1  It will minimise the time you have to spend looking for opportunities, your guru will usually present those to you..

2  They will give you time- saving hints and tips, tutorials, video presentations and software tools

3  Their continued on line success depends on their reputation, so they are under a serious obligation to over-deliver to you

4  They will be able to give you feedback on your efforts, offer advice and work with you to help you succeed

5  They may have their own members- only forum which can be of immense help and encouragement as you are all in a community together and can help and support each other as you learn

6  They can save you money on things like hosting, buying domains, marketing, PPC campaigns, Google Adsense and others

My favourite Online gurus are:   google these names and LEARN 

Justin Brooke                  Web site flipping, SEO, Content  

Russell Brunson             Justin’s Guru, IM master

Travis Sago                          Bum Marketing Master

Frank Kern                          Ninja tactics for Mass control

Jason Moffatt                     Video Marketing

Kyle and Carson                The Internet Marketing University!

Potpie girl                             SEO, content, general IM sound advice

Avril Harper                        Ebay Marketing, affiliate marketing

(My humblest apologies to anyone I have left out or forgotten to include) 

These people to a greater or lesser extent have enlightened, entertained and TRAINED me in Internet Marketing techniques.

I have found them to be straight talking, knowledgeable, helpful, friendly and committed to helping the growing numbers of people to make a living from Internet Marketing in various forms, NO B.S.,  NO Scams, just honest, cool, intelligent, hard working people that if you want to learn about IM and are prepared to work at it tirelessly to build a business, because, (make no mistake that’s what it’s about..as soon as you build a website, put some banner ads and affiliate products up and start trying to get traffic you are starting a business)

Then these are some of the people you need to take notice of, check them out, their reputations speak for themselves as they have clearly distinguished themselves in their fields as experts. You could so do a lot worse and it can often be as simple as getting on their emailing list and read what they send you.

Sure, they will occasionally pitch things to you but you are under no obligation to buy them (although you may be tempted) so my advice is to check these people out, see what other people are saying about them, join a couple of emailing lists (they do not spam, they value their reputations far too highly to sink to that level) and learn from the masters, for FREE.

“How can I increase the amount of Traffic to my Blog or Web Site?”

I have found you 11 Killer articles that will give you a ton of ideas and strategies that you can implement NOW.

I hope you enjoy reading these as much as I did and I look forward to your comments…

Don’t ever give up, Gavin

TOP 11 ARTICLES – HOW TO INCREASE  TRAFFIC TO YOUR BLOG OR WEB SITE 

http://sitefling.com/seolies/how-seo-works.html  JUSTIN BROOKE 

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2006/06/how_to_get_traf.html 

http://www.doshdosh.com/ways-to-get-more-weekend-traffic-for-your-website/

http://developers.evrsoft.com/articles/8_tips_to_get_more_traffic_from_yahoo.shtml 

http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_do_i_get_more_traffic_to_my_blog.html 

http://www.lifebeyondcode.com/2009/04/09/10-cheap-tricks-to-get-more-traffic/ 

http://www.webupon.com/Money-Making/How-Do-I-Get-More-Traffic-to-my-Website.751081 

http://www.webmaster-talk.com/articles/how-to-get-more-traffic-part-1.html 

http://www.squidoo.com/lens-exposure   POTPIE GIRL  

http://ezinearticles.com/?Twitter-Traffic-System—Get-More-Traffic&id=2374735 

http://sitefling.com/blog/category/traffic-generation/  JUSTIN BROOKE

The short answer would be NO.  

The slightly longer answer would be YES, but you have to have a plan.

Quoting Justin Brooke, one of the best authorities on the subject- “If you fail to plan then you plan to fail”

There are literally hundreds (if not thousands) of make- money- online schemes out there and a lot of them are badly thought out, out of date or just plain scams, but at the same time there are also many really excellent opportunities for ordinary people to make a very healthy income online.

A lot of people start on Ebay selling products they have sourced at wholesale and that is one good way to make money online, but

The real money is in selling and promoting INFORMATION PRODUCTS, like E books, opt- in web site subscriptions, E courses and the like.

Many individuals have become multi millionaires selling and promoting these digital products so don’t think it’s pie in the sky because it most certainly is not.

You need to do some research, you need to join a few forums and have a look at what people are saying good things about.

Certain names seem to keep on cropping up and cannot be ignored such as Mike Filesaime, Justin Brooke, Russell Brunson,

Frank Kern, Travis Sago and there are lots more. These are people who have learned how to make tons of money online and

Have created blogs and web sites, Online courses, tutorials and the like to help people to learn what is possible and to teach them how to make the right choices and avoid the scammers.

Believe me, there are plenty of online scams out there but if you are careful and learn from the online marketing “Gurus”

Who are decent, honest people then you can make a really good living or even become a millionaire if you are prepared to learn

from the masters and, above all, to take action.

You can do it all for free but you will find that it can be a big advantage to you if you invest in learning and in the right tools.

You will no doubt want to build a web site, have it hosted somewhere and use an e mail auto responder service in order to build and grow an email subscriber list, which is crucial to the growth of your new business.

A great place to start is Article or “Bum” Marketing as proposed by Travis Sago go to his web site www.bummarketingmethod.com and sign up for his free mini course, you will definitely learn a lot and will have an even chance of making your first on line dollars.

You should also have a look at what Justin and Chaunna Brooke have to say on the subject as they have been giving the online community

Priceless nuggets of information, reviews, tutorials and videos showing exactly how to get started in Internet Marketing as it is now called.

Check out www.sitefling.com and you will learn absolutely loads on the subject and will soon be brimming with ideas and enthusiasm!

Finally, I have to mention Kyle and Carson’s brilliant web site, www.wealthyaffiliate.com which has been voted the Internet’s No 1 resource for Internet Marketing training, it describes itself as an Internet Marketing University and believe me, that’s exactly what it is! You will most certainly  not regret browsing that site…

I hope you enjoyed reading this, my first post on my new blog as much as I enjoyed writing it and I look forward to your comments and questions.

Keep on reaching for the stars and don’t ever give up, Gavin.