1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,880 There are three mistakes almost every online entrepreneur makes 2 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:06,300 that stall their online business, many times before they even launch. 3 00:00:06,610 --> 00:00:09,020 I'm going to show you what they are and what the successful 4 00:00:09,020 --> 00:00:10,520 online entrepreneurs do instead. 5 00:00:10,670 --> 00:00:13,760 Be sure to stay until the end because the last tip will save you months of time 6 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:15,643 and effort building your online business. 7 00:00:18,193 --> 00:00:20,833 Hi, I'm David Ziembicki, and you're about to learn how to grow from 8 00:00:20,833 --> 00:00:25,423 struggling solopreneur to successful virtual CEO of your own expert business. 9 00:00:26,263 --> 00:00:29,023 Your knowledge and skills can change lives and make the world a better place. 10 00:00:29,293 --> 00:00:31,743 Are you ready to hit the accelerator to scale your results and impact? 11 00:00:32,283 --> 00:00:33,943 It's time to build your expert business! 12 00:00:36,802 --> 00:00:38,689 So here's the three mistakes most people make. 13 00:00:38,779 --> 00:00:41,959 You wake up early and stay up late, spending 95% of your time 14 00:00:41,989 --> 00:00:43,339 trying to do everything yourself. 15 00:00:43,459 --> 00:00:47,329 When you get stuck, you buy a $997 course or program and spend yet 16 00:00:47,334 --> 00:00:49,189 more precious time trying to diy. 17 00:00:49,249 --> 00:00:52,549 And you also try to DIY all the areas of your business at the same time, 18 00:00:52,549 --> 00:00:54,049 like tech content and marketing. 19 00:00:54,079 --> 00:00:57,229 Trying to bootstrap and diy everything in your business results in lower 20 00:00:57,229 --> 00:01:00,979 quality and pushes your first profitable months further out into the future. 21 00:01:01,079 --> 00:01:04,479 Taking a course or two on critical topics like Facebook ads doesn't 22 00:01:04,479 --> 00:01:06,189 make you a proficient advertiser. 23 00:01:06,459 --> 00:01:09,459 Your ads will be much more costly than an experienced ad manager. 24 00:01:09,549 --> 00:01:12,849 When you try to DIY tech content marketing, sales, and support 25 00:01:12,849 --> 00:01:15,939 all at the same time, none of them get done well or quickly. 26 00:01:15,999 --> 00:01:17,619 I call this the DIY trap. 27 00:01:17,739 --> 00:01:20,469 Look at successful online entrepreneurs like Pat Flynn, Amy 28 00:01:20,549 --> 00:01:21,949 Porterfield, or James Wedmore. 29 00:01:21,954 --> 00:01:25,069 None of them are spending time and money learning the vertical or tactical 30 00:01:25,074 --> 00:01:26,919 skills an online business needs. 31 00:01:27,029 --> 00:01:29,939 They ask who already has the knowledge and expertise, not how 32 00:01:29,939 --> 00:01:31,199 can I learn and do it myself. 33 00:01:31,229 --> 00:01:34,109 They assemble or leverage a team with those skills and experience. 34 00:01:34,139 --> 00:01:37,049 They stay focused in their zone of genius, the areas they're experts 35 00:01:37,049 --> 00:01:39,899 in, and set the direction of their teams, which handle the rest. 36 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:40,859 So how do you do this? 37 00:01:40,889 --> 00:01:42,659 How do you break out of the DIY trap? 38 00:01:42,719 --> 00:01:45,149 Especially if you don't have the budget or a large team like they do? 39 00:01:45,329 --> 00:01:47,499 I have a three part framework for exactly how. 40 00:01:47,639 --> 00:01:49,754 First is leveraging a shared or fractional team. 41 00:01:50,024 --> 00:01:53,564 Instead of hiring and managing a team of five to 10 full-time resources, you 42 00:01:53,564 --> 00:01:57,374 instead invest in a fractional team where you get part-time access to all the skills 43 00:01:57,374 --> 00:02:00,554 and resources you need at a fraction of the price of the full-time team. 44 00:02:00,824 --> 00:02:03,674 Second is leveraging a shared and managed technical platform. 45 00:02:03,734 --> 00:02:06,384 Instead of trying to learn and integrate 15 different tools yourself, 46 00:02:06,764 --> 00:02:10,094 or accepting the compromise of the all-in-one tools, which are masters 47 00:02:10,094 --> 00:02:11,634 of none, there is an alternative. 48 00:02:11,814 --> 00:02:14,429 There are managed platforms which have the best of breed pieces 49 00:02:14,429 --> 00:02:17,729 already integrated and ready to go along with end-to-end support. 50 00:02:17,789 --> 00:02:20,219 These make it so you never have to learn or struggle with tech. 51 00:02:20,309 --> 00:02:23,999 Third is leveraging proven pre-existing systems, processes, and procedures. 52 00:02:24,269 --> 00:02:26,999 Having a great team is great, but if you don't have documented all the things 53 00:02:27,004 --> 00:02:28,769 you want 'em to do, they'll sit idle. 54 00:02:28,949 --> 00:02:31,469 At the same time, it takes months to figure out and document 55 00:02:31,469 --> 00:02:32,579 processes and procedures. 56 00:02:32,609 --> 00:02:35,279 But most of these already exist, and if you can tap into those vaults of 57 00:02:35,279 --> 00:02:39,389 preexisting and proven systems and processes, you save all that time and your 58 00:02:39,729 --> 00:02:41,129 fractional team can be productive on day. 59 00:02:41,689 --> 00:02:45,229 So let me ask you, do you wanna stay stuck in the DIY trap with a stalled 60 00:02:45,229 --> 00:02:48,589 online business and a to-do list that stretches farther than the I can see? 61 00:02:48,799 --> 00:02:51,979 Or are you ready to take the path that the successful seven and eight figure online 62 00:02:51,984 --> 00:02:55,969 entrepreneurs take, but in a fractional model that's feasible for your business? 63 00:02:55,999 --> 00:02:58,669 If you're ready to break out of the DIY trap and get your business 64 00:02:58,669 --> 00:03:02,239 launched and generating revenue or scaling to the next milestone, then 65 00:03:02,239 --> 00:03:04,789 you're gonna wanna apply for the free private training I've just launched. 66 00:03:05,199 --> 00:03:08,254 In the training, I show you exactly how to use this three part framework, 67 00:03:08,464 --> 00:03:11,974 and I reveal one other key element that's absolutely required for success. 68 00:03:12,094 --> 00:03:14,674 This training distills down what I've learned over 10 years in online 69 00:03:14,674 --> 00:03:17,854 business and working with six, seven, and eight figure online entrepreneurs. 70 00:03:17,914 --> 00:03:20,074 Click the link below to apply for the free training so you 71 00:03:20,074 --> 00:03:21,244 can get on the success path.