I sat down today with Sherif Abuzid, the founder of TranslationPartner.com: a digital marketing agency offering translation services with a unique focus on SEO for their partners. We discuss the journey from employee, to freelancer, to agency founder – including all the lessons learned as he quickly scaled to having 10+ employees in his company.

Sherif as a marketer would fall into a common trap of shiny object syndrome, but he quickly realized that to create a sustainable and thriving business, he would need to create systems and processes that were reliable and consistent for his team.

We dive into the exact steps he took to create a thriving online agency that is able to operate for days or weeks without his direct impact.

“By setting up the right systems and processes, I was able to return back to work days later and everything was running like clockwork. It was eye-opening!” Sherif Abuzid.

Some of the key topics covered in today’s interview:

• How to talk to your spouse about your decision to pursue entrepreneurship and leave the safety of your job
• The mindset shift from employee to freelancer to business owner
• How to stand out in a crowded marketplace by creating your own Unique Selling Proposition
• How to thrive as a leader and grow beyond “micro-managing” employees
• What systems and processes can do to automate and improve a business workflow
• How to deal with shiny object syndrome

Resources from Sherif Abuzid

• TranslationPartner.com

References & Links Mentioned:

• Be sure to download your Funnel Blueprint – our step by step funnel building process that can help you focus and complete your first profitable funnel
• Get notified of my latest new content on my YouTube Channel!

Today, Suzi and I are going to break down the core components of the "Freedom By Number" System.

Instead of trying to tell you to "be everywhere" as most coaches will, we have a different approach.

Because life is so hectic, we want our businesses to be simple.

So today we're breaking down our "Freedom Five" process of focusing on the most important parts of building your online business.

And by the end of the episode, you'll have a framework that you can follow for years to launch a profitable, consistent online business with us!

Want to dive deeper? Download the Freedom By Number ebook that breaks down the entire system step by step!

Get the book >> https://freedombynumber.com/book

Today we get a little on the intimate side as I share my back story from a die-hard corporate guy into a reluctant entrepreneur!

Suzi drives a wonderful interview where you get to learn:

• How the vision of "entrepreneurship" can be wildly different depending on your history
• How quitting your job to become an entrepreneur can be paralyzing, and how to prepare for the shift
• What steps John took to replace his 6 figure salary in the first 90 days as an entrepreneur (and what he would have done differently)

Learn the exact process I used to launch my service business (and how I scaled myself out of it through personal branding) in Services By Number: https://servicesbynumber.com

Connect with John:

YouTube: https://unbeatabletech.com/youtube

Blog: https://unbeatabletech.com

Transcript

Hey guys, how's it going? John and Suzi here from the unbeatable tech podcast. I'm so excited for you to spend some time with us here today. Suzi is going to turn the tables. If you were a part of the podcast, our previous episode got into her backstory and her history of going from a stay-at-home mom to an entrepreneur.

And in this episode, we weren't going to just turn the tables so you can see who else is here. And my story from going from. Engineering to being an entrepreneur with her side by side. So Suzi, I'm excited and nervous to Chuck. 

This is going to be very eye opening for all of us to kind of see that raw side of John come out, lift the transition, which I know it sounds like this amazing thing.

I quit my job and all that, but there were some, some wonderful months to go through and transition. But before we get into that and the story of how that all had. Um, can you tell us a little bit about your background? Do you, I know most of you or most all of you,

but there might be some things that. Sneak out and still understand. So tell us about 

your background. Absolutely. So I was born and raised in a little town outside of Jacksonville, Florida. So I'm kind of a country. Boy. I grew up on a little bit of land with my two older sisters and had a wonderful loving mom and dad and a fantastic childhood.

Wouldn't change a thing. Very blessed with that. A good, you know, go to church on Sunday thing. Uh, learn music, learn hard work and effort and got a fantastic upbringing. Uh, as far as like the entrepreneurial side of things, my dad was always my steadfast kind of wake up in the morning, go to work, come home, go to work the same time, come home, same time, eat the dinner.

At the same time we had that type of structure. And that kind of was my rock. My foundation of. A man is supposed to be and how he provides for his family. Um, on the other hand, my mom, she. I think similar to your story. She stayed home with the babies. You know, she had a career before becoming a mom, and then she also had this passion, her passion was anything with canines, anything dogs, she would take care of them.