- Hey everybody, welcome back.
You might've seen my recent webinar called
"The Easiest Way To Network Like a Badass."
But if you didn't, I want you to stay to the very end
of this video, because I'm going to be sharing
some exciting news with you about
how you can work with me directly,
how you can build a powerful network overnight,
and how you can make money by networking.
So let's talk about networking a little bit.
Networking can be really uncomfortable.
I don't know about you, but I'm a bit of an introvert,
and I find networking really uncomfortable in a lot of ways.
But the thing you have to remember is that your network
is more critical to your success as a creative professional
than your creative skills.
I'm going to say that again.
Your network is more critical to your success
as a creative professional or an entrepreneur
than your creative skills are.
So let's talk about the power of networking a little bit.
Networking has some amazing benefits,
so why should you build it?
Well, first of all, most of your clients
are going to come through word-of-mouth, and most jobs,
if you're working a regular nine-to-five with an agency
or a corporation in-house, most of your new jobs
are going to come through your connections,
through your network.
Networking helps you stay current.
It helps you share resources and projects,
and it also keeps you up on best practices,
best practices in business, in organization, in financial
and working with subcontractors.
And when it comes down to it, building your network
just makes being a digital entrepreneur a lot less lonely.
And the thing about masterminds is that masterminds
really are the absolute easiest way to network.
And when it comes down to it,
masterminds are the one place where you are guaranteed
to build a network, build your confidence,
and build your skills that are going to help you succeed
in the creative economy.
When you join a mastermind, you basically get
an amazingly powerful network overnight.
You start to engage in really accelerated learning,
and you get access to more resources,
resources that you don't have to go out and find,
that have already been found and vetted
by the other members of your mastermind.
You set goals, you are accountable to those goals
because all of the members of the mastermind
share their goals with each other
and check in with each other on their goals.
You get inspiration and motivation.
You get feedback and validation of the decisions
that you're needing to make in your business.
And you get access to new business because your network
will exponentially increase overnight,
and you develop deep relationships
with other trusted partners, and therefore,
it builds your confidence in everything that you do.
And the time and energy that you spend in a mastermind
is an investment that you're making
in order to achieve your goals.
And you need to invest time and money in networking
so your business can grow in the future.
So after a 25-plus year career in big corporate
and big agency life, I moved over
to become a digital entrepreneur and starting my own agency.
And so, in under four years, the power of masterminds
have made my business grow incredibly quickly.
I've developed this YouTube channel that you're watching
and have over 200,000 subscribers here, 250-plus videos.
I've got a newsletter that has 15,000 subscribers,
a podcast, a Facebook group.
I've posted hundreds of articles and blog posts
and appeared on dozens of podcasts.
And I did this so quickly by leveraging
the power of and participating in mastermind groups.
So how can you achieve the benefits
of being in a mastermind?
Well, here's the exciting part that I promised you.
I've started a paid mastermind group
called the Brand Design Masters Guild.
So what goes on in Brand Design Masters Guild?
Well, it's an intimate nine-member group, 10 including me.
We meet over a 12-week period, one-hour Zoom meeting a week
for 12 weeks, and we also have one to two hot seats
that focus the entire group's energy and ideas
on your challenges, and you're going to get one or two of those
in that 12-week period of time.
You also get one-on-one meetings with each of the members
of the Guild over that period of time so you can build
deeper and more meaningful relationships.
And then also you get access to all the meeting videos.
You'll also receive a private Facebook group
where everyone congregates to ask questions or get feedback
or share ideas or resources while we're not in session.
And in that group, you'll get guidance and feedback
and accountability from myself and from the other members
of the group in that Facebook group,
but also obviously in the meetings.
And then, periodically, we bring in guest experts
to talk on particular topics that the group
really wants to hear about.
So more amazing benefits that you get from the group
are you get an instant overnight network
of other professional partners that have your back
in every aspect of your business.
They add a level of motivation and accountability
to achieve your goals, which is going to add rocket fuel
to your business.
You're going to build sharper skills in design and strategy
and marketing and business development.
And you're going to acquire that knowledge to help you win
in the creative economy, and you're going to build a level
of confidence that you've never experienced before.
Here are just a few quotes from other previous members
of the Brand Design Masters Guild.
So what is the investment in the Brand Design Masters Guild?
It's $1,497 for that 12-week period of time
to become a member of the Brand Design Masters Guild.
And if you go to this URL, bdmpodcast.com/guild
you can apply for the Guild.
Now at the recording of this video,
there are only two seats left
in Brand Design Masters Guild number three
which is going to start in mid-January.
So if you want to get involved in this,
you really have to kind of move quickly.
You know you need to build your network.
You know you need to build your confidence.
The Brand Design Masters Guild is going to be
the perfect place for you to do that.
It's a $1,497 investment,
and the members of the previous guilds have said
that it's worth five times that much.
When you go to bdmpodcast.com/guild
you're going to be taken to a landing page
that describes very quickly what the Guild is about.
And then, you're going to be taken to a quick form
where you're going to fill out five or eight questions
about your business, your challenges, and your goals.
And then, you'll be given the opportunity
to set up a one-on-one Zoom meeting with me
so we can discuss whether the Guild
is going to be a right fit for you.
So if you've been thinking about networking
in a different way, and possibly you're interested
in joining a mastermind, I encourage you to apply
to the Brand Design Masters Guild.
As I said, enrollment closes December 25th,
in just a few days, and I've only got two spots left
in Guild number three, which starts in mid-January.
So if you're interested, go to bdmpodcast.com/guild
and apply for the Brand Design Masters Guild.
I look forward to talking to you, and with that,
thanks again for watching, and bye for now.
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