Sweeney Daniel, a partner at Hustle and Grow and Click Bank University. He launched his first company in high school which lead him to working full time in digital marketing. He decided to leave the corporate grind and is now focused on helping others create their digital business while maintaining a fun lifestyle.

Famous Five:

Favorite Book? – Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday
What CEO do you follow? – James Schramko
Favorite online tool? — Clickfunnels and Drip
Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— Most of the time 7 and a half
If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be? – Spend money and invest in assets

Time Stamped Show Notes:

01:34 – Nathan introduces Sweeney
02:04 – What Hustle and Grow is and how it generates revenue
- 02:11 – Marketing list, promoting digital products, and an agency
- 02:20 – Selling marketing and affiliate products and working closely with ecommerce partners
02:28 – Founded in 2016
02:38 – Hustle and Grow’s website
02:53 – 2016’s revenue will be close to $1M
03:17 – The most successful thing sold
- 03:39 – Partnership with Click Bank
- 04:01 – Providing digital products to Click Bank customers
- 04:48 – How Hustle and Grow landed the deal
- 05:05 – The pay and the partnership
- 05:50 – Commission based income
06:36 – Online Course Academy
- 07:25 – Sold about 100
07:03 – Sweeney worked with 4 7-figure businesses
08:06 –Why not another line of business?
- 08:21 – Sweeney was an employee earning $60K+commisions
- 08:55 – Sweeney’s tragedies in college
- 09:09 – “You need to have your ducks in a row in order for your business to grow.”
- 09:28 – If Sweeney’s dad didn’t pass away
- 09:53 – The before and after
10:51 – The trend from tragedy to realization
11:46 – Tragedy –one if the things that makes or breaks people
12:01 – Sweeney had 2 podcasts in the past
12:36 – Nathan’s experience with podcasts
13:08 – The big thing is that people puts out a course but doesn’t build a brand.
14:07 – Brand first, product second
14:17 – Connect with Sweeney on Facebook
15:53 – The Famous Five
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3 Key Points:

You need to have your ducks in a row in order for your business to grow.
Tragedy –one if the things that makes or breaks people.
The big thing is that people puts out a course but doesn’t build a brand.

Resources Mentioned:

Toptal– Nathan found his development team using Toptal for his new business Send Later. He was able to keep 100% equity and didn’t have to hire a co-founder due to quality of Toptal
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.
Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday – Sweeney’s favorite business book
Clickfunnels and Drip – Sweeney’s favorite online tools
Connect with Sweeney on Facebook
Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives

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