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    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

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    There is not much to hiring a VA. Just like hiring any other employee, but easier. 1. Use tripwires in your job posts, 2. screen heavily detailed oriented people, have them do some task live on the interview. Role play a real life work scenario. 3. Alot of them don't like being paid via...
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    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

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    Anyone of you guys that are just starting a business should seriously consider hiring overseas VAs. I use upwork job posts to hire all my people. Currently have 3 people in the office All my office work is done by overseas employees from $5-$10 per hour (payroll, customer service, marketing...
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    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

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    Mowing: 31% of labor revenue....I am moving away from this line of work. Fert and Pest: 11% of Labor revenue...this is where most of the marketing efforts are spent. You are not prying, I actually post my profit loss and other financial docs on the shop wall for the to see the numbers.
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    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

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    I think Johnny Boy still runs that system. Its also work well.
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    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

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    I run a lawn fert and squirt business ($500k per year) just outside of the bay area california. I use to struggle with managing blue collar employees.....High turn over. Until I improved their working conditions. 1. I stopped paying hourly, Now Pay % of labor revenue + base pay ( use p4p...
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    Growing from $500k to $1.5 Million in ARR with D2D (Landscape & Pest Control)

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    Thank you Are you talking about this flow? lead clicks ad and submits instant form (Name email and address) --> lead gets sms asking him for property details (Front & backyard? asks biggest pain point) --> VA responds with sms quote if after hours? otherwise call? --> Sms and email follow up...
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    Growing from $500k to $1.5 Million in ARR with D2D (Landscape & Pest Control)

    SCALING 
    Yes I am, Great stuff and warranty is always quick They dropped of a gift after the work was done? I have been thinking about that lately.... what kind of gift I could drop off after the first couple services? My fert and mosquito contracts are around $1100 per year.
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    Growing from $500k to $1.5 Million in ARR with D2D (Landscape & Pest Control)

    SCALING 
    what's your uniform for door knocking? regular collared polo shirts with company logo what's your script? I can share the doc, text me your email what's your app for handling a team? Sales Rabbit or RepCard, deciding right now how do the reps calculate your pricing? I will just do flat pricing...
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    Growing from $500k to $1.5 Million in ARR with D2D (Landscape & Pest Control)

    SCALING 
    I own a business in the green industry (Yard maintenance, Lawn fertilization, Mosquito Defense). Inspired by @Johnny boy to start it 3 years ago. Currently just shy of $500,000 per year in recurring revenue (95% recurring) Over the next 4 months (April - August) I plan to grown the business...
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    A Company That Made $50M Selling Side Hustle Courses on AI Book Writing Is Under Federal Investigation

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    Alex Hormozi is the top investor in this company. Whats funny is that he claims this is one of his best investments so far. Talked about it on my first million pod.
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    I Just Sold My First Business. Case Study + What To Do Next?

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    I am in the same boat as you were, before the sale of your business. I started a local business 3 years ago and we are now doing $540,000 per year in recurring revenue. I now spend most of my time on marketing since most of operations are run by offshore office manager and her office...
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    The lifestyle, hobbies, and fun thread.

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    I married a Mennonite type of girl in a sundress, specifically 1st gen filippino nurse Her dad called the police when she didn't return home by 10 pm on our date. I'm 28 yrs old, she is 27, happily married for 5 years. I spent my whole life in a community of Mennonite type of girls in...
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    Starting (and Fastlaning) a lawn care service business

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    why is remote quote garbage? lower conversion rate or hard to price? We are currently signing up 2-3 clients every business day consistently, all remote. 12 month contracts and everything.
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    Starting (and Fastlaning) a lawn care service business

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    Exactly, thats what constantly hear on the interview process. I have to pick up my kids from school and such. If you have kids, $18 a hour job is not for you. Leave it to the high school graduates, not 30 year baby daddies. So for 1 person crew, you will have 250 minutes allocated per day.
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    Starting (and Fastlaning) a lawn care service business

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    I came to the same conclusion when I did the math, 1 crew trucks bring more profit per truck, but I decided against the 1 crew model because if one guy is out, who is going to take on his workload for the day. BUT It's actually the same issue on a 2 man crew, when one of the guys is out due to...
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