People Who Say Making Money Online is Easy – Liars?

by Alfa Mercado on May 4, 2008

in General: Making Money Stuff

Make Money Online Easy WayOr people who makes us want to think that they’re indeed making easy money online. If you are just about to test the waters of making money online and would like to subscribe to the idea that it can be an easy feat, I’ve got three words for you No way, jose!

Wonder why not too many are making money online full time? You got it. It’s not easy. But why are there lots of people who say that people can make money online easily? Are they lying? Yes and no.

Yes there is absolutely a good number of liars who are spreading the word about profiting through online means as an easy peasy endeavor. They do this because they want to make money from gullible folks.

No they are not lying because there are people who can now easily make money because they’ve surmounted the challenges of learning how to earn from blogging, affiliate marketing, freelancing, web designing and many other sources of online income. But as Jarkko Laine mentioned, they didn’t get there overnight.

Now I’m interested in knowing if you think that I’m wrong – that there are people who making money online easily since day one. Can you name anyone who’s born to do it easily?

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1 Frank Haywood 05.04.08 at 8:17 am

Well, it’s not easy, it’s damn hard work and it can get very complicated too. But once you know what you’re doing and you’ve put the effort in “up front”, it DOES all get easier.

You still have to work hard at it though.

The trouble is, many people who have made it will say that it’s easy (now they know how), and when they try to explain it, they miss stuff out without intending to.

It’s called “the curse of knowledge”.

They know so well how it’s all done that when they try to show others, they miss things that they think are obvious, or don’t even see as an issue. They can’t help it because they have that knowledge themselves and just miss explaining it clearly to others.

It’s a kind of a blind spot.

This is the problem why so many VERY successful marketers don’t always make the best teachers. They are too far down the path of knowledge, and they are blinded to what people who are just starting out really need.

-Frank Haywood

2 Joseph 05.04.08 at 11:49 am

It’s not peaches and cream. But it’s possible.

3 Moroccan Dude 05.04.08 at 5:56 pm

I believe it’s very Hard at first, like any other business venture, or anything in life really.
It can be easy if you cheat, which will have consequences later, like selling drugs, which WILL get you to jail.
anything requires a period of learning and getting used to, without having to mention the experience period which might be take months or even years. that latter period might determine if the person will stay in business or go on with their lives trying something else.
Well after all it’s all about persistence.

4 James Mann 05.04.08 at 8:57 pm

Things tend to get easier the more you learn. As a teacher people thought I was a genius but really I learned one thing at a time and over time that added up to a lot.

Marketing and making money online is very similar. The more you learn about your topic of interest the more opportunity you have to earn.

The thing that messes people up is learning the ropes but skipping steps they deem unnecessary.

Research is the key and too many would be marketers are too lazy to put in the effort. They can actually spend a whole lot more time messing things up than if they took the time learn and apply what they learn.

5 Tahn 05.05.08 at 2:34 pm

Hi! You are invited to a focus group discussion (FGD). Date would be May 8 (Thursday). This is to be conducted by a team from dot ph domain (i.ph). FGD will be about the trend of blogging now. We would be discussing what it means to blog in the present times and what motivates us as Filipinos to blog. Furthermore we will be tackling issues like which blog sites are frequently used and why. FGD is to be held at Jollibee Plaza, Emerald Avenue, Ortigas at Dot ph domain office. FGD would be after office hours, approximately starting around 630-7pm. Snacks will be provided. Please do email me so we can finally set it :) We need 12 people for the FGD so please do email me as soon as possible if you can make it. Email address is tahnee.gonzales@yahoo.com. I am also always online so you can send me a message through my yahoo messenger (ym id:tahnee.gonzales) My apologies to those who would get this more than once.Thanks :)

6 July Bucks 05.08.08 at 7:43 pm

Yes, you are right. I believe that those who say that it’s easy to make money online are mostly lying. This is possible but not that easy and never done overnight. Making money online requires lots of time and effort but still many people associate money made online with easy money.

7 Chandra Dev 05.11.08 at 12:54 pm

It need continuous monitoring, at times what you are doing just doent work anymore, then you need to update or even change your style.

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