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Cold Hard Fact #3: Other people have specialized knowledge that can easily double your sales. Easily.

Your Big “Uh-Oh”: You ain’t asking them for it, bub.

How To Fix This Profit-Sucking Problem

You are in business to do X. You are not in business to do Y, Z, AA, 9V, etc., etc., and so forth. But Y, Z, and the number 23 are critical for you to make money - and lots of it. Case in point:

• I am in business to make money teaching people time management /project management skills.
• I am not in business to:
  • Be a master copywriter
  • Be a master affiliate manager
  • Be a master promoter
  • Be a master blog traffic expert
  • Be a master networker
  • Be a (so on and so on)

But all these things are still important because they rapidly increase the rate of that magical cashflow. If I can:

• Make my copy convert twice as well = found money.
• Make it twice as easy to recruit/manage affiliates = found money.
• Make my email list twice as responsive = found money.
• Double the traffic to a revenue-generating log = found money.
• Have other people hook me up with MORE people who can help me do this and more = found money.

I’m not going to spend 1000 hours mastering copywriting - but if I get the attention of some really good people who have, I can pry out the most important information I need to make it work twice as well in no time.

I’m not going to research all the best ways to manage affiliates - but if I find someone who is already doing it, he can show me the ropes wicked fast.

In other words, I shave tons of time off my learning curve simply by asking people how to improve what I’m doing. And that’s what you need to do as well. Here’s a simple formula -

1. Figure out what can really increase your cashflow (but that you’re clueless / amateur at).
2. Search for people who are really good at that, (or better yet, find a forum where they all hang out).
3. This is the critical step: Ask them specifically how they would do things differently if they were you.

Sure, there are a lot of people who will brush you off, but a lot won’t. You just keep chugging along until you find cool people who don’t mind giving a truly interested person some pointers. Then you shave 999 hours off your education by getting the most important tips you need from a seasoned pro in an hour or so.

Remember - if you don’t have … it’s ’cause you ain’t asking.

So ask.

What You Need To Do Right Now

1. Reread the 1-2-3 list above and take some action
2. Post a quick comment to tell the world where the cool people are.
3. Lather, rinse, repeat.