The Art of Storytelling in Business

Some people are natural storytellers...

But I've never met one.

There is no denying that there is a special art of storytelling.

I guarantee you I'm not a natural!

Like EVERYONE I know who is great at storytelling, I had to learn that skill. And like me, they studied and practiced storytelling until it appeared effortless.

When you tell stories, you naturally create more personal connections with your readers.

For business storytelling, you want to tell stories with a point to help increase your rapport with new leads and prospects to ultimately build a buyer relationship.

When your readers feel connected to you they trust you. And trust is incredibly important when you're moving your prospect through the customer journey.

Those stories persuade people to take the actions you want them to take.

Actions like:

Clicking To Read Your Blog Posts
Downloading Educational Content
Following You On Social Media
Replying To An Email
Purchasing Your Products
Telling Their Friends About Your Content

The good news is, it's not that hard once you have a simple business storytelling system to follow.

I run lots of tests in our business. And my writing style has always had components that entwine stories about myself, my life and my business.

You know what? When I use stories in my emails and in my Facebook ads, they ALWAYS perform better. But that's because my community is used to that type of communication from me.

If I try to shortcut the process and I don't add that personal touch, my engagement levels take a huge dive and I hear about it from my community.

I hear this a lot...

"Noone cares about what I have to say"

If that's true then you're going to have a hard time building a loyal following, that's for sure!

Quick story...

I live in the woods on 100 acres. With a lake.

Beavers love my lake.

The beavers and I have a love-hate relationship.

I love that I have a place where wildlife is protected and can flourish.

I hate that the beavers create dams all over my lake and streams because it means more work for me.

A few years ago, we were entrenched in a full-on battle. Those beavers built those dams faster than I could rip them out.

I posted this mini-drama as it was unfolding on my Facebook page.

Then I finally surrendered and let the beavers win!

But to this day, my followers ask me about those dang beavers!

I never in a million years thought THAT would be the story that my community became so involved in.

You don't always get to chose what your followers take hold of and care about.

So it's really important that you show your readers and community that you're a real person.

Do you have to share everything on social media? No. That's just how I do it.

There are tons of ways you can entwine storytelling in your business.

In your emails, on your sales pages, in your social media posts, in your webinars...the sky's the limit.

That's why I developed the 7-Step Storytelling Templates and you can download them free now.

It's a 7 step fill in the blank template to help you create stories to help you monetize your content in business.

These storytelling templates will help you master the art of storytelling, build rapport, create a community and ultimately generate more revenue!

Just fill out the information below and we'll send the templates right to your inbox!

How $1 Turns into $90

By David Perdew Leave a Comment

“The Magic of Recurring Income:
How $1 Turns into $90 and
Why You Should Care!”

Every online marketer needs to invest in the long-term, even when promoting someone else’s product…

Short-term vs. Long-term thinking

This is the question most marketers ask:

“How much money am I going to make today when I send this email?”

Don’t get me wrong. That’s an important question because we all have to eat. And we can only do that if we’ve got good, positive cash flow working to our advantage.

But the better question is:

“How much money am I going to make today AND over the long haul when I send this email?”

If you’re not looking out for the long term, you’re not adding to your overall wealth.

Wealth is the accumulation of good, financial assets (for our purposes). So, our goal is to always add more monthly, recurring revenue in every way we can.

Sometimes, that’s by promoting programs like NAMS or membership programs like our MyNAMS Profit Planners and Business Accelerators to create recurring income from affiliate commissions.
Or sometimes, it’s investing in automation processes that execute money-making systems without you having to monitor them every day.

Hopefully, it’s both.

But today, we’re talking about the first…

Recurring income from affiliate commissions

We see a lot of low-cost and $1 trial products available in the marketplace today. And usually, they’re at the 50% commission mark.

Why would anyone promote a product that yields a $.50 commission? It just doesn’t seem to make sense to most marketers… unless you understand the hidden math.

But frankly, most marketers can’t see past the low commission. After all, if you make 100 sales today, you only make $50.

And the short-term thinking marketer will get out as fast as they can.

What if I can show you how to turn that $1 sale into $90 of commission for you?

The long-term thinker is looking ahead to the renewals and future commissions as well to see what the real return on investment is.

For example, Ian Del Carmen - one of our best affiliates and a real long-term marketer - promoted our MyNAMS Profit Planners and Business Accelerators aggressively.

He understood that the for each $1 trial, 7-day trial, he’d make a lot more money down the road.

Let’s look at Ian’s “What If?” situation.

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Three of the five products in our sales funnel for this promotion are recurring as indicated by the red arrow and the green numbers. All of them start with a $1 trial.

Commission boosters

We did a couple of things to help affiliates increase their commissions to ease the pain of a low-cost front-end. Especially for those affiliates who can’t see or don’t trust the long-term possibilities.

First up, we added a 1000% commission on the $1 trial. The affiliate got $10 for every $1 trial they signed up. We know our back end and trust the ongoing recurring commissions immensely.

Next, we added a couple of upsells and downsells at the $37 and $47 price to increase the immediate commission returns and fund the $10 commission on the $1 trial.

The only reason those are included in the funnel is to add additional one-time commissions and more revenue to the affiliate.

In the first 4 days of the 8-day promotion, Ian has gotten $663.29 in commission. Not bad, not great. If he’s planning to pay the rent this month with this promotion, it doesn’t look like that’s going to happen.

But that would be short-term thinking.

On this promotion, 7 days is a magical number…

That’s when the renewals for the full monthly and annual membership fees start to happen. And the picture changes dramatically.

Profit Planners Promotion

Let’s assume that 5% of the people will cancel before the renewal date. That’s pretty consistent with our previous in-house launch numbers.

And remember, the membership amounts are:

MyNAMS Profit Planners Monthly - $9.97
MyNAMS Profit Planners Annual - $77
MyNAMS Insiders Club Monthly - $47

So, let’s do the math.

We’ve reduced our renewal numbers by 5%.

At the 7-day renewal, Ian will get another $818. 56 in commission in addition to the $663.29 paid previously.

That’s a total of $1,481.85.

But we’re not done yet…

Let’s assume that the average stick rate for these memberships is 6 months (and based on our numbers over the last year, this is a solid estimate).

So, we’ll collect monthly membership fees from those members Ian brought in for 6 months and he is paid 50% commission instantly through Warrior+Plus, the platform provider we’re using for this launch.

Profit Planners Promotion

The additional 6 months of commissions brings in another $1,619.60 bringing his total so far to: $3,101.45

And, finally what happens at 12 months?

We’ll make another assumption based on historical numbers.

Half of all our monthly and annual members will be gone by then. But at 12 months out, the remaining annual members will renew and we’ll have collected half of our monthly members for the last six months of that period.

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The total amount collected during the 13 months (we’ve added the first month in on the promotion front end) comes to $4,185.56 commission paid.

And that total divided by the 46 recurring membership sales to date has a value of $90 per sale.

$90 PER $1 Trial for a low-cost membership trial!

One more assumption:

We’re wrong.

And let’s say we’re wrong by half. (We’re not, but let’s say that…)

That’s still more than $2k in commission over 12 months and $45 per $1 trial signup.

Math never lies

And math is always the friend of the long-term marketer because it only reveals the truth. When you accept the truth about any promotion, the math reveals:

Holes
Problems
Leaks
Opportunities
Improvements

The truth of numbers should be driving every marketer to make long-term decisions versus short-term, but it’s really hard to convince most marketers of that. Most need the money now. And that’s their only consideration.

That’s called living paycheck to paycheck.

Ian, on the other hand, understands long-term decision making completely. A $1 investment by one of his customer today is likely to yield $90 to him over a 12-month period.

How to maximize the long-term ROI?

Because this is an evergreen promotion, Ian and everyone else is free to promote this product every day of the year if they want. We will as well.

And spreading out those commissions over the next year or two is like building out a completely separate long-term stream of income that is unlikely to go away.

Even a 3-day promotion every month would yield big results.

Problems revealed by the math

Conversions are low.

To improve the conversions, we’ll have to test the heck out of sales pages variations.

That will mean radical testing at first - extremely radical. Right now, we’re looking at a long sales page that contains a lot of words, not enough benefits and unclear informational graphics.

And it needs some design help too.

A radical test might be a video sales letter or VSL vs. the page we have currently.

Then, we start testing the headlines on the winner vs. the control.

Then, radical design next.

Then, bonuses… and so on.

Seven days is a long time in the marketing world

At the end of this promotion, we will modify the 7-day, $1 trial to become a 3-day, $1 trial to turn the commissions and the ROI faster.

That will turn up the commissions and marketers won’t forget why they are doing this...

Plus there's another advantage to us. And it's called EPCs. You see, when you do a $1 trial, the earnings per click can be very low and marketers pay attention to that.

My friend Matt Bacak has a formula he uses:

X * X * X = $$

It's not great algebra, but I know what he's saying:

The first X = Subscribers
Second X = Clicks
Third X = Earnings per Click
And we know what $$ is...

So, this is how it really works:

Subscribers * Clicks * EPCs = Money

1000 subscribers * 10% Click * $2 EPC = $200

1000*.10*2 = 200

When will the money pour in...

Remember, I said that 7 days was the magical number because in this promotion that's when the membership renewals begin.

When the trial ends the members are automatically billed the next membership renewal fee. Thirty-one percent of our registrations were for the annual purchase at $77. The other 69% were on the monthly rate of $9.97.

Assume that we have 100 sales at $77 and 200 at $9.97.

On the renewal, we'll see a payday of $7,700 and $1,994.

Not bad, but it shows us two big opportunities.

How can we collapse that renewal rate?
How can we increase the annual to monthly ratio?

And why are these things important?

Faster renewal rate has a few benefits:

We (and our affiliates) get the money faster
Affiliates will want to promote early and often because they see more money before they move on to something else (affiliates have to move where the money is)
Customers renew before they forget what they signed up for reducing refunds and cancellations
Higher EPCs will be reflected in the stats faster-helping affiliates justify more promotion

Increasing the ratio of annual to monthly signups also has several benefits.

On renewal, the affiliate sees more immediate revenue
The incentive of higher revenue helps affiliates focus on incorporating the promotion in their automated funnels for consistent sales
The annual rate has few refunds and longer stick time than monthly

What’s next?

With all this to consider, our job is pretty clear. We have to do everything we can to make this program indispensable to our customers and very profitable for our affiliates.

It begins with commitment.

Commitment to customers

Continue to improve the product to make a long-term membership something they can't do without and deliver the best value possible for the money. How do we do that?

Surprise them with great support
Create a Facebook community to improve engagement and provide bonuses
Reward customers for loyalty
Encourage customers to ask questions
Provide the occasional in-depth course (as a bonus) on one of the topics
Reduce refunds and cancellations to lowest possible number by building customer loyalty

Commitment to partners

Commit to providing high-quality, recurring value, with long-term results, to win over more long-term thinking marketers. How do we do that?

Continue to improve conversions by testing sales letters and funnels
Run monthly promotions to the program
Create spot contests to encourage participation
Reward long-term, loyal partners with special bonuses
Take care of partner's customers and provide great service
Help our partners promote their products even if we can't do it to our list

And frankly, all we care about at the end of the day is building a profitable relationship with partners by serving their customers.

We want valuable partners like Ian who get it and continue to see the value of promoting this program on a regular basis so they have a long-term income stream.

Generate low-cost, highly-targeted leads with a little-known Facebook technique

By jen Perdew Leave a Comment

Filling the pipeline with new leads is
the secret to success online.

Always has been and always will be!

When it comes to building a successful and profitable online business, there's only one thing you absolutely MUST do:

Getting enough qualified, targeted leads.

Of course, there are other pieces that have to be in place too, but if you're not getting high-quality, targeted leads, nothing else matters.

Knowing how to consistently get those leads is the key.

If you know how to get as many qualified, inexpensive leads as you can handle, then you’re already making a ton of money with your business online.

But I don’t know anyone who is getting ALL THE LEADS THEY WANT… We all want more.

Proof that new leads can take you where you want to go

We are really good at converting new leads into paying customers. We do that with a process we call Automated Sales Funnels.

The proof is in the our new leads conversion numbers.

With our Automated Sales Funnels, we’re adding our highly-targeted leads with Facebook ads and other traffic-generation techniques.

Once we’ve gotten them to opt in for a specific gift, we put them into a follow-up email system that educates, nurtures and converts.

The result is in the graph above. Let’s assume we get 1000 new leads a month to be able to run the numbers easily.

After 7 days, a new lead is worth about 78 cents on average. Our 1000 new leads are worth $780 (1000 x .78 = $780).
After 14 days, the lead value jumps to $1.64 because we’ve continued to convert more new leads to buyers as they get to know us better. Our $780 value has jumped to $1640 (1000 x 1.64 = $1640).
At 180 days, the new lead value has reached $5.10 and our 1000 new leads that we collected 6 months ago are worth $5,100 (1000 x 5.10 = $5,100).

Building automated funnels is pretty easy, but…

Zero times anything is zero.

In other words, it starts with the new leads. If you’re not getting new leads every day, you’re not growing or scaling your business.

Facebook advertising is the easiest way right now to get new leads, but it can be expensive if you don’t know what you’re doing.

That’s why I like to play it safe. Let’s spend a little money to get as big a result as possible and then scale our spending budget for advertising as fast as possible.

Getting new leads is every marketer’s holy grail. When you know your numbers, you can scale your business in multiple ways.

But you have to get new leads.

You can get as many new leads as you can afford!

Advertising is the easy way to get new leads. If money is no object, you don’t care about how much you’re spending to get that new lead.

I don’t know anyone like that. Everyone I know is either very careful about making money from their advertising to make positive cash over time, or they are too afraid of advertising costs to even attempt it.

That’s a huge mistake because advertising is the key to growing your new leads and your business.

So, what’s the secret to advertising with Facebook?

When spending money on advertising, there are several numbers to track:

Break even number: This is when the revenue from the new lead and the advertising cost to acquire that new lead are equal. Time becomes the variable to track.
Time to break even: How fast do you want to break even? With our numbers, if we’re spending $.78 per lead, then our break even time is 7 days. If we spend $2.42 to break even, then we need 60 days before that lead is profitable. The goal, of course, is to break even as fast as possible. And there are two ways to do that: a) generate more revenue in the same amount of time, or b) shorten the amount of time to convert your leads to buyers.
Lower the cost of the ad: If you’re breaking even with $.78 at 7 days, what happens if your ad cost drops to $.28? You’ve just improved your ROI by nearly 66 percent. That’s huge.

Is there an easy way to learn how to do this?

Of course, the answer is… YES!

My friend Ron Douglas has a program that has been running successfully for years called Five Dollar Posts.

This is a proven formula for generating 500 leads (or more) per day from Facebook, without losing your shirt or your account.

Of course, it depends on the cost of your advertising and the return on your investment in advertising.

But Ron’s program walks you through all of that to make sure you’re targeting the right audience correctly and creating the kind of ads with a very special sauce using other people’s content that keeps the costs exceptionally low.

Ron Douglas

And for a limited time, we've added a Facebook group to help you follow his course, and implement fast.

Let's face it - if you don't do this and implement the technique fast, you're shooting yourself in the foot. It’s incredibly important to start now...

That's why we've started a Facebook group for people who have jumped on this so that we can help you go through the process too even though it's incredibly simple. But we'll be there to answer your questions.

And Ron is there too. He's that kind of guy. But you have to get in now... We won't offer this long.

But we're not going to keep this Facebook Group open forever. You have to grab Ron's course first. Get it at the link below...

Click Here To Check Out Five Dollar Posts To Generate Leads In Your Business

Content is King…Or So They Say

By Jen Perdew 3 Comments

Content Is King...
But Only If It Serves Your List

If content is king, consistency is queen - blogging and social media tip - handwriting on a napkin with a cup of coffee

The money is in the list.

In fact, your list is your number one asset for your business and you must treat them as such.

Your list is going to naturally segment themselves into engaged content consumers only, buyers and consumers and inactive contacts.

Your job is to keep your subscriber engaged until they become buyers.

You’re going to have people who buy from you immediately.

And those who need a little more nurturing until they’re ready.

There are 3 things we’re going to tackle today.

How do you build a list?
How do you keep your subscribers on your list?
How do you keep coming up with new content?

How do you build a list?

Well, this is a really broad question so we’re not going to talk technical aspects. There are courses upon courses on what to do to actually build your list.

It drives me nuts though when my students say “ I have to build my list” but they have nothing to use to actually give that potential new subscriber.

You can’t just slap up a blog and assume your list is going to grow like crazy. It just doesn’t work that way.

Listbuilding is a big massive effort that must be combined with targeted traffic.

You can't have one without the other.

So we’re going to focus on what you should offer to encourage your visitor to sign up for your list.

Think of it like this- when you go for a job interview, you want to look your best right? First impressions are everything!

Especially in the online world. People are becoming more and more protective of their email address.

When building your list, you want to offer the very best in your free offer. This is YOUR first impression.

So the free offer must be highly valuable. It doesn’t have to be huge and it doesn’t have to be long. It just has to be GOOD and USEFUL.

In fact, more and more marketers report that offering massive packages as the free offer has lower conversion rates.

Why do you think that is?

Think about it.

People look for simple and quick. They need an easy and fast win. And if you can give them that win, you’ve just built your credibility. And credibility is key to achieving the next two items on our list!

That’s why templates and checklists convert so well.

Give people something they can use. Immediately.

Save your long video training for later.

Think about what your area of expertise is in. Now how can you create a free offer based on that area of expertise? It’s going to allow you to stay congruent with your long-term funnel.

And congruency is key to item # 2.

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How do you keep your subscribers on your list?

People don’t want to sign up for your free product about nutrition and health and immediately receive content about spiritual growth.

Now you and I both know there is a correlation. But you really have to make that introduction to new content through a well-laid consumption path.

So how do you keep subscribers on your list?

First, you want to wow them and beat their expectations of you and your business.

BUT you must give them content (whether free or paid) that directly relates to how they came onto your list to start with.

So wait FREE OR PAID content?

That’s right. Free or paid.

Remember you must monetize your list in order for your business to survive.

And if someone signs up for your free product they are obviously looking for a solution.

It’s your job to give them that solution and it can be in the form of a paid product.

Right now you may not have a paid product and that’s ok. Make sure you’re creating content to nurture that new lead.

What kind of content could you create?

Blogging is a great way to nurture your list.
Email auto-responder series are good too. ( Email is not dead! Don't believe that rumor)
A monthly newsletter (this is a way to only commit to once a month content!)

You can easily change out your call to actions within this content so when you are ready to launch your product, they will already have a good rapport with you and you can start selling your products.

OR even better, if you don’t have your own products yet, use this time to hone your selling skills and promote some affiliate offers inside your content.

How do you keep coming up with new content?

I don’t think coming up with new content is that hard...if you plan.

This is where a content calendar really comes into play.

Everyone’s business is different but I’ll tell you how I come up with my content.

In the MyNAMS Insiders Club, we have monthly topic-specific challenges. So I write all of my content to focus on those monthly challenges. Then I give myself some slots on my calendar that don’t have a topic yet assigned so I can fill in with TIMELY content. Ya, know the stuff that’s hot right now. Or sometimes we get some really great questions in our support desk that everyone would benefit from my response.

So I would use this approach for your own business.

If you’re just getting started, don’t let yourself get overwhelmed with trying to come up with content for a year or even 6 months.

Do what’s comfortable for you. But make sure you have a plan. If you don’t, it can look like you’re just throwing things out there.

The worst thing is when you’ve promised content to your list and you have no idea what it’s going to be and it’s the day before.

If you have a general content plan, then you can let the ideas swim around in your head before you actually have to write.

I guarantee you have more content than you think you do. Take a look on your hard drive. Look for private label content you can easily change and adapt to your own voice or do a little research for idea starters from content you've already created.

I bet you'll find you have enough there to create both your nurture content and maybe even a low-cost product so you can focus on turning those subscribers into buyers.

After all, we'd all rather have a list of buyers who engage and consume content and products than a list of freebie seekers.

If you're interested in building a blog to deliver your content, pick up my FREE report " 6 Figure Blogging". You'll be able to start implementing these tips immediately!

Can Regular People Make Money Online?

By David Perdew Leave a Comment

“Can Regular People Make Money Online?” he asked…

A dialog with a person struggling with the BIG online business questions we all have in the beginning…

I got a really good question from Pete, one our long-time blog readers last week.

It was long! He warned me first thing that this was going to be a long question. And it started like this:

“My name is Pete, and I’ve been receiving your emails for a little while now. But I’ve never purchased anything, largely because I’m VERY inexperienced with all this online earning stuff and so a little unclear about how to proceed.”

Ugh, these are the kinds of questions we get and I think, “Oh, boy… here we go?”

Sometimes, these can border something similar to a $1000 coaching call, and a lot of trainers would respond with a buy button to a coaching program, but Pete’s questions were so good and so organized, I thought it might be helpful to tackle it publicly to help a lot of folks at once.

And Peter agreed to let me respond to him here so I could share it with you too.

The main question that jumped out at me was this:

“Can regular people like me make money online? Or is some super-human skill required?”

Interesting question, I thought. Of course, the answer is “YES” – almost anyone can do this. But, coming from me – the guy who obviously benefits from the affirmative answer, I decided to post the question in our Insiders Club and see what they thought about it from their experience.

Their unedited Facebook comments are included where appropriate.

A few of our community members responded like this:

You’ll find that everyone who is successful online is a “regular” person with a very unique focus and drive.

Let’s dig in…

Here’s a first response from Stephanie:

Stephanie makes a really good point. The business world is changing at light speed due to technology and new ways of making money. We have to adapt to remain viable every day.

What worked yesterday may not work tomorrow, so it’s really important to be part of a community that works together. Two (or even a 1000) heads are better than one.

But, make no mistake, even a “granny” can do this Stephanie says.

What about Pete? Can he make money online?

Let’s find out. Luckily, I have his story in his own words.

“I’m wrestling with whether or not to take the plunge, not only with MyNAMS Insiders Club but also with ‘digital marketing’ itself…I have no experience or real knowledge about online businesses. My background is actually in Christian education and various ministry-related fields…But about three years ago, I became the primary caregiver for a homebound, dementia-afflicted friend, making it impossible for me to maintain anything resembling a ‘day job.’

I’ve spent the last three years looking for ways to do (something else). And all roads seem to lead back to online stuff in one form or another…I just don’t know how to earn a living like this. And, to be honest, I’m not even sure it’s really possible… though I’ve heard a lot of fascinating rumors!”

Ah, the fascinating rumors!

That’s what intrigues us all, right? We hear about the success that everyone else is having, and it looks so easy according to them.

Pete’s doing the right thing – asking questions. I love this guy. He’s laying it all out there for everyone to see. But he’s got more…

“What’s more, of all the candidates for this kind of thing, I’m probably the worst. I’m a middle-aged geezer with no ‘list’ (or knowledge of how to get one), no ‘product’ (or savvy about how to create one), no ‘niche’ (or sense of how to find one) and, frankly, no real clue about any of this stuff.

But I desperately need a way to make a modest home-based income… And I’m willing — even eager — to work at this with the same kind of ethic I’d apply to any other business pursuit. But I don’t even know where to begin.”

Pete’s given us some great clues about himself.

First, he’s got enough gumption to reach out and ask questions. That makes him a very good candidate for creating a business online if what he says is true.

He’s motivated to the point of desperation: “I desperately need a way to make a modest home-based income…”
He’s willing to work: “I’m willing — even eager — to work at this with the same kind of ethic I’d apply to any other business pursuit.”
But he has no confidence in his ability to translate his past experience into an online business: “…no real clue about any of this stuff”
And he has a bit of a concern the world has passed him by, even though he doesn’t tell us how old he is: “I’m a middle-aged geezer with no ‘list’”

We want to help Pete get clear on two things:

Is he a candidate for doing business online?
Let’s set the right expectations for what is required to succeed.

That’s our main goal. But we also want to eliminate his excuses from the get-go. To do that, we’ve enlisted our Insiders to recount their stories.

The first one we tackle is age…

Age is not an issue. Willingness to learn and stay healthy are the key elements.

This is Ute, a grandmother first, German immigrant (many years ago) who had to learn English, and then became a writer too. Now, she’s writing books.

Age doesn’t seem to have anything to do with it. I said “Happy Birthday” to one of our folks a few weeks ago who turned 90.

Ninety! And she has a thriving online business.

As Ute says, “…it is totally possible to succeed if you clear what you want…if willing to learn, trial & error (never give up)…”

Willingness and desperation may work against each other…

I’ve found a very interesting connection between willingness and hope.

It’s almost circular. The more hope you have, the more willingness you acquire. The more willingness you get, the more hope you have.

But desperation is a double-edged sword. Desperation causes stress. If you can control the stress, a desperate longing (or what Napoleon Hill called a ‘burning desire’ in Think and Grow Rich) can be just the motivator to achieve what you want quickly.

But if you’re desperate to pay the rent, that stress can quickly eat into every thought and action you take, sucking the life right out of you. That’s why it’s so important to have a future vision.

Keeping your job, but creating the right plan to achieve what you want, can be exactly the answer for some.

Paul Taubman, one of our Insiders and a NAMS Instructor, made the switch from full-time, demanding job to full-time (and still demanding) online business person probably better than anyone I’ve known personally.

Paul came up with a plan to turn his hobby into a business. And he stuck to the plan.

Confidence comes with experience

Kevin Riley, one of our early NAMS Instructors and a MyNAMS Insider as well, told the story of how he tackled his online business after faltering the first time.

Ten years after his first, ill-timed attempt, Kevin discovered the secret to building a successful business online: Filling a gap after seeing a clear market need.

He found success quickly. After 10 years.

The key is to have the tenacity to persist and persevere. If you’re the kind of person who gets discouraged easily, you’re probably not going to be successful online.

Some days you’re going to feel beat up.

You have to be able to survive those days cheerfully to tackle the next day. That takes a special type of person.

And if you don’t have confidence in your ability, you’ll quickly be discouraged. But truthfully, overcoming the failures are what builds your confidence. So, you must embrace the challenges, and failure, to learn the lessons quickly.

No one likes failure, but if you see it for what it is – opportunity, you will progress fast.

It requires mastery. Building your confidence requires you to win occasionally. Remember Thomas Edison’s quote, “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”

Sue Painter, one of the NAMS instructors and a long-time Insiders Club member, said she wasn’t sure a “regular person” could become an entrepreneur.

And she has a really good point. Anyone who is focused on the “safety of a 9 to 5 gig” as she puts it will never make it with any business, online or offline.

Back to Pete: He has a list of questions…

Can a guy like me REALLY go from zero to a modest but consistent monthly income doing this?
Which of your many products would you recommend for a guy like me?
What’s the difference between your approach and that of others?
Do you primarily train folks to be affiliates?
How long before I’m making money?
What should I expect to spend on things like start-up costs and monthly memberships?
Do you teach business administration, as well as marketing and tech stuff?
Are there legal issues?
What if I’m not a big social media guy?
Do I have to work in the make-money-online space to make money online?
What’s the bottom line?

Since this is getting a little long, we answer all of these questions clearly and briefly in a special free report…

If you’re the kind of person who wants to know what it REALLY takes to build your business online, or improve the one you already have, then grab the report where we answer all these questions. In detail.

And we include links to a few resources like a free software (worth $288) to help you be legally compliant with all the government requirements to do business safely.

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Before you go, let’s talk about one more thing. That’s the process that we’ve developed for doing business successfully. We call it the 1-2-3 method.

The first step is getting absolutely clear on what makes you tick, and why you want to create an online business.
Next, you go for the money. Business is about solutions to problems and helping people solve those problems as much as possible. But business without cash is a nightmare waiting to happen.
And finally, ongoing team, training and tools help students stay on track with a vibrant support community, more fundamental business training and the right tools to do the job as efficiently as possible.

You can get access to the entire 1-2-3 method in our MyNAMS Insiders Club. I encourage you to check it out ASAP and get seriously focused on building your business.