The David Johnson Show

Matt O’Brien of Mint Social, our guest on “The David Johnson Show,” has been in the digital marketing space for nearly 25 years. He speaks about how veterans can use this coronavirus time to find their passion, channel their energies, ignite their purpose, and put it to work in the community.

“In this coronavirus time, I want to ask veterans ‘What's your passion?’ Can we get veterans to start businesses and have an impact on the community? More people are working from home. So when you're back at home and your company may or may not still be around, what can you do? Find what your passion is. What motivates you to get up in the morning and make a difference in this world? How can we channel those energies?”

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Digital marketing strategist Matt O’Brien of MINT Social shares his insights on “The David Johnson Show” about what’s coming next in the worlds of technology and the Internet, and how veterans can find their niche in the emerging opportunity to become an influencer and make an impact.

"The shallow, empty soul that some people feel that influencers are, is shifting. It's can be a take, take, take, and all about me. Whereas if all of a sudden the formula changed and it's all about these influencers that are changing the world and they also happen to have a great story because they fought for our country. That's got me interested.”

“What's happening today is it's transforming from a cloud-based, give-away-a-service and make money on the data to blockchain (it is coming in) and cryptocurrency is going to impact the world and digital marketing and advertising.

So, what we see is the disassembly of the big social networks, Life After Google, what's next? Companies give away all these great tools, but they're making money on all of our data, right? So what if you could make money on your own data from your activities online, from exactly what you do. So it's influencer marketing meets blockchain, and all of a sudden your activity online can be monetized. And there are social networks out there right now, like, Patreon. They are a podcasting network where people can make money off of their shows and we're seeing momentum. It's gonna take time, but that's the next big movement going on.

If you're thinking of starting a business and you realize that a change is emerging online, that all of a sudden an influencer that actually delivers impact, that has an impact in the community, and is having a possitive impact on people online...that is huge.

The shallow, empty soul that some people feel that influencers are, is shifting. It's just a take, take, take and all about me. Whereas if all of a sudden the formula changed and it's all about these influencers that are just changing the world and they happen to have a great story because they fought for our country. That's got me interested.”

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Aaron Bare, a multi-talented entrepreneur who is co-founder of the Herozona Foundation, speaks on “The David Johnson Show” about an entrepreneur’s journey, which often involves failure more often in the early days, which lead to successes later on. 

“To get to success, part of that equation is failure,” says Aaron. “The reality is, is I’ve failed at more businesses than I’ve been successful at. Some would say I’m successful, I can tell you there’s also people in this world that would say I’m a failure. Regardless, it’s moving forward, and, I think that’s the mindset and innovation around being exponential.”

“I think it’s the persistence and willpower of veterans to overcome failure,” adds Aaron. “ The reality is we shouldn’t really call it failure. Mistakes are learning opportunities, they are points to move forward. At the end of the day, the idea that you’ve thought you had to start a company is going to be completely different by the time it becomes a company. In that process you’re going to fail forward, but you’re going to make a lot of mistakes. The faster you fail, the faster you actually reach success.” 

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Aaron Bare, the Herozona Foundation co-founder, speaks about how military veterans work well with the HeroZona Foundation. In short, they understand the organization.

“The veterans that we work with and have worked with in the past, they understand how the organization works,” says Bare. “They understand how to make decisions. They understand how to move things forward. They understand projects. If everything’s in a project in the world that I live in, you take a veteran and you move them into a system that very much has rules. Here’s what you need to do to accomplish those goals, and once you accomplish them, then you go to the next stage. Veterans succeed very well on that.”

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Aaron Bare, co-founder of the HeroZona Foundation, speaks with David Johnson about certain types of entrepreneurs and how he wants to help others create businesses.

“I've been what you call a micro-entrepreneur. I've been able to start a lot of different companies and then find management teams to take them and accelerate them. That's been my model. I'm more in love with the idea of generating ideas and helping others create businesses than myself going and running a company. I don't see myself running a billion-dollar company. In fact, most of the companies that I've gotten to steady revenue, I grow bored of and I move on,” Aaron Bare states.

Please be sure to check out the full episode with Aaron Bare https://youtu.be/TfiO0iHb9SM​

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Matt O’Brien, Phoenix-based digital marketing professional and community builder, is our upcoming guest on “The David Johnson Show”. In this clip, Matt shares how he was able to refocus his business to work with people and companies striving to make a difference in their community. 

“You have a lot of layers on you. You're like an onion. And God was just peeling away the layers that had been calloused in me to see and really genuinely connect. Once I got down to a layer and the epiphany came. 

I have the ability to transform my company from anybody that wants to just work with me to putting it out there and saying, I want to work with spiritually focused and purpose-based businesses that are impacting the world. And it starts locally in your community (the one you're in). What are you doing in the community that is going to get my attention? We don’t hug brands, we hug people. 

I don't care about what you're selling to me until I know you're a real person that I can connect with. And that's what's missing in the entrepreneur startup space -- we're so focused on getting a business and making money, and we forget about how we can impact the community. And if we start there, all of a sudden your story is much more interesting.”

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“What I realized is that taking action nullifies your fear. By doing that, later I realized in analyzing what I was doing that stopped the fear that was building in me and made me a warrior…” Jerry Peterson of SCARS Institute of Combat Sciences tells The David Johnson Show the story of his first day in the field in Vietnam. His first day in the country, in the field, first ambush, and how he took action over his fear.

Be sure to check out the full episodes with Jerry and Blake Peterson on The David Johnson Show: S.C.A.R.S. The Science Behind Combat and Eliminating Fear https://youtu.be/QuMgfBQxmbo

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Jon Fussell - Retired Lt Commander Navy SEAL discusses the mindset and psychology of Team -VS- Group mentality and the difference between the Military and Civilian world.

Jon is an expert on leadership on so many levels and brings an intense real-world perspective to the table.  Watch the full episode with Jon Fussell.

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Craig Sawyer, a Navy SEAL veteran, talks about how building his network over the years helped bring him opportunities to work in television, non-profit and more areas after his military career. Click here to read more about Craig Sawyer’s military background.  

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Part 2 -- Retired Army Green Beret, Ren Ligon, discusses his 20 years in the Army. From Special Operation Units like the Rangers, 160th SOAR, and The Green Berets -- Ren gets up close and personal with stories he has never shared before.
 
Renford Ligon is a US Army Special Forces “Green Beret” Senior Non-Commissioned Officer (MSG Ret.) with 25 years of experience. A proven track record during many national level crisis events while serving as a US Army Special Operations Senior Operator and Military advisor (Contractor) previously assigned to Central and South America supporting the Global War on Terror (GWOT). Ren is currently working in support of the 1st IO Command’s mission that provides Information Operations and Cyberspace Operations support to the Army and other Military Forces through deployable teams, reach back planning and analysis, and specialized training.
 
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