❌ Pay to play media. (Stop pretending you didn’t know you paid $XXXX to be featured in that article. Woman it SAYS “sponsored.” Just yuck.)
❌ Pay to publish books or anthologies. (I LIKE anthologies but am not into vanity publishing. Also, I’ve just never paid to be associated with others. I earn my way in to elite circles… as an equal, not as a client.)
❌ Been a fan girl for literally AN-Y-ONE. As my Mom told me, “they put their pants on the same as you…. one leg at a time.”
❌ Like for Like / Follow for Follow campaigns. Follow me if you want. I’ll do the same. But these numbers RARELY have ANYTHING to do with sales numbers. (I routinely sell more MONTHLY than those with 250K TikTok Followers or 1 M Instagram peeps.) Buyers are DIFFERENT than LURKERS. You attract them differently and sell to them differently.
❌ Fought for the attention of the masses. I show up and speak with power and passion. I don’t need the masses to make millions and NEITHER DO YOU.
❌ Bought ads. (Ever.) You can EARN attention or pay for it. I’m old school. I could definitely have been here “faster” by buying ads. I have nothing against it for you. It was NECESSARY to use grit instead of gold… because when I began, I had no money to buy ads. And when I did, I no longer needed it. 😊
❌ Created ANY dependence on ANY media (social or otherwise) that I do not own and control. Bottom-line: I do not trust these platforms to have my best interests at heart. I USE these platforms as tools and MOSTLY in ways that few others (maybe no one) teaches. Hit me up for my special report on my own personal Syndication System.
❌ Dressed up or softened the truth because I didn’t trust my people could take it. I work with badass women. Period.
❌ Presented top line income parades and promises. What you KEEP of your income matters. A LOT of “industry leaders” in this space are operating at a pretty significant loss, MONTHLY. If you’re UP for that, follow them. Buy their stuff. Follow in their footsteps. i’m not about debt. I like financial freedom.
❌ Pimped my lifestyle as a selling factor. Why? My lifestyle would bore most of you to death. 😊 I LOVE this life. It is of my own unique design. I’m as (financially) rich as I’d ever want to be. But it’s not sexy. I don’t love to travel. I don’t live extravagantly. My best days are at home… listening to the birds chirping, writing. Dinner with my husband. But it’s about freedom for me.
My point in all of this is simple:
MUCH of what you think is necessary to succeed today is not necessary… There are INFINITE ways to create financial success as an entrepreneur. You MUST look at your business as a custom build and built it around YOU.
Also, for a bit more information, read these links. https://www.bmichellepippin.com/the-truly-successful-never-do-this/ https://www.bmichellepippin.com/think-like-elite-famous-rich-people-industry/ Six questions LEADERS never ask and also … a few thoughts on names you know and what THEY never do.
If I can help you make sense of what YOU’RE doing right now to build your income in business… private message me.
**Pic just to show off my baby girl.
