I called with @Lukas Schmidt and in that call he: connected me with people that can guide me in the right direction, organized my ideas and thinking, and talked me through my current obstacles. I called with @Sam Rathling and she gave me monetization and offer ideas, encouraged me through relating her own experiences, and literally gave me full business mentorship on the spot! More on that to come... but this is a post to express my appreciation for that and share how they helped me move through confusion and doubt, because I feel like that's been one of the main obstacles for me throughout the networking and discovery calls. I'd say self-confidence, especially while speaking, is the main skill I've been honing in on this week. Now I worry much less and just commit to the best words I can come up with so that I can be forward-moving and helpful overall to whoever I'm connecting with. There are obviously lots of other qualities, listening often being the most important one, but I'd love to know if there's a particular skill/strength you've been building lately this week! 👇

This is my third networking challenge, and I thought I had it figured out. But Week 4 taught me that I needed to be more intentional. It's almost comical at this point. My first networking challenge was created by @Lukas Schmidt My last challenge? Also created by Lukas. I think I'm just doing networking because he tells me to, and honestly, I don't even mind. It's been incredibly valuable. I'm deeply grateful to for challenge for bringing me back into community again. My call with @Sofiya Pierce was transformational. It gave birth to a challenge that put me on the map for multiple communities, and I'm grateful I accepted. I'm learning constantly. How to create engagement. What makes communities stick. People further ahead than me share their lead generation strategies and techniques. Every conversation sparks new ideas for posts, webinars, or how I build my own community. I don't have a large audience yet, so I got strategic. I targeted fitness and nutrition communities, climbed the leaderboards to get more visible, booked more calls, and created more conversations. This came from advice during my networking calls. @Sam Rathling gave me several recommendations on how to get more eyes on me, how to use networking calls indirectly to generate clients, and strategies around engagement. I'm implementing all of it. (Funny story: I had Sam's book on my Amazon Wishlist for months before joining her community. When she mentioned her book on our call, I realized it was THE SAME SAM. Slightly embarrassing, but also perfect.) My call with @David Mason was all about reaching our monetary goals by year-end and building our client bases. @Mirtha Pena and I have this funny thing where we've never intentionally booked a 1-on-1 call, but we end up connecting every week anyway. Even in breakout rooms, we accidentally end up together. We are now working on getting to the paid clients by end of the year.