Summary: Mike Worley is probably the most loyal listener I've ever met. He's listened to every single episode of the BrightIdeas podcast! Here's a snippet from an email he sent to me... First of all just got to thank you for all the value that you have provided through Bright Ideas. For the past 3 yrs I have had 2 hrs of driving a day as I was leading the marketing efforts for a Publishing company in Colorado. I have listened to every single podcast that you have done and can't thank you enough as it has helped me to take the entrepreneurial leap in starting my own marketing agency in the last month. With your help and a few other influential podcaster's I'm launching the agency (Clymb Marketing: http://www.clymbmarketing.com/) with 5 retainer clients July 1st and will potentially double my salary in the first six months. I have also launched a non-profit that is teaching 100 teenagers in Colorado how to start there own sustainable business' as well http://teenstartupchallenge.com/ ....I'm still boot strapping but would be way behind the curve if it wasn't for the incredible content that you have created so thank you!! When I saw how much success he was having I immediately asked him to come onto the show and explain how he's accomplished what he has. More About This Episode The Bright Ideas podcast is the podcast for business owners and marketers who want to discover how to use online marketing and sales automation tactics to massively grow their business. It's designed to help marketing agencies and small business owners discover which online marketing strategies are working most effectively today - all from the mouths of expert entrepreneurs who are already making it big. Listen Now Transcript Trent: Hey there, bright idea hunters. Welcome to the Bright Ideas podcast. I'm your host, Trent Dyrsmid, and this is the podcast for marketing agencies and entrepreneurs who want to discover how to use content marketing and marketing automation to massively boost their business.On the show with me today is a guy by the name of Mike Worley. Mike has been listening to Bright Ideas as a matter of fact since day one. He's listened to every single episode. I got an email from him today, and he was explaining to me how he just put in this notice with his job. He's started an agency, and he's already got five clients on retainer, which absolutely blew my mind. He had a whole bunch of questions for me, so I said to him, "Let's do the Q&A as a podcast episode, because I'm sure there are some other people out there who would love to quit their jobs and would love to know exactly what it was that you learned and how you got through this whole process and how you started an agency with a brand new baby, no less." This is really going to be a fantastic episode. Before we get to that, I want to tell you about a product I recently launched, which was a huge success, called the MobiLead Method. You can get to it at the TheMobiLeadMethod.com. This was a product where I'm teaching people who want to start a marketing agency on how to find and attract customers. Please join me in welcoming Mike to the show. Hey, Mike. Welcome to the show. Mike: Thanks, Trent. Honored to be here. Trent: You wrote me a very interesting email that I have to say really kind of choked me up and I want to thank you for that. For the folks that didn't have the privilege of reading that email, I'm just going to let you, more or less, summarize what you wrote to me. That's why this interview is taking place. Mike: Yeah, not a problem. For the last three years, I have been driving anywhere from two to three hours a day working for a publishing company as a marketer, and have been doing content marketing, social media coaching for authors, and big book projects, and such. During that commute, I have taken it to try and create my own MBA process. Part of that was listening to
