I've brought $17,500 in 23 days into my business using this ONE Strategy!

The websites are custom made wordpress themes. If they wanted the ability to make changes on their own, they can. So to answer your question, Wordpress is MORE than good enough!

Haha, you're spot on. My father always told me KISS, keep it simple stupid. I did just that. Although the idea and concept is so original, even you can see how complicated some people on this forum make things. I figured to myself - why complicate it? Here's to original (holding a glass of wine in the air to toast)

Are you in the UK or US?

Thanks mate. But unfortunately I don't want to reveal that. Honestly, you would do just fine with one of the premium Wordpress themes that are out there. They look wayyyy better than 75% of the websites that are out there!

John, here's the link I was referring to with Jason's strategy.

http://www.warriorforum.com/offline-...ml#post5396849

Thanks for the disclaimer Max. You made a good point! Also thanks for the compliment brother. I hope I can be an example to someone who is in need.

I host it on my own private hosting account. Doing this keeps every VERY simple for everyone involved!

Hey brik2500. Thanks for the love. Here's what helped me past the "lowballing" mindset. There were two actions that contributed to getting me out of my low balling mindset and into the land of getting paid what I'm worth.

I went to a BBQ for a former clients patient appreciation day. This is the conversation that took place with the guy who was grilling the food: (It's summarized)

Me: These burgers are pretty good! You must have a lot of experience!
Griller: Yeah I've been cooking my whole life. That's why I work with food.
Me: Oh yea? What do you do?
Griller: I'm the food and beverage director at the Ramada Inn.
Me: Wow! That's awesome! How's business for you guys? I heard it was down. (This was a lie, since I didn't really hear that)
Griller: Business is down from last year. Right now we're trying to get our website redone because it currently sucks.
Me: You're kidding me! I run a web design marketing firm and that's one of our specialties!
Griller: Get the hell out of here! The company that did our website 5 years ago charged us $5,000 and it sucks! Everyone that visits it hates it. We asked them to redo it, but they want another $5,000. And that price is without any of the features we want! I haven't signed the contract. If we paid you $2,500 could you put something together for us?
Me: (In my head: HELLLLL YEAAAA!) Absolutely. I'm free tomorrow at 11a and 1p. Which time works better for you?

Talk about ecstatic! This company, a worldwide hotel chain was more than willing to pay me at least $2,500 for my website design services. Mind you, prior to this meeting, I was hesitant asking business owners for the sale at only $800. I called 3 other area web design companies posing as a dental firm and asked for quotes. They ranged from $2,000 - $4,500. Mind you, these quoted prices were for JUST WEBSITES.

I knew that I had been undercharging, but MAN, I was killing myself. After designing a website at $800, it was barely enough to cover my living expenses for my family, bills, etc. I was only selling one of these per month. I did 5 websites at these prices, and these owners were always blowing up my phone about this and that, wanting to change this and that. Once I decided to raise my prices, I made it a point to make the business owner come to the decision that what they were getting was worth way more than $3,500. 2 things happened. Firstly, one website a month went A LOT further then before. I was able to pay my expenses, bills, put food on the table, invest money back into my business AND put money into savings! Secondly, I don't get any lip from these business owners. They have not ONCE called me about anything. And when I stop in to update them on things, they tell me how grateful they are to be working with me.

I kind of went off on a tangent here, I apologize lol. Some people might not have the confidence to charge much yet. But what I suggest is adding things on as a package that don't cost you much money and time. Ex: Free marketing report, professional 60 second video (fiverr), 5 free leads etc. Then raise your price accordingly.

Good luck to you brother. I hope this novel of a post helps.

No recurring payments from the website. Just hosting monthly. That is $300. In the story above, the other web design firm was charging $600/year in hosting fees! When I saw that in the contract, I was floored!

No problem man. The website can be copied from the subdomain and placed onto the new website address we chose. Nice and easy.

Thanks! Hosting is extra, and it costs them $300 for the year. The first year is free.

Hi DN....I prefer to do ONE-Page sites similar to this one;

Houston Discount Plumbing Contractors

I prefer dealing with "Service" businesses.

SAME Template for each niche....and...only ONE PAGE for each site. I learned my lesson when I first started building and selling sites. I found that any my than 1 page....clients want to "Bug" me with changes.

ONE page...that's it. because....the MAIN REASON for a website is to GET LEADS....not to provide an "encyclopedia" of who they are, what they can do, how long they been doing it...etc.

For most "addresses" I use a local "Mail Box" service and use their addy (123 Main) and add a "Suite" for each client;
123 Main Ste 24A
123 Main Ste 24B
123 Main Ste 24C

Then....I use "callfire" for the phone # which redirects to my client's actual phone AND...callfire lets me know how many calls have come in.

I charge a Set-Up Fee (min of $500) and Monthly ($150 to $450/mo)

Depending on the business, I like to have the Monthly = to profit from One Customer....so....if my site can get a client ONE customer a month, he's happy.

I maintain Control. If a client wants to cancel, I just "redirect" to the new renter.

I learned this a few yrs ago from Jack Mize of "OffLine X Factor". One of Jack's programs is "One Page Landlord".

Don Alm....

Don,
How do you generate leads from these sites. In the example there are not even enough exact match searches to show up on googles keywords. Do you advertise them?

Excuse me! I did NOT intend for MY comments to "divert" attention OFF of DN! HE was nice enough to FREELY OFFER his successes! AND...everyone here should APRECIATE his "offering"!

MY Answer to; "Not enough Matches" is; THAT'S NOT THE QUESTION! I do NOT care "How Many Searches" any "Keyword" has...for MY "1-Page Sites"! THIS is a matter of, "I got something that can "INCREASE YOUR BIZNESS "for YOU and I'm offering IT to YOU.... RIGHT NOW....AND...10 of your Competitors! The FIRST ONE who WANTS IT...GETS IT!

I am appealing to a very strong EMOTION called....EGO!

Understand what DN has done here!

DN has;
1) Gotten a "Money-Making Idea"!...from somewhere.
2) Researched it
3) Decided that, "Yes! I'd like to give this a TRY!
4) Put together the "Stuff needed to GET 'ER DONE"
and...
5) WENT OUT AND "DID IT"!

Holy Camoly! Maybe ONCE in a while....you who are "looking to find YOUR way of making money without begging or punching time-clocks....can begin to understand the "Risk-Taker" mentality!

And....say to yourself; "SELF! I don't care what my family or friends say! I....Me, Myself and I....would LIKE to do "THIS"! And....YA JUST GO OUT AND...DO IT!

OK! I'm OFF my "High-Horse" and back to the question at hand;

These are what I've found that WORKS....for me!

1) Make up a ONE-PAGE TEMPLATE for a Web Page for a "SERVICE" business (that's been proven to bring in business...I'm using templates I got from Jack Mize....oflline X factor)
2) Place this "1-page Template" in a SUB-Domain of your Main Domain (www.Plumber.MyDemoDomains.com)
3) Send a Link to your "Sample Page" to 10 biznesses in your local Niche, saying (in the email Subject Box) ....YOU have found a way for them to get MORE BUSINESS from local homeowners!....this email notice is being sent to 10 local plumbers!....first-come, first-serve!

Again....excuse me for jumping in on Dn's thread. HE...is a DOER! and I applaud his "GO-GETIVE-NESS"!

Don Alm....been "go-gettin" my whole biz ness career

Yes, I signed a "basic agreement" and I gave him an invoice for tax purposes. This agreement basically said a couple of things in a few sections. 1. I listed the benefits of a professionally designed website. 2. I listed the scope of working outlining EVERYTHING I was going to be doing. 3. The "investment" on their part as well as my performance guarantee. Simple. Easy. Effective.

I do plan on offering other marketing ideas that will definitely benefit them. I already told them I had some other awesome ideas, but we were going to take one step at a time. Yes, I'll be increasing my prices further. I got a referral from one of these businesses already. Wnen I meet with him, I plan on increasing my asking price. I'm confident I won't have any issues! Good luck to you brother - TAKE ACTION! It's said so often on here, but you won't be helping anyone by sitting at home making excuses as to why you can't and won't go out. They NEED your help!

AmyKay!

Just reading your post made my day! I'm super pumped you went out there and took action. I want to help you sell that mechanic website if its the last thing I DO!

You have the right idea. But now we're going to take a different spin on it. Using the same approach we're going to approach them. When we get interest (and we WILL) we want their undivided attention! So we tell them, the website is going to be FREE to them. What?! FREE???! Yes, free,

"This website will end up being FREE to the business that decides to take it."

This is where you can truly gauge their interest. Those who seriously aren't interested, will tell you they don't care. Those who are interested even in the slightest way, will ask more questions about why it would be free.

"Website designs and website redesigns are 100% tax deductible. So when you invest in your website today, you're not only going to be 10 steps ahead of your competition, but it won't cost you anything either. When you file your taxes at in February, the IRS is going to allow you to claim 100% of what you invested today."

Surprisingly, this doesn't seem to be commonly known. I used this when I started to feel resistance to my used to be $800 price tag. Lol. Here is the next step you take. You tell them something along these lines:

"This is no ordinary website. This is a cash register! Here's why!" Then you start to point to features on the website that actually have value and benefit his business.

"This feature right here? These are scrolling testimonials. These are literally screaming to your website visitors HEY! THIS REPAIR SHOP ROCKS! THEY ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING!!! None of your competitors in this entire city have this feature! You'd be the ONLY one!"

"This feature here is a automatically scrolling featured slider! In it is going to be a video we're going to create for you that's going to BLOW YOUR MIND! This video is a bonus to the mechanic that purchases this website. But this video blows EVERY single local commercial you see on TV out of the water! This video is going to tell YOUR prospect WHY they should be doing business with you and your shop instead of Joe blow down the street! We'll even give them an offer code to use! After watching this video, they're going to be fumbling with their phone to call YOU! Bob...price shoppers will be a thing of the past. NONE of your competitors have ANYTHING like this! A commercial like this alone would cost you $1,000. You're getting it FREE."

Can you see how we're hooking them in using exclusivity? Also we're pulling on a pain they feel. Price shoppers are NOTORIOUS in this industry. If we tell them we can help them convert their website visitors at a higher percentage, they WILL understand that language.

Lastly, we tell them

"Bob, there's over 300 people searching online for "city repair shops" EVERY SINGLE MONTH! (Do some keyword research in your city, add up all the local keywords, and use that number here) They're looking for you! Chances are, them or someone they know NEEDS WHAT YOU HAVE! If you don't have a professionally designed website, you're missing out on ALL OF THEM. (If you have a cheap looking website, it reflects on your repair service. You're missing out on ALL OF THEM!) We're going to market this video ALL over the internet. Anyone in this city who searching for auto repair shops WILL have an 80% chance of seeing your video. Bob just to keep this conservative, if we get just 10 of those 300 people to call your shop based on your video OR your awesome website, is it safe to say you can get 5 of them to come in and redeem their coupon from the video/website? Now what's your average repair ticket? About $600? (I always shoot higher - they will correct you. It's about $350-$400 in my city) 5 people x $400 = $2,000. And that's just 5 people...in ONE month. I've seen that number more than triple. And chances are, you could be doing this every month. A couleague of mine did a website for his mechanic that generates him over 50 calls per month. (You're not lying, since that colleague is me! )"

Now we brought search into the equation. They're normally sold by this point. They might have some questions, but I'm sure you could answer them. In their eyes, you know exactly what you're talking about (Just like they know what they're talking about when talking to a customer about their car).

At this point, I give them my guarantee: "I track every phone call that comes to your website. If you don't get ONE LEAD, ONE PHONE CALL or ONE CUSTOMER from your website/video in 6 months, I'll give you double your investment back"

You can get the video from VideoHive. There's a LOT of videos on there that are VERY professional. Have then edited on Fiverr. Get a script done that SELLS either from here on the WF or a copywriter on Fiverr. Then get a voice over done on Fiverr to put into the video. Total cost is around $40-$60. But these videos look insane!

Then you get that video ranked for 1 or 2 of the keywords from above. It's extremely easy with the right strategies. I can help you with this. This again can be done using good strategy and a few Fiverr gigs. This costs around $20-$30.

Then you ask them for the sale. Tell them it's worth over $5,000. Ask them for $3,500. If he doesn't have it or is hesitant, tell him you are willing to do a payment plan. You can tell how interested they are by their actions. I know this might be a lot to take in, but the principles work. Be enthusiastic, and be confident. You're the expert. You've shown them what they've been missing out on in regards to search traffic. And you've shown them website features that none of their competitors have. I hope this wasn't too confusing lol.

I'm pumped you took action. That really does excite me. PM me with your email and I'll will give you the website I use for my car repair client. It rocks! I'll also share with you the youtube ranking strategies I use. Trust me when I say, they work! We WILL get this website sold!

Hey Daniel,

Thanks for sharing how you got sales! I think you have a flare for sales as you've said. Reading your writing makes me all excited and pumped up. Best of all, I think it creates the desire in people to TAKE ACTION!

Amy,

We went to look for car mechanics too. We customized a report for them to look at talking about getting ranked on Google and getting leads, with all the information they'll need up there... And guess what? We had the same results as you. I don't know if it's the industry or something... But we didn't get any sales from that experience too. What's surprising is that quite a number of them said they have enough business. One (whom I believe sees the value in our services) even told me he's happy with what's he's earning now and don't need extra business.

From reading your post, it seems like the car mechanics in your area don't see the value in it. Pretty difficult to convince someone to buy when they don't see it, IMO.

Perhaps you could relook at the common objections and think of ways to respond that'll make them ask more about your services? Just a suggestion!

Hope things have turned around for you by now!

Esther

Then why are you focusing on small service-based businesses that do not have a site?

I'm a "small-town" sales guy. In the towns I operate in there are 2 or 3 Dentists. The ONLY way I was able to sell Dentists in these small towns was to WALK IN and SHOW MY STUFF to the dentist!

If I had made "Phone-Calls" or "Sent Emails" or "Mailed Letters" to the THREE dentists....I would NEVER have sold anything to these people.

I'm sorry folks, I realize most of the "audience" here would rather try and earn money "using their KeyBoards"....however....in "REAL LIFE"....business people, professionals, medicos and Dentists....MUST BE SOLD....hold on, here it comes...the words that scare the "Pee-Wadin" (look it up) out of most "IM" folks is...."FACE-TO-FACE" selling!

So....US "Face-To-Face" sales guys who "Collect MONEY" from the SAME potential clients who've received...Phone calls, Emails, Letters....just go about our business of COLLECTING CLIENTS by....WALKING-IN COLD!

Now....here's a tip for anyone who'd like to know how "US" Direct-Sales Guys collect CHECKS from Dentists and other "Medicos";

I arrive at a Dentist's office at 7:45am (when the dentist arrives to start his day) and at 12:45 (when the dentist is back from lunch and ready for his afternoon patients)

I "Barge-In"....ask to see the "Office Manager"....SHOW her what I'm doing and why my program will bring in More Patients AND....ask her if I can SHOW the Dentist!

She looks over my "stuff" and tells me, "Hold On! I'll get Dr Jones"!

DENTIST COMES OUT....LOOKS AT MY PRESENTATION....
PAUSES....
STROKES HIS CHIN AND SAYS, "LET'S DO IT!"....SIGNS MY "AGREEMENT" and the Office Mgr writes me a check!

Again....I'm sorry folks....you can phone 100 prospects, send them emails, mail them letters BUT....US guys who VISIT PROSPECTS IN-PERSON will continue to .....MAKE MONEY EVERY DAY!

Don Alm....sales guy who "goes out and picks up checks...IN-PERSON"

Hey Philboy,

Who knows how long that link has been there? Midas has a ton of threads all over the forum in which he cold walks into businesses to offer them something of value. Literally, tons of threads. Look it up if you'd like.

His methods are sound. There's a recording he has of cold walking into a business and selling them on something and in 90 seconds he has a check in hand. It's pretty good, haha.

Anyways, thanks for stopping by the thread. If you have any questions about the above methods, feel free to ask.

I had to log in just to thank the OP for detailing such a great method for others to make money by building and selling websites.

It's always been easier to set your own price when the prospect can actually see the finished product and the quality of your work before they buy.



I don't have an ipad either as i have no real use for it, but theres many ways around it.

1) You can take a screenshot of the homepage and print it out in color on cardstock paper for about $1.00, you can even laminate it if you want. Then show it to the prospect. after that ask if they have a computer available to test it out live.

2) Use your smartphone if you have one. Using this method could cause you to get a higher asking price because you can easily include a mobile version of the website as well.

Good Luck

Hey Levy,

If you don't have an iPad or similar, don't worry about it at all. Another strategy you could use is using the same as above, but instead of pulling out your iPad, you ask them to show it to them on their computer. This works as well. They will normally turn their screen around so you both and see it and they will hand you the keyboard.

If you don't want to do this, you can get their email and tell them you're going to send them an email with the information about the website. Tell them if they are serious about their business, they NEED to open the email you send them and see their future website. Don't let the lack of an iPad deter you. Sell your first website then go out and buy one! If you have any more questions, feel free to ask!

Pierre,

Thats awesome brother. I'm glad you found this thread useful! Now get out there and help some business owners make money. Dont forget to get paid handsomely in the process!

A Few decent themes with lead capture are

Ink Themes - Local Business Theme

Wp-LocalBiz Theme

Offline Business Themes - about 6 volumes now each with 5 different local niches