A Good Internet Marketing Coach: Why Newbies Need One

One of the following two things usually happens to marketing newbies...

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 expensive and ultimately a confusing time-waster, while B) can be unproductive because a certain amount of money needs to be invested in domain names, good hosting, affiliate link cloaking software, autoresponders, and so on.

A middle ground is usually best.

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'll get useful feedback from the coach running the forum AND from other forum members.

Another positive thing is that people who join a paid marketing forum are usually more serious about marketing than average, so you can avoid the time-wasting 'troll' types that tend to frequent the free forums.

How do you find a good coach and/or coaching forum?

Ask around! Post on the free marketing forums like The Warrior Forum about what you are looking for, then read as much as you can about the coaches that are recommended to figure out which one might be a good match for your needs.

Before putting any money down, it's wise to test the prospective coach a little 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.