The Negative Impacts of Internet Marketing

We all know how good it is to be an internet marketer. We gain so many benefits that other marketers & people with traditional businesses and jobs do not.

However, in spite of this, there are a lot of negative impacts that we tend to overlook as well.

This article covers the negative impacts of being an internet marketer, and what you can do to avoid them.

1. Weight gain and lack of exercise

When you just started being an internet marketer, you probably noticed yourself gaining some weight. This is due to constantly sitting in front of the computer, and not getting enough exercise done.

We were so engrossed in trying to earn money and build up our business that we forgot all else, including our health.

As a reminder to all internet marketers out there, make sure you eat right, exercise enough and take good care of your health. Never let yourself be fooled into thinking that work is more important than your health.

 

"So many people spend their health gaining wealth, and then have to spend their wealth to regain their health."

 

2. Lack of discipline and the problem of procrastination

It's great having your own online business because you don't waste your talents and efforts on silly bosses who think they know everything, but don't really know much.

You have the freedom to do your work the way you want it and when you want it to be done.

However, this freedom and lack of supervision does have its bad points. After a while, you start to lose your discipline, get lazy, and procrastinate on important things that need to get done.

Discipline has never been easy to achieve but you need to whip yourself into shape and get it at all costs because it is something very important.
 Find out the cause for your lack of discipline problems and hit it at the root.

If you have a problem with no one to give account for your actions, then maybe you need a team to work with. Or you can tell family and friends about deadlines you have set for yourself to get some motivation based on their expectations.

 

3. Lack of sleep

When you keep putting off your sleeping time to a later time than you normally sleep at just to get some work done, you can be said to be procrastinating.

After all, procrastinating is said to be putting off something that you need to get done. If you put off your sleeping time, you're procrastinating too.

Getting enough sleep is essential to getting the best performance from your mind and body. Using artificial stimulants to boost your body just doesn't cut it. Both your mind and your body need to got enough sleep.

If you procrastinate your sleep, chances are you procrastinate in a lot of other things too.

Make sure to go to bed when you feel tired, or if you're the type of person who just doesn't get tired, set an alarm clock to remind you to go to bed.

 

4. Too much money

As internet marketers, we earn tons of money. We earn so much money that we don't really need to work but we keep wanting to earn more just for the sake of it.

Somewhere along the way, we forget how to appreciate how fortunate we are.

It's probably a good idea to go and get a part time job once in a while and pose as a jobless, unemployed person just to remind yourself of what it's like to be in other peoples' shoes, if you're the type of IMer who thinks he has earned enough and wants to give back by teaching others.