Supercharging Business Success

What You’ll Learn From This Episode:* With the right approach, small and medium sized businesses can make use of the same sort of intellectual rigor that makes big businesses super strong brands.* Lots of companies don't really go about their branding in a very thoughtful way* Your brand needs to communicate the three R's, which is being recognized, being remembered, and being revered.Related Links and Resources:Phillip's Gift to you:9 Brand Design Elements You Absolutely Positively NeedURL:https://philipvandusen.com/freebieSummary:Philip VanDusen, is a creative entrepreneur and owner of Verhaal Brand Design a branding agency based in New Jersey, USA.  As a thought leader, Philip shares his expertise in marketing, design and entrepreneurship on YouTube to his 255k subscribers, in his Brand•Muse newsletter, on the Brand Design Masters podcast and in his Brand Design Masters Facebook community.In his career, Philip has lead creative teams on both the client-side and agency-sides of the street— serving as VP of Design for PepsiCo and Old Navy and Executive Creative Director at the iconic branding firm Landor Associates. Past clients include a host of the Fortune 100.Learn more here: https://johnnybeirne.com/.

What You’ll Learn From This Episode:* Over 60% of people don't stay to the end of a of a webinar.* If you're sharing your slides the traditional way it typically means, Death by Powerpoint.* If a picture is a thousand words, then a video must be worth tens of thousands. Use B-roll video clips in your next presentation.Related Links and Resources:Johnny's Gift to you:A guide called Presentation Transformation, and it'll walk you through the hardware, the software, the setup in about 10 to 12 pages.Get it right here: https://johnnybeirne.com/. A popup window will appear for you.Summary:Johnny Beirne helps world-class experts to stand out on screen so that they deliver with maximum engagement with minimum effort and can 3x their webinar conversion.Learn more here: https://johnnybeirne.com/.

What You’ll Learn From This Episode:* You have to transition from the expert to a manager, and then ultimately transition to an entrepreneurial business owner.* Think about what can you do to eliminate yourself from this business.* Most of the time we are the chokehold of the business because we can not let go.Related Links and Resources:Sabastian's Gift to you:Valuable Free Resource (VFR):https://growwith.sebastianschieke.com/360-degree-leadership-assessment/Summary:Sebastian Schieke is an Entrepreneur, CEO Mentor+Coach, Business Angel, and Investor. He founded, ran, and grew multiple 7-figure companies. He invests in Startups, mentor and coach CEOs, and help them to move their teams forward. He has also gone through challenging times. He knows what it takes and how to get there, taught by business and life and not only through seminars and books.Learn more here: https://www.sebastianschieke.com/

What You’ll Learn From This Episode:* The problem is that individuals are doing things in their life, but they're not feeling fulfilled in a business aspect.* How people stand in their own way and are not able to think outside the box.* Ask yourself what is really driving you and if your prospects want that.Related Links and Resources:Catherine's Gifts to you:FREE guides: Personal Growth: https://www.catherinemccourt.com/free-tips-to-prosperBusiness Coaching & Consulting: https://www.catherinemccourt.com/create-page Summary:Catherine is the Founder of Fearless Future Inc., a Transformational Life & Business Coach and hosts the Podcast: Fearless Future w/Catherine McCourt.Her programs empower individuals, entrepreneurs, and businesses to think differently, discover and lead with purpose to prosper. Through her own soul journey and a successful 20-year career in business, Catherine has honed her skills in helping her clients succeed on a path for change and set the foundation to thrive. Learn more here: https://www.catherinemccourt.com/​

What You’ll Learn From This Episode:* It's really about focusing on the client and going through their process to find what they're really looking for and how they really wanna grow.* You need to do is understand who you wanna reach, what industries you wanna reach, the size of the industry you wanna reach.* The podcasting world's kind of still the Wild West, so I always recommend people should do a little homework first.Related Links and Resources:Lisa's Gift to you:A collection of podcast ad reads to give you an idea about what you can do.https://twit.tv/advertiseSummary:Lisa Laporte has worked a number of executive positions in a range of organizations with a focus on startups for over thirty years. She has developed skills in growing companies, building successful and diverse teams, and establishing strong and profitable partnerships through company growth and income production during the course of her career.Laporte started her own consulting firm in her 30s, handling a variety of C-level jobs for them. She eventually decided that she wanted to pursue a different professional path, which led her to TWiT.tv, a Podcast Network that features the #1 ranked technology podcast This Week in Tech, along with other top-ranked online shows.Learn more here: https: //twit.tv/

What You’ll Learn From This Episode:* You started this company to make an impact, but you're starting to feel a little bit like your passion is turned into a prison.* Take a two hour walk and just think about your business strategy.* Your passion made you start your business, but it will not be the tool to scale it to size.Related Links and Resources:Jaxon's Gift to you:A membership in his upcoming "The Goal Setting Process Of Dynasties".https://www.spearandclover.comSummary:Jason Skeesick is a US Army veteran, coach, and an entrepreneurial evangelist. He is a father, husband, fighter, and carrier of heavy things.His company Spear and Clover helps businesses with good leaders, talented teams, and strong playbooks go from perennial contenders to championship dynasties.You can find Jason hosting the weekly Spear and Clover Podcast available on Youtube and across all audio platforms.Learn more here: https://www.spearandclover.com/

What You’ll Learn From This Episode:* The average person re receives over 4,000 notifications on their phone every single month, over 134 emails a day.* So when somebody receives a handwritten note, it's like a surprise, it's a delight.* A simple 5% improvement on your retention rate can increase your year over year revenue by 25 to 95%.Related Links and Resources:Rick's Gift to you:Actually, he is giving two of them.First, you get to send out your first handwritten note to anyone for free.Second, he will get, via mail, a beautiful same pack with many examples to help you decide what you would like to send.You can get these right here:https://simplynoted.com/pages/businessSummary:Rick Elmore is an entrepreneur, sales and marketing expert. As the Founder and CEO of Simply Noted, Rick developed a proprietary technology that puts real pen and ink to paper to scale handwritten communication, helping businesses of all industries scale this unique marketing platform to stand out from their competition and build meaningful relationships with clients, customers, and employees.Founded in 2018 and based in Tempe, Arizona, Simply Noted has grown into a thriving company with clients of various sizes across the country including in hospitality, real estate, insurance, nonprofit, franchise, B2B, and others. Rick has served as the company’s CEO since its founding, for more than three years, and has over a decade of sales and marketing industry experience.“I help businesses of all industries to stand out from their competition & build meaningful relationships by using unique marketing platform”Learn more here: https://simplynoted.com/

What You’ll Learn From This Episode:* Why not having a content strategy is such a big mistake.* Make it a practice to record a video answering a customer question every day. Soon you will have a great library of FAQs.* You desperately to build the muscle of creating.Related Links and Resources:Antiba's Gift to you:"What I'm gonna give you there is my guide to creating your first five YouTube videos. And on top of it all, you also get my SOPs that my team uses to help our clients get started on."Get yours up here:https://clientattractionpros.com/resources/downloads/free-youtube-guide-sops/Summary:Atiba started his career in internet-based search in 1996.  In the early 2000’s he consulted for several government agencies (INS, EPA, DLA, and several military departments) and led teams that designed and built search tools.  For the EPA, in 2001, Atiba and his team built a $10 million dollar system that allowed the EPA to easily search their data agency-wide. After almost 10 years in the government sector, Atiba turned to the private sector and the burgeoning field of SEO.  Using a unique method of blending storytelling with search keywords Atiba has helped rank over 10, 000 pages on Google’s Page 1 for various search terms.When he is not geeking out on the latest SEO principles and trends Atiba is a man of God, husband, father, and IG Food Influencer in the Washington DC area.Find out more:https://clientattractionpros.com/

What You’ll Learn From This Episode:* A lack of system is probably the single most important problem that everyone shares.* Instead of focusing on the quality of their network, they, they focus on the quantity of their connections—big mistake.* Your Linkedin profile is not for you, it's for your ideal reader, your ideal prospect.Related Links and Resources:Daniel's Gift to you:A Linkedin cheat sheet enabling you to improve your profile dramatically in just a few stepsGet yours up here:https://www.danielalfon.com/freebie/#billSummary:Daniel Alfon is the author of “Build a LinkedIn Profile for Business Success.”Daniel joined LinkedIn in early 2004, which means he has made all the mistakes you can imagine but came back to tell what works!Today, Daniel's clients get results organically: No need to spam people when growing your business. Absolutely no need to share 24/7 when pivoting. And you never have to become someone else, because LinkedIn is here to serve you and not the other way around.Daniel publishes articles, interviews and exclusive content about advanced LinkedIn strategies to clients and subscribers on his website: DanielAlfon.com​

What You’ll Learn From This Episode:* Just being passionate about something does not translate into being a good business owner.* Watch out for Charlatan Marketers who promise big results, charge you a bunch of money, and don't really deliver you anything of value* Avoid copying your competition because how do you know they know what they are doing?Related Links and Resources:Bethanie's Gift to you:Get a free copy of her 8-page Social Media Strategies Workbook.Get yours here:https://www.timetothrivemembership.com/socialSummary:Bethany Meadows has been a mompreneur for almost 20 years and understands firsthand about the “juggle” of running a business and raising a family. In 2008, after going through a divorce and wanting to continue homeschooling her five children, starting her own business seemed like the answer. Using her previous experience as a corporate marketing executive, Bethany founded Vertical Solutions Media, a full-service brand and marketing agency that helps businesses grow and succeed.Her most recent book The Juggle is REAL! Finding success and balance as a mompreneur gives the reader the benefit of 30 years of brand and marketing experience to help them grow their business. At the same time, she explores how to strike the right balance, remove friction, build a tribe and find parenting success. As part of that mission, Bethany launched www.TimeToThrive.Zone as a way of helping small business owners level up their sales and marketing skills.Learn more at: www.TimeToThrive.Zone