I’m bringing my sales coach in to share her secrets.
Ready for a true story, mama?
A million years ago, way before The Free Mama was even the germ of an idea in my brain, I worked in the marketing department at the Kansas City Star.
I had a lovely little cubicle where I spent the vast majority of my waking hours in exchange for very little money.
Every day, I’d side-eye the sales team. They had a whole bunch of cubicles. They were always heading out for fancy lunches. They laughed a lot. And they were making a lot more money than I was.
I didn’t understand the value of their role, but I did feel pretty darn jealous. And, truth be told, more than a little bit entitled.
Oh, young Lauren. You had so much to learn.
Anyway, one day, a new member of the sales team came on board. We didn’t hang out — marketing was never invited to those fancy sales lunches — but we were certainly friendly to each other.
I was always aware of this woman, and how she ran her team. I saw the money she brought into the Star. I knew there was something special about her.
Fast forward a decade.
The Free Mama was being built. I’d hired the amazing Liz Benny as my coach, and I’d given her basically all of the money I had, plus a bunch I didn’t have, which meant I was kind of obligated to listen to her.
And she told me that I needed to coach someone.
I needed to prove that I could take someone across that bridge BEFORE I sold my course.
Well, this idea DID NOT THRILL ME.
In fact, what I said to Liz was, “Hard pass.”
Liz reminded me that I had HIRED HER (see above, re: ALL MY MONEY) to tell me things, and that it was really in my best interest to DO THE THINGS.
So, I posted on my Facebook page that I was ready (ha!) to coach one or two amazing women who wanted to pivot into an online business.
And the next thing I knew, Ryann Dowdy, my old colleague from the Kansas City Star, was in my DMs.
Somehow, I convinced her to pay me money, and she was my very first coaching student.
Fast forward to today, and Ryann is the person I trust THE MOST when it comes to teaching sales. In fact, I hired her as a sales coach to teach my own students how to make more money online. You’ve seen her around this space. Loads of you are in her Facebook group, and she spoke at Free Mama Live.
She’s AMAZING. And so we’re bringing her into the Free Mama Movement Facebook group to talk about what you need to know to sell effectively, which is how to make more money online! Because if you’re avoiding sales conversations, then you have a hobby, not a business.
So, if you want to learn how to make more money online, you don’t want to miss Ryann’s free training next week. It’s right in the Facebook group on Tuesday, November 10 at 2pm CST (3pm EST, 1pm MST, 12pm PST). And if you RSVP for the event, Facebook will even remind you when it’s time.
See you there!
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