Money Making Millennials: Entrepreneurs | Start Ups | Leaders of the Future

Learn how you can finally achieve your goals of writing and publishing your own Kindle eBook today. In today's episode, we have special guest Rob Cubbon, who's published 4 Kindle eBooks in the past year, share with us his tips and strategies to getting launched on Kindle now!

• Rob shares how he went from freelance designer to an online marketer and blogger
• How Rob started an online web design business
• Rob shares the different ways he's been upping his passive income through: eBooks, online courses, video learning, and more
• Rob's source of inspiration to start writing eBooks
• How Rob got started with eBook publishing
• How Rob transitioned from PDF eBooks to Kindle eBooks
• Why you should focus your time most on content and not how your eBook looks
• Where to go to gain feedback on your book idea
• Why you need to get a book on Kindle now
• How long it took Rob to write his first book

• Pat Flynn's interview with Darren Rowse and how he compiled 31 blog posts into an eBook and sold 16,000 copies

Rob is a Amazon bestselling author, online teacher, and graphic designer. In the past year, he's published 4 eBooks on Amazon: From Freelancer to Entrepreneur, Build a Brand, Sell Products and Earn Passive Income, Running A Web Design Business From Home, and How to Sell Video Courses Online.

• Rob's website
• Rob's Twitter
• Rob's podcast

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Sean did something amazing with his recent book. He open sourced it and is allowing people to write inside the book's world. But that's not the best part. Sean is giving away the copyright and allowing people to own the copyright and royalties to anything they create within his world. It pretty amazing! Hear Sean explain everything in today's episode below.

• Why you need to author a book series to be successful
• Why Sean decided to open source his “Dream Engine” book world and allow anyone to write books in the world and own both the copyright and royalties
• What is serialized fiction, how does it work, and is it still popular like it was in 2012

• Fiction Unboxed Project

• The Dream Engine - the Steampunk novel that was written during the Fiction Unboxed Project

• Sean's two published Amazon Serials, Monstrous & Z 2134

• Write, Publish Repeat - a how-to book on writing

• SterlingandStone website
• Joanna Penn's website, the Creative Penn

Sean has written more than a dozen books with the help of David Wright and Johnny B. Truant. Some of these books include his most popular series: Yesterdays Gone, The Beam, and Unicorn Western. Recently Sean wrote, The Dream Engine, with the help of Johnny B. Truant during a project they called Fiction Unboxed. Besides writing, Sean enjoys spending time with Sean his wife, daughter, and son.

• You can visit Sean's website: SterlingandStone.net
• Follow Sean on Twitter

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Sean shares his strategies and systems for writing novels. He shares how he co-wrote more than 1.5 million words last year with his business partner, Johnny B. Truant, by writing out an outline that fleshes out his ideas on paper. Hear the systems he uses in today's episode below.

• What got Sean interested in writing fiction
• Sean’s gift of telling stories through copywriting
• Sean’s system for writing online articles fast
• How and why Sean started a blog
• How Sean’s refined systems helped him produce more than 1.5 million words last year with his business partner
• Sean’s outlining system of writing out character descriptions, location scouting, and more
• How Sean writes out what he calls 300 word “Beats” which are description and background of each chapter in the novel
• Sean shares how he and his business partner wrote a complete story, from no idea to finished novel, in just 30 days

• Fiction Unboxed Project

• The Dream Engine - the Steampunk novel that was written during the Fiction Unboxed Project

Sean has written more than a dozen books with the help of David Wright and Johnny B. Truant. Some of these books include his most popular series: Yesterdays Gone, The Beam, and Unicorn Western. Recently Sean wrote, The Dream Engine, with the help of Johnny B. Truant during a project they called Fiction Unboxed. Besides writing, Sean enjoys spending time with Sean his wife, daughter, and son.

• You can visit Sean's website: SterlingandStone.net
• Follow Sean on Twitter

• Sign up for the email list and I'll send you my free eBook, 5 Ways You Can Make Money as a Millennial
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• Follow on Twitter: @moneymakerxyz

Enjoy the episode? Subscribe to the Podcast on iTunes and leave a 5 star review! The Podcast is also now available to subscribe to on Stitcher Radio. Can't wait for Thursday? Listen to Sean explain why he decided to open source his book, The Dream Engine, below.

• How Jonny Wrote and Published His First Kindle Book
• Understanding Conversational Conversion
• How Jonny Launched ILoveVampireNovels.com
• Why Goodreads and email marketing is the most important social media for authors
• How Jonny Launched P&R Radio Podcast
• How to finish the first book
• Why you need a book series of at least 5-7 books
• Why Jonny doesn't believe in giving away your first book for free
• How to give yourself a deadline to finish your book
• Why an outline sets you up to success
• How writers groups are great for characterization but not author marketing
• Jonny's business model for writing and publishing

• iLoveVampireNovels.com - a service for authors who write vampire novels
• A Shade of Vampire series - mentioned by Jonny during the chat. Belly Forrest has blown up as an author on Amazon
• A Newbie's Guide to Publishing - J.A. Konrath's blog
• Your First 1,000 Copies by Tim Grahl

• The Audience Hacker - Jonny's blog and podcast on growing your audience for authors and author-preneurs.
• Jonny on Twitter

In today's episode, learn how Jonny dug himself out of the hole of failure. Hear his story on how he did it and how he got into internet marketing and info products as well.

• How Jonny dug himself out of the hole of failure
• Jonny's try at internet marketing and info-products
• How Jonny learned search engine optimization and creating info-products for a targeted audience
• Jonny's lessons in being resourceful
• Making commitments and sticking to them

• Steve Job's Connecting the Dots speech at Stanford University 2005

• The Audience Hacker - Jonny's blog and podcast on growing your audience for authors and author-preneurs.
• Jonny on Twitter

It's not hard to create easy videos that you can share on YouTube and Instagram. In this episode, you're going to learn how to tell your entrepreneurial story through the amazing power of video from "Visual Sto­ry­teller Extra­or­di­naire" Nicole Tate. She's going to share her tips on video making success, plus her video creation dos and don'ts.

• How to craft amazing video with the smartphone camera you already own
• 4 Don'ts of Video Creation
• Taking away the excuses that prevent you from telling your story through video
• How to take action and start creating video for YouTube and Instagram

1. Don't go in without a strategy or focus
2. Don't stray and don't ramble
3. Don't try to cover it all
4. Don't think it's too hard

• Get social media video tips from MediaInAction's YouTube channel
• Learn how to craft amazing YouTube Videos from Mr. YouTube (aka James Wedmore)
• Learn from the 24/7 streaming courses on CreativeLive
• Instagram Marketing for Small Business - course taught by Sue B. Zimmerman

• MediaInAction Twitter
• MediaInAction Instagram
• MediaInAction YouTube

• Sign up for the email list and I'll send you my free eBook, 5 Ways You Can Make Money as a Millennial
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Learn how Nicole Tate landed a video contract for Little Caesar's Pizza Fundraising division. In the episode, she discusses how she used the power of social media and networking to connect with the corporation and ways you can do the same.

• How Nicole transitioned from corporate America to being her own boss as an entrepreneur.
• Nicole's passion for educating young entrepreneurs on social media and video.
• Why it's important to get involved in your local government to make sure laws are helping small businesses, not hurting them.
• How Nicole networked her way to a video contract with Little Caesar's Pizza Fundraising division.

• MediaInAction website
• MediaInAction Twitter
• MediaInAction Instagram
• MediaInAction YouTube

• Sign up for the email list and I'll send you my free eBook, 5 Ways You Can Make Money as a Millennial
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Learn how Sue B. Zimmerman used Instagram Marketing to boost a 40% increase in sales in today's episode.

• How to tell your business story through pictures on Instagram
• Sue explains how there's an equal playing field between small businesses and big brands on Instagram
• Using strategies like geotagging, hash tagging, direct messaging, and more to grow your brand and audience
• The differences between a personal and featured Instagram account
• Using Canva to design amazing social media images
• The benefits of being on Instagram for your business
• The clean interface that Instagram provide; free of distractions and ads
• Searching and using hashtags to see trends in your industry
• How Instagram attracted a $50k client for Sue
• Using a custom hashtag for increased engagement

• Sue B. Zimmerman's Personal Instagram, @suebzimmerman
• Sue B. Zimmerman's Featured Account, @theinstagramexpert
• Sue B. Zimmerman's Creative Live Account, @instagallive
• Canva for designing amazing social media images
• Heyo - Host Social Media Campaigns and Contests
• Sail To Your Success - exclusive event for business owners and managers hosted by Sue B. Zimmerman
• 7 Things Not To Do on Instagram eBook
• Instagram Marketing for Small Business Creative Live Course

• Visit Sue B. Zimmerman's website
• Follow Sue B. Zimmerman's person Instagram
• Follow Sue B. Zimmerman on Twitter

Learn the secrets behind how Sue B. Zimmerman is able to launch amazingly successful businesses. From Boxer Rebellion, which grossed more than $1 million in sales it's first year, to Sue B. Do, which gained a 40% increase in sales due to Instagram Marketing, you'll get a backstage pass to Sue's entrepreneurial journey in today's episode.

• Sue's entrepreneurial journey that started when she was just 10-years-old
• How Sue came up with the idea for Boxer Rebellion and how the business made it's first $1 million in sales in it's first year
• Sue's idea for crafting with double sided tape that started a full fledged business
• Why Sue thought that Crocs were the next big thing and how she jumped on the band wagon early
• Sue's desire to start her own brand, Sue B. Do
• How Sue became an expert in social media marketing for her business
• How Sue's sales increased 40% just by her using Instagram
• Sue's desire to teach other small business owners how to use social media marketing

• Em John Jewelry - founded by 17 year old teenage entrepreneur, Emma Johnson. Sue featured Emma's business during the Creative Live course, Instagram Marketing for Small Business.
• H Nichols Illustrations - Holly Nichols is a young entrepreneur and fashion illustrator. You can find her on Instagram: @hnicholsillustrations

Learn how to rank #1 in iTunes through strategies that Freddie Mixell mentions like: leveraging the Subtitle/Talent name by adding relevant niche keywords, creating eye catching headline titles for your podcast episodes, and more.

• How to rank well in iTunes
• Leveraging the Subtitle/Talent name by adding relevant niche keywords
• Creating eye catching headline titles for your podcast episodes
• How filling in the keywords box in Libsyn is a waste of time (iTunes doesn’t read these tags anymore)
• Why you need to build a platform to launch your podcast for success
• Following the followers of people in your niche on Twitter so you can gain a wider reach of your target audience
• Creating a Facebook Group in addition to your Facebook Page to gain additional exposure and build a more active audience
• Turning audio clips of your podcast into sharable videos on Instagram
• Joining every single podcasting Facebook Group

• Jab, Jab, Right Hook by Gary Vanderchuck
• Buy on Amazon
• Get the Audiobook for FREE through Audible
• Sue B. Zimmerman - The Instagram Expert
• Podcasters Bootcamp
• Twitter @freddiemixell