Published: Sept. 20, 2016, 9 a.m.
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Johnson Emmanuel the founder and CEO of Clients Attraction, a company that specializes in online marketing strategies engineered to attract big-ticket clients. Listen as Johnson shares his story of starting a business in Nigeria, and how he used his passion for marketing to start chipping his path to the top.
Famous Five:
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- Favorite Book? \\u2013 The Ultimate Sales Machine
- What CEO do you follow? \\u2013 Richard Branson
- Favorite online tool? \\u2014 Asana
- Do you get 8 hours of sleep?\\u2014 No
- If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be? \\u2013 Focus on your marketing and charge more sooner.
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Time Stamped Show Notes:
- 02:20 \\u2013 $230K in revenue in 2015
- 03:00 \\u2013 How Johnson\\u2019s company makes money
- 04:00 \\u2013 Johnson uses a lot of Infusionsoft with his clients
- 04:30 \\u2013 When you\\u2019re selling a high value product, you don\\u2019t list your prices you have a conversation
- 05:15 \\u2013 Johnson charges his clients between $5k and $20k per month
- 05:55 \\u2013 Johnson\\u2019s top client paid $25K last year
- 07:30 \\u2013 It\\u2019s important to learn, but don\\u2019t overstimulate yourself
- 08:15 \\u2013 It\\u2019s normal to be afraid of raising your prices, but it\\u2019s a part of good business
- 08:45 \\u2013 During Johnson\\u2019s first year in 2013, the company\\u2019s revenue was about $32K
- 11:08 \\u2013 The catalyst to Johnson\\u2019s success was helping his clients understand the flaws within their marketing systems
- 12:39 \\u2013 Johnson is based in Lagos, Nigeria and he employs 17 people
- 13:08 \\u2013 The company\\u2019s goal is to hit $1M in 2016
- 14:00 -- $5k per day on PAID media
- 15:40 \\u2013 Average cost per employee per month in Nigeria? $500
- 16:12 \\u2013 To date, the business has worked with 30 unique customers
- 18:54 \\u2013 The Famous Five
3 Key Points:
- If you want to sell to high-value clients, you need to engage them in a conversation.
- If you engage in too many educational inputs, you\\u2019ll inhibit your own success.
- Charge more sooner.
Resources Mentioned:
- Toptal\\xa0\\u2013 Nathan found his development team using Toptal\\xa0 for his new business Send Later. He was able to keep 100% equity and didn\\u2019t have to hire a co-founder due to quality of Toptal\\xa0 developers.
- Host Gator\\xa0\\u2013 The site Nathan uses to buy his domain names and hosting for cheapest price possible.
- Freshbooks\\xa0\\u2013 The site Nathan uses to manage his invoices and accounts.
- Leadpages\\xa0 \\u2013 The drag and drop tool Nathan uses to quickly create his webinar landing pages which convert at 35%+
- Audible\\xa0\\u2013 Nathan uses Audible when he\\u2019s driving from Austin to San Antonio (1.5 hour drive) to listen to audio books.
- Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives
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