How are all these people $$$ in IM - it seems a little unbelieable...

Because you have a job. Your boss is making money, you don't.

If you want to make money, the fastest way to get there is to start a business. Read a book called millionaire fastlane for an in depth explanation.

There are people out there making millions per day. You never hear about them because you don't hang out with them...It is not part of your reality.

I've said multiples times on this forum that it all starts with the beliefs. The beliefs that you have will reflect the quality of your life. A lot of people don't agree with that (mostly people that are not making money anyways), but it is true.

Learn the mechanics of money and you will make money.

There is a lot of money to be made online, it is a fact.

Just look at the Forbes list of billionaires. If someone told you the stories of these billionaire you would probably think this is all hype too, but it is not. It is real. There are people in this word that are making a lot of money..

It all comes down to one simple question; "What is YOUR time truly worth?"

Considering that most people are trading their time for a paycheck, it really doesn't surprise me that most people cannot conceive the thought of making 6 or even 7 figures per year.

While I am not quite there yet myself, I believe; "Those who recognize what their time is truly worth will often seek the means to educate themselves to work less, whilst earning more in a shorter time period. (hint: By doing the work 1x and then creating recurring income streams from those efforts.)

The simple mathematics of calculating 10 years working 40 hours per week... at $50 per hour, 50 weeks per year... would net you $1,000,000.00 in 10 years time. Note: That's $1M before paying your taxes, deducting your commute to and from work, deducting your personal living expenses, and any other personal or work-related items you deem necessary to live your chosen lifestyle.

In short, you'd likely be a far cry from becoming a millionaire working the 40 hour work week, even if you made $50 per hour for a full 10 years of dedicated service. Most people make less than $15 per hour, so do the math! (*Unless of course, you made some wise investments in either yourself or an innovative start-up...or maybe started a marijuana dispensary, or modeled after Trump in the real estate game, etc...)

But, if you were savvy and found the "logical means to sell" say; 1000 products at $2000 each in say a years time, and your costs was $1000 to generate each sale...you would net $1,000,000.00 in a year.

" I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience" - March 23rd, 1775 - Patrick Henry's speech; "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!"

Someone on this very forum once advised me to determine "How much money I truly desired to make in the next 5 years?" and then "reverse engineer" the process, as if to be planning a flight . Clearly, if you want to get somewhere, you'll need to map out the course, prepare, and determine everything you'll need... before ever starting your trip, right?

Same applies in business. You have to know how much money you want? how you intend to manifest that money? and what product(s) and/or service(s) you intend to provide to attain and sustain that financial goal?

Perhaps, Napoleon Hill said it best; "If you can conceive it, and you can believe it, you can achieve it."

When you stop working for money and make money work for you you will make millions.Let me explain your boss doesn't work 50$ an hour job you do it(he makes money by paying you to do the job) and he focus on investing capital to make more money and educate himself...I'd also like to like tsay that if you only want to make millions to buy house or car you are on the wrong road my friend...

There's a lot of hype because people want to believe it IS real...and they jump in hoping the money rubs off (it doesn't). It's funny to watch on a forum at times - people believe you when you tell them what they want to hear.

That's not to say there aren't people earning seriously good incomes working online - but they are in the minority and it doesn't happen overnight. Many who work online also have offline jobs because they like the work they do and the steady income.

Hey there it's real and if your thinking about this take action!


Are you interested in affiliate marketing? Or do you want to make money writing online?


Maybe you like some arbitrage or maybe you want to sell websites?


Find what you want to do take action and be consistent and you will make money!


How long will it take? Well it takes some people years and others months, but let me tell


you this you won't become rich in a matter of weeks!


Learn how a system works, perfect that's system and scale

Are you referring to the post titled: '$7.6 Million in revenue Using Shopify + Facebook Ads in the last 10 months'?

If so, did you see that the total sales figures are in rs (India Rupee)
currency not (USA) dollars?

Looking at the Google converter tool today, 1rs = 15c (usa)

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Why cant millions (regardless of the currency) be made in IM?

I can identify with that. I earned an income for years online and I love the freedom of working when I please (though "working in my underwear" is not my thing) and I like working alone. I didn't live a high maintenance lifestyle, had no desire for big houses or fancy cars and no need to impress anyone. I liked working with a cat on my lap and a dog under my desk and a view of trees out the window. I liked working as long as I wanted or needed to - and not working when I didn't feel like it.

There is a low barrier to entry in internet marketing....very little investment required to get started. Most of the info you need is free as are many of tools you work with. You don't have to have a degree or skills - you can jump right in.

My suggestion is to pick one method of internet marketing that interests you - and learn everything you can about that one thing. There is no reason to jump on every new shiny object or know about every method of making money there is.

Sit back and read a while and find some method of IM that interests you - then focus only on that one method until you master it (note: I didn't say 'until you succeed'). Sometimes you can do everything right and it still won't work. If you keep at it you begin to have "aha" moments and gain traction.

What's so surprising about that?

Once you have figured out what works for you, it's all about scaling the numbers. Granted, if you are in the right niche, the traffic is there for the taking. If anything, nowadays there are more people using the Internet, than ever before, so that makes it even easier.

And those who make millions today didn't start marketing 2 months ago....They've been in this business for a very long time, so keep that in mind.

I'm sure you can. Just not often and some folks just strike gold in business. Some folks have gotten rich with very little effort and some work 80 hours a week with no return. Sometimes that is just how it happens..

Quite honestly - I haven't had to have a full time job for 15 years, pretty much soley by making it online. (From time to time I do take part time jobs for fun. Last one I think was 2-3 years ago for a couple months).

Interestingly enough, almost nothing of it has been from the "how to make money online" niche, nor has it been from tools/etc in that niche. (Yes, I have that in my sig, but because I was running an experiment to see what I could do from that). All the income I've generated online has been from other products and services that people value.

Some people are desperate, others are naive, finally, these money killers are shameless. When I hear or read some of these stories, I always take them with the grain of salt. I believe that is possible to make some money, but some amounts are truly ridiculous. So, I simply refuse to believe. If that's preventing me from becoming truly successful, then let it be. If I am ever to make some serious money, the last thing to do about it is to brag around. That's all. Cheers.

For every individual making millions in IM there are millions more that aren't making a dime and a relative few that if they are lucky are making something resembling a decent living.

There's a lot of BS, hype and false promise in life. Tread carefully, lest you become one of those that accomplishes nothing more than contribute to someone else's million $$$ jackpot.

Frank

Think if you had 500 people or affiliates going out marketing your product or service. All it takes is a couple of good super affiliates...

Of course it is really possible to make money online and to make millions online. We have had plenty of clients that do so on a continuous basis. The key is you're not going to make a million dollars overnight online. There is no get rich quick scheme. If you put in the work and split test, you will see profits.

Thats quite crazy, here i am working for 15 hours out of 24 hours to make a decent money from Blogging and some guys are such a genius that they are making millions!

I definitely would like to know the trick or tips, if anyone making this much or less than this please help me out as working for 15 hours at a stretch is very difficult as i am getting very less time for myself

I know exactly what you mean it is hard to believe but there are a lot of people making very good money on line. Sure some of the stories seem odd like one I read about where the guy makes like 3 grand a month selling a book on Chinese fighting fish or something like that and to me I think who the hell wants a book on something so odd.

However just because I think it is odd and maybe most other people think it is odd doesn't mean there aren't millions of people out there that like those things. I mean there are 7 billion people on the planet with a lot of different interests so who knows.

The funny thing is that many many people will advertise and glorify the "entrepreneur lifestyle", saying that 9-to-5 jobs are shit and basically a thing for people who don't know better.

Reality is that most of these don't make any money and just have the illusion of being financially successful because they operate in their respective fields a lot but barely make more than an average employee.

That doesn't mean that they are wrong in general - I also don't like typical 9-to-5 jobs - but they are often neccessary to build your investment budget and depending on your situation you HAVE to rely on a secure source of income.

@Topic: there are plenty of people making millions "just" with IM - but at the same time there are plenty of top level managers, CEOs, brokers etc. etc. who do this as well. If you are extraordinary good in your thing (and if there is demand for it !) you will make tons.

Yes, it might seem unbelievable but it is possible. Only a handful of people are really able to make the big bucks because they focus on what matters, they have discipline and they learn the tricks of the trade. Not everyone has the capacity to do all of those which is why the majority remains reliant on their paychecks.

If I may stick my 2 cents in.

So many people get caught up thinking that they have to sell something to make money online.

I heavily promote PPL(pay per lead...lead generation) offers, for the sole reason that there is no credit card / purchase required. All a user has to do is fill out a form, so conversion rates are typically much higher than offers that require a sale.

I favor PPL offers that have a make, get or save money angle / benefit to them, as they overall worked the best for me and tend to have the greatest mass appeal. So the potential exists to produce high volume and they are fairly easy to cross promote.

The bulk of the leads that I generate payout $20-$40 each. However, promote offers that pays less and more. Some examples of the verticals I have done well with are: insurance, debt, credit, mortgage, loans, education, assistance, homeowner offers, etc...

I was very fortunate that when the internet was starting to become popular and if you had a 24 baud modem, you were rocking it. I knew the value of leads to companies and created my own offer and sold the leads to a company that was spending $20 each for TV leads and I sold mine for $16 and they were just as good. Needless to say, I killed it and have been doing it ever since. Then once CPA networks started popping up, it became even easier.

Until you actually find a system that actually works and start making a bunch of money, it seems so unrealistic. Which is why there are so many naysayers and some will just flat out call people a liar.

Back to the point I was trying to make about PPL offers. It's so much easier to get someone to fill out a form, than take out their credit card and make a purchase. It's simply the path of least resistance to getting conversions / $$$.

Anyway, something to think about.

Dear Friend
Let me tell you that is for real, Many marketers including me are making a lot of money online, this is the result of hard work and dedication.
I would not want to work for a stranger again, making him rich and working for others goals. This is not for me anymore.
Many people ask me the same question, is this possible? and my answer is Yes, yes, yes. It is not easy but very possible.
Give this a try.
Good Luck
Andres

Internet marketing is a sort of passive income stream, if done right. Brush up on your internet marketing knowledge and you might just stumble into a gold mine in the form of niche waiting to be cultivated and grown. There are many people who attempt on doing this business but there is an element of grit involved, and not to mention a little bit of luck.

How did you know these people you are talking about? Maybe you should seek them out, personally ask them on what made them successful and be ready to work your way through it. They are not overnight successes and I am pretty sure they still continue to work on improving their marketing techniques.

Don't always believe peoples "income claims" in this niche. You have to do a lot of research and find credible people to verify if their income claim is legit.

Don't focus on them. Focus on yourself. Focus on getting better at direct-response marketing. Get better at email marketing. Get better at driving traffic.

There is a really good video by Brian Tracy called Secrets of Self Made Millionaires. He really breaks down what it takes to get there. It's free on YouTube.

He says if you learn just one new skill it could double your income. And all skills are learnable.

One example is Mike Geary who markets Truth About Abs on ClickBank. He mastered paid traffic and media buys and ended up making 1 million per month selling ebooks.

There is an interview with him by Tim Ferris on the 4 Hour Blog. He said it took a number of years to get where he is.

When he was first starting out he was willing to work personally with affiliates including myself. When he helped me with my PPC campaign my sales immediately jumped to 4 figures a month.

Why? He knows what the hell he was doing and is damn good at it.

First and foremost, verify your sources. If the information you got is legit, that could already be an opportunity for you to know how they do it, and get them as your mentor. Now, if you got these figures over some suspicious website offering help on building your own stream of income which will make you super rich, then be careful not to fall victim to the trap. Internet marketing can earn you money given the right set of tools and a lot of patience.

Yes it is possible to make a fortune with Internet Marketing today. But it needs a person with a vision, a very good idea that can solve other people's problems, the right attitude and drive forward, a mindset that are solid and believe that the goal will be reached on a specific day. Willingness to work very hard but also smart... that person also need an unyielding belief that he/she will succeed. And remember: One good idea can make you a millionaire.

Just because you can't fathom it doesn't mean it's not happening.

Some people believe they are million dollar people and some people believe they are 5 figure people.

There's nothing wrong with it. That's just the way it is.

Bill


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yes, there are a lot of people who are makeing a killing online. but don't belive the "I will show you how to make millions in 3 days in my 27$ ebook" type of shit.

It's all bullshit, that's why. Don't listen to anyone that tells you otherwise...they're either stupid or shilling. Remember: anyone can pretend be anything on the internet.

There are plenty of ways "these" people could get to where they are right now and how they got their current source of income. Internet marketing is the way to do business now, and if your business is not being marketed in the world wide web how are you so sure you are selling?

Anyway, going back to the point, there are several possible ways people earn, there's affiliate marketing, selling their products or services online and etc. The possibilities are endless for those who are ready to do the hard work.