| Hi Do,
I have big news to share!
Please welcome David Weliver to the Financial Mentor team!
David is now my business partner and will be heading up site development responsibilities so that I have more time to focus on building out the courses and books.
I can’t convey in words how thrilled I am to have David on the team. It opens up so many possibilities that were closed before.
Having two of us at the helm means you get more high quality financial education content coming out of Financial Mentor to help you achieve your financial goals. Who Is David Weliver? In case you don’t already know David’s name, he founded the website Money Under 30 in 2006 and has been a good friend of mine for the last nine years.
He has helped millions of younger adults learn the basics of personal finance and wealth building, all the while building an astonishingly successful 7-figure business in the process.
In short, he’s darn good at building a great web site. He’s a proven performer, and that’s good news for you.
In 2017, David sold Money Under 30 to Webpals for millions of dollars. As part of that sale, he was bound by a non-compete agreement.
But now that agreement has ended and he’s available to flex his site building muscles again – this time, for our benefit.
How Is David Going To Benefit Me?
This business appears simple on the surface.
Just write an occasional article, publish some books and courses, and watch the money roll in.
Yeah, right.
The reality is there’s more work and opportunity at Financial Mentor than any one person can harvest. What I’ve learned over the years is that the more I work in one of the area of the business (courses, books, article writing, SEO, subscriber funnels, marketing, technology, managing employees), the more the other areas of the business suffer.
One person can’t do it all. It’s not possible, nor is it even smart to try.
For example, I’ve been focused on finishing our Expectancy Wealth Planning course for the past couple of years. It’s the most valuable product I’ve ever built. It’s changing people’s lives and performing far better than I ever expected.
That’s the good news.
The bad news is getting the course right meant putting a lot of my other plans for you on hold. Site development came to a standstill, you rarely received new articles, the podcast has been on hold, and more. It felt like I took two steps forward, and one step back.
To make matters worse, a year ago I suffered a terrible mountain biking accident that laid me up for nine months. I was actually told by several medical experts that I had less than a 1% chance of surviving that accident, yet here I am.. I still have another year of physical therapy ahead, but I feel blessed.
I had a lot of time to reflect while laid up on 24/7 pain meds for two months, and one of my top realizations was that I’m not okay going to my grave not having completed the 3 courses and 12 books I came here to write. I have to get these done, and I have to produce them faster than I have in the past.
Not only that, the site has to grow parallel with the product line so we can reach the people we came here to serve.
All of this matters to me, and getting access to the courses and books probably matters to you.
The reality is I can’t do this alone. It’s just too big. I’ve been neglecting the website as I finished the course, and there’s just no way I can grow the site and build my next course, Expectancy Investing, at the same time. Something had to change.
When I heard that David’s non-compete period was ending and that he was beginning to think about what to do next, I knew that I had to ask him if he would consider being my partner.
To my delight, David agreed.
What Makes Dave An Unusually Great Addition To Our Team There are so many things that are great about having David on our team: - He’s now part of the target market we serve since he sold his earlier web site for millions. He’s walking the talk, and his interests are aligned with ours. He already knows the basics (like you) and he wants the advanced stuff, and the nuances. That’s critically important for the editorial integrity of the articles you receive.
- He’s a proven expert at building out web sites. We’ve had many intensive discussions as we hatch plans for Financial Mentor. The stuff we’re designing for you is so innovative that no other site has done what we’re putting together for you. We’re pretty darn excited about it.
- David joined us because he loves the Financial Mentor “voice”. Yes, I will still be writing articles for you, but Dave and a couple of other specially-chosen writers will be adding their input as well. Our first task has been to carefully define that “voice” at Financial Mentor (more on that below) so that all the education coming your way matches the reason you signed up to this mail list in the first place. Finally, David can do anything he puts his mind to. This business isn’t easy. Problems constantly erupt and must be solved. He’s proven he can make the decisions that will grow the brand to your advantage.
David is here because he wants to be. He doesn’t need a job. He wants to serve you and share knowledge in this field because he finds it personally rewarding and motivating.
In his own words, David believes: “There isn’t anybody in the world of financial independence smarter than Todd Tresidder. If you’re serious about building wealth and creating a secure retirement, there’s no better resource than Financial Mentor. I’m beyond excited to expand the breadth of topics Financial Mentor touches and, ultimately, help more people discover and understand Todd’s teachings.”
Gee, thanks Dave!
Now it’s my turn. There aren’t many people that can bring the unusual combination of skills required to serve you in this business. It requires - Genuine, proven financial expertise.
- The writing skills to communicate that expertise effectively.
- The integrity to have already walked the talk by achieving FI at a young age so that he speaks from authority.
- The desire to serve you by giving that knowledge back in the form of a valuable, useful web site.
Obviously, very few people can fill that bill, and now you have two.
David will oversee the content and business operations of FinancialMentor.com while I continue to create and manage Financial Mentor’s products, including the Financial Freedom book series, the Expectancy course series, as well as some other cool additions we’ll announce when the time is right.
I will still be delivering new articles and podcasts for you at the same, or greater, frequency as in the past. Don’t worry. I’m not going anywhere and none of that will change.
Instead, what changes is you get more with David on the team – more topics, more education, improved quality, more courses, and more books.
David is 100% committed to not only preserving, but growing, the trust, authority, and independence of the Financial Mentor brand.
As David gets started, I’ve asked him to help us take the pulse of the Financial Mentor audience. This is your chance to help him out.
We want to know a bit more about you---why you subscribed, what you like about Financial Mentor, where you are in your financial journey, and how we can most help.
Tomorrow, please look out for another email containing a very brief survey.
We understand your time is precious so we’ve kept the survey short. It will only take you a few minutes to tell him about your interests and needs so he can make sure to delver what you most want.
So please join me in welcoming David to Financial Mentor, and please help him start off on the right foot by completing tomorrow’s brief survey.
There are good things coming your way.
Onward and upward!
- Todd Tresidder |
