Your Internet Marketing Adventure 2 - How do you get involved?
February 9, 2010 by man
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Getting started on the internet is in reality a daunting prospect. As I mentioned in my 1st article: The First step in your Internet Marketing Adventure, I am undertaking this adventure and getting involved. The plethora of options on line means that focus is a key component to moving forwards. After deciding on which way to go. The next step is to get involved. What do I mean by this? Well, the first step is getting yourself into the right frame of mind. If you decide to go into business online, you have to shift your mindset and believe without doubt that you can make it work. This can be said of anything you decide to do. Once you have made this conscious mind shift, you need to find someone to guide you. It is hard to come up with new ideas at this point in time. It has been said that in fact we are just putting out new takes on old ideas, that there is no such thing as a brand new idea anymore. Within the internet marketing arena a common phrase for success, is Wash, rinse and repeat. In other words, when you find something that works, do it over and over again. But how do you know what works? How do you know what should be rinsed and repeated? What you need to do is find someone that is already successful in your chosen area, whatever it might be. You need a mentor.
Mentor is a word loosely associated to many people that do not really fit the mould of a true mentor. What you are looking for, is someone that is already doing what you are thinking of getting into, is successful within that market and perhaps most importantly can teach it to you. The difficulty is finding that right person for you, you will be exposed to many 'mentors' claiming to be the one for you when in reality they don't know what they are talking about. It's a natural human reaction. We take advice (mentorship) from those least qualified to mentor us. Take your next door neighbour or your friends – most of whom at this stage are probably struggling to make ends meet, pay all the bills and keep a roof over their heads. These guys are the first to give you pinpoint accurate opinions on when the stock market will recover, when the economy will recover and what to invest your money in, should you ask them. We all do it, its human nature. The problem with that is your choice of mentor has got you to where you are today. Why listen to the advice of those people that have not actually succeeded in the field you are looking to succeed in? You need someone that has done it before, can prove they have done it before and can then teach you exactly how to do it.
If what you have read above resonates with you, then you have no choice but to take action.
