Hi Medium fam,

A machinist in Houston reaches out to me for starting a side business that could replace salary,

He s been working for 10 years, college for mechanical engineering 2 years.

He s the oldest grandchild, straight A student, but he s tired of getting laid off and so wanna start a business for his own.

Has zero Entrepreneural experience and worried - the fear of jumping in that is holding him back. (Which is normal, i had that too)

He also is unsure about what to do and how to do, one of the questions asked was whether it is calling around and asking people what they need made?

I immediately decide to work with him (even with quite a full capacity) because i was in his position before!

I tend to overthink and make things more complicated than it has to be too!!!

I was in his position and now have helped many 9-5 who wants to start a business but don't really know where to begin, so here're some thoughts:

So here are the specific steps to focus if this is where you are.

If you can focus for 3 months, paying clients are almost guaranteed

3 steps to start a business and scale to 10k month asap

(Warning: it's simple and so many would try to find some magic, shiny strategies instead, thus getting distracted, but it's the simple things that are the "shortcut" and fastest most efficient path to results)

1. Know what you’re offering and its value
2. Engage with target customers
3. Sell (present and show them how to work with you)

That's it.

But the devils are in the noise everywhere:

- “You have to have a website to build trust”could spend 3-6 months and $3000 on it + a $3997 course to learn about it
- “You have to build a sales funnel”could spend 3-6 months and $1500 on it + a $3997 course to learn about it
- “You need to build an email list” could spend 3-6 months and $100 on it + a $3997 course to learn about it
- “You need to create contents for daily and weekly” could spend 6-12 months + $3997 x 2-3 course to learn about content planning, Instagram growth hacks, youtube growth hacks...
- “Create a 60-pages lead magnet” could spend 5-9 months and $100 on it + a $3997 course to learn about it
- “We should create a Facebook group”could spend 6-12 months and a $3997 course to learn about it

See how we could get distracted SUPER EASILY?

DON’T get distracted, and That is your FASTEST way to $10k month.

Next step: if you want a more comprehensive guide, here it is: “Complete Guide to Online Marketing for Beginners”, you can get it for free.

If you want to ACCELERATE results and be hand-hold through a simplified yet effective process of starting and building a business to 10k month, add me as friends on FB and dm share about your situation so we can chat in private.

My philosophy is working smarter and not harder so I’m all about giving you a simple system that works, no tricks, no magic.

Btw if you just want to grow personally and financially together in the next 7 years, I just opened a new paid column — a growth community where we can grow and learn Together.

Best,

Connie

Simplified business coach