If you have found that the marketing strategies you have been taught by this person has been productive, there is no reason that you can't do other markting besides just HP. While I love this site and spend a lot of time here, it isn't my only nor my main source of marketing.
While this person, as a mentor, should have become familiar with the "do's and don'ts here before leading someone else into marketing here, he may have some other excellent forms of marketing as well. We all make mistakes and have to go through a learning process in any marketing field.
Many people come to HP with the idea of marketing a product, service or business and think it is like many of the other networking sites so they don't bother with the TOS when they sign up. Therefore, they end up getting banned for overly promotional content.
Unlike Squidoo and many of the business networking sites, HP caters to the writers themselves and the information they can bring to HP. If you write good content that people are interested in, be it business or otherwise, limit your promotions to the relevant topics and follow the TOS in your content, HP is a great marketing site. Marketing is about building relationships and if you build those relationships, you have no need to do a lot of linking in your hubs because you can put them in your profile. If the person is interested in what you have to offer, they will find your links in your profile. Just concentrate on publishing good, quality content of various subjects and let the relationships build. Then, you will begin to find those who will seek your offers. Just my own personal experience!
Bonnie
