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"I work at home on the Internet as a web publisher." They then usually ask what I mean by "web publisher". Followed by "Who pays you to do that?". And, finally, they come up with a creative way to ask "How much money do you make doing that?".
On one particular night of being asked what "I do" over and over, I decided to just say that I owned a computer related business. But, this just made things worse. "Oh computers! My brother works for a software company and makes good money there. So, what exactly does your company do in regards to computers?" Then, I was just back to square one, but with more explaining to do.
What do other Adsense full-timers, possibly with employees, say when asked this question? I'm just curious, thanks in advance for any comments.
And he was telling the truth :)
I am the CEO of an online magazine called _______
or
I don't work...I just live off the monthly income from my internet investments.
If I feel like being more precise:
I just sit at home on my a$$ all day.
I have a sort of funny story about this. Well first of all, whenever I tell people I have an internet business, they all say: "oh I see, what is it porn?" That sort of bothers me, but at a bar last new years eve I saw a High school buddy who was a little intoxicated. I told him I had an internet business. He then ended up telling basically my entire HS graduation class (graduated 5 years earlier) that i was in the Porn business.Basically everyone that I graduated with now thinks I am involved in porn (not just having sites but actually being in the pictures).
If the original person who told everybody confronts you about it, just say "what? I'm not into porn, who told you I was into porn? I develop websites on the internet that sell advertising. Is somebody telling people I do porn? If you find out somebody is saying I do porn, let me know who they are because my lawyer and I would like to have some words with them."
I do like the answer about web developer, managing websites, and selling advertising.
A friend uses the Web 2.0 B.S. Generator [dack.com] (the word is spelled out on the site if you find it offensive). As result, he tells people things like "I use the web to exploit extensible paradigms" and "I work on orchestrating next-generation markets". It's actually kind of funny partially because neither one of us cares for the Web 2.0 hype/buzzwords that some people love to throw around and partially because it works - people change subjects quickly.
"I sell advertising." That is both my day job and my hobby.
If it's someone with a clue I'll talk about the internet side, my "hobby". If it's someone of limited scope, I talk about the print yellow pages, my "job".
Freq---
I work for Google
Would the publisher of a newspaper tell, that he worl for his advertising sell department?
I sell advertising
No, I out sourced this job.
I am publisher, selling ad space is completely out sourced to AdSense
That may be true in your case if you have all your eggs in the "Google Basket". Personally, I try to diversify which means direct ad sales as well.
Freq---
Kind of funny how people seem to think they are Google emplyees.
Judging by the various kind of puzzles that you have to solve in order to get a job at Google, I don't think I am smart enough to claim that I am a Googler (i.e. someone working for Google).
When people ask....
I will tell them the truth nothing but the truth.
It depends on who is asking.
If my pastor, I will tell him that I am currently jobless which is true.
If it was someone whom I just met, I will tell them that I am a webmaster or a web developer. There was once I told someone whom I thought he knows about Adsense since he is in IT line that I am making money from Adsense. I was surprised that he knew nothing about Adsense. In order not to look ignorant he later told me that he heard about it. In fact, many of my friends in IT line do not know about this program.
Recently, I went out on a date with this very pretty girl that my friend recommended. She asked me this question and out of stupidity of trying to impress her I told her that I am earning money from the Internet and showed her from my notebook about Adsense.
I even told her that I can teach her how to make money online for free if she is interested (so that I could meet up with her again :)). It seems like she is not interested, because I been trying hard to call her but she didn't return my call nor SMS, and when I managed to get her she told me that she was busy. Probably, I failed her test when she asked me, "Do you drive?" I don't drive (FYI, car in my small country is a luxury). :(
So now I am working really hard day and night like a slave for Google, and hopefully I will be earning enough money from Adsense to buy a car. But I won't be dating this girl again.
Now, I have made a vow that I will never ever tell anyone that I am working for Adsense again.
First reason being that my earning is too low that others will consider me foolish to quit my stable job to earn a just few cents or dollars per day.
Second reason being that I don't want invalid clicks at my sites from my friends.
I own an advertising company.
Really?
Yes.
Are your the CEO?
Yes.
Do you have any job openings?
No.
It depends on who is asking.
If my pastor, I will tell him that I am currently jobless which is true.
Recently, I went out on a date with this very pretty girl that my friend recommended.I even told her that I can teach her how to make money online for free if she is interested (so that I could meet up with her again :)). It seems like she is not interested, because I been trying hard to call her but she didn't return my call nor SMS, and when I managed to get her she told me that she was busy.
LOL
Mistra, you won't tell your Pastor how you make money online, but you tell a pretty girl, that you just met, that you will teach her how to make money online and you wonder why she won't return your calls. :)
Can someone write an article for me about how to explain what i [try] to do to my 85 age granfa, 78 age granma, 62 age mom.You better start explaining how this real world started lol .When i say to mom i will have an internet business she asked me why i want a job about porn coz thats the only thing she read,heard about internet.
how to explain what i [try] to do to my 85 age granfa, 78 age granma, 62 age mom
my grandma (well, my wife's) at 90+ always asks for an update on the business when she sees me... she was something of an entrepreneur herself when she was younger. I told her I "sell websites", she understands that much better than lots of younger people do.
best, a.
I tell people exactly what I do. Work in my pajamas from the house all day long.
If it's good enough for Hugh Hefner, it's good enough for us. :-)
My shortest reply is to tell them I own a web business where I sell advertising space...like a newspaper!
It was hilarious when I went to my accountant for the first time and I told her that I had a website business(giving me a "poor diluted creature..you'll never make money at that" look) Then she saw my annual income and started asking all kinds of questions. The top answered worked for her too.
My challenge is signing emails with a title. WHAT AM I?
CEO is if you are part of a corp. President...sounds so, so, made up, webmaster doesn't describe the half of it. I finally decided I won't put my title of anything!
The latest story in my neighbourhood was that I was unemployed. This was assumed because "I walk my dog too much and never seem in a hurry". God only knows what theory they must have come up with to explain the 2 cars outside my house.
When the "what do you work as?" question comes along now my response is....I have x amount of websites.
Then wait for the follow up which can be pretty varied.
"you sell stuff on ebay" (never have)
"is it porn" (used to be, so some peeps Ive not seen in a while still assume this)
"you build websites for other people" (twice in 5 years)
"how much money do you make" (I do ok, my wife doesn't even know how much I make)
"how do you make money" (varied)
"could you show me how to do it" (like hell)
These are just a handful of popular responses and if that's the persons first response then i just tell them it's boring and complicated.
If they show a little knowledge then I simply say I get paid by advertisers to display ads much the same as a magazine or newspaper.
Both the above are swiftly followed by asking what line of business they are in.
When I was first starting out, I told people that "I get on the Internet and find ways to make money." For some reason, the subject of a web cam would come up after this.
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They all feel sorry for me as I'm just a clerk in an office.
I wonder what they'd think if you said you worked in a bedroom? :-)
