Full Tour Of My 9x12 Method Setup (Every Tool, Explained)

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People ask me all the time, Mitch, is there one place that I can go to see everything that you offer to 9 by 12ers? And honestly, the answer to that has been no. Although most things can be found in the classroom in our community, but realistically, that's a lot for you to read and consume all at once. My services are scattered across multiple different sites, different links, and different corners of the community. So it makes sense why so many of you had this exact question.

And now to be clear, that is by design. I only want you to have to pay for what you actually need. I don't want to force you into this large mega tool all combined that you would only use 25% of and also would cost you a fortune. So it's intentionally split up into different tools. But this video is going to be that one place that I'm going to lay out every single service that I offer to help you in your 9 by 12 business all in one spot.

So now you don't have to read a bunch of landing pages or search every corner of the earth for this information. And here's the honest reason why all of these services even exist. They didn't come all at once. I've watched thousands of people start this business and I've noticed the same pattern over and over. It's usually not the selling that stops people.

It's the stuff around the selling. Someone spends three weeks building a website instead of making calls and that's a waste of precious time. Someone won't walk into a business because they don't have a sample card to hand over. Somebody loses a sale because their leads are scattered across sticky notes and they forgot to follow up with warm leads. Every service I'm about to show you exist because I watched a sticking point hold people back and I built something to remove that sticking point every single time.

So my goal here is simple. If there's any part of the 9 by 12 method business model that you are nervous about, any part of it, I can cover it for you. And it's just a business expense that comes out of your profit your card is going to pay you anyway. One more thing before we start, stick around to the end because I'm also going to show you a couple of free tools you already have access to as a member of our community and I'm sure even some of you veterans out there might not be aware of it. You might be surprised by at least one of them.

And just for your reference, if any of these services spark your intrigue throughout the video, the links for each of these services will be in the description of this video in the exact order that I present them in this video. So, let's get into it. Okay, so first, let's start with the foundation of everything that many of you already know about, it's the 9 by 12 method community itself. And this is where the method is actually taught step-by-step all in one structured place. Inside the classroom, you get the full training on how to run this business, like how to find businesses, what to say to them, how to price it, and how to get it fulfilled.

It has every script I use, every template, every follow-up sequence, it's all in there laid out in order, so you're never sitting there wondering what to do next. But honestly, the training is only half of the community. The other half you get as a member is the community itself. There's thousands of operators all around the country doing this, posting their wins, sharing what's working in their town, and answering each other's questions daily. Everybody's just helping each other out.

When you post that you just landed your first yes, there's a whole room of people cheering you on. And when you hit a wall, someone in there is probably already hit that same exact wall and can tell you exactly how they got past it. We also run live group calls in there where you can get your questions answered directly. And your membership also includes several tools and software at no extra cost, and I'm going to cover those at the end. But some of you will be surprised that they're included for free because honestly, most people would charge a good penny for some of these tools.

And at $44 a month for the community, one single $500 ad slot pays for almost a full year of membership in there. So, if you're brand new and you're wondering where to start, the community is the place to start. Everything else I'm about to show you is purely optional, but the community is the foundation. Now, the first actual tool that I offer is called the 9 by 12 method CRM. And here's the deal, the money in this business is in the follow-up, the second, the third, the fourth touch.

That's where these cards actually get filled. And I've watched so many people lose sales not because the business just said no immediately, but because they simply forgot to follow up. Their leads were in a notebook somewhere, in their head, on a sticky note, or in some random spreadsheet. So, the 9 by 12 method CRM was built specifically for this business. Every lead, every stage, every follow-up date, it's all in one place.

So, when somebody says, "Call me next month," you can log it, and next month is right there waiting for you, It's going to remind you. You also have a card management feature, which allows you to track which slots you've already sold and who you've sold them to. And here's the part a lot of people miss. Your CRM subscription also includes 9 by 12 Megamind, which is my AI assistant trained on the entire 9 by 12 method. It was literally trained on over 200,000 words of my own YouTube videos, our live group calls, and the most productive posts in our school community.

So, it's literally the smartest 9 by 12er on the planet. So, if you are stuck on anything, you can just ask Megamind. Now, the next tool, and one of my favorites, is called Lead Scout. To fill a card, you typically need to reach somewhere in the range of 100 to 200 businesses. And the old way of building that list was brutal.

You spent hours hunched over Google Maps, clicking into every website, hunting for their email address and their phone number, trying to find their Facebook link, etc. But, Lead Scout does that for you in minutes automatically. You just punch in the industry and the location, and it scrapes every single Google Maps listing. It scrapes for their email address, phone number, the owner's name, all the social links, star ratings, review counts. It literally grabs you hundreds of leads while you're out doing the money-making activities like selling.

But, here is my favorite part of this tool. It also writes a custom email intro for every single business. Here's how it works. It reads their website and the reviews, and it writes a personalized opener. So, your email doesn't look like a mass email blast now.

It looks like you actually did your homework on them. So, your response rate goes up and you stay out of the spam folder because no two emails are identical, which is important. And for my door-to-door people out there, there is a route planner where you can just pick your target businesses on the map, enter your starting address, and it maps the fastest possible route for you straight into Google Maps, because time is money, baby. The next tool is called 9 by 12 Sites. This might be the number one sticking point that I've seen from 9 by 12ers.

People would tell me, "I'm launching as soon as my website's done." And then 3 weeks later, they're still fiddling with the fonts and haven't even talked to a single business. So, that's weeks of momentum, potentially thousands of dollars in revenue, gone, wasted. So, I built 9 by 12 Sites, where you can have a professional website live in about 2 minutes just by filling out a simple setup wizard. It's not just a template you have to wrestle with, but it's a purpose-built site specifically for this business, and your subscription includes a custom domain like the That comes with it for free.

These custom websites feature a interactive card preview so that your advertisers can click on the slot they want and purchase straight from your site. It also has an interactive coverage map showing exactly where you're mailing the cards. And you have the ability to run as many campaigns as you want, each with their own separate, individually customizable page. So, with this, you'll look legit from day one, and now you can spend your time selling instead of building a website over the next few weeks. The next service, or I should call it a platform, is called Our Local Spotlight.

In essence, Our Local Spotlight is our branded partner directory. It's a map where local businesses can find the operator serving their town. You get an exclusive pin for your location, plus your own hosted landing page. And this means that nobody else can claim your location once you've claimed it for as long as you're a member. Think about what that means.

Instead of you just being a solo operator and reaching out to businesses and they're having trouble trusting you with their money, now you come across as being part of this massive group doing this all around the country. This social proof is massive for generating trust and closing sales. And here's where Our Local Spotlight gets really exciting. You also get access to a feature called virtual postcards, and here's how it works. You can showcase every completed postcard digitally now on your Local Spotlight listing.

Local residents can browse those offers, they can click on the slots that they want to redeem, and they can redeem those offers just by dropping their name and email. And here's the key. That email list now belongs to you. So, think about what that does for your business over time. Every single card you put out, every card you run, every offer you post, your list of local residents grows.

So, now when you're pitching a business, you're not just saying I'll put you in 5,000 mailboxes, you're actually now saying I'll put you in 5,000 mailboxes, plus I'll blast your offer to my email list of local residents who have already shown that they redeem local deals. So, your list becomes an asset that makes every future card even easier to sell. And it's something you own and build just by being on the platform at Our Local Spotlight. Now, this next service is one that people hesitate on a lot. Some of you watching this might think you have to be a professional graphic designer in order to run this business, but that is so far from the truth.

In fact, I suck at design. So, if you are as bad at design as I am, you will be happy to hear that we also offer ad design. And don't worry, I'm not doing the design lines for you because, like I said, I suck. But we have a professional designer who offers unlimited revisions until you are happy with the work. It's just $25 per ad, and remember, you're investing $25, but you would have spent an hour doing the design yourself.

Now, you can spend that hour going out there and making a $500 sale. $25 for $500 is a good trade. And the process is very simple. You collect some basic information from your advertiser, and then you send it over to our designer, and he takes care of the rest. Now, next on the list, and trust me, this closes sales for you if you're going to businesses in person, I offer 9 by 12 postcard and 6 by 11 community card sample packs, or you can get a mix of both.

So, nothing, I mean, literally nothing closes like putting a real thick, glossy 9 by 12-in postcard in a business owner's hands. You can describe it all day out loud, but the moment that they actually hold it and feel how much it dwarfs regular mail, the pitch basically makes itself. And our members say it constantly. Bringing a sample is the most successful way to get a yes in person. So, I offer sample packs, like I said, you can get 9 by 12 samples, 6 by 11 community card samples, or a mix of each.

That way you can keep them in your car and never walk into a business empty-handed ever again. Next, some of you might be surprised to hear that we actually offer printing and fulfillment services once you complete the postcard. And for 9 by 12-in postcards and 6 by 11-in community cards, we are able to offer it pretty damn cheap, simply because we handle so much volume. So, once you sell out your card, you have two options with us. Option number one is print only.

This means we handle the printing of your cards, and we ship them directly to you. And then you handle the EDDM order and the mailing side of things. It's not that bad, but it's a little more hands-on. So, option two, and this is the one that most people go with because it just makes sense, is called all-inclusive fulfillment. This means that we handle the printing, packing, postage, shipping, and the US Postal Service distribution all for you.

So, with this option, you never have to touch a stack of cards. You just sell the slots, send us the file, and tell us the EDDM routes that you want the cards to go to, and the thousands of postcards will just magically land in the mailboxes when you start on your next card. And when I say magically land, I just mean we will take care of it. Again, this just allows you to focus on the money-making activities like making sales, and it'll keep you from breaking your back from lugging around hundreds of pounds of postcards. But, if you're trying to get fit, just go with the print-only option, it's fine.

Now, this is by far the most expensive service that I offer, but that's because it comes with the guarantee that we will work together until you sell out your full first postcard, no catch. And for reference, selling out a postcard usually earns you around $5,000 in profit. So, this is a valuable program. It's called the 9 by 12 accelerator program. This is my premium program where I work with you directly, one-on-one.

We have coaching calls, and you have unlimited text access to me at my personal phone number. And on top of that, all of that coaching is supported by just about every other service that I offer, some that I've already mentioned. And it's all included in that one package. I actually build you a custom action plan fit for your schedule that you can just follow on a day-to-day basis. It basically tells you what to do.

And then you get access to Lead Scout, the scraper that I talked about before. You get an hour Local Spotlight landing page. You get sample pack and a bunch more all in this one package. So, it's the full business in a box coupled with one-on-one support from me until you successfully sell out your first full card. And the accelerator program is application only, so if that sounds like something you're potentially a fit for, go to accelerator.

9by12method.com. Link is in the description. Just read through the details and complete the short application form, and I'll get back to you. All right, now for the part that I promised, if you're a member of our school community, these next three tools are already included in your subscription at no extra cost.

And some of you may not have realized that you actually have access to these. The first one is called Scan Lab, and this is typically something you would have to pay extra for, but in the community, it's free. Scan Lab generates dynamic QR codes for you. That way, you can track every single scan that your advertisers get. You can also use it to produce a clean PDF report that you can hand to your advertiser to show the results of their ad.

And when you can show a business owner real scan data from their ad, re-signing them for the next card gets a whole lot easier. Now, the second tool is called the Design Wizard, and again, this is free as a member of our community. This is our AI ad design generator for building your ads yourself if you don't want to go with a designer and you don't have any Canva skills. So, if you're not ready to pay for the design work that we can do for you, this gets the job done because it'll design incredible ads just from you feeding it simple information about the business. So, the third free tool for members of our community is a free pin on our Local Spotlight.

Our Local Spotlight is the platform that I mentioned before with the big national map. Now, this is not an exclusive listing like the paid listing, and it also doesn't come with the landing page, but it gets you on the map, so businesses in your area can find you, and you can still say you're part of this big group of people doing this all around the country, so you still get that social proof aspect. It costs you nothing if you're a member, so go grab your free pin today. Now, look, let me shoot you straight. None of these are required to be successful in the 9 by 12 method business, truthfully.

This method works with just hustle and a phone. But if there is one part of the business that's been holding you back, one thing that you've been nervous about, now there are zero excuses. My mission with the 9 by 12 method has always been to help as many people as possible escape the career that they hate. And these services exist so that nobody has a reason not to start, regardless of how busy you are. Again, the links for each of these services are in the description of this video in the exact same order that I presented them in this video.

And if you're not in the school community yet, that is definitely the place to start, and I hope to see you in there. But next, you should probably watch this video here where I interview one of our members who sold out his first card in under 3 weeks with absolutely zero cold calls. He talks all about how he did it and how you can do the same. So, click here and check it out and as always, love you. Peace.