In addition to providing you with real world how-to information, resources, tools and strategies that allow you to have a business that brings out the best in you, there’s another big thing I love about the space I hold in your life…
I love being the guy who hooks you up and introduces you to awesome people you otherwise might never get the chance to meet.
And this is one of those moments.
I get to introduce you to my good friend and health coach extraordinaire… Ben Greenfield.
Ben just launched his new fitness app and he’s letting me offer it to you at no charge.
My daughter Kaitlynn is home from PLU for the summer.
Last Wednesday was the last day of her second year of college.
Even though she’s still not sure exactly what she wants to do when she graduates, she does know that she wants to own her own business, just like dad does.
She’s already been taking a business class in college, and it’s been quite an experience to say the least.
Early on in her class, the professor was teaching a certain business subject and it got Kaitlynn thinking, “That seems odd, my dad would never do what the professor is suggesting”.
She kept her thoughts to herself at the time, but when she came home the following weekend, Kait and I had an interesting conversation about what the professor had been teaching.
After sharing what she was learning in class, I had to ask, “Kait, has your professor ever owned a business”?
“I don’t know dad”, she replied.
“Well”, I went on, “From what you’re sharing with me, I’m guessing that he hasn’t. It would be interesting to find out”.
The following week, after class one day, Kaitlynn asked her professor if he’d ever owned a business.
As it turns out, he had experience working in a large corporation as an employee, but had in fact never owned a business himself.
When Kait shared this discovery with me, I simply replied, “Now you know his background, where his experience lies, and what kind of perspective he can offer you”.
In short, Kait’s professor can’t offer any experience from a business owners standpoint, because he’d never been one.
And for us, that’s great to know.
Sure, it bothers me a little, knowing that my daughter’s business professor has no real world business experience, but it is what it is.
We’ll deal with that.
I’m not going to talk about how much the investment is for Kait to attend a private college like PLU, but will simply say it’s not cheap.
Even at that, I had to explain to her that she’s not going to come out of college, knowing everything she needs to know about business.
The best way to learn about business is from people who are already successful in business.
People who are smarter than you, who know more than you, who have more experience than you… and are more successful than you.
My daughter is taking a different route than I did to get into business, and that’s fine because she’s really enjoying the experience.
And though her dad never attended a day of college in his life, he’s still invested heavily in his own education.
Heck, I continue to invest in my education ongoing, because I’m continually learning new things about business.
I don’t have a crystal ball so there’s no way for me to know how successful my daughter is going to be in business, but she sure is off to a great start, because she already understands the value of getting your information from the right sources.
That knowledge alone puts her ahead of 95% of her classmates.
Dedicated to your success,
Kevin Thompson “The Automatic Income Coach”
When it comes to securing your financial future, there are two completely different sets of rules.
The majority of the population has been playing by one set (and doing very poorly)… while at the very same time, the world’s most successful people have been playing by the other set of rules to make record profits and create their own personal economy.
No, we’re not doing anything crooked, dishonest or immoral.
In fact… FAR from it!
We’re some of the most honest, caring and giving people you’d ever meet, who have simply discovered a secret set of rules that the rest of the population hasn’t.
In short, we’re discovered how to leverage our own efforts by making use of technology and the internet, rather than trading our time for income.
As a result, we’re able to offer unique value to large numbers of people who are more than happy to pay us extremely well for doing so.
We see proof of this all around us when we know what to look for because people from all walks of life are cashing in on internet technology, and on their passion for making a difference in this world.
From the individual who’s making an extra $5,000.00 to $10,000.00 a month from a simple topic specific website they operate part-time from their home… to the entrepreneur who’s expanded their once small online presence into a business that now generates millions of dollars.
We see countless examples of this right in front of us every day, all across the internet.
To clarify, I’m not referring to the kind of claims made in ads and commercials that promise to turn us into overnight millionaires.
What I’m talking about is a very real and tangible way for you to leverage your own efforts by tapping into the same power of the internet that so many others already have, so you too can have an online business that compensates you extremely well for doing something you truly enjoy and feel good about.
As an example, I started my first website at GetMoldSolutions.com back in the year 2000.
I have to confess that it’s a pretty ugly website, but… if you’re dealing with a mold problem in your home you’ll really appreciate what I have to offer.
This is one more example of the kind of small, topic specific website I’ve been referring to.
Thanks to technology, in less than 4 hours a week I’ve been able to help 109,687 people to date, and in the process this little mold website has been putting more than $10,000.00 into my bank account every month since the year 2000.
When people find out what I do, and how I make my income, they think to themselves, “I can’t imagine anything more boring than talking about mold”.
It reminds me about the old joke about watching the grass grow.
And I get it.
While I’m very passionate about what I do, and the way I get to provide value to others, I realize that most people don’t share my enthusiasm for the topic of mold.
But here’s what you need to know:
If I can do what I do, and have the kind of success I’ve had with my little mold website… anyone can.
And when you choose to do the same I can assure that you’ll have the same kind of results in your own life… especially when you use this process for something a little more exciting than mold.
If you’re frustrated with your current financial situation, and want to start playing by the same set of rules that the world’s most successful people do, it a simple matter of making the decision to do so.
Dedicated to your success,
Kevin Thompson “The Automatic Income Coach”
I got an email last month from a subscriber who was completely frustrated because she didn’t have a clue how to set up a website.
She had no technical knowledge.
No HTML experience.
No web savviness (is that a word? – it is now).
And she didn’t want to have to spend a fortune with a website designer.
She was telling me how she wished there were some kind of simple to use process that would allow a complete novice beginner to put up a professional looking web page without all the hassles.
Since getting this email, it’s been taking up space in my mind, but every time I’d start doing some research, it seemed like I’d come up empty handed.
Sure, there was a lot of stuff out there, but nothing that I’d feel REALLY good about recommending.
Quite honestly, I was about to give up.
That was until today.
I was talking with my friend Andy this afternoon.
Though the two of us hadn’t talked in some time, we’ve known each other for quite awhile, and I’ve always had a ton of respect for Andy.
He and I both used to be in Matt Furey’s Mastermind group back in 2006… 2007, and the thing I like most about Andy is the fact that he’s a real straight-shooter kind of guy.
Before we hung up the phone (almost in passing), I mentioned this email I’d got from my subscriber who was talking about her frustration with being able to get a simple website set up, without all the hassle, and without having to spend a fortune with a web designer.
I sure am glad I brought it up, because as it turns out, Andy may just know a guy who has the answer.
But…
Before I have him go to the effort of hooking me up with an introduction, I need to make sure this is something you’re interested in.
So go here now and let me know.
Type in a simple “YES” answer to leave your comment, and if enough of you are interested, I’ll tell Andy to hook me up with an introduction… so I can in turn hook YOU up.
As always – this is all about YOU.
If there’s not enough interest in this… mum is the word, and you won’t hear another thing about this.
But if there IS enough interest, I’ll hook you up with a personal introduction that will totally help you out.
That’s the great thing about having friends like Andy… friends who know friends in the right places.
So let me know, because I need to see at least 100 “YES” comments before I take action on this.
Dedicated to your success,
Kevin Thompson “The Automatic Income Coach”
I was having a phone conversation with one of my clients the other night when he told me about an experience that gave both of us a great laugh.
To set the stage, I should let you know that this client (and his wife) own a business where they show existing cleaning contractors how to get into the Fire Damage Restoration business.
He’s been using Facebook to effectively reach his ideal prospect… by using some marketing strategies that are controversial to say the least.
Here’s one of his recent posts:
This is how we roll . We don’t do tests. We don’t do patches. We do real. We do hands on.we do before . We do during. And we do after your class .We support your success . We do on going support. We do personal training. We do on site on the job training with you and your crew at your location.we do it all for your success!
This particular Facebook post hits a chord with people in the cleaning industry because there’s a well known organization in that industry who’s been providing classroom training for years.
At the end of the training, assuming you get a passing score, they issue you a certificate, a certification card and a nice little embroidered patch to have sewn on the arm of your work shirt.
Problem is…
All you’ve had is in class book training, with no real on the job training or experience at all.
And you’re certainly not prepared to go into someone’s home and do an adequate job of cleaning their valuable belongings.
My client, on the other hand, provides hands on training in a live environment.
The kind of training you can’t get anywhere else.
And needless to say, he’s ruffling a few feathers.
After his recent Facebook post above, someone got angry with him, saying that he was “cash motivated”.
As soon as he began telling me about this, we both had a good laugh.
After all, who isn’t “cash motivated”.
Though I’ve never done it myself, all you have to do is look at the morning commute traffic every work day.
The freeways across this country in every major city are gridlocked every morning and every afternoon… by millions and millions of people who are “cash motivated”.
I mean seriously, if all those people weren’t cash motivated, there’d be no such thing as gridlock.
You’d be able to cruise along our highways and byways at the posted speed limit at any hour of the day if there weren’t so many people who were cash motivated.
I don’t know about you, but I’m going to go out on a limb here and make a confession…
YES – I am definitely cash motivated, and I hope you are too.
If you’re not making the kind of income you like, and not providing for your family in a way that makes you feel great, then by gosh, you’d better take matters into your own hands, and figure out a way to get the cash you need.
But realize this…
The only way you get to have an excess of cash is by providing value to other people FIRST.
Once you figure out a way to do this, you’ll never have a cashflow problem again because people will beat a path to your door, with money in hand, ready to hand it over in exchange for what you have to offer them.
So let me ask you…
Are you CASH MOTIVATED?!
If you are, then sound off by posting your comments below and letting us know.
There’s no shame in it, as long as you’re willing to give people great value in exchange for the cash they give you.
Dedicated to your success,
Kevin Thompson “The Automatic Income Coach”
There’s an incredible guy I know through my association with Joe Polish’s 25K Mastermind Group.
His name is Michael Fishman and he’s one of the most authentic guys I know.
Here’s an amazing story that Ryan Lee just posted on his blog today, talking about Michael.
It’s no wonder he’s so successful.
And it all goes back to conversation we’ve been having over the last few weeks.
You’re gonna love this!
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Keeping It Simple. Really, Really Simple (The Law of Fishman)
April 17, 2013
One of my good friends, Michael Fishman, runs a private, invitation-only event each year called “The Consumer Health Summit”.
Seats are hard to come by (there are only 60 attendees) and around $2k each. I am blessed to be on the list each year and spoke at one 3 years ago.
And Michael ALWAYS fills the event. Always.
In case you didn’t know, filling a room for a live event is one of the hardest things on the planet to do – especially at a higher-ticket price and now you can see how it does it. Really “easily”.
THE LAW OF FISHMAN
michaelfishmanMichael Fishman is one of those guys that you NEVER hear a bad word about. Everyone who knows him only has good things to say. He’s humble, smart and always thinks of other people first.
Come to think of it, the same thing can be said of my other two mastermind members, Brian Kurtz and Jim Kwik (are you surrounding yourself with smart, caring and giving people?).
Ok, so back to Michael. He’s spent his entire professional career giving first. He always helps other people and never asks for anything back.
Michael and another one of my friends, Ramit Sethi, host a small monthly get-together dinner in NYC for 3-5 people who they like and think will get along. No string attached, dinner is on Ramit and Michael and it’s purely to connect people together . I went to one of the dinners and met some smart people (including Noah Kagan, the founder of AppSumo, who ended up speaking at my DotComXpo event and continues to send me completely inappropriate texts).
And Michael has marketing chops – he’s been behind the scenes are 8 and 9-figure products and promotions.
So when it was time to create the web site for his annual CHS event, I was happy to volunteer my time to help.
He wasn’t kidding when he said he wanted his site to be SIMPLE.
There would be NO launch. NO hypey copy. NO fake scarcity. He wanted to attract the right people and either people get it or they don’t.
Simply the name of the event, the time/location, contact info and a link to signup. He didn’t even have a shopping cart or merchant account – so I hooked it right into paypal. So simple.
And even with my non-techie skills, I was up for the challenge.
We met at Barnes and Noble, I opened up OptimizePress, and created his page in less than 6 minutes flat. Seriously, that was his entire “sales funnel”.
An email to some people in his network and BOOM! – the event sold-out yet again.
BUT RYAN????
Now, here’s the part where all of the naysayers start saying, “well Ryan, Michael already had a network of people” or “well Ryan, Michael already has a good reputation in his industry”.
And my reply is EXACTLY.
Michael Fishman focuses on the RIGHT things. He focuses on PEOPLE and RELATIONSHIPS, not tricks or loopholes. And he’s done it for years – never concerned about people paying him back. There ain’t no google loophole big enough to get people to like and trust you.
And because of him focusing on people and giving first, he is able to fill-up a big-ticket event in a matter of days WITHOUT sales copy (heck, he didn’t even have a headline), WITHOUT a launch, WITHOUT a webinar, WITHOUT advertising… just one page with a paypal link.
Get your head straight on focus on the right things, will ya?
Ever make one of those mistakes, and look back on it later… wondering what in the heck you were thinking?
I mean really…
Sometimes we make colossal mistakes that didn’t seem like any big deal at the time, but in hindsight, we should have known better.
As entrepreneurs we make plenty of mistakes. Heck, that’s part of the game.
I’m going to tell you about one of my “biggies” right now, and in the process, I’ll attempt to make you feel REALLY good about any mistakes you’ve made, because they’re probably smaller than this one.
For a 4-week period back in 2008, I held a series of teleseminars and webinars where I was introducing several different guest experts to my subscribers (of which you’re now one).
I can’t remember the specific guest experts at this point, but what I do recall is this…
The entire 4-week series was a big success,
Though the guests I hosted these events with had a wide range of topics they were experts on, my subscribers got a ton of value from what I was doing.
Sure, a small number of people complained, but the overwhelming response was fantastic.
Most people got so much value, that come the 5th week (when I didn’t have an event I was promoting) I was inundated by emails from subscribers who thought they might have missed something.
They were asking me who the guest expert was for this 5th week, and I simply replied to let them know that I didn’t have a guest expert event planned.
Then…
To make matters worse, I never did anything like that again.
I let the small number of people who complained, dictate how I interacted with everyone else.
And it’s only been until recently that I discovered how much of a disservice this has been to you.
In essence, I’ve been depriving you of a ton of value that I could’ve easily offered, if I hadn’t been so fearful of ruffling a small number of feathers.
You see, I never wanted to be the guy who was constantly trying to sell anything and everything under the sun to his subscribers.
I never wanted to be the guy who sends email after email, day in and day out, trying to sell you on the next wiz-bang gizmo-schmizmo that’s going to turn you into an overnight millionaire.
I never wanted to be the guy who doesn’t care about his subscribers at all, but will pitch anything at all if he thinks he can make a buck doing it.
I NEVER wanted to be “that guy”.
But, in my attempt to not be “that guy” I turned 100% in the other direction… to the point of hardly letting you know about anything – even though I know it could be transformational for your life.
For the last 5 years, I’ve been investing heavily in my own education, and in the process becoming close personal friends with some of the biggest thought leaders of our time.
Some of the people I’ve got to meet or spend time with are people like Richard Branson, Steve Forbes, Arianna Huffington, Chris Attwood, Glen and Natalie Ledwell, Loral Langemeier, Brendon Burchard and Dean Graziosi to name a few.
You may recognize some of these names, you may recognize all of these names, or you may recognize every one of these names, but I can tell you this…
Every one of these individuals are extremely successful business owners or entrepreneurs who have incredible value to offer.
And this is only a very short list of the people I know, and can introduce you to.
No, I’m not saying that to brag.
Far from it.
I’m sharing this to apologize for one of the biggest mistakes I’ve ever made, and make amends for it.
In addition to meeting so many incredible entrepreneurs and business owners, I’ve also discovered that my other gift is being a “connector”.
Over the last year or so, I’ve been connecting key people in my life (who didn’t previously know each other) and amazing things have come from this.
And let me tell you, it sure does make a guy feel good, to know that he was the guy in the middle that totally hooked two people up and completely altered the course of both their lives.
So…
With that being said, I’m going to take of my gloves and get down to business, doing what I do best, which is continuing to mentor and teach you in my own unique way, but I’m also going to be connecting you with people and resources that I know you’ll find valuable.
I’m going to become YOUR “connector”.
You’ve already seen me doing a bit of this lately, when I shared that incredible video from Joe Polish with you and introduced you to Natalie, Glen and Ryan over at Mind Movies, as well as my friend Joshua Shafran.
I mean seriously, was that awesome stuff or what?!
And now, we’re going to take things to a whole new level, so get ready to have your world rocked.
Things are really gonna start hopping around here, so hold on to your seats.
I’ll certainly keep on giving you great value as I always have, but I’m also going to start hooking you up… BIGTIME!!
Dedicated to your success,
Kevin Thompson “The Automatic Income Coach”
