BE#120: You can’t just become a business owner overnight! Says our guest "John Vuong"

Our newest guest today "John Vuong" is the owner and founder of Local SEO Search, a boutique agency from Toronto, Canada. He helps small and medium-sized businesses rank on Google and dominate their local market. In this episode we discuss: -His journey into sales and running a local SEO to help small business owners by giving them the best return on their investment through Search Engine Optimization. -“I believe SEO is the number one form of ways to generate leads, sales and prospects for your business”. -You need to fulfil on the service offerings that you said you were going to do, then you have to build a team. -“I develop people so that they can focus on their strength and I can also focus on my strength”. -Running a business was not in my DNA because I never ran a business before. -If I knew what I know today, I would have done fast tracking by hiring people who have already done it like; coaches, mentors etc. -“I don’t regret any of the things I learnt because I learned the hard way. -Go out there, make mistakes before you try to do it yourself because there is a lot of failure that is going to happen if you are not equipped and ready for rejection. -Life is a journey. -There are different choices, you need to figure out what is important to you and why you are doing it. -Do you want to grind it out or you want some comfort with understanding of what it takes, how it takes. You need to figure this out because running a business might not even be what is right for you. -There is a difference between social media marketing and organic listings (SEO). -Everyone is always doing research online before they make a decision to buy. -Having a website that is branded, that people know and trust that you are an expert differentiates you from other people in your industry. -You can’t just become a business owner overnight. -You need to understand what you bring to the table as a business owner. -Running a business is not easy, it takes time, it takes a lot of years of finding it out. -Success can be in any form. -