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May 4th Accountability Checkin
Post you 3 weekly goals in the smart format… These should you 3 high priority tasks... Don’t forget to report on last week's goal results… If you didn’t meet your goals, reflect a bit about why you missed the mark. Share your reflection if you’d like to do so.
May 4th Accountability Checkin
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Welcome - Please Read & Follow The Rules
I have a few rules to be clear. Not trying to be a dictator just trying to let people have a positive experience in this group. This group only works if we protect the culture. If you’re here to learn, share, and build you’re in the right place. If you’re here to extract, spam, or posture this won’t be a fit. 1. I make the rules 2. Be a decent human 3. No spam, no drive-bys 4. Give before you ask 5. Confidential stays confidential 6. Permission-based promotion only 7. No victim mindset 8. Humor is encouraged, if you are being sarcastic please use the #sarcasm tag 9. If you don't like the rules. SEE RULE #1
Welcome - Please Read & Follow The Rules
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For The New Members
Hey folks, I would appreciate the new members doing an intro post. Use this template: Hi my name is Dorn I live in Southern Indiana (HOO, HOO, HOOSIERS!!!) I want to get these 3 things from the community: 1.  Networking opportunities 2.  Systems to help run my agency 3. Knowledge on various service offerings For fun I like to do these 3 things: 1.  Play Poker 2.  Watch Sports 3. Learn new tech like ai and agents
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I’m Simplifying Everything (And Making It Better)
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about how my communities operate… What’s working. What’s not. Where people get stuck. And how to actually help agency owners build something real, not just consume content. So I'm making a shift. The Goal: Simplicity + Results No fluff. No guru nonsense. No bloated programs you never finish. Just systems that help you: - Get clients - Build momentum - Actually grow an agency This change is about streamlining, refining, and expanding, all at the same time. What’s Staying (Free Tier) If you’re in the free group, nothing is being taken away. You still get: - Monthly Training Calls - Weekly Q&A Sessions - Inbound Authority System - 120 Day Planning Course That foundation isn’t changing. What’s New? Instead of splitting everything across multiple groups… I’m bringing it all into one ecosystem with optional upgrades depending on where you’re at. Premium — $37/month or $299/year For those ready to move faster and go deeper: - GBP Profit Playbook - Weekly Training Calls - Maximizing LinkedIn Course - The Agency Operating System (AOS) - Prospecting Playbook Course This is where things start turning into systems and execution. VIP — $79/month or $597/year For those who want direct access and real support: - Monthly Small Group Coaching Calls - Monthly 1-on-1 Call - Access to ALL Courses - Agency SOPs This is where we go from learning to implementation and accountability. Why This Change? Because most people don’t need more information… They need: - Structure - Direction - Systems that actually work This will make it much easier for me to manage. And splitting everything across different places was slowing down content creation, course building and my focus. This fixes that. What This Means Going Forward One community. Clear path to grow. Access to what you need at the level you want, when you need it. No confusion. No clutter. Just progress. If You’re Here… Stay plugged in. Show up to the calls. Use what’s already here.
I’m Simplifying Everything (And Making It Better)
Tuesday Teach-a-Tactic: The PAUSE Framework for Objection Handling
Most agency owners lose deals not because their service isn't good enough, but because they fold the moment a prospect pushes back. They either over-explain, discount immediately, or get defensive, all of which signal to the prospect that they were right to hesitate. Here's the truth: an objection is not a rejection. It's a request for more information wrapped in skepticism. The prospect is still in the room. They're still talking to you. That means you still have the ball. What kills deals is treating every objection the same way, like it needs to be "overcome." That word is the problem. You're not trying to beat someone into submission. You're trying to understand what's actually holding them back and address it with precision. The framework I'm going to walk you through today is called PAUSE. I built it after watching dozens of sales calls where agency owners would hear "it's too expensive" and immediately start justifying their price, offering payment plans, or worse, knocking money off before the prospect even asked. You don't need to do that. You need to PAUSE. P - Pause and Receive When an objection lands, most people's instinct is to respond immediately. Fight that instinct. A deliberate two to three second pause does more psychological work than any rebuttal you've prepared. Why? Because it signals that you heard them, that you're not threatened, and that you're thinking before speaking. Prospects are used to salespeople who fire back with rehearsed defenses. When you don't, you immediately come across as different, more like a peer than a pitch machine. After the pause, receive the objection without flinching. Something like: "Okay, I appreciate you saying that." Not "I hear that a lot" (which dismisses them) and not "totally understand" (which is meaningless filler). Just a simple acknowledgment that you took it in. A - Ask One Question to Uncover the Real Objection This is where most agency owners short-circuit. They think they know what the objection means and they start answering the surface version of it. But "it's too expensive" almost never means the number is literally too high. It usually means one of three things: they don't see enough value yet, they've been burned before and don't trust the outcome, or they're not the actual decision-maker and need to justify it to someone else.
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