Hi Fastlaners,
I've been an entrepreneur for the past few years. I'm a men's dating coach and manage online dating accounts. I'm "my own boss", "following my passion", set my own schedule, have no alarm clock, etc. so better lifestyle than most people, but my income seems to plateau somewhere around $3,000/month.
This level is about what I've made previously in construction for years, a job I hated doing.. so now I'm making an equivalent amount doing what I truly love (I literally get paid to hang out with guys and motivate them to approach women.), sometimes it still shocks me that I get paid well for this (after years of very hard physical labor work for less/the same).
I believe I'm now hitting an internal block with my income. Not to brag, but I honestly feel I'm one of the best coaches in the world at what I do. Many clients have taken training that is 3 times the price of mine with other companies and they told me that got so much more out of my training. That these big companies are just marketing machines that don't give a shit about the clients after they pay them. They just do the bare minimum promised and lead clients through a cookie cutter program with no personalized advice.
I charge $999 for a two day "bootcamp", I only do 1-on-1 coaching and customize every session to exactly what will help each client the best. Many more established companies, charge $2500 - $3900 for a similar two day training, only I truly feel they do not come close to serving / caring / adding value to clients lives as much as I do.
I've actually seen some of these other companies coaching live in NYC (many coaches take clients to the same packed areas) and I'm never impressed with what I see them doing.
One part of me sees these other companies prices and says: "Wow if these guys charge $3,000 for THAT, then I should charge $9,000 cause my program is at least 3 times better than that!"
But honestly the next thing I say internally, is "who would pay ME that much money?" and I feel like it's not possible to find clients in that price range. Honestly, I even feel like a $2,000 price tag is "too much" for this type of training. I feel like these other companies are preying on desperate men, their goal is to get the most profit and not actually care about the clients results, etc. I feel there is some validity to these thoughts but also classify them as negative barriers to increasing my income dramatically.
My newest solution, is to apply fastlane formulas and scale my income up with monthly membership programs on my website, and online courses, etc. I know the value in my training is there, its just a matter of getting my message out to the most people. I'm motivated, I'm taking action, I'm seeing some positive results money wise.. but still feel their is alot of internal resistance to doubling/tripling my income in the next few months!
I've read many books on money mindset.. understand logically that I need to make a shift with my money mindset to take my income to the next level. Just looking for any practical ways to make this shift as fast as possible.
Let's keep this thread as potent with powerful advice from real money-making entrepreneurs so everyone else can get as much value as possible from it!!
Thanks guys, I love this forum and all the value on here!!!
I've been an entrepreneur for the past few years. I'm a men's dating coach and manage online dating accounts. I'm "my own boss", "following my passion", set my own schedule, have no alarm clock, etc. so better lifestyle than most people, but my income seems to plateau somewhere around $3,000/month.
This level is about what I've made previously in construction for years, a job I hated doing.. so now I'm making an equivalent amount doing what I truly love (I literally get paid to hang out with guys and motivate them to approach women.), sometimes it still shocks me that I get paid well for this (after years of very hard physical labor work for less/the same).
I believe I'm now hitting an internal block with my income. Not to brag, but I honestly feel I'm one of the best coaches in the world at what I do. Many clients have taken training that is 3 times the price of mine with other companies and they told me that got so much more out of my training. That these big companies are just marketing machines that don't give a shit about the clients after they pay them. They just do the bare minimum promised and lead clients through a cookie cutter program with no personalized advice.
I charge $999 for a two day "bootcamp", I only do 1-on-1 coaching and customize every session to exactly what will help each client the best. Many more established companies, charge $2500 - $3900 for a similar two day training, only I truly feel they do not come close to serving / caring / adding value to clients lives as much as I do.
I've actually seen some of these other companies coaching live in NYC (many coaches take clients to the same packed areas) and I'm never impressed with what I see them doing.
One part of me sees these other companies prices and says: "Wow if these guys charge $3,000 for THAT, then I should charge $9,000 cause my program is at least 3 times better than that!"
But honestly the next thing I say internally, is "who would pay ME that much money?" and I feel like it's not possible to find clients in that price range. Honestly, I even feel like a $2,000 price tag is "too much" for this type of training. I feel like these other companies are preying on desperate men, their goal is to get the most profit and not actually care about the clients results, etc. I feel there is some validity to these thoughts but also classify them as negative barriers to increasing my income dramatically.
My newest solution, is to apply fastlane formulas and scale my income up with monthly membership programs on my website, and online courses, etc. I know the value in my training is there, its just a matter of getting my message out to the most people. I'm motivated, I'm taking action, I'm seeing some positive results money wise.. but still feel their is alot of internal resistance to doubling/tripling my income in the next few months!
I've read many books on money mindset.. understand logically that I need to make a shift with my money mindset to take my income to the next level. Just looking for any practical ways to make this shift as fast as possible.
Let's keep this thread as potent with powerful advice from real money-making entrepreneurs so everyone else can get as much value as possible from it!!
Thanks guys, I love this forum and all the value on here!!!
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