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Do You Need a Mentor to Succeed?

Author: Randy-TheHermit-Baustert | Total views: 44 | Word Count: 767 | Category: Marketing | Date: Mar 19th 2008

You must continue to learn or your business will become stagnate. This is for all businesses not just the Internet Marketing niche but do you have to join a coaching program or get a mentor to do this?

The answer is, it depends. (Don't you hate that answer?) I have had numerous coaches and mentors in the Internet Marketing field some have helped some haven't, but overall the programs have increased my income significantly.

I won't be telling you which ones worked the best for me out because the ones that didn't work for me worked for other people. Whether it will work for you depends on you.

* What you expect from the program and how far down the road you are.

* Your relationship with your coach.

* How much you work at it.

* How much believe you have in the program.

Your Expectations - Your expectations must match your level of knowledge. You can't go into an advanced coaching program, not knowing anything, and expect to be profiting next week. Your coaching program needs to reflect your level of experience and move you on to the next level.

If you are a true beginner you need to find coaching that will take you by the hand and get you going. It isn't going to do you any good to learn advance strategies until you know how to take the actions to implement them.

When you are starting out your best bet is to look for a program that will show you the basics on getting started. This should be a fairly low priced coaching program, possibly even a home study course. But you are better off with a coach that you can ask questions. Look for a 3 to 6 month program and take action on everything before the program is over so that you can get any questions you might have answered by the coach.

Relating to Your Coach - You need to do a little research on the person or people that are offering the coaching program you are looking at. Are they "Internet Marketing Gurus" or are they technicians? Which do you need? Get on their newsletter, read their blog, look at their sites and see what you can find out about them before you give them your money. If you can't find a coach that you respect, admire and/or has the same ethical standards as you, don't spend your money.

You don't necessarily need a "Guru" as a coach but you do need someone that is at least a little farther down the road then you are. Most of the time you can actually relate to a person that is closer to where you are then with a person all the way at the top of the marketing food chain.

How Much You Work At It - There is no free lunch, there is no magic button you can push that will make you an overnight success. You will have to actually take the actions recommended by your coach if you want your coaching to succeed.

In your coaching program you will be given assignments or at least you should be given assignments and if you don't do the assignments you will never learn. If you are given an assignment do just do it, over do it! If you are asked to create a squeeze page create 3 squeeze pages and decide which one fulfills the requirements of the assignment the best. Just like with most things in life the more you put into it the more you get back.

Believe - In anything you do your mindset will usually be the deciding factor that makes the difference between success and failure. The more you believe you can do something the better your chances of achieving it.

For example if your expectations are to make an extra $1,000 per month because of this coaching program you have to have a mindset where you BELIEVE you will be making that at the end of the program. If you don't believe you won't put as much effort into it and the more effort you put in the better your results will be.

Some of your expectations will be set by the copy for the coaching program. Whether you hear this verbally at a seminar of if you read the copy on the page you need to truly believe what it is telling you. If you read and have any doubts at all that program is probably not for you.

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You must continue to learn or your business will become stagnate. This is for all businesses not just the Internet Marketing niche but do you have to join a coaching program or get a mentor to do this? 
The answer is, it depends. (Don't you hate that answer?) I have had numerous coaches and mentors in the Internet Marketing field some have helped some haven't, but overall the programs have increased my income significantly. 
I won't be telling you which ones worked the best for me out because the ones that didn't work for me worked for other people. Whether it will work for you depends on you. 
* What you expect from the program and how far down the road you are. 
* Your relationship with your coach. 
* How much you work at it. 
* How much believe you have in the program. 
Your Expectations - Your expectations must match your level of knowledge. You can't go into an advanced coaching program, not knowing anything, and expect to be profiting next week. Your coaching program needs to reflect your level of experience and move you on to the next level. 
If you are a true beginner you need to find coaching that will take you by the hand and get you going. It isn't going to do you any good to learn advance strategies until you know how to take the actions to implement them. 
When you are starting out your best bet is to look for a program that will show you the basics on getting started. This should be a fairly low priced coaching program, possibly even a home study course. But you are better off with a coach that you can ask questions. Look for a 3 to 6 month program and take action on everything before the program is over so that you can get any questions you might have answered by the coach. 
Relating to Your Coach - You need to do a little research on the person or people that are offering the coaching program you are looking at. Are they "Internet Marketing Gurus" or are they technicians? Which do you need? Get on their newsletter, read their blog, look at their sites and see what you can find out about them before you give them your money. If you can't find a coach that you respect, admire and/or has the same ethical standards as you, don't spend your money. 
You don't necessarily need a "Guru" as a coach but you do need someone that is at least a little farther down the road then you are. Most of the time you can actually relate to a person that is closer to where you are then with a person all the way at the top of the marketing food chain. 
How Much You Work At It - There is no free lunch, there is no magic button you can push that will make you an overnight success. You will have to actually take the actions recommended by your coach if you want your coaching to succeed. 
In your coaching program you will be given assignments or at least you should be given assignments and if you don't do the assignments you will never learn. If you are given an assignment do just do it, over do it! If you are asked to create a squeeze page create 3 squeeze pages and decide which one fulfills the requirements of the assignment the best. Just like with most things in life the more you put into it the more you get back. 
Believe - In anything you do your mindset will usually be the deciding factor that makes the difference between success and failure. The more you believe you can do something the better your chances of achieving it. 
For example if your expectations are to make an extra $1,000 per month because of this coaching program you have to have a mindset where you BELIEVE you will be making that at the end of the program. If you don't believe you won't put as much effort into it and the more effort you put in the better your results will be. 
Some of your expectations will be set by the copy for the coaching program. Whether you hear this verbally at a seminar of if you read the copy on the page you need to truly believe what it is telling you. If you read and have any doubts at all that program is probably not for you. Article Source: <a href="http://www.organizingweb.net" target="_blank">OrganizingWeb.net</a> About the Author: Randy - The Hermit - Baustert has been helping businesses profit online since 1997. Be sure to check out his blog and get a free copy of his ebook, "Getting Started" at <a href="http://www.startingsteps.com">Marketing Starting Steps</a> You are welcome to reprint this article - but get your own <a href="http://www.uberarticles.com/?id=313815&p=1065">unique content</a> version here.