How to Work Remotely - Ryan Stewart - Ignite Miami (6/2015)
Published on: December 2 2022 by Ryan Stewart
How to Work Remotely - Ryan Stewart - Ignite Miami (6/2015)
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How to Work Remotely - Ryan Stewart - Ignite Miami (6/2015)
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| 00:00:04 | 00:00:14 | ah so about a year ago a friend of mine |
| 00:00:10 | 00:00:15 | gave me a call and he said Ryan I hate |
| 00:00:14 | 00:00:20 | my job man he said I'm gonna quit |
| 00:00:15 | 00:00:22 | he said you're 28 years old he said I |
| 00:00:20 | 00:00:23 | don't know anybody else in the world |
| 00:00:22 | 00:00:24 | that has more freedom in the workplace |
| 00:00:23 | 00:00:27 | than you do he said you gotta help me |
| 00:00:24 | 00:00:29 | out so I told him two things I said |
| 00:00:27 | 00:00:31 | number one don't quit your job you don't |
| 00:00:29 | 00:00:33 | have to if you quit your job you're |
| 00:00:31 | 00:00:34 | gonna be forced to make decisions out of |
| 00:00:33 | 00:00:37 | necessity you don't want to go down that |
| 00:00:34 | 00:00:38 | path I said number two I just learned a |
| 00:00:37 | 00:00:40 | skill and I got really damn good at it |
| 00:00:38 | 00:00:43 | and I said and he's moving pretty fast |
| 00:00:40 | 00:00:44 | I said I got good at it and I said you |
| 00:00:43 | 00:00:46 | can do the same thing and I said it's |
| 00:00:44 | 00:00:48 | actually really easy and I can tell you |
| 00:00:46 | 00:00:51 | how to do it over the phone and he |
| 00:00:48 | 00:00:53 | listened to me 120 days later he quit |
| 00:00:51 | 00:00:56 | his job and he did it on his own terms |
| 00:00:53 | 00:01:00 | he is now working remotely he's happy |
| 00:00:56 | 00:01:01 | he's spending time with his children and |
| 00:01:00 | 00:01:05 | everything that I told him on the phone |
| 00:01:01 | 00:01:07 | I'm gonna tell you guys today so it all |
| 00:01:05 | 00:01:08 | begins with figuring out what you're |
| 00:01:07 | 00:01:09 | gonna do and that's really the hardest |
| 00:01:08 | 00:01:12 | part honestly because there's so many |
| 00:01:09 | 00:01:13 | different avenues you can take right we |
| 00:01:12 | 00:01:16 | all know it's got to be something that |
| 00:01:13 | 00:01:18 | you can do remotely a lot of people want |
| 00:01:16 | 00:01:19 | to start like an app right but you know |
| 00:01:18 | 00:01:21 | an app takes a lot of capital upfront it |
| 00:01:19 | 00:01:23 | takes a very specific skill set to |
| 00:01:21 | 00:01:25 | market that app so it's very difficult |
| 00:01:23 | 00:01:27 | to get going with that so I would |
| 00:01:25 | 00:01:28 | suggest you know learn a skill learn a |
| 00:01:27 | 00:01:30 | service right I mean these are services |
| 00:01:28 | 00:01:32 | right now that are in ridiculous high |
| 00:01:30 | 00:01:34 | demand and they're free to learn right I |
| 00:01:32 | 00:01:35 | mean I don't have time to get into all |
| 00:01:34 | 00:01:37 | these right now so I'm gonna focus on |
| 00:01:35 | 00:01:39 | pay-per-click ads it's what I advise my |
| 00:01:37 | 00:01:42 | friend to do and it's what he chose to |
| 00:01:39 | 00:01:45 | go down so how do you learn it so if you |
| 00:01:42 | 00:01:47 | don't know pay-per-click ads or the paid |
| 00:01:45 | 00:01:49 | listings that show up on the side of |
| 00:01:47 | 00:01:51 | search engines and when you click on it |
| 00:01:49 | 00:01:55 | the advertiser pays Google for that fee |
| 00:01:51 | 00:01:57 | now getting those up there is a science |
| 00:01:55 | 00:01:59 | in itself it's very difficult and it |
| 00:01:57 | 00:02:02 | really requires an expert to do it and |
| 00:01:59 | 00:02:04 | seeing that it's a thirty billion dollar |
| 00:02:02 | 00:02:06 | in two year industry it's kind of a good |
| 00:02:04 | 00:02:08 | skill to know so how do you learn it |
| 00:02:06 | 00:02:09 | well you don't have to spend a hundred |
| 00:02:08 | 00:02:11 | thousand dollars a year at a college to |
| 00:02:09 | 00:02:14 | do it because you can learn it for free |
| 00:02:11 | 00:02:17 | google has an unbelievable free online |
| 00:02:14 | 00:02:18 | course it walks you through every |
| 00:02:17 | 00:02:20 | that you need to know for pay-per-click |
| 00:02:18 | 00:02:22 | ads A to Z and then there is also a free |
| 00:02:20 | 00:02:24 | online certification now I'm not gonna |
| 00:02:22 | 00:02:26 | lie the certification is extremely |
| 00:02:24 | 00:02:28 | difficult to pass but if you can pass it |
| 00:02:26 | 00:02:30 | then you become a Google partner when |
| 00:02:28 | 00:02:31 | you're a Google certified partner you |
| 00:02:30 | 00:02:34 | can pretty much market yourself so my |
| 00:02:31 | 00:02:35 | friend who has kids he binge watch |
| 00:02:34 | 00:02:38 | Netflix and be honest he's kind of a |
| 00:02:35 | 00:02:40 | dumbass haha was able to get it done in |
| 00:02:38 | 00:02:43 | 60 days by spending an hour each morning |
| 00:02:40 | 00:02:45 | by studying now if he can do it I'm |
| 00:02:43 | 00:02:47 | confident anybody here to do it so it's |
| 00:02:45 | 00:02:50 | not just enough to know it you have to |
| 00:02:47 | 00:02:52 | master it because you can't just offer a |
| 00:02:50 | 00:02:53 | skill you really got to get a return on |
| 00:02:52 | 00:02:56 | people's money so how can you do that |
| 00:02:53 | 00:02:58 | well luckily we live in the free |
| 00:02:56 | 00:02:59 | Information Age right everything that |
| 00:02:58 | 00:03:01 | you need to know is that the tip of your |
| 00:02:59 | 00:03:04 | fingers and it's all free forums social |
| 00:03:01 | 00:03:05 | media groups blogs it's all out there |
| 00:03:04 | 00:03:07 | you just got to put in the time in the |
| 00:03:05 | 00:03:10 | effort to find it ask questions engage |
| 00:03:07 | 00:03:11 | with people share case studies it goes a |
| 00:03:10 | 00:03:14 | very long way in mastering your trade |
| 00:03:11 | 00:03:16 | trust me I'd do it every day what else |
| 00:03:14 | 00:03:17 | you got a practike over and over and |
| 00:03:16 | 00:03:20 | over again you got to get good at it so |
| 00:03:17 | 00:03:22 | because you kept your job you have the |
| 00:03:20 | 00:03:23 | freedom to offer for free everyone in |
| 00:03:22 | 00:03:26 | here knows somebody who owns a business |
| 00:03:23 | 00:03:27 | tell them say look it I will run your |
| 00:03:26 | 00:03:28 | marketing for free you know all you got |
| 00:03:27 | 00:03:31 | to do is give me a testimonial |
| 00:03:28 | 00:03:33 | recommendation whatever so the next step |
| 00:03:31 | 00:03:35 | is monetizing how do you do it I mean to |
| 00:03:33 | 00:03:37 | be honest with you this is actually the |
| 00:03:35 | 00:03:40 | easiest part because there are dozens of |
| 00:03:37 | 00:03:42 | online sites five or Elance freelancer |
| 00:03:40 | 00:03:44 | where businesses go they post what they |
| 00:03:42 | 00:03:47 | need they say look it I need a PPC ads |
| 00:03:44 | 00:03:49 | expert and you go and you bid right and |
| 00:03:47 | 00:03:51 | again because you kept your job you have |
| 00:03:49 | 00:03:52 | the freedom you don't have to do it out |
| 00:03:51 | 00:03:55 | of necessity you can go and you can |
| 00:03:52 | 00:03:56 | offer a low rate you can go and you can |
| 00:03:55 | 00:03:58 | say look it I'll do it for free for a |
| 00:03:56 | 00:03:59 | month I'll do it for free until you see |
| 00:03:58 | 00:04:01 | results right and you can build a track |
| 00:03:59 | 00:04:03 | record of success and once you have that |
| 00:04:01 | 00:04:05 | track record of success you can scale |
| 00:04:03 | 00:04:06 | right you can go to places like BNI |
| 00:04:05 | 00:04:08 | chamber of commerce and if you have a |
| 00:04:06 | 00:04:10 | track record of success I'm telling you |
| 00:04:08 | 00:04:13 | these people will literally give you |
| 00:04:10 | 00:04:17 | business and then once you do that you |
| 00:04:13 | 00:04:18 | can quit your job so my friend was able |
| 00:04:17 | 00:04:19 | to do it in hundred twenty days to be |
| 00:04:18 | 00:04:22 | honest with you it took me a little bit |
| 00:04:19 | 00:04:22 | longer it took me a couple of years I'm |
| 00:04:22 | 00:04:25 | from Boston |
| 00:04:22 | 00:04:26 | obviously I went to a great undergrad |
| 00:04:25 | 00:04:28 | school I took a job with Deloitte |
| 00:04:26 | 00:04:30 | Consulting got my MBA |
| 00:04:28 | 00:04:32 | and I hated it I hated the culture I |
| 00:04:30 | 00:04:34 | hated that name they made me wear a suit |
| 00:04:32 | 00:04:37 | I couldn't get tattoos all that fun |
| 00:04:34 | 00:04:39 | stuff so I took it upon myself to learn |
| 00:04:37 | 00:04:41 | a skill I I'm an SEO by trade web |
| 00:04:39 | 00:04:43 | development I learned and I got good at |
| 00:04:41 | 00:04:45 | it and I started freelancing and I |
| 00:04:43 | 00:04:49 | started making pretty good money doing |
| 00:04:45 | 00:04:51 | it so I then oh my own small agency now |
| 00:04:49 | 00:04:53 | I do contract and consulting with a lot |
| 00:04:51 | 00:04:54 | of large companies down here in some |
| 00:04:53 | 00:04:57 | marketing agencies well safety and |
| 00:04:54 | 00:04:58 | nature are funny women so that's kind of |
| 00:04:57 | 00:05:00 | my story I'm it's kind of different than |
| 00:04:58 | 00:05:01 | what we just started so um |
| 00:05:00 | 00:05:03 | for more information I'd love to connect |
| 00:05:01 | 00:05:05 | I'll be around on Jan this all |
| 00:05:03 | 00:05:06 | information all into five minutes is not |
| 00:05:05 | 00:05:08 | enough time this is some more |
| 00:05:06 | 00:05:10 | information please feel free to connect |
| 00:05:08 | 00:05:11 | again I don't do a lot of public |
| 00:05:10 | 00:05:14 | speaking so this was fun thank you guys |
| 00:05:11 | 00:05:14 | rice |
