Building A Strong Business [Six Figures Per Month Within Twelve Months]
Posted by James in How To, Interview, James Schramko, Outsourcing, Podcast, SEO
James Schramko interviews Clint Maher from Oracle Digital. They discuss his extraordinary business growth over the last year. [Clint used the SilverCircle weekly Mastermind program to start a new business model from scratch]. The results were staggering.
Internet Marketing for Small Business
The average Internet Marketer can take these skills to local business. Doing it profitably is more difficult than some of the ‘gurus’ preach. Make no mistake it will come with some growth challenges. Moving from sole operator to a small business has certain steps. In this podcast we get some real insights into the growth steps small business owners face.
Clint offers tips about:
- Avoiding the ‘one legged horse’ business model and what NOT to do!
- Building a super team to write, post and syndicate content plus deal with clients
- Team management software
- Billing techniques and software
- Where the big opportunities exist right now for Internet Marketers
- Partnerships… the good and the bad….
Tips for Putting together a six figure month:
- Have clear goals
- Adjust your goals when your business grows
- Look after yourself
- Recognize your capacity constraints
- Make the tough decisions when you need to
- Ask: “What can you do differently?”
- Empower your team so you can step away from the business
- Consider expenses versus costs
- Re-invest early to grow faster
What should the Team have access to [According to Clint] ?
- NOT the money
- NOT the domains
- Gifts and Presents
- Excellent behaviour from the owner
- A feeling of belonging and fun
- The BEST advice available from REAL experts
Summary:
To grow your business very quickly you need to know what you are trying to do in advance and invest your time and early profits into accelerating it. Build a great team and be very customer focused! Keep a long term vision about your business.
Please ask questions or comment below:
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14 Comments
George
28. Jun, 2011
Great interview Clint, James…great insights not only about your success but the importance of building systems in your business. More of a business building education was one of my key takeaways.
George
28. Jun, 2011
Great interview Clint, James…great insights not only about your success but the importance of building systems in your business. More of a business building education as well as mindset are the key takeaways for me..and areas to focus on..
thanks Guys
Rick Berkel
28. Jun, 2011
Solid tips Clint… ‘value add’ Love it!
great interview overall BIG congrats on your success.
Thanks for sharing James.
Karen
28. Jun, 2011
always love listening to podcasts and watching videos of yours james, this was an excellent 30 min podcast, great info to think about and use!!!
Chris
29. Jun, 2011
Good interview, I have one person full time at the moment from the Philippines. She is very good and I’m looking to get more on board.
I wasn’t sure what Clint’s business model is now. At the start he said it was consulting to offline businesses but part way through he said this was limited by time and that they had some kind of epiphany that changed things. So what is his current model now ?
James
29. Jun, 2011
Chris I’ll let Clint answer that. The key points are about growing your business.
Clint
29. Jun, 2011
Chris my business model changed because I became my best client. Instead of being just a service provider I treated myself as a client and then leveraged off some of my clients and went into business with them, at least at a JV level.
Other potential clients who came our way instead of offering them our services for a fee we now back ourselves and become a business partner/stakeholder.
One small mindset shift was all it took to get things moving at a great rate of knots.
chris
29. Jun, 2011
Thanks for the replies. James seems to do that too from the various things I’ve heard from him.
It makes sense as the partner has the product and you have the IM smarts so you’re not doing everything yourself as you mentioned.
James
29. Jun, 2011
The point about looking after your own business is very important for service providers.
Clint
29. Jun, 2011
I still remember the Silver Circle call where you told me to treat myself as my best client.
It was like Sam Kekovich was talking to me…’you know it makes sense’.
John
30. Jun, 2011
Another really inspiring story James.
Congratulations Clint.
I think you’re just getting started…
James
30. Jun, 2011
I agree John.
Clint had a background (mining) that shows discipline and mental strength.
Brendan
06. Nov, 2012
James appreciate you sending me the link for this, picked up a couple of awesome nuggets Clint! Cheers guys
James
07. Nov, 2012
our pleasure!
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