Question About Business/Life
I've been doing offline with moderate success. Ive been able to position myself to speak with professionals and companies that have a good turnover and had good response. The problem is, in the last few months I've barely made any money. Everything is good until it comes time for them to hand over the check. I have more than enough prospects (spoken with several guys who said that's not the issue) and have a few good lead gen sources working for me, but still, these past couple months have been brutal trying to get a sale. It sounds pathetic just writing this out.
Now, I don't want to quit but as I mentioned above I'm in a tough spot. Being in my early 20s I still live with my mom who can barely make ends meet herself. Lost her job, can't find a new job and she has zero skills.
All I hear throughout the week is how I need to start making money, that she can't support me (and she's right, I can't argue with that at all) but it gets to the point where I don't know what to do anymore.
I work hard making sure I'm speaking with prospects and can't close a deal, more pressure falls on my shoulders as I hear how I need to start bringing in money. At this point I feel like I'm doing everything I can but have hit a wall in my business, I'm really not sure.
I use SPIN selling techniques and have run my scripts and system by a couple guys who said it was really good. I can't help but think I have a lack of sales experience that is holding me back.
Without getting off topic too much, I'm not looking so much for sales/marketing/prospecting advice but more or less what would you do in this situation advice. I don't really want to be a burden on my mom as shes in a tough spot and I really feel that I should take care of myself but at the same time, if this keeps up there's no way I'll be able to make ends meet paying rent and everything.
The one nagging thought is to get a job. Which I'm fine with, I'm not too proud to work, but I can't help but feel like if I can't make this work devoting all of my time to it, there's no way I can get it to work working on it part time. I really don't think it would ever happen.
I think back on the many business books I've read to guys like Mark Cuban eating ketchup sandwiches and sleeping on the floor to make sure he did everything he could to keep his business running. That's always been my approach but at the same time I question myself all the time now if I'm doing the right thing, if I run out of money then I really don't see how I can make this thing work part time while working a job. The common doubts I'm sure many successful people have gone through, but magnified from the fact I constantly get told to "start making money" or "go back to school and get a real career".
Anyways, it's a bit of a long post but I'd love to hear some feedback from some of the successful guys and what they would do.
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