Figuring Shxt Out

Interviewing Rey Clemons: Digital Marketing Guru | Business Success Story

Bunee Flacs and King Arthur speak with Rey Clemons of UberWood media agency! 

https://www.figuringshxtout.com

00:00 - Intro 01:29 - Rey Intro & background 05:34 - Rey is deep in the Music Biz 07:40 - Music keeps calling!! 08:42 - What did Uberwood do for Biz Pro HQ? 11:27 - What FSO has been trying to do 11:58 - Rey's advice to FSO 12:48 - FSO's formats 14:30 - Guarantees in advertising? 15:55 - Website Layout is crucial 16:50 - The secret sauce of gaining influence 20:13 - Is the Podcast industry saturated? Blue vs Red Ocean again! 23:00 - What is a digital marketing consultant? 23:47 - Rey's music distribution platform 25:47 - SEO and becoming an authority in your niche 32:17 - Whats Uberwood Media's main focus 35:58 - Who does Uberwood host with? 37:52 - Ads for your sites? 41:03 - Whats the deal with IG promo pages? 41:52 - Hashtags on IG have drastically changed 44:25 - Tik Tok Tips 46:52 - Tips for Cutty App - Email SYSTEMS!!! 55:11 - Reys OUTRO!!

Follow us on IG: King Arthur at https://www.instagram.com/swangkkking/  Bunee at https://www.instagram.com/buneeflacs/

King Arthur Websites: https://www.cuttyapp.com https://www.2020faces.com https://www.nvgrindstone.com

Bunee Flacs Websites: https://www.lucidperspective.com https://www.buneeflacs.com https://www.silversyndicate.org

Bunee Flacs and King Arthur speak with Reggie Ralph of RMR Tech Solutions and CySecSol!

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00:00 - Intros and businesses 01:21 - Intro of Reggie! 02:44 - Early business ventures with XBOX MODS 04:44 - What is XBOX modding 07:04 - Transitioning to RMR Tech Solutions/IPhone repairs 09:01 - How's RMR doing today? 09:30 - CySecSol Origin 10:25 - How to get started in CySecSol 13:00 - CySecSol Pays for your CERTS!! 13:51 - CySecSol Meetings every Monday 14:12 - Marketing tactics? 15:58 - JEDI Contract 16:36 - Plethora of Cyber Security Openings 17:19 - Need experience for a job, need job for experience 17:37 - CySecSol solution to experience issue 18:25 - Government Contracting equals BIG MONEY 20:56 - Is CySecSol actively bidding for Govt Contracts? 22:31 - Government Contracts no one knows about 23:50 - How do newly interested students get involved with CySecSol? 24:35 - CyberSecurity is really an advanced area, prereqs are NECESSARY 25:15 - Helping newbies find their path in TECH 26:20 - The CIA of IT Security 27:47 - After fundamentals its gets crazy 28:18 - A brief rant by Flacs on Pen Testing 30:04 - Advanced techs with experience/degrees but no certifications 32:00 - Should more experienced even get certs? 32:25 - King Arthur rant about not having certs 32:56 - Good Testing Techniques 35:26 - CySecSols passing stats 37:22 - Cheaper to use the Cloud than keep it in house? 39:09 - AWS Certifications 41:32 - Acronyms in IT 41:54 - IoT is trash 44:47 - IoT Security Firm lets Go 46:06 - Private residences arent really targets of hackers? 47:40 - Upcoming Cyber Security Conference for CySecSol 48:42 - Annual Basketball Scholarship fund for Reggies Daughter. RIH. 51:34 - Flacs need to stop playing and get in the gym 53:23 - Advice for young people who want to get into Tech. 55:45 - Get Comfortable with being Uncomfortable - Flacs Pentagon Story

Follow us on IG: King Arthur at https://www.instagram.com/swangkkking/  Bunee at https://www.instagram.com/buneeflacs/

King Arthur Websites: https://www.cuttyapp.com https://www.2020faces.com https://www.nvgrindstone.com

Bunee Flacs Websites: https://www.lucidperspective.com https://www.buneeflacs.com https://www.silversyndicate.org

Interviewing Ashanti: Ashanti's Hair Studio | Cosmetology & Africa Bunee Flacs and King Arthur speak with Ashanti of Ashanti's Hair Studios! She talks about how she got her business off the ground over the past 20+ years and also her recent 40 day trip to Africa! https://www.figuringshxtout.com 00:00 - Intros and businesses 01:28 - Intro of Ashanti Hair Studio! 02:56 - What Is Your Figuring Shxt Out Moment? 04:16 - The Hair business can't go out of business 04:35 - Flacs will be rocking man toupee one day 05:43 - How did the Hair Studio get started? 09:28 - Where is your studio located? 09:57 - Do you teach cosmotology at that location? 12:04 - Licensing LICENSING GET YOUR LICENSES!! 13:04 - Liability with chemicals and skin 14:31 - Insurance is Key 15:53 - Dealing with other peoples skin types and potential sicknesses in cosmetology 17:36 - CuttyApp barbers are all Licensed 18:37 - GET your license or you can be Fined 24:28 - Liability and lawsuits 26:07 - CuttyApp Business Model is Good!! 28:06 - Expenses of a hair salon 34:31 - Foundation built, Now Traveling and enjoying fruits of the labor 34:59 - What's the plan on Growing 37:42 - Consistency Is KEY!! 40:15 - Competition is an ILLUSION! 42:27 - The Great Food Truck Race 45:29 - AFRICA! 47:22 - It's NOT LIKE THE MOVIES!! 48:24 - First Impressions 49:40 - GHANA!!! 51:59 - MORE Ghana Details 53:18 - Staying connected to the Culture 54:30 - Plane tickets and Flight Times! 57:03 - One Take Away from the Full Trip (GEMS HERE) 59:48 - How foreigners view Americans 1:02:51 - Living off the land for REAL 1:03:41 - SIERRA LEONE!!! 1:06:28 - Are the Traditions being forced out?? 1:08:30 - Religions are respected over THERE 1:10:45 - America doesnt want people to be helped HERE 1:12:54 - The Maps have BEEN LYING!! 1:17:49 - Ashanti Sign off Follow us on IG: King Arthur at https://www.instagram.com/swangkkking/ Bunee at https://www.instagram.com/buneeflacs/ King Arthur Websites: https://www.cuttyapp.com https://www.2020faces.com https://www.nvgrindstone.com Bunee Flacs Websites: https://www.lucidperspective.com https://www.buneeflacs.com https://www.silversyndicate.org

Bunee Flacs and King Arthur speak with CEO of Made In Norfolk Apparel, Amir Driver! He goes into detail about his retail store, his brand, the come up and many other things!

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00:00 - Intros and businesses 00:39 - A. Driver Intro 01:15 - What was your Figuring Shxt Out moment? 02:14 - How did Made In Norfolk Brand come about? 06:15 - Biggest obstacles in opening the retail store? 07:15 - The most difficult obstacle in keeping inventory 09:30 - WTF is a Chicken Chaser? 11:01 - How to address Haters and Nay Sayers? 12:55 - MADE is an acronym! 14:14 - Consistency in Retail and personal life 15:57 - Retailing during COVID 17:22 - Transitioning from Manager to Owner 20:21 - Public speaking gigs??? 20:49 - Inspiring the YOUTH! Teach em YOUNG!! 25:10 - Speaking gig with local bank & Norfolk Night Hawks! 27:07 - Public speaking at Norfolk schools 28:19 - Never Stop planting SEEDS!! 30:33 - What's next for Made In Norfolk Brand 32:14 - Store in Norfolk International Airport - SPEAK IT! 34:58 - Partnering with other vendors/brands? 36:58 - High School kids and youth Get into your own BRAND 38:54 - FESTIVALS! Public Events!  41:30 - JEEP MUSIC VIDEO OUT NOW!! GO SEE IT!! 42:37 - Words of advice and wisdom from A. Driver!!

Bunee Flacs & King Arthur interview MajorPlaysX, Twitch Affiliate who drops the Twitch Game in One hour!! 

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00:00 - Intros 01:23 - Who is MAJORPLAYSX? - Flacs and Scott Go BACK BACK!! 03:14 - What was your Figuring Shxt Out Moment? 04:09 - How long have you been streaming? 04:49 - The Streaming environment 05:15 - Dont take SHXT personal 06:11 - Consistency!! KEY!! 06:40 - Your first live stream experience and how you stand out? 07:51 - Chief YaGGA of the YaGGa Tribe!! 10:16 - How consistent was your lives? 11:30 - When did live streaming get REAL for you? 11:46 - THe BIG THREE, GEMS HERE CLICK HERE!! 12:58 - Share the JEWELS!! 15:51 - When did you make Twitch Affiliate? 16:38 - COPYRIGHT, DMCA, FB dont play 17:05 - MUSIC is important!!! 19:25 - Streaming platform limitations 19:49 - Community Building!! 22:07 - INTERACTIVITY!! 23:29 - Digging yourself in a hole, Twitch Affiliate Thresholds 27:30 - Don't block your blessings, ACCEPT YOUR SUPPORT when it comes! 28:59 - Smokin' and Streamin' 29:52 - How to Not get banned on TWITCH 30:42 - Define Live Stream Success 31:44 - Does the Chat get Crazy? 32:19 - Live Stream Speech Chat TIP 34:16 - Podcast VS Live Stream process 36:00 - Live Streaming News and Current Events 37:34 - Overlays, Overlays, Overlays!! 40:03 - MONEY MONEY MONEY!! 45:00 - Twitch Threshold for Affiliate 45:52 - Youtube vs Twitch 49:49 - MajorPlaysX INTRO for the SHOW!!  51:29 - Chief exposes the TRAPS 54:40 - Partnered STATUS on TWITCH 57:33 - Is Twitch just for Gaming? 58:23 - Why MajorPlays Started Streaming 1:00:34 - How Flacs failed himself on YOUTUBE lol 1:01:44 - One of MajorPlaysX's FINEST MOMENTS!!! 1:03:18 - Words of wisdom 1:04:35 - MajorPlaysx Games

In this episode, Bunee Flacs & King Arthur speak with Larrima Davis, CEO of Biz Pro HQ. She drops gems on building business credit, business taxes, and her company which is currently undergoing a huge expansion!

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00:00 - Intros 01:22 - Larrima Davis intro 01:39 - Flacs personal testimony on BizProHQ 03:27 - What is BizProHQ? 05:17 - Becoming aware of self thru emotions 06:33 - Business connections are CRUCIAL S/O Ray of Uberwood Digital  07:33 - Reema's Figuring Shxt Out Moment 08:24 - Mission Statement of BizProHQ 12:03 - BizProHQ's partners and vendors 14:04 - Build up YOUR BUSINESS PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS 15:03 - Expanding the business and the TAX Master class! 16:33 - IRS and liability and misunderstandings 19:07 - Was business and taxes your first Entreprenurial idea? 20:11 - Brick and Mortar vs Virtual operations 21:21 - Virtual office spaces 22:26 - Stop doing taxes yourself! Get professionals! 23:54 - Who are BizProHQ's clients? 25:35 - Being a one Woman show in the beginning 27:02 - Credit Repair Services 28:34 - Credit Repair isnt as hard or complex as they make it seem!! 31:18 - Other BizProHQ services 32:00 - Book projects in the works? 34:06 - Business Credit TIPS and TRICKS! 36:45 - Does applying for business credit affect personal credit? 40:36 - Vendor accounts help with building business credit 42:51 - NAV.COM!!! ULINE, RANGER - vendor accounts go start now!! 46:00 - How should small businesses deal with Investments?? 48:28 - How to Deal with IRS Audits? 54:18 - What's next for Larrima? 54:53 - 2023 Tax season will be crazy 58:41 - Where to find Larrima Davis

In this episode, Bunee Flacs & King Arthur speak with COO of Blockchaingames.world Bryan Wells! Bryan talks about his medical transport business and of course Crypto, but somewhere along the way we ended up on the topic of the WEF, Klaus Schwab and friends and other conspiracy things....

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00:00 - Intros 02:53 - Introduction of Bryan Wells 04:28 - Origin of the Medical Transport business 06:26 - Finding a need and fulfilling it with a business idea 08:02 - Medicaid and medical transportation 09:07 - Millionaire Mentors 10:37 - How did you find your space? 12:10 - Running your business the right way 14:30 - How is this different than Lyft or Uber? 15:31 - How to know you found your purpose 18:14 - Exit Plan & Blockchain Games 19:56 - Service areas for medical transport 22:04 - Housing market crash may be imminent 22:41 - THE GREAT RESET???? 4th TURNING?? 26:44 - Our Financial System is under maintenance 27:53 - Is Crypto really going to help people? 29:03 - How is investing in Crypto good when the dollar is failing? 31:49 - Bitcoin is the Crypto Default 35:24 - Are they crashing the dollar on purpose?  36:50 - Crypto WAS the wild west but regulation is a necessary evil 37:33 - Gamestop and AMC was the stock game changer. Stonks is a scam 38:04 - Silver and Gold is the new Game 41:51 - What is Freight/Container Farming? 42:32 - Klaus Schwab and the Reset, WEF 44:01 - To blackpill or not to blackpill? 45:21 - To be Mega rich or Mega out the Way? 46:49 - Is Crypto the solution to the NWO? 47:33 - Being Happy vs Successful vs Healthy 48:47 - What is Success? 49:40 - Farmland investing 51:27 - Crypto can always hit zero 52:56 - Suffering is a symptom of diving into concepts you dont yet understand 53:30 - Ignorance is not bliss 53:51 - Stuff we aint supposed to be talking about <--- LOL sigh 54:46 - TURN OFF THE GODDAMN NEWS! 56:21 - Find your Tribe!! 59:32 - Rule number 1 of Conspiracy theories. Follow the Money.  59:59 - Fact Checkers are Full of shit. Full Stop.  1:01:11 - Advice from Bryan Wells

Bunee Flacs and King Arthur talk with Shaya, CEO of many businesses! Juggle your businesses, this is the podcast to show you how!

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00:00 - Intros 01:23 - Shaya Introduction 03:10 - The Senseless Save Podcast 04:04 - Florida is the Move, VA migration currently in progress 06:08 - What was your Figuring Shxt Out Moment? 07:22 - The Inspiration for Triple ESS Consulting 08:39 - How many companies is Shaya doing right now? 09:57 - Juggling many ventures vs just one? 12:06 - When do you hire employees or search for partners? 13:26 - Model after other successful businesses 16:26 - Out of all your businesses which is your favorite? 21:29 - Black/Brown community needs more financial literacy 25:19 - What is your marketing strategy? 27:29 - What is the Goal of Triple ESS Consulting? 32:32 - Flacs does Websites holla at him - https://www.lucidperspective.om 33:55 - Merch coming soon to Figuring Shxt Out!! 34:19 - If your product Can't create a Frenzy It aint worth it! 36:30 - Sales funnels and Internet marketing 40:40 - Music Break - Lew Sid "Lil Bruh" 45:15 - Which business is paying the BILLS THO?? 48:06 - Self doubt and reflection 49:29 - Back to the Podcast SENSELESS SAVE we WAITING!! 49:53 - Being an employee but also Aspiring to be a CEO - KEEP LEARNING! 52:57 - Reinvesting BACK into the business 56:45 - Running a Business is NOT easy 57:54 - King Arthur's Onlyfans aspirations 58:45 - Whats Next for Shaya? 1:01:23 - The struggles of doing too much and being everwhere 1:02:18 - Flacs website special is ACTIVE also - Click FUnnels book link here: https://amzn.to/3OlrT2o 1:03:03 - Shaya's words of WISDOM and Social Media!!

Bunee Flacs and King Arthur talk with Lionel, CEO of BlockChainGames.World! Get into Crypto NOW!

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00:00 - Intros 01:21 - Lionel CEO of BlockChainGames Intro! 02:05 - Background of the company 04:05 - Virginia's lack of Tech companies 05:26 - What is BlockChainGames.World? 07:30 - Lionel's origin in Cryptocurrency 10:00 - What is STEEMIT? 11:29 - The new investor's problem - Selling Early 11:46 - Flacs' early experience with Crypto 13:36 - Flacs' not so great crypto strategy 14:14 - Was crypto investing your first time as an investor? 15:40 - Isn't the Crypto game same shit different day? 19:08 - Why is Bitcoin different? Is Bitcoin here to stay? 21:01 - Will the Elite be fair with Crypto? 21:58 - Flacs' Mistrust of EVERYTHING & Everybody 23:35 - Lionel tries to help Flacs with his mistrust 25:20 - THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE!!! 26:23 - Smart Contracts and the about face with Big Business on Crypto 28:13 - Difference between Meme coin and tangible coin 31:47 - Music Break - NADIYA & ANT - ONE LOVE 37:02 - Why did BlockChainGames.world make their own coin 39:07 - Where is the tangibility of Digital Real Estate? 42:14 - Metaverse is centralized AF 44:04 - NFTs bridge physical to digital 45:57 - What is the definition of tangible? 47:36 - Lionel makes the case for why digital assets are tangible 50:20 - Big Tech has successfuly monetized information 51:00 - Contrary to what they say all our PHONES ARE listening to us 24/7. Full Stop. 51:55 - Get Money in the Metaverse, bridge it back to the physical world. 53:45 - Flacs' and his trust issues again, Crypto is too convenient 55:06 - Research the White Papers and focus on the Positive aspects 57:50 - The current status of Blockchaingames.world 59:24 - Not Financial Advice, but its probably time to Buy BTC 1:00:04 - Why is Crypto suffering right now? 1:02:43 - Does Lionel have any precious metals? 1:03:06 - Why Precious metals should be on everyones radar 1:05:09 - Why get into Gold and Silver? 1:08:25 - Where can people get in touch with Lionel and BlockChainGames.World? 1:08:50 - Lionels advice for new Crypto investors

Bunee Flacs and King Arthur talk with Alicia Ford, Realtor Extraordinare! Stop waiting for the housing market to crash!

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https://www.isellthe757.com

00:00 – Intros 01:15 – Alicia Ford Intro 02:40 – What’s the situation with the housing market right now 03:11 – Is there a housing bubble?? 04:32 – How did you get into Real Estate? 05:39 – Alicia’s Figuring Shxt Out Moment 06:19 – How long before your first sale? 09:04 – Advice for buyers in todays market? 10:37 – Impact of inflation? 13:03 – Projections for the next year? Is a housing crash inevitable? 14:52 – Difference between 2008 crash and now? 20:02 – Why are people waiting for a crash? 24:36 – Types of loan options for first time buyers 28:26 – Difference between 30 year and 15 year mortgages 29:30 – The benefits to higher interest rates (hint: taxes) 32:32 – Define “READY” to buy a house 36:27 – Music Break – MEL-Higher 41:17 – How do you pull Equity out of your house? 43:23 – Pay the house off first, THEN pull equity? 45:17 – Pools aren’t good upgrades… 🙁 47:02 – Flacs’ probing question to justify a pool upgrade… 51:32 – First time buyer question on location vs rates 55:25 – Flacs’ experience with Alicia as an agent 56:10 – Look around, trust your agent, there’s more out there than your desired location 57:04 – Alicia’s service areas 57:24 – King Arthur’s gripe with Hampton Roads LOL 1:00:30 – Find a house which suits your lifestyle! 1:03:05 – AIRBNB vs Renting? 1:05:51 – How to get in contact with Alicia T. Ford