Brandon Smith - Cross & Miter | CMP EP 154

yeah i think that's kind of an important thing in any business is you have to you know kind of qualify your clients and you know you want to be able to make enough money to you know not just get by you want to have a bit of a profit so you have to i mean you may live in an area where those aren't your clients you know i may live in a town where They can't afford a $10,000 or $20,000 dining room table, but three times over, they can.

Correct.

And that's where I want to be.

looking for my clients and, and, you know, building that, that higher end furniture and building less of it instead of building 10 tables and making $10,000, I want to build one or two tables and make $10,000.

Right.

So pre-qualifying your clients and knowing your area and making sure you're pricing things accordingly is huge.

just like you said though trying to add something new into it so you learn something as well or maybe just get enough in there to get the tool that you wanted to get to build the project sometimes you're at that point

right

which is your beginnings but then after that it's gravy

yeah dude you asked how i like got into or grew to be professional a lot of it was you know First of all, don't get into debt because you see a lot of fancy tools on social media.

Ignore all of that.

Pretend this is green screen for all intents and purposes.

Because when I started, it was like, oh, I need a new router.

I need to sell a project.

I would love to have a domino.

I need to sell a dining table.

And those types of moves helped me get started with this madness.

and focus on the tools that actually help you gain revenue in whatever it is you want to be building.

Buying tools for tool's sake is fun.

It's an amazing experience, but start with some focus.

I wish you told me that a long time ago.

I'm

laughing because I'm like, you're saying all this and I'm like, I'm shaking my head like, not this fella.

Visa told me they'll give me as much money as I

need.