Why Influence

Dave Jackson is an award-winning podcaster who has been podcasting since April of 2005. He recently has nine podcasts, four of which have over 250 episodes each.

Dave is best known as the host of The School of Podcasting, where he's helped hundreds of people launch podcasts. His podcast is primarily about starting a podcast and growing your influence. In 2018, Dave was inducted into the Podcasters Hall of Fame.

In this episode, he talks about how he first discovered and started podcasting. He shares a beautiful story of one of his unintended consequences when he was still new to podcasting. He also talks about how he deals with impostor syndrome.

"So many times we think we have to be perfect—we have to know this or I don't know this or that—you just have to know more than your audience."

In this episode, Dave really deep dives into his story of how and why he started his influence.

Dave's story is inspirational and this episode is definitely worth a listen!

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Kate Erickson of Entrepreneurs On Fire is the host of the podcast called Kate's Take where she shares a behind-the-scenes look at how to run a 7-figure business. Her podcast has over 250 episodes.

Entrepreneurs on Fire is an award-winning podcast (Best of iTunes) where John Lee Dumas interviews Entrepreneurs who are truly ON FIRE.

Kate Erickson, JLD's wife, joined the EOFire team in April 2013 as the Content Creator. Since then, she's grown to consider herself as the overall Implementer of things at EOFire.

She has created several workbooks on productivity and podcasting, helping people be more streamlined in figuring out how to have their voice. She does a lot of speaking and workshops on all of that.

In this episode, Jeremy deep dives to Kate's why, some of her unintended consequences, and the struggles she overcame.

Her new podcast, Ditch Busy, is launching early January 2020, focusing on your relationship with time management.

"If you could change one person's life, wouldn't that be enough?"

Kate's story is inspirational and this episode is definitely worth a listen!

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Nicole Gibson is the CEO and Founder of a non-profit social movement called Love Out Loud. Her mission is to spread acknowledgement, love, and acceptance.

She has over 4,000 Instagram followers and 5,000 Facebook followers.

Love Out Loud aims to impact 350 million people or 4% of the global population by the end of 2020 by giving them strategies on how to live their lives and run their businesses from a place of love and compassion.

She says that the great thing about doing her work as a speaker and even as a facilitator is she is constantly impacting people without necessarily even getting to meet them.

Her massive experience of understanding what's important in life, going through various mental health challenges and pretty significant eating disorder through her teenage years made her realize by the time she chose recovery from that that there was no point or fulfillment in following a lack of anything superficial. This sent her to the path of sending her message out to people.

"You're already influencing. You might not be aware that you're influencing, but even by walking into a room and saying nothing, you're influencing the room."

In this episode, Nicole really deep dives into her story of how and why she started her influence.

Nicole's story is inspirational and this episode is definitely worth a listen!

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Patrice Washington is a very successful podcaster with her podcast called Redefining Wealth. She talks about how it's important to chase purpose, not money. She has over 900 iTunes reviews.

Patrice made it clear that podcasting is her main platform but she also has a solid following on other platforms. She has about 70,000 Instagram followers, 30,000 YouTube subscribers, 20,000 Facebook followers, and 15,000 Twitter followers.

She first started blogging in 2009. She did it for a few months and realized that no one was really paying attention. She stopped for a few weeks but there was a man, who she calls her angel that she will never forget, who reached out to her via email and told her what impact she has made in his life and essentially encouraged her to continue blogging.

Patrice has been known as America's Money Maven, a personal finance expert, for over a decade. She is most recognized as the personal finance voice of the top-rated and nationally syndicated Steve Harvey Morning Radio Show.

Her real why at this stage in life was to share with people that wealth was so much more than money and material possessions. Everything that she does now ties into helping people see the bigger picture of how their behavior, relationships, and rituals impact their finances.

She started her podcast in September 2017. She realized that this on-demand type of opportunity might be the way to become a thought leader in her space, share what she cannot get out on a 45-minute radio segment, and share her true self without being policed by radio producers.

It's important for Patrice to share her story because she doesn't want people to suffer the way she did.

"I really feel like if you know something, it's your responsibility to share it, to teach it, and to not give bits and pieces but to just go all out."

In this episode, Patrice really deep dives into her story of how and why she started her influence.

Patrice's story is inspirational and this episode is definitely worth a listen!

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Ruben Rojas is an artist, muralist, and activist whose mission is to ignite creativity and inspire others to see the world through the lens of love.

In this episode, Ruben recalls how his friend, Meyer, who had a little movement called Beautify Lincoln, led him to his first mural.

He shares how he went through depression while he was still working as a full-time financial advisor which he hated and how he overcame it when he went full-time to his artwork.

His art has encouraged a lot of people to change for the better. These results are what's keeping him moving forward with his journey.

"Don't overthink it. Life is now. Don't wait for the right time. Don't wait for next year. Go do it, stop saying it."

In this episode, Ruben really deep dives into his story of how and why he started his influence.

Ruben's story is inspirational and this episode is definitely worth a listen!

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Mark Des Cotes has been in the graphic and web designing industry for 30 years and almost 15 years running his own design business. In 2015, he started the Resourceful Designer podcast which talks directly to people in the same situation as he was who are running or wanting to run a design business. He's looking to help other podcasters build brands both with websites and graphic designs.

In this episode, he shares how he overcame his struggle with imposter syndrome which held him off for launching his Resourceful Designer podcast for over a year.

He realized that age really didn't matter, but it was the experience, skills, and knowledge that mattered. He doesn't just need to talk to people of his age, but to designers in general. He decided to focus on people that were running their own design business.

His podcasting journey changed him for the better. He's more confident with his abilities and with the messages that he shares. It has made him more aware of everything that he is doing.

His goal is to be known as the go-to graphic designer in the podcast space.

"There's no such thing as perfect. Go for better and you'll make it. If you try to wait for perfection, you are shooting yourself in the foot, to begin with, you're never going to get there and you're never going to be satisfied. But if you aim for good, you know that you can reach good and there's always that a little bit better that you can get."

In this episode, Mark really deep dives into his story of how and why he started his influence.

Mark's story is inspirational and this episode is definitely worth a listen!

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Brendan Kane is a growth hacker for Fortune 500 corporations, brands, and celebrities. He thrives on helping brands systematically find and engage new audiences who reward relevant content, products, and services with their attention and spend.

He is the author of a book called One Million Followers: How I Built a Massive Social Following in 30 Days. He has over 1 million Instagram followers and over 1.5 million Facebook followers.

More recently, he has been focusing on sharing content to the masses on how they can achieve their goals with the learnings that he has amassed over the course of his career. He is influencing influencers by helping them with their strategies.

Ultimate success to him is waking up every day and spending all his time that he's spending on his work just having an impact on as many people as possible.

Despite the fact that he gained a million followers in 30 days, he's still working on getting better every day, cultivating engagement, generating an audience, and maximizing the potential of his audience.

He focuses more on creating compelling content that's going to engage and provide value to people. He doesn't focus on quantity but on quality. He thinks that sometimes, people get too much pressure put on them by being told that they have to put out a piece of content or multiple pieces of content every day that it loses the overall value they can provide to the community.

He says that complacency is the downfall for anybody, either for people that have reached critical mass or people that are trying to reach critical mass.

In this episode, Brendan really deep dives into his story of how and why he started his influence.

Brendan's story is inspirational and this episode is definitely worth a listen!

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Matt Whitman is the host of The Ten Minute Bible Hour Podcast. He has a YouTube channel with over 70,000 YouTube subscribers. He is a co-host with Destin Sandlin of SmarterEveryday, who has over 7 million YouTube subscribers, on a podcast called No Dumb Questions that has over 1300 iTunes reviews!

In this episode, Matt talks about his fascination with the Bible and the history surrounding it. He tries to get a common baseline of facts and make it something that is a good resource for both believers and non-believers.

He shares some of the things that he went through and the strategies he used to overcome his difficulties and become more engaging in his podcast. He also gives great tips to help new and aspiring influencers with the content they put out.

In this episode, Matt really deep dives into his story of how and why he started his influence.

Matt's story is inspirational and this episode is definitely worth a listen!

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In this episode, Jeremy gives us updates on how the podcast has been going with 20 episodes, how his personal community is reacting, and much more.

Nathan, the guest host, asks Jeremy great questions so the listeners can get the most value possible!

Jeremy shares his strategies of finding guests to bring on his podcast. He plans to get some live streamers to come on to his podcast for the next month. He also gives an update on the statistics of the Why Influence podcast for the past 20 episodes.

He describes his experience when he took a step outside of his comfort zone to deliver a five-minute talk in a podcast conference, as well as how the feedback from his listeners demonstrated that his talk made a genuinely positive impact on them.

He talks about how he found someone who's experienced in the podcast industry to give his podcast an audit and he shares some of the feedback that he got from them.

"Everybody is overcoming barriers, and in order to do that, they've got to have some kind of a step-by-step process to get them to overcome those barriers. A lot of times, they have to give themselves permission to overcome those barriers, otherwise, they'll never do it or they won't have the motivation to do it." - Jeremy Segal

Jeremy is well on his way to reaching his goal of publishing 30 interviews, at which time, we are excited to announce that we will do a LIVE STREAM podcast episode!

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Deborah See is a former Thai singer who transitioned to become an Instagrammer. She shares a dichotomy between having influenced through a controlled system during her singing career days versus the influence she has today through her personal brand.

In this episode, Debbie shares how she started her music career at a very young age and how she has dealt with her struggle to juggle her career in music and being a student, which she's also very passionate about. She later started a cosmetics company with her husband called Shablam Cosmetics.

Debbie shares how she first saw Instagram as a tool to connect with people who wanted to connect with her to seeing it as a platform where she can be vocal about the things she's passionate about. The content that she puts out there is more lifestyle and fashion-oriented which has gained her a new fan base.

She also shares how she struggled in creating content for her Instagram when she veered off her singing career and shifted to the fashion industry and how she was able to blend all aspects of her life and present it in a way that is coherent to her audience.

She says that the best way to go in terms of approaching social media is to pursue your passion, tell people your story, express who you really are, and be consistent.

In this episode, Debbie really deep dives into her story of how and why she started her influence.

Debbie's story is inspirational and this episode is definitely worth a listen!

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