My Online Business Adventure

This weekend I had a marvellous Skype call with an affiliate marketing expert in Central America (isn’t Skype wonderful?  Here I am, in a little village in Warwickshire, talking to someone in Chicago, just like he was sitting across the desk from me - all for free!)

Anyway - I digress.

Let me explain.  I am a member of the PIPS Power Group, which is a support service for anyone who is a member of the Plug-In-Profit Site (PIPS).  It’s run by six highly successful PIPS members, who generously give their time to help us mere mortals achieve financial freedom with our businesses and give us lots of affiliate marketing advice.

Because I am short of time lately (building my life coaching business and training to present coaching programs in schools), I was worried about how to market my home business effectively with only a couple of hours to spare.

So I decided to take advantage of the free half hour consultation that is given by some of the mentors, and I spent a very nice 45 minutes talking to Jeff Casmer, who gave me some very positive and focused advice:  to focus my time on article writing and blogging, as these are the most effective ways of increasing backlinks and building traffic.

Now, you might think I could have got this advice anywhere - but the point is that sometimes we need to have specific, one-to-one mentoring, otherwise we can get swamped by the opinions of different people and end up in square one.  Jeff also gave me some detailed instructions on the most effective use of keywords for my articles.

I now feel focused and re-enthused.  I know what I need to do each day and each week, and that I will be making the best use of my time.

The point I am trying to make, is that anyone who is working on an online home based business really should have a mentor and some kind of support.  Where are you going to find yours?

If you happen to have a sponsor who is very successful, you could use them if they are willing to help.  Otherwise, you can search the forums for experienced affiliate marketers and ask if they would be prepared to mentor you.

Of course, if you are a member of PIPS, then you can join the PIPSPowerGroup and get the best mentoring on the web (in my opinion!).

Finding affiliate marketing advice doesn’t have to be difficult.   There are plenty of people who are very happy to help you achieve what they have already achieved.  After all, that’s what this business is all about: helping others to achieve success.