Making Bank: Remake Series #MakingBank #S7E21

This is a flashback episode in loving memory of Dave Woodward at Making Bank.
Rest In Eternal Peace dear friend.

On today’s episode of Making Bank, we have Dave Woodward, CRO of ClickFunnels. He graduated from Brigham Young University. He became a regional director of Marico, a local Texas firm, which he took national in just two years. Dave then founded Monopolize Inc. A direct response marketing agency focused on financial services and the real estate industry. But he recognized a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity when he met Russell Brunson and Todd Dickerson, the two founders of ClickFunnels back in 2014 when the company was just a startup. For Dave, it was never about the title of CEO, it's about results, and in addition to his CEO duties, Dave is the energetic host of the Wiley Popular podcast, ClickFunnels Radio.

He has a true gift for making his guests feel right at home so it's no wonder he gets some of the savviest business owners and self-starters on the planet to share never before revealed sales and marketing secrets on every show. Dave is first and foremost a devoted husband, family man, and avid adrenaline junkie.

Listen till the end. A lot of valuable information is unpacked by Dave Woodward.
(2:55) The Beginning Of ClickFunnels
Dave talks about having a mortgage business that crashed in 2008 through 2012, which he managed to get out of when he was approached for startup training by Russell and Todd. This was the beginning of his regaining his business life and one thing led to another till eventually, ClickFunnels became successful.

(5:56) Challenges Faced
Dave explains how the first initial moments they faced a huge crisis when their database went down. They were all worried and did not know what to do but eventually, they managed to fix the problem, and throughout it all, they were transparent to their customers. They let them know what the issue was and it was eventually fixed and they were up and running again.

(12:38) Ups And Downs Of ClickFunnels
Dave talks about how they started facing problems because many of the customers wanted more and better support and they were not able to provide that to them. But as they grew more and more they got better with it and now even have phone support, chat support, and social media support.

(17:39) Our Employees Are Special
Dave talks about the main reason for ClickFunnels doing so well was because everyone who worked there is treated specially. They give them special employee treatment, whether it's giving out gifts or bonuses, everything was unique and was only exclusive to a ClickFunnels employee and this was what gave them success.

(23:27) Biggest Change
The biggest change they had to undergo was bringing new things that were outside the company to improve. They kept looking for new ways, and new methods of improving and kept working hard at them at the same time not compromising any of the methods that already exist. This change brought them the biggest improvement and it helped the company grow so much.

(29:00) Biggest Motivator
Dave’s number one motivator was the fact that he loves his job so much. He loves being an entrepreneur and was just so passionate about it. That was what drove him the most and made him one of the greatest people and businessmen in life.

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Instagram: @daveswoodward