It may seem ridiculous to some people that I would drive 3 hours to meet up with some dude I barely know, hang out and then drive 3 hours home but it was time very well spent. James is a total ninja when it comes to internet marketing and business in general. He always thinks 6 steps ahead and implements his ideas faster than ANYBODY I’ve ever even heard of.

Now I had met James when I went looking for a mentor that I could trust. I wanted to find someone that not only inspired me by achieving great things himself, but also was willing to share and allow us to help each other. James Shramko is that guy for sure. He’s already shared more valuable information than you can imagine and we’ve got some very cool stuff coming up that is going to blow peoples socks off.

When I got to Raymond’s office to pick James up, Raymond came out to say hello and he was SUPER nice. Now here is a guy that has been speaking live and teaching people how to manifest greatness and wealth in their lives 200 times per year for 20 years or something crazy like that.

Raymond co-authored the book “Chicken Soup for the Canadian Soul” so he gave me a signed copy of that as well as 3 CD’s from his Wealth Creator Source program which was very nice and unexpected.

I got a little peak into the multi-million dollar business of Raymond Aaron and in the next couple days, will be sharing something cool that I saw there.

Pretty big day for building relationships and I’ve got a lot to do in the next few days to add value to those new relationships.

I’ll end today’s blog post with a question/quote “In every relationship, you’d better be either adding value or getting value from it. If you’re not doing either…why are you in the relationship?”

Something that popped into my mind a while back was that this Internet Marketing journey could be sped up greatly if I was able to find a good mentor. A good mentor (by my definition anyway) must have at least these qualifications:

1) Have achieved a high level of success themselves
2) Be willing to teach and not just sell me something
3) Display traits that I admire (organization, able to systemize, driven)
4) realize the value that I will be able to give back to them

At long last, I think I have found that mentor. Now, I have been given a hand by MANY people in the past and I’m very grateful to each and every one of them.

The thing is, I am in a spot in my life where I really need to excel and FAST in order to keep a roof over my head and my family fed. That said, I needed a person who wouldn’t waste time splitting hairs with crap like “well, I’d help you but you ave nothing to give me…”

The mentor I’ve found is way smarter than that, He sees that I can be trained in many areas to do things the way he likes them. So, he gets some tasks done that he hasn’t got time to mess with and I get a quality education that I can put into practice IMMEDIATELY which should turn into traffic and earnings.

Needless to say, I am working VERY hard to impress this person and intend to far exceed his expectations. When all is said and done, I’ll have built another great relationship, I’ll promote his products (which actually won’t be hard because they are top quality) and any other high end marketer that wouldn’t give me the time of day will have missed out on a great opportunity.

Let’s have a go!