Newbies....IMPORTANT! - Read this.

domtheboy · 10-03-2005

It all depends I guess. Offering cash was playing - Nick you neither need nor be interested in the amount of cash that I could pay if I was serious about paying to be mentored.

Are you interested in seeing newbie webmasters get on and progress ? Perhaps, but then why would you add competitors to your own market ? Just means less traffic for you in the end. I personally have never tutored anyone so wouldn't know what the feeling is like to see someone you have tutored do well. I'm told it's a good feeling, is this a good reason for helping someone to establish themself ?

At the end of the day it's a question only you can answer. I could do the hard sell and say, promise to pay back a % of my takings if taking your advice made me some coin - other than some of the things I've mentioned already there isn't anything practical a newbie can offer their tutor other than a cut of the fruit of their labour. But again, if this is only going to be a small amount of cash, then you're probably right, why bother ?

Seems to me the only reason to help others out is because you want to personally (for whatever reason). In terms of getting something back it must be a pretty thankless task, particularly if you have to deal with people who think they will make their first mill after posting 3 galleries.

For me, I can honestly say that the only thing I can offer the people who've helped me out is my gratitude and hopefully if I am lucky enough to do well, there may be a chance for me to pay them back in the future. That's about it really, so if that's not good enough then hey, tough luck on me I guess.

Sorry for the ramble, just my 2 cents and an attempt to give a sensible and pragmatic answer to a very tricky question !

10-03-2005	#23
domtheboy Members Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 612	Re: Newbies....IMPORTANT! - Read this. It all depends I guess. Offering cash was playing - Nick you neither need nor be interested in the amount of cash that I could pay if I was serious about paying to be mentored. Are you interested in seeing newbie webmasters get on and progress ? Perhaps, but then why would you add competitors to your own market ? Just means less traffic for you in the end. I personally have never tutored anyone so wouldn't know what the feeling is like to see someone you have tutored do well. I'm told it's a good feeling, is this a good reason for helping someone to establish themself ? At the end of the day it's a question only you can answer. I could do the hard sell and say, promise to pay back a % of my takings if taking your advice made me some coin - other than some of the things I've mentioned already there isn't anything practical a newbie can offer their tutor other than a cut of the fruit of their labour. But again, if this is only going to be a small amount of cash, then you're probably right, why bother ? Seems to me the only reason to help others out is because you want to personally (for whatever reason). In terms of getting something back it must be a pretty thankless task, particularly if you have to deal with people who think they will make their first mill after posting 3 galleries. For me, I can honestly say that the only thing I can offer the people who've helped me out is my gratitude and hopefully if I am lucky enough to do well, there may be a chance for me to pay them back in the future. That's about it really, so if that's not good enough then hey, tough luck on me I guess. Sorry for the ramble, just my 2 cents and an attempt to give a sensible and pragmatic answer to a very tricky question !