A few weeks ago, I saw a post on how to approach a mentor. So this last week I did.
Currently, I am in a co-working space that has a lot of knowledge shares, info sessions, and seminars directed at specific knowledge acquisition. The other day we had a seminar on Google PPC. It was an eye-opening experience that I took away a few strategies to get started on PPC.
And I did.
The important part is that I took action. I set up 5 different campaigns to test a new market that I am looking at focusing on. I ran the ads for a few days and then I saw this business mentor the other day.
Since it looked like he wasn't doing anything (chess game with no one in front of him), I went up to him and told him thanks for the information and told him I set up a few campaigns. He was surprised, intrigued, and he asked some more questions.
Eventually, he asked me to show him.
Then we sat down and talked about my strategy, the actions that I needed to take next and all things that I was interested in with PPC.
He was overjoyed that I took the time and put the action into what he had taught us and as I see it I got all the value, but it is always important to consider just how much it will mean to others when you can put the information and teaching they give you into action.
I didn't need to do anything special or be the best student, I just had to show that I was paying attention and that I was willing to take action on what he had taught us.
There are probably more keys to this, but what was most powerful in getting this meeting with this mentor was:
1.) Learning what he had to offer in forms of technical knowledge
2.) Applying that technical knowledge through specific action
3.) Being grateful and showing that I was taking the initiative.
4.) Taking a chance in starting the conversation, but also leading it in an indirect way where he has the opportunity to help me or not. This was all based on the value that the mentor received and why he was willing to help so much.
Currently, I am in a co-working space that has a lot of knowledge shares, info sessions, and seminars directed at specific knowledge acquisition. The other day we had a seminar on Google PPC. It was an eye-opening experience that I took away a few strategies to get started on PPC.
And I did.
The important part is that I took action. I set up 5 different campaigns to test a new market that I am looking at focusing on. I ran the ads for a few days and then I saw this business mentor the other day.
Since it looked like he wasn't doing anything (chess game with no one in front of him), I went up to him and told him thanks for the information and told him I set up a few campaigns. He was surprised, intrigued, and he asked some more questions.
Eventually, he asked me to show him.
Then we sat down and talked about my strategy, the actions that I needed to take next and all things that I was interested in with PPC.
He was overjoyed that I took the time and put the action into what he had taught us and as I see it I got all the value, but it is always important to consider just how much it will mean to others when you can put the information and teaching they give you into action.
I didn't need to do anything special or be the best student, I just had to show that I was paying attention and that I was willing to take action on what he had taught us.
There are probably more keys to this, but what was most powerful in getting this meeting with this mentor was:
1.) Learning what he had to offer in forms of technical knowledge
2.) Applying that technical knowledge through specific action
3.) Being grateful and showing that I was taking the initiative.
4.) Taking a chance in starting the conversation, but also leading it in an indirect way where he has the opportunity to help me or not. This was all based on the value that the mentor received and why he was willing to help so much.
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