This episode contains just one incredibly powerful story how how my participation within a mastermind group has made my dreams, personally and professionally, become reality.  Click here to see the video version of the message included within this episode.

If you are full-time self-employed or plan to become full-time self employed within the next 12 to 18 months, I want to invite you to CLICK HERE TO APPLY FOR THE NEXT LEVEL MASTERMIND TODAY.

Cliff Ravenscraft and the mastermind he created were a major inflection point in my career and life. I went from feeling trapped in a day job to creating my own freedom and autonomy. I left the day job at that time to start my own business to give myself more freedom to do what I want, with whom I want, when I wanted. I've never looked back. Here's the interesting part - as much as Cliff can help you with the tactical/practical (e.g. the in's/out's of online business - he can definitely help with this) ... what really helped me was changing my mindsets and removing the limiting beliefs holding me back from achieving what I wanted.

I joined the group with the plan of maybe leaving my day job in the next year or two. Within 6 months of joining (and attending meetings at 3am my time. It was worth it!) I had a plan to leave my day job within a couple of months. I did leave my day job, much sooner than expected and now 4 years later my business is thriving with 3 employees + myself. Cliff's ability to ask you questions and get you to lead YOURSELF is his greatest strength, in my mind. You have nobody to 'blame' but yourself, because you provide all the answers with Cliff's guidance. 

I was at a standstill. Didn’t know what the next step was. Actually, I didn’t think I was qualified to make the next step. Didn’t have anyone in my circle at that time to help. So I took a leap and joined Cliffs mastermind. My how things changed! First was overcoming some thoughts that held me back. Then some steps and next action items to get the ball rolling. Now I’ve moved the ball down the field farther and quicker than ever imagined.

If you are thinking about this, be sure to reach out to Cliff. Joining NLM was the biggest leap I'd ever made in terms of investing in myself and my business, but my life was radically changed in so many ways as a result of my nearly two years with the group. In fact, my current business was launched as a result and I couldn't be happier with the trajectory of that business.

In this episode, I feature a conversation with my dear friend, John Lee Dumas, from Entrepreneur on Fire.  In this episode, I'm certain that I asked questions that John has never been asked in an interview before and some incredibly fascinating insights came out as a result.

Here are some important links related to this episode:

A rabbi was walking along the road after a long day in the synagogue. As he drowsily made his way home, he took a wrong turn and stumbled upon a Roman outpost. A loud voice sprang forth from the Roman centurion standing guard outside its door. With great authority, the centurion inquired, “Who are you and why are you here?”

Snapped out of his half-conscious daze, the rabbi responded, “My child, what did you just say to me?” The centurion furrowed his brow, planted his feet, and responded in an even more stern tone, “Who are you and why are you here?”

The rabbi replied with a question: “Good sir, what are they paying you to stand here?” The centurion, displaying equal levels of annoyance and intrigue, thundered back, “Four drachma per day. What is it to you?” With a smile on his face, the rabbi answered him, “I will pay you double if you would simply stand outside my tent and ask me those same two questions every morning as I depart.”

Creating free content is an amazing way to demonstrate the amount of insight and value that you could provide to potential clients.

I'm often asked the question.... "How do I decide how much content to give for free so that potential clients will still hire me?"

Almost everyone is shocked when I say.... "GIVE IT ALL AWAY FOR FREE."

I explain why this is my philosophy of content creation in this very short podcast episode.

This special episode is actually from my brand new UPGRADE YOUR PEER GROUP PODCAST.

In this episode, I share a conversation that I had with Pat Flynn eight years ago.  Pat had joined me to celebrate the 300th episode of my original Podcast Answer Man podcast back in March 2013. 

In this episode, you'll discover how Pat and I first met and hear how we made the decision to join forces in an official mastermind group alliance that began on October 8th, 2010.

Listen now to hear the story of how a single, 60-minute, meeting of our mastermind group helped lift me out of a season of depression and burnout, inspired a way of generating $16,000 in revenue within four weeks and how that lead to over 1 Million dollars in sales from a single stream of revenue within my business.

We started our mastermind group just over 11 years ago now. Pat and I still meet together, ever week, along with four other amazing members of what we call the Green Room Mastermind Group.

I hope that you are able to discover all the gold that can mined out of our conversation.

This podcast is all about helping you develop and benefit from a fuller understanding of the power behind the Mastermind Principle and Healthy Mastermind Group Alliances.

There are two main segments to this episode.

An update to my portable podcasting studio setup that I spoke about in episode 3 of this podcast.

Here are links to the additional items that I have purchased:

Be sure to listen to Episode 668 of The Cliff Ravenscraft Show to hear the audio quality of the additional gear above to my portable podcast studio setup as compared to what you can hear in episode 003 of this podcast. 

My 2021 Podcast Content Strategy

I was recently asked to share my thoughts on either the future of podcasting or what I think that podcast producers "should" do to take their own podcasting efforts to the next level.

I am not one who is into "predicting" the future of technology. Instead, I prefer to keep my focus on what is available, in the present moment, that allows me to create a powerful, profound and positive impact in the lives of others.

I also attempt to AVOID sharing what I think other podcasters "should do." Though, I admit, I've been known to "should on" podcasters occasionally.  My apologies... Just Be Yourself!

To answer the question that was posed, I simply decided to share my own 2021 Podcast Content Strategy.  It is not a recommendation of what you should do but simply a source of potential inspiration of what you might consider as an option for yourself.

Jaime Legagneur and Sid Meadows joined one of my recent Ask Me Anything rooms on Clubhouse. In this second segment of the episode, I share the conversation that I had with Jaime and Sid.

Learn More About My Clubhouse Rooms going to MindsetAnswerMan.com/clubhouse.

Here are the topics covered in this segment

I have other podcast shows that you might like. Check out https://www.cliffravenscraft.com/podcast to see a list of shows that I produce.

If you are ready to take your message, your business and your life to the next level, check out my Work With Me Page to see how we can work together.

In this episode, I share a solution for recording full-production, high quality sounding podcasts right from the front seat of your car. 

Here is a list of the gear that I used to create this episode...

Also, in this episode, I answer the question as to why I brought back the Podcast Answer Man podcast after all these years.

In this episode, I share four simple steps to overcome impostor syndrome.

And then simple invite them to join you on the journey.

Here are the links to the two podcasts that I mentioned in this episode:

And don't forget to check out my Work With Me Page to learn more about the Next Level Mastermind and on my One-on-One coaching.

I originally started the Podcast Answer Man podcast in December 2006.  After 438 episodes of that podcast, nearly a decade later, I made the decision to rebrand the podcast to The Cliff Ravenscraft Show.

In this first episode of the ALL NEW version of the Podcast Answer Man podcast, I briefly explain the backstory of this podcast and the purpose of this new relaunched version.

I hope that you'll enjoy the Evergreen Insights Related To Podcasting that will be featured in all the upcoming episodes.

Please be sure to tell others about this show.

If you like this show, be sure to check out my main podcast, The Cliff Ravenscraft Show, available in your favorite podcast directory or at CliffRavenscraft.com. 

If you'd like to learn more about my Next Level Mastermind for business owners or my one-on-one coaching, check out my Work With Me Page.

In this episode, I share why Kajabi adding podcasting functionality to their offering is the most exciting podcasting news I’ve heard since 2005.

By the way, if you sign up for Kajabi using my affiliate link at MindsetAnswerMan.com/Kajabi before July 26th, you can get full access to all that Kajabi has to offer for three full months for only $99.