Easiest Way To Get Your First 5 Clients [if you have no budget]

How I got here…

21: Graduated Vanderbilt in 3 years Magna Cum Laude, and took a fancy consulting job.
23 yrs old: Left my fancy consulting job to start a business (a gym).
24 yrs old: Opened 5 gym locations.
26 yrs old: Closed down 6th gym. Lost everything.
26 yrs old: Got back to launching gyms (launched 33). Then, lost everything for a 2nd time.
26 yrs old: In desperation, started licensing model as a hail mary. It worked.
27 yrs old: "Gym Launch" does $3M profit the next 6 months. Then $17M profit next 12 months.
28 yrs old: Started Prestige Labs. $20M the first year.
29 yrs old: Launched ALAN, a software company for agencies to work leads for customers. Scaled to $1.7mmo within 6 months.
31 yrs old: Sold 75% of UseAlan to a strategic buyer in an all stock deal.
31 yrs old: Sold 66% of Gym Launch & Prestige Labs at $46.2M valuation in all-cash deal to American Pacific Group. (you can google it)
32 yrs old: Started making free content showing how we grow companies to make real business education accessible to everyone (and) to attract business owners to invest or scale their businesses.

Today: Our portfolio now does $200M/yr between 10 companies. The largest doing $100M/yr the smallest doing $5M per year. Our ownership varies between 20% and 100% ownership of the companies. Many of them we invested in early and helped grow (which is how we make our money - not youtube videos).

To all the gladiators in the arena, we’re all in the middle of writing our own stories. The worse the monsters, the more epic the story.

You either get an epic outcome or an epic story. Both mean you win.

Keep crushing. May your desires be greater than your obstacles.

Never quit,

Alex

*FULL DISCLOSURE*
I make content to make money - just - on a longer time horizon than most. I want to build trust with business owners so we can find the best ones and help them scale. And if they’re awesome, write them a check and go all the way as partners.

[jeremykeech]

The fact that you only have just over 2k subscribers is absurd. These videos are much appreciated and help me in my business a ton 🙌🏻

[MaxiGillberg]

Tip: do gamification. Remember to reward yourself if you achieve a goal. Even a daily goal and small reward can help tremendiously. I like to reward myself with eating lunch out or buying myself a smoothie. Keep on grinding guys

[digvidguy]

This is the most straight-forward, down-in-the-weeds, practical advice that I've ever heard on getting clients!!! It makes so much sense!! Thank-you Alex!

[MacklinBuckler]

Alex, can't thank you enough for all the content. You make me want to get my business to $1 million just so I can work alongside you

[etofok]

My very first job was 0 salary 15% commission and everyday we had this small printed out paper with 50 empty circles on it, that's all it had. As we worked, every 'full pitch' we'd put a big cross in a circle and every close we'd fill it out with black. It was easy to visually track volumes across the deck (more crosses) and effectiveness (more full black) as well. We had no CRM and were calling using regular brick cell phones manually putting in digits from paper sheets, lmao. As barebones you can get, but only the best survived there. Great experience

[Da-ni-yel]

Really helpful! Recently took on a mentor (after realizing I was trying to shortcut in too many areas), so I started networking for a partner further ahead than me.

Thankfully, I was able to land an A&R/sales setter position with my partner offering stakes in company over time.

[Coach_JuanV]

Hey Alex from your YouTube channel I learned more that I try to learn by my own for 2 years. Amazing channel amazing content brother. I really appreciate all the Value that you Provide

[joannyeh]

Thank you so much! This literally saved me from paying someone $5000 to help me get more clients. I will implement this for the next 30 days and only by then if it's not working I ll go hire a consultant.

Thanks a ton Alex!
Much appreciated :)

[ppacal]

As a starting biz owner your info is gold. I look forward to actually connecting with you in the future.

[mgpjdqv]

Thank you mam. As a beginer now I got clear a understanding of growing it

[darvvvv]

Your content is gold mate. Much appreciated

[Tassaczek]

Probably the most simple and the most needed advice out there!

[littleapple]

Oh my god, this is amazing. Thank you so so much. I feel like I should have complex systems, but this advice is so simple and encouraging. Thank you again.

[instanthellmurderer]

This is the best and inspiring video I have ever seen. I will watched this a few more times til everything sinks in💯💯💯👍👍👍

[amzelite]

Alex. I'm Amazon seller much much much smaller than you are and teach people about Amazon FBA and all aspects of the business. I'm blown away by your channel. It is so packed with knowledge, so on topic. No unnecessary talks. Also you talk about things that I'm doing (or think I should have been doing) but could't even name it. But it tells me I'm on the right track with my business:-). Cant wait for your next video. Each video for me is a discovery of new simple and general rule that can and should be applied to what I do (business and personal life). Thank yoh

[jasonbrubaker]

So good Alex! I own a wood flooring manufacturing business and find your videos pure gold. Keep up the great work.

[Hoon_tips]

Very simple, very difficult to persist, but very effective. Great tip! Thanks

[LennefalkStudios]

Epic to see your crazy growth here on YouTube 10x in short time, really inspiring! Thanks for sharing with us just starting out! Greetings from a Swede in Beijing ☀️🌆

[JansleyMusic]

I learn so much from you Alex, thank you brother!

[ronizakany]

U have no idea how Much I was waiting for video version of this podcast! Thanks !