Being honest, most workspaces for the entrepreneur is a mess. While some spaces are works of art, the place where we conduct business may need an adjustment. With the boom of remote workspaces like WeWork, real estate styled offices sells the idea of cleanliness and organization but can we do that as well? The workspace is one of the most vital tools in conducting a manageable workflow but it’s not a priority for most and our guest Patricia Parashakti Lohan explains what we should consider in creating a functional and free-flowing work environment.

The entrepreneurial journey is one of trials and tribulations. If you ever feel like you want to quit, you know what we mean One of the tried and true ways to fight the hills and valleys of being in business is working with your partner in life. For some, it’s a rewarding venture. For some, it’s an added complexity. No matter where you are in the spectrum, it can make the journey that much manageable and my guest Marla Mattenson is a specialist when it comes to relationships in the entrepreneur world.

Outcomes are the result of the effort we create. One of the resources we use to work in and on our businesses is energy. We gave energy and we take energy. As entrepreneurs, the tendency is to work in a state of imbalance so we run out of useful productivity. Replenishment is secondary because we need to get the job done but my guest Sophia Remolde explains that we don't need to burn the candle at both ends and we can improve our quality of life.

The focus on brand awareness starts with your image. We want the world to recognize us for the talents we are so we make it a priority to present our best foot forward. The question is, how do we effectively create a position when the world is our competition? My guest Malik Carter talks us through the finer point of effective design and how we can apply it.

Content creation has helped usher in the next generation of leaders. No longer do you need the press to build you messaging because we all have the tools to be seen and heard. Never in our wildest dreams could we be heard globally for our brands and businesses like today. In a matter of hours, you can become a trusted source that you can control and influence millions and my guest Jaclyn Mellone talks about building your unique voice, no matter if you understand how to or not.

The marketing tool that takes time to produce is a book. We as entrepreneurs know a book can position us as authorities quickly because we wrote the book on the subject but it's the writing part that makes it difficult to complete. Having you industry-defining book in hand can be the difference between being sought after and being unknown and my guest Julie Broad helps entrepreneurs write the book they've always wanted.

So Facebook has changed the way it operates. It was bound to happen. The lesson to be learned is we as business owners need to move like water and go with the flow. Some strategies will need to change and evolve to match the current climate and that also means advertising. As technologies move and become something different, we need to do that too and my guest Manny Hanif has built his business to move with the time.

On this special father's day edition of The Swift Kick Show, we address the difficult part of being an entrepreneur...growing up. As we get more experience in our businesses, we tend to focus on working and we may sacrifice time with love ones for growth. It's also common we may walk a path our parents did not picture for us and we become distant naturally. This is something we don't discuss and, thankfully, father's day is a great time to begin working through this shift and my guest Beejel Parmar talks us through his own journey with his father. A great show to listen to and gain valuable insight.

Did someone say email marketing is dead? HA! We check our email every day and we don’t blink an eye. Why is it still not a viable strategy for most business owners? What we’ve discovered is other marketing techniques have become more sexy, shiny, and sensationalized to the point of blindness when it comes to sending messages to your customer’s inbox. Furthermore, the awareness of data protection has affected these other techniques which

bring us back to emails and my guest Matt Bacak walks us through why email is still king of the hill.

The video boom is upon us and we never saw it like it really is. The days of taking pictures and posting on wall elevated right in front of our eye because we have become video hungry. To sell effectively, demonstration videos have become popular. Our prospects want to see us talking to them rather than describing their pain points. If you’re not using video to supplement personal interaction and branding, you’re being left behind and

my guest Tommie Powers helps Fortune 500s maximize their exposure and you’re going to get a sneak peek.