I've Made $0 Selling AI Chatbots

[@BrockMesarich]

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[@JoeD0403]

I’d recommend generating awareness that gets people to your website and then have your own chatbot greet people in a way that makes them want one for themselves. If it can push people to schedule a free consultation, they’re already coming in because of what you’re selling, and then it sells itself to that audience.

[@BrockMesarich]

This is a great point!

[@SaschaJanetschek]

Hey there Brock. I'm a frequent viewer of your channel, matter of fact, I deleted my old junk-channel on the start of August and created this one for one single purpose. An Automation Agency. I really appreciate the work you do, your channel is completely unique within the AI Automation Niche and shines not only because of your transparency, but also because you started documenting your journey from zero. You're not someone who pushes out hundreds of KZbin Videos just to milk the topic out. And you're definitely not someone who acts like he has an agency and teaches us about the topic while he has no agency. (There is a pretty huge YTer within the niche -no, not Liam Ottley-, who I suspect of doing that after digging a little bit. He hasn't mentioned any of his websites until he blew up because of AI Automation. And suddenly he had multiple domains with his services, which had no real traffic yet and the domain-reg was also < 1 year.) I'm drifting off already... But what I want to say: You're none of these, you're literally one of us and since we all can relate so well, we have that connection to you that we don't associate with the bigger players in the game. Same boat and same sh't we all have to go through. And because of that, I want to share my story, too. More as a memoir, but keep reading if you're interested. ----------------------------------- I am a 20-year-old from Germany who started on the beginning of August 2023. AI Automation peaked my interest, because I've always been somewhat tech-oriented and because I just knew from the beginning: That's a business-model that can be successful and really grow over time. I don't look at chatbots as the thing I want to sell, the chatbots are just a source of the data-input. A pretty good source. I see my service purely as “automating processes”. Since starting the journey, I have posted regularly on LinkedIn and reached an audience of 3.300 people with 10 posts so far. If you don't do this: I can only recommend it. It boosts your credibility and since it is 50% automated anyway for me, I am able to generate posts for the whole week within a time span of 2-4 hours. I carefully select these posts to be about AI, many are taken from YT are being converted from mp3 to text and then into a post with the specified parameters how I want the posts to look like. Find out how to do it efficient and set up systems for that! Furthermore, I am also doing LinkedIn-Outreach. It is currently 95% of my outreach-program. When starting, I was also E-Mail messaging American companies that I have found through Google Maps, but realized really fast that this is the most inefficient way to go about that (for me!). If you want the exact numbers: About 100 total Messages, 1 decline, 1 mental breakdown that he doesn't understand how I found his email and that I need to leave him alone. The stats didn't look too good, and that's when I took LinkedIn-Outreach serious. The most important rule: Be f##king human. YES create scripts that you want to follow, but don't push the conversation that far, that it falls over! show emotions, bond over things, and gain trust that you are a real human and not some bot. way too many are writing within the first connect-message "hey I've got a bot, wanna test it out?". They're going to think you're spam and report you. Been there and done that. Most importantly: Changed that! My message now is: "Hey (name), I see you are within (niche). I'd like to connect with you!" Half of my connections are going through within 30 minutes, and the other half are still pending because the people are just not active too much on LinkedIn by nature. If I had to guess, I'd say 70-80% of my connection requests are being accepted. Only after convincing them I am a normal human, I start with my follow-up message: "I have a project where I am doing xyz. Can I explain it to you here in this chat?" Asking people for permission is a GAME-CHANGER. Everybody loves to buy, but nobody wants to be sold to. Ask for permission before copy and pasting your 300 word long sales-message. Sometimes I find my scripts even that unfitting, that I am creating something off the top of the head to fit the nature of the conversation. For me, it works very well. I have a total of 55 high quality contacts so far and out of them, 4 people are genuinely interested in implementing a chatbot into their processes. 1 person even asked me "Hey that's interesting, I have a problem you might know how to solve. I want to send 2000 messages to LinkedIn-contacts, is there a way to do it?" I took 2 days and responded with a detailed message how he could achieve that without risking his account over a period of 2 months and without doing it manually. Will he work with me further? Heck knows! Is he more likely to come back to me because I helped him and truly showed effort that I cared? Heck yeah! And even if I am wrong, he would make a great testimonial! One more person said she cannot find any use for such an automation, but she knows a business that is struggling with another problem: a gym that cannot find an affordable software for their members. Is that a big project? Yeah! Does that open doors? Well.. yeah, of course! You just need to show up, be human and people will tell you what struggles they have, even if they might not need your help themselves. The most eye-opening experience was probably today (24.08.2023), though. In my early days, I booked a call with a finance-advisor. The meeting was set for today and back then I already asked "Hey, can we maybe hold that meeting earlier?" She said "Nah (to make it short, she wrote more lol). Today I had the meeting at 12 and I literally nearly forgot about her. She showed no interest in me and I was like. "Okay, come on. You have this 15minute meeting, just get it over with." I haven't prepared anything. I was literally doing a workout at home and between sets I wanted to get the call/meeting behind me. Suddenly, I start telling her again what I am doing in case she forgot and she answers: "Oh yeah, I can see myself using that for my website. As a matter of fact, we have a whole network of people in the finance-niche who are struggling with the same problems. many people are booking a call and only after the call is done, we can determine if these people are a good fit for us or not. such a chatbot which determines it automatically would save so much time. we have a networking-call every thursday, do you want to join, present yourself and your idea?" I felt like a 12-year-old kid that found $100 on the street. Especially this call made me realize: You're closer than you think you are. Now it's truly about being impatient about actions and being very patient about results. IT WILL PAY OFF AND I WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK; FELLAS

[@edvinasrakickas3849]

This comment deserves love 🫶 Who is this youtuber you mentioned?

[@jamesfears8940]

Thank you for this I’m in the same boat but haven’t been implementing the same steps

[@BrockMesarich]

Hope it helped!

[@allanmenezzes]

thanks bro, you helped a lot

[@BrockMesarich]

@@allanmenezzes I'm so glad this provided you some value!

[@chrisvaliant8631]

Cold calls made this week: 280 , calls that lasted more than 10 seconds: 0, leads qualified: 0. Facebook posts boosted since last Friday: 4, responses: 0. Twitter and Instagram same as FB. KZbin: 4 ai videos since last Friday, 427 views, 17 comments, 6 leads. Conferences signed up for since last Friday: 2 ; received 26 leads and 12 meeting requests. Some of the tactics being pumped through these con artist videos are just the same bad recommendations from network marketers in the 1980s, so I’m surprised they aren’t also recommending door-to-door sales. Cold emails get the business flagged for spam too. Leads should be exercised after they express an interest in learning more about the product. That said, the offer needs to meet the niche audience in their home turf or playground.

[@BrockMesarich]

Interesting statistics! I'd love to hear updates with how it goes for you

[@L.Stuart]

Hi mate sounds like you've been getting some good results so pat on the back! When you mentioned conferences that pricked my interest as i've not really heard of that as lead generation method. So I was wondering what you meant? like remote conferences or are you physically going to like networking events?

[@JDsyoutubepage]

The best thing to do is pick up the phone. This will never be beaten

[@BrockMesarich]

@@JDsyoutubepage Cold calling is something you can always rely on when other outreach channels aren't working. There is no limit on how many calls you make

[@sampadatrivedi]

Same here, couple of discovery calls with no luck. I'm trying to leverage my personal connections to get testimonials but I'm noticing people aren't usually too invested without having any skin in the game. Appreciate your transparency, good luck on your journey!

[@BrockMesarich]

Interesting perspective. You will have to let me know how it goes for you!

[@biancapietersz]

You just earned my subscription. Great content. Love the transparency. I am in my first month of my AAA as well, and have generated interest yet realize that the value is not quite understood just yet. At some point a custom finely tuned LLM for a specific area of expertise may be the real value. That being said. I think these offers are wildly valuable depending on the clmplexity and tech stack. If you are creative you can glcrestr better and better offers that en corporate various tools. I would say problems are more contractual and closing deals. Interest is there but timelines get pushed back and pricing creates hesitation.

[@BrockMesarich]

I am glad that I earned your subscription! I 100% agree on your offer being successful based on your tech stack. I am currently working on a lead generation and appointment booking system that will make our offers unique! Have you dealt with pricing issues and closing deals already?

[@biancapietersz]

@@BrockMesarich Yeah I am learning to create urgency for closing. it’s definitely a learning process! I know that our product is phenomenal and can really help these business owners so on my end it’s easy to vouche for and create interest. Pricing is a constantly evolving dance of determining what people are willing to pay for services and making it worth while for our team.

[@joongi67]

Super interesting and informing content my guy! Would love to continue seeing this journey!

[@BrockMesarich]

I am glad you enjoy the content! Join my Discord if you aren't in there already! discord.gg/aiagencyaccelerator

[@andresj7586]

Bro, an idea that I got when learning to make Chatbots is that a “Chatbot” and a “ AI Virtual assistant” are very different things. The virtual assistants are dinamic, and smart elements that understand, interpret and response to human language. The Chatbot is just a predefined thing that can only respond in 1 way. I think educating the customers about this might ease the process.

[@BrockMesarich]

I agree. I have been thinking about this alot and talked about it on my last video. They think they already know what a chatbot is. However, it is much more than that...

[@marcusblatch]

This is an important point definitely think chatbot might have a bad rep and people believe they have already seen it before. I think another big hurdle is too actually communicate how big a deal AI so that they understand it's potential.

[@BrockMesarich]

@@marcusblatch Glad you agree, it is an important preconceived notion that the prospects are prompted with. I also agree with the communication of how big of a deal AI will be. Same thing happened with the internet as well as social media. Businesses that don't adapt, die.

[@marcusblatch]

@@BrockMesarich thanks for the honesty in the video I'm just about to launch my agency after years of learning and dreaming I've got some ideas, will send you a friend request on Facebook have seen you in the GHL groups.

[@BrockMesarich]

@@marcusblatch I look forward to connecting with you!

[@peterdevalk7929]

Hey Brock, appreciate your honesty and also your search for solutions! I've experienced about the same issues you have, but I'm (also) determined to not give up. I think we are just a little bit toooo exited about ALL the possibilities and chances that come with A.I., that we forget that "traditional" businesses always are very careful, if not anxious to just go for these kind of revolutional changes. I also came up with the idea to give a way AI-chatbots to just get some experiences and to get some quality reviews. I'm also thinking of a more local approach, for example some advertising space in Business-magazines. Some have even offered me to do an interview (not totally free o.c., but not that expensive). And o.c. I subscribed! Groeten uit Nederland!

[@BrockMesarich]

We definitely are all a bit excited for the opportunity, we just need to slow down a bit.. Love the local idea. Greetings from the United States!

[@nick8292]

Hi! With these bots you gave away, how are you managing token costs?

[@aimattant]

Great value. Especially with wrapping the product offer into a full white label or full service automated leads and sales funnel. I want to offer some advice to you too. Why niching with marketers - you are then a markerter selling to a markerter. I am certain that most of these marketers know about AI chatbots already. Instead, look at a niche that get plenty of leads coming in for their services - realtors, pyshios, fitness instructors, coaches, builders, etc. And know that they have probably not used this tech yet. And many might be in the market for paying for your service. Just some advice. As a person selling marketing AI bots - I wouldn’t sell to other marketers.

[@BrockMesarich]

I'm glad you got value from the video! Also, great point on the niche. This is something I am starting to see as well and I am thinking about pivoting a bit. I need to find a niche where they make good money from each new customer, like a personal trainer. It is much more enticing for the lead generation/appointment booking system if it is within one of those niches

[@aimattant]

​@@BrockMesarich It's great that we were able to assist one another. I'm now venturing into the field of AI chatbots, and I'm thrilled by their effectiveness. However, there's still some distance to cover. Additionally, several companies remain unaware of AI integration's new functionality, which could greatly improve chat quality and increase turnover for those who already use chatbots. Perhaps it's feasible to locate businesses that are still utilizing the old chatbot method and haven't yet implemented the new AI feature, which is also a smart approach. Overall, the videos were fantastic 👍.

[@TarekMaximus]

Brock rich is in your name, you totally got this, the figure are inevitable Much respect, can’t knock the hustle, stay prosperous playa

[@BrockMesarich]

Thank you brother. I know it will just take time... All the best to you!

[@andr3s1976]

Cold calling? Why people insist with that? But anyway thank you for the video. The problems you have are the same I have and the solutions are similar. I use content marketing instead of cold calling.

[@temiymahs_World]

What’s the best way to learn A.I. ? Great content!

[@BrockMesarich]

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[@Itsme-ve8vf]

Great video. Just confused on why you're selling AAA consulting calls which state you're having success with the model.

[@BrockMesarich]

I am glad you enjoyed it, hopefully you can learn from my mistakes... Great point bringing this up. I thought I could help people with the experience I have had so far with my agency (give advice on what hasn't worked for me and how to avoid my mistakes). However, I agree with you and I think it is best I do not offer consulting until I see repeated results for myself... Thank you for your comment (:

[@rybrah]

100% agree man there’s so much more you can offer but a chat bot is a good step in the door to offer other services 🎉

[@BrockMesarich]

I am glad you feel the same way! I have some great videos coming on a strategy I have found to add more to your offer, without it being too complex. It will completely change the game with how we are currently approaching AAA

[@sebrahimcloser]

Definitely having the issue of clients finding their own chatbot software. I’ve found multiple people who were interested but then just looked it up online and found out they can do it themselves. Definitely have to offer just more than a generic ai chatbot

[@BrockMesarich]

I'm glad you can spot a similar trend as well. I think this is going to be a problem that we will see more and more and will make us adapt. However, most of the time adapting is what leads us in the right direction, so I think it is a positive thing!

[@TheFunnelDoc]

giving you services for free is wrong no one respects free. Instead give a temporary discount for them to experience your results. Dont give anything for free it will be impossible for you to ask them for money once you give it for free. ALWAYS CHARGE !

[@BrockMesarich]

Thank you for you input!

[@The_Gravt]

I knew this was not a good idea . Its good someone is telling the truth.

[@BrockMesarich]

Don't get me wrong, I do not thing AAA is a scam, however I think we need to be more mindful with how we craft our services. It isn't just about a chatbot, it needs to be tied into more such as appointment booking or SAAS products, ect.

[@taverasmedia]

Idk man, theres tons of people signing and closing clients with their AAA, i think you just gotta dive deeper and go harder, @Nur Ahmed is already on his 2nd client, and a kid i know is on his 4th client, people DO need AI, trust bro, you just push harder

[@BrockMesarich]

Not at all saying it is not possible, but it requires lots of effort! Cheers man

[@DIG_SmokeFn]

I have a problem with just getting started and not being able to grasp the actual model

[@BrockMesarich]

What questions do you have?

[@DIG_SmokeFn]

@@BrockMesarich I lot I wanna know how you deliver the service how to actually build one for that company, and a lot more

[@DIG_SmokeFn]

@@BrockMesarich If you wanna talk on a different place, we can I have telegram email Instagram and discord

[@BrockMesarich]

This is something I try to cover on my channel, so you are in the right place. I am documenting all of the behind the scenes when it comes to sales calls, service delivery, ect

[@DIG_SmokeFn]

@@BrockMesarich ok I’ll watch more vids

[@martenn87]

Buddy, its great and brave to be so honest. But dont mentioned it 20 times in the first 60 seconds how honest and transparent you are. Its like a tape on repeat. We understood you the first time.

[@BrockMesarich]

I do not script my videos, so I guess for whatever reason I kept repeating myself unconsciously!

[@EddieOdyssey]

amazing content

[@BrockMesarich]

Thanks for tuning in!

[@MichaelJohnson-]

You need to be a good salesman before hiring cold callers. You won't know how to judge the performance. I'd ditch the Google maps program and just do those searches manually and upload the results to a spreadsheet then work my way down. There is no sense in paying a service for something that takes 5 extra seconds.

[@BrockMesarich]

Thank you for the feedback!

[@jazmonianwithin]

EXACTLY!

[@BrockMesarich]

I’m glad you can agree!

[@travisross8704]

Does the failure stem from the fact that you’re selling the THING instead of the OUTCOME? Nobody wants to pay decent amounts of mulah for an “AI chatbot “. But every business wants to increase lead flow and earn more from personalised follow up sequences. Did you approach businesses in this way?

[@BrockMesarich]

I definitely think so and this is a realization I have been having recently. Like I said, businesses don't care about the tech, they care about the results! This is why I am niching down the product to helping business generate more leads and book more appointments with these "AI systems" rather than just chatbots

[@Eman-with-an-e]

Hey great video full of value! I was wondering if you need someone to edit your videos! & Designing thumbnails Happy to help if u r interested ^^

[@BrockMesarich]

Im glad you enjoyed it! I currently have an editor but thank you

[@hughescleaningservice3694]

You should have GPT to write you a script

[@BrockMesarich]

I definitely lean on ChatGPT to help with scripts, but I add my own variations to it!

[@OmarOharris]

that niché is not a smart move, they wil find out exactly what you are doing and they wil do they same

[@BrockMesarich]

Interesting take!

[@jada7161]

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[@BrockMesarich]

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[@TheBestgoku]

lol

[@BrockMesarich]

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[@alexandrakirksey3261]

Appreciate you being up front with us and giving us the full story. Best of luck man, only up from here!

[@BrockMesarich]

Thank you!

[@MichaellNichols]

The joys of entrepreneurship is the process! As entrepreneurs we are paid for being problem solvers. PERIOD. your problems and client problems. It’s tough at times but rewarding! Great vid man! Keep up content🔥

[@BrockMesarich]

100% Mike, it isn't easy but it is a fun ride. All will be worth it in the end...

[@ChrismAIAutomation]

Good stuff man. I think we need to offer more than AI chatbots to make AAA sustainable. I am honestly thinking of making the Chatbot a lead magnet in itself (at least a very basic “chat with docs” bot). Then upsell to automating internal processes like processing invoices etc.

[@BrockMesarich]

I 100% agree and this is the approach I am personally taking. I think it is important to rename it as well. Instead of "AI Chatbot", call it something like "Automated AI Appointment Booking System"

[@mattbegley1345]

When you give away services for free in order to move from student to professional, pretty soon all you'll be hearing is, 'Get a student to do it.' Then, what's the point of going pro in an industry where those 'in the know' are out looking for students? That's what happened with websites.

[@BrockMesarich]

Hmmm. What do you mean by a student?

[@mattbegley1345]

Congratulations! ur the first person to respond to any of my KZbin posts... ever. Student: Anyone increasing their knowledge or skillset, especially in pursuit of a professional career. @@BrockMesarich

[@mattbegley1345]

Anyone increasing their knowledge or skillset, especially in pursuit of a career.@@BrockMesarich

[@Mahdi_Badjelmane]

I wish you all the best of luck and success my friend.

[@BrockMesarich]

You as well brother. All the best!

[@VinayakSingh-f8e]

hey we should thank for this type of vedio

[@BrockMesarich]

Thank you!

[@madimetjashogole9479]

Hi Brock, Thank you so much for this video. Man, you are spot-on 100%. The problems you identified are exactly what I've been facing. I started six weeks ago, running solo at the moment. I'm yet to make a sale, despite having a few prospects on my spreadsheet. Over these weeks, I've learned to focus on one niche and dive deep into it. Currently, I'm concentrating on hotels. I'm also solely relying on cold-calling, and I must say, reaching decision-makers is quite the challenge, just as you indicated. Your suggestion regarding highly targeted Facebook Ads makes a lot of sense. I'll continue pushing forward, and once the funds come in, I'll definitely invest in FB Ads. Thanks a lot for the heads-up about LinkedIn. Greetings from South Africa.

[@BrockMesarich]

Thank you so much for tuning in, I am glad you saw some value from my experiences! Keep pushing!

[@miszmookster]

how can I try? free trial available?

[@BrockMesarich]

Send me an email, with what you are interested in and what your use cases are. [e-mail]

[@zubairkhankharooti3621]

wow ... seeing you doing the same thing as me... makes me motivated.... I had a call with a real estate agent ,,, and at first he was not ready to even see my demo... then i understood his problems and gave him the solution which was not expecting... i found out a pain.. or i should say i created this problem which he was not thinking about and all of a suden it was a problem... and because my chatbot is solving that problem... now he is kind of interested.... He said he 'll let me know about his decision.

[@BrockMesarich]

That is what it is all about! It is about finding the prospect's problems and providing the solution to them. Let me know how it goes!

[@Karen_Karmaa]

We need more people like you

[@BrockMesarich]

Thanks for the kind words! Just want to be transparent, as it is rare on KZbin these days

[@kasforai]

People don't want to learn what we are offering because they are lazy

[@matthewmiller5097]

Hammer outreach and try and get on as many calls as possible from a certain niche, maybe even try to just ask some business owners if you could talk with them for 15 minutes to learn more about their business. Then you can learn a common problem they all have and build an AI solution to solve it.

[@BrockMesarich]

Love this idea!

[@kasforai]

Selling marketing services is just so hard been doing it for 10 year's

[@BrockMesarich]

What do you mean by marketing services? Are you talking about SMMA services? The AI Automation Agency model is a bit different from SMMA

[@kasforai]

@@BrockMesarich I sell AI video outreach

[@BrockMesarich]

Interesting! What exactly does that entail? Like personalized videos?

[@kasforai]

@@BrockMesarich We use deepfake technology to clone and personalize your face and voice let me know I can send over my website to show some samples :)

[@productivepitch]

thank you for being one of the most transparent youtubers in this space now, you're inspiring lives Brock, please keep up the great content.

[@BrockMesarich]

Comments like this is what drives me. I think being transparent in today's day and age is very important. It is easy to get tied into the FOMO and that sometimes can eat away at your self confidence. In reality things take time, and we need to understand this!

[@krissihoffmann5155]

Thank you VERY much for sharing Your experience. Would you mind Sharing your call Skripts?

[@BrockMesarich]

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[@LaMontPrice]

One of the realist videos I've seen on KZbin. Immediate subscribe. Thank you for your honesty and humility.

[@BrockMesarich]

That’s my mission! Hope you continue to enjoy the content 💪🏼

[@SuperVillainRetroFace]

Real talk

[@BrockMesarich]

💪🏼

[@SuperVillainRetroFace]

@@BrockMesarich fastbot chat bot 🤖 yes I know I think we need to do more free work I totally agree

[@BrockMesarich]

I think until you know you can bring value to your clients, it is important

[@samuelcombey]

Love this, we're in this for a long time not a short time. Keep going!

[@BrockMesarich]

100%! Nothing worth having comes quick and easy. I went into this knowing I would need to let time do its thing! Thanks for following Samuel, looking forward to our growth together

[@jsanchez782]

Thank you for this. Too many are just focusing on what may go right and I think a lot of people (including me) are jumping into this space and getting kicked in the teeth because of things they didn't expect or see coming.

[@BrockMesarich]

You are welcome. It’s just apart of the process that we will get over as time goes on! Starting a business is not easy, no matter how the internet makes it look… Best of luck!

[@letitbeai]

The ROI (amd metal health) on cold calling sucks, same goes for cold emailing, you should spend some cash on PPC also you could make a lot of explainer videos on YT talking about how people can set up their own bot, one more thing, I think you are in the wrong niche, the SEO/SAAS/Marketing niche is very tech savvy and it is really hard to find people that don't know that they can basically hire aVA and have them set it up for a fraction of what you charge.

[@BrockMesarich]

Great points here!

[@richardgreen1573]

I'm running an agency which sells chat software to a very specific niche. I'm a marketer with 25 years experience and we decided to avoid the 'ai chatbot' in messaging. We therefore adopted a software company approach and we are the only company offering this in our niche. It's interesting the barriers you have come up against are largely about education, which is something we do extensively. Webinars have been very important for us. With regards to the comment on the ease of access to create - I would suspect this is due to your niche having a high proportion of tech savvy individuals. Our niche is not traditionally tech aware and waste alot of time doing repetitive tasks, which is perfect for IT One other thing I noticed - you aren't selling the benefits and outcome of the tool. Clients aren't interested in the tech or how it works, just the tangible benefits

[@BrockMesarich]

Thank you for your message Richard. I'm curious to hear what you mean by adopting a software company approach. As for the niche i am targeting, I think you may be right and I am wondering if I need to switch up my target clients. As for selling the tool as opposed to the benefits, I am definitely going to change my approach to selling the outcome instead. As stated in the video, businesses don't care about the tech, rather the results. Thanks for your inputs Richard!

[@rlduncan]

Just watched your video! I appreciate the transparency but I curious to one thing. Why are you running consulting services for this if you havn't got results, nor client wins?

[@BrockMesarich]

I am glad you brought that up. Honestly I added that to my resources when I first started my channel. I think your point is valid so I am going to remove it! Maybe I will relaunch it when I start seeing results for myself! Thank you again (:

[@travisross8704]

Just finished watching your the video. Thanks for sharing transparently. I’ve got 5+ years of lead generation (cold email + LinkedIn Campaign) design and management expertise under my belt coming from my work at a lead generation agency. Let me know if you’d like to talk about improving your out outbound game. Cheers!

[@BrockMesarich]

Glad you enjoyed it! I'd love to chat regarding your lead gen agency. I think pair some AAA tools with lead generation agencies could provide lots of opportunity. I am guessing you stumbled on my channel while exploring new AI options for your clients... Feel free to join my Discord and connect with me on there: discord.gg/aiagencyaccelerator

[@mist9092]

Wow the full transparency aspect of your channel differs you from other channels

[@BrockMesarich]

I'm so glad you feel this way. There is so much content out there on the internet either faking, or trying to show how easy something is. My aim for the channel is to be as real as possible with you guys, and show you my mistakes, so you can learn from them! Thank you so much for following along with my journey, it is just a matter of time before it starts becoming a successful venture (:

[@mist9092]

Yeah, I know you might not care but I wanna get my story out to someone. I'm not proud of it but I've been a "spectator" when I comes to the AAA model and not voluntarily at least. I know a good amount on how to start I just lack the funds. Your content helps me gauge whether I'm too late start expecially with your comment on chatbots becoming to easily accessible. Thankfully I feel my one is quite advanced. But anyway thank you for the opinion

[@RoboDepot.onXtwitter]

@@BrockMesarichI immediately subscribed when I heard you say that

[@BrockMesarich]

@@mist9092 You are not too late to start! However, it wont be easy, but nothing worth having is easy...

[@BrockMesarich]

@@RoboDepot.onXtwitter I hope you continue to get value from the channel!

[@PetOops]

Brock you are my inspiration.I believe in mind that your ai agency will be one of the largest agency in the world. Failure is the pillar of success....keep it up. You know i dont have any laptop or computer,but have a dream to work with peoples like you. Best wishes bro...🎉

[@BrockMesarich]

Thank you brother it means alot!

[@randomytstuffz]

Fb chatbots were huge thing with smma course sellers. Now they added ai to it. These ai chatbots are no better. Only course sellers me ade money selling how to sell fb chatbots. Highly doubt these ai chatbots

[@BrockMesarich]

Interesting point!

[@razvangrigore322]

You are repeating words so many times that makes your videos so hard to follow. Talking about honesty here.

[@BrockMesarich]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@syedrahman8432]

Crisp video just subscribed. A question, to book a call with you I believe it's paid. Correct me ?

[@BrockMesarich]

I did offer that yes, however i have rethought that decision until I see success in my agency!

[@alainmona268]

bro you’re the only legit KZbinr for this stuff 10/10 thanks for the tips

[@BrockMesarich]

I'm so happy you connect with the content... Send it to a friend if you think it is valuable (:

[@Christian225lbMax]

shopify is ai lol

[@BrockMesarich]

What do you mean by that

[@Christian225lbMax]

@@BrockMesarich the help chat

[@andrelee1997]

Hey Brock, one solution to your "prospects not understanding your service" is recording a short loom video of you demoing something you built. 1. You record once and can resend this link to multiple prospects. 2. It can be hard to get your point across through text, so a video can be helpful Thanks for the vid, only up from here.

[@BrockMesarich]

Great idea and something I have been exploring recently. Do you know how to send a video on Linkedin Sales Navigator? I'm having troubles with that currently

[@alexkaufmann2923]

Hey Brock, respect the grind. I'm currently in the process of finding product market fit for my business as well. I just want to point something out. Don't give too much away online. I've seen KZbinrs like Thomas Gonnet completely oversaturate niches simply because they gave away their whole offering. When you find that product market fit, scale it to the moon but keep it to yourself. Best of luck man.

[@BrockMesarich]

Thanks for following Alex. Product market fit is definitely the thing I have been struggling with the most the past 5 weeks. Appreciate the advice on oversharing! I might leave some of the secret sauce to myself when I find the perfect niche. Only time will tell! Look forward to hearing how things go for you brother!

[@shade_excel]

Appreciate the transparency and value bombs dropped! 👏🏽 …Subscribed!

[@BrockMesarich]

Thank you for that! This channel was built on transparency and I will keep it that way! I will make sure that the subscribe was worth it (:

[@bazparkes6516]

Good video showing how tough it can be to start a new business. Noted in the comments that many people have issues getting traction from cold-calling/outreach. I'm wondering if many of the people struggling to gain clients don't have much in the way of sales experience? A lot of the issues in regards to gaining clients can be addressed with a lot of sales experience. I know this from personal experience, as when I was in sales, I had tonnes of issues selling and getting traction form cold leads but as I grew more proficient, it was way easier to handle objections and keep people on calls for far longer, even if they showed disdain when they first answered the call. Keep trying man, you'll be fine.

[@BrockMesarich]

It definitely is not easy, like most people portray it to be on the internet. I agree with your point about sales experience. I think it is that mixed with not having a fully structured offer than can appeal to businesses. With the model being so new, it is hard to know exactly what your specific product can be, until you actually work with the businesses hands on! Thank you for the kind words!

[@James-nc1dz]

Thanks mate for the honesty , this is much more valuable than the over hyped sales channels out there that I’ve come across , still early days though but this is great insight

[@BrockMesarich]

Thank you brother. It means a lot… I just closed my first client today! I’ll be posting a video in the coming days going over the live sales call (:

[@timooothy1234]

Great video man, not everyone is honest. In terms of convincing, i usually give a free trial to test it out and use it, and when the time comes they would decide to continue my service or not

[@BrockMesarich]

Thank you! Good tactic, I think it is important to give value for free first

[@oshodikolapo2159]

Thanks for being honest. Guys think its a gold mine already

[@BrockMesarich]

Of course!

[@Deuceleven]

Yea no one wants the AI chatbot. Learned that from lots of meetings.

[@BrockMesarich]

Interesting, can you give us a background on what your niche was, offer was, and some details as to why they didn't need it?

[@Deuceleven]

@@BrockMesarich they said they didn’t need it mostly because of what you said in the video. They think it’s just the average chatbot, even when I explained it wasn’t. I explored accountants and digital marketers and real estate agents. Had a different bot for each and made a lot of calls and e-mails. Booked several meetings. I think a lot of the digital marketers also just took the idea for themselves and ran with it. My offer sucked though. It was a vague 30 day money back guarantee, which isn’t really an offer. So there’s that.

[@jaumeboix4907]

Hey Brock, I've said it before and like many people say in their comments, your honesty is your most powerful weapon! Im also coming across many of the challenges you mention, lack of understanding of the value it can being being the main one. Let's just keep grinding and I'm sure it will all work out in the end, we're here for the long haul and not just for a quick buck. Thanks for being genuine and keep up the amazing work!

[@BrockMesarich]

Thanks for continuing to tune in. I am glad people in the space are also experiencing the same issues I am running into. It's just the beginning and I can't wait to document when things start to take off.... Best of luck!

[@verasalem5071]

Subscribed because you are 100% honest af compared to the other ones that just push how easy AAA agencies are to make and just advertise their services

[@BrockMesarich]

I am thankful that you subscribed! I will continue to put out the transparent content (:

[@altonhandfield4934]

DUDE! TURN UP YOUR VOLUME!

[@BrockMesarich]

Noted thank you

[@JoeTeshima]

Businesses have 3 issues. 1) How does AI affect my staff and my business 2) Is my data safe 3) And you are absolutely correct no one knows what AI is. What is working for me is not selling the chatbot. That is just a front end like a website. I show them all my offers end to end and then I present the many ways to reach their customers from landing pages, emails, physical assets, mobile apps, and of course chatbots. I go over the pros and cons of each, but really at the end I show them that having multiple ways generating leads is the only way. This is a lead example but you can apply this too anything. Training for example could have a physical asset, pdf, app and chatbot.

[@BrockMesarich]

I 100% agree here. I made a point about this on my last video. Instead of selling an "AI Chatbot" I call it a "Fully Automated Appointment Booking System".

[@rawanhegazy8931]

I get asked alot about point no.2 which is the safety of the data. Are they going to be secured or not? Can you share with us how do you answer your clients when they ask you this question?

[@JoeTeshima]

⁠@@rawanhegazy8931Sooooo this is the point that doesn’t really get mentioned in all these videos. When you are using a low code/no code tool it’s really important for you to read the terms, privacy and their 3rd party partners terms. ( spoiler alert most tools use the requests and responses to train their AI backend amongst other things ). How I handle this is depending on the budget. I’m always VERY clear up front that their proprietary data is not secure using the “cheaper” option ( using these AI no code tools ) when this is the case and they can’t afford a custom solution where I build a whole solution using something like AzureAI or AWS. I will then have to work with the client to anonymize the data or help them understand the risks. Using something like a vector database to hold their private data and we “custom” code that part to a local LLM that is installed on a private server is a bit cheaper but still more expensive than the no code solution than going with a full Azure or AWS. Read my other comment below for an example and if you want to chat further you can reach me on discord @icopro

[@leffes6726]

Interesting, received valuable info from this. Regarding the point about selling more than just a chatbot. That sounds like a valid plan. You could create a packet that includes services that solves the same problem as a chatbot. But to a higher extent. And also, it is pretty easy to build a chatbot/Ai virtual assistant But, it is not easy to create a good one that can answer questions users have with high confidence to avoid frustration as a user which has to be avoided at all costs. The businesses that make the bot on their own will probably struggle because they don’t know how to build relevant controlflows that makes up the best possible user experience, which you do. However, I think it would be a bit difficult to tell them that in a good way. What do you think?

[@BrockMesarich]

Yes that is a good idea. You can offer chatbot optimization as a service

[@leffes6726]

@@BrockMesarich looking forward to see more of the channel

[@BrockMesarich]

@@leffes6726 I'll be having some good videos dropping soon!

[@deepanshsingh5907]

Great video!!! Subscribed

[@BrockMesarich]

I'm glad you enjoy! I'll make sure the subscribe was worth it, you can trust me on that!

[@BenBryant-j8l]

I believe that providing services for free in the beginning is actually really great for gaining case studies and testimonials too, its also a great way of gaining experience and getting your foot in the door within your chosen niche. But the best thing about it has to be getting an inside scoop of the common pain points and common occuring issues they bring up. this in turn would help you adjust your service to attend their occuring needs.. I do greatly appreciate your channels transparency nonetheless! Remember, this is still a new business model and might be your first hurdle for you to jump over :)

[@BrockMesarich]

Love this point, thank you for sharing!

[@ilyab.5127]

I still didn't start my business in AI but one thing I want to say that I will not work for free even for testimonials. Because I value my time and my work. I will keep looking for the first customer even if it will take time and offer a promotion price, but NOT free. I had another business before, and people actually value you more when they pay for service.

[@BrockMesarich]

To each their own

[@tommygunn2782]

You're not doing it for "free" - you're doing it in exchange for a testimonial. The 'right' testimonial becomes an Evergreen magnet that can get you $1000s in sales for years to come. Also, if someone pays you, they may not be interested in giving you a testimonial as they've paid for the job and the transaction is completed. They don't owe you anything more. The Law of Reciprocity works.

[@BrockMesarich]

@@tommygunn2782 This is exactly right. Doing work for a testimonial isn't working for free, rather you are just putting off the payment at a later date for other clients!

[@itsmrdazz]

Great video! Thank you for being honest and transparent.

[@BrockMesarich]

Thank you! I try to be as open as I can so you guys can see the day in the life of AAA. Thanks for following along (:

[@MadHEX369]

love you keepin it real. you're definitely not alone.

[@BrockMesarich]

We are all into this together. If you are experiencing something, odds are, someone else is as well!

[@beginningjourneytosoccerst2656]

Can it intergrate with Wordpress ?

[@BrockMesarich]

Yes indeed it can!

[@beginningjourneytosoccerst2656]

Thanks brother I have web development/designer skills been creating since I was 15 now 41 , wanted to start creating my own saas custom chat bot business is their anything that you see from the previous software that we can make better adjustments ?

[@BrockMesarich]

@@beginningjourneytosoccerst2656 As of now, the softwares that i use are very good. However I am sure as the business model progresses there will be things that we will have to add

[@beginningjourneytosoccerst2656]

@@BrockMesarich perfect I would love to know what your suggestions would be so I can make a software based on your knowledge or we can work together on this project

[@BrockMesarich]

@@beginningjourneytosoccerst2656 Currently at this time I am working with another AI Agency SAAS but if for whatever reason that changes, I will make sure to keep you in mind!

[@clickworks]

This kind of transparency is rare online. Keep it up, your energy is contagious and you have built a good following while sharing your ups and downs. Your solutions are on the right track. I run an automation service but it is not marketed as an AIAA, that helps. Focus on a niche instead. In my case, I have a strong professional background in real estate and because of it it's natural most of my customers are in that sector. Also buzzwords such as AI make you spend more time explaining what it is than helping you sell. Remove them from your USP.

[@BrockMesarich]

Thank you for the kind words brother. Love that idea as well with how to market your services!

[@socialnetworkstudio]

Hey can i have a word with you?

[@socialnetworkstudio]

@clickworks-AaaS do you use instagram, twitter or linkedin to chat better about clickworks?

[@BrockMesarich]

@@socialnetworkstudio If you want to schedule a consulting call you can book here: calendly.com/brock-aiaccelerator/ai-agency-accelerator-consulting-call Otherwise feel free to reach out to me in my discord server: discord.gg/aiagencyaccelerator

[@Kronoken.]

I love the honesty

[@BrockMesarich]

That’s what the channel is for! 💪🏼

[@acmilon]

Cheers for your perspective 👌🏽

[@BrockMesarich]

🍻

[@roshanpawar6397]

Keep it up bro. I like your loyalty❤

[@BrockMesarich]

Thank you! Cheers

[@godmotiv]

Great video

[@BrockMesarich]

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@hughescleaningservice3694]

I use to use Sales Genie

[@BrockMesarich]

I have never heard of it! I will have to check it out

[@wadadigital]

bro, same lol

[@BrockMesarich]

What have been some issues you are running into?

[@vazdar15]

@@BrockMesarich Literally all the same as you. The farthest I've got with any of my prospects is a demo call. I've sent some offers and got ghosted 🤣 all in all, not everything is as easy as some of these "gurus" are trying to make it look like

[@BrockMesarich]

Nothing in online business is easy. What is your offer that you presented to your clients?

[@vazdar15]

@@BrockMesarich true. It's a bit complicated, since I haven't niched down

[@BrockMesarich]

Got it. That may be the issue then. Try to niche down so you know what problem you are solving, for what type of business. That should help your offer be more clear

[@SpeakBotics]

I’m actually getting an insane amount of discovery calls booked. But I have never done one before. My first one is with a loan officer who wants a bot that emails people. What should I have prepared before the call?

[@BrockMesarich]

Congrats on the booked calls! What is your offer and what have your outreach methods been? I'd be prepared with lots of questions for the prospect. Such as: what tasks are you looking to automate, how much time doing you spend doing xyz, ect.

[@SpeakBotics]

@@BrockMesarich thanks but should I have anything prepared if he starts asking me questions?

[@BrockMesarich]

I think you should go into the call having done research on their company. Maybe ask chatgpt some of the objections you may get based on their business. Write down some notes so when they ask you the big questions, you can have an answer to fall back on. As you do it more and more, you should get a better sense of how to objection handle! I hope this helps

[@BrockMesarich]

I also think having a standard pitch deck on what you can provide for them (chatbots that scrape leads, respond to customer service inquires, ect.) that are based on their business model. This doesn't mean you have to take them on a presentation, rather have them as notes for yourself so you have an outline of what you want to touch on!

[@ChrismAIAutomation]

How you getting calls man, I am struggling with that. Cold outreach is leading to 0 comversion

[@davidring5071]

Great video man.

[@BrockMesarich]

Thank you David, I’m glad you enjoyed it! I have a few potential clients lined up and will be making a video soon regarding how it goes!

[@davidring5071]

You'll get that money soon my friend!@@BrockMesarich

[@JimNZ]

Chatbots are seemingly easy to put together, but when you use them with a real user you'll start seeing how hard is to get the knowledge base, the ai prompts and the bot flow right. Most chatbots will fail horribly.

[@BrockMesarich]

If you put a few hours into prompt engineering, I have to disagree with you. You can create a pretty spotless customer service chatbot if you know what you are doing

[@JimNZ]

@@BrockMesarich but it doesn't depend solely on you: the client needs to provide all areas of information needed. They normally have a mess, and also I had these issues: * There's not enough info about it * There's conflicting/overlapping info about it * There's sensitive info that cannot be delivered by itself * There's 'changing' info that would need update every week * There's info that is unstructured and needs massive time curating (youtube videos, podcasts, emails etc etc) * There are customer objections the bot wasn't able to solve * The bot UX/UI isn't that engaging for users to fully use And more

[@BrockMesarich]

@@JimNZ Indeed it is not perfect just like everything else is the world. if it cannot handle the objections, then you can point it to customer service

[@weloveuherq]

How do you get more people to call or hire?

[@BrockMesarich]

Are you asking how to hire people to cold call for you?

[@darraghshiel8944]

Brock you are a G man! Full respect 🫡

[@BrockMesarich]

Thank you so much for the kind words!