I wasn't always an internet entrepreneur - just an entrepreneur.

I've always loved selling stuff.

When I was 12 years old, we sold pancake breakfast tickets outside the grocery store.

None of my colleagues liked selling with me because I would always steal my their customers.

I thought, "Hey, if someone is going to make the sale, it might as well be me, right?"

Ever since then, I've always enjoyed selling and I got good...really good.

I started reading books on sales and marketing, personal finance and business as a whole.

One big takeaway from my favorite business book was that the Rich don't work for money from Robert Kiyosaki's Rich Dad, Poor Dad.

I had been working for money my entire life. I didn't know a better way. So, I figured that I might as well find the highest paying job I could find.

What did I do? I remember being on the bus with one of my buddy's who was talking about how he had made $700 that weekend.

I was always looking for new ways to make money, especially if they were legit.

Huh. I didn't have anything to lose, so I showed up and stayed for pizza afterwards. Before long, I was selling security systems.

I learned how to sell through good ole fashioned door-to-door selling in college during the summers...

...but when I first started, I sucked! For every 2 doors knocked, 1 person would be home.

For every 2 people who were home, 1 would let me finish my pitch.

For every 4 people who let me finish my pitch, I would get inside 1 house.

For every 3 homes, I was in, I made 1 sale. Yikes! That's 1/48 doors.

That's when I learned my first lesson in making money.

I kept knocking and knocking, got yelled at a lot, got cussed out even more and even had a gun pulled on my once or twice.

I knew my numbers and kept track of them every day.

I started selling other stuff too, like lawn care, LED lights...

I remember squinting at the computer screen that showed there were only 4 people on my webinar.

Including my parents!!

I went through my script and my slides and my closing pitch. It was so awkward.

I was so bugged when I finished because it felt choppy and disorganized.

I sat back in my chair and then heard a notification on my phone. Someone had sent me $497.

What?! Someone actually bought my product!

It was amazing! One of the greatest feelings in the world.

It felt like when I was selling door-to-door again and would have my first sale of the day. I loved it!

I was so happy because all that hard work had finally paid off. It was Sara and I asked her why she had bought.

She had gone through the beta-test course and she really didn't know what she was getting, but the fact that I had provided so much value in the beta-test group showed her whatever I had coming up next was going to be just as fantastic if not more so.

I kept working but I couldn't seem to get things to work out.

I kept trying new things and working hard and harder.

I didn't have money for ads so I did what everybody else did.

I started creating videos and I went on other people's shows, I posted on social media, ran "viral marketing campaigns" and you know what?

I was mad. I had been fed a lie.

All those pictures and videos working from the beach, it's all a myth.

Only a very small number of people actually do that.

I had spent $13,000 in total as a college kid with $0 to show for it.

I had maxed out my credit cards, was overdrawn in my bank account for the 3rd time that week, my rent was past due, my check engine light was on in my car and I was running out of food.

I was running out of time before I needed to get a "real job"

I started working harder and harder, trying to figure out what I needed to do.

I sat back in my chair as my roommates were in the other room laughing and talking, but they had no idea about the anguish that was going on inside.

I knew that the bills were due and I didn't have the money.

I couldn't help but feel sick looking at the negative numbers in my checking account.

It felt like a thousand pound weight was on my shoulders and I couldn't get it off, you know what I mean?

I started feeling like everything was falling apart.

I wanted to escape and never have to deal with this again.

It was like my whole body was in shock and nothing else mattered in the world to me at that point.

I needed money and I needed it ASAP. You've probably been there before.

I had been trying to do this on my own for 8 months at that point, nothing was working and I was sick of it.

I needed help, a mentor, a program, something or someone who could show me the way.

So, where are we now? I live in Utah county where I still work with other business owners, coaches, consultants, service providers and course creators writing presentations that sell like crazy.

If you want to learn how to start and grow your own copy consulting business, I've got a free training that will walk you through everything step by step.

Because! Now, I have freedom. I can do what I love. I don't have to work for anyone else. I can do my own thing and making money doing it. 

Life has never been better for me and I'm so grateful that I pursued my passion because I can finally be living the dream.   

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