I've been consulting and working with Brice on this Day Trading Offer...we're less than a week in and the high ticket sales are already poppin'...without any phone calls! I'm happy to help you on coffee dates, negotiate rev shares, consult on your copy, sales convos, etc... Got your eyes on a deal? Cookin' something up? Shoot me a DM and let's party.

So here is a copy of my email conversation with a parenting coach. I initially found that she was running Facebook ads directly to a free masterclass, so I knew she would be in the market for some help as her coaching services start at $3.5k. The first message was sent through her contact form, and she replied within five minutes. I do not normally respond in the way I have, but you'll notice her first response was detailed, so I wanted to reflect back her 'tone'. Once she booked in a coffee date, I replied and thanked her, and her response was, "Please let me know your intention in connecting." 🤭 I was a bit surprised, however, she had checked me out on LinkedIn, and so I believe this response comes from her seeing I'm one of those pesky marketer types, or, she had forgotten what the call was about. My response: "I think I mentioned this in a previous with regards to helping you spread the word" (that good 'ol British charm) Her response: "Thanks, Andrew. Talking will be best. Look forward to Friday" Anyway, I hope that helps as you can see how the cold/warm-ish outreach led to a coffee date (later today 4.30 p.m.)

I'm tooooootaaaallly experimenting here... Would you even consider paying $999 for 4 coffee dates pre-set for you? I know you'd need a buncho other deets. But on a scale of 1 to 10. 1 = GROSS! 10 = GIMME! GIMME! GIMME! Where would ya be? Thanks for your thoughts in advance! Rooting For Ya, Travis

The ACT of active listening sells. The ACT of being INTERESTED converts. The ACT of showing your HUMANESS SELLS. If you can soak that in... If you can realize that in a world of AI bots...who don't have EARS and are NOT human... People WANT a HUMAN to LISTEN to them more than almost anything else in 2023. All the purty words that come out of a slick salespersons mouth or an AI bot, doesn't convert/sell/motivate like a HUMAN who is ACTIVELY trying to hear, understand and get to KNOW the person they are talking to. EXAMPLE: A prospect mentions in a reply that they've just moved to Orlando. And your or an AI's response is... "So, are you still interested?" That response took a hot steamy turd all over the opportunity to CONNECT. Will likely be ignored and rejected...and it SHOULD. But... What if we SHOWED that we LISTENED? What if we SHOWED our humanity? What if we got out of our HEAD trying to figure out something brilliant to say? and instead let them know we HEARD THEM and we'd like to UNDERSTAND MORE? What if we put CONNECTION before CONVERSION? "You moved:-0 Respect! I'd rather take a karate chop to my man parts than EVER move again. Orlando does seem tempting. I am still recovering from my last move and that was 10 years ago! Should we continue our convo in 2033? or is that too soon?" That one short paragraph... Will open most people up. Openness and connection = safety and trust Trust then leads to conversion IF it makes sense for both parties. Isn't this good news? We don't need to be masters of conversion. We only need to be "okay" at being human and CONNECTING. Most of us have way more experience at being human than being a master copywriter, star salesperson or the Warren Buffet of Investors. We're moms. We're dads. We're husbands, wives and SOs. We're already "ok" at connecting and listening in real life. (Mostly.) That's all that is required as a Ronin. Don't worry about WHAT TO SAY. Lean in to listening and trying to understand.

Almost every time I try something new, I discover how utterly full of shit I've been. In some ways this feels insignificant and juvenile to share... but it feels HUGE to me. Full transparency -- I sit alone in my office and cry almost every time I blow the lid off one of Little Jim's bullshit stories of how unimportant he is. So, if you're under any illusion that I have my shit together, sorry to burst your bubble. 🤣 Anyway, back to the real point here. Inspired by @Nathan Zadworny's example of messaging people, I sent a cold DM to someone today. See the pic of what I sent and her response. The big reason I'm sharing this is because I have spent way too many years [decades] living under the assumption that people don't really WANT what I have. And every time I get a response like this in confirms that WAY TOO MANY PEOPLE want results they feel are impossible, or wrong, or stupid... And it feels vulnerable as fuck for them to reach out for help. I'm starting to believe they are literally praying for us to reach out because it's so scary for them to go first.