Get a Real Job…but people are losing real jobs!
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008Below I’m including a note from Jim Cockrum. I thought, given the rising unemployment and the opportunities currently to -
start a business from scratch and get the expertise to help you promote it on auto-pilot, it’s not an opportunity you want to miss.
Get a Real Job….
Isn’t that the “stable” advice we’ve all been told? Study hard, stay in school, get a “real job”.
I’ve actually been asked, “Why don’t you have a “real job?”, and “How long can this Internet business idea of yours really last?”
For six years as a work from home Internet marketer I’ve heard these comments before in various forms.
The truth is I enjoy a lifestyle that includes a very comfortable income level, more time with my family than any other young parents I know…and as it turns out apparently I have more job security too!
The people I see with “real jobs” are getting laid off in record numbers right now! I truly feel sad for those hard working people that now see their best career plan as standing out front of a closed plant picketing against both the closed company and the banks that decided the business was no longer viable.
No thank you.
I don’t want a “job” or any part of this recession. I’m sitting this one out. Internet Marketers don’t get laid off!
I’m staying where the OPPORTUNITIES are.
Evidence? Here are some facts as presented in a recent Google.com advertisement:
Consumers will look online more (in 2009). This year has seen a 10% increase in people who research online before buying in the store.
Source: Vertis Communications, “Customer Focus 2008: Holiday Retail study,” October, 2008.
Online consumer spending will continue to grow. Retail spending is expected to increase by 1.5% by the end of this year, but online spending is expected to increase by 12%.
Sources: U.S. Department of Commerce and TNS Retail Forward as cited in press release, September 17, 2008; Forrester Research Inc. “Outlook For US Online Holiday Sales, 2008,” October, 2008.
Marketing is more important than ever. Ninety-four percent of CMOs believe that a tough economic period is precisely the time when marketing plays a key role.
Source: Epsilon, “Epsilon CMO Survey,” September, 2008.
(This is why OfflineBiz.com is so hot!)
Go here to listen to the audio!
I could rattle off similar statistics about email marketing, social networking etc.
The fact is this:
The HOTTEST business to be in is Internet marketing and I’m right in the middle of it doing just fine with bright prospects.
Want my advice? Learn what works online.
Don’t make the mistake of trying to ramp up your “Internet skills” by learning programming, java, html or even web design.
Pay someone else to do that part.
The fast path to success is to have the right IDEAS. Check out something like OfflineBiz.com or MySilentTeam.com. Don’t settle for a job, but instead know what works well online and build your own business or help other businesses implement good ideas online and make yourself one of those invaluable people who “get it”.
