How to Become a Really Smart Marketer

This is so simple you're going to wonder why it's even worth mentioning.

It's not about mindset, formal education, taking massive action, or paying huge sums to be mentored by a guru.

Before I tell you in very simple terms how to become a really smart marketer, you need to know why you should consider becoming one. Really smart marketers earn more money than their counterparts and they do it working fewer hours, making fewer mistakes, with much less personal stress, and with a sense of accomplishing something worthwhile, valuable, and even fun. Sound like something you'd be interested in?

Here we go:

Chances are extremely high that you've come to this forum looking for a way to make money . . . but honestly, you don't know what you're doing just yet and you're hoping for some guidance, some instruction, some validation that you can do this. You want help and advice even though you may have a very rough idea of what you plan to do. Is that you?

New members here crave Internet marketing advice. They want it so badly, they beg for it, bare their souls for it, and sometimes even spend large sums of money for it. They want advice right now, today, and some don't even take the time to consider the source or veracity of that advice. They especially crave advice that they want to hear.

Then they fail to follow the advice they've been given. Sometimes they question the advice, argue about it, dismiss it abruptly, and even fail to return (to their thread) to read what they had asked for! At times, if the advice seems uncomfortable, or difficult, or if it hints at some actual work, the seeker will simply couch his request for advice in a different way and ask again in a new thread - probably hoping for answers that are more to his liking.

Here are three easy steps to becoming a really smart marketer:

1. Seek out the very best advice you can find by observing and evaluating the experience/performance of the giver of the advice.
2. Implement and follow the advice as closely as possible while taking full responsibility for all results and outcomes.
3. Learn from your mistakes or do more of what you're doing right (which is just another way of saying either "dump your failures then try again" or "build upon your successes").

I have learned:

• Warriors hire mentors to give them sound advice - to tell them what to do. The mentor does his job. Do people do what he tells them? No, not usually.
• Warriors purchase all kinds of courses, ebooks, guides, training, and make-money products. Do they follow what they are told in order to see the results promised? No, not usually.
• People ask advice from doctors to tell them how to become healthy and fit. Do people listen to and follow his advice? No, not usually.
• Members of this forum start threads and ask for advice. Many skilled marketers are willing to share with them what they have learned. Really smart marketers follow their advice.

What good is the advice of others if your own opinion is the only one that matters?

To your online business success!

Steve