How April 2022 Changed My Life

I was drowning.

Not in money.

Not in clients.

Definitely not in free time.

No.

I was drowning in the endless grind…

December 2020.

I was alone.

No team.

No systems.

Just me, hustling day and night to build Growyo from scratch.

For the next year and a half, I lived in the trenches of entrepreneurship.

The daily grind was BRUTAL.

Landing a client?

Took forever.

Building their website?

Took forever.

Writing their blog posts?

Took forever.

Handling their SEO?

Took FOREVER.

Then back to square one, hustling for the next client.

Losing even ONE client was devastating because I only had a handful.

My business was on life support.

And I was the only one keeping it alive.

I was starting to wonder if I'd have to wave the white flag and get a "real job" again.

Then April 2022 happened...

The Game-Changer

I made a decision that transformed EVERYTHING.

I hired Joel.

My first Sales Development Representative (SDR) from the Philippines.

To be honest?

I was super nervous.

Money was tight, and committing to $500/month felt risky.

Anyways, Joel started on April 1st, 2022, and everything changed.

His job?

Call businesses.

Set appointments.

All day. Every day.

That first month?

We added $4,000 in monthly recurring revenue.

Then in May? Another $3,700.

June? Same.

July? Same.

August? Same.

That year was life-changing.

That first month was life-changing.

We went from barely surviving to EXPLODING with growth

All because I stopped trying to do everything myself.

The International Advantage

Here's why this works so powerfully:

In the Philippines, the average person's monthly salary is around $300-350.

I was able to pay Joel $500 – making it a tremendous opportunity for him while being affordable for my struggling agency.

If I'd hired an American SDR?

5-10X more expensive.

Impossible for where my business was at the time.

The exchange rate creates a massive win-win:

• Joel earned well above the average salary in his country

• I got an incredibly talented, smart professional at a fraction of local costs

• My business could finally breathe and grow

This approach works for virtually ANY business.

• Customer support

• Admin work

• Design

• Development

There are brilliant, English-fluent professionals worldwide who can transform your business operations.

My brother Riggs kept telling me,

"Zack, you HAVE to try this. It's going to be the future. It'll change everything."

I was hesitant.

He was 100% right.

Don't Make My Mistake

Don't wait a year and a half like I did, grinding yourself into the ground.

The approach that took my agency from struggling to:

• 190+ clients

• 20+ team members

started with that one international hire.

Growth became inevitable.

If you want to see exactly how I find and hire A-players—like Joel (that’s him below)—I put together my real, step-by-step system: The Fantastic Hiring Funnel.

It’s the same process I used to go from barely making it to unstoppable growth.

Ready for massive growth?

Grab the Fantastic Hiring Funnel and change your business forever.

To big wins—and bigger teams,

-Zack “Loner” Powell