1/ For anyone who is on the fence about @growclass, I remember the exact moment I was sitting in my car in the parking lot on September 9th, 2020 calculating on the phone what the ROI would need to be for me to join the program.
2/ I had calculated that if this program got me about 11 extra students paying $250 CAD each over the next 12 months, this course would pay for itself.
Considering how much I have valued @skstock's help and advice, I was confident it would be at least that, probably more.
3/ In fact, after I already joined, Sarah challenged me and said "let's make that goal 25"! And I got excited but was skeptical if even with some great tools and education I would be able to pull that off.
25 * $250 = $6,250
4/ So my advice to anyone trying to figure this out, if you're running your own business is to ask yourself 2 questions:
1. "How many extra sales will I need over the next 12 months to pay off the cost of this program?"
2. "Do I think that this program will do at least that?"
5/ What happened in @growclass is that I learned how to better talk about the benefits of my program and write better and got custom-tailored help/iteration and advice from the incredible community on my landing pages and copy.
6/ So fast-forward to today.
Instead of:
β 11 students X $250 = $2,750 revenue
β 25 X $250 = $6,250 revenue (Sarah's goal for me)
I landed 11 students in my very next cohort
β 11 students X $650-750 = $7000+
Mind you that is in 2-3 months instead of my 12 month goal.
7/ Obviously that took a lot of hard work and grit alongside the program, not discounting any of that, but I'm happy that I not only met my own goal, but even surpassed @skstock's more ambitious goal for me.
7/ Long story short - was it worth it for me? Absolutely!
Is it going to be worth it for you? Maybe. Do the math, see if it adds up and make a calculated decision for yourself if it makes sense.
This shouldn't feel like a roll of the dice. β€οΈ
8/ If you're into it, enrolment closes in 24 hours (Fri Jan 15th). Do your research, ask questions (to me or @skstock or any of the other incredible alumni).
9/ I remember after registering, I got an email with a beautiful welcome package walking me through the whole process and immediately thought: "I'm so happy I made the right decision"
1/ One of the best things I did in 2020 was to join a growth marketing program called @growclass
Iβd seen it hover around online, I saw some friends talking about it. But I thought, wow, that looks great but itβs too expensive for me at the moment.
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2/ Then I kept coming back and getting more nervous because the more I looked at it the more I wanted to join.
It finally came to a point where I felt an irresistible urge to join the program. And I remember I was on the landing page 10 minutes before the program closed.
3/ And I immediately thought to myself: βI need to learn how to make people interested in career coaching feel like Growclass made me feel just nowβ.
1/ Hey Twitter, have you applied to 157 jobs this year and gotten a handful of interviews and still not a single offer?
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2/ Itβs been a rough year for many of us and being unemployed is a huge added stressor to that.
Here are a few of the main issues Iβve seen with students in my program.
3/ ISSUE #1
Youβre limiting yourself to one single strategy - applying on job boards.
Job boards have a really low success rate. Unless your resume and skill set is really outstanding, youβre competing against HUNDREDS of other applicants and your chances are low.
@stefanpalios and I have some really exciting news. In many of my career coaching discussions, a lot of what came up was the fact that many people have started freelancing.
2/ First, I got my first 4 paying students in my first cohort. We've had our first two classes so far and it has been so incredible.
The format has generally been:
1- Introductions/Check-Ins/Learnings 2- Agenda for the Day 3- Lesson + Interactive Workshop 4- Homework
3/ Every week, I've been taking my outlined curriculum and building out the slide deck in @canva (just so beautifully easy) to prepare and refine the module and presentation for the week.
I try to make the presentations a combination of lecture + workshop + accountability.
2/ By doing that, I was able to COMPLETELY unplug from work for the whole 9 days!
- Disabled work calendars
- Logged out of work emails from my phone and computer
- Logged out of SLACK (big one)
- Logged out of Zoho
So I was able to fully enjoy my vacation.
3/ Coming back to work this morning, I was confident things were well-handled, but I was still curious about what Iβd see when I logged back into work emails and Slack.
1/ I donβt have many people I know who are at the same stage of early entrepreneurship as I am but Twitter friends, I have you, so I wanted to share a bit about my story of the early stages of building @joinclearcareer, as well as some of my biggest fears and recent milestones π
2/ As Iβve mentioned before, a few years ago I started a Facebook group called the ClearCareer Peer Mentorship Community (well originally a Slack group actually but that didnβt take).
3/ My aim for the group was to create a community where job seekers would share resources, ask for help, celebrate wins, share their struggles and more.