The Work from Home Podcast

Dave Combs, an established composer and music entrepreneur who has built a successful business with virtually no advertising and creating a worldwide following generating over 50,000 personal notes and letters of support for my music. 

He shared with us his journey working in the corporate world and how that journey took him from information technology to music. His journey with music started while he was still working in corporate, which he later titled Rachel's song, which has gotten him letters from around the world.

About Dave Combs

Dave Combs is a songwriter, photographer, entrepreneur and author with four decades of experience writing over 120 songs and creating fourteen albums of soothing, relaxing instrumental piano music. His songwriting began with the now popular standard, Rachel’s Song. His soothing, relaxing music has been played millions of times worldwide on radio, satellite, and all internet streaming media, and it continues to touch the lives of millions of people all over the world. He is also the author of the bestselling new book, Touched By The Music: How the Story and Music of Rachel’s Song Can Change. Your Life.

Links

Website - combsmusic.com

Instagram - @combsmusic

Is TikTok a fad that will pass? Or is it something that can help your business grow? Today, Tolu discusses how this social app, which was the leading app by downloads in 2021, might just be a great addition to your tools for business growth.

He shares some stats to help you decide if TikTok is the right fit for you and ways you can use it to your advantage. He also discusses what to do to set up your account, the dos and don’ts of increasing your number of followers, how to use the analytics provided by TikTok to drive business growth, and the type of content to create to increase engagement.

Finally, he weighs in on the hashtags or no hashtags debate. He also gives expert advice on using captions, trends, creating videos, making money from TikTok, and the best ways to engage there.

Ever heard of the term “Encore entrepreneur?”

Livestream coach and consultant Shelley Carney introduces them as people, usually middle-aged, who have worked under other employers for long periods and are now ready to start their businesses. Shelley trains Encore Entrepreneurs to master the relevant technology to get themselves on Livestream to connect with an audience.

Shelley shares the importance of showing your face online as an Encore entrepreneur. She also encourages everyone to stop overthinking their appearance and focus on the messages they’re delivering. 

She discusses what one needs to start live streaming: high-speed internet and a good quality computer or phone. She mentions the popular live stream platforms among Encore Entrepreneurs and the multi-streaming platform that she uses to stream content on YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter simultaneously.

She explains how she translates live stream video content to audio and distributes the information through Spotify, Amazon, Apple, and Google, or transcribes it to texts so they can be used as blog posts.

About Shelley Carney

As a livestreaming YouTuber, podcast host and blogger, she shares her Content Consistency Framework with her audience so they can leverage their time, talent and content to expand their brand's reach around the world. 

She has been livestreaming presentations and interviews for the past 7 years and she finds great joy in sharing her methods with others. Shelley would love the opportunity to participate in friendly conversations that enlightens and uplifts everyone.

Links

Website - livecast.life

Content Consistency Framework - framework.agkmedia.studio

Our guest today is Brian Winch, the owner and founder of CleanLots. CleanLots was a side hustle he started 41 years ago. He has built it into a full-time business that he continues to operate today. He joins us on this episode to discuss how to grow and market your business without breaking the bank.

For Brian, the first step to building a sustainable business is to like what you’re doing. He shares how this helped him continue CleanLots even when he had questions about his future. He also shares what he did to grow his business and discusses resources that helped him do this - from libraries to the internet.

He talks about the free marketing techniques he used to gain clients and earn a six-figure annual income and ways small businesses can take advantage of these techniques today. He also gives tips on balancing side hustles with your primary source of income and how to transition fully to your side hustle. In his book CleanLots Operations Manual, he shares his business secrets. Brian promises free business support to those who purchase it.

About Brian

Brian grew a simple side hustle that he started in 1981 into a profitable business that he still operates today. He had little money, education and skills but plenty of passion, patience and persistence. Brian shares his tips and experience on how to start a side hustle and grow it on a shoe-string budget.

Links

Website cleanlots.com

Our guest today, Rael Bricker, talks about becoming the best version of ourselves, even in business. He speaks professionally onstage about business and owns a thriving venture capital and financial services business in Australia.

You also don’t want to miss the free pdf version of his book at the end of this episode titled “Dive in, Lessons Learnt Since Business School.”

Rael explains the importance of being open to mentors before Tolu and Rael tackle the question: “are entrepreneurs born or made?”

Rael also shares tips entrepreneurs need to do to reach business excellence: Drawing a moral line with every business you do, getting rid of customers who don’t make you happy but waste your time, and never asking your staff to do something you wouldn’t do. Lastly, he explains the importance of simplifying processes to strengthen your business. “Business is not complicated. It is simple, but we have to dive in and adjust our course as we move along,” Rael remarks.  

About Rael

After 30+ years as a serial entrepreneur, dabbling in everything from education to finance to fitness, I’ve now made it my mission to share my knowledge and expertise with others. Seeing that light come on, and connections being made in people’s heads as to how they can weave my experiences and advice into their businesses reinforces that this is where I need to be.

Links

Website - raelbricker.com

Free Book - raelbricker.com/freebook/

Why do you think presents are wrapped with bows and packaged with cards? It’s all for the experience of the products. 

Over 5 million businesses were launched in America last year, yet, research has shown that 86% of businesses will fail after 5 years. Aside from the demand for products, a significant reason for that is poor customer experience.

Alex explains how we need to come to terms with algorithms of the digital age: visibility and customer referrals through great customer experiences. He advises business owners to think through their past customer experiences and analyze how it was packaged to make us feel happy to pay for the service. He mentions how slowing down with creation or delivery allows us to give the best results. 

Finally, he emphasizes how the cost of acquiring new customers is way higher than keeping them.

About Alex

As a transformative leader of multiple successful companies, Brazilian-born Alex Oliveira has helped companies advance their brands by executing interactive marketing campaigns for over 12 years. From SMB's to Fortune 500 brands like Ford & Allstate, Alex enjoys a diverse portfolio of clients.

Alex’s major passions include adventuring with his wife and 4 kids, investing in startups, and giving back to the community.

Link

leadgenerationsuccess.biz

Black Friday sales are just a few months away. Now is the time to grow your business with these practical growth tips.

Tolu discusses lead market strategy in which clients give you their email addresses and contact address in return for the value you give them. He discusses the different ways he gives value

Jake took the time to educate us on the importance that podcasting brings to the table for businesses and how exactly they can use it to gain access to the decision makers in their industry and bring more business flowing through their doors.

Jake has been able to help various businesses, such as Meta and Alibaba, grow their revenue through podcasting and is ready to do the same for other businesses.

About Jake

Jake Jorgovan is a Serial Entrepreneur, Podcast Producer and Business Advisor. 

He is the Founder of Content Allies and Lead Cookie. Through these companies he has generated $40M+ in sales for his clients. Jake is the host of the Working Without Pants Podcast, and Leaders of B2B Podcast. He also shares the raw lessons of his entrepreneurial journey at Jake-Jorgovan.com. 

Jake is the producer behind podcasts for  brands such as Facebook, Siemens Energy, Stampli, and more. 

Jake’s professional focus is to build companies that enable freedom of time and financial profitability. He does that by being an active entrepreneur in the trenches and through training others on entrepreneurship, leadership, sales & marketing. 

Jake has degree in entrepreneurship from Belmont University and has been awarded Nashville’s Youth Entrepreneur of the Year. He has spoken at conferences such as SXSW and has been featured in publications such as Inc & Forbes.

Jake lives a nomadic life and has traveled the world while running multiple companies.

Links

Website - contentallies.com

Jhana, an operations coach and consultant who helps digital businesses and entrepreneurs build scalable businesses and teams to help their businesses thrive, joins us on the show today.

She discusses how she started working remotely and what to do to be less afraid of working remotely. She also speaks on how the standard work models have changed and why working remotely should be something to embrace instead of avoiding.

We also discuss the many benefits of remote work from the perspectives of freelancers, entrepreneurs, and employers; for a remote business, there is less room to leave things to chance when it comes to scalability. She discusses the strategies leaders can use to make a remote business scalable. These strategies include pro tips such as ways to set up Slack channels to foster team building and methods she has adopted to use our common virtual tools such as Zoom and Slack more effectively.

She also gives professional insight into the recruitment process for a remote business. Finally, she discusses what remote teams should stop doing so that they do not sabotage their growth and what to do instead.

About Jhana Li

Jhana Li has over 4 years experience as a COO and Operations Consultant for digital entrepreneurs. She specializes in executing scalable team & systems infrastructure, and harnessing the true power of Operations as a lever for compound growth. Her passion lies in scaling purpose-based businesses, and partnering with the founding entrepreneurs to unlock their highest potential & impact.

Links

Website - https://www.jhanali.com/

Ops Academy - https://bit.ly/ops-academy

Jenny Toh is a lawyer as well as a certified and trained life coach who trains introverts to be more visible in the workspace while still remaining authentic. She discusses how to leverage your introversion in the workspace.

Jenny explains the difference between introverts and extroverts as team members and leaders in the workplace and the importance of an introvert in contributing to the team.

She shares how she uses her ability as an introvert in her coaching career to understand her clients’ problems beyond the words used.

She also explains how overthinking can prevent introverts from taking action, and she discusses specific actions that introverts can take to perform better at work.

About Jenny

Jenny is an ICF ACC coach who is the director of River Life Coaching Pte. Ltd., her life coaching practice where she coaches individuals to define success on their own terms personally and professionally. Jenny is passionate about empowering introverted women to remain authentic. She is also a lawyer and a mother of three living in Singapore.

Links

Website - riverlifecoaching.com

Free 30-Minute Session - riverlifecoaching.com