When you become addicted to seeing and building the growth of others, you’d be surprised how much you grow yourself.
Dean Dutro is the Co-Founder of Worth eCommerce, a company with a sole focus on growing revenue by creating a lasting relationship between people and their customers through the most personable form of digital connection: email. Dean is also the Founder of Email Growth Training and Co-Host of the Relationship Commerce Podcast.
I’m looking forward to getting into this conversation with Dean, a networking and relationship expert who learned that it only takes one success. Listen in to find out more!
Things you will learn in this episode:
[00:01 - 05:24] Opening Segment
I introduce today’s guest, Dean Dutro
Bio
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Dean shares a bit of his background
Growing up in rural Oregon
Parents owning a small business
Student exchange in Japan
Pushed towards college
[05:25 - 17:34] Exploring the World and Navigating the Job Space
Dean talks about his transition period away from his small town and into career
A desire to see what was out there
Getting into college for communications
An enjoyment of finding education around relationships
Thoughts on education
Life post-college - navigating the job space
Exploring Europe
Going through several jobs and businesses
Going back and working with his dad to learn business
Offer to work for another company
Learning to be a leader
The decision to go out on your own
Influence from a friend in the digital space
Travel the world and start something new
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[17:35 - 27:31] it Only Takes One Success
Dean talks about failing the business he started
Crash and burn
Bad power dynamic and gap in knowledge
Beginning to find success
Asked to do email marketing
Becoming the ‘email guy’
Building and recruiting a team
Time to build culture and community
The start of starting a successful ecommerce business
Joining a mastermind
Merging forces with a partner
Dean’s advice in finding success
Identify the sales channel that will work for you
Niching down and solving a specific problem
Hire someone for tasks that let you focus on other things
[27:32 - 34:53] Closing Segment
Who you know or what you know?
You need both - it depends on where you are in your career
First start on your craft and skill set
The value of joining a network
Learning everything needed to building a business
Dean’s experience in podcasting
The value of connecting with other business owners
Connecting other people as well
ThE RaNdOm ROunD
How to engage with Dean
Links below
Final words
Tweetable Quotes:
“I kind of became addicted. I loved being able to send an email, and know that cash was gonna land in their pocket that day.” - Dean Dutro
“A big change from the way I viewed business from the first year… I had this idea in mind that I wanted to build a culture, I wanted to build a community, I wanted to help businesses grow, and I wanted to make sure that I was growing and my team was growing.” - Dean Dutro
Resources Mentioned:
The Relationship Commerce Podcast
Connect with Dean on LinkedIn. Go to https://worthecommerce.com/ and learn even more about building your relationship commerce!
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