I stumbled upon this article titled “Couples and Life-Long Learning” at Robert Kiyosaki’s web site. I believe this article makes a lot of sense. Let me quote 2 paragraphs from the article:

“The commitment to becoming financially free requires more than simply beginning the journey. A key component to success on your journey – and maximizing the exhilaration of the ride – revolves around your traveling companion.

A partner who is like-minded and with whom you share common goals and values can be one of your biggest assets. Likewise, a partner who is NOT committed to the same level of growth can hold you down, pull you back – ultimately keep you from reaching your goals.”

This article struck a cord with me because one of my close relatives told me recently that I should get a “proper job”. I told him to me a “proper job” is improper to me. I think he took offence even though I didn’t mean that his life was improper because he earns a living with his job.

My close relative then went on saying that I am 23 years old now and I should (I hate it when people “should” me) get a proper job to help my mum with her finances. I felt like he meant I was living an irresponsible life by making a living online. Maybe he meant that he thought that was the right thing to do according to his values, beliefs and attitudes.

So let’s get back to square one…. Who Are You Spending Time With?

Well let’s start off with me. I am spending most of my time with about 5 close friends and my family members. Most of my friends are either working in a job, serving the country in the army or studying. I do not really have friends that are into internet marketing like myself. Out of my 5 friends, I would say only 1 of them really believes in what I am doing and has something positive to say to me when I share with them all my online experiences. The other 4 just say it would be better if you get a job.

In the article above, there is a quote that says “Tell me who your friends are… and I’ll tell you where you’re going?”

Have you heard of this saying that your income is probably about the same amount as the 5 closest friends you hang around. Well for its absolutely true. Most of my friends make about $1000 + per month. That’s the level I am at right now. Its not rocket science that I need to spend more time with people who are making the kind of money ($10000 +) I want to make. I have some trouble searching for these people offline but on the internet I know where to find them….

Anik Singal’s Affiliate Classroom

Anik is 21 years old. I think he’s 1 year younger than me. I joined his membership site last month and I am working on 2 affiliate web sites at the moment with his guidance. Now I was very skeptical about his promise of helping affiliates get big checks but after reading his tutorials and affiliate upsell system and numerous email conversations, I believe this guy really knows what he is talking about. I even looked at one of his affiliate sites where he sells an add on to the popular “Traffic Equalizer” software for hundreds of dollars!

Anik recommends that you build an affiliate site around an product and then you upsell the customer on higher ticket items after you’ve sold him the 1st affiliate product. So you can sell a $20 ebook and then proceed to sell him a $67 software. That’s how all the big bucks are made. As a PPC affiliate marketer, I only get 1 sale and that’s the end of the relationship with the customer. With this affiliate upsell approach I get to make more money on the “backend” as the internet marketers say.

If you’re interested to know more about building affiliate web sites, Join the Affiliate Classroom to get a 30 day trial today.

Internet Marketing Forums

I just joined John Reese’s forum. Its got over 2000 members and I’ve been asking a couple of question about Internet Marketing over there. I am amazed at what I can learn from these people for free. At this moment, this is my favourite forum among all the other forums I’ve been to.

Some other forums I frequent are:

• Phil Wiley’s affiliate discussion forum
• Harvey Segal’s Clickbank Success forum
• Allan Gardyne’s forum
• Sitepoint’s affiliate forum

If you can’t find real people you can see “physically”, the next best thing is to hang around at places where real internet marketing people go to online. You can definitely learn a lot from these guys because forums are a great place for these experts to show off what they know to get more business so it helps you as much as it helps them!

Greg Heslin, author of Google AdWords 123

I believe in 2 years time I will look back and really see the impact Google AdWords 123 had on my life. I can’t thank Greg enough for sharing with me what he teaches in his ebook enough. If I didn’t read this ebook, I would probably be in a job right now! I was that close to quitting to get my money offline because I was losing money with Google before I read this ebook. Now I’ve got a regular income from my affiliate marketing business because I applied whatever the Greg’s ebook suggests.

I recommended 2 friends to purchase the ebook and 1 of them made a sale from the example in Greg’s book. That was how I started making money with Google AdWords. I can’t describe the confidence boost I got when I received my 1st sale, then the 2nd… 3rd… 4th after applying Greg’s techniques.

One of the reasons I believe I am making $1000 + per month in profit is because I keep asking Greg questions on how to improve my PPC and affiliate marketing skills and he is always happy to give me great advice. I can’t hang around physically with him but email is as good as it gets for now. Maybe if I keep on learning from him I will be able to make $1400 + sales in 1 day? Man I can’t wait for that day to come!

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