Please, I Want To Make Money On The Internet
It was a few years ago that I started a website about online businesses. The site serves as a guide to somebody looking to start a home business and I do not really sell anything on the site.
Once in a while, my inbox will have an email with a single sentence that reads something like the one below:
“Sir, tell me how to make money on the Internet.”
At first, when I do get such an email, I will take the trouble to give the sender a proper reply. Essentially, I will tell him that making money on the Internet is hard work, but very possible if he puts in the work.
Most of the time, I didn’t get a reply. In fact, I don’t think I can remember a time in which I did get a reply. Obviously the sender was looking for a simple answer, and I didn’t provide that.
I did remember a nice email from somebody who said he liked my site very much. He said that he liked it so much that he wanted to join my site. I told him that my site only provides and that I do not promote any business opportunities that he could register in.
I had to spend 3 years in college studying electronics engineering before I can be an electronics engineer. I spent a further 10 years working in the electronics field as a design engineer. It is only after this period of time that I am considered good enough to be worth a few thousand dollars a month.
Many business opportunities are marketed with claims that a few hundred to a few thousand is attainable in the first month. And the potential income claimed will skyrocket after that. And they will claim that any Tom, Dick and Harry can do it, with no experience and an hour or two a day.
The only thing I can say is, “Use your head.”
If somebody tapped you on the shoulder, and offered you $100 to deliver a parcel for him to a downtown address, would you do it? The errand would only take half an hour of your time, and he would pay you on the spot.
I can only hope that you will politely decline and walk away real quick. Actually, running will be a good idea.
You know that he is not going to practically give you $100 and that there is definitely a catch involved. He is probably hoping that you will stick around to find out and he will charm you into doing it.
The Internet might seem somewhat disconnected from the physical world since you can’t see it, or touch it, or hold it in you hands. But it is as real as the offline world and exactly same rules apply. There is no free lunch on the Internet and the sooner you realize that, and the sooner you will put in the work needed and reap the benefits.
