Has anyone transitioned from SEO/lead gen to owning a local service business? Was it worth it? I've heard SEO guys say this dozens, if not hundreds, of times: - "I've made my clients a fortune, and they pay me peanuts." - "Getting clients is harder than getting them leads." - "I spend months getting a client, only for them to cancel after a few months." - "Clients arguing that this was a qualified vs not qualified lead." It got me thinking: Why not become the business owner instead of selling leads to one? We already know how to generate customers, which is one of the biggest challenges for local businesses. There are three routes: 1. Stick to SEO/lead gen: Keep selling leads or charging monthly retainers. 2. Partner with an experienced operator: Bring the marketing and customers in exchange for genuine equity/profit sharing, not just a 10-15% commission deal. 3. Own the business and hire: Handle marketing and management while experienced tradespeople deliver the service. Of course, owning a business brings operational headaches, staff issues, liability, etc. But is the additional profit and long-term equity worth it? I'd love to hear real experiences, good or bad.

Hey everyone, please help me give a very warm welcome to the man without the plan, but still gets it done @Nicholas Wood has joined out group! I'm pretty sure this man needs no introduction, as he's helped SO MANY people quit their jobs, but I'll put this here. Great to see you in here dude!!!!

Hey everyone, My PPL revenue just crossed $1,000 this morning. (image attached for proof/transparency). Now that's not a huge number and I'm not posting it like one. I'm posting it because of the TRAJECTORY & STORY of it. First a bit of a "back story". I'm not sure you know this, but on March 27, I built a domain LIVE on a call that ranked #2 in less than 24 hours. It was in the water damage niche in a city of 3 million people. Very cool. At the time I was not a fan of the Pay Per Lead model, as I had failed at it in the past and ultimately preferred the direct to buyer model. The owner of a PPL network happened to be on that call and said I'll pay you up to $500 per qualified lead from that site. Oh wow...ok... Because it was the owner of the network, I got to be honest with him about the reasons I don't love the PPL model and together we decided that I would give it another shot. He would help steer me in a better direction given what he knows. So 10 days into April, I began my quest to master PPL. I said I would NOT teach anything until I was earning $1000/mo, but ultimately decided to start teaching right away because the "FAILURES" are just important as the successes. So I opened up "Done With You 2.0" in my private community to teach how I approach the PPL model with live builds, and fully transparent reporting on everything. Now, here's what that journey has looked like up to today August 24 month by month: - April: $201.50 (first call came in April 10, so that's about 20 days, not a full month) - May: $63.00 - June: $66.95 - July: $237.75 - August: $455.03. 24 days in and not finished yet: <- almost halfway to my orginal $1k/mo goal. May & June appear like a flat stretch. Two months, $129.95 between them. But those were 2 very important months where I was TESTING different conversion strategies (all covered in my Private DLA Skool Community). Some of those tests helped improve July. I also built and added a few more sites with our upcoming HTML Site Builder called Xagio Studio.

# 1 for commercial plumber in a city just under 2 million population in under 30 days! I have zero SEO experience had zero experience building sites and using Xagio it just works! Yes with a EMD ✅ and no links.

Would be awesome to hear about you! Tell me what you specialize in, what you are working on, what you hope to learn! Anything really. Just introduce yourself to me and the community!