As you learn how to run a business it’s just unrealistic to think you can and should go it alone.

I mean if we think about how we learn all through our lives we have mentors for just about everything we do:

- Our parents are mentors as we are welcomed to the world and then try to figure out what it’s all about.
- Our friends are mentors when they’re learned something we don’t yet know.
- Our school teachers are mentors as we learn the skills we need to go get jobs (if we so choose to

So why do we sometimes think in business we should throw away the mentor mentality and figure it all out ourselves? Well, we shouldn’t!

I became a bit of a membership-site-aholic a few years ago and joined a lot of different ones. What I can tell you without a doubt is that not all membership sites are created equal.

Meet Lynn Terry:
I don’t know when exactly I first heard of Lynn Terry but I’ve been reading her Clicknewz blog for many years now, about five. I was certainly impressed by her story – a single mom who worked her way from not enough money for groceries to internet marketing success story. I was also impressed by the amount of seriously high quality content she gave away for free.

I don’t know what took me so long to join Lynn’s Elite Membership Forum. I knew Lynn knew her stuff, was a successful affiliate marketer and had a seriously loyal following.

Well if I think a little harder I guess I was tired of ‘wasting’ monthly membership fees and was weary of joining another membership group that I just used as a distraction to go ‘chat’ and not get anything done with.

But I bit the bullet and paid out the monthly membership cost to join the Elites.

Fast forward seven months and here are direct results from my time there:

1. $46+ Monthly Commish: As a result of November’s challenge I am now in the #2, #3, #4 & #10 positions for ‘Audio Acrobat Review’ and am earning a recurring profit of $46.08 in affiliate commissions every month. Considering I had no affiliate commissions from Audio Acrobat when I started the program this challenge alone has more than paid for my membership.

2. $125+ Sales Profits: I decided to write a report on my success hosting a virtual event last year. I wasn’t sure if I should sell it or give it away. Now while giving away quality reports is a great way to boost business, Lynn and the gang over at the elite forum suggested I sell it. And sell it I did! I put it into the 10 Day May Madness sale for just $5 and sold over 25. That’s an initial profit of over $125. Another four months of membership paid for.

3. Coaching Program Success: You probably know that I’m running a coaching program right now on how to create a website with WordPress. My planning of this event coincided perfectly with May’s challenge to create a product and so I accepted the challenge and posted my planning and progress on the forum. It was great to use the forum as a place to get feedback on how I was doing and suggestions on what else could be done. The coaching program has been a wonderful success for it’s first run with 21 students. Again, making the monthly membership payment easily paid up for a few years.

Now I know you know I can’t promise you’ll make your money back in the first week or the first month as your results may completely vary. What I can promise you is this:

“Lynn Terry and the Elite members are amoung the most dedicated online marketers out there. Lynn truely cares about helping her members and her market get from start to profit, and then repeat. “

The Self Starters Weekly Tips Elite membership is the ONLY membership program I now pay a monthly fee for and I’d be willing to pay double or triple for what I receive there.

So the membership has been closed for a while. Lynn’s been moving things around, making changes and improvements and gearing up for more members to join us.

Well I just got word the doors are open and you can sneek in before everyone else even knows about it!

Come join me on the forums (I visit and comment daily) and get the mentoring and support you need to get motivated and do greater things with your business. Here’s the link:
http://www.marketersmojo.com/recommends/elite

p.s. See you there!

Over the weekend I watched an 88 year old Betty White do her thing on Saturday Night Live. As I watched I couldn’t help but wonder how many years she has left because she’s lived such a full life and how amazing to top it off with an event to remember.

I also couldn’t help but wonder if I’ll have so many truly great accomplishments to look back on when I turn 88.

It was such a strange and amazing turn of events the lead to the talent actress hosting the popular late night show. It was a mixture of old and new.

After fans saw Betty on the Snickers commercial that featured her as a pseudo football player they started a Facebook campaign to get her on the show.

Betty’s career spans 70 years. SEVENTY YEARS!

I loved her on the Golden Girls, she was absolutely my favorite character.

There’s No Internet Marketer Who Compares

For all intents and purposes marketing on the internet started no earlier than 1980′s, and that’s really pushing it since about 99% of people had no idea how to sell a thing online in the 80′s. So, at most, we’ve got experts who’ve been in this field for 30 years but they would be very few and far between. Most people have no more than 15 years in internet marketing.

See what I’m getting at here? We ARE pioneers. We ARE paving a new road. Going where no man or woman has gone before. {dun da dun, la, la, la, la, la, la <-- star trek theme song } Isn't that exciting, and amazing?

And so I get back to my question of Who Will Be The First Golden Girl of Internet Marketing.

Will it be you? Will it be me? Will it be one of the many, amazing women marketers out there literally making the world a better place by sharing their wealth of information so others can build an income online?

In It to Win It?

I know with all my heart I’m in this one for the long haul. It’s what I’m absolutely called to do. I see myself doing nothing else for my entire life.

I don’t even see myself retiring! Because retirely means leaving a J.O.B. to live your life. But I plan on making my business PART of my life like Betty White has done so beautifully!

But You Suck at Sales!

People have tried to tell me I was wrong. That I wasn’t cut out for this. I was even told: “Angela, You’re just not a sales person.” Ummm, the continuous stream of paypal payments this week tells a different story, you see.

To be fair they were right, I’m not a salesperson. At least not in the old fashioned sense of the word. And I’m glad. You see the internet has changed the way many do business. I’m not the sleezy Amway rep who pushes their way into your home and tries to sell you a bunch of stuff you don’t need and weren’t looking for.

No, I’m the kind of salesperson who meets you where you’re at, who listens, who learns what you really need or want and helps you get it. THAT’S the kind of salesperson I LOVE to be.

I don’t really care if I’m the first Betty White of Internet Marketing. That’s not my point. The point is to make you think about your legacy, your life’s work and how you’ll feel when you turn 88 and look back on all you’ve done.

Now that’s something worth thinking about…

p.s. Now that I’ve poured my heart out to you I’d like to invite you to join me on this journey. Whether you want to be the Golden Girl or the Leading Man I’ve got experiences to share and advice to give. It’s here:
Marketers Mojo Email List

p.p.s. Because I love Betty so, I had to dig up a video for you. Here’s a great one that summarizes her career: