
Today, I’m chatting with a badass business owner and entrepreneur whose approach is almost exactly the opposite of mine.
Justin Esgar has more ideas than he has time to implement them but he does it anyway, whether it’s parking a domain for later or putting T-shirt designs on Threadless and being delighted by every single $6 sale.
When you sell anything creative, a client is hiring you to create something custom and new for them, that they’re going to love and that will help them get closer to their goals. That requires a leap of faith. It's no wonder that prospects are scared about taking a leap of faith and spending large sums of money on hiring us. So how do they end up trusting us enough to buy?
Wouldn't you love to be seen as an authority figure, a respected expert professional who always has a list of prospects ready to pay the prices that you charge? Here’s one strategy you can implement right now to start building your authority and ability to command the prices you want.
Sarah Noel Block — one of our thriving students inside No BS Mastery — shares one strategy that anyone could use to support their business: Online Events. Sarah is a master at using online events to bring people into her world, make connections, and generate quality leads. And she tells us how she does it.
We’ve all let chances slip by because of fear at one time or another. Maybe you’ve avoided making an investment in your business because you just couldn’t be sure it would work out so why take the risk? Let’s talk about how to stop letting fear control your decisions, so that you can take smart, calculated risks that will actually move the needle forward in your business.
If you had $20,000 to invest today, would you put it in the stock market or into your own business? One of these options could give you a 47% ROI in 5 years, but the other could give you over 1000% ROI. Which option would you choose?
The majority of the people I talk to worry about money. And I’ve been there too. I’ve been scared with $40,000 in debt and I’ve been scared with $40,000 in the bank and clients rolling in. Everybody who works for themselves feels this way at some point. Let’s talk about why we feel that anxiety and how to free ourselves from that feeling.
If you want 2025 to be your best year yet, it’s vital that you envision not only the big picture, but what steps it will take to achieve it. Here’s the process we follow inside Mastery.
Getting away from bad bosses may be one of the reasons you started your own business in the first place. But it is all too easy to end up treating ourselves horribly. Let’s talk about how to be a great boss to yourself so you can have the freedom and ease you set out to find.
If things didn’t take off quite the way you hoped and you feel like you worked so hard and don’t have much to show for it, remember, this is the end of the year, not the end of your story. Where you go from here is up to you. Let’s talk about planning for 2025 if your year wasn’t so great.