• HARCHI's Top 3 Challenges
  
  • Overcoming information overload! I started my new career opportunity last year by enrolling in AWAI courses. Then the overload began. Too many GURUs and not enough cash, time, etc... LOL I am just ending my emotional and financial whirlwind and decided to focus on one GURU at a time. I purchased several of Clayton's offerings and am digesting that while refocusing on ACTION! I need to write more and actually get higher paying customers. (It is sad to admit but so far everything is neighborhood marketing. I may be a hero to the local small business owner and my family, but not to me. I am not where I want to be and definitely not in the timeframe I envisioned last year).
  • Developing a personal marketing plan. It has been easier to work for and help clients than helping myself. Maybe I make it too complicated. I am an engineer in the life I am attempting to leave behind. I have a grave feeling I am ‘over-engineering’ my own career. A great action plan/marketing plan would be great! (Or pointers so I can develop my own). My goal is make $100k in the next 12-18 months and then to grow to $200k by the 24-30 month period. This will allow me to pay off all debt (#1 priority. A man can live like a king on a pittance if he owes no debt) and then to live comfortably. By month 60 I want to be in the $500k arena. I guess one of my first stumbling blocks is what route to take – direct response copywriting, DR marketing or a combo?
  • Knowing what market areas to target and then how to break into them. I have a technical background and that seems logical. However, I am passionate about child issues, health (alternative, holistic/wholelistic, ayurvedic, etc…), and not sure which areas I should target to reach my goals.
  

I feel like I have learned alot and I know that is has just been the tip of the iceburg. The reason I picked to focus on Clayton as my GURU/mentor is that he just resonates with me. I like his tone and attitude. I click with what he says. He does marketing with flair and always has the upsell, but I do not feel like I am being 'sold' or pushed like I do with other GURUs. I feel like I am getting "bang for my buck" so to speak.

There you go, Troy. You asked what each of us are looking for. I have just left the starting block and am on my first lap. I will take whatever advice and guidance I can get from my coaches and peers to get where I need to go. Long hours and rejection are OK. The above list is what I 'feel' like my three largest challenges are. Maybe what I need is a swift kick and some lithium!

Love you guys!

Thanks,

Jim