I have a friend who hates the Internet, complains every time her computer at school hiccups and has to be rebooted (it’s a Mac, so it’s not a Windows issue), and except for finding information online — and even that’s an issue with her — and email, takes every opportunity to put down the very medium I’ve chosen as my business platform. Makes for some interesting conversations.

I’m not seeking MLM success and I’m not using the Internet for MLM lead generation. I’m also not exactly blogging for profit, so it’s difficult to explain to her (or anyone else) exactly what it is I do and why I’m not yet making money at it when I’ve been working on a web business for three years.

I’ve tried to explain how many facets there are to setting up an online business. A well-respected online marketer — one to whom the top marketers go to for advice — created a graphical representation of all the tasks necessary for starting and then growing and maintaining an online business. I’m so glad that I didn’t see that when I first started out, or we wouldn’t be having this conversation right now, because I probably wouldn’t be online.