Entrepreneurs and Coffee

First, I want to thank everybody who has sent in a question so far.  But I don’t just want to answer their questions. I want to answer YOUR questions. 

To ask YOUR question, just go to EntrepreneursAndCoffee.com/ask.

Super simple.

Just go to entrepreneursandcoffee.com/ask and leave me a quick message.

In today's episode, we'll be chatting over coffee with a VERY special guest, who asks about negotiation in business, relationships, and as a philosophy.

I just want to remind you that you can go to brendanhufford.com/free and grab the 10 free tools that I used to grow my business when I didn’t have any type of budget. When I was bootstrapping it and trying to make my first dollar.

I warned you in Rule 6 that this episode isn’t going to be pretty.  We’ll be going dark in this episode.

And I think that’s a fair warning because We’ve been having a lot of fun together.

I’ll be honest.

At least this is a lot of fun for me.

And this, building a brand, building a business.

It’s fun.

But now it’s grown up time.

It’s time to grow up.

I just want to remind you that you can go to brendanhufford.com/free and grab the 10 free tools that I used to grow my business when I didn’t have any type of budget. When I was bootstrapping it and trying to make my first dollar. 

Here’s the deal. Some podcasts bring on anybody.  They want to bring on some of the “gurus” and whatever.  And when we start talking about the topic of branding, man, it seems like everybody is an expert.

Everybody buy’s Marie Forleo’s B-School and then just regurgitates that info and wants you to think they’re a branding expert.  Oh really? You’re a branding expert? What’s your training? What brand have you built other than the one where you’re trying to trick me into thinking you’re a branding expert? 

No thanks.

But here’s the thing, I only care about content and action.  If my guest can help you get past the noise online and get past all of the fake advice and fake gurus out there. Then I’ve done my job.

Because I’m not always the expert and I’m sure you’ll hear me say that today.  I know a TON based on my experience building a brand from scratch to a significant level while still working full time.  BUT, there are people out there who  know more than me.  And it’s my job to get them to you.

My guest today is going to knock your socks off.

Re Perez is the founder of the agency Branding For the People.  I met him out in San Diego at a really cool event which I’m sure we’ll talk about.  I was, like I said, SICK and TIRED of all the posturing of fake experts and when he got on stage and answered a few questions, I thought, oh wow. This guy really knows his stuff. This guy has chops.

Branding For the People literally means explaining branding in a way you and I can understand it.  He doesn’t use fancy words.  His agency’s mission is to bring branding to the people. To us.

He gives the BEST actionable advice on branding I’ve ever and you’ve probably heard me mention him a few times in the 10 rules of brand building series that I’ve been doing.

As a very special THANK YOU to everybody who has subscribed and is a true fan of the show.

I'm taking the first 10 people who sign up at brendanhufford.com/call (click there!) to do a call with me where you can ask me all of your business questions.  LITERALLY any questions you have, I'll answer.

But only for the first 10 people!  So use that link above because I know these will fill up set fast!

First, I want to thank everybody who has sent in a question so far.  But I don’t just want to answer their questions. I want to answer YOUR questions. 

To ask YOUR question, just go to EntrepreneursAndCoffee.com/ask.

Super simple.

Just go to entrepreneursandcoffee.com/ask and leave me a quick message.

In today's episode, we'll be chatting over coffee with Mellisa (again!), who asks about starting her blog and getting traffic via guest blogging on other sites.

Last week we talked about Rule #5: Be the Best at Being You.  That’s when you’re making your product and using your voice and somewhere along the way you lose your path.  You forget who you were when you started and you’ve just become somebody who tries to be like everybody else.  Niche down and stay there.  Have something to say.  Nobody is better at being you than YOU.

Today we’re going to tackle Rule number 6 of building a brand: Have Heart.

Having heart requires passion.

And as I told you at the end of the last lesson in branding, today you’ll learn how to get rich off your passion.

Interested in going from wantrepreneur to entrepreneur without quitting your job?  Let's chat!

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Chris Brogan is the world’s leading authority on owning the game you most want to win. He is CEO of Owner Media Group, a sought after public speaker, and the New York Times bestselling author of eight books and counting.

In summary: When Chris speaks, I listen.

And today we had the chance to chat over coffee.  We chat about:

Interested in starting your own business on the side?  Let's chat!

If you loved joining me and Kimanzi for a cup of coffee as much as I did, please subscribe on iTunes and leave us a rating and review!

First, I want to thank everybody who has sent in a question so far.  But I don’t just want to answer their questions. I want to answer YOUR questions. 

To ask YOUR question, just go to EntrepreneursAndCoffee.com/ask.

Super simple.

Just go to entrepreneursandcoffee.com/ask and leave me a quick message.

In today's episode, we'll be chatting over coffee with Trevor, who asks about how long his autoresponder should be and how to turn it up a notch.

Interested in going from wantrepreneur to entrepreneur without quitting your job?  Let's chat!

We talked about this in the very first episode of the 10 rules of brand building, episode 7 of then Entrepreneurs and Coffee podcast and all of the rules of brand building can be found in Bobby Kim’s article over at TheHundreds.com.

So rule number five of branding, of brand building, is to Be the best at being you.

Be the best at being you.

If you’re listening to this, there’s probably a 50/50 chance you’re missing this.

So let’s break it down and then, as always, I’m going to explain how you screw this up, and then how you rock this.

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Kimanzi Constable knows exactly what it’s like to have the cards stacked against him.  At 17, he left his parents and spent 6 months living on the street.  He got a job delivering bread at midnight which turned from a job he loved to a job he disliked, to a job he hated.  He found himself 170lbs. overweight, $180,000 in debt, and in a marriage that was in trouble.

I tell you that all of that because I know on at least one point you’re saying, man I know exactly how that feels.  But what if I told you that he’s conquered all of that.  All of the doubt, debt, the dead end job, and the dying marriage.  And if you’re experiencing one of those, or all of them, so can you.  Today, we’ll talk about how.

Interested in starting your own business on the side?  Let's chat!

If you loved joining me and Kimanzi for a cup of coffee as much as I did, please subscribe on iTunes and leave us a rating and review!