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Today, we have an exciting episode lined up as we dive into the exhilarating recap of the recently concluded FitPro Growth Summit 2023.The event was an awe-inspiring gathering of gym owners and fitness entrepreneurs who shared their wisdom, experiences, and strategies for achieving unprecedented growth.But behind every successful event lies a multitude of details that have to come together seamlessly. This year's Summit was no different. From meticulous planning to exceptional speakers and engaging content, the Growth Summit left a lasting impact on attendees.Tune in as Tim and Randy explore the highlights, key takeaways, and behind-the-scenes details of this year's Growth Summit, a transformative experience that left a lasting impact on all attendees.Key Takeaways- How to get the Summit's replays (01:04)- The planning stage of the Growth Summit (3:03)- The attention to detail (5:35)- The biggest takeaway from the event (7:44)- What's possible in your business (9:35)- Speaker lineup at the Summit (10:18)- The power of the numbers (11:17)- Brand new class at the Iron Circle (13:49)Additional Resources- Relive Every Session of the 2023 FitPro Growth Summit- Apply For Your Profit Milestone Award - Learn more about The Iron Circle - Business Talk with Fitness Professionals Facebook group - Jump on a call with Randy---If you haven't already, please rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts!

How do I run semi-private training for six clients and not have all six doing the same thing? This is the question many gym owners ask.It doesn't seem like a big deal, but it actually is. Why? Because many gym owners don't have a system and structure in place, and they are just leaving their coaches to decide what to do.That scenario makes gym owners vulnerable because if a coach is not really good, you can lose your clients. Or if you have a fantastic coach, they could leave you, and all your clients will go with them. What you need is a system that is easy to execute, which will make a mediocre coach with a great personality able to execute it consistently on a daily basis.And you need to tune in for this episode because Tim is joined by his Fitness Director, Zach Columbia, and they will dive into programming for semi-private training. Such a system will allow you to have up to six clients on the same program, but they will have the impression that it's designed for each one of them personally. (Which is actually true.)This model has been the staple of Tim's gym for years, clients LOVE it, the coaches love it, and the business loves it!So let's jump in and find out more!Key Takeaways- Intro (00:00) - How do we program for multiple clients? (02:05)- Universal phases with clients (04:23)- It has to be simple (07:24)- Three goals that clients usually have (09:00)- Programming customization - oh, my gosh, this thing's for me! (10:46)- Consistency is even more important than quality (14:57)- The risk of leaving creating the programs up to the coaching staff (18:37)- Make 2023 the best year that you have had in business (21:26)Additional Resources- If you need help with this, jump on a call.- The Math of Marketing Free Training - Learn more about our Coaching Program for Gym Owners  - Learn more about The Iron Circle - Grab your tickets for the 2023 FitPro Growth Summit  Use Code WORM for 25% Off- Business Talk with Fitness Professionals Facebook group ---If you haven't already, please rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts!

Speed is one of the critical factors of success in any business. If you look at any business that enjoyed some level of success, you'll notice that they move with speed in different aspects of their operations.It's no different in the fitness industry. Time is your most valuable asset as a gym owner because you can't get it back.Speed is of the essence in everything we do, be it systems, marketing automation, onboarding new members, etc.As a gym owner, learning things on your own will take you much longer than if you paid to get to the end result faster.So, the question should be who, not how. Nothing you're facing in your gym hasn't been figured out by somebody already.Listen to this episode as Tim and Randy take you through the benefit of speed in your business.Key Takeaways- Why speed is critical in your business (01:41)- Move with speed to onboard new members (03:57)- Paying for speed (07:12)- Systems to buy speed (10:33)- Who not How (13:28)- Take action (17:54)Additional Resources Learn more about our coaching program for gym owners here: http://pfmarketingsolutions.com/callBusiness Talk with Fitness Professionals Facebook group Learn more about The Iron Circle  

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Tim Lyons is a fitness entrepreneur on the move. He opened his own gym in Scottsdale, Arizona, then started coaching other gym owners on how to succeed. He wrote a book called Good to Grow and hosts a podcast with the same name. And, as if all that's not enough, he's a frequent speaker at conferences and even produces his own Growth Summits, including one that's coming up this fall in Nashville.I've known Tim for a couple of years now, and I'm always struck by how helpful and open he is. I know this graciousness is part of the reason for his success, too.But I'd never spent a great deal of time talking with him, or learning his story — how a former football player, and still a devoted fan, discovered his marketing talents and parlayed them into this array of business enterprises. He also knows the value of the over-50 demographic, which we discuss — as well as the importance of content that speaks effectively to them.Sometimes I hear from young men who want to learn to write better and to promote their own personal brand. I'm always happy to help. And Tim Lyons is someone who's done it. Here's my talk with Tim.Timed Highlights5:10 -- Finding the right business model for his gym9:00 -- You grow when you surround yourself with the right people14:00 -- You can always make money, but time slips away17:00 -- Why would anyone want to listen to me?20:40 -- Why systems are so important26:50 -- If you don't communicate, what do you expect to happen?35:25 -- Addressing the "older" market49:30 -- Three Things I Like This WeekTim Lyons WebsiteFitPro Growth SummitNaamly -- Support our advertiser, who helps you keep in touch with your membersOrderYourLife.comSpelling BeeThe Criterion Channel

Tim and Randy share their insights into why you should launch a podcast. Listen to them as they give their first hand experiencing through the process of launching the Built To Grow podcast as well as the insight they've given a number of their clients that have come to them for help launching their own respective podcasts.When it comes to content marketing, there is one medium that we think outperforms all the others. That medium is podcasting. Podcasting is a powerful marketing channel for local businesses with a ton of benefits. Tim and Randy recommend 100% that all businesses should have a podcast to communicate, educate, and build trust with their end-users. Here at Pulse, we have the Healthy Living Scottsdale Podcast, hosted by Zach, our Fitness Director, joined by 2 other coaches.Among the many benefits of having a podcast is the fact that no other medium offers you the chance to have your prospect's attention for a long period of time like a podcast does. You can educate and provide value to your listeners consistently, which builds confidence and trust in your business. From our experience, clients who come in after listening to your podcast make the best clients because the trust-factor is already high.Want to get started podcasting? The first thing is to decide on which model you want for your podcast.  You can have a solo show, you can have a co-host as we do here, or you can have an interview-style podcast or a combination of the three. You don't have to be perfect to get started with podcasting; just give it a shot and learn along the way. Want to know what else it takes to get a podcast launched? Click play on this episode and learn more about the benefits of podcasting for your business and how you can get started.  Key TakeawaysShould you have a podcast for your business (01:45)Keeping your listener engaged to your show (06:28)How we do our podcasts here at pulse fitness (07:44)Leveraging your team to host the podcast (08:46)How to get started with podcasting (09:15)Knowing your audience and purposing your content for them (11:04)Benefits of podcasting for local businesses (12:57)Podcasting is a long term game; consistency pays off (14:03)Additional Resources:https://legacypodcasting.com/Bo's Podcast Stay Sore------www.PFMarketingSolutions.com/Callwinninggym.com/workshopwww.PFMarketingSolutions.com/Automationwww.CLACourse.comwww.ProFitGPS.netMarketing Talk with Fitness Professionals Facebook Grouphttps://PFMarketingSolutions.com/Data--If you are interested in a free audit for your gym, visit http://bit.ly/free_gym_audit--You can find out more about Tim and the strategies covered in this episode by checking out our website.--Would you rather watch the video version instead?Head over to our YouTube channel to watch this episode by going here--If you don't already have my book, get your copy FREE here.--Connect with Tim:Schedule A CallFacebookInstagramLinkedInConnect with Randy:FacebookInstagram--Subscribe to the podcast on Apple, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, YouTube, or anywhere else you listen to your podcasts.If you haven't already, please rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts!

As this series of Moments of Mission draws to a close, Dr. Gemechis Buba reflects Ephesians 2:19-20

Chris Guerriero is an advisor, investor, and equity holder in companies across a variety of industries. His driving force has always been to help people, and he focuses his efforts on entrepreneurs. Chris has been featured in financial periodicals such as Bloomberg, Success Magazine, and Entrepreneur as a top entrepreneur of our time. He is also a bestselling author and the host of the Built To Grow podcast. You can find Chris Guerriero on his site, https://chrisguerriero.com/. Connect with Tony at www.tonygrebmeier.com and find the journal at https://www.befulfilledjournal.com/. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to the Built To Grow Podcast! In the introduction episode our host, Natalie, talks about the theme for the podcast, the theory behind the name Built To Grow, EIO Solutions and what to expect. Make sure to subscribe to stay up to date on when we release new episodes. Follow us on social media @eio_solutions

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Building a team in your coaching business will ultimately accelerate your growth. There is no better guru to bring on the show than Chris Guerriero to help break down what we need to do to build a team in our business. Chris has walked the walk and built four 8-figure companies as an advisor, investor, and equity holder in companies across a variety of industries, including health, medical, digital advertising, legal, and real estate. As a bestselling author and the host of the Built To Grow podcast, Chris has a reputation for taking businesses to the next level. He's been featured on Bloomberg, and in Success magazine, Inc, and in Entrepreneur as a top entrepreneur of our time. Trust me when I say it's a major honour to have him on the show today! If you are in the early stages of your business and have a little more time to spend “in the trenches” or if you are ready to push yourself to go through a massive phase of growth with your business, you are in the right place! The next 60 minutes will have you thinking big picture and mapping out the phases of growth you need to go through to build a million-dollar coaching business. Some key lessons you will walk away with after listening to this episode are… Find your core competencies so you can focus on what your superpower is and build a team around you Apply yourself to the areas of your business you need to be involved in so you can allow your business to expand and develop beyond where you are right now Understand the urgency behind becoming very clear on your ultimate goals so you can take the daily actions you need to take that will get you to the targets you have set Know what to measure in your business so you can see how fast you are scaling (or failing) and keep a finger on the pulse of your business Understand how to build a team (the right way) so you can build your team with the right people who will contribute to your mission and accelerate your growth faster than you could ever do yourself Enjoy The Podcast, Coach! “One great team member will change everything.” – Chris Guerriero

Chris has built 4 "eight-figure" companies and is an advisor, investor and equity holder in companies across a variety of industries, including health, medical, digital advertising, legal and real estate. He’s been featured on Bloomberg, and in Success magazine, Inc, and in Entrepreneur as a top entrepreneur of our time. Chris is also a bestselling author and host of the Built To Grow show.

☞ Board Of Directors Part 2⎜ Built To Grow Show ⎜Chris Guerriero Download Chris' Personalized Tool for your Business ⬇️ BUILT TO GROW REVIEW ⬇️ https://www.BuiltToGrowReview.com ========================================== Board of Directors Pt. 2 - Built To Grow Show ⎜Chris Guerriero ➤ In this Episode of the Built To Grow Show Chris Covers the Importance behind building a Strong Board of Advisers or Directors in your company. Whether you are just starting to build a company or you are a CEO of a Multi-Billion dollar company this WILL apply to you!  ➤ Any size company can experience significant growth by adding one good person even if they’re running crappy systems. What you cannot do is grow your company with great systems and crappy people. ———————————————————————— ➤ Follow Chris On INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/chrisguerriero_fan/  ➤ Subscribe to iTunes:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/built-to-grow-show-with-chris-guerriero/id1462378880  ➤ Follow On Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChrisGuerriero_ ⬇️ For More Way's To Scale Your Business Visit ⬇️ https://www.ChrisGuerriero.com

 ☞ 6 Vital Business Relationships  Download Chris' Personalized Tool for your Business  ⬇️ BUILT TO GROW REVIEW ⬇️  https://www.BuiltToGrowReview.com  ===================================== ➤ Scaling a company is more about RELATIONSHIPS than it is about SALES. You can leverage your relationships to make a thousand times more sales in any business, in any industry and in any economy. Our focus must be on expanding our relationships. The Number 1 Question I get asked, Whether it’s at a live event or in a board room meeting is… ➤ What are the Key Components to building successful companies on a consistent basis? There are a lot of important roles in scaling companies but whenever I am asked what the “Gun to my head” bring it to the table answer is. Without a shadow of a doubt, the answer is to focus on RELATIONSHIPS both in business and personal life. ➤ In this Episode I'm going to share with you 6 Vital Business Relationships you should implement Today! WE WANT TO KNOW! What are some strategies that YOU have, to help build Relationships in your own life? ⬇️ Check out The 5 love Languages Website ⬇️ https://www.5lovelanguages.com/ ———————————————————————— ➤ Follow Chris On INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/chrisguerriero_fan/ ➤ Subscribe to iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/built-to-grow-show-with-chris-guerriero/id1462378880 ➤ Follow On Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChrisGuerriero_

Download Chris' Personalized Tool for your Business ⬇️ BUILT TO GROW REVIEW ⬇️ https://www.BuiltToGrowReview.com ======================= Should You Hire A Virtual or In house Team     Building your team is one of the most important things you can do to ensure a successful future for your company. Whether it be a part-time freelancer who never even comes to the office or a 20 year veteran of your team. EVERY team member is important and should be treated as such. Often times the best solution or fit for the job might be to hire a "Virtual Team member. Chris goes over the pro's and con's of each option and discusses the 6 KEY rules to follow when hiring a Virtual Employee. 1. Organizational chart (Process Org Chart) - When done right it will clearly show you who your best hire is and whether or not they need to be in or out of the office. 2. Weekly meetings are a MUST with all of our employee's no matter what their role. A phone call does not cut it! These weekly meetings with individuals are all done by video chat. Seeing a person as you're talking with them helps to build trust and confidence in your relationship. 3. One on One call's with employees in your company. This could be scheduled for a variety of reasons. Often times during the week you might need an answer from someone on your team. If that person is a virtual employee and doesn't work in the office face to face with you, it can be easier to set up a quick One on One phone call or video chat. this way you don't have to wait hour's sometimes day's for the answer that you need. 4. Daily or Weekly Written updates. This is to highlight the things that our employee is doing right, as well as find out how we can improve the area's that are lacking. This is also a time for us to ask questions and get to know our team member's struggles. 5. Quarterly Goals - It's important to have quarterly goals determined for both individuals as well as teams. This way everyone can hold each other accountable and motivate one another to reach our target. 6. Annual meetings - face to face with the WHOLE TEAM. Once a year Everyone on our team no matter where they live in the world will be flown out to a location for somewhat of a "retreat". Getting everybody together in one location has tremendous effects on the way the team functions as a whole. The closer you and your team members feel connected, the more productive everyone will be as a whole. Imagine if the "USA" Olympic basketball team only got together to play as a team THE DAY OF their big game? Even if each individual was already extremely talented, chances are... Unless they have played together before the "Synergy" just isn't there. Now take that same team, except this time they practiced together in person at least several times a year. Which team do you think would win?? EASY! obviously, the team that has played together before!  Any size company can experience significant growth by adding one good person even if they’re running crappy systems. What you cannot do is grow your company with great systems and crappy people. ➤ Follow Chris On INSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/chrisguerriero_fan/ ➤ Subscribe to iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/built-to-grow-show-with-chris-guerriero/id1462378880  ➤ Follow On Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChrisGuerriero_ ⬇️ For More Way's To Scale Your Business Visit ⬇️ https://www.ChrisGuerriero.com

☞ Board Of Directors Part 1⎜ Built To Grow Show ⎜Chris Guerriero Download Chris' Personalized Tool for your Business ⬇️ BUILT TO GROW REVIEW ⬇️ https://www.BuiltToGrowReview.com ================================== Board of Directors Pt. 1 - Built To Grow Show ⎜Chris Guerriero ➤ In this Episode of the Built To Grow Show Chris Covers the Importance behind building a Strong Board of Advisers or Directors in your company. Whether you are just starting to build a company or you are a CEO of a Multi-Billion dollar company this WILL apply to you! ➤ One of the reasons I can normally go into any company and scale it 2, 3 or 4x its growth curve is because we start by building a strong set of strategic values because strategic values attract the right people. ➤ Any size company can experience significant growth by adding one good person even if they’re running crappy systems. What you cannot do is grow your company with great systems and crappy people. ———————————————————————— ➤ Follow Chris On INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/chrisguerriero_fan/ ➤ Subscribe to iTunes:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/built-to-grow-show-with-chris-guerriero/id1462378880  ➤ Follow On Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChrisGuerriero_ ⬇️ For More Way's To Scale Your Business, Visit ⬇️            https://www.ChrisGuerriero.com

Do you use marketing tactics or a strategy? Do you know how qualified your leads are? Do you have a system for converting leads to clients? Is your business Built to Grow. I sit down with Tim Lyons and discuss how to use your marketing as part of an overall strategy to build your business to grow. Tim Lyons runs Pulse Fitness, which grosses over 7 figures a year using Tim's marketing that he perfected with his second business, ProFit Marketing Solutions which has helped thousand of gym owners get millions of clients.

Do you use marketing tactics or a strategy? Do you know how qualified your leads are? Do you have a system for converting leads to clients? Is your business Built to Grow. I sit down with Tim Lyons and discuss how to use your marketing as part of an overall strategy to build your business to grow. Tim Lyons runs Pulse Fitness, which grosses over 7 figures a year using Tim's marketing that he perfected with his second business, ProFit Marketing Solutions which has helped thousand of gym owners get millions of clients.

In this episode, Tim and Randy share their knowledge about business management and why they created the Built To Grow podcast. They are going to dive into why a lot of gym owners are actually self-employed rather than business owners and how can they help change this. Key Topics Discussed: • Rich Dad, Poor Dad and The Cashflow Quadrant books (03:01) • The quick way to define the four quadrants (03:35) • Why many gym owners are actually self-employed, business owners (05:45) • The importance of planning your day (08:11) • How Tim started out his business doing everything on his own (09:11) • How do people accept change (11:35) • The takeaway in this episode (15:20) -- You can find out more about Tim and the strategies covered in this episode by checking out our website. -- If you interested in a free audit for your gym, visit http://bit.ly/free_gym_audit -- Would you rather watch the video version instead? Head over to our YouTube channel to watch this episode by going here -- If you don’t already have my book, get your copy FREE here. -- Connect with Tim: Schedule A Call Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Connect with Randy: Facebook Instagram -- Subscribe to the podcast on Apple, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, YouTube or anywhere else you listen to your podcasts. If you haven't already, please rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts!

In this episode, you'll get introduced to the hosts of the Built To Grow podcast, Tim Lyons and Randy Angsten. We'll spend a few minutes giving a backstory on our journeys in the fitness industry and what makes us qualified to use our tag line " We Help Gym Owners Win". -- If you interested in a free audit for your gym, visit http://bit.ly/free_gym_audit -- You can find out more about Tim and the strategies covered in this episode by checking out our website. -- Would you rather watch the video version instead? Head over to our YouTube channel to watch this episode by going here -- If you don’t already have my book, get your copy FREE here. -- Connect with Tim: Schedule A Call Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Connect with Randy: Facebook Instagram -- Subscribe to the podcast on Apple, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, YouTube or anywhere else you listen to your podcasts. If you haven't already, please rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts!

In this episode you’ll learn: • The biggest warning I have for you in this stage • Stick to what your clients truly need and want in this stage • Why you need a day-to-day Operations Manager • What activity you can do here that will grow your clientele quickly • The downfall that can come with mass diversification • Set your business up for sale - even though it’s not for sale! Get the Growth Book now! http://www.lisekuecker.com/growthbook Sign up for the video series mentioned at http://www.theclientcure.net/ 

In this episode you’ll learn: The biggest warning I have for you in this stage Stick to what your clients truly need and want in this stage   Why you need a day-to-day Operations Manager What activity you can do here that will grow your clientele quickly The downfall that can come with mass diversification Set your business up for sale - even though it’s not for sale! Get the Growth Book now! http://www.lisekuecker.com/growthbook Sign up for the video series mentioned at http://www.theclientcure.net/  

I'm not foolish enough to think that the entirety of WordPress' growth is driven by our love for the software, but that we consultants are responsible for a sizeable portion of it. A portion that shouldn't be ignored and one that should be welcome to the discussion more often. Under-represented. Perhaps. You can listen to the audio version Matt Report - A WordPress podcast for digital business owners The blue-collar WordPress worker and the 2,500+ websites built to grow the CMS Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / 00:14:17 Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link Embed Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:14:17 I know many of you are like me, we don't run 100+ person agencies, we don't have 1mil+ plugin downloads, and we haven't been contributing code to core for the last decade. However, what we do share in common is a life of servicing customers in the online business space. Servicing customers or our local community by way of building websites — helping organizations amplify their message. This act of service is deeply rooted in using our favorite tool, WordPress. Sure, we're talking less and less about the tech side of things lately, but we know that it delivers a massive advantage as a platform to our customers. An advantage that might not matter to them in the short-term, but in the long-term sustainability of their business. While many might join the ranks of offering WordPress services simply for the fact that it represents a big market to cash in on — and we all know that person — I believe many of us are in it for the right reasons: Promote the use of open source software. Give our customers a chance to own a sliver of their online presence and/or data. Provide a flexible & sustainable platform for future opportunity. Earn an honest living through service. It's at this point where I begin to disagree with a part of Matt Mullenweg's theory of WordPress' growth. Granted, he has a WAY better vantage point from atop a tower of data that I (we) don't have access to. I'm relying on my own gut instinct, naivety, and feedback from my audience to deliver this message — take it for what it's worth. Tweet from @photomatt Who is responsible for all of this WordPress? A business can't survive without strong sales & customer service, two competencies that are arguably the lifeblood of a company. Many of you reading this fill that exact gap for the open source WordPress project. I don't mean this as a slight to the thousands of wonderful people that build the software, document it, and support it in the forums, but that consultants (doing it right or wrong) are also fueling this locomotive too. There are no official sales or customer service channels at WordPress.org and us consultants bear the brunt of it — for better or worse — and that's where our job comes in. Just as you trust a core contributor to spot-check her code and ensure that we've sanitized all the things! Consultants are the boots on the ground, and as you'll see below in my feedback section, represent a disproportionate ratio of launching many more websites than an individual website owner. Mullenweg alludes to the end-user (what I'm calling the solo site owner) as the driving force behind growth. He might (probably does, can we have it please?) have more data than me, but on the flip side, it might be a vanity metric. If you count all the 1-click installs on GoDaddy or .com installs, perhaps, but how many of them were influenced or eventually turned to a professional to take over the reigns? Just back-of-the-napkin math, a consultant might launch 50-to-1 websites in a year versus an individual blogger or business owner launching their first and only website. What happens when that number compounds over 5 years? On paper, I'm responsible for 500+ WordPress sites in the wild not counting the hundreds of other people online and in my local community I've influenced over the years. I'm sure you're in a similar boat as an individual or team that is responsible for the growing adoption of WordPress. Thank you for that. Thank you to everyone else that makes this project possible. 1-to-many vs. 1-to-1 Again, maybe I'm just naive but out of the 500 websites I've helped build in some way, roughly 70% of the list counted on me to sell them on the software and support it. I was sales + customer service for the open source CMS. I was the face of their decision and the person they relied on to get it all working. You too, I'm sure. I could have offered Drupal, Expression Engine, or Squarespace and my customers would have bought it regardless. Many of my WordPress peers are making that same adjustment today. Sure, I would still have to support it regardless, but those applications and parent companies have an easier story to tell. The waters aren't muddied. You pay for a product, you know the expectations. Matt, if you're reading, do you know how hard it is to explain to someone new in this space what the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org is? Add Jetpack, an Automattic company, to the mix and heads begin to explode. Especially when in-app ads cause uncertainty. When you compete with yourself Step outside of the WordPress bubble for a moment and imagine selling a product that competes with itself. Think of the confusion and apprehension a customer might feel when hearing that you have another paid alternative that's getting coined as an “easier all-in-one” alternative or “made by the team behind WordPress…dot com. I've actually been there before, selling Chevrolet's when customers would ask “What about GMCs?” Two of the EXACT same products, by the same company — different badges. We all know how that turned out, General Motors went bankrupt. Maybe not directly because of mixed-brand recognition, but certainly adding this line of confusion didn't help. They axed Pontiac and Oldsmobile because as a result — the least performant of the mix. Enter in: sales. That's where us consultants spend time selling. The story, the benefits, the future growth. Blue-collar WordPress workers need a seat at the table I consider myself a blue-collar digital worker. I'm pulling at the strands of “WordPress” as it begins to move away from me. Jetpack + .com + Gutenberg are reshaping the opportunity we once knew into something — else. A lot of what we do has already been commoditized in the last two years and it's only getting worse.  I'm a believer that once the market corrects, we will discover new inroads, but for now, we fight to find ways to earn. I don't know about you, but I'm rolling up my sleeves and getting my hands a lot dirtier navigating these uncharted seas. On one hand, everyone has a SaaS, a podcast, an info product, or an agency to service customers. On the other, Jetpack and .com set their sites directly on consultants & product creators to ramp up their own revenue efforts potentially squeezing us out of the middle-market. I'll let you formulate your own caricature of the upper-class vs. middle-class in this context. Don't lose sight of us When I first had Matt on the show, it was off of his remarks that Jetpack was responsible for a large portion of the growth of WordPress. A comment that was almost thrown out or lost in the shuffle. To that I say: What about the free/paid plugins? What about the free/paid themes? How have these helped boost the adoption of WordPress? See, even some many years ago, Matt knew where Jetpack was going as a monetization platform that we weren't aware of, yet. Now it's staring us down the barrel of its golden money gun. Jetpack was about to take on the feature set and revenue share of other plugins — big and small — in the market. And now, as I write this piece, I feel that the same squeeze play will begin with consultants. Not by taking away our livelihood, or that VIP will launch a services business, but that we're not being considered to shape the product as our clients use it. Why care? I am so very passionate about the guidance of WordPress because it represents free speech, the democratization of publishing, and the livelihood of so many hard-working people around the globe. see: heropress.com I respect the decisions being made from core & Auotmattic and expect the same in return that our collective voices are heard — regardless if we can contribute code or not. That not all of WordPress growth comes from a fancy feature or a new design language think tank, but from how real world people are using the software. I yearn for the ambitious days where WordPress wanted to be the operating system for the web and not settle as just a Wix competitor. I want to connect my refrigerator to a custom post type via the REST API — well — because I can. I celebrate everyone that contributes to WordPress' success from the smallest line of code to the sponsorship donations at WordCamps. You all have built something truly worthy of global recognition. If you've not yet contributed in your own way yet, I ask that you start however you see fit. A blog post, a YouTube video, or join over at make.wordpress.org. Either direction you take, it's important you make your voice and opinions heard.  Like Mullenweg said before me, I too believe that what got us here won't get us there — a better software for all. It's up to us to get involved While I feel that new mediums must be created for greater community feedback, we have some tools and places you can go to get involved. If you want to effect change, visit the following channels or conferences: Get involved here: https://make.wordpress.org/ The Make.WordPress Marketing group: https://make.wordpress.org/marketing/ The Make.WordPress Community https://make.wordpress.org/community/ WordCamp central https://central.wordcamp.org/ Learn more about starting your own meetup: https://make.wordpress.org/community/meetups/ Get more involved on Twitter! Join a WordPress professionals group like WP Elevation or Post Status Who's responsible for all the WordPress growth? The following list of quotes & feedback comes from a question I sent to my newsletter based on Scott Bollinger's post, Perspective on WordPress. Consider joining to stay connected. I'm incredibly proud of the feedback I received, not just because someone took the time to respond, but because of how diverse these answers are. I hope you all use this feedback from my valuable audience to understand how we all define the growth of WordPress. // I'm early on in my freelance career, but I do think we as WordPress Experts and consultants we are responsible for a large amount of WordPress's growth. It's one of the reasons I'm so passionate about holding on to my clients and always being on hand to support them to grow online, after the website is launched. No one wants to see abandoned WordPress sites sitting sad! — @deandevelops 5 WordPress websites // WordPress' growth as a platform is primarily the outcome of a large community of independent creators who want to publish multiple ideas without technical limitations – that's why WordPress is used and promoted by so many technophiles. — Brennan Bliss 40 – 60 WordPress websites // The WordPress Growth is facilitated through adoption. Adoption specifically by developers, integrators and service providers. It's also facilitated by time. At the time of WordPress' birth, there were few alternatives that did it as well as WordPress. That though was a double-edged sword, by identifying the need we established a new market. When I sit back and look, site builder platforms can be to WordPress, as WordPress was to Typepad and other solutions 10 years ago. They've gone one step further in the simplification process, and similar to WordPress, are building their network on adoption with developers and integrators. Interestingly enough, they don't require service providers. One of the very interesting things about WordPress was it's ability to build a new economy for developers / integrators. Very few other platforms were able to do the same. This new economy propelled the platform forward. Today however, new economies are being built on site builders – Shopify being the most prevalent. Five years ago, when talking to website owners WordPress would be common language, these days the conversation starts with website builders first, WordPress second or third. When asked why, the responses are almost always uniform – it's too much to deal with. So yes, there has been growth. That's undeniable. But there is also a slow down in it's adoption, and I'm not sure downloads numbers count as an accurate measurement to best represent adoption. I travel the world, speak to a great number of website owners and small business, and at an alarming rate I am seeing a shift in the conversation around the solutions they use. There was a time when I would spend time with the Joomla! community and I would ask them what they work on. Almost sheepishly they would always mutter, out of ear shot, they build WordPress sites on the side to keep the lights on. These days, much to my surprise, from WordPress dev's, I hear – I built and support [insert site build platform] on the side too. I find this to be a fascinating trend, and a strong indicator of what these platforms are contributing to the market. Our successes tomorrow won't be based on how amazing we were yesterday. Yesterday we fit a need, today that need is being satisfied by so many others. — Tony Perez a lot of WordPress websites // A big % of WordPress growth has been agencies/consultants pushing it. Clients want a site that's done and maintainable. They use whatever platform we say is best. — John Locke 65+ WordPress websites // I believe the growth in WordPress usage is because it is easy to learn, free to use, and the community support is amazing! — Jay Van Houtte 7 WordPress websites and counting. // I agree with Scotts wife it was super hard to figure out this platform. I build square and wix sites now and had to code my first ecommerce site back in 1998. Then I was off grid for about 7 years and came back to a whole new world. I spent endless hours working it and with chat help and I almost bailed. I only stay on for the social media aspect of it. I admin some facebook pages but am just me on my one wordpress site. — Gretchen Mauer No longer user WordPress // Open source FREE, plugin selection, popular Word camps and awesome developer community are the reason behind growth — Ronik Patel 120+ WordPress websites // WordPress is growing because of its enormous value to small businesses; it provides a great deal of autonomy and value to the end user. — Seth Shoultes 100+ WordPress websites 40,000 active plugin installs // WordPress' power is its flexibility. I can design whatever I want, and the client can easily update content. We both do what we do best. — Lisa Cerezo roughly ~150 WordPress websites // The growth of WP definitely comes from non-technical users. Developers are the foundation, but users are rockets! — Anh Tran 80 WordPress websites // WordPress has grown not because everyday users prefer it, but because the people *that they trust* prefer it. — Aaron Hockley 25+ WordPress websites // There are tons of free resources for learning more and a plugin to do just about anything, making it one of the most accessible yet flexible web building tools around. — Jackie Latham 50+ WordPress websites // I've probably influenced over 1000 people to become aware or use of WordPress – at least. From my perspective, one major factor for WordPress growth is the technical and creative industries advocating WordPress (agencies/designers/devs), and the community creating paid/free plugins pushing the limit of what WordPress can do and thus making it a perfect fit for so many needs. Extra comment: If the industry as a whole had seen a better CMS as an option in the past, WordPress would have faded to the background like all the others that didn't have a commercial industry sitting alongside it to drive it forward. Extra summary: It's grown through advocacy. — Paul Lacey 250+ WordPress websites // I would bet only a handful of my clients, in the history of my business, would have found WordPress on their own without me. The setup process for anything other than a basic blog is too much for average users in my experience. A lot of my clients are in an industry with high turnover and it's a constant struggle to onboard new employees on the inner workings of the WordPress admin. — Brian Link 15 WordPress websites // WP has grown because people view it as all free or they think they want/need more control. — Corey Maass 24+ WordPress websites // WP has grown quickly because of the helpful inclusive community, enthusiasm of builders and developers, ease-of-use, and the GPL. — Eric Amundson 500+ WordPress websites // I think WordPress grows in tune with the democratic back-bone of the internet. Sure we cane it for business, but ultimately wp represents the freedom to self-publish and the boundary-less opportunity of the net itself. — Woody Hayday 500+ WordPress websites // I attribute the growth of WordPress to the quality, simplicity, and extensibility of the product and the diverse and perpetually generous community supporting it. — Brian Dusablon 75+ WordPress websites // In the early days Matt had to differentiate and position WP as a non-technical platform during the days of strong Joomla and Drupal presence. Now with clear dominance in the CMS market and its size of not just users but of the support community, technical support community I might add, is the result of its learning curve. Because WP was never a WYSISWYG Squarespace experience. — Vadim Mialik 70+ WordPress websites // Besides all the great WordPress sites on the Web, there are also countless dead, half-finished or poor SEO link bait sites. — Lisa McMahon 200+ WordPress websites Thanks for reading and please consider joining the newsletter and subscribing to the podcast. ★ Support this podcast ★

I’m not foolish enough to think that the entirety of WordPress’ growth is driven by our love for the software, but that we consultants are responsible for a sizeable portion of it. A portion that shouldn’t be ignored and one that should be welcome to the discussion more often. Under-represented. Perhaps. (more…)

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Kathryn interviews Pti Worldwide CEO Royston Guest, author of “Built to Grow: How to Deliver Accelerated, Sustained and Profitable Business Growth”. One of the greatest assets of your business walks out the door every night. What are you doing to keep them happy? Guest shares a blueprint to help entrepreneurs, business owners and professionals understand how to maintain a growing business. Kathryn also interviews nephrologist Vanessa Grubbs MD, author of “Hundreds of Interlaced Fingers: A Kidney Doctor's Search for the Perfect Match”. One of two African American women in her class at Duke University Medical School, Dr. Grubbs switched her specialty from family practice to kidney specialist, after meeting and falling in love with a man who had kidney disease, deciding to donate one of her own kidneys to him. To help him further, she pursues the male dominated field of nephrology, facing a medical system rife with discrimination.

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