You have to understand as an Internet Marketer that your lifestyle is going to be questioned. Nobody seems to understand what you do for a living. Someone will accuse you of being a spammer or doing something illegal or simply wrong, you're cheating people or taking advantage of others on the net.

Obviously, when your neighbors don't see you going to work everyday they want to know why, how can you possibly make a living from home using a computer. Even though millions of people today work from home it still bothers a lot of other people in your neighborhood if you never seem to go to work.

Be patient dealing with anyone who has questions about your home based business. My guess is you'll have business associates, neighbors, church friends, even family members who have no clue about how you earn a living. Show up at your Executive Golf Club at 10 am and eyebrows will raise up with questions for sure.

Most people are simply unaware that a home based business entrepreneur can make a living and never leave home. Our business experiences are mainly working for a big company and getting a weekly paycheck. It's hard for us to think outside the box and realize new avenues of enterprise are very much alive today.

If you send email newsletters, broadcast messages or use an autoresponder to send your messages, be prepared for questions. Few people understand that there is software to automate many of the activities you do as a home business owner.

Explaining that every person you send email to has signed up to receive your newsletter requires that you clarify that anyone on your list can unsubscribe at will with the click of a button.

Why would anyone want to sign up to receive your newsletter? People sign up for various newsletters because of their personal interests in a particular hobby, a common sport, group, etc. Like-minded people are usually found in the same groups because they share common interests.

For example, Harley riders, musicians, singers, Corvette owners, vintage car owners are all easily connected and want to share their experiences with each other. Once you have a specific newsletter that caters to one particular group it will get attention, hopefully go viral and new subscribers will join the group.

Internet Marketing is not an easy business to explain nor to actually make money online. Training and hard work are necessary to be a successful Internet Marketer, bar none.

We believe that the Wealthy Affiliate University is the finest training site we use and recommend. Your investment is nominal but you'll discover loads of videos along with interactions with other members. If you have questions someone is always ready with a helpful answer.

Try to explain what you do the best way you can, and if that doesn't work, accept it. Some people just won't get it and it's hardly worth your time to keep explaining your business to a blockhead.

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