Elias Zepeda is the founder and CEO of Need Clients Now, a national marketing agency specializing in customer acquisition. Elias and his team have been helping businesses scale their revenue by building high-converting sales funnels for their business.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“the fact that I was such a young entrepreneur. Some prospects and some people we spoke to didn’t really have the confidence due to the inexperience that we had at the time and being such a new company. And so, I had to beat that objection and saying ‘hey you are only 21 years… You are only 22 years old. How much do you know about a business?’. And we had to defend that… I was able to defend that because people they saw the enthusiasm and passion and drive that I had ”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
None
Favourite Quote:
- “haters can fuel your growth”
- “having haters is good it means you are making an impact and you are reaching more people”
Recommended Online Resources:
- Facebook Groups – A Facebook Group is a place for group communication and for people to share their common interests and express their opinion.
- YouTube, LLC is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California. Three former PayPal employees—Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim—created the service in February 2005. Google bought the site in November 2006 for US$1.65 billion; YouTube now operates as one of Google’s subsidiaries.
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Have a mentor. I think that’s so important… For those that are looking to start, launch or grow their own business I think having a mentor or multiple mentors and people they can rely on for advice I think that’s extremely important and I think that’s going to make a very big difference. ”…[Listen for More]
More About Elias Zepeda:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“When someone says you can’t do it, do it twice and take pictures.” Unknown
Other Quotes From the Chat with Elias Zepeda:
- “focusing on a niche. They say the riches are in the niches. And I think going back if I had the ability to go back that certainly a costly mistake that would have saved us lots of time, effort and money and would have really sped the results in the growth of the company”
- “I think the secret of success is again going back to continue to be a student at all times. It doesn’t matter if you have been doing something for 30, 40, 50 years. If you ask some of these seasoned entrepreneurs, Richard Branson, Mark Cuban, even Elon Musk, the most well-known entrepreneurs I think that they will all agree that they themselves are still active in reading books and learning and they themselves all have mentors. So that’s a really big focal point in driving a successful business”
- “the more haters that I have it directly correlates with me making a bigger impact and it directly means that I am on the right path ”
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