Archive for June, 2009
From talking to and meeting with so many people over the last few months, I have learned that finding a good mentor is so important. I have finally taken the plunge and forked over some money to get some coaching. The money that I spent is quite a lot and it makes me extremely nervous to spend this kind of money. I just feel that I need to work one on one with someone who can really bring my internet marketing game to the next level. If my new mentor can really get me to where he claims he can get me, then the cost of the mentoring is worth so much more than what I spent on it.
My first chat with him is on July 6th and I can’t wait to hear what he has to offer. I still have a sick feeling in my stomach because spending money scares me but I have a good feeling about this guy. He really could be the thing that puts me over the edge and gets my business moving in the right direction.
I did do a lot of research on the guy before making my decision. All of his past students seem to have had great success with him. All of his past students seem like they don’t have a single bad thing to say about him. I’m just anxious to get started with him and take action on his recommendations.
I just read an e-book about 30 minutes ago that completely changed the way I look at making money online and marketing. The book is called Newbies Nightmare, by Alex Jeffreys. (Click that link to go to the author’s blog).
This book literally blew my mind. The thing that is so amazing is that he is giving the book away for free. In fact, that’s the whole point of the book. Give things away for free and people will trust you and want to buy from you. You’ve got to stop seeing yourself as trying to sell a product, but instead, offer information freely, build trust among your readers and they will beg to buy whatever it is you are promoting.
The whole concept is just amazing to me. Especially in the internet marketing world where everyone is so competitive with each other. No one wants to give up their hot tip or their secret to success. Heck, if they did, people would just steal it and they would lose their competitive edge. This book is all about changing that mindset. If you can offer up information freely, share your ideas and your secrets, people will trust you, they will understand what you are about, and they will want what you have to offer in the future. It makes so much sense.
I’m even guilty on this blog of not divulging all of the details of what I’m working on because I don’t want people to steal my ideas. This blog gets 15 viewers a day at the time of writing this! Why the hell should I be worried about people stealing my ideas? If I give the ideas freely, I’d probably have a hell of a lot more than 15 people a day reading this! And a few them would probably want what I have to sell in the future. Imagine that! If I am giving away so much stuff for free, the stuff you actually have to pay for must be REALLY good!
From this point on. I am vowing that I am going to share what I’m working on. If I come up with an idea and I start testing it out, I’m going to share the journey with everyone else. It’s up to you guys if you want to try to copy me. Hell, as I’m experimenting, I don’t know any better than you do what’s going to work or not.
That’s my rant for the night. I am just on a high right now from reading that. My mind is blown and I am just on a whole new level of how I see things in the internet marketing world.
Sidenote: My one exception to sharing everything I’m trying would be if I purchase a new e-book and test the method. It wouldn’t really be fair to the writer if I freely gave the info out. I will do my best to give honest reviews, as opposed to trying to sell you on the product, as well as give you as much insight as I feel is fair on what the strategy entails.
For so long now I have avoided Twitter like the plague. So many people were jumping on board and telling me how much they enjoyed Twitter. I always thought that they were weird. Why the heck would I want to get online and see what someone just ate for breakfast? It didn’t make sense to me.
For whatever reason, I randomly decided to jump on board. Don’t ask me why. I have no idea. I signed up for Twitter, went to the Twello sight (Twitter Yellow Pages) and started hunting down people that were in to internet marketing. I started following people that had the same interest that I had in marketing and discovering some really great contacts. Once you sort through all of the spam and the occasional self-promotion, there are some really good people on there with some really good information.
I started to develop sort of a filter for the spam bots and serial over promoters and figured out how to spot the real people with real things to say. I’ve discovered some really nice blogs with some great info and some really great free tools. It is amazing.
I also realized that twitter can be an amazingly powerful tool when used correctly. You see, I don’t mind the occasional self-promotion as long as it’s coming from real people who honestly want to share something really cool. I’ve been using Twitter for what it was meant for. I comment on my daily life, finishing my education, my excitement that Lakers won, etc. I also like to let people know when I have blog posts that might interest them or when I find a really cool internet marketing tool that others might find useful.
Twitter is a way to speak to the masses. I feel almost celebrity-like every time I tweet and I know that my comment just went out to over 2,000 people. That is amazing to me. If it’s not abused Twitter can get a message out to so many people so fast. People may actually listen to that message if you’re not trying to cram products down their throat every 30 seconds.
If your intentions are good and you are honestly out to help people and share your life with people, then people will respond. People will respect your voice and want to hear what you have to say. I no longer avoid Twitter like the plague. I embrace it and I share my messages. I no longer make fun of it; I recommend it.
