Clay Clark Client Testimonials | “We Are Working With Them As a Business Coach…Working With Them On Our Marketing…Put Together Process to Find Good Employees…Best Year The Company’s Ever Had (142% Growth)!”

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Clay, you’re an entrepreneur, I’m an entrepreneur. And as they say in Stoic, the obstacle is the way. Octa non verba is the motto of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York. I had appointments with Naval Academy

and Kings Point Merchant Marine Academy. And Merchant Marine Academy’s motto was octa non verba. In other words, don’t listen to what a person says, watch what they do. 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. It’s changed our life. I mean, we’ve had an incredible amount of visibility.

Where are we spending our money? Hi, my name is Jamie Miller. I’m the CEO of Mission Multiplier. We’re a small cybersecurity company located in Huntsville, Alabama. I just want to give some testimony this afternoon.

Talking to Clay, I wanted to talk about how our life has been like tracking our income and expenses. Before we didn’t have any real visibility into kind of what we were spending our money on, where it was going, what we were focused on from an organization perspective. There’s a lot of people touching the the credit card and didn’t have a really clear view of that. And when we first got into it, I was very kind of anti. I didn’t really focus on it. I mean, honestly, I just didn’t put the time

into completing the review of our account and reconciling it and as a result I didn’t really know what was happening or where the money was going and to be candid I wasn’t able to make the decisions that I can make now so having since done it I’ve been doing it every week now here for a good while and it’s changed our life I mean we’ve had an incredible amount of visibility where are we we spending our money? Where are we spending on things that we shouldn’t be spending on? So we get the cost savings immediately. It’s

it’s been incredibly insightful and really helpful to kind of see where the money is going and be able to make more informed decisions on on our budget and what we want to focus on. So really really powerful to somebody I would say it’s considering this please do it it will be life changing it doesn’t seem like it would be a make a big difference but it really gives you the insight and visibility you need to really manage your business successfully and just gives you some peace of mind when you need to really manage your business successfully and

just gives you some peace of mind when you go to sleep at night. So good luck. Well, the first time that I ever met you, Clay, was at that first conference in Tulsa, and that was an incredible conference. And I was so impressed with just the whole thing, just the professionalism, you as a person, your business, your work ethic, and really just who you are. And I was very impressed with all of that.

And I thought, gosh, you know, this might be someone that I would really consider working with, like maybe he could really help me. And that’s really what got me interested because I was so impressed with just the professionalism of all of it.

And I learned a lot. I come about once a year to a business conference and I’d like to come more, but every year I try to come with my marketing girl with me and we always learn something. We always learn something.

And I think next year I’m gonna bring my husband because he really needs to come too. Okay, Thrive Nation on today’s show, I wanted to share with you a story about a good person who’s growing a good business by treating their customers the way they wanna be treated. She’s a a longtime client. We’re honored to serve her and

help her grow her business and I want you to hear a great success story. So that being said, Dr. Stephanie, welcome on to the Thrive Time Show. How are you? Hi, I’m doing great. Thank you so much, Clay. Well, first off, I’m gonna pull up your website. So tell all the listeners, what’s the name of your website so we can verify that you are, in fact, a real orthodontist? OK, my website is smileshollywood.com.

OK, smileshollywood.com. Yes. I’m going to pull this up real quick here. And as I pull this up, I’m going to ask you a little bit about your background, because you’re doing really well. You’re based in McKinney, Texas.

When did you have that vision to become an orthodontist? Like what age were you where you thought, you know what, I wanna become an orthodontist? Well, that had to have been when I was visiting my own orthodontist, Dr. Jim Bowley, who’s retired now, but was an awesome, great orthodontist and one of the greats, really.

But what’s funny is, is that I actually wanted to be a medical doctor first. And I used to go into his office and he’d say, Stephanie, you don’t want to be a medical doctor. You want to be a medical doctor. You want to be an orthodontist. And I said, No, I don’t. Dr. Bolli, why are you saying that?

And he started telling me all of the great things about dentistry and why it’s so great, because you don’t have to deal with people dying on you. You don’t have to deal with sick people. You get to make people look amazing and beautiful by straightening their teeth and you leave with happy patients. And you know, he talked me into it and I thought that sounds like a great job.

So that’s really how I became an orthodontist. And you’re in McKinney, Texas, right? So how long have you been an orthodontist. And you’re in McKinney, Texas, right? So how long have you been an orthodontist in McKinney, Texas? So I’ve been an orthodontist for 26 years, practicing in McKinney.

And when you went to medical school, what percentage of the time in medical school or dentistry school, dental school, did they spend teaching you how to market and or grow your own practice? Absolutely zero. Zero marketing skills. Now coaching is an ongoing process. Every week Andrew meets with you, every week. I know this might sound shocking for folks out there,

but every single morning our coaches have to meet with me at six in the morning and I ask them every morning, I say, how’s your client doing? And I go over all 160 clients. It’s a real thing. I go over 40 clients every single day. I go over the checklist of all 40 clients every day. And we do that every single morning. So every week we review the files of all 40 clients every day and we do that for you do every single morning So every week we review the files of all 160 clients to make sure you guys are thriving. You’re growing. You’re not backsliding

Everyone’s doing well Could you talk about the importance of having somebody who a helps you track but also kind of pushes you to be your best? well, that has been a lifesaver because honestly, well, I kind of learned it on myself because Andrew was good about pushing me and he would say, okay, well, did you meet with your staff about this or that? And I said, oh yeah, I didn’t quite do that. And so he was really good about reminding me that I needed to meet with

my staff once a week or once a day, whatever it was, depending on the item. But I found like, for instance, with my front desk girl, she was fantastic, but she was supposed to be following up on leads. She was supposed to have a lead list. And so every week I would call her and say, hey, how’s that lead list? And I would actually have Andrew on the phone with me. And we would talk and she kind of would say,

oh yeah, yeah, they’re good. And then finally, I think she got it. She realized I need a list. And so I think she realized, Dr. Christ is going to ask me every week and I better get organized here. And so she actually came up with

her own lead list in her own little system which was fantastic by the way and it’s helped us tremendously at the front desk and anytime we go over the lead list because I have several I’ve about three employees that have lead lists different kinds of lead this and she I have several, I have about three employees that have lead lists, different kinds of lead lists, and she is fantastic. I never have to worry about her lead list.

The other two, I have to check theirs, but, and that’s the thing, is I think you start to really hold your employees accountable, and Andrew helps hold me accountable and make sure that I’m doing everything I’m supposed to be doing because let’s face it, life gets busy you know and I mean

I’m a mom and I’m a wife and I have all kinds of other things going on too and so I want to have a thriving business but you have to you have to put the work into your business and it’s nice to have someone there prodding me along when I get lazy. Now, you’re one of these wonderful folks where most of our clients,

they actually come to the workshops. They also do coaching. And so you’re somebody who’s been to the conferences. You do the weekly coaching. You’ve seen the whole experience. I guess, some people describe our coaching system

as life-changing or they focus on the numbers. How would you describe how the one-on-one coaching in conjunction with the conference has impacted maybe you and or your business? Well, the first time that I ever met you, Clay, was at that first conference in Tulsa, and that was an incredible conference. I was so impressed with just the whole thing, just the professionalism, you as a person, your business, your work ethic, and really just who you are. I was very impressed with all of that, and I thought, gosh, you know, this might be someone that I would really

consider working with, like maybe he could really help me. And that’s really what got me interested because I was so impressed with. Just the professionalism of all of it. And I learned a lot. I come about once a year to a business conference. I’d like to come more but every year I try to come with my marketing girl with me and we always learn something. We always learn

something and I’m I think next year I’m gonna bring my husband because he really needs to come too. And he’s been he’s been going along with this with me and he’s thinking, wow, this is really working for you. Maybe I need to come. So we’ve loved it. So if somebody is watching right now, they’re on the website,

they go to Thrivetimeshow.com, they’re thinking about scheduling a free consultation or they’re thinking about coming to a workshop. What do you say to somebody out there that’s on the fence, thinking about coming to a conference and or scheduling a free 13 point assessment? Well, I say absolutely do it.

Absolutely do it. And I will say that it’s a process. It doesn’t happen overnight, but if you stay the course, you’re gonna see results, because I’m absolutely convinced. Dr. Christ, thank you for allowing us to take up some of your valuable time today.

I really do appreciate you, and I can’t wait to see you in person here soon. All right, thanks so much, Clay. Take care, bye-bye. Hi right, thanks so much, Clay. Take care, bye-bye. 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 the success and growth I have achieved by implementing the Proven Path with Clay Clark’s team and my business coach Luke from Thrive Time. 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 completely transformed my business in pretty much every facet. So I’m gonna check my notes here. So in four months, my leads have tripled. I was getting probably like two leads a week. Now I’m getting more in the like 10 to 15 leads a week. I have doubled my number of employees.

I’m now hitting the highest revenue weeks in the history of the company, week to week it seems like. We went from about six appointments today as our highest in February to now 14 to 15 appointments a day. And hiring quality employees has become much simpler and less stressful by using their systems for hiring. 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 work, you know, cleaning houses, cleaning businesses. 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 interviewing every single week. It’s just been great and I don’t waste as much time on low-quality

candidates anymore. I have successfully gained our second largest commercial client and this was during COVID. So again, I started working with Luke and Clay in February and then COVID hit in mid March or so. So for the entire month of April, we were shut down residential, April and May, I believe. And so despite that, and again, being a new business and all this stuff,

I mean, we came out of COVID like stronger than ever and now hitting our highest numbers in the history of the company. It just leads just piling in and the beauty is when people call us they’re already sold because of our Google reviews, our online presence, the no-brainer offer that we now give to our clients which is you know if they book their second appointment within a month of the first

they get 50% off and again they’re just ready to book I hardly have to do any work it feels like sometimes to actually book people so that’s amazing so every week I meet with Luke and it’s awesome obviously I’m in in Wisconsin, he’s in Oklahoma, but we have a great time. I know I can text him at any time, call him at any time with any issues I’m having, especially when COVID did hit. They were so helpful in helping me get the PPP grants and everything settled away there and really pushed me to make sure I was on the

ball in getting all of the grants that I was possibly able to, which was amazing. So they’ve just been such a wealth of information and when I’m freaking out because, you know, a burning fire is happening, Luke’s there to calm me down and, you know, back me off the cliff edge. And it’s just awesome to have him as a resource there. Worth every penny. I mean, I’d pay him a million dollars a month if I can,

and maybe someday I’ll be able to. But 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 even if you think it’s stupid or ridiculous just do what they say because it’ll work. 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 it has a lot to do with hard work and you and working until you cry sometimes. That’s just being an entrepreneur, which if you’re a business owner you understand that. But it’s having these systems in place of, of course I’m going to be successful. It’s an absolute because 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 so it just it’s the best thing ever and I would suggest to anybody to 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 to work with you for years to come. Clay Clark is here somewhere. Where’s my buddy Clay? Clay, Clay Clark! Go, Clay!

Clay’s the greatest. I met his goats today. I met his dogs. I met his chickens. I saw his compound. He’s like the greatest guy.

I ran from his goats, his chickens, his dogs. So this guy’s like the greatest marketer you’ve ever seen, right? His entire life, Clay Clark, his entire life is marketing. Okay, Aaron Antis, March 6th and 7th. March 6th and 7th, guess who’s coming to Tulsa, Russia? Ooh, Santa Claus?

No, that’s March. March 6th and 7th, we’re going to be joined by Robert Kiyosaki. Robert Kiyosaki! Best-selling author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad, probably the best-selling, or one of the best-selling business authors of all time, and he’s gonna be joined with Eric Trump. He’ll be joined by Eric Trump. So we got Eric Trump and Robert Kiyosaki in the same place.

In the same place. Aaron, why should everybody show up to hear Robert Kiyosaki? Well, you got billions of dollars of business experience between those two, not to mention many, many many many millions of books have been sold Many many millionaires have been made from the books that have been sold by Robert Kiyosaki

I happen to be one of them. I learned from the man He was the inspiration that book was the inspiration for me to get the entrepreneurial spirit as many other people. Now, since you won’t brag on yourself, I will. You’ve sold billions of dollars of houses. Am I correct? That is true. And the book that that kickstarted it all for you, Rich Dad Pornhub, the author, the bestselling author of Rich Dad Pornhub, Robert Kiyosaki, the guy that kick-started your career.

He’s gonna be here. He’s gonna be here. I’m bummed. And now Eric Trump, people don’t know this, but the Trump Organization has thousands of employees. There’s not 50 employees. The Trump Organization, again, most people don’t know this, but the Trump Organization has thousands of employees. And while Donald J. Trump was the 45th president of these United States and soon to be the 47th president of these United States, uh, he needed someone to run the companies for

him. And so the man that runs the Trump organization for Donald J. Trump, as he was the 45th president of the United States. And now the 47th president of the United States and now the 47th president of the United States is Eric Trump. So Eric Trump is here to talk about time management, promoting from within, marketing, branding, quality control, sales systems, workflow design, workflow mapping, how to build.

I mean, everything that you see, the Trump hotels, the Trump golf courses, all their products, the man who manages billions of dollars of real estate and thousands of employees is here to teach us how to do it. You are talking about one of the greatest brands on the planet from a business standpoint.

I mean, who else has been able to create a brand like the Trump brand? I mean, look at it. And this is the man behind the business for the last, pretty much since 2015, he’s been the man behind it. So you’re talking, we’re into nine going into 10 years of him running it and we get to tap into that knowledge. That’s going to be amazing.

Now think about this for a second. Would you buy a ticket just to see Robert Kiyosaki and Eric Trump? Of course you would. Of course you would. But we’re also going to be joined by Sean Baker. This is the best selling author, the guy who invented the carnivore diet. So if you’re out there today and you want to change your life, you want to give yourself

an incredible gift, you want a life-changing experience, you want to learn how to start and grow a company, go to Thrivetimeshow.com. Go there right now. Thrivetimeshow.com. Request a ticket for the two-day interactive event. Again, the day here is March 6th and 7th March 6th and 7th we just got confirmation Robert

Kiyosaki best-selling author rich dad poor dad he’ll be here Eric Trump the man who leads the Trump organization it’s gonna be a blasty blast there’s no upsells Aaron I could not be more excited about this event I think it is incredible and there’s somebody out there right now you’re watching and you’re like but I already signed up for this incredible other program called Smoke Your Way to Thin. I think that’s going to change your life. I promise you this will be 10 times better than that.

It’s like I picked the wrong week. Quit smoking. Don’t do the picked the wrong week to quit smoking. Don’t do the smoke your way to thin conference. That is, I’ve tried it, don’t do it. Chain smoking is not a viable, I mean it is life changing. It is life changing.

If you become a chain smoker it is life changing. It’s not the best weight loss program to play. Right, not really. So if you’re looking to have life-changing results in a way that won’t cause you to have a stoma, get your tickets at Thrivetimeshow.com. Again, that’s Aaron Antis, I’m Clay Clark, and reminding you and inviting you to come out to the two-day interactive Thrivetimeshow

workshop right here in Tulsa, Oklahoma. I promise you it will be a life-changing experience. We can’t wait to see you right here in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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