Does Offline Gold still work in 2015?

Almost everything works.

Every single sentence in this post could be expounded into a book. This is a dense post and represents years of study, failure, and success. Think of each sentence and take the time to concentrate on it. Here is the guaranteed formula for success - ready?

1) Decide exactly what you want.
2) Decide exactly what you will trade with others to get it.
3) Make a plan to make that trade as often as possible.

Simple eh?

A few details:

1) Decide exactly what you want.

There is no limit here. You can have anything you want. It doesn't matter. Want to launch a satellite? Want to fly up to the satellite personally? Want a new car or house? Humans can achieve anything. There is always a way.

You just need to know what you want, and commit to doing whatever it takes to get there.

2) Decide exactly what you will trade with others to get it.

Everything you want in life is currently in the hands of other people. You must trade with them. Either you will trade your hours and talent with an employer, or you will trade your talents with a client. It is always a trade.

Here is the key - It truly is better to give than receive. People will only trade with you if what they get is more valuable than what they give you.

So, create a value proposition that is many times greater than what you are asking from them. It doesn't matter how much you want from others - it could be a billion dollars. Just make sure that if you want a billion, what you give them is worth 3 billion. If you want $1,500/month - trade them something worth $5,000/month. They will gladly hand you the money.

3) Make a plan to make that trade as often as possible.

Here is the deal about the plan. It can be totally wrong. It can be old and useless. It doesn't matter if it works. Why?

Because you are intelligent and can make corrections to your plan along the way. None of this is set in stone. If you try something a hundred times, and it didn't work, examine why, then make an adjustment.

As you learn what is and is not working, you make adjustments. Always get better. This is so simple I cannot express to you how much everyone over-complicates things.

Make a stupid, worthless plan - then just work and make adjustments.

Or take this pattern you have, the Offline Gold plan - and start working and adjusting. Focus on your desired outcome, and keep offering to make those trades until you get good at it. Make the trade as often as possible, then smile when your goal is a reality.

This is very, very good advice. Learning from others is like a magic shortcut to my process above. You can either start from scratch, or you can learn from people who are already doing it. Get a job for awhile - even as an admin. Be an INTERN for very little money if necessary. Prove your worth, find your way into a sales role and get good at it.

In one year, you will have learned more than 5 years on your own. You probably will ignore this, and jump right to my three steps with the Offline Gold. Fine - just know that getting a job will be 10x more effective than doing it yourself. Once you succeed at the job, going on your own will be so much easier.

Don't think you have any qualification for a job? Just use my three steps above to get one. And if you don't qualify for an entry level job in the industry, what makes you think you can start a business in that industry?

The process I gave you is simple. It isn't even really hard work either. It is totally easy.

The hard part? Managing yourself. Managing your emotions. Overcoming your fears. Keeping your head in the game.

Regardless of what you do in life, the hardest part is in your head. It becomes much easier if you can work alongside people who are already doing it.

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Nope, it's not that easy. What about the ones who say no? Or what about if they say it's too expensive or that they already have online presence?

If you read that lost forum post, the author makes it sound like you can make money 'just like that'....he doesn't say anything about the high rejection rate.

It takes guts to walk into a business and do this if you're not used to it, since this method of face to face selling has a high rejection rate. I do know my efforts will help businesses, however most just say the price is too expensive or that they already have online prescience. How do I get round this?

Anyone can create a website totally idiot proof without any web design or coding skills using platforms such as Weebly, Wix, etc, for less than $100 including a domain and hosting. Anyone can set up a Facebook page and other social media for free and do their own updates for no cost. All that being the case, why would a business owner pay big money to someone who walks into their shop to do the same? After all, most businesses are trying to save money and reduce their costs.

I don't want a job, I'm an entrepreneur so I want to be rich and financially free by being a business owner.

I know my mindset needs to improve, but also I don't think that naive optimism isn't good either. It's best to be 100% real about how hard this is going to be and about the real world rejections and objections anyone doing face to face sales will encounter, rather than believing it'll happen with no effort.

Anyway, I'd love to hear from people who are doing this now and getting results. I want to learn from you. What do I need to do to make this work?

You skipped directly over the most helpful posts in this thread.

You want to be an entrepreneur - but you need to get skills first.

I mean, the question I am quoting above....this is really, really basic stuff. You can either take the next 5-10 years and suffer trying to learn this stuff on your own, or you can get a job and learn in 1-2 years.

Being an entrepreneur means finding the fastest way to your desired destination. You can absolutely be an entrepreneur INSIDE A JOB. It will absolutely be your fastest way to wealth from where you are now.

Please listen very closely from someone who has walked the path. Go get a job in sales in the marketing industry. Work your ass off until you are the top seller - at that point you will be making over $100,000 annually. You will be in a position to start something on your own.

Being an entrepreneur isn't about going broke. It is about increasing cashflow as much as possible and as quickly as possible. With a job, you can do that very very fast.

The people here aren't just some blowhards who don't understand who you are and what you want to do.

We are all driven. We are all entrepreneurs. We have all been in your shoes.

Find someone who is succeeding at this, and go to work with them. Drop the pie in the sky fantasy of starting a business with zero experience or sales skills and getting rich. I'm telling you - it will not happen like you want it to.

God I used to HATE hearing people say what I am saying. And now I am one of them.

Indeed. Right now I pay $1,700 per month for mine. I pay another $1,500 per month to follow up with the leads it generates. Another $2,600 per month for outbound marketing. And $1,600 per month for social marketing.

I remember when I used to think no one would pay $1,200 for a website! If you offer real value, and a real ROI - you can charge ANYTHING.