What does the future hold? - WickedFire - Affiliate Marketing Forum

Rancor13 · 06-25-2008, 07:46 PM

Have you guys ever got scarred of maybe what the future holds? I almost find myself nervous for the next 10-20 years. Is internet marketing still going to be around? Are we still going to be able to support ourselves and families doing this type of job? Is E-mail Marketing, and Search Engine Marketing still going to be a way to generate revenue?

What does the future hold for affiliate marketing? Or Internet Marketing for that matter? Do you picture a decline, or even more profits in the future? I'm sure I'll get flamed for this, since I always do, but perhaps a few of you actually have some valid input.

xmcp123 · 06-25-2008, 07:53 PM

It will evolve. But as long as people want to buy things, there will be people to sell things.
Online is no different.
And for reference, even believing that I'm one nervous mother fucker. Guess I better work hard now so I have time to adapt later.

OrganicOne · 06-25-2008, 08:01 PM

I would only assume it will get more competitive, however I do not see how AM could dissolve. For most companies, sacrificing some margin while getting free promotion will always be a good thing.

SkipStaa · 06-25-2008, 08:03 PM

Each day, month, year things change we will adapt as we do now computers will become more accessible PDAs are starting to be the craze 10 to 20 years from now you'll do nothing without a computer from a car to your house it will be all computerized, therefore giving us more applications to advertise on. so I see it only getting better there will be more competition but equally more applications and products that you can advertise on/with.

And that's how I really feel

Or maybe I'm just a wishful thinker lol

-Maze

Rancor13 · 06-25-2008, 08:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xmcp123

It will evolve. But as long as people want to buy things, there will be people to sell things.
Online is no different.
And for reference, even believing that I'm one nervous mother fucker. Guess I better work hard now so I have time to adapt later.

Looks like we both see eye to eye for the most part, so we agree that it will just get more completive than? I ask, because I'm becoming nervous if this can be looked at as a "career" if your good enough, but I guess this is ultimately the same with all jobs. I guess I always want to know that I have the security to make money when I need it, and support my family. However, what ever you do probably isn't going to do it, it's how you do it.

In reality, you will make anything you want to succeed in work... If you want it bad enough you will make it happen. Thanks for the valuable information and input.

SkipStaa · 06-25-2008, 08:08 PM

Quick note

A while back I saw a special on future cars and they spoke about the windshield being a computer/TV screen. while the car was moving the windows would be blacked out because it would be doing such speeds and able to drive so closely to other cars that it would scare the drivers.

Rancor13 · 06-25-2008, 08:17 PM

That's pretty cool, I guess I could see it happening. Technology is moving so fast now at days!

barman · 06-25-2008, 08:19 PM

People will always buy shit. It's just the avenues of marketing will change. Or if you wanted to be more secure, build a more sustainable business or get into the product development part of things.

But if you're a good advertiser then you just need to apply the skills to the avenue.

hazzan · 06-25-2008, 08:20 PM

There is no doubt that a real
window of opportunity exist right now. I am neither a student of history nor and expert on the subject; my personal feeling is that IM as it stands can be likened o the hold rush or to the first expansion into the new world.

hazzan · 06-25-2008, 08:25 PM

(on a smartphone with text limit)
as technology matures and larger enterprises become more savvy, they will seek to close this window and monopolize every opportunity.

The smart among us
will realize that the only constant is change and adapt quickly.

Rancor13 · 06-25-2008, 08:27 PM

You guys make absolute sense, you really do. I appreciate the quality feed back.

hazzan · 06-25-2008, 08:31 PM

plenty of money was made on diminishing gold mines. in fact people make money today on mines that have been empty for a century.

I would suggest that internet marketing isn't what makes your fortune; its the ability to see an opportunity and go for it.

Rancor13 · 06-25-2008, 08:35 PM

Yes, but there are unlimited opportunities on the net. What bigger marketplace in the world is there?

HarveyJ · 06-25-2008, 09:51 PM

I'd really like to see a world like Shirow's Ghost in the Shell, but I doubt it'll happen all that quickly or easily.

As for the market, I think market gaps will shrink as most of what we do gets automated by intelligent agents and people overseeing those agents in hours, and the IMers with a hand in the black hat development will be the only ones still making a living as freelancers.

As it is, a LOT of the internet is being junked up by what IMers do. Seriously, it's getting hard to find good information on Google nowadays, because of all the marketing crap. Even when you know how to use Google properly (with colons and inverted commas) you still get a lot of crap. I've actually gone back to using the YellowPages for business, and for information, I'll go to Wikipedia or LexusNexus first now (depending on level of depth I'm after).

But I don't worry... I can always get back into events management, and I'm hoping my art gets to the point that people will want to buy it. I used to do ok (just) from selling stock photos as well.

agua · 06-25-2008, 09:59 PM

Everything evolves - when I first working in the media/print industry it would cost you around $30 to make one type correction on a page - now its expected as part of the service. I can't remember who made the quote, but it goes something like, "If everyone is searching for Gold - its a good time to be in the Pick and Shovel industry"

Things change, the principles the same

I would be more concerned if there was a world to do business in because if all this Global warming stuff is true.

You can't eat money

nachoninja · 06-25-2008, 10:12 PM

advertising will always be around

Demon · 06-25-2008, 10:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by agua

I would be more concerned if there was a world to do business in because if all this Global warming stuff is true.

It's true. Which is why you need to buy a convert your car to run on water ebook through my affiliate link.

agua · 06-25-2008, 10:46 PM

Quote:

It's true. Which is why you need to buy a convert your car to run on water ebook through my affiliate link.

You bought the resell rights from me remember

along with the "Reduce Carbon Emmissions and save the world using Marijuana"

HarveyJ · 06-25-2008, 10:51 PM

Didn't they make an entire car out of marijuana in Cheech & Chong's first movie?
That'd be way less energy intensive than carbon fibre, and it's also recyclable when it comes time to upgrade!

agua · 06-25-2008, 11:01 PM

Quote:

Didn't they make an entire car out of marijuana in Cheech & Chong's first movie?

They did, but that's not surprising... what is surprising is that so did Henry Ford and it also used hemp as fuel: Hempcar.org-Henry Ford

johnmatrix · 06-26-2008, 12:24 AM

diversify into all fields of online money making... online retail will always exist, start an online retail business using your affiliate marketing skills and you'll be golden.

mrgahan · 06-28-2008, 11:11 AM

There is something new a coming!!

Read this:
Grids are one of the most important and fastest growing internet applications. Grids provide the possibility to share and bring together appliances and information. Grids are, for example, used to collect and process vast amounts of security data in international banks, to make huge data files available for fast downloads and to utilise computer capacity for various scientific and commercial activities. In this way, the capacity of computing, data storage and measuring instruments can be combined in applications that were unthinkable until now.

Read further info here: Welcome to Gridforum Netherlands | Gridforum.nl

regards

stack paper · 06-28-2008, 11:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrgahan

There is something new a coming!!

Read this:
Grids are one of the most important and fastest growing internet applications. Grids provide the possibility to share and bring together appliances and information. Grids are, for example, used to collect and process vast amounts of security data in international banks, to make huge data files available for fast downloads and to utilise computer capacity for various scientific and commercial activities. In this way, the capacity of computing, data storage and measuring instruments can be combined in applications that were unthinkable until now.

Read further info here: Welcome to Gridforum Netherlands | Gridforum.nl

regards

FUCK OFF

mrgahan · 06-28-2008, 05:47 PM

Nice one Stack Paper!

Cool!

Me bollox

bb_wolfe · 06-28-2008, 05:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rancor13

Have you guys ever got scarred of maybe what the future holds? I almost find myself nervous for the next 10-20 years. Is internet marketing still going to be around? Are we still going to be able to support ourselves and families doing this type of job? Is E-mail Marketing, and Search Engine Marketing still going to be a way to generate revenue?

What does the future hold for affiliate marketing? Or Internet Marketing for that matter? Do you picture a decline, or even more profits in the future? I'm sure I'll get flamed for this, since I always do, but perhaps a few of you actually have some valid input.

WTF does it matter if affiliate marketing is still around? Tech will always allow those with an innovative spirit to earn vast sums at the expense of others.

What are you, 20?

PS - Do your own fucking market research. (Yea, you didn't think anyone noticed, did you?)

xmcp123 · 06-28-2008, 06:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bb_wolfe

WTF does it matter if affiliate marketing is still around? Tech will always allow those with an innovative spirit to earn vast sums at the expense of others.

What are you, 20?

PS - Do your own fucking market research. (Yea, you didn't think anyone noticed, did you?)

You got something against 20 year olds?

bb_wolfe · 06-28-2008, 08:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xmcp123

You got something against 20 year olds?

Nothing against 20 year olds. Everything against guys who act interested in your opinion for no reason other than to trend their own marketplace for free.

Classic case of "coffee is for closers".

Davros · 06-28-2008, 10:25 PM

The Internet is going away any time soon, and even when it does evolve into something else there will be a chance to make money - it's been the same since the dawn of time.

You just have to evolve with it.

amateursurgeon · 06-28-2008, 10:38 PM

People with both technical and commercial skills are rare. That's nothing to do with the Internet; it's just the way people are. If you have both and are motivated to work hard and think for yourself, you will always make money.

The only constant is change. If you sit on your arse and just collect on what you've done already, you'll eventually go broke. If you keep working at it, you're ahead of 99.9% of the general populace, and unless you are very unlucky, you will still make a great living. People are getting more, not less obsessed with buying shit, and that means the market is getting bigger. And we are nowhere near feeling the effects of all those folks in India and China with their newfound credit cards.

If I really wanted to be sure of a future in IM, I'd learn Mandarin.

bb_wolfe · 06-28-2008, 10:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by amateursurgeon

People with both technical and commercial skills are rare. That's nothing to do with the Internet; it's just the way people are. If you have both and are motivated to work hard and think for yourself, you will always make money.

The only constant is change. If you sit on your arse and just collect on what you've done already, you'll eventually go broke. If you keep working at it, you're ahead of 99.9% of the general populace, and unless you are very unlucky, you will still make a great living.

You mean that horse buggy repair shop I bought is worthless? SHIT.

06-25-2008, 07:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
Rancor13 Spammer Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 139 iTrader: 0 / 0%	What does the future hold? Have you guys ever got scarred of maybe what the future holds? I almost find myself nervous for the next 10-20 years. Is internet marketing still going to be around? Are we still going to be able to support ourselves and families doing this type of job? Is E-mail Marketing, and Search Engine Marketing still going to be a way to generate revenue? What does the future hold for affiliate marketing? Or Internet Marketing for that matter? Do you picture a decline, or even more profits in the future? I'm sure I'll get flamed for this, since I always do, but perhaps a few of you actually have some valid input. __________________ AIM:TeamCEmerson Email: tcemerson@gmail.com MSN: tcemerson@gmail.com

06-25-2008, 07:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
xmcp123 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Not Louisiana Posts: 3,309 iTrader: 3 / 100%	It will evolve. But as long as people want to buy things, there will be people to sell things. Online is no different. And for reference, even believing that I'm one nervous mother fucker. Guess I better work hard now so I have time to adapt later. __________________ curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_VICTORY, true);

06-25-2008, 08:17 PM	#7 (permalink)
Rancor13 Spammer Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 139 iTrader: 0 / 0%	That's pretty cool, I guess I could see it happening. Technology is moving so fast now at days! __________________ AIM:TeamCEmerson Email: tcemerson@gmail.com MSN: tcemerson@gmail.com

06-25-2008, 08:19 PM	#8 (permalink)
barman Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Colorado Posts: 3,436 iTrader: 10 / 100%	People will always buy shit. It's just the avenues of marketing will change. Or if you wanted to be more secure, build a more sustainable business or get into the product development part of things. But if you're a good advertiser then you just need to apply the skills to the avenue. __________________ OBEY: READ PPC.BZ

06-25-2008, 08:20 PM	#9 (permalink)
hazzan Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Boston Posts: 453 iTrader: 4 / 83%	There is no doubt that a real window of opportunity exist right now. I am neither a student of history nor and expert on the subject; my personal feeling is that IM as it stands can be likened o the hold rush or to the first expansion into the new world. __________________ Make Money. Now.

06-25-2008, 08:01 PM	#3 (permalink)
OrganicOne one-legged douche burger Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 114 iTrader: 0 / 0%	I would only assume it will get more competitive, however I do not see how AM could dissolve. For most companies, sacrificing some margin while getting free promotion will always be a good thing.

06-25-2008, 08:03 PM	#4 (permalink)
SkipStaa Banned Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 248 iTrader: 1 / 100%	Each day, month, year things change we will adapt as we do now computers will become more accessible PDAs are starting to be the craze 10 to 20 years from now you'll do nothing without a computer from a car to your house it will be all computerized, therefore giving us more applications to advertise on. so I see it only getting better there will be more competition but equally more applications and products that you can advertise on/with. And that's how I really feel Or maybe I'm just a wishful thinker lol -Maze

06-25-2008, 08:08 PM	#6 (permalink)
SkipStaa Banned Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 248 iTrader: 1 / 100%	Quick note A while back I saw a special on future cars and they spoke about the windshield being a computer/TV screen. while the car was moving the windows would be blacked out because it would be doing such speeds and able to drive so closely to other cars that it would scare the drivers.

06-25-2008, 08:25 PM	#10 (permalink)
hazzan Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Boston Posts: 453 iTrader: 4 / 83%	(on a smartphone with text limit) as technology matures and larger enterprises become more savvy, they will seek to close this window and monopolize every opportunity. The smart among us will realize that the only constant is change and adapt quickly. __________________ Make Money. Now.

06-25-2008, 08:27 PM	#11 (permalink)
Rancor13 Spammer Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 139 iTrader: 0 / 0%	You guys make absolute sense, you really do. I appreciate the quality feed back. __________________ AIM:TeamCEmerson Email: tcemerson@gmail.com MSN: tcemerson@gmail.com

06-25-2008, 08:31 PM	#12 (permalink)
hazzan Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Boston Posts: 453 iTrader: 4 / 83%	plenty of money was made on diminishing gold mines. in fact people make money today on mines that have been empty for a century. I would suggest that internet marketing isn't what makes your fortune; its the ability to see an opportunity and go for it. __________________ Make Money. Now.

06-25-2008, 08:35 PM	#13 (permalink)
Rancor13 Spammer Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 139 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Yes, but there are unlimited opportunities on the net. What bigger marketplace in the world is there? __________________ AIM:TeamCEmerson Email: tcemerson@gmail.com MSN: tcemerson@gmail.com

06-25-2008, 09:51 PM	#14 (permalink)
HarveyJ He is - THE CACTUS! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Melbourne - Not the one in Florida Posts: 3,277 iTrader: 0 / 0%	I'd really like to see a world like Shirow's Ghost in the Shell, but I doubt it'll happen all that quickly or easily. As for the market, I think market gaps will shrink as most of what we do gets automated by intelligent agents and people overseeing those agents in hours, and the IMers with a hand in the black hat development will be the only ones still making a living as freelancers. As it is, a LOT of the internet is being junked up by what IMers do. Seriously, it's getting hard to find good information on Google nowadays, because of all the marketing crap. Even when you know how to use Google properly (with colons and inverted commas) you still get a lot of crap. I've actually gone back to using the YellowPages for business, and for information, I'll go to Wikipedia or LexusNexus first now (depending on level of depth I'm after). But I don't worry... I can always get back into events management, and I'm hoping my art gets to the point that people will want to buy it. I used to do ok (just) from selling stock photos as well. __________________ And finally, what's wrong with sucking cock? Just sign up to Affiliation Cash and do it already!

06-25-2008, 09:59 PM	#15 (permalink)
agua Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 362 iTrader: 5 / 100%	Everything evolves - when I first working in the media/print industry it would cost you around $30 to make one type correction on a page - now its expected as part of the service. I can't remember who made the quote, but it goes something like, "If everyone is searching for Gold - its a good time to be in the Pick and Shovel industry" Things change, the principles the same I would be more concerned if there was a world to do business in because if all this Global warming stuff is true. You can't eat money __________________ Create iPhone Apps in Minutes! Chitika: Actually getting better!

06-25-2008, 10:12 PM	#16 (permalink)
nachoninja Love the dog Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Fleshlightville Posts: 3,966 iTrader: 2 / 100%	advertising will always be around __________________ Copeac Affiliate Network + Liquid Web VPS = Mad Money

06-25-2008, 10:51 PM	#19 (permalink)
HarveyJ He is - THE CACTUS! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Melbourne - Not the one in Florida Posts: 3,277 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Didn't they make an entire car out of marijuana in Cheech & Chong's first movie? That'd be way less energy intensive than carbon fibre, and it's also recyclable when it comes time to upgrade! __________________ And finally, what's wrong with sucking cock? Just sign up to Affiliation Cash and do it already!

06-26-2008, 12:24 AM	#21 (permalink)
johnmatrix Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 412 iTrader: 1 / 100%	diversify into all fields of online money making... online retail will always exist, start an online retail business using your affiliate marketing skills and you'll be golden. __________________ peace sells but whos buyin?

06-28-2008, 11:11 AM	#22 (permalink)
mrgahan Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 18 iTrader: 0 / 0%	There is something new a coming!! Read this: Grids are one of the most important and fastest growing internet applications. Grids provide the possibility to share and bring together appliances and information. Grids are, for example, used to collect and process vast amounts of security data in international banks, to make huge data files available for fast downloads and to utilise computer capacity for various scientific and commercial activities. In this way, the capacity of computing, data storage and measuring instruments can be combined in applications that were unthinkable until now. Read further info here: Welcome to Gridforum Netherlands \| Gridforum.nl regards __________________ MrGahan

06-28-2008, 05:47 PM	#24 (permalink)
mrgahan Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 18 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Braindead or what? Nice one Stack Paper! Cool! Me bollox __________________ MrGahan

06-28-2008, 10:25 PM	#28 (permalink)
Davros You Gonna Get Raped Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 143 iTrader: 0 / 0%	The Internet is going away any time soon, and even when it does evolve into something else there will be a chance to make money - it's been the same since the dawn of time. You just have to evolve with it.

06-28-2008, 10:38 PM	#29 (permalink)
amateursurgeon frumious bandersnatch Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 461 iTrader: 1 / 100%	People with both technical and commercial skills are rare. That's nothing to do with the Internet; it's just the way people are. If you have both and are motivated to work hard and think for yourself, you will always make money. The only constant is change. If you sit on your arse and just collect on what you've done already, you'll eventually go broke. If you keep working at it, you're ahead of 99.9% of the general populace, and unless you are very unlucky, you will still make a great living. People are getting more, not less obsessed with buying shit, and that means the market is getting bigger. And we are nowhere near feeling the effects of all those folks in India and China with their newfound credit cards. If I really wanted to be sure of a future in IM, I'd learn Mandarin.

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