The One-Person Scale-Up: Diversifying Your Revenue
Utkarsh Kaushik
August 26, 2024 · 7 min read
You did it. You are booked solid with high ticket 1 on 1 clients. You have replaced your old salary. This is the dream, right? Well, sort of.
You have actually just built yourself a very comfortable, very demanding, golden cage. Your income is 100% tied to your time. If you get sick, your income stops. If you take a vacation, your income stops. This is not freedom, it is just a high paying job with an unreasonable boss (you).
The next evolution is to move from a single revenue stream to a portfolio of offers. This is how you build resilience, scale your impact, and create true wealth.
The Value Ladder: Your Path to Scale
A well structured business is not one offer. It is a ladder of offers, designed to meet clients where they are. This allows you to serve more people and dramatically increase your customer lifetime value.
A classic value ladder looks like this:
- Free (Top): This is your content, your lead magnets, your free audit. It builds trust with a wide audience.
- Low Ticket ($50-$500): A digital product or a paid workshop. It solves one small, specific problem and gives people a low risk way to experience your genius.
- Mid Ticket ($500-$5,000): A group coaching program. More access than a course, but more leveraged than 1 on 1.
- High Ticket ($5,000+): Your core 1 on 1 or done for you service. The most transformative, and most expensive, offer.
You do not build this all at once. You start with your high ticket offer and then you strategically add the other rungs.
How to Create Your First Leveraged Offer
The easiest place to start? A low ticket workshop. Why? Because you have already created the content. It is hidden in the repetitive advice you give to every single one of your 1 on 1 clients.
Think about it. What are the first three things you tell every new client? What is the one concept you explain over and over? That is your workshop.
Here is the process:
1. Find the 'Quick Win': Look at your 1 on 1 process and pull out one piece that can deliver a tangible result in 90 minutes. (For us, it is helping people design a scalable offer).
2. Record It: Create a 60-90 minute presentation. Just teach it like you would to a client. Add a simple workbook.
3. Price it as a No Brainer: Charge between $100 and $300. The goal is not to get rich here. The goal is to get a list of buyers, who are infinitely more valuable than freebie seekers.
This simple workshop becomes a powerful asset. It generates revenue, builds your email list, and acts as the perfect frictionless entry point to your world.
Building Your Ecosystem
Your business should be an ecosystem of solutions, not a single product. This makes you more stable and allows you to serve your clients more deeply over time.
The first step is understanding your current model's limitations. Our free audit can help you identify where your reliance on a single offer is holding you back, giving you the clarity to build your first leveraged product.