Serial Entrepreneur (2 exits) & Growth Advisor • Founded AllPaws (Sold to PetSmart) • Co-Founded Saturday App & Snap Interactive (100m users & $100m revenue)

𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝟭𝟬𝟬𝗠 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 & $𝟭𝟬𝟬𝗠 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲 • 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿 𝘄/ 𝟮 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘁𝘀 • 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽, 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗲𝘁, 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴.

Serial tech entrepreneur, business operator, and strategic advisor with deep experience starting and growing consumer-digital businesses. 

As a growth and product-driven startup founder, I have a proven track record of building and growing innovative products used by millions. I have achieved successful exits while overseeing multiple C-Level executive roles for publicly traded, growth stage, and venture-backed startups. I have a bias for action and a passion for solving big problems. Proven ability to innovate and deliver rapid revenue and user growth. 

At the intersection of my passion for pets and online dating expertise, I co-founded AllPaws. This innovative, online dating-style pet adoption platform quickly gained millions of users and was acquired by the pet industry leader, PetSmart. 

Before that, as co-founder I helped build and lead publicly traded SNAP Interactive from inception to rank as the 36th fastest growing technology company in North America with 4,400% revenue growth over 5 years, $20 million+ in annual revenue, and over 100 million users of our online dating apps and social products. 

Today, I advise businesses and startups on optimizing their digital and product growth strategies. Additionally, I coach entrepreneurs and business leaders on building high-income personal brands, and advise top influencers, models, and creators on growing and monetizing their audiences.

I continue to work on new projects, explore new opportunities, and advise. 

Been featured in ABC News, Bloomberg, Good Morning America, TechCrunch, Fox 5 News,  Huffington Post, Mashable, Forbes, Fast Company, Business Insider, and many other top tier publications. 

SPECIALTIES: Growth, Optimization, Digital Strategy, Product Strategy, Personal Branding 

Start-ups | Digital Strategy | General Management | Product Strategy and Development |  Rapid Revenue Growth | Strategic Vision | User Growth & User Acquisition | Marketplaces | Business Strategy | Business Operator | Problem-Solving | Business Operations (CEO, COO, GM) | Product Management | Conversion Optimization | A/B Testing | Web and Mobile Analytics | Mobile Applications | Mobile Growth | iTunes App Store Optimization | e-Commerce | Social Media Marketing & Strategy | M&A Process | Pet Industry | Online Dating Apps

Darrell Lerner

The key to growing a startup in 3 steps.

Test → Learn → Iterate

Then double down on what’s working.

Tight feedback cycles let you gather data and make progress as quickly as possible.

(Quick clip from a podcast I did with Adam Metwally on growth + why virality is harder than people think.)

But here’s the part nobody really wants to admit:

You can’t really “engineer” virality.

Everyone thinks they know what will go viral…

until they post something they’re sure will rip, and it flops.

Then they post something random…

and it takes off...

That’s why “going viral” isn’t a strategy.

The right systems are.

You can’t force outcomes.

But you can run enough reps to find them.

That’s how you win in growth when there’s no formula.

The winners don’t predict virality. They build systems that find it.

What’s the most surprising post you’ve ever had take off?

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In 2017, my life changed forever – I lost my job due to a freak fire.

And that wasn't even the worst part:

• I was working at a job I hated
• My network was filled with losers
• I was living a terribly unhealthy lifestyle

Of course, I didn't know things were all that bad – until I found myself on unemployment.

The next morning, after I let the dust settle a bit, I told myself that I was going to write for 30 days, no matter what.

30 days turned into over 100 fast.

100 days turned into 5+ years.

And now here I am:

• 7,400+ newsletter subscribers
• 50,000 follower audience on Twitter
• 22,000 follower audience on Medium

And a profitable creator business as a result.

Now – the last thing I'll ever tell you is that it was easy – because it wasn't (and still isn't).

But I'll tell you this: it was simple.

Or – at least it's simple when you understand the:

• Strategies
• Patterns
• Tactics

That help you save time, money, and unwanted headaches.

And that's why I'm here.

I want to teach you what I know. From:

• Copywriting
• Offer creation
• Effective writing
• Audience Building
• Digital monetization

And everything in between.

I can't wait to go on this journey with you.

I'll see you in the timeline & in the comments.

Keep building.

✌️ Jon

Jon Brosio

Everyone wants the "one secret" to online success.

Here it is: 

There isn't one.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but:

• I only made $13.50 online in my 1st year
• I was fired from 3 freelance clients
• My mom was my first email sub
• My first post was about wine

"Shortcuts" are a myth.

The internet sold you a lie...

That there's a:

• A hack
• A trick
• A system 

That skips the hard part.

That someone cracked the code and you can just copy-paste their success.

Bull

Success isn't a download.

It's an upload.

You upload:

• Hours of work when you don't feel like it
• Emails to lists of 12 people
• Content that gets 3 likes
• Offers that get rejected

For months.
Sometimes years.

Until something clicks.

Not because you found the secret.

But because you became the person who deserves the success.

Skills compound
Reputation compounds
Relationships compound

But only if you stick around long enough for the compound interest to kick in.

Most people quit during the "boring middle."

Don't be most people.

Put your head down.

Grind.

And never give up.

It will come.

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I helped a student gain 6.9M+ views & 4.3k followers (in 30 days)

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I'm about to say something unpopular.

But by someone desperately needs to...

Don't start a business if you're not willing to:

• Work weekends while others binge Netflix
• Work for free in the beginning (often for 6+ months)
• Invest money into yourself when you're already tight
• Sacrifice time with friends & family who don't get it

Plain and simple...

This isn't motivational fluff.

It's the entrance fee.

I remember my first year clearly.

• Friday nights writing sales pages
• Nights out canceled to hop on client calls
• Vacation money spent on business courses
• Sundays learning Facebook ads (that failed)

My social life became a casualty...

My comfort zone became extinct.

My old identity? Gone.

People started treating me differently.

• "Why can't you just relax?"
• "All you talk about is business."
• "Remember when you used to be fun?"

I couldn't explain it then.

I was building something they couldn't see.

A bridge from who I was to who I needed to become.

• Every dollar invested was a nail
• Every weekend worked was a plank
• Every relationship strain was the price of crossing over

Here's what I discovered on the other side:

If you can push through that season of sacrifice—

You don't just get a business.

𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙖 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙗𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝.

• Work that energizes you
• Time that belongs to you
• Purpose that feels like play
• Money that serves your mission

The irony?

Once you build it, those same people ask:

"How do you make it look so easy?"

Because they only see the destination.

Not the journey.

Most want the reward.

Few will pay the price.

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The $100K blueprint everyone ignores (but shouldn't)

It's not:

• Sexy
• Scalable
• Automated

(at least yet...)

But it works every single time.

Here it is:

1. Choose a niche
2. Craft a clear offer
3. Give to 10 people for free
4. Collect testimonials like they're GOLD
5. Convert your next client via content
6. Raise your price by 25%

Rinse and repeat steps 4-6.

(Like... damn near religiously...)

I've watched a thousand creators skip this formula.

They want the advanced stuff:

• Automated funnels
• Course platforms  
• Membership sites
• Digital product empires

Meanwhile, simple service providers are quietly hitting $100K.

Because they understand something crucial:

Your average client value matters more than your client count.

10 clients at $10,000 = $100K
100 clients at $1,000 = $100K
1,000 clients at $100 = $100K

Guess which one is easier to manage?
Guess which one has higher profit margins?
Guess which one doesn't require a massive audience?

The ascending price model is your secret weapon:

Every "yes" at your new price builds confidence
Every client success raises your market value
Every testimonial justifies higher rates

Start at $500.
Move to $625.
Then $780.
Then $975.

By client #50, you're charging $1,500+ for the same service you started at $500.

(and mind you -  25% is just a suggestion - you can always go higher the more comfortable and systematized you get)

Same expertise. 
Same deliverable. 

Different positioning.

Because here's the thing about pricing:

It's not about what you think you're worth.

It's about what the market will pay for transformation.

(Read that again)

(And then again...)

And the market will pay more as you prove your value.

Stop looking for the complex solution

Start executing the simple one

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Most creators are one decision away from six figures.

That decision?

Commit to boring.

Everyone wants the six-figure business.

Nobody wants to:

• Post daily for 6 months
• Say no to shiny objects
• Stick with one offer

Which is exactly why most people never get there.

The barrier isn't knowledge.

It's consistency and belief.

I see it every day in my DMs:

• "What about TikTok?"
• "Should I start a newsletter?"
• "I have this new course idea..."

They're asking the wrong questions.

The right question is:

"𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦?"

Because the creators making money aren't doing more.

They're doing the same thing.

Over and over.

Until it works.

Then they keep doing it.

Boring = Profitable.
Exciting = Broke.

Choose boring.

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My nephew asked me what I do for work yesterday.

I said: 

"I help people talk to money."

He looked confused...

So I explained it like this:

"Imagine money has ears. Most people are shouting the wrong words, in the wrong places, to the wrong ears, at the wrong time.

I teach them how to whisper the right things."

He nodded like that made perfect sense.

He's six...

Kids get it. 

Adults overcomplicate it.

Here's the simple truth:

Money has four ears:

Copywriting = knowing what to say
Marketing = knowing where to say it
Positioning = knowing who to say it to  
Sales = knowing how to say it

Together...

They make money listen.

Most creators are still shouting:

• "BUY MY THING!"
• "FOLLOW ME!"
• "I'M THE BEST!"

Money doesn't respond to shouting.

Money responds to whispers.

The right message (copywriting) delivered in the right place (marketing) to the right person (positioning) at the right moment (sales).

That's when money leans in.

That's when money says yes.

That's when your wildest dreams come true.

Stop shouting at money.

Start whispering to it.

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You’re generating leads. You’re closing sales.

But at some point—

Whether it’s $10K/month or $20K/month—you hit a wall.

Things stall.

And when that happens, the instinct is to think you need more content.

• More posts. 
• More visibility. 
• More engagement.

But the real shift that moves the needle isn’t about more.

It’s about making a fundamental change in how you communicate.

Because there’s a difference between content that generates attention and content that creates conversions.

And that difference comes down to this shift...

From:

• “this is who I am” → to “this is your problem.”
• “this is what I do” → to “this is why your problem sucks.”
• “this is why it’s cool” → to “this is what you should try instead.”

If your content is mostly talking about what you do, you’re making it harder to attract clients.

Your dream clients don’t care about your story until they see themselves in it.

Your audience is already having a conversation in their head.

They wake up thinking about their frustrations, their struggles, and the outcomes they want.

They’re not looking for another expert talking about their credentials.

They’re looking for someone who understands their experience better than they do.

This is why you need to start with your offer.

Because when you deeply understand:

• Who you help
• What you help them achieve

Then you can reverse-engineer your content to meet them exactly where they are.

You’ll start uncovering the stories they’re already telling themselves about:

Their pains
Their desires
Their obstacles
Their frustrations

And when your content enters their world instead of forcing them into yours—

You become the no-brainer choice to solve their problem.

This shift isn’t just about making tweaks to your content.

It’s about rethinking your entire approach so that every post, email, and message serves as a stepping stone toward working with you.

When you stop making content about you—and start making it about them—

Everything changes.

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The biggest lie in business:

(It's complete and utter garbage - makes me sick...)

Ready for it?

Here it is...

That you need to be the smartest person in the room.

I know people making $50K/month who barely graduated high school.

And PhD's who can't sell a $97 course.

Here's what actually matters:

• Who you are
• Who you want to help

That's it.

Nothing else.

Who you are = What your offer says about you

Your offer creates your identity:

• Sell productivity systems → You're the efficiency expert
• Sell relationship advice → You're the connection coach
• Sell financial planning → You're the money mentor

Your positioning doesn't come from your resume.

It comes from the problem you solve.

Who you serve = The specific outcome they want

This isn't about age, gender, or income.

It's about the transformation:

• Stressed entrepreneurs who want systems
• Lonely professionals who want connection
• Broke millennials who want wealth

When you know these two things, everything else becomes simple.

Your content writes itself.

Because you're not trying to impress everyone.

You're solving one problem for one person.

The gurus want you to think it's complicated.

That you need:

• Complex funnels
• Multiple revenue streams
• Years of "authority building"

Lies.

Simple beats sophisticated.

Clear beats clever.

Every damn time.

If you think success is about being the best—this will change your mind.

Because here’s what actually creates momentum:

Effort.
Consistency.
And the willingness to look a little stupid for a while.

Over time, that combo beats genius almost every time.

Everyone’s chasing the perfect strategy.

The brilliant idea.

The overnight win.

But most people don’t need a breakthrough.

They need movement.

Reps.
Feedback.
Refinement.

That’s how progress is made—especially when it’s quiet and invisible.

You don’t need more ideas.

You need action.

→ Action that looks boring
→ Action that feels uncomfortable
→ Action that makes you cringe, because you’re figuring it out

But that’s the exact action that builds confidence.

And credibility.

And eventually—results.

Here’s the truth:

→ The consultant who closes $10k clients? She used to flinch every time she pitched.

→ The coach with the waitlist? He made 6 offers before anyone said yes.

→ The creator with momentum? Her first 90 days were pure trial and error.

They didn’t wait to feel qualified.

They just kept going.

If you’re building a solo business, this is what it actually looks like:

→ One clear offer
→ Targeted content that starts real conversations
→ Simple, repeatable actions—done consistently

You don’t need to be a genius.

You need to keep going longer than most people are willing to look unsure.

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Most people overcomplicate getting to $10K/month.

They think they need: 

• Complex funnels
• MASSIVE audiences
• Completely unique offers

But I've watched dozens of clients hit $10K with something much simpler:

1. Get one client

Stop building the "perfect" offer. 

Start with one person who has a problem you can solve. 

Even if it's messy. Even if it's not "scalable"

(Yet...)

2. Do a great job

Over-deliver on everything. 
Show up early, stay late, anticipate their needs. 

This client becomes your case study for the next one.

3. Charge more (to get another client)

Double your price. Seriously. 
Your first client proved the value exists. 

Your second client should pay for that proof.

4. Deliver an even better result

You learned from client #1. 

Apply those lessons to client #2. 

Better systems, clearer communication, faster results.

5. Repeat until you make $10K/month

Keep raising prices as you get better. 

$500 becomes $1000. 
$1000 becomes $2000. 
$2000 becomes $5000.

Most people want the complex strategy.

But the simple path works faster.

One client at a time.
One great result at a time.
One price increase at a time.

Until you're making more money than most people with "big" businesses.

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Most creators will stay broke...

I'm talking about the creators who:

• Never share their wins
• Rarely talk about their offers
• Hide behind "let the work speak for itself"

They think humility is a business strategy.

It's not.

It's a poverty strategy.

Because the future belongs to those unafraid to self-promote.

They'll:

• Create better content (they know their story matters)
• Make a better offer (not embarrassed by their prices)
• Get more attention (not waiting to be discovered)

And they'll win.

Here's the truth nobody wants to hear:

Your 

• Best work means nothing if nobody knows about it
• Perfect offer means nothing if nobody hears about it
• Expertise means nothing if you keep it to yourself

I used to think differently.

I thought quality would eventually rise to the top.

That customers would somehow find me.

That word-of-mouth would magically scale my business.

I was wrong.

Dead wrong.

The market doesn't reward the best.
It rewards the best-known.

(Double click on that, homie...)

And "best-known" requires one thing:

Showing up
Speaking up
Promoting up

Confidently
Consistently
Unapologetically

Your competition isn't more talented.

They're just more visible.

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This system helped me made $18k in one month

(After being stuck at countless $2k - $5k months...)

Most creators think $10K months require:

• 100K followers
• Viral content
• Complex funnels
• 20 different revenue streams

Not eeeeeeeeeeeeven.

Here's what actually works:

One offer.

• Solves one specific problem
• For one specific person
• At one specific price point

One system.

• Content that attracts
• Process that converts
• Delivery that delights

One post per day.

• Speaks to their pain
• Shows your solution
• Invites them in

That's the entire business.

I learned this the hard way.

Spent 2 years creating:

• 3 different courses
• 9 different price points
• Content for everyone (and no one)

Result? $2,800 in total revenue.

Then I simplified:

• One coaching offer
• One sales process
• One post daily
• One email

Result? $18K in month one.

The lesson?

Depth beats breadth.
Clarity beats cleverness.
Focus beats everything.

Your audience doesn't want options.

They want THE solution.

Give them one clear path to their desired outcome.

Then watch them sprint toward it.

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Everyone's looking for the $100K secret.

Here it is:

Stop selling what you know.

Start selling what they want.

(Read that again, baby!)

I see creators all day building products around their expertise instead of their market's desperation.

• "I know marketing, so I'll sell marketing courses"
• "I'm good at graphic design, so I'll teach design"
• "I know productivity, so I'll create productivity systems"

That's expertise-first thinking...

And it keeps you broke.

$10K thinking works in reverse:

• What's keeping your ideal client awake at 3 AM?
• What transformation would change their life?
• What would they pay anything to fix?

Then—and only then—do you ask:

"𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘐 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸?"

WhAt'S tHe DifFeReNcE?

𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗲-𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗯𝘂𝘆.

Booyah-kasha!

(I hope that send chills down your spine...)

Market-thinking creates offers people throw money at.

I learned this the hard way...

My first offer was "Content Strategy for Creators."

Sounds impressive, right?

I made about $1500 in 3 months.

Then I talked to my market.

They didn't want "strategy."

They wanted to stop feeling like frauds charging for their work.

Same expertise. Different angle.

"Create a One Page Offer™ and validate it with 3 clients" 

was born.

$40K+ in the first 90 days...

Same knowledge
Same person
Same skills

Different offer.

Because I stopped leading with what I wanted to teach.

And started with what they desperately wanted to learn.

Your expertise is the vehicle.

Their transformation is the destination.

Get that backwards, and you'll stay stuck explaining why your knowledge is valuable.

Get it right, and they'll be asking how fast they can start.

If you've been told to "find your niche" and felt paralyzed, this will change everything...

Most creators think a niche is:

• An industry ("fitness")
• A platform ("LinkedIn creators")
• A demographic ("millennial women")

That's not a niche.

That's a category.

A $100k niche is a group with a problem.

Not just any problem.

A problem that:

• They can't solve alone
• Keeps them up at night
• Costs them money daily
• They'll pay premium to fix

When you speak to the problem, the right people immediately think:

• "Holy ravioli, that's me."
• "How did they know?"
• "I need this now."

My student learned this the hard way...

For months, he called himself a "career coach for programmers"

Crickets.

Then she shifted:

"I help programmers stuck in application hell get recruiters to reach out to them with their dream job and salary in hand"

Same skills. Same person. 
Completely different response.

6 new clients within the first month working together...

Because he stopped describing what he did and started describing the hell her clients were living in.

The magic isn't in the solution.
It's in how precisely you can articulate the problem.

Most creators get this backwards...

Here's how to find your $100k niche:

1. List every problem you've personally solved
2. Identify which ones people regularly ask you about
3. Find the intersection of "urgent" and "expensive"
4. Test your language with real humans

Don't ask 

"What's my niche?"

Ask 

"Whose problem am I uniquely positioned to solve?"

The money follows the problem.

The bigger the problem, the bigger the opportunity.

Stop being a generalist hoping someone needs everything.

Start being the specialist people desperately need for one thing.

Picture this scenario:

Two coaches launch the exact same program. 

• Same offer
• Same price point
• Same audience size

Coach A makes $3,000
Coach B makes $15,000

The difference isn't their expertise
It's not their audience 

It's frame control

Coach A: The Commodity Approach

Sends an email: 

"Hey everyone, I'm opening enrollment for my coaching program next Tuesday. Here are the details, here are the benefits, here's the price."

Tuesday comes. Doors open. Then they wait.

The response is crickets.

 By Thursday, panic sets in. 

They send another email with the same details. 

They're begging people to buy. 

Result: $3,000 and a bruised ego.

Coach B: The Authority Approach

Takes a completely different path.

Sends a thoughtful email about a conversation they had with a struggling client. 

• Real problem
• Real insight
• Real value

No pitch. Just genuine help.

And a "P.S."

P.S. "This conversation inspired me to create something that solves this exact problem. Reply 'INTERESTED' if this would help you too."

60 replies flood their inbox.

Two days later: 

"I got an overwhelming response to Tuesday's email. This inspired me to put together something even bigger than I originally planned. I'm creating a pre-registration list. As a bonus, pre-registered people get an extra one-on-one call with me."

100 people pre-register.

Final email: 

"Due to the response, I'm limiting this to 10 spots only. Pre-registered people get first access Monday morning - with their bonus. Everyone else gets access Tuesday - without the bonus."


• Monday morning: 6 spots gone in 3 hours
• Thursday: Remaining 4 spots filled
• Friday: 3 more people wanting in

Coach B lets them in at 10% higher price.

Result: $15,000 and a waitlist for the next round.

Here's the lesson:

Stop launching like you're applying for permission. 

Start creating demand before revealing the offer.

Your audience doesn't want another program. 

They want to be part of something exclusive. 
They want to feel chosen.

That's the difference between begging and building

Between commodity and authority. 

Between $3K months and $15K months.

The money isn't in what you're selling. 

It's in how you position yourself before anyone knows what you're selling.

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Most solopreneurs are sabotaging their own income.

Without realizing it. They make two critical mistakes:

They:

1. Don't ask existing clients for more
2. Chase one-time payments instead of recurring revenue

I learned this the hard way.

67% of my income came from people who already knew me.

Yet I was spending 80% of my time chasing new prospects.

Backwards.

Completely bass-ackwards.

Here's what I discovered:

When someone buys from you once, they're 7x more likely to buy again.

When they:

• Get results, they want more results
• Trust your process, they want deeper access
• See transformation, they want acceleration

But most solopreneurs deliver value and disappear.

No next step
No follow-up offer
No ongoing relationship

They treat business like speed dating instead of marriage.

Meanwhile, their best clients are asking:

"What else can you help me with?"

(Even if it's not out loud...)

And getting crickets.

So they find someone else.

Now I design every offer with three things:

• Recurring component for ongoing value
• Clear next step for ready clients
• Natural upsell pathway built in

Result?

I haven't "hunted" for a client in 8 months.

And I help my clients do the same.

Because we built businesses that grow themselves

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Too many solopreneurs are afraid of the wrong thing.

They worry about:

• "I need to be original!"
• "I can’t launch until it's perfect!"
• "What if someone steals my idea?"

But these fears don’t kill businesses. What does?

• Waiting too long to launch
• Obsessing over originality instead of execution
• Sitting on an idea instead of testing it in the market

The truth is, your idea isn’t what makes you successful. 

It’s your execution.

Some of the most successful businesses didn’t create something entirely new. 

They took something that already existed and improved it.

• Facebook wasn’t the first social network.
• Google wasn’t the first search engine.
• Apple didn’t invent the smartphone.

They just executed better than their competition.

If you want to build a successful business, your focus should be on:

• A proven offer – Something people already want.
• A proven lead funnel – A system that attracts leads.
• A proven method to convert leads – A way to convert them.

The market doesn’t care about how unique or clever your idea is. 

It only cares about:

• Does this solve my problem?
• Is it better than what I have now?
• Can I trust that it will work for me?

If you have something new, your first job isn’t to protect it. 

It’s to test it.

The Real Business Killer: Inaction

The best businesses aren’t the most original. 

They are the ones that:

• Take existing ideas and improve them.
• Focus on execution rather than perfection.
• Test, iterate, and refine until they get it right.

The biggest risk isn’t someone copying your idea. 

It’s you never acting on it.

Everyone's looking for a complex marketing funnel.

Meanwhile...

The richest solo creators and coaches I know use one step that leads to another:

Reader → Lead → Customer → Recurring → High-ticket

That's it.

No fancy automation.
No 47-step sequences.
No AI-powered chatbots.

Just crystal clear progression:

I call it One Step Marketing™

It's what I use for my own multi-six figure solo business.

And what I teach my clients:

• Reader finds your content (content)
• Lead opts in for deeper value (free)
• Customer buys entry offer ($)
• Returns for recurring solution ($$)
• Graduates to premium service ($$$)

But here's what makes it work:

Each step solves ONE problem.
Leads to ONE outcome.
Makes ONE promise.

(Hence the name "One Step Marketing™")

The magic isn't in complexity.

It's in clarity.

Knowing exactly:

• Who you serve
• What they need
• How you help
• What's next

That's how you build $10k months.

And $20k

And $30k...

Not by adding more steps.

By making each step count.

Here's the difference between a $10K and a $100K niche:

$10K niche: 
"I help marketing agencies"

$100K niche: 
"I help marketing agencies whose clients keep asking for discounts"

$10K niche: 
"I serve real estate agents"

$100K niche: 
"I serve real estate agents who generate leads but can't convert them to closings"

$10K niche: 
"I work with freelance writers"

$100K niche: 
"I work with freelance writers who have decent online audiences but are still broke"

Notice the pattern?

The money isn't in the demographic.

It's in the desperation.

People don't pay for solutions to problems they might have someday.

They pay for solutions to problems that are costing them money, sleep, or sanity RIGHT NOW.

When I was selling wine, I didn't approach every table the same way.

• The anniversary couple? Different conversation
• The business meeting? Different approach
• The first date trying to impress? 

Say it with me...

Completely 👏 different 👏 strategy.

• Same people
• Different situations
• Different problems to solve

Your niche works the same way.

Stop thinking "who do I serve?"

Start thinking 

"𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘮 𝘐 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘺 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘹 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺?"

That's not a demographic.

That's a goldmine.

Julius Brown III

Sales happen before you ever talk to someone.

They happen in... 

Your content

Most creators use content to show expertise.
Smart creators use content to eliminate objections.

There's a massive difference.

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