Can a good sponsor help, yes they can, but is it vital?
What would you do if you planned to open a family owned restaurant or flower shop, gift shop, or even a mobile car wash unit etc.. without purchasing an expensive franchise? Who would be your sponsor? Who would be responsible for teaching you the ropes and guiding your success?
If you were opening a brick and mortar business you would have tools to help your research.
The library
The Internet
The Small Business Administration
The Chamber of Commerce
The Bank you hold a business account with.
Newspapers
Magazines
Books
and other business owners through associations like Rotary Club or Church can all come in handy both for your offline business but also for your online business.
With online business you can find ways to apply all the lessons you would learn to operate a offline business to what you are doing now. You can learn to cut cost, to get your maximum tax credits, to advertise, how to network with other professionals, how to develop a marketing plan, how to market your business online or offline, how to license your business and cover it and you with insurance in case something happens and a loss of work is demanded etc..
With a sponsor you don't know the source of all the information, and the fact is that your sponsor might have joined SFI earlier the same day you joined SFI. In many cases they are as new to online business as you are and are blindly looking for a leader when a wealth of information exist that there is no waiting for is a couple clicks away. They could be you, and if they are lost and waiting for a sponsor to take them by the hand where could they possibly lead you that is of any help?
A strong sponsor is more of a mentor, and that you can get pretty easy for little or no cost. There are folks like me who mentor dozens of people during their careers online without seeking compensation and you can find us on social media sites. A Mentor need not be in the same business as you to be of use to you and it can often be a blessing if they have 3rd party perspective of your offers and can see exactly what your prospects would see without knowing what you know.
So don't spend all your time trying to wake up this person you don't really need, be a student of everything you can get your hands on and be a self built success story because chances are, your current sponsor will need to lean on you to learn more about their business.
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Can a good sponsor help, yes they can, but is it vital?
What would you do if you planned to open a family owned restaurant or flower shop, gift shop, or even a mobile car wash unit etc.. without purchasing an expensive franchise? Who would be your sponsor? Who would be responsible for teaching you the ropes and guiding your success?
If you were opening a brick and mortar business you would have tools to help your research.
The library
The Internet
The Small
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