Comments on: What A Jerk!!!

By: cheap textbooks

cheap textbooks — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:22:51 +0000

Sometimes you have to be a "jerk". Its recognizing when that is hard.

By: How To Avoid An Affiliate Burn Out | ClickBooth's Affiliate Marketing Blog

How To Avoid An Affiliate Burn Out | ClickBooth's Affiliate Marketing Blog — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:02:39 +0000

[...] it’s best to say No. Jonathan Volk said it best in his post, “What a Jerk”. “Part of Business is learning what you need to turn down.” Taking on projects that you [...]

By: kelowna

kelowna — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:08:13 +0000

Indeed! Turn down friends and family. That doesn’t sound nice. Maybe you could help them in your free time.

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 06:02:15 +0000

Failures and mistakes make us stronger ….

By: Dustin

Dustin — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:52:36 +0000

I agree Jonathan. Don't get me wrong, I'm game to help friends and family out but I need some sort of funding for it.

Not sure if this is considered a poor business ethic, but you could always offer up your services in exchange for placing a few affiliate banners around the website that could conjure some extra money for you.

At the very least AdSense could be your friend. However, many expect you to "market" the website too. That's where they're pushing the boundaries a bit. Great post none the less.

By: used tires

used tires — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:23:14 +0000

Honestly Jonathan, you gotta do what is in your best interest. Just like those that ask you are looking for their best interests, its tough but it is what you have to do. In the end you will feel better for sure!

Till then,

Jean

By: Minimink

Minimink — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:45:06 +0000

While that may be true to some extent, as you said, those kinds of projects “are essentially leaching off time that could be used to make profitable ventures. ”e

By: Minimink (required)

Minimink (required) — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:43:54 +0000

At first, it can be helpful to work on friend’s projects because you can use them as a sort of portfolio of your work, but eventually you have to make the transition to actually making money instead of pulling favors.

By: Eric Clickbooth

Eric Clickbooth — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:00:40 +0000

I think a lot of people (especially ones that are new to the industry) don't realize how much time actually goes into creating even a basic site.

They think that just because you are an expert or that you've been doing it for a long time, that it should be easy for you and take no time at all.

While that may be true to some extent, as you said, those kinds of projects "are essentially leaching off time that could be used to make profitable ventures. "

Hopefully they will see where you were coming from later on in life when they have a bunch of projects going on and people are constantly hitting them up to do free work.

Until then, I leave you with the theme song for this post! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv9VKKXwVxU

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:47:04 +0000

This happens to me all the time! And I thought about it… it isn't worth the money or time, even though I'd really like to help people out.