SharkPreneur

518: Growing Your Business with Facebook Groups Landon Stewart, ClientsandCommunity.com

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 518 Landon Stewart

Landon Stewart has been building client-getting Facebook groups with Chris Stapleton for 4 years. They got their start by consulting with 7 and 8-gure brands - helping them build thriving communities around their programs and generate millions in additional revenue.Since then, they’ve branched out to focus on growing their own community and coaching programs. In the past 7 months, they’ve taken their brand new Facebook group from zero to a $4 million/ year run rate.

After building one of the most active and engaged Facebook groups in the coaching space, their group growth and monetization methodology is now gaining attention from industry leaders. Just recently, Tony Robbins and Dean Graziosi’s marketing team mentioned, “Landon and Chris are revolutionizing the way coaches market online.”

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Landon Stewart about growing your business with Facebook groups.

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

●    How to market Facebook groups so the right people join the group.

●    Why growing Facebook groups organically might not be the best approach.

●    How paid ads get people in your target audience to your Facebook group.

●    Why you should send people to a landing page instead of a Facebook link.

●    Why you shouldn’t provide too much information in your Facebook group.

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517: The Soul of Business Blaine Bartlett, Avatar Resources

The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 517 Blaine Bartlett

Blaine Bartlett coaches and consults worldwide and has personally delivered training programs to almost 300,000 individuals and has directly impacted over one million people. Blaine is CEO of Avatar Resources, an Adjunct Professor at Beijing University, Founder of the Institute for Compassionate Capitalism and a member of the Transformational Leadership Council. He sits on the Board of Directors of the Unstoppable Foundation and the World Business Academy and is a member of the Advisory Boards of the All Japan Management Coaching Association and the Asia Coaching and Mentoring Association. In 2012, Blaine was formally invested as a Knight of the Sovereign Order of St. John of Jerusalem Knights of Malta, the world’s oldest humanitarian organization.

The primary focus of what he does is built upon a foundation that focuses on returning to or regaining the “soul” of your business – that esprit that gives what we do meaning and vitality and that connects to everything a business touches. He calls this Compassionate Capitalism.

He defines this as an economic model for ensuring that the workplace of today and tomorrow allows individuals, organizations, society and the planet the opportunity to thrive in a generative and sustainable manner. Blaine believes that developing and leveraging this model is fundamental to our collective long-term survivability. Because business is the most pervasive force on the plane he believes that business has a unique and primary responsibility for uplifting the quality of all life on the planet.

Blaine is a best-selling author of five books including the #1 international best-seller Compassionate Capitalism: A Journey to the Soul of Business. Others include Discover Your Inner Strength (with Stephen Covey, Ken Blanchard and Brian Tracy), Three-Dimensional Coaching, and Tapping Into The Soul of Business: The Key to Employee Engagement. His latest book is The Leadership Mindset Weekly.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Blaine Bartlett about tapping into the soul of business.

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

●    Why it’s important to bring creativity and innovation back into the workplace.

●    How people want to have meaning in their day to day work.

●    How leadership is built from co-creation and coordinated movement.

●    Why 87% of employees around the world are disengaged from their work.

●    How breakthroughs come when employees are emotionally engaged.

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@blainebartlett

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@blainebartlett

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facebook.com/OfficialBlaineBartlett

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/blainebartlett

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blainebartlett.com

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516: Double Revenue by Working Less David Wood, Play for Real

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 516 David Wood

David Wood is a former consulting actuary to Fortune 100 companies. He built the world’s largest coaching business, becoming #1 on Google for life coaching and coaching thousands of hours in 12 countries around the globe.

As well as helping others, David is no stranger to overcoming challenges himself, having survived a full collapse of his paraglider and a fractured spine, witnessing the death of his sister at age seven, anxiety and depression, and a national Gong Show!

He coaches high performing business owners to double revenue, and their time off, by focusing on less.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with David Wood about doubling your revenue while working less.

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

●    How having many possibilities is our greatest blessing and greatest curse.

●    Why businesses owners need to figure out what to focus on to be more effective.

●    How implementing a business plan is necessary to move a business forward.

●    Why it’s important to have crystal clear messaging for clients to understand.

●    How business owners need to have the correct lead magnet.

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Linkedin.com/in/focus-ceo

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myfocusgift.com

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515: Five Pillars of Freedom Curt Mercadante, Merc Enterprises

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 515 Curt Mercadante

Curt Mercadante is founder of Merc Enterprises and he is a branding expert, speaker and business strategist who helps businesses increase authority brand exposure to the right clients so they can make more money. For more than 25 years, Curt has counseled small business, entrepreneurs, as well as some of the largest corporations and associations in the country. He’s built three profitable businesses, including a 7-figure Public Relations and Advertising agency. Curt is also a Gallup-Certified Strengths Trainer, host of the Freedom Mindset Radio podcast, and author of the bestselling book, Five Pillars of the Freedom Lifestyle. Curt has spoken, trained, and coached around the world, and his wife, Julie, and four children reside in Charleston, SC

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Curt Mercadante about the five pillars of freedom.

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

●    Why it’s important for business owners to know who their ideal clients are.

●    How non-ideal clients are never beneficial to anyone’s company.

●    Why it’s important to continue to make decisions even during a pandemic.

●    How people shouldn’t attach meaning to physical objects.

●    Why people need to define where they want to go and then reverse engineer it.

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@curtmercadante

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@the.freedomlifestyle

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LinkedIn

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514: From Homeless to a Business Empire Chris Duffin, Kabuki Strength

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 514 Chris Duffin

Chris Duffin went from body building to building a business empire. After becoming a superstar in the world of fitness, and one of the most respected strength coaches in the world, he became a best-selling author and has created and turned around companies in multiple industries ranging from shoes and supplements to Aerospace and High-Tech.

Now retired from competing, he uses his MBA, his engineering background, and hands-on knowledge to provide industry-changing innovations and education, entrepreneurial coaching, and leadership.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Chris Duffin about building a business empire.

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

●    How being successful requires the right tools, methodology, and culture.

●    How his equipment is used by 90% of all professional sports teams in the North America.

●    How relationship building and making connections is important for the foundation of a solid business.

●    Why it’s key for people to balance their family life with their work life.

●    Why people need to focus on their long-term vision to find success.

Connect with Chris:

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@KabukiStrength

@ChrisDuffin

Instagram

@mad_scientist_duffin

Facebook

facebook.com/chrisduffinstrong

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/christopherduffindotcom

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christopherduffin.com

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513: RAINMAKING Scott Love, The Attorney Search Group

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 513 Scott Love

Scott Love helps those in involved in client development get better results in getting business. Scott speaks at business conferences, association conventions, sales meetings, and executive retreats on the topic of rainmaking and high-level selling. He is the producer of The Rainmaking Podcast, and is the founder of The Attorney Search Group, a legal recruiting firm that recruits rainmakers for large global law firms. Scott is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.  

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Scott Love about rainmaking and high-level selling.

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

●    Why it’s so important to gain people’s trust and respect to build relationships.

●    How wealth is a derivative value that you create with other people.

●    How the cardinal rule of behavior is people are going to act in their best interest.

●    Why people only care about how much you can help solve their problem.

●    How you have to build a network of people that you can sell a solution to.

Connect with Scott:

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Twitter

@scottlove

Instagram

@watercoloraddict

Facebook

facebook.com/workplaceexpert

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/ScottTLove

Links Mentioned:

therainmakingpodcast.com

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512: Short Selling for the Long Term Joseph Parnes, Technomart Investment Advisors

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 512 Joseph Parnes

Joseph Parnes educational book on short selling for the long-term, Wiley 2020 is currently available. Joseph, President of Technomart Investment Advisors well known for his contrarian strategy is a contributor to Forbes, has been featured in Barron’s, Bloomberg, CNBC and has advised the UK Supreme Court via the FMLC co the Bank of England on short selling.

Short Selling for the Long Term educates both novices and investors in a concise, uncomplicated and systematic style using fundamental and technical analysis to select promising short positions, mitigate risk, and roll any profits into long positions. If this seems iconoclastic, it is. But it works. Joseph reveals this formula contrary to most advisors’ belief in liquidating positions or shorting as a singular goal. Investors can stay invested, whatever the proverbial weather on Wall Street.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Joseph Parnes about his new book Short Selling for the Long Term.

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

● How people can make more money in commodities in the short term.

● How COVID-19 and the election have affected the marketplace.

● Why it’s better to invest in established big growth corporations.

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linkedin.com/in/technomart

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technomartrga.com

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511: Publisher for the Passionate Jesse Krieger, Lifestyle Entrepreneurs Press

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 511 Jesse Krieger

Jesse Krieger sits squarely at the intersection of publishing and promotion – having signed two publishing deals on two different continents and navigated the world of becoming a best-selling author twice. It has been his honor to publish 100+ books during his 6-year tenure as founder & publisher of Lifestyle Entrepreneurs Press - The Publisher for The Passionate. In addition to being featured on over 50 media outlets for his best-selling book Lifestyle Entrepreneur, Jesse has been an entrepreneur his entire adult life and holds degrees from University of California, Berkeley, as well as National Taiwan University and Beijing Normal University.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Jesse Krieger about being a publisher for the passionate.

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

●    Why your book shouldn’t be your business card because it devalues it.

●    How a book should be a sustainable valuable contribution to the public.

●    Why your book should be used as a business development tool.

●    How the book should differentiate you from others in the same field.

●    Why and independent publisher might the best option for publishing.

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@LE_JesseKrieger

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@lifestyleentrepeneur

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publishizer.com

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510: Turn Your Home Equity into Cash Without Debt Matthew Sullivan, QuantmRE

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 510 Matthew Sullivan

Matthew is the CEO and Founder of QuantmRE, a company that solves a real problem for homeowners by helping them access a portion of their home equity without taking on more debt. This new financing tool is not a HELOC, it's not a loan and it's not a reverse mortgage. That means homeowners can get cash from their equity with no interest and no monthly payments. Matthew and his team have helped over a hundred homeowners use their home equity to pay off expensive credit cards, remodel their home, pay college tuition fees or to diversify into other investments, all without taking on extra debt. 

Matthew has a proven track record in real estate innovation through his experiences as Co-Founder of the Secured Real Estate Income Strategies Fund, and as President and Founder of Crowdventure.com, a real estate crowdfunding company. 

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Matthew Sullivan about turning home equity into cash without going into debt.

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

●    How the only way currently to unlock equity is to borrow money.

●    Why borrowing money is not an option for everyone.

●    How the investors have no rights to the property as an owner.

●    Why there are limits put on how much investors can invest.

●    How there needs to be a certain amount of equity to be able to invest.

Connect with Matthew:

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@QuantmRE

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facebook.com/Quantm.one

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linkedin.com/in/mattsullivanco

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