The FTC has published guidelines about testimonials that will effect bloggers and internet marketers. Although legal jargon can be boring (really borning in fact), you should still take a look at it, better to just spend 10 minutes trying to read it and understand it than regreting it later! Here’s the link:

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/10/endortest.shtm

One of the most common questions ever asked.
“How Long Does It Take To Make Money Online?”

This question is usually asked with high hopes of getting a definate precise answer, but there actually is no real answer. The great thing about a 9-5 job is that someone will tell you that you will make “X” amount of dollars an hour and you know exactly what to expect. The worst thing about a 9-5 job is that someone will tell you that you will make “X” amount of dollars an hour, and you know that you will never make anything more then that exact amount, in that 1 hour time frame…no matter how hard you work! When creating a business for yourself online, you have complete creative control over how much you make and how fast you can make it.

This is such a common misconception with making money online. There are so many people that make the assumption that it’s incredibly easy to make money online. Which it can be, but they assume that it is not a “real job” and it will come almost effortlessly.

Of course we have all heard the old saying ” There’s no such thing as a free lunch” so what makes it any different with an internet business? You have to go to work for 8-12 hours a day in order to get your paycheck, so what makes people think that they can only work an hour or so a week but make a ton of money? Work is work no matter how you look at it, and in the end you get exactly what you put into it. The internet is not magic! It takes work. Although there are several great perks to operating an online business and if you do it correctly then the amount of money you can make will be endless.

It is so easy to make money online! In fact that’s why no one works at the traditional 9-5 jobs anymore. Everyone has started their own online business because it’s completely insane to deny the simplisity of internet marketing. Even a sea monkey could do this!

Ok, part of this is actually true but probably not to the extent that you’re thinking. The internet is an amazing tool for business now-a-days and if you’re not taking advantage of it then you are missing out on a huge opportunity. Now, with everything out there there’s always a chance of running into scams and such, but you will always find that everywhere. If you’re careful about how you set up your business and what you involve yourself in, then you can easyly set up your business to run about 98% of itself…which means more time for you to live your life.

So how easy is it to make money online? …That’s really up to you.