Internet Marketing Coach: Valuable Asset for Newbie Marketers

Article by Lillea Woodlyns









When starting an online business, one of two things usually happens…

The budding marketer either:

A) finds themselves caught up in a marketing product buying spree, purchasing e-books, software and ‘systems’ from several different gurus

OR

B) stubbornly tries to do everything for free, or close to it.

A) can be costly and a huge time-waster, while B) can be highly unproductive because in order to be successful in a sustained way a marketer must invest in quality tools and services like good hosting, autoresponders, cloaking software, etc.

Taking the middle ground is wise.

However, to save time and money in the long run, people who want to make a decent living online must seriously consider working with a good internet marketing coach.

A Good Internet Marketing Coach Will:

- give you feedback about what you are doing – not simply generic advice about how to be a marketer

- offer suggestions for how you can improve your sites, strategies, etc

- give you a push if they feel you’re underestimating your abilities

- help you build skills that will allow you to make it on your own, without their feedback and help

A good coach can be costly, which is why the average new marketer will shy away from hiring one. The dilemna is that most successful online marketers say that until they had a good coach or mentor, they struggled online, trying to guess why they weren’t succeeding!

The good news is that coaching can be very affordable if you know where to look.

One-on-one coaching can be very pricey, it’s true, but now there are coaching forums that you can join for a reasonable monthly fee. Although you don’t get the concentrated attention you might get with one-to-one coaching, a good online markeitng coaching forum can be a truly fantastic source of helpful advice and inspiration. You will get valuable feedback from the marketing coach running the forum AND from other forum members.

Another good thing is that members of paid marketing forums are more serious about marketing than average and are very keen to contribute to the ‘community’.

How can you find a coach and/or coaching forum that meets your needs?

Ask around! Post on the free marketing forums to find out what people think and then read as much as you can about the coaches they recommend to see if you like the personalities and overall approach to marketing.

Before investing any money, it’s smart to test the coach by asking them a few questions about their services. See how long it takes for them to get back to you and how they handle you overall. The ideal is to have a coach who cares about helping people and is therefore prompt and clear in how they respond.

No matter which option you choose, one-on-one coaching or a paid internet marketing coaching forum, it’s a wise thing to start as early as you can to avoid the usual pitfalls of either spending too much or too little for your online business endeavors.



About the Author

Lillea Woodlyns is grateful for the awesome affordable help she gets from the internet marketing coach and other members at http://www.superfastresultsnow.com










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