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How Much Do STMers Make Per Year? Poll (26)

10-02-2013 10:22 AM #1 Mr Green (Administrator)
How Much Do STMers Make Per Year? Poll

This thread is as simple as it sounds. I've made a poll to get an idea on what the average STMer makes in a year (profit before tax). This is not a pissing contest, it's completely anonymous so honest answers are appreciated!

Are you surprised about where you stand amongst the poll?

10-02-2013 12:04 PM #2 andyvon (AMC Alumnus)

Revenue or profit?

10-02-2013 12:06 PM #3 Mr Green (Administrator)

Good question. Has to be profit before taxes.

10-03-2013 03:40 PM #4 stackman (Administrator)

AM fluctuates a lot. I had to avg out my last 4 years. Nice results so far

10-03-2013 03:41 PM #5 Mr Green (Administrator)

Would be interesting to work out the median after we get a few more votes in.

10-03-2013 10:10 PM #6 urbanleaf (Member)

Wow, just checked the results so far and wasn't what I expected at all...

(sounds like an MGID ad eh?!)

10-04-2013 06:27 AM #7 polarbacon (Moderator)

looking at the poll results looks like quite a few people are extrapolating current earnings....

as stackman said IM fluctuates alot....would be better to look at an avg over the last 12 months....or more...lotta one hit wonders in this game....

10-04-2013 06:54 AM #8 redhill (Member)

Poll should include an option for those that are losing money haha

10-04-2013 04:45 PM #9 stackman (Administrator)

haha
@redhill You'll only lose money for so long. This is a work hard business, losing $ = gaining knowledge.

10-04-2013 05:32 PM #10 twoj (Senior Member)

Not what I expected either

10-04-2013 06:08 PM #11 keepitsimple (Member)

ya, I thought I was making decent money, major reality check for me here

10-04-2013 07:35 PM #12 bbrock32 (Administrator)

Well , a lot of people make a lot of money in IM , but also they are the most prone to vote

10-04-2013 10:37 PM #13 stackman (Administrator)

What was everyone expecting to see?

10-04-2013 11:05 PM #14 twoj (Senior Member)

Quote Originally Posted by stackman View Post
What was everyone expecting to see?
Thought the majority would be over 6 figures for sure

10-05-2013 11:18 AM #15 Mr Green (Administrator)

The rough median is $90,000 year. Of 105 voters, 55.5 make $xxx,xxx+. It's interesting to see that nearly the same amount of people who hit $200,000 - $800,000 also hit $1,000,000+.

10-05-2013 02:57 PM #16 aeroian (Member)

Quote Originally Posted by Mr Green View Post
The rough median is $90,000 year. Of 105 voters, 55.5 make $xxx,xxx+. It's interesting to see that nearly the same amount of people who hit $200,000 - $800,000 also hit $1,000,000+.
It seems like once you've hit a certain revenue point, scaling to $1M+ is just repetition of those fundamentals that brought you up to $200k. Pretty inspiring if you ask me

10-05-2013 03:11 PM #17 Mr Green (Administrator)

You hit it on the head mate. Only thing there seems to be a ceiling at some point. To breakthrough that ceiling you need to have something really unique, traffic, offer, team, tool etc.

10-05-2013 04:29 PM #18 hugo (Member)

Interesting results indeed. I wonder how much more the 2 million+ big ballers are making

12-18-2013 11:42 PM #19 cmdeal (Veteran Member)

Quote Originally Posted by aeroian View Post
It seems like once you've hit a certain revenue point, scaling to $1M+ is just repetition of those fundamentals that brought you up to $200k.
No. Definitely not.

Internet marketing has virtually no barriers to entry. It has significant barriers to scale. Most sharp guys can get to 100K. Getting from 100K to 1mm is hard. Getting from 1mm to 10mm is very hard. Getting from 10mm to 100mm is ... well, let's just say there are very few folks that have managed this, and most of these guys have only managed to do so by, how should I say this ... not really giving a thought about the consumer or the FTC.

12-19-2013 12:12 AM #20 PhilipShapiro (Member)

Would be awesome to take the same poll of the same people in 6 months - 1 year to see how their STM memberships advance their companies .

12-19-2013 03:45 AM #21 maynzie (Moderator)

Would be awesome to take the same poll of the same people in 6 months - 1 year to see how their STM memberships advance their companies .
I agree that would be cool

04-24-2015 03:07 PM #22 iAmAttila (Veteran Member)

Just voted, since im an aff marketing newbie I had to pick less than 20k

04-24-2015 11:06 PM #23 givizator (AMC Alumnus)

Quote Originally Posted by PhilipShapiro View Post
Would be awesome to take the same poll of the same people in 6 months - 1 year to see how their STM memberships advance their companies .
Maybe that's a good time to do it again

Mr Green ?

04-25-2015 09:20 PM #24 hangman (Member)

Maybe do it as a yearly thing to see how well this forum has improved as a whole.

04-29-2015 06:21 AM #25 Mr Green (Administrator)

Quote Originally Posted by PhilipShapiro View Post
Would be awesome to take the same poll of the same people in 6 months - 1 year to see how their STM memberships advance their companies .
Yeah that would be awesome, but it would be super hard tracking down the exact 208 STMers who voted, and getting them to vote again!

04-29-2015 07:23 AM #26 kingkong1000 (AMC Alumnus)

Quote Originally Posted by Mr Green View Post
Yeah that would be awesome, but it would be super hard tracking down the exact 208 STMers who voted, and getting them to vote again!
Perhaps some wants to volunteer to do it.. would definately be an interesting case study - and motivational for those participating

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