The challenge for most people starting off in internet marketing is that they are too independent! People feel that if they seek help from an experienced, successful person, they will look stupid or that everything that they are currently doing could be wrong.

Some people feel that they have to be right all the time so they avoid seeking advice to make themselves look ?good.? The constantly want to be right. Let me ask you:

?Would you rather be right, or would you rather be rich??

If you would rather be rich, then continue reading!

You probably figured out what that one crucial thing is by now, but just in case you don't know let me state it below. That one crucial thing that holds most people back from success is:

REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE!

But you ask yourself:

?How and where should I start? I don't have ANY experience!?

I love the advice of leadership author John Maxwell. He said:

?If you don't have the experience, borrow the experience.?

Let me illustrate. Imagine back when you were six years old, and you wanted to learn how to play the piano. After days of pounding your fingers on your piano producing ugly sounds, you feel frustrated and ask for your parent's help.

Did your parents give you a book, tell you to finish reading it, and immediately expect you to be performing in concerts?

Of course not! Your parents went seeking for a concert pianist and paid him $50/hour so that he can set goals for you, measure your progress and fully prepare yourself to play the piano to impress your parent's friends.

I would guess that without the proper foundation of strong swift fingers and mental focus, you will not be able to play advanced songs and your confidence will plummet. And eventually, you will roll over, wet on yourself, and quit. There is too much money to be made for you to quit in internet marketing.

It is socially accepted that in order to be successful to play the piano (or anything else in life like sports), you need to hire a coach for thousands of dollars for their guidance. Yet when it comes to your success as an internet marketer and how to make money, people don't realize that it works the same way!

No experience mixed with no guidance is a recipe for disaster. And without a mentor to prepare you for the challenges that lay ahead, chances are that you will be headed that direction and it will take you ten times as long to achieve the level of success you desire.

That is just common sense! So why not use your common sense when you want to make money with internet marketing as well?

Let me ask you, if you had to fight in a boxing match to win a million dollars, would you read and watch boxing books and videos for 3 months and immediately go into the ring to fight? No way! Unless you love pain and humiliation!

You need a good coach to condition you, throw you in the ring to get some experience, advise you on what to avoid, and win in your million dollar debut!

It is the same in the internet marketing world. Coaches can also help condition you, throw a few real assignments to give you some experience, advise you about pitfalls to avoid, and fully prepare you to ?win? in your internet marketing debut.

It is absolutely crucial that you seek out a coach and ?borrow? their coaches? real life experience. If you are a newbie (veteran), seriously search for a mentor that has accomplished the success you desire so that you can skyrocket the results you desire.