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Nick Ford

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
325 total appearances

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The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
Nick Ford Explains the Exact Side Hustles That Let Him Quit Law Enforcement

Like a client that gets a ton of phone calls, right?

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
Nick Ford Explains the Exact Side Hustles That Let Him Quit Law Enforcement

immediately a client for a good client, right?

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
Nick Ford Explains the Exact Side Hustles That Let Him Quit Law Enforcement

A client like a, let's say like a hair, a hair salon or a barbershop, right?

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
Nick Ford Explains the Exact Side Hustles That Let Him Quit Law Enforcement

Where there's a handful of barbers or hair salon people, but there's no, there's no receptionist, right?

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
Nick Ford Explains the Exact Side Hustles That Let Him Quit Law Enforcement

But they still have a phone and that phone still rings.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
Nick Ford Explains the Exact Side Hustles That Let Him Quit Law Enforcement

Every single time the phone rings, somebody has to stop what they're doing and walk over and answer the phone.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
Nick Ford Explains the Exact Side Hustles That Let Him Quit Law Enforcement

And, you know, they're sidetracked and they're,

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
Nick Ford Explains the Exact Side Hustles That Let Him Quit Law Enforcement

booking an appointment or whatever.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
Nick Ford Explains the Exact Side Hustles That Let Him Quit Law Enforcement

And then they come back to their customer and say, sorry about that.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
Nick Ford Explains the Exact Side Hustles That Let Him Quit Law Enforcement

Like, you know, I had to answer the phone.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
Nick Ford Explains the Exact Side Hustles That Let Him Quit Law Enforcement

Um, so really like brick and mortar classic people call them boomer businesses.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
Nick Ford Explains the Exact Side Hustles That Let Him Quit Law Enforcement

Sometimes like the, the landscaping agencies, the tree service agencies, um, barber shops, um, even liquor stores, um,

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
Nick Ford Explains the Exact Side Hustles That Let Him Quit Law Enforcement

basic retail where there's like it's kind of a mom and pop shop because those are also the people that have no have little experience with ai like they've heard about it they know it's big they have no idea where to start um and that that's those are the kind of ideal clients like the less digital clients and the much more traditional brick and mortar clients

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
Nick Ford Explains the Exact Side Hustles That Let Him Quit Law Enforcement

So I'm definitely getting my clients right now through social media and referrals.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
Nick Ford Explains the Exact Side Hustles That Let Him Quit Law Enforcement

Heavy on things like Facebook, my Facebook business page.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
Nick Ford Explains the Exact Side Hustles That Let Him Quit Law Enforcement

I've run ads here and there.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
Nick Ford Explains the Exact Side Hustles That Let Him Quit Law Enforcement

The problem with running ads in this space is that it's...

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
Nick Ford Explains the Exact Side Hustles That Let Him Quit Law Enforcement

very much saturated and it's very hard to differentiate because now everybody online is all of a sudden an AI expert and an automation expert and their ads are all over the place.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
Nick Ford Explains the Exact Side Hustles That Let Him Quit Law Enforcement

So, and, and the way that I get clients kind of aligns with that whole kind of boomer business, classic brick and mortar business.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
Nick Ford Explains the Exact Side Hustles That Let Him Quit Law Enforcement

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