Learning from Everyday Netprenuers and a Guru

 A few months ago, I joined an online community of Filipino entrepreneurs, pinoymoneytalk.com. There’s not much participation from me yet and what I am mostly doing is lurking around forums, reading blogs, getting my fill of other members’ ranting and raving of their own experiences and learning how other members are making money online along the way. Some of them are making the most of their bragging rights by announcing how much they have earned in Adsense, affiliate marketing, blogging, HYIP, etc. etc. Every so often when their conversations leave me with more questions than answers, I get the feeling that in a forum for fellow netpreneurs, not everyone may be that honest or helpful enough to disclose everything they know. That they are holding back some inside information that they would just like to keep to themselves or within their own circles. Or maybe they're just too busy building on their website, doing their own researches, etc. etc. Nevertheless, I’ve learned a lot from this site. What I appreciate most is when they rant about their difficulties. It is here that I get a hold of the warning signs of the pitfalls that the ones before me have gone through but which I would have the chance to avoid.

 On the first day of my lurking in a PMT forum, I saw an entry of a fellow newbie of how she is learning from a Derek Gehl, a self-professed internet marketing guru. I followed the link she posted and subscribed in order to get email newsletters personally 'signed' by Gehl. His newsletters are an easy read and if you set aside time to really peruse over his ideas, you would really learn something from him, get a bunch of practical tips here and there that, I have to admit, do make sense. However, as always, I take everything with a grain of salt. I especially feel suspicious when his tips make me follow a link, subscribe to a service or download software for a fee.

 For the meantime, I will settle for this two sources of information. I'm just starting out and I just want to know the basics first. Also, I just want to plunge right in. I don't want to spend some more time reading, trying to learn before I do anything. Anyway, if I'd ever encounter a roadblock, I'm sure the answer is just a few Google search away.