<rant>
When I first started in this industry, when people got into the business, they had a lot of learning to do.. Most people did what they did by trial and error, and sometimes they would have someone to give them a few pointers. That's pretty much the way of any new business. You work hard, you learn a lot, and you apply what you learn to your business plan.....
But these days, newbies come into the business asking for everything on a silver platter.
I want free hosting.
I want free content.
I want free listings.
I want free partner accounts.
I want a free tgp list to submit to.
I want someone to show me how to make bank with avs sites.
Now, granted, many of the programs and whatnot are offering these types of services to their affiliates.. but what I don't get is when people who have taken NO time to do research on the HUGE number of resources available to them (and they weren't around in the good old days, or were few and far between), they expect someone else to do all the work for them?
Whatever happened to good old-fashioned hard work? Taking the time and paying a little out of pocket to make a dime? If I was starting a grocery store, what would happen if I went to my successful direct competitor and started asking him for his list of suppliers? Or how about asking for his business plan? Or about any new innovations he has coming up? How about asking him to pay for my signs, or my newspaper ads? He would tell me to jump off the biggest fucking bridge I could find.
Now don't get me wrong, I like helping newbies... but only the people who are motivated, work hard, and don't want me to hold their hand. I understand pointing someone in the right direction, or doing something nice to give them a leg up, but those types of newcomers are about as rare as you could imagine. When people come to me, or to the boards, or to other places basically demanding that people teach them what they aren't motivated enough to learn themselves, that pisses me off...
So now we're expected by these people with their mcdonalds jobs and "Gimmie gimmie" make a quick buck mentality to hand them all the keys to success? Give me a FUCKING BREAK!
Do some research.. Put in some long hard hours (that's what the rest of us did). Treat it like a BUSINESS. Be willing to put forth effort, and be willing to spend a few bucks to make a few more bucks. Trial and error is the best teacher... Instead of demanding everything, why not try your hardest, and when you reach a snag, ask for advice on how to figure it out, or hints about which direction you should be headed. Nobody is going to treat you with any respect, any consideration, or much of anything if you aren't willing to go at least that far. Stop crying that you aren't getting serious answers or are getting flamed, because, guess what? It's not going to change anything. The only person that can change that is YOU, newbie. YOU can make all the difference in how people look at you, treat you, respect you.
I know a lot of newcomers who've become successful, in a fairly short amount of time, because they did just what I've said.. worked hard, did the research, put in the time. The people who come into this business with no more intention than making a quick buck are a huge part of what's dragging this industry down.. and PEOPLE PANDER TO THESE BABIES! STOP pandering, encourage these people to take some initiative... If they aren't cut out for the business, they will wander away, get lazy, or leave, and that does EVERYONE a lot of good. NO BIG LOSS. The pie is only so big, and the more we have to cut it up, the less there is for everyone who remains. Not only that, but these infantile bottle-demanding, freebie-begging newcomers threaten us all with their less-than-legal business practices and their non-chalant attitude towards professionalism. LET THEM SINK WITH THEIR OWN DINGHY.
Now, for those newcomers who are WILLING to put forth the time, effort, and can submit to the learning curve that's natural in any new business, I wish you all the best of luck, and I am happy to give you ideas and hints.
For you freeloading fucks who sit and ask "What's 2257?", "Farm animal sex isn't illegal!" , "How do I submit? Someone teach me EVERYTHING" and are generally unwilling to do anything other than exist and expect money to fly into their pockets, a hearty GFY to you.
</end rant>
When I first started in this industry, when people got into the business, they had a lot of learning to do.. Most people did what they did by trial and error, and sometimes they would have someone to give them a few pointers. That's pretty much the way of any new business. You work hard, you learn a lot, and you apply what you learn to your business plan.....
But these days, newbies come into the business asking for everything on a silver platter.
I want free hosting.
I want free content.
I want free listings.
I want free partner accounts.
I want a free tgp list to submit to.
I want someone to show me how to make bank with avs sites.
Now, granted, many of the programs and whatnot are offering these types of services to their affiliates.. but what I don't get is when people who have taken NO time to do research on the HUGE number of resources available to them (and they weren't around in the good old days, or were few and far between), they expect someone else to do all the work for them?
Whatever happened to good old-fashioned hard work? Taking the time and paying a little out of pocket to make a dime? If I was starting a grocery store, what would happen if I went to my successful direct competitor and started asking him for his list of suppliers? Or how about asking for his business plan? Or about any new innovations he has coming up? How about asking him to pay for my signs, or my newspaper ads? He would tell me to jump off the biggest fucking bridge I could find.
Now don't get me wrong, I like helping newbies... but only the people who are motivated, work hard, and don't want me to hold their hand. I understand pointing someone in the right direction, or doing something nice to give them a leg up, but those types of newcomers are about as rare as you could imagine. When people come to me, or to the boards, or to other places basically demanding that people teach them what they aren't motivated enough to learn themselves, that pisses me off...
So now we're expected by these people with their mcdonalds jobs and "Gimmie gimmie" make a quick buck mentality to hand them all the keys to success? Give me a FUCKING BREAK!
Do some research.. Put in some long hard hours (that's what the rest of us did). Treat it like a BUSINESS. Be willing to put forth effort, and be willing to spend a few bucks to make a few more bucks. Trial and error is the best teacher... Instead of demanding everything, why not try your hardest, and when you reach a snag, ask for advice on how to figure it out, or hints about which direction you should be headed. Nobody is going to treat you with any respect, any consideration, or much of anything if you aren't willing to go at least that far. Stop crying that you aren't getting serious answers or are getting flamed, because, guess what? It's not going to change anything. The only person that can change that is YOU, newbie. YOU can make all the difference in how people look at you, treat you, respect you.
I know a lot of newcomers who've become successful, in a fairly short amount of time, because they did just what I've said.. worked hard, did the research, put in the time. The people who come into this business with no more intention than making a quick buck are a huge part of what's dragging this industry down.. and PEOPLE PANDER TO THESE BABIES! STOP pandering, encourage these people to take some initiative... If they aren't cut out for the business, they will wander away, get lazy, or leave, and that does EVERYONE a lot of good. NO BIG LOSS. The pie is only so big, and the more we have to cut it up, the less there is for everyone who remains. Not only that, but these infantile bottle-demanding, freebie-begging newcomers threaten us all with their less-than-legal business practices and their non-chalant attitude towards professionalism. LET THEM SINK WITH THEIR OWN DINGHY.
Now, for those newcomers who are WILLING to put forth the time, effort, and can submit to the learning curve that's natural in any new business, I wish you all the best of luck, and I am happy to give you ideas and hints.
For you freeloading fucks who sit and ask "What's 2257?", "Farm animal sex isn't illegal!" , "How do I submit? Someone teach me EVERYTHING" and are generally unwilling to do anything other than exist and expect money to fly into their pockets, a hearty GFY to you.
</end rant>
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