How do you get a job without experience?

How do you drive warm leads without a network?

How do you own a niche when you don’t have industry authority?

I get thousands of these questions, so let me tell you the “secret”, okay?

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1) Find someone who is successfully doing what you’d like to be doing.

2) Study what they do and what they’ve written, so you can stand out among the many others who hit them up all the time.

3) Offer to work for them in whatever way they see fit– whatever tasks at whatever pay.

4) Become so valuable that they pull you into projects of greater and greater importance, to where eventually you become their confidant and indispensable.

5) Before even have to ask you to follow up on something, you’re already there– you anticipate their needs before they even realize it.

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And pretty soon, their network has become your network.

You’ve not needed to cold-call or grovel for business, since you’re drafting off the power of your mentor.

You don’t need to worry about pricing since your mentor already commands top dollar.

You’ve completely side-stepped the pain of years of foraging for pennies in the gutter, hoping to trade up to nickels.

Instead, you’ve taken the express elevator straight to the top, where the clients treat you well, pay you well, and provide you with the best education possible.

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This is the path I took 20+ years ago with the CEO of American Airlines.

And it’s the path most of the young adults in our program are benefitting from– the deserving and hard-working ones that have earned their spot.

But even if you’re not a young adult, you should still be seeking out industry mentors. Find ways to add value to them before you ask, ask, ask.

Are you trying to valiantly survive in business by “hustling” harder and praying that something things will turn out well?

Or are you guaranteeing your success by tying yourself to someone who has already achieved it?

Dennis Yu

Dennis Yu is co-author of the #1 best selling book on Amazon in social media, The Definitive Guide to TikTok Ads. He has spent a billion dollars on Facebook ads across his agencies and agencies he advises. Mr. Yu is the "million jobs" guy-- on a mission to create one million jobs via hands-on social media training, partnering with universities and professional organizations. You can find him quoted in major publications and on television such as CNN, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, NPR, and LA Times. Clients have included Nike, Red Bull, the Golden State Warriors, Ashley Furniture, Quiznos-- down to local service businesses like real estate agents and dentists. He's spoken at over 750 conferences in 20 countries, having flown over 6 million miles in the last 30 years to train up young adults and business owners. He speaks for free as long as the organization believes in the job-creation mission and covers business class travel. You can find him hiking tall mountains, eating chicken wings, and taking Kaqun oxygen baths-- likely in a city near you.

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