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Ray Sinlao

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Healthy, Happy, and Loved. Dad. Former 8 figure Affiliate Marketer. CEO of Standard.

San Diego, CA

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Joined November 2011

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Ray Sinlao

5 months

My goal is to build a billion-dollar company by 2033. One of the most important things is always to be working on the most important thing. The second most important thing is to not work on unimportant things. Here’s a thread of how I use a decision matrix to decide what to

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Ray Sinlao

6 months

Me at 25: •Partied too much. •Shitty Car. •Broke. Me at 38: •Party too much. •Shitty car. •Never have to worry about money again. Some things will never change.

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9 months

I tested using the Pomodoro method again yesterday. I set a timer for 25 minutes to plan what I was going to work on then 3 blocks of 25 minutes to do the work. Here are 2 things that happened in 100 minutes: - I got more work done - The work done was higher quality than usual

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Ray Sinlao

5 months

@Codie_Sanchez Marrying someone who gets your vibe and supports your goals is 🔥🔥🔥

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Ray Sinlao

9 months

I was working as a Developer for Playstation when I started my first affiliate campaigns. One day I did $2 in profit. My brain immediately thought: "Whoa, if I can make $2 I can make $200, $2,000, $20,000 or even $2mm a day!" I told my coworkers about it and they laughed it

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9 months

Last week I officially became an entrepreneur. I made $700 from my online business. That $700 made me feel richer than my $90k salary ever did.

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Ray Sinlao

6 months

Found myself being the bottleneck in my business without realizing it. I was the main decision-maker in every launch, ad creative, invoice, and strategy. What’s worked so far: I structured a leadership team to make their own decisions.

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9 months

One of the most important things I ever did in my career was taking a leap and going to Affiliate Summit East in 2016. I barely knew how affiliate marketing worked. I didn’t have a campaign that made more than a few bucks a day. I didn’t know anyone at all. But I still took

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Ray Sinlao

6 months

How amateur affiliates operate: •Straight rip ad •Straight rip landing page •Find offers off a random network How the pros do it: •Research ads and put your own spin on it •Have the landing page fully recoded to avoid click jackers and bugs •Spend time looking for direct

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Ray Sinlao

8 months

My performance coach told me a rule called D.R.O.O.M. Don’t Run Out Of money. Make calculated risks. Don’t bet the house in one go. The longer that you are at the table to play the game eventually you will win. The great thing about our game is that with every bet, lesson,

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Ray Sinlao

6 months

3 challenges you will experience as a new affiliate marketer: - Refresh madness. You allow the movement of your campaigns to affect how you feel minute by minute. - Shiny Object Syndrome. You hear someone is doing well in another vertical and you take your eye off what’s

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Ray Sinlao

6 months

When I first got into the affiliate marketing space people were into being major flexers. Flying private, flashy jewelry, dropping $40k on tables, buying multiple cars they didn’t need. Some of these folks live with their parents now. If you are not generating predictable

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Ray Sinlao

4 months

@pusch_up Setting limits doesn't mean you gotta push everyone away.

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Ray Sinlao

6 months

I named my company Standard Conversions after watching a documentary about John Rockefeller and Standard Oil. I’ve spent some time learning about him and his business strategies and tried to apply them to what we do today — over 100 years later. •Horizontal Integration.

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Ray Sinlao

6 months

I went from 0 to growing an 8-figure business using the “Forrest Gump” Method. Show up and just do things until it gets done. My whole life I felt like Forrest Gump. I was really bad at school. I got fired from jobs. I couldn’t excel in normal life. I was a decent developer.

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Ray Sinlao

6 months

90% of networking is really just: •Being there •Being cool •Helping people Works every time.

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Ray Sinlao

5 months

Don’t hire your friends. Just don’t. No matter how much you love and respect them. Easy way to lose a friend and lose money.

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Ray Sinlao

7 months

I spent the last 12 days in Colombia with some heavy hitters. Here’s what we did: - Found ways to make more money with what we are currently doing - Looked into up and coming verticals - Explored and shared different ideas, strategies and tactics - Grew stronger relationships

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Ray Sinlao

6 months

I worked as a security guard in the same building that my current office is in. Your come-up story is way closer than you think it is.

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Ray Sinlao

4 months

ADHD is a superpower in entrepreneurship disguised as a “disorder”

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Ray Sinlao

6 months

I have been making consistent 5-figure profits daily for the past year. I have been focused on long-term strategies every day since 2022. Most people run their business minute by minute and purely focus on money and it leaves them in a boom and bust cycle. I took a loss on not

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Ray Sinlao

9 months

@apx_loot @PeteWeberNat @neuroaffiliate The biggest affs I know are ok with sharing bc they typically built moats through relationships, email, sms, etc that is hard to replicate for the average affiliate

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Ray Sinlao

6 months

Over the past few years, I’ve been focusing more on building a business vs being an average affiliate Along the way, I have done a few things to try to get better: - Dial into a vertical - Network - Developed a solid leadership team And there were a few more but these are the

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Ray Sinlao

6 months

If you want to make it in lead gen you need to learn how to monetize your data. Compliantly doing SMS, email, and outbound calling is a superpower. DM me if you want to talk about data monetization.

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Ray Sinlao

4 months

What’s harder: stashing away $500 a month for 40 years to become a “millionaire” or working your ass off for 4 years to become a millionaire?

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Ray Sinlao

6 months

In 2021, I lost nearly a million dollars and laid off more than half of my team. In 2023, I built my business to be more profitable than ever. I leaned out the team to only absolutely necessary people. Laser focused on one to two projects and rebuilt it stronger than ever.

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Ray Sinlao

5 months

Having a doctor come to your home > waiting in the doctor’s office. First class, Uber blacks, doctors, chefs, house keepers, and assistants before splurging on flexing

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Ray Sinlao

5 months

Broke 2000 followers after 3 months of actually posting. Not too bad!

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Ray Sinlao

4 months

@MrBudgetBill Totally, being debt free means more cash to splurge on experiences and invest for the future.

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Ray Sinlao

6 months

As a CEO, your 3 roles are: •Ensure your company has enough cash (fundraising + sales) to operate •Hire well •Keep morale high That's it.

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Ray Sinlao

6 months

What’s one of the fastest ways to make your employees quit? Micromanage them. I had dinner with a friend who owns a company that generates 7 figures per month. He was telling me that he felt like he couldn’t let go of being on every call and every decision. He was burnt

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Ray Sinlao

3 years

Just started using Twitter actively the past month. Since when did digital agency owners become like billionaire playboys? Lolol what did I miss?

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Ray Sinlao

6 months

@ninamdrama @alexvolkanovski @BorrachinhaMMA @ufc @MonsterEnergy Craig Jones had to have something to do with this lol

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Ray Sinlao

5 months

Growing your network is a value add and a MOAT. Don’t neglect it. Go to the shows and shake hands. You won’t regret it.

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Ray Sinlao

6 months

One of the most important books that I’ve ever read in my life is Mastery by Robert Greene. Learning how to learn is a severely underrated skill. I taught myself coding, marketing, sales, and biz leadership at a high level in a few years and it’s been massive.

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Ray Sinlao

5 months

Closed out LeadsCon with a packed house LFG

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Ray Sinlao

6 months

One of the greatest lessons I learned from working shitty jobs as a kid was that I never want to work a shitty job ever again — bowling alley dishwasher, 7-Eleven Clerk, Security guard.

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Ray Sinlao

4 months

@indexnforgetit Honestly, most millionaires I’ve met are low-key with their rides, guess fancy cars just aren't the flex anymore.

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Ray Sinlao

4 months

@PennyProficient Elon Musk, hands down.

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Ray Sinlao

5 months

@gioblaze0069 Snapchat squad thinks face filters are a legit glow-up! 🤣

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Ray Sinlao

4 months

@sweatystartup Balancing a career and parenthood is super personal. The harder you try to force your opinion on your kids, the worse the outcome you get.

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Ray Sinlao

6 months

“If you don’t have an assistant then you are your own assistant” First-person I recommend hiring? An Assistant. Goal: Take as much off your plate so that you can focus on revenue-generating activities. What I had him doing at first: • Post job listings (2 Hours per week) •

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Ray Sinlao

5 months

Busy schedule today. Wish me luck.

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Ray Sinlao

7 months

Tested hiring a social media expert to manage my accounts and it has been coming out weird and off brand 😂 sorry about that folks! Trying to figure out how to properly leverage him. I’m currently in Cartagena headed to Medellin tonight. If you’re in the area hit me up!

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Ray Sinlao

6 months

I stopped trying to: •Impress others •Tell people what I’m doing before I do it •Listen to my dad Instead, I just focus on doing me...

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Ray Sinlao

5 months

Taking my side hustle to main hustle was one of the most scariest experiences in my life Told my son’s mom and my son: “If this doesn’t work, the worst case is we have to move back in with my parents. If it does work we’ll never have to worry about money again” They supported

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Ray Sinlao

6 months

@DivIncomeBcast Estimated by who? 😂

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Ray Sinlao

6 months

I recently got addicted to playing chess, and I see parallels with business and jiu-jitsu. I feel like it can be helpful, maybe it’s not but I’m not mad at it. What do you think?

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Ray Sinlao

4 months

Dating is a lot like biz dev: •Ask for referrals/intros •Network at in-person events and online •Have a good offer (You’re the offer) What do you think?

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Ray Sinlao

3 years

@gioblaze0069 Refreshing stats every 5 minutes instead of working on improving creative

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Ray Sinlao

5 months

Work sucks.

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Ray Sinlao

4 months

Everyone wants to be a business owner until they realize it means you gotta be a business owner.

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Ray Sinlao

6 months

A great framework for hating your life quickly: •Live above your means •Spend hours scrolling Instagram •Live the life your parents designed for you •Watch the news What others would you add?

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Ray Sinlao

6 months

Did this podcast after a long night in Miami and an long flight to Medellin. And pulled it off with the shortest shorts in the industry

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Ray Sinlao

6 months

Reasons you aren't as successful as you could be: •Being lazy •Feeling scared •Thinking negative •Overthinking everything •Lacking goals •Not having a mentor •Not having a good work habit Everyone wants to do well somehow. But the issue is, a lot of folks want others to

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Ray Sinlao

5 months

Even if Gaethje lost he put everything on the line for all of us. Mad respect. Thank you sir!!!!

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Ray Sinlao

4 months

@Codie_Sanchez Being the right-hand person to an innovative CEO can seriously boost your career and bank account.

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Ray Sinlao

9 months

@_nickmiller I remember when I made my first $2 online. I started planning to quit my 6 figure dev job immediately haha

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Ray Sinlao

5 months

@AlexHormozi Own your truths and decisions, 'cause, at the end of the day, it's your narrative, not theirs.

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Ray Sinlao

9 months

@trademau5 Some people just wanna run traffic lol

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Ray Sinlao

5 months

Sending the leads like:

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Ray Sinlao

6 months

My son would be 31 and my greatest accomplishment would be that I raised a great man

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Ken Guient

6 months

The year is 2044 What are you glad you did?

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Ray Sinlao

5 months

@bensmithlive If 44% of us are walking around with that mutation, doesn't that make it more of a norm than an exception?

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Ray Sinlao

3 years

@aarongrt This guy and his whole crew ruined a club while I was there. Bunch of nerd approaching and making girls uncomfortable

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Ray Sinlao

5 months

Hired a dietician today and shopping for new sick car. Things are changing around these parts.

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Ray Sinlao

6 months

Me at 25: •Partied too much. •Shitty Car. •Broke. Me at 38: •Party too much. •Shitty car. •Never have to worry about money again. Some things will never change.

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Ray Sinlao

8 years

Met @garyvee last night in downtown

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Ray Sinlao

3 years

@THETYFRANKEL How do your employees feel about it? Lol

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Ray Sinlao

6 months

@gioblaze0069 I’d rather find that 5% and have them do it

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Ray Sinlao

6 months

The early years of your career are painful. Long hours. 12 hours was a short day. Mediocre pay. First jobs were relatively free. Minimal vacation days. I had my child on a Friday and was in the office on Monday. Don’t worry though. It gets way better.

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Ray Sinlao

6 months

Benefits I’ve had from personal branding : •Recruiting high-level talent •Increased deal flow •Trust with higher budgets Which is why personal branding can be so valuable.

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Ray Sinlao

5 months

@Montgomerybills Of all this, the toughest part is the fkn speed cameras every mile!🤣🤣

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Ray Sinlao

6 months

@benhbader It's been happening as long as info products have existed. There's a great book called Ready, Fire, Aim written by one of the founders of Agora that covers it

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Ray Sinlao

10 years

@KarahSmith1230 @trabru the biggest thing is to teach people how to acquire wealth. Handouts hurt more than they help.

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Ray Sinlao

7 months

@filfil98 I've had many of those days. I try to focus on weeks/months/quarters. Basing your feelings on hourly and daily performance is masochistic lol

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Ray Sinlao

5 months

@Codie_Sanchez People don't know how to plan things.

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Ray Sinlao

7 months

@corporateh8er I did this for years with a child. It was extremely difficult but life is really good now.

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Ray Sinlao

9 years

Might try out Atom starting the new year

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Ray Sinlao

6 months

@sweatystartup A blueprint for success!

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Ray Sinlao

7 months

@corporateh8er I enjoyed every second

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Ray Sinlao

9 months

@thejustinwelsh "It's harder to be poor than it is to work hard"

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Ray Sinlao

5 months

Telling people about what you're doing tricks your mind into feeling like you did it. Get it done and show the results instead. When I used to tell my mom about what I planned on doing she never cared, she only said “Show me” #immigrantmentality

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Ray Sinlao

8 months

Who's headed to ASW? DM me to meet up! I'm down to hang and talk about traffic, lead gen or whatevs

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Ray Sinlao

5 months

This was awesome to see otw home from the office

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5 months

@benkellyone Not a single shady business owner 🤣🤣

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Ray Sinlao

5 months

@valueterminal He ran his schedule tight! 😂

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Ray Sinlao

5 months

@timjcarden Logan Paul and KSI capitalizing off hype culture doesn't equate to genuine marketing genius, just exploitation.

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Ray Sinlao

6 months

@TuanVy People are gonna rip us no matter what so we gotta find an advantage other ways vs just hiding shit and being “stealth”. I always add an aspect of email/sms follow-ups and do things that I know affiliates are too lazy to do

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Ray Sinlao

5 months

@indexnforgetit Elevator technicians make bank and literally lift people up every day.🤣

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Ray Sinlao

7 months

@TuanVy I knew a guy who went from flying around in PJs to shoveling snow. Things can dry up quick!

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Ray Sinlao

6 months

@sweatystartup Now that's a way to run a business!

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Ray Sinlao

3 years

@ipb_media It’s wild lol

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Ray Sinlao

5 months

@ThatGuyZak I went from only hanging out with only other entrepreneurs to hanging out with non-entrepreneur friends who enjoy the hell out of their life. I am still growing and I’m more happy

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Ray Sinlao

6 months

@ShaanVP These viewpoints offer a fresh perspective on success and wealth.

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Ray Sinlao

5 months

@bensmithlive Turning health into a hacking game is kinda the flex we all need.

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Ray Sinlao

6 months

Things I had to drop to turn my life around: •Excuses •Laziness •Overthinking •Doom scrolling •Executing without a plan •Fear of asking for help Make the same choice today and it will improve your life immediately.

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Ray Sinlao

5 months

@lucawashenko Once you have processes in place you'll stop looking at "daily wins".

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Ray Sinlao

4 months

@Codie_Sanchez Focusing on what you want to attract can definitely shift your success level.

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Ray Sinlao

4 months

@benhbader Charisma def opens doors and makes connections easier, no debate there.

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Ray Sinlao

6 months

Things I do when I need to get work done: •Force quit all apps •Put my phone in another room •Set a timer for 25 minutes •Do deep work with no distractions You’d be surprised at how effective you’ll be.

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Ray Sinlao

5 months

Looking for a content writer for my LinkedIn posts. Should have experience with internet marketing and sales.

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@raysinlao

Ray Sinlao

6 months

I made my first dollar online in a weird way. -It wasn’t on Facebook -It wasn’t on Google -It wasn’t even a Product I sold adult dating with pop-up ads on porn sites. Made a few bucks (literally triple digits). Fun fact? I learned how to do paid ads this way.

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