Today for our 51st episode, we will talk with Duane Brown, Paid media expert and founder of Take some Risk.

My introduction to Duane was a totally organic event that came together with remarkable efficiency. Duane went to speak at the Big Digital conference in Adelaide, where he was a guest of our friend Sha Menz from episode 46.

While listening to that episode, AJ Wilcox from episode 44 heard Duane’s name and sent him a tweet about the podcast. Within a few minutes I had a new guest booked. I’m happy when things work out that way!

Duane is one of those avatars that I have seen around for years in PPC Chat, the Moz community and all over the place, really, and I have been wanting to hear his story for a while now. This was the perfect opportunity.

Duane has worked in Internet marketing all over the world, traveled to 40 countries, and puts a lot of passion into every project that he touches.

It was great to hear about all of the experiences that brought Duane into his current foray into entrepreneurship, and I know you will enjoy it too.

Quotable moments from our talk with Duane Brown

On taking the initiative:

On managing own work time:

On seeing the big picture:

Links related to this week’s episode

* @duanebrown on Twitter

* Connect with Duane on LinkedIn

* Take Some Risk on Instagram

* Duane’s presentations on Slideshare

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