The SocialRay Podcast: Stories of Entrepreneurs & Influencers

In this episode, I talk to Joel Brown the founder of the #1 motivation site in the world called addicted2success.com. We talk about how he was able to build a site that has over 100 million website views and over 50 million unique website visits and he has over 2 million plus social media followers. We also talk about how to cross promote on social media and how to utilize social media best to market and promote your content. Joel has also been deep into self development and has interviewed people like Tony Robbins, Deepak Chopra, Tim Ferris, and others well-known in the self-development space. I hope you learn a lot, take away a lot from this interview, and share this interview with anyone who might be able to benefit from it!

In this interview, I talk to Randall Pich CEO of LiveFit the internationally known fitness lifestyle apparel brand. We talk about how Randall was able to turn $300 into a million dollar business and the struggles, advice, and lessons he's learned along the way. We talk about how to work with influencers and what he looks for when he wants to work with people via social media. We also dive deep into what it takes to be successful, the traits and qualities of an entrepreneur that will help you succeed, and how important it is to have the right mindset when trying to build a business. I hope you learn a lot from this interview and take action and remember to leave us a review and share with your friends if this has helped you in anyway!

In this interview, I talk to Eric who helps his wife Ann run the 1.6 million subscribed women's fashion Youtube channel Anneorshine. We talk about what it's like running a big youtube channel and some of the ways they were able to grow the channel. You can checkout Ann's channel at www.youtube.com/user/anneorshine and Instagram at www.instagram.com/annlestyle. Also Eric runs his own business helping social media influencers with their taxes which you can checkout at www.dynamic.tax.

In this interview, I talk with Devin who runs the art Instagram page @thednalife as well as other pages that drive traffic to his apps like @gifxapp and @photocandyapp. He was able to leverage Instagram to drive a lot of traffic that pushed his apps to the top charts of Apple and was able to build a community around art that helped him grow much quicker than if he had grown by himself. We talk about the power of building a community around your niche and collaborating to help grow your account faster. We also talk about the ways Devin was able to leverage his Instagram to network with other like-minded individuals and artists. I hope you enjoy this interview, learn a lot, and take action. Also please make sure to leave us a review and share with your friends if this episode was helpful to you in any way. Thank you!

NOTE: Arian renamed his Instagram page from @valuable_dollar to @arian_ney In this episode I talk to Arian who runs a men's fashion page and has worked with big brands like Montblanc and Dom Perignon. We talk about the importance of being professional and the proper way to work with businesses and brands as an influencer. Also we talk about how businesses should recognize which types of influencers to work with and what to look for in an influencer. We also go over hashtag strategies that will help you for Instagram and the importance of coming up with your own original content.

I talk to Joe Duncan who runs the entrepreneur, success, and motivational page @before5am on Instagram with over half a million followers. He shares how important it is to connect with your audience, develop that connection through social media with your tribe, and engage with your loyal fans who support you. He shares how he was able to build a following and later business through social media and the opportunities social media provides for you in order to have

In this interview I talk to Benny Esco who runs the Globalshift Movement which reaches over 1 million people on social media. He also runs his own page @bennyesco11 on instagram and periscopes (bennyesco) and snapchats (bennyesco11) often to his followers. He talks about how he was able to get out of having taken part in gang violence to getting into self-development after watching the movie The Secret. He describes how social media was a platform for him to share his passion and his voice so that he could make a difference in the world. I hope after listening to this interview you will take the time to think about what your passions are, how you can use them to make an impact on the world, and utilize social media to share your message to make a positive impact on as many people as possible.

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