20 Minutes of Influence

I met Terri Levine a few years ago and am excited that we have remained in contact and that we are part of each other's network. In fact, she recently wrote an amazing blog post for me: How I Doubled My On-Line Sales – Revealed 

Terri Levine is the founder of Heart-repreneur® and is a business and executive coaching expert. She assists businesses worldwide with business growth, sales, and marketing. She has more than 40 years of business experience, encompassing work with more than 5,000 business owners and entrepreneurs in a variety of industries. She is also a best-selling author of dozens of books, has her own radio and TV show and is also a keynote speaker.

From the outside, she appears extremely successful. But now she reveals that she has doubts, fears, and problems just like the rest of us. She digs deep in her new book: About To Break: The Path To True Forgiveness. If you have ever struggled with your business or your personal life, you will want to listen tothis episode and then go buy a copy of her book, coming out on November 29, 2019. I'm grateful that I have had the opportunity to read part of this as a pre-release and encourage you to go grab a copy at: https://amzn.to/2lXkMWh.

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As the marketing director of the New York Marketing Association, Jimmy Newson is a multi-certified inbound marketing and sales consultant, as well as an author of several popular sales and marketing ebooks. He has worked with local and national brands including NARAS, (Grammys), People Magazine, AT&T, Microsoft, AOL, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children, Smart Hustle Magazine and the list goes on. Jimmy Newson is responsible for helping his customers generate high-quality leads and increase their bottom line. Through his coaching, consulting, and public speaking, he effectively teaches businesses how to initiate effective online marketing strategies. Jimmy is also an NYC Career and Technical Education (CTE) Business & Finance Commission Member.

Jimmy and I talked about a subject that is near and dear to both of us: Lead magnets. More importantly, why they should be important to you as well. Here is the link we mention during the podcast:

LeadMagnetVirtualSummit.com

You can connect with him on Twitter at @jimmynewson1 or on LinkedIn @ linkedin.com/in/jimmynewson.

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Is your business saleable? Listen to this enlightening episode with Tom Gledhill to find out if your small business is your answer to retirement (or not).

Millions of small business owners will not have the retirement that they deserve or expect.

Stay in touch with Tom from his website: https://www.xitpros.com/

Grab his book at: https://amzn.to/2SFuR62

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Recognized as the World’s Fastest Reader (published in 1990 Guinness World Record Book), Howard Berg shares cutting edge learning strategies in this episode. This is truly one of the most powerful episodes of this podcast to date.  While anyone can benefit from speed reading, it is critical to the success of entrepreneurs to keep up with all the latest information. Not only do you want to consume content quickly, but you want to retain the information. And if you understand these techniques, you can create your content to make it easier for others to consume your information as well.

Howard’s learning techniques have been proven over decades to turn information overload into information assets. He is a graduate of S.U.N.Y Binghamton. Using his brain-based learning strategies, this biology major completed a four-year psychology degree program in one year.

He also has created other accelerated learning programs including creative writing, infinite memory and mind math. He is mentioned in a number of books as a leading expert on brain-based learning and has been honored in more than nine books that track outstanding professional performance including Who’s Who Among Emerging Leaders and 2,000 Notable American Men, Red Book, Bottom Line, Forbes’s FYI, and Selling. His book Speed Reading the Easy Way is now in its 28th reprint. The book continues to be a valued resource to individuals looking to manage the overwhelming glut of information coming their way each day.

As a listener of this podcast, Howard has offered a special deal for you. Visit  www.BergLearning.com, and using the coupon jameson10

This was an enlightning interview for me as Kat Simpson explained the role of travel in ecommerce. I’ve had travel experts on the the show before, but Kat explains how anyone who is running an online business should really be including travel as part of their offerings. she not only explain why you should but gives us tips on how to get started.

eCommerce pioneer Kathy “Kat” Simpson has more than 19 years experience in online merchandising, in addition to her expertise as a frequent speaker, author, broadcaster, educator and Social Media consultant. She co-wrote (with Michael Rice) the “Introduction to Sales Tax for Amazon Sellers” and “Savings by Store” (with Danni Ackerman).

Kat has a robust presence across social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, as well as Instagram. She has recently opened her own Online Travel Agency (http://KatsTravelKonnection.com) and is happily traveling the globe and helping others do the same.

Yes, travel is often left out of the ecommerce numbers we see quoted on the internet, as the powers to be don’t consider it a retail sale. but as a business owner, it is time to start taking advantage of all that being your own travel agent has to offer.

To join her Travel Team, check out : LearnAboutTravel.info

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Attending events is important for making connections in our lives, and Social Media Day Denver is one of those “must attend” events for business owners, influencers, and marketers. Listen to this episode with Erin Cell, the founder of SMDD as we discuss the impact that social media marketing is playing in our lives.

Erin is also the founder and CEO of Socially Powered, a social media management firm. You will love the insights she brings about social media as you listen to our interview.

This year’s Social Media Day is on October 5th at Metro State University in downtown Denver. Registration is open now with early bird pricing. Go to https://www.socialmediadaydenver.com/ to sign up now.

Stay in touch with Erin at: https://sociallypowered.com

My friend and colleague Joel Comm is a NY time Best Selling author, influencer, and futurist. His most recent book, The Fun Factor, is the focus of today’s episode, but we also talk about technology and the future.

Joel is all over the internet, and it is easy to find out his back story including how he created the iFart app (which we don’t even mention in this interview). Instead we talk about things that YOU can do to make your work more fun. We also talk about internet privacy, bitcoin, ecommerce, virtual reality, robots and other fun stuff that you may or may not expect when two friends and visionaries get to chatting.

During the show we discuss Joel’s latest book, which you can get here: https://amzn.to/2J6SwsR

I also show off the “Do Good Stuff” t-shirt, which you can get here: https://amzn.to/2XICJbR

Oh, and the Amazon drone video we talk about? See it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhTGSPt4i4w

Joel mentions his Bad Crypto Podcast, which can be accessed here: https://badcryptopodcast.com/

And finally, stay in touch with Joel at his website: https://joelcomm.com/

Dr. Todorovic is a leadership and team-building expert who utilizes science-based, people-strategies and insights to help businesses work more effectively internally and have the cohesion they need to more effectively serve their customers and their markets. Her belief is that all profit problems, process problems and product problems start and end with a people problem.

As a person who has worked in over 15 different countries on 5 continents, who watched her industry collapse, and who comes from a country that no longer exists, Natasha is no stranger to change and how people react to one another under stress. Natasha is CEO of a small company that owns an internationally recognized brand, Spiral Dynamics. Natasha has worked with a range of people from Board Room to shop floor, from entrepreneur to solopreneur, and she knows how to knit people to their mission, their goals, and to one another.

Over 50,000 people worldwide have completed her proprietary Spiral Dynamics® Assessments and she is a sought-after consultant when it comes to change and the people factors impacting the bottom line.

You can connect with Natasha at:

http://spiraldynamics.org

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“Gert” Garman is the owner of Broad Perspective, LLC. Previously, she was the Director of the Collaborative Design Center at Valencia College. Prior to that, she was a Creativity and Innovation Catalyst for Disney Destinations, where she facilitated brainstorming sessions and trained fellow Cast Members in Disney’s Innovation Toy Box for the Disney Parks and Resorts worldwide. Gert has a long history of creating immersive experiences and breakthrough thinking results through her work with the City of Orlando and Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and as an Assistant Athletics Director for the University of Central Florida Knights. She is certified as a facilitator in the Creative Problem Solving (CPS), Think X, Four Sight and Five Faces of Genius processes.

You can connect with Gert at:

This was a little different interview for me. Lana Nelson is a food expert, so that is what we talked about: food. Specifically her book, The Food Codes and how this affects you as a business owner and helping you handle stress in your life (show should know something about that as a mother of 12!).

Dealing with her own issues around food, Lana Nelson, began a journey of discovery that turned into her life’s work.

After years of trial and error, Lana Nelson discovered the solution was as close as her kitchen cabinets and refrigerator… food.

Going from daily pain, to living pain free, Lana was determined to share her message near and far … which she has. Teaching thousands of people every year how to heal themselves with food, Lana is more determined than ever to reach the masses with her message.

As a Certified Emotion and Body Code consultant, Lana has developed one of the easiest techniques on the planet to help anyone discover what foods really are “good for you!” Good for you personally, right now.

You can connect with Lana at: