Ari Meisel, host of the Less Doing Podcast. Ari’s book Less Doing, More Living has sold over 30,000 copies and has been translated into six other languages. Even with four children, Ari stays on top of his consulting business that continues to bring in more revenue every month.

Famous 5:

Favorite Book? – The Art of War
What CEO do you follow? — Elon Musk
Favorite online tool? — Inbox by Google

Do you get 8 hours of sleep?—No
If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be? — Test ideas before you jump into them.

Time Stamped Show Notes:

01:30 – Nathan introduces Ari
02:00 – Ari is a productivity consultant/coach
02:20 – Virtual company has brought in the most revenue
02:35 – They offer on-demand project managers
03:00 – Customers pay a membership fee and then an hourly fee for service
03:30 – First-year revenue was $200000
04:15 – 170 current customers
04:40 – They find customers through Ari’s following and the podcast
05:50 – Ari is involved with his customers
06:10 – It’s an expensive service because of the quality and variety of what they can do
06:45 – Ari likes connecting resources for other businesses and finding talent
07:15 – They are really involved in all of the businesses that hire them
07:35 – “An easy-bake oven for a business”
08:40 – Average customer pays about $1150/month
09:20 – In May they had $46000 in revenue, and they are growing every month
10:00 – His business takes care of a lot of the daily tasks for business owners and companies
10:50 – The company is self-funded
- 11:05 – They decline anyone who wants to invest in the company
11:58 – Less Doing Podcast
- 12:10 – 30000 downloads per month
- 12:20 – A weekly show
- 12:35 – Average downloads per episode for the first couple months: 3000
- 13:30 – Sponsorship revenue for the podcast
14:08 – Ari’s books, Less Doing, More Living and The Art of Less Doing
15:00 – He got an advance with Random House/Penguin for Less Doing, More Living
- 15:15 – How he got an advance as a first-time author
- 16:20 – 30000 copies sold
18:00 – Lessdoing.com
20:00 – The Famous Five

3 Key Points:

Create the best service and business that you possibly can.
Find your specific talent and put yourself in that industry.
It is possible to balance a busy life with your business.

Resources Mentioned:

Host Gator – The site Nathan uses to buy his domain names and hosting for cheapest price possible.
Freshbooks - The site Nathan uses to manage his invoices and accounts.
Leadpages – The drag and drop tool Nathan uses to quickly create his webinar landing pages which convert at 35%+
Audible – Nathan uses Audible when he's driving from Austin to San Antonio (1.5 hour drive) to listen to audio books.
Inbox by Google – Ari’s favorite online tool

Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives

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