Just to get off to an honest start, the title of this article was intended to catch people who were hoping to find an "easy" way to make money on the internet or anywhere else. To clarify a little further, I presently work as an internet marketer, make about $2,000 a week from it, work about 20 hours a week at it, and have been doing it for several years now.

That sounds pretty easy doesn't it? A hundred dollars an hour, work when and where I feel like it, take any day or week off whenever I want, get up when I want, "go to work" when I want. It's a sweet deal, no doubt.

But, let me clear something up right now. It took me about 4 years to reach that point. During that time, I would often work at my job all day and then work past midnight on the internet, chasing that elusive dollar. The first time I ever really realized that I COULD make money this way was in the year 2000, when I got a commission check for $25.00. Two years ago, I was excited to have made $7,000 in a year, and I was still working that full time job.

So the other day, or last week, you were cruising the internet and somebody had a web site that promised that if you signed up with them, you could make a lot of money, without much work...and fast!

Oh, it does happen. I've seen it happen once or twice, but people DO win the lottery sometimes. For most of us who have achieved a modicum of success on the internet, a lot of sweat equity, or a lot of investment was required. I often use the term "accidental tuition" to describe what it cost me in terms of time and money that I tossed out the window in pursuit of an "easy way to make money on the internet". I am not alone in this. Line up a bunch of successful internet marketers, and the stories will start flying about the dumb things they paid good money for and the hours and hours of work they put into unsuccessful projects.

As time passed, I, and the others, learned what DIDN'T work, what NOT to buy, and what program, system, or theory was just flat WRONG. And even now, just as in any brick and mortar business, we sometimes find that what worked yesterday or last year isn't working any more. What worked so well for Charlie's business didn't work as well for Laura's. We continually have to try new or different ways to improve and grow our businesses, just like anybody else out there, whether they're on the internet or in a store downtown. Sometimes we follow the wrong path and pay a little more "accidental tuition".

I don't want to discourage you. Here's a little reality bite: It is 8 PM on the last day of my work week (which I measure 7 days at a time, but work as I wish), and it is 7:30 PM. At midday two days ago, I had made $1,749.43 in commissions for the week. At this moment, I have made $2,421.16...that I am aware of. That's an income of $671.73 in about two and one half days, and does not take into account programs that are also producing income for me, but do not have the reporting capabilities to keep me that up to date. The money is there, but if you are not willing to WORK for it, it will never be yours.

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