Are you getting asked to help out friends with "internet jobs?" - GoFuckYourself.com

96ukssob · 06-08-2010, 12:05 PM

It seems I am getting asked more and more by friends and friends of friends, even some family about making some extra income online.

When I say no, they act like there is some easy on switch that you can flip to start making a few hundred bucks a month that I've been holding out on telling everyone

Today alone I got hit up by 2 people. One being a friend that I talk to every once in a while and the other was a friend of someone that I know. Seems like the ones that you know personally are more nice, like "hey would you happen to know any online or internet gigs to bring in some money?"

Versus the email I got from this guy's friend... "Hey, I'm xxxx's friend. He said you do a lot of stuff online, can you hook me up with a something to make a few bucks? Not looking to get rich but just pay the bills. Thx."

In this economy I tend to stay away from telling people what I do, but rather confuse them or make it sound extremely hard. People's notion of the internet still seems to be its a gold rush and letting on that you make anything more than $5 a month they will hound you.

beerptrol · 06-08-2010, 12:09 PM

I've had a couple of friends ask. I usually tell them that starting out requires more than 40hrs a week of work. And that I don't have the time or patience to teach them.
I then tell em to start a blog on something they know or like and point them to a few tutorials and boards to get them started

_Richard_ · 06-08-2010, 12:10 PM

i just refer people who ask me to the general online biz forums/blogs

beats laughing at them

Amputate Your Head · 06-08-2010, 12:18 PM

I encourage them by telling them to set themselves up, do some reading, form a plan, then get back to me in a month.

None have.

The Duck · 06-08-2010, 12:19 PM

I hooked up several blogs for friends just last month.

Slappin Fish · 06-08-2010, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Amputate Your Head

I encourage them by telling them to set themselves up, do some reading, form a plan, then get back to me in a month.

None have.

Same here. And when I bother telling them strait away they don't start either because they can't believe it is that simple, they are convinced there is some sort of magic way to make money online that I am not telling.

Waiter · 06-08-2010, 12:41 PM

I think we all have the same problem , people are curios and suspicious of what we are doing , and they keep asking and asking ...

CurrentlySober · 06-08-2010, 12:47 PM

I get it all the time. Pain in the ass!

So, when they ask, I just give them a few thousand dollars cash... Saves explaining, and they seem happy

TidalWave · 06-08-2010, 12:50 PM

People ask me to teach them how to "make sales" and think that you can just come in and make tons of cash soon.

So annoying.

Argos88 · 06-08-2010, 03:28 PM

well, nowadays is impossible.. It was possible some years ago though.

But the adult business is totally fucked up nowadays and it's not so easy to make some bucks anymore.

I used to help some friends in the past tho, they just build a AVS and cashed in 1K after 1 month.. but not anymore.

My friends don't even ask me anymore they just say:

"Hey man, are you still doing any bucks with your adult stuff? because I can get everything for free now, I don't need to pay for porn anymore"

So true.

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Grapesoda · 06-08-2010, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Waiter

I think we all have the same problem , people are curios and suspicious of what we are doing , and they keep asking and asking ...

yes the villagers burned my computer

The Heron · 06-08-2010, 04:21 PM

I just tell them how much my servers and domains cost, that usually shuts em down. Takes money to make money fuckers.

06-08-2010, 12:05 PM	#1
96ukssob So Fucking Banananananas Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: If I was in your ass you'd know it Posts: 12,991	Are you getting asked to help out friends with "internet jobs?" It seems I am getting asked more and more by friends and friends of friends, even some family about making some extra income online. When I say no, they act like there is some easy on switch that you can flip to start making a few hundred bucks a month that I've been holding out on telling everyone Today alone I got hit up by 2 people. One being a friend that I talk to every once in a while and the other was a friend of someone that I know. Seems like the ones that you know personally are more nice, like "hey would you happen to know any online or internet gigs to bring in some money?" Versus the email I got from this guy's friend... "Hey, I'm xxxx's friend. He said you do a lot of stuff online, can you hook me up with a something to make a few bucks? Not looking to get rich but just pay the bills. Thx." In this economy I tend to stay away from telling people what I do, but rather confuse them or make it sound extremely hard. People's notion of the internet still seems to be its a gold rush and letting on that you make anything more than $5 a month they will hound you. __________________ Email: Clicky on Me

06-08-2010, 12:09 PM	#2
beerptrol Confirmed Asshole Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Half way between sobriety and fubar. Posts: 12,722	I've had a couple of friends ask. I usually tell them that starting out requires more than 40hrs a week of work. And that I don't have the time or patience to teach them. I then tell em to start a blog on something they know or like and point them to a few tutorials and boards to get them started __________________ “If we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason and Dixon's but between patriotism and intelligence on the one side, and superstition, ambition and ignorance on the other.” -- Ulysses S. Grant Last edited by beerptrol; 06-08-2010 at 12:11 PM..

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_Richard_ Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Earth Posts: 30,989	i just refer people who ask me to the general online biz forums/blogs beats laughing at them

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CurrentlySober Too lazy to wipe my ass Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: A Public Bathroom Posts: 38,592	I get it all the time. Pain in the ass! So, when they ask, I just give them a few thousand dollars cash... Saves explaining, and they seem happy __________________ My AI Handywork... My Dream Gal... XXX 👁️ 👍️ 💩

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06-08-2010, 03:28 PM	#10
Argos88 So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,732	well, nowadays is impossible.. It was possible some years ago though. But the adult business is totally fucked up nowadays and it's not so easy to make some bucks anymore. I used to help some friends in the past tho, they just build a AVS and cashed in 1K after 1 month.. but not anymore. My friends don't even ask me anymore they just say: "Hey man, are you still doing any bucks with your adult stuff? because I can get everything for free now, I don't need to pay for porn anymore" So true. .

06-08-2010, 04:21 PM	#12
The Heron Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Michigan Posts: 4,487	I just tell them how much my servers and domains cost, that usually shuts em down. Takes money to make money fuckers.