Global Ventures LLC, High Ticket Sales Mentorship 

If you had begun to notice a pattern in my previous honors experiences, this one is going to break it. Nearing the end of my undergraduate journey and only having worked in hospitality and software, I had begun to feel pressure and a type of vortex that was slowly pushing me into a corporate, office 9-5 getting closer every single day. Additionally, with no part time co-ops available to me during school semesters, I felt stuck seeking out restaurant jobs to suck up my entire evenings for 8 hour shifts as it seemed to be the only accessible options that would not conflict with my class schedule. I knew that in this day and age, there must be more out there that I was simply missing. In December, an ad came across my social media, an 18 year old who claimed to make 50-100K monthly from home, with a flexible schedule utilizing something called "High Ticket Sales" / HTS. I was quite intrigued by the concept and the possibility to make money this way, and I was still unsure where I would work in the spring semester. I learned that HTS is a growing  industry for "gurus" with large followings on social media to sell courses and mentorships at a high ticket price, usually a couple thousand dollars apiece, to their following. The opportunity in the industry are the roles: appointment "setter" and a sales "closer". Essentially, a setter reaches out to applicants, qualifies a prospect for financial capability, buying urgency, and seriousness, and passes on qualified leads to a "closer" to secure the sale. From there, 5% of any cash collected, or CC, goes to the "setter" and 10% to the "closer". In the mentorship, I learned the frameworks necessary to set and close interested prospects. I practiced calls with other students in the mentorship and attended live coaching calls every day with successful closers making 6 figures monthly in commission. I started applying for "offers" about 2 weeks in to the mentorship. On January 12, I landed an offer called "Becoming Her" a social media mentorship, with influencer Camilla Araujo. The thing about jobs in this industry is that everything is remote, there are no set hours, only key performance Indicators or KPIs, such as a set amount of dials or "talk time" per day. This way, I could work in between my classes, oftentimes on campus, to avoid wasting time walking back and forth from class to my apartment. At first, I felt awkward and unsure on the phone, and made nothing in my first 3 weeks. My appointments would no show, or I would not qualify them properly. Then, 3 weeks into the offer, I started having some luck. I became the top setter on the team for the month of February with $60,000 in cash collected. I worked many hours to meet KPI often after coming home from class at 7:20 with more work to do or attending the coaching calls which were at 8 pm. It was a lot of work on top of my 17 credit hour semester.

 

Despite the difficulty I was facing, I enjoyed the work. Most of my colleagues were between the ages 18-25, very kind, and very, very unserious. We would make jokes, send gifs, speak in slang / vulgar / humourous language, and compete against each other every day to perform. It was a huge breath of fresh air compared to both software development at Siemens or even waiting tables at Cafe Alma. Not only was the environment refreshing, but I was making money from my laptop, working whenever and wherever I pleased. Also, for the first time in my life, my income was completely uncapped. I felt excited to work every day, catch up with my colleagues, and face the opportunity to beat the previous day. 

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Fast forward to the end of the semester. I have switched offers and "stacked offers" / work on multiple concurrently. I have two kpis to meet every day, and I do my best to balance both with a plan to soon choose which one has the most potential for me. When I start my internship at Siemens on June 1, I will most likely leave both offers or choose one to due reduced work with. However, for the rest of May, I am going to Lake Atitlan, Guatemala to attend Spanish School in the afternoons after work in the mornings. I am excited about the opportunity to continue earning while getting to experience a change of scenery. 

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This experience in exploring new career opportunities has opened my eyes to the potential of the professional world and the different routes we can take to support ourselves and connected me with individuals creating business and monetary opportunities for themselves like I have never seen. I have made friends with like ambitions and hope for new opportunities to grow from that. 

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I am very very grateful to continuously create opportunities like these, and opening doors I did not know existed.