Joshua Sanderford is the HighLevel affiliate with the best bonuses to get you your first 10 clients
I'm Joshua — I've run a local SaaS on GoHighLevel since 2021. I teach you how to start yours and win your first 10 clients from the people who already know you, using methods like the Google Review Card Method, Yard Sign Method, and Gift Them Method.
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Create Your GoHighLevel Tier List56 TOOLS · SEE OTHER'S RESULTSFrom a comfortable desk job to 58 local clients in my small town.
I'm Joshua Sanderford. This is the honest version of how I left my 9-5, built a local SaaS on HighLevel in Waco, Texas — and why I teach others to do the same.
Remote, salaried… and quietly stuck.
I was working remote for a marketing agency. On paper it was a good job — a steady salary, no commute, familiar work. That was exactly the problem: it was too comfortable.
I was building systems, funnels and automations every day — just for someone else's business. The paycheck showed up on time, but it wasn't enough to support my family's goals, and there was no clear path for it to ever get there.
Comfortable isn't the same as okay.
My wife, Katy, has been dealing with health problems, and finding real solutions takes money, time and flexibility. A salaried position usually only gives you 1 out of these 3 things.
And my own body was sending signals. I was spending WAY too much time at the desk. I started noticing cold hands and my back hurting some days. I knew something had to change.
Working harder inside the same box didn't work.
I tried what most people try: take on more at work, hope for a raise, pick up side projects at night. But a salary has a ceiling. More hours at the desk just meant more back pain — not more freedom.
I didn't need another job. I needed to own something — recurring revenue from people I actually knew, in the town I actually live in.
"The safest-feeling choice was the one keeping my family from the life we wanted."
I started my business powered by HighLevel — and became Waco's local SaaS provider.
Instead of chasing strangers online, I focused on my small town. I started with the people who already knew and trusted me — friends, my church, local owners — using simple methods like the Review Card and Gift Them. Many of those clients became real friendships.
- BeforeRemote agency 9-5Building for someone else, stuck at a desk all day.
- 2021Started on HighLevelLaunched my own local SaaS on the side in Waco, Texas.
- GrowthFriends, then referralsReview Card and Gift Them turned my local network into clients.
- Today58 local clientsEnough to quit the 9-5 and run my business full time.
58 local clients later, I quit my 9-5.
I'm actually happy to wake up in the morning.
Today I work where I want, when I want. Our savings are growing, we're working toward a house, and we finally have enough to invest in finding solutions for Katy's health.
I'm proud of the work I get to do — supporting other businesses in their passions and keeping local money local. I'm out from behind the desk, going in person to coworking and networking events, and I love it.
Coach, build, and solve real problems.
I don't just sell software. I coach my clients and build custom solutions to their problems on GoHighLevel — the kind of things a local business owner would never have time to figure out alone.
I want to help you make the same shift.
You don't need a big audience or guru hype. You need a simple plan to become the local SaaS provider in your town and land your first 10 clients from people who already know you.
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