Making Friendships

When I was a kid, I used to think that I could do anything and didn’t need anybody’s help. I was about as independent as could be. Then one day my mother sat me down and said something to me that I never forgot. She said…

“Son, there is nothing wrong with being independent. Certainly you do want to be able to do things for yourself. But no man is an island. Occasionally, we can all use some help from somebody else. It never hurts to have a friend.”

No, I never forgot those words, and as I went on in my life, I tried to make friends whenever I could because I soon began to realize that life was hard and that if I wanted to get things done without knocking myself out, I was going to need help.

How does this apply to running a home based business?

If you’ve been at this for any length of time, you know that there is a lot involved with running a home based business. The list of things to do is endless. There’s content writing, there’s ad writing, there’s web site design, there’s product creation, there’s advertising and on and on and on. Not everybody is going to be an expert in everything.

Now, if you’re first starting out, you probably don’t have a lot of money to outsource some of the things that you can’t do yourself. So what do you do? Well, this is where friendships are so important. By making friends online, you can reach out to your friends and ask them for help. Sure, you’re going to have to offer something in return, but it won’t have to be money. They’ll probably ask for something simple like sending an ad out to your list or if you don’t have one maybe just putting a link on your site to their site. There’s plenty of ways to return the favor. By doing this, you’ll be able to get things done that you’d have a hard time either doing yourself or paying somebody to do for you.

Another reason it’s good to make friends is that you never know when during the course of a friendship, especially if you’ve been doing things for your friends, one of these people are going to offer you a JV or something else that will greatly help your business. Certainly it doesn’t hurt you to make as many friends as you can.

So, how do you go about making friends?

The best way to make friends online is to participate in forums and let people get to know you. If you contribute valuable information and good content to the forum, you will see that people will begin to trust you. Eventually, you will make friends. It’s almost inevitable.

There is no question that making friends is very important in furthering your Internet marketing career.