Most of them have faded away now though but I was lucky enough to find a mentorship program in 2014 which helped me build an online business from scratch. I found a program which offered 1 to 1 coaching, online webinars and live seminars to its many members around the globe.

Here’s a little about my experience.

Online Business Mentorship

Back in 2014 I was a struggling affiliate marketer, trying to make sense of all the conflicting information online around building an online business. I found a video of a guy called Stuart on Faceboook and joined his program. (Click image below for access)

Of course I was sceptical and the company was called SFM which stands for 6 figure mentors. As a sceptical Northerner, this seemed a little “scammy” sounding! I wasn’t looking for a 6 figure business – just another income stream to help me out and to get out of debt. However, once I got to meet the owners of this company I was reassured they were real people who were turning up to live events and genuinely helping their members.

I had taken a number of courses prior to this one and had learned some skills. But they hadn’t allowed me to make any consistent income from the internet and I was still struggling.

I got some help straight away and was able to make my first high ticket sale within the first few months.
I attended events locally and in London and was surprised to see many other people who were members of this online business community. This gave me much more confidence in it. Previously, I had never met anyone from an online course or even any other affiliate marketers.

Online Business – Getting Help

I made a couple of early wins, partly due to my sponsor helping me and creating an advertising co-op. But I got stuck in a strategy which wasn’t working after that. Fearing I was in over my head, I reached out to the community thinking I would drop out. I was struggling and the results just weren’t there for me. I was given a couple of groups to join and a couple of coaches offered regular webinar (zoom) support.

If it wasn’t for this I would probably have dropped out. I’ll always be grateful to two of the mentors who helped me through my ‘dark patch’, Jill and Frank. I persevered and kept going, changing strategies too and joining a Facebook group led by an awesome mentor who has hugely helped me with my business. Dan created a private group and has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs already. I’ll always recommend his group to people joining this community. Dan runs weekly sessions through the mentors group covering all aspects of online business:

• Mindset
• Technical issues
• Business skills
• Money management
• Knowing your numbers
• etc.

I realised that my knowledge was what was at fault and by focusing on learning, rather than the results, I pushed on. I made a huge breakthrough in 2020 with my first ever 5 figure sale!

Getting Support

Having gone through some serious highs and lows building an online business I would definitely recommend getting support from a community. It’s not something I would ever attempt on my own again. It was a mistake to even think I could do it alone.

Joining the various online groups and getting involved in the membership challenges helped me to push my comfort zones and think differently about what is involved in an online business. My thinking was at fault and I believed I could stick to my favourite activities online and have easy success.

The journey has definitely not been an easy ride but things are now much clearer. I’ve overcome a lot of procrastination fear, and doubt and learned to get my mind right – probably one of the best skills I could have learned. Not coming from a business background, I simply wasn’t aware of what was involved in building a business. In my early days of purchasing courses online back in the early 2000’s, I was “sold” the idea that an online business was easy money. I jumped form one course to another looking for the “golden goose”!

The Online Business Journey

Unfortunately it wasn’t easy but I did change route along the way. The business system and help available through the SFM is pretty unique in my experience. The personal coaching and mentoring sessions I received have been the most valuable to me. Before the 1 to 1 coaching, I struggled with mindset issues and procrastination. I doubted myself and the business system.

Getting a clear idea of how the business runs, knowing my numbers and overcoming the technical issues relating to online business have been a few challenges. But once you have done the work once, you can use the automation of the systems in place. This is a huge factor and was my early vision of what an online business could do for me -give both time and financial freedom.

Building an online business is hard work but much more rewarding in the end. Once you have set up your business system, it does most of the work for you. You still need to learn the marketing side of the business and this is an online process of self development and business development.

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