Growth Experts with Dennis Brown

Sean Casto is the founder of the premier app marketing agency PreApps, where he has helped thousands of apps reach millions of downloads. He's also the creator of the App Marketing Academy, the world's best online mobile app marketing program.

Today, Sean is one of the most in-demand experts on mobile app marketing and growth. His reach has expanded to 80 countries across 24 different app categories, where his clients create, launch, and market their apps, taking each app from zero to millions of downloads and sales. He has worked with million-dollar apps like Flyp, OverKill 2, and Gadget Flow, and even billion-dollar apps like Cheetah Mobile's Security Master (over 550,000,000 downloads).

During out interview we discuss:

- Sean shares the 7 pillars of creating and launching a million dollar app.

- In pillar #1 Sean talks about how and why you need to start with a grand vision for your mobile app.

- In pillar #2 Sean talks about the importance of innovation and how to create something that people can't live without.

- In pillar #3 Sean talks about the role of growth marketing. He discusses how the 50% rule and how it applies.

- Sean talks about some of the growth levers when it comes to getting traction and downloads.

- In pillar #4 Sean breaks down the value of the having a real team behind the scenes.

- In pillar #5 Sean talks about virality, retention and app addiction and how this impacts a million dollar app.

- Sean talks about how Candy Crush and how they generate $1 billion in revenue annually through their highly addictive app.

- In pillar #6 Sean talks about how important money masterly is in order to rapidly grow a profitable mobile app.

- In pillar #7 Sean talks about the importance or measuring whats working and what's not. "Don't be lazy test like crazy!"

- Sean breaks down some important KPI's you should tracking in order to launch a successful app.

- Sean shares his favorite growth tool/software.

- Lastly Sean shares one of his favorite books.

Sean's websites:

Get a copy of FREE Sean's best selling book "App Secrets" at www.seancasto.com/growthexperts

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How Sohail Kahn earned over $1.5 million in one of his first joint ventures!

#1 Joint Venture Expert, 8 Figure Business Mentor, Serial Entrepreneur and Best Selling Author who recently sold one of his businesses for 8 figures. Last but not least he is also the one of the authors of "Guerrilla Marketing and Joint Ventures: Million Dollar Partnering Strategies For Growing Any Business in Any Economy"

During our interview he shares…

-What are joint ventures and how do they work?

-Why joint and how joint ventures can be such a powerful growth strategy.

-Sohail shares the biggest mistakes to avoid when setting up a joint venture.

-He also shares the exact joint venture strategy he used to generate over $1.5 million in profit.

-He also shares his favorite growth tool.And much more...

Tune in and listen to How Sohail Kahn earned over $1.5 million in one of his first joint ventures!

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Marcus Taylor is the Founder & CEO of Venture Harbour, a digital innovation studio in Oxfordshire that has built a multi-million dollar portfolio of highly-automated online businesses with zero funding inc. SaaS tools, comparison sites, and more recently, MacOS apps. Marcus also developed the World's first scientifically-valid method of measuring human comfort zones and has been featured in the Forbes 30 Under 30.

During our interview we discuss:

- How and why Marcus became and entrepreneur

- How he optimized one component of his website which increased the number of leads by 4X w/ no additional traffic.

- How cognitive biases impact the # of leads you generate from your website.

- We discuss a simple web form hack that can increase your conversion by over 50%.

- He shares a key strategy they uncovered on how to leverage segmenting to increase the # of leads as well as the overall conversion.

- How motivation controls the overall conversion rate of inquiry/web forms.

- We talk about how some simple changes your web forms can maximize the ROI on your paid advertising campaign.

- Marcus shares one of his favorite growth tools/software.

- He shares one of his favorite books.

Marcus's website:

Learn How to Capture 4X More Leads & Sales From Your Website

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Hey guys, in part 1 I shared tips 1-4 and now in part 2 I share tips 4-7 plus a BONUS tip at the end that you don't want to miss.

As I said before, these are lessons I've learned throughout my 25 year career as an entrepreneur. I've launched 6,7 and even 8 figure business BUT I've also had several startups that completely failed. Tune into how I've generated over $200 million as an entrepreneur.

This is part 2 so if you have not yet checked out part 1, here is the link to save you time.

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Hey guys, in this solo podcast I share 7 tips for starting and growing a 7 figure business. These are lessons I've learned throughout my 25 year career as an entrepreneur. I've launched 6,7 and even 8 figure business BUT I've also had several startups that completely failed. Tune into how I've generated over $200 million as an entrepreneur.

This is part 1 of 2 so stay tuned the next episode where I share even more tips!

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Brandon Vaughn, the CEO of Automate Grow Sell, where he helps small business owners systemize and scale their companies through personalized mentorship and training programs. Brandon grew up watching his father work through the highs and lows of owning a small business. When a serious illness left his father unable to continue the physical labor required to keep his business running, Brandon took it over and grew from 0 employees to over 70 in less than 6 seasons. Today, he's sharing the secrets behind his own success through Conquer, a personalized mentorship program designed to inspire a balanced entrepreneurial life through systems and coaching.

During our interview we discuss:

- Why Brandon decided to become an entrepreneur.

- He shares how he grew his first venture from $8k per month to over $450k per month and then sold it.

- We also talk about how acquired another small business and has been able to increase sales by X.

- The #1 strategy he uses to get new leads and clients.

- He shares the importance of having the proper mindset in order to ramp up and grow a profitable business.

- Brandon talks about the strategy he used to scale his coaching business beyond his own bandwidth.

- The importance of accountability having an accountability partner.

- He talks about the first and foremost thought he has everyday that has allowed him to grow so rapidly.

- Brandon shares his favorite growth tool/software.

- He then recommends one of his favorite books.

Brandon's websites:

www.agsconquer.com/growthexperts

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Jeffrey Gitomer is an American author, professional speaker, and business trainer, who writes and speaks internationally on sales, customer loyalty, and personal development. Gitomer has written fifteen books, including New York Times best sellers, The Sales Bible and The Little Gold Book of YES! Attitude. His most successful title, The Little Red Book of Selling, has sold more than five million copies worldwide and has been translated into 14 languages.

During our interview we discuss:

- Jeffrey shares why your competitive advantage really has nothing to do with your competitors.

- Why its important to be different, better and perceived by the customer as more valuable.

- The only thing that matters when it comes to your competitive advantage.

- Jeffrey shares some great examples of how to be different when cold calling.

- We talk about different strategies to disruptive the gatekeeper to 10x your chances of getting to the decision maker.

- Why attitude, habits and investing in personal development is critical to long term success in sales.

- He explains why it's important to not focus on being the cheapest and how to avoid falling into that trap.

- Why the typical "value proposition" is bullshit

- He shares his favorite growth tool/software.

- Jeffrey recommends one of his favorite books that helped him become successful.

Jeffrey's websites:

www.Gitomer.com

www.gitomerlearningacademy.com/

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Kimanzi Constable is the author of four books that have sold over 150,000 books. He is a writer for 14 large publications and magazines. He is a corporate digital marketing consultant that travels to 15 countries a year for gigs at Multinational corporations.

During our interview we discuss:

- How and why he started consulting with corporate clients to help them with their digital marketing needs.

- Kimanzi shares one of his favorite strategies for building his personal brand and generating leads for his business.

- Then he shares his exact system/framework for landing 6 figure corporate consulting clients.

- We talk about the importance of changing your marketing message when it comes to larger corporate clients vs small businesses.

- He talks about understanding your target markets pain points.

- Kimanzi shares some hacks and strategies on how to find your first high end consulting clients.

- The right way and the wrong way to do outreach to decision makers.

- Important tips on how to structure a proper proposal.

- He shares his favorite growth tool/software.

- Kimanzi recommends one of his favorite books.

- PLUS a whole lot more!

Kimanzi's websites:

Get Booked: How to Get Paid Speaking and Consulting Gigs

www.kconstable.com

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Garrett Mehrguth is the CEO and co-founder of Directive, a the leading B2B and enterprise search marketing agency. They currently have a YoY growth rate of 300%, and have expanded rapidly with locations in NYC, LA, Austin, and even the UK!

During our interview we discuss:

- Garrett talks about why he suggest that entrepreneurs should not compare

- He shares the #1 strategy they use to get new clients today.

- We discuss the keys to landing B2B enterprise clients.

- Garrett talks about his swimming upstream strategy for getting new clients.

- He shares his "discoverability" theory and strategy when it comes to ranking for B2B search terms.

- He shares how B2B marketers are tracking all the wrong metrics when it comes to search and what metrics they should be tracking.

- Garrett shares how anyone listening can start leveraging his "discoverability" strategy to start ranking for highly difficult keywords.

- Why focusing on lower CPA can be a huge mistake and how to fix it.

- Garrett shares his favorite growth tool/software.

- He recommends to the audience one of his favorite business books.

Garrett's website:

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Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, at aged 22 Jay grew his first business from 0-500 staff and in three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all without any investment other than a small amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota and New Look, to name a few.

During our interview we discuss:

- How and why Jay choose his niche before launching his first business that went on to do over $30 million in sales.

- Jay shares some of his earliest lessons that helped him get his early clients and forward momentum.

- We talk about how he was able to differentiate himself from his competitors.

- The importance of outworking your competitors.

- Jay talks about the importance of thinking about your exit strategy early on.

- We talk about the importance of focusing on revenue generating activity versus focusing on non revenue generating activities.

- He talks about the importance of having a strong BELIEF in not only what your doing but why your doing it.

- Jay shares his favorite growth tool/software.

- He recommends one of his favorite books.

- PLUS a whole lot more!

Jay's websites:

www.jay-dhillon.com

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