So I realize that the name of this blog is not exactly intuitive.  What does it mean?  I will here reprint, in very small part, a comment that was posted by Griz at his How To Make Money Online for Beginners blog.

Speaking about a new scheme that Darren over at Problogger.com was working on, Griz said,

Mike – I can’t wait to see what the price jumps up too – just how much can a noob be milked for anyway. Of course the forum might end up being free…

And that is what gave me the idea for the name.

Noobs, like so many moths to a light, are attracted to the idea of easy money. No matter how badly they get burned, they keep coming back for more and there is always someone out there ready to baffle them with B.S. while relieving them of their wallets.  Noobs are easy prey for bloggers and marketers offering them the promise of riches in exchange for a few dollars (but the price is going up soon, so you better buy today!)  Noobs, because they are beginners, and because they are blinded by carrot of easy money, will give up almost anything to get what they think will be the answer to all their problems.  They jump from blogger to blogger, from scheme to scheme, each time shelling out their hard earned money 0r worse yet, loading up their credit cards.  I’ve purchased a few of those ebooks in my time … I still have most of them in a file on my hard drive.  They were read once, and then, like the socks given by great aunt so-and-so to a 4 year old for Christmas, were discarded for the next bright bauble.  I still can’t believe I bought some of that crap!  Bugs me actually.

I’m hoping here to comment on some of the stuff I see people doing that is crazy – as well, point out the IM stuff that works … or, at least, is working for me.

My very 1st piece of advice is to not buy another thing until you’ve read Griz’s blog from start to finish.  I guarantee that if you put in the time to read it, what you will learn will serve you better than any crummy ebook being touted by some A-list blogger.  Read it with a notebook beside you, marking down what you find interesting AND where to find it again.  I still refer back to the notes I took during my 1st reading.

That should keep you busy for a while!

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