Nine-Five Podcast

#0058 Who is in control of your business? 

You? Or social media networks?

If you are currently growing your business on social media and have neglected building a website to this point, you have NO CONTROL over your own business.

That's right. At any moment, social media networks can remove you from the picture without warning.

That is why we are talking with Juliana Meyer, Founder of SupaPass, about the importance of building your own platform (AKA a website). The best part of all? - SupaPass make it SUPER EASY!

Top 3 Key Takeaways:

1. Why it's important to be building your business OFF social media
2. How to stop treating your website like a "train station" - constantly sending people to other platforms and networks (and how SupaPass can help with this)
3. Why you need a website for your business (and/or podcast!)

To get the links and resources discussed in this episode, head over to the Episode 58 Show Notes.

If you enjoyed the episode, be sure to leave a review of the Nine-Five Podcast on Apple Podcasts.

#0057 How are you reinvesting money back into your business?

Have you thought about putting some of that money into hiring a full-time or part-time employee?

Well regardless if you have been running your business for a while or you're just in the early stages, today's guest might just convince you to consider hiring sooner rather than later.

Max Borges is runs a multi-million dollar marketing agency and one of the main reasons that he's been able to grow and scale to where he's at is because he hires for his weaknesses. 

From very early on, Max realized that if he hired someone to take care of tasks that he doesn't have time for, is no good at, or just doesn't like doing, he was able to put more effort into doing the things that actually grow a business - and he did!

Top 3 Key Takeaways:

1. Why hiring employees could be one of the best investments you make into your business
2. How running preliminary tests for your business can help validate ideas and weed out potential problems with little money invested
3. How niching down can separate you from competition and help you scale more than you could ever imagine

To get the links and resources discussed in this episode, head over to the Episode 57 Show Notes.

If you enjoyed the episode, be sure to leave a review of the Nine-Five Podcast on Apple Podcasts.

#0056 Let's talk story-telling.

It's a crucial aspect of any marketing plan (assuming you want to grow an actual audience).

Sabine Kvenberg is today's guest and she helps entrepreneurs and creators get more comfortable on camera. Part of this process, is learning how to tell stories that can resonate with the audience you're hoping to serve.

Like most episodes, we touch on several different aspects that can help you throughout various stages of your business journey, but today's main focus is story telling.

Top 3 Key Takeaways:

1. Why you should have an exit strategy (and be thinking about this BEFORE you start your business).
2. Why you only need to be one step ahead to serve others (you don't need to be THE expert).
3. How story telling can help you create deeper connections with your audience and make more sales along the way.

To get the links and resources discussed in this episode, head over to the Episode 56 Show Notes.

If you enjoyed the episode, be sure to leave a review of the Nine-Five Podcast on Apple Podcasts.

#0055 How are you going to bring more traffic to your digital products or offerings?

Paying for ads is one route, but then you're PAYING to become visible to your audience. And if you don't know what you're doing when it comes to running ads, you'll only be wasting money.

Instead, let's learn how to drive free traffic to our website. That's where SEO (Search Engine Optimization) comes into play.

Today's guest is an expert in all things SEO. SEO Steve, or Steve Wiideman has worked with many big brands and names that you'd be familiar with like Sketchers, Applebees, and Disney, and has helped play a big role in developing their SEO strategies.

In this episode, we'll be diving deep into SEO with a lot of really great tips no matter if you're just starting out, or already have an SEO background or experience.

Top 3 Key Takeaways:

1. How to create relevant content for the keywords you're wanting to rank for
2. Getting backlinks (without paying sketchy people for them)
3. What user-behavior signals are and how to create a great user-experience for your website visitors

To get the links and resources discussed in this episode, head over to the Episode 55 Show Notes.

If you enjoyed the episode, be sure to leave a review of the Nine-Five Podcast on Apple Podcasts.

#0054 From starting a social media agency while in school to building a social media platform to help agencies and teams be more efficient with social media marketing, the Forbes 30 Under 30 entrepreneur Xenia Muntean is here to share what she has learned and help us get a better grasp on our social media marketing efforts.

Throughout the episode Xenia shares the story of starting a building Planable, which by itself would make for a valuable episode.

But today, Xenia is also going to help us use our social media to accomplish the goals we have for our business.

Be sure to stick around to the end of the episode. Xenia is giving all the listeners of the Nine-Five Podcast a special discount to her platform, Planable.

Top 3 Key Takeaways:

1. How to validate your business (and how to not let perfectionism get in the way)
2. Creating a social media strategy that can actually help grow your business
3. Biggest mistake most social media marketers make when trying to tackle social media

To get the links and resources discussed in this episode, head over to the Episode 54 Show Notes.

If you enjoyed the episode, be sure to leave a review of the Nine-Five Podcast on Apple Podcasts.

#0053 How important is personal branding?

Well, how important is it for you to leave behind a legacy?

It's THAT important. And it's exactly what serial entrepreneur, Jeff Lopes, intends to do.

Aside from the incredible stories and successes that Jeff shares throughout the episode, his tips for networking and growing a personal brand are incredible.

Top 3 Key Takeaways:

1. How personal branding can propel everything else that you do in business
2. Why networking is so important for building a personal brand
3. Tips for using Instagram to get the conversation started and begin building relationships with more people

To get the links and resources discussed in this episode, head over to the Episode 53 Show Notes.

If you enjoyed the episode, be sure to leave a review of the Nine-Five Podcast on Apple Podcasts.

#0052 Let's get you talking to your money.

Yes, I literally mean talking to your money.

Money Master, Joe Burns does exactly that, and teaches his clients to do the same. Joe helps people build a stronger relationship with their money to ultimately make more of it and keep more of it as well.

And he's here to help all of you do the same as well.

Top 3 Key Takeaways:

1. Why talking to your money might help you build a better relationship with it
2. Success stories of people who have grown exponentially after getting the money mindset right
3. Why having that goal of 6-figures isn't the best place to start

To get the links and resources discussed in this episode, head over to the Episode 52 Show Notes.

If you enjoyed the episode, be sure to leave a review of the Nine-Five Podcast on Apple Podcasts.

#0051 What if John Lee Dumas gave up on the Entrepreneurs on Fire Podcast too early?

• It never would have reached over 100 million downloads worldwide.
• JLD wouldn't currently have over 1 million active monthly listeners.
• And much of the Entrepreneurs on Fire brand just wouldn't be what is it today.

But he didn't give up too early. He set himself up for success. And in his new book The Common Path to Uncommon Success, John outlines much of this journey from being young and scared to launch a daily podcast, to become one of the most influential business podcasts in the world!

In this short episode, we are going to break down some major points the John makes in his new book.

Top 3 Key Takeaways:

1. How to start building a customer avatar
2. How to truly understand what your customer wants/need
3. How John Lee Dumas avoided giving up on his podcast too early

To get the links and resources discussed in this episode, head over to the Episode 51 Show Notes.

If you enjoyed the episode, be sure to leave a review of the Nine-Five Podcast on Apple Podcasts.

#0050 What is one thing that all the "big guys" do (besides put out killer content)?

They put out that killer content CONSISTENTLY.

Being consistent in your content creation can be one of the most difficult things to do, trust me I know. But it is soo extremely important if you want to truly grow online.

That's why I'm going to be sharing some of the tips that I've picked up to help me go from a terribly INCONSISTENT blogger to CONSISTENT podcaster.

Top 3 Key Takeaways:

1. Why consistency truly matters for your brand.
2. 5 Tips for producing content more consistently.
3. Big changes and news around the Nine-Five Podcast and Nine-Five to Freedom brand.

To get the links and resources discussed in this episode, head over to the Episode 50 Show Notes.

If you enjoyed the episode, be sure to leave a review of the Nine-Five Podcast on Apple Podcasts.

#0049 James Watson AKA The LinkedIn King has been helping entrepreneurs and business owners leverage LinkedIn to gain more clients and close more sales.

Today, he is here to not only help us improve our effectiveness on LinkedIn, but the concepts and strategies James talks about will help you through all walks of your business.

Top 3 Key Takeaways:

1. Why your company's messaging is the foundation of your brand and without it, your brand will crumble.
2. How to get off to a great start with prospective clients without sounding too generic and without coming off too "salesy".
3. How you can incorporate Personalized Image Marketing (PMI) to wow your prospective clients, become more personal with your marketing efforts, and stand out against your competitors.

To get the links and resources discussed in this episode, head over to the Episode 49 Show Notes.

If you enjoyed the episode, be sure to leave a review of the Nine-Five Podcast on Apple Podcasts.