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Originally Posted by gc3833  It does require a lot of effort. People don't realize it but it is like working a full time job. |
I'd say most of the effort is in getting started. When I first got into the Internet biz, I "worked" 10-14 hour days for a few months. I say that tounge-in-cheek because it was more like fun to me.
The Internet is a very unique place. All these statistics about failed offline businesses are completely irrelevant. Start-up costs are almosts zero and your consumer base is much bigger and easier to access, among other things.
The best piece of advice I can give to anyone is to avoid getting trapped in other's experiences. Most people on this forum talk about blogging as a way of making money online, and it is a way, but there are far better ways. Blogging is cheap and relatively easy to learn, but you have to really put alot of time and effort into it before you start seeing a decent return (decent meaning $500 / day or more).
Just keep your mind open and go read a bunch of different stuff from a bunch of different sources.