Technically Speaking

Believe it or not, the law of diminishing returns doesn't apply to being grateful. In other words, it's impossible to practice too much gratitude as long as it's sincere. So, as long as I'm in the moment, thank you for listening to Technically Speaking. I really appreciate your company.

But, what does this have to do with growing an expert business you ask?

EVERYTHING.

And to talk about this, we invited employee engagement and retention expert Lisa Ryan.

Lisa's programs focus on positive workplace culture, inter-generational communication, employee acquisition, engagement, retention, and gratitude strategies ("Grategies") for personal and professional development.

Today, she's sharing with us how to use gratitude as a strategy to grow your expert business beyond the 6-figure mark.

What's not to love about that? Let's get into it!

Show Notes:

✅ To connect with Lisa and learn more, check out her site: https://lisaryanspeaks.com

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When it comes to looking for resources to grow your business, chances are, emotional intelligence isn't on the list. Instead, it's sales outreach strategies, marketing strategies, logical processes that are supposed to produce a result.

But the thing about business is that it's all driven through human connection and, consequently, emotion.

If we can master the fundamentals of emotional intelligence, we set ourselves for a more productive and impactful business.

So, to help break these ideas down for us, we invited on Irvine Nugent. Irvine has an esteemed background in emotional intelligence and is one of the most sought-after experts on the subject.

And, in today's episode, we're talking about the 4 pillars of emotional intelligence and how remaining aware of them will inevitably grow your business.

Let's dive in!

Show Notes:

✅ Check out Irvine's Emotional Intelligence resources, courses, and speaking here: https://irvinenugent.com/

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In today's episode, we're talking about marketing and, more specifically, how you don't need overblown marketing campaigns, strategy, etc to see great results.

In fact, being scrappy can often be an advantage over your better-known competitors.

To prove this point, we've invited Colton Briner. Colt is a virtual chief marketing officer and founder of Scrappy AF Marketing, supporting clients across a wide variety of industry verticals.  Over the last 20, years he has worked as a combination product manager, brand strategist, marketing exec, and industry evangelist.

Colt believes the only thing getting in our way from standing out from the crowd when it comes to marketing is creativity. It's that creativity, combined with being scrappy, that can ignite your marketing efforts.

So join us as we unpack how to be scrappy, more creative, and take more market share.

As always, stick around until the end for some resources.

See you there!

Show Notes:

✅ Download Colt's 10 strategies to increase creative capacity: https://scrappyafsolutions.com/strategies-for-building-creativity/

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In today's episode, we're talking with Devin Marks, a.k.a. the "TED Talk Whisperer," about what the true magic of short, concise, and action-oriented messaging has on our business as a whole.

Why has TED been so virally successful? What about its format draws people in?

And more importantly, how can we incorporate TED-style messaging into more areas of our business than on stage?

Can TED-like messaging be applied to sales? Virtual events? Hybrid events? Marketing?

These are all the questions we're answering in today's show and there's no one better to help us answer those other than Devin.

Believe it or not, he coached Harvard's Dr. Robert Waldinger on his record-shattering "Good Life" TED Talk which now has over 41M views.

So let's dive in and learn how to incorporate TED beyond the stage.

See you there!

Show Notes:

✅ Get Devin's Top 3 Insight for Captivating Your Online Viewers: connecttocompelnow.com

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Back in season 1, we brought in Jeff Civillico to share his wisdom around building engagement in our audiences.

Jeff has headlined in Vegas for the better part of two decades. And with that experience, came mastering the craft of moving and deeply engaging with an audience.

We had such a good conversation about what it takes to truly engage an audience and we ran out of time to talk about something near and dear to Jeff's heart.

So, we decided to bring him back for season 2. That something?

Philanthropy! Jeff shares with us how rewarding, beneficial, and impactful philanthropy can be for you and your business.

Not only that, he shares with us a simple path forward for any of those looking to do more charity, start a non-profit, or simply give back.

Don't sleep on this episode. If you've at all thought about how to start giving back, this is the episode for you.

See you in there!

Show Notes:

?. Watch the video version of this episode and subscribe for updates on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYAr3nGy6lbXrhbezMxoHTSCS40liusyU

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"You need to work harder."

"You need to put in more time."

"If you're not growing, you're complacent"

"If you're not working 80 hours per week as a business owner, do you even care?"

It's these types of comments that have created a toxic culture of entrepreneurs who believe the only way to succeed is to grind away while everything else in their life suffers.

Why? Pride. Ego. It's in the way.

And today, we're talking with Howard Mann - a business coach, keynote speaker, and author on how to get the most out of your business.

Howard believes we need to leverage our businesses to create the life we want. Not leverage our life to create the business we want.

If you're at a point where you're not as happy with your business as you could be or if you have a sense of feeling stuck, this episode's for you.

Here's why you don't have the business you deserve.

Let's dive in!

Show Notes:

✅ Check out Howard's New Book: Fewer Better and Other Business Life Lessons: https://www.amazon.com/Fewer-Better-Other-Business-Lessons-ebook/dp/B09JSZYD18/

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In today's episode, we're talking with presentation and speaking skills expert Ivan Wanis-Ruiz.

Ivan is an expert in presentation skills and is ridding of the world one boring presentation at a time.

He believes at the center of any good presentation is charisma, confidence, and having an executive presence. All of these things can be learned.

He shares with us example after example of how the vast majority of presentations are filled with useless information that's making everyone bored.

Then, he delivers tactic after tactic to use to make your presentation as exciting as possible.

Oh, and by the way, he's enrolled over 150,000 students in his presentation skills courses. Ivan's the real deal.

Let's dive in!

Show Notes:

✅ Want to learn more about how to make your presentations less boring? Check out Ivan's book (https://amzn.to/3B7Abog) and courses (https://publicspeakinglab.com/connect)

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In today's episode, we're talking with Roger Wolkoff, emotional intelligence keynote speaker, about how to keep our customers coming back from more.

He shares tactical tips on how to become more self-aware of our emotional intelligence, talks about some of the misconceptions, and outlines how we can build trusting relationships with our clients.

It's those trusting relationships that keep our customers coming back.

Join us as we unpack how emotional intelligence can impact your bottom line and what you can do about it.

Show Notes:

✅ Interested in learning how Roger can help elevate your and your organization's emotional intelligence? Check out his website: rogerwolkoff.com

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In today's episode, we're talking with Jason Bagley about how to make cold email outreach work and how to do it the right way.

Jason's the co-owner of Sitecare.com - a WordPress maintenance and digital marketing agency.

For more than 12 years, Jason built and ran a highly successful lead generation agency, Firing Squad which SiteCare acquired in 2020.

Jason discovered the perfect recipe to make email outreach the highest performing channel in many businesses and he's on the show to share that with us today.

Luckily, it's not as hard as you think!

Let's dive in!

Show Notes:

✅ Check out SiteCare (https://sitecare.com/) and Jason's YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/jasonbagley)

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Today, we're talking with Jessi Beyer about how to actually use your book to generate revenue in your business.

Jessi Beyer is an award-nominated international speaker, #1 best-selling author of How To Heal, and the founder of the Aspiring Author Incubator and the Book Writing Blueprint, through which she helps entrepreneurs and aspiring authors take their book from idea to published in less than five hours a week so they can get it into the hands of their perfect readers.

She has been featured in over 160 media outlets and has spoken to thousands of people around the world.

Jessi shares with us her journey to writing, launching, and selling her book. She shares with us what it really takes to leverage your book, sell it in bulk, and use it as an asset in your business rather than simply an ego-booster.

Let's dive in!

Show Notes:

✅ Learn more about Jessi and her work: https://jessibeyerinternational.com/

📷 Watch the video version of this episode and subscribe for updates on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYAr3nGy6lbXrhbezMxoHTSCS40liusyU

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