TAS 516: How To Scale a $250k Business to $1 Million (5 Key Elements)
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Let’s face it, building a brand that’s successful isn’t an easy task. If you are anything like most prudent business leaders, you'll take any help that you can get. On this episode of The Amazing Seller, you’ll hear from Scott and Chris as they unpack some insights they recently shared at a mastermind event. In their conversation, the guys touch on how to use external traffic, why you shouldn't delay in building an email list, how to connect with social media influencers, what it takes to craft compelling offers for your target audience, and much more! You don’t want to miss a minute of this engaging episode!

How to harness the power of external traffic.

Remember that old line “If you build it, they will come” from the Kevin Costner movie, “The Field of Dreams?” While that may apply to spirits coming to a mystical baseball diamond, it doesn’t apply driving traffic to your product listing. If you build everything just right, you still have to find your audience and drive them to your product listing, an email list, or a landing page of some type. On this episode of The Amazing Seller, you’ll hear from Scott and Chris as they explain how sellers like you can take full advantage of external traffic to your brand is in the best position to succeed, don’t miss it!

Is it really necessary to build an email list? Yes!

If you’ve heard it here once, you’ve heard a thousand times, build an email list! Seriously! What are you waiting for? Don’t you want an effective tool that you can use at your own discretion to communicate with your target audience? On this episode of The Amazing Seller, you’ll hear from Scott and Chris as they explain all the benefits of creating an email list and how it can help sellers like you get an edge over the competition. This is a tool you can use to validate new product variations, get helpful feedback on the direction of your brand, drive traffic to your listing, and so much more! If you haven’t been convinced of the necessity of building an email yet, you need to listen to this episode!

Connecting with social media influencers is easier than you might think.

Taking that first step to connect with a social media influencer may sound really intimidating but it doesn’t have to be! Stop putting stock in your own excuses and go for it! On this episode of The Amazing Seller, Scott and Chris break down how easy it is to reach out to an influencer and begin the process of partnering with them. It’s as easy as pulling out your smartphone and recording a video to send to an influencer in your niche market. What do you have to lose? Don’t make it more complicated than it has to be! Hear more from the guys as they expand on this subject and more on this helpful episode!

What it takes to create a compelling offer for your target audience.

Have you taken the time to create an offer to entice and engage your target audience yet? What worked for you, what didn’t work? Do you plan on creating another offer in the future? On this episode of The Amazing Seller, you’ll hear from Scott and Chris as they share their tips on creating a compelling offer for your target audience. One of the most important tips that the guys share is to make sure that the offer you making to your target audience is valuable! You aren’t going to get anyone interested in something that is either junk or inexpensive. Get more tips from Scott and Chris by listening to this episode!

OUTLINE OF THIS EPISODE OF THE AMAZING SELLER

• [0:03] Scott’s introduction to this episode of the podcast!
• [2:00] Chris joins the podcast and shares his impression of the mastermind he attended.
• [6:00] Scott launches into the 5 key elements of scaling a business to $1 million.
• [15:30] Why it’s important to understand how to use external traffic.
• [28:00] Don’t avoid buil