332 - 19 year old high school dropout Chris Kelsey has a very refreshing take on how to grow a multi-million dollar business
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High school dropout, Chris Kelsey, is 19 years old and started Appsitude, a San Francisco based app and web development company in December 2014 (when he was 17) that has made over $6 million in revenue so far this year. Employing 60+ staff, he's also built many successful apps including Premium Wallpapers HD which received over 40 million downloads and did $8m revenue before it was sold in 2015. Now you may be thinking, “What can I, the seasoned business owner, learn from a 19 year old?” Strategies around attracting clients The importance of thinking big How he attracts A-players into his team Plenty more Plus I tackle a listener question about referencing death in their marketing, share a testimonial from a past attendee of my Philippines outsourcing tour, and I share some feedback from another listener (I have two!) who's been touched by the two recent Orange Sky episodes. Let's get stuck right in! EPISODE TIMELINE 00:00 Two marketing insights00:34 Episode teaser01:00 Welcome & overview02:45 Create Freedom Through Outsourcing Tour #3 update06:29 Today’s guest introduction - Quentin Nolan from Liquid Snow Tours07:52 Interview with Quentin Nolan from Liquid Snow Tours45:00 Insights into DesignCrowd & WebCentral47:31 My Top 3 Attention Grabbers from my chat with Quentin Nolan from Liquid Snow Tours49:04 Listener's marketing question answered53:42 Listener feedback55:53 Wrap-up and an insight in to both a past guest & next week’s guest EPISODE SPONSORS WebCentral - Exclusive listener offersGet your online marketing sorted with these exclusive listener offers. DesignCrowd - The world's #1 custom design marketplaceSave $100 off your first design. RESOURCES & LINKS MENTIONED Create Freedom Through Outsourcing Tour #3 Chris's official website for Appsitude The Pass Down Journal MY TOP 3 ATTENTION GRABBERS Think big. Why do you have to wait a predetermined amount of time for something to happen? Normalise big ideas. Then believe in them. Then act on them. Then make changes when they don’t entirely work out. Ask this Killer Question - “What would my younger self do in this situation?” Or “How would my younger self approach the marketing of my business?” OVER TO YOU … What was your biggest marketing learning or ah-ha moment from this episode? Leave your comment below. My guest and I respond to each and every comment. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/marketingpodcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.