Smarter Destiny Podcast: Quick Proven Growth Tactics From Founders You Can Use ASAP - Subscribe Now!

Smarter Destiny Podcast: Quick Proven Growth Tactics From Founders You Can Use ASAP - Subscribe Now!

By Smarter Destiny PodcastBusinessEntrepreneurship
Download on the App Store

Smarter Destiny Podcast: Quick Proven Growth Tactics From Founders You Can Use ASAP - Subscribe Now! episodes

  • #79 - Tom Wang - The secret to selling on Amazon in 2020

    Tom Wang is a serial e-commerce entrepreneur who likes to "Scale the unscalable". After launching his first Amazon product in 2017, Tom was able to quit his 9-to-5 job that same year, and has built and scaled two 7-figures businesses since.

    • Bullet points
    • 00:36 - Intro
    • 03:00 - The beginning as an entrepreneur
    • 07:10 - Starting an Amazon business
    • 09:07 - Why ‘bootstrap entrepreneur’
    • 12:38 - The first winning product
    • 15:01 - From selling to teaching
    • 21:57 - Competing to win
    • 24:56 - Selling on Amazon in 2020
    • 27:05 - How to get started
    • 33:04 - Where to find out more
    • 34:00 - Rapid fire question round
    • 34:15 - What superhero would you be and why?
    • 36:38 - What is one thing that people incorrectly assume about you?
    • 37:22 - What is the most pointless subject taught at schools and what would you replace it with?
    • 39:12 - What is one amazing act of kindness you either witnessed or done yourself?
    • 40:41 - What unusual or underrated food or drink should more people try out?
    • 42:38 - What is one mistake in your life and what did you learn from it?
    • 46:38 - What does the first 30 minutes of your day look like and when does it start?
    • 47:46 - What do you do or where do you go to get inspired?
    • 50:26 - Who do you idolize above everyone else and why?
    • 52:01 - What book do you read or gift the most?
    • 54:30 - What silly thing should people do more of?
    • 55:13 - If you could change one world problem with one wish, what would it be?
    • 55:36 - Would you rather always be 10 minutes late or always be 20 minutes early?
    • 55:53 - Would you rather move to a new city or town every week or never be able to leave the city or town you were born in?
    • 56:31 - What makes you happiest?
    • 58:40 - Any asks or requests for the audience?
    • 1 hr 2 min
    • #78 - Tom Merrick - Achieving massive growth on YouTube: why content is king

      Tom Merrick is a CHEK Exercise Coach and CHEK Holistic Lifestyle Coach with over 5 years of experience training which has consisted of everything from endurance and cardio to bodybuilding and powerlifting. Tom is passionate about the bodyweight movement and has over 470 K subscribers on YouTube, where he teaches how to be more flexible. Tom’s purpose is to provide guidance and a starting point for you to achieve your goals, whether you’re just starting out or working on advanced skills.

      • Bullet points
      • 01:00 - Intro
      • 02:30 - The beginning of the journey
      • 04:40 - What would be a good return in YouTube
      • 06:35 - The years after university
      • 09:45 - Starting a YouTube channel
      • 12:10 - Having online clients
      • 14:20 - The Dunning–Kruger effect
      • 15:30- Assuming vs Reality
      • 18:10 - Achieving massive growth on YouTube: why content is king
      • 20:15 - Choosing how you want to come across
      • 23:50 - Beat to the point
      • 25:01 - Why retention is the only metric you should be paying attention to
      • 26:45 - What kind of content is resonating right now
      • 29:17 - Why should people stretch
      • 32:40 - The benefits of getting cold
      • 33:47 - Unwinding properly: the importance of light
      • 37:03 - The benefits of red light therapy
      • 41:02 - Where to find out more
      • 42:52 - How important is the YouTube description
      • 45:42 - Rapid fire question round
      • 45:57 - What superhero would you be and why?
      • 47:07 - What is one thing that people incorrectly assume about you?
      • 48:23 - What is the most pointless subject taught at schools and what would you replace it with?
      • 49:46 - What is one amazing act of kindness you either witnessed or done yourself?
      • 52:07 - What unusual or underrated food or drink should more people try out?
      • 55:01 - What is one mistake in your life and what did you learn from it?
      • 56:25 - What does the first 30 minutes of your day look like and when does it start?
      • 59:23 - What do you do or where do you go to get inspired?
      • 59:54 - Who do you idolize above everyone else and why?
      • 01:03:35 - What book do you read or gift the most?
      • 01:06:19 - What silly thing should people do more of?
      • 01:07:25 - If you could change one world problem with one wish, what would it be?
      • 01:08:35 - Would you rather always be 10 minutes late or always be 20 minutes early?
      • 01:09:21 - Would you rather move to a new city or town every week or never be able to leave the city or town you were born in?
      • 01:10:25 - What makes you happiest?
      • 01:11:30 - Any asks or requests for the audience?
      • 1 hr 14 min
      • #77 - David Tomen - Optimizing your health through nootropics

        David Tomen is a writer and natural health expert, founder of the rapidly-growing nootropicsexpert.com. an incredible website for those looking to learn more about nootropics from someone who actually has done the research, dug through the clinical trials and made it into an easy to understand format. After being diagnosed with adult ADD and dealing with memory loss, David found the answer he was looking for in nootropics. David comes from a copywriter background, and his mission as a natural and alternative health direct response copywriter is to help people lead healthier, happier lives.

        • Bullet points
        • 00:50 - Intro
        • 02:30 - Getting into blogging and copywriting
        • 05:00 - Getting sick
        • 07:06 - Focusing on copywriting
        • 08:45 - Learning about nootropics
        • 09:50 - Having the right attitude
        • 11:27 - Being diagnosed with adult ADD and PTSD
        • 17:53 - Trying different medications
        • 19:04 - Taking a one-year “stimulant-holiday”
        • 21:45 - Beginning to cure memory loss
        • 29:55 - The importance of testing on yourself
        • 31:33 - Trying medathanol
        • 36:50 - What happens when you stop taking nootropics
        • 37:19 - Learn to listen to your body
        • 44:05 - Future plans
        • 46:12 - Where to find out more
        • 52:00 - Rapid fire question round
        • 52:20 - What superhero would you be and why?
        • 53:15 - What is one thing that people incorrectly assume about you?
        • 54:03 - What is the most pointless subject taught at schools and what would you replace it with? 59:05 - What is one amazing act of kindness you either witnessed or done yourself?
        • 01:00:40 - What unusual or underrated food or drink should more people try out?
        • 01:02:48 - What is one mistake in your life and what did you learn from it?
        • 01:04:30 - What does the first 30 minutes of your day look like and when does it start?
        • 01:07:04 - What do you do or where do you go to get inspired?
        • 01:08:14 - Who do you idolize above everyone else and why?
        • 01:09:55 - What book do you read or gift the most?
        • 01:12:02 - What silly thing should people do more of?
        • 01:12:33 - If you could change one world problem with one wish, what would it be?
        • 01:14:30 - Would you rather always be 10 minutes late or always be 20 minutes early?
        • 01:14:50 - Would you rather move to a new city or town every week or never be able to leave the city or town you were born in?
        • 01:16:20 - What makes you happiest?
        • 01:17:30 - Any asks or requests for the audience?
        • 1 hr 21 min
        • #76 - Daxy Perez - How to grow your podcast

          Daxy Perez is a marketing expert and a legend when it comes to making a successful podcast. He is the podcaster and founder of Podcast Success Secrets and the cofounder of Legacy Podcasting. Daxy is behind the success of many 6 to 9 figures entrepreneur podcasts, and he has generated 10s of millions of downloads across the shows he's helping, many of which have reached the top levels in the charts. Today we will learn his best tips on how to make the awesomely successful podcast that you want.

          • Bullet points
          • 00:46 - Intro
          • 03:35 - Becoming an entrepreneur
          • 05:50 - Taking the first steps
          • 10:45 - Starting Legacy Podcasting
          • 12:20 - Learning to adapt to different clients
          • 14:28 - Getting more downloads
          • 17:55 - Increasing the ranking
          • 20:30 - Analyzing Smarter Destiny Podcast
          • 25:15 - Podcasts as a way of communicating
          • 28:48 - How to remind listeners to subscribe
          • 31:10 - What is working in 2020 for growing a show
          • 34:45 - What should a podcast website contain?
          • 35:48 - Making it shareable
          • 37:22 - Getting a podcast running
          • 42:55 - The importance of reviews
          • 45:45 - Where to find out more
          • 46:19 - Rapid fire question round
          • 46:36 - What superhero would you be and why?
          • 47:40 - What is one thing that people incorrectly assume about you?
          • 49:20 - What is the most pointless subject taught at schools and what would you replace it with?
          • 50:19 - What is one amazing act of kindness you either witnessed or done yourself?
          • 51:02 - What unusual or underrated food or drink should more people try out?
          • 51:55 - What is one mistake in your life and what did you learn from it?
          • 52:30 - What does the first 30 minutes of your day look like and when does it start?
          • 53:47 - What do you do or where do you go to get inspired?
          • 54:14 - Who do you idolize above everyone else and why?
          • 55:20 - What book do you read or gift the most?
          • 56:28 - What silly thing should people do more of?
          • 57:14 - If you could change one world problem with one wish, what would it be?
          • 57:52 - Would you rather always be 10 minutes late or always be 20 minutes early?
          • 58:18 - Would you rather move to a new city or town every week or never be able to leave the city or town you were born in?
          • 58:50 - What makes you happiest?
          • 01:00:18 - Any asks or requests for the audience?
          • 1 hr 2 min
          • #75 - Ryan Carter - The power of biohacking

            Ryan Carter is a nutritionist, and the founder and CEO behind Live Vitae, an online health care nutrition and biohacking brand. Ryan helps his clients achieve more and unlock a better life through functional medicine and biohacking. Today he shares his journey, from being severely ill and underweight to achieving optimal health, and reveals the most common mistakes when it comes to optimizing your health, as well as how to fix them.

            • Bullet points
            • 00:57 - Intro
            • 03:05 - The starting point
            • 08:45 - Discovering (and solving) problems
            • 12:30 - Symptoms of imbalance
            • 15:30 - How to start tracking your symptoms
            • 17:40 - Becoming a nutritional therapist
            • 21:10 - Doing breathwork
            • 23:30 - Getting traction on Instagram
            • 25:43 - The best changes you can make right now
            • 28:20 - Where to learn more about biohacking
            • 31:20 - Nootropics
            • 32:09 - Where to learn more about Ryan Carter
            • 33:30 - Rapid fire question round
            • 33:50 - What superhero would you be and why?
            • 34:17 - What is one thing that people incorrectly assume about you?
            • 34:50 - Improving your health
            • 36:40- The benefits of getting good light
            • 45:50 - What is the most pointless subject taught at schools and what would you replace it with?
            • 47:40 - What is one amazing act of kindness you either witnessed or done yourself?
            • 48:16 - What unusual or underrated food or drink should more people try out?
            • 50:11 - What is one mistake in your life and what did you learn from it?
            • 50:33 - What does the first 30 minutes of your day look like and when does it start?
            • 53:18 - What do you do or where do you go to get inspired?
            • 53:35 - Who do you idolize above everyone else and why?
            • 54:18 - What book do you read or gift the most?
            • 57:13 - What silly thing should people do more of?
            • 58:30 - If you could change one world problem with one wish, what would it be?
            • 01:00:07 - Would you rather always be 10 minutes late or always be 20 minutes early?
            • 01:00:24 - Would you rather move to a new city or town every week or never be able to leave the city or town you were born in?
            • 01:01:30 - What makes you happiest?
            • 01:02:05 - Any asks or requests for the audience?
            • 1 hr 2 min
            • #74 - Chris Belote - The local SEO king

              Chris Belote is a digital marketer and the founder of www.innovativemarketing.net , which specialises in helping home service companies get new customers with digital marketing. Some of his most notable achievements include taking businesses from 600 thousand dollars a year to 2 million a year. Chris turns traffic into dollars, leveraging the power of Google for massive growth, and you can find out all his best kept secrets in today's episode of Smarter Destiny.

              • Bullet points
              • 00:45 - Intro
              • 02:30 - The start as an entrepreneur
              • 04:45 - Founding InnovativeMarketing.net
              • 05:35 - The difference between SEO and local SEO
              • 07:00 - How the process works
              • 10:15 - The importance of cold tracking
              • 12:45 - Recommended software
              • 13:38 - How to better position brands in the local market
              • 15:35 - The three areas to focus on: traffic, conversions and economics
              • 16:17 - Using a different address to improve local SEO
              • 20:41 - Three examples
              • 21:50 - First example: a personal trainer
              • 26:00 - Second example: a business coach
              • 28:40 - Third example: a business in the beauty industry
              • 33:00 - Where to find out more
              • 34:10 - Another great free tool
              • 35:14 - Rapid fire question round
              • 35:30 - What superhero would you be and why?
              • 36:20 - What is one thing that people incorrectly assume about you?
              • 38:00 - What is the most pointless subject taught at schools and what would you replace it with?
              • 39:38 - What is one amazing act of kindness you either witnessed or done yourself?
              • 41:08 - What unusual or underrated food or drink should more people try out?
              • 45:18 - What is one mistake in your life and what did you learn from it?
              • 47:23 - What does the first 30 minutes of your day look like and when does it start?
              • 49:06 - What do you do or where do you go to get inspired?
              • 50:13 - Who do you idolize above everyone else and why?
              • 51:35 - What book do you read or gift the most?
              • 53:54 - What silly thing should people do more of?
              • 55:12 - If you could change one world problem with one wish, what would it be?
              • 57:18 - Would you rather always be 10 minutes late or always be 20 minutes early?
              • 58:15 - Would you rather move to a new city or town every week or never be able to leave the city or town you were born in?
              • 59:13 - What makes you happiest?
              • 01:00:20 - Any asks or requests for the audience?
              • 1 hr 4 min
              • #73 - Ryan Mulvihill - The secrets to email marketing

                Ryan Mulvihill is an email marketing expert and the founder of Email Allstars, a Gold Partner of Klaviyo that helps businesses increase their sales with carefully executed strategies, thanks to email marketing and automation. In this episode Ryan shares some of the biggest mistakes companies make in email marketing, as well as his best tips on how to improve.

                • Bullet points
                • 00:35 - Intro
                • 04:20 - The beginning as an entrepreneur
                • 08:20 - Niching down
                • 09:50 - The start of Email Allstars
                • 11:10 - Moving across the world
                • 14:05 - The desert story
                • 16:40 - Being a Klaviyo master
                • 18:30 - Managing clients efficiently
                • 20:20 - Charging a fixed price
                • 22:37 - What ecommerce brands are missing from their campaigns
                • 25:27 - Expected purchase flow
                • 26:27 - The most common mistakes in email marketing
                • 26:10 - The three quickest wins
                • 28:41 - Opt and nurture flow
                • 30:11 - The abandoned cart
                • 31:45 - The browse abandonment
                • 33:45 - Where to learn more
                • 34:40 - Rapid fire question round
                • 35:03 - What superhero would you be and why?
                • 35:38 - What is one thing that people incorrectly assume about you?
                • 36:06 - What is the most pointless subject taught at schools and what would you replace it with?
                • 37:24 - What is one amazing act of kindness you either witnessed or done yourself?
                • 38:45 - What unusual or underrated food or drink should more people try out?
                • 39:30 - What is one mistake in your life and what did you learn from it?
                • 40:18 - What does the first 30 minutes of your day look like and when does it start?
                • 41:25 - What do you do or where do you go to get inspired?
                • 42:25 - Who do you idolize above everyone else and why?
                • 44:03 - What book do you read or gift the most?
                • 45:00 - What silly thing should people do more of?
                • 45:45 - If you could change one world problem with one wish, what would it be?
                • 46:42 - Would you rather always be 10 minutes late or always be 20 minutes early?
                • 47:40 - Would you rather move to a new city or town every week or never be able to leave the city or town you were born in?
                • 48:10 - What makes you happiest?
                • 49:00 - Any asks or requests for the audience?
                • 51 min
                • #72 - Paul Franzreb - Creating massive growth fast

                  Paul Franzreb is a German entrepreneur and the CEO at Paul Valentine, the online jewelry and accessory business he co-founded with his sister. The company grew incredible fast in just its first year, thanks to its amazing digital marketing strategy. Paul is also an international speaker and has been invited numerous times by Facebook themselves to teach their employees and other marketers in the crowd how he does it. Right now Paul’s company has a 60-people team, and they are still scaling extremely fast.

                  • Bullet points
                  • 00:40 - Intro
                  • 02:35 - The start as an entrepreneur
                  • 03:40 - The first business: Paul Valentine
                  • 04:25 - Starting in ecommerce
                  • 06:05 - The early mistakes
                  • 08:30 - Find the right manufacturer
                  • 11:08 - Having a complementary partner
                  • 13:37 - Scaling up fast
                  • 15:45 - The power of influencer marketing
                  • 17:46 - Targeting different countries
                  • 19:20 - How to scale fast
                  • 23:00 - Building the product collection
                  • 24:25 - The importance of packaging
                  • 26:46 - The logistics of international shipping
                  • 28:30 - The challenges of hitting the 8-figures revenue level
                  • 30:00 - Having multiple traffic sources
                  • 35:02 - Figuring out what influencers to target
                  • 36:30 - Speaking at Facebook events
                  • 38:05 - Find the right people
                  • 40:30 - Where to learn more
                  • 41:35 - Rapid fire question round
                  • 41:21 - What superhero would you be and why?
                  • 41:30 - What is one thing that people incorrectly assume about you?
                  • 43:00 - What is the most pointless subject taught at schools and what would you replace it with?
                  • 43:55 - What is one amazing act of kindness you either witnessed or done yourself?
                  • 45:21 - What unusual or underrated food or drink should more people try out?
                  • 47:55 - What is one mistake in your life and what did you learn from it?
                  • 48:48 - What does the first 30 minutes of your day look like and when does it start?
                  • 50:57 - What do you do or where do you go to get inspired?
                  • 51:17 - Who do you idolize above everyone else and why?
                  • 52:00 - What book do you read or gift the most?
                  • 52:32 - What silly thing should people do more of?
                  • 53:03 - If you could change one world problem with one wish, what would it be?
                  • 53:53 - Would you rather always be 10 minutes late or always be 20 minutes early?
                  • 54:46 - Would you rather move to a new city or town every week or never be able to leave the city or town you were born in?
                  • 56:02 - What makes you happiest?
                  • 57:00 - Any asks or requests for the audience?
                  • 59 min
                  • #71 - Vidya Ravi - The key to relationship marketing

                    Vidya Ravi is a digital marketing specialist, funner builder and Facebook Ads expert. Over the past years, Vidya has worked in multiple successful online business launches, and amongst her current clients there are two comma club winners, coaches and well-known brands. Her speciality is helping ecommerce brands who want converting websites, sales funnels and lead building strategies.

                    • Bullet points
                    • 00:55 - Intro
                    • 03:30 - The start of the entrepreneurial journey
                    • 09:00 - Looking for a new job
                    • 10:16 - Getting burnout
                    • 11:05 - What is dal?
                    • 13:35 - Transforming the situation
                    • 16:35 - What’s working in digital marketing in 2020
                    • 22:03 - Relationship marketing
                    • 26:20 - One of the biggest mistakes Facebook advertisers are making
                    • 28:30 - How to avoid guesswork
                    • 33:09 - What works in creative in 2020
                    • 35:38 - Leveraging retargeting options
                    • 37:24 - Where to learn more
                    • 38:00 - Rapid fire question round
                    • 38:20 - What superhero would you be and why?
                    • 38:43 - What is one thing that people incorrectly assume about you?
                    • 39:20 - What is the most pointless subject taught at schools and what would you replace it with?
                    • 40:15 - What is one amazing act of kindness you either witnessed or done yourself?
                    • 43:50 - What unusual or underrated food or drink should more people try out?
                    • 44:35 - What is one mistake in your life and what did you learn from it?
                    • 48:35 - What does the first 30 minutes of your day look like and when does it start?
                    • 50:11 - What do you do or where do you go to get inspired?
                    • 51:00 - Who do you idolize above everyone else and why?
                    • 52:00- What book do you read or gift the most?
                    • 53:30 - What silly thing should people do more of?
                    • 54:40 - If you could change one world problem with one wish, what would it be?
                    • 56:14 - Would you rather always be 10 minutes late or always be 20 minutes early?
                    • 56:40 - Would you rather move to a new city or town every week or never be able to leave the city or town you were born in?
                    • 57:38 golpe
                    • 57:40- What makes you happiest?
                    • 59:05 - Any asks or requests for the audience?
                    • 1 hr 2 min
                    • #70 - Tyler Sullivan - Focus on customer experience

                      Tyler Sullivan is the Founder of BombTech Golf, an ecommerce store with over $17 million sold online since 2012. While building BombTech Tyler decided to focus on email marketing, since he was faced with the challenge of not having more cash to invest in ads. His efforts really panned out, and currently 40% of BombTech’s revenue comes from email marketing. In addition to Bombtech, Tyler also runs eCom Growers, an email marketing agency for ecommerce brands.

                      • Bullet points
                      • 00:55 - Intro
                      • 03:15 - The start as an entrepreneur
                      • 07:20 - Getting fired
                      • 09:16 - BombTech Golf
                      • 10:50 - The top three traffic sources for an online business
                      • 13:13 - Email marketing
                      • 16:40 - Growing an email list
                      • 19:43 - Marketing on Snapchat
                      • 23:10 - The typical golf demographic
                      • 26:09 - The challenges and opportunities
                      • 27:30 - Repeat orders
                      • 28:30 - Customer service
                      • 35:17 - High-level strategies
                      • 41:00 - Where to find out more
                      • 41:40 - Rapid fire question round
                      • 42:05 - What superhero would you be and why?
                      • 42:25 - What is one thing that people incorrectly assume about you?
                      • 43:45 - What is the most pointless subject taught at schools and what would you replace it with?
                      • 44:25 - What is one amazing act of kindness you either witnessed or done yourself?
                      • 45:40 - What unusual or underrated food or drink should more people try out?
                      • 46:35 - What is one mistake in your life and what did you learn from it?
                      • 49:55 - What does the first 30 minutes of your day look like and when does it start?
                      • 50:26 - What do you do or where do you go to get inspired?
                      • 52:22 - Who do you idolize above everyone else and why?
                      • 55:10 - What book do you read or gift the most?
                      • 55:45 - What silly thing should people do more of?
                      • 56:47 - If you could change one world problem with one wish, what would it be?
                      • 59:05 - Would you rather always be 10 minutes late or always be 20 minutes early?
                      • 01:00:50 - Would you rather move to a new city or town every week or never be able to leave the city or town you were born in?
                      • 01:01:42 - What makes you happiest?
                      • 01:02:50 - Any asks or requests for the audience?
                      • 1 hr 6 min

                      About Smarter Destiny Podcast: Quick Proven Growth Tactics From Founders You Can Use ASAP - Subscribe Now!

                      From the publisher's feed

                      We're on a mission. We're going to find and uncover the smartest, most successful entrepreneurs on the planet. Explore their highs, their lows and how they ultimately mastered the game. I'm Martyn…