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The No Sleep Startup Podcast

The No Sleep Startup Podcast

48 episodes

Episode 48 - Everything Changes

In Episode 48, Dominick Montgomery does over ways your industry can change over the years and some tips on how to stay up to date with what's happening. Don't let innovation scare you. Basically become Will Smith from iRobot.

Nov 16, 202233 min

Episode 47 - Damage Control

In Episode 47, Dominick Montgomery goes over some specific cases where he has had to do some damage control. Communication is key when it comes to righting a wrong.

Nov 7, 202233 min

Episode 46 - Spotting An Amateur

In episode 46, Dominick Montgomery goes over things he has seen people do and say that lets him know they are in the amateur phase of their business. Also, if you're making a video to promote your barbershop, don't do it in a bathroom.

Nov 2, 202234 min

Episode 45 - Having The Right Conversation

In Episode 45, Dominick Montgomery goes over some of the techniques he uses to have to right conversations with new potential clients. Most times, sliding them a booklet of packages isn't enough. Sometimes you have to show your work.

Oct 24, 202232 min

Episode 44 - 3 Week Usain

In Episode 44, Dominick Montgomery shares the plan behind his 3 Week Sprint to rebrand his personal brand. He covers the reasons why, the goals, and the tools he plans to use to make this happen. https://www.nss.themontgomerygroup.us/ https://www.themontgomerygroup.us/ https://www.audiencerent.com/

Oct 13, 202232 min

Episode 43 - Selling Is Hard

In Episode 42, Dominick Montgomery goes over hurdles you might face when selling your product or service. Experience with people plays a large role when selling, and most of the time, selling yourself is most important. https://www.nss.themontgomerygroup.us/ https://themontgomerygroup.us/ https://audiencerent.com/

Oct 10, 202237 min

Episode 42 - Time To Leave

In Episode 42, Dominick Montgomery points out some signs you should look for that tell you it may be time to leave the job you're in and either find a new job or start your own business. If your CEO isn't CEOing you should be GOing....I can't believe I just typed that.

Oct 6, 202234 min

Episode 41 - We Gotta Help

In Episode 41, Dominick Montgomery discusses people who need our help in the creative community. From booking speaking engagements to just giving advice online, there are ways to help people in need of direction.

Sep 29, 202235 min

Episode 40 - Power In No

In Episode 40, Dominick Montgomery talks about the power of saying NO in business and shares three experiences where he had to nope the heck out of some shady situations. https://www.nss.themontgomerygroup.us

Sep 27, 202232 min

Episode 39 - Focus

In Episode 39, Dominick Montgomery talks about the important of focus and how you as an entrepreneur can frame your days to help maintain clear focus. He also covers ways to make sure your work and life balance together as one.

Sep 22, 202233 min

Episode 38 - Building Your Crew

In Episode 38, Dominick Montgomery chats about the importance of building or involving yourself with a solid team, how to gain insight into pricing, and how to position yourself to make room for bigger contracts. You can always hit Dominick up on Twitter: @dominick_tmg OR at https://www.themontgomerygroup.us

Sep 16, 202232 min

Episode 37 - There's No Secret

In Episode 37, Dominick Montgomery goes over pitfalls people may encounter when trying to find the secret to success. Can you find it in courses, lunch meetings with CEOs, or from networking groups? Listen to find out! https://www.nss.themontgomerygroup.us

Sep 7, 202235 min

Episode 36 - Legitimizing Your Business

In Episode 36, Dominick Montgomery goes over some much needed steps to take to legitimize your business. He also discusses how quickly your business cards end up 4 miles from where you left it. Our website: www.nss.themontgomerygroup.us/

Sep 6, 202239 min

Episode 35 - Good Offline Reviews

In Episode 35, Dominick Montgomery discusses Finland, failed pitch meetings, and the importance of making sure you have good offline reviews. Our website: www.nss.themontgomerygroup.us/

Sep 1, 202230 min

Episode 34 - I Started A Business

This is episode 34 and it's been a minute! Catch up with Dominick Montgomery as he walks you through the reasoning behind starting a new business while still maintaining his digital agency. Our website: www.nss.themontgomerygroup.us/

Aug 29, 202230 min

Episode 33 - Don't Believe The Hype

In Episode 33, Dominick Montgomery shares how to not get goofed by self-proclaimed "successful" entrepreneurs. Our website: www.nss.themontgomerygroup.us/

Aug 29, 201929 min

Episode 32 - Forward Thinking

In Episode 32, Dominick stresses the importance of being forward thinking in your career. Becoming complacent leaves you stuck, and becoming stuck will kill everything you've worked for. Our website: https://www.nss.themontgomerygroup.us/

Apr 25, 201928 min

Episode 31 - Know-It-Alls

In Episode 31, Dominick talks about people who go to conventions, airs some frustrations, and talks about those know-it-alls that none of us can stand. Visit our site: https://nss.themontgomerygroup.us

Apr 18, 201928 min

Episode 30 - Negotiating

In Episode 30, Dominick covers when and when not to negotiate your pricing. Also covered; when and how to price out your services, how to not anchor yourself to a low price, and simply how bad Panera Bread's food tastes.

Apr 4, 201929 min

Episode 29 - Securing A Long-Term Contract

In Episode 29, Dominick covers some strategic methods of securing a long-term contract from your clients. If you're a month-to-month kind of entrepreneur/agency, this is the episode for you! Website: https://www.nss.themontgomerygroup.us/

Mar 29, 201929 min

Episode 28 - Outsmarting Competitors

*WARNING* This Episode gets pretty technical. In Episode 28, Dominick covers 3 avenues that you can use to get the advantage over your competitors online and effectively outsmart them. Because let's face it, most competitors suck and they don't deserve to li...to get the business that should be yours.

Mar 21, 201947 min

Episode 27 - Holding On Too Long

In Episode 27, Dominick covers what it feels like and how to overcome Holding On Too Long. Whether holding onto an idea, or simply holding on the feeling secure within your position at work. What does it take to break free and let go? Also, we have an important announcement for The No Sleep Startup community! Listen until the end!

Mar 14, 201932 min

Episode 26 - I'm A Business, Man

The No Sleep Startup Podcast is BACK!! Video podcast released a day after the audio podcast every week! In this episode, Dominick covers where he's been, and why he still has a problem with people misunderstanding what the term "business" really is. Check, check, check it out.

Mar 7, 201925 min

Episode 25 - Scratch My Back

In Episode 25, Dominick discusses the seemingly harmless, potentially productive relationships of those who want to "scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours". If you don't know why this statement is a red flag you need to listen to this episode.

Sep 14, 201740 min

Episode 24 - Get A Budget

In Episode 24, Dominick apologizes for missing a week then slams you in the head with some advice on pricing out your services and not under valuing yourself. Enjoy! @dominick_tmg

Aug 31, 201729 min

Episode 23 - There's More To It

In Episode 23, Dominick delves into the challenges that arise when dealing with a client's expectancies vs. the reality of the job they hired you for. This bleeds into areas such as ecommerce, design, PPC, and so on. Hope you enjoy! Twitter: @dominick_tmg

Aug 17, 201731 min

Episode 22 - The Age Shift

In episode 22, Dominick discusses the lightbulb moment that occurs when you realize your expertise has surpassed your low pricing. And your value is something you can build a business on. Tune in every Wednesday for a new No Sleep Startup Podcast episode!

Aug 10, 201731 min

Episode 21 - What Makes You So Special?

In episode 21, Dominick asks the question "What Makes You Special?" to you and to our clients. This episode includes a special announcement, some killer tips, and some soul-searching type insight. Enjoy! Rate and review!

Aug 3, 201729 min

Episode 20 - Q&A From The r/entrepreneur Subreddit

We made it to Episode 20! In this episode, Dominick gets help from the lovely Liz and answers questions from the entrepreneur subreddit. We cover a lot here: content creation, email marketing, face cream, and dating tips. Enjoy!

Jul 18, 201730 min

Episode 19 - I'm Broke

In Episode 19, Dominick drops some jewels on how to defeat brokeness both mentally and practically. Should you be an entrepreneur or should you work at Chic-Fil-A? Listen to this episode to find out.

Jul 7, 201730 min

Episode 18 - Making A Profit

Happy 4th of July! In this episode, Dominick attempts to explain the meaning of profit to creatives and entrepreneurs. Sometimes profit is more than just dollar figures.

Jul 6, 201730 min

Episode 17 - Stop Talking About Yourself

In this episode, Dominick talks about the value of being a creative and being yourself opposed to just being a guy in a suit who only talks about what he's done.

Jun 28, 201728 min

Episode 16 - Oh Crap, It Worked

And we're back! In this episode, Dominick talks about preparing for success as well as over-preparing for success. Confused? Give it a listen and you'll see what he means.

May 16, 201728 min

Episode 15 - Fear

In Episode 15, Dominick discusses some of the fears we all face as entrepreneurs. In a world where everybody acts like everything is all good, sometimes you have to talk about the uncomfortable things.

Apr 22, 201733 min

Episode 14 - Distractions

In today's episode Dominick discusses the many distractions we face as entrepreneurs and how to determine which are good and which can be detrimental to your business. Enjoy!

Apr 18, 201733 min

Episode 13 - The Angry Client

In this episode, Dominick navigates the various ways of dealing with an angry client. First step...don't make clients mad. Second...don't deal with angry clients in an emotional way. And so on and so forth. Enjoy!

Apr 17, 201732 min

Episode 12 - A Marketing Mindset

In Episode 12, Dominick discusses the need to have a marketing mindset when you're just starting your new business. There are great tips and insights in this episode for all new entrepreneurs.

Apr 13, 201733 min

Episode 11 - Your Proposal

In this episode Dominick compares Pacino to Proposals. Are your proposals hurting or helping you? This episode breaks down the process.

Apr 12, 201734 min

Episode 10 - Anxiety & Depression

We made it to Episode 10!!! In this episode, Dominick gets real and talks about stress, anxiety, & depression. The 10th episode is real and raw. Hope you enjoy!

Apr 9, 201727 min

Episode 9 - Your Next Deal

In this episode, Dominick discusses why it's necessary to be great at sales even if you don't want to.

Apr 6, 201732 min

Episode 8 - Why Grow?

In this episode, Dominick begs the question, "Why grow?". Are you growing your business just to grow it, or are you growing it because you have to?

Apr 5, 201732 min

Episode 7 - You're Not Don Draper

In Episode freakin' Seven, Dominick lets you know why Don Draper is not the man to look up to. Also, why we should stop pitching to clients.

Apr 2, 201733 min

Episode 6 - But Everyone Else Does It

In episode 6, Dominick asks the question, "Why are we not doing what people aren't doing?". Great golden nuggets in this one!

Mar 31, 201733 min

Episode 5 - Being Unreliable

In today's episode, Dominick talks about being unreliable. How to get past your own unreliability and how to teach your clients how to be reliable for you.

Mar 29, 201734 min

Episode 4 - The Hard Truth

In this episode, Dominick hits you with "The Hard Truth". (It's not really that hard of a truth.) From Daniel Day Lewis to the art of stalking, Episode 4 has it all.

Mar 28, 201725 min

Episode 3 - Personal Branding The Right Way

In this episode, Dominick covers some DOs and DON'Ts when it comes to personal branding. From your logo to your approach to a target demographic, there are simple ways to make sure your brand gets in front of the right people.

Mar 27, 201728 min

Episode 2 - Valuing Your Time

In this episode, Dominick discusses Time as a concept as it pertains to a creative's work day. Time is valuable af guys.

Mar 26, 201732 min

Episode 1 - Just Ship It

In the first episode of No Sleep Startup, Dominick Montgomery discusses the thought behind "just ship it" and explains the theory behind No Sleep Startup.

Mar 26, 201732 min