{"id":4306,"date":"2015-04-10T10:42:22","date_gmt":"2015-04-10T15:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/blog\/?p=4306"},"modified":"2015-04-10T10:49:08","modified_gmt":"2015-04-10T15:49:08","slug":"best-friends-with-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/?p=4306","title":{"rendered":"How To Go From Being a Free Email Subscriber to Buddies with Famous Bloggers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let’s recap…<\/p>\n

A few weeks\u00a0ago I told you the story of Jonathan (he read this blog post<\/a> and started a $2,500 per month business<\/a> in 5 days).<\/p>\n

Three\u00a0things happened after you read that story….<\/p>\n

FIRST<\/strong>, you got really excited.<\/p>\n

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THEN<\/strong>,\u00a0you went out and attempted to replicate what Jonathan did.<\/p>\n

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FINALLY<\/strong>, you realized you sucked at it: this wasn’t a magic bullet…<\/p>\n

..and (just like everything else in life) you would have to keep practicing.<\/p>\n

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You aren’t alone.<\/p>\n

I’ve personally mentored<\/a> a handful of Videofruit readers\u00a0over the past year to help them follow the same path as Jonathan.<\/p>\n

What I’ve found is there are three main roadblocks that you immediately run into when implementing this formula.<\/p>\n

Roadblock\u00a0#1:<\/strong> You can\u2019t\u00a0find the email address of the person\u00a0you want to pitch.<\/p>\n

Roadblock\u00a0#2:<\/strong> You completely skip building relationships with your prospects.<\/p>\n

Roadblock\u00a0#3: <\/strong>Your pitch sucks.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

Last week we started tackling each of these roadblocks.<\/p>\n

(Note: If you haven’t read the first post in this series, go do that now.<\/a>)<\/p>\n

I showed you how to quickly find the email of nearly any major influencer online.<\/p>\n

And I left you with three action\u00a0items…<\/p>\n

Action Item #1:<\/strong> Pick the\u00a0service you will offer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Action Item #2:<\/strong> Make a list of 10 people you would like to work with<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Action Item #3:<\/strong> Subscribe to\u00a0each prospect\u2019s newsletter.<\/p>\n

Did you do that?<\/p>\n

If not, stop reading and go do that now.<\/p>\n

If you did, good work!<\/p>\n

You’re ready to move to the next step.<\/p>\n

How to go from a free newsletter subscriber to a paid contractor for any blogger<\/h2>\n

Meeting and getting to work with your online mentors is a blast.<\/p>\n

I’ve been able to work with people like Michael Hyatt, Jeff Goins and Noah Kagan.<\/p>\n

It pays well. They are great people. AND you get to learn a ton from them.<\/p>\n

BUT!<\/p>\n

You can’t go from some random dude to trying to close a sale the first time you talk to someone.<\/p>\n

You have to build a relationship first.<\/p>\n

Most people who fail when implementing the Santa Claus Formula<\/a> skip this step entirely.<\/p>\n

Let me ask you this…<\/p>\n

What would happen if you proposed to a girl on the first date?<\/p>\n

(Don’t lie: you’ve at least thought about doing this at some point.)<\/p>\n

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