5 Steps To Make Your First Million Drew Donaldson and Harry Sardinas
Drew Donaldson, a multi-millionaire and founder of GrowHouse, reveals his transformative approach to making your first million. He emphasizes creating a unique offer and using paid media for quick validation. Drew advocates for a gradual team buildup, starting with the entrepreneur handling sales. He also highlights the essential roles of experience, patience, and marketing expertise. His insights stress the importance of market research, customer feedback, and maintaining a strong marketing budget to avoid common pitfalls in startup growth. Following these principles, multi-millionaires can achieve remarkable success in their entrepreneurial journey.
Drew Donaldson is a serial entrepreneur, Growth Strategist, and founder of GroHaus, a marketing strategy + execution firm serving SMBs across the country.
After over a decade of serving corporate America as a Marketing Consultant, Drew founded GroHaus in January 2020 on the eve of a global pandemic. Clients soon became hard to come by, so Drew spent the first year perfecting his business model by interviewing business owners on what they loved and hated about working with marketing consultants and agencies. His dedication to understanding the needs of the SMB community paid off, and as the crisis passed GroHaus quickly became a force to be reckoned with, scaling to six figures in revenue in less than three months.
Today, just three years later, GroHaus has helped hundreds of clients grow to and through their first six and seven figures. Drew's innovative approach to marketing and willingness to challenge the status quo has helped his clients achieve unprecedented success despite their sometimes limited resources in a challenging economic climate.
Outside of his role with GroHaus, Drew a dotting father and husband to his daughter Molly and Wife Kelly.
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0:00 Introduction
0:25 Guest Introduction
0:33 Building a Unique Offer
1:43 Importance of Paid Media
2:42 Fixing Offer Faults
3:31 Delegating and Building a Team
4:26 Scaling the Business
5:17 Value of Sales Skills
6:45 Entrepreneurship Journey
16:50 Final Thoughts on Marketing and Sales
26:39 Building a Mailing List
26:58 Testing and Focus Groups
27:17 Reverse Engineering Marketing Agencies
28:02 Market Research Importance
29:10 Tech Entrepreneurs and Marketing
30:07 Sales and MVP Development
32:43 Up-Skill or Find a Co-Founder
35:11 Marketing and Sales Misconceptions
35:51 Word of Mouth Marketing Ineffectiveness
40:31 Building in Public Benefits
45:42 Cutting Marketing Budgets
48:44 GrowHouse Services Overview
52:26 ConclusionAbout The Host
Harry Sardinas is an Exponential Business Growth Strategist, Empowerment, Leadership, Public Speaking and Business Coach living in London, Influencer with 283,000+ followers, Events Organizer-connecting investors and entrepreneurs with opportunities. Harry helps companies to turn their products into global brands from the stage and he mentors tech companies and businesses to Get Pitch Ready and Investment Ready.
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