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  • Ortal Shlomo 💍 From Etsy Jewelry Designer to Highly Profitable Business Owner (#5).

    In this episode Adi Soozin of MD9 interviews Ortal Shlomo. 

    Ortal Shlomo is the founder and designer of The Faint Hearted jewelry line. She founded her company less than 5 years ago, and was profitable within 6 months. Ortal was gracious enough to devote a full hour to answering our listeners questions, so this interview has been broken down into three episodes for your listening convenience. Join us in discovering how Ortal brilliantly handled the turbulent path from “Etsy jewelry designer” to “highly profitable business owner”. If you’d like to know more about Ortal, subscribe to her monthly “letter from the designer” HERE via her website.

    IN THIS EPISODE, ORTAL SHARES:

    • What made her decide to launch
    • How long it took her to make a profit
    • How forums helped her MORE than mentors
    • The tactics she uses to increase customer retention
    • How the Etsy algorithm almost tanked her business
    • View the show notes here.

      29 min
    • Colleen Sande ⛵How to turn a multi-family investment property into a powerful customer acquisition funnel (#4).

      In this episode Adi Soozin of MD9 interviews Colleen Sande. 

      Colleen Sande is a licensed real estate agent and the co-owner of SI Rentals. Colleen & her husband have been active real estate investors for decades. A few years ago, Colleen realized that she could use one of their investment properties as a client acquisition strategy, if she became a licensed realtor. Since then, Colleen has broken local records with referrals, new and returning clients. In this episode she shares a few of the ways that she brilliantly funded and created SI Rentals. If you'd like to know more about Colleen, you're welcome to reach out to her HERE on Quora.

      IN THIS EPISODE, SHE SHARES:

      • How a degree in computer science led to her opening a company in the multi-family residential real estate space.
      • How she used a multi-family investment property to fill her sales funnel. 
      • A few of the ways she works with her clients to build loyalty and foster organic referrals. 
      • & MORE. 
      • View the show notes here

        18 min
      • Jerry Levey 👨‍💼 How to turn your small business into a profitable franchise (#3).

        In this episode Adi Soozin of MD9 interviews Jerry Levey. 

        Jerry Levey is a retired business attorney whose Manhattan law practice included - in addition to business formation, financing, purchase and sale - real estate development, construction, management, purchase and sale; also stock brokerage, factoring, publishing, international trade and commercial transactions.

        For the past ten years, he has been actively working, as a franchise consultant, helping successful, ambitious business savvy people to use franchising to finance business expansion. Through his work as a franchising consultant he has also had the opportunity to help aspiring business owners find the best franchise to fit their lifestyle and leverage their natural strengths. 

        IN THIS EPISODE, HE SHARES: 

        How an entrepreneur can prepare his or her business for franchising. If you are interested in transforming your business into a franchise, this episode will provide you with a quick overview of what you need to start doing and preparing for, now.

        View the show notes here.

        11 min
      • Harvey Ardman 📚 the author with more than 5,000,000 answer views on Quora (#2).

        In this episode Adi Soozin of MD9 interviews Harvey Ardman. 

        Harvey Ardman is a journalist and novelist with 50 years of experience.  He has written 22 books, both fiction and non-fiction, along with dozens of documentary films for PBS and other television outlets. Now, Harvey can be found answering questions here on Quora on the topics of 20th century history, politics, scientific development, social change, religion and the Internet. 

        Harvey has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University and a master’s degree in journalism from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.


        IN THIS EPISODE, HE SHARES: 

        1. How he discovered his calling
        2. How he structures his workflow to successfully complete each book
        3. How and when a new writer should self-publish
        4. His secrets to writing effectively and clearly
        5. How your emotions directly impact the success of your work. 

        6. View the show notes here.


          In this episode Adi Soozin of MD9

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          13 min
        7. Bonnie Wells 🌊 How she grew her latest company to 9 figures in total sales, in less than 4 years (#1).
          In this episode Adi Soozin of MD9 interviews Bonnie Wells. 


          An exclusive interview with Bonnie Wells the founder of the Coastal Living Real Estate Group

          Bonnie Wells is a licensed real estate broker and the sole founder of the Coastal Living Real Estate Group. She launched and grew her company to #10 in a highly sought after luxury market that had not seen a single new and successful entrant in more than two decades!

          IN THIS EPISODE, SHE SHARES:

          • How she gained the knowledge and experience needed to launch her latest venture.
          • What life looked like her first year.
          • How she attracted and trained raw talent to grow her business cheaper and faster.
          • The most difficult lessons she was surprised to learn along the way.
          • The tactics she uses to lock in & keep new clients.
          • Her secrets to high customer retention rates.
          • How she uses automation to address passive shoppers.
          • How her team uses careful color choices in clothing as a competitive differentiator.
          • & MORE.
          • View the show notes here. 


            17 min

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