John Assaraf, who built five multimillion-dollar businesses, says the key to startup success is predictable lead generation and converting those leads into buyers. He recommends building systems to attract qualified customers, creating irresistible offers, and using content like videos and blogs to establish trust and brand.
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Hey, do you know what every successful business figures out that unsuccessful business owners do not? The answer is this. Leads and conversions. Let me explain. Every single business that stays in business and actually has the ability to scale and create predictable, consistent cash flow and profits has a way or two to generate a consistent flow of leads that either comes into their store, comes to their website, or just a way to make the phone ring. And every single business that I know of that succeeds and scales also has what I call our irresistible offers, which means that when people enter your orbit, they actually make a decision to buy from you. And in order to do that, there are several things that you need to have. Number one is you need to have a way, either online or offline, to attract qualified buyers. Do you have that? Because if you don't, it may make sense for you to invest a little bit of time figuring out how can I create predictability in my business? And every single business that I have built, which is 5 multi million dollar businesses, and every single business that I have helped, which is over 10,000 businesses. Now we work on one primary thing first, and that is lead generation, where we can find qualified leads, and then lead conversion, where we can create the greatest number of sales from the leads that come in. And in order to do that, you have to ask yourself a few questions like how is my product or service different than my competition's? Why should somebody buy my product or service instead of any other one online? And in order to answer that question, you should ask yourself, how can I make my product or service stand out so that I'm not competing with everybody else? But I have something that people want. And the first step to that is to get people to like you and trust you. And the way you do that is you create videos, maybe like this one, you create articles, blogs, you create infographics as a way to build a tribe, to build a following that causes people to say, hey, for that product or service that you are selling that company, that person is my go to person. And that is how you build your brand. And so when you are looking to create consistent cash flow, you have to understand that inconsistent cash flow is an effect of inconsistent lead generation and inconsistent lead conversion. Does that make sense? If you as a CEO focus on those things, here's what I can promise you. You will end up generating more income, you'll generate more profits, and more importantly, you'll be able to scale your business. All right? So I hope that help.
