What’s Your “Cred” Rating? Part 1
How’s your online relationship building going?
NO, I don’t mean dating sites or things like that, I mean your Information Marketing relationship building.
Did you know that to make any real income with Information marketing you not only need to establish a relationship with your readers/subscribers/customers, but also with some of the big gurus? The guys who have already made a name for themselves and can generate a tidy sum in their bank account in a matter of hours or days.
Did you know that the big guns in the Information Marketing world are extremely busy people?
You know the guys and gals that you want to eventually joint venture with?
I don’t think they haven’t been sitting around waiting for the day that you and your info product land on their doorstep (or inbox). Do you?
They all work long hours and their quitting time is when they just can’t seem to keep the eyelids open anymore, or go one more step, or answer one more question until they grab a few hours of sleep.
Believe me, I chat with a couple of them on a daily basis and still have a hard time comprehending the hours they keep.
And you thought the Information marketing world was full of glamour? Work a couple of hours a day, make a couple hundred bucks? Do whatever you want the rest of the day.
Seriously, that really is the way that most of the top guns work. They have a phone stuck to one ear and another call on their speakerphone most of the time. Follow some of them on twitter and find out what they are doing daily
Their inboxes are flooded with joint venture offers as the song says… once a day… everyday… all day long.
Those who don’t work like that are not on the top of the hill.
In order for a newbie to get the attention of one of these top dogs, not only must they have a great product and a great package of commissions and incentives to offer, they must have developed some credibility themselves or their offer won’t make it past the first cut.
A newbie sometimes tends to think that because he or she has been blessed with a boat load of charm and the ability to be able to sell icemakers to Eskimos that they pretty much have it made in the world of Information marketing.
Boy are they in for a rude awakening!
Unless you are an expert copywriter, your charm, engaging smile, firm handshake, and honest face (remember, you’re online) mean less than nothing in the biz.
Those characteristics might make you your mama’s little darling and the apple of your daddy’s eye but they aren’t worth squat on the net.
Credibility is all that really matters when you get right down to the nitty-gritty of Information marketing.
Without credibility, the newbie marketer will quickly turn into another statistic. A skeptic that will be barking in the forums that Information marketing doesn’t work.
So many times newbies enter the world of Information Marketing with guns ablazin’, fully believing that the only thing that he/she has to do to make their first million dollars is to persuade one of the guru’s to promote a product (a joint venture) with them.
Well, newbie has one part of the equation right.
Getting a top Internet marketer to joint venture with him/her would surely help… I’m just not so sure about the ‘million’ part.
Say this 3 times fast: ‘get a top Internet marketer to do a joint venture with me’.
Sounds pretty easy, right?
Well, it ain’t.
First off, as I mentioned earlier, the top guns are extremely busy people, as well as, having their inboxes overflowing with joint venture proposals every day.
Second off….well, they’re very busy…nuff said for now.
Stay tuned for Part 2 of ‘What’s YOUR ‘Cred’ Rating’ tomorrow.
For now, go and pick up a copy of ‘Three Steps to Newbie Success’ as a ‘thank you’ for signing up for the ‘Knowledge-Application-Results’ newsletter. You’ll find the form in the upper right hand corner of this page. I share many more ‘insider’ tips on how to make this wacky world of Information Marketing work for you.
Til tomorrow….
Here’s to YOUR Successes!
Ron
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Good point and I may be jumping the gun to part 2 but the real key is always the relationships you build with others and the best way is through building a list.
Then you get the chance to prove yourself.
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Ron,
This is good. When a newbie wants to get the attention of a Big Dog marketer, they really need to follow what that Big Dog is doing. Comment on their blog, buy his products, submit support tickets for help with the products.
When I showed up at JV Alert in Philly earlier this year, when I introduced myself to Mike Paetzold, he said, “I know who you are.” All because I buy Mike’s products, I comment on his blogs, and I follow what he teaches, asking questions when needed.
That’s how a newbie can run with the Big Dogs.
Charles Burleigh
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Hi Ron,
Credibility is a step that the majority of marketers skip!
Unfortunately, there are a large number of so-called gurus out there that mislead newbies into thinking that they can just jump into the Internet Marketing niche head first.
The dreaded “All you have to do is” phrase is used much too often.
Until you’ve cleared the “Who are you and why should I give you my money” hurdle, you’re going to find yourself in a never ending uphill battle.
Great post!
Adios,
Jeffrey Levesque
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Ron, your suggestion to follow a few pro’s on twitter is a good one. Not only will you get a sense of the level of intensity required to make progress in this business, you will get a quick heads up on some of the cutting edge events and innovations. Far better and more worthwhile than the random deluge of emails in the inbox.
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Ron,
Credibility is very important. Looking forward to you next post to learn how to calculate my credit rating (sorry “cred”ibility rating, i know how bad my credit rating is….).
Fred
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Fred,
If your ‘credit’ rating is not real good, you should check out http://www.ProvenCreditStrategies.com
It’s my story of the strategies I used to bring my credit back from the dumps.
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Boy Ron,
You are right on with your musings. It does seem like a lifestyle filled with people who do nothing all day. At least that is how they make it seem. Hopefully there will be people like us around to keep them grounded in reality.
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Thanks for the info,
It really true about the JV with the top guru, I had experienced with them. Actually it good lesson for us a newbiez (it me..;-)) get some ideas and knowledge how the top guru work.
Thanks Ron.
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