$$$To earn or NOT to earn, that is the question$$$

United States
May 11, 2009 12:03am CST
I have noticed that it has been quite difficult to introduce my friends to the concept of making money online. :-) They seem to believe that the whole idea is ficticious and made up. Now, I will admit that in the beginning, I was a little suspicious myself, but the biggest difference between my friends and I is that I am always willing to try new things-- especially when they are free, lol. :-) Tell me, please, was/is it difficult to convince any of your friends that online money earning sites, actually exist? :-) If this was not a difficult task for you, how were you able to successfully lead your friends toward joining? :-)
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17 responses
@sutsag (86)
• Philippines
11 May 09
it's hard to convince anyone now to earn money online because there is so many program site that is a SCAM,. there is probably more scam than the real deal.
@zed_k4 (17589)
• Singapore
12 May 09
Hello there. There are indeed quite a lot of skeptical people about this; I suppose it can't be helped but to prove them wrong. It's cool that you are willing to try out new things especially when they are free to join. Indeed there are scam sites, but if we research first, I'm sure we know whether a site is legit or not. In order to convince say my friends, I would show them my first payout and say that it's the proof of my hard work on that site, should there be any. Have a nice day. Image: http://www.freedigitalphotos.net
@zed_k4 (17589)
• Singapore
12 May 09
My picture upload fails. This PC is really very old. Sorry for the inconvenience as only the url image is shown.
• United States
12 May 09
Hey! No website promotions are allowed in my post! :-) Ha! Ha! Only playing around with you. :-) Yes, I agree with you that lots and lots of research is needed to help us sort the good sites from the bad. :-) As members of myLot, I think that a lot of the work has already been done for us. :-) In this site, we have the ability to learn from each other's experiences, which is always a great thing. :-) Take care and thanks so much for your contribution to this discussion. :-)
@zed_k4 (17589)
• Singapore
12 May 09
You are mostly welcome.
@zed_k4 (17589)
• Singapore
18 Jun 09
I like your positive attitude there. Great outlook definitely. There are definitely sites that do pay for participation and they are free and legit too. Over my course of time over the years observing, in my personal opinion, it's best to stick with 2-3 sites that pay. Like being consistent work hard at it and never give up. If we are talking in figures. That's the way to go. I think a lot of people keep jumping sites when they do not really know what the site is all about and what they are in it for. Find a site, keep up at it and work hard to achieve what is wanted. There are also some whom are not really looking for earnings, but more to relax, participate, enjoy and enjoy what the site has to offer. Like you say, to earn or not to earn; there's a fine line there. Have a nice day...
@cagefan (82)
• Philippines
12 May 09
Most sites are scams,they promise you that you can earn big money but you have to invest first,but mostly they fell short of expectations. While those which are free,you have to invest a lot of time and effort. As long as you have the patience, it is still worth it,not only that,you will gain experience from these ventures.
• United States
12 May 09
Definitely Cagefan, you are telling the truth. :-) The more you do this, the more experience you gain. :-) Each of life's lessons are given to us for a specific reason. :-) The things we are learning today can surely carry us a long way. :-) Thanks for removing time from your day to respond to this post. :-)
@laurahen (596)
• Canada
27 Jun 09
This is a hard one because people are so cautious about using the internet these days. You have to be able to find a reliable website that does not look to sketchy. Appearances can really give off a good or bad vibe and encourage or discourage your friends to join. And i agree that showing them the proof of payment really does wonders. How much more proof do you need then that?
@Angelgirl16 (2171)
• United States
24 Jul 09
Hi, It is absolutely one of the most difficult tasks of persuasion I have encounted in a while. This is probably the third or fourth money-making websites that I discovered and believe to be legitimate, that I have introduce to friends and family. They simply don't seem to be interested in making money on the internet. Maybe be cause it sounds to good to be true or they just don't have the patience to sit and focus long enougn to earn a few extra dollars. The opportunity is there for the taking, after I have done all the leg-work, but I have very few takers.
@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
12 May 09
Personally from what I found it is about impossible no matter how much you are earning online to get your Friends and family to be interested and want to do so as well. There are way too many skeptics out there, and most of them do not want to take the time it takes to earn the $$ as well. Most of them are too dependant on their 9-5 jobs, and consider being online a waste of time, so convincing them usually does no good as well.
@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
11 May 09
My fiance and I have friends that we have introduced to making money but while they have joined, they aren't doing anything or not much at all because they don't feel it's worth it. It does take a lot of effort, but my fiance and I are happy with the meager earnings we do make online, and especially since our main focus is here on mylot. My advice to you is to just give them your ref link, let them check it out and if they don't like it, no harm no foul, you will have made a little of of their effort and that will be a little more in your pocket, something you can show them once you get the payment!
@celticeagle (165954)
• Boise, Idaho
12 May 09
Some people are just rather closed minds and can't anything new. Others are so self involved they just can't get a concept if it marched up and bit them on the nose. Making money online has so many negative feedbacks online. It is really no wonder that people that aren't in it don't understand it. I think if you gave them some examples they may take to it easier.
@eichs1 (1934)
• Philippines
12 May 09
Most of my friends have offline jobs so I perfectly understand why they won't spend any time on online money making sites. Those who tried are also disappointed because they never received payment and the sites they joined closed. With such luck, I totally stopped convincing friends to join me. As alternative, I focused creating a blog about sites I joined and how I am doing in my ventures. So far, I am gaining referrals by promoting my blog and my friends can always visit it if they like.
@Citychic (4067)
• United States
13 May 09
To earn or not to earn is the question. Hello friend, it's nice to meet you. Let me tell you something, in life you have three kinds of people in the world. Some people sit around and watch things happen, while others, go out and make things happen. Still there is one more category that says what the hell happened after they begin to see that something has happened. Just like you I'm the kind that will make something happen and even though it may not always happen when or how we think it will, believe me, eventually it will happen. Thank your lucky stars that you were able to get out of the boat of mediocrity. Even when Jesus was trying to teach his disciples how to fish there were a few unbelievers around. As for friends all you gotta do is show them how much fun ur having and eventually they will get on board. True you might not make money overnite with this site but if you keep learning, keep growing and keep hanging out with positive people and sharing the knowledge pretty soon ur ship will come in and all of ur friends will be sitting around wondering what the hell happened and they will regret the fact that they didn't get on board. Happy mylotting!
@kimutaku (145)
• China
12 May 09
uhn..... The first of all is trust... I just tell friends "join this site, you can earn money". and they become refs.. at that time , I always feel I want more and more friends.. kidding... make them know that those websites do will earn money fot them. that's enough. show them your payment proof is a good way.
@sblossom (2168)
11 May 09
I feel it's very difficult to introduce my friends to involve the easy money making online. Partly they don't believe it, mainly they don't want to do it. I have a few friends to sign up on some websites by my invitations. But at last I found they all gave up or not active. Anyway,people have different choices about it.
• United States
12 May 09
I have never really discussed about many money online with my friends. I will usually just have links when I send email out and if anyone wants to join any of those sites then that is great to me.
• India
11 May 09
Convincing other people is always very difficult thing. And if you have to convince other on new topic then again it is very typical in itself.
• India
11 May 09
well i tis very difficult to explain any one if this concept is true or not until and unless you earn something and show then your own payment proof. well for me too it was very difficult to except this thing in the beginning, even though i saw others payment proofs i was not convinced .but i just wanted to earn money and there was no option other than online earning so i can i came this way. so the best way would be that you show them your own payment ,only then will they believe in you.
@rosekiss (30414)
• Eugene, Oregon
11 May 09
It is hard to get people to want to come here, since the pay is low. To most people it is just a waste of their time. I guess they want to make money fast, but on the intetnet there are programs out there that promise you can make money fast, but they turn out to be a scam. I know, as I have been there. I guess it is hard for some people to think there might be something legit out there, and when they find it, they aren't happy about the pay. You just can't please some people that is for sure. I am doing this all by myself, as I have asked my daughter to be my referral but she said no, that it doesn't pay enough. So, what can a person do? I will just keep on and do my best. Well, good luck to you and happy mylotting.