Article by Jennifer Kelly

With so many different educational opportunities to choose from and so many different educational providers, it can be overwhelming just choosing one. In this article, I would like to explore the option of internet marketing as a profession, and give you some options on how you can educate yourself online.

Marketing online is the number one way to make money online and has quickly become one of the most easiest careers to implement. The one problem with internet marketing is there are too many resources that claim to have the answers, and many beginners follow advice only to be led on a wild goose chase. Many beginner’s take a road that starts and ends with trial and error, and by the time they start to make money, the amount is so minimal, the time and effort it took to make that measly amount does not equal success. The end result is many beginner marketers give up before they finally become successful.

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Article by Larry Ferguson

Before starting my consulting business, I worked as a cable TV salesman, selling monthly subscriptions door-to-door in Portland, OR. Like many sales spots, this was a 100% sales commission job. What it meant in essence is that I “wrote my own paycheck each day”, based totally on my efforts – regardless of the weather or any circumstance.

Prior to this job, I had worked for a large mental health agency where I had a guaranteed paycheck. Regardless of how hard or how little I worked, I always got paid. But now I was in a position where I was really the person deciding how much I earned or did NOT earn each day. To say it was a radical departure was an understatement.

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I heard that career colleges popped up when companies cut out training programs. Used to be that a company trained its employees and nobody needed a business degree to get a decent job.

But when they cut out training, career colleges popped up to fill the niche. Thing is, I’ve worked in corporate America for ten-plus years. I’ve met managers who couldn’t even spell a word with more than three syllables and they graduated with business degrees. Also, career college admissions reps have backgrounds in sales, not academics…does a person really want someone with a sales background helping them make an important decision on their education? And why is it that so many people get these business degrees and then five years into their career they are unhappy/unfulfilled?

Do you think career colleges are all a big scam (unless you go into finance/marketing) and they encourage people to invest money in a degree that will lead them into an unfulfilling career? (Consider how several of these career colleges are also publicly traded companies before you answer.) Thanks!

After hearing mixed opinions, I’m worried that I might get scammed. I got hired as a sales rep. at a Brooklyn firm in NYC, and that I have a 3 day training course that I have to start attending on thursday. I was concerned of the previous Yahoo reviews of Vector being a scheme to hire college students, and students having horrible experiences working there. The base pay was $18.25/appointment and incentives. The pay is hard to turn down and also I am unemployed, and desperate for employment. Workers will have to deposit $175 for the CutCo. Cutlery kit with an option for refund, so we can start selling to clients. I just wanted to hear your thoughts before I make a decision on whether I should work there. I might attend the taining just to see what it is, but not guaranteeing on accepting the job. Pleeze Reply Thanx Guyz and Galz.

I’m a trainer and have been operating from a small office with 1 staff for the past 3 years. I want to expand and since my days are almost all taken up by doing training programs, I am considering hiring someone to do the marketing for me. However, I’ve tried this before and it didn’t work out that well. I paid a basic salary plus commissions, but the person I hired just took the salary and did not produce much in the way of results. So after 3 months I did not continue with that person, but things are too much for me to handle by myself. My other employee is one who is taking care of my accounts and coordination, basically acting as my Personal Assistant.

Are there any other alternatives that might work other than getting someone on salary + commissions? Would ppl work fully on commission? I’ve not been able to find any I thought I explored the alternatives pretty exhaustively, but I just want to ask this open question and see whether I missed any.
I run 2 types of programs, in-house where we’re typically paid 3,000 per day, and public programs where we charge anything between 700 to 1500 per person (to a maximum of 25 persons in a program). I offered a low basic salary of 1,200 per month with 10% commission on any sales closed, payable when the client pays me. I thought this is fair since I am also footing the telephone bills as well as paying for transportation claims.

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I am in charge of putting together a marketing program for a woodworking company that does high end sales. How do you begin to construct one.
I also need to set up a program to have new agents come in and train to sell the product.

I’m not dumb enough to think its a scam — if it was, it would have been shut down years ago. I also know their products are high-quality, and I accept the fact that big business will try big-business tactics and yes, the training is unpaid. (But honestly, if you wanted paid training, go work at Fry’s.) The 4-hour talk-a-thon I got trapped in at least seemed more up-front about costs (such as the sample knife set) and realistic than many others’, if complaints read on the internet are to be believed.

BUT…

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