How to Actually Become An *Internet Marketing Expert*
Many Internet marketers, myself included, advise new netrepreneurs not to go into the Internet marketing niche. It*s simply too competitive. However, if you still insist upon making this your niche, here*s how.
One of the easiest ways to become established in any industry is to associate with those already successful at what you*d like to do. For Internet marketing that means attending the gatherings top Internet marketers attend. To keep track of which top Internet marketer is speaking at which events, you should visit and bookmark: http://InternetMarketingSeminarSchedule.com
Also join the website*s mailing list while there.
Make a point of attending some of these seminars. There may be one near you. At the seminars, make a point of introducing yourself to the speakers. Also make a point of joining the speakers, or well-known personalities over dinner, after-hours, or while they*re sitting around in the hotel lobby. They*re generally very approachable.
The reason it*s so important that you actually hang out with top Internet marketers is because people like to help their friends. It*s your job to get to know them and BECOME one of their friends.
Attending Internet marketing events is also the only way that I know of to see how things are really done. Reading about them is not as insightful as actually witnessing how top Internet marketers operate. Many of the people you*ll meet at these events that aren*t speakers will also be very successful online marketers. The audience will be full of serious business people who are investing heavily in building relationships and their businesses.
Another way to become a top Internet marketer is to do something outrageous that propels you into the limelight. Create a killer product... promote your products in an innovative way, and then make sure that the market takes note of your outrageousness. Use press releases, articles, and blogging to tell the world about your accomplishments.
Everybody loves a winner! Become one and then let the world know.
Another way to get noticed, and established as a top Internet marketer, is to work on a project with someone from the *in crowd.* This both gets you noticed by those working on the project along with you, AND causes your prospective customers to view you as in the same *class* as the others involved on the project.
Two recent projects that I personally have been involved in that accomplish this very purpose can be seen at: http://www.listcrusade.com - a project designed to teach you to build a mailing list of over 1 million and http://www.reliefproject.com/ - a project designed to raise over $100 million in relief funds for both the Florida hurricane victims and the tsunami.
The above two projects allow me to help out good causes while also network with billionaire business people, Hollywood celebrities, top professional athletes, and even former U.S. presidents. I will be able to contact some of these people in the future, and use the fact that I worked on the projects with them as a way to get my foot in the door for other ventures.
Another way to become a top Internet marketer is to simply DECIDE that you*re going to be one of the *big dogs.* That*s what I did... to an extent. Once you decide that you ARE going to be one of the big successes, things fall into place to make it possible.
It*s a principle not really understood by the average person, but when you REALLY decide that you*re going to make something happen, forces/events naturally align to make this a reality. One of the best explanations I have seen of how this happens is provided in Dr. Robert Anthony*s course, *Know How To Be Rich.* It*s an audio course that I*ve gone through numerous times. You can get full details and download a copy at: http://www.profitautomation.com/app/adtrack.asp?AdID=125452
You can also read how I decided I was going to be a top Internet marketer, and then became one, in the autobiography that I wrote called *Git Off The Porch.* You can get a copy at: http://GitOffThePorch.com
You often need the help of someone who is already at the top of your industry in order to rise to the top yourself. To get that help, you need to gradually establish contact with those who can mentor and help you. Invoke the natural, inviolate Law Of Reciprocity by doing something for them first. Don*t ask them to do anything for you before you do something for them. Also don*t expect a one-for-one payback. The person you helped, may later repay you by introducing you to someone who is more aligned with your objectives.
Don*t expect top Internet marketers, receiving hundreds, even thousands, of emails daily to trip over themselves to help you. They get dozens of people asking them to mentor them every week, so it will generally take time to establish a relationship, and to also prove that you are serious. Persistence does pay off but it IS necessary for you to demonstrate that you are both serious and capable.
A nice way to break through the clutter and get the attention of a top Internet marketer that you want to work with is via plain old *snail mail.* Send them a card, letter, or courier package, to break through the email clutter. A nice way to do that, and build your network of contacts at the same time, is to use the system that I use at http://GreetingCardsInternational.com/2663
The greeting card system above allows you to add contacts to a database one at a time, or to upload entire databases. You can enter things like birthdays and anniversaries as well as all of their contact data. Then the system can remind you when it*s time to send them a nice card. To send a real, full-color, greeting card which is printed and mailed first class will only cost you 98 cents plus the cost of actual postage. You can send these cards anywhere in the world. The service is basically a print-on-demand service that allows you to browse a catalog of more than 2500 cards, and then send a physically mailed card, dirt cheap, right over the Internet. This is one of my secret weapons.
I already mentioned persistence. It is an essential when you want to be the very best, and when you want to work with the very best. Ken McArthur often shares that he had to pursue Jim Daniels for a while before Jim partnered with him to launch Affiliate Showcase. This site now makes both men, and thousands of affiliates, a FORTUNE.
I follow up with target JV partners over a period of months using the card system above. You can set up a campaign where you send a series of card automatically... it*s just like an autoresponder series in that respect. It*s very powerful! check it out now at: http://GreetingCardsInternational.com/2663 I do a lot with this company so drop me an email if you have any questions.
Do the things above... being persistent... and you can become a top Internet marketer. I do recommend choosing a niche where your competitors will be less savvy about marketing, but if you choose to ignore that advice, at least listen to my advice on how to MAKE yourself one of the success. It*s largely how I did it.
About the Author
Willie Crawford is a corporate president, published author, seminar speaker and host, tele-seminar speaker and host, retired military officer, karate black belt, Master Network Marketing Trainer, and lifetime student of marketing. He shows people how to actually generate substantial income on-line using very simple, easily modeled systems. An example of such a system that you can study and duplicate is at: http://ProfitMagician.com
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