhood, shopping, or cutting your grass during the day when most adults should be at work.

This leads to all kinds of assumptions being made. In fact, I’m sure that most of my neighbors think that I’m on some sort of disability pension or welfare. As for friends and family, they know that I’m making money online, they just don’t know how I’m doing it.

What I find is that most people can’t get their head around the concept of making money on the Internet because they don’t know anyone else that does this. Internet marketing also has a bit of a negative reputation as far as the general population goes. Because people don’t understand it, it can’t be a viable way of earning an income.

The truth of the matter is that any successful Internet marketer is working very hard. You simply won’t make it if you don’t – it’s that simple. On the positive side, if you like living life on your own schedule without having to report to a boss, then this is an amazing lifestyle. When it comes down to it, the hard work is much more tolerable than putting up with a 9-to-5 job.

So what do I tell people I do for a living? Usually I just say that I develop websites and do freelance work on the Internet. Most people can understand it if it’s put in these terms. If I were to start talking about what I actually do to make money (Adsense, affiliate marketing), they’d have a hard time understanding how you could possibly make money from such a thing.

In a way, I don’t mind because if everyone knew how to make money online, the industry would be quickly swamped.

In any case, what I find is that people aren’t willing to put in the necessary hours to learn how to do it anyway. Even if they knew the steps to take, they lack the drive to make a success of it. Believe me, I’ve tried to help friends and family get into this but I’ve had little success in bringing anyone on board. People just want instant gratification and if things don’t happen quickly, they’re off doing something else. Oh well, such is life.

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