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That’s the clear message from Christine Hueber, today’s podcast guest.

Christine is the CEO of ChristineHueber.com, #1 LinkedIn Top Female Expert of all time and has been part of the top 1% most viewed profile on LinkedIn. Her expertise has been mentioned in Inc., Mashable, Social Media Today, LinkedIn Small Business and AARP.

So, if LinkedIn is going to be part of your marketing, then Christine is the lady to listen to.

Christine starts with getting her clients to be very specific about their objectives on LinkedIn – so important as otherwise you will not get any traction.

The focus then moves to being crystal clear about your ideal client – what is their precise profile? Then – what are their most urgent problems that they want fixed?

Once that is sorted then Christine moves on to optimizing your profile to attract those said ideal clients, ensuring that your profile positions you as an expert in your field.

Christine then talks about how to engage with these people – as humans!! The process is no different to the offline sales process where you must build relationships of trust.

There is a ton of tips and strategies, so go here to listen to Christine.

You can connect with Christine Hueber on the following:

LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/ChristineHueber

Website: http://www.christinehueber.com

She also offers a free special report on Top 10 LinkedIn Profile Success Secrets, a $47 value!

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Christine’s daily rituals include running which she views as a version of meditation – so true!

A book that Christine recommends is Be Obsessed or Be Average by Grant Cardone –  a no holds barred, straight in the face strategies from Grant about being the best one can be.

 

Are you ready to become a better leader?

 

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That’s the clear message from Christine Hueber, today’s podcast guest.

Christine is the CEO of ChristineHueber.com, #1 LinkedIn Top Female Expert of all time and has been part of the top 1% most viewed profile on LinkedIn.

   

   

 

Well, so says Steve Bustin , author of The Authority Guide to Presenting and Public Speaking, You need to grab their attention away from their mobile phones or other distractions, and you have about 10 seconds for them to determine whether you are worth listening to or not! No pressure.

In his book Steve delivers to you the tools, tips and confidence to deliver engaging, creative and effective presentations.

Steve has good form in this space. He is an award-winning speaker, was named the National Speaker of the year in 2015 by the Professional Speakers Association and also an award-winning journalist.

This short book is a true treasure trove of great tips and strategies for the novice or the experienced.

His must do’s include – learning the first 2 sentences off by heart (but no more!), recording first and listening back, then rehearsing in front of a camera (yes, we know no one likes that – ever!), using slides to enhance your presentation, not as a crutch.

This is just a snippet of what Steve shares about public speaking and presentation, and you need to listen to the interview to grab more ideas and tips.

Steve offers a template which I think is brilliant to structure your content that you can download for FREE, which he calls Fishbone Template.

Steve starts his day taking care of his pets such as dogs and chickens; letting them out of the cage, feed them and makes himself a cup of tea. He says that he prioritises his animals first in the morning, and last thing at night – a great connection to nature.

The book he recommends is “Back to Life” by David Rogers which is about how to manage back pain, but which Steve found very helpful as an overall approach to life.

You can connect with Steve on the following:

Website: stevebustin.com

Twitter: @steveinbrighton

LinkedIn: in/stevebustin

Facebook: facebook.com/stevebustin

So whether you are just learning to be a public speaker or an experienced speaker, I encourage you to listen to Steve Bustin.  Click HERE!

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Thanks to Jodey Smith, my podcasting technical genius, who does all the bits I don’t

like –the editing, the uploading etc. He is a gem and can be contacted at JodeySmith.com.

   

   

   

 

I have always been taught to go to the real experts when you want to learn something, and Maryrose Lyons falls into that “expert” category when it comes to digital marketing and social media.

Maryrose, through her company Brightspark Consulting, has been a digital marketer since 1999 – yes, that’s before Google, Facebook and Twitter!! There is knowledge in depth!

Now, she is sharing all her expertise with her new online program, “Learn Social Media Like a Pro”, which I highly endorse.

Not only will Maryrose give you a step by step process to achieve the traction you want, but you also get lifetime access to the Private Facebook Group where she, along with all the other social media “nerds” will be sharing best practise and helpful support on events as they happen.

Listen here to Maryrose and you will know that sitting by her side will definitely get you where you want to be with your social media.

In the program you will cover the following topics, among others:

* How to discover your ideal client and which social media is optimum

* Set clear objectives as to what you want success to look like

* How to develop your content and then how to promote it to maximum effect

* How to win at Facebook advertising and not lose a packet

How to use email marketing to move your prospects through the sales funnel, converting them to revenue – the holy grail!

 

Maryrose has a special offer which expires on 31st January 2017 – you can get this program and lifetime membership for only €499.00. After that date the price goes up by €300 so go now to www.brightspark.training and take advantage of this offer.

You will not regret it.

Click HERE to listen.

10 Key Traits of Top Business Leaders

 

These 10 Key Traits of Top Business Leaders can set you on your journey to lasting success!

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Thanks to Jodey Smith, my podcasting technical genius, who does all the bits I don’t

like –the editing, the uploading etc. He is a gem and can be contacted at JodeySmith.com.

 

   

   

 

I have always been taught to go to the real experts when you want to learn something, and Maryrose Lyons falls into that “expert” category when it comes to digital marketing and social media.

Maryrose, through her company Brightspark Consulting, has been a digital marketer since 1999 – yes, that’s before Google, Facebook and Twitter!! There is knowledge in depth!

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A lady with high energy, high impact, high motivation and one who makes things happen. Friends, that is an accurate description of today’s guest, Meridith Elliot Powell, Founder and Owner of MotionFirst.

An internationally certified coach, keynote speaker, and business development expert, Meridith is also an author of three books and recently signed with her publisher for her fourth book.

In our conversation, Meridith elaborates on why she puts so much emphasis on “trust and value”.

She also emphasizes the value of reputation and customer experience. She said further that it is not what you sell that differentiates you but it is your reputation and the experience you provide that separate you from the competition, which is true!

She further narrates that many of your customer base don’t care about the value but they care more about the price. One can go and visit groceries or department stores and see what she is talking about.

However, making your customer care about the value can easily be achieved if you, as an entrepreneur understands your customer base intimately, and then can add value based on that knowledge.

Meredith also gives detailed insights on employee engagement, which is worth listening, really!

One of her favorite books is the golden oldie, How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie.

She starts her day with a 10-minute meditation and reads her goals card aloud.

To learn more about Meridith Elliot Powell and how you can connect with her online, visit her website at valuespeaker.com. She would be more than happy to hear from you!

This is such an info-packed conversation and I recommend that you listen to her and get to learn something from her insights.

And please feel free to share your comments below!

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like –the editing, the uploading etc. He is a gem and can be contacted at JodeySmith.com.

   

   

 

A lady with high energy, high impact, high motivation and one who makes things happen. Friends, that is an accurate description of today’s guest, Meridith Elliot Powell, Founder and Owner of MotionFirst.

An internationally certified coach, keynote speaker, and business development expert,

   

   

 

Today’s guest is an extremely interesting entrepreneur who hails from Wisconsin, U.S.A, Stacy Tuschl.

She is a business performance strategist with strapline “Save your business, rescue your life”, which she explains more in the interview.

It is interesting to learn that Stacy started her first business at the age of 18, proving it is never too early to start doing what you love doing most.

At 21, she started to read books in a serious way, listen to Podcasts, attend business conferences and getting into mastermind groups.

She has had a couple of different business coaches who she credits with getting her to where she is today.

The conversation covered different topics including:

* How she started her business in her parents’ backyard

* The key learnings from doing her passion

* The importance and power of mindset

* Her book, Is Your Business Worth Saving that she published last year

* Breaking that plateau and take your business to the next level

* Delegation and the pros and cons of outsourcing

* Why you should not overthink about your niche

* The importance of setting goals and prioritising, and a lot more!

You can connect with Stacey through her free Facebook private group, Stacy Tuschl Level Up, where she is quite active and hands-on in sharing tips. You can also visit her website at StacyTuschl.com.

She came across the book, Virtual Freedom by Chris Ducker, and finds it as a great reference especially for those who are afraid of outsourcing.

While many of us start our day planning, Stacy writes down her goals and priorities for the day the night before. She then starts the day getting ready to take action and getting things done!

There are so many other things that you can learn from this conversation. So go ahead and listen.

10 Key Traits of Top Business Leaders

 

These 10 Key Traits of Top Business Leaders can set you on your journey to lasting success!

Click HERE to download.

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Thanks to Jodey Smith, my podcasting technical genius, who does all the bits I don’t

like –the editing, the uploading etc. He is a gem and can be contacted at JodeySmith.com.

   

   

 

Today’s guest is an extremely interesting entrepreneur who hails from Wisconsin, U.S.A, Stacy Tuschl.

She is a business performance strategist with strapline “Save your business, rescue your life”,

   

   

 

Today’s guest is an extremely interesting serial entrepreneur, J V Crum III who hails from Denver, Colorado. He is the owner of Conscious Millionaire, Author of Best Selling book, Conscious Millionaire – Grow Your Business by Making a Difference and founder of Global Coaching Entrepreneur Training Business. JV also has an MBA in Psychology.

It is fascinating how he elaborates more on his business name and book title “Conscious Millionaire”. He says it’s about:

Awareness: Being aware of who you are, who your customers are, what’s going on in the economic environment and how the game called business really works.

Visionary Consciousness: Just like Steve Jobs who had a connection to a bigger understanding of what was possible; seeing a different future, which is better for everyone –  the company,  customers, and all  stakeholders.

Social Consciousness: Developing businesses that solve problems, making the world a better place and a business that’s contributing to the world.

He also shares about the “Big Impact Visions”, which he talks about in his book. He says that there are

3 parts in finding your big impact vision:

* Passion

* Purpose

* Core Strength

You need to listen to J V to learn the formula along with other helpful pointers.

The book Thinking Rich by Napoleon Hill has been named by the majority of his podcast guests and he was reminded to read again.

He believes in being efficient and to be super-energized and focused for the day. He starts his morning with gratitude journaling and meditation to allow him to clear his mind. He also visualizes his success  and what he wants to accomplish that day.

J V is generous enough to share his Fast-Track Training that comes with 16 video/audio, downloadable PDF, coaching exercises and companion journal worth $126 value plus a free copy of his book, Conscious Millionaire that became #1 book for 6 hours on Amazon in 36 categories. Go to Consciousmillionaire.com/freebook and answer the 5-question survey.

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10 Key Traits of Top Business Leaders

 

These 10 Key Traits of Top Business Leaders can set you on your journey to lasting success!

Click HERE to download.

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Thanks to Jodey Smith, my podcasting technical genius, who does all the bits I don’t

like –the editing, the uploading etc. He is a gem and can be contacted at JodeySmith.com.

   

   

 

Today’s guest is an extremely interesting serial entrepreneur, J V Crum III who hails from Denver, Colorado. He is the owner of Conscious Millionaire, Author of Best Selling book,

   

   

 

Today’s guest is Ace Chapman, a second-timer on Winning at Business and Life Podcast.

Having Ace as my guest for the second time is a privilege that I was excited about!

Ace has been an entrepreneur all his life and everything he does reflects that.

He has built his business by buying established small businesses, and the key is in the word “established” as that is the foundation of his philosophy.

He believes by doing this he is avoiding the pitfalls of the “early starters”. It’s hard to argue with him when you see his results!

In his pursuit of sharing his expertise and being able to help others improve their lives, Ace started offering his services to individuals, small businesses, and private equity firms; educating them on how to buy income-producing businesses that increase their income.

As to his favorite book, Ace says he finds Ling Texas Business Raider fascinating due to its amazing story.

His daily routine starts at around 8:00am with a bottle of water, some stretching, a little bit of meditation, his daily dose of yogurt and some bulletproof coffee.

If you are someone who has been looking for a great business opportunity and could not seem to find any, or doesn’t know which way to go, then this something worth listening to!

Ace Chapman is on every Social Media platform and you can also visit his website AceChapman.com and Websitemogul.com.

Listen here.

10 Key Traits of Top Business Leaders

 

These 10 Key Traits of Top Business Leaders can set you on your journey to lasting success!

Click HERE to download.

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Thanks to Jodey Smith, my podcasting technical genius, who does all the bits I don’t

like –the editing, the uploading etc. He is a gem and can be contacted at JodeySmith.com.

   

   

 

Today’s guest is Ace Chapman, a second-timer on Winning at Business and Life Podcast.

Having Ace as my guest for the second time is a privilege that I was excited about!

Ace has been an entrepreneur all his life and everything he does reflects that.

He has built his business by buying established small businesses, and the key is in the word “established” as that is the foundation of his philosophy.

He believes by doing this he is avoiding the pitfalls of the “early starters”. It’s hard to argue with him when you see his results!

In his pursuit of sharing his expertise and being able to help others imp...

 

   

 

   

Today's guest is Gina Catalano, who hails from Southern Arizona. She is also the Founder of Ventures Solutions, a Consulting and Coaching company that focuses on small businesses and their leaders.

She is the Author of the Amazon best seller Tandem Leadership: How Your #2 Can Make You #1.

In this conversation, Gina agrees that many entrepreneurs' #1 mistake is doing tasks that they like doing without considering the amount of money it costs them. Many business people think they cannot afford to hire somebody and they end-up doing a $15/hour tasks, without realizing that their time is worth way more than that. Unfortunately, many don't see it that way.  She mentions how my previous blog resonates with this principle.

She emphasizes on the importance of hiring people who are expert on doing specific tasks than doing them yourself.

According to Gina, discipline is just a matter of decision and action; so instead of wanting success, practice success. If one wants to be an entrepreneur, become an entrepreneur. Just like a child who wants to learn to walk, they get-up and they fall a thousand times.

Gina is fascinated with Leading Change by John Kotter, which she re-reads every few years and finds it  timeless and hitting the mark.

And just like many successful entrepreneurs, her daily rituals include waking-up between 5:00 and 5:15, meditate every day for 20 minutes and workout before starting her day around 7:30am; a routine that she has been doing for 5 years.

Gina is very generous and wants to share a FREE copy of her eBook for Winning at Business and Life audience. Head to  tandemleadershipbook.com/winning to download yours.

To learn more about Gina Catalano, visit her website at http://tandemleadershipbook.com.

This is a conversation you should not miss. Click here to listen.

 

10 Key Traits of Top Business Leaders

 

These 10 Key Traits of Top Business Leaders can set you on your journey to lasting success!

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like –the editing, the uploading etc. He is a gem and can be contacted at JodeySmith.com.

 

   

   

   

 

Today’s guest is a very interesting lady who hails from Melbourne, Australia. Michelle McQuaid is a best-selling author, workplace wellbeing teacher and playful change activator. With more than a decade of senior leadership experience in large organizations around the world, she’s passionate about translating cutting-edge research from positive psychology and neuroscience, into practical strategies for health, happiness, and business success.

Michelle helps people discover their strengths, overcome their fears, and finally discover what it truly takes to grow with confidence.

She holds a Masters in Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and a PhD in Appreciative Inquiry, that focuses on the 4 steps change model namely:

* To discover

* To Dream

* To Design

* To Deliver

(Listen to Michelle as she explains further what Appreciative Inquiry is about)

Her most favorite book is Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor, which is about principles of positive psychology that are essential to success and performance.

Interestingly, her friends call her the “Queen of Habits” as she was fascinated at how habits form in the brain and it is one of the skills she constantly teaches.

Running, meditating and spending quality time with her two young boys are just some of her daily rituals.

An honorary fellow at Melbourne University’s Graduate School of Education, she blogs for Psychology Today, Huffington Post and Live Happy and her work has been featured in Forbes, the Harvard Business Review, the Wall Street Journal, Boss Magazine, The Age and more.

You can connect with Michelle McQuaid by visiting her website at MichelleMcQuaid.com.

To listen to the interview, click here. It is very interesting, I promise!

10 Key Traits of Top Business Leaders

 

These 10 Key Traits of Top Business Leaders can set you on your journey to lasting success!

Click HERE to download.

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Thanks to Jodey Smith, my podcasting technical genius, who does all the bits I don’t

like –the editing, the uploading etc. He is a gem and can be contacted at JodeySmith.com.

   

   

 

Today’s guest is a very interesting lady who hails from Melbourne, Australia. Michelle McQuaid is a best-selling author, workplace wellbeing teacher and playful change activator. With more than a decade of senior leadership experience in large organizations around the world, she’s passionate about translating cutting-edge research from positive psychology and ...

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Today’s guest is Craig Ballantyne, whom I have been looking forward to having on my podcast for quite some time. He is a fascinating individual who is a productivity and success transformation guru and originally hailing from Ontario, Canada.

Craig is also the Author of Perfect Day Formula – How to Own and Control Your Life.

In 2001, he created the Turbulence Training program, geared towards getting people exercise at home. He did a Master’s Degree in Exercise Physiology and started writing for Men’s Health Magazine.

While building his fitness business, he hired a coach in 2006 and realized his biggest regret – having waited for quite too long to hire a business coach! Having one brought him exponential results and he advises everyone who is in business to get a coach as soon as they can.

In 2006, the first question his business coach asked him was what did he think his business would look like in 5 years and he answered he wanted to have one like Early to Rise, a very popular newsletter.

In 2010, a friend asked him what did he want his future career to look like. And again, his answer was to have something like Early to Rise.

Six months later, his friend was at a seminar with Mark Ford, the owner of Early to Rise who mentioned that he wanted to stop doing the business. His friend was quick to tell Mark about Craig being interested to buy the business.

Exactly 5 years, 3 months and 17 days after he answered his business coach he wanted his business to be like Early to Rise, he bought Early to Rise from its owner, Mark Ford.

Having been hands on in running his businesses, Craig shares the 5 pillars of success, which are:

* Better planning and preparation

* Professional accountability

* Social support

* Meaningful incentive

* Deadline

Craig’s favorite book is the Art of Living by Sharon Lebell, a classical manual on virtue, happiness and effectiveness.

Just like many of highly-successful individuals, his daily rituals include waking up early and focus on his #1 priority, which he calls his Magic time. It’s a time of the day where in an hour or two, he gets 3x work done than any other time of the day. He explains further that if ever he starts writing before 6:00am, he would be able to write 2000 words that will take him the whole afternoon if he starts doing it at 2:00pm.

You can learn more about Craig Ballantyne by visiting the following sites:

PerfectDayFormula.com | EarlytoRise.com

You can also connect with him on