Dan Martell - The Replacement Ladder

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This is the exact sequence of hires you need to build a business that doesn't need you. I call it the " Replacement Ladder" and it starts at the first rung of the ladder. This is everything that shows up in your email, processing responses and communication and scheduling. Having somebody support you on the 1st rung will unlock everything for you.

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00:00:00.000 This is the exact sequence of hires you need to build a business that doesn't need you.

00:00:04.720 I call it the replacement ladder. It starts at the first rung of the ladder.

00:00:08.420 This is everything that shows up in your email, processing responses and communication and

00:00:13.180 scheduling. Having somebody support you on the first rung will unlock everything for you.

00:00:17.260 The second rung is delivery. Anything involved in servicing the customer that bought your product

00:00:22.600 or service. So everything from support, scheduling, onboarding, retention. The third rung is marketing.

00:00:28.740 You want somebody to wake up every day

00:00:30.740 making sure that your website traffic,

00:00:32.700 your social media posts, newsletter,

00:00:34.500 it's set up to build an ongoing marketing engine.

00:00:37.640 The fourth rung is sales.

00:00:39.440 If you can have somebody else

00:00:40.780 that deals with all the sales opportunities,

00:00:42.900 all the conversations, all the follow-up

00:00:45.160 while you are sleeping or traveling,

00:00:47.220 which is the entrepreneurial dream.

00:00:48.700 The fifth rung is leadership.

00:00:50.660 This might be where you start investing the most money

00:00:52.620 and the right talent,

00:00:53.580 but they're really building out your business engine

00:00:56.840 so that you can continue to scale.

00:00:58.380 All right.

Dan Martell - August 30, 2024

The Replacement Ladder

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