Randy dropped by the house earlier with a business proposition. He wants me to help him to expand his landscaping business by mentoring and using my previous business contacts to help him get his foot in the door. He has come to learn that success in a venture is more about making the best use out of people that you know than it is about working hard. Sure, hard work is part of the equation, but having the support of influential people is the biggest factor. That is why when I hear someone talk about going to a community college is just as good as going to an ivy league college I simply have to disagree. The educational experience may be as good academically, but being exposed to the elite population at an ivy league college is what is really going to open the doors of success.
So I told Randy that I would be more than happy to help him out by taking him to a couple of the networking meetings and social clubs like the Masons and the Elks. I’d introduce him and then let him observe how networking is done and hopefully he will make some good contacts.
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Guest post by Linda Bradshaw
Today I was really surprised when I got a chat message from Yvonne from our business networking group. She and I had chatted several months ago about how I enjoy blogging and I had approached her about me working for her as a copy writer for her Internet marketing enterprise. Yvonne very politely turned me down, without any hesitation whatsoever, so I guess she just wanted to keep all of her work close to her chest and not hire any outside help.
So, as I was saying, I was surprised today when Yvonne messaged to me that she had heard about my recent challenges and she thought that she was doing me a favor by suggesting that I might be able to make some money by signing on with a pay-per-click advertising service. She sent me a link to the Home page of a pay-per-click website, and I did look around at the website for a few minutes. I’m always interested in the types of financial opportunities are available. Being a blogger, I really did not look at the advertiser page because I didn’t feel like I was trying to sell a product, rather I read the publisher page to see how it all worked. For folks who have high traffic on their blogs, I can see where they could monetize their blogs in that way, but when I look at the stats for my own blogs I really don’t think that I would be making any significant amount of money myself. But I will forward the information on to my brother who has a very highly visited web page – I bet he would make a fortune!
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