How to Monetise Your Audience Fast

As a part of the ‘Meet the Experts’ series, Nick’s right-hand man Adam Ashburn talks about how everyone has an existing audience and the way it can be effectively monetised through serving and selling. Ultimately it’s about connecting and building long term relationships where you serve first with great value and earn the right to ask the questions that may bring sales. Adam shares great insight into how to get the balance right and find the sweet spot – always asking ‘who do I know’ and leading with value.   KEY TAKEAWAYS Everyone has an existing audience and can reach out to these people The question you always need to ask is ‘who do I know?’ Your phone, Facebook and email and other social media are your list now The question is who do you know? Who should be working with you? When you are connecting with other people ask them ‘who do you know who might benefit from being a client? People can be held back by a fear of being seen as hard sell How do you strike a balance between serving and selling? It’s about building long term relationships because it’s this that will bring sales in the future People want to play the short game in marketing and selling and it burns everything in its wake Lead with value so they get something genuine It’s giving value first and building relationships You need to connect with people who are your ideal client, serve them first and then you earn the right to ask the questions that may lead them to working with you With any offer, it’s less about the offer, its more about the structure of it  and how it’s offered to the prospect Transitioning from a conversation to selling is about seeding it well and being able to talk around it through case studies and testimonials   BEST MOMENTS ‘It’s about taking your community of people and creating within that a list of those who might be interested in your stuff’ ‘You have to earn the right to have a sales conversation with someone’ ‘Often there is business to be had right under our noses but we ignore it’   VALUABLE RESOURCES Empire Builders Podcast  https://keapnow.com/empirebuilders   ABOUT THE HOST Nick James Nick dropped out of university at the age of 21 and failed spectacularly with his first coaching business, which forced him to take a £16k/yr telesales job.  Within 12 months he was the top performer and left to start his second business at 24. This time he discovered a winning formula and before long had a multi-six-figure company. He then made a huge mistake which nearly put him out of business and cost him £50,000 in personal cash! Fortunately, Nick kept it afloat, turned it around, and sold that business 2 years later in a seven-figure deal.  He then co-founded a multi-million-pound marketing company, which he exited in 2015, and created Expert Empires. Today, Expert Empires is known as the UK's number one business event for Experts, with world-renowned celebrity speakers like Gary Vaynerchuk, Grant Cardone, Chalene Johnson, David Goggins, and Lewis Howes gracing the stage. Nick also specialises in helping Coaches, Consultants, Speakers, Trainers, and Authors take their businesses from zero to six figures and beyond through his Expert Empires Mastermind programme.