Hello World, and welcome to IMRant.com. My name is Biggy (as I’m known around forums nowadays), and I’ll be running this blog. Just on a personal note, this blog was started at 11:45 AM (Central Time) on Monday, September 14th, 2009. I’ve created this blog out of an idea I have had for months since I’ve been failing over and over again at trying to make money online (okay, I have had a bit of success). Don’t think this is a place where I need to vent and blow off steam. Na, that isn’t going to be it. This will be a personal blog of mine where you will get to see what I am currently doing to continue to achieve the pipe dream (more on that in future posts) of making a living online. There will also be many other things, as I will discuss below.
On Wednesdays, I will be talking about online money making opportunities that I have tried but didn’t get me the results I was looking for. I will also discuss some other money making opps that I HAVEN’T tried but recommend you stay away from. This part of the blog will be named “The Wednesday Opportunity”. Now this COULD run out if I can’t think of anything or when I eventually achieve this pipe dream of making a living online (a pipe dream that I will continue to chase). But for the first several Wednesdays I’ll have enough content for you to read.
On Thursdays, I will be talking about what every aspiring internet entrepreneur (myself included) wants to get away from: the dreaded J-O-B. Yes, a job. One of the most feared and disliked things about growing up. In this part of the blog I’ll be talking about just why jobs suck, why you should NOT get a job, and what you could do to make money instead. This part of the blog will be named “Anti-Job Thursday”. And believe me, this will NOT be satirical. It will be my true feelings on this subject.
On Fridays, I will be talking about the namesake of this blog: IM Ranting. In this section I will be ranting about things that have made this pipe dream chase harder for me and what should happen for me (and the newbies) to make it easier. These will be the things that everyone who HAS achieved this pipe dream should take notice on to get me and the newbies back on our feet so WE won’t be left in the dark, banging our heads on the computer desk, pulling our hair out, get depressed, kill ourselves, etc. Alright, so the last two things I hope won’t happen haha. This part of the blog will be named “The Friday Rant”. I will do my best to keep any profanity out of this but you’ll have to forgive me for any bombs I drop on it.
I won’t update on Sundays because that day belongs to my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. But on either Saturday, Monday, or Tuesday, it will be just generic stuff on what I’m doing to achieve this pipe dream, as well as giving you my personal recommendations. I’ll also update you guys on my success and failures, and giving you tips when I eventually do achieve the dream. Luke 1:37 – “For with God, nothing shall be impossible.” Even achieving this pipe dream.
Some fast facts on me: I’m called Biggy. I’m twenty six years old, male, black (which makes it harder to achieve this pipe dream – this is a white man’s world), American, unemployed. I live in the United States, state of Alabama. I’m a Born Again Christian, and a firm believer in God.
So remember the motto of this site, as you’ll see it at the end of each post: If it doesn’t work for me, it won’t work for you. Chase the pipe dream. Live the pipe nightmare.
September 15th, 2009 at 4:46 am
Hello
I like to think that really the whole internet marketing can be summed up quite easily: 99% of the sites you see advertised in the internet marketing niche (that is, sites selling products teaching you how to earn online) are an absolute con.
That isn’t to say that there is never any usesful, practical information contained in the product — there often is. But for the sake of making it look unique, the product creators will often insert much unnecessary fluff which given the target market of the product (relatively newbies) does little more than have them running around in circles and actually does implant false information into their heads.
XFactors adsense course is a prime example. Sure he sells an ebook on it now, but the fact is that all the information you need is available for free in his thread – it just takes a little more effort to filter through it, and it’s not quite as guided (doesn’t hand-hold you so much) as his ebook course does.. but for those who aren’t 100% ignorant or new to what it takes to earn money online, it’s really not a necessary purchase (though still worth the money).
The problem is with peoples mindset. They believe it takes money to earn money, and that’s somewhat true. IF you’re building sites you need web hosting and domain names IF you’re going to sell niche-specific products you may need to pay for advertising and pay for product research and development. However, you need not lay out hundreds or thousands of dollars for any course, for all the information you need to earn online can be found for free. There are few to no exceptions to that rule.
Further to that, people believe that the more they shell out to learn about earning money, the less work will be involved to make it. FALSE. If you don’t put in the effort (and it IS a lot of long work in nearly al cases) you will NOT earn enough to make a living from — period.
Having said that, if people are prepared to spend $xx, £xxx or $xxxx on educational ebooks and courses that wll nearly always lead them NOWHERE but chasing their own tails, why don’t they simply spend that money on outsourcing the work that it’d otherwise take them to build a business instead?
The fact of the matter is people are lazy and easily manipulated by the marketing and that is the goal of it – it’s successful. The marketers are successful, and the aspiring marketers/customers are not. Not unless they pull their finger out, or have enough cash to waste on products AS WELL AS to pay others to outsource the work to.
If you’re getting into marketing, be ethical. Don’t be one of the guys who has others chasing their tails. Offer plenty of free information (as is XFactors case) and those who feel you genuinely helped will be wlling to hand over their cash to say thankyou. Moreover, you’ll build up a better reputation for yourself in the long run.
If you’re trying to earn money by other means (publishing, etc) then pull your finger out and realize that the only way you’re gonna replace your living and become a full-time online earner (or even supplement your income in any significant way) is if you put in the work and stay focused.
- CHOOSE A METHOD THAT WORKS (such as adsense) – examine it.. does it seem logical? Remember, there are no magic bullets, buttons or fairy dust. IF something works it’ll work (and most stuff does work – some better than others), but some stuff just doesn’t work. Use your initiative and pick something that does. STICK WITH IT! If you don’t, you’ll chase your own tail and earn sweet nothing. EVER.
- START WORK – quit dreaming about how it’d be nice to earn a living doing that. Dreaming or hoping or needing will not earn you squat. Nada. Nothing. EVER. Until you take action (or outsource the work – if you got the time, do it yourself, though) you won’t earn nothing.
- BE CONSISTENT – Don’t put in a few hours wrk then complain about being bored or not even seeing a few cents worth of earnings that you can use as a means to perpetually motivate yourself. A lot of stuff you do online (SEO wise, etc) takes time to settle down and show results. IF you stop every time you’ve expended some effort and wait to see the results, you may find you don’t see any results. Give it some time… if the method works and you’re doing it, you will earn.
Would you rarher work a week on something, stop and wait for a month only to see a measly 5 dollars trickle in your account, or would you rather work the whole month and a month later see $500 dollars for your efforts? That’s the decision you need to make: MAKE IT.
That is the advice I’d give to anyone.