607: Dean Dutro | It Only Takes One Success

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 
• Be sure to check out guestio.com and start booking
• 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 
•  A word from our sponsor

[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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