The Making Social Simple Show with Kat & Brian Sullivan

Forbes Riley. If you haven't heard of her, look her up. She has been dubbed the billionaire business icon, has launched a $100 million fitness TV channel, generated over $2.5 billion in revenue, and so so so much more. Seriously, her list of achievements is extremely impressive and never-ending.

She teaches Forbes Factor, emotional breakthrough training, to take everything she has learned through her life to helping others get to their next level.

Forbes is always a delight and full of crazy inspiring stories, you won't want to miss this one!

President and Co-Founder of Master Networks Inc., Chas Wilson is known for his entrepreneurial spirit and out of the box thinking. He's extremely passionate about what he does and shows up in his business. He's the real deal. Master Networks has over 100 chapters and has done over $1 million in sales. Committed to creating community and success for business owners through real relationships and tactical teaching, Chas has spent many years consulting small business owners and sales professionals.

Chas joins us today to share his time-management tips, the details of his 5 business disciplines (thinking, targeting, tracking, timing, and team building), and valuing your partnerships!

Garrett Gunderson brings passion, humor, and brilliant insight to growth, success, and prosperity. He is the Founder of an Inc. 500 firm, Wealth Factory, and author of multiple Wall Street Journal bestselling books including the NY Times bestseller, Killing Sacred Cows. He's also funny, personable, and a great conversation. We chat with him about the antiquation and fragility of the stock market, small business vs big businesses, making an investment on yourself, and so much more.

I'm sure you've heard that content is King (or Queen). Over the last decade the amount of content posted daily has grown exponentially. How do you and your brand stand out on social when users are bombarded with millions of pieces of content each day. We've got a couple of tips and tricks up our sleeve just for this week's podcast episode!

Cayla Craft is a bestselling author, podcast host, self-made millionaire, mom, and top sales influencer. The California native went from saving lives in the ER as a nurse to helping women owning their own successful business. Featured on Fox News and Good Day LA, Cayla has built multiple businesses, including the Mommy Millionaire brand, helped thousands of women start to believe in themselves as entrepreneurs and businesswomen.

She has made so many significant changes in her life starting with her mindset. Cayla talks all about the work it takes to alter your mindset, shift your environment, and elevate to another level.

After some research, we found a study that said 42% of small business owners are spending 6 hours per week on social media. That same study found that the number one source of frustration is creating content. To us, that sounds like a lot of time that can be better spent otherwise. If you ever feel stuck thinking how do I create content, when do I post, how do I utilize social to close sales, etc. then this episode is for you. We want to take that complexity out of social media and make social simple. We've put together 4 key tips that will transform the way you use social media and packed them up into about 25 minutes for this week's episode!

If you don't already know who Ray Higdon is, you definitely should go check him out! Ray is a 2-time bestselling author, his last 2 books reaching the Top 150 Amazon Bestsellers, a renowned speaker, and a former #1 income earner at a network marketing company. He and his wife Jessica (who just gave birth to their newest Higdon, Graham!) are the founders of The Lifestyle Solution and the network marketing experts behind The Higdon Group. Recognized among the Inc. 5000 fastest growing companies, The Higdon Group teaches entrepreneurs how to get more leads, recruit more reps, and become top earners in the network marketing industry. Both renowned international speakers and successful business owners in their own right, Jessica and Ray have dedicated their lives to helping other entrepreneurs achieve financial freedom and fulfillment.

Ray shares the importance of being able to duplicate results and also vetting your coaches to ensure the advice your receiving has been proven to be duplicable. We also chat about different dynamics of working with your spouse, and why executing on what you've learned is vital.

We get a lot of questions from entrepreneurs and business owners who are experts in their field, but are feeling overwhelmed and less confident in their marketing and social media skills. We've started this podcast to serve this audience and help you leverage social media. Our entrepreneurial journey has been a long 10 years. This first episode is to break that journey down extracting key points and lessons into less than an hour. Let's get started!