Hi there I hope your weekend was good. Here in the UK the weather was not all that, Saturday was ok but then Sunday was terrible, overcast, wet and generally not very pleasant. However that meant I could actually devote some real time to my blog without A} feeling guilty because with the weather my wife and children were happy to stay home and B} not being frustrated as I would have if there’d been loads of sunshine outside & me stuck indoors.

What I Got Up to Over The Weekend

So my internet marketing activities involved writing and editing some articles, post on blogs and forums but the really exciting and main event if you like was undertaking a telephone interview on Saturday morning with one of the UK’s longest established and most successful internet marketers both here in the UK and in the States. He & his business partner have helped many struggling Internet marketers grow their online businesses.

He’d very kindly said to me” yep no problem you can interview me but you need to write some questions about what you want to ask me”. So there I was trying to craft interesting, thought provoking questions that I hoped would make for an informed and lively interview.

Panic Over!

Well the time approached, we got on the line had a quick chat before getting started and then nearly an hour later we had finished!!! Blimey I’d not thought it would go on for so long, he was most gracious, said he’d enjoyed it and that the interview had gone really well.

What’s This Got To Do With You ?

Ok so why am I telling all of this – well several reasons actually. Your notice I haven’t mentioned his name and that’s for a good reason because pretty soon the entire interview will be available on my blog – so watch out for that, he knows what he’s talking about and you’ll learn some really good tips.

Secondly it really was an education in terms of him ratifying my beliefs that Ive picked up over several years online and that is – there’s no free lunch out there and all the emails and mailings we all get offering internet wealth without any work needed and just by pushing a button – his words not mine he feels is damaging the industry …. A lot! Now what’s refreshing for me and should be for you is when high profile successful internet marketers come out and be brutally honest over matters like this – I tell you its honest, successful internet marketers like this you need to be following.

Thirdly him giving up his morning, Saturday morning no less ends up being a win, win for both of us. I get the experience of interviewing a high profile internet marketer, which will then be available exclusively through my site later, I pick up some useful tips especially covering social media and I feel good through his words of encouragement.

What Does He Get From It?

On the other hand he gets a level of publicity from my site and me shouting about it on Face book and Twitter. He then crafted an auto responder message to his list using our interview as a catalyst to illustrate why you need to be building a business online not trying to just get rich quick.

Don’t Be Afraid To Ask

And finally my parting comment to some of you reading this, I’ve certainly found many of the high profile, very successful internet marketers both here and in the States are possibly some of the nicest most obliging people you could ever hope to meet so don’t be shy, the old adage “if you don’t ask – you don’t get”. If you want something go out there and ask for it (politely mind you) what’s the worst that can happen, someone says no, you then just politely say thanks and walk away. But remember in many instances they might just say yes – to your success.

Tony