PigaChad here... Yesterday my hands were shaking as I hovered over a buy now button on my screen. I was about to commit to 24 payments of $50 PER WEEK. $1,200 bucks. See... I've been all in this new deal making idea called a FUN auction. Had a few chats with people. Gotten on some coffee dates. Even tried running my own auction the other week. Heartache and disappointment. Auctions have been happening since early 2024... There have been tons of success stories from auctions closing at $30k total sales to $174k total sales. Back at the end of last year, Travis Sago offered this program Coffee Dates On Demand. It helps deal makers get more coffee dates for auction partners. I passed on it. I had the 24 Hour Fun Auction playbook already. I'd just use that. Well, as I said above it hasn't worked out too well for me. This past month... Travis made a new offer for those that missed out on CDOD the first go around. So... As my finger nervously tapped on the mouse after plugging in my credit card info, I felt doubts. What if in 3 weeks I can't make a payment? What if I follow the program and still don't land an auction partner? That's when I told the little devil piggy Chad on my shoulder "Get behind me Satan!" Then I started thinking... What if I get my first partner before my next payment? What if I run my first $50k - $100k auction? What if I get more partner opportunities than I can handle? That's when I pressed the button and smiled as the Venmo notification flashed across my phone screen. I made a commitment to get my first successful auction regardless of the outcome. Now, I know its not going to be all rainbows and unicorns. But... Here's what I want my PiggyBANKERS to understand. The people doing deal making to build their PiggyBANKING brand aren't waiting until they feel "ready." They're not waiting until they have results to show. They're building their brand WHILE they get traction. They're doing it even when they aren't sure of the outcome.

Chadio here... Threads are all the rage these days. If you're not sure what they are... It's an opening viral hook with the rest of the conversation copied and pasted in the comments. I've seen a lot of peeps out here posting them on Facebook and other places. Well, I got into the game late last year after seeing how @Tony Teegarden used threads... I asked him how he was doing it... He let a few of us get access to his secret weapon... Thread Genius A.I. One of his threads helped him secure two deals... The first deal resulted in $98k right after Christmas! What I like about this tool is... Unlike other thread softwares, TG writes them in YOUR voice using PDF content YOU give it. No AI pig slop coming out of this thing. I've also found another use for it that I show in a bumbly video I recorded in the classroom. Check it out here: https://www.skool.com/piggybanking-brand-creators-8574/classroom/ff27c8b9?md=2d2eb803dede4f019510ddac6a1e7ca7 I also share the thread I generated on the video. I'm no Threadnos conqueror of Threads but this tool is about as close to an infinity gauntlet for crafting engaging Threads as it gets. Let's get piggy wit it, PB Chad

Notorious P.I.G. here, On Thursday last week my buddy Marion text me out of the blue. We worked together for years, first as custodians, then at a web design firm. He's the best PHP programmer I've ever known. When I got fired from the company in 09' we slowly drifted apart. Eventually the entire company dissolved and my friend was forced to start freelancing. He did pretty good for himself. We stayed connected but it was usually by bumping into each other at church or in public. Hadn't heard from him in over a year. So when he text me this morning: "Do you have any experience with Hubspot? I have a client that's looking for help for about 1-2 months." I was immediately reminded of just how far apart we are now. He had no idea I don't do service provider work anymore. How did I reply? I thanked him for thinking of me but that I'm out of the service provider game. He asked what I was up to these days. I told him about deal making and licensing. Maybe some of those clients could use a deal maker in their business? Whether we work something out or not... Hopefully we can catch up in person soon. When we do... I need to tell him this story here: https://www.skool.com/piggybanking-brand-creators-8574/when-the-bacon-stops-sizzlin-with-that-80kmonth-client?p=bea4c714 If you're a freelancer like my friend... Or still bring home the bacon with any kind of service provider work... This may help. Let's get piggy wit it, PB Chad

Chad here... This weekend I got a "Payment Failed - Action Required" email. When I opened it I realized it was for my former client's membership service. Didn't know I still got notices. Now...we still keep in touch and I'll do small tasks for her on occasion. So I reached out to make sure she got the notice too. She did. She paid it. But then I got curious. "How much is that costing you per year?" Just under $1,000. Hmmm. So I dug a little deeper with a few more questions. Turns out... She wasn't doing ANYTHING with the membership or her flagship program. Last year her husband had a stroke. She also did a ton of traveling. Several events for this flagship program. The bottom line? She was burned out. Taking this year off. And right there... I saw it. A trashcan asset we could cash flow. I shared the idea of taking her previous course and licensing it to students who went through the program. How we could bring in new money and students without her having to lift a finger. Even made a bumbly Loom video to show her what I was thinking. She's heading out of town today but we're connecting later this week. Now here's the thing... This lady was probably my favorite client. Easy to work with, listened to my suggestions and eager to pay her invoices. And now? This former client could become a new partner. What I want my PiggyBANKERS to know is deal making isn't limited to cold outreach. That does work for sure. But the EASIEST deals? They're sitting right in front of them. Former clients they loved working with. People who already trust them. Folks who know they deliver. That's why I'm considering putting together Deal Makin' Bacon. It shows you how to start getting deals with both cold AND warm outreach. Right now only 6 out of 83 PiggyBANKERS have voted on this. I'm getting the feeling this may be something I just keep to myself. But if you want to turn former clients into partners? ==> Let me know here

Bacon lovin' Chad here... Most peeps don't know this... I was an agency owner from 2019 - 2023. In February 2021 something changed. That's when our $80k/month client fired us. We'd been coasting through COVID while other businesses were shuttering. 2020 was actually one of our best years. We had this ONE massive law firm account...plus a few smaller clients on the side. Life was good. Until it wasn't. See...performance started slipping. Not because we got lazy (ok maybe a little bit). But because people were staying home. Less vehicles on the road. Less accidents. Less people needing law firms. We scrambled to fix it. Tried everything. Too late. Gone. The smaller clients kept us afloat for a while...until early 2023 when they all dropped off too. We shut down. Here's what I didn't understand back then... **The client/service provider relationship is rigged against us from day one.** Think about it... When someone pays us for a service, we're on opposite sides of the table. Our job? Do as little work as needed to keep the money coming. Their job? Extract as much value as possible to justify what they paid. We're literally working against each other. Even when we're "partners." Even when they say they love us. The second the numbers slip...we're out. And here's the thing that really gets me... **We have ZERO control.** They hold all the cards. They decide if we're worth keeping. They decide when to cut us loose. Now... After getting into deal making, I finally saw why this setup will always fail. In deal making? We come around to the **same side of the table** with the people we used to take on as clients. This time they're partners. And here's the part that changes everything... **We get to decide if we want to work with them or not.** We're the chooser. We hold the cards. If you've watched the interviews I did with Tony Teegarden, then you know the results he's gotten through deal making. $196k - $364k in as little as 14 days.