A marketing apprenticeship will save time and money. Jumping into internet marketing with your eyes closed and your mind on the money you want to make is a recipe for frustration and ultimate failure. Being taught by a mentor or even better a group of professional marketing mentors is undoubtedly the quickest way forward.
"If only I knew than what I know now." How many times have you heard that or said it yourself? It applies to most things in life and internet marketing is no different. Below is just a basic list of what you need to learn about just to make a start. If you do not know the ins and outs of these topics thoroughly, they are the reasons I advise taking a marketing apprenticeship.
Developing your ideas and mindset
Buying your domain name and hosting
Setting up your website or blog
Affiliate marketing and choosing products
Keyword research
Search engine optimization
Content creation
Traffic generation
Social networkingVideo marketing
This is just scratching the surface. On top of the list above are 1001 other things you need to know and put in place before you become successful at internet marketing. A marketing apprenticeship can show you some quick ways to make money online which can put some money in your pocket to begin with. Then there are longer term strategies which is where you will want to concentrate your efforts for a solid and sustainable business.
As well as the strategies you learn there are tools you can buy to make some of your work less tedious and time consuming but in fact you only need very few. You do not need to spend fortunes on the latest this that or the other in the hope that you have found the magic answer. A good team of marketing mentors will advise you on what you need and even when you need it thus saving you more time and money.