The Introspective Podcast

Summary

Capping our Content Creators Week here on the Introspective is a Moment of Introspection with your host, Jake Anderson. Our today’s Moment of Introspection, delves on Jake’s new hybrid podcast management system that he’s been working on since last fall. For Jake, it’s more than just producing a podcast and it’s not just about podcasting. Jake reflects on the changes that he’s been constantly making as he develops his hybrid podcast management system which includes the show structure, the overall strategy, the guest selections, among others.

If you’ve been listening and following this podcast for a while, make sure not to miss this one as Jake fleshes out the new changes that we will all be seeing and hearing on the future Introspective episodes. Nevertheless, let’s get ready for another new week and let’s take just a few moments of this Sunday to reflect, revelal, learn, and grow on today's Moment of Introspection.

What you’ll learn

The major changes in the the over-all Introspective show structure

Why entrepreneurs are the ‘introspective’ people

Comparing the hybrid podcast management system versus the other options in the market

Resources mentioned on this episode

Know more about Jake’s hybrid podcast management by participating in his demo presentation on the 19th. Sign up here: http://www.connectwithjake.com (www.connectwithjake.com)

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Summary

Joining us for this fourth day of our Content Creators Week here on the Introspective is Saqib Dareshani. Saqib is the CEO of Clubify, a company that he recently launched that empowers businesses to get 100% reach to their own community, own their data, and get their own app in a day. As someone who has worked on over 500 apps with 65 million downloads for businesses, Saqib realized that social media accounts of 250,000 people, or even a million followers, were getting blocked due to censorship. Through Clubify, Saqib ensures that content creators can choose which advertisers are shown in their community and these advertisers pay them directly. Saqib’s Clubify has seen a growth of 30% per month in the past year with plans to grow 115 times in the next five years .

Make sure to tune in to this episode especially if you are an influencer, business coach or just looking to expand online as Saqib shares his vast knowledge and experience in the world of technology and app development. His techniques ensure that entrepreneurs, even small business owners, can thrive without having to sacrifice their brand due to the increasing censorship of social media and the annoying algorithm roadblocks.

“We want to bring the power back to the business owner.”

What you’ll learn

The impetus behind Saqib’s vision of ‘bringing the power back to the people’

The impact of ‘The Social Dilemma’ and increasing censorship on businesses

The importance and the benefits of having an ‘app in a day’

Connect with Saqib Dareshani

Instagram: @clubify_app

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/saqib.dareshani.1?_rdc=1and_rdr (https://www.facebook.com/saqib.dareshani.1?_rdc=1and_rdr) (Saqib Dareshani)

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saqibdareshani/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/saqibdareshani/)

For all bookings and press inquiries: [email protected]

Resources mentioned on this episode

Be a Superstar in Your Community. Your App in a Day: clubify.com

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See more episodes > http://www.introspectivepodcast.com (www.introspectivepodcast.com)

Connect with Me > http://www.connectwithjake.com (www.connectwithjake.com)

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Summary

Joining us for this fourth day of our Content Creators Week here on the Introspective is Saqib Dareshani. Saqib is the CEO of Clubify, a company that he recently launched that empowers businesses to get 100% reach to their own community, own their data, and get their own app in a day. As someone who has worked on over 500 apps with 65 million downloads for businesses, Saqib realized that social media accounts of 250,000 people, or even a million followers, were getting blocked due to censorship. Through Clubify, Saqib ensures that content creators can choose which advertisers are shown in their community and these advertisers pay them directly. Saqib’s Clubify has seen a growth of 30% per month in the past year with plans to grow 115 times in the next five years .

Make sure to tune in to this episode especially if you are an influencer, business coach or just looking to expand online as Saqib shares his vast knowledge and experience in the world of technology and app development. His techniques ensure that entrepreneurs, even small business owners, can thrive without having to sacrifice their brand due to the increasing censorship of social media and the annoying algorithm roadblocks.

“We want to bring the power back to the business owner.”

What you’ll learn

The impetus behind Saqib’s vision of ‘bringing the power back to the people’

The impact of ‘The Social Dilemma’ and increasing censorship on businesses

The importance and the benefits of having an ‘app in a day’

Connect with Saqib Dareshani

Instagram: @clubify_app

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/saqib.dareshani.1?_rdc=1and_rdr (https://www.facebook.com/saqib.dareshani.1?_rdc=1and_rdr) (Saqib Dareshani)

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saqibdareshani/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/saqibdareshani/)

For all bookings and press inquiries: [email protected]

Resources mentioned on this episode

Be a Superstar in Your Community. Your App in a Day: clubify.com

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See more episodes > http://www.introspectivepodcast.com (www.introspectivepodcast.com)

Connect with Me > http://www.connectwithjake.com (www.connectwithjake.com)

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Summary

Welcome to another Tuesday here on the Introspective. This week, in case you’re just listening to us right now, we are celebrating Content Creators Week. Our guest today is Keenya Kelly who is a content creator and a superstar on the popular social media platform ‘Tiktok’, reaching over 400,000 followers in just 12 short months. As an accomplished business executive, teacher, and inspirational speaker, Keenya found her voice by writing and speaking about understanding one’s God-given purpose and living up to the fullest potential. Keenya strategically helps business owners go from the formulation stage of a business to developing million dollar brands as the CEO of ‘If You Brand It,’ a branding and consultancy firm in Redding, CA. During the pandemic, Keenya decided to learn about the TikTok platform as a way to market her business, which led to her attracting hundreds of thousands of followers and as well as helping clients reach over 500,000 in six short months.

Keenya’s story is something truly worth tuning in as we celebrate Content Creators Week on this program. Her accomplishments serve as a testament that being a partner with the Keenya Kelly brand, you will surely reach her strong female audience of influencers and entrepreneurs particularly through social media sites like TikTok. Make not to miss this episode as Keenya shares to us how she captures her audiences by conveying powerful lessons of overcoming fear, self-doubt, and divorce in creating successful six-figure businesses utilizing her gifts and corporate background.

“Don't wait to go viral, prepare to go viral.”

What you’ll learn

Utilizing TikTok for your business (and why it’s not just for young people)

What makes TikTok unique compared to other social media platforms

Building your personal brand online as a content creator

Connect with Keenya Kelly

Website: www.keenyakelly.com

Instagram: @keenyakelly

TikTok: @keenyakelly

YouTube: Keenya Kelly

Resources mentioned on this episode

Listen to ‘The Keenya Kelly Podcast’: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-keenya-kelly-podcast/id1446018867 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-keenya-kelly-podcast/id1446018867)

Enroll now in Coach Keenya's ‘Monetize the Tok’ (starts on the third week of April): https://monetizethetok.com/ (https://monetizethetok.com/)

Wanna use TikTok for business but you’re overwhelmed? Nervous? Not sure how? Receive your FREE cheat sheet on using TikTok for business: https://tiktokfornewbies.com/ (https://tiktokfornewbies.com/)

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Summary

Welcome back to another week full of deep dives! We are celebrating Content Creators Week here on the Introspective. Throughout this week, we’re going to interview people who have been successful in creating engaging and awesome content for the audience and their followers. Likewise, we’ll also delve into the different topics and principles that will surely help you in creating better content and materials for your viewers and subscribers. To start this week, we have Cris Cunnigham on board here in the Introspective to talk about the power of storytelling in business, sales, and marketing.

With a M.A. in Film Directing and Screenwriting, Cris has nearly twenty years’ experience in the film and television industry. His credits in producing and writing more than 40 nationally and globally televised documentaries is just the tip of the iceberg as he founded a production company in 2007 that produced, shot, marketed and distributed over 100 short films which garnered millions in downloads and viewerships. Cris completed several feature screenplays and documentaries as a writer and producer which includes Vacant House, which was screened at Festival de Cannes despite having a minimal budget and no star power. Amidst all of this, Cris founded Video Marketing Unleashed, where he helps businesses and entrepreneurs tell the story of their product, brand or service through the power of online video. Don’t miss this episode as Cris shares his experiences in video marketing and storytelling and how all this really ties in together.

“There's no seven impressions to make a brand. It's one story to make a brand.”

What you’ll learn

Using the power of storytelling to connect deeper to your audience

How to position yourself in order to build trust and authority

Converting your audience into lifelong customers

Connect with Cris Cunningham

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cris.cunningham (https://www.facebook.com/cris.cunningham) (Cris Cunningham)

Resources mentioned on this episode

Create Beautiful, High-Converting Marketing Videos ... In Record Time! : https://videocreationacademy.com/ (https://videocreationacademy.com/)

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Episode Summary

Glad you’re with us here on the Introspective on this Easter Sunday. And that means it’s time for us to have another Moment of Introspection, with your host Jake Anderson. For today's episode, we’ll be talking about escaping the entrepreneur trap. For Jake, it is when he finally got out of the special events industry after spending 10 years of his life building and maintaining the business. Whenever this happens to you, you’ll be thinking for sure about ‘what’s the next chapter in your business?’ and most of the time, this will be a hard decision to make. Quite fittingly, let’s take this Easter Sunday to have a moment of introspection and listen to Jake as he speaks about how you can escape the entrepreneur trap to avoid being stuck in the and how to really see the light, happiness, and fulfillment after escaping.

What you’ll learn

● The whole thought of being trapped in the dark

● Being passionate because of winning in business versus the having the actual desire to pursue it

● Jake’s insights about his past business versus podcasting

Favorite Quote

“When it's something you love, you're less likely to fall into an entrepreneur trap.”

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Episode Summary

It’s time for another Opportunity or Bust here on the Introspective! One of the recurring talking points from our past Introspective interviews is about coaching and mentorship and how it can be beneficial to be mentored or to have a coach to guide you in your business. For today’s Opportunity or Bust, Jake talks about one-on-one coaching and looks at it through different perspectives such as through the lens of the coach and through the lens of the client being coached. Come, join us, and listen to Jake as he gets to the bottom of having a one-on-one coach and how can this be an opportunity or bust for yourself and your business!

What you’ll learn

Jake’s experience on being mentored by a one-on-one coach

Weighing between one-on-one coaching and group coaching

Benefits of having a one-on-one coach / being a one-on-one coach

Favorite Quote

“Anybody you look at who has achieved any high level of success, they all have several things in common but there is one thing in common they all have and that's they all had coaches.”

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Episode Summary

For our today’s Introspective Interview, let’s immerse ourselves into knowing more about Americans with Disabilities (ADA) compliance and we have Tony Caggiano, the ADA Comply Guy, here to tell us more about it! As a 30+ year technology industry veteran, a serial entrepreneur and a dedicated husband and father, Tony has built and owned several businesses combined with his dedication to look for ways to give back and help those with a true need as a philanthropist. Also known to many as The ADA Comply Guy, Tony devotes his time on educating businesses of all sizes on how to reach more customers and make more sales by helping them become ADA Compliant with an Accessible website by using his easy, simple, and affordable software. His mission to help others to become ADA compliant on their websites stemmed from a very personal experience. Aside from helping others, Tony’s online presence can be seen through his weekly podcast ‘The Entrepreneurial Journey’ and a Facebook group with the same name focusing on connecting entrepreneurs to help build communities of business owners that can help one another become successful on their own journey.

What you’ll learn

The perils and disadvantages of businesses who don't comply with ADA

Benefits that you can get from setting up your website and funnels to be ADA compliant

Learning more about Tony’s ADA compliance software.

Favorite Quote

“If I can do something to help somebody, every chance I get throughout the day, whether I'm

on a phone call or whatever, I'm always looking at ways that I can give some kind of

knowledge and help others in some way.”

Connect with Tony Caggiano

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Tony.ADAComplyGuy (https://www.facebook.com/Tony.ADAComplyGuy)

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adacomplyguy/ (https://www.instagram.com/adacomplyguy/)

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adacomplyguy/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/adacomplyguy/)

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/adacomplyguy (https://www.youtube.com/adacomplyguy)

Check out Tony’s Facebook Group - The Entrepreneurial Journey: http://bit.ly/EntrepJourneyFB (http://bit.ly/EntrepJourneyFB)

Facebook Group - Clubhouse Collaborations: https://www.facebook.com/groups/427308855305154 (https://www.facebook.com/groups/427308855305154)

Tony’s Podcast ‘The Entrepreneurial Journey’ is available here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-entrepreneurial-journey/id1539369170 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-entrepreneurial-journey/id1539369170)

Meet The ​ADAComply Guy - Tap into a new unrealized client source, rank higher on search engines and avoid non compliance legal issues all in a single day: https://adacomplyguy.com/ada-comply-intro (https://adacomplyguy.com/ada-comply-intro)

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Episode Summary

For our today’s Introspective interview, we have Jhoanny Perez, who is from the brick and mortar space, to talk about the restaurant industry. As an immigrant from the Dominican Republic, Jhoanny helped her mom build three seven-figure restaurants and used this achievement to teach Latina and immigrant women how to build restaurants as well. After flourishing in the restaurant industry for 8 years, Jhoanny turned her attention to mentoring women and families to build an empire for themselves and their communities. Jhoanny considers teaching, creating opportunities with others and empowering women of color as her interests. As part of her mission to give back to others, Jhoanny also enjoys working with youth and families, and has worked to bring aid to other countries like Haiti, South Africa, and Ghana. Don’t miss this episode as Jhoanny tells us the elements of a successful restaurant business brick by brick!

What you’ll learn

Jhoanny’s experiences and challenges in the restaurant industry

Jhoanny’s take on how to build a successful brand for your restaurant

The impact of the pandemic in the restaurant and the small business sectors

Favorite Quote

“When you take something online and you become an entrepreneur, it really takes time for you to build an audience for you to build credibility.”

Connect with Jhoanny Perez

Instagram: @jhoas_coaching

Get Your Step by Step Guide For Creating the Bar and Restaurant of Your Dreams: https://www.jhoannyperez.com/

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Episode Summary

For this last day of March, let’s score another, in fact, two quick wins through today’s Quick Win Wednesday! There are a lot of ways of maximizing your engagement on social media, but for our today’s Quick Win Wednesday, Jake narrows it down to four ways. Make sure not to miss this episode in order to find out about the four critical things that you need to be doing to engage with your audience on social media and how to position yourself as an expert in your field using this framework in mind.

What you’ll learn

Being careful with automation or using ‘bots’ as a method of engagement

The importance of resonating with what your audience are already thinking

Building your authority through taking positions

Favorite Quote

“When you automate relationships, you're not authentic; you're not really not real; there is no realness and context.”

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Connect with Jake > http://www.connectwithjake.com (www.connectwithjake.com)

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Software Recommendations

Podcast Hosting > http://www.introspectivepodcast.com/captivate (www.introspectivepodcast.com/captivate)

Automated Scheduling > http://www.introspectivepodcast.com/calendly (www.introspectivepodcast.com/calendly)

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