My Offline Success Story

Nice one. Glad you're experiencing success. Raise your drink.

Are you fixing yourself up for an epic WSO launch, tsk, tsk,....?

Keep it up and you will make the cover of Entrepreneur magazine soon!

...that's why my ears were burning! Humbled X 100 for the shout out, thanks Chris!

Also, very eerie, before watching your video I posted some advice (included it below) in another thread..funny how many of our advice overlaps, and I'm sure other offliners can agree too, that there are many ups and downs on this journey but it's a heck of a ride.

1. Take this seriously--you will only get out of it what you put in and starting & growing an offline business is an amazing opportunity that we are blessed to even be aware of (let alone have all these great resources & supportive colleagues on this forum).

2. Hold yourself accountable for daily action (or get somebody else who will i.e. a coach)--prospecting for new clients is a daily thing, it has to be done day in, day out (or get somebody to do it for you)

3. Have systems in place--make your life easy, once you have a prospecting system in place, document it so you can teach others and make sure you have a system in place to execute as well (which it sounds like you do with your partnership)

4. Stay positive--you will have good days, booking $2k/month clients, you will have bad days when it seems like nobody wants what you have to offer--keep positive and stick it out

5. Have FUN!! Yes, we're in business to make a profit but being an entrepreneur is also about getting the chance to make choices & decisions that you couldn't in your 9-5, so make this fun by rewarding yourself along the journey! For that $2k/mth client, how did you reward yourself? Doesn't have to be big..maybe it's taking the day to do a local wine tour, or a nice dinner out, or a new watch you've been wanting..just something to link a positive reinforcement with your success!

6. Reinvest in yourself & your business--whether this is through books, seminars, hiring a coach, getting into a mastermind, the payoff is beyond words

Congrats men, i wish you good luck for further take ups

I like the video Chris, but to be honest I was hoping for a bit more detail into how you went about building your business aside form TAKE ACTION.

For example, I really liked how you advised us to get people onto sending out emails and using LinkedIn, that's great practical advice. But I am wondering if you could be specific in other areas also, for example :

- How do you track the progress of SEO you do for clients? How do you know if you are providing a good ROI? How many keywords do you aim to rank clients for and for what price ranges?

As a provider of SEO, I ask myself these questions and still don't have a good enough answer. Would love to know how you deal with the situation?

- So if I understand correctly, whenever you sell a client a package, you immediately palm it off to your project manager and you have almost no involvement after that, from a web design/seo standpoint?

- Did it take a long time to find a manager that was adept at deciding what was right for the clients needs? Any tips on hiring someone who can do this well?

- Do you have your clients review your web designs with the project manager, or yourself? Is this conducted over phone, email or in person?

- What would you charge for a 5 page, basic small business website right now? What about SEO for a business in a town of roughly 200k people? Most of my potential SEO clients balk at the thought of $400 per month for SEO, and to be honest, I haven't had raving results from clients in some niches, and have had SEO people tell me the searches per month are too low for SEO to be profitable in a town this size...thoughts?

Thanks, hope to hear your response!

Definitely a valuable 14 minutes spent.

Thanks for the video, Chris. I think this a really neat direction re: video format that a lot of other warriors (including myself) should start to utilize.

It's so much nicer to listen to somebody naturally talk for 15 minutes than it is to read 15 minutes of text, haha! All of this advice is spot on.

I love the idea of not just taking action, but taking action EVERY day. It's so important to remain consistent. That's when the magic really happens.

You're right, success is a lot like weight loss. As somebody who's currently making a lifestyle change with my eating and exercise, I can definitely relate to the metaphor, haha. It's all about consistent, concerted efforts. Move forward in some way every day, and you'll get to where you need to be.

Hey Jon, glad you liked it.

Honestly, after I made the video I thought about not posting it since I thought I went off track a lot of times. but I said F IT, you can't go wrong with with free information. =X haha

A lot of times I feel like what I have to offer isnt really a big deal since I do it everyday but I guess people find value in it so everyone once in awhile I try to make a video.

Thanks to your video, I'll be creating more videos. =)

by the way, I got your PM. I'll sit down and write you a full message as soon as I knock out all my tasks.

Thanks again!

What are your thoughts on taking action?

Probably one of the best success stories, best of luck!!

Wow a nice one!I am happy for you.
Its worth sharing,wish you all the best as you take it to greater heights
Good Luck

Great tips Chris. Thanks for sharing it. Congrats by the way. More business for you!