Well, it seems I am (according to my girlfriend) becoming slightly addicted to Internet Marketing. In particular AdWords. I don’t really have an addictive nature and would usually argue the fact, she has accused me of being addicted to a few other things in the past(all internet/computer related mind you!) however i would probably have to agree with her on this one.
So what do you do if you are addicted to Internet Marketing and how might you tell if you are or not? I guess my girlfriend ticked when i suggested we spend the weekend together… at a conference. That went down well hah! She did stay for a few hours to begin with tho!
AdWords is an especially dangerous addiction to have as it can cost you quite a bit of money, i would almost say this is like a gambling addiction as it is most of the time, especially if you are dealing with affiliate marketing, a bit of a gamble. It’s almost like you have stumbled drunkenly onto the table with the highest stakes and you cant seem to get off.
Some people might check their adwords account every few days, whereas i will be checking it every few minutes to see what is going on. This can be bad as it temps you to tweak your ads and your click budget etc meaning it never really gets a chance to get rolling therefore making it harder to test your campaigns. So a good thing to do is to do a lot of your keyword research before you setup the campaign so you dont waste any time, and are not tempted to change them once you start checking them every 30 seconds!
So i am not entirely sure weather this is something to be too concerned about or not. I mean if you are just starting out then sure it might seem like you are a little bit obsessed but isn’t this the same for almost any hobby or if you are lucky, job?
Are you addicted to IM? How is it affecting your life? Are you making enough to be able to justify your addiction? Let me know!
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