Comments on: How To Maintain the Illusion of Easy Money

By: Jeff Paul Scam

Jeff Paul Scam — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 06:26:45 +0000

It has been amazing to grow any business on the Internet, I need to market strategically to my customers, using a range for tools from content sharing to email marketing, search engine optimization, co-branding, ad buys, and more, to reach your target audience.

By: Steve C

Steve C — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:13:41 +0000

This article is so true. A few of our friends have tried to replicate our success with our online store but haven't been successful. Problem is is that I can't point my finger at the problem Steve Cs last blog post..5 Easy Ways To Boost Your Online Store Sales Immediately

By: People Who Say Making Money Online is Easy - Liars? | IndoLance.com

People Who Say Making Money Online is Easy - Liars? | IndoLance.com — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:19:49 +0000

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By: Jarkko

Jarkko — Wed, 07 May 2008 18:02:28 +0000

@Mike: Thanks! I guess the whole truth wouldn’t such a good message marketing wise – or what do you think? “How I made $150,000 in a month only working 5 hours” is much more likely to catch a potential reader’s eye than “How I worked for 15 years to finally make $150,000″ ;)

But still, I think the fact that it’s not easy just makes it more interesting a dream to go after.

By: Mike Gates

Mike Gates — Tue, 06 May 2008 18:36:21 +0000

Nice post Jarkko – The make money from home crowd often makes it sound easy to “quit your day job and work from home”. They rarely tell the “whole truth”, like the time and work it takes to get to that point.

If it were too easy, we would have too many people working for themselves from home and wouldn’t have enough doctors, car mechanics etc :-)

Mike

Mike Gates’s last blog post: So Many Domains, Too Little Time

By: Jarkko

Jarkko — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:15:57 +0000

@Sally: Yeah, those blogs by successful people who actually do the things we are all trying to do really are a useful resource to look for more and more information.

By: Sally Neill

Sally Neill — Sun, 04 May 2008 17:38:42 +0000

I loved reading your post, I agree that success does not come overnight, but I also know that all the hard hours work you put in do pay off in the end. I do like that successful online marketers/bloggers etc share the tips and tricks they learn with us to help us reach our goals quicker. Sally :) Sally Neill's last blog post: Increasing Your Ebay Ebook Sales

By: Check This Out | Frank Haywood

Check This Out | Frank Haywood — Sun, 04 May 2008 00:11:13 +0000

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By: People Who Say Making Money Online is Easy - Liars?

People Who Say Making Money Online is Easy - Liars? — Sat, 03 May 2008 23:34:23 +0000

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By: Jarkko

Jarkko — Fri, 02 May 2008 07:54:15 +0000

@Shane: You might have a point there, but I wonder… Because even fun things can sometimes seem hard, and boring things easy :)

But then again, I’d rather be doing fun and hard things than boring and easy.

@James: Yeah, selling the idea of easy money is pretty good business :) Because it’s a dream lots of people want to buy. But I agree with you that selling that “stuff” is a path just on the verge of being unethical…

About limitations… That’s a tricky thing. Sure, we all do have our limitations and we need to realize them so that we can put our efforts to the things we can really excel at. But how do you know what your limitations are? By trying.

And then you still need to try some more to see if you just need to be persistent – or if you really should be doing something different. Where you draw that line is something I find really hard to say.

Seth Godin’s The Dip has some great ideas about this question – although the question itself still remains rather hard to answer.

@Deron: Thanks! You’re right. Many have had their fair share of bankrupts, financial and emotional losses, and so on.

So far, I’ve been lucky lucky as all I’ve lost has been some sleep ;) But then again, that’s probably just because I’m not moving that fast.