Imtiaaz Syed’s Post

It took me 11 years to make $50,000 online. Then only 3 years to make my first $1 million. If I were to start over here’s what I would do differently: 1. Pick a problem that a lot of people have.   2. Validate it quickly by helping someone solve it for free. 3. Collect a video testimonial from the person you helped. 4. Use Stan for landing pages, emails & payments (Free Trial here: https://bit.ly/3C5NpHl) ↳ Stan allows you to create a course, send newsletters & book meetings ↳ Replaces the need for multiple tools for only $29/month 5. Create a free training on how to solve the problem. 6. Collect emails in exchange for the free training.   7. Offer them a paid service/product to get better results, faster. 8. Collect payment in Stan from the 5-10% of people who accept it. ↳ Connect your Stripe directly to your store ↳ Book paid 1:1 coaching sessions too 9. Repeat steps 5-8 until $20k/month in revenue Keeping everything in one place will help you move 10x faster. Don’t overcomplicate this. There’s no such thing as overnight success. #StanPartner #StanForCreators 

You succumbed to a glass of 🍷 last night, but just the one so you’re not going to beat yourself up about. You had an appointment with a new prospective client today, but he didn’t show up. No response to your text and your call went to voicemail. Are you being ghosted? Again? You’ve lost count of how many times this happens with people. They’re all full of enthusiasm when you first speak to them in their free consultation, but then they disappear off the face of the earth. At least you’ve now got your spreadsheet in place to keep track of your numbers (haven’t you?). It really sucks, such a hideous waste of time! You always prepare for your calls so thoroughly. There is always a lot to be getting on with but that’s not the point. You wasted at least 20 mins reading up and making sure you were completely on the ⚽ ready to speak with them. And it’s another $fee lost. You’ve tried charging up front when you accept the booking, but more than once, Stripe have simply refunded the client when they complained. Feels like your time has no value! That sucks. Grrrrr. Makes me really #angry they can get away with that. #WinningWithWebinars #WebinarFunnels #PaulJordanWebinarCoach #WebinarsForCoaches

It took me 2 days to launch my last online product. — Here's what I did: 1) Identified the opportunity 2) Created a simple landing page (drag/drop builder) 3) Recorded a Video Sales Letter 4) Did small edits on the video 5) Set up payment with Stripe 6) Promoted it to my email list Less than 2 full days of work and the product was live. It generated 8 medium-ticket sales in 24 hours. Was it perfect? Absolutely not. I accidentally connected the wrong Stripe account and had to ask initial buyers to pay twice 🤦♂️ But... — I validated market interest FAST — I saw offer improvements FAST — I generated cash flow FAST In other words... I made progress fast and without overcomplicating things. Now, I can keep improving while I keep selling and finding new clients. I think it's the best approach. Because as the quote below says: "Perfection is a myth" So, why let myself get stuck with it? Instead, I like to take action fast. Because the more I do it, the more results I get, even if not perfect. And that's a reality ;)

A week ago I “launched” my new project, here’s how that went and what happened in the meantime. Side note - I’m planning to do these weekly updates from now on so I can keep myself accountable to work on the project. Here are the numbers on the launch: →  3143 impressions - my 5th most popular post so far, but I estimate it will get into top3 → 40 visitors to the website, which I would say that it’s a good number as there was no direct link, you had to copy the text and fix it → 4 paying customers - this I DID NOT expect this, lol My 4th paying customer was actually my wife supporting me. But that was a very good thing because she told me that there are no emails from Stripe, no “welcome” emails, nothing 😅 Since I wasn’t expecting anyone to pay (impostor syndrome at its finest) I did not spend the time to set everything up. But now I feel the pressure to deliver. 😰 Here’s what happened in the last week: → spent time on figuring out what should I do with all that cash, if I should buy a new house or a new car → realised that I could put it to good use by creating some automations that would make it A LOT easier to add new content on the website → did not get to actually create the automations → added 20 new emails from 2 new companies (Partnerhub® and Copilot) → created a LinkedIn page, All SaaS Emails → TURNED ON notifications from Stripe so I can have the ka-ching moment! And to click “send receipt” to people 😅 → had a discussion about a possible partnerships (also wasn't expecting this) The plan for next week is to create some part of the automations and start working on what’s in draft right now as I have more stuff in draft than published. Thank you for coming to my Ted talk. 🤡

Is your positioning specific enough? Think about the risks: Anthony Pierri said it best: "Which is the bigger risk? 1) potential customers think your products do less than they actually do 2) potential customers have no idea what your products do at all If you polled executives of large SaaS companies, I would bet lots of money they think option 1 is worse than option 2. It's really the only explanation as to why they choose to position their companies with the vaguest, broadest, most inscrutable messaging possible. They would truly prefer that people have ZERO idea what their company is—than risk feeling smaller than what they believe they've earned. But not every company is like this. Take Stripe (valued at $50B): → they have 19 products → they sell to both startups and enterprises → they have a vast partner ecosystem → they offer professional services → they have a huge app marketplace And yet, what do they say in their website hero? "Millions of companies of all sizes use Stripe online and in person to accept payments, send payouts, automate financial processes, and ultimately grow revenue." Read that again: → "accept payments" → "send payouts" → "automate financial processes" Three VERY SMALL use cases. They don't try to summarize all 19 products. They don't try to cast some vague brand message. They list three crystal clear use cases. They give a reference point. They meet prospects where they are. They know that there is still a big portion of their TAM that doesn't know what Stripe is. They aren't afraid of people (temporarily) thinking Stripe is a simpler product than it really is. They invite them into a conversation by telling them a little bit about themselves. If Stripe is worth $50B and still doing this, maybe it's worth trying for you — who AREN'T yet worth $50B. Because my guess is... you've still got a lot of TAM left that doesn't know what you do. And if they don't know what you do, they'll never think to buy from you." -- 👀 P.S. What's your take? Make sure to give Anthony a follow!

don't try to summarize all 19 products. don't try to cast some vague brand message. list three crystal clear use cases. give a reference point. meet prospects where they are. don’t be afraid of people (temporarily) thinking you’ve a simpler product than you really have #productmarketing

How a developer missed out on an extra $150K/year. (And how to not repeat his costly mistake.) He worked on a project for a client and: → Integrated Stripe as their payment processor → His client went on to process $50M per month → The developer got a sum total of $0 from Stripe Had he chosen Zenti’s payment processor instead ↴ He could have earned uncapped commissions, bringing in an additional $150K in passive income that year. Same work. Same project. A major difference in income. Don't be like him. Make smarter choices ↴ Earn uncapped commissions. The opportunities are there, make sure to grab them. If you are ready to create a new revenue stream: 1. Visit my website. 2. Click on the Revenue Share Program. 3. And finally, sign up to "Become a Partner." Or, you can also DM me "Referral Partner.”

For months, I’d wake up at 5 AM, grind till midnight, and still see $0 in my bank account. I’d watch guys with half my skills out-earn me 10x. Felt like the universe was gaslighting me. Then I realized something ugly: I wasn’t failing because of effort. I was failing cause I was... Chasing every shiny tactic: Spent money on courses that taught me to “niche down” (but not HOW) Tried cold DMing 200 people/day like a robot (got blocked by 199) Built “personal branding” that made me cringe (reels with forced smiles 😬) The breakthrough came when I stopped taking advice from people who’d never built what I wanted. Here’s what actually moved the needle Lesson 1: My “knowledge” was poison I thought consuming 10 YouTube videos/day made me smart. Truth? It gave me paralysis. I knew 37 ways to run FB ads… but couldn’t land 1 client. The fix: I stopped “learning” and started DOING one thing. (Picked cold emails. Sent 1,000 of them. Got 94 replies. 12 sales.) Lesson 2: My tools were from 2012 My “CRM” was Excel sheets. My “automation” was me copying-pasting DMs. I realized: Scaling requires weapons, not willpower. Built an AI system that does 80% of my outreach while I sleep. Woke up to 14 booked calls last Tuesday. Lesson 3: My circle was killing me My friends thought I was crazy for wanting “just” $100k/month. Joined a community where a 22-year-old casually shared his $37k/mo Stripe payout. Your ambition grows to match the room you’re in. Lesson 4: Mentors > Motivation Paid a “coach” who gave me templates. Then met a guy who’d scaled to $676k/month. Just sharing what finally worked after days of failure: Stop consuming. Start doing. Surround yourself with people who’ve done it.

Easiest way to build authority? Without having to show off your stripe account? (I honestly find that cringe, no offence to anyone) And guess what? You don't even need any clients for this... In fact, this authority will GET you the paying clients... Here's what to do: 👉find people 👉Do some free work 👉ask for a testimonial As simple as that. And nope, they are not gonna come at you with brooms and flaming torches🔥 Or even worse... Say no to your face😱 Believe it or not, they are MORE than happy to give you a testimonial. All you have to do is "ask" 🧏♀️ BTW, how do you collect your testimonials? Text? Video? Both?

One thing I stay far away from in my posts? Showing screenshots of Stripe revenue. 𝐖𝐡𝐲? Because, in my experience, all it does is attract desperate, broke people. One of my 500+ clients over the past four years even shared his own story with me. He said: "𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴, 𝘐 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 25𝘒 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘻𝘦𝘳𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴, 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯!" So, 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐬, 𝐈 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 You’ll see spikes in my growth whenever I run a 5-day challenge—bringing in a steady stream of clients, not just a one-off high month. And speaking of consistency… 𝐦𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝟏𝟏/𝟏𝟖! If you’re ready to move from non-stop 1:1 sales calls to a streamlined 1-to-many process, check out the details in my Featured Section. Join us to learn how to grow consistently and build a thriving client base, without the overwhelm.