SharkPreneur

557: View from the Top Aaron Walker, View from the Top

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with and Seth Greene Episode 557 Aaron Walker

Businessman and Life Coach, Aaron Walker, has inspired many through his leadership, mentorship, and consistent pursuit of excellence. He enjoys helping others and believes experience is a great teacher. 40 years of entrepreneurship and marriage have given Aaron a wealth of experience. Aaron continues to reach new heights and broaden his perspective of the terrain by examining his experiences and growing from them.

For more than two decades and counting, Aaron has taken classes from and has been coached personally by his friend, financial guru, Dave Ramsey. Spiritual mentors David Landrith and Bob Warren have impacted his spiritual life beyond measure. Two other disciplined mastermind groups, 48 Days led by friend Dan Miller and The Torch have played a role in his understanding of how to live a significant and successful life. Aaron incorporates education and learning opportunities into his daily routine, remaining informed of the latest tools and trends available.

It only took a few years as a partner with David Patton Construction LLC for Aaron to help take the business from doing one to two projects per year to a multi-million dollar company, voted number one builder for three consecutive years by Nashville's House & Home & Garden Magazine's People's Choice Awards. He sold his retail business to Cash America USA, a Fortune 500 company. In addition to being the owner of eight lucrative businesses, Aaron participates in civic endeavors.

Through his participation in personal accountability groups, Aaron mentors individuals weekly now and has for over five years. The Eagles Group, a collection of Nashville's most respected leaders met weekly for over a decade. At his local church, Aaron is an active member, team leader, Deacon, and teacher.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Aaron Walker about finding success with significance.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

●    How isolation is the enemy to excellence, so it’s good to be part of a community.

●    Why almost all business owners are qualified to run a mastermind conversation.

●    How many small businesses fail because of lack of clarity and too much isolation.

●    Why it’s important to be in a mastermind group with people you don’t know.

●    How people need to be careful managing their work and life balance.

Connect with Aaron:

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Twitter

@VFTCoach

Instagram

@isi_mastermind

Facebook

facebook.com/AaronWalkerVFTT

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/aaronwalkerviewfromthetop

Links Mentioned:

viewfromthetop.com

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556: The Practice Acceleration Method

Tristan Bond, The Practice Acceleration Method

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with and Seth Greene Episode 556 Tristan Bond

Tristan Bond has a background in Physiotherapy and runs a business coaching company that helps healthcare business owners find success through his Practice Acceleration Method, a step-by-step process for marketing, management and business systems that will help you double your profits while building a practice that doesn’t depend solely on you.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Tristan Bond about the Practice Acceleration Method.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

●    How the Practice Acceleration Method uses a clinical reasoning approach.

●    Why businesses need control over marketing systems to get and convert leads.

●    How businesses are having a hard time converting their leads into sales.

●    Why business owners need to have a clarity of expectations for their team.

●    How clinicians must transition into an owner mindset for their business.

●    Why people can’t change the method if they want to have the right outcome.

Connect with Tristan:

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facebook.com/practiceacceleration

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thepracticeaccelerationmethod.com

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555: Disrupting Healthcare Maceo Jourdan, Canexxia

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 555 Maceo Jourdan

Maceo Jourdan is a serial entrepreneur with two decades of building businesses by creating great products and great marketing. His experience spans a wildly eclectic mix of practical real-world experience from the US Army to the cut-throat world of electronic trading. An early pioneer in computerized trading, Maceo built one of the earliest high-frequency trading systems for the S&P 500. When "pay per click" marketing platforms burst on the scene he translated his work into massively successful automated systems for Google and, later, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn. 

Maceo's expertise fits a wide rangeof audience interests from predicting future trends, growing and scaling businesses, how to get your company acquired and not get taken to the cleaners, marketing for the solo entrepreneur or the $100 million+ Goliath, to how to work from home and working at home with small kids and teens (at the same time). Maceo is a seasoned presenter and early pioneer in online video - shooting, editing, and producing a finished 30-60-minute video every day for nearly 4 years. He's coached and taught individuals and groups for over 30 years and has a knack for making complicated things simple by giving your listeners stories they will love, cherish and share.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Maceo Jourdan about disrupting healthcare.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

How people are viewed in relationship to money in our healthcare system.

Why people should build their businesses around others’ needs.

How it’s important for people to fall in love with what they do first.

How in 2030 61-million baby boomers are going to need full or part time care.

Why home healthcare will be the solution for many baby boomers.

Connect with Maceo:

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Twitter

@MaceoJourdan

Instagram

@maceowho

Facebook

facebook.com/public/Maceo-Jourdan

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/getsocialroi

Links Mentioned:

canaxxia.com

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554: Do Well by Doing Good Michael Bellavia, HelpGood

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 554 Michael Bellavia

Michael Bellavia is an Emmy-winning producer and the CEO of HelpGood, a social impact marketing and communications agency that works with nonprofits, corporate social responsibility teams and purpose-driven organizations. At HelpGood Michael leads advertising, branding, PR, interactive, and marketing and communications strategy for clients in a variety of sectors including: Animal Welfare, Education, Environment, Health and Mental Health, Human Right, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Public Safety and Women’s Issues. His client work has won Webbys, Streamys, various PR awards and even a Gold Smokey Bear Award, the Forest Service’s highest honor. HelpGood was named Purpose Pioneer Agency by Campaign US in 2020. HelpGood is a certified DOBE and LGBTBE.

Michael is a sought-out speaker on marketing and communications, social media, and social impact. He is an alumnus of Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program. 

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Michael Bellavia about doing well by doing good.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

●    How it is possible to make money doing work for non-profits.

●    Why people need to think about capital in a more expansive way.

●    How social marketing is about changing beliefs, norms, and culture.

●    How people approach causes from left field and still see positive results.

●    How people need to find their passion and see who can benefit from it.

Connect with Michael:

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Twitter

@helpgoodagency

Instagram

@helpgoodagency

Facebook

facebook.com/HelpGoodAgency

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/company/helpgood

Links Mentioned:

helpgood.com

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553: Growing Your Affiliate Program Matt McWilliams, MattMcWilliams.com

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 553 Matt McWilliams

Matt McWilliams has spent the last 10 years working with some of the most amazing people. Entrepreneurs and companies such as Michael Hyatt, Ray Edwards, Brian Tracy, Lewis Howes, Shutterfly, Peter Voogd, Claire Diaz-Ortiz, Ziglar, Inc., and Jeff Goins have trusted him to run their affiliate launches.

Matt helps online business owners and brands, small and large, to leverage the power of partners to grow their businesses. He teaches you how to make money as an affiliate and how to work better with affiliates.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Matt McWilliams about growing your affiliate program.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

●    Why affiliate programs are the fastest and easiest way to scale companies.

●    How affiliate marketing is beneficial for both the company and the affiliate.

●    Why people don’t have to have personal relationships with every affiliate.

●    How the first email to an affiliate shouldn’t be longer than four sentences.

●    Why following up with potential affiliates is vital to creating an affiliate program.

Connect with Matt:

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Twitter

@MattMcWilliams2

Instagram

Facebook

facebook.com/mattmcwilliamsconsulting

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/matthewmcwilliams

Links Mentioned:

youraffiliatelaunchcoach.com

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552: Seamless B2B Marketing Brandon Bornancin, Seamless.AI

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Kevin Harrington and Seth Greene Episode 552 Brandon Bornancin

Brandon Bornancin is a serial salesperson (generating over $100M in sales deals while selling for IBM & Google), 2x Seven-Figure Entrepreneur, Expert Sales Speaker, Sales Trainer and Sales Author who is obsessed with helping you maximize your sales success.

Brandon is currently the CEO & Founder at Seamless.AI, delivering the world’s best sales leads with the first search engine created for business professionals to find accurate phone numbers, emails, and intel for anyone they need to sell too. It’s like if Google and LinkedIn had a baby. 

Seamless.AI helps over 35,000+ companies find prospects, close deals, and generate millions in sales with notable names like Google, Amazon, Facebook, Slack, Dell, Oracle and many others who are CRUSHING their sales quota DAILY on the Seamless platform.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Brandon Bornancin about seamless B2B marketing.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

●    Why it’s more efficient for sales leads to be produced by Seamless.AI.

●    How artificial intelligence collects the correct info about potential customers. 

●    How everyone underestimates how much time it takes to make a sale.

●    Why businesses need a complete and correct list of everyone they can sell to.

●    How businesses need to use data and research to connect with customers and make sales.

Connect with Brandon:

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Twitter

@BBornancin

@SeamlessAI

Instagram

@bbornancin

@seamless.ai

Facebook

facebook.com/BrandonBornancinOffical

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/brandonbornancin

Links Mentioned:

seamless.ai

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551: Biohack Your Life Brian Highfield, BioHackYour.Life

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 551 Brian Highfield

Brian Highfield is an Author, speaker, and entrepreneur who educates healthcare professionals as well as anyone interested in optimizing their health on emerging natural health technologies. After retiring from a successful career as a global communications leader in his forties, Brian founded multimillion-dollar businesses in the sports and healthcare arenas. Now, Brian is a certified nutritionist and an expert in using nutrition to positively express our genes. He speaks regularly at seminars, podcasts, and radio shows and shares principles on the topics of health and happiness.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Brian Highfield about biohacking your life.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

●    Why it takes 50 years for a discovery to become common knowledge.

●    How breakthrough technologies are making being healthy easier.

●    Why most people struggle keeping up with a healthy routine.

●    How nutrigenomics uses natural compounds to positively influence our DNA.

●    Why our DNA is affected by epigenetics and isn’t passed down genetically.

Connect with Brian:

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Facebook

@Nutregenomicnation

Instagram

@therealbeardedphilosopher

Links Mentioned:

BioHackYour.Life

taketheyellowpill.com

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550: The Profit Problem Martin T. Holland, Anneal Business Coaching

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 550 Martin T. Holland

Martin T. Holland is a business coach and founder of Anneal Business Coaching. His writing draws on his decades of experience teaching over 300 small business owners how to use financial information to reduce stress and to make better decisions and more money. 

Martin earned his BA degree from Hastings College in Hastings, Nebraska and his master’s in business a from the University of Oklahoma. He became a business coach in 2011 after selling a business. After 46 years of working in small business in positions ranging from truck driver to CEO, Martin collected his bookkeeping and financial knowledge into one place: The Profit Problem.  

Martin is the cohost of the podcast Cash Flow Contractor, where he shares with his audience the common principles that lead to success in business. Author of over 100 hundred articles on small business topics for publications such as Forbes Coaches Council, he has also written business plans that raised over $75 million in bank and investor financing. Among other awards, he received both the National and International Gold Medal Stevie Business Awards presented in New York City and Barcelona.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Martin T. Holland about his book, The Profit Problem.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

Why business owners are saying they’ve made money, but they don’t have any.

How there are three main reasons why business owners don’t have money.

How bookkeeping has been around and hasn’t changed for over 800 years.

Why business owners don’t know about bookkeeping and financial statements.

How the best use of bookkeeping is to make management decisions for the future.

Connect with Martin:

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Twitter

@annealbc

Instagram

@annealbusiness

Facebook

facebook.com/annealbc

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/martin-holland-7318aa

Links Mentioned:

theprofitproblem.com

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549: $33 Million Fitness Empire with Matthew Januszek,

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 549 Matthew Januszek

Since co-founding Escape Fitness, taking it to a $33 million-dollar global business chosen by big brands and independent fitness professionals, such as the UFC, Equinox, 1Rebel, Sanctuary Fitness and more, Matthew Januszek has continued to be a powerful advocate for functional training. Their goal is to motivate and inspire people to get started and create exercise habits that last. Matthew travels the world, helping studios and gyms to turn their visions into world-class fitness destinations and awesome training experiences. During the pandemic, Matthew has become an advocate for at-home training and maintaining physical and mental health to persevere in the face of life's challenges. In addition to being a father, he has started five companies and sits on the board of three companies across three continents.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Matthew Januszek about creating a $33 million fitness empire.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

●    Why being able to solve a problem for your client leads to more business.

●    How customers will tell you what they need if a good relationship is built.

●    Why people need both physical and mental habits to be successful.

●    How people can get burnt out when they are fatigued all of the time.

●    Why people need to focus on their home market first before expanding.

Connect with Matthew:

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Twitter

@escapefitness

Instagram

@escapefitness

Facebook

facebook.com/Escapefitness

LinkedIn

Linkedin.com/in/matthewjanuszekescape

Links Mentioned:

escapefitness.com

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548: Eliminate, Delegate, Automate Steve Napolitan, SteveNapolitan.com

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 548 Steve Napolitan

Steve Napolitan is an award-winning marketer, placing in the top ten in Marketing Sherpa’s Most Viral Ad in the World Competition. His clientele includes Fortune 500 companies like Apple, Intel, Charles Schwab and Nestle, as well as small to mid-sized companies.

The marketing, sales, team building and business systems training that Steve leads has guided his clients in the generation of 100’s of millions in new revenue, while reducing work hours. In addition to consulting with clients Steve is a #1 international bestselling author and an international speaker. 

Steve’s top job title is Father. He loves being a family man and cherishes traveling the world with his family.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Steve Napolitan about elimination, delegation, and automation.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

How it’s important for people to know who their client is and their demographic.

Why being very literal around the language is attractive and helpful for clients.

Why schedule restraints allow people to make more money in less time.

How business owners have to delegate tasks they can’t accomplish themselves. 

Why some tasks should be automated so business owners can get more done.

Connect with Steve:

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Twitter

@stevenapolitan

Instagram

@steve_nap

Facebook

facebook.com/napolitan.steve

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/stevennapolitan

Links Mentioned:

stevenapolitan.com

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