Are You Ready For The Newbie Invasion?
Are you ready for the Newbie invasion? What is that you might ask. Well, it could be the next wave of potential competition or customers in your online business.
The US economy has caused major upheaval in jobs and finances for a number of hard working workers. Big companies have taken the drastic steps of either laying off workers or in some instances completely closing down companies. Circuit City just recently.
What are these people going to do? Where can they go? Not many places right now. If you don’t have the right skills you could be left looking for work and it may take a while. I have noticed even my company is cutting back. So, I would say that we are all affected in one way or another.
I was speaking to a marketing friend just the other day. He was telling me about some statistics he had seen where Internet Marketing (IM) will increase by $140 billion, yes billion, this year. I found that hard to believe but it will increase by a significant amount. Of that I am sure.
I actually read an article showing there will be more Newbies entering the IM field. With the number of workers looking for somewhere to earn money some have heard that the IM field is ripe.
They probably know someone who knows someone that has started in the field and who may be supplementing their income on the side or have gone full-time. You know that term if they can do it it must be easy…
Now we know that it is not easy. Of course there are that lucky few that jump in and make their fortune. But the majority of us have to work and really hard to make this work. Oh yeah, they will find out…
But, I had a thought. What a golden opportunity this could be. Who do you think will be showing these Newbies how to get up and running online?
Yes, a good number of them will come in not knowing anything and some will obviously follow some Guru they may have heard of, pay them big money and will get discouraged because it is not as easy as they thought. But, that is where you can come in to fill that void.
why you you may ask. Well, how did you learn about the online marketing game?
- Who taught you and what did you learn?
- What were some of the pitfalls you encountered along the way?
- What was the one thing that clicked to let you know you were going in the right direction?
Do you see what I mean? You actually have more knowledge than you thought you did. This could be your chance to become maybe not a guru but maybe a trusted source of information. It would almost be like mentoring.
And I do not mean any deceptive practices. I mean an honest attempt to if not help point someone in the right direction to get the help they need.
Now I hear you all out there going “but it will take something away from me”. Okay I think that pie is big enough that we can all share a little. I know when I eat to much I get fat and that is not a good thing for me.
Who knows you might develop a following. And if they like the information you are sharing they could recommend you to someone else and then they could …, you get the picture.
So, whether you like it or not the Newbies are coming. Are you going to gripe about how they are taking to much of the pie or are you going to get out ahead of them and maybe show them the right things that are good about Internet Marketing. I will let you decide but I think I want to be out front.
Yes, it will be interesting to see what happens over the next year or so. I am sure many more people will look online for extra money, but how will it effect us who are already doing it?
It could be a good thing or bad thing for some people.
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Excellent point Andre!
I for one want to be one of the people who help mentor the newbies and teach them what I know, however much or little that may be.
While some may feel that this will take away from them, the rewards for helping someone get started can be immense.
I know how good I feel when I can help someone that may need a little help and all in all, that is what counts.
Thanks for bringing this up!
Brett McEllhiney
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says:
It is a perfect opportunity and you are smart to look at this area.
There will be a lot of opportunity and those that you help make the first $1 tend to stay with you forever.
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Great post! I definitely agree that there will be considerable growth this year as well as a great opportunity for those of us who are already online and have figured out systems that work and will be beneficial to others.
I think one of the keys is going to be focusing on adding value and overdelivering, because the increased competition is going to make it really hard for people who don’t.
Jit
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Hi, Andre!
Even without the recession, thousands of newbies will be trying their hand at Internet marketing in the coming year – the field has continued to grow and expand every year since 1994. And yes, the number of new online entrepreneurs will skyrocket, as governments fail to look after the economy sufficiently to protect millions of jobs.
For the rather smallish percentage that will put in the effort you do, the Internet can lead them to the proverbial ‘land of milk & honey’ – but for most, once they realize that this is work too, and that it requires discipline, effort, patience and persistence, they’ll go back to their job hunting convinced that Internet marketing doesn’t work.
It does work – but only for those willing to work!
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Speaking as a newbie some help and advice would be very much appreciated, the only problem is the world and his wife are offering it, how do we know who to trust?
I left uni last year with a generic media degree and now manage all SEM for about 15 sites, I have learnt what i can by trial and error (and lots of research) but very little in house training. Feel free to point me in the direction of any additional help