Question of the Day: What do you do when you really need a mentor but can’t afford their rates?

Started from the bottom now we here! Jocelyn gives her top tips for finding a mentor, bartering for services, and making an investment in your business.

Today’s top takeaways:
Don’t feel bad for asking that question but do feel bad for asking for free work
Find people who produce great content in your space, a lot of free stuff, YouTube videos, a podcast like this, and start consuming as much of it as you can.
You’ll glean so much information! Jocelyn is a digital
Barter for services - trading services with no money involved. Post in a Facebook group about what you do and tell someone you’re looking for some help (2-3 sessions or someone to bounce ideas off of is a win/win)
Get a good grasp of what you do in your industry before you start asking questions so that you don’t ask questions you could have answered yourself
Google is your new best friend! Google first before you ask anyone about it. You’ll learn more from Google than anyone else telling you about it.
If you find a mentor you absolutely love, save the money up, start building it into your budget to actually pay them to build a sustainable, scalable business.
Don’t just invest money to invest money. There are so many coaches out there that try to scare you into investment. Don’t fall into urgency or scarcity techniques.
We all started at the bottom
If you find someone you really want to work with, tell them you want to work with them as soon as you sign 3 more clients or have a few extra months to save up money
Most coaches are willing to wait for you because they are running a business as well
You can usually go to someone after saving most of the money required (i.e. $1000/1200) and ask if you can barter, give a review/testimonial, or be a guinea pig for some stuff in return for discounting the price.
Don’t ever feel bad asking questions but make sure you consume their free content first and using the Google Method as well.

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