Finding Your Own Personal Coaching

By Matthew Bredel

By now, everyone in the Internet marketing world has heard of Wealthy Affiliate University. This online IM education tool is making a big, positive impact on many people's businesses. In fact, it can be difficult to find a negative review about the tools, services and community the site offers. Perhaps one of the most popular aspects of Wealthy Affiliate is its forum-a place where newbies and professionals alike are finding individualized advice and guidance from successful Internet marketing gurus.

How much does one-on-one personal business coaching cost? $500? $1,000? Included in the cost of the WA membership is essentially personal business coaching at its best. The monthly membership cost is small to begin with, but add to it the value of the forums and coaching from the site founders, and it seems like a steal.

One look at the forums reveals person after person asking questions about everything from how to choose the right niche to product development to website design. Typically each posted question is followed up with detailed directions on what they should do and how they should do it. A step-by-step guide to solving your business problems-that's business coaching! What's even more impressive is that you are not just getting the opinion of one expert; you are getting the opinions and advice of multiple professionals who frequent the WA forums.

In addition to this help from the forum, more traditional personal coaching from WA founders Kyle and Carson is available to all site members. These two 26 year-olds have built a wildly successful business in just a few years, so their advice is solid and valuable. Each of them is available through e-mail or phone to help members with their business questions and issues.

Truly one of the most challenging aspects of trying to break into the Internet marketing industry is the feeling of loneliness-doing it all on your own. IM can be very different from a typical office job in that you do not have a team with which to work on projects. There are no staff meetings or collaboration efforts. You are a one-man (or one-woman) show. If you are starting from scratch, or hitting a rough patch, it is easy to give up when you do not have people encouraging and supporting you. This is where Wealthy Affiliate is worth its weight in gold.

Through the WA forums, you can find your teammates-those people who will offer you advice or words of encouragement when you need it. So basically you are getting the companionship benefits of an office job without the stuffy suit, depressing cubicle and grimy coffee pot.

Every Internet marketer has wished to know secrets from the big wigs in the industry who are making money online. Many people pay hundreds upon hundreds of dollars to receive some of this info via eBooks. Much of this valuable information and even business secrets are shared on the forum. The Wealthy Affiliate community offers a way for Internet marketers to help each other maximize their businesses. It's a way to obtain group personal coaching at a fraction of regular business coaching fees, and it is much more fun to build relationships through a real community of entrepreneurs.

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