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We are not all the same. I consider myself to be educated and reasonably intelligent but give me a broken-down vehicle and I'm useless, yet, I have met the most uneducated and dull people who can mend anything. I'm not good at using systems. Give me people that I can get to know, let me make friends and I will sell a GOOD product to them but if I have to use a system then, NO.
Online Internet marketing is here to stay but it's not for everyone.
I'm not young anymore but I've spent many years developing an online system that uses the practical skills of some with the brains of others to WORK TOGETHER as a team to benefit all. I'm not there yet but it's looking possible.
Roger
Hi Roger, you have brought out so many points that it was hard to choose any one point to talk about....lol
I am the worlds worst internet marketer, which is why I don't do it and like you when it comes to some skills or abilities, my brain is not wired to do things...that being said, my skills are ones that I am honing and working on every single day to get better at what I do.
"Internet marketing" is another one of those terms that I would love to flush down the toilet as it has gotten such a bad name that I find it hard to even relate to it and I know that when people read that they will either groan or be up in arms and I'm sorry about that, but that is how I feel. Marketing on the other hand is a time honored job with layers of meaning and has provided people a great way to supplement their income or become their chosen way to create a financial stability for themselves and family ( am I playing with semantics...hard to say lol)
I feel that if you are going to work online and market a product or service, then learning skills to help you be more successful is very important - but are those skills?
By being honest and sitting down and writing out your strengths and weaknesses is a good start to building what you are going to have to hone or to work on. As you stated, finding people to become your team, who can harmonize what you are doing and who can mentor or teach you skills is a requirement to help build up your "business"
I do not feel that people should be so fast to just jump in and get into this form of work without doing a lot of research and learning what needs to be done....trust me writing an ad and tossing it out there, is not the way to build success and I guess that is the point to this post... don't fall for the hype of a person saying..its easy, you don't have to work, it does it all by itself ( just a few of the wonderful hypes I read all the time) is misleading and can hurt people and that is something I would love to change!
A system to me is nothing more than a well packaged support , with tools and ways of doing things that will give you a chance at being able to market what you are doing with the outcome of making your sales. There is no point in going into a system you do not understand and never will..it is a waste of time and money...why would anyone do that?
Find things that will work for you and if you do have a desire to learn something new, then find a good teacher and get good training...
Funny thing Roger, we all have skills and we all have the ability to do things..marketing is just one of them...isn't that the truth?