Overview

Welcome back to Build Your Network with Travis Chappell. The guest today is Daniel Irmler. Dan is the CEO of and Co-Founder of Prochurch.com, a company that specializes in helping non-profits with their media and marketing. With over 10 years of entrepreneurial experience, he’s built a high 6-figure business with a small team in Fresno, California. He’s married, with 3 kids, and enjoys helping other entrepreneurs launch and grow their companies.

Topics Discussed:

• How Dan got started doing design work on the side in college, and actually started his company in Travis’s Dad’s Garage!
• Why Dan highly recommends but also advises caution about the subscription model of business
• The power of being the expert in one specific niche field
• How systems, great service and getting to the know the client’s needs has been the key to Dan’s success
• The reason you should let people do what they’re best at and have the right people in the right places like a Henry Ford assembly line
• Why Dan believes it’s who you know that matters more than what you know
• How firing an awful client led to a connection that led to finding a co-owner, merging companies and growing the business
• The 80/20 rule that Dan applies to all networking conversations
• The power of getting out of your comfort zone, being genuinely curious and getting excited about what other people are excited about
• The value of getting below the surface with the people you’re connecting with
• Why Dan recommends you should start your own Facebook group
• How a connection in a Facebook group made Dan $13K last month
• The interesting conference networking approach Dan learned from Kenny Jang
• The coffee and conversation routine with his wife that gets Dan’s day started
• The importance of self-awareness as an entrepreneur and knowing your strengths and weaknesses

Where to Find Dan:

• The best place to find him is his Facebook group, Christian Creatives or on
• Twitter @DanIrmler
• You can also check out ChristianPix.co

Links and recommended resources:

• John Lee Dumas
• Malachy O’Brien
• The 4-hour work week by Tim Ferris
• How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
• How to Be Like Walt by James D Denney
• Deep Work by Cal Newport
• The Impossible Dream from Man of La Mancha

Don’t forget to leave a rating and review on iTunes, take a screen shot and send it to travis@buildyournetwork.co to enter the competition for $250 cash