June 9, 2025

The Revenue Multiplication Formula: Finding Hidden Money in Your Existing Business

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Season 1

In this eye-opening episode, Michael Barbarita and Chuki Obiyo reveal why most business owners are leaving substantial revenue on the table without realizing it. You'll discover the "Revenue Multiplication Formula" that identifies hidden revenue opportunities within your existing operations, customer base, and business model. Learn how to unlock revenue streams you already have but aren't maximizing, without spending additional money on marketing or customer acquisition.

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Welcome to Powerful Business Strategies, where you will find out

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that everything you have ever learned about growing your business

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is wrong. Finally, a show where you'll learn the right

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way to grow your business by learning business and financial

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strategies that your competition isn't doing. And now here's your host.

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President of NeXTSTEP CFO Michael Barbarita and joining Michael for

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today's show as an executive moderator is chooky obia.

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Yes, this is schuekin. I believe that gratitude is undefeated

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and growth is about the next step. It is an

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honor for me to moderate today's discussion.

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With my good friend Michael.

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Michael, how are you.

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Fantastic cher k. Thank you well.

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My name is Michael Barberia, President of Next Step CFO,

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and next Step CFO is a fractional CFO and strategic

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implementation firm.

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Business owners hire us to double and.

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Triple their profit using business and financial strategies that their

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competition isn't doing. Our vision is to ensure that overwhelmed

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business owners achieve consistent profit that leads to time freedom

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to build the legacy and the life they desire. Our

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mission is dedicated to guidance small business owners to leveraging

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their time, exploding their profits, and building a meaningful legacy.

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And this show powerful business Strategies in our book of

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the same name, is a step toward accomplishing that vision

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and mission. So with that, I'd like to hand it

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back to my co author and moderated for the show,

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Chicky Obio.

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It's funny Michael and I were talking right before the

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show started, and I'm really inspired by today's episode. It's

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really about the abundance mindset, the revenue multiplication formula which

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Michael's wisdom will get us into. So look, a really

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quick disclaimer, Michael and I are both affiliated with a

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number of different organizations. I currently serve as a managing

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director of business Development for Veta Price, a global business

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focused law firm. But in addition to that look, it's

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truly an honor to collaborate with Michael to moderate business

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roundtables coast to coast, even international, and then we document

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these insights as part of our book, Powerful Business Strategies.

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And please note that the views expressed on this show

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are views based on very successful experiences from these roundtables

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and beyond. And my mission is a fearless moderator, is

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to ask the right questions to help you, the listener,

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learn the best strategies that the competition isn't doing. With that,

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back over to Michael.

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Thank you, Jocky.

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So, before we dive into today's topic, I want to

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share something that could surprise you. Maybe not, but right now,

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within your existing business, there's money waiting to be discovered,

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not in some complex new venture or expensive expansion or

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something complicated with big shifts, but in opportunities that you

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walk past every single day. And most business owners spend

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their time chasing new customers when gold mines actually exist.

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Within their current operations.

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And I've seen businesses increase revenue by forty fifty, even

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eighty percent, simply by recognizing and capturing value they already

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have and they already created but are not monetizing. And

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so today isn't about working harder, spending more money on marketing,

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but today is about opening your eyes to the revenue

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opportunities that already surround you. Because when you learn to

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see your business through a lens of hidden revenue potential,

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I wonder why you ever missed these opportunities in the

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first place. So we're exploring one of my favorite business topics,

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by the way, finding hidden revenue within your existing operations.

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And I call this.

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One of your favorites, one of my favorites. Anything to

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do with more money, it's one of my favorites. It's

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based on a simple but powerful premise that most businesses

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are sitting on substantial, untapped revenue opportunities that require little

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to no investment to capture. And let me start by

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sharing a story that I think illustrates this concept. A

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commercial cleaning company was struggling to grow despite having an

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excellent reputation and building loyal customers on the owner was

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considering expensive considering expensive marketing campaigns and geographic expansion when

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she discovered something interesting. So during her analysis, she found

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that this company's technicians were regularly identifying maintenance issues in

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their clients' facilities, whether it's things like burnt out like fixtures,

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maybe warned carpeting, minor plumbing problems, even hvac inefficiencies.

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But here's the key.

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They were simply noting these issues in their reports without

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doing anything about them, and she realized that this represented

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a massive untapped revenue opportunity. The company already had trusted

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relationships with these clients, their staff was on site regularly,

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and they were naturally discovering genuine needs. All they needed

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was a system to capitalize on this existing value, and

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they created a program where they began offering coordinated solutions

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for the issues they were already identifying, and they partnered

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with qualified vendors outside for services outside their fertise and

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handled which they marked up by the way, and build

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others in house. And within eight months, this single initiative

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increased their revenue by thirty four percent without acquiring a

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single new customer. And this example demonstrates the core principle

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of hidden revenue multiplication because the biggest opportunities are often

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hiding in plain sight within your current operations.

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Michael, that's a fascinating example. But how common is it

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for businesses to have these kinds of hidden revenue opportunities?

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I mean, is this something that applies mainly to service

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businesses or would you say it's across industries.

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Oh that's a great question. So well, in my experience,

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you know, working with businesses across dozens of industries, I

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estimate that at least half of the companies has significant

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untapped revenue opportunities within their existing operation. And this isn't

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limited to service businesses at all. I see it everywhere.

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For example, I saw a manufacturing company was selling industrial equipment,

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but was it offering installation training or any of the

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ongoing maintenance services. And they were leaving essentially sixty percent

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of the total customer value on the table because they

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were thinking of themselves as manufacturers rather than a complete

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solution provider.

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And similarly, a retail client, this go.

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That customers frequently outs their staff for advice about complementary

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products they didn't carry. Instead of seeing this as an inconvenience,

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he repositioned it as a revenue opportunity and created a

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special order program with preferred vendor relationships, and this one

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thing added eighteen percent that their annual revenue with minimal

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minimal additional overhead. So the revenue multiplication formula applies universally

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because it's based on free, fundamental truths about business, and

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this is really important. First, every business creates value beyond

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what they currently monetize. You solve problems, You provide insights,

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make connections, and deliver outcomes that you might not be

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charging for. Second, your existing customers trust you and would

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often buy additional products or services from you if you

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offer them. It's much easier to expand relationships with current

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customers than to acquire new ones.

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We all know that your current operation.

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Generates data, relationships, and capabilities that can be leveraged for

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additional revenue streams. You're already investing in these assets. The

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question is whether you're maximizing their return. So the revenue

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multiplication formula helps you systematically identify and capture these opportunities

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through a structured approach with four key components. Number one

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first opponent is value inventory, cataloging all the value that

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you currently create, including value you're not charging for. Second

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is customer expansion analysis. Identifying additional ways to serve your

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existing customer base profitably. Third is asset leverage assessment, finding

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ways to monetize your existing capabilities, relationships, and data. And

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then fourth revenue stream integration. This is implementing new revenue

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streams in ways that enhance rather than distract from your

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current core business. So let's explore that first component called

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value inventory, and this is the process of cataloging all

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the value that you currently create, including value you're not

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charging for. So most business owners, for example, significantly underestimate

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the breadth of value that they provide to customers, and

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this blind spot cost them substantial revenue. So here is

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a systematic approach to conducting your value inventory. First, document

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every customer touch point and interaction, so you map out

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the complete customer journey from initial contact through the ongoing relationship.

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At each touch point, you ask what value are we

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providing here? And by the way, don't just consider the

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obvious paid services. Look for advice. You'll look for advice, insights, connections,

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problem solving, or convenience that you provide without explicit compensation.

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For example, we give you an example. A business consultant

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realized that during brief check in calls with clients, she

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was routinely providing valuable strategic advice that other consultants were

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charging one hundreds of dollars for. These calls were positioned

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as customers service from her perspective, but they were actually

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delivering substantial consulting value that could be monetized. Second, analyze

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your team's expertise and knowledge. Your employees possess knowledge and

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skills that extend beyond their immediate job functions. This expertise

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often creates monetizable value that you're not capturing. An accounting forum,

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for example, discovered that their staff regularly answered complex tax

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questions during routine bookkeeping services, and these weren't simple clarifications.

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They were actually providing tax advice that specialized tax consultants

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charge premium rates for, and so by creating a structured

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tax advisory service, they increase their average.

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Client value by twenty eight percent.

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Third, examining your businesses process and systems. Often, the systems

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that you've developed to run your business officially could be

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valuable to other businesses facing similar challenges the right and

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by the way. This might include proprietary methodologies, software configurations.

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Maybe it's a training program or some type of operational framework.

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For instance, a restaurant chain had developed an exceptionally effective

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staff training system to maintain consistency across locations. So what

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did they do. They practiced this system as a consulting

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service for other restaurants, and it created an entirely new

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revenue stream that leveraged an asset that they or that

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they already created. Fourth is identify connection and relationship opportunities.

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Your business likely sits at the intersection of multiple industries, vendors,

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and customer types, and these connections often represent untapped revenue

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opportunities through referrals, partnerships, or facilitated introductions. So, for example,

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a construction company realized that they were regularly connecting clients

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with interior designers, landscapers, and also specialty contractors. Instead of

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making these referrals informally, they became a trusted partner. They

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created a trusted partner network where they actually received referral

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fees while providing clients with pre vented service providers. And

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this is that's part of the joint venture strategy that

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we that we showed you in previous shows. Fifth, analyze

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your data and insights. Your business generates data about market trends,

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customer behavior, and industry patterns that actually could be valuable

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to others. And this might include market research, benchmarking data,

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or industry insights.

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You know.

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For example, a distribution company began selling Anama animized market

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data to suppliers, providing insights about regional demand patterns and

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customer preferences. And this new revenue stream require i mean

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little additional effort since they were already collecting the data

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for internal purposes.

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Well that's really insightful, Michael. But how I've got to

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go deep on this? How do business owners determine which

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of these hidden value opportunities are worth pursuing?

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Right?

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Because I imagine not all these opportunities are created equal.

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Oh you're right, for sure, not all hidden opportunities are

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created equal. And the key is to evaluate potential opportunities

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against specific criteria to prioritize those with the highest return

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on investment. So here are three Yeah, here are three

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criteria that I use to evaluate hidden revenue opportunities.

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First, market demand validation.

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Just because you can and provide something doesn't mean there's

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a sufficient demand to make it profitable. So before investing

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time in developing a new revenue stream, validate that customers

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are willing to pay for it. You can do this

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through simple surveys of existing customers, in formal conversations during

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regular business interactions, or small scale testing.

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And here's an example.

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The County account The accounting firm that I mentioned earlier,

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started by asking three existing clients if they'd be interested

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in formal tax advisory services for developing the complete offering.

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Of course the answer is yes. Second, implementation complexity.

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Some opportunities require minimal additional resources to implement, while others

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would require significant investment in new systems, training.

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Or personnel.

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So you prioritize opportunities that leverage your existing capabilities and infrastructure.

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For example, if you are already having conversations with customers

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about complementary services, formalizing that into a revenue stream is

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much simple in the developing new technical capabilities and Third,

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alignment with core business. So the best hidden revenue opportunities

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enhance your core business rather than detract from it or

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distract from it. Look for opportunities that deepen the customer relationship,

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increase customer stickiness, leverage your existing reputation and expertise, and

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create cross selling or up selling opportunities with current services,

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and that systematic approach ensures that you focus on opportunities

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that provide the greatest return with the least risk and

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resource investment.

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That's a very.

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Practical framework for evaluation, Michael. And as you know from

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some of our business roundtable conversations, I mean, disruption is

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a big part of why business owners don't necessarily take

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that first step. So, you know, let's business owners have

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identified and prioritized these hidden value opportunities. I mean, what's

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the best way to begin implementation.

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Well, the biggest mistake businesses make when pursuing these hidden

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revenue opportunities is trying to do everything at once, not

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to implement at all, just you know, fire all the guns,

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and that could overwhelm their systems and distract from their

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core business. The key is strate strategic, phased, phased implementation.

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So here's an approach to implementation. First start with pilot

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programs rather than full launches. This is where I go

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back to that I've said so many times about testing.

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Choose one priority opportunity implemented on a small scale with

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a limited group of customers, and this allows you to

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refine your approach, identify potential issues and validate the business

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model before committing significant resources. For example, the business consultant

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I mentioned earlier didn't immediately offer formal strategic advisory calls

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to all clients. She started by offering this service to

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three existing clients as a pilot program, and then refine

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her approach based on their feedback, and then gradually expanded

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to her full client base, so it's very gradual. Second,

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verge leverage existing touch points rather than creating new ones.

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So the most successful hidden revenue implementations build on existing

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customer interactions rather than creating additional complexity. If you're already

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talking to customers regularly, find ways to incorporate new offerings

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into those conversations. Third, ensure adequate systems and processes are

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in place before scaling them. Revenue opportunities often require slightly

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different processes than your core business, so develop these clear proceeds,

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pricing structures, and delivery methods during the pilot phase so

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that you can scale smoothly and trust issues. Fourth, train

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your team gradually. Your staff needs to understand these new

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offerings and feel comfortable presenting them to customers, and start

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with key team members.

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Validate the approach and then expand training to the broader team.

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And then fifth, measure results carefully before the beginning, right

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from the beginning. Excuse me, so track not just revenue

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from new offerings, but also their impact on customer satisfaction,

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team productivity, and core business performance. And this data will

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guide your scaling decisions. And so a manufacturing company implemented

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this approach really, really, really well, and they identified that

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customers frequently asked for installation and training services. So instead

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of immediately creating a full service department, they selected five

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existing customers for a pilot installation program.

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They partnered with.

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An established installation contractor for the first few projects. They

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developed standardized processes and pricing based on pilot results, They

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trained their sales team on the new offering, and they

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gradually brought installation capabilities in house as demand grew.

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Phased approach allowed them to actually validate the opportunity, refine

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the execution, and scale profitability without disrupting their core manufacturing

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operations because we know business owners hate that.

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Oh amen to that, right, Michael. Look, that's excellent advice

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for implementation. Just to make this as practical as possible.

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What a two key action items that you would recommend.

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Okay, well, as we wrap up this segment should be.

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The first action item is to spend one week documented

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documenting every interaction your team has with customers, noting any

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extra advice, extra insights, or additional value they provide beyond

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your core service, and how team members keep simple locks

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of questions that they answer, problems that they solve, or

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connections they facilitate that aren't part of your standard offering,

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and you'll be surprised how much valuable service you're providing

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without compensation. The second action item is to survey five

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of your best customers about additional services they would value

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from you, and ask specific questions like what are the

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challenges are you facing that we might be able to

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help you with? And also ask them things like what

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services do you currently purchase from other VENs? Is that

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you wish we could provide and their responses will reveal

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hidden revenue opportunities based on real market demand rather than assumptions.

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And then our next segment, we're going to explore the

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customer expansion analysis, how to systematically identify additional ways to

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serve your existing customer base profitably and increase the lifetime

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Strategies dot com. So the before the break, we discuss

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value inventory, cataloging all the value that you currently create,

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including value you're not charging for, especially value you're not

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charging for. Now, let's explore that second component of our

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revenue multiplication formula called customer expansion analysis, and this is

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about systematically identifying additional ways to serve your existing customer

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base profitably. The fundamental principle here is that it's much

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easier and more profitable to expand relationships with current customers

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than to acquire new ones. And here's why customer expansion

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is so powerful. Existing customers already trust you, they understand

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your value, and you've established buying patents. They have in

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these custom have established buying patterns with your business. The

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sale cycle is shorter, the conversion rates are higher, and

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the lifetime value increases dramatically. And studies consistently show that

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increasing customer retention rates by just five percent can increase

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profits by as much as twenty to fifty percent. Now,

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let me walk you through a systematic approach to customer expansion. First,

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segment your customers by profitably by profitability and growth potential,

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not how customers are equally valuable for expansion efforts, and

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then create three segments high value customers who are profitable

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and have significant expansion potential, medium value customers who have

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become high value with the right expansion, and then low

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value customers who may not justify significant expansion investments. Focused

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most of your expansion efforts on the first two segments,

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where your return on investment will be the highest. Second,

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in aligns each customer's total market opportunity. This means understanding

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the full scope of what each customer spends on products

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or services related to your industry. Not just what they

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spend with you, and this share of wallet analysis actually

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reveals how much room exists for expansion. And let me

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give you an example. So a marketing agency discovered that

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their typical client spent one hundred and eighty thousand dollars

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annually on various marketing services, but they were only capturing

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forty five thousand dollars off that spend. This analysis revealed

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an expansion opportunity within their existing customer base. Third map

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customer pain points and unmet needs. Your existing customers face

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challenges beyond what you currently all for them. Some of

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these challenges might be addressable through expansions of your current

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services or new offerings. So conduct structured interviews with key

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customers focusing on their broader challenge goal broader challenges they've

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brought their their goals and frustrations. Ask questions like what

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other vendors do you work with in our industry? What

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challenges do you face with that that vendor is not

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solving well? And what would happen what would need to happen?

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The better way for you to consolidate more services with

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fewer vendors. By the way, customers love that. Customers love

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consolidating services. There's fewer ship tos, there's fewer invoices to

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deal with. It's just and there's you know, less phone

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calls or emails to order product. Yes, poor identify natural

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expansion pathways. Look for logical extensions of your current services

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that offer additional value to customers and these These might

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include complimentary services that enhance the core offering. They could

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include higher level strategic services that build on your current work.

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They can include related services that address customer adjacent customer needs.

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And they can include maintenance or support or ongoing services

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for core delivererals, deliverables. And a software development company identified

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that clients needed ongoing technical support, staff, training on new systems,

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and regular updates and enhancements, and by systematically offering these

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services to existing clients, they increase their average customer value

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from eighty five grand to one hundred and forty two

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grand over two years. Fifth create expansion offers that feel

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natural and valuable. The key to successful customer expansion is

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positioning new offerings as logical extensions of your existing relationship

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rather than aggressive up selling, and frame expansion opportunities around

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customer outcomes and value rather than your need for additional revenue.

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I do have a question here, and it's also some

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feedback that we've gotten from listeners. How do companies identify

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which customers are most likely to be receptive so expansion offers?

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And I think we can imagine that there are some

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customers that might resonate with this and some customers that

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might not. So what's your perspective in that regard?

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So you're right, I mean customer.

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Reception of these concepts varies significantly, and targeting the wrong

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customers with expansion offers, can.

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You know they can potentially damage relationships?

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So the key is, yeah, the keys developing a systematic

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approach to identifying expansion ready customers. And here's the key

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indicators I look for when assessing expansion readiness. First, relationship

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depth and satisfaction. Customers who are most likely to expand

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those who have been you for at least six months.

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They've experienced your value. They consistently pay on time and

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don't negotiate aggressively on pricing. They provide positive feedback and

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express satisfaction with your current services. They refer other customers

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to your business, and they include you in strategic conversations

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beyond your immediate service area. Second, growth indicators within their business.

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So expanding companies often need expanded services. So look for

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customers who are increasing the scope or frequency of their

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current services. Are hiring new staff or expanding operations, are

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entering new markets or launching new products, or even expressing

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frustration with multiple vendors and managing those multiple vendors and

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then asking for advice beyond your current service scope is

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another indicator that they're looking for expansion of your services.

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Third vendor consolidation preferences. Some customers prefer working with multiple

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specialized vendors, while others value the convenience and accountability of

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those consolidated relationships.

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I find the latter to be more frequent.

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Identify consolidation oriented customers by listening to phrases like we'd

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prefer to work with fewer vendors. It's challenging to coordinate

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between different service providers. We wish we had one point

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of contact for all of these things, and do you

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know anyone who could help us with that related service

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boy budget authority, and decision making power. So expansion opportunities

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are most viable when you're working with customers who have

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the authority and budget to make additional purchasing decisions, and

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this might require understanding their decision making process and identifying

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the right stakeholders for expansion conversations. And let me share

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a specific example of how this sucsess works at practice. So,

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a commercial insurance broker analyzed their customer base and identified

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their most expansion ready customers.

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She had three characteristics.

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They had been clients for more than eighteen months, they

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had grown their business by more than fifteen percent in

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the past year, and they regularly asked the broker for

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advice on risk management issues beyond insurance. And by focusing

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exp expansion efforts exclusively on customers meeting this criteria, they

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achieved a seventy three percent success rate on expansion offers,

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compared to a twenty three percent success rate when they

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approached becausestomers randomly. So the key insight here is that

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customer expansion should be strategic and targeted rather than broadly applied.

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And when you focus on the right customers at the

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right time with the right offers, expansion becomes a natural

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evolution of the relationship rather than aggressive an aggressive sales tactic.

474
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Yeah, Michael, we don't know anything about aggressive sales taxics

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at all. Business owners have to look out. Those are

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excellent strategies for making expansion financially viable.

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And Michael, that's.

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Credit to your strategic CFO mindset. So to wrap up

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this segment, what are two key action items that you'd recommend.

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So the first one is to create a customer a

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customer what I call a customer expansion scorecard for your

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top twenty customers. Rate each customer on a scale of

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one to five for relationship satisfaction, business growth, vendor consulate

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preference and budget authority.

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Focus on your.

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Initial expansion efforts on scores customer scores that are fifteen

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or higher out of twenty, and this target approach will

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dramatically improve your success rate compare it to generic expansion attempts.

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And the second action item is to conduct strategic need

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assessments with high scoring customers in.

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The next month.

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Don't approach these as sales conversation, by the way, but

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as strategic discussions about their challenges and goals. Ask about

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their complete ecosystem of vendors, their upcoming initiatives, and their

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00:34:40.320 --> 00:34:44.360
pain points with current service providers. These conversations will reveal

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specific expansion opportunities based on real customer needs rather than

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assumptions about what they might want. And in our next segment,

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we'll explore asset leverage, asset leverage assessment, and how to

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monitor your existing capabilities, relationships, and data in ways that

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create new revenute streams without significant additional adjustment. So before

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I continue this discussion, we're going to take a ninety

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second break. Hey there, business owners, let me ask you something.

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So far we've covered value, inventory and customer expansion analysis.

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Let's explore the third component of our revenue multiplication formula,

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asset leverage assessment. And this is about finding ways to

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monetize your existing capabilities relationships, and data. You see, most

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businesses have valuable assets that could generate additional revenue but

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are currently under utilized or they're not monetized at all.

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And the key is recognizing these assets and developing creative

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ways to extract value from them.

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So let me walk you through the.

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Five major categories of leverage assets that exist in most businesses.

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First is intellectual property and expertise. Your business has developed knowledge,

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processes and methodologies that could be valuable to others. This

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might include proprietary systems, training materials, best practices, or even

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specialized knowledge that you take for granted but others would

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00:38:03.280 --> 00:38:08.400
pay for. So, for example, a specially a successful restaurant

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00:38:09.199 --> 00:38:14.320
developed an exceptional employee retention system to address the industry's

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notorious turnover problems. So instead of keeping this system internal,

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they packaged that it's a consulting service for other restaurants,

552
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and this new revenue stream generated over one hundred and

553
00:38:25.199 --> 00:38:32.440
eighty grand in its first year while requiring minimal additional resources. Second,

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relationships and network access. Your business sits at the intersection

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of various industries, customer types, and vendor relationships. These connections

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represent monetizable assets through formal referral programs, partnership arrangements, or

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facilitated introductions. And let me give you an example. Our

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commercial real estate firm realized that they regularly connected clients

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with contractors, architects, interior to designers, and financial service providers,

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and instead of making these referrals informally, they created a

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trusted partner network with structured referral agreements and this generated

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additional ninety five thousand dollars in annually in referral fees

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while providing added value to their clients.

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Third, data and market insights.

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Your business generates valuable data about market trends, customer behavior,

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industry patterns, and operational benchmarks, and this information could be

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valuable to vendors, industry associations, or other businesses facing similar challenges.

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Another example, a distribution company began offering anonymous market intelligence

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reports to their suppliers, providing insights about regional demand patterns,

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seasonal trends, and customer preferences. And this data was a

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byproduct of their normal operations, but packaging and professionally created

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new revenue stream worth one hundred and twenty thousand dollars annually. Fourth,

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Physical assets and infrastructure your equipment, facilities or technological infrastructure

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might have capacity that could be monetized during off peak

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times or for complementary purposes. For example, a manufacturing company

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with specialized equipment realized that they used their machinery at

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sixty percent capacity. They began offering contract manufacturing services to

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smaller companies who couldn't justify purchasing their own equipment. This

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asset leverage strategy increased their revenue by twenty eight percent

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while spreading fixed costs across more production volume. Fifth, brand

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and reputation assets. Your established reputation and market position could

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be leveraged to support to support new revenue streams that

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benefit you from that benefit from your credibility and customer trust.

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So here's another example of that. A well regarded accounting.

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00:41:13.199 --> 00:41:18.239
Firm leverage their reputation to offer business valuation services for

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merchants and acquisitions. And while this requires some additional training,

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their established credibility made them immediately competitive in this higher

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margin service area.

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These are fascinating examples, Michael, but how do you How

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do you advise business owners to come up with a

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systematic way to identify which of their assets have the

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greatest potential for generating additional revenue. I mean, would this

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require shift in mindset for what constitutes a business asset?

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No, you're right, You're right. Tricky.

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See, most business owners think of assets in traditional accounting

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00:41:56.559 --> 00:42:02.400
terms like equipment, inventory, maybe even real estate. But for

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revenue multiplication purposes, we need to think much more broadly

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about what constitutes a valuable asset. And here's a systematic

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approach for identifying your leverageable assets. First, conducted asset audit

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across five categories. For example, ask what do we have

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that others might find valuable? And for intellectual assets, inventory

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00:42:26.599 --> 00:42:33.599
you possess inventory process methodologies, training materials, proprietary knowledge and

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problem solving approaches, and ask what do we do differently

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or better than typical companies in our industry. And for

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relationship assets, map your network of customers, your network of vendors,

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your network of partners, and industry connections, and ask who

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00:42:53.360 --> 00:42:57.119
do we know that can benefit from knowing each other?

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In other words, what introductions or connections could we facilitate.

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So for data assets, analyze what information you collect in

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the normal course of business. So what you ask is

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what patterns do we see that others in our industry

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would find valuable and what benchmarking or market intelligence could

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00:43:21.639 --> 00:43:28.840
we provide. And for physical assets, examine your equipment, facilities

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00:43:29.360 --> 00:43:34.599
and infrastructure utilization and ask what capacity do we have

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that's not fully utilized and what resources could serve additional purposes. And,

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by the way, I've seen many times where small businesses

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want to start out, they need to find a resource

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to manufacture or build, and they use the graveyard shift.

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I've seen that many times. It happens a lot in

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the banking industry too. By the way, for brand assets,

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evaluate your reputation, your expertise in market position. Ask what

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00:44:03.000 --> 00:44:06.480
credibility do we have that could support new offerings and

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what trust have we built that could be extended to

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00:44:11.000 --> 00:44:17.400
related services. Second, apply the external value test to each

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00:44:17.480 --> 00:44:21.800
identified asset. Just because you have something doesn't mean it's

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valuable to others. For each ask for each potential asset,

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00:44:25.960 --> 00:44:28.360
ask what others would pay for the access to this?

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Does this solve a real problem for a specific market

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and is this unique or difficult for others to replicate?

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And can we deliver this consistently at a profitable price.

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Point three, prioritize assets based on monetization complexity, So Some

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assets can be monetized with minimal additional investment, while others

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require significant development. So start with the assets that have

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immediate market demand, low implementation complexity, high margin potential, and

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strong alignment with your core business.

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Michael, these are excellent insights. Now to wrap up this segment,

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what are two of the most important action items that

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you would recommend?

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Well, the first action item is to conduct a comprehensive

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audit asset audit using five categories that we discussed that

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was intellectual property, relationships, data, physical assets, and brand assets.

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And for each category, list everything that you have that

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might be valuable to others and then apply the external

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value test to identify the most promising opportunities and focus

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on assets that actually solve problems for specific markets that

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can be monetized with a relatively low complexity. And the

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second action item is to identify three potential partnership opportunities

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where you can monetize your assets without building new operational

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00:45:59.000 --> 00:46:03.280
infrastructure and look for established businesses that could benefit from

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your intellectual intellectual property.

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You know.

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In our closing segment, I'll explore the revenue stream integration

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and how to implement new revenue streams in ways that

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enhance rather than distract from your core business, and will

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summarize the complete revenue multiplication formula. So, as we wrap

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up today's episode on finding hitting money hidden money in

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00:46:27.760 --> 00:46:33.039
your existing business, let's summarize the complete revenue multiplication formula

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and how all four components work together to unlock revenue opportunities.

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And we began with value inventory cataloging all the value

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you currently create, including value you're not charging for, and

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this involves documenting every customer touch point, analyzing your team's expertise,

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00:46:53.079 --> 00:46:59.239
examining your business process, identifying connection opportunities, and analyzing your

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data and insights. Next, we explored customer expansion analysis, systematically

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identifying additional ways to serve your existing customer based profitably.

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We discussed segmenting customers by potential analyzing total market opportunity,

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mapping unmet needs, identifying natural expansion pathways, and creating compelling

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offers that feel like a natural relationship evolution. We then

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covered asset leverage assessment that's finding ways to monetize your

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existing capabilities, your existing relationships, and your existing data. And

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this included intellectual property, relationship networks, data insights, physical assets,

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and brand reputation.

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We provided a systematic.

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Approach for identifying and prioritizing these assets based on external

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value and implementation complexity. And finally, we touched on revenue

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stream integration. That's implementing new revenue streams in ways that

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enhance enhances rather than distract from your core business through partnerships,

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asset light models, workflow integrations, demand testing, and clear boundaries.

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You know, the power of this framework comes from recognizing

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that substantial revenue opportunities already exist within your business. You

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just need to acquire. You don't need to acquire new

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customers enter new markets to develop entirely new capabilities. You

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need to see and capture the value you're already creating

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but not monetizing. And remember, this revenue multiplication is about

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working harder. It's about working smarter by recognizing and capturing

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what's hiding in plain sight. When you include this systematically,

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you'll often discover that the revenue increases come more easily

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that traditional growth strategies because you're building on existing strengths

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and relationships and chifkey.

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I know we have another question from the audience, but

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we're not going to be able.

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To take it unfortunately, so to get a copy of

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next Monday at noon Eastern time for Chifkey Obio. My

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name is Michael bab Rita. And remember, don't keep doing

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what your competition is doing.

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You have been listening to Powerful Business Strategies finding out

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that everything you ever learned about growing your business is wrong.

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Tune in next week and every week at noon Eastern

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