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My son made his first sale today
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My son and his buddy are officially businessmen. Their business? Cleaning trash bins. Keep an eye out for them on Shark Tank 😜 They landed their first paying customer today. My son’s friend’s sister’s boyfriend hired them. A customer is a customer! Ashton fell asleep early tonight. I went in to give him a kiss, and noticed 3 sheets of notebook paper on his desk. It was their master plan He wrote down what they needed, what to charge, special bundle pricing, how many doors they were gonna knock, what time they'd work, brands of soap to get and a script for what to say to the people. I read over his notes while he snored away with a big ol' grin on my face. A proud Dad moment for sure. A little entrepreneur is in training. Here's what I really loved about it... They didn't spend 6 months trying to find the "perfect" busienss. They didn't watch 647 YouTube videos. They didn't stress about their logo or color palette. They most definitely didn't spend an absurd amount of time tweaking their Instagram bio. They found a problem people have, and have an offer to solve it. THEY MADE A DAMN OFFER TODAY!!! And someone paid them $10! We adults have a wonderful talent for making this shit 37x harder than it needs to be. If you've got 17 ideas bouncing around your head and can't figure out what the hell to sell... That's why I built the Offer Wizard. One 10 minute conversation. One clear customer. One clear problem. One clear offer. No 3 sheet master plan required 😜 Build your offer with the Offer Wizard YOU GOT THIS 🙌 In your corner, |
Adam Dukes
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