Who do I get into internet marketing?

[terrel]

Im super interested in having a career in internet marketing, advertising, promotion, and PR. So I want to know what it like to have this career, and to have your office simply as your laptop. Is this a good long term career? How well does it pay? How do I charge clients and how much and how often? And, I would love the advice and insight from a person who works in internet marketing, thanks!

[Henry Williams]

I have been marketing on the internet for 10 years now and it just gets better and better. My advice to you would be to never stop learning and concentrate on the mission not the money. I have a sight that has some great information to get you started. Go to http://free-super-deals.com/rmo/op/despe...enryw1980/ an download your free information today. Good luck to you and go for it!

[Jake]

The internet is an ever changing environment, your likely to have to constantly your tool and technique skills, The average person has something like 8 careers in their lifetime, IM would probably not be a decades long phase.

You should hang out on the forum known to be popular with rookie freelance affiliate marketers who employ much the same tools as the big boys, the warriorforum.com

Aside from the technical knowledge needed to do paid ads, media buys and "free" search engines seo, copywriting skills may be one of the most important marketer skills, some employ specialists to perform the sales copy writing chores. Hard to guess the salary from my vantage point.

Aside from college courses, you could buy a few tutorials, then learn on the job doing short term projects through freelance marketplaces like odesk.com, elance.com, vworker.com, guru.com where you would be competing with a world side marketplace, lower level tasks tend to be bid down to low low rates. With some accomplishments on your resume you might open a small service site or go to work for a larger agency.

An example of the instability. Just this week the talk is about private blog networks that some marketers relied on for much of their search engine ranking boost, which have been getting removed from the Google index the last few weeks for selling backlinks, (indirectly).

[GaryBloomer]

Earning a full time living online is a great way to earn some additional cash on the side, or, if you've got the gumption and the determination, it's a great way to earn a full time living. Here's a reality check. 95 percent of all would be Internet marketers make little if any money. Why? Because they don't put in enough effort, because they spend too little time researching a niche, and because they give up too soon. The stories of people making millions overnight ... they're just that: stories.

True, some people DO make a good living online. But what the wannabes don't see is the YEARS of effort that goes into becoming "an overnight success". I've been answering marketing questions online since May, 2009 and I'm only now beginning to see a return on the investment I've put in. Why? Because I've spent time working in a full time job, and spent time spinning my wheels. However, I've built a reserved of content, I've learned from making LOTS of mistakes, and I've spent A LOT of money on training, seminars, webinars, and lord knows what else.

Basic guidelines:

1. Learn to write sales copy that sells.
2. Resist the temptation to sign up for every "guru" list.
3. Focus FIRST on learning the ropes, on finding niches, and on educating yourself about Wordpress; hosting; domain registration; and some kind of back end offer.
4. Read as much as you can from Dan Kennedy, John Carlton, and Gary Halbert.
5. Take your time.
6. Learn something new every day.
7. Avoid the temptation to buy ever "must have", shiny object course.
8. Set up a blog and write about things that interest you.
9. Learn about direct response marketing.
10. Find a great forum and contribute to it.

Set up and learn to use social media accounts in Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Reach out to people; ask questions; tell people you're new and ask for help and advice. Don't be shy. Everyone had to start out somewhere. Not being shy has helped me become a top contributor to one of the Internet's leading forums on marketing. It's also helped me connect with people like Tony Robbins (he follows me on Twitter), Yanik Silver, Mari Smith, Carrie Wilkerson, Scott McKain, John Carlton, and Dan Kennedy (even though Dan doesn't use the Internet), and hundreds of other people, all of whom have been super nice. Social media gets you past the gatekeepers.

Success online boils down to hard work, effort, action, and figuring things out. It's about learning how to search for information, learning how to create and package information, and figuring out what people need, and it's about offering that information it to them in the best possible, non-sales like way. I hope this helps. Good luck to you!