quit your day job? Would $100 a day, or $3000 a month be enough? How much of a comfort cushion would you need to be confident enough to quit your day job and pursue your OWN dreams working from home?
The truth is, everyone reading this article has a bit of a different baseline, as we all have our own unique financial circumstances to consider. That said, $50,000.00 a year SEEMS to be the benchmark that most people I speak to would be comfortable with earning their first year of self employment, and for that reason it's where I'm going to focus below.
Now, first understand this:
In my experience, the biggest SECRET to hitting your income goals is so simple... and so counter intuitive to what most of the "guru's" want you to believe.
Let me give you an example from my own business...
When I used to set daily income goals, I was constantly on the "defensive". I'd get up EVERY day with a sense of urgency and a sense of desperation for earning what I thought I needed to survive, or justify the whole "work at home" bit.
If I earned $300 on a Tuesday I'd feel great... until I earned $20 on a Wednesday, and then had to factor the 2 days earnings together to figure out whether I was growing, regressing or worse... just staying the stagnant in "getting by" mode forever.
It wasn't until I had a simple change in FOCUS and profit perspective that my business really took off.
And the change was super simple.
I simply STOPPED focusing on what I was earning every day. As a matter of fact, I didn't even check.
Instead, I set one BIG monthly goal.
And while that seemed like a very simple time saving exercise at the time time, what I found was actually something FAR more profound.
When I stopped feeling that sense of daily urgency about my earnings, and instead, looked at things through a bit of a bigger picture perspective, I found the projects I started FOCUSING on were much different as well.
For example, rather than selling affiliate products every day, I started focusing on LIST building instead.
And even if I made nothing for 5 OR 6 days... I could send out a big email to my list on that 7th day that earned 4 figures or MORE, making my daily earnings, on average... go UP.
Next, I started to look at getting different CLIENTS instead.
So instead of focusing on getting small sales that would add up to enough to cover my daily goal, I allowed myself to get comfortable CHARGING more to a smaller subset of my list who would pay BIGGER dollars for 1 or 2 larger transactions per month.
It really worked almost magically well... and even better than I had every anticipated.
My services grew to accommodate larger price points. My skills grew out of necessity as well. (as if you are going to charge more, you have to deliver more value to your clients as well)
My community grew and my conversions went up as well.
For you?
I would MUCH rather see my subscribers focus on selling nine $497 offers in a month... than 300 at $15. Or, sell 3 $1500 products or services and make your conversion cycle a 21 day process or so, rather than chasing $150 a day.
The dollars turn out to be pretty much exactly the same.
But your growth potential, the profit possibilities and and ultimate enjoyment you'll get out of your work will be exponentially different, I promise.
Lastly, the EASIEST way to earn $4500 a month or more, is by offering REAL products, services and VALUE to real people who need what you do best.
Coaching, consulting, teaching, training and mentoring people in an area you have PASSION can make the above numbers look small. 10 clients paying you $115 a week for a coaching session (which is the industry average for professional services) is NOT hard to launch from scratch.
Alternatively -
Building ASSETS that have value to other entrepreneurs (blogs, communities, and social media sites is a great business model as well, and one that I focus on these days, too)
Think BIG. Your results will follow, I promise!
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