I Tried Making $800 in 4 Hours with Google Maps (To See If It Works)
Summary
TLDRIn this video, the presenter takes on a challenge to make $800 in four hours without using any pre-existing skills. After brainstorming, they decide to leverage Google Maps to assist small businesses in optimizing their Google Business profiles. The presenter educates themselves on the service, identifies potential clients with incomplete profiles, and attempts to sell their services via phone calls. Despite facing initial rejections, they manage to secure a few clients on Fiverr, ultimately falling short of the $800 goal but gaining valuable experience and offering a step-by-step guide for viewers to replicate the process.
Takeaways
- 😀 The speaker set a challenge to make at least $800 in four hours without using any existing skills.
- 🤔 They considered various business ideas and ruled out physical products due to the time constraints.
- 🚫 The speaker dismissed the idea of print on demand due to the desire to test product quality.
- 💡 The idea of a service-based business was chosen, specifically focusing on Google Maps and Google Business Profiles.
- 🔍 The speaker used Google Trends to verify the demand and viability of Google Business Profiles as a business opportunity.
- 📚 They took a 42-minute course on Google My Business to quickly learn about the service they intended to offer.
- 📞 The strategy involved identifying small businesses with incomplete Google Business Profiles and offering to optimize them.
- 📈 The speaker aimed to find businesses with low reviews and unclaimed profiles to offer value through their services.
- 📞 They faced challenges in contacting business owners directly and had to adjust their approach by using Fiverr to sell services.
- 💰 The speaker managed to sell services to a few companies but did not reach the $800 goal within the four-hour timeframe.
- 📝 A follow-up guide will be created to help others replicate the process, including steps and types of businesses to target.
Q & A
What challenge did the speaker set for themselves?
-The speaker challenged themselves to make at least $800 as quickly as possible without using any of their existing skills and in a way that anyone could replicate.
Why did the speaker rule out physical products businesses like drop shipping and Amazon FBA?
-The speaker ruled out physical products businesses because they would require finding a company to source the product from, agreeing on product features, and would likely take longer than the four-hour time frame they set for the challenge.
What alternative business idea did the speaker consider and why was it initially rejected?
-The speaker considered print on demand but initially rejected it because they would want to test the quality of the product and ensure it provides the right value for what they're charging, which would take more time than the challenge allows.
What type of business did the speaker decide to pursue and why?
-The speaker decided to pursue a service-based business using Google Maps because it does not require sourcing or shipping physical products, and they could potentially bring the product to market in less than four hours.
How did the speaker verify the viability of the Google Maps business idea?
-The speaker used Google Trends to check the demand and interest in the 'Google my business' and 'Google business profile' niches over the past five years worldwide, which showed consistent high levels of interest.
What tool did the speaker use to learn about Google Business Profiles quickly?
-The speaker used a free course from Google called 'Google My Business in the Skillshop' to learn about Google Business Profiles in 42 minutes.
How did the speaker plan to find businesses to serve using Google Maps?
-The speaker planned to search for small businesses in small towns in the US, focusing on those with incomplete profiles, unclaimed business accounts, and low review rankings to identify opportunities for improvement.
What criteria did the speaker use to identify potential businesses for their service?
-The speaker looked for businesses with low review counts, low ratings, incomplete profiles, unclaimed business accounts, and a lack of optimization on Google Maps.
What was the speaker's strategy for contacting businesses and selling their services?
-The speaker's strategy was to call businesses directly, introduce themselves as a Google-trained digital marketing specialist, and offer to help these businesses maximize their online presence, particularly on Google.
How did the speaker adapt when they realized they were running out of time?
-The speaker adapted by creating a Fiverr account to sell their services more quickly and broaden their reach to potential clients beyond the initial list of companies they had contacted.
What was the outcome of the challenge and did the speaker meet their goal?
-The speaker did not reach their goal of $800 within the four-hour challenge but managed to sell services to two companies for $250 each and one company for $200, totaling $700.
What additional resource did the speaker offer to help others replicate their challenge?
-The speaker offered to create a free downloadable guide detailing step by step how they looked for companies, what types of businesses to look for, and what to look for exactly to replicate the challenge.
Outlines
🤑 Challenge to Make $800 in 4 Hours
The speaker is challenged to make $800 in four hours without using their existing skills. They consider various business ideas and decide against physical products due to time constraints. They settle on a service-based business and contemplate consulting but are reminded of the challenge's rules. The speaker then decides to explore opportunities with Google Maps, a platform they believe has untapped potential. They plan to verify the viability of this business idea using Google Trends to analyze demand and interest in Google Maps-related services over the past five years globally.
📈 Researching Demand with Google Trends
The speaker uses Google Trends to confirm the demand for Google Maps services, finding consistent high levels of interest. They test both 'Google My Business' and its updated name 'Google Business Profile', discovering significant demand for both. Convinced of the viability of this business idea, the speaker moves forward with a plan to use Google Maps to make the $800, but they realize they have only three hours and 36 minutes left. They acknowledge the need to learn about Google Business Profiles quickly and find a free course on Google to help them get started.
📞 Identifying and Contacting Potential Clients
The speaker outlines a strategy to find small businesses with incomplete Google Business Profiles, focusing on those that have not claimed their business account or have low reviews and poor online presence. They decide to target businesses in small US towns where they can communicate in English. The speaker identifies several potential clients, noting those with low review counts and incomplete profiles as ideal targets for their services. They prepare to make cold calls to offer their services and improve these businesses' online presence.
📞 Cold Calling and Facing Challenges
The speaker attempts to cold call businesses they identified on Google Maps but faces several challenges. Many businesses do not have their phone numbers listed, and some calls are not answered. Of those reached, some are not interested, while others request a free assessment. The speaker realizes they need to create a Fiverr account to facilitate transactions without using their existing business infrastructure. Despite the difficulties, they manage to secure appointments for follow-up calls but have not yet made any sales.
🎯 Final Push and Reflecting on the Challenge
With time running out, the speaker creates a Fiverr account to sell services to small businesses. They reflect on their experience, noting that they had more success with painters in Atlanta, Georgia. The speaker acknowledges that they did not reach their $800 goal but considers the experience a success and a learning opportunity. They plan to create a downloadable guide detailing their process for others to replicate and express gratitude for the challenge, despite not achieving the initial target.
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Keywords
💡Challenge
💡Print on Demand
💡Service-Based Business
💡Consulting
💡Google Maps
💡Google Business Profile
💡Google Trends
💡Freelance
💡Digital Marketing
💡Claim Business Account
💡Fiverr
Highlights
The speaker accepts a challenge to make at least $800 within four hours without using any pre-existing skills.
The idea of a print-on-demand business is dismissed due to the desire to test product quality.
A service-based business is chosen over physical products due to time constraints.
Consulting is considered but dismissed as it violates the rule of not using pre-existing skills.
The potential of using Google Maps as a business opportunity is explored.
Google Trends is used to verify the viability of the Google Maps business idea.
The speaker decides to proceed with the Google Maps business idea after seeing positive trends.
A Google My Business course is taken to quickly learn about Google Business Profiles.
The strategy involves finding small businesses with incomplete Google Maps profiles.
The speaker specifically looks for businesses in small US towns to ensure language compatibility.
A list of potential businesses with low online presence is compiled for outreach.
The speaker prepares a pitch to sell services to these businesses.
Cold calling is used as a method to quickly reach out to business owners.
Challenges in contacting business owners and selling services are encountered.
A pivot to using Fiverr to sell services is made after the initial cold calling approach does not yield immediate sales.
The speaker reflects on the outcome of the challenge, noting the difficulty in making sales without existing skills or assets.
A total of $450 is made through sales on Fiverr, falling short of the $800 goal.
A commitment to deliver high-quality services to the clients is emphasized.
A downloadable guide will be created to share the step-by-step process of the challenge.
Transcripts
my team just challenged me to make at
least 800 as quickly as I could but I
cannot use any of the skills that I
already have and I have to do it in a
way that anyone could and to make it
worth my time I'm gonna give myself four
hours
let's do this okay so let's think
strategically what would be a smart
business idea that we could choose that
we could actually make money with in
four hours because every business idea
that has to do with physical products
like Drop Shipping and Amazon FBA are
probably gonna take a lot longer because
we need to find a company to Source the
product from and then we need to agree
on the product features and no that's a
no-go but how about print on demand
because there I don't need to Source
anything I don't need to ship any
product myself there's no inventory and
I could definitely bring the product to
Market in less than four hours but I
know myself I will probably want to test
the quality of the product and make sure
that it's in good shape and that it
brings the right value for what I'm
charging so no that's a no-go as well so
it has to be a service based business
wait I could do Consulting I've
consulted businesses big and small from
startups to multi-billion Dollar
corporate operations for the last 18
years I could easily do that
well my team said I cannot use any of
the skills that I already have so
think think
how about we try to make money with
Google Maps I've always seen loads of
opportunity in Google Maps shall we try
that let's do this but before we dive
straight in let's do one thing let's
make sure that we check the viability of
this business idea because I don't want
to be wasting my time and I'm sure that
you don't want to be wasting yours
either so let's use a tool that I've
mentioned before and that I completely
swear by it is one of my secrets and it
is always going to show you how much
demand exists in any Niche that you
choose not only that but it is
completely free and you can use it to
test demand and interest in any niche in
any country around the world at any
given time and what I think is even
cooler is that and probably the reason
why I trust it so much is because it is
also from Google which is the largest
search engine in the world and because
of that you are able to see everything
about that Niche that you want to test
including be able to compare Trends over
time and this way you make sure that
whatever you're getting yourself into is
not a sinking ship so let's use Google
Trends and let's see if this is a good
idea or not great so what you want to do
is come to trends.google.com and I would
suggest you choose the past five years
you could do worldwide or you could
choose a country you have literally all
the countries in the world here and I'm
gonna test Google my business first of
all
and definitely we see that there's
consistent high levels of interest but I
know that Google changed the name of
this product or service and they no
longer call it Google my business they
call it Google business profile so let's
try for that as well and make sure that
this also has high demand
wow this looks amazing it's definitely a
width okay now I'm convinced this is
what we're gonna be doing we're gonna be
using Google Maps to make the 800 that I
committed to my team to do as quickly as
possible and I only have three hours and
36 minutes left so we need to hurry up
the only problem is I don't know
anything about Google Business profiles
and I always want to over deliver for my
clients it's another one of my secrets I
always do it and the more value I add to
them the more they want to work with me
and build a long-term partnership which
allows me later on to add more value
deliver more services and be able to
charge more and as you can see they get
more value I get more value into my
company so I can keep growing it so it's
always a win-win and you know what they
say it's a lot easier to sell to an
existing client probably a hundred times
easier than it is to acquire a new one
alright so let's see if there's a way
that I can learn this thing as quickly
as possible and Google have a lot of
free courses so I bet they must have at
least one about Google my business or
Google business profile let's check so
I'm just going to Google Google business
profile manager course and let's look
for one from Google here we go Google my
business in the skill shop all right
Google my business learn how to use your
free Google my business to create
listings that will stand out when
customers search online 42 minutes
all right let's do this I've got 42
minutes to learn this
all right let's find some businesses to
serve and what you want to do and by the
way feel free to do this along with me
I'm gonna explain it step by step so
what you want to do is open Google Maps
so maps.google.com and then look for
small businesses either in the area
where you live or literally anywhere in
the world under one condition that you
speak the local language of that area I
live in Switzerland so for the purposes
of this challenge I'm not going to be
calling businesses in Switzerland
because that means I would need to speak
either French or German and in that case
maybe not everybody would understand so
I'm gonna look for opportunities in
small towns in the US so I can speak
English and I can record some of the
calls and then you guys can see how I
handle them okay let's start working all
right so now I'm on Google Maps probably
everybody has seen this before I don't
need to explain to you what it is and
what I'm gonna do is
first let's find some small towns in the
US let's pick Wyoming okay
how about
sunshine I like sunshine
and I miss the sunshine we we haven't
seen the sunshine here in Switzerland
for a few weeks now okay so let's look
for
plumber
in sunshine
okay there we go we already have some
now what you want to do is look for
small brick and mortar businesses right
you can look for hairdressers for pet
groomers for plumbers for painters for
coffee shops you can obviously also look
for higher income businesses like law
firms like dentists chiropractors and so
forth but my recommendation would be
that you try with some smaller less
complicated businesses first because
you'll probably be able to sell to them
relatively easier than it would be to
sell to a law firm so let's try it out
and see if that works once you found a
list of businesses and you see you have
them listed here on the left side then
what you want to do is try and identify
the ones that have incomplete profiles
the ones that have not claimed their
business account the ones that that have
very few reviews very low ranking in
search so this way you know there is a
lot that you can do to help them so
let's see what we can find so I'm
definitely not going to call this
company because it looks like they have
a lot of reviews they already have
pictures
okay so that's not somebody that I want
to talk to let's see the next one this
one either
no okay let's look lower
for companies with
a lot less
filled in in their profile
how about this one
so for example this one could be a good
one to contact because you can see they
have very low reviews very low level of
performance from reviews it only has 3.4
and only 10 reviews
they only have the phone number but they
have no website only two pictures that
could probably be better so this could
be one that I'm gonna call let's look
for a few more
foreign
so now we found one that is the perfect
example of what I'm talking about you
see here it says claim this business and
what it means is that this company has
created an account for their business
but never claimed their business account
and they would need to do that in order
to then be able to better optimize it a
lot of these things you're going to
learn in the 42 minute course that I
just took so definitely brag plumbing
and heating Inc is one that we need to
call let's look for a few more
here's another one claim this business
is still an option
and another one this is getting too easy
already okay so you can see these
companies only have their address
their name very very few reviews there
is no business account being claimed and
oftentimes they have really poor quality
pictures they have no website and
sometimes no phone number these are
amazing opportunities for us to offer
some services to them and help them get
ranked a lot higher and this way they
could make a lot more money because they
would show up in front of people who are
searching for a plumber in sunshine and
this way they could get a lot more phone
calls or more feed through the door all
right you guys I was already able to
find 22 different plumbers and Painters
I decided to go a little bit more
towards the east coast because due to
the time that I am filming this
challenge at it's gonna be a lot easier
to find small business owners available
and willing to speak to me at this time
on the East Coast so we've got enough I
feel but because we only have two hours
and 12 minutes left I won't have enough
time to email them and wait for an
answer because I really want to make
sure that I make at least some money
with this challenge so
um I'm gonna have to call them
wish me luck I first need to think about
what I'm going to say and how I'm going
to pitch my newfound business so I'm
gonna take a couple minutes to
brainstorm a little bit and come up with
some uh very loose script that I would
like to have in front of me as I talk to
them because I want to make sure that I
land the value that I'm able to provide
to them through my services as quickly
and as
um
you know in a meaningful and impactful
way as possible so wish me luck
I'm ready let's do this
okay this one didn't pick up let's try
another one
so here's the thing
many of these businesses that haven't
claimed their business account and that
are perfect opportunities for us to
reach out to
don't have a phone number in their
profile either so
how am I going to call enough companies
to be able to sell at least three or
four I would say services so that I can
reach the 800 okay let's look for some
more okay here's one that has a phone
number
hello
yeah hi
hi nice to meet you my name is Laura I
am calling you from a digital marketing
agency called
um
scale Studio yes look I'm a Google
trained and specialized individual and I
help companies
okay this one did not go well I could
not get through to the business owner
which is really important if you want to
sell something quickly on the phone so
let's try another one
hi
yes hi hi my name is Laura and I'm
calling you from scale Studio yeah I'm
Google trained and I specialize in
digital marketing yeah I help
yeah I help businesses small and medium
typically brick and mortar ones maximize
their online presence particularly on
[Music]
okay so we made a call we have a
follow-up for tomorrow but I was not
able to sell to her right now so
I am going to go ahead and make a lot
more phone calls okay all right you guys
so
um things are not looking great I have
one hour and four minutes left I went
through all 22 companies that I had
initially found I actually had to go
ahead and look for more
um because I couldn't get through to the
owner and when I did so I got seven
companies that I got through to and two
of them said that they weren't
interested two of them asked me to send
them a free assessment that I made for
them but I couldn't get confirmation for
a follow-up call and the others were
willing to have a follow-up call
um and then I also realized that I mean
it's not great that I didn't sell
anything so far but
um if I had there was no way that I
could have charged them other than
through my company and I wanted to do
that by not using any of my existing
skills or assets so I'm gonna have to go
and create a Fiverr account and find a
few more companies and hopefully sell a
couple of services before the time runs
out okay so let's do this
foreign
[Music]
okay so the Fiverr profile is done I did
not think about this one before uh good
thing is that it didn't take that long
to create and obviously I know enough
about freelancer profiles that I could
do that quickly and
um now let's look for more companies
okay so the time is out
we um are done with the challenge and it
turns out that I actually had a lot more
luck with painters instead of plumbers
and a lot more luck with Georgia so
around Atlanta based small businesses
now if you want to try this yourself you
don't have to call only painters around
Atlanta you can still look for other
small brick and mortar businesses
anywhere in the world but this was my
luck today so I managed to actually sell
the three
um I was able to sell to two companies
for 250 dollars and to one company for
two hundred dollars after some
negotiation
now I need to go ahead and deliver
because I obviously want to make sure
that I give them the best Services
possible so I am not there yet in terms
of making the 800 but I only gave myself
four hours probably if I had another 30
40 minutes I probably would have made
the other missing dollars to reach 800
but hey it was a challenge and the
time's up so I have to give it to the
team this was fun I actually had a lot
of fun doing this I hope you did as well
and I hope it was helpful by the way if
you think it's gonna help I'm gonna work
with the team and create a free
downloadable guide that we're gonna link
down below this video and I'm gonna
write in there everything step by step
everything that I did
um how I looked for companies what kind
of companies you can look for we're
gonna give you a lot more types of brick
and mortar businesses that you could
search for and what to look for exactly
so you can replicate this as well okay
thank you guys so much for watching I
hope you enjoyed today's video until
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it's not a bad outcome I'm really
pleased with what we did today so thank
you for watching and I'll see you next
time bye
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