Why Aren't You Growing? |
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The Owned and Operated community is fantastic. I didn't think things could get any better than our Facebook group, full of owners who are always looking for that growth and scaling advantage. |
But sometimes you need that extra edge to grow. |
And then this week's Breaking $5M Workshop came and blew me away. Some of those owners came in for three days of strategy, real talk, and getting to know one another. |
I'm ready to do it again. Some of the attendees might be exhausted though. |
I'd be exhausted too if I was also trying to run our marketing campaigns on my own, like some of the business owners who came in for the workshop. |
They find themselves getting spread too thin. Suddenly, they're answering emergency calls at 8 pm and trying to figure out LSA on their own. That's a sign you need help. |
For us the past two years, that help was Service Scalers and their ability to launch our PPC, SEO, and Google Ads campaigns. |
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The results are huge and it's cool to watch our website climb the ranks and help us kill it by getting leads and moving faster than our competitors. |
Go check out Service Scalers and see what marketing barriers they can help you smash. |
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Sometimes you've got to break those business barriers on your own—the things really holding your growth back. |
Think about this: What would you do if $10M in capital appeared tomorrow? |
Do you know? Would you solve pain points? Save? Plan? |
Or would you lock up because ten million dollars is a lot of pressure? |
You wouldn't be alone. Time to talk about the the biggest barriers for your business when it comes to large-scale growth. |
Let's do it. |
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Capital: A blessing or a constraint? Know the difference. An inability to manage resources can impact growth. Do you have the right leaders to grow?
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Is Capital A Blessing Or Curse? |
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Capital is usually considered to be the biggest barrier to growth. |
After all, you could do whatever you wanted if you just had the money. Right? |
But the secret is that capital constraints—or a lack of—are sometimes a symptom and not a cure. |
In the case of home services, capital is often the barrier that leaks out into other problem areas like talent recruitment, operations, and development. |
Having money is one thing. Knowing what to do with it is entirely different. This is where having capital can become a danger. |
We tend to spend money when we have it. Smell a hole burning in your wallet? |
Even for me, this is why a capital constraint is a net good for business. It forces us to be frugal, hire effectively, and learn how and when to use resources. |
That's educational. When you do start to grow and get big you'll have the muscle memory of what to do and where to effectively use that capital. |
It becomes all about building the right systems, which doesn't happen without great leaders. |
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Get In The C-Suite |
$10M appears in your business tomorrow. What do you do? |
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There's a chain of events that creates a massive barrier to growth. |
All three are connected. Lead flow. Leadership. Capacity. |
They feed into one another, and you can't solve only one. Solving this riddle is the key to your next step and building a good business. |
Does our $10M scenario solve each problem? It can if you're allocating the right way. |
C-Suite leadership like a CMO or CFO lends strong leadership and training opportunities. |
Those leaders open up possibilities, including a path to solving talent and lead issues. That's not the full solution, however. |
It takes time to train leaders in your business. |
Training is one of the most important things in home services. This is especially true for our call center, and that's why we've turned to Avoca AI. |
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Avoca lets us hear every call coming in, cover when a dispatcher is busy, and help educate our CSRs on best practices. It's been fantastic for us in every way. |
Go use the promo code 'OWNED' and see if you're ready to go hybrid. |
Now, have you been thinking about that $10M? Do you know what you would use it on? |
It's the boring answer but it's best used for future planning. |
The biggest growth planning for your business is sometimes thinking big and preparing for the scale you want. |
Think big. I couldn't imagine what I would plan to do when the company got to $10M. Then, when we hit it, the path forward seemed more simple. |
If you're smartly allocating resources, getting the right leadership, and planning for sustainability then you're building a foundation for the future. |
The question isn't whether you can solve these challenges—it's whether you're willing to invest in a journey that leads to lasting growth. |
Plan on breaking those barriers. |
Have a great weekend. 👊 |
John |
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| John Wilson @WilsonCompanies | |
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