Growth Experts with Dennis Brown

In this solo episode, I reflect back on my wrestling and judo career and 6 lessons I learned along the way. These were tough lessons but they've helped me on my journey to launching 3 multi-million dollar businesses that have cumulatively done over $200 million in sales.

Facts you might not know about me...

- I starting wrestling at age 7 and immediately fell in love w/ the sport.

- I wrestled in high school and in at the NCAA Division I level at the University at Buffalo.

- My friend and teammate, Nick Rastelli, got me started in Judo in 1992 while a Senior in college. I practice regularly at Kintora Judo in Buffalo, NY.

- I am now a 2nd degree blackbelt and instructor and still a huge NCAA wrestling fan. [sorry, I don't watch the WWE]

- Last but not least, I am on my path to growing my fourth 7 figure business and my Growth Experts podcast is a part of that journey!

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David Kidder is an experienced entrepreneur, angel investor, and Co-Founder and CEO of Bionic, a company that installs proprietary solutions designed to unlock new growth and competitiveness for the world's largest enterprises. David is here to talk to us about how to shift from surviving to thriving and what that looks like in business. He emphasizes solving customer needs in relation to how they've changed, experimentation with customers, and ambidextrous leadership. Our relationships with our personal and professional domains, as well as our relationships to our customers and their needs have all changed. Tune in to learn how you and your business can shift with them!

During this interview, we discuss:

2:41 – David's backstory on how he got into investing and entrepreneurship

4:18 – Some of Bionic's partners

5:53 – Why are we surviving rather than thriving?

7:41 – What are we trying to solve in relation to how has the need changed?

09:29 – The difference between surviving and winning

10:05 – Shift your mindset towards acceptance and experiment with solutions to your customers' problems

14:00 – Togetherness: The most effective ways to make discoveries about customers

17:05 – The Bionic Burst Community

19:38 – Ambidextrous leadership: Thinking about digital and growth transformation

20:47 – What does other experimentation look like?

23:24 – Combat fear with responsible abundance

24:41 – David shares his favorite growth driver.

25:14 – His most recommended book

Plus, a whole lot more!

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In this episode, I'm gonna share with you "3 Lessons Small Businesses Need to Learn to Grow". You might be surprised that there are similarities in companies that had scaled over 9 figures! what are those? it's up to you to find out. Enjoy!

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Mae Karwowski is the Founder and CEO of Obviously, the leading global influencer marketing agency and technology platform. Mae is here to talk to us about why you need to seriously consider leveraging TikTok and how to leverage the social media platform without knowing how to dance. She gives us valuable insight into utilizing micro influencers, how to select the right ones, what it costs to work with TikTok influencers, and the importance of the messaging and the campaign in influencer marketing.

During this interview, we discuss:

2:32 – About Obviously and why Mae started it

3:14 – What drew Mae to social media marketing?

4:10 – Brands Mae has worked with + Examples

5:15 – Why you need to consider getting on TikTok

9:30 – How to work with influencers on TikTok

11:27 – Why utilizing micro influencers is better

12:58 – An example of a campaign that works well with micro influencers on TikTok

14:17 – Cost: What to expect to pay influencers on TikTok

17:36 – Working with Millie Bobby Brown's line Florence by Mills

18:07 – Tips on how to select the right influencer on TikTok

19:55 – Analytics tools Obviously uses

20:56 – What Mae wants people to know about influencer marketing

22:42 – The importance of the messaging and campaign in influencer marketing

24:52 – Stay connected with the people that love your brand

25:49 – She shares her favorite growth driver.

26:23 – Her most recommended book

Plus, a whole lot more!

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In this episode, I'm gonna share with you my Top 10 Content Marketing Tools that I think you should definitely check out for 2021. Tune in to find out what these tools are and how they can greatly benefit you. Enjoy!

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Manuel Suarez is the Founder and CEO of AGM Marketing Agency, which has generated over 3 billion views and 5 million leads with social media marketing. Manuel is here to talk to us about his lead generating strategy, starting with finding your unique superpower and why it's essential to excessively communicate about it via content creation, so that you can offer your value to the world. He speaks on the importance of structure and strategy in creating value for the world and how to make people see the value in free products to keep them engaged with your brand.

During this interview, we discuss:

2:19 – Manuel's backstory: How bankruptcy lead to entrepreneurship

7:35 – Introducing the framework behind his lead generating strategy

10:17 – Figuring out your superpower

12:41 – Execution: Excessively communicate about your superpower

15:18 – Determine your value, create content to offer that value to the world, and then structure your content creation

18:20 – You really have to care about people and work to make their lives better!

19:27 – Manuel's go-to entrepreneurial tool: Chat marketing + How he makes people value free products

24:34 – What to do after executing your campaign

27:05 – Manuel talks about his favorite growth tool.

27:50 – His most recommended book

Plus, a whole lot more!

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AGM Marketing Agency

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In this solo episode I share what exactly is sales intelligence, as well as some tips and strategies around how to leverage sale intelligence to get more clients. I also talk about how and where to gather sales intelligence on your prospects, customers and even your competitors.

Gathering sales intelligence is fast and easy and can make the difference of being relevant or irrelevant to your prospect. So give it a try.

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Bryan Clayton is the CEO and Co-Founder of GreenPal, an online marketplace that connects homeowners with local lawn care professionals. He was also the Co-Founder of Peachtree. Bryan is a believer that you can grow any idea into a successful business with the "Get, Keep, Grow" concept and being relentless with learning and improving.

During this interview, we discuss:

2:42 – The story behind why Bryan decided to launch GreenPal.

4:54 – How does he fund his business?

6:26 – Bryan shares insight into the size of the business.

8:23 – He explains his concept of "Get, Keep, Grow" and how he implements it.

15:33 – What did Bryan realize he needed to apply to GreenPal to make their value stick to consumers?

18:00 – The importance of making mistakes and being relentless about constant improvement

19:39 – What you need to think about and act on in order to see growth in your business

21:49 – Bryan shares a story of why you shouldn't always follow the footsteps of other companies.

22:39 – How to increase durability in your business

23:48 – Bryan divulges his favorite growth tool he uses to grow GreenPal.

24:47 – Then, he recommends one of his favorite books to us.

Plus, a whole lot more!

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www.yourgreenpal.com

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You can also find GreenPal on the Google Play Store or Apple's App Store!

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During this solo episode I share 5 of my favorite time saving tools and apps. Cumulatively I think these apps save me at least 3-5 hours per week.

#1 on the list will help you manage all the username and passwords you have for all the different websites you are a member of.

#2 on the list saves me time when I want to capture/edit an image on my desktop or online as well as recording and sharing short screen record style videos.

#3 on the list will save you a ton of time by allowing you to save frequently used snippets aka text based messages that you use repetitively. These include email, text and even social media.

#4 on the list has will allow you to spy on your prospects, customers and even competitors and see exactly what they are doing online. You can also use this to get new potential leads emailed directly to you on a daily or weekly basis.

#5 on the list is one of my favorite and not only saves me time but more important frustration and even money. If you have ever misplaced your keys, wallet, earbuds, purse, computer, backpack or luggage this one is absolutely GOLD.

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Gino Barbaro is a best-selling author and Founder of Jake & Gino, an education platform helping others achieve financial freedom through multi-family real estate investing. Gino and his partner also host the #1 multi-family real estate podcast on iTunes called Wheelbarrow Profits. Gino is here to talk to us about the 7 levels of building a successful business, which really applies to any type of business. He walks us through them step by step and offers great advice for how you can launch your business to new heights while giving real examples with each level.

During this interview, we discuss:

1:41 – Gino's background and how he got into real estate investing, writing, and podcasting

5:03 – What is multi-family real estate and why do we love it?

7:30 – First level of building a successful business: Get clear with what you want to do

9:53 – Second level of building a successful business: Educate yourself and get a mentor

12:46 – Third level of building a successful business: Take action!

14:55 – Fourth level of building a successful business: Your first deal + Bootstrapping

17:58 – Fifth level of building a successful business: Acquire more customers and deals

21:17 – Sixth level of building a successful business: Start hiring + Build systems

25:10 – Seventh level of building a successful business: Leave your day job + Scaling up + Create your mission statement

27:15 – Gino shares his final thoughts on the seven levels.

27:55 – He shares his favorite growth driver.

28:37 – His most recommended book

Plus, a whole lot more!

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