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Transcript 0:00 Speaker 00 My name is Rick Marchdale and I live in the US Virgin Islands, St. John. I think the conference is fantastic. I think it's very well organized, it's to the point. I think the things that Clay shares are right to the point. I think, just like he says, if you'll do them, you'll be successful. I think one big difference maker, though, is that it's one thing to have a formula, but Clay also inspires you to have the energy to do those things. And I think that's what the difference maker is at this particular conference. I highly recommend it. In fact, I was talking to my son that I'm here with for the conference, that he or we should be doing this a couple times a year.
0:44 Speaker 01 Karimae from Cincinnati, Ohio. So I have a business called Whistlewax. It's amazing. Every time I come here, and I've actually been here more than once, but every single time I come here, I learn something new. It's like you're getting schooled over and over again. It's better than college. Anybody who is even thinking about, maybe you're not even completely convicted that you want to start a business, but you're just thinking about it, exploring the idea, I highly recommend it.
1:10 Speaker 02 My name is John, and I'm actually from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Waymaker Property Ventures and Broken Arrow Candle Company, so two businesses. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It's been so much fun, meeting people, hanging out with different people, and of course, the information and everything is so important for helping get businesses going, so I'm excited about it. I definitely would recommend it.
1:33 Speaker 03 Ashley, it's Shallow Creek Window Washing. I think it's awesome. You know, it's encouraging and also educational.
1:41 Speaker 04 My name is Alberto, and I'm here from Chicago. I'm in the trucking business. Uh huh. It's really good. The information has been great, and the experiences of other owners, it's also great. Holton Floss and Floss and Holts, a personal trainer. It's always a blast. I've been here several times. The energy is
2:00 Speaker 05 Always very high and it's just been a eye opening experience ever since I've opened my own business. But Clay Clark, man, he is one character.
2:12 Speaker 06 That's a good word for him, character. Yeah, that is it.
2:18 Speaker 05 Driven, smart, and I've never met a guy who was so hyper all the time. He's doing so much good. And then I met his mother and she just says, she just lets him be Clay Clark. I mean, so he's endorsed by his mother. And he's doing magnificent work. So it was great meeting you out there and all the people that he surrounds himself with. His Clay Clark starts his days at five o'clock in the morning.
2:46 Speaker 06 Oh, it's incredible. Yeah, he's like, he's a machine. He's a machine.
2:52 Speaker 05 But his, you know, I have problems with my company starting at nine o'clock.
2:58 Speaker 05 Yes, hundreds of people showing up at 5 a.m. in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Man, he's a leader of a leader. He's fantastic, man.
3:07 Speaker 06 No, he is. He is.
3:09 Speaker 04 He also has this wealth of knowledge. He's worked with so many different companies and different businesses. He could take a concept that he's used before in the past with somebody totally different industry and see how it would work perfectly for you in whatever niche market you're in or whatever type of service you're providing. And so his brain is just a wealth of knowledge and just to have that type of perspective on, you know, as a part of your team and your own company is huge, super valuable. So I would definitely encourage people to use him. But one thing is you've got to be coachable. You've got to be wanting to get feedback. You've got to be wanting to really grow your company. You've got to want to put that extra 10 hours a week to working on your business and not just in your business. And so, yes, I would recommend it to anybody who's wanting to grow their company
3:54 Speaker 04 and provide great systems, checklists, workflows, great encouragement, and have accountability. Hi, I'm Aaron Antis with Shaw Homes. I first heard about Clay through a mortgage lender here in town who had told me what a great job he had been doing for them. And I actually noticed he was driving a Lamborghini all of a sudden, so I was willing to listen. In my career, I've sold a little over $800 million in real estate. So honestly, I thought I kind of knew everything.
4:27 Speaker 00 About marketing and homes. And then I met Clay and my perception of what I knew and what I could do definitely changed. After doing 800 million in sales over a 15-year career, I really thought I knew what I was doing. I've been managing a large team of salespeople for the last 10 years here with Shaw Homes. And, I mean, we've been a company that's been in business for 35 years. We've become one of the largest builders in the Tulsa area and that was without Clay. So when I came to know Clay, I really thought, man, there's not much more I need to know, but I'm willing to listen.
5:11 Speaker 00 The interesting thing is our internet leads from our website has actually, in a four-month period of time, has gone from somewhere around 10 to 15 leads in a month to 180 internet leads in a month. Just from the few things that he's shown us how to implement that I honestly probably never would've come up with on my own. So I got a lot of good things to say about the system that Clay put in place with us and it's just been an incredible experience. I am very glad that we met and had the opportunity to work with Clay.
5:49 Speaker 00 So the interaction with the team and with Clay on a weekly basis is honestly very enlightening. One of the things that I love about Clay's perspective on things is that he doesn't come from my industry. He's not somebody who's in the home building industry. I've listened to all the experts in my field. Our company has paid for me to go to seminars, international builder's shows, all kinds of places where I've had the opportunity to learn from the experts in my industry. But the thing that I've found working with Clay is that he comes from such a broad spectrum of working with so many different types of businesses that he has a perspective that's
6:32 Speaker 00 difficult for me to gain because I get so entrenched in what I do, I'm not paying attention to what other leading industry experts are doing. And Clay really brings that perspective for me. It is very valuable time every week when I get that hour with him. From my perspective, the reason that-
6:51 Speaker 06 Any business owner who's thinking about hooking up with Thrive needs to definitely consider it is because the results that we've gotten in a very short period of time are honestly monumental. It has really exceeded my wildest expectation of what he might be able to do. I came in skeptical because I'm very pragmatic and as I've gone through the process over just a few months, I've realized it's probably one of the best moves we've ever made. I think a lot of people probably feel like they don't need a business or marketing consultant because they maybe are a little bit prideful and like to think they know everything.
7:35 Speaker 06 I know that's how I felt coming in. I mean, we're a big company that's definitely one of the largest in town and so we kind of felt like we knew what we were doing. And I think for a lot of people, they let their ego get in the way of listening to somebody that might have a better or different perspective than theirs. I would just really encourage you if you're thinking about working with Clay. I mean, the thing is, it's month to month. Go give it a try and see what happens. I think in the 35-year history of Shaw Homes, this is probably the best thing that's happened to us and I know if you give him a shot, I think you'll feel the same way. I know for me, the thing I would have missed out on if I didn't work with Clay is I would
8:20 Speaker 06 have missed out on literally an 1,800% increase in our internet leads, going from 10 a month to 180 a month. That would have been a huge financial decision to just decide not to give it a shot. I would absolutely recommend Clay Clark to anybody who's thinking about working with somebody in marketing. I would skip over anybody else you were thinking about and I would go straight to Clay and his team. I guarantee you're not going to regret it because we sure haven't.
8:59 Speaker 03 My name is Danielle Sprick and I am the founder of De Sprick Realty Group here in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
9:08 Speaker 03 After being a stay-at-home mom for 12 years and my three kids started school and they were in school full-time, I was at a crossroads and trying to decide what do I want to do? My degree and my background is in education, but after being a mom and staying home and all of that, I just didn't have a passion for it like I once did. My husband suggested real estate. He's a home builder, so real estate and home building go hand-in-hand and we just rolled with it. I love people, I love working with people, I love building relationships, but one thing that was really difficult for me was the business side of things.
9:51 Speaker 03 The processes and the advertising and marketing. I knew that I did not have what I needed to make that what it should be. So I reached out to Clay at that time and he and his team have been extremely instrumental in helping us build our brand, help market our business, our agents, the homes that we represent. Everything that we do is a direct line from Clay and his team and all that they've done for us.
10:24 Speaker 03 We launched our brokerage, our real estate brokerage, eight months ago. And in that time, we've gone from myself and one other agent to just this week, we signed on our 16th agent. We have been blessed with the fact that we right now have just over 10 million in pending transactions.
10:45 Speaker 03 Three years ago, I never would have even imagined that I would be in this role that I'm in today, building a business, having 16 agents. But I have to give credit where credit's due and Clay and his team and the business coaching that they've offered us has been huge. It's been instrumental in what we're doing.
11:08 Speaker 00 Commit your vision. When you dream big, big things happen.
11:14 Speaker 00 I started a business because I couldn't work for anyone else. I do things my way. I do what I think is in the best interest of the patient. I don't answer to insurance companies. I don't answer to large corporate organizations. I answer to my patient and that's it.
11:29 Speaker 00 My thought when I opened my clinic was I can do this all myself. I don't need additional outside help in many ways. I mean, I went to medical school. I can figure this out. But it was a very, very steep learning curve. Within the first six months of opening my clinic, I had a $63,000 embezzlement. I lost multiple employees. Clay helped us weather the storm of some of the things that are just a lot of people experience, especially in the medical world. He was instrumental in helping with the specific written business plan. He's been instrumental in hiring good quality employees, using the processes that he outlines for getting in good talent, which is extremely difficult. He helped me in securing the business loans.
12:13 Speaker 00 He helped me with web development and search engine optimization. We've been able to really keep a steady stream of clients coming in because they found us on the web. With everything that I encountered, everything that I experienced, I quickly learned it is worth every penny to have someone in your team that can walk you through and even avoid some of the pitfalls that are almost invariable in starting your own business. I am Dr. Chad Edwards and I own Revolution Health and Wellness Clinic.
12:46 Speaker 05 Clay, my honor, my honor to be on your show. And thank you for all you do. I hear the ripple effects from you are good ripple effects. You know what I mean? People rave about what they learn from you. So congratulations. We went from expecting maybe 250,000 this year to we're at 400,000. Hi, I'm Kelsey with K and D's Wudger Finishing, business owner at 23.
13:11 Speaker 07 So I've been working this K and E's company for about five years now and we started working with Thrive not too long ago.
13:21 Speaker 07 And we went from expecting maybe 250,000 this year to we're at 400,000. Uh, that's what we're gonna hit or exceed. So we're pretty excited about that. Uh, it's been pretty much just listening to what they have to say, their hiring process. Has just really been incredible as far as finding good quality help. And the, uh, just the accountability of meeting up with them weekly and, uh, like such good insight, uh, the resources that they have for specific business questions. Uh, it's all been really incredible. It's been a great experience. So I would recommend it to anybody. What I've seen from Clay and his group at Thrive is they'll give you a simple system. And it's the simple systems are the ones that people can wrap their brain around.
14:06 Speaker 07 They're the ones that people can work with on a day-to-day basis. Hi there. My name is Stephanie Pipkin. I am 24 years old and I own Black River Falls Cleaning Services. We opened in April of 2019 and it is now mid-June of 2020. So I wanted to talk today about, um, the success and growth I have achieved by implementing the proven path, uh, with Clay Clark's team and my business coach Luke, um, from Thrive Time. Uh, it has been insane to say the least. I started working with them in mid-February of this year. So we're about four months in of working together and it has
14:47 Speaker 07 completely transformed my business in pretty much every facet. Um, so I'm gonna check my notes here. Um, so in four months, my leads have tripled. Um, I was getting probably like two leads a week. Now I'm getting more in the like 10 to 15 leads a week. Um, I have doubled my number of employees. Uh, I'm now hitting the highest revenue weeks in the history of the company, uh, week to week, it seems like. Um, we went from about six appointments today as our highest in February to now Fourteen to fifteen appointments a day. Um, and hiring quality employees has become much simpler and less stressful uh by using their systems for hiring.
15:32 Speaker 07 Um, I typically only get maybe two complaints a month if that and everybody shows up to work. I just have really high quality employees now, especially in something people typically consider a high turnover type of uh work. You know, cleaning houses, cleaning businesses. Um, I have amazing employees now and I get rid of the ones who are not so amazing and bring on new ones because of, you know, group interviews and hire uh interviewing every single week. It's just been great and such a a la- uh I don't waste as much time on uh low quality candidates anymore. Um, and your coach will hold you accountable. I mean, which I love. Again, the tough love is really great, you know. Looks like a a stern father figure, but he's also nice, but also stern when he needs to be when I'm being lazy
16:16 Speaker 07 and not doing the things that I know I need to do because I don't want to do them. So that's just uh great. Um, worth every penny. I mean, I pay him a million dollars a month if I can and maybe someday I'll be able to. But um, I would just say go for it. If it seems like a good fit, just go for it. Do what they say, even if you think it's stupid or ridiculous. Just do what they say because it'll work. Um, you know, people, when they look at my business, you know, people in my town, they think I'm lucky. They think I'm just, you know, things just happen for me. And you know, maybe I am lucky, but um it has a lot to do with hard work and you know perseverance and you know, working till you cry sometimes. Uh, that's just being an entrepreneur, which if you're a business owner, you understand that.
16:58 Speaker 07 Um, but it's having this, these systems in place of, you know, of course I'm gonna be successful. It's it's an absolute, uh, because I I have all this stuff in the background happening. And I have Luke and Clay and everybody on their team working really hard to make sure that I'm a success. And I can tell that they are just so excited every single week when I'm having all these wins and things like that. They're so excited for me. Um, so it just, it's the best thing ever and I would suggest to anybody. Work with them. So sorry for the long winded reply, but I just had so much to say and I could go on for hours probably about how amazing they are. But thank you to Clay and Luke and the entire team there, everything you guys have done for me. And I am so excited to continue
17:42 Speaker 07 to work with you for years to come. Thanks so much for watching.
17:47 Speaker 05 My saying is if it's important to you, hire a coach. And I think that's one of the reasons people are not successful is they, you know, they eat a cheeseburger instead of hiring a coach, you know what I mean? And so my coach pushes me, they're younger than me, they push harder, they're trained. And as my rich dad always said, you know, amateurs don't have a coach, but professionals always have coaches. So I've always had coaches for whatever was important. My rich dad was one of those persons. I wanted to learn how to play Monopoly in real life. So he was my coach.
18:28 Speaker 06 The Thrive Time Show, two day interactive business workshops are the highest and most reviewed business workshops on the planet. You can learn the proven 13-point business systems that Dr. Zellner and I have used over and over to start and grow successful companies. I mean, we get into the specifics, the specific steps on what you need to do to optimize your website. We're going to teach you how to fix your conversion rate. We're going to teach you how to do a social media marketing campaign that works. How do you raise capital? How do you get a small business loan? We teach you everything you need to know here during a two day, 15 hour workshop. It's all here for you. You work every day in your business, but for two days, you can escape and work on your business and build these proven systems. So
19:12 Speaker 06 now you can have a successful company that will produce both the time freedom and the financial freedom that you deserve. You're going to leave energized, motivated, but you're also going to leave empowered. The reason why I've built these workshops is because as an entrepreneur, I always wish that I had this. And because there wasn't anything like this, I would go to these motivational seminars, no money down, real estate, Ponzi scheme, get motivated seminars. And they would never teach me anything. It was like you went there and you paid for the big chocolate Easter bunny, but inside of it, it was a hollow nothingness. And I wanted the knowledge and they're like, "Oh, but we'll teach you the knowledge after our next workshop." And the great thing is we have nothing to upsell. At every workshop, we teach you what you need to know.
19:55 Speaker 06 There's no one in the back of the room trying to sell you some next big get rich quick, walk on hot coals product. It's literally, we teach you the brass tacks, the specific stuff that you need to know to learn how to start and grow a business. And I encourage you to not believe what I'm saying, and I want you to Google the Z66 Auto Auction. I want you to Google Elephant in the Room. Look at Robert Zellner and Associates. Look them up and say, "Are they successful because they're geniuses? Or are they successful because they have a proven system?" When you do that research, you will discover that the same systems that we use in our own businesses can be used in your business. Come to Tulsa, book a ticket, and I guarantee you it's going to be the best business workshop
20:38 Speaker 06 ever, and we'll even give you your money back if you don't love it. We've built this facility for you and we're excited to see you.
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