Alan Forrest Smith is a copywriter, speaker, adman and marketing expert and is a man on a mission. He believes that anyone can create the life they want, the need, the dream about! His inspiration comes from his own poverty ridden start to life. From the slums of Edinburgh, unemployment, abusive alcoholism problems Alan's parents had the drive to escape and create the life they wanted. That's exactly what they did. This has been a template for Alan most of his life. Alan created his first business at 10 years old painting and restoring old bikes for his friends.

Bio

Alan Forrest Smith is a copywriter, speaker, adman and marketing expert and is a man on a mission. He believes that anyone can create the life they want, the need, the dream about! His inspiration comes from his own poverty ridden start to life. From the slums of Edinburgh, unemployment, abusive alcoholism problems Alan's parents had the drive to escape and create the life they wanted. That's exactly what they did. This has been a template for Alan most of his life. Alan created his first business at 10 years old painting and restoring old bikes for his friends.

By the age of 12 he decided to buy an old sewing machine and start altering clothing for money. At the age of 15 he then ventured into cutting hair for his pals and getting paid to do it. By the time he got to 25 Alan had become a father for the first time and opened his first hairdressing salon. Within 18 months of opening his first hair salon it was clear the premises were far too small. Alan then went from 250 sq feet to 2,000 ft.

Despite having no real formal education this salon become the number one salon to visit in the town and stayed there until its sale in 2003. By the year 2000 Alan had accidentally created his first successful marketing campaign for a client and got paid handsomely for it.

This led to the creation of Alan marketing company which then saw Alan being hired by some of the biggest entrepreneurs on the planet to write and create copy for. By 2008 Alan had traveled around the planet at least 6 times, spoken to tens of thousands of entrepreneurs, coached, guided and advised many into success and even spent two weeks helping to save the planet by living with a tribe in the heart of the Amazon jungle.

Alan Forrest Smith is probably one of the most unusual mentors you will ever experience. Born to lead and inspire, rarely will you come across a man with a brain that thinks and directs you so differently.

Website

http://www.orangebeetle.com