KungFuSteve Hosts A Masterclass On Scaling Your Business!

[MJ DeMarco]

is that I was not planning to respond to this thread anymore.

And now you can't as you've been banned from the thread.

I've given you some latitude in this thread (as I generally do with marketplace ads) but you clearly have an axe to grind. Your skepticism has been duly noted. Note: I will also give those critical of your business the same latitude.

I'm sure you'll think I'm biased as well since I've met Steve many times before, however, I have not done business with him, nor have I attended any of his seminars. This is not about my feelings for him, or about those who have vouched for him -- it is about the attitude and behavior you've exhibited in this thread which, IMO, is misplaced and out of line. No problem with voicing skepticism, but you've cried about it (over and over and over) like a petulant millennial who suddenly had his juicebox stolen from his lunchbag.

Of all the fake gurus out there with no businesses, no exits, no wealth to speak of but a financed Lamborghini at 60 months, Steve is not one of them.

Don't like his marketing copy?

Well guess what, neither do I. But neither do I like yours.

I cringe at hyperbolic stuff like that, but my personal feelings of his tactics doesn't make him any less credible ... nor did I feel the arrogance to say so... not once, but over and over and over again...

 

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[Vigilante]

A Masterclass on scaling your business with an upsell at the end, just like you're going to teach us. Oh boy... Who here likes stuffing envelopes?

Nothing personal my friend, but I'd be surprised if you even get 5 sign ups (let's not even think about 200) for next Saturday. The train for this kind of a deal has left long ago.

Most of the stuff you're preaching is straight-up Jay Abraham which anyone can read for free. I'd be surprised if you're going to teach anything else in there. Even then, a 3-hour commitment is not worth it. Forget about the money... I'll give you $97 if you book even half of your 200 person room. But who in his right mind will join a 3-hour event that is not personally and uniquely dedicated to solving their personal issue? This would be an okay idea... as a 1-on-1 type of deal.

But the page is otherwise pure comedy:

"There are only 3 ways to grow any business in the world"... oh, let me guess, who else said that? I'll even tell you what they are, no need to attend:

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"the thing that brings in the money is your marketing. If you are not maximizing both organic and paid marketing efforts"

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And I could go ON AND ON AND ON...

"The internet is filled with business and entrepreneur coaches who are just plain full of shit. They rehash things they heard from someone else " - That's what I thought too!

"Is there some kind of guarantee? Actually, yes. There's a 300% guarantee...Meaning: my stuff will work 100% of the time, for 100% of the people, who apply it 100%." - And it's quite simple... if your business doubles, you have applied it 100%, otherwise you haven't applied it 100% ... no guarantee for you.

What. The. Hell.



My advice: next time hire my agency, and get us to set up a proper, non-gimmicky sales funnel for you.

The "organic" testimonials above are great. Paying back debts or putting a word in for your friend

So you're uptight that he didn't hire you to promote this for him? Hello pot? Meet kettle.

Steve, you have to acknowledge you live in the cancel culture. We've developed a cult following of keyboard warriors here who spend their free time for sport tearing statues down.

As one who encouraged you to offer this idea up, and for essentially the cost of a nice dinner out to get what people pay thousands of dollars for, let me apologize for suggesting that you could help a ton of people in scale if you could come up with something that was cheap enough for literally everyone to afford.

There's a small but extremely vocal minority here (measured in less than a dozen people) that think everything should be free, that the forum should be a charity, and that anyone who has something to offer should do it out of a philinthropic bent... of course unless they think you should hire THEIR company to build you a funnel in which case of course you should pay for it.

This world is getting more f*cked up with every rotation around the sun.

On behalf of all of us here at the forum that realize that someone has to pay the bills to keep the lights on, THANK YOU for buying a PAID AD to promote this offer. I will plug it for FREE for you over at my Facebook page (which, by the way is a NON-PROFIT PAGE but affiliated with and regularly plugs my businesses and businesses I think are worthwhile, like yours).

 

[Kung Fu Steve]

About once a year, I’ve offered coaching or consulting here on the Fastlane Forum.

Right on time… here I am again… but things are different.

2020 has obviously been a year of unprecedented change – and here’s the truth nobody wants to admit:

We are NOT going back to any semblance of “normal” or “how things used to be” …

And for many business owners – they’ve given up trying to bail water out of a sinking ship… but there’s nowhere else to go.

Unless you can adapt and anticipate change, you’ll be just another ex-business owner searching for a job that no longer exists.

It’s do or die time, my friends!

But here’s the good news:

1.) During unprecedented change, there is always unprecedented opportunity. You just have to know where to look!

2.) I’ve got something for you that’s going to help… BIG.

So if you’re still trying to build and scale your business while the government is trying to shut everybody down, murder hornets are around every corner, and aliens are now a thing…

… If you’re the type of entrepreneur who dares to dream while everyone else is having a nightmare…

You’re in the right place.

Let me give you the shorthand of what we’re doing and if you want to know the whole story, you can keep reading…

But here’s my big fat promise:

YOU AND I ARE GOING TO SCALE YOUR BUSINESS PROFITABLY EVEN IF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC, ALIENS, OR POLITICAL SCUM TRY TO STAND IN YOUR WAY! ​

And to do that, you’re going to need a rock-solid strategic plan.

I’m hosting a 2.5 hour masterclass called Scale where I’ll walk you through exactly what you need to do to:

• Increase your top-line revenue (make more money)
• Increase your bottom-line profits (plug your current leaks so you keep more of your money)
• Build a masterful marketing system to put the right message, in front of the right people, at the right time (so you can consistently sell… to people who are still buying!)

By the end of our class, you’ll have a rock-solid plan to get you from where you are now to where you want to be – and it’s only gonna cost you $97.

>> You can sign up for the masterclass right here

And before I go into the big drawn out story about how this came to be…

Let me just reassure the people who don’t know me why…

I’m 100% Certain We Will Get You Outstanding Results In Your Business​

For a little over a decade, people around here just call me KungFuSteve.

It’s an homage to my first “real” business which was a karate school back up in Minnesota.

At first… I really struggled.

It was my dream and we just weren’t making any money.

My friends from this forum talked me off a ledge more than once.

… and then something changed.

I was reading an old book “The Effective Executive” where Peter Drucker defines business as “only two things: marketing and innovation”

I didn’t think I had a creative bone in my body so I said “I’m going to learn marketing.”

I spent money I didn’t have, I went to seminars I didn’t have time for, I read a little over 1,200 books, and I hired one of the best coaches on the planet.

In fact, to be in that coaching program, I initially paid $5,000 just to prove to the man I was worthy and then when I finally got into his program it was another $10,000 per month… for the next 8 months.

But get this: he wasn’t the only coach I had.

I was spending about $200,000 per year on my education. And I’m not talking just buying a course – I’m talking – I tracked these people down, flew across the country to meet them, and was so annoying that they eventually gave in and gave me all their secrets.

>> And if you want to just skip all the story telling and learn the secrets, sign up here.

However, a lot of people talk a good game (especially these days) about what they can do.

Here’s the difference:

I DID IT​

The dojo went from 6k per month to 1.8MM per year.

After I sold that business, I went to work with our very own @GlobalWealth and we built that business to the biggest in it’s category.

From there, I went straight into marketing consulting – and boy was I on fire.

I was cocky, arrogant, and told everyone “I will double your business within 12 months or you pay me nothing.”

Hindsight is always 20/20 but looking back I think probably the worst possible thing that could have happened, happened:

I succeeded.

LET ME EXPLAIN…​

Right out of the gates with my brand-new consulting firm, I went 3 for 3.

A law office, a gym, and a financial newsletter.

I charged them a good amount of money and I went to work implementing these strategies I’ve learned.

But it didn’t take twelve months to grow them.

It took 4 months to triple the revenue of the financial newsletter. And it took only 6 months for both the law office and the gym to double in sales.

After a few more similar clients, my ego was exploding and I was feeling damn good about myself.

So I started to think “well man… my stuff is really working here… why do these guys get to make hundreds of thousands or a million dollars and I’m charging only $4,800 a month? This is dumb! I’m working my a$$ off for these people!”

That’s when it hit me: I’ll take a percentage of their business!

HERE WAS MY BRILLIANT OFFER​

"I tell you what, don’t pay me anything up front, I’ll simply take 10% of the upside.”

I did a lot of research finding the companies I wanted to work with.

Ones that I saw had huge potential and they just weren’t maximizing it with the right offerings, marketing, and systems.

And I picked 3 of the best ones I could find.

I put my heart and soul into those businesses. I worked day and night.

I even ignored the incredibly beautiful Latvian women in summer dresses to make these businesses work.

And they did.

And then it came time for these companies to pay me.

And they didn’t.

My day-to-day stopped being about marketing and building systems and doing the work that I love to do… and it became bill collecting.

I’d call day in and day out to hear the same excuses.

“Oh yeah, we’ll wire you next week.”

“We owe you how much!? Yeah I don’t know if we agreed to that…”

“Man, we just don’t have the money.”

That last one was from a guy who had literally bought a Lamborghini for cash and bragged about it on Facebook… WITH THE MONEY I MADE HIM ON HIS LAUNCH!

… but I digress.

All in all I was (and still am) owed a little over $800,000 in commissions combined from these three companies. Money I’ll never see. 2 of them are actually out of business now.

So with my tail tucked between my legs, I took on two more clients that paid their monthly retainer.

I earned my measly 10k/month and licked my wounds. I was burnt out, frustrated, lost, and confused.

To add insult to injury?

Since I was too scared to take a percentage of sales again, I just went back to my monthly retainer of $4.800.

And that 2nd client I took on…?

… They went from 3 million to 30 million.

Now of course, they were brilliant in their own rights but they said it was because of what I gave them they were able to 10x…

…and they were more than happy to write me a check every month for a few thousand bucks.

I WAS THE CHEAPEST EMPLOYEE THEY HAD.​

That’s when I knew I had to do something different.

An opportunity fell in my lap as many of you know -- long story short I became the top trainer and speaker for a man named Tony Robbins.

For the last 5 years, I – along with my small team – have been responsible for filling stadiums and bringing in approximately $200mm in revenue a year.

During this time, I’ve personally worked with and coached over 2,500 different companies from Fortune 500s to small mom and pops.

My role has mainly been organizational turn-around and I can confidently say…

I’VE REFINED MY TECHNIQUES​

A lot of people say, “I can double your business!”

A lot of people say, “I can get you to scale from 6 figures to 7!”

I can. And I’ll prove it.

That’s why I’m going to do this master class.

>> So sign up right here and we’ll do it together!

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO LEARN, KUNGFUSTEVE!?

​

There’s a million things I *could* teach in business and marketing but we are going to be outcome oriented.

I’m not going to teach stuff just for the sake of teaching stuff.

By the end of this class, you will have a rock-solid plan to double your business in the next 12 months.

And to do that, you don’t need to focus on a million things. You need to focus on 3 things:

1. Growth Systems (finding and creating ways to get more customers, get your current customers to spend more money with you, and get them to come back more often).

2. Marketing Systems (learning what happens behind the line, in the middle, and after the line and how you can maximize your messaging in each of those for more conversion, and a higher ROI)

3. Operating Systems (most businesses bleed cash and they don’t even know why. They “make” $1 million a year but keep a mere fraction of that… we’ll fix that)

>> But we’re coming to the end of this letter so you’d better just click here to sign up for the masterclass

​

WHO IS THIS FOR?
​

This might sound a little harsh but the goal is to double your business…

… but if you don’t have a business… it’s pretty hard to double it!

Next, you’re going to want to be in a distraction-free zone for a couple hours.

There’s a workbook that goes with this which you might want to print out before-hand. But a pen and paper will work just fine.

And finally, if you don’t have a sense of humor – this program is probably not for you.

Many of us know each other so we’ll end up talking smack and having fun – but understand we’re getting on this call to work.

If you really are hungry for growth this year? I’m bringing the best possible strategies and guiding you through customizing a plan to double YOUR business, THIS year.

>> Join us.

I can’t wait to serve!

Your homie,

KungFuSteve

 

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[ZCP]

Finally! ...... every one chilling and trying to help each other, learn from each other, help the forum.

@Black_Dragon43 if you were a previous client of @Kung Fu Steve ..... and didn't get results. and his class was crap .... blow him up on his marketplace ad. If you don't like his copy, blow him up on a forum thread. Or better, dm him and talk man to man and see what the truth, not the impression, might be. Hell, you both ended up learning something in the end!

Every bit of the above could have been done between the two of you directly to each other or in a standard forum thread.

If we blow up sponsors (especially on their paid marketplace thread) before 'knowing', if we blow up long term contributors (without talking to them first), we will have less of both and the entire forum will suffer.

Reminder, BUILD. The awesome thing about this forum is that we build / positive / help. Let's stick to that.

I'm enrolling a few of my team in @Kung Fu Steve 's course. @Black_Dragon43, if you are up for dm'ing me, i'll send my company email address to you and you can send your pitch to help my business. I then benefit from both of you nimrods and learn more than I knew before.

I encourage everyone to 'try shit', learn shit, etc. I promise, you can learn something from everything!

A huge thing I recently learned is to ask myself two questions ...... "how do i know i am right?" and "what if i am wrong?" ........ get yourself out of the way and your company can benefit and grow!

 

[GlobalWealth]

I've known Steve for nearly 15 years. We started as acquaintemces and now I consider him to be one of my closest friends.

I've met very few people my life with the combination of untiring work ethic, high intellect, and the "do whatever it takes attitude".

Steve ticks all the boxes.

We've been business partners, we've shared some crazy adventures, and he even flew across the country to appear a witness in court on my behalf.

He is THE guy you want in your corner.

Whenever I look at people for business relationships the first characteristic I look at is their ethics. Again Steve ticks the boxes.

His successes speak for themselves. I've known Steve from when he ran the karate school and recall the day he finally decided to sell it and move on to bigger and better things.

I remember trying like hell to get him to join me for dinner or drinks and he wouldn't leave his desk working on yet another client project. He worked tirelessly putting in 80 or 90 hours a week trying to help his clients.

I even remember Steve continuing to bust his a$$ even though his client hadn't paid in 3 months and him telling me he would finish the project even if they never paid because he finishes what he starts.

To this day he's my go to guy to discuss business issues especially related to marketing.

I cannot speak highly enough of this man.

 

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[million$$$smile]

What. The. Hell.

What. The. Hell?

Nothing personal my friend, but I'd be surprised if you even get 5 sign ups (let's not even think about 200)

So, what is YOUR angle? Sure, you might find the same information somewhere else. But how do you know FOR SURE???
Because it sounds like someone else? So what? How can you review something you haven't attended?

How about you deal with it by taking it as feedback?

WHAT GIVES YOU THE RIGHT TO DISQUALIFY SOMEONE WHEN YOU HAVEN'T ATTENDED HIS COACHING PROGRAM?

Tell ya what, I checked your website out. At the bottom of the page you advertise 100% returns on your investment. Really???
So you play the same game but refute anyone else from doing it????

I don't understand where you are coming from. But be surprised. I'm signing up , so he only needs 4 more to shock you.
If I only get 1% return on my money, it means 20K+/yearly.

I've tipped more than the cost of this coaching program. And if I don't have the time to watch it live, (ya, I've got multiple businesses) I can watch the vid.

Nuff said.

 

[1step]

Sorry to derail this thread from whatever black dragon is trying to make it

I have been working with Steve since earlier this year, starting approximately when Covid hit the US. Even with all the uncertainty and craziness going on right now I am mentally and physically doing better than I have in at least 18 months. My eCommerce business has grown significantly this year and I expect to close the year near 2x over last year. The work I have been doing with steve is at least partially responsible for both the business and personal success.

What he teaches is great and no doubt effective but I think where he really shines and what has really helped me is his ability to communicate the info and inspire action.

I think the type of person this is going to appeal to most are people who have a successful business who also have a growth mindset and are looking to get to the next level. If that’s you (or you want it to be) then I’d recommend signing up.

I am looking forward to the masterclass see you all on Saturday.

 

[JAJT]

What the hell?

Of all the people on the forum I would have expected someone to revolt against, @Kung Fu Steve is right smack dab at the bottom of that list. Okay that's a lie, he's probably sipping cocktails with @million$$$smile down there

If you've ever met the guy in real life (as I have, multiple times), you'd be very likely to throw the cost of the class at him purely in honest to goodness benefit of the doubt given the immediately palpable quality of the man. Luckily, benefit of the doubt isn't needed as he actually knows what he's talking about!

I don't get this thread at all. The man is one of the most respected, genuine and honest guys on the forum.

Don't like it? Don't buy it. But the hate is TOTALLY unwarranted.

You rock Steve.

 

[Kung Fu Steve]

Since this thread turned into a dumpster fire, how about I turn around and give some real value and random notes/content for those who care to read it:

1. The one and only choke-hold on any business:

The psychology of the leader.

After working with thousands of companies -- I've come to learn how true this really is. I've met bad team leaders, good team leaders, and even a handful of outstanding team leaders... and at the end of the day, it doesn't matter how talented the team is, if the leader is batshit crazy, rude, mean, obnoxious... that organization is in a lot of trouble.

But forget about their attitude for a second, if their method of thinking, their paradigms aren't continuously growing... that organization is dying.

I use this analogy in workshops quite often: 7 years ago I was advertising in the yellow pages... they don't exist anymore... but yet some business owners go back and say "well that worked in the past, let's just keep doing that."

We as business owners and leaders MUST evolve. We've all heard the phrase: the level of thinking that got us to where we are today, is NOT the level of thinking that will get us to where we want to be tomorrow.

Even harder hitting is when someone says "oh yeah, yeah, I know that already" -- here's the harsh truth -- if you aren't doing it... you don't know it.

There's a massive difference between theory in a book and real-world experience (I've learned that one the hard way many times). If our current level of thinking would get us the goal we're after... we would've already had it!

That's why it's so critical for all of us to continuously grow and expand our psychology. To take a look at new ways of doing things. What's working for other people. How we could apply some of those sames things in our own lives.

2. There are only 3 causes of struggle in any business:

They are called state, story, and strategy.

1. State

State refers to the emotional state of the leader. It's hard to get resourceful, creative, and proactive when you're in a constant state of worry, fear, doubt, stress, or frustration. We must all find ways to take ourselves out of negative or limiting emotional states and get into resourceful states.

There are no unresourceful people... only unresourceful states.

The reason good answers to problems aren't often found sitting on the couch is because emotion is created by motion. And when you feel good -- you tend focus on opportunities instead of challenges.

2. Story

Story refers to the limitations we think of day in and day out. A simple example of what we can or cannot do... and what's possible or impossible... due to the market, the economy, the global pandemic, a lack of capital, a lack of the right people -- all of the reasons we can use for why it CAN'T be done.

Most individuals have a story about where they were born, how they were raised, what opportunities were given to them -- and they use that to explain where they are today.

Entrepreneurs are the ones that ignore those stories... but yet we're not immune. Instead of blaming our upbringing, we blame taxes, the government, bad leads, facebook, or whatever else. We must get over the story in order to move forward in our life.

Finally STRATEGY.

This is what the master class will be all about: strategy.

I hate the term motivational speaker... coach... it's so goofy. I'm a strategist.

I look at the battle field and come up with a plan of attack. Every business could be turned around with the right strategy (as long as the psychology is there).

But where does one start?

Well...

3. Questions ARE the ANSWER

This might not make sense immediately but every new answer... every new strategy... every new product... every new service started with a new question.

Our friend above who will remain nameless beautifully illustrates this point:

Most people never ask the question.

They immediately shout their beliefs about what's possible and what's impossible.

Instead of asking the simple question "what if it WERE possible to double a business in 12 months?"

"What would that look like? What would have to happen? How would that work? What problems could we anticipate and how could we get around them?"

One of the questions that's been on my mind for some time now came from Tim Ferris:

"How can I accomplish my 10-year goals in 6 months?"

See, it's not difficult to double a business.

If you're in business... you've already done it.

You went from $10 to 20... you went from $100 to 200.

And some of you have scaled up to millions already.

What created that?

New products, new services, upsells, downsells, bigger or better distribution, joint ventures, partnerships, acquisitions -- the list goes on.

Here's the point: we are only limited by the questions we ask!

So let me give you one final question that will reinvigorate your business if you're stagnant:

4. What was your best marketing effort? What brought in the bulk of your business? ... Are you still using that method?

We are all guilty of this. We build this great business. Have huge growth. Make lots of money. And then we stop doing what was working.

We get distracted by shiny and new. New ways to advertise on Facebook. Video launches. Instagram.

I've actually seen businesses who got 80% or more from direct mail campaigns... and then they stop doing those and start doing something else... and their business dips.

It seems like common sense but we're all human. We get caught up.

If there's one piece of leverage I can give you whether or not you attend the class:

Go back and review what brought in the majority of your business... make sure you're still doing it... and then find a way to improve on it!

While it might seem like this bit contradicts the first bit, we can't forget it's about evolving. Marketing mediums come and go -- but the strategy is what counts.

What strategy (not tactic) did you use to bring in the majority of your business?


Anywho, gang.

I apologize for the trolling that's taken place in this thread.

The world is an angry place right now.

If you want to avoid all of that and just grow your business. I'll see you on Saturday!

 

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[Vigilante]

And I appreciate that Steve has gone forth to take the feedback and just move on.

You need to learn how to do the same thing. People have been very gracious to you here for coming into someone’s paid ad and regurgitating your unfounded accusations for your own self aggrandizing soapbox. Move on. You’ve stated your opinion, however rude and incoherent it may be. You’re welcome to open a separate landfill thread to continue your diatribe but find a more valuable outlet for your destain than repetitively denigrating someone that other people want to hear from. Your opinion is noted. Thanks for offering it. you don’t need to cut and paste it again. I didn’t watch your video though because I’m not going to take 30 minutes or whatever to listen to your opinion of why people shouldn’t get coaching from a national motivational speaker. The most valuable thing we have in life is time and I already have too much spent on you.

Someone messaged me privately saying you’re what’s wrong with the forum lately and society in general. That doesn’t bode well for your future paid marketing efforts here and likely not who you want to be. Best advice would be to roll on. Don’t be that guy. Thank everyone who was gracious to you and move on. You’re not the moderator of advertising standards here... there’s a whole team of people who are. The same people that approved yours approved this. If we thought either one of you were scammers you’d be gone.

Everyone knows your opinion now. Feel free to not respond so this thread can get back on course. Or... consider registering for his seminar. Might be the best $99 you could ever spend.

 

[Jeff Noel]

Just wanted to let you know,@Kung Fu Steve , implementing your "DO IT NOW" strategies killed my hosting provider. I nearly 4x'ed my daily visitors in a day, with a 20x peak visitor count... and the CPU just couldn't handle all the requests. I've been comparing new hosting options for about 10 hours now .

Not mad, but wasn't expecting to scale that fast !

 

[Scot]

So we have the count of 5 absolute forum legends who have verified business exits vs some random guy flinging insults. My money's on @Kung Fu Steve

Having met Steve on multiple occasions, plus being in masterminds with several people who have been in his program, I can vouch for the level at which Steve conducts himself. This isn't a seminar gimmick, this is a great value for quality knowledge.

 

[biophase]

[lesson for those coming behind]
@Kung Fu Steve can sell some shit!! just look at this thread!

It was such an ingenious marketing move when he teamed up with that dragon dude to come in and slam him so that he would get a ton views and testimonials!

That was brilliant!

 

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[therealmark]

Just going to put a little endorsement on KFS and his program:

I doubled my profit the first year I followed his strategies (last year). And it wasn't $1.00 to $2.00. It was $300k to $600k.

I've kept re-using the same tools he mentioned in his post, and I've crushed seven figures in profit this year... in a service business... during a pandemic...

Oh, ya.. and I'm only working four days a week!

His tools, like the hidden hundred and the machine, are what I'm using to find more ways to generate revenue and delegate responsibilities.

If you already know everything there is and couldn't possibly use another strategy, his stuff isn't for you.

If you don't have a business and are just grasping at anything to make money... his stuff isn't for you.

But, if you have a business and you want to see it double without doubling your workload... his stuff is 100% for you!

 

[Kung Fu Steve]

Says Steve's "heterosexual life partner", whatever that's supposed to mean, as if your self-interest and bias couldn't be clearer... You should be ashamed of yourself. You stick with your legend behind your keyboard, I'll stick with my reason. Ciao.



And let me make it clearer for you: If you think that Steve can "double, triple or even quadruple your business" "100% of the time, for 100% of the people, who apply it 100%" in just 3 hours over a zoom call with a bunch of other people and a workbook you're smoking some good crap, or you're deluded. One of the two. But that's not a reasonable promise, it's not a promise that will be kept, it is an outright scam. Steve may be a great coach for all I know - but those results don't make sense. They are egregious exaggerations of the truth. I would have no problem if he just said "look I've learned some cool stuff growing 3 businesses to over 7-figures, and I've been coached by some great guys, and I want to share that with you over 3 hours for $97. There will be an upsell for those who are interested in my other services at the end". But that's not how it's being portrayed at all.

The issue is not the value of what's being offered, but the egregious exaggerations and outright spinning of otherwise reasonable claims. The dishonesty. And being a legendary forum member isn't an excuse for that, sorry.

If you wanted to have an actual intelligent conversation about it, you could've simply asked the question instead of lobbing insults like a douche.

But I think your misunderstanding here is that you missed these parts:

• And to do that, you’re going to need a rock-solid strategic plan.
• By the end of our class, you’ll have a rock-solid plan to get you from where you are now to where you want to be – and it’s only gonna cost you $97.
• By the end of this class, you will have a rock-solid plan to double your business in the next 12 months.
• If you really are hungry for growth this year? I’m bringing the best possible strategies and guiding you through customizing a plan to double YOUR business, THIS year.

Maybe you're right on that last one. "THIS year" is a little ambiguous. I meant to say from August 22nd, 2020 to August 22nd 2021. I'll fix it in the next run.

There's a couple typos, too. My fault.

But since we're on the subject... let's do an education:

HOW DOES SOMEONE DOUBLE THEIR BUSINESS IN 12 MONTHS (OR LESS... IF YOU BELIEVE MY PAST CLIENTS... WHICH ARE PROBABLY MADE UP... NEVER EXISTED... OR I'M SMOKING WORKBOOKS OR SOMETHING)​

As our friend above pointed out -- much of these principles came from my time with Jay Abraham. He taught us (and millions of other people) there really are only 3 ways to grow a business...

More customers... spending more money per transaction... more often.

If we did some simple math, we'd see a your annual revenue is essentially equal to:

Customers X Average Transaction X Frequency of Purchase

Or...

1,000 customers X $10 X 1 visits per year = $10,000 in annual revenue.

Small little company...

Jay would recommend if you increase each of these categories by 10% you would see a significant increase... such as:

1,100 customers X $11 X 1.1 visits per year = $13,333 in annual revenue.

That extra $333 is important... why?

10% + 10% + 10% = 30% ... but this shows 33% increase of overall revenue. That means it's exponential growth... not linear.

What would happen if you increased EACH area by 33%?

1,333 customers X $13.30 average transaction X 1.33 visits per year = $23,579.43 in annual revenue... or a ~234% increase in revenue.

OH MY GOD, SO YOU'RE TELLING ME IF I JUST GET 33% INCREASE IN EACH OF THESE AREAS, I COULD DOUBLE MY BUSINESS THIS YEAR!?
​

Well yes... and no.

Not every business lends itself to doing that.

Take for example one of my previous clients (and this is a pretty advanced solution just to confuse our friend here) He had a small team of 20 door-to-door salesman doing solar sales.

He was doing well but his growth was stagnant and if they didn't see growth soon, they'd lose market share and eventually become irrelevant in a very competitive market.

We'll call him S.

S had went to a seminar where he was told do this 10 x 10 x 10 strategy. Very simply, get 10% more customers, charge 10% more money, and find a way to get some of them to buy for a 2nd house... or something.

Here was the problem:

He was already charging at LEAST $3,000 above the local competition. He was already the top priced solution AND was starting to get resistance to their pricing. He needed to expand into other territories but his area of California was quickly being tapped out (meaning MOST houses had Solar Panels already), and what the hell was he supposed to do? Sell them panels to go on top of their panels?

No. That wouldn't work.

It's a long story (and there are some details missing so I don't bore everybody) but here's what we figured out:

He partnered with a mortgage company and started essentially doing "home improvement" loans. Now the bank would lend them up to $120k, they would go in and do dramatic home improvements from solar to landscaping to building a deck to whatever else was needed with the intention of increasing the home's value. They would take a portion for themselves as a finders fee... use their business for the construction and improvements, and use the bank's money to build out the house.

At the end, the bank would refinance them home, they'd be happy. The customer would be happy because they essentially received free equity and free home improvements... and S turned his business from selling 15k solar panel projects to over 70k sales per transaction.

And get this, once we dialed in their sales pitch. Their close ratio was 86%.

But here's the thing:

THAT PART DIDN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT (DUH)​

It took us dinner and a few (too many) drinks to come up with the plan. (I think we were there for 4 hours instead of 3... but I blame the drinking.)

It took about 5 months for him to get the bank on their team, get to the point where they trusted them and would do non-recourse loans, and get the pitch and marketing down.

It took another 2 or 3 months for their sales guys to get with the program and understand how to pitch it (after all, it's not exactly a simple thing to communicate "you're... going to... improve my home... for free!? huh!?")

Kind of like this pitch today. Why would I just GIVE anybody a plan to double their business... for pennies!?

Because no matter how good a plan is, sometimes we just want someone in our corner. To do the tech stuff, to help work through problems, to come up with new ideas as an outsider...

And if you're doing 100k/year you may not have ever hired an in-house marketing person for 60k/year. You couldn't afford it. (No offense intended)

The benefit of hiring a real consulting firm is that even if it WAS 60k/year... you're hiring a team.. and you're not having to deal with HR, Employee crap, social security, medicare, insurance, etc. etc. etc.

But let's continue...

WHAT IF I *WANTED* TO TRY TO DO 33% ACROSS THE BOARD?
​

Nothing's stopping you if you want to try!

And during our master class (you can sign up right here) ... we'll take a look at where your current customers are hanging out and come up with an idea of how to reach out to them.

Sure Facebook might be one of those places -- and you might even want to hire a strange Estonian firm to handle some Facebook ads for you (although I have some recommendations of real professionals such as Travis or Andy if you'd like).

But keep in mind, your customers might be on several social media platforms... they might even still read the local newspaper... they could be subscribed to Hustler magazine -- who knows!? There's a billion places to advertise... but that's not the important question.

The important question is who already sells to your customers and how can you partner with them for both of your benefits?

Next, it's not just about charging more money for what you offer -- it's about multiple offerings! What are the upsells, downsells, add-on sales, cross sales, impulse buys, or anything else you can add to an order?

If you understand there's a chain of events before and after your customer would want/need/buy your product, you'll have a good idea of what ELSE you could offer them that would have an extremely high success rate!

And finally, there's a million ways to get people to buy more often. Seasonal offerings, new product launches, affiliate offers, joint ventures -- you name it.

During our class we'll touch on all of these ideas so by the time we get done you'll at the VERY least have an idea of where you can get more customers, how to increase average transaction, AND how to get them to come back more often.

BUT WAIT, THAT'S NOT ALL!​

That's only one piece of what we'll be covering throughout the class.

Sure it's nice to say "you need to market and advertise" (both organic and paid) -- but what do you SAY!?

How do you create an offer that will actually catch their eye? How do you write ads that sell? (it's much simpler than you might think)

Marketing and sales is what brings in the money. If your marketing is strong, the sale will be a short putt. If you marketing is weak, your sales people are going to need to be rock-solid -- they will need to routinely make 300 yard puts!

We'll work on both.

BUT HERE'S THE PART THAT WILL MAKE YOU CRY...​

Yes, I'll probably make you cry during the 3rd part of our class.

If you've ever done any six-sigma or lean training -- you know a bit of what I'm talking about.

First, what's the definition of a business?

A system that provides value in a timely and effective manner.

Keyword being system.

If your system is broken, you are literally leaving millions of dollars on the table every single year (even if you only do 100k/year).

The truth is, you might pull in huge top-line revenues but what about profit? How much of that are you keeping?

I'm not talking about shaving costs of how much you buy or manufacture your products for... I'm talking about the breaks in the value chain that turn a $100 mistake into a $10,000 problem.

They. Happen. All. The. Time.

Most business owners don't even want to look at this because it's scary and it shows you where all your hard-earned money is actually going.

If you don't currently have a CFO, I'll recommend a few services for small and medium businesses but the trick is -- your entire company needs to know how the machine works and when they fail to communicate properly... how much everyone loses.

Who's responsibility is it to deliver the product or service to the end customer in a timely and effective manner? EVERYONE.

This part of the training alone, I would usually do in-person for a day for 25k + travel.

Look. The value is ridiculous.

Almost too-good-to-be-true (and in SOME skeptic's eyes, complete bullshit scam!)

And if by the end of this class, you REALLY don't feel like you're going to double your business this year, I'll give you your hundred bucks back.

Sign up here.

 

[GlobalWealth]

Forgot to mention, I'm also in.

See you guys in the workshop soon.

 

[ZCP]

@GlobalWealth if you EVER defend me to @Sheens again, you can get your own F*cking extension cord next time!

Neighbors keep asking if the Romanian lesbians in the camper are ever coming back.........

 

[ZCP]

been working with @Kung Fu Steve for about 2 years. doubled our business. doubled our life enjoyment.

don't have a business? sign up. if you won't spend a few bucks on getting smarter, this may not be the site / course / way of life for you.

 

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[Sheens]

Speaking of sexy...

This offer is!

Read the thread and listened to the Loom.

Agree to disagree @Black_Dragon43

You mention how friends and honest offers are coming into play..

Ya, as in life, eh? Trust, but not really. Verify, and go farther.

If the $97 was borrowed from the last person you had left to ask...it would still be worth it.

I haven't met Steve in person, nor have I met you.

Doesn't matter.

Steve gives.. and gives. He knows his sh*t and shares it. It sounds like you do as well...

What if your first thoughts had been asking how you could help him (make his funnel?) and what you could learn from him?

 

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[Raoul Duke]

Stephen Hilgart, National Trainer on "Surviving And Thriving In Times of Adversity"

Stephen Hilgart (@Kung Fu Steve) advises and consults with Fortune 500 companies, executives, managers and sales professionals in the areas of Peak Performance, leadership, organizational behavior, psychology of achievement, and sales. Steve has started, build, and sold 3 successful businesses...

www.spreaker.com

 

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[Kung Fu Steve]

Sure, I've got no issue with that. I did, however, have an issue with the fake guarantee, claims that most coaches just learn what they teach from others while implying that Steve doesn't, the fake promise that it works 100% for 100% of the people, and so on.

I'm sorry you're so skeptical. I wonder where that shows up in other areas of your life and business?

Steve has toned down on the bravado and exaggerations in his last post, and added a real guarantee as well, which to me looks like a good enough result. The marketplace is here for people to post their offers and sell their stuff - so it's great when it is used, but I also want to see that we uphold some standards, which do show up in the presentation and how things are made to seem like.

Actually I'm going to crank up my bravado AND exaggerations!

I'm glad you approve of the guarantee now.

By the way... what standards are appropriate for your forum here?

Someone who is Steve's target market will obviously not actually believe that results are 100%, 100% of the time and so on -

It's not a difficult guarantee, dude. There's no reason to put "and so on" ... you only left out one piece...

Let me restate the offer just in case it's unclear:

I will help people develop a plan that will double their business in the next 12 months. And that plan will work 100% of the time... for 100% of the people... who actually apply it 100%.

Pretty simple!

But here's the cool thing: if you DON'T think at any point during this class you'll be able to double in 12 months... you can have your $97 back!

And you can sign up right here, everybody!

But $97 is a lot of money for people who are not the target market.

at least I would hope that other real business owners would not buy into such a naive idea.

Ok I just have to say it.

I've been joking and teasing with you my man (maybe my humor isn't your cup of tea, either) but it's not me you have to worry about here.

You're so upset at me for some reason -- not sure if you think I'm stealing business you're entitled to or what... but everyone besides just a handful of people who have signed up so far have businesses well into the 6 and 7 figure range.

And every time you say this stuff you aren't attacking me, you're attacking them.

Not a good way to make friends.

You're absolutely right, words have consequences and if MY words don't ring true -- this is a very public place to put myself on the line... for the 3rd time.

I'm not going to just run an ad, steal everybody's money, and run off into the night. This is a 2nd home for me.

If this class sucks, I'm sure you'll be the first to hear about and you have full permission to talk even more shit.

But my man, what consequences do you think your words might have here?

Do you think these "fake" business owners who signed up, and have the money to afford your stuff, are going to look at this and say "YEAH! This guy's right! Let me give him all my money!"

I don't mind you pushing my thread to the top of the forum. I actually want to thank you for that, sincerely. All publicity is good publicity for me -- but dude, you're putting your foot in your mouth over and over.

And if you ever wanted to actually be friends with some of these people, fly across the world and spend time with us (like many of us have been doing for 14 years) -- find potential business partners, mentors, peers... who's going to want to hang out with you if this is how you act?

Nobody is going to say this to your face because they're nice people -- but I'll tell you there have been a dozen very prominent individuals here who have messaged me about this thread... you did get everyone's attention... but not in the way you wanted.

 

[ZCP]

Even if you think @Kung Fu Steve is a dumbass (he is, lol) ..... take the class AND learn something from it!

If you can learn from anyone, especially people you disagree with / don't like ..... imagine what that opens up for you in the world?!

 

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[Kung Fu Steve]

I don't wanna seem rude or anything, but seems like you call daddy for help. Justify yourself like a man wouldya

Actually both of you are being quite rude coming on to my paid ad here, but I'll bite.

I've built 3 businesses. All in the 7 figures.

I've been personally coached by Jay Abraham. Why do you think I sound like him?

I do appreciate the bumps to the top of the forum though, thanks!

 

[SteveO]

Count me in as a @Kung Fu Steve supporter. Quality person and class act. We have known each other for many years.

 

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[Scot]

Did you sell to P&G yet?

Waitin on dem big monies!

I sold the biz to a guy who worked for P&G. Close enough, right?

 

[GlobalWealth]

My dear lovely @Vigilante I am disappointed that I will disappoint you once again! It seems to me that when faced with the choice of silence and moving on, you have chosen to go on speaking to me. And spend your precious time writing a vitriolic post instead of spending the same time watching an entertaining video that discussed exactly this...

And what is worse... is that I was not planning to respond to this thread anymore. But it is you and your friends who keep bringing me back. They, (and you too) certainly are very eager to talk, so how can I refuse you... I think you’re loving the attention. So you must have a word with them, they are the real culprits who want to derail your thread!


First Steve... do not be worried. I am not your competitor.

Secondly...


I can see that you are an exemplary American and a real student of Dale Carnegie and his magnum opus “How to Win Friends and Influence People”. That is very good.

But that is not me Steve. You stick to Dale Carnegir. I have a different strategy and it comes from a book that I am currently writing, which is called... “How to Win Enemies and Influence People”.

And so far it is the enemies that are keeping you at the top. Can you imagine? No amount of money and favors could provide the gifts that one good enemy can!


That is absolutely amazing. Initially, I actually thought that you did not believe what you were saying... but it turns out I was wrong. You actually believe every single letter of what you wrote yourself!

Steve with this Holy Grail of marketing, you and your friends will be billionaires. And it will take you just 10 years to go from 1 million to over 1 billion! All they have to do is keep hiring you every year. Every year you will double their business with 100% certainty, and in just 10 years we will have a bunch of newly minted billionaires, right from MJ’s own fastlane forum, with Stephen Hilgart’s own method.

I tell you what Steve. I am a very patient man. I will be waiting for 10 years. And as you have said, this is a public forum, and you assured me that you were not joking. You really believe in this 12 months 2x your biz, 100% certainy. Im sure that you’ll also agree that your excellent friends cannot fail to apply what you are teaching 100%!! And I certainly expect nothing less of these outstanding business people who are devoted to their fastlane journey... So watch out, because in 10 years I will be back here, and I will want to see the results. I want nothing short of a copy of Forbes magazine with you and your friends on the cover page! And if don’t get it Steve, I will be very disappointed in you... Can you imagine? You kept me hopeful for 10 years, and I believed you, and you didn’t deliver? What will happen with your reputation then? Imagine all those loyal friends and business people who believed what you told them. They will remember that crazy guy who tried to bring them down from the clouds 10 years ago...

Wow. Are you @Black_Dragon43 or Angry Dragon?

Your desperation is intense.

Do you actually feel so threatened that you keep your rant on after many forum members have told you to let it go?

I get it. Times are tough.

Many small businesses are struggling.

But this is the wrong approach. Attacking someone does not raise your credibility.

It only exposes your own desperation.

So far on this thread, it seems you are the one that needs @Kung Fu Steve program the most.

Maybe you should consider attending to at least get your head straight. You clearly have some pent up rage.

Also, I read your response in your thread.

Amusing that you think mentioning that Steve is my "heterosexual life partner" is somehow a dig or insult.

Steve and I have been making that joke for over a decade publicly.

And yes, he is one of my closest friends. We've traveled to dozens of countries together, been roommates, business partners, he's been a witness on my behalf in court, and even flew halfway around the world to attend my wedding.

So keep it up kiddo. That's not an insult to either of us.

Oh, and he's made me tons of money as well. But that's the least significant factor to me.

His character is flawless.

Something that cannot be said about you.

 

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[ZCP]

Great class @Kung Fu Steve !

For those that attended, none of it means a damn thing if you don't DO SOMETHING WITH IT!

Let's go! No excuses! Build your system. Implement your plan. Change your mindset.

You got this!

 

[Vigilante]

I will be there also Randall. Looking forward to spending a few hours re-calibrating. I gave a speech a few years ago about not settling, and this is an opportunity to reassess where you are at coming out of the C0VlD-19 malaise everyone is in, and really looking past today at what you can become. I should be able to catch it live. Thanks @Kung Fu Steve for navigating past the noise and for this opportunity to spend some time focusing on shit that matters.

 

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[GlobalWealth]

@million$$$smile @Vigilante

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No I didn't listen to this stupidity.

But I will comment on the utter F*cking laziness and hubrous to make a video to respond to a forum thread.

No one gives a F*ck about you defending your view.

You brag about having a 6 figure agency.... Wow....

Nice work kiddo.

You attack a forum legend who posted a PAID thread on here.

It reeks of desperation.

Stop posting.

Let it die.

If you're lucky forum members will forget how utterly desperate and stupid you are.

 

[Andy Black]

Having listened to @Kung Fu Steve chat so eloquently on the Mind Your Business radio show and seeing all the people who’ve said they’re in I've no doubt this will be well worth the price of admission.

@Vigilante ... Do you have a link to that show?