I didn't start in marketing. I started in operations — learning how large markets actually work, how deals get closed, and why most businesses bleed money not because their product is bad, but because their system is broken.
I spent years working across the Middle East and Canada, watching companies at scale figure out one thing that small businesses almost never do: every dollar you spend should trace back to a result you can measure. Not a report. Not a "reach" number. A customer.
When I settled in Canada, I started working with local business owners. And I kept seeing the same thing. A plumber with a website that hasn't been touched in three years. A contractor spending $2,000 a month on Google Ads with no idea if a single job came from it. A product brand posting on Instagram every day and wondering why nobody's buying.
Smart people. Real businesses. Completely flying blind.
One of my favourite things to do is sit down with a business owner and ask them how they got started. Every single one has a story — a problem they spotted, a risk they took, a moment where everything clicked. I find that genuinely fascinating. And then I ask myself: if I were in their position, what would I do next?
That question is what drives how I work. I'm not here to run your ads and send you a PDF. I'm here because I actually care what happens to your business. When a small business loses ground because nobody helped them build the right system in time, that bothers me. I've seen it happen. It doesn't have to.
The gap isn't effort. It was never effort. It's system. Nobody had ever sat down with them and built the whole thing — the foundation, the channels, the follow-up, the tracking — as one connected engine.
That's what I do now. Not because it's a good market opportunity. Because I've watched too many good businesses waste money they couldn't afford to waste, and I know exactly how to fix it.
我最初不是从市场营销做起的,而是从运营做起。这段经历让我充分学习大型企业的实际运作方式,了解交易是如何达成的,以及为什么大多数企业亏损不是因为产品不好,而是因为他们的系统出了问题。
我曾在中东、中国和加拿大工作多年,意识到那些规模庞大的公司其实都明白,并且贯彻一个小企业几乎从未践行的道理:每一分钱的支出都应该与可衡量的结果挂钩。这个"结果"不只是一份报告,也不是一个营销学的数字或名词,而是一个真实成交的客户。
我定居加拿大后,开始与当地的企业主合作。我发现同样的问题总是反复上演:一个水管工的网站三年都没更新过;一个承包商每月在谷歌广告上花费2000加币,却不知道是否真的带来了任何生意;一个产品品牌每天都在Instagram上发帖,创始人却不明白为什么没人下单。
这些人都是聪明人。他们也在认真经营着自己的企业。但是行为如同"夜里挑灯看剑",却"拔剑四顾心茫然"。
我最喜欢做的事情之一就是和企业主坐下来,问问他们是如何创业的。每个人都有自己的故事。他们有的发现了一个问题可以通过产品去解决;有的为了企业的存亡承担了一次很大的风险;有的灵光乍现,做出了逆天改命的决策。这些经历真的很有意思。然后我会问自己:如果我处在他们的位置,下一步我会怎么做?
这个问题驱动着我的工作方式。我的工作方式不是个执行者,来帮你投放广告然后发个PDF应付你。我创立LTC,是因为我在意你的生意。当知道一家家小企业因为没人及时帮他们搭建合适的系统而落后于竞争对手时,我感到非常遗憾。我亲眼见过这样的事情发生。但这种情况完全不必发生。
差距从来不在于是否努力。差距在于系统。从来没有人坐下来和他们一起,把所有环节,如打基础、梳理渠道、持续跟进追踪,作为一个整体来构建。
而这,恰恰就是我现在所做的。创办LTC并非因为这是一个很好的市场机会,而是因为我目睹了太多优秀的企业浪费了他们本不该浪费的钱,而我知道如何解决这个问题。