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You’ve got your product. But what’s your position? Standing out in a crowded marketplace with noisy competitors requires more than just the right product. It requires the right philosophy, the right stance, and a unique appeal to a specific set of customers. Today, we discuss how to build your business around one thing that sets you apart from the crowd. Click play! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Sumo The #1 tool to grow your website’s traffic and your email list. Sumo powers almost 400,000 websites! Best of all, it’s free! Get started with their basic plan over at Sumo right now! Braintree Have you found the right payments partner to grow with you? Braintree lets you accept every way to pay, from Paypal to Apple Pay and everything in between. All it takes is one integration. And it doesn’t matter what currency your customers use: because Braintree lets you accept over one hundred and thirty of them. To learn more about how your company can grow with Braintree, visit braintreepayments.com/mba. Show Links: MailChimp The post MBA710 Positioning Your Business in a Noisy Marketplace appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Is your ego getting in the way of your success? Probably! Even if you’re not overtly egotistical, remember that all of us have to overcome ourselves. That’s the topic of today’s incredible must-read for the entrepreneur, Ego is the Enemy. The author, Ryan Holiday, is one of our personal favorites. Expectations for this book were high…and exceeded when we read it! Click play! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Web Hosting with Unlimited Disk Space, Bandwidth and 24/7 Technical Support. All $100 MBA listeners get 30% off hosting! Just visit hostgator.com/mba30! Show Links: Get the book on Amazon! Ego Is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday And visit RyanHoliday.net! The post MBA709 Must Read: Ego is The Enemy by Ryan Holiday appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Every business owner has customers they love, and customers they…well, don’t. For today’s listener Q&A, we advise one entrepreneur who is so fed up with awful customers that he’s considering selling the business! We explore the reasons annoying customers exist, how to put some distance between you and them, and how to stop them from draining the energy you need to do business. We’ve been there, buddy. Click play! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Web Hosting with Unlimited Disk Space, Bandwidth and 24/7 Technical Support. All $100 MBA listeners get 30% off hosting! Just visit hostgator.com/mba30! The post MBA708 Q&A Weekends: I hate my customers. Should I sell my business? appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It’s the weekend, and that means more listener Q&A! Today, one audience member wants to know if our loveable host Omar ever does free speaking engagements, or if there’s a minimum fee to get the man himself on stage. As an experienced speaker who’s worked dozens of events over the years, Omar had to earn the right to charge speaking fees- but that doesn’t mean he never works pro bono. Take a listen, and hear how he does the math. Click play! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Insightly Insightly is an affordable Customer Relationship Management (or CRM) application used by companies to help them run their business better. If you’re still using spreadsheets or email to manage your customers, get out of the dark ages and ignite your business with Insightly! Sign up for a free 14-day trial at www.insightly.com and start seeing results today! Show Links: WebinarNinja The post MBA707 Q&A Weekends: Do you ever speak at events for free or do you have a minimum fee? appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Happy FREE RIDE FRIDAY!!! Today’s episode is an exciting first. It’s Part I of a recurring series on a topic so important, we need a few podcasts to cover it! That topic is product improvement. When it comes to perfecting your product (no matter what kind of product it is), you are never, ever done. From Minimum Viable Product to the latest and greatest iteration, evolving what you sell is the key to long-term success. Click play to hear the first in this fantastic multi-episode series! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Web Hosting with Unlimited Disk Space, Bandwidth and 24/7 Technical Support. All $100 MBA listeners get 30% off hosting! Just visit hostgator.com/mba30! Show Links: WebinarNinja The post MBA706 Steps to Improving Your Product P1 Plus Free Ride Friday! appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Love your business, love your product, love your customers, but hate selling? You’re not the only one! Today we discuss exactly how much selling an entrepreneur needs to do. The twist? Selling doesn’t have to be a chore. In fact, it shouldn’t be! Click play, and hear why selling is simply a matter of being good at telling the truth. You might find out you like sales more than you thought! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Web Hosting with Unlimited Disk Space, Bandwidth and 24/7 Technical Support. All $100 MBA listeners get 30% off hosting! Just visit hostgator.com/mba30! The post MBA705 How Much Selling Do You Need To Do In Your Business? appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Haters are everywhere, but social media seems to be the haters’ true paradise. So what should you do when the online peanut gallery starts hurling invective your way? Today we discuss how to shut down the worst offenders, professionally and effectively. It’s your business: defend it! Click play! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Web Hosting with Unlimited Disk Space, Bandwidth and 24/7 Technical Support. All $100 MBA listeners get 30% off hosting! Just visit hostgator.com/mba30! The post MBA704 How to Defend Your Business On Social Media appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Thank you! It’s a simple phrase, but your Thank You Page (or Confirmation Page) needs to say so much more! Today, we discuss everything that page needs to be and do. It’s a crucial part of the onboarding process that should move your customer to the next step in using your product. Done right, it’s the beginning of a great and profitable relationship. Click play to hear more! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Sumo The #1 tool to grow your website’s traffic and your email list. Sumo powers almost 400,000 websites! Best of all, it’s free! Get started with their basic plan over at Sumo right now! Braintree Have you found the right payments partner to grow with you? Braintree lets you accept every way to pay, from Paypal to Apple Pay and everything in between. All it takes is one integration. And it doesn’t matter what currency your customers use: because Braintree lets you accept over one hundred and thirty of them. To learn more about how your company can grow with Braintree, visit braintreepayments.com/mba. Show Links: WebinarNinja The post MBA703 How to Create Effective Thank You Pages appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Once again, it’s time for a stellar lesson from a stellar guest teacher! Today we’re visited by Kary Oberbrunner, an expert in the art of turning writing into revenue. He’s not here to teach you how to write a book, or even how to sell one. He’s here to show you how to create additional revenue streams based on your book- 7 of them! Whether you’ve written your first book yet or not, this is how to convert it into cash. Listen in! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Web Hosting with Unlimited Disk Space, Bandwidth and 24/7 Technical Support. All $100 MBA listeners get 30% off hosting! Just visit hostgator.com/mba30! Show Links: Say Hi! to our Guest Teacher in today’s episode! Kary Oberbrunner @karyoberbrunner and visit karyoberbrunner.com/100mba ignitingsoulsconference.com johnmaxwell.com teachable.com zoom.us The post MBA702 Guest Teacher: Kary Oberbrunner- How to Turn your Book into 7 Additional Streams of Income appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It’s Q&A Weekend, and today we’ve got a question about some seemingly high-priced online courses. Is $2k too much to spend on a course? The answer depends on several factors. We discuss the signs of a course that’s worth it, red flags common to courses that aren’t, and what factors you should consider before dropping four figures on professional development. Hit the play button! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: We Are Podcast is the first podcasting conference in the Southern Hemisphere back for round 2 in 2016. There will be a mixture of keynotes, panels, workshops, in-depth sessions and networking activities. Each ticket educates at least 100 children from Cambodia, India and Zimbabwe. From the 13th of June until the end of ticket sales, get $100 OFF the ticket price by going to WeArePodcast.com/100mba. Earth Class Mail Earth Class Mail moves your snail mail into the cloud. You can get all your mails scanned and accessible online 24/7. Start receiving all your business correspondence at one of our prestigious addresses. Visit earthclassmail.com/mba and get your first month of service for free! Show Links: iwillteachyoutoberich.com The post MBA701 Q&A Weekends: What are your thoughts on investing in a $2000 online course? appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Welcome to our 700th episode, and another round of Q&A! Today, we’re asked how much time we spend on our SEO. For those who don’t know, Search Engine Optimization is everything you do to climb the Google rankings. But is it actually possible to manipulate search engines this way? Yes and no. Click play to find out what we mean! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Sumo The #1 tool to grow your website’s traffic and your email list. Sumo powers almost 400,000 websites! Best of all, it’s free! Get started with their basic plan over at Sumo right now! Earth Class Mail Earth Class Mail moves your snail mail into the cloud. You can get all your mails scanned and accessible online 24/7. Start receiving all your business correspondence at one of our prestigious addresses. Visit earthclassmail.com/mba and get your first month of service for free! Show Links: WebinarNinja The post MBA700 Q&A Weekends: How much time do you spend on SEO in your business? appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Live events are a great opportunity for presenters and audience members. But are they great opportunities for sponsors? In this episode, we discuss the benefits of event sponsorship, and how to know which events represent the best likely return on your investment. We’ve been on both sides of sponsorship deals, so click play and let our experience shed some light! Also, it’s FREE RIDE FRIDAY!!! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: We Are Podcast is the first podcasting conference in the Southern Hemisphere back for round 2 in 2016. There will be a mixture of keynotes, panels, workshops, in-depth sessions and networking activities. Each ticket educates at least 100 children from Cambodia, India and Zimbabwe. From the 13th of June until the end of ticket sales, get $100 OFF the ticket price by going to WeArePodcast.com/100mba. Lenovo Lenovo is shaping the next generation data center by enabling companies to create scalable cloud infrastructures. We’re talking turnkey infrastructure for private and hybrid clouds that set up, scale and become operational quickly. As always, Lenovo is there to plan, implement, and provide support. Learn more about how Lenovo is transforming the data center at solutions.lenovo.com Show Links: Heroic Public Speaking WebinarNinja The post MBA699 Should You Sponsor an Event? Plus Free Ride Friday! appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Success requires delayed gratification. But how much delay is acceptable? Many go into business resigned to not profiting for months or years. How long is too long? Our answer may surprise you. Today, we discuss the problem with the waiting game, and why “viable” is the operative word in “minimum viable product.” Click play! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: We Are Podcast is the first podcasting conference in the Southern Hemisphere back for round 2 in 2016. There will be a mixture of keynotes, panels, workshops, in-depth sessions and networking activities. Each ticket educates at least 100 children from Cambodia, India and Zimbabwe. From the 13th of June until the end of ticket sales, get $100 OFF the ticket price by going to WeArePodcast.com/100mba. Work smart with QUIP! Skip the endless chain of emails, meetings, chats and document versions by working simpler and faster. Quip is a place for teams to write, edit, share and discuss documents — online or offline. Try it out for yourself. Get 6 months of a QUIP TEAM PLAN for FREE when you visit quip.com/mba! The post MBA698 How Much Time Does it Take to Be Profitable? appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

You want to hire the best. We all do. So how can you sift through the crowd and find the real keepers? There is a way! Several ways, actually, and we use them for all our businesses. Our practical, actionable techniques make the application process an evaluation in itself. These tips will winnow out the mediocre and bring the top applicants to your virtual door. Click play! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: We Are Podcast is the first podcasting conference in the Southern Hemisphere back for round 2 in 2016. There will be a mixture of keynotes, panels, workshops, in-depth sessions and networking activities. Each ticket educates at least 100 children from Cambodia, India and Zimbabwe. From the 13th of June until the end of ticket sales, get $100 OFF the ticket price by going to WeArePodcast.com/100mba. Qualaroo Stop guessing – start asking with Qualaroo surveys. Qualaroo makes it easy to survey specific groups of website visitors to gain qualitative information. Get a clear picture of who your customers are, and what they’re looking for on your site. Visit Qualaroo.com and get your first two weeks of service FREE when you sign up! Show Links: WebinarNinja The post MBA697 How to Filter for Superstars When Hiring appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

No one does business alone- even solopreneurs. If you’re starting up all by your lonesome, success will eventually require you to bring in some outside help. Today, we discuss the first three people you should look for. Adding the right skill sets to your company’s arsenal can free you up to maximize your own talent and vision, so click play! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Sumo The #1 tool to grow your website’s traffic and your email list. Sumo powers almost 400,000 websites! Best of all, it’s free! Get started with their basic plan over at Sumo right now! Braintree Have you found the right payments partner to grow with you? Braintree lets you accept every way to pay, from Paypal to Apple Pay and everything in between. All it takes is one integration. And it doesn’t matter what currency your customers use: because Braintree lets you accept over one hundred and thirty of them. To learn more about how your company can grow with Braintree, visit braintreepayments.com/mba. Show Links: When Should You Hire an Accountant? Plus Free Ride Friday! The post MBA696 The First 3 Positions You Should Hire For as a Solopreneur appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Get ready: today’s must-read is one of the single best books ever written about business! Peter Thiel is one of the founding members of the “PayPal Mafia,” the legendary group of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs whose influence is still being felt. His book Zero to One completely upends the accepted wisdom about business, and engrosses the reader with profound- but digestible- entrepreneurial wisdom. Click play, and hear Omar’s breakdown! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: HostPapa’s powerful web hosting solutions and cloud-based productivity tools are perfect for small business owners, digital entrepreneurs, and freelancers. Go to HostPapa.com/mba today and use our exclusive promo code MBA to save 15% off their popular shared web hosting packages. Show Links: Get the book on Amazon! Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future Hardcover by Peter Thiel The post MBA695 Must Read: Zero to One by Peter Thiel appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Another weekend, another poignant question from a listener! Today, we’re asked how it’s possible for an independent coach to scale their business up. How can one person expand their reach to a whole living’s worth of clients? There is a way, and we’re here to lay it out for all our listeners. Check it out! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: We Are Podcast is the first podcasting conference in the Southern Hemisphere back for round 2 in 2016. There will be a mixture of keynotes, panels, workshops, in-depth sessions and networking activities. Each ticket educates at least 100 children from Cambodia, India and Zimbabwe. From the 13th of June until the end of ticket sales, get $100 OFF the ticket price by going to WeArePodcast.com/100mba. Earth Class Mail Earth Class Mail moves your snail mail into the cloud. You can get all your mails scanned and accessible online 24/7. Start receiving all your business correspondence at one of our prestigious addresses. Visit earthclassmail.com/mba and get your first month of service for free! Show Links: SingleMaltMastermind.com BookYourselfSolid.com The post MBA694 Q&A Weekends: How can I scale my coaching business? appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

What’s in a name? That’s the topic of this week’s listener Q&A, with one loyal audience member wondering how we came up with this whole “$100 MBA” thing. Our name reflects our mission, and so should the name of your business. Listen in to hear how we took the essence of our idea and made it our calling card. Learn how you can do the same. Click play! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: We Are Podcast is the first podcasting conference in the Southern Hemisphere back for round 2 in 2016. There will be a mixture of keynotes, panels, workshops, in-depth sessions and networking activities. Each ticket educates at least 100 children from Cambodia, India and Zimbabwe. From the 13th of June until the end of ticket sales, get $100 OFF the ticket price by going to WeArePodcast.com/100mba. Sumo The #1 tool to grow your website’s traffic and your email list. Sumo powers almost 400,000 websites! Best of all, it’s free! Get started with their basic plan over at Sumo right now! Show Links: WebinarNinja EasyCourse.co JasonDoesStuff.com The post MBA693 Q&A Weekends: How did you come up with the name The $100 MBA? appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It’s FREE RIDE FRIDAY!!! We’ve got another great podcast today, and this one packs a punch! Are you serious about your business? Are you really taking the steps- and the risks- necessary to move forward? So many of us are afraid to really commit because we’re afraid to fail. Well, it’s time to ante up and kick in. Today we discuss the difference between wanting a business and actually making it happen. If you’re ready to think about some hard truths, click play! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Sumo The #1 tool to grow your website’s traffic and your email list. Sumo powers almost 400,000 websites! Best of all, it’s free! Get started with their basic plan over at Sumo right now! LENOVO Lenovo is shaping the next generation data center by enabling companies to create scalable cloud infrastructures. We’re talking turnkey infrastructure for private and hybrid clouds that set up, scale and become operational quickly. As always, Lenovo is there to plan, implement, and provide support. Learn more about how Lenovo is transforming the data center at solutions.lenovo.com Show Links: WebinarNinja The post MBA692 Are You Playing Business or Doing Business? Plus Free Ride Friday! appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Change it up! That’s one thing you can’t be afraid to do. To reinvigorate your business, you’ve got to be willing to abandon the same-old, same-old and take a new direction…even when it’s scary. We’ve had to learn the hard way ourselves that in order to change the results, you’ve got to change the approach. Let our experience be your guide. Click play! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Start in CLE. If you’re interested in starting a business the right way or investing in young startups, listen to Start in C-L- E. It’s a podcast that discusses how Cleveland is focused on providing unique opportunities while supporting the entrepreneurs of tomorrow. Listen to Start in C-L-E at 2016CLE.com/podcast. Work smart with QUIP! Skip the endless chain of emails, meetings, chats and document versions by working simpler and faster. Quip is a place for teams to write, edit, share and discuss documents — online or offline. Try it out for yourself. Get 6 months of a QUIP TEAM PLAN for FREE when you visit quip.com/mba! The post MBA691 Do Different and Get Different appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It’s a crowded marketplace, and you need to be heard. So what’s the best way to cut through the noise? Storytelling. Stories are the language of learning, so using narrative is a great way to reach your audience. It’s worked for business people the world over, and it can work for you too! Click play to learn more. SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Sumo The #1 tool to grow your website’s traffic and your email list. Sumo powers almost 400,000 websites! Best of all, it’s free! Get started with their basic plan over at Sumo right now! Qualaroo Stop guessing – start asking with Qualaroo surveys. Qualaroo makes it easy to survey specific groups of website visitors to gain qualitative information. Get a clear picture of who your customers are, and what they’re looking for on your site. Visit Qualaroo.com and get your first two weeks of service FREE when you sign up! Show Links: chrishogan360.com daveramsey.com/home garyvaynerchuk.com The post MBA690 Use Stories and Never Be Ignored appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Stop complaining! Seriously, folks. It drains time and energy, and worst of all: it doesn’t create solutions! Today’s episode is all about the detrimental effects of complaining, whining, and otherwise opining about what you should be changing. We discuss the difference between addressing problems and whining about them, and how a complaint-free approach leads to success in business and life. Check it out!! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Sumo The #1 tool to grow your website’s traffic and your email list. Sumo powers almost 400,000 websites! Best of all, it’s free! Get started with their basic plan over at Sumo right now! BRAINTREE Have you found the right payments partner to grow with you? Braintree lets you accept every way to pay, from Paypal to Apple Pay and everything in between. All it takes is one integration. And it doesn’t matter what currency your customers use: because Braintree lets you accept over one hundred and thirty of them. To learn more about how your company can grow with Braintree, visit braintreepayments.com/mba. The post MBA689 Stop Complaining. You Can’t Afford It. appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Break out the good linens, because we’ve got a special guest! Today’s lesson comes courtesy of Matt Giovanisci, the self-made entrepreneur behind Swimuniversity.com and Moneylab.co. He’s here to give us the honest dish about landing pages. His approach involves a lot of humor, a lot of honesty, and a certain amount of booze. Best of all, this approach actually works! Click play! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Start in CLE If you’re interested in starting a business the right way or investing in young startups, listen to Start in C-L- E. It’s a podcast that discusses how Cleveland is focused on providing unique opportunities while supporting the entrepreneurs of tomorrow. Listen to Start in C-L-E at 2016CLE.com/podcast. Weebly You don’t need to be a web designer or a coder to create beautiful-looking websites, a blog or an online store. You can do it in minutes with Weebly! You have no more excuses and you can do it right now, today! Just go to weebly.com/mba and get started for free. Show Links: moneylab.co/email moneylab.co/guest moneylab.co/dingle The post MBA688 Guest Teacher: Matt Giovanisci- How to Create Original and Engaging Landing Pages appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Today’s listener Q&A is all about motivation! One of our audience members wonders if Omar ever wakes up and just plain don’t feel like handling business. The answer is a firm YES! Today, he discusses how he motivates himself to push on when work really feels like…well, work! Tune in to hear what he thinks about when he needs to remind himself why he does what he does. Learn how you can find the energy to take on the day, even when you don’t feel like it. Click play! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Sumo The #1 tool to grow your website’s traffic and your email list. Sumo powers almost 400,000 websites! Best of all, it’s free! Get started with their basic plan over at Sumo right now! Earth Class Mail Earth Class Mail moves your snail mail into the cloud. You can get all your mails scanned and accessible online 24/7. Start receiving all your business correspondence at one of our prestigious addresses. Visit earthclassmail.com/mba and get your first month of service for free! Show Links: Freakonomics The post MBA687 Q&A Weekends: Do you ever wake up & not want to do what you do? How do you overcome that? appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It’s Q&A Weekend, and today’s listener question is one we hear kind of a lot: How on Earth does Omar organizes his day? Omar is a busy guy with multiple projects and products in motion, so scheduling efficiently is paramount. Today he shares his basic routine, plus some tips and tricks for how you can make the most of every day. Click play! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Sumo The #1 tool to grow your website’s traffic and your email list. Sumo powers almost 400,000 websites! Best of all, it’s free! Get started with their basic plan over at Sumo right now! Lenovo is shaping the next generation data center by enabling companies to create scalable cloud infrastructures. We’re talking turnkey infrastructure for private and hybrid clouds that set up, scale and become operational quickly. As always, Lenovo is there to plan, implement, and provide support. Learn more about how Lenovo is transforming the data center at solutions.lenovo.com Show Links: WebinarNinja The post MBA686 Q&A Weekends: How do you organize your day dude? appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

As our business grows, we have to (get to!) decide which responsibilities we’re ready to hand off to new team members. So when is the right time to put an accountant on the payroll? Knowing why you should is the key to knowing when you should. Today, we discuss the accountant’s role in making sure that your business is on track for growth, and when it’s time to bring one in. Plus, it’s FREE RIDE FRIDAY!!! Click play! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Sumo The #1 tool to grow your website’s traffic and your email list. Sumo powers almost 400,000 websites! Best of all, it’s free! Get started with their basic plan over at Sumo right now! Stop guessing – start asking with Qualaroo surveys. Qualaroo makes it easy to survey specific groups of website visitors to gain qualitative information. Get a clear picture of who your customers are, and what they’re looking for on your site. Visit Qualaroo.com and get your first two weeks of service FREE when you sign up! Show Links: Xero The post MBA685 When Should You Hire an Accountant? Plus Free Ride Friday! appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Many of us think that real entrepreneurial success depends on having a groundbreaking, dynamite original idea. But what if that’s not the case? Spoiler alert: it’s not! Implementation, innovation, and the ability to make ideas work is what counts. Today, we discuss how success comes not from the perfect idea, but from a commitment to realizing the ideas that are already there! Check it out. SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Sumo The #1 tool to grow your website’s traffic and your email list. Sumo powers almost 400,000 websites! Best of all, it’s free! Get started with their basic plan over at Sumo right now! Work smart with QUIP! Skip the endless chain of emails, meetings, chats and document versions by working simpler and faster. Quip is a place for teams to write, edit, share and discuss documents — online or offline. Try it out for yourself. Get 6 months of a QUIP TEAM PLAN for FREE when you visit quip.com/mba! The post MBA684 Is Business About Having the Perfect Idea? appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Take it slow! Bombarding your customers with content might seem like giving more, but it’s counterproductive for both of you. Today we discuss why drip-feeding your content in manageable, digestible bites is the best way to give your customers the experience they’re looking for. We look at some excellent models of this approach, and demonstrate how not overwhelming your customers keeps them coming back for more. Click play! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Sumo The #1 tool to grow your website’s traffic and your email list. Sumo powers almost 400,000 websites! Best of all, it’s free! Get started with their basic plan over at Sumo right now! The virtual receptionist service with the 5-star Yelp rating! Just forward your existing business phone number to Ruby’s super- friendly team of professionals and prepare to be amazed! It’s like having a model full-time employee …for a fraction of the cost! Hurry to CallRuby.com/Business to get free activation– a 95$ value! Show Links: teachery.co easycourse.co The post MBA683 The Advantages of Drip-Feeding Content appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Sometimes, not everything goes according to plan. When you’re faced with unexpected last-minute hurdles, is it ok to delay the launch of a product, service, or whole business? What effect does this have on sales? Today we discuss the right time to delay, the wrong time to delay, and how to delay the right way- if you have to. Click play! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Sumo The #1 tool to grow your website’s traffic and your email list. Sumo powers almost 400,000 websites! Best of all, it’s free! Get started with their basic plan over at Sumo right now! Have you found the right payments partner to grow with you? Braintree lets you accept every way to pay, from Paypal to Apple Pay and everything in between. All it takes is one integration. And it doesn’t matter what currency your customers use: because Braintree lets you accept over one hundred and thirty of them. To learn more about how your company can grow with Braintree, visit braintreepayments.com/mba. Show Links: WebinarNinja The post MBA682 Is it OK to Delay Launch Day? appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Today’s episode is another super-informative, wildly helpful must-read book for the entrepreneur! Mike Vardy is a best-selling author, fellow podcaster, and founder of Productivityist. His short e-book Beyond Trying is a bite-sized master-class in productivity. With an individualized approach to finding the time you need, this book can really help you get things done! Click play to hear all about it. SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Sumo The #1 tool to grow your website’s traffic and your email list. Sumo powers almost 400,000 websites! Best of all, it’s free! Get started with their basic plan over at Sumo right now! You don’t need to be a web designer or a coder to create beautiful-looking websites, a blog or an online store. You can do it in minutes with Weebly! You have no more excuses and you can do it right now, today! Just go to weebly.com/mba and get started for free. Show Links: Get the book on Amazon! Beyond Trying Kindle Edition by Mike Vardy Productivityist.com How to Stop Time: Mike Vardy at TEDxVictoria 2013 The post MBA681 Must Read: Beyond Trying by Mike Vardy appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It’s Q&A Weekend, and today’s listener query is about prices! Specifically, how did we decide what to charge for our SaaS, Webinar Ninja? SaaS pricing can be tricky, with prices ranging wildly from service to service. Finding the sweet spot in terms of profitability and the customers’ return on investment takes some figuring. Fortunately, we’re happy to tell you all about how we did it! Click play! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Sumo The #1 tool to grow your website’s traffic and your email list. Sumo powers almost 400,000 websites! Best of all, it’s free! Get started with their basic plan over at Sumo right now! The virtual receptionist service with the 5-star Yelp rating! Just forward your existing business phone number to Ruby’s super- friendly team of professionals and prepare to be amazed! It’s like having a model full-time employee …for a fraction of the cost! Hurry to CallRuby.com/Business to get free activation– a 95$ value! Show Links: WebinarNinja WebRTC The post MBA680 Q&A Weekends: How did you come up with the pricing for your SaaS, WebinarNinja? appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It’s Q&A Weekends, and thanks to one listener we’re faced with a choice: Leadpages or a WordPress plug-in? One requires a one-time fee, and the other is a monthly subscription. But which is best for your business? Both approaches have their ups and downs, and what you decide will depend on a few different factors. Strap in, buckle up, and get ready for our answer to yet another incisive question from the audience! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Crown & Caliber is the smartest way to buy or sell the perfect luxury watch that’s certified pre-owned for you! Listeners who enter promo code CC100mba will receive $150 off their first luxury watch purchase up to August 30th! Just visit crownandcaliber.com/100mba or speak to one of our watch experts at (888) 226-5795. Show Links: Leadpages WP Profit Builder InstaBuilder 2.0 OptimizePress For a great breakdown and comparison of the best drag & drop WordPress page builders, checkout this post on Authority Hacker. The post MBA679 Q&A Weekends: What are the advantages of paying a monthly subscription to Leadpages VS a one-time fee plug-in? appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

When it comes to sales and customer onboarding, few things are as useful as a well-made screencast tutorial! If you’re unsure how to make the best ones possible, we’ve got good news- it’s easier than ever! You just have to have the right tools and basic knowledge. Today we discuss what tools and software we use, how we prepare and shoot our tutorials, and why we use them so darn much. Click play, and learn to make screencasting work for you! Plus Free Ride Friday! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Web Hosting with Unlimited Disk Space, Bandwidth and 24/7 Technical Support. All $100 MBA listeners get 30% off hosting! Just visit hostgator.com/mba30! Show Links: Camtasia EasyCourse.co WebinarNinja The post MBA678 Five Tips to Killer Screen Cast Tutorials Plus Free Ride Friday! appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Consistency is key, in business as in life. Today, we discuss how to create the consistency in your customers’ experience that will keep them around for the long term. Consistency breeds familiarity, and familiarity breeds trust. By keeping it simple and sticking to a few key principles, you can make sure that every customer who comes your way knows exactly what they’ll get, every single time. Click play! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Web Hosting with Unlimited Disk Space, Bandwidth and 24/7 Technical Support. All $100 MBA listeners get 30% off hosting! Just visit hostgator.com/mba30! The post MBA677 Creating Consistency in Your Customer’s Experience appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

So many metrics, so little time. Good analytics is crucial to making sure your business is actually succeeding, but which numbers matter most? Today, we discuss which specific metrics are most important to track in the first year of your business. Every number offers valuable insight, but by focusing on these specific measurements you can best shepherd a new business through its infancy- and on to future greatness! Click play! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Web Hosting with Unlimited Disk Space, Bandwidth and 24/7 Technical Support. All $100 MBA listeners get 30% off hosting! Just visit hostgator.com/mba30! Show Links: OkDork AppSumo Sumo Mint The post MBA676 Metrics. What Do You Need To Track in Your 1st Year? appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

As your blog grows, it’s going to attract the attention of more than just readers. Other bloggers will want to get a piece of the action and expose their talents to your audience. The question is: should you let them? There are pros and cons to doing so, and there’s a right and wrong way to go about it. Today, we discuss our criteria for guest bloggers on our site, and how best to ensure that hosting a guest is a mutually beneficial experience. Click play! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Sumo The #1 tool to grow your website’s traffic and your email list. Sumo powers almost 400,000 websites! Best of all, it’s free! Get started with their basic plan over at Sumo right now! Have you found the right payments partner to grow with you? Braintree lets you accept every way to pay, from Paypal to Apple Pay and everything in between. All it takes is one integration. And it doesn’t matter what currency your customers use: because Braintree lets you accept over one hundred and thirty of them. To learn more about how your company can grow with Braintree, visit braintreepayments.com/mba. The post MBA675 Should You Accept Guest Posts on Your Blog? appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Writing your first book can be such an intimidating prospect that most people don’t even consider it, let alone actually do it! But this week’s special guest teacher is here to show you just how doable it really is- in one week! That’s right, friends. Chandler Bolt is the man behind Self-Publishing School. He’s here to share his 3 step method for getting your first book out of your head and onto the market, but fast. Like, insanely fast. You’ve got to hear it to believe it, so click play! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Web Hosting with Unlimited Disk Space, Bandwidth and 24/7 Technical Support. All $100 MBA listeners get 30% off hosting! Just visit hostgator.com/mba30! Show Links and Free Resources: Self-Publishing School How to Self Publish a Book in2017 Rev The post MBA674 Guest Teacher: Chandler Bolt- How To Write Your First Book In One Week appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It’s the weekend, and that means Q&A! Today, one loyal listener needs advice on how to handle attempted charge-backs by banks. Sometimes, it’s a customer trying to force a refund after the return date. Sometimes, it’s just a misunderstanding. Whatever it is, you can fight it, and we can show you how. Click play! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Sumo The #1 tool to grow your website’s traffic and your email list. Sumo powers almost 400,000 websites! Best of all, it’s free! Get started with their basic plan over at Sumo right now! Crown & Caliber is the smartest way to buy or sell the perfect luxury watch that’s certified pre-owned for you! Listeners who enter promo code CC100mba will receive $150 off their first luxury watch purchase up to August 30th! Just visit crownandcaliber.com/100mba or speak to one of our watch experts at (888) 226-5795. Show Links: WebinarNinja The post MBA673 Q&A Weekends: How do I fight a charge back? appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

You gotta love gifs! They’re a great way to add some dazzle to your marketing, which is why we use them all the time. Today’s listener Q&A comes from someone who enjoys the gifs in our emails so much, he just had to know where we get them. We’ve got a great resource to share with you, so click play! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Web Hosting with Unlimited Disk Space, Bandwidth and 24/7 Technical Support. All $100 MBA listeners get 30% off hosting! Just visit hostgator.com/mba30! Show Links: How Giphy Became the Internet’s Go-To Gif Brand Giphy WebinarNinja The post MBA672 Q&A Weekends: I love your emails. Where do you find all those great GIF’s? appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Is it just me, or is it FREE RIDE FRIDAY!!!? Today, we discuss 4 very common little mistakes that entrepreneurs make. They’re little enough to not be obvious, but big enough to have a negative impact on your business! Listen in, and find out how to avoid them- or how to stop if you’re making them already! Click play! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Web Hosting with Unlimited Disk Space, Bandwidth and 24/7 Technical Support. All $100 MBA listeners get 30% off hosting! Just visit hostgator.com/mba30! The post MBA671 How to Avoid These 4 Common Small Mistakes Plus Free Ride Friday! appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Looking for a way to get the word out on your product? Looking for the most honest possible feedback? Product Hunt may be right for you. Nope, they’re not a sponsor, but Product Hunt may be an important tool for entrepreneurs- providing they know how to use it. Sort of like Reddit for user reviews, Product Hunt can give an incredible boost to your product’s profile. Tune in for the low-down on submitting your product, getting it approved, and making this online community work for you. SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Sumo The #1 tool to grow your website’s traffic and your email list. Sumo powers almost 400,000 websites! Best of all, it’s free! Get started with their basic plan over at Sumo right now! Team Up with Atlassian – makers of collaboration software that lets teams work and communicate better, together. Visit Atlassian.com and see how Jira, Confluence, HipChat and Bitbucket give your team everything you need to organize, discuss, and complete shared work. Atlassian, helping teams – everywhere – Team Up – to create what’s next. Show Links: Product Hunt The Product Hunt Handbook The post MBA670 What is Product Hunt? & How to Get On It appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

You may have noticed something different about the content businesses provide on Facebook lately: instant articles. That’s right, friends. It’s now possible to publish full-length articles and blogs that customers can read without leaving Facebook. Why have major news outlets and publishers agreed to move their content to- and keep their audiences on- Facebook? Should you? That’s what we’re talking about today, so click play and find out how this new development can affect your content marketing strategy! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Crown & Caliber is the smartest way to buy or sell the perfect luxury watch that’s certified pre-owned for you! Listeners who enter promo code CC100mba will receive $150 off their first luxury watch purchase up to August 30th! Just visit crownandcaliber.com/100mba or speak to one of our watch experts at (888) 226-5795. Have you found the right payments partner to grow with you? Braintree lets you accept every way to pay, from Paypal to Apple Pay and everything in between. All it takes is one integration. And it doesn’t matter what currency your customers use: because Braintree lets you accept over one hundred and thirty of them. To learn more about how your company can grow with Braintree, visit braintreepayments.com/mba. The post MBA669 Should You Be Using Facebook’s New Instant Articles? appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

We all start somewhere, and most of us look back wishing we knew a thing or two. With that in mind, here’s our best advice for the young entrepreneur who’s just getting started. Or the not-so-young entrepreneur who’s just getting started. Or anyone, really. Dealing with overconfidence, insecurity, and the challenges of the novice is no easy feat, so let our experience be your guide! Click play! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Sumo The #1 tool to grow your website’s traffic and your email list. Sumo powers almost 400,000 websites! Best of all, it’s free! Get started with their basic plan over at Sumo right now! The virtual receptionist service with the 5-star Yelp rating! Just forward your existing business phone number to Ruby’s super- friendly team of professionals and prepare to be amazed! It’s like having a model full-time employee …for a fraction of the cost! Hurry to CallRuby.com/Business to get free activation– a 95$ value! The post MBA668 Overcoming The Challenges of Being a Young Entrepreneur appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It’s Monday, and we’ve got yet another exciting must-read book pick for the entrepreneur! This week, we take a look at Ashlee Vance’s Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX and the Quest for a Fantastic Future. This insightful portrait of the controversial, huge-thinking mogul is especially intimate. That’s because Vance’s persistence (kind of like Musk’s) was unfailing- enough so that he eventually gained serious access to the man himself. It’s a great book about a fascinating person, so listen in and find out what you can learn from the man who’s (possibly) building the future! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Sumo The #1 tool to grow your website’s traffic and your email list. Sumo powers almost 400,000 websites! Best of all, it’s free! Get started with their basic plan over at Sumo right now! Team Up with Atlassian – makers of collaboration software that lets teams work and communicate better, together. Visit Atlassian.com and see how Jira, Confluence, HipChat and Bitbucket give your team everything you need to organize, discuss, and complete shared work. Atlassian, helping teams – everywhere – Team Up – to create what’s next. Show Links: Get the book on Amazon! Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance The post MBA667 Must Read: Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It’s Q&A Weekends, and today’s topic is work/life balance. What’s the best way to achieve a healthy one? While our situation as one half of a partnership that’s both business and personal isn’t common, it can still shed some light on how to navigate both worlds. Listen in, and hear how business and life should be mixed – as well as how they shouldn’t. Click play! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Crown & Caliber is the smartest way to buy or sell the perfect luxury watch that’s certified pre-owned for you! Listeners who enter promo code CC100mba will receive $150 off their first luxury watch purchase up to August 30th! Just visit crownandcaliber.com/100mba or speak to one of our watch experts at(888) 226-5795. Do you love books but time never allowed you to read them? With Audible, listen to those books that you’ve been meaning to read while on the go. Get your FREE 30-day trial membership at Audible.com/100MBA and choose from more than 250,000 titles! The post MBA666 Q&A Weekends: What are your thoughts on work-life balance? Any Advice? appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It’s Q&A Weekends! A while back, Omar changed his Twitter handle from @BizRepublic to @TheOmarZenhom, and one listener wants to know why. Well, he’ll tell you why. He’ll also tell you why it made sense, what the ramifications of losing the old handle were, and how you can decide whether to make a similar move. Let this experience be your guide! Click play! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Sumo The #1 tool to grow your website’s traffic and your email list. Sumo powers almost 400,000 websites! Best of all, it’s free! Get started with their basic plan over at Sumo right now! Earth Class Mail Earth Class Mail moves your snail mail into the cloud. You can get all your mails scanned and accessible online 24/7. Start receiving all your business correspondence at one of our prestigious addresses. Visit earthclassmail.com/mba and get your first month of service for free! Show Links: Omar Zenhom (@TheOmarZenhom) The post MBA665 Q&A Weekends: Why did you change your Twitter handle? Did the change hurt you in any way? appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It’s FREE RIDE FRIDAY again! In today’s episode, we discuss the online business opportunities with the lowest initial costs. For an extra-lean startup, these kinds of businesses are the cheapest way to get your entrepreneurial wheels off the ground. Listen in, and decide which can work for you! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Sumo The #1 tool to grow your website’s traffic and your email list. Sumo powers almost 400,000 websites! Best of all, it’s free! Get started with their basic plan over at Sumo right now! Team Up with Atlassian – makers of collaboration software that lets teams work and communicate better, together. Visit Atlassian.com and see how Jira, Confluence,HipChat and Bitbucket give your team everything you need to organize, discuss, and complete shared work. Atlassian, helping teams – everywhere – Team Up – to create what’s next. Show Links: smartpassiveincome.com The post MBA664 What Are The Lowest Cost Online Business Options? Plus Free Ride Friday! appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In case you haven’t heard, it’s a global economy. That means having customers (and team members) all over the world. So how can you deal with the time zone problem? Can you provide reliable customer service from the other side of the planet…even in your sleep? That’s what we’re talking about today. No matter what time it is where you are, click play and find out how to serve your international customers effectively! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Sumo The #1 tool to grow your website’s traffic and your email list. Sumo powers almost 400,000 websites! Best of all, it’s free! Get started with their basic plan over at Sumo right now! Team Up with Atlassian – makers of collaboration software that lets teams work and communicate better, together. Visit Atlassian.com and see how Jira, Confluence,HipChat and Bitbucket give your team everything you need to organize, discuss, and complete shared work. Atlassian, helping teams – everywhere – Team Up – to create what’s next. Show Links: timeanddate.com Zendesk Slack WebinarNinja The post MBA663 How to Support International Customers with Major Time Differences appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

If your business is a membership service, the cancellation process has to be carefully designed. While some prefer to let dissatisfied customers self-cancel, others insist on making it a two-way decision. Which is best? The answer will depend on you, but there are some standard principles to help you decide. Listen in and find out how to craft the best policy for the business you’re running. SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Sumo The #1 tool to grow your website’s traffic and your email list. Sumo powers almost 400,000 websites! Best of all, it’s free! Get started with their basic plan over at Sumo right now! Have you found the right payments partner to grow with you? Braintree lets you accept every way to pay, from Paypal to Apple Pay and everything in between. All it takes is one integration. And it doesn’t matter what currency your customers use: because Braintree lets you accept over one hundred and thirty of them. To learn more about how your company can grow with Braintree, visit braintreepayments.com/mba. Show Links: WebinarNinja The post MBA662 Is Allowing Your Customers to Self-Cancel a Good Idea? appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

When you’re just starting out, spending money on marketing can seem risky. Thing is, it’s money you should be spending. In today’s episode, we show you how to budget appropriately for marketing, bearing in mind both your costs and the importance of building your reputation early. No matter how lean your startup is, marketing is must! Click play! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Sumo The #1 tool to grow your website’s traffic and your email list. Sumo powers almost 400,000 websites! Best of all, it’s free! Get started with their basic plan over at Sumo right now! Team Up with Atlassian – makers of collaboration software that lets teams work and communicate better, together. Visit Atlassian.com and see how Jira, Confluence,HipChat and Bitbucket give your team everything you need to organize, discuss, and complete shared work. Atlassian, helping teams – everywhere – Team Up – to create what’s next. Show Links: The Ultimate Webinar Course The post MBA661 How to Budget For Marketing appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.