Rita Emmett is here to help you amp up your productivity, de-clutter, remove stress and dread. If you'd like to overcome procrastination, fear (of making mistakes, of failure, of success, of perfectionism), and you'd like to form new successful habits, then listen up. Rita can help you strengthen your discipline muscle, become present, enjoy your activities and find fulfillment in what you do. Her system is called S.T.I.N.G. and is as follows: Select one task you've been putting off Time yourself doing it (for one full hour) Ignore everything else No breaks allows Give yourself a reward after completion Resources Rita Emmett (Official Site) Rita Emmett (Amazon) Rita Emmett (YouTube)

Stephen Somers says that, when it comes to selling on Amazon FBA, you're leaving money on the table unless you're selling in Europe. You can mail inventory to the UK and enjoy listings in Amazon marketplaces like the UK, France, Italy, Spain. Stephen explains what you need to know about setting up your European business identity and VAT tax compliance. Just imagine if you applied the "Rule of Five" and sold 5 products, in 5 countries, 5 units per day, at 5 dollars each. That totals $18,750 in 30 days or $225k in a year, so why wouldn't you list your products in multiple Amazon marketplaces? He also believes that your products should be B.E.S.T.: Boring, Established, Sustainable, and Tangible. Resources Marketplace Superheroes: Build a Global Amazon Business (Website) Muloot (Get Help Setting Up in Europe) KeywoodTool.io (Tool) Translated.net (Site)

Andrew Browne is the co-founder of Splitly, which is a tool that allows you to split-test your Amazon Seller product listings. Listen in to hear as Andrew explains what Amazon selling is, what split testing is, how to use their tool to split test on Amazon, and what low hanging fruit to split test for amazing results. Split testing on Amazon is essential for you and your business, since unlike Google, Amazon rewards increased sales with higher rankings. That means if you improve the conversion rate on your product's page, Amazon will reward you with a higher ranking and increased traffic to your FBA products.

Bryce Conway is the founding editor of 10xTravel and the Author of Takeoff: How to Travel the World for Next to Nothing. He writes about travel, personal finance, and entrepreneurship. If you'd like to hear about travel hacks (how to travel at a massive discount) then listen in to today's stories and strategies. Resources Step-by-Step Process to Travel in Luxury for Next to Nothing (Free Report) Takeoff: How to Travel the World for Next to Nothing (Book) Churning Sub (Reddit) FlyerTalk (Site) Credit Karma (Credit Reports) 10X Travel (Bryce Conway's Official Site) How to Travel the World for Next to Nothing (TedX Talk)

Vishal Mahtani is VP of Business Operations at The Penny Hoarder, one of the world's largest personal finance websites with 16+ million monthly readers. In addition to the day-to-day execution, he is integral to developing long-term business strategy, establishing partnerships with key brands and distribution partners, and creating a proprietary ad tech platform. Listen in to discover some of the amazing things they've been doing recently with performance marketing and native advertising. Resources The Penny Hoarder (Website) The Penny Hoarder  (Facebook) Vishal Mahtani (LinkedIn)

Derek Doepker is a former rock guitar player turned 7x bestselling author, speaker, and coach on mind, body, and business success. His goal is to help people break through their BS and amplify their productivity, profit, and performance by sharing clever mind games, life hacks, and the secrets of success found in music. Information does not equal transformation, and Derek says that you need to follow this three step process: open the floodgates to an idea: lower your standards about what a bad idea is, think about what's possible, and realize the "slingshot effect" (i.e. the gym makes you weaker and then you grow stronger) transition: sift, sort, preocess, narrow, filter, mix ideas completion: eliminate, edit, deadlines Resources Derek Doepker (Official Site) Free book: Why You're Stuck (Free Book) Derek Doepker (Facebook) Derek Doepker (uDemy) Derek Doepker (Amazon)

Christy Primmer from Primetime Consulting is an expert at changing lives. If you want to live up to your true potential and stop self-sabotage, you'll want to listen to her advice today and apply a few of her exercises. For example, ask yourself, "What's the payoff of staying stuck?" And then, "What will change if you get un-stuck?" Finally, "What if you had it now?" Resources Christy Primmer: Primetime Consulting (Official Site) Primetime Consulting (Facebook) Christy Primmer (LinkedIn) Christy Primmer (Instagram)

Jan Roos is an award-winning serial entrepreneur and founder of Expert Engines. Using techniques developed while building national brands in the hyper-competitive consumer products space, his company has helped small and solo law firms in the most crowded markets in the US generate hundreds of thousands in case billings every year. Listen in today if you'd like to discover how to grow your business (any business) using Google AdWords. Resources Expert Engines (Website) Jan Roos (LinkedIn)

Steve Young from AppMasters is an indie app creator and knows how difficult it is to "make it" in the app business. He has a podcast, blog and YouTube channel called AppMasters where he wants to bring you the most action-packed advice about product design, app marketing, business and app design. Anyone can get anything built, but how do you know an idea is worth building? How do you design and launch it correctly? Steve covers all of this and more in this must-listen episode. Resources App Masters (app Marketing Agency) App Marketing (Podcast) Steve Young (YouTube) Steve Young (LinkedIn) Fortafy Games (Game Publisher) App Advice: (Reviews Of The Latest Apps) Sensor Tower: (Get App Keywords And Analytics) Mobile Action: (App Store Optimization)

Heather Criswell is the founder of WiseInside, speaker, author, and host of WiseTalk Radio, a podcast sharing a revolutionary approach to heart-centered communication. She’s worked with over 30,000 children and their families, helping them see their power, own their greatness, and communicate from love. Heather stops by today to ask: what's the one thing you WANT to do today? Far too many people are living lives they don't want to live, faking it till they make it, and are out of alignment. You know what you love to do, so you should rock the boat, test things out, and create enough "chances" so that your business begins to snowball into greater and greater successes.

Bedros Keuilian is a best-selling author, and the founder and CEO of the world’s fastest growing fitness franchise, Fit Body Boot Camp. He's also famous for helping 24 of his clients go from being in debt to growing 7 figure generating empires, and helping thousands more turn their passions into multiple six figure businesses. In our episode, Bedros explains his early successes and failures. If you feel like you have more potential to live up to, if you're spinning your wheels, and if you need to get out of your own way, Bedros says that you need to keep things simple, go for the low hanging fruit, take one step at a time, and take ownership of your decisions. Resources Bedros Keuilian (Official Site) Empire Podcast Show (Podcast) Fit Body Boot Camp (Site) Bedros (Twitter) Bedros (YouTube)

Adam Houge returns to the show to explain how he sends daily emails in order to build passive income, run mini product launches and maintain top-of-mind status with his prospects and customers. It's all about combining information with entertainment, relieving their pain and helping them achieve their passion. Your goal Resources Adam Houge (Official Site) The Fan Base Formula (How To Launch A Bestseller) The Author Success Summit (Site)

John Pollack, a former Presidential Speechwriter for Bill Clinton, helps people tap the full potential of language to articulate ideas, reveal truths, and persuade others to action. His books include The Pun Also Rises; Cork Boat; The World on a String; and most recently, Shortcut: How Analogies Reveal Connections, Spark Innovation and Sell Our Greatest Ideas. John stops by the show today to discuss the comparisons or parallels you should use in your marketing. For example, your business might explain itself as the Cadillac of Toasters, the Uber for X, or the Facebook of X. Steve Jobs has a story where he explains the "bicycle of the mind" and Ronald Reagan used great imagery in his "Morning in America" TV campaign. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmuP8gsgWb8 John also discusses the five elements of a great analogy: 1. familiarity, 2. highlight similarities and obscure differences, 3. a useful abstraction, such as cut-and-paste, 4. tell a coherent story, 5. deliver emotional resonance. Resources John D. Pollack (Official Site) Shortcut: How Analogies Reveal Connections, Spark Innovation, and Sell Our Greatest Ideas (Book)

Jason Weisenthal is the Founder of Wallmonkeys.com, and like so many entrepreneurs before him, Jason Weisenthal, 44, conceived of his latest business after searching high and low for a product that wasn't out there: custom wall decals made from photos of his kids playing sports - a personalized alternative to the cookie-cutter images of professional athletes that were already available. Fast forward a few years, and here we are today. While still printing plenty of kids playing sports, Wallmonkeys also offers millions of images in their online catalog, giving them the World’s Largest Collection of Print on Demand Wall Graphics. From Picasso to Van Gogh, Alligators to Zebras, Wallmonkeys.com has it all. WallMonkeys has a dedicated print facility in Gaithersburg, Maryland, complete with a small army of printers to get your images printed and shipped within 48 hours. Made in the USA, printed with pride, one at a time, just for YOU. Wallmonkeys are available on Amazon, Walmart.com, Wallmonkeys.com, and a variety other online sales channels.

Tema Frank is the author of PeopleShock: The Path To Profits When Customers Rule and hosts the Frank Reactions Podcast on Customer Experience. Her clients have included Fortune 500 companies, such as Bank of America and Expedia, as well as governments, small businesses and non-profits. A highly rated speaker and educator, Tema's talks have delighted audiences and event organizers in the US, Canada, France, South Africa and Mexico. In our discussion, we talk with Tema about the improtance of talking to and listening to your customers, how Facebook, automation, and artificial intelligence have changed the game, and how you can succeed MORE as a small business compared to larger businesses. Resources Tema Frank (Official Site) Email Tema: [email protected] Frank Reactions Podcast (Podcast) PeopleShock (Book)

Nina Amir is known as the Inspiration to Creation Coach. She helps a variety of people including, writers, dancers, conscious entrepreneurs, combine their passion and purpose so they move from idea to inspired action and positively and meaningfully impact their lives, teams, and the world. Nina offers High Performance Coaching services to help her clients learn how to find more clarity, energy, courage, productivity, and influence in their personal and professional lives. This allows them to live and work fully and to achieve their potential. She has provided coaching and training services to authors and bloggers for more than two decades, minored in psychology, and is a certified rebirther. She is a seasoned international speaker, award-winning blogger and journalist, and Author Coach and Trainer. Additionally, she is a nine-time Amazon bestselling author of such books as How to Blog a Book, The Author Training Manual, Creative Visualization for Writers, and Navigating the Narrow Bridge. Resources Nina Amir (Official Site) Books By Nina Amir (Books) Author Training Manual (Book) How to Blog a Book (Book) Creative Visualization for Writers (Book) Nonfiction Writer's University (Site)

Fran Harris is a business optimization and explosion expert who wants you to get to the low hanging fruit and make more money in less time in your solopreneur (or larger) business. That means getting in front of a larger crowd by seeing where you fit in. Instead of writing a book about any random subject, watch the media to find a repeat problem, and create a book that solves that problem. Then, call organizations, appear on news outlets, and run Facebook ads to a specific audience who needs to solve that problem. For example, football coaches who are in need of team building experts. Get them on the phone for five minutes to arrange coaching or a speaking engagement where you sell books to their crowd. Listen in to discover the media shortcuts and more from Fran in today's episode. Resources Fran Harris (Official Site) call Fran: 888-273-0151 Fran Harris (Twitter) Fran Harris (LinkedIn)

Chris Burns is the host of a weekly, 12-hour personal development livestream marathon show, and in the last 5 months, he has interviewed more than 85 inspirational role models and leaders from around the world who are spreading great ideas and making a difference. He's the Founder and Head Coach at Burn It Up Coaching and Chris LOVES to inspire and awaken the power within people to create their reality, by developing and implementing the right mindset, vision, tools and strategies, so every day can be their best day ever. Chris has worked with clients ranging from solopreneurs to CEOs and has spoken at more than 90 live events on many stages across the United States, to rooms with 250 people at a time. He’s here today to energize, ignite and light a fire within your heart, mind and soul. Resources I.M. Having Fun Personal Development 12-Hour Marathon Show (Site) Burn It Up Coaching (Website) Unleash Your GPS: Greatest Possible Self (4-Week Group Coaching Program) Chris Burns (Facebook)

John McGrail, PhD, is a renowned hypnotherapist, personal success coach, spirituality teacher and a leading media expert on the topic of personal improvement. He has combined more than 30 years of teaching, coaching and mentoring experience with his work in clinical hypnotherapy to create what he calls Synthesis, a powerful process for generating personal change and transformation quickly and profoundly. Synthesis works through an exclusive mixture of models, techniques, traditions and wisdom that truly integrate science and spirituality, making the process of changing your life both easy and enjoyable, and ensuring that the results are powerful, effective and permanent. Dr. John has helped thousands of clients and workshop students bring lasting change, growth and transformation into every aspect of their lives. Resources The Synthesis Effect (Book) Dr. John McGrail (Official Site) Hypnotherapy Los Angeles (Site) Dr. John McGrail (LinkedIn)

Audiobook Narrator Richard Rieman is the author of The Author’s Guide to Audiobook Creation and drops by to tell us what we need to know about audiobook narration: where to do it, how to do it ourselves or hire someone else to record all or part of it (it's cheaper than you think) as well as how to avoid the usual pitfalls of hiring the wrong person or using the wrong equipment. Resources The Author's Guide to AudioBook Creation (Book) Audiobook Consulting (Audio Book) Richard Rieman (Blog and Official Site) Audiobook Revolution Productions (Audio Book) Author's Republic (Audiobook Publisher) AudioBook Reviewer (Reviewer) Audio-Technica AT2020USB+ condenser microphone (Amazon)

Mike Krosky from Cherry Blossoms has a wealth of knowledge to share from years of experience helping thousands of dating site members find love and happiness. He discusses the secrets to being happy, productive AND fulfilled all at the same time. The solution is in listening, being present in the moment, becoming aware, being prepared to act on good ideas, meditating, and letting go.

Lain Ehmann, bestselling author and communications strategist, specializes in helping six and seven figure entrepreneurs uncover hidden profits and potential. Her superpower is saying what your customers and clients really need to hear, to get the results you want as quickly as possible. Lain shares ways to repurpose your content (not just in media such as YouTube or podcasting) but also in terms of content types such as relationship building, storytelling, or expert articles. If you'd like to get more eyeballs on your websites, amp up your content marketing, or do more in less time, listen to today's episode. Resources Easy Steps to Defining Your Unique Value and Communicating Your Clear Message (Free Worksheet) Life in the Fast Lain (Official Site) Lain's blog (Blog)

Video Godfather Lou Bortone has been a pioneer and thought leader since YouTube launched in 2005. Lou is a popular speaker, author, and ghostwriter of six business books. He’s also the author of the forthcoming book "Video Marketing Rules: How to Win in a World Gone Video." Listen in as Lou tells us the easiest ways to get started and get good at video, as well as video marketing opportunities such as YouTube and Facebook Live. Resources Lou Bortone (Official Site) Lou's Blog (Blog) Lou's Courses (Courses)

Peter Mehit, the expert on how to start, fix, and sell any business, returns to the show to share his seven steps to business success. By applying these seven steps, you'll find you no longer waste time or resources on "dead-end" ideas, and you'll have an easier time getting customers, partners, and investors to buy into your idea. Here is the "7 Steps Methodology"... idea: what we find is important visualize: spend 15 minutes every day doing nothing and focusing about what this future business looks, sounds, smells, and feels like thoughts: ask questions such as, "Who's my customer?" And, "What equipment do I need?" action: describe your idea to others methods: hire employees, etc. friends (feedback and investors) circumstances Resources Custom BPS (Peter Mehit Official Site) Killer Business Plan by Peter & Lydia Mehit (Book) The Master Key System by Charles Haanel (Book) phone number: 800-741-8444

Gavin Zuchlinski is the founder of Acuity Scheduling, the slickest way for businesses to automate and manage their appointments online, allowing clients to schedule themselves. Listen in as we discuss why your business (online OR offline) needs to use both a unified calendar and a scheduling tool so that clients and customers can schedule themselves. (35-40% of customers call to schedule appointments OUTSIDE of business hours.) The best part about our conversation today about Acuity Scheduling is that this tool isn't limited to online businesses, podcasters, and coaches. Gavin unpacks many interesting case studies from massage therapists, bakeries, and delivery services that have not only amplified their productivity but also dominated their competition by using this one simple tool.

Business consultant Joe Pardo is a business consultant to entrepreneurs and multi-million dollar businesses all over the world. He helps them grow by focusing on the "T.O.P." (Team, Offer, and Process). He's always believed that society starts with you, and that to change society you must first change how you think. Joe left his family's $100 million business and pursue his dreams of starting his own business, and founded the "Dreamers Podcast: Business Lessons From Those Who Live Their Dreams" to build his platform of helping business owners pursue the business and lifestyle of their dreams. Listen in as he discusses creativity, finding your voice, ramping up, being productive, and course-correcting to ensure you're focusing on what's making you money. Resources Super Joe Pardo (Official Site) Dreamers Podcast (Podcast) Joe Pardo (Facebook) Joe Pardo (Twitter)

Derek Champagne, author of Don't Buy a Duck: Stop Wasting Money and Only Do Marketing That Works, stops by to tell us that we need to connect with people and market our online businesses. You need to strategically snoop on your competition to uncover real solvable problems and discover those gaps in the marketplace. It comes down to five crisis points all business owners face: identify self: audit, business, find value proposition (that competitors can't duplicate) find target customer: gender, income, age, hobbies, geography, politics messaging: based on your customers, what message is most important to them? plan: lifecycle, step-by-step actyion execution: If you tried it once and it didn't work, why didn't it work? Perhaps it was because you only tried it one time? Listen in as Derek also explains goal setting, productivity, and follow-through using PETMAG: Plan, Execute, Track, Measure, Adjust, and Grow. Resources DontBuyADuck.com (Book) Don't Buy a Duck (Book on Amazon) Champagne Marketing Courses (Courses) Derek Champagne (LinkedIn) Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs (Wikipedia)

A near-death boating accident forced 31-year-old James Nowlin to take a long hard look in the mirror. As a result of what he calls his awakening, this already self-made millionaire and respected CEO reshaped his perspective and reprioritized his life. In his book, The Purposeful Millionaire, James shares the four-part formula he used to transform his life into one of abundance and purposefulness. He believes that if he can survive the literal waters from which he was pulled, you too can survive—and thrive—in life’s roughest waters.

Ryan Stewman, CEO and Founder of Hardcore Closer and Break Free Academy, is a 4x best-selling Author, Motivational Speaker, Sales Coach, Podcast Host, Blogger and all around Entrepreneur. He’s also a regular contributor to Forbes, Entrepreneur, Addicted2Success, Good Men Project, Lighter Side of Real Estate, Huffington Post, and more. It doesn't matter if you are selling cars, homes, financial services or consulting, Ryan’s sales mastery can help you generate higher quality leads, increase your closing ratios, and show you how to charge premium fees for the items you sell. Claim Ryan's Book: Elevator to the Top

Jeff Hunt, The Website Investor, makes his living online buying and growing online businesses. He has purchased over 300 income producing websites since his first buy 10 years ago. Jeff is the author of "The Website Investor", a guide to building passive income buying revenue generating websites. In our episode today, Jeff details his early failures with buying and holding websites, what went right and what went wrong, as well as the system he's developed since then to hit the ground running by buying money-making websites. Resources Jeff Hunt: The Website Investor (Official Site) Own Optimize (Training Resources For Entrepreneurs) Jeff's courses (uDemy) The Website Investor (Book) Jeff Hunt (LinkedIn)

Brandon T. Adams from Live to Grind is a serial entrepreneur, owning a stake in a number of businesses, including the Accelerant Media Group, Live to Grind, Young Entrepreneur Convention, Arctic Stick (sold on Amazon), and an ice distributorship that serves three states. He's the V.P. of Business Development for Think Rich Films on the film Think and Grow Rich: The Legacy and the youngest person to be featured in the film. Resources Think and Grow Rich: The Legacy (Site) Live to Grind (Brandon T. Adams Official Site & Podcast) Outwitting the Devil: The Secret to Freedom and Success (Book By Napoleon Hill) Think and Grow Rich (Book)

Matt is a professional at helping people “fire their boss” and “punch their day-job in the mouth”, which is something that MANY Americans are dying to do. Listen in to hear about his entrepreneurial ups and downs and what he's learned about gratitude as well as "the journey" from his struggles. Resources Dr. Matt Motil (Official Site) Cashflow King Podcast (Podcast) Matt Motil (LinkedIn)

In today's episode, Robert talks about his book The Checklist Mindset (which you should grab on Kindle, paperback, and Audible audio format) to talk about how you can compress/collapse time (and later delegate) using checklists, spreadsheets, and templates.

Alicia Cramer wants to know... as an entrepreneur, do you sometimes struggle getting motivated? What about failure, psyching yourself out, and worrying? Welcome to being human. Having worked with hundreds of private clients from startups to owners of multi-million dollar companies, Alicia understands the mindset pitfalls that affect entrepreneurs. Her own struggles with depression and self-esteem issues, as well as a traumatic event triggering P.T.S.D. was the catalyst for her profound transformational experience utilizing mindset reconditioning techniques. Listen in to the secret weapons that will get you to overcome your obstacles and achieve 100% of your personal/professional goals and dreams. Resources Alicia Cramer (Official Site) Business Mindset Strategies (Blog) The Outside the Box Entrepeneur (Book)

Bryan Falchuk went from being obese and depressed to running marathons. He's faced nearly losing his wife to illness while their young son watched. He became vegan in just one day. He got his masters from a top school and rose to a senior executive position in a successful business. He’s transformed his life and developed an approach to help others do the same that he teaches in his best-selling book "Do a Day." We talk with Bryan about his "do a day" concept as well as how to let yourself off the hook, overcome jealousy, and no longer live life from a place of fear. Resources Do a Day (Book) Do a Day (Twitter) Bryan Falchuk (Twitter) Bryan's Inc Magazine column (Site)

What's your excuse? Maxwell Ivey is the totally blind former carnival owner turned amusement equipment broker after the death of his father lead to the closure of his small traveling show. He had to learn so many things about business in general and being online in particular. He learned how to hand code HTML, write copy, recruits clients, set fees, write a blog, record videos, build an email list, and so much more. He is always up for anew challenge, adventure, or opportunity. He is now also a life goals coach, inspirational speaker, and an award winning author of self help books and he loves helping others accomplish their own dreams. Resources The Blind Blogger (Introduction) Maxwell Ivey's Amazon Author Page (Amazon) Max's Online Publicity Service (Get Booked On Podcasts & Radio) Max Ivey (LinkedIn) Max Ivey (Twitter)

Joel Neustaedter from KlientBoost is an expert at Google AdWords pay-per-click traffic and webpage optimization. His agency focuses more on just metrics and lead generation, they also ask you and your team about their goals and dreams. Today, Joel shares about what makes his mindset and process unique and shares some surprising testing and tracking results with us.

Let's talk about creating your online funnel (opt-in page, follow-up sequence, sales letter, download page, membership site, blog, traffic, and more) by dumbing things down and keeping them simple... Ugly websites sell better: what matters most is that visitors do what you want them to do on your web page Absorb your competitors (they absorb you back, arms race) Strengthen Your Content Muscle: get ahead of this month in the calendar We also cover one of my best secrets: daily marketing emails... and: Is it possible to email too much? (how to send those emails every day) Why the "exclusion list" balances things out so your buyers aren't "bombarded" How to provide value and use the restaurant mentality Why it's okay to be overloaded (and it's okay to stay in constant contact with your list) If you'd like to see how to setup that funnel, join our course: Join the Income Machine Online Course

Lance Tamashiro from Income Machine returns to the show to talk about the missing pieces in your online business. There are two major categories: first, have the right mindset (the goal is LESS time to make MORE money) and second, avoid email and other distractions. Lance also unpacks how your business should solve a problem, narrow down into a niche. Focus on Traffic, Lead Capture, and Offers. Don't be afraid to ask for help and break out of the mediocrity cycle. Resources Income Machine (Website) Lance Tamashiro Show (Podcast)

Abhi Golhar is a managing partner with the Atlanta real estate investment firm Summit & Crowne. He's also the host of the Real Estate Deal Talk podcast. Whether you're looking to up your game with real estate, or you have disposable income and are looking to grow your money, Abhi is here to tell you that you can get more creative with real estate. You aren't stuck choosing between flipping or renting. There are many options available to you based on your personality. For example, Abhi recommends real estate wholesaling, where you gather leads (from knocking on doors and stand-up signs) and perform research on viable properties and their sellers (homeowners), then create a contract and sell that information to a buyer (investor). That's just one of the many creative real estate cashflow ideas Abhi has to share with us today. Resources Real Estate Deal Talk (Podcast) Summit and Crowne real estate firm (Website) Abhi Golhar (Official Site) Abhi Golhar (LinkedIn)

Yvonne Heimann from Ask Yvi wants to know: do you want to get more done in a day? Do you want to enjoy your (limited) time more? Do you want to have fun now and balance work and life at the same time? If you'd like to get more organized and stop wasting time, these are the steps Yvonne says you need to follow: Start using her Protopreneur Planner to get your business goals and daily activities clear Use a scheduling program to manage your meetings Use templates for email responses Use questionnaires for client intake Use apps/programs to connect services and automate Resources Ask Yvi (Official Site) Protopreneur Planner (Site) ActiveCampaign (Send Emails and Tag Clients) Zapier (Combine Apps, Such As Shopify to A Newsletter) Shopify (Simple Shopping Cart) SmarterQueue (Find Evergreen Social Media Content) Acuity Scheduling (Calendars and Payments)

David C. Barnett from Easy Small Biz Systems returns to the show, and his most recent passion is getting your business into a "sellable" state to make it easier to offload or easier to hold and continue. It's possible using David's "12 plus 1" step program. No matter what your business is or does, it still requires capital, people, and a place. Instead of "winging it" you should describe your ideal life 10 years from now (step one), then sketch what your business looks like to support that lifestyle (step two). Create an org chart and break down tasks, including their roles for the future. Think about those roles that don't exist, ask what's causing the stagnation, assign tasks to a workflow, and explain what negative things might happen if tasks are NOT fulfilled. David's brand new book is Build a Business That People Will Want to Buy. Resources Build a Business That People Will Want to Buy (New Book) David Barnett (Official Site)

Leslie Nolan is an entrepreneur, visionary artist, motivational speaker and founder of Leslie Nolan Design. She works with creative entrepreneurs who have lost their mojo and inspirational vision and helps them reclaim their power so they can find the courage to create their Great Work. Resources Leslie Nolan Design (Website) Schedule a Mojo Session with Leslie (Website) Leslie Nolan (Facebook) Leslie Nolan (LinkedIn)

Alyson Lex is a copywriter who specializes in high converting sales letters and in empathizing with prospects to create more effective sales letters. She believes in four levels of research: socially (how prospects relate to friends) relationally (how prospects relate to you, i.e. have they bought or tweeted you) psychologically (what keeps them up at night) demographics (gender, age, location) Research for Alyson consists of checking out industry news articles, social media (especially the comments section) and sites like RipOffReport to get a handle on peoples' problems, frustrations, fears, and beliefs. Then, her five step copywriting process is as follows: get attention (headline, pre-head, sub-head) identify the problem introduce a solution explain how to get it don't let them walk away without it Alyson also talks about common copywriting mistakes, such as using the word "I" within the first three paragraphs of a sales letter. Resources Alyson Lex (Official Site) Headline Generator (Site) Alyson (Twitter) Alyson (LinkedIn)

Lance Tamashiro returns to the show (he was one of our earliest interviews) to talk about finding the sweet spot for your productivity, your day, your emotional state-of-mind and your online business. We talk about how to get excited, how to deal with any personal issue you have (step 1: vocalize it, step 2: get perspective, step 3: listen to advice). Don't keep a to-do list, use an online calendar, get a coach, complete some daily actions, move closer to the goal, and remember: somehow you've made it through your difficulties up till now. Resources The Lance Tamashiro Show (Podcast) Website Remote (WordPress Management Tool) Four Daily Tasks group (Facebook) Income Machine (Book)

Tune in right now to hear from early-stage growth hacker Nick Kullin, from Second Flight Consultancy. Nick believes that most people are too close to their product (or service), and that you need to identify what makes your audience tick. Instead of being one of those marketers 2-3 years behind who merely jumps on the bandwagon, be an innovator and see how communications are evolving. That means instead of boring email marketing, focus on Facebook ads, social media content, and Facebook Messenger chatbots. Resources Second Flight Consultancy (Agency) Schedule a Meeting with Nick (Website) Nick Kullin (LinkedIn) Nick Kullin (Twitter)

Kay Sanders from KaySanders.com is a business coach who can transform your business and life to get more clients and more sales. It's all about you having the right strategies and systems, and you must be willing to invest in your future business. Kay helps her clients setup that foundation: niche down, find your target market, and establish that online presence. She also helps people become more productive and overcome obstacles through mindset techniques such as EFT.

I want you to have a podcast (an online radio show on iTunes) and I want to help you create it by getting you into our Podcast Crusher course. Listen in as I talk about the things you need to know when it comes to podcasting. What is a Podcast? "I'm an author and I make money... how can I use podcasting" Don't let numbers hold you up, but look back on your numbers for motivation and course-correction (show interview spreadsheet) What equipment do I need for podcasting? Gotchas & Advice ContactMonkey (a networker's secret weapon) Looking professional is not that important (it shows off to your peers, production quality) What is the content muscle and how do you ramp up? How do you remain consistently marketing every day? Big Picture Omnipresence. Create too much content so that people can browse it like a menu. Don't "wait" for the time to be just right. Consistent daily actions: slow to lose weight but also slow to gain weight Be a great host (mirroring, move it forward, ask about their mindset / thought process, low hanging fruit, resources, lessons, mistakes) Join "Podcast Crusher" Now