Follow That Guru!!

“I’m new to Internet Marketing, and I want to learn how I can make money by working from my home. Can you tell me how”?

This is the question I hear everyday. It’s even all over the forums. People wanting to start a home business, but don’t know how. I know how they feel because I was there, just a few short months ago.

I even posted on forums asking the same question. I got tips from many different people on ways to start my business, but everyone was different. I had never been so confused.

There are hundreds of e-books you can get that will teach you all the “so called secrets, techniques and tactics” that you need to learn, but you will more than likely go broke, before you even get your first website launched. And talk about “brain overload”, well you will be so confused after reading all that stuff, that you’ll be in worse shape than before you started.

That’s how all the “experts” become rich. They focus on all the new people “newbie’s, as everyone call us” that are where you are now, not knowing where to start, what to do, and especially how to do it.

They feed you sales letters that say things like “Make $50 Thousand your first week”, or “Turn $14 into $500 over and over as many times as you like”. They make it sound so easy, but let me tell you, as I found out for myself, it’s not as easy as it seems”.

The best way to learn is to find a person that has actually made it in the Marketing field, and “Follow that Guru”.

In my case, before I finally decided on a “Guru” to follow, I went to some of the best forums on Internet Marketing and just started reading the post. I was looking for 1 thing in those posts....A name!!

A name that everyone was familiar with, that everyone talked about, and who had the respect of all the people in that forum. For me, that name was Corey Rudl. For several weeks, each and everyday, I would go to the forums and ask questions about this man. I had no idea who he was, if he was for real or just wanted my money, or if he was truly interested in helping me succeed in my new online business.

The whole time I was researching him, I never found anyone that had anything bad to say about him. As a matter of fact, he is known as “one of the best Internet Marketing experts in the world”. At his website Internet Marketing Center, he specializes in showing anyone how to use the Internet to immediately increase their income using simple, yet highly effective tips, tricks, and techniques. His course, “Insider Secrets to Marketing your Business on the Internet”, is considered to be the best Internet Training Course available anywhere.

You can read a one on one interview with Corey by going Here and discovering how he created his Million Dollar business without knowing anything about the internet.

Note: Corey Rudl passed away in a race car accident on June 2, 2005 in California. You can read his story at Tribute To Corey Rudl and learn how he became an Internet Marketing legend as he touched so many of our lives with his Marketing knowledge and discoveries.

There are many Gurus’ out there, and what’s right for one person, may not be right for the other.

What you need to do first is to figure out exactly what you want to do to make money. Then research it. Go to your local library and read up on that Niche (a topic that you are passionate about, know a lot about, and that other people want to learn about). After all, that’s what the Internet is all about. INFORMATION!


Once you’ve done that, find someone whom you respect and trust, and listen to and follow their advice. Don’t be afraid to ask questions either. Most of the Gurus will help you anyway they can. However, don’t ask them to tell you all of their “little secrets”, cause that’ll be like “getting blood from a turnip”; it ain’t gonna happen!!

Questions like, “How did you get started”, or “How can I get more traffic”, will have no problem getting an answer. Ask about some of their strategies and tactics. Buy their courses, if they have one to offer, and study it over and over. They will put “little hints” in there, and the more you read the easier it will be to spot them.

OK now, don’t go out and hunt down every Guru you can find and ask them to be your mentor. Just find 1 or 2 and learn all you can about them. Read whatever you can and then put a little of his and a little of hers together to make your own. If you choose more than 2, you’ll be right back where you were to start with. With a “duh” look on your face.

This can save lots of time on your part, avoids confusion, and gives you a good place to start.

Once your “creative juices” start flowing, there’s no idea what you might come up with. Be creative; don’t just follow them step by step. Add some of “YOU” in there with it. You might be surprised as to what turns up.

I ended up starting my own website, EZ2 Work At Home geared toward people who want to own their own Home Based Business.

©2005 Lavonda Thigpen, All Rights Reserved

A Home Based Business - Where To Start?

Everyone loves a Home Based Business Opportunity. I love mine and you cannot be an exception I guess! So let us start from the beginning and explore as to Who ,Why, When and Where you could start this Business Opportunity using the Internet.

Who?
Anyone with a desire or urge to start a Home Based Business can venture into this field. All you need is a computer and who has not got one or access to one these days? An elementary knowledge of the working of a computer and the Internet is sufficient to get started. Many things can be picked up as you progress. This is what most of the people do.

The beauty of this Internet Home Business is that Age and Sex, Race and Religion are no barriers. It is sans borders. Entrepreneurs living in any part of the world can participate in thousands of Affiliate programs that are either Regional or Global in nature.

There are many programs that are Free to join! In fact there are several Affiliate programs that provide Entrepreneurs with Free Websites and Tools too. You could have your own personal website if you are prepared to spend a few dollars.

Why?
This is a pertinent question indeed! Some of the reasons for starting a Home Based Business are:
1. A desire to earn an Additional income to supplement the monthly income.
2. A desire to run your own home business and not depend on your Boss's pay packet
3. Dissatisfaction with your present Boss or your employment.
4. Being out of work or laid off.
5. Circumstances forcing you to be with the family or ageing parents.
6. A Childhood ambition to have your own business.

When?
You can start a Home Based Business at any age, It can be at twenty, fifty or even at seventy. What matters most is that you have to be sufficiently motivated and have the urge and desire to do it.

Allocating two hours a day for your cherished dream should not be difficult to start with. In fact about twenty hours a week would be useful and advantageous. I am aware of people who have retired from active work but are keeping themselves gainfully occupied by doing an Internet Home Based Business.

To be successful in life you should have a Plan, more so for your Internet Business Opportunity. Draw up a short term and a long term plan for what you intend to achieve. Initially draw up a Plan for the first three months to start with and try to stick with it, come what may.
While you are at the computer, Pop ups and other advertisements can and will divert your attention from your objective. Do not run after the goose that is going to lay the golden egg for you and waste your valuable time.

Top Marketers are brilliant people who spend much time and money in researching how to divert your attention and I can tell you, they are not going to fail! I should know! I have been in the marketing business for several years though not in the internet field . Hence you should remain completely focused on your work.

Where?
Unlike in a brick and mortar business, to operate a Business from home, the Home Based Business Entrepreneur needs no separate building. Your physical place of business will be your very home and no high start up fees is necessary. The computer can be set up wherever you like so that it is convenient to work with and free from noises and distraction. Your success will to some extent depend on the support you receive from the members of your family. The spouse can be of great assistance by reading and researching resources and articles and doing a lot of other preliminary work, which can substantially reduce the number of hours you have to spend on the computer. In other words your spouse can be your partner in your Home Based Business.

The greatest benefit of this Internet Business Opportunity is that it works twenty-four hours(24/7) a day and is Portable. Wherever you travel, within the country or to any part of the world your Business travels with you. You have to carry your lap top along, that's it. Otherwise find access to a computer. It is as simple as that.

Why wait? Start working on your Home Based Business seriously. Work at Home, Work from Home or Work away from Home and reap the benefits the Internet Revolution has showered on you, the Internet Entrepreneur.