ActiveGrowth Podcast - Digital Marketing for Self Made Entrepreneurs

By Shane Melaugh

What's ActiveGrowth Podcast - Digital Marketing for Self Made Entrepreneurs about?

The ActiveGrowth Podcast is different: discover our in-depth content series that tackle important problems every entrepreneur faces. Instead of the typical "expert of the week" interviews, we listen to your feedback and create episodes full of practical advice. This podcast gives you the tools and mindset to create and grow your own product or service based business and become a highly effective entrepreneur.

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ActiveGrowth Podcast - Digital Marketing for Self Made Entrepreneurs episodes:

04.17.2020
New Business Opportunities that Arise from Times of Change
Things are changing, mostly for the worse. But what can we do, as entrepreneurs, to keep the economy going and to step in with services, products and solutions where new needs arise? Times of change are always difficult, but they're...
03.31.2020
How to Recession-Proof Your Income
Links & resources: https://activegrowth.com/recession-proof-strategies/ Why do some businesses fold immediately when there's economic trouble, while others sail through seemingly unharmed? What strategies can entrepreneurs employ in these times of uncertainty, to not only make it through but even gain an...
03.27.2020
Now is the Time to Invest in Yourself
Counterintuitively, a crisis like the one we find ourselves in is the perfect time to invest in yourself and double down on your good habits. In this episode we take a deep dive into what entrepreneurs can do right now,...
03.21.2020
Build a Business During the Recession - COVID Crisis, Part 2
Article and resources: https://activegrowth.com/covid-intervention/ Timestamps: 00:33 - My experience building a business during a recession. 02:40 - Prepare to get uncomfortable. And make it count. 06:19 - Use strategic pessimisim & raise your standards when evaluating new business ideas. 09:49...
03.20.2020
COVID Crisis Intervention for Entrepreneurs
Article with resources and links: https://activegrowth.com/covid-intervention/ Timestamps: 00:48 - Who this is made for. 04:15 - Calculate your "runway score". 08:41 - If you have a high runway score: play the long game. 13:06 - If you have a low...
04.21.2019
Ethical Marketing aka Will Pop Up Users Burn In Hell?
What is ethical in marketing? Are you scamming your customers if you use a pre-recorded webinar? Is it mean to use pop-ups all over your website? What's the deal with selling products that aren't even ready yet? What does it...
04.09.2019
Free Traffic: Let Google Find Your Ideal Customers
We're here with another episode on SEO: the dreaded topic we like to avoid like the plague. Our guest today, Matt Diggity, founder of the SEO conference in Chiang Mai and many SEO agencies, is giving you a crash-course today...
03.30.2019
Free Traffic: Your Course Marketing Sucks
You created an exceptional course, but it won't sell. You most likely got your marketing all wrong. And what's worse is that you market it in ways that are costing you way more money than it should. Tom Libelt is...
02.19.2019
The Only Way You Can Get Rich Overnight
Are you still in bed at 6 a.m.? The most hardcore entrepreneurs are already at the gym by 5. Or that's what they say. Should you follow their advice? What's the truth behind waking up early and starting your day...
12.09.2018
Free Traffic: The Refer A Friend Method
Did you know that most of our purchase decisions are made based on recommendations we get from happy customers? Think of the last book you read, the movie you watched or the hotel you stayed in. You can promote your...
12.04.2018
Free Traffic: The Hero Outreach Method
You know that it's important to get featured on many pages. But how can you convince people to feature you? How do you get the real superheroes in your market to feature you on their websites, channels and feed to...
11.12.2018
Free Traffic: The Bootstrapper's Guide to SEO
You might hear that only the big players make it to the first page in Google in 2018. You might hear that you need to do shady things if you want to rank anyway. We interviewed Tim Soulo, CMO at...
10.30.2018
How to Get Free Traffic to Your Website – The Big List
If you're a bootstrapping entrepreneur, budget matters more than anything. Your business is up and now it's time to drive more traffic, but how can you do that without spending a fortune on advertising? In this episode, we're starting a...
10.07.2018
Why You Shouldn't Be An Entrepreneur
Recently, having a job is frowned upon - you need to be an entrepreneur to be worthy. Well, we disagree. Being your own boss is definitely not for everyone, and even if you have the skills to do it, it...
08.24.2018
Why You Shouldn't Be A Startup - It's not what you think!
Who do you try to model when you're building your business? Are you looking for inspiration and advice for rapidly growing startups like Google and Uber? You couldn't be making a bigger mistake... In this episode, we'll discuss why modeling...
08.06.2018
Are You Creating Value or Just Advertising Space?
These days, if you have enough followers, you can just live off of sponsorship deals. Or can you? What are the pros and cons of this model and what is a better solution? In this episode we're digging deep into...
07.11.2018
Is Your Journey Worth Having?
Is success worth pursuing in a world where so many successful people just can't handle the challenges it comes with? The solution is not to stop wanting to be successful. Listen in for our advice.
07.03.2018
Still Not Making Videos?
Today we have three special guests who have been recording videos for their work for a long time - but have struggled terribly to get started. Listen to their experience with the fight-or-flight reaction their body made when hitting record,...
06.12.2018
Why Entrepreneurs Need to Learn Many New Skills Rapidly (and How to Do It)
Do you ever feel like you have to be good at multiple things to excel as an entrepreneur - even things you never thought you'd have to do well? In this episode, you'll learn a specific method to get good...
05.23.2018
Why You Need to Record Yourself on Video
You learn many new things as an entrepreneur - but are you good at implementing them? Or you know you should do it, but something is holding you back? In this episode, we're helping you recognize and tackle resistance from...
05.11.2018
“Be Imprecise”: Make Better Decisions Using this Unconventional Method
If Ray Dalio, one of the world's most successful hedge fund managers, told you about his most undervalued skill, would you pay attention? We're going against all you learned in school today and tell you why the exact answer is...
05.01.2018
Collide Your Ideas With Reality
We're about to destroy your enthusiasm. We know you have a dream, a higher purpose. But we don't think you'll get there unless you get a little more pessimistic. In this podcast episode, we'll teach you how to see where...
04.10.2018
The Solopreneur Episode: What to Stop, Change and Start Doing to Make Progress
It's hard to copy big, successful business models when you don't have a team behind you to distribute the work to. The common solopreneur mistake is trying to do all the work ourselves - but it never works out! In...
04.04.2018
How To Get Your Message Across Faster, Better, Clearer
Can you communicate effectively with your audience, your coworkers, partners or even your family? How do you get your point across, avoid misunderstandings while keeping people's attention? Listen to this episode for the best tips on crystal clear communication, as...
03.20.2018
How To Grab Your Audience's Undivided Attention in 2018
Undivided attention. Is it too much to ask for in 2018 for an online entrepreneur? It might be, if your clients' phone are buzzing every second with notifications from various apps they don't even need. How can you win this...
03.12.2018
Bento Box Thinking: Learn How to Say What You Mean
How often do you feel like people misinterpret you or vice versa - even though you speak the same language? Most of us experience this a lot. In this podcast episode, you'll learn a new way of thinking and communicating...
02.22.2018
Are We Living in the Patreon Era?
Ads on Facebook, Google, and other platforms don't convert as well as they used to. It's getting harder to get your people to pay attention to your ads. Is this the end of the online advertising era? In this episode,...
02.10.2018
How to See Untapped Business Opportunities Everywhere You Look
Stuck coming up with a great business idea? Learn how to develop the skill of seeing opportunities everywhere, find ideas that match your skills and passion, get into the habit of generating new ideas every day and find the business...
02.02.2018
The Hidden Productivity Benefits of Connecting With Your Wild Side
Let me guess: you spend a huge portion of your day sitting in a chair, staring at a screen. "Sitting in a chair, staring at a screen" is increasingly what everyone's job description looks like. And especially entrepreneurs feel obliged...
01.27.2018
Emergency Intervention: How to Fix Your Crappy Copywriting
You need to fix your copywriting. If you can't write words that convince, trying to grow your business will be like moving through molasses. Poor copy will handicap you every step of the way. Because there's such an important need...
01.19.2018
What Does Your Business Stand For? A Guide to Creating a Manifesto
People do business for all kinds of reasons and not all of those reasons are pragmatic. We don't always choose the most optimal product for our needs at the lowest available price. In fact, we rarely do. Purchase decisions are...
01.11.2018
7 Highly Effective People Reveal Their Favorite Productivity Hacks
We all want freedom. Freedom in location, in time... but once you have it, it's hard to stay productive and focused. In this episode, we brought our remote marketing team together, so that each of us can share our best...
01.05.2018
Irresistible Offers 4: 9 Examples of Irresistible Offers (and How They Could Have Gone Wrong)
In this final episode of our Irresistible Offers, we want to make it as practical as possible and analyze 9 amazing offers. You'll learn what makes these offers so great, what sets them apart from their competitors and how these...
01.05.2018
Irresistible Offers - 9 Examples of Irresistible Offers (and How They Could Have Gone Wrong)
In this final episode of our Irresistible Offers, we want to make it as practical as possible and analyze 9 amazing offers. You'll learn what makes these offers so great, what sets them apart from their competitors and how these...
12.19.2017
Irresistible Offers 3: How to Write Amazing Copy (Even if You Hate Copywriting)
In the previous episodes, you learned how you can find the best offers for your product. In the final episode of the "Irresistible Offer" series, we'll uncover how to find the magic words for your copy that will make people...
12.19.2017
Irresistible Offers: How to Write Amazing Copy (Even if You Hate Copywriting)
In the previous episodes, you learned how you can find the best offers for your product. In the final episode of the "Irresistible Offer" series, we'll uncover how to find the magic words for your copy that will make people...
11.21.2017
Irresistible Offers 2: How to Create a "Hell Yeah!" Offer
Once you have a great product idea, you need to figure out how to sell it. And it might be harder than creating the product itself... In this podcast episode, you'll learn how to create different offers for the same...
11.21.2017
Irresistible Offers: The "Hell Yeah" Offer
Once you have a great product idea, you need to figure out how to sell it. And it might be harder than creating the product itself... In this podcast episode, you'll learn how to create different offers for the same...
11.10.2017
Irresistible Offers 1: The Riches Really Are in the Niches
Are you making the mistake of trying to appeal to everybody with your offer? You're expecting to sell more, but what really happens is that your sales drop. In this episode, we'll cover why this happens and how you can...
11.10.2017
The Riches Are In The Niches - How Offering To More Means Selling Less
Are you making the mistake of trying to appeal to everybody with your offer? You're expecting to sell more, but what really happens is that your sales drop. In this episode, we'll cover why this happens and how you can...
10.04.2017
The 2 Key Skills for Gaining Traction With Your Business
As an entrepreneur, you often find yourself doing jobs that at least 5 different people should be doing. There are a lot of new skills to learn - if you fail to do that, your business might fail too. In...
08.30.2017
The Paradox that is Slowing Down Your Progress (More Than You Think!)
The Internet is full of new information, exciting headlines, attractive posts. Then why do we at ActiveGrowth choose to discuss the same topic over and over again for multiple weeks? We truly believe that by slowing down, we help you...
08.21.2017
Steal Like an Artist? How Copying the Wrong Way Will Doom Your Business
Looking at other businesses for inspiration is a good thing. Blindly copying whatever they do... not so much. Avoid coming across as unethical, inauthentic and fake, and learn how to collect inspiration the right way. Find the shownotes of this episode under...
08.14.2017
Your Job is to Ship 5: How to Set Your Own Deadlines & Stick to Them
When do you start working on a project if you know that you have a whole month to ship it? Chances are, not today. And even if you are, you won't be as productive as the days before the due...
08.07.2017
Your Job is to Ship 4: Why "Just Do It" Just Doesn't Work (& the Real Secrets to Being Super Productive)
Why can't you just get yourself to be more productive and do the work you know you need to be doing? In this episode we explore the human brain and the secrets to habit formation, to find out. Apologies for...
07.28.2017
Your Job is to Ship 3: Procrastination by Perfectionism is Killing Your Business
Entrepreneurs tend to procrastinate on shipping because of their fear of failure and worry that their service or product is not good enough yet to go live. This feeling is very common but often unjustified. In this podcast episode, we discuss entrepreneurial...
07.24.2017
Your Job is to Ship 2: Are You Goal Setting Your Way to Failure?
Everything you've been told about how to set goals and achieve them is wrong. Well, almost everything. And definitely everything that involves "visualization" of any kind. Despite the popular belief, visualizing how great it will feel to accomplish your goals makes...
07.17.2017
Your Job is to Ship 1: Are You Chasing Bright Shiny Objects?
Coming up with a great product idea and building it is not the hardest part in your business. The hardest thing you'll face is actually shipping it. In this first episode of our "Your Job Is To Ship" podcast series, we'll...
07.05.2017
Mixup: Do You Truly Own Your Business?
One of three pillars of ActiveGrowth is: own your platform. What does that mean? It means that your business is truly your own and you aren't dependent on (or enslaved by) 3rd parties. An easier way to say it: don't...
07.04.2017
Forget Traffic 4: Escape the Hamster Wheel
This episode was made in response to the first live ActiveGrowth Podcast webinar we held. From the questions and comments we got there, we figured out the two main things we could do to help you make the most of...

What's ActiveGrowth Podcast - Digital Marketing for Self Made Entrepreneurs about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

ActiveGrowth Podcast - Digital Marketing for Self Made Entrepreneurs episodes:

New Business Opportunities that Arise from Times of Change

How to Recession-Proof Your Income

Now is the Time to Invest in Yourself

Build a Business During the Recession - COVID Crisis, Part 2

COVID Crisis Intervention for Entrepreneurs

Ethical Marketing aka Will Pop Up Users Burn In Hell?

Free Traffic: Let Google Find Your Ideal Customers

Free Traffic: Your Course Marketing Sucks

The Only Way You Can Get Rich Overnight

Free Traffic: The Refer A Friend Method

Free Traffic: The Hero Outreach Method

Free Traffic: The Bootstrapper's Guide to SEO

How to Get Free Traffic to Your Website – The Big List

Why You Shouldn't Be An Entrepreneur

Why You Shouldn't Be A Startup - It's not what you think!

Are You Creating Value or Just Advertising Space?

Is Your Journey Worth Having?

Still Not Making Videos?

Why Entrepreneurs Need to Learn Many New Skills Rapidly (and How to Do It)

Why You Need to Record Yourself on Video

“Be Imprecise”: Make Better Decisions Using this Unconventional Method

Collide Your Ideas With Reality

The Solopreneur Episode: What to Stop, Change and Start Doing to Make Progress

How To Get Your Message Across Faster, Better, Clearer

How To Grab Your Audience's Undivided Attention in 2018

Bento Box Thinking: Learn How to Say What You Mean

Are We Living in the Patreon Era?

How to See Untapped Business Opportunities Everywhere You Look

The Hidden Productivity Benefits of Connecting With Your Wild Side

Emergency Intervention: How to Fix Your Crappy Copywriting

What Does Your Business Stand For? A Guide to Creating a Manifesto

7 Highly Effective People Reveal Their Favorite Productivity Hacks

Irresistible Offers 4: 9 Examples of Irresistible Offers (and How They Could Have Gone Wrong)

Irresistible Offers - 9 Examples of Irresistible Offers (and How They Could Have Gone Wrong)

Irresistible Offers 3: How to Write Amazing Copy (Even if You Hate Copywriting)

Irresistible Offers: How to Write Amazing Copy (Even if You Hate Copywriting)

Irresistible Offers 2: How to Create a "Hell Yeah!" Offer

Irresistible Offers: The "Hell Yeah" Offer

Irresistible Offers 1: The Riches Really Are in the Niches

The Riches Are In The Niches - How Offering To More Means Selling Less

The 2 Key Skills for Gaining Traction With Your Business

The Paradox that is Slowing Down Your Progress (More Than You Think!)

Steal Like an Artist? How Copying the Wrong Way Will Doom Your Business

Your Job is to Ship 5: How to Set Your Own Deadlines & Stick to Them

Your Job is to Ship 4: Why "Just Do It" Just Doesn't Work (& the Real Secrets to Being Super Productive)

Your Job is to Ship 3: Procrastination by Perfectionism is Killing Your Business

Your Job is to Ship 2: Are You Goal Setting Your Way to Failure?

Your Job is to Ship 1: Are You Chasing Bright Shiny Objects?

Mixup: Do You Truly Own Your Business?

Forget Traffic 4: Escape the Hamster Wheel