Vicki Wusche is one half of the team behind The Sourcers Apprentice, more commonly known as the Property Mermaid, in this slide show she shares some of her valuable knowledge and experience regarding the key steps that you need to consider before engaging in expensive training courses.
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How to Choose a Training Course
1. How to Choose a Training Course
Investing in your business with purpose
8 top tips to save you money, time and increase your results
2. Investing in your business with purpose
First I must start by declaring I am a former university lecturer
and learning addict. I love learning, anything will do history, NLP,
learning styles and of course about property, photography and
scuba diving.
The consequences mean that I can be a bit of a seminar junkie –
get me in a room tell me about what I might learn and I will be
there ….. It has cost me tens of thousands of pounds.
As all addicts eventually do, I recognised my problem and now I
am in recovery and this is what I have learnt – I hope it helps
you make better choices about your personal and professional
development.
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3. 8 Top tips for getting the most from courses
Identify your over all business goal
Know what specifically is missing (the skills gap)
Do research on who might have the skills you feel you
are missing
How current are their skills
What will you learn (learning objectives)
What way will you learn and is that your preferred style
How much will it cost
How will you earn back your investment
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4. Identify your overall business goal
Before you can decide what course, or which trainer you
want to join you need to identify your personal objectives
for the training
Look at your business
What do you want to achieve, increased income is often a
primary or underlying goal
Do you need more sales or more customers
Do you need to learn a specific technical or business skill
Social media, sales, leadership
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5. Know what specifically is missing
Identify the specific skills gaps under the broader heading of
sales, strategy, marketing or leadership
What specifically do you want to learn
Why do you want to learn this – what outcome do you
expect – what will change in the business
Who needs to learn this – you or a team member
Do you actually need to learn this skill or could you “buy”
in the knowledge
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6. Do research on who might have the skills
you feel you are missing
Having identified the broad area where you need
development and then moved on to identify the specific
skills now who can help
Start by identifying people that claim to be experts in the
area you want to learn
How do you know they are expert – research them
online it is so easy to search on Google
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7. How current are their skills
In your research look at the following
How current are their skills
Do they belong to a professional organisation
Is geography important, where they learnt or apply their
skills
What do people say about them
Good things
What criticisms are there
Are they still applying their knowledge in the current
environment
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8. What will you learn (learning objectives)
What are your specific learning objectives
List them specifically
Doing - I want to learn how to
By the end of the course I will be able to
Knowing – I want to understand
By the end of the course I will know
By the end of the course I will understand
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9. What way will you learn and is that your
preferred style
Everyone has a preferred learning style
Reading
Listening
Watching
Doing
How is the course, knowledge or skills going to be taught
Books, ebooks, reports, Kindle downloads or technical
knowledge
Audio books, or lectures
Videos
Practical courses, mentorships even coaching
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10. How much will it cost
A critical stage in the buying decision is to consciously
understand the cost
Is the purchase value for money
How does it compare to other comparable purchases
Can you afford the purchase
How will you benefit from purchase and what impact will that
have
Personally I have learnt that I can justify business
development expenses as reasonable as long as I am clear
on my objectives and know how I can earn back the cost of
my investment
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11. How will you earn back your investment
So how will you earn back your investment
Does the course give a money back guarantee and is that
important to you?
What are you going to do with your new knowledge or
skill?
How will the course increase your business income?
How long will it take you to earn the investment back?
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12. Comparing the model to one of our courses
Identify your over all business To increase personal and business
goal income
Know what specifically is Business Strategy and clear plan
missing (the skills gap) We currently have an active
Do research on who might sourcing business
have the skills you feel you miss We are currently sourcing 4 live
How current are their skills deals
The six critical stages in business
What will you learn (learning development
objectives) There is webinar, slides, audio
What way will you learn and is books and forms and templates
that your preferred style £999 for six 90 minute webinars
How much will it cost plus all materials and recordings
How will you earn back your Source one deal for £2,000
investment
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13. The Sourcers Apprentice
At The Sourcers Apprentice we offer clients the
opportunity to develop property investment as a
business to increase their personal income, business “Thank you very much to Loran and Vicki
acumen and be able to have the right work life balance for the great training. It was a great
mixture of mind-setting, goal setting,
for them. positive mental attitude and property
investment. Very successful! You have a
great synergy and instil a confidence
As professional teachers we understand about learning within the audience. You are both very
styles and learning construction. Our education much 'down-to-earth' and very
programme is offered in a wide variety of mediums from approachable.” RH
online to face to face. It is visual, auditory or written – “There were some really good financial
you choose. tips in the webinar, whether investing in
property, developing a business or simply
wanting to understand the clever way in
There are free materials and resources for those who which you can leverage your money. LD
are curious and when you are ready to develop your “This training provided me with the clear
property business to the next level we are here to focused steps to develop my property
support your journey. business, these wonderful ladies have
given 110% to all the participants, and I
would completely recommend it if you
are serious about creating wealth
To find out how we can personally help you please through property.” SM
call or send us an email to arrange a free, in
confidence conversation.
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14. Vicki Wusche and Loran Northey
Vicki starting buying her own investment Loran is a successful entrepreneur with
property portfolio in 2008 and by 2010 her own training and development
she had enough rental income that she company, including a Harley Street
does not have to work anymore – she can practice, since 2005.
choose how she wants to spend her time.
Loran has been investing in property since
Vicki enjoys helping people discover how 2010 and is now financially secure and
property can help them and through spends her time teaching The Sourcers
personal strategy sessions and coaching Apprentice clients to become financially
Vicki helps people think differently about more aware and more secure, something
money and their property business. we all want in these turbulent times.
And that is why Vicki wrote three books Like Vicki, Loran is a qualified teacher and
entitled Using Other People’s Money; how trainer, and is a prolific developer of online
to invest in property, Make More Money materials including her own books about
From Property; from investor thinking to a having a better relationship with money so
business mindset and Property for The you are able to grow your overall wealth.
Next Generation; preparing your family
for a wealthy future.
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www.twitter.com/LoranNorthey
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15. Financial Disclaimer
The Sourcers Apprentice, Vicki Wusche and Loran Northey are NOT a Financial Advisors, and do not give financial
advice.
Their role is to use their experience, knowledge and contacts to help you examine property as an investment
opportunity, and be able to make informed decisions about your property business.
You remain responsible for any decisions you make.
You must carry out your own due diligence. All decisions you make are yours and yours alone.
The Sourcers Apprentice; Vicki and Loran, accept no responsibility for any decisions you take, purchases you make
or conclusions you reach.
They are happy to refer you to any one of their team of professionals and financial experts - please ask.
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16. For More Information please contact:
E: Ask@TheSourcersApprentice.com
P: 07795 492001 Vicki
P: 07709 564426 Loran