Ready for Anything with Dustin Lien

This episode's guest is Austin L. Church - Austin is a brand consultant and business coach, and our conversation covers topics like:

1. Discovering how to alter your career to do more of what you love, and what you're best at
2. Becoming more productive by getting more clarity
3. How consultants and freelancers can create a brand around their work
4. How to increase your freelancing rate
5. Working Hard vs Doing Hard Work

You've probably seen a lot of CBD products pop up over the last 12 months or so, and something we talk about in this conversation is how to know you're not buying low-quality CBD products that actually have too low of an amount or too poor of quality to where you don't get any of the benefits. We also talk about what exactly CBD is, the most bioavailable ways to use it for maximum benefits, and breaking through some of the stigma around hemp, cannabis, and mushrooms.

Ayesha is the founder of Grow The Social—a Social Media Marketing & PR Agency for personal brands and influencers.

If you're interested in growing your own personal brand, your social media following, and what to look for when pursuing brand sponsorship deals, you're going to love this episode.

TJ Ferrera is a marketing veteran with experience working with uncomfortably large companies. In 2017, he co-founded Bubs Naturals, a supplement company that sells Collagen Protein and MCT Oil Powder. Most impressive of all, Bubs donates 10% to charity!

In this episode, we talk about:

• The story of starting Bubs Naturals

• Manufacturing their products

• Bootstrapping a company

• Benefits of collagen protein (it's almost too good to be true)

• Getting a 12x ROAS (return on ad spend)

• Influencer marketing, and how he views it

• How to separate yourself from a pack of similar brands

• In-depth customer service and customer journey strategy

• Building a company that actually lasts longterm

Episode Mentions

• BubsNaturals.com

• tj @ bubsnaturals.com

• 6-figure Consulting Blueprint

What do you get when you mix a curiosity-driven health and wellness nerd with a disciplined and consistent Army veteran? A life optimization machine that just won't quit.

For this episode, I sat down with Chase Chewning, owner of Ever Forward Enterprises (which includes his 1 million+ downloads podcast, fitness coaching business, podcast production business, and more).

In this episode, we talk about:

• How to stay disciplined and be held accountable

• Simple supplements to add to your routine that will exponentially improve how you feel everyday

• The practicality of starting something when you don't know what you're doing yet

• Knowing the value of who you are and what you do

• Ways to stay focused by eliminating distractions while you work

Episode links and resources:

• Ever Forward Radio Podcast

• Follow Chase on Instagram

I hit a breaking point a couple of weeks ago of complete burnout. Have you ever hit that low spot where you just feel like you've pushed all you can push, but you don't know how to remedy it?

It feels like your brain is working in overdrive, but you can't stop the engine. The show must go on.

So, I booked a solo trip to the desert in Joshua Tree for two nights, and it was a surprising experience.

This episode, we'll talk about how I prepared for the trip, what I brought with me, what I did while there, what I did not allow myself to do, and how you can plan one too.

In this episode of Marketing Hot Takes, we'll talk about whether or not influencer marketing works anymore, what to do with your first $500 in advertising spend, and a common mistake most brands make when trying to grow to 7 figures.

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Dustin is the CEO of Los Angeles based digital marketing agency, Jump Influence, and founder of Coda Life.

Related links: Coda - Deep Breath (Stress and Mental Energy Dietary Supplement) Website: https://thecodalife.com/ Jump Influence - (Growth Minded ECommerce Marketing) Website: http://jumpinfluence.com/ My Website (Email List and More): www.dustinlien.com

A speech from Coda Con 2019 by Dustin Lien.

Related links: Coda - Deep Breath (Stress and Mental Energy Dietary Supplement) Website: https://thecodalife.com/ Jump Influence - (Growth Minded ECommerce Marketing) Website: http://jumpinfluence.com/ My Website (Email List and More): www.dustinlien.com

Thank you

Richard Matthews is living the dream so many of us have dreamt. He and his family travel full time out of an RV, going where they please when the please, while Richard runs his business from wherever they find themselves.

He's a true digital nomad, and in this episode, I extracted his strategy from him on how we positioned himself to accomplish his dream of running a business from anywhere (and everywhere) in the world.

In this episode, Richard and I discuss:

• What it looks like to run a fully digital business while traveling

• Transitioning from a job to running your business full time

• Why keeping your job while starting a business is a smart route

• How to leverage your job into client work

• +more :)