$1,000 Days Are Normal - Now What's The NEXT Level Up?

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Warriors,

When you get to the point where $1,000 days online are a normal thing...

How do you take your business to the next level? Other than hoping for more business to come your way!

I am so very grateful for the money that I earn and I don't consider myself to be greedy at all. However, the goal of ANY business is to continue to grow and to make MORE and MORE money... Right?

So... Those Warriors (like myself) who have been fortunate enough to have $1,000 days become a normal thing... What do you consider to be the next level and what do you think you need to do to get over the next hump and propel your business even further?

Is it an outsourcing thing?
Scaling it up some other way?
Improving copy and tweaking sales funnels?
All of the above?

Or something else I am missing entirely?

Best,
Shane
#days #level #normal
  • Profile picture of the author myob
    Congratulations are perhaps more in order for you rather than advice. But since you asked .... If this is one niche, you might consider using this formula in other niches. And actually instead of outsourcing, especially in the core functions, hire employees to more closely measure and manage the results. Rinse and repeat.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mike Hlatky
    First of all, congrats!

    I would just like to point out that I am not at this point, so take my advice however you want to.

    I have never met anyone that has reached a peak financially. There is always something you can do.

    Are you a billionaire? No.

    Could Bill Gates have stopped at $10 Billion? Sure. (He would have to sell his stock, so probably not . But, you get my point)

    There is always some way you can expand your work. Instead of outsourcing more things, why not get an office and hire local people? I'm sure there are thousands of different ways you can expand, you just have to figure out how you want to do it.

    Unless, of course, you are already satisfied :p
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    • Profile picture of the author Ben Armstrong
      I don't understand.

      If you've managed to scale up from 100 a day to 1000 a day then why is it you don't have the answer to scale up from 1000 a day to 10,000 a day?

      Seems a bit odd to me.
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      • Profile picture of the author Shane N
        Originally Posted by MalceskiFan View Post

        I don't understand.

        If you've managed to scale up from 100 a day to 1000 a day then why is it you don't have the answer to scale up from 1000 a day to 10,000 a day?

        Seems a bit odd to me.
        I wish it were that easy! Just push a button and make 10X the amount I'm making now! Thanks for the advice!

        No, but seriously... I had to work my butt off to get to this point and I've already done SO MUCH to scale up my earnings -- Which is how I went from $100 a day to $1,000 days.

        Now I am looking for advice from people who have achieved this to see what they do to scale things up. Even if you're not at this level I would appreciate your creative ideas, input, etc.

        Best,
        Shane
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        • Profile picture of the author Ben Armstrong
          Originally Posted by Shane Natan View Post

          I wish it were that easy! Just push a button and make 10X the amount I'm making now! Thanks for the advice!

          No, but seriously... I had to work my butt off to get to this point and I've already done SO MUCH to scale up my earnings -- Which is how I went from $100 a day to $1,000 days.

          Now I am looking for advice from people who have achieved this to see what they do to scale things up. Even if you're not at this level I would appreciate your creative ideas, input, etc.

          Best,
          Shane
          Fair enough. It's not something I've had to worry about yet, and most likely won't need to for some time.

          It's a nice dilemma to have.
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          • Profile picture of the author Marc Rodill
            Originally Posted by MalceskiFan View Post

            Fair enough. It's not something I've had to worry about yet, and most likely won't need to for some time.

            It's a nice dilemma to have.
            Yeah, right. YOU won't ever have this problem. Ever.

            Not in your stars.

            Ain't happening. Not for you.

            Marc

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        • Originally Posted by Shane Natan View Post

          I wish it were that easy! Just push a button and make 10X the amount I'm making now! Thanks for the advice!

          No, but seriously... I had to work my butt off to get to this point and I've already done SO MUCH to scale up my earnings -- Which is how I went from $100 a day to $1,000 days.

          Now I am looking for advice from people who have achieved this to see what they do to scale things up. Even if you're not at this level I would appreciate your creative ideas, input, etc.

          Best,
          Shane
          I'm nowhere near that level, but I've always thought that if I ever did get to that level, I would move some of my money into other markets such as property. Long-term, property is usually a very good investment, and if you were to buy a few places and put tenants in them, that would give you rental income to pump back into your IM business, plus you would have a growing set of assets in the property that you hold. That's what I would do.
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      • Profile picture of the author yourreviewer
        Originally Posted by MalceskiFan View Post

        I don't understand.

        If you've managed to scale up from 100 a day to 1000 a day then why is it you don't have the answer to scale up from 1000 a day to 10,000 a day?

        Seems a bit odd to me.
        That's because scaling from 100 a day to 1000 is different from scaling 1000 to 10,000. As your business grows, you need more people and resources to manage with the same amount of time.
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      • Profile picture of the author myob
        Originally Posted by MalceskiFan View Post

        I don't understand.

        If you've managed to scale up from 100 a day to 1000 a day then why is it you don't have the answer to scale up from 1000 a day to 10,000 a day?

        Seems a bit odd to me.
        It really is just a type of mindset. For many, it's just a dream. For some, it's a plan. For a few, it's a benchmark.
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      • Profile picture of the author smartdoctor
        Originally Posted by MalceskiFan View Post

        I don't understand.

        If you've managed to scale up from 100 a day to 1000
        .
        I am yet to scale from 10-1000 I cant wait to be $1000 I think I will still be more ambitious to $100k
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  • Profile picture of the author BradBergeron
    Well the obvious next step is to donate some of the earnings to the Brad Bergeron fund.

    In all seriousness, if you have tried every monetizing method aside from CPA, AdSense, Affiliate Marketing, etc...(I'm talking about even branding your company and selling t-shirts and bumper stickers, etc...), then perhaps you'd like to attempt to replicate your success with a second company (thus doubling your profits to $2000 a day). Just a suggestion for thought.
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  • Profile picture of the author BruceWood
    The answer may be to mine existing customers by offering add-on/step-up sales. This worked well for me in a previous business, and I use it now to get up to 10K days. (I'm working on making that a regular thing!)
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    Originally Posted by Shane Natan View Post

    Warriors,

    When you get to the point where $1,000 days online are a normal thing...

    How do you take your business to the next level? Other than hoping for more business to come your way!

    I am so very grateful for the money that I earn and I don't consider myself to be greedy at all. However, the goal of ANY business is to continue to grow and to make MORE and MORE money... Right?

    So... Those Warriors (like myself) who have been fortunate enough to have $1,000 days become a normal thing... What do you consider to be the next level and what do you think you need to do to get over the next hump and propel your business even further?

    Is it an outsourcing thing?
    Scaling it up some other way?
    Improving copy and tweaking sales funnels?
    All of the above?

    Or something else I am missing entirely?

    Best,
    Shane
    That is excellent.

    What are your online models/methods if you don't mind sharing? many lists? many products?
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  • Profile picture of the author Furyx2
    wow. I can't wait till i'm even close to that
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    • Profile picture of the author ewenmack
      Shane,

      What you do is take all the moving parts of your business and
      multiply
      improve
      delegate

      Moving parts are

      lead generation
      convert to buyers
      keep them longer

      There are dozens of ways to multiply, improve and delegate
      those 3 moving parts.

      The secret is to work on all 3 together, and you'll see
      an ongoing improvement to your machine.

      If you can honestly believe you can improve each area by a lousy 5%,
      then you are well equipped for sustainable growth.

      Because 5% can go from 12 months to 6 months, to 3 months, to 1 month
      to achieve the growth.

      The great thing is your growth compounds, like interest on your money.

      Few understand it's awesome power, even less put it to work for themselves.

      Best,
      Ewen
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  • Profile picture of the author Ryan Sorensen
    Just a quick idea. Have you really done everything you possibly can to optimize your conversion rates on your top products/sites? Just take another look at it and you may be able to find a few hidden opportunities in your current portfolio.
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    • Profile picture of the author Shane N
      Originally Posted by The Exciting Life View Post

      Just a quick idea. Have you really done everything you possibly can to optimize your conversion rates on your top products/sites? Just take another look at it and you may be able to find a few hidden opportunities in your current portfolio.
      That's a great point... Although I have high conversion rates I am sure I could always improve them as well as my click through rates! Heck, if I double my click-throughs, I would potentially double my income right?

      Thanks!

      Best,
      Shane
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  • Profile picture of the author halmo
    Shane, first of all, congrats!

    Secondly, it sounds to me that what you are aiming for, naturally, is creating something bigger and "grander" than what you already have. I am fairly new to IM, but I have been in offline business for quite a few years, and have consulted to business owners with businesses anywhere from $200,000 to $450 Million a year in revenues. The mindset is different at each level.

    I think, at this point, you should start building a system that will have intrinsic value, and will become a long-terms asset. Obviously, you have a system for IM, and have your IM properties as assets. However, I am talking about the long-term. The $300K+ a year level is a good time to star building a business that will have intrinsic value, and (over time) it can grow even without you (if you choose to), and will take care of you and your family for the rest of your lives. This can mean online, and very likely will also involve offline business. It could be something that builds on a passion or a cause that you have, and could serve even other people.

    At this point, I think, if you want to grow, you should get some employees. You should build a system that you lead (and make it grow with the help of others), instead of a system in which you have to do the everyday tasks yourself to maintain or grow. This doesn't mean you couldn't be involved in the every days, but I think you get the point.

    If you want to talk more, PM me.

    Best,
    Hali

    Originally Posted by Shane Natan View Post

    Warriors,

    When you get to the point where $1,000 days online are a normal thing...

    How do you take your business to the next level? Other than hoping for more business to come your way!

    I am so very grateful for the money that I earn and I don't consider myself to be greedy at all. However, the goal of ANY business is to continue to grow and to make MORE and MORE money... Right?

    So... Those Warriors (like myself) who have been fortunate enough to have $1,000 days become a normal thing... What do you consider to be the next level and what do you think you need to do to get over the next hump and propel your business even further?

    Is it an outsourcing thing?
    Scaling it up some other way?
    Improving copy and tweaking sales funnels?
    All of the above?

    Or something else I am missing entirely?

    Best,
    Shane
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    • Profile picture of the author Snow_Predator
      An excellent piece of advice.

      Upscaling will only take you so far.



      Originally Posted by halmo View Post

      Shane, first of all, congrats!

      Secondly, it sounds to me that what you are aiming for, naturally, is creating something bigger and "grander" than what you already have. I am fairly new to IM, but I have been in offline business for quite a few years, and have consulted to business owners with businesses anywhere from $200,000 to $450 Million a year in revenues. The mindset is different at each level.

      I think, at this point, you should start building a system that will have intrinsic value, and will become a long-terms asset. Obviously, you have a system for IM, and have your IM properties as assets. However, I am talking about the long-term. The $300K+ a year level is a good time to star building a business that will have intrinsic value, and (over time) it can grow even without you (if you choose to), and will take care of you and your family for the rest of your lives. This can mean online, and very likely will also involve offline business. It could be something that builds on a passion or a cause that you have, and could serve even other people.

      At this point, I think, if you want to grow, you should get some employees. You should build a system that you lead (and make it grow with the help of others), instead of a system in which you have to do the everyday tasks yourself to maintain or grow. This doesn't mean you couldn't be involved in the every days, but I think you get the point.

      If you want to talk more, PM me.

      Best,
      Hali
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  • Profile picture of the author E. Brian Rose
    You most likely feel as if you hit the hump because your time is being stretched too thin. Something to look at might be the hiring of a staff to handle your daily business tasks while you focus on upsell techniques and techniques to attract more customers. You may take a hit in net revenue after bringing in a staff, but that should be a very temporary hit.
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  • Profile picture of the author Gary King
    Shane,

    Congrats.

    Lots of things you can do.

    • Shift your way of thinking - for example, if you expect that $25/hr is a great amount of money, you will likely never earn more than that (or even that much!)
    • Optimize everything you can - be efficient
    • Eliminate the noise - try not to spend too much time on forums, etc - yes, spend time with your online family, and we all need a break to goof off, but eliminate where you're just slacking (tough one for me personally sometimes)
    • Stay organized - develop procedures, keep track if you need to - e.g., document what you do each 1/2 hour - set a kitchen timer and write down what you did since the last time that little timer "binged" at you
    Hope it helps.

    All success!

    Gary
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  • Profile picture of the author Will Perkins
    Buddy of mine made about $950.00 - $1,400.00 a day. It was in the gaming niche, and I'll essentially tell you what he did.

    He is the absolute "leader" in his niche, by far. So instead of trying to just dominate all his competition, he bought them out. Then hired a few people to outsource the sites and keep them doing "just" enough sales to look like competition, while routing most of the traffic to his main site.

    So now he makes a good $3,000.00 a day, just from buying out a handful of websites.
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  • Profile picture of the author rcritchett
    Yea man, keep moving up.

    Learn another new system, to challenge yourself and engage in some new multi tier complex situations.

    I'm into the thrill of creating something in the world. That's what drives me!
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  • Profile picture of the author JD Nunes
    The problem with many four figure days (and I'm talking from experience) is that oftentimes, they are not very replicable until you have a dependable system in place. I'd say the best way to do it consistently - as well as ramp up - is to develop a portfolio of paid advertising campaigns. The possibilities really are endless. You can keep adding more offers you promote, places you advertise, audiences you target, back-end sales and conversion strategies...the list goes on. Ahh, marketing is such an exciting and creative career.
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    • Profile picture of the author drmani
      Originally Posted by Shane Natan View Post

      When you get to the point where $1,000 days online are a normal thing...

      How do you take your business to the next level? Other than hoping for more business to come your way!
      Originally Posted by Shane Natan View Post

      No, but seriously... I had to work my butt off to get to this point and I've already done SO MUCH to scale up my earnings -- Which is how I went from $100 a day to $1,000 days.
      Shane
      Some would say "$5,000 days" or "$10,000 days".

      I'll say two things come before that:

      1. Sustainability - can you ensure it happens repeatedly?

      2. Automation - can you walk away from what you're doing, and still have it continue?

      Think about these and you'll surely find the answers.

      There are many ways to answer questions. The tough thing is coming up with
      the right questions!

      All success
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      • Profile picture of the author Shane N
        Originally Posted by drmani View Post

        Some would say "$5,000 days" or "$10,000 days".

        I'll say two things come before that:

        1. Sustainability - can you ensure it happens repeatedly?

        2. Automation - can you walk away from what you're doing, and still have it continue?

        Think about these and you'll surely find the answers.

        There are many ways to answer questions. The tough thing is coming up with
        the right questions!

        All success
        Dr.Mani

        P.S. - If I had even the glimmer of a hope that it wouldn't lead to my post
        getting zapped, I'd link to my "5x Profits" program link here!
        Hey Dr. Mani,

        Thanks so much for the insight!

        As far as your questions:

        1. Yes, the sustainability is not an issue...

        2. Well, I can walk away and still make sales... But I provide most of the customer service which is why my reputation is as good as it is.

        I am afraid if I allow too much of my business to be run by "employees" or "VA's" I will be sacrificing quality. That's probably a hump that I need to get over...

        Thanks again for your input, it's always appreciated!

        Best,
        Shane

        P.S. - I will check out your 5x profits program!
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        • Profile picture of the author MarkSherris
          just keep scaling it until your at a point where your happy, although I'm personally not at your level yet I am the type of person who would set goals, so once I got to $1000 I'd be looking for $1500, and $2000 etc just so that I didn't get bored I guess... whatever your doing you can scale it...

          Anybody who watched the videos for the magic bullet system will see that Amish and his business partner pull in over 20k a day lol so just keep growing :-)
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        • Profile picture of the author WillR
          Originally Posted by Shane Natan View Post

          I am afraid if I allow too much of my business to be run by "employees" or "VA's" I will be sacrificing quality. That's probably a hump that I need to get over...
          You definitely need to get over that hump.

          If I were you I would find someone in your local town, a physical employee, that you can train up and teach the business to slowly over time. You could afford to pay a kid coming out of school or a university student to do a few hours every day of the week to take care of all the mundane tasks for you. You would be better off finding someone now and getting them trained up. Who knows, if things go well you could even end up as business partners further down the track.

          I think the longer you keep trying to do everything yourself the harder it gets for you to ever let anyone else into your business. You need to change your outlook, that's the only way you are going to make big increases in your profits.

          You need to look at yourself as the boss of your business - at the moment you are more like an employee. You should be the one coming up with the ideas and you should then have a small team who implement those ideas for you. Some of the biggest companies in the world would never have evolved if the creators had kept trying to do everything themselves.

          Think about your time. How much is it worth to you? If you are sitting there doing customer service all day that you could easily get someone in to do for you and pay them only $20/hour, then you are valuing your time at only $20 per hour. If my business is bringing in over $1000 per day then I would like to think my time is worth a lot more than $20/ hour - if you don't then you should go and get a job at McDonalds.

          In the same time it takes you to do 2 hours of customer support you could come up with one idea that adds thousands of dollars to your bottom line every year. Spend your time where it will bring the most money.
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        • Profile picture of the author Andy Fletcher
          Originally Posted by Shane Natan View Post

          Hey Dr. Mani,

          Thanks so much for the insight!

          As far as your questions:

          1. Yes, the sustainability is not an issue...

          2. Well, I can walk away and still make sales... But I provide most of the customer service which is why my reputation is as good as it is.

          I am afraid if I allow too much of my business to be run by "employees" or "VA's" I will be sacrificing quality. That's probably a hump that I need to get over...

          Thanks again for your input, it's always appreciated!

          Best,
          Shane

          P.S. - I will check out your 5x profits program!
          I felt exactly the same way about customer service. I had HUGE issues getting it right and always felt that by getting other people to do it I was sacrificing quality.

          I made it my mission to build a customer support department that wasn't just as good at serving my customers as me but BETTER.

          I now have 2 lovely support ladies manning the front line and they both have direct access to the development team and myself for whatever they need.

          It's so efficient that even a lot of my close business partners go through the support desk rather than coming to me direct, simply because it's easier and they are better able to help.

          It's been a long road but it's totally worth it.

          If you're interested I'd be happy to walk you through the support desk set up we have. Show you the systems we have in place and share some experience I've had in getting it running this way.

          Cheers,

          Andy
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    • Profile picture of the author paul wolfe
      Originally Posted by Paul Barrs View Post

      Shane,

      I find this the strangest question to read here, a place full of newbies and wanna-bees... and then a handful of people who really are doing what they say they are doing.

      My best suggestion for you is that you invest some time into personal development. It's a wonderful thing when you no longer have to "work" the 8-hour day or "worry" about the income impact - if your income is taken care of for the time, go out now and figure out what it is that you can do in this world that will make you great.

      Forget good, go for great.

      Forget about others opinions (incl mine lol) - and go figure out what Shane would happily do *without* getting paid - find this and it will determine your true happiness in life.

      It's not what you have, it's what you do with it that makes the difference.

      Paul Barrs
      What Paul said.

      Don't chase money, for money's sake. Find out when enough is truly enough, and live your life on your terms. And not on the terms of having to make more money.

      (Obviously just my opinion!)



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  • Profile picture of the author Kevin_Hutto
    Try to move your customers up the ladder of intimacy. 50% of your time should be figuring out how to sell more stuff and more expensive stuff to the customers you already have. Obviously, don't do this to the detriment of your front end.
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  • Profile picture of the author Orator
    I guess it really depends upon what you view as enough money. Are you satisfied with the money you make, and the lifestyle it provides? If so, then you could focus on automation, and maybe consider taking on a different challenge.

    Travel, write, climb a mountain, date a supermodel.. etc. Anyway you've done something really impressive, and I'm sure it took an insane amount of work. So why not enjoy the fruits of your labor a little bit?
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    • Profile picture of the author Shane N
      Originally Posted by Paul Barrs View Post

      Shane,

      I find this the strangest question to read here, a place full of newbies and wanna-bees... and then a handful of people who really are doing what they say they are doing.

      My best suggestion for you is that you invest some time into personal development. It's a wonderful thing when you no longer have to "work" the 8-hour day or "worry" about the income impact - if your income is taken care of for the time, go out now and figure out what it is that you can do in this world that will make you great.

      Forget good, go for great.

      Forget about others opinions (incl mine lol) - and go figure out what Shane would happily do *without* getting paid - find this and it will determine your true happiness in life.

      It's not what you have, it's what you do with it that makes the difference.

      Paul Barrs
      Originally Posted by Orator View Post

      I guess it really depends upon what you view as enough money. Are you satisfied with the money you make, and the lifestyle it provides? If so, then you could focus on automation, and maybe consider taking on a different challenge.

      Travel, write, climb a mountain, date a supermodel.. etc. Anyway you've done something really impressive, and I'm sure it took an insane amount of work. So why not enjoy the fruits of your labor a little bit?
      Wow, thanks for caring about my happiness so much!

      I work hard and play hard... I definitely enjoy my life and my family. I have hobbies, free-time, etc. and I spend a lot of time feelings eternally grateful for my successes...

      However, just because I have the OPTION to take it easy, enjoy my money and party all day doesn't mean that I want to do that. I would rather build a much bigger business that could ensure financial security for me and my family for the long term (years to come.)

      It's NOT like I am working 24/7 and have no life... It just so happens that all the work that needs to be done -- I do.

      Also, in this economy it's important to SAVE money and do as much as you can NOW, just in case the sh*t hits the fan with the US dollar, etc...

      Again though, thank you so much for your genuine responses!

      Best,
      Shane
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  • Profile picture of the author alcymart
    The answer is that you must think of developing a 2nd business that ties in with your present one and develop it.

    That's how Google or Microsoft went about it. They build businesses all around the main one and that's how you reach unlimited income daily and become a billionaire.

    I did exactly that with an offline business and built up around it and ended up with 8 businesses.

    I built a wholesale import business to supply my retail outlet instead of buying from the wholesaler. Sure it requires you invest in the 2nd business but that's expected. I then developed a brokerage firm for my business instead of paying a broker to import my goods. I then manufactured a product line for my business etc...

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  • Profile picture of the author SamyPong
    you can keep adding more offers you promote, places you advertise, audiences you target, back-end sales and conversion strategies.. marketing is such an exciting and creative career.

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  • Profile picture of the author frankpure
    sorry , i do not know. now what i earn can not cover my cost. i hope one day i can earn that more.
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  • Profile picture of the author krikkod
    Maybe release a program and show others how to make $1000 days?
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  • Profile picture of the author JeedoAquino
    Hi Shane,

    Congratulations for reaching $1k per day. You can only do so much alone, it's time you hire a couple of individuals (or a team) so that you can expand your business further. Outsourcing may be a good option, but it has its downsides. Hiring people locally might be another alternative, hand them the tasks that doesn't directly impact your revenue but required in your daily process (ie. article submission, forum moderation, etc.). Hope this helps.
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  • Profile picture of the author lilphilupt
    I think you should build a large outsource team to take care of most of the dirty work for you and get to the highest point of autopilot that you can achieve that will would be real nice.
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  • Profile picture of the author TPFLegionaire
    Hi

    While researching one of my niche , I came across the 800 lbs gorilla in it

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    It seems that , controlling as many aspect of the niche and related income sources as well as removing as many middle man is how you might go about it.

    As mentioned above , controlling the supply chain seems to work wonder.

    Oh and congrats by the way.
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  • Profile picture of the author Barry Unruh
    Originally Posted by Shane Natan View Post

    When you get to the point where $1,000 days online are a normal thing...

    How do you take your business to the next level? Other than hoping for more business to come your way!
    I wish I had your dilemma to worry about, but I do have suggestions...

    Are your current systems documented and repeatable?

    Can they be taught to a Virtual Assistant or Employee?

    If you could offload 75% of your grunt work to a VA, what would you do next?

    I'm sure your biggest obstacle is time. You are probably already working as many hours per day as you wish, and productivity does not seem to be an issue.

    You can work on tweaking conversions, but how much more effective would you be in "tweaking" if you were not doing the grunt work at the same time?

    Could you increase you exposure and name recognition if you had more time to engage with clients instead of doing grunt work?

    With increased recognition could you begin offering products, or affiliate offers, with much higher price tags?

    Could you move into another niche if you offloaded grunt work?

    If you are still spending time creating your own backlinks, uploading content, creating accounts, etc... You probably are not using your talents where they are needed to grow your business.

    Why is it answers to questions so often come back as more questions?

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  • Profile picture of the author WillR
    Instead of multiplying your efforts I would be diversifying your efforts. You have reached a nice solid income figure which should take a little bit of the pressure off. Use some of this time to look into other areas of Internet Marketing and create yourself another stream of income.

    You should never just rely on one income stream. It's a dangerous way to live when you are relying on things like affiliates, search engines, etc to make all your income.
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  • Profile picture of the author Zabrina
    A brief reminder... remember what your lifestyle goals are. You shouldn't have only business-based goals, or your life will skew to become centred around business.

    If you're focused on earning $1,500 in a day, are you neglecting your health? Family? Romantic relationships? Hobbies?

    I would much rather have one or two $1,000 days in a month and only work three very intense and focused hours each day than have $1,000 days everyday and never get up from the computer or interact with people.
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    • Profile picture of the author drmani
      Originally Posted by Zabrina View Post

      A brief reminder... remember what your lifestyle goals are. You shouldn't have only business-based goals, or your life will skew to become centred around business.

      If you're focused on earning $1,500 in a day, are you neglecting your health? Family? Romantic relationships? Hobbies?
      Very valid (and important) point!

      I would much rather have one or two $1,000 days in a month and only work three very intense and focused hours each day than have $1,000 days everyday and never get up from the computer or interact with people.
      The nicest bit about working online and having a REAL online business
      is that it doesn't have to be either/or - and can easily become BOTH!

      It does take some planning, some hard work initially, but the goal is
      within reach of anyone... with the right dream, the right plan, and the
      right attitude

      All success
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    • Profile picture of the author iphone
      Originally Posted by Zabrina View Post

      A brief reminder... remember what your lifestyle goals are. You shouldn't have only business-based goals, or your life will skew to become centred around business.

      If you're focused on earning $1,500 in a day, are you neglecting your health? Family? Romantic relationships? Hobbies?

      I would much rather have one or two $1,000 days in a month and only work three very intense and focused hours each day than have $1,000 days everyday and never get up from the computer or interact with people.
      Now this is a very very good point!! Totally agree with you, Zabrina. What's a point in making all those $$ if you can't/don't use them? Some people genuinely enjoy work, etc but having regular breaks is essential, and TBH there's a whole world out there, don't forget that...
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  • Hi Shane, as many suggested, the good thing when you found a good business, it's double it with a brand new niche.
    And I think also that the nest step is opening a limited coaching to show other how to reach your same goals.

    Good job, reaching $1000 a day it's a wonderful reach!
    Thanks and see you,
    Alessandro Zamboni
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  • Profile picture of the author Shannon Herod
    I am afraid if I allow too much of my business to be run by "employees" or "VA's" I will be sacrificing quality. That's probably a hump that I need to get over...
    Unfortunately your business will hit a wall and stop growing then. You need to shift your thinking from employee to entrepreneur.

    Great entrepreneurs do not do all of it themselves. they cant. There is just not enough time in the day.

    Start small and start working your way up. Eventually you will become comfortable enough to let the bigger tasks go.

    Trust me, I had the same issue at one point. Now, I create content and edit videos only. The only reason I do that.... because I enjoy it.

    Shannon
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    Set up a 'real' business with sales reps, a dedicated marketing department etc.
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  • Profile picture of the author Steven Miranda
    I am not to this level in my IM career but will obtain it soon! Is the majority of your income coming from daily WSO sales? (I have purchased your WSOs before)
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    • Profile picture of the author Shane N
      Originally Posted by imationx View Post

      I am not to this level in my IM career but will obtain it soon! Is the majority of your income coming from daily WSO sales? (I have purchased your WSOs before)
      Thanks for being a previous customer of mine...

      However, the answer is NO, I make more money by doing the actual techniques that I teach in my WSO reports than I do from my WSO's... But I do make close to six figures from my WSO's alone!

      Good luck to you and your IM career and don't hesitate to email me if you have questions about any of the WSO's you bought...

      Best,
      Shane
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      • Profile picture of the author Joe Benjamin
        Sup Shane,

        To be totally blunt with you...you are seriously in the wrong place
        to ask how you can go from $1k days to making more.

        I, nor anyone here, (save from Allen Says and maybe one or two
        other warriors) can REALLY give you valuable advice to go to the
        next level at this point.

        I know your heart is in the right place. You WANT to believe there
        is something here for you to go off on, but REALISTICALLY I think
        you already know there is not.

        Sure, you'll get a few jumbled ideas from here or there from other
        successful warriors, but I NEVER really take advice from someone
        making far less than me in the AREA in which I do well at.

        If you were a Stock Trader making $1k days looking to break into
        online marketing, this would be a good place to start because the
        skills to make $1k days in IM is different than stock trading--

        but you are one of the RARE few individuals (save from the gurus) who openly admit this level of income....

        and generally, when or if they do -- they realize soon enough they
        won't get the answers they need.

        How could you? Few people on this forum I suspect are making
        more than a couple thousand dollars a month. And, you make the
        average persons salary for one year in a month.

        It's time for you to move on, my friend. Seek the advice from a
        Jay Abraham, Mike Filsaime, Allen Says, Steven Wagenheim, etc
        and forget about wasting your time looking for the kind of advice
        you need to get to the next level.

        You don't have to "leave" the warrior forum, but it's time you seek
        counsel from sources OUTSIDE this forum for the reasons above.
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        • Profile picture of the author Shane N
          Wow Benjamin,

          That's a very serious statement you made... I'm not sure that I can agree with you 100% though.

          The Mile Filsaimes, Steven Wagenheims, etc ALL got their start the same way that I did. And as a matter of fact, Steven Wagenheim has been VERY generous and willing to help me and answer my questions the few times I've asked him...

          I know there are people here that are more successful than me as well as on the same level... And even someone who isn't on my level might have an idea or piece of advice for me that could potentially help me greatly... That's the whole spirit of this forum!

          Also, while $1,000 days have become a normal occurrence for me, that does not mean that I make a thousand dollars every single day like clockwork.

          I truly appreciate your input and I respect your opinion, but I feel like some of the responses have ALREADY helped me. I am not looking for a magical answer, just tips, inspiration, golden nuggets, etc.

          Thanks again!

          Best,
          Shane

          Originally Posted by WhoIsBenjamin View Post

          Sup Shane,

          To be totally blunt with you...you are seriously in the wrong place
          to ask how you can go from $1k days to making more.

          I, nor anyone here, (save from Allen Says and maybe one or two
          other warriors) can REALLY give you valuable advice to go to the
          next level at this point.

          I know your heart is in the right place. You WANT to believe there
          is something here for you to go off on, but REALISTICALLY I think
          you already know there is not.

          Sure, you'll get a few jumbled ideas from here or there from other
          successful warriors, but I NEVER really take advice from someone
          making far less than me in the AREA in which I do well at.

          If you were a Stock Trader making $1k days looking to break into
          online marketing, this would be a good place to start because the
          skills to make $1k days in IM is different than stock trading--

          but you are one of the RARE few individuals (save from the gurus) who openly admit this level of income....

          and generally, when or if they do -- they realize soon enough they
          won't get the answers they need.

          How could you? Few people on this forum I suspect are making
          more than a couple thousand dollars a month. And, you make the
          average persons salary for one year in a month.

          It's time for you to move on, my friend. Seek the advice from a
          Jay Abraham, Mike Filsaime, Allen Says, Steven Wagenheim, etc
          and forget about wasting your time looking for the kind of advice
          you need to get to the next level.

          You don't have to "leave" the warrior forum, but it's time you seek
          counsel from sources OUTSIDE this forum for the reasons above.
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        • Profile picture of the author Kevin_Hutto
          Originally Posted by WhoIsBenjamin View Post

          Sup Shane,

          To be totally blunt with you...you are seriously in the wrong place
          to ask how you can go from $1k days to making more.

          I, nor anyone here, (save from Allen Says and maybe one or two
          other warriors) can REALLY give you valuable advice to go to the
          next level at this point.

          I know your heart is in the right place. You WANT to believe there
          is something here for you to go off on, but REALISTICALLY I think
          you already know there is not.

          Sure, you'll get a few jumbled ideas from here or there from other
          successful warriors, but I NEVER really take advice from someone
          making far less than me in the AREA in which I do well at.

          If you were a Stock Trader making $1k days looking to break into
          online marketing, this would be a good place to start because the
          skills to make $1k days in IM is different than stock trading--

          but you are one of the RARE few individuals (save from the gurus) who openly admit this level of income....

          and generally, when or if they do -- they realize soon enough they
          won't get the answers they need.

          How could you? Few people on this forum I suspect are making
          more than a couple thousand dollars a month. And, you make the
          average persons salary for one year in a month.

          It's time for you to move on, my friend. Seek the advice from a
          Jay Abraham, Mike Filsaime, Allen Says, Steven Wagenheim, etc
          and forget about wasting your time looking for the kind of advice
          you need to get to the next level.

          You don't have to "leave" the warrior forum, but it's time you seek
          counsel from sources OUTSIDE this forum for the reasons above.
          Thats the only problem with a place like the WF... Sometimes the most
          passionate guys are the ones who in reality aren't doing anything (or very little).
          And the guys who are making significantly more than $1000 a day might give
          a piece of advice, but they aren't going to type an encyclopedia.

          I will say this though, for all the guys saying that you have to outsource everything
          etc... I know a guy who ran a $10Million a year online business with himself and 2
          employees. You don't HAVE to hire a big team. I have a $20k per month staff overhead
          and it becomes a pain in the ass to pull that train all the time. I am currently
          working on a plan to cut that by 75%.
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      • Profile picture of the author Sandra Martinez
        My first hunch is: take yourself out of the equation, and then start over in a new niche.

        but your business seems to be one tied to you, at least the IM part... an you are doing the research.

        so there are two areas to take yourself out of the equation: customer service, and research.

        you can still train people to take care of customer service as you would, I have seen it done. it is not easy, but it can be done.

        the research is more difficult to outsource. It can also be done, but you need to get lucky

        the other element to increase revenue at the level you are is leverage.

        there are probably many things you can do to have a better leverage of your business. Add another upsale with the charts and mindmaps of methods developed? create MRR with some of the older products that still have value? (MRR still have your name and links so it brings traffic)

        can you sell turn key business? these are usually the ones that bring recurring business, as you would be providing hosting, etc...
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        • Profile picture of the author Shane N
          Originally Posted by Shane Natan View Post

          Thanks for being a previous customer of mine...

          However, the answer is NO, I make more money by doing the actual techniques that I teach in my WSO reports than I do from my WSO's... But I do make close to six figures from my WSO's alone!

          Good luck to you and your IM career and don't hesitate to email me if you have questions about any of the WSO's you bought...

          Best,
          Shane
          Originally Posted by Maenad View Post

          Which one?
          Affiliate marketing, CPA, Offline SEO Consulting and running my forum...

          Best,
          Shane
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            • Profile picture of the author Shane N
              Originally Posted by Maenad View Post

              Which one is responsible for the 1k / day? or is it all of them? or is there anyone in particular responsible for most of the 1k day? 30k is preeeety sweetttt
              The multiple streams of income are what add up to my earnings...

              However, I believe I could achieve the same from any one method in particular, it just so happens that I diversify and dabble in many different areas of IM.

              Best,
              Shane
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      • Profile picture of the author techservice
        When I want to move to the next level I find the guy that is where I want to be and get involved. Don't the "big guys" have coaching for the guys just below them wanting to become the next big guys.

        If you want to be a guru, learn from one who already is.
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      • Profile picture of the author strspeed
        Out source the hell out of it. If your doing all the work now, think about how you can break down your process into tasks and hire people to do them for cheap! Right now you can consider yourself a private business owner for the sake of this comparison. You are going a majority or all of the work. How can your private business hope to grow if its just you doing all the work. You Hire people!! But that will have its limits also not enough profit in the long rum so instead Think Corporation. Branch out. Hire people to do your work. Grow.
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  • Profile picture of the author theory expert
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    Disclaimer:Take this with a grain of salt.

    Shane who am I to tell you to give up your great customer service to employees. Ok with that said, I am going to say that you should upsell, upsell, upsell. A well known marketer once said, "If you don't know what your customers are willing to spend then shame on you". Funnel, funnel, funnel. Find out who are your top buying, heavy spending customers.

    The money that you currently make you should get consultations IMO from perry marshall(conversions), glenn livingston(marketing analyst), dan kennedy(second opinion on overall marketing), and, mike filsaime(funnel).

    I normally wouldn't recommend some of these guys, but, results are results. You need results.
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  • Profile picture of the author JustinAtlan
    Hey!

    Awesome. You invest and rebuild.

    Build products and keep funneling that money from more and more sources!
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    • Profile picture of the author noah.whitmore
      Shane, congrats on the MAJOR success! You work hard and you deserve it. If all IM'ers had your work ethic, not to mention your willingness to help others out, the world would be a better place.

      I'm not to that point financially. But, I will throw in my two cents. In my experiencing outsourcing is the way to jump up to the next level. Getting the biggest bulk of the work off of your back is the way to really get some work done.

      If you make $1000 each day, or even each week, you would have some great cash to throw back into your business. You're at the point where it sounds like you could reinvest back into your efforts over and over and over again.

      Congrats again, hoping that I get there soon.

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      • Profile picture of the author Shane N
        Originally Posted by noah.whitmore View Post

        Shane, congrats on the MAJOR success! You work hard and you deserve it. If all IM'ers had your work ethic, not to mention your willingness to help others out, the world would be a better place.

        I'm not to that point financially. But, I will throw in my two cents. In my experiencing outsourcing is the way to jump up to the next level. Getting the biggest bulk of the work off of your back is the way to really get some work done.

        If you make $1000 each day, or even each week, you would have some great cash to throw back into your business. You're at the point where it sounds like you could reinvest back into your efforts over and over and over again.

        Congrats again, hoping that I get there soon.

        -Noah Whitmore
        Hey Noah,

        I was sleeping when you posted this so I was just able to see it now...

        It seems like the verdict is pretty much unanimous -- Outsourcing is the way to go! At least for some tasks. The ones that I find to be too important I can still do myself and then some of the "grunt work" I can try to find trustworthy people help me out with.

        Thanks for your input and to everyone that put in their two cents. I appreciate it a lot!

        Best,
        Shane
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        • Profile picture of the author paulie888
          Originally Posted by Shane Natan View Post

          Hey Noah,

          I was sleeping when you posted this so I was just able to see it now...

          It seems like the verdict is pretty much unanimous -- Outsourcing is the way to go! At least for some tasks. The ones that I find to be too important I can still do myself and then some of the "grunt work" I can try to find trustworthy people help me out with.

          Thanks for your input and to everyone that put in their two cents. I appreciate it a lot!

          Best,
          Shane
          Shane, I think you had pretty much answered your question earlier in another post. You had stated that you were spending a considerable amount of time doing customer service, and of course we all know this isn't a high-value activity that generates a lot of revenue, so your time might be better served working on something that generates more revenue, while the customer service is handled by an outsourced worker.

          It may take some time to find and train someone suitable for the job, but the long-term benefits for your business would be considerable. It may be hard to relinquish control over this initially, but I feel that this is something necessary that needs to be implemented in order for your business to grow to the next level.

          Paul
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  • Profile picture of the author Rob Howard
    Shane, I think you answered your own question a few posts back.

    You need to start by outsourcing customer service. I know that you are worried about quality, but the only reason it is so because you probably don't have an efficient system to deal with customer service.

    Here is what I mean: every question you get can easily be categorized. Each question can then be logged, with the appropriate answer, into an excel sheet.

    The process for refunding customers can be also be systemized into an easy, step by step format.

    Once you have these 2 things, you then train an outsourced worker to answer questions, provide a FAQ sheet (which they can pull answers from), and give refunds using the process you outline.

    If your worker cannot answer the question, then they send the question to you - you provide the answer which is logged into the sheet, in case it gets asked again.

    This is how you systemize the process. Once you have it systemized, you are free from it and the quality will remain the same.

    This will free you up tremendously.

    Make sure your standards are the same - if someone emails and you email back within 24 hours - that is the guideline. If your worker doesn't follow that guideline, you then warn them, until they get it - or you fire and find someone else.

    Make sense?

    Rob
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    • Profile picture of the author Shane N
      Originally Posted by ccmusicman View Post

      ... If your worker cannot answer the question, then they send the question to you - you provide the answer which is logged into the sheet, in case it gets asked again.

      This is how you systemize the process. Once you have it systemized, you are free from it and the quality will remain the same.

      This will free you up tremendously.

      Make sure your standards are the same - if someone emails and you email back within 24 hours - that is the guideline. If your worker doesn't follow that guideline, you then warn them, until they get it - or you fire and find someone else.

      Make sense?

      Rob
      Thanks Rob... So far your answers have helped me the most! I really appreciate it!

      Best,
      Shane
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  • Profile picture of the author Daniel Deegan
    From what I know many marketers who start to hit higher level income walls decide on taking some specialized coaching since it really does take a different kind of thinking to bring things up to that next level. (I forget the quote but its something like - the thinking you used to get you where you are wont get you where you want to go..etc)

    Your best bet is to look into the services of Dan Sullivan (The strategic coach) who mentors people like Jeff Walker and Joe Polish. Or perhaps someone like Rich Scheferen who's worked with MANY in the IM sphere.
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  • The answer to your problem is the same for anyone who is stuck at a certain level of income:

    Improve the relationship you have with your customers and thus improve your conversions.

    Higher conversions is the only way to greatly improve your income if you are already successful.

    I am currently sitting pretty at around $200 a day and I'm scratching my head trying to get to $500 a day. The solution isn't outsourcing or making another site, it's in creating an awesome relationship with your subscribers.
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    • Profile picture of the author Rob Howard
      Originally Posted by Chris The Traffic Blogger View Post

      The answer to your problem is the same for anyone who is stuck at a certain level of income:

      Improve the relationship you have with your customers and thus improve your conversions.

      Higher conversions is the only way to greatly improve your income if you are already successful.

      I am currently sitting pretty at around $200 a day and I'm scratching my head trying to get to $500 a day. The solution isn't outsourcing or making another site, it's in creating an awesome relationship with your subscribers.
      This is actually completely false.


      Law of Diminishing Returns

      Any system in life, (including a relationship with someone) can only be improved so much. Especially with customers, there is only so much you can do to improve the relationship.


      If you imagine a graph, when you first start out - the relationship is "0", also, your "returns" as in profit over time, is also at "0".

      As you improve your relationship, profit increases.

      But this only lasts so long.


      Eventually what will happen is this - you will spend more time improving the relationship of you and your customers but less profit will occur for that time.

      The returns looks like a quadradic, an arc with the optimal position some where in between "0" (no relationship) and "infinite" (perfect relationship)

      In essence, if it takes more time to further refine a system (in this case - the relationship with the customer) than it does to construct a new system that creates returns, then the time is better spent on new ventures.

      Believe me, Wal-Mart, McDonalds, Dell Computers, etc. did not become multinational, multibillion dollar companies by chasing the golden goose of a perfect customer relations.

      Rob
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      • Originally Posted by ccmusicman View Post

        This is actually completely false.


        Law of Diminishing Returns

        Any system in life, (including a relationship with someone) can only be improved so much. Especially with customers, there is only so much you can do to improve the relationship.


        If you imagine a graph, when you first start out - the relationship is "0", also, your "returns" as in profit over time, is also at "0".

        As you improve your relationship, profit increases.

        But this only lasts so long.


        Eventually what will happen is this - you will spend more time improving the relationship of you and your customers but less profit will occur for that time.

        The returns looks like a quadradic, an arc with the optimal position some where in between "0" (no relationship) and "infinite" (perfect relationship)

        In essence, if it takes more time to further refine a system (in this case - the relationship with the customer) than it does to construct a new system that creates returns, then the time is better spent on new ventures.

        Believe me, Wal-Mart, McDonalds, Dell Computers, etc. did not become multinational, multibillion dollar companies by chasing the golden goose of a perfect customer relations.

        Rob
        I'm sorry Rob, I misrepresented what I was thinking. What I meant to say was NEW PROSPECTS aka NEW SUBSCRIBERS.

        With a site pulling in $1000 per month you are obviously getting quite a few new subscribers. But what kind of relationship do you have wiht htose subscribers? Do you convince them from the get go that you are worth their time? What are your conversions like, can they be improved?

        That's what I was getting at. I didn't mean that you could somehow get more money from your previous buyers than you were already getting. I was merely talking about the numbers game when you go from a 10% conversion rate to say 15%. That increase will take you from $1000 per month to $1500 per month and is the secret to really ratcheting up your profits.

        Eventually you will want to create either new products for the same niche or enter other ones because you're right, you can only get so much from any one subscriber base.
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  • Profile picture of the author yankforlife41
    Create a membership site within your niche with recurring monthly fees. Should ramp everything up if your big in your niche.
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  • Profile picture of the author andybolton
    Hi Shane,

    You become a person built up from the closest five people you mix with.

    I once wrote lyrics with a potential superstar musician. Back bedroom songs and the like... I told him the same thing.

    Six years after that discussion he held a seminar in my home town as a millionaire musician having written with Bryan Adams and Celine Dion. He saw me in the audience and mentioned how he never forgot that advice and used it to his advantage.

    You're ready to mix with a new elite team. Don't miss out. They will, without knowing it, provide the doors and knowledge you need to take the next step.

    NOW ... so I can reach the next level ... PM me with something that will amaze me

    Cheers for now...
    Andy
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  • Profile picture of the author TimG
    Why not just branch out from IM and take some of your profits and invest it in stocks that pay dividends or real estate (plenty of great deals available right now).

    Start building a portfolio in those markets in order to diversify your income streams. With stocks and dividends it will start slow but eventually build to a point where your income is generating income.

    Respectfully,
    Tim
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  • Profile picture of the author Rob Howard
    Ok Chris, that makes more sense.

    Rob
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  • Profile picture of the author sodette1
    Hey Shane:

    Offline, my businesses were scalable because we had systems in place at every
    level.

    Taking the janitorial services from $250k annual revenues to $25M annual revenues,
    was simply a matter of sales and plugging in the systems.

    Salons - take one salon to saturation, implement measurable systems, hire and
    train a manager and employees to run the systems - open salon #2. Repeat.

    Tutoring Franchise - implement systems, document measurable and tangible benchmarks,
    delegate and oversee.

    Real Estate - always easier to buy a poorly managed apartment complex or commercial
    building, come in, implement proven systems, delegate positions and measure results.
    Adjust.

    I've found copywriting to be less easy to scale... as are all services (like your belief
    that you in customer service is valuable to your clients so you don't delegate it).

    There are only so many hours in a day for service providers - so the key to scale
    services, as you've seen with copywriters who are brand names like Dan Kennedy,
    Clayton Makepeace, Bob Bly, John Carlton, etc. is not ramping up your load or taking
    on new clients or work - it's maximizing your fees to the top of the stratosphere so
    you don't have to take on new clients.

    Scaling services - if YOU are the business - is limited to more hours or higher prices
    or both.

    An artist can only paint what she can paint. Period. She's got to create a market
    perception of great value and charge accordingly or she'll end up pumping out
    a picture a day for nothing to pay for supplies.

    I do NOT recommend employees however - had close to a thousand in many states
    at one point - nope, not again, not until you reach a very comfortable financial
    position.

    There is just no justifiable reason for employees in this global economy unless you
    are talking about a task that must be done on site, like mowing lawns.

    Kinda hard to get a hard working, intelligent, professional landscaper from India to
    mow your yard over the internet or Skype if you live in California, USA.

    Other than that, personally, I see no justification for employees at all - maybe a
    brick and mortar business, like a coffee house needs baristas or restaurants need
    waitstaff or janitorial services need cleaners.... all on sight services that can't be
    outsourced... yet. lol.

    To get past your plateau I recommend you get in touch with someone to brainstorm
    with and take a look at your current systems and business model.

    It's hard to see your own solutions sometimes. What you could really benefit from
    would be a new set of eyes to help stimulate new ideas and see where systems
    could replace tasks or where scale can be implemented or how price can be raised
    or additional income streams can be created for existing client base.

    Outsourcing isn't evil and has huge advantages... while writing this, I "worked"
    roughly 4 hours - my team was pumping away while I typed here.

    Try doing that alone.

    Systems can do that for you also... but take an initial setup.

    If you want a 2nd set of eyes to brainstorm with, PM me, glad to set up some time to
    give you input or feedback.

    Even silly, fun, crazy ideas sometimes are all you need to trigger solutions.

    Oh, and mindset won't make you a freakin' nickel. The way you think about things
    either opens or closes doors for you... yes, sure I get that... for instance:

    "She'll never date me, so why even bother to ask her?" Duh. Door closed.

    "I'm a hell of a catch and she is very cool also... I'll ask her out at lunch." Door open.

    Still, doesn't mean she'll say "Yes!" or if she says "No!" you should stop asking her,
    agreed?

    Mindset isn't a solution to much in my experience... and someone who is making
    $1k a day isn't in need of mindset adjustments, you need ideas.

    The exception might be belief in what is possible... like, running a mile in under
    5 minutes - before it was done, nobody believed it could be done. After it was done,
    many others did it also.

    Still... I simply hate to see the invisible hand of the invisible being used as a solution
    to physical challenges. If there were a measurable way to prove that a consistent
    result could be achieved - okay, I get it. Until then... I'd focus on the nuts and bolts
    and leave the generic and invisible hands to massage your success after you clock out
    for the day... personally.

    That's like the MLM upline who says, in total ignorance of any solid guidance or
    solutions, to the lowly downline who is using systems created when the 3 foot rule
    was king and 7 people were enrolled in Amway - total - "You just don't have a big
    enough 'Why' Jethro. Get a bigger 'Why' and the money will start flowing."

    I'll show you my 'Why!' you ignorant blind idiot. Now, where did I put that baseball
    bat again?
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  • Profile picture of the author JamesJeffery
    The best advice I can give you is:

    - Don't expect it to last forever (ignore this, this is a reference to myself)
    - Don't put your eggs in one basket

    You might think it's stupid advice. I was on $3k a day for a good while - I even touched $14k one day without doing a thing at the computer that week. I got big headed, thought I was king of the world. Out of nowhere I lost my passive income.

    I'm not sure how you earn, what niche you're in and how stable your income is. But the 2 points above are lessons I learnt the hard way.
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    • Profile picture of the author Rob Howard
      Originally Posted by JamesJeffery View Post

      The best advice I can give you is:

      - Don't expect it to last forever (ignore this, this is a reference to myself)
      - Don't put your eggs in one basket

      You might think it's stupid advice. I was on $3k a day for a good while - I even touched $14k one day without doing a thing at the computer that week. I got big headed, thought I was king of the world. Out of nowhere I lost my passive income.

      I'm not sure how you earn, what niche you're in and how stable your income is. But the 2 points above are lessons I learnt the hard way.
      There is a lot of wisdom here - a lot that most people don't realize who experience success.

      I came from a fairly "poor" family. (We were middle class, but I never really handled money well, and never got to buy things on impulse, my dad was just a factory worker)

      When I first experienced success, I too thought I was king of the world. First I spent it like it was unlimited.

      Then, suddenly, it stopped. Why?

      Several reasons: I stopped really working on it for one. Two, the market quickly became saturated and instead of adapting or adding more income streams, I just let it go.

      It didn't take too long before I was back at square one.

      A lot of lessons learned.

      Rob
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    • Profile picture of the author Shane N
      Originally Posted by JamesJeffery View Post

      The best advice I can give you is:

      - Don't expect it to last forever (ignore this, this is a reference to myself)
      - Don't put your eggs in one basket

      You might think it's stupid advice. I was on $3k a day for a good while - I even touched $14k one day without doing a thing at the computer that week. I got big headed, thought I was king of the world. Out of nowhere I lost my passive income.

      I'm not sure how you earn, what niche you're in and how stable your income is. But the 2 points above are lessons I learnt the hard way.
      Thanks for the insight James.

      I am grateful for every moment that I have good fortune... And I don't expect anything to last forever. What scares me the most is somehow the internet becoming much more controlled and regulated to the point of affecting our online businesses in a big [and bad] way.

      And I don't think it's stupid advice at all! I have about 8 online businesses so I am a firm believer in not putting all of my eggs in one basket. However, I hope 8 baskets are enough!

      Thanks again for your input!

      Best,
      Shane
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  • Profile picture of the author VoyagerMike
    As far as I can see transitioning to adding those precious zeros to the profit take in purely digital assets will be difficult unless you start developing and flipping sites ala Huffington Post(315M payday) or selling $10,000+ items. Otherwise it is in some form of physical products (you could offer affiliate programs for them, there would be lots of takers here). Lots of options, working with your strengths will yield the best results.
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  • Profile picture of the author AStateOfLogic
    Well absolutely congratulations because you are definitely doing well. About outsourcing I would say have an internal employee that you can work more closely with and ensure everything is going the way you want.
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    • Profile picture of the author Shane N
      Originally Posted by VoyagerMike View Post

      As far as I can see transitioning to adding those precious zeros to the profit take in purely digital assets will be difficult unless you start developing and flipping sites ala Huffington Post(315M payday) or selling $10,000+ items. Otherwise it is in some form of physical products (you could offer affiliate programs for them, there would be lots of takers here). Lots of options, working with your strengths will yield the best results.
      Good idea! I thought about doing some start-up sites or business-in-a-box type things and selling them as higher ticket items... Thanks for the input!

      Originally Posted by AStateOfLogic View Post

      Well absolutely congratulations because you are definitely doing well. About outsourcing I would say have an internal employee that you can work more closely with and ensure everything is going the way you want.
      Thank you very much for the congratulations... That's the goal I suppose. To find someone or multiple people that I can trust completely.

      I will be looking into this for sure.

      Best,
      Shane
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  • Profile picture of the author Carolini
    Shane firstly congratulations on your success.

    Just I think you must cover another uncovered niches with the same process. i.e. repeat the entirely process into another profitable niches.

    Roberto
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  • Profile picture of the author noname987
    Congrats for making money! I think ou have to go outsourcing.Your beginning to create a company and expect a lot of work to do and a lot of revenues also.
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  • Profile picture of the author sloanjim
    Why? I am interested to know why everyone keeps going on and on about expanding? I actually capped my earnings at $1k a day. Why? Because it's much more important I work no more than 2 hours a day and have peace of mind....It's more then enough. If you make $1k..you want $2k..when oyu get $2k you want $5k...and on and on it goes....I know people making $5k a day and they are stil lnot happy. They want more. They give up their free time, health, family,friends in the pursuit of greed.

    Sometimes....take a step back and work out what is truly important.

    I am so very grateful for the money that I earn and I don't consider myself to be greedy at all. However, the goal of ANY business is to continue to grow and to make MORE and MORE money... Right?
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  • Profile picture of the author sloanjim
    is there a WSO on this one?

    date a supermodel.. etc
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  • Profile picture of the author PR0VIDENCE
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    You do what every normal business person in the world does: You hire others to do your job while you work on "the next big thing".
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  • Profile picture of the author HostStage
    I would recommend to spice up things a little bit and get a serious business in real life also. At least that`s my plan...
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  • Profile picture of the author Agep_flippo
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    Hi Shane, Truly your achievement inspires me a lot. I will see at your position. So if I were you, I want to create an online media ads. Since advertising is evergreen niche , and online marketing is business you have conquared so online media ads is fit for you. Not as big as Google, but chitika, adbrite, etc is achievable for you. I know you can.
    Congratz Dude..

    best regards,
    Agep
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  • Shane, I make $1k+ a day, every day.

    Shoot me a PM (and I will give you my private email) if you want: we can exchange ideas.

    Congratulations on your success.
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  • Profile picture of the author tonio79
    Well first off congrats on your $1000 days.
    Many on here aspire to that and dream of that...some will never take the action and make the sacrifices you have to get there.

    You may have already tried it....but have you got a mentor....someone who is already earning what you desire to earn? And who can tell you how they do it...and what is required.

    As you would probably be able to tell some newbies how to get to $100 a day.....and now even $1000 a day....i'm sure there are people out there who are earning $10,000 a day that can simply tell you to do 'xyz' and you'll see the growth you are after.

    Surround yourslef with the type of people that you yourself want to become and in time you yourself will become that person.

    Good luck and keep going

    Tonio
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    • Profile picture of the author Shane N
      Originally Posted by tonio79 View Post

      Well first off congrats on your $1000 days.
      Many on here aspire to that and dream of that...some will never take the action and make the sacrifices you have to get there.

      You may have already tried it....but have you got a mentor....someone who is already earning what you desire to earn? And who can tell you how they do it...and what is required.

      As you would probably be able to tell some newbies how to get to $100 a day.....and now even $1000 a day....i'm sure there are people out there who are earning $10,000 a day that can simply tell you to do 'xyz' and you'll see the growth you are after.

      Surround yourslef with the type of people that you yourself want to become and in time you yourself will become that person.

      Good luck and keep going

      Tonio
      Thanks Tonio,

      I have definitely surrounded myself with successful people, however, it's hard to find a mentor that is above my level, who is also willing to take on a student/protege...

      I've gotten many great ideas from people's responses in this thread so keep 'em coming... I really appreciate the feedback and support!

      Best,
      Shane
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  • Profile picture of the author Jamie Drew
    Make a new product and leverage any past success to bring in affiliates? Offer bonuses to your affiliates? Create a special "Super Affiliate Program" and make it exclusive.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jamie Drew
    Also, Congratulations on hitting the 1K a day mark
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