Why Internet Marketing is So Hard

As I noted in other posts, my degree in university didn’t pay off so far. But I had gotten into internet marketing, but after a short run of success with employment blogs (around 2011) things went down as SEO got tougher - and I just didn’t have the income to succeed with marketing.

So that’s the problem with web developers making websites: They are just for fun. There’s no chance of making money from them! If people think they can make money, they are deluded.

But the world these days is a delusion, but the delusion was way worse before than now. People were deluded into thinking they could rule the world, so to speak, they could have the next successful website and make money - without having to answer to some boss or do manual labor.

Frankly speaking, internet marketing isn’t very hard. people find it hard because they don’t know what is it and how to do it. lack of knowledge is the reason why people find it hard. Internet marketing requires various skill sets from SEO to content creation

On Sep 11, 2026, DigitalNomad said:

Frankly speaking, internet marketing isn’t very hard. people find it hard because they don’t know what is it and how to do it. lack of knowledge is the reason why people find it hard. Internet marketing requires various skill sets from SEO to content creation

Even with an advanced knowledge, I believe SEO demands an SEO company - because they have all the needed backlinks.

Internet marketing is hard because there’s so much competition for people’s attention. Even good content or products can get ignored because countless businesses are promoting similar things. It takes time to get the results because algorithms, trends, and audience preferences keep changing, thus, it ks difficult to rely on one strategy.

It’s only hard if you don’t like it.

If you don’t like it, I promise it won’t get easier. It’ll get harder.

I love marketing. I’ve been a marketer since I was a young teenager. That’s over 25 years now.

SEO, color marketing, copyright, distribution, social media marketing - all of it, I love it. I even love looking at analytics.

On Sep 24, 2026, Shawn said:

It’s only hard if you don’t like it.

If you don’t like it, I promise it won’t get easier. It’ll get harder.

I love marketing. I’ve been a marketer since I was a young teenager. That’s over 25 years now.

SEO, color marketing, copyright, distribution, social media marketing - all of it, I love it. I even love looking at analytics.

Your stuff is incredibly successful. So we see proof you’ve done this a long time and you love it!

And myself, I love it, but perhaps I haven’t tried as hard - and also and major problem is lack of funds - because it takes money to make money - and lack of money also drives down morale.

Internet marketing is hard because SEO has really changed and competition is high. In internet marketing, you need money to make money but many people don't seem to understand that part.