
Monday, April 01, 2024

I lost count how many books I have on advertising, online marketing, sales and personal development. I'd like to say I've read them all cover-to-cover, but if they are still on my shelf, they continiue to influence me for the better. Yet they only continue to make a difference if they're shared which I will do here. If there is something you like or want to share, feel free to chime in!
Like the Joe Walsh song, I'm an exceptional ordinary average guy! Growing-up with horses, I too often have a desire to adopt one at a nearby ranch. Going steady with the same girl for the past thirty-eight years we have a son and two daughters. Each of them supported themselves through college. Throughout my adult life I've enjoyed helping local businesses make their cash register ring through proven marketing strategies and copywritin
How did you come to do what you’re doing?
I was an average student in high school, yet I never considered a career in newspapers or advertising while selling subscriptions in difficult neighborhoods of Dayton, Ohio. Thanks to finding a book by Napoleon Hill and W. Clement Stone titled "Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude," I found the gig paying better than average most days. Sensing my smile over the phone, my father encouraged me to go to college and pursue business.
So I chose to head west and go to college even if I had to sell my beautiful quarter horse. It was a great decision, yet if I was going to support myself through college, I better find more money so one summer I took out a loan to go farther away to LA and sell insulation door-to-door straight commission. I found applying the principles in another book by Napoleon Hill titled "Think & Grow Rich" made a significant difference in my commission income. While that summer seemed filled with challenges, I kept my commitment to complete the gig through the end of the summer. That experience contributed to my resolve to stick with school. While I enjoyed writing more than math, I never expected to get into newspaper advertising sales to help support me and earn a BA in Communications at BYU.
And I never imagined returning to LA, in the Southgate area of all places to sell more newspaper advertising. My mentor was John Escheveste, a lifetime newspaper man who looked and acted like Candid Camera's Allen Funt. He had more jokes prior to internet access and was the God Father of advertising in Norwalk, California. While not especially like him, he may have influenced me keeping work fun with a great sense of humor as I continued to work selling newspaper, cable television, yellow pages, direct mail and internet advertising most of my adult life on the front range of Colorado. Along with the people, I generally enjoy my work thanks to a decent library of books I collected on sales, advertising, and personal development.
I will always remember March of 2020 when I came home after four days in the hospital with Covid-Pneumonia. I was trying to figure out how to run a rented oxygen device I had never used before.It was a rather spooky night, struggling to climb one step at a time up the stairs with this cumbersome device I was now dependent on to breathe. Not knowing how I would get through the night, I had an inner feeling everything would be alright.
The doctors said it would be a long recovery. Not yet knowing how many days I would be confined to home, I started searching the internet for viable ways I could further provide for my family. While fortunate to have a supportive employer, through this unexpected ordeal, I knew there had to be a better way to earn a living while struggling to breathe at the time. After returning to work three months later, I started looking for something else to do where I could be my own boss. The search took much longer than I expected until I learned about ClickFunnels.
Now I am happier than ever working with my son as a ClickFunnels affiliate. Between his engineering background and my life in the trenches of ad sales, we make a great team. It is fun and fulfilling helping businesses develop online marketing strategies with persuasive copywriting.In April of 2023, I amicably resigned from my "real job" to be a ClickFunnels affiliate and certified funnel builder with my son who helps me navigate the tech-side. We are committed to helping businesses build fool-proof strategies of recurring income. It is a proven path of success for thousands of businesses.
ClickFunnels is creating more millionaires from all walks of life than any other online marketing company. Unlike many companies though, it's not all about the money. Properly utilizing its software tools with the right motives results in lives being changed for the better. It has a very positive culture with an outstanding community of support.
This is super important to me because with ClickFunnels, I also enjoy being an affiliate with its sister company Secrets of Success. It is a multimedial library of truths distilled from self-development pioneers like Napoleon Hill, W. Clement Stone and Earl Nightingale. These authors have influenced me for the better since I was a teenager. ClickFunnels can provide unparalleled success for one's business and continuing to learn Secrets of Success can bring more fulfillment. I look forward to sharing each with those who are interested in the remainder of my worklife. Sharing is good. Not sharing is bad.
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