How should you start your online business journey?

Mentoring is one of the major decision you need to consider when you are going for online business. Many people facing a big challenge when they want to pick a business model for their online business, no matter you are interesting in Google Adsense or Google Adwords, affiliate marketing or online coaching. You have to be focused "just" to one business model and master it before you going into another model. This is because human being tend to be off focus easily when they are overwhelm by money making idea. Take for example, when you attend Internet Marketing Seminar like World Internet Summit, you will have chance to learn from a series of online business model, many marketing gurus are presenting their marketing package, coaching program or training, you will be blowed away easily by their over sales presentation.

When you were one of them that overwhelmed by the speakers on stage, you should be cooled down your mind, think and compare what business model that is suitable and manage to handle by you. If you are "lucky" to make a decision to sign-up with the speaker, please remember to choose one business model and follow closely to what the speaker share on the stage. This is becasue you have to take the speaker you like as you mentor. Never sigh-up with more than one speaker at a time. This is because you won't be able to focus to their traning materials and end up losing money and real opportunity. Tip: before you attend any internet marketing seminar, please remember to study the background of the speakers who will giving talk on stage. Familiar with their business models and search online for their websites, blogs, forums and look for the online business model that you like most. When you are in the seminar, please focus when then speakers are giving presentation, take notes on what they are trying to sell on stage. Never sign-up any package or training program if you are not sure what you will get from what you paid for. No guessing work here, you have to be sure of their package before jump into it.

All of these were my personal experience when I were attended World Internet Mega Summit 2007 which was held in Singapore. There were more 3,000 audience from all Asia Pacific countries, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. The 4 days event with more then 10 great gurus given rock solid presentation on stage. There were also many categories of marketing training offer during the 4 days event.

Seminar always is the best place to learn information and know more people who have same interested as you. However, an earlier preparation before the seminar is the most important task you have to do before getting your hand dirty.

Tips:
1. Focus on one business model.
2. Be a good student to the guru that you like. Follow closely all the training materials, let it be a DVD, CD, handcopy, transcript, MP3, ebooks or any kind of media. Go through as many time as you need.
3. Join any forums that related to you training program. Ask when you are not sure. Many forum members are helpful.
4. Test out all given assignment or workshop idea and instruction. If you missed one of them, you will not seeing the big picture.

Still have many more going down the list, but more importantly is please not overwhelmed by the speakers and sign up program that will not help you. This is because your online business journey will stop here if feel disappointed end of the program. Most gurus are real to certain extend, some of the a real great and some are not, your homework and study before seminar will safe you from disappointment.

Good luck