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Update from the TLC retreat in Hawaii

I’ve been feeling like a total unworthy slacker around these people.

One woman is helping with clinical trials healing autistic kids with vibration, and doing a documentary with Bill Cosby.

Another friend is pulling in $175,000 a MONTH from selling a meditation product.

Yet another friend has created a multi-million dollar business in 2 years!

The good news is:

– the bar has been raised (like to the moon). What i think it possible is shifting.

– Janet Attwood and Marci Shimoff have said kindly yes to a book endorsement. Lisa Nichols is a maybe, and Jack Canfield has a copy of the manuscript and will decide if he’s going to write the foreword.

– I’ve made some lovely personal connections.

And – I’ve decided to carve time out each week to work on projects I think will make a difference, regardless of revenue. It could be volunteering at a soup kitchen, or setting up the anxiety teleclass, or developing my new ’emotional firewalking’ niche. In fact – I’m doing a teleclass this Thursday to discuss this very topic – stay tuned for the invite.

And then there’s the snorkeling with fish and turtles, whale watching, and hopefully tomorrow – dolphins!

David

High Flyers Program: are you in?

(Tip: here’s a chance to get a $3,000 training program free of charge)

I need some solid success stories for my upcoming book.

i.e. people just like you who applied my seven simple steps, and generated powerful results.

Would you like to, inside 3 months:

– generate 1,000 newsletter subscribers?
– generate $3,000 in new income?
– generate $1,000 a month in passive income from your information product?

My thinking is to run a High Flyers Program, which will be my current training program but with these details:
– start first week of January
– extra personalized support
– $1,000 scholarship off the regular tuition
– strict discipline and accountability (you’ll be working hard)
– if you hit a certain target, you’ll get a $2,000 cash prize which makes it free.

If you want this program to happen, and you think you have what it takes to be a High Flyer, then please:

1) Review the outline of the program here:
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2) Give me your suggestions and enthusiasm below in your blog comments.

If there’s enough interest, I’ll send the application form in the next few days and we’ll hit the ground running the first week of January!

I’d love to see at least a dozen people get this training for free, and include your success story and website in the new book!

David
www.InternetClients.net

Wild Nights

WARNING: The language is direct and explicit and may offend.

From “Wild Nights”, by David Deida….

Relationship is bondage, unless your love is larger than the cult.

Love is a wound. Love hurts. You must learn to live wide open; hurting open with love.

If you are bound to objects – even people you truly love – then you suffer, because they can’t deliver what you want from them.

These boys, they’re going to fantasize about sex with young women for the rest of their lives. And by the time the ladies are saggy and wrinkled, and the men are too old to care, it’ll be too late. They won’t have the energy to open beyond their shriveled concerns for a better life. A day without too much pain will be good enough. And when they start dying, they’ll be horrified.

No-one is willing to feel the bliss of the Great One, because they are wrapped up in sex, or wishing they were.

I was using the affection and flesh that now surrounded me to pad myself from the stark free-fall of utter surrender, from the nothingness of deep, open being.

The feeling of tragedy dissipated, leaving only a deep love, wounded to be sure, but also eternal.

One day Michelle, your breasts will hang like soggy pancakes and your ass will sag to your knees. You’ll wake up in the morning, put your dentures in and paint your rotting face, and wonder which of your friends died today.

She’s not your mother. As good as her love feels, as war as her love fills your heart, you are clinging to the breast and missing the moment’s depth. You are afaid to feel totally alone – that is, so open there is no other. NO OTHER.

You need an other so you can be assured of yourself. And the one you want, the one that gives you the most assurance, is your mother. You want to feel her warmth, her smell, her support, her devotion to you – you won’t let go of that.

On the surface, it looked like he and his teacher were at war. But the war was always already over, and love had won, even if the fight continued to appear on the surface.

“You have been given a burden of bliss”, Mykonos said quietly, but with absolute intention. “You know what you have to do”. “This burden is my gift to you”.

It’s time to sit down and have dinner with the monster. (this one from David Holloway)

David in Canada

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It’s raining agents

An agent I approached over 2 months ago about a SEPARATE book, on relationships, just got back to me with a YES. They would like to represent it.

This puts me in a bit of an awkward position as I’ve already approached another agent about both books, and won’t know for a while if she’s on board or not. Hmmmm….

Meanwhile a third agent has heard about the book and is interested, but I just can’t see there’s a lot of point in shopping around for agents, can you?

Meanwhile I’ve heard of a great publisher – an entrepreneurial publisher – which would be straight forward and not even require an agent. I’ll keep you posted as things develop…..

David

MM 83: The Trust Factor

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It’s interesting to note, that people will agree to pay several tens of thousands of dollars for a new car, after a couple of hours of haggling with someone who by stereotype is slimy and only out to make a buck.

Yet, when it comes to something truly life-changing, like hiring a life coach or service professional, people may find many reasons to say no even though the investment is typically only a few hundred dollars.

Today we’ll explore a powerful technique for getting to that YES – drawn from the ‘Explode Your Practice’ CD set.

The Problem

So what makes saying yes to coaching and other services so much more difficult for people than signing a contract to secure financing for a new car?

I think it’s because society is not used to valuing personal development. We haven’t gotten hip enough to realise that personal development has gold at the end of the rainbow.

Another reason is that coaching is still ‘new’. It’s not normal or usual to have a coach, the way it has become normal in some circles to have a therapist.

And finally – people don’t know what they are getting. With a Doctor, you know you’ll get medical advice, and hopefully get well. You’ve been dozens of times before, and you know the drill. But what does working with a coach even look like? How many sessions? What happens? It’s a big mystery, and people are reluctant to pay for a mystery.

Service Pyramid

We want to warm people up to us or as I like to say, flowers before sex in the Bahamas!

One strategy to get to that yes a little easier is to offer a range of products and services. Think of an upside down triangle or pyramid where the higher levels are less expensive and as you move down the pyramid, the financial commitment increases i.e. they pay you more.

A suggested pyramid: you could begin with a free newsletter on your website. To make signing up even more attractive, offer a free report available to those who subscribe to your newsletter. You may even want to promote that if purchased separately, it would be worth $29.95, creating a built-in perceived value to the download.

From there, you might offer a one-hour teleclass once a month or once a quarter that will connect you personally to your target market. Let’s charge say $39 for this. Being able to hear your voice and discovering how you interact with others provides your prospective clients with another level of insight into your personality, your values and what it might be like to work with you, all leading to a greater sense of trust.

If the teleclass is successful, you might consider offering it as an in-person seminar that your prospective clients could travel to. To help make the seminar even more attractive, you could offer a limited number of discounted tickets to the event encouraging people to sign up early.

Further Down the Pyramid

You might then want to offer an eCourse, with say 20 lessons on how to achieve a particular goal. Let’s say this will be $97.

Then perhaps a workbook or Manual for $149.

The next step could be a series of audio CDs or DVD’s. Near the bottom of the pyramid you might upsell them to an exclusive membership site.

At the very bottom of the pyramid might be your services, the largest commitment you are asking of a person.

By the time they have reach the bottom of your pyramid, they are likely ready to sign up for those services because they trust you and have an established relationship with you through your products.

An Example Funnel:

Start With a Simple Funnel

No need to get overwhelmed though; it took me 5 years to set up the funnel I have now.

To get started quickly:

1) Throw up a newsletter on your site. Direct all efforts to getting subscribers, not sales for your coaching services.

2) Promote someone else’s CD or book in your newsletter, for a commission

3) Offer coaching specials in your newsletter.

Now there’s a quick funnel!

The Benefits of the Trust Factor

Besides getting to yes faster, building trust makes it easier to serve people, to collect payment from people and to motivate them.

Unless you come highly recommended by someone, getting a prospective client’s trust takes time. However, by offering them opportunities to get to know you and your ideas at a variety of price points, you are laying the groundwork for creating that trust.

And – you’re collecting income while you sleep or are on vacation!

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Action

Are you trying to promote your services without any introductory products or services? What does your current product/service funnel look like?
Write down how your new funnel will look at the end of 30 days.
Share your future funnel at the blog, and post again the results once the changes are implemented!

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Enjoy!

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