Russell Brunson explains why remote teams need to meet in person periodically. He brings his distributed team together for week-long sessions to brainstorm and build momentum, a practice inspired by the book Remote. Quarterly in-person gatherings, he argues, transform how remote teams work.
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About 20 people in Boise and about 130 people remote.
The book "Remote" (and related work by 37signals; also mentions Rework).
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What's up, everybody? This is Russell Brunson and welcome to the Marketing Secrets podcast. So the big question is, how are entrepreneurs like us who didn't cheat and take on venture capital, were spending money from our own pockets. How do we market in a way that lets us get our products and our services and the things that we believe in out to the world and yet still remain profitable? That is the question and this podcast will give you the answers. My name is Russell Brunson and welcome to Marketing Secrets. All right, everybody, hope you guys are doing amazing. A couple things. First off, if you had a chance to go to marketingsecrets.com recently, if not, it is a gift to you guys. We have been archiving and categorizing and making amazing magic over there and not telling anybody about it yet. 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All folks are network marketers. Funnels for them. So anyway, hope you guys enjoy it. Go check it out. Alright, so I just want to share something cool. So if you listen to the last podcast, I kind of, I don't know if I was whining, but it was after I got done with the kids wrestling practice and I was just like, man, that was hard. And then none of them wanted to be there and they were, I think, wanted to be there, but it was just like, it was just. It was a lot harder than I thought. Kids broke out in fights in the middle of practice. Colette was gone to a bar class. And then so Ellie came out with Nora, had a huge poop from changing a poop while I'm trying to coach and like it was just crazy. So anyway, Sunday, Super Bowl Sunday, we went out to the gym because I don't know, I like watching the commercials, but I don't really care that much about football. And the night before was the wrestling super bowl. Basically Penn State and Ohio State wrestled and it was the greatest duel I think I've ever seen, ever. So that was my Super Bowl Saturday night. Sunday was like going to church and then play with kids and then come in for the commercials. Like that's kind of how we do it. So we went out in the wrestling room and we get out there and Aiden, my little seven year old, who the whole time is like, I don't wanna wrestle. This is scary. You know, all that kind of stuff. He's like, dad, watch this. And he did the moves like he did them the way that I taught him. He did his drop step perfectly. And then he came and he did push, pull, he did his under hooks. Like everything I taught him he did perfectly. And he was all excited and I was like, oh my gosh, it already is happening. Like he actually liked wrestling though he hated the entire experience. The next day when he like knew the move, he loved it. And anyway, it was, it was exciting and so I just want to show it to you guys because that was awesome. So. Alright, so I got one quick thing to share with you guys today is we're about to start a week long crazy hackathon with Todd and Ryan, everybody in house. And this is something we learned from the book Remote. If you haven't read the Book Remote yet or rework, actually anything from those guys over at 37 signals, they're awesome. But I can't believe I think it was remote. Yeah, because when we launched Clickfunnels, initially we were thinking about making every move to Boise and that kind of stuff. And then we decided not to and do more remote. So we've got about 20 so people in Boise and then everyone else 130 people are all remote, which is crazy. So we've used a lot of like what Jason Freed and those guys have trained on as like our bible for growing our company because they grew basecamp and they've done something similar. But one thing they talked about, excuse me, in remote was once a quarter, they bring everybody in together to get that proximity so they can work together for a week and then they go back out on their own. So that's what this week is everyone's flying in and we're all gonna be together and working on a bunch of really cool things. For Action xmd which is going live at Funnel Hacking Live, it's Action xmd. Russell. Oh, only the greatest thing ever. If you thought clickfunnels was cool before Action Next was cool before. Wait till MD comes out because this is where we're taking it to the next level and I'm excited for that. So I encourage you guys, if you have a remote team, get them together, come together. Tony Robbins talks about proximity is power and so even if you have a remote team, that's okay, get them together, fly them together, go to a hotel room, something get them together. Because that proximity is power and gives you ideas, time to brainstorm and be together and like amazing stuff happens from it. So if you haven't read the book remote go and read it because you can build amazing companies and cultures even remotely like we have which we were really scared of initially but it's worked and it's worked really really well. And so key of it is what we're doing this week. So I'm sure if you're watching Funnel Hacker TV behind the scenes show, you'll see a little behind the scenes what's happening. If not, you're missing out. So be there, be square. Alright guys, appreciate you all have an amazing day and we'll see you guys soon. Bye. Everybody want more marketing secrets? If so then go get your copies of my two best selling books. 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