Home Business Diary

I have been very fortunate in coming across excellent marketing skills training early in my business.  The books I have read by Ann Sieg and Mike Dillard have been so helpful and kept me from making too many mistakes as  I lay the groundwork for my business.

As I have written before, the first six months in my home business were a valuable learning experience but I wasted an awful lot of money.  Since that time, I have learned how to generate my own leads, use affiliate marketing, and gone through the Renegade University Professional all at minimal cost.

Now, I am ready to go to the next level.  My training at Renegade University is kicking up to a much more advanced level.  Now is the time to take everything I've learned and build on it.

Recently, I received an invitation to become a part of Eben Pagan's Guru MasterMind training.  Since there is a much higher cost involved than what I have been paying, I had to give it a lot of thought.  Upon researching Eben Pagan, I discovered that he mentored none other than Ann Sieg, Mike Dillard and Mike Klingler.  The Guru of my Gurus!  I went through several of his free videos and while the material is very intensive I think I'm ready for it.

The best part, for me, is this will help me to offer even more value to my clients and the students. Marketing Merge Guide program at Renegade University, which means I will support new students who come in through my links or choose me as their guide from the main page.  This is part of the free service offered to the University level as well as Professional level students.  Beyond that, at the MasterMind level of the university, I will be part of a coaching team that offers advanced one on one consulting in specific areas requested by the students.

Thank goodness I am able to do this full time so that I can serve my clients, while stepping into this additional training.  I'm excited and can't wait to share with you what I learn.  There will be a two day live seminar coming up in Los Angeles and I will be sure to let you know how it went.

When I work with new clients, I always encourage them to keep to a strict budget.  Until you know for sure that a home business is the right choice for you, or a particular mlm for that matter, it just doesn't make sense to invest too much money.  As your business grows, there will be various tools to help make you more efficient. A contact manager/autoresponder, a good phone service, software which enables you to hold meetings online, and so on.  These things can be added as you need them, not all at once. 

As far as network marketing training goes, there is a lot of free information available on the web. Some more valuable than others, of course.  There are wonderful books that are relatively inexpensive.  There are free programs that offer mentoring services.  I have yet to find anything better, at least for me, than Renegade University. 

As your business grows, you have to be ready to step up that training.  Investing in your own marketing skills is to invest in your best asset: you!  Your team members are more likely to sign up under YOU than your company. I've had people ask to sign up under me before they even knew what my company was!

As I record here the various milestones in my business, I see this as the time when I have to step up.  I've gotten the basics.  I've gotten the intermediate skills and some of the advanced.  But now, I am ready to take this business full throttle and see where it goes!

Stay tuned!