Clay Clark Client Testimonials | “I’ve Been Running My Business for 8 Years & I’m the Kind of Guy Looks for the Next Step, But I Was Kind of Stuck. They Introduced Me to a Linear Path.”

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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.

My name is Joe Birby. My company is Back to Basics Builders, and we are in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Well, we were probably at our lowest that we’ve ever been as a company. We set an appointment and things have been pretty fantastic since then.

Well, we started off with a lot of marketing because that’s where we were hurting the most. We weren’t getting phone calls anymore. And since we have started we’ve got a brand new website that looks fantastic and not only does it look fantastic it’s getting us leads which we weren’t getting from our website

before and the great thing is we found that we are at the top of Google Maps when anybody searches in our area and we get lots of phone calls because of that. They’re tough. As you know I would expect from a coach he gives me a hard time when when I don’t get something done that I promised that I would get done but at the same time I get lots of praise when when I do accomplish stuff that needs to get done, but at the same time I get lots of praise when I do accomplish

stuff that needs to get done and it feels good. It just feels good that we’re moving in the right direction. 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 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 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 higher interviewing every single week. It’s just been great and such a

I don’t waste as much time on low quality candidates anymore. And your coach will hold you accountable, I mean, which I love. Again, the tough love is really great, you know, Luke’s like a stern father figure but he’s also nice but also stern when he needs to be when I’m being lazy and not doing the things that I know I need to do because I don’t want to do them. So that’s just great. 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 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’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. Thanks so much for watching. 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. Well, Carter, we have an opportunity here at the Thrive Time Show to work with some really great business owners, people that are actually serious about growing their company.

They go to thrivetimeshow.com and they reach out to schedule a free 13-point assessment. And oftentimes I hop on the phone with these folks and we figure out if they’re a good fit. And once we start working with a client, our goal is to help the client to actually grow their actual business.

And on today’s show, we’re joined with a man who we’ve had the opportunity to work with. The company’s called NWA Gutter Perfection. And my understanding, Carter, is that they’re up over 60%. Is that right? I would say that’s correct, yes.

DJ, welcome on to the Thrive Time Show. How are you, sir? Good. How are you doing, Clay? I’m doing great. So for anybody out there who is doubting whether you’re

a hologram or not, what’s the name of your company, sir? Dutter Perfection. How did you guys first hear about us? Do you know? It’s actually a friend of mine found out about your business conferences there, and then we went there.

And I guess I was sold the first conference we went to. If you go to nwagutterperfection.com, you can see they’re a real company, they’re a real business, they really are growing. What markets do you service there, DJ? For people out there that might be looking for your services,

what’s the market area that you service? Pretty much all of Northwest Arkansas, Bentonville, Springdale, Fayetteville, Rogers, the little surrounding towns there, too. And again, if you go to the website here, folks, nwagutterperfection.com, you can see they

are a real business, real people having real success. DJ, I really do appreciate your time today, sir, and we’ll talk to you soon. 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 They’re the ones that people can work with on a day-to-day basis and that simplicity brings power with it So it shocked me how simple some of the stuff is and at times I’m like, why did not think about that?

Workflow creation systematic marketing and coaching has helped our church so. You know, the workflow creation is what it really is, is they’re going to look and see every moving part of your church, of your ministry. What needs to be done. And it’s going to go up on a massive board. And so now what it does is it takes what you know needs to be done out of your heart and out of your head. It really takes the pressure, the stress off your shoulders and it puts it on the board where your entire team, your ministry can see exactly what you want them to do every

day. So they know this is the playbook, this is what we’re doing. And then there’s laser sharp accountability with a meeting afterwards, did it get done or not? Clay, you’re an entrepreneur, I’m an entrepreneur. And as they say in stoic, the obstacle is the way. I think YouTube is a tremendous educational platform

for good and bad. So you’ve got to really get to choose your teachers wisely as anything else. So the biggest best lesson sits in the back here. And I think you do it and Dr. Z does it. Once you learn something, if you really want to learn it, you got to teach it. I, I think it was a life changing for me and how I approach business. Could you explain Okta Nonverba, what it means,

and how our listeners can apply it? Clay, you gave me goosebumps, man. I’m glad it hit you as hard as it did. Okta Nonverba is the model of the US Merchant Marine Academy at Kingspoint, New York. I had appointments with Naval Academy andS. 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. 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’m, I think next year I’m going to bring my husband because he really needs to come too. 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. Okay, okay. And from when I talked to Andrew, you’re the coach

who works with you, I’m always hearing that you’re more and more patients are coming in from Google. Could you talk about that? How much of an impact does it have having a maybe a rebranded or updated website and Google leads coming in? It has had a huge difference, absolutely huge difference in our patient load coming in.

And you know, before I really wasn’t tracking really well. And that’s one of the things I learned from Thrive Time Business was how to track patients coming in, how to really, how to see where they’re coming from. And at the time I really didn’t know much about Google.

And, you know, being an orthodontist for 26 years, I didn’t really know a lot of, I kind of went through a time where I went through shock. It was really what I call culture shock because the old ways of marketing were not working anymore. And because I really didn’t know about online marketing,

I really didn’t, I was still doing, you know, phone book ads and magazine ads and all of these things. And so Thrive Time has really helped. And I will take, I will say that it’s a process. It doesn’t happen overnight, but if you stay the course, you’re’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 it in person here soon. All right thanks so much Clay. Clay Clark is here somewhere where’s my buddy Clay? Clay is 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, no, that’s March. March 6th and 7th, you’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 going to be joined with Eric Trump. He’ll be joined by Eric Trump. 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 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 kick-started it all for you, Rich Dad Pornhub. Rich Dad Pornhub, the author, the best-selling author of Rich Dad Pornhub, Robert Kiyosaki, the guy that kick-started your career, he’s gonna be here. He’s gonna be here. He’s gonna be here. I’m pumped. 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, he needed be the 47th president of these United States.

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 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.

This is objectively the highest rated and most reviewed business workshop on the planet. And then you add to that Robert Kiyosaki, the best-selling author of Rich Dad Poor Dad. You add to that Eric Trump, the man that runs the Trump Organization. You add to that Sean Baker. Now you might say, but Clay, is there more? I need more.

Well, okay. Tom Wheelwright is the wealth strategist for Robert Kiyosaki so people say Robert Kiyosaki who’s his financial wealth advisor who’s the guy who manages who’s the who’s his wealth strategist his wealth strategist Tom Wheelwright will be here and you say Clay I, I still I’m not going to get a ticket unless you give me more. Okay, fine. We’re going to serve you the same meal both days. True story.

We have we cater in the food and because I keep it simple, I literally bring in the same food both days for lunch. It’s Ted Esconzito’s, an incredible Mexican restaurant. That’s going to happen. And Jill Donovan, our good friend, who is the founder of Rustic Cuff. She started that company in her home and now she sells millions of dollars of apparel and products. That’s rusticcuff.com. And someone says, I want more. This is not enough. Give me more.

Okay. I’m not going to mention their names right now because I’m working on it behind the scenes here. But we’ve got one guy who’s given me a verbal to be here. And this is a guy who’s one of the wealthiest people in Oklahoma. And nobody really knows who he is because he’s built systems that are very utilitarian that offer a lot of value.

He’s made a lot of money in the, it’s the, it’s where you rent, it’s short term, it’s where you’re renting storage spaces. He’s a storage space guy. He owns the, what do you call that? The rental, the-

Storage space? Storage units. This guy owns storage units. He owns railroad cars. He owns a lot of assets that make- No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no warehouse that’s passively making money. Most people don’t know who owns the railroad cars, but this guy, he’s giving me a verbal that he will be here. And we just continue to add more and more success stories. So if you’re out there today

and you want to change your life, you want to give yourself a incredible gift, you want a life-changing experience, you want to learn how to start and grow a company, go to thrivet timeshow.com go there right now thrive timeshow.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 ten times better than that. Looks like I 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. Yeah, 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. not a viable… Again, that’s Aaron Antis, I’m Clay Clark, reminding you and inviting you to come out to the two-day interactive Thrive Time Show 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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