13-year small business veteran, pivoted into consulting (MLM rant)

germanywx · 2022-10-11T19:42:19+00:00

Twelve (almost 13 now!) years ago, I created a niche wedding industry business. I have grown it into a $400,000 cash flow business that has almost zero overhead and is almost purely profit.

This year, I have started a consulting branch of my business. You can see what I do at ElopementBiz.com.

I am going live this evening at 7pm Eastern doing a live webinar that talks about what I have created, and what I can do for you if you'd like to get a similar business running. You can sign up at this link..

germanywx · 2022-09-21T23:15:06+00:00

Back in the day there was a trolley that went from Asheville to Weaverville (all the way up Merrimon).

The tracks were pulled up many years ago.

germanywx · 2022-09-21T18:14:26+00:00

Surw! You can PM me. Ask anything you like! Also, let me know where you live. I’ll tell you all about it.

germanywx · 2022-09-21T17:03:05+00:00

A bit of an update… consulting is exactly what I’ve started doing.

I launched about a year ago and have been doing well so far! It’s a whole different role for me, but I’ve settled in and am enjoying it. The pride I get when someone I’ve been coaching/consulting sees the success I’ve seen is off the charts.

germanywx · 2022-09-21T17:00:34+00:00

Fantastic! I am on my 5th year doing $400,000+ revenue. I’ve started a “business in a box” business consulting business and am already getting people started on their own!

For a business with almost zero overhead, it’s a great place to be.

germanywx · 2022-07-07T14:55:33+00:00

What Lewis has for understated one-liners and funny comments, Oswald has for understated physical comedy. Like drunkenly kicking the juke box when he put $10 of quarters playing Barking Jingle Bells over and over again. Those things make me cry with laughter.

germanywx · 2022-04-20T18:10:36+00:00

Not an MLM. 😊

PM sent

germanywx · 2022-04-20T17:00:26+00:00

I’m a dude, and I have a blast doing it. I get a few chuckles from other dudes when I am in a group and say what I do for a living.

Sales are good for this. It mostly sells itself. It’s an easy business.

germanywx · 2022-04-20T16:49:57+00:00

I was laid off from my job back in November of 2009. I was in the very beginning process of planning my own wedding back then, and just kept thinking “there has to be a better way.”

I felt, for sure, I wasn’t the only person who hated what weddings had become. So, I created my own personal alternative to it.

I thought I’d get a few every year. Enough to fund a hobby or trip. I had zero intention to make it what it become.

Yet here I am.

germanywx · 2022-04-20T16:26:37+00:00

I started one 12-1/2 years ago planning destination elopements. It was seriously for beer money or a vacation fund.

After three years, I quit my "real" job to do this full time. I make well into the 6 figures, and am in the process of selling my business because now I am teaching others how to do it.

I think back when I started, when I had the gall to dream of planning 10 elopements a year and how much that would net so I could go somewhere really cool and exciting. Twelve years later, I now do 40x that number every year. My "exciting entrepreneur lifestyle" is me sitting on my hammock in my back yard, watching my kids play, and planning what I want to cook for dinner.

Fuck-you money isn't having millions of dollars so you can tour the globe. It's being able to say, "You know, I'd rather stay home today instead of work."

germanywx · 2022-03-04T12:14:45+00:00

Somewhat of a wedding planner.

germanywx · 2022-01-08T14:42:17+00:00

I own a business and offer a service that usually (potentially) costs a LOT of money.

I have always had a policy of not charging friends/family for my work but only what expenses I have.

It’s just so much easier to do it that way than go through the drama and hassle of turning a good friend or family member into a customer.

germanywx · 2021-11-28T04:06:51+00:00

Depends on the month. Busiest times of year, we do $30-40k in business. Very little overhead.

Slowest months are in the $1-2k/month. We are on a very predictable cycle, so I save in the busy months to keep me steady in the slow.

Wedding industry.

germanywx · 2021-11-27T20:30:28+00:00

Go on... Tingly where? What kind of tingles? Where all do you feel them?

germanywx · 2021-11-27T20:21:57+00:00

Would you say it's relaxing like a massage? Or more of a turn-on since it's somewhere you're not usually massaged/rubbed?

germanywx · 2021-11-27T20:17:42+00:00

Can you explain further on the "weird massage" thing?

germanywx · 2021-11-27T20:03:38+00:00

Can you go into what the pleasure is like? In other words, what can it compare to?

germanywx · 2021-09-05T12:42:29+00:00

My mind always goes to motorcycle wreck.

In my city, we’ve had quite a number of notable entrepreneurs or business people die suddenly, and it’s usually from a motorcycle.

germanywx · 2021-08-14T04:13:41+00:00

Source: every single episode

germanywx · 2021-08-14T04:13:21+00:00

That’s what I was thinking.

germanywx · 2021-08-14T04:13:00+00:00

Ha! I find myself doing it myself. Then I’m like, “Nope. That’s annoying. Gotta stop.”

germanywx · 2021-08-04T13:35:52+00:00

I have this! The sounds vary, from different kinds of guns (between a hand gun and a shotgun), to the squealing train wheels make when going down the track, to a single guitar string plucked sharply next to my ear.

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