Become your own Guru

By Linda Landry (c)

I have been an Internet 'marketeer' now for nearly a year. One of

the first things I learned was there were a lot of people willing to

tell you how to make money on the net. I would get lost in cyber

space because I was redirected to sites offering to tell me how

to become rich with little or no money to invest. It was usually an

E-book they were selling.

I purchased a few and I learned some

things but mostly that the way to become rich was to sell their

information. I did a lot of exploring and tried a lot of things to

promote my site. I did the FAA, the safe lists, I paid for opt in

mailings, I did banners, link exchanges and passed out flyers and

business cards. With all of this I learned that everyone on the net

has a way to promote that will seemingly make you rich.

I became familiar with the names of the

Guru's. I learned from them but what I learned that seems to be

the most important, is that making money on the net is not an

overnight success. It is a learning process or a try and then try

again. I learned that I cannot stop exploring and I cannot expect

that I will know everything there is to know by listening to Guru's.

In that sense, I have begun to become

my own Guru. I know things now I did not know one year ago. I

have learned what works a little, what works a lot and what works

NOT! First and foremost, I have learned what works for me and

what I feel comfortable doing. I enjoy trading links, I like making

banners and post them when it is economical and I like publishing

my ezine. I have let go by the wayside things that did not work for

me such as the FAA pages and the safelists. I am not a Guru by

any means but I am not certain I wish to be. Whoever heard of a

RICH GURU anyway? I always pictured a Guru as a wise old man

sitting and living atop a mountain waiting for seekers of wisdom to

find him. Perhaps he lived in a mansion but I only saw pictures of

Guru's wrapped in white sheets with rope belts. I am certain that

is not for me. I will settle for continuing to explore the vastness of

this Information Highway we call the Internet until I am making the

amount of money I feel my efforts deserve.

Lately, I skip the tips of the Guru's.

I subscribe to a lot of ezines and when I have hundreds of emails

I open the ones from publishers I trust. They are making a sincere

effort to assist other publishers and 'marketeers'. I skip the subject

lines telling me I will make a lot of money or asking me if I 'missed

the call' or touting the name of a well known Guru. I read and listen

to the publishers who started out just like I am and have built their

list and there web biz. That is what I plan to do. I will become my own Guru.

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Linda Landry is the Publisher of CYBERSHOPNEWS

The latest edition can be viewed at http://www.galleryogifts.com

Also visit her brother site:

http://www.galleryodefense.com

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Linda Landry is an internet newbie with two retail websites and an new ezine,

Cybershopnews. She is a publisher dedicated to providing informational,

inspirational articles and an affordable media for you to promote your online biz opps.