So am I a professional now? Have I became a 'Guru'?
I have now been marketing online for around 7 years, I have attempted every money making scheme going ... gifting https://www.bs2t.net and pyramid plans in my youth before I learned they were illegal, investment programs (lost a lot of cash), make money to read programs (a lot of work for a couple of lousy dollars), multi-level marketing programs, affiliate programs, you call it, I have actually attempted it!
And along the method I've discovered a thing or more about marketing, recruiting, constructing downlines, earning money online and most definitely losing cash online ... however does that make me an Expert? Am I now a professional in online marketing and homebased organization? Well I certainly don't consider myself a professional or any such Guru-- whatever that suggests.
However I have my own sites, I become part of an effective team in a fantastic MLM business, I work a couple of affiliate programs, I run a couple of blogs, I understand a thing or more about marketing both on and offline, I write articles on the topic of online marketing and homebased company and so on ...
I check out lots of so called specialists with 4, 5 or 6 years experience of internet marketing ... they have composed ebooks and courses about the topic, some even hold conferences and training calls about it however are they truly professionals? I have actually read many ebooks written by these specialists and regularly or not they teach me nothing knew.
I do rule out myself a specialist or an internet marketing Guru. I do have plenty of experience and am more than ready to pass on what I have actually discovered throughout the years. But I am still learning ... I still seek great ebooks to check out, seek brand-new marketing strategies to master and so on ... we must all be learning all the time. We must never sit back and believe we are now an expert on something. Hand down your knowledge to others however keep learning ... Only the other day I talked to someone I have actually known online on and off for several years. I was suprised to hear he thought I was some 'heavy hitter', some internet marketing expert. When I described I was just someone working hard to earn money online like he was and certainly was no expert, he was impressed and it instantly provided him an increase to build his own company. He had actually believed he might not actually succeed, that he did not have the abilities require and so on. Then he finds out I am simply plugging away as he is and all of a sudden he believes he can accomplish success also ... and he will.
Tread thoroughly when you are next offered a report by a 'master'. Do they really understand more than you do?