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Vishal Bhatia (July 2010)
Minnesota, United States
L3 Leadership Level

I am extremely excited and humbled at being recognized as this month’s CarbonCopyPRO spotlight member.

I would like to sincerely thank Jay and Aaron as well as the entire leadership at CarbonCopyPRO for their guidance and continued support in making CCPRO one of the strongest and most effective marketing platforms the industry has seen.

I am 31 years old and currently live in Minnesota. I am an engineer by profession, husband to my wonderful wife Shaila, and recent father to my 6-month-old lovely daughter, Shreya. I am an Internet entrepreneur, marketing coach & mentor rolled into one, with business partners around the world.

I am originally from Haridwar in northern India. I moved to Boulder, Colorado where I completed my Masters in Electrical Engineering and worked as a senior engineer in Corporate America for over 5 years.

After starting and working as an Internet marketer with CCPRO I was able to walk away from my high six figure corporate career after just 15 months. I still remember the day I walked out of that “jail” – what a feeling it was! 18 months later I still pinch myself.

I often get the question “What does it really take to become a leader and have a successful home business?” Through my years in the Internet marketing world, I have been inspired to coach, mentor and empower many to step out of their comfort zone and realize their real potential. Here are a few insights I have received along the way and also my secret formula, which I used to accelerate my business from $187k in 2008 to over $334k in 2009, working half the hours:

1. Connect your income goals with your emotional goals. Ask yourself why you want to be successful in your business? What is your biggest emotional reason?

For instance, one of the reasons I want to make money is to own a beach facing home in California. When I dug deep in my heart and closed my eyes, the picture in my mind was of my gorgeous 1-year-old daughter with a cute smile on her face playing with her dolls in her pink bedroom in our beach house. I also saw the joy and happiness on my wife Shaila’s face and I immediately got connected. I realized it’s not the house or money I want, it’s the peace of mind, love and happiness in my family (which comes from financial stability) that I want. My wife and daughter’s smile and pride is what drives me everyday – not the extra $100,000 in my bank account. It’s when you connect your income goals to your emotional goals that you start playing this game like a professional.

2. Calculate the specific income you need to hit to achieve your emotional goal. For instance, $50,000 per month net income will get me the beach house with a pink bedroom for my daughter. To achieve $50,000, I calculated how many product sales and then how many leads I would need to generate that income. In my case, I need 80 leads per day.

3. Become a master at your trade. Even if you master just one paid and one low cost marketing strategy, you will be able to hit your lead goal within 60 – 90 days when you are laser focused.

4. Work ON the business not IN the business. It’s my opinion this is why 90% of the new Internet marketers fail. It may sound too good to be true, but building an online business doesn’t have to be hard but too many people try to do everything themselves. As a business owner, you understand how much work is wrapped up in all the details of running a business and how much time it takes to get all those things done. I remember feeling stuck myself in this vicious cycle a few months back, driving myself in the ground and about ready to give up.

This is when I started employing the power of business automation and virtual employees. Notice, I didn’t hire someone for $15/hour or go to a source like Elance and find an independent contractor or temp – I outsourced with “virtual employees” from the Philippines (my personal preference).

Don’t get me wrong … this is not a magic bullet to have someone else take over your business. The solution is to outsource specific duties in order to live the Internet business lifestyle you’ve always dreamed of. Many of the ways to make money online can easily be outsourced and there’s no reason to take the time to learn every skill if someone can easily do it for you for pennies on the dollar.

So here is my personal formula for massive success with your Carbon Copy PRO business:

• Connect your income goals with your emotional goals
• Calculate specific lead and sales goals you need
• Master at least one marketing strategy in the next 60 – 90 days
• Hire virtual employees and put your business 90% on autopilot

Review your business every 60 days, fine tune the moving parts and spend your time on building relationships on the phone or training your team.

I sincerely hope you take action of the steps I shared and are able to live your dream lifestyle as a successful Internet entrepreneur.

See you at the top!

~ Vishal Bhatia