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Why do you want to work in Internet Marketing?
By Shalom Issenberg | June 4, 2008
A guy I know recently dropped in on me at my office because he is interested in getting in on “The Internets” (Bush 2007), and had a question regarding an opportunity that had come to his attention.
The opportunity of course was some third tier affiliate spam email he received after filling out some forms online; which almost definitely were found by searching ” make easy money on the internet without even understanding how to use a computer”. Of course I told him not to quit his job, so he thanked me and continued off to work.
He hadn’t been the only person in the recent months to express interest in my line of work, which made me think… Is working in internet marketing as good as people think it is?
Yes and No.
- I love having the ability to work flexible hours, but I end up working all the time anyways!
- The internet can be fun… when it isn’t your job! I can’t remember the last time I played a game online.
- Designing and building websites allow me to be creative; Debugging sites give me heart burn!
- High rankings make you feel good; Low rankings make you feel worse!
- Getting traffic to your website can be profitable, until one of them hacks your site!
- I love to write, just not about half of the keywords I target!
In summary, the money is good, I can work from anywhere, and I really do enjoy some of what I do. However, if the internet disappeared tomorrow I probably would have to thank someone, until then I’ll just continue to work and be happy with the way things are.
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