INspired INsider Podcast

Johnathan Dane is the CEO and Founder of KlientBoost, a hybrid PPC SEO agency that has grown from zero to eight figures in just the past few years. KlientBoost is a creative pay-per-click and paid social and landing page conversion rate optimization agency pushing the boundaries of ROI and profit potential for over 200 active clients in SaaS, eCommerce, and lead generation.

Johnathan is also the Co-Founder of GrowthComet, a training platform that assists agencies, consultants, and freelancers looking to 10x their service business through a community and 12-month training course.

Many marketing agencies, ironically, don't know how to market themselves. Marketing agencies play in a very saturated market where they have to compete against other marketers to attract potential clients to sign on with them. For Johnathan Dane of KlientBoost, succeeding at marketing as an agency and not having to depend on referrals for the next client requires a deliberate focus on differentiation.

How do you differentiate your agency to increase client acquisition and retention to reach over 10 million dollars in revenue? How do you manage growth, hire, and keep A-players in your team? Today's insightful episode on leveraging your uniqueness in the marketing space is brought to you by Rise25.com.

Tune in to this episode of INspired INsider as Dr. Jeremy Weisz interviews Johnathan Dane of KlientBoost about how his company became a top marketing agency. Listen as Johnathan discusses what he learned from the almost-sale of his company before COVID-19 happened, what agency owners need to do to get ahead in the game, how to use contrarian marketing to acquire more clients, and more.

Ian Garlic is a top video marketing and content expert. He is the founder of StoryCrews, a company that helps businesses connect with top-rated videographers to help businesses market and expand their brand through powerful stories captured on video. He is also the CEO of authenticWEB, a top-rated SEO company that helps businesses grow by sharing authentic stories online through a combination of videos, animations, websites, and SEO.

Ian also runs and hosts his own podcast, the Garlic Marketing Show podcast, where he has featured some amazing guests such as Gary Vaynerchuk, Neil Patel, Ryan Deiss, and many more.

Did you know that testimonials are actually hurting your business? Customer testimonials provide a huge ego boost in business but it doesn't really leave much of an impact to future potential customers. So how can you share client feedback in a way that not only catches people's eyes but sticks? You create case stories.

But not everyone knows how to tell a story and not a lot of people know how to make a story viral. You need to be able to convey the right emotions into your story's messaging to make an impact because a good story is one that converts the audience into clients. And this is what Ian Garlic does. Over the last ten years, Ian has been helping service-based businesses find their most powerful client stories, capture them on video, and deliver them at the perfect time to attract and convert their ideal clients.

In this episode of INspired INsider, Jeremy Weisz interviews Ian Garlic of StoryCrews about the power of a great client story and how it can convert the audience into future clients. Listen in as Ian gives tips on how to tell a great story, how to leverage Youtube to grow and expand your business, and why you should consider hiring a video marketer over a videographer. Stay tuned.

Nick Araco is the Chairman and CEO of AchieveNEXT, a company that helps introduce disruptive knowledge sharing to the c-suite, the Finance, and the HR communities in North America. Considered as one of the nation's most prominent business, career, and life Connector, as well as the 'Voice of the Middle Market CFO, Nick has spent over 20 years educating, inspiring, and empowering his ever-growing c-suite and professional network.

Entrepreneurial decisions are tough calls to make. And these days, it's even more difficult to make financial decisions because the repercussions can lead to a domino effect within your business and outside of it. This is why for Nick Araco, it's crucial to have a support system and a network that can help you study your decisions so that you can get to the most optimal solution and get to an informed decision. And that is exactly what Nick has been up to with AchieveNEXT and his CFO Alliance Community

In this episode of INspired INsider, Dr. Jeremy Weisz interviews Nick Araco of AchieveNEXT about CFOs and the tough decisions they have had to make during a crisis, what the CFO Alliance is all about, how they support members of their community, and why Nick now considers the path towards success as more like a lattice and not a ladder. Stay tuned.

Johnathan Dane is the CEO and Founder of KlientBoost, a hybrid PPC SEO agency that has grown from zero to eight figures in just the past few years. KlientBoost is a creative pay-per-click and paid social and landing page conversion rate optimization agency pushing the boundaries of ROI and profit potential for over 200 active clients in SaaS, eCommerce, and lead generation.

Johnathan is also the Co-Founder of GrowthComet, a training platform that assists agencies, consultants, and freelancers looking to 10x their service business through a community and 12-month training course.

Becoming a professional basketball player and even winning the MVP award at a training camp in Denmark were certainly not what Johnathan Dane thought would happen when he got into a fight with his dad and was sent back to his mom in Denmark. Johnathan was still in high school at the time, and when he thought he could get comfortable at his mom's, she pulled the rug from under him and sent him out of the house to go be his own man.

Johnathan has since gone on to make his own rug and has been keeping it as heavy as possible financially so no one can yank it out again. He's been doing so by helping his clients stay profitable through creative pay-per-click and paid social and landing page conversion rate optimization.

In this episode of INspired INsider, Dr. Jeremy Weisz interviews Johnathan Dane of KlientBoost about his experiences as a professional basketball player and his pivot into the world of entrepreneurship and digital marketing. Join in on the conversation as he discusses what has led him to the paths he has taken in life and what keeps him motivated and determined to help his clients achieve their success. Stay tuned.

Ross Hudgens is the founder of Siege Media, an agency that helps great brands scale with SEO-focused content marketing. Ross founded Siege Media in 2012 and they have continued to grow since then and have made it to the Inc. 5000 list these past three years and they were also recognized as Inc.'s Best Workplaces. Their past and current clients include Airbnb, TripAdvisor, Shutterfly, Zillow, Intuit, Audible, and many more.

Ross also runs GrowthComet, a training course of record for agencies, freelancers, and consultants looking to 10x their growth. He runs GrowthComet with his partner, Johnathan Dane, CEO of $10M ARR CRO/PPC agency KlientBoost.

No other marketing channel offers immediate and long term value like content marketing. But many brands still continue to struggle to gain a strong foothold in the world of content which means they're unable to generate the optimal ROI for their business. And this is why it's a good idea to hire a team who knows what they're doing and can get the results you need to market your brand efficiently in order to grow your business.

Ross Hudgens' company, Siege Media, is in the business of taking away the guess work in content marketing from their clients because they take on the content marketing steering wheel and drive their brand to its desired destination.

Learn more about Ross Hudgens and Siege Media in this episode of INspired INsider as Dr. Jeremy Weisz interviews him about how they help grow the bottomline of companies they work with through content marketing. They will be talking about what makes for great content, what makes a content go viral, the best tools to use for content marketing, and more so stay tuned.

Dr. Erica Miller is an inspirational speaker, entrepreneur, and international best-selling author who survived the Holocaust and was in the Israeli Air Force. She opened a chain of mental health clinics with over 40 clinicians. She also ran a nonprofit and is a highly sought-after guest speaker all over the world.

Dr. Miller oversees her family's real estate in Austin, Texas. She's the author of three books: Dr. Erica Miller's Story: From Trauma to Triumph, Don't Tell Me I Can't Do It, and the international bestseller, Chronologically Gifted: Aging with Gusto: A Practical Guide for Healthy Living to Age 123.

People and businesses continue to suffer the effects of COVID-19 with no definite end in sight and yet, Dr. Erica Miller believes that it is possible to not just survive but thrive despite the challenging times. She should know what it means to be resilient and have grit in the face of challenges because she's a Holocaust survivor. At 7 years old, she was herded in a cattle car and brought to a Nazi concentration camp where she spent four years battling hunger, oppression, and thoughts of never making it out alive. But she was resilient and when freedom came, it was only a matter of time before young Erica would conquer the world and decide to join the Israeli Air Force.

Now an octogenarian, Dr. Miller says she's got the guts, grit, and gusto to keep smashing her goals all the way till she's 123 years old. She has started and managed 40 mental health clinics and she has seen the world in all its beauty and tragedy. Her mantra? "I'm lucky to be alive".

In this episode of INspired INsider, Dr. Erica Miller talks about the hurdles that she has had to overcome in her life and how her resilience, fearlessness, and determination paved the way for her to not just survive but thrive. It's an insightful episode about fighting to survive, grabbing opportunities, and smashing goals one by one so stay tuned.

David Gonzalez is the founder of one of the leading joint venture partnership agencies, Simply The Coolest Affiliate Management Agency, which helps its business clients to generate more traffic and sales.

He is also the founder of the Austin-based Internet Marketing Party, which is a monthly business networking event for online marketers which has been held regularly since 2008. He runs other businesses including a licensing company, a beauty brand, and a health marketing company.

Is a world where everyone wins possible? David Gonzalez believes so but only if everyone changes how they think about the world and the people in it. He says the era where people seek to eviscerate the competition or exploit others to get ahead in business and life needs to be over. But it's no easy task and it would actually require people to be more inclined to giving and doing business that's beyond themselves. That's why he is inspired by people such as Nikola Tesla and Manoj Bhargava, whom he considers to be the universe's top givers.

David is an incredible entrepreneur and leader in the digital marketing space. He has a genuine interest to connect with people and it is clearly evident in how he elevates people in companies. And he is a genius at creating meaningful connections.

In this Top Givers Series of INspired INsider, Dr. Jeremy Weisz interviews David Gonzalez of Simply The Coolest about what it means to do business beyond self, the people he considers the top givers in the universe and why he finds them inspiring, and his thoughts on what would happen if everyone had $800 million. He also shares how he overcame the biggest struggle he's been through and why he recommends compartmentalizing the things that you can and cannot control. Stay tuned.

Josh Fonger is the CEO of Work the System Enterprises, a consulting firm that has attracted over 100,000 business owners from over 50 countries. He has personally consulted or coached over 500 business owners from more than 100 industries ranging from small startup businesses to large $500M enterprises.

Josh has the unique ability to develop and implement systematic solutions to complex problems and he has also been recognized as the authority in Business Performance Architecture.

Most people are confined in their homes these days due to the COVID-19 pandemic. People are suddenly thrust with the need to adjust their lives around their current reality, and this includes homeschooling kids. While homeschooling isn't the easiest thing to do, it can lead to unimaginable growth and opportunity-seeking skills in children. Josh Fonger admits that homeschooling isn't made for everyone, but the ability to observe, adapt, and adjust that it fosters are values that business owners should have in order to grow their business and thrive.

In this episode of INspiredINsider, Dr. Jeremy Weisz talks to Josh Fonger of Work the System Enterprises about the challenges and benefits of homeschooling and the importance of having the ability to identify opportunities and grab them. He also discusses how the Work the System philosophy and methodologies works, and the exciting new pipeline project they have for business owners. Stay tuned.

Rand Fishkin is the co-founder and CEO of SparkToro, a company that helps marketers, PR folks, entrepreneurs, and product builders to get audience intelligence without the need for expensive, time-consuming, inaccurate surveys.

Before co-founding SparkToro, Rand is also the co-founder and former CEO of Moz, a company he founded with his mother after dropping out of the University of Washington 2 classes away from completing his degree. The company, which started as a blog called SEOmoz, attracted 30 million visitors annually and grew into a consulting business and now a software company.

He is the author of the book Lost and Founder: A Painfully Honest Field Guide to the Startup World.

When the name Rand Fishkin comes up, many are quick to think him as the co-founder and former CEO of Moz, the multimillion-dollar software business. But what you may not be too familiar with is that Moz was built during a recession. Having come through the trenches, Rand knows all too well what it's like to grow a company in the middle of a recession. And with the increasingly negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy, businesses are also facing the same challenging times as Rand did when he started Moz.

Rand has learned many things during his time with Moz and one of them is how to best handle the direct and indirect impacts of building at a time of recession. He has since sold Moz and he founded and is currently the CEO of SparkToro.

In this episode of INspiredINsider, Dr. Jeremy Weisz interviews Rand Fishkin about behind the scene stories of building Moz through a recession, why he had to step down as CEO of Moz, and the new challenges that he faced while building SparkToro. He also talks about what makes SparkToro unique in the industry and what it can do for businesses that no one else can. Stay tuned.

Paul Jarrett is the Co-Founder and CEO of Bulu, a company in the business of creating private-label subscription box businesses for some of the world's biggest brands such as Disney, Clorox, GNC, and Discovery Channel. Paul and his Co-Founder and wife, Stephanie, launched Bulu Box, Bulu's flagship program in 2012 as the 6th subscription box to the market.

Bulu pioneered taking subscription boxes from concept to creation and now they ship millions of boxes to happy subscribers nationwide. They specialize in working with multibillion-dollar retail brands by offering innovative solutions to go to consumers and they also offer ecommerce brands turnkey services such as customer service and fulfillment. Paul quickly gained recognition as a trailblazer and has been featured in the Entrepreneur Magazine, Forbes, PBS, Inc., CBS News, and many other major media outlets.

Everyone has their own story about growing up and their journey to business success. But not everyone moves from a trailer park in Lincoln, Nebraska to owning and running a business that ships millions of boxes to happy subscribers nationwide. Not everyone goes from packing boxes in a studio apartment to occupying a 100,000 square foot warehouse. That's just a slice of the Paul Jarrett story.

Paul Jarrett is the CEO and Co-Founder of Bulu, the industry authority in creating private-label Subscription Box businesses for the world's largest retail brands. He grew up on the wrong side of the tracks, worked jobs he didn't really enjoy and became a success story that will inspire people to aim for their own pot of gold.

In this episode of INspiredINsider, Dr. Jeremy Weisz interviews Paul Jarrett about what it was like growing up and how his parents continue to influence him today. They discuss the struggles and challenges he has been through, experiencing culture shock, reaching out and learning from successful people, and how he set his business apart from everyone else. It's a packed episode so make sure to tune in..