Internet marketing is an old man's game.

Hey guys, I ve just wrote my latest article which talks about internet marketing and why I believe it an old man's game.

You can read the article here

Why Internet Marketing is an old man's game.

Hope you enjoy it.

 

You do make a lot of great points. It is always evolving in some fashion and your never going to know everything, you've just got to keep up with the technology and the know how.

 

I agree that willyboy makes a few important points, although some newbies might be put of by the idea of Internet marketing being an exclusive, closed Old Boys' thing. Truth is, anyone can learn from the Old Boys and Girls, put their own fresh spin on things and before they know it, the "experts" and the "gurus" are copying them. IM is an ever evolving phenomenon, and it should be for all involved. Your article is a good starting point for a debate, though

 

Thank you to both of you for well liking my article. The idea of the article isn't obviously to be true facts that are set in stone merely a starting point for as "brand35" said a debate or discussion.

I do think internet marketing is an evolving process which never really pauses take for example the new Google Search Wiki how long will it be before people are taking advantage of this tool for advertising purposes.

 

A new perspective will never be a bad thing in internet marketing. They will always have the new ideas. Good article though...where did you get that figure of 1.5~ish billion on the internet today? Just curious.

 

The statistic came from this site I ve used it in the past too it seems quite accurate although the data is a little outdated I think.

http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm

Glad you enjoyed the article.

 

Every newbie and wannabe marketer should read that article and realise that they're only at the beginning of their journey and if the thought of that puts them off, then good; we want people who are in it for the long term not just in it for the money, who have dedication, want knowledge, are willing to develop their experience and be passionate, not just have dollar signs in their eyes and the false belief that everything for everyone on the Internet is piss easy; "getting it up" is one thing, but having the stamina to keep it up is another deal completely.

 

Well said Lever. Its true Internet marketing takes time to master and if you think of it as some get rich money quick money scheme you are totally wrong.

 

Nice writing style. Looking forward to reading more from you.

 

A pity that most of the time the hype that is done around some products or services give a bad image to the rest of the players. Another thing I really dislike is the guru stamp...

 

Very good article! You have some great points, but its only an oldmans game if youngster are not willing to learn... and they want to! (including me)

 

Thank you glad you liked it and you can subscribe I post an article a day hoping in the near future to bump this up to 9 articles a week.

Good point, it is a pity indeed. These Internet marketers if you could call them that, the ones who hype products up definitely give a bad name to the rest of us.

Thank you glad you enjoyed it. Indeed and that was one of my points of writing the article although I didn't cover it. Oldmen are not going to be the experts of Internet marketing for much longer it was due to the timing that they were and the experience needed to be classed as an expert. Nowadays you have youngsters from the ages of 13-14 starting to learn about web development. The world is turning very entrepreneurial and most of its down to the internet and its potential.

 

One of the great lessons of life is to Respect Your Elders.

Even the "old men" of the internet are simply copping and repackaging
the direct-response marketing game of guys like Ted Nicholas,
Joe Sugarman, Gray Halbert, Eugene Schwartz, and many more.

When you start reading the books by the dead guys a whole
new world of understanding opens up and there is a certain
leveling of the playing field when you read a book and then
you realize that some recent $2000 internet marketing product
launch was just a repackaging of a $20 book written years ago.

 

In that sense Internet marketing is no different from life in general, and the evolutionary process that dictates which species survive, and which don't. People who are passionate about what they do (in this case marketing), and who want to PROVIDE VALUE as they learn and evolve into better marketers, will end up making the lion's share of the profits, year in and year out. Those who want to make a quick buck and fold at the first bad hand, will naturally fall behind and eventually disappear.

 

I believe it is an old mans game in it takes patience and allot of boring work that seems to only be able to get done by older people since they can sit still for long periods of time

but I overcome this by smoking a little green to calm my nerves then it makes us even