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There’s been a lot of questions about whether I’m really quitting Internet Marketing. Well, there’s two answers to that. In many ways, I already have quit Internet Marketing as I focus more on My Hobby Commerce site and less on Internet Marketing. But that really started a year ago. That doesn’t mean that I’ll abandon you and all my other loyal subscribers. I’m still dedicated to your success and want you to be able to achieve that. I will keep letting you know about all the marketing tactics I’ve learned and the best sources of education that I think will help you build your internet business. But it probably does mean that I won’t be releasing any new products myself. My most recent product, MyHobbyCommerce.com, will most likely be my last.

Why am I moving away from teaching Internet Marketing and towards ecommerce? Quite simply I think this past recession has shown that it’s the best move to make. The recession hit internet marketing hard. In fact, (you’ve probably never heard this from any of the Gurus) it seems that many Internet Marketers felt the effects of the recession months before it was mainstream news. We saw things slowing down but at the time it seemed like just a lull in the market. Fortunately, I was ready to move on to something else and did. I started a HobbyCommerce site and really haven’t looked back.

You see, teaching Internet Marketing niche, is a volatile market. Meaning it can have huge swings up and down and is easily effected by very small changes from within and outside of the market. And quite honestly, most people, including myself, don’t have the stomach for it. I’d choose a stable and growing business over that any day of the week and I have. In my opinion, the best move to make is to build a business outside of internet marketing all together. And I don’t just say that for the newbies out there, I say that for the gurus out there too. In fact, if you pay attention to many of the emails going out, many gurus are pulling out of Internet Marketing and moving towards other markets or just offering services. If your business is already outside of Internet Marketing, good for you. If you are currently running an business teaching Internet Marketing, I highly recommend that you look for a secondary and less sporadic Business to start on the side.

If you haven’t started your business yet, the internet is still the best place in the world to build a business and a recession is a great time to build it! It forces you to be smarter and allows you to get the edge on your competition who are struggling to maintain what they built before the recession. But I highly recommend you stay away from Internet Marketing niche. And if you haven’t considered it already, a Hobby Commerce site is where I’ve moved and I’m doing amazingly well and having a ton of fun doing it.

Matthew Glanfield

Who isn’t experiencing Internet Marketing Burn Out these days? Most people are. How many thousands of emails do you think you’ll get this year promoting the next best thing since internet sliced bread? Well, if you’re tired of just wasting money on every new money-making system under the sun, and are ready to build a real business, you should definitely consider selling physical products.

In early 2008 we started a little site selling physical products in a very small niche. By October of that year we were doing $20,000 per month in sales. Last year while many of my Internet Marketing Friends where feeling the effects of the the recession, we were able to Dramatically Grow our business to $666,249.31 in sales for 2009.

Now this is a very small niche site so quite frankly, you might be surprised by those results and the fact that our sales continue to increase in 2010. These niche markets are prime for the taking and growing a real internet business that has nothing to do with internet marketing.

If it’s done right, you’ll rarely see an unhappy or disgruntled customer. They will thank and praise you every time they buy from you. Plus I’m selling things that are really fun for me to market and sell. I know it’s not quite like the other internet businesses you see out there. It does take some work and effort. It’s not going to make you tens of thousands of dollars overnight. But for many people, it’s the kind of real solution they’ve been searching for.

To Your Success

Matthew Glanfield