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Episode 336:  From Americas Most Wanted To Building A Successful Business – With Jeffrey Blackman A Facebook video I saw is what led me to interview our guest today!  Jeffery has a cleaning company in Houston Texas market. Here are some facts. He’s a man of God, first, Family man A motivator to all who cross his path An elite businessman, a confidant And a Mentor to many These things are what embody Jeffrey. His mission is to be transparent a utilize gods principles inside of his company. He watched his parents split at a young age and that led him down a path of destruction He dropped out of school. Never went back to high school. Got involved in a street gang…it was so bad that his mom woke up and saw him on the 5 o’clock news on America’s Most Wanted. 2006 was one of the most devastating times in his life, he was homeless. He would take baths with the same bottle of water.  He got in the car with some guys to do a drug transaction, guns were drawn, but Jefferey survived.

Episode 335:  Business Roundtable Discussion – Stress, Pressure & Wives “Today, I am here to inspire you and bring sexy back.” Bobby Walker You will hear an impromptu roundtable discussion from the Automate Grow Sell Xperience! It doesn’t matter your race, sex, religious views, worldviews, family situations, different business size, etc. Being an entrepreneur is a universal language or amazingness. Small business can be a complete dumpster fire, especially when you mix in a marriage. Interested to hear more? Well, we have a quick 18-minute episode for you!  If You Haven’t Yet, Check Out RevenueBuddy. The ULTIMATE Visual Goal Setting Buddy! http://revenuebuddy.com/ (Click Here )To Check It Out You can also check out the INCREDIBLE Super Course by http://supermarketingcourse.com (clicking here!) Have an idea for a Podcast Topic? A question you want to be answered live? Or just want to leave a random message with whatever you want? Now’s your chance! You can now call my

Episode 334:  Business Roundtable Discussion – Employee Stuff I’ve been recovering from life events, traveling, and trying to build empires and change the world. Today, I’m going to play some snippets from live roundtable discussions that happened during our life Automate Grow Sell Xperience Event at our house in October. I think you’re really going to like this and they are going to provide a lot of value to you! Today, we are talking about Employee Issues! We start with a chat brought up about Marketing, which also includes marketing to your employees and potential employees. The traditional manner is thinking about getting customers, but you also have to market and sell to find people. It’s the same skill set. It’s either a dollar problem or a human problem, haha. “Inspire young people. Be the person that’s always recruiting. The work is out there, there’s a neverending amount of things to clean. But, what we hear most is that I can’t find go

Episode 333:  Your Community + Clarity = Your Ability to Conquer I’ve been MIA at the Automate Grow Sell Xperience at my house in Ludington, MI!  Today, I’m joined by Curt Kempton, owner of Responsibid! (It’s great, use it!) Anyways, today we’re going to chat about this event and let you know what it entails! Every year, we bring in 60 business owners & their partners in 2 different sessions for mastermind groups and custom one-on-one coaching with industry experts, fun, games & so much more! It’s such a great event, and EVERY single person who left session 1, LOVED it. Lots of events like this are boring, but this isn’t like that. We like to have fun & bring fun into everything that we do. It’s not about who’s pressure washer is the biggest, who’s more arrogant, doesn’t have time to talk to you, etc. My wife and I did youth ministry with teenagers and took them to camps. There is an art and science to breaking down walls, getting st

Episode 331:  Guaranteed Way To Find Your Next 3 Employees (EASY) – Interview w/ Dan Platta, CEO $3.8 mm Cleaning Business The economy is kinda crushing it right now and it’s harder and harder to find employees…and it was already hard before. Today, I’m joined by Dan Platter is the CEO of a large cleaning company, Blue Skies, that spans over 4 states and does almost $4million in revenue. He has mini-empire and is AMAZING at recruiting and hiring. This episode is for anyone. If your small, large or in the middle. If you are a little guy trying to find your first helper, or if you’re a bigger guy and your #1 leaves and now everything is rerailed. Your Team + Your Equipment = Your Capacity. You can’t grow or do anything without a team. A few years ago, Dan came out of the corporate world and teamed up with Mike Dahlke, his old financial advisor who fired himself. Dan did some consulting with Mike for Blue Skies for about 5 years, then Mike fired himself again and put Dan in

Episode 332:  This Guy CHANGED His Life In A Moment  “I spent 5 hours on the road and listened to you the whole time. I realized I’d been lying to myself, cheating on my wife and family and turning my back on my employee…I’ve been a scumbag.” – Anonymous Message There are 2 things I want to accomplish on this podcast today. 1. To read the message I received from one of the fellow listeners. 2. Plus, we have a special guest! The message starts with this guy telling me that he needed to come clean about some things. That this podcast has changed his life. It was incredible. My wonderful, high level, executive assistant (aka my sister) is here today! She worked in corporate America as an executive assistant for years and left her job when she had her daughter. Today, she dives into telling us some of the major differences between big corporate America and small business America. “It’s definitely a little crazier being with Send Jim…” – Jessica

Episode 330:  Marketing Legend Making Millions Online – Inner Circle Chat – Dave Lindenbaum  Turn everything off and pay attention! Before we begin, let me just start by saying that Dave is such a nice guy. I an interviewing him and when we first got on this call he went deep into ideas about Send Jim, and I took over a page of notes! If you clean carpets or wash windows, that’s not actually what you are doing. You are providing value to the household. It creates a calmer environment in the house. You are in the saving marriage business or making someone feel amazing business! Growing up, Dave was the typical student. He got good grades, played sports and was in student council. Majored in financing and computer systems and got a job working for JP Morgan at Wallstreet in Manhattan. His first day of work was THE 9/11 and he was would commute through The World Trade Center to get to Wallstreet from the subway. He was listening to his walkman and was on the escalator and people were running

Episode 329:  LIVE Coaching Call – Chopping Wood and Borrowing Certainty  Stop being a liar and stop lying to yourself. LIE Stands for Lacking in Execution – Brandon Vaughn Today, I’m chatting with a business owner who is in the midst of building his empire. Right now, he is building a ton of systems and services simultaneously to make his living. His biggest source of revenue has been gutters and gutter covers. The only way he is currently getting jobs is through Home Advisor. Just hoping the phone rings or hoping to get that notification from Home Advisor. You either have the time or you have the money. It’s usually one or the other. Time is what this caller has and what he needs to focus on. I feel like he’s missing a sense of urgency with BOG marketing. We chat about him needing to start here, getting wins, networking, being a nice guy, etc. The focus needs to shift from wanting to build a $10million business immediately, into doing the basic foundational things. You need

Episode 328:  Are You Getting Ahead Of Yourself? Today, I’m going to answer a question from a listener, Bobby Walker!   When you look at the people who are asking complex questions, they usually have a small business. But, it’s all about sticking to the basics and fundamentals Everything begins with lead generation. Nothing else has any significance and is pointless if you don’t figure out lead generation first. Sales & Marketing are the foundation and cornerstone to ALL business. If you are small, stuck, broken, lead generation is where you need to start. Back-end systems don’t matter. Processes don’t matter. Flow charts, systems to reduce labor by 15-minutes per day, looking online for equipment cannot fix your business. All you’re doing is avoiding what’s right in front of you. Today, we’re going to chat about lead generation and you’ll actually rate yourself 1-5 from this podcast to see where you are at on this scale!   Don’t forget t

Episode 327:  Door Knocking Masterclass – How Jared Skinner Built A Team Of Door Knockers Who Closed Over $30,000,000 In-Home Services Today is going to be one of the most unique episodes I’ve ever had! In our Automate Grow Sell Bootcamp, there’s been a lot of asking about knocking on doors. Well, our guest, Jared is a door knocking ninja! He has sold tens of millions of dollars managing teams who simply knock on doors. It’s incredible. It all started when Jared was in college. He went to a meeting where they were recruiting people to make $30k during the summer simply knocking on doors for a pest control company. Day 1, only a single person got a single sale all day. He initially thought it sucked, but decided to stick it out, went all in and learned everything he could. Jared became one of the top sales reps in the country for this company and sold 300 accounts just that summer. They offered him a job to train the next years’ reps. They were selling over $30 million of reve

Episode 326:  My Friend Alison Prince Helped Her Teenage Daughter Build A 6 Figure Business I’m super excited because today we are talking to Alison Prince, who’s an incredible maniac. She began as a school teacher and quickly realized she wasn’t making money. She was broke and it was depressing. It all started when she was 12 years old and her parents got a divorce. They lost EVERYTHING. They moved into a house that had rats. One day she went to school and was unsure of how people actually had the money to pay for things. She would ask friends and teachers how people paid for things. Her family had food stamps. But, all of these things made her really grateful and self-aware of what’s really going on in the world. Everyone in her life told her to be financially successful she had to go to college. So she did. She worked really hard, got a job and worked at 4 am every morning while going to high school. She had scraped all of her money together, saved EVERY SINGLE PENNY because

Episode 325: The Fundamentals Will Set You Free Don’t forget to share the love! It helps others like you grow their businesses! I’m super appreciative and grateful for all of you. Today, we are going to dive into blocking, tackling, and catching. Basically, the basics. Sometimes not everything I do is relatable. But, I’m trying to bridge the gap between other industries that are doing big, huge, awesome things. Sometimes they have things that they do that you can apply to your own business. There’s a good chance your current business is your training wheels business. You need to be inspired. There are other people out there, just like you that think really big and do really big things. My philosophy in business and in life is to play the long game. I sat in the corner for my mastermind group and identified those who had the same values as me. Then I would strategically reach out to each and build actual real relationships with those people. There are foundational truths for all c

 Episode 324 – How Sam Pillar Is Building An Empire Helping Home Service Companies Jobber is one of the fastest growing, most popular CRM systems for home service companies. Today we are connecting with the founder, Sam Pillar, who is building an empire. “What I love about the space we are in is that everyone is connected to it in some way.” – Sam Pillar  Perfect for anyone in the home service business from window cleaners, pressure washers, landscaping + lawn care, residential cleaning, HVAC, plumbers, & SO MUCH MORE. Everyone knows someone who works in these industries, it’s a huge portion of small business in North America. Sam has a pretty much been a computer nerd his entire life. He went to university for computer science, graduated with a business degree, worked as a management consultant after school and didn’t like it. In the mid-late 2000’s he got back involved in computers and learning about new technology. This morphed into working on a couple

Episode 323 – Meet Tommy Mello – He Built A $40m Service Company From Scratch In 10 Years Tommy is originally from Michigan and has a garage door company. Today, he is going to be sharing some wisdom and gold nuggets with all of you. He used to bartend, flip bo-flex machines and cars.  His buddy was in the garage door business answering phones and making $50k a year, so Tommy decided to try it. Another friend and his got themselves a business doing garage doors and thought they knew what they were doing…but didn’t. Things didn’t go to plan and they weren’t the marketing geniuses they thought. Tommy decided to keep the business for himself and bought his buddy out. He started a Christmas light business with another friend, got 40 reviews from prior customers on the first day, and 1,500 requests in the first month. He went full on in the marketing, door to door, boots on the ground and more. They even had a 90% retention rate on repeat customers. They had built a breeding

Episode 322 – Live Coaching Call With A Growing Business Today we are talking to a small growing business who wants to build a sales team. He goes out and does estimates all day long and would love to get someone to do this work for him. We talk about his pain points, the equipment he has purchased, and package deals. His main form of marketing is repeat business, Angies List, Home Advisor & referrals, with no proactive paid strategic marketing. At this point, he has no levers. No systems in place like postcards that he can use. When we did postcards, we knew that when we sent out 1k postcard we would get so many calls, then from there, we would close so many of those sales. If you have no leads, you have to be doing proactive marketing.  This is how you scale much bigger, much faster. Interested in hearing more about his business and the systems he’s going to implement? Listen to this 45-minute episode! If You Haven’t Yet, Check Out RevenueBuddy. The ULTIMATE Visual Goal Setting Buddy! 

Episode 321 – Why Your Skinny Arms Are Putting Your Business At Risk Ashlee Latimer, my favorite guest is here today!   Today, we are talking about business, our 50lb 8-year-old son named Sawyer, and football. Sawyer is skinny, he looks like a skeleton with skin wrapped around him. He’s on shakes to bulk him up for football this year. He recently had his first game and our son said, “I’m slow and weak and have really skinny arms, but I’m still having fun.” – Sawyer Latimer Recently I spoke at a small business event and had some really great conversations. As I look around the room, I could see so much doubt and self-limiting beliefs. Take my son, for example, he doesn’t have a self-limiting belief, but he self-aware. There is a huge difference. Some of you are fully capable of taking your business to the next level, but you have a true self-limiting belief, a fear that is stopping you from doing the required things. Interested to hear more on this top with

Episode 320 – Inner Circle Chat – How Jamie Cross Built A Multi-Million Dollar Soap Funnel “God knew what I could do for a long time, and be driven at and passionate about. So I started a skin care company.” – Jamie Cross I am interviewing a super amazing, ninja rockstar who brings some awesome unicorn fairy dust!  Jamies Cross started in corporate America. When she and her husband had children, they decided she was going to stay home and not go back to work. Their finances were hurting, her husband was a Teacher and they only made $1,800 per month. At one point, someone gave them a $25 gift card and they actually tried to sell it to get the money instead. It was hard to even buy a $5 coat for their new baby. She realized she wanted to leave a legacy and change the world. She asked God to give her a billion dollar idea, and 2 weeks later, it actually worked. In her dream, she literally saw the blueprint and the exact thing she was going to do – start a soap company! Jam

Episode 319 – The Biggest Business Lesson I Learned In Costa Rica “Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year–and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade.” – Tony Robbins Growth, success, and progress come in small daily actions and behaviors. It’s hard to modify your minute by minute & day by day behavior when you have an incorrect set of beliefs. Human beings make almost all of their decisions based on the core beliefs that they view everything through. These beliefs affect EVERYTHING about how you live your life. If you want to be successful, make changes and move in a positive direction, you have to start with changing your belief patterns which in turn, change your behavior. You can climb any mountaintop you want. Don’t ever give up. Change your beliefs, change your life. Join me as I talk about this and tell a little story about something that happened while I

Episode 318 – Truth Bomb Firestorm This stuff is really really important. It’s business fundamentals! With a business at any level of success, sometimes we take our eyes off of the foundational stuff. This isn’t good. We always all want the new secret thing. The new quote. The fresh, new, cutting-edge thing. This is an illusion. Successful people say NO to a lot of things and say YES to very few things. The opposite is true for those that are struggling. It’s just a principal. We need to stop forgetting about the basic stuff. These things don’t change. Here are 5 of the foundational cornerstones of any business. It’s like 2+3 = 5. If you think it’s anything else, you are simply wrong. Lead Generation Lead Nurture Conversion Delivery Reselling/Upselling/Etc. A lot of people live in delivery and neglect all of the other pieces that can help create wealth for your family. Don’t get stuck in one area. All of these are important. Don’t shortchange

Episode 317 – The Billionaire Code Yesterday, we talked about Alex Charfen. Go check out that episode then come back if you haven’t yet. We’re picking things up where we left off.  Today we’re going to talk about my 5 Stages of Business Growth & something similar that Aled Charfen has come up with. There is a very clear path to building an automated business here are the steps: Stage 1 – The Person in the Field Stage 2 – The Person in the Office Stage 3 – The Person Doing Sales Stage 4 – The General Manager Stage 5 – The Business Owner To hear more about this as I go more in-depth on what each stage is, listen to this 20-minute episode! Alex Charfen even has something similar, called The Billionaire Code with 9 levels Level 1 – The Seeker: $0 – $40k in revenue. Level 2 – The Starter: $40k – $100k in revenue. 6 million businesses in the US are here. Level 3 – The Promoter: $100k – $300k. This is where I see most pe