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Imposter syndrome… do you have it? And what can you do about it…

Sophie Sion

Imposter syndrome is a real thing… bl**dy h*** it is!

Over the last week I had a MASSIVE reminder of this.

Do you struggle with it?  If you do, you’re not alone, I promise.

Here’s something to know about me: I reckon I was BORN with imposter syndrome.  I try to laugh about it, but it’s a little sad really.  Without going into too much details, I very often felt I was a real nuisance to some members of my family – a pain in the neck, an IMPOSTER who should really be there.

Anyway – that’s all in the past, thankfully.

But that feeling of not being good and clever enough has been with me all my life, and I’ve worked hard at getting “rid of it” for years.

It has got a lot better over the years, but sometimes it hits me again, straight in the face, usually when I’m doing something new and out of my comfort zone.

This is what happened this week: as I wrote last Sunday, I’m in the middle of launching my own offer… and as exciting as it is, it triggered a huge dose of imposter syndrome this week.

Yesterday, it hit me with such force that my brain went in a “funk” and for a few hours I just couldn’t think anymore.

Has this ever happened to you?  It’s crazy, isn’t it?

But I’ve been absolutely determined to get out of my own way this year, so I stared at my imposter syndrome and said: “you can’t control me this time, I’m winning”

And it worked!

I sat at my computer, put motivating music on my earphones, and JUST DID IT.

I actually visualised kicking this imposter monster, getting “it” away from me.  I was having none of it this time: too often it’s stopped me from doing things I’m completely capable of doing. 

Not now.

Not ever again.

So… I’m on a slight high right now, because I got SO MUCH done!  

My offer is ready.

My sales page is ready.

My emails are ready.

Let’s see what happens in the week.

The product is still “secret” – so I won’t say anything about it till next week.  

But I can’t wait to see how this goes!

Some things have helped me kick this imposter syndrome – I’ll share them in the hope they’ll help you:

  • Listening to daily “rewiring” music/meditation tracks: click here if you want to check the ones I use
  • Writing positive things about myself and posting them where I can see them daily
  • Having a super strict work routine, so I don’t need to think of what I have to do (this sounds unrelated to imposter syndrome, I know, but being on some kind of autopilot routine helps me massively not stop because I feel I’m not good enough)
  • Asking myself: “What’s the worst that can happen if I get something wrong?” (it’s usually not that bad)
  • “Accepting” the imposter feeling, and then reminding myself it’s just that: a feeling – not reality
  • Listening to positive music that energises me and makes me feel good about myself
  • Getting small, easy to accomplish tasks done first – this gives me a feeling of competency and makes me feel good about myself
  • Talking to myself in a positive way and repeating to myself that I’m allowed to win, that I don’t HAVE to be a victim of my past

I’ll keep this post short – must go and get some fresh air with my little dog!

Have you seen her yet?  I don’t think so!  Meet Nellie:

Speak soon!

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So much to do, and so little time to do it…

Sophie Sion

I’m hoping this post won’t be too negative… but sometimes I seriously just need to have a good rant…

Maybe you, my dear reader, will relate to what I’m about to share?

Ok, so here we go: today’s January 13th, nearly half the month has gone, and I’m already running “behind”.

It’s maddening!

It drives me nuts, because it’s not that I don’t work and it’s not that I’m not motivated… it’s just that there are too many things in my life.

Well, I say “things”, but maybe that’s not the right word.

Rather, I mean, “responsibilities”, “people”, “roles”, “chores”.

Now don’t get me wrong: I LOVE my family to bits; my kids are absolutely everything for me and I would go to the end of the earth for them (well, if the earth wasn’t round, that is lol).

But with the family come sooooo many “things”.

Granted I don’t make it easier on myself by not sending the kids to school – but that’s a choice we’re not going back on, ever; it’s a non-negotiable, so I just have to work with this.

Apart from “school”, there are so many things to oversee, it’s insane.

Cooking, for one, is endless.

I mean, why, oh why, do we have to eat three times a day?  Wouldn’t it be so much easier if we could just do it once a week? 

You know, a little like changing the bedding… we’d schedule it and do it every Saturday.  Then it would be done!

But no, it doesn’t work like that; and kids are always hungry.

No sooner have we cleared the breakfast table that they ask: “Mum, what were you thinking of cooking for lunch?”

My kids are good at helping me out, but there still seems to be so much that I have to do.

Anyway, this week has been frustrating, and I’m annoyed at myself that I haven’t kept up.

I had planned an email a day – I’ve sent two only…

I had promised myself to shoot a video – it hasn’t happened yet…

I had committed to blog here at least once a week – this is my first post of the year…

And I am in the middle of preparing a new course – launch is planned for February 2nd… I wanted it finished by now, but it’s not ready yet.

Can you relate?

Are you trying to do too much?

If so, I feel for you!  And you’re not alone.

Ok, rant over – I feel better now!

The positive news is that I’ve not done nothing :-).

My ad is running and doing soooo well. I mean look at these numbers for the first 12 days of the year:

Leads are coming in for as little as $0.33, it’s incredible!

My email sequences are working for me.  My open rates are consistently above 35%.  Sales have come in.

That’s what I need to focus on – not the stuff I haven’t done.

Anyway, I’ll end this post here and go write some emails for next week.

If you’re like me, having to do a ton of “things” and finding it frustrating at times, please don’t give up.  You’ll get there, I promise.  The frustration is just part of the course, but it’s still all worth it in the end.

And if you want to know how to run ads that bring in quality leads at such a low cost – just like in the screenshot above – click this link; I teach this stuff, and you can get my training for free by following three simple steps.

Exciting things are happening within Internet Profits by the way… I’ll update you about it all very soon 🙂

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Know your numbers

Sophie Sion

If there’s ONE thing Dean has taught me, it’s this: KNOW YOUR NUMBERS.

If you, dear reader, don’t track your numbers, don’t worry – I was the same.  When I first started building this business, I’m ashamed to say I didn’t really treat it like a business…

But then I met Dean, and he taught me otherwise.

As painful as it was, I began tracking figures.

  • Clicks
  • Leads
  • Sales
  • Ad spend

At first there were way too many zeros on my tracker sheet… I cringed every time I looked at it… but I’m a good girl who generally does as she’s told (especially when it’s her multi-millionaire mentor who tells her to do it), so I continued to track nonetheless.  

And in time, there were not so many zeros and that felt really good – but this is not the point I think will help you in this post.

The important thing I learned from tracking my numbers is that it allows me to make business decisions based on facts rather than emotions.

Oftentimes, we think something is working – when in reality it’s not.  And vice-versa, we might feel super discouraged and feel like failures, but then the numbers show us we’re in fact succeeding.

Numbers don’t lie.

I had an epiphany moment a few weeks ago that illustrated exactly this point: I was thinking of my strategy for 2024, and as usual, dozens of ideas were whizzing through my brain…

And then I stopped myself in my tracks and looked at my 2023 numbers.

Before making any decisions for 2024, I needed to know what 2023 looked like.

And looking at my tracker sheet, it was plain and simple: my Facebook ad is giving me an astounding ROI; throughout the year it has been running continuously, bringing in leads and making me between 350 and 400% ROI!

This is a perfect example of me thinking I’m not doing that well, but looking at the numbers and opening my eyes on the reality that I’m doing great.

If you haven’t been tracking your numbers, I highly suggest you commit to doing so in 2024.

It’s not hard at all.  All you need is a spreadsheet.  You can use Google sheets, an Excel spreadsheet on Word or Open Office; nothing fancy!

I’ve made a habit of entering my stats every morning.  I log in, look at the number of clicks, leads and sales I have.  I enter these, along with my ad spend for the previous day.  Takes me 5 minutes max.  

At the end of the month, I check that it’s all totalled up accurately.  There’s a sheet where the year’s totals are all added too.  

It’s easy and it makes a huge difference.

So… after looking at my numbers, I decided on my 2024 plan!  And guess what? 

I’m simply going to do more of what works.  And I’m going to take it to another level!

Here’s what I’ll do:

  • double down on my ads: I’ll try running a new one alongside the one that’s already working; I’ll try duplicating my winner and run it to other audiences; I’ll try increasing my ad spend
  • double down on my follow-up: the ads bring in the leads, but the follow-up builds the relationship and brings in the sales; I’m committing to writing many more emails this year, and to build 5 star relationships with my customers

And that’s it.

I’m going to do less to do more.

I’ll record how all this is going here, and I’ll share it to YouTube, of course.  But my focus will be on this, and this only.

What’s your plan for 2024?  Do you track your numbers already?  Let me know in the comments if you’d like me to show you a spreadsheet example – I’d be happy to do so if it helps!

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I’ve done it again :-(

Sophie Sion

I know, I know… I disappeared again for a few weeks!  So sorry!  But I’ve been working hard, that’s why!

And I went away for a few days too…

Want to see a picture?  Took my mum, youngest son and nephew to the Swiss mountains for a few days; my sister joined us on day 3.  The views were spectacular. 

I mean, look at this…

The weather was mostly grey and overcast, but it was still incredibly beautiful!

My mum has Alzheimer’s, so it wasn’t exactly a holiday, but I won’t go into the sad details, it’s just too depressing.

 

Back to business and the news is good 🙂

Did I ever tell you that in Internet Profits, we can send our results in once a month and have them reviewed by Dean himself?

Well, if I didn’t, I have now.  These monthly results reviews are worth gold.  To have a multiple 7 figure earner look at my strategy and results once a month – and give me feedback on all this – has made a HUGE difference to my progress.

Do you track your numbers?  If you don’t, I highly recommend it!  It’s an eye opener at times.

Anyway, as I was preparing to submit my numbers for July, I went into a bit of statistical deep dive.  If I spread out my numbers over the last 18 months, I’ve been making an average of just over 1k a month.  If I look at the last 12 months, I’m averaging nearly 1.5k a month.  That’s in profit, of course. 

As I write this, I’m attacked by self-doubt and imposter syndrome.  I see all the MASSIVE income promises I get in my inbox weekly, and I think “I’m only making 4 figures a month…”

And then you know what?  I stop myself!  I refuse to go down that rabbit hole.

I make what I make, and I’m so incredibly proud of myself.

I have such little time… I don’t have my own office.  There are constant interruptions.  My kids don’t go to school – I’m responsible for their education.  Until April this year, I looked after my dear Dad.  It was full on.  And then there was the horror of seeing him go downhill, suffer terribly and finally pass away.  And now there’s the grief.  I don’t talk about it much, but it’s there, all the time.

So yes, I’m proud of these 4 figures I make each month.  Immensely proud.

 

In other news, I spoke with a great marketer and copywriter called Bill Mueller.  He reviewed my emails and had only great things to say about them, that made me blush big time.

I told him I really wanted to improve on my emails and how they convert…  he asked me about my numbers and when I showed him my stats from my ads and my ROI, he said “how much better than that can it get?”.  This made me laugh and I thought he had a point!  It made me realise how much I underestimate how well I’m doing.  After all, three to four hundred percent ROI is not bad, right?

So my August aim now is to scale my ads and get that email list of mine bigger – much bigger!

I won’t do anything crazy – I do believe slow and steady wins the race.  But I’m gradually increasing my ad budget and testing new audiences.

Unless Dean tells me not to, of course.  I always follow his advice above all else – and it serves me well.

 

Anyway, that’s the news for this week.

Well, almost!  YouTube still being my first love, I continue to publish on there, of course.  You might want to check out my latest video: 5 tips to unlock your affiliate marketing success ?

 

 

That’s it from me for today… if you want to get started, here’s my free training: just click here to grab it :-).

Have a wonderful Sunday!

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The lies that give affiliate marketing such a bad name…

Sophie Sion

“17k in 48 hours, even as a complete beginner…”

That’s the Facebook post that triggered me to grab my camera and shoot my latest video for this week.

I’ve had enough of all the BS in the industry and I think it’s time to speak out…

I mean, SERIOUSLY, come on!  17 grand in a weekend??? Who believes this kind of stuff????

Well, sadly, many people!  I’d love to think that everyone sees through the lies, but unfortunately so many don’t!  And I can’t blame them!

The promise of making a HUGE lot of money FAST is sooooo appealing.  Who wouldn’t want to jump on a webinar that promises to make nearly a year’s salary in a couple of days?

I know I would!  If I didn’t know better, that is.

Now if you’re starting out, “from scratch with ZERO experience”, you don’t need this kind of cr*p – seriously you don’t!  It will mess up your brain and give you completely false expectations – and that’s the LAST thing you need, especially if you’re in desperate need for money.

Now just to be clear: affiliate marketing can be extremely profitable. As I write this, on July 18th, I’ve already made over 2k this month, and I’m spending a lot of my time at the pool with my kids, making the most of the boiling hot summer we have in my part of the world.

I’m NOT saying that affiliate marketing is a scam, because it’s NOT, not at all!

But telling people that they can make 17k in 48 hours, even if they’re complete beginners is just like telling people “you can be a millionaire tomorrow if you buy a lottery ticket”.  It can happen, but it’s EXTREMELY unlikely – I mean, really, really, REALLY unlikely.

This kind of post makes me so mad, because I truly feel for all the people who’ll waste precious time and money as a result. 

Wild income claims mess up with your brain, you see.  If you go into affiliate marketing with this kind of expectation, you’re then going to think you’re doing something wrong if you don’t make a ton of cash fast; you’ll then beat yourself up; you’ll be highly likely to then go and buy another program or course, that promises you yet other massively unrealistic things… and when that doesn’t bring you the money you hoped for, you’ll move onto something else… Before you know it, you’ll have wasted months, if not years, chasing an illusion.  Not to mention the money you’ll have spent.

And I don’t want this for you!

I SO want you to learn the essential skills needed to create, grow, and scale a real, profitable affiliate marketing business.

This is why these posts make me so angry!  And I’ve just had enough – I’m not going to stay polite and quiet anymore about it! 

Here’s my video about this  ?

 

If you’re starting out in this, please, please be careful: don’t be taken in by wild claims of big money fast.  Learn from ethical marketers (like me lol) and you’ll spend a lot less money than if you chase shiny objects.  Always remember the saying: “all that glitters is not gold”.  It’s true… 

My free training is here for you if you want it – just click here to grab it :-).

See you next week for more news!