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How to Land your Dream Clients

Dan Englander is the CEO and Founder of Sales Schema, a fractional business team for marketing agencies. Prior to founding Sales Schema, Dan was the first employee and Head of New Business at IdeaRocket as well as the Account Coordinator at DXagency. Currently, Dan and his team have executed over 7,000 campaigns, won million in lifetime revenue, and have generated 3,000+ agency/brand meetings for clients with companies such as Birchbox, Stripe, and Venmo. In addition to helping agencies grow, Dan has made a name for himself as the host of The Digital Agency Growth Podcast and the author of Mastering Account Management and The B2B Sales Blueprint. During the show we discuss: ● Identifying ideal clients ● The importance of knowing your dream client ● The kind of clients to run after ● Reasons why you are not landing your dream clients ● How to generate leads ● Strategies to find dream clients ● Tools and platforms to use in finding ideal clients ● Ways to build the dream clientele ● How to properly approach different kinds of clients ● How to market to your dream customers ● Secrets to attracting dream clients ● Tips to attract your ideal client ● How to find the right balance between automatic and customizing my sales and marketing processes ● The best strategy for going beyond referrals and personal networks to generate new business ● How to open doors with a cold email ● Proven and tested steps to take to close sales with dream clients ● How to maintain a good relationship with dream clients Show resources: https://www.salesschema.com/ https://www.salesschema.com/courselaunch https://www.linkedin.com/in/danenglander/

Dec 9, 202032 min

How to Optimize Content Marketing Strategy

Nate is a marketing expert with over 12 years in the trenches. His sole purpose is to help companies acquire more customers. Nate is the co-founder of Ten Speed, a tech-enabled content optimization company focused on helping companies get more results from the content they already have on their site. Nate was the first marketer at Sprout Social, where he spent years building and scaling the inbound engine, helping grow the company from $0 - $100M+ in revenue & IPO. He is and has been, the growth marketing consultant to several SaaS companies like Help Scout, Zylo, and Hologram. Nate is passionate about working with marketing and sales leaders and early-stage founders to solve hard problems and scale revenue growth. During the show we discuss: ● What content is and how it can help you grow your company ● Content optimization ● Benefits of content optimization ● Importance of content optimization ● How to optimize content ● Content marketing ● Strategies to use for content to grow your SEO ● When to invest in content marketing ● Common struggles about content marketing ● Effective content marketing strategy ● Biggest mistakes in content marketing strategy ● Main challenges of content optimization ● SEO optimized content ● How SEO help with content marketing Show resources: https://tenspeed.io/ https://twitter.com/npturner https://www.linkedin.com/in/nateturner1/

Dec 8, 202024 min

Account Receivable Financing

During this show, you'll discover … ✅ All about account receivable financing and what it can do for your business ✅ What accounts receivable companies do ✅ How account receivable collection can benefit your business ✅ How when a company is buying receivables from your business… ✅ … it can help your bottom line… ✅ … and even your business credit score ✅ How AR finance helps your business cash flow ✅ Why AR finance is easy to qualify for ✅ How bad credit is no problem with account receivable financing ✅ How fast account receivable funding is ✅ The low rates you'll pay with account receivables financing ✅ The documentation you'll need to provide to get account receivables funding ✅ How fast account receivable financing is ✅ How account receivable financing can make it possible for you to offer Net 30, Net 60, or even Net 90 terms to your clients ✅ Get account receivable questions and answers

Dec 3, 202019 min

How to Scale your Business with White Label Digital Marketing

Ken Knorr is CEO and founder of the white label digital marketing company "That Company". Yes, the company name is literally That Company. For over a decade he has built a company that supports marketing firms in providing high-quality SEO, PPC, Social Media, and Reputation Management services all under their respective brands. With over 400+ agency partners, That Company has become the most widely trusted name in white label services, that provides a true end-to-end, scalable white label solution. Ken is a leader who believes that 1+1=3. Through his consensus through debate leadership style, he believes the best solutions are created with his team, not just by himself. During the show we discuss: ● White label digital marketing ● How white label digital marketing work ● Why brands use White Label Solutions ● Why you should be doing Google and Facebook advertising ● How to stay front-of-mind for your customers ● What remarketing is and how it can help you grow your business ● Why finding the right mix of digital platforms to advertise on is important ● Why experience matters when advertising online ● How to advertise when the platform doesn't like your industry Show resources: https://www.thatcompany.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/that-company/ https://www.facebook.com/thatcompanycom/

Dec 2, 202027 min

How to Turn the Economic Crisis into an Opportunity

Kellee Marlow is the producer and host of Spark, on KXSF.FM San Francisco is also on over 8+ online platforms. Spark focuses on curated conversations with change-leaders and influencers: to inform minds, inspire ideas, and ignite innovation. She is also the executive producer and co-director of the documentary film, Art of Courage which was featured in eleven film festivals and available on Amazon Prime. Additionally, Kellee is on the Women Leadership Council for the Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center, which has helped over 30,000 lower-income entrepreneurs by providing critical business training, guidance, and support. Kellee is involved in organizations that are advancing the educational and economic opportunities for those who will become future agents of empowerment for their communities. During the show we discuss: ● How pandemic affects entrepreneurs in the US ● How an entrepreneur should see this current situation ● Importance of making things convenient for your costumers ● How to cope with the crisis ● Ways to turn the crisis into an opportunity ● Kind of opportunities to pursue during this time ● How to pivot a business in a time of crisis ● How to start a business during the COVID-19 crisis ● Challenges to expect in the time of a pandemic ● How to build a community during a crisis ● What does it take to succeed in today's economic climate ● Why is innovation crucial in this time ● How innovation leads us to step ahead of competitors ● How to use digital tools for our advantage ● How embracing the new normal prepare us for the future Show resources: https://www.spark-conversations.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelleemarlow/

Dec 1, 202030 min

How to Get Approved for Loans and Credit Lines

During this livestream, you'll discover … ✅ How fundability matters and what it is ✅ Why fundability will help engender trust in your business ✅ How your business name and address can help make or break your fundability ✅ Why your website, business email, business phones and make affect your business fundability ✅ How your business's fundability is one of the areas you can control when it comes to getting ✅ lenders and credit providers to say "yes" ✅ Why using your industry type in your business name can undermine fundability ✅ How paying attention to details and being consistent will help your business enhance fundability even more

Nov 26, 202037 min

How to Apply Sales Professional Secrets

Bella Verita is the CEO and chief sales sorceress at Align Sales Agency. According to the 2018 State of Women-Owned Business Report by American Express, as of 2018, there were 12.3 million women-owned businesses in the U.S generating $1.8 trillion a year. Today, over 40% of businesses are owned by women. Bella is part of that statistic. Align Sales is the first female-led sales agency for women sales professionals in the United States. Bella's sales agent is one that stands out in the industry, being a mostly-woman agency. Formed in 2018, the agency's focus is to solve sales problems and processes for service-based companies. With Align, Bella also teaches people to become sales professionals. During the show we discuss: ● How to hire the best salesperson ● Characteristics to look for when hiring ● Why have a salesperson sell you during the hiring process ● How to differentiate between A, B, and C quality salespeople ● Where to find the best salespeople ● Why have a DISC profile done before hiring ● Why role playing is essential with training sales reps ● Why the type of energy a rep has can make them 10x more effective ● The traits to avoid when hiring salespeople ● Useful tips to be a sales professional ● How to be a part of the top 1% sales professionals ● Skills every salesperson should master ● The key metrics and KPIs to track ● Effective sales script ● Tools to use for sales ● Effective sales techniques ● How to effectively handle a sales objection ● Why building confidence is crucial to success in sales Show resources: https://www.alignsales.com http://www.alignsales.co/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/bellaverita/

Nov 25, 202035 min

How to Buy & Profit from Distressed Mortgages

Martin Saenz brings social good into smart investing. Martin is a Managing Partner of Bequest Funds. Renowned as a thought leader in the mortgage note investment industry, Martin is generous with his firsthand expertise, to the benefit of his many clients and followers. Genuine, loyal, and passionate about creating a better world through profitable business, he works hard to share and spread success. Together with business partner Shawn Muneio, Martin cofounded Bequest Funds with the dual purpose of helping investors grow their wealth and helping mortgage borrowers stay in their homes. Martin owned and operated multiple successful companies prior to launching Bequest. A successful entrepreneur and real estate investor for over 15 years, he brings a high level of strategy and experience to the Bequest model. He has directly helped over a thousand families stay in their homes, and countless more through the influence of his mentorship. During the show we discuss: ● Distressed mortgages ● How investing in distressed mortgages work ● Note Investing ● Why sell mortgage notes ● Why banks sell distressed notes and how you can benefit ● Why banks sell distressed notes for pennies on the dollars ● Which notes banks keep and which ones they sell ● How many notes are in each bundle banks sell ● How to help people stay in their homes after buying their notes ● Proven note investing strategies ● Steps to enter note investing ● 3 reasons most people default on their home loans ● How to earn 8%+ on distressed properties without doing the work ● How to succeed in Note Investing ● Why work with a mortgage note broker ● Limit on how many notes an investor can purchase at a given time ● What to look at when buying real estate notes ● Benefits in buying distressed mortgages ● How risky is Note Investing ● How to mitigate these risks ● How long does the investment last ● Bequest Fund Show resources: https://www.noteinvestingmadeeasier.com/ https://www.bqfunds.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-saenz-45073b7b/

Nov 24, 202033 min

Financing Options for Small Business

During this show, you'll discover … ✅ Where the easy money is ✅ The ins and outs of finding money for your business, such as … ✅ … where you go ✅ … which documents you need ✅ … whether you need a good FICO score ✅ … and if you will you get to keep control of your business ✅ Why conventional bank and SBA loans are hard to qualify for ✅ How cash flow financing and private investors often have time in business requirements… ✅ … so if you're business is fairly new, then you're out of luck ✅ How to qualify for unsecured business credit lines… ✅ … and why unsecured financing can be a smart choice ✅ The details behind AI credit lines from Fundbox ✅ Just what revenue lending/financing is… ✅ … and how your sales with Square and PayPal can help you qualify for it ✅ Where accounts receivable financing fits in ✅ How business credit building can come to your rescue ✅ How it saves you if you don't have collateral, good personal credit, a guarantor, or cash flow ✅ Where the vendor and retail credit tiers fit in ✅ How to make it to the fleet and cash credit tiers

Nov 19, 202013 min

How to Avoid Traps and Build a Financial Portfolio in Recession

Douglas Stone is a wealth management advisor who left his gig at a major wirehouse just a few years in once he realized that his industry wasn't helping its customers. He became an independent advisor and has been committed to helping clients (especially business owners) make the best financial decisions ever since. In his bestselling book, Navigate the Investment Jungle: Seven Common Financial Traps and How to Sidestep Them, Douglas is teaching the common financial mistakes he's seen too many clients make. As he points out in the book, most people don't even realize they've fallen into these traps! Ex: Many folks think that because they have a financial advisor and look over the reports that they're in good shape, but Douglas says that's a huge trap! In reality, many advisors don't have a fiduciary duty to their clients and therefore might not have your best interests in mind. During the show we discuss: ● Common financial mistakes business owners and clients usually make ● Modern Portfolio Theory ● How Covid-19 exposed the flawed assumptions of Modern Portfolio Theory ● The flawed assumptions ● Financial model to take risks on ● Common financial traps ● Why people fall into financial traps ● How to prevent financial traps ● Why the institutional model is better than Modern Portfolio Theory ● How to find the best advisor ● Why work with a fiduciary ● How companies benefit from Captive Insurance ● How to track a wealth ● Wealth management services/products to look for Show resources: http://navigatetheinvestmentjungle.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/douglas-stone-4a985215/

Nov 18, 202031 min

How to Create a Digital Marketing Ecosystem that Boosts Conversion

Siddharth Rajsekar, AKA Sidz, is a musician turned digital geek. For the last seven years, Sidz has been running a digital agency that he has represented clients like Robert Kiyosaki, Jack Canfield, Tony Robbins and more. He's the creator of the Freedom Business Model and is on a mission to create 1,000,000 digital leaders. He currently nurtures one of India's largest tribe of Coaches & Experts who are building their own digital ecosystems. During the show we discuss: ● The Freedom Business Model and its mission ● Finding your "micro-niche" as an expert ● Steps to develop a curriculum to succeed in your niche ● How to create a course to sell your niche market ● Why businessmen choose to grow and expand their business digitally ● Parts of the digital ecosystem ● Who is part of the digital ecosystem ● Crafting a 4-stage digital ecosystem ● The components of a "digital ecosystem" ● How digital ecosystem work ● Importance of digital ecosystems ● The different types of digital ecosystems ● The benefits of the digital ecosystem ● Effective strategies when developing a digital ecosystem ● How to master organic and paid marketing ● What you need to know about lean backward and forward content ● Ecosystem marketing and how it elevates a business ● Building and nurturing digital tribes ● Building effective digital ecosystems that deliver massive results ● Successful digital ecosystems Show resources: https://siddharthrajsekar.com/ www.sidz.co/blueprint

Nov 17, 202030 min

Ep 719Best Loans and Funds for House Flipping

During this show, you'll discover … ✅ Find out everything you need to know about house reseller financing ✅ Check out options for house reseller funding… ✅ … and learn about your eligibility for methods such as hard money loans… ✅ … permanent bank loans/online mortgages… ✅ … home equity loans… ✅ … investment property lines of credit… ✅ … business lines of credit… ✅ … seller financing… ✅ … bridge loans… ✅ … and cash out refinance loans ✅ Find out all about Credit Suite's House Reseller Financing Program ✅ Learn the rates you'll pay with the Credit Suite House Reseller Financing Program ✅ Find out the terms of the Credit Suite House Reseller Financing Program ✅ Get to know how to qualify for the Credit Suite House Reseller Financing Program ✅ Find out the personal credit score you will need to qualify… ✅ … and the house flipping experience you have to have ✅ Learn all about how Credit Suite can help you get money to fund your next house flipping project

Nov 12, 202030 min

How to Use Handwritten Notes to EXPLODE Your Business Growth

In this show David Wachs with Handwrytten shows how to use automation to create handwritten cards that will get you and keep you more customers. About Our Guest: David Wach's latest venture, Handwrytten, provides scalable, robotic solutions that write your notes in pen. Used by businesses in all industries, Handwrytten changes the way brands and people connect. Prior to Handwrytten, David founded Cellit, a leading mobile marketing platform. With clients including Abercrombie and Fitch, Walmart and more, Cellit was sold in January of 2012. David is a speaker on marketing technology, has been featured in the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal, and is a contributor to Inc. Magazine. During the show we discuss: ● Why handwritten notes to customers are so effective ● Why people's lack of attention can be a strength for your business ● How to be one of only 4 pieces of special mail that someone gets in a month ● How robots can be used to create real handwriting for your customers ● A bunch of ways you can use handwritten note to get and keep more customers ● How to use handwritten notes for retention ● How to use handwritten notes to get customers ● How to use handwritten notes to get more reviews ● How to use automation to create handwritten cards with no manual work ● What CRM systems you can use to automate handwritten cards ● How to incorporate handwritten cards in your sales funnel to send cards automatically Show resources: https://www.handwrytten.com/

Nov 11, 202038 min

How to Elevate your Business through Software Development

IAN REYNOLDS is a Partner and the Chief Solutions Architect at Zibtek, a software development consultancy focused on helping businesses build custom software. They help growth companies, enterprises, and visionary firms solve their core business objectives with agile software development. Zibtek's mission is to focus value creation on the client's core business objectives. Ian has spent the better part of his career in consulting and has served in diverse industries as Finance, Oil and Gas, Retail Power, Field Services, Midstream Energy, Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Transactional Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Restructuring, e-commerce, Retail, and software development. During the show we discuss: ● How technology disrupted business/ industry ● Types of softwares that are more important post COVID-19 ● Economics and global software development trends ● Different kinds/categories of software ● Confluence of Big Data, Open Source technology, and automation ● What software developers offer ● Setting the right software for your business ● Finding a software developer/s ● How software solutions help businesses ● Differences in a Rapid Software Development for startups & midsized & enterprise firm ● Is it possible to integrate all the functions needed in only ONE software ● How businesses maximize the use of software ● One of the most common software problems faced by businesses ● Software program that needs to be built ● Strategies that we can use when developing software ● Agile software philosophy ● How agile philosophy improve software development ● Managing and maintaining software ● The future of automation Show resources: https://www.zibtek.com/

Nov 10, 202027 min

Vendors That Can Help You Kickstart Your Business Credit Profile

During this show, you'll discover … ✅ How business credit building is more vital than EVER ✅ It doesn't depend on the economy… ✅ … and no pandemic can stop it ✅ Seven outstanding starter vendors to get your business credit profile started the right way… ✅ … and fast! ✅ How starter vendors will help you establish an excellent business credit profile and score ✅ How starter vendor credit and Net terms work ✅ When you can leave your Social Security number off a credit application… ✅ … and when you can't ✅ Seven fantastic starter vendors to kick your business credit profile into overdrive ✅ How to qualify for each starter vendor ✅ When they will report your payments… ✅ … and where they will report your payment history

Nov 5, 202045 min

How to Scale and Grow your Business

Rachel Haley has worked in the finance and tech industry for the past 10 years. Rachel started her career at Hall Capital Partners in the portfolio management group, focusing on portfolio management, market analysis, and financial modeling. After Hall Capital, Rachel moved to Salesforce to work in the finance and strategy department. In 2015, she Co-Founded Clarus Designs, which now has over 100 employees globally. Most recently, Rachel worked as the Senior Director of Sales Operations and Strategy at Snowflake, where she helped the company grow from 300 people to over 2,000 and more than 10X-ing in annual revenue. During the show we discuss: ● Prioritization framework ● Common preconceived notion most people have around starting a business ● How to best let go of tasks and delegate to other team members ● Steps in building a business ● How to find the right people for a startup company ● The best mindset in accomplishing objectives ● How to overcome issues with partners ● What successful business owners have in common ● Tried and tested strategies to scale and grow a business ● Most common mistakes sales executives make today ● What are some of the core processes that every business must have ● What are the main KPIs you must track ● How to strategically plan your sales and marketing process ● Most effective sales strategy ● Most effective marketing strategy ● Tips to grow loyal customers ● How partnerships help a business to scale and grow Show resources: https://www.clarusdesigns.com/

Nov 4, 202036 min

Exposing Lies and Exploding Myths about being Financial Advisors

Dan Cuprill is the author of several books, most notably Advisor Architect: Building the Practice You've Always Wanted and Renegade Advisor: Surviving in the Age of Amazon. His firm, Advisor Architect, teaches advisors the power of systems to transition from what he calls a "crappy sales job" to becoming a real entrepreneur and owning a major profit center. A financial advisor himself, Dan's fee-based firm Money & Clarity manages close to $200 million in assets for clients in 20 states. All the while, he resides some 300 miles away from his office. He is also the host of Profitable Advisor Podcast. During the show we discuss: ● How to know if you need a financial advisor ● How to recognize the best financial advisors ● Why choose an advisor who has a specialized niche ● How to avoid "landmines" when choosing the right advisor ● How can advisors help you ● What are the advisors limitations ● Common myths about financial advisors ● Importance of having a financial advisors ● Tips in choosing a financial advisor ● Should someone always follow the advice of an advisor ● When to seek a financial advisor ● How much is needed for retirement ● 3 things financial plans must include ● Why you MUST have disability insurance as an entrepreneur ● Why you need to address estate planning NOW ● Why so many retirees make serious financial mistakes that cost them ● Good investment strategies ● How to account for inflation in your savings plan Show resources: https://matsonandcuprill.lpages.co/daily-email/ https://www.renegadeadvisor.net/ https://www.moneyandclarity.com/

Nov 3, 202034 min

Equity Crowdfunding - Your Business Financing Secret Weapon

During this show, you'll discover … ✅ All about equity crowdfunding, your little-known business financing secret weapon! ✅ Get equity crowdfunding explained ✅ Get an equity crowdfunding review… ✅ … including how it differs from rewards-based crowdfunding (like at Kickstarter or Indiegogo) ✅Learn about equity crowdfunding platforms… ✅ … and which may be better for your business's needs ✅ Find out the purpose behind equity crowdfunding ✅ Learn what's in it for equity crowdfunding investors… ✅ … and business owners ✅ Find out how it works ✅ Get to know why real estate is the industry most likely to use equity crowdfunding investing ✅ Find out how equity crowdfunding can work for your business ✅ Learn how equity crowdfunding is for accredited investors … ✅ … and investors like you and me

Oct 29, 202030 min

How to Improve Business Credit Score

Joe Lawrence is an author and investor from central New Jersey who helps small business owners obtain large lines of business credit. Working in real estate, he discovered methods to line up cash quickly as a means to fund his business. He takes pride in correcting the myth that only "older, large companies can obtain lines of credit." His company, Business Credit Workshop, teaches the methods to develop a rock-solid business credit profile as well as the little-known techniques on how and where to obtain business loans in today's market. During the show we discuss: ● What business credit is ● Why you need business credit for your business ● How to establish business credit ● How business credit score determined ● How to create a strong business credit profile ● Checking my business credit profile ● How to improve my business credit score to improve my chances of securing financing ● Ways to strengthen your business credit ● Misconceptions from small business owners about credit ● How is business credit similar to personal credit and how is it different ● How credit card help establish credit for a new business ● How to use business credit to get high-limit credit lines ● Tips to build a strong credit profile Show resources: https://www.businesscreditworkshop.me/home/about/

Oct 28, 202032 min

How to Elevate your Results in Real Estate

In this episode, Stacy Bahrenfuss otherwise known as Stacy B. shows a proven system that helps real estate agents create explosive growth with the proper training and insider knowledge that helps them take their real estate business to an unprecedented level. About Our Guest Stacy Bahrenfuss is the Founder + CEO of Catalyst Group, and Creator of the Limitless Realtor Circle, a professional training program for Realtors. Stacy started her real estate company at the early age of 19, sustained her company through the housing crisis of 2007-2010, and continued to scale her business beyond the 7-figure mark, to become one of the top-performing real state teams in the state of Idaho. Stacy brings a unique perspective to the real estate world as her experience is vast; she has been a single agent, has run a large team, and has even operated as a Designated Broker for Catalyst Group as a brokerage. She has personally funded a development project consisting of 11 upper-tier new luxury homes while still operating her real estate team at Catalyst. In a traditionally male-led industry, Stacy had paved the way for other female leaders, leveraging her intuition and over a decade of experience in meditation, personal development, and results coaching. During the show we discuss: ● What realtors missing from their education ● Starting real estate business at the age of 19 ● Going into recession without any formal training ● Is formal education needed in real state investing ● Kind of mindset to have a successful business especially in real estate ● How integrating mindfulness and meditation help elevate results ● Winning morning routine ● Ways Real Estate Team Leaders, Managers, and Brokers work to better empower Realtors ● How to choose a niche to specialize in ● Seizing that opportunity in real estate ● Ways that realtors help to raise the industry standard, and provide even better service to clientele ● Managing positivity and helping the team with their energy and inner state ● Tips to become a magnet for more opportunities and more clientele ● Most effective ways to advertise real estate properties to prospective buyers ● Most important information when creating a new listing on the Multiple Listing Service ● Qualities to be a good real estate agent ● Lessons from a recession Show resources: http://www.limitlessrealtorcircle.com/ https://limitlesswithstacyb.com/

Oct 27, 202039 min

How to Handle Credit Line Deductions

During this show, you'll discover … ● How to handle a credit card limit decrease ● Steps to take as a business when your business credit card limit is reduced ● How lenders are changing the way they do things ● They are lending less ● Some changes are positive for borrowers ● Some changes are negative for borrowers ● Lenders are monitoring business accounts for risky behavior ● And some are even reducing existing credit card limits based on perceived risky behavior ● The Credit CARD Act of 2009 does not protect from this ● Neither Does the Truth in Lending Act of 1968 ● What should you do if your business credit card limit is decreased? ● How to monitor your personal and business credit ● Why you shouldn't close accounts with decreased card limits ● How to look for options to bridge the gap ● Options like the Credit Line Hybrid ● What is the Credit Line Hybrid? ● What benefits does the Credit Line Hybrid offer? ● Why you need expert help to guide you through the business financing process ● How to get expert help on how to handle a credit limit decrease

Oct 22, 202030 min

The Secrets to Great Health and Being a Successful Entrepreneur

In this episode, Thom King reveals his secrets to building a hugely-successful company and having optimal health so you can be the best version of yourself. About Our Guest: Part CEO, part personal development wonk, and part biohacker info geek, Thom King is a self-confessed serial entrepreneur. While his favorite book list contains many success-oriented and personal-development classics, the traditional definition of achieving success (e.g. make a lot of money) is not what inspires or motivates King. He follows more of a "you aren't doing well unless you're also doing some good" line of thinking. King's company has been built around the simple principle of "do the right thing". In 1999, Thom's personal passion for food and his concern over the explosion of metabolic disease led him to found Steviva Brands known as Icon Food, with a mission to help food manufacturers replace unhealthy sugars in their products with natural options. With 20 years of R&D work, Thom has helped hundreds of manufacturers improve the quality of their products. In recent years, his passion for food and optional health has intersected with his embrace of a ketogenic (low carb, high fat) diet. During the show we discuss: ● What makes a successful entrepreneur ● How to build a business with 'why' ● Key habits and mindset needed to be a successful entrepreneur ● Important things to know before pursuing entrepreneurship ● Why drive and determination are essential with running a successful business ● Smart ways to win competitions ● Why a lot of people failed to start or grow a business ● Common mistakes when starting a business ● "Catalysts" or exponential growth points for business ● Importance of a business plan ● Should you or should you not use venture capital to grow ● How to use crowdfunding to grow ● Why self-care is important to your success ● Best way to market your product ● What makes a successful marketing strategy Show resources: http://thomking.com/ https://www.guygoneketo.com/ https://iconfoods.com/

Oct 21, 202034 min

How to Know Yourself and Bring Joy Into Your Life

In this interview, David A. Schwerin, Ph.D author of Know Your Soul: Bring Joy to Your Life reveals the best way to know yourself, get in touch with your soul, and how to bring true joy to your life. About Our Guest: David A. Schwerin, Ph.D., founder and former President of D J Investment Advisors Inc., is the author of three books and dozens of articles published worldwide. His latest book, co-authored with Diana Muenz Chen, Know Your Soul: Bring Joy to Your Life, was published in late 2019. His other books include Conscious Globalism: What is wrong with the world and how to fix it, and Conscious Capitalism: Principles for Prosperity. During the show we discuss: ● Getting to know yourself ● What mystery schools are and how can they help ● How to discover why you are the way you are ● How to learn more about your soul ● How to determine the life path you should be on ● How to know your soul's true intention ● How to better assess what you should be doing with your life ● How to know when you're on the wrong path in life ● How to best discover what it is you should be contributed to life ● How to overcome uncertainty ● How to get in touch with your higher self ● Why meditation is so important ● What's the origin of your soul ● How to best overcome the most emotionally painful obstacles in your life ● How do you bring true joy into your life Show resources: https://www.amazon.com/KNOW-YOUR-SOUL-BRING-LIFE/dp/0976518910 http://www.consciousthinking.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidschwerin/

Oct 20, 202031 min

How to Avoid SBA PPP (Paycheck Protection Program) Scam

During this show, you'll discover … ✅ How efforts to combat the financial effects of the novel coronavirus have caused other problems for small business owners ✅ How scammers are trying to take advantage of the Paycheck Protection Program ✅ How a combination of unprecedented need… ✅ … $2 trillion in funding… ✅ … some relaxed rules… ✅ … desperation… ✅ … and unethical people… ✅ … has created a situation where some are trying to cheat the system ✅ How bad actors are already trying to game the system ✅ Ways to protect yourself against SBA loan scams ✅ What the Small Business Administration says about avoiding scammers ✅ What to look for ✅ How and why a dose of skepticism is healthy ✅ Where online lenders fit into the picture… ✅ … and how they may end up being able to participate in the SBA Paycheck Protection Program… ✅ … and how reputable online lenders can be a part of getting your business back on its feet ✅ How federal oversight affects the SBA PPP and the CARES Act ✅ How to get a forgivable loan from the stimulus package ✅ How to get a legit SBA PPP loan ✅ Where we have up to date information on the SBA Paycheck Protection Program… ✅ … which we are updating regularly

Oct 15, 202021 min

How to Create a Podcast and Sales Funnel that Convert like Crazy

In this interview, Mark Kumar reveals the easiest way to get a podcast off the ground, the best way to host your show, and how to use a sales funnel to maximize your podcast potential and grow your online business. About Our Guest: Mark Kumar is a Lifestyle Entrepreneur. He coaches entrepreneurs to run a profitable online business by sharing their own advice. If you ever helped anyone with your advice, then you are ready to create and run a successful online business today. During the show, we discuss: ● What lifestyle entrepreneur is ● Turning your passion into a profitable company ● How to take offline businesses online during the pandemic ● What SaaS Company is ● What sales funnel is ● How to be the best host on an online podcast ● How popular is podcasting now ● How hard is it to get a podcast off the ground ● What kind of people can succeed podcasting ● Which channels you need to have your podcast on ● What kinds of analytics and tracking is available with podcasting ● Using a sales funnel with podcasting ● Importance of building a sales funnel ● Using a sales funnel for a business ● Secrets and powerful tips in building sales funnels ● How to use Pixeling to grow an online business ● Aligning marketing strategy in the sales funnel ● Getting paying clients for online businesses Show resources: https://markkumar.com/ https://simplepodcastcloud.com/

Oct 14, 202025 min

How to Accelerate Your Brand

See how you can accelerate your brand in this interview with our special guest Andy Seth. Andy teaches us how to develop brand guidelines and use them to establish your brand identity so you can be recognized by your potential clients without spending lots of money to do it. About Our Guest: Andy's entrepreneurial journey has taken him through 4 successful seven-figure exits. His company Flow Marketing is recognized as being in the top 10% of the B Corps worldwide. Thriving in the face of COVID-19, Flow Marketing is on track for a $10M run rate in 2020. Andy's agency is the nation's first accredited with federally registered apprenticeships. He's helped more than 1,000+ low-income students go to college on scholarship. Andy has received numerous awards such as "40 Under 40", "Top 25 Most Influential People", and "Leader of the Year". He's started 9 companies (8 of which are professional services), scaled four into multi-million dollar companies, and has generated millions for clients such as Microsoft and Levi Strauss. His mindfulness blog generates thousands of visitors per month, his book is a #1 bestseller, and his album has been listened to in 36 countries. During the show we discuss: ● What are a brand and branding are ● The difference between branding and marketing ● Why should businesses invest in branding ● How branding attract target customers ● What branding guide is and it works ● What's in a good set of brand guidelines ● Things to consider before starting a brand identity ● How to create a brand identity and what should it include ● How to establish my brand ● When to use your personal vs business brand ● Guidelines to follow in branding ● How to build a brand identity campaign ● Effective strategies that we can apply in creating a brand identity ● Fundamentals of a successful branding strategy ● How to execute a branding strategy ● How to evaluate the current branding ● How to increase brand recognition ● Why companies do rebranding ● Most important things to know about rebranding Show resources: https://feelmeflow.com/branding/ https://feelmeflow.com/ www.andyseth.com

Oct 13, 202038 min

How to Build a Career in any Industry

Tamara Brock AKA Ms. Diva Trucker has made the transition from a lease driver of 6 years to paying off her truck. She became a Female Trainer who advocates for Women Drivers in Trucking. She started her own Independent Recruiting Business that has grown to be one of the Top Independent Recruiting Companies in the Trucking Industry. 2020 she started her own Freight Brokerage Firm called Brock Logistic LLC. 2020 Real Women In Trucking Trailblazer Award Recipient 2019 Real Women In Trucking Queen of the Roads Nominee Featured on GMA for her dedication in Helping Truckers receive PPE equipment during the Pandemic of COVID-19 Featured on Spectrum TV Female Trucker Documentary Life of A Female Trucker Road to Ownership Invited as a guest appearance in VOLVO semi-truck commercial on back pain Ms. Diva trucker has been featured in several of the Trucking magazines such as Overdrive magazine. Ms. Diva Trucker was invited to the Department of Transportation along with RWIT to meet with FMCSA for changes for women who deal with Sexual Assault/ Harassment. Raised money for 2019 Make-A-Wish Foundation Ms. Diva Trucker now assist Truckers in Getting their Own Motor Carrier Authority/Freight Broker License Tamara Brock is the Founder of (WOCAB) Women-Owned Carrier and Broker Association In order to join must have active USDOT and MC# Brock Logistic LLC is an SBA Certified Women-Owned Business Certified Economic Disadvantaged Women-Owned Business During the show we discuss: ● Getting into trucking as a female ● Training women in the trucking industry ● Getting into recruiting and freight broker ● Secret on Growing a YouTube Channel ● Developing a career even after the industry ● Brokers and carriers ● Negotiating skills ● Decorating your Truck ● Women dominating the trucking industry ● Volvo commercial ● Making videos as an influencer Show resources: www.msdivatrucker.com

Oct 9, 202027 min

Why Building Business Credit Cheats Don't Work

During this show, you'll discover … ✅ How hacks are fine – but business credit building cheats will never be worth it ✅ Why dishonest business credit building methods will set you back every time ✅ How cheating the system can be a disaster when trying to get funding during a recession ✅ The three main ways people try to illegitimately speed up business credit building ✅ Why buying business trade lines is expensive and unnecessary… ✅ … and how it can sometimes be connected to identity theft… ✅ … but where personal credit differs ✅ What the FBI, FICO, Equifax, and Nav all say about buying trade lines ✅ How Dun and Bradstreet will flag your credit profile for decades ✅ What a Credit Privacy Number (CPN) is, and how they are legitimate for some people… ✅ … but how they are also unethically used ✅ Why using a CPN for your Social Security number is a Federal crime… ✅ … where you can be fined or put in prison… ✅ … and how paying for a CPN is unnecessary, and can be connected to identity theft ✅ What the FTC, Social Security Administration, Department of Justice, and Better Business Bureau all say about buying CPNs ✅ What a shelf corporation is, and how it differs from a shell corporation ✅ How they used to be legit, what they do, and how much they can cost ✅ What the FDIC, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, and Experian all say about buying shelf corporations ✅ What CRAs and lenders will do if they find out you bought a shelf corporation… ✅ … and how else they can be more trouble than they are worth You can build business credit fast without the cheats! Find out more here 👉 https://www.creditsuite.com/business-...

Oct 8, 202038 min

How to Maximize Digital Marketing that Yields Real Results

Marty McDonald, CEO and founder of Bad Rhino, teaches how to master digital advertising to scale your business by affordably getting a high-volume of leads and sales. About Our Guest: Marty McDonald is a cofounder and the CEO of Bad Rhino Inc., a full-service social media marketing agency. Since 2002, Marty has consulted with small businesses and start-ups to help them succeed online. Bad Rhino is a full-service social media marketing and digital agency founded in 2011. Today, it services clients locally, nationally, and globally. One of the reasons Bad Rhino has grown to be so successful so quickly is due to their ability to develop utterly unique and highly customized strategies that create incredible exposure for their clients' businesses. Their full-service approach means they not only create these amazing strategies and plans, but they also implement them and manage them day to day, including delivering messages to their customers. During the show, we discuss: ● Differences between traditional and digital marketing ● Importance of using digital marketing especially at this time of pandemic ● How affordable is digital marketing ● Investments needed to get started with digital marketing ● Proven strategies to apply in digital marketing ● Developing digital marketing strategies for business ● Identifying which social media channels and sub-channels to use effectively ● Most effective types of ads ● How retargeting works ● Importance of congruency of your ad and landing page ● Digital Advertising to get cold leads into sales funnel ● Digital advertising to market warm leads ● Kinds of effective contents ● Leveling up social media content Show resources: https://badrhinoinc.com/

Oct 7, 202031 min

How to Transform into a Badass Leader

Laura Khalil is a speaker and trainer focused on teaching courageous leadership skills to help women and allies succeed inside and outside the corporate world. A two-time entrepreneur working with Fortune 500 companies, Laura's programs and coaching encompass real-life experience navigating complex organizational structures. Combined with science-backed research in emotional intelligence, neurobiology and communication, Laura helps women become leaders, make more money, and have people knocking down their door with opportunities. She has worked with Intel, GE, Twitter, Forbes, WeWork, Creative Mornings and many more. Laura is also the host of Brave by Design, a podcast that helps ambitious women rise and thrive. During the show, we discuss: ● Importance of leadership in business ● Traits of exceptional leaders ● Qualities that successful leaders have in common ● Becoming a badass leader ● Effective leadership skills ● Why empathy is essential in being a great leader ● Becoming the visionary for your business ● What Imposter Syndrome is ● Why people have Imposter Syndrome ● Overcoming Imposter Syndrome ● How goals help a person become a badass leader ● How a badass leader handles disagreements and miscommunications with the team ● How an exceptional leader responds to criticisms ● How badass leaders face challenges ● Importance of asking for feedback on leadership Show resources: https://www.bravebydesign.net/ https://twitter.com/4ceofbadassery https://www.instagram.com/forceofbadassery/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurakhalil/

Oct 6, 202037 min

Empowering Women in their Chosen Career

Ellen Voie is the President/CEO and founder of the Women In Trucking Association, formed to promote the employment of women in the trucking industry, address obstacles and to celebrate the successes of its members. Voie's prior role was Manager of Retention and Recruiting Programs at Schneider after serving as the Executive Director of Trucker Buddy International. Voie is a Certified Association Executive. She holds a Class A CDL and a private pilot's license. She has been honored by the White House as a Transportation Innovator Champion of Change. She received the 2015 "Distinguished Alumna of the Year" award the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Division of Communication. Voie was named one of Supply & Demand Chain Executives magazine's "2016 Pros to Know." In May, 2016, she was chosen as one of Fleet Owner's Dozen Outstanding Women In Trucking. In 2017 Voie was named to Insight Success Magazine's "The 30 Most Inspirational Leaders in Business" and "The 30 Most Innovative CEOs To Watch." Voie was appointed to the FMCSA's Entry Level Driver Training Advisory Committee. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Wisconsin Motor Carrier Association and is a member of the Wisconsin DOT's Motor Carrier Advisory Committee. During the show we discuss: ● Pursuing the trucking industry ● Women in trucking ● Telling stories to encourage others ● Challenges of the female drivers ● Safety culture ● Challenges in corporate for women ● Empowering Women ● The change of training processes ● Equality in the trucking industry ● Challenges in starting a non-profit organization ● Recruiting women ● Driver Ambassador Program ● Getting into radio ● Ellen Voie's legacy ● Realwomenintrucking.com Show resources: http://www.realwomenintrucking.com/ https://twitter.com/womentruckers

Oct 5, 202037 min

How to Learn Everything You Need in the Trucking Industry and Access Them Easily

Ms Petty was born and raised in Atlanta, GA. She is the owner of Bumble Bee Dispatch, Bumble Bee Vending, and Bleu Luxury. And a author of 'How to Become a Freight Broker Agent She has able to overcome life's adversity. Started working at the age of 15, always been a hustler and go getter. She started her trucking career in 2013 and within the first year was able to make over six figures working from home. She started Bumble Bee Dispatch and from there she started a vending company in 2018 called Bumble Bee Vending. Recently she just purchased an online boutique. At the age of 28 she was financially stable, learned about credit and how you can leverage your credit to get ahead. She work with a few brands within the trucking industry who pays her to promote their products. She has pulled herself up by her own boot straps. In this show, we discuss: Getting into businesses and trucking industry One-stop shop Bumble Bee Dispatch Bumblebeevending.com Bleuluxury.com Bumble Bee Dispatch Youtube Channel Bumble Bee's purpose How women are taking over the Trucking Industry Bumble Bee's Legacy 'How to Become a Freight Broker Agent' book Show resources: https://www.bumblebeedispatch.com/ http://www.bumblebeevending.com/ https://bleuluxury.com/

Oct 2, 202019 min

How to Use Peer to Peer Lending to Get Money for Your Business

During this show, you'll discover … ✅ How peer to peer lending works ✅ Just what peer to peer lending is… ✅ … and how it can work for your business ✅ Who the biggest players are in the P2P lending space ✅ All about Prosper… ✅ … and how their scoring works ✅ About Lending Club… ✅ … the world's largest P2P lending platform ✅ What you need to know about Funding Circle… ✅ … including where they operate ✅ The basics on Upstart… ✅ … and just how accurate their modeling system is ✅ What StreetShares is all about… ✅ … and in particular how they offer advantages to veterans ✅ The basics on Fundrise… ✅ … and how it can help with real estate investing ✅ A look at Peerform… ✅ … and its many nuanced investment options ✅ How you can work with Kiva to change the world… ✅ … or the life of a small business owner here in the US

Oct 1, 202021 min

Protection and Destruction of Data

In this interview, Nathan Jones shares how to properly wipe electronic devices such as computers and smart devices so criminals don't steal and misuse your personal information. About Our Guest: Nathan Jones is a data security industry expert is responsible for overseeing sales efforts globally. He has over 14 years of experience and is a regular speaker at Industry Conferences. He handles Worldwide Sales and Strategic Relations for White Canyon Software. Often, people overlook the importance of data security when they're growing and cultivating a successful business. During the show we discussed: ● Data Leakage ● How hackers use data ● Best ways to protect data ● Mistakes business owners make when getting rid of old computers ● Wrong ways people get rid of their electronics ● What NSA recommends to do with old electronics ● Why is it bad to improperly discard old electronics ● Data persistence/remanence ● How data persistence harm businesses ● Eliminating remnant data ● Methods to permanently erase data ● How to 100% wipe your data before getting rid of a device ● Plugging a tool into your USB to completely wipe hard drive ● Electronics to wiped before getting rid of it ● Wiping your smart device before getting rid of it ● The necessity of data destruction ● Data destruction tools Show resources: https://www.whitecanyon.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathan-jones-3879388/

Sep 30, 202028 min

How to Stand Back Up and Walk Again After a Crisis

Rod Khleif is a multiple business owner and philanthropist who is passionate about entrepreneurship and giving back. Rod Khleif soared from humble beginnings as a young, impoverished Dutch immigrants to incredible success. Khleif's experience involves both remarkable triumphs, and spectacular failures, which he affectionately calls "seminars." Rod will explain the mindset required to recover from loosing $50m in the crash of 2008 to the success he enjoys today. Rod brings incredible authenticity and insight to his approach to real estate, business, success and life. During the show we discuss: ● Managing your focus to accomplish ultimate success ● Getting your mindset right to reach unimaginable levels of success ● How to pivot during times of crisis to have even greater success ● The goal setting strategy to adopt to get through the worst crises ● Using visualization to get everything in life that you want ● Why put time limits on your goals to better accomplish them ● Why insert pain into your goals for better success ● Why experience what you want to have a better chance of getting it ● Why practice gratitude every morning ● Why staying positive is so essential to navigating crisis ● Why stay focused on your strengths and use those to propel you ● Avoiding the crisis from happening Show resources: https://rodkhleif.com/ www.realestatewithrod.com www.multifamilyvirtualbootcamp.com use code RODFRIEND

Sep 29, 202033 min

How to Avoid Accidents in the Trucking Industry

Ruthann and Troy started a TalkCDL Trucking Podcast for fun which talks about trucking-related issues and right now, they have over 500,000 downloads. During the show we discuss: ● Entering the trucking industry ● Extending trucking knowledge to YouTube and other platforms ● The start of Talk CDL Trucking Podcast ● Growing the community ● How Talk CDL Trucking Podcast help its audience ● FMCSA pilot program lowering the age limit from 21 to 18 ● Recent laws and regulation that affects the trucking industry ● How dangerous is driving trucks professionally ● Avoiding aggressive drivers ● Avoiding and preventing accidents ● Overlooked issues in the trucking industry that needs a solution Show resources: TalkCDL Trucking Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/ph/podcast/talkcdl-trucking-podcast/id1070264994 http://talkcdl.com/

Sep 28, 202041 min

How Woman Outshine the Male Dominated Trucking Industry

Tierra Allen is also known as the sassy trucker. She's been driving trucks for 3 years. She has her YouTube channel The sassy trucker with more than 12 thousand subscribers and counting. Her contents are about trucking and traveling. During the show we discuss: ● Entering a Male-Dominated Industry ● Starting trucking ● How the trucking community grow throughout the years for women ● Best things in being a trucker ● How pandemic affects truckers ● How women in trucking deal with flat tires and other mechanical aspects ● Tips on Flatbed maintenance ● The most challenging part of being a trucker ● Making a Youtube Channel and growing the community ● Growing a loyal tribe of subscribers ● Showing your true self to the audience ● Surprising lessons learned along the way Show resources: The Sassy Trucker https://www.youtube.com/c/TheSassyTrucker/

Sep 25, 202018 min

Recession-Proof Business Credit Building Benefits

During this show, you'll discover … ✅ How starting a recession-proof business can be a viable recession survival strategy… ✅ … because it's highly likely that a recession is coming ✅ The best business ideas 2020 should come with a plan to establish business credit ✅ That business credit works and it can get you money even in the worst of economic conditions ✅ Why it can be much harder to get small business funding from banks during an economic downturn ✅ How building business credit doesn't depend on what banks do ✅ What business credit is ✅ 10 huge benefits which come from building business credit… ✅ … and they don't depend on a good economy at all! ✅ How to set up your business for fundability no matter what the economic indicators are saying ✅ Where your business address, phone number, bank account, and more can work for you ✅ How to get started with business credit building… ✅ … and how starter vendor credit gets you going ✅ How much you can save with business credit monitoring from Credit Suite… ✅ … and why monitoring matters ✅ Where to update your business credit records ✅ How to qualify for store credit … ✅ … fleet credit … ✅ … and the more universal credit you can get with MasterCard and Visa ✅ How building business credit for your business is a great plan for recession recovery

Sep 24, 202053 min

Mastering Leadership

In this interview, Tony Martignetti pulls back the curtain and reveals what it really takes to become a good leader. See how to overcome challenges, how to constantly improve as a leader, how to inspire your team, and much more. About Our Guest: Tony is an executive and leadership coach with a specialty in working with leaders and their teams to navigate through change and unlock their true potential. He supports leaders in gaining clarity so they can make well-informed decisions, improve their leadership skills, and ultimately increase their impact. Tony is known for supporting leaders in finding clarity so that they are energized, unstoppable, and able to lead with a strong presence. Before sharing his experience as a coach, Tony was finance and strategy professional with experience working with some of the world's leading life sciences and biotech companies. Along his journey, he also managed a number of small businesses and ran a financial consulting company. It is his passion for helping people that fuels his inspiration at Inspired Purpose Coaching. During the show we discuss: ● Becoming a leader ● Leader characteristics ● Becoming an inspirational leader ● Gaining the trust of your team ● Getting your team to believe in you and your vision ● Finding passion for leadership ● Being humble as a great leader ● Unlocking the true potential of a good leader ● Importance of a good leader ● Mistakes done by bad leaders ● Avoiding burnout and stress ● Why taking time off is essential ● How to get past imposter syndrome ● Importance of investing in yourself and your team ● What good leaders include in their morning routine ● Inspiring your team to have a bold vision and effective leadership ● Building a high-performing team ● The help of giving feedback to members Show resources: https://www.inspiredpurposecoach.com/ https://www.facebook.com/inspiredpurposecoach https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonymartignett1/

Sep 23, 202031 min

How to Hyper-Target Customers Using Localized Data

In this episode Vlad Edelman teaches us how to radically improve our ad results by using localized data to get the customers we want when we want them. About our Guest: Looking for someone known for improving the customer experience? Look no further, Vlad Edelman is your man. Vlad has been in the restaurant industry for over ten years and has helped the likes of Ansible, Soapbox Mobile, and ESPN's mobile business increase their CX. In 2014, he founded the game-changing product, HEROFI, that focused exclusively on creating better customer engagement tools for restaurants. Through all of his wins (and loses), Vlad continues to look for ways to improve customer experiences with countless brands. Over the last five years, he has built a company that focuses on equalling out the advertisement playing field. Through using modern rules-engines, real-time data visualization and automated content targeting, Vlad's company, Targetable, delivers an incredibly powerful, affordable, and platform-agnostic advertising engine that allows all retail companies to play like consumer giants. During this show we discuss: What localization is What localization data is Difference between an ad using localized data and one that doesn't Why ads localization cheaper now How to effectively recycle promotions How geocoding works and how to focus on customers when they're at your location Best social media platform for localized ads How to run ads only when you're not hitting your sales numbers to get to your goals How artificial intelligence can help you hyper-target your ads How to get your ads to learn what's working and get better in time How brand-new tech can help you advertise like billion-dollar companies do How to run ads based on topographical information to get better results How AI finds patterns to help you run better ads Show resources: https://www.targetable.com/

Sep 22, 202032 min

How to Be an Inspiration to Others While Doing Your Passion

Brittney Richardson is a Social Media Influencer who is taking the Internet by storm. Brittney has been featured on ABC News, Nightline, 20/20, Fox News Subsidiaries and numerous Local TV, Radio, Podcasts and Websites. She began her career in Law Enforcement and also serving on 2 Local Fire Departments as a Fire Rescue Volunteer. She also served 8 Years as a Truck Driver. Brittney is now an Entrepreneur who's focused on inspiring others to do things they never thought possible and to living the life they dream of. During the show we discuss: ● Getting into law enforcement as women ● Drivers slamming breaks ● Helping people as a fire rescue volunteer ● Getting into the trucking industry ● Brittney in Pink on Facebook and American Truckers on YouTube ● Breast cancer awareness truck ● How influencer affect trucking journey ● Impacting lives as an influencer ● Starting to influence and help people change their lives ● Chasing your passion ● Basics in trucking that everyone needs to know ● Having great knowledge and understanding in business/ industry ● Trying something new ● What knowledgeable leader imparts to the improvement of the team ● Brittney Richardson on Youtube Show resources: www.BrittneyRichardson.com Facebook & Instagram @RealBrittneyRichardson

Sep 21, 202028 min

How to Get on Track on Your Passion and Purpose While Earning

Mark has been a truck driver for 32 years and he turned his knowledge and experiences into a successful Youtube Channel that teaches new drivers about the industry as well as entertains more experienced drivers. He even branched out to a website, blog and even wrote a book when his channel started getting views. He also has a podcast Blue Collar to No Collar where people from around the world listen in on the ways to change their life. During the show we discuss: ● Starting the journey in trucking ● Teaching others about trucking ● Growing a platform ● Blue Collar to No Collar Podcast ● How Trucking Answers platforms help its audience ● Most rewarding things ever done or experience ● Finding your purpose ● Finding the right job for you ● Living your life to the fullest Show resources: LAUNCHWITHMARK.COM

Sep 18, 202025 min

Get to Know the 5 Main Equifax Business Credit Scores

During this show, you'll discover … ✅ All about the five main Equifax business credit scores ✅ The purposes and what goes into an Equifax credit score ✅ What's in your Equifax credit reports ✅ The purposes behind your credit scores ✅ All about the Credit Risk Scores in your Equifax business credit reports ✅ The differences between the Equifax Small Business Credit Risk Score for Financial Services… ✅ … and the Equifax Small Business Credit Risk Score for Suppliers ✅ What the Small Business Failure Risk Score is all about ✅ How to read your Equifax Small Business Failure Score ✅ How the Equifax Payment Trend fits in ✅ Why the Equifax Payment Index matters ✅ How and why Equifax is blending its business credit scores with Equifax consumer scores ✅ Where Equifax shows credit utilization ✅ Where Equifax reports show firmographic data … ✅ … like bankruptcies, liens, and judgments ✅ How these 5 main Equifax business credit scores affect your business's ability to borrow money and get business credit

Sep 17, 202027 min

How to Level Up Your Business's Customer Support Experience

Justin Winter is the co-founder and CEO of Boostopia. Justin exited his prior company after growing it to $22 million in annual sales to focus on a new problem. Boostopia is the missing link to your support help desk software built for managers to understand, manage, and improve both your team and customer experience. Justin has a rich history as an entrepreneur. Prior to founding Boostopia, Justin was the co-founder of Diamond Candles, the fastest growing and largest online home fragrance brand in the world, and grew its revenue run rate to $12M within just 12 months of launching in 2011 despite not taking any outside funding. During the show we discuss: ● Ideal customer service people love to receive ● How efficient can the workforce become if we have one system ● Working collaboratively and independently ● Importance of working collaboratively with other customer services ● Importance of giving a high-quality customer service experience ● Kind of data to use in offering good customer service ● How bad customer service affect businesses ● What to do to provide excellent service to a customer ● How to evaluate customer service if it is working or not ● The biggest challenge customer support is facing ● Most effective customer service strategies ● Tools and resources for giving customer service ● Mistakes companies make that may lead to customer disappointments ● How to utilize customer's feedback to ensure business excellence ● What Boostopia is ● How Boostopia help companies with resolving customer issues Show resources: https://boostopia.com/ https://iamjustinwinter.com/

Sep 16, 202031 min

How to Make Money Investing and Change the World

Water is the new gold and in this episode, Riggs Eckelberry shows how you can invest in the future while changing the world. About Our Guest: Riggs Eckelberry doesn't look like a bomb-thrower. And yet, he's driving the disruption of a trillion-dollar industry that has fallen behind the times and is affecting the health of millions. Riggs Eckelberry is uniquely qualified to ride the huge wave of do-it-yourself water treatment that is transforming an industry, having learned management in the nonprofit space, captained ocean-going ships, and achieved several tech successes during the dot-com boom. Ten years after launching public company OriginClear, Riggs and his team are offering those truck-in-place modular systems in the USA, while licensees are building products internationally using OriginClear's low-energy, chemical-free innovation. During the interview, we discuss: ● Why is water taken for granted? ● The current state of the world's water ● The future of water if we didn't take any action for it ● How water affects businesses ● What Instant Infracture is ● What Water Is The New Gold™ and MergerMarket are ● The ONLY vital scarce and recession-proof market ● What Democratizing Water Investment is ● Why entrepreneurs invest in a democratized water ● How democratized water investment help or save millions of people ● Why there are no alternative investments in water ● How Investor Waterworks ● Why this investment has a Low Default Rate ● How can it help the environment/ planet Show resources: https://www.originclear.com/ https://www.originclear.com/ceo

Sep 15, 202026 min

How to Find Your Passion and Start a Business

Kuenn McClinton is the owner, editor, and photographer for Elegance on Eighteen Wheels magazine and De-Elegant Model Truck Fleet in Illinois. He started De-Elegant in 1985 with the inspiration of Mr. Ray Miller of Double Eagle Industries in Shipshewana IN, and in 2013 introduced the world to Elegance On Eighteen Wheels magazine. He had the honor to shoot and to build some of the world's famous and exotic big rigs in the trucking world. With a host of rewarding shoots and creations, from Wells Fargo stagecoach teams, Budweiser Clydesdales, and Transformers 2, 3, 4, to creations for NASA, medical research mobile units, movie concept vehicles etc, he has a broad and exciting life adventure During the show we discuss: ● Starting in a trucking industry ● Getting an inspiration into reality ● Building prototypes for big and famous clients ● Getting into custom pieces ● What Kuenn's YouTube channel and Magazine goal ● Growing the audience in the social media platform ● The inspiration of Elegance on Eighteen Wheels ● One of the coolest truck so far ● Things to be excited for Elegance on Eighteen ● Meeting new people in the trucking industry Show resources: http://eewmag.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRDghyEzf2XSrOf44hfsibg/ https://www.facebook.com/EleganceOnEighteenWheels/

Sep 14, 202025 min

How to Build Your Trucking Business and be an Influencer at the Same Time

Justin is a Dump Truck Fleet owner from Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was born and raised. After years of working on Nitro Fuel cars on the NHRA Top Fuel Circuit, he decided to make a major career change. He bought his first dump truck in 2015, thus the start of Justin Sturgill Trucking. From that first truck, he knew that he wanted more and build his company up. He is the current owner of 13 Peterbilt dump trucks. During the show we discuss: ● Making a career change into trucking ● Scaling Peterbilt dump trucks ● Being your own mechanic ● Starting a YouTube channel ● How to run a show ● Gaining massive followers ● Key to growing a loyal tribe of subscribers ● Managing time in business and social media platforms ● Working under pressure ● Biggest failure ● Being a good leader ● Doing what you love and doing your best ● The best part of being an influencer ● Justin's legacy that he wants to impart ● The worst thing of having a lot of followers ● The help of business credit in building a business ● Improving your credit score Show resources: Justin Sturgill Trucking Email: [email protected] Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JUSTINSTURGILLTRUCKING/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/JUSTINSTURGILLTRUCKING

Sep 11, 202035 min

How to Get Business Funding and Grants for Minorities

During this show, you'll discover … ✅ How to get funding for minority business owners – even now ✅ How entrepreneurs who are members of minorities can get business funding to grow, survive, and thrive ✅ How it's not your imagination… ✅ … it truly is tougher for business owners who are members of minorities to get business loans for a minority business enterprise ✅ But there is funding out there ✅ Find grants and loans for entrepreneurs who are… ✅ … female … ✅ … members of native tribes … ✅ … African American … ✅ … and Latinx ✅ There are business grants for women… ✅ … and small business loans for members of any minority group ✅ And that includes money from the SBA's Paycheck Protection Program ✅ Don't let current conditions stop you from getting financing for your business ✅ Funding for minority business owners can be yours

Sep 10, 202025 min

Level Up Your Business Through a Remote Workforce

Greg is currently CEO and Co-Founder at CareerGig after his digital experience agency, Carousel30, was acquired in 2017. He has worked with some of the world's top brands, including Coca-Cola, Dell, FedEx, GEICO, Marriott International, MTV, Starbucks, Toyota, and VMware. He currently serves on the University of Richmond's CX Advisory Board. Greg's newest book, The Center of Experience (2020) talks about how customer and employee experience can be operationalized into a cohesive brand experience. Greg's previous book, The Agile Consumer (2019) explores the most recent shifts in the brand-consumer relationship and how companies must become more agile across their entire operation to remain successful. Greg is a regular contributing writer to Forbes, and has been featured in Advertising Age, SmartCEO, Website Magazine, and The Washington Post. During the show we discuss: ● How the pandemic affects workforces and businesses ● How the workplace will change over the next decade and how can companies prepare for it ● What a remote workforce is ● The difference between a freelancer and a regular employee ● The misconception that remote work is just a 'gig' ● The benefits of hiring a freelancer ● All the risks of having remote workforce ● How to decide if you should hire a freelancer ● Things to know before hiring a freelancer ● The difference between hiring a freelancer and a traditional employee ● Kinds of assessments you can do to find the best freelancers ● Doing a background check on Freelancers ● How to manage freelancers efficiently ● Tools to adapt into remote work ● Ways to use gig economy freelancers to transform your business ● How to build a team of freelancers ● How the future workplace needs to adapt ● Transitioning to remote work permanently ● How remote workforce improve diversity and inclusion Show resources: https://www.careergig.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregkihlstrom/

Sep 9, 202037 min

Zen and the Art of Thriving Under Pressure

There's a 5-step process you can master to be in a Zen state and thrive under pressure. In this episode, Dr. Steve Taubman teaches us all 5 steps and how to overcome our mental obstacles to reach once unobtainable levels of success. About Our Guest: Dr. Steve Taubman is a bestselling author and world-class speaker who has dedicated his life to show people how to thrive through their challenges. He's written extensively on the application of contemplative practices in stressful situations and has spoken worldwide on mindset mastery for goal-oriented and helping professionals. Dr. Taubman's works include his bestselling book, UnHypnosis; his sales mastery program, The Magic of Inner Selling; his online productivity masterpiece, Procrastination Annihilation; and his latest book on thriving through stress on life's battlefields, Bulletproof. He's also written hundreds of articles for major publications and has produced specialized hypnotic programs for business professionals to remove mental barriers to success. In this show we discuss: ● Why people experience challenges and difficulties ● What makes it hard for people to face adversities ● How to uncover unconditional happiness ● How to reframe to be happy on the current state ● How to reject conditional happiness and control the state of always happy ● How to develop mindfulness ● Steps to overcome adversities ● How to develop a code of conduct to live your life ● How to master focus to get more done and succeed ● How to conquer frustrations by "leaning in" ● Being simultaneously ambitious while filled with Zen-like detachment ● How to improve ourselves when what we do is not working ● How to master adversities ● How to overcome adversities ● How to stay calm in the midst of chaos ● How to easily adapt to changes ● How to reset the mindset for success ● How can challenges and difficulties mold a person ● How can Zen and a positive mindset help a leader ● How to assess business and life

Sep 8, 202041 min