Working Without Pants - Creative Entrepreneurship

When I was building Lead Cookie, my LinkedIn Lead Generation business, I did a lot of research on thought leaders in this arena and many of the tactics i learned came through John Nemo's courses. I brought John on the podcast so he can share actionable tips and advice on how to get more out of LinkedIn and better manage your profile.

John started off in the lead generation game after her took a leap of faith and left his 'soul sucking day job'. With only 1 client and 1 month's worth of wages he opened his own marketing agency, worked out of home and generated 6 figures in revenue within 90 days. He did all this by using LinkedIn, which became his 'aha! moment'. He'd come across a platform that gave him the ability to connect and talk with leads one-on-one instantaneously with no gate keepers.

Tune in to hear more about how he gained opportunities and refined how to talk to people and sell on LinkedIn. Nowadays John is a public speaker and has two very successful online courses: LinkedIn Riches and Online Webinars That Work.

Richard Littauer is the creator of The User is Drunk website. Richard's story is an interesting one involving a unique marketing tactic he used to grow his business. Tune in to hear about this form of viral marketing that had tremendous success and generated tons of opportunities.

Essentially, Richard gets drunk and reviews the user experience (UX) of websites. This was one of Richard's many think-outside-of-the-box ideas and just happened to be the one that took off. In this episode we hear all about how this clever way of providing UX feedback to web developers and designers started off as a silly idea and ended up producing great learning experiences and new ventures.

Wayne has been in this game since the early days of LinkedIn. His interest started off as a hobby but when he realized people were really attentive when engaging in public speaking on the topic, he teamed up with his wife to write a book about it. The Power Formula for LinkedIn is now on its 4th Edition and has sold over 100,000 copies.

When Wayne first meets with clients (organizations, individuals, colleges and universities, and especially sales teams) all he has to do is show them how to do a basic advanced search and already they are impressed - that's how little people know about the platform! In Wayne's words: "LinkedIn is interesting and can go so many ways because it all comes down to the database it provides access to."

In this episode we dive into some unique tactics and business growth methods that you wouldn't normally think about. For instance, have you considered looking into alumni from your school to start seeking leads? Tune in to hear
actionable tips and insights on ways to generate more leads and business opportunities through LinkedIn.

In this podcast I sit down with Joe Kashurba of Kashurba Web Design. Joe shares valuable insights of how to build a virtual agency and gain clients through Google Adwords.

Building a virtual team is no easy feat. In this episode you'll hear great advice on how to hand projects off strategically, piece by piece. We discuss how important it is to narrow down slowly and keep project managers focused on one part of the puzzle at a time.

Would you believe Joe gained the majority of his work and his clients through Google Adwords? Naysayers think Google Adwords is too competitive but Joe knows what mistakes are often made in the process. Tune in to hear his tips on how to make a business profitable through Adwords.

In this episode, I interview David C. Baker, an author, speaker and advisor helping entrepreneurial experts make better business decisions. His new book, The Business of Expertise is available now.

If you are looking to build yourself up as a thought leader, David is the guy to go to. His words of wisdom revolve around one thing: helping people make better business decisions. He tackles the big questions like: how to position your firm, how to find new business with lead generation, how to structure roles and how to manage performance.

In this episode, we chat about how you can frame your expertise around solving problems that people are losing sleep over.

David's insight comes from years of experience running an agency, which inevitably lead to learning what types of mistakes are made and what mistakes can be avoided when it comes to making big business decisions.

In this episode, we interview Jonathan Stark who is a business coach for independent software consultants.

In this interview, we dive into Jonathan's background and how he found his super defined niche which enabled him to charge premium rates for his services.

We also dive into this concept on why you should talk prospects out of working with you. It's a contrarian concept at first but by the end of this interview, I am confident you will agree.

Today I am honored to have Jonathan Dison of Benchwatch and Lightrock Consulting.

In Jonathan's previous consulting experience he has clients as Chevron, Tyson, Microsoft and quite a few other large clients.

In this interview, we dive in with Jonathan on how he got his consulting firm built up and advice he has for other consultants to get into those large enterprise clients.

This interview is jam-packed with 2-3 big ideas that will show you how to get in with enterprise clients.

In this episode, we talk all about how to generate recurring revenue for your agency with Brent Weaver of uGurus.

Brent has some incredible and actionable insights that any agency or consulting firm can begin using immediately to start generating more recurring revenue for your business.

In this episode of working without pants we talk Tactics and Strategy with Ahmad Munawar of Boutique Growth.

Ahmad used to work at Ernst & Young before leaving to go out on his own to run business development for a smaller boutique consulting firm.

Today his business focuses helping consulting firms ramp up their marketing and acquire new clients.

In this episode, we interview Karl Sakas all about how you can become a better manager and leader at your agency.