Sorry for the delay… my little ‘break’ from blogging ended up being a bit longer than expected…

This is entry #3 in the What Are You Struggling With? series. If you’d like to submit one of your struggles for consideration please post a comment in this original post. If you want to view all the posts in this series visit the Struggling Series category.

Many people wonder if Internet Marketing is just one big scam. There are tons of “get rich quick” schemes being promoted all over the Internet and, unfortunately, many people have been burned by them. Making money online also seems too good to be true to many that hear about it. And what can often make things hard on an aspiring Internet entrepreneur is when their spouse thinks it’s all one big scam or has their own doubts about what their significant other is spending a lot of their time on.

So here’s a great question for this entry…

FROM: Cy Holden

Hello John,

I know you’ll probably have plenty of these responses and this is a great thing for you to help the “little” people out.

I recently just started StomperNET SIMPLE and to say the least a phenomenal boot camp in starting an internet marketing career. But my dilema is keeping my wife pacified, in other words, I guess what are some things I could do or show her that internet business is a vialble way to make a living.

I’m doing all the things I need to do to prime the pump on a daily basis but as you know a new internet business doesn’t start making money the next day.

So if you could explain some things or exercises to keep the spouse happy until the cash starts to come in or do I just go after what I believe in? I know there’s a healthy balance somewhere I just haven’t found it yet.

Cy,

You’re right… it does take time to build up a consistent income online, but what often helps “buy you some time” when it comes to pleasing a spouse who is somewhat skeptical about the possibility of making money online is to do something that brings in some immediate income that she can physically touch.

While you build your site(s) via the StomperNet method, consider selling a few things on eBay, promoting affiliate products via PPC services like AdWords, Yahoo, and MSN AdCenter, or whatever to get a few bucks rolling in. Then physically spend that money on your wife by taking her out to dinner and a movie, getting her a nice gift, paying for a massage, or what have you, making sure that you let her know where that money came from.

One thing to keep in mind about skeptical people is that they don’t care HOW you got the money in, necessarily, just that you DID get the money in, so don’t bore them with details of how AdWords works, what your sales conversion numbers are, or any of that stuff. Just tell your wife that you’re starting to figure this online marketing stuff out, and while it may take some time to make a decent income, you are bringing in some revenue that will allow you to buy a few things.

The main point I’m trying to make is that you have to make the time that you spend implementing this online marketing stuff benefit HER in some way, and if you have difficulty convincing her to be patient while you wait for it to payoff sometime in the future, then creating some small commissions from affiliate or eBay sales to spend on her may be the way to go.

Best of luck to you!

~John