Important-Do You Have One of These?

March 11, 2008 · Print This Article

Do you have a partner?

This certain type of partner can:

  *  help you grow your business
  *  help you stay focused
  *  enable you to get more work done than you thought possible
  *  have strengths that you don’t have
  *  won’t cost you anything or take a dime out of your profits

I’m talking about an accountability partner.  This is someone who can help keep you on the straight and narrow path through the IM jungle.  They will motivate you, help you, and hold you accountable.

My accountability partner is Ron.  Each Monday we “check in” via email.  I set my goals for the week and he does the same.  This makes me focus on what I want to accomplish and then write it down in attainable steps.  On the Monday check ins we also discuss what we did and didn’t get done from our action list of the previous week. 

Although I have always been the list-making type, I have found that I can achieve more than I think I can when I have to report in to Ron.  In fact, I can tell you on more than one occasion I’ve hurried on Monday morning to finish something on my list just so I could cross it off!

Another benefit, besides making me work with more focus, is I’ve been able to bounce ideas off my accountability partner and get an honest opinion.  Also, I help him and he helps me.  We seem to compliment each other on our areas of expertise – he can answer my questions about how to do a particular thing and I can answer his.

I highly recommend having an accountability partner.  You should find someone who isn’t in direct competition with you, i.e. has a different niche or is going in a different direction.  They should also be roughly at the same place you are in your internet marketing endeavors.  In otherwords, if you’re brand new, don’t approach someone who is highly successful and is in the same exact niche you are in.

Good luck!
Peggy

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2 Responses to “Important-Do You Have One of These?”

  1. Chris Tackett on March 11th, 2008 1:00 pm

    Peggy,

    Been reading for a while now. Just wanted to say good job.

    Chris Tackett

  2. Ron on March 12th, 2008 8:31 pm

    Peggy,

    Many thanks for the props.

    I do agree with you that an accountability partner is very helpful in the business that we are in. You have been a great help to me not only in keeping me on track with the projects that I have going on, but also giving me encouragement when I feel like I am not getting things accomplished in the manner that I would like.

    That’s funny that you hurry up and get things done on Monday morning before I email you, or vice versa, so you can cross them off of your list.

    I can say that since we have been doing this, you have made more progress than I have and I commend you for that. Of course, you can probably vouch for the whining that I do to you because of my inability to get the things done on the list that I give to you each week.

    As for anyone else reading this, I agree with Peggy’s point about seeking out an accountability partner to help you out in building your business. As she said, you can bounce ideas off of each other to find out if something will or will not work or what they think about it.

    That partner could be just about anyone. Find someone in a forum that you visit on a regular basis and then send them a pm. You will need to make the first contact (as Peggy did with me) and just ask. Most people should be receptive to this. If not, find someone else.

    Hope this helps…..and…

    Thanks Peggy!!!!

    Ron