The four most dangerous words are, “I already know that!”

My step-father used to call me Mr. Know-it-all as a kid growing up.  I hated it, however it was well deserved.  I thought I knew everything.  Can you imagine? 11 years old and I thought I had everything figured out.  Boy was I wrong.  The best part about it, was that my step-dad was a doctor.  Yep, he practiced psychology.

Fast forward a bunch of years, now I am 37 and I know a little more than I did at age 11, however I realized that life is a constant education.  In relation to the amount of knowledge one can aquire throughout a lifetime, I know absolutely nothing in comparison.

I have learned that I never tell anyone, “I already know that”, or anything like that phrase.  Why? It only shows ignorance.  If you already knew everything, there would be nothing left to learn.

I am constantly reading books, buying courses, attending conferences, webinars, conference calls and associating with as many brilliant people as possible. Why do I do this?  Because I always want to be expanding my knowledge.  What do you have to offer other people?  Are you a giver or a taker or both?  These are questions only you can answer.

One of the lessons I have learned over the course of time is that in order to receive, you must first freely give.  It is a universal law.  Call is sowing and reaping, call it Yin and Yang, eb and tide, etc.  For every reaction there is an equal and opposite reaction.  I have always been a giver, therefor I have always had. I did not realize this working in my life until later on in life when I looked back at all of the circumstances to turned out very positive in my life.  It was due to the giving.

OK. enough of that, let’s get back to business.

When I started marketing online a little over a year ago, I knew nothing.  I knew how to google something, send an email, log onto Myspace, Facebook, etc.  I had no clue what AWeber, Squeeze Pages, SEO, Monetization or anything else to do with Internet Marketing.

I had, however studied attraction marketing years prior.  The first online course I ever bought was Mike Dillards Magnetic Sponsoring. This course was the launching point to everything I have done online and was the incubator for me learning how to attract rather than repel people to and from me.  That course changed my life.

The fact is, I realized that if I was going to go where I had never been, I knew that I was going to have to do things I have never done.  That meant, if I wanted to make millions online, be free from my job and out of financial bondage, I was going to have to study the people that had went before me.  I invested thousand of dollars in my education.  Books, e-courses, videos, software, etc.  You name it, I aquired it.  Some of the stuff I could have done without, but I realized that it was all a part of the process.

Most people getting started with an online business or any business for that matter needs to totally humble themself.  They need to realize that they don’t know anything.  The good news is, information is accessible these days to learn just about anything.  Everyone wants the quickest way to rich’s and freedom. The truth is, there is no quick way, however there are shortcuts.

It takes hard work to become a success at anything and don’t let all of the Internet Hype fool ya. “I made $386,000 in 3 days and you can do it too!”  I bet you see that everywhere you look don’t you?  Is it possible? Yep.. Will it happen for you? Maybe.  See, that is just marketing and who ever wrote that ad is feeding on your brain and appealing to what may want.  What you dont hear about is the ten years that person spent online, struggling, spending money they didnt have, foreclosing on their home because they just sunk their last $10K into a botched Google Adwords campaign.  You dont hear about the struggle, but it’s there.

“I already know that” ~ has now disappeared from your vocabulary.  You are now a new person, learning new skills that are going to take you to new places. Don’t be a Mr. Know-it-all like I once was.  You can learn something about anything from anyone with a real dream.

Growing up on the Island of Maui right on the ocean, I surfed just about every day.  Sometimes I would paddle out before school and catch a few early morning waves and as soon as I got off the bus I raced to grab my board to hit the water.

During my early teen years, it was very competative paddling out with surfers that had more experience.  There were rules to be followed in the Hawaiian waters if you didn’t want to get your lights punched out by a big hawaiian surfer.  It was all about positioning and timing.

If you dropped in on a wave, you had the right of way, so if someone dropped in behind you, they couldnt pass you on the wave until you pulled out.  I learned this the hard way an an early age and paid dearly for it. Yep, a board in my face unexpectadly.  I wiped out after dropping in on a “Moke” which is a big hawaiian, he wiped out and upon coming up, gasping for air, there was his board coming right down on my head.  Then came the “Moke”, pissed off and ready to kill me.  As I got older, I learned the way of the waters. Fast forward

Anyways, the web is not much different in a lot of aspects.  There is always going to be competition on the Internet as well as new people coming and going.  All of them trying to get the attention of all of the folks surfing the web.

When I first got started marketing online, I was so clueless.  Organic Search, PPC, SEO?  What the hell? There was a huge learning curve for me.  I knew how to type a word document, create an excel spread sheet, send an email and fill out a webform and that was the extent of it.  Pretty sad huh? Almost as sad as dropping into a 20 foot wave in 2 feet of water and losing your footing.

While some folks are playing with Paid search (PPC), others are crafting their art in the organic search arena.  That is where I play.  The competition is fierce and it is a battle to stay ahead of your most fierce competitors.

The ultimate goal is the get the attention of the end users on the search engines.  When someone does a search query for something on Google, I want to own the #1 spot on the page with my content.  I also want to have four or five other spots on that page.  It becomes quite complex fighting for these positions and you know what? I love it.

I do this using a few strategies and that is a whole different blog post.  I use Videos, Articles, Squidoo Lenses, Press Releases and a few other ninja tactics to get first page ranking.

Once you learn how to get first page rank, you can then build back links to that media to ensure that it remains highly ranked on the page.  There are other strategy’s to do this but once again, that’s like an e-book worth of information.

Until Next Time,

Internet Marketing Training – Where are you getting yours?

Where are you getting your Internet Marketing Training?  Are you just winging it and hoping that you are going to make it?  There are tons of companies out there that provide training and here are a few:

MLM Lead System Pro

(A system Put together by Internet Marketers for internet marketers)

The Renegade Network Marketer

(Ann Siegs System)

Carbon Copy Pro

(My Recommendation – Put together by two millionaires – Jay Kubasseck and Aaron Parkinson)

And there are many more.  It’s a very competitive world out there and if you want to beat your competition, you had better have all of the cutting edge education possible.  Some people make a hobby out of it, but no thanks.  I realized that it costs a ton of money to get up and running and get properly branded online and that if I was going to play with the big boys, I was going to have to pay like the big boys.

Training comes in all sorts of packages.  Webinars, websites, software, books, seminars, etc…  I get my hands on as much info as possible, attend live events and most of all implement what I learn.  Internet Marketing is a full time gig.  Anyone who tells you it’s not is lying.  The cool thing is, you don’t have to work it full steam forever, but you do need to treat it like a business if its to pay you like one.  Treat it like a hobby and it will pay you like one of those too.

To become a top producer, your Internet Marketing Training needs to take place daily.  The great thing about it is you can do it at your own pace.

I will see you at the top…

An Internet Marketing Coach is essential to your success online

Having an Internet marketing coach is like having a paddle on a canoe, you need it.  It will help to shorten the learning curve big time.  When I first got started marketing online, it was like learning another language.  I was lost and overwhelmed.  Coming from the mlm world, I was used to having a coach/up-line who mentored me in every part of my life.

When I dove into the Internet marketing world, it was like I was a little tadpole in a pool of sharks.  I think the biggest lesson I learned is that I was not alone and it was OK to reach out for some help.  Aaron Rashkin is my coach and although I don’t speak to him very often, I have access to him through his websites and blogs which are loaded with all the information or resources I have needed to succeed.

What most people do is become dependent business owners.  They will call their sponsors constantly asking questions that they could simply find answers to.  By studying the top producers in the business and accessing the tools, tips and tricks of the trade, I now have the tools and knowledge to coach others, hence, now I am the Internet marketing coach.

You see, in order to become a leader or coach, you first have to be led and be coach-able.  I have learned to be a great student and ask lots of questions when I have the opportunity.  Someone can learn something from anyone.

Training is Key

Who is your mentor?  Are you getting the best network marketing training available?  Here is the fact–>Your Not!!

Here is why I say this.  Because when I first got started in this industry, I thought I had been taught by the best of the best.  I thought because my upline made close to a million dollars a year that I was receiving the best education of my life.

What I didnt know is that my upline didnt know anything about the internet and how people were exploding their network marketing businesses online.  Lets face it, you dont know what you dont know.

All I was taught was how to meet new people and develop “mini friendships”. Kind of hard to do with no credibility.

The best network marketing training will be found within systems that the top internet marketers put together.  These systems allow you to become the expert by promoting “You Inc”.  Thats right, you.

Unless people see you as a leader,they wont follow you period!  Unless you use a system in which you can brand yourself and is fully customizable, you will never succeed at the levels your upline promises you.  You cant do what they did.

Once I started studying the “Mike Dillards” and the “Jay Kubassecks” and the “Aaron Parkinsons”, I got a real picture of the real deal network marketing training. These guys spent hundreds of thousands of dollars market testing, creating the best training there was to stomp out the wanna be competition.

If you are serious about growing your online or offline business, you need a system. You need help. Stop being so stubborn and beating your head against the same wall over and over. It doesnt have to be that way.

There are many systems out there, but there is only one I endorse. MLSP

-Josh Boxer
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