Entrepreneurs on Fire
3,185 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 3.6K ratingsJohn Lee Dumas is the founder and host of the award winning podcast, Entrepreneurs On Fire. With over 100 million listens of his 3000+ episodes, JLD has turned Entrepreneurs On Fire into a media empire that generates over a million listens every month and 7-figures of NET annual revenue 8-years in a row. His first traditionally published book, The Common Path to Uncommon Success is the modern day version of Think and Grow Rich with a revolutionary 17-step roadmap to financial freedom and fulfillment. Learn more at UncommonSuccessBook.com
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**Weekend Jam Session**
December 22, 2012 08:00 - 14 minutes - 20.2 MBHey, Fire Nation! I have a special announcement. I was just asked to speak at New Media Expo in Las Vegas on January 6th, 7th and 8th, hosted by BlogWorld at the Rio. I couldn’t be more excited. When some of Fire Nation found out about this, they contacted me and they said, “John, we want to do a Fire Nation meetup in Vegas. I think it’s a great idea. I’m going to hand the mic over to Chris and Jared, two Fire Nation Igniters and let them tell you more.
**Weekend Jam Session**
December 22, 2012 08:00 - 14 minutes - 20.2 MBHey, Fire Nation! I have a special announcement. I was just asked to speak at New Media Expo in Las Vegas on January 6th, 7th and 8th, hosted by BlogWorld at the Rio. I couldn’t be more excited. When some of Fire Nation found out about this, they contacted me and they said, “John, we want to do a Fire Nation meetup in Vegas. I think it’s a great idea. I’m going to hand the mic over to Chris and Jared, two Fire Nation Igniters and let them tell you more.
Erik Fisher of Beyond the To Do list
December 21, 2012 08:00 - 35 minutes - 49.4 MBErik does a lot of great stuff online. Something that I’m excited about is his new podcast, Beyond the To Do List, which is all about perspectives on personal productivity. He talks with his guests about how they manage their time, prioritize their tasks, and take steps to avoid burnout.
Ric Dragon of Dragon Search
December 20, 2012 08:00 - 30 minutes - 42.1 MBRic created his dream job: learning and sharing knowledge. He authored the book Social Marketology, a deep-dive on social media and process in marketing. Ric is the Co-founder and CEO of DragonSearch, a full-service digital marketing agency providing service to wonderful businesses throughout the US.
Stephanie Sammons of Wired Advisor
December 19, 2012 08:00 - 39 minutes - 55.1 MBStephanie Sammons is Founder and CEO of WiredAdvisor.com, a digital leadership platform that is primarily focused on the financial services industry and professional services. Stephanie also consults on how to excel at digital leadership, building online influence and trust, and growing digital equity in the age of social media.
Gary Vaynerchuk of VaynerMedia
December 18, 2012 08:00 - 26 minutes - 36.6 MBGary is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal Best-Selling author who is also a self-trained wine and social media expert. From a young age, it was clear that Gary was a businessman. At 8-years-old he was operating seven lemonade stands in his neighborhood and by 10 he had moved onto selling baseball cards at local malls.
Woody Woodward
December 17, 2012 08:00 - 34 minutes - 47.7 MBWoody Woodward dropped out of high school at 16, was a millionaire at 26, and was broke by 27. Within five years of being nearly bankrupt, he built a $30 million company. Listen as he tells you his story.
**Weekend Jam Session**
December 16, 2012 08:00 - 20 minutes - 28.4 MBAlright, Fire Nation! Welcome to another Weekend Jam Session where you ask, I answer to the best of my abilities, and where I can’t, I bring in experts from the outside to answer your questions. We’re going to start this show off a little different. I’m going to call it The Best Review Segment. Now, if you really enjoy EntrepreneurOnFire, it warms my heart when you go and you leave a 5 star rating and review in iTunes. It really helps with the exposure of the show. It helps EntrepreneurOnFir...
**Weekend Jam Session**
December 15, 2012 08:00 - 10 minutes - 14.8 MBFire Nation, welcome to another Weekend Jam Session. I hope you’re gearing up or gearing down for the holidays, whichever you prefer, and that you’re just really excited to wind down 2012 and then just ignite into 2013. I sent out an email to my treasured Fire Nation subscribers the other day with this question – what do you think is keeping you from starting/stopping/finishing and/or scrapping? And I just left it at that. I really just wanted people to hit the reply button and come back wit...
Nikhil Arora of Back to the Roots
December 14, 2012 08:00 - 34 minutes - 48 MBBack to the Roots was founded by Alejandro Velez & Nikhil Arora. They came across the idea during a class lecture of being able to potentially grow gourmet mushrooms entirely on recycled coffee grounds. Inspired by the idea of turning waste into wages & fresh, local food, they became full-time urban mushroom farmers and Back to the Roots was born!
PJ Jonas of Goat Milk Stuff
December 13, 2012 08:00 - 35 minutes - 49.3 MBPJ Jonas is married and homeschools her eight kids. In 2008 she began a goat milk soap business with her family. That business, Goat Milk Stuff, now distributes soap world wide and has been featured on the TODAY show and in the Oprah Magazine. PJ has a passion for helping busy moms and reaches out with her podcast, facebook page, blog, and tweets. Running her business and taking care of her family keeps her very, very busy. And she loves it.
Dan Miller of 48 Days LLC
December 12, 2012 08:00 - 36 minutes - 50.5 MBDan Miller is the President of 48 Days LLC, which specializes in creative thinking for increased personal and business success. He believes that meaningful work blends our natural skills and abilities, our unique personality traits and our dreams and passions.
Jim Belosic of Shortstack
December 11, 2012 08:00 - 32 minutes - 45.8 MBJim loves design, user experience, Facebook development, and problem solving. He uses those skills everyday as the CEO for ShortStack.com. With ShortStack you can create custom Facebook Pages, easily add contests, sweepstakes, video, custom forms, and more. ShortStack is used in over 184 countries worldwide and serves more than 450 million fans on Facebook.
Nathalie Lussier of Raw Food Witch
December 10, 2012 08:00 - 31 minutes - 44.1 MBNathalie Lussier found success as the Raw Foods Witch, where she teaches people about the benefits of raw foods. She has since used her tech, design, and marketing skills to create Natalie Lussier Media where she helps small online businesses get off the ground.
Jason Brown and David Waxman of Vita-band
December 07, 2012 08:00 - 36 minutes - 50.9 MBVITAband was created by David Waxman and Jason Brown in 2007 and was launched in September 2009. The idea was conceived from a medical ID bracelet, but the designers had targeted athletes. So, they set out to design a medical ID bracelet that was comfortable to wear while running, cycling, hiking, along with being versatile enough to use during exercise.
Sean Malarkey of Twixplode
December 06, 2012 08:00 - 40 minutes - 57.2 MBSean is the Co-founder of Inspired Marketing, the #1 company that creates digital online training with a focus on social media. Inspired Marketing was just named on the Impact 100 list, which represents the top 100 companies in America that are run by young people. This award includes an invitation to the White House.
Ingrid Elfver of Born Celebrity
December 05, 2012 08:00 - 39 minutes - 54.9 MBIngrid Elfver is Founder and CEO of Born Celebrity, which has more than 100,000 raving fans from around the world. Over the last 20+ years, Ingrid has worked with thousands of people around the world - from celebrities to startups - in virtually every industry.Ingrid Elfver is Founder and CEO of Born Celebrity, which has more than 100,000 raving fans from around the world. Over the last 20+ years, Ingrid has worked with thousands of people around the world - from celebrities to startups - ...
Pam Slim Escape from Cubicle Nation
December 04, 2012 08:00 - 35 minutes - 49.9 MBPamela Slim is a seasoned coach and writer who helps frustrated employees in corporate jobs break out and start their own businesses. Her blog, Escape from Cubicle Nation, is one of the top career and marketing blogs on the web. A quote I pulled from her site that is a Pam Slim original I have to repeat here is, Entrepreneurship at its heart is aligning your purpose for being on earth with a business idea so compelling that you simply must do it, despite the fears that hold you back.
Marcus Sheridan The Sales Lion
December 03, 2012 08:00 - 37 minutes - 52 MBMarcus Sheridan is an author, public speaker and online marketing consultant. He is the author of 3 Self-Help books, Co-owner of one of the largest inground fiberglass swimming pool companies on the East Coast, Professional Blogger, and Founder of The Sales Lion.
**Weekend Bonus 10** Question and Answer with your host, John Lee Dumas
December 01, 2012 08:00 - 24 minutes - 35.2 MBAlright, Fire Nation. I’ve got something a little different for us today. I was interviewed by Rebecca Livermore, who has the podcast, the Professional Content Creation podcast, which actually doesn’t air till January. She’s currently building her platform, but she wanted to interview me as one of her first interviews. I asked if I could share it with my audience and she said, Absolutely! So here we go!
Andrew Warner of Mixergy
November 30, 2012 08:00 - 43 minutes - 61.1 MBWhen Andrew graduated from college, he founded Bradford & Reed, a company that ran a collection of start-ups. After he sold the last big chuck of that start-up, he took a long vacation, spending his days cycling and traveling. Now, Andrew runs Mixergy.com, where he invites proven Entrepreneurs to teach how they built their startups. On Mixergy, he has had the founders of Wikipedia, Groupon, LivingSocial, LinkedIn, and over 600 other fascinating start-ups.
Liz DiAlto of LizDiAlto.com
November 29, 2012 08:00 - 33 minutes - 47.4 MBLiz loves fitness. Early on, she realized what works for her works really well for a lot of busy women: quick and efficient workouts, healthy food that tastes amazing, and booty shakin’. Liz provides her clients with tons of workouts they can do from home with little to no equipment, healthy and easy recipes, and plenty of tips and tricks for fitting it all in around their busy schedule.
Guy Kawasaki of AllTop.com
November 28, 2012 08:00 - 28 minutes - 40.5 MBGuy Kawasaki is the Co-founder of Alltop.com, an online magazine rack of popular topics on the web. Previously, he was the chief evangelist of Apple. Guy is the author of many best selling books such as Enchantment, Reality Check, The Art of the Start, and most recently, What the Plus,which is all about Google+.
Tammy Levent of Get Whipped
November 27, 2012 08:00 - 34 minutes - 49 MBIn 1994, Tammy Levent lost her business and savings in a violent robbery. To keep her home and feed her family, she took a job as a telemarketer until her children, ages nine and two, were involved in a fatal car accident with her grandmother. Tammy saw everything she built her life around disappear within a few weeks. Her story will inspire you, her energy will motivate you, but most importantly, her tactics will show you how to accomplish your biggest goals and your bravest dreams.
Victoria Gibson the Facebook Ad Queen
November 26, 2012 08:00 - 37 minutes - 52.9 MBVictoria is a Facebook Marketing Specialist who helps businesses and Entrepreneurs use Facebook to connect with more of their ideal clients. Her new site is Marveo.com, and the key services she offers are Facebook Marketing Campaign Management, Facebook Page Production, Online Coaching, and training for people who want to learn how to attract more customers with Facebook Ads and Pages.
Steve Cherubino of Podnutz
November 23, 2012 08:00 - 32 minutes - 45.7 MBSteve Cherubino is the creator and host of Podnutz.com: a podcast network of computer-centric shows. He is also the producer of some downloadable products on the web such as the Laptop Repair Video Collection, Tech Site Builder, and How to Podcast Package. He believes these are of some value to society, but again, Steve is sometimes delusional.
Pam Hendrickson of PamHendrickson.com
November 22, 2012 08:00 - 36 minutes - 51.2 MBPam was the Executive Vice President of Content Development for Tony Robbins, where she created and delivered dozens of high-end products, live events and coaching programs. Today, Pam works with both beginners and established experts to create a portfolio of information products and programs that brings in raving customers and serves as a support for their overall business strategy and lifestyle goals.
Pace Smith of Connection Revolution
November 21, 2012 08:00 - 32 minutes - 46.4 MBEvery day, Pace will help someone make a difference. She will help someone find their life’s purpose. She will help someone connect with themself, connect with others, and connect with Spirit. And through this, Pace will be changed. She rests peacefully at night, because she knows beyond a shadow of a doubt that she is living an authentic and meaningful life.
Ryan Lee of RyanLee.com
November 20, 2012 08:00 - 32 minutes - 45.5 MBRyan Lee is an entrepreneur, best-selling author, speaker, success coach and the founder of ryanlee.com. He started his first web site back in 1999. He grew that one fitness site into a multi-million dollar empire. Ryan is the author of 2 books The Millionaire Workout and Turn Your Passion to Profits. There is simply so much more, but I will now turn it over to the man, the myth, the legend, Ryan Lee.
Jenny Blake of Life After College
November 19, 2012 08:00 - 28 minutes - 40.8 MBJenny Blake is an author, blogger, life coach and sought-after speaker who helps others Wake up, live big, and love the journey. She has been featured on Forbes.com, US News and World Report, CNN.com and was recognized by Suze Orman as a leader among Gen Y. Jenny has spoken at Google, Best Buy, Carnegie Melon (TEDxCMU) and Columbia University — always with rave reviews.
**Weekend Bonus 9** Question and Answer with your host, John Lee Dumas
November 18, 2012 08:00 - 15 minutes - 22.5 MBAlright, Fire Nation! We are kicking off another Weekend Jam Session. I am so glad you’re joining us today. Let’s get right into these great questions that we have.
Stu McLaren of Wishlist Member
November 16, 2012 08:00 - 38 minutes - 54.1 MBStu McLaren is a recognized marketing expert helping business owners sell more by building an online community around their product, service, or expertise. His flagship product, WishList Member, now powers over 42,000+ membership sites and serves to simplify the process of building, managing and monetizing an online community or membership site.
Tommy Walker of Inside the Mind
November 15, 2012 08:00 - 36 minutes - 50.9 MBTommy Walker is the Host of Inside The Mind, a show that fuses internet generation humor with online marketing strategy. Currently he is doing an experiment with crowd-funding on indiegogo.com to get Season 2 off the ground. Also, he is publishing 20+ Guest Posts in 30 days.
Seth Godin
November 14, 2012 08:00 - 27 minutes - 39 MBAmerican Way Magazine calls Seth America's Greatest Marketer, and his blog is one of the most popular in the world written by a single individual. As an entrepreneur, he has founded dozens of companies, most of which have failed. His latest company, Squidoo.com, is ranked #36 in the US by Quantcast for traffic. It allows anyone (even you) to build a page about any topic you're passionate about. The site raises money for charity and pays royalties to its million plus members.
John Jonas of ReplaceMyself.com
November 13, 2012 08:00 - 30 minutes - 43.1 MBA few years ago John Jonas figured out how to make money online, and that’s mostly how people know him. More recently he’s become known as the guy to go to learn how to replace themselves and live the 17-hour work week. He’s all about working as little as he needs to so he can have more time to spend with his family, to go golfing, and to help others live the same lifestyle he does.
Chris Brogan of Human Business Works
November 12, 2012 08:00 - 26 minutes - 38.2 MBChris Brogan is CEO & President of Human Business Works, a business design company that uses publishing and media to provide tools and smarts to help professionals work better, do the work they want, and be brave. He is the New York Times bestselling co-author of The Impact Equation and a sought-after professional keynote speaker.
**Weekend Bonus 8** Question and Answer with your host, John Lee Dumas
November 11, 2012 08:00 - 11 minutes - 17.5 MBAlright, Fire Nation. We’re just going to get back into the Question and Answer swing of things with Kyla Kirkpatrick, the “Champagne Dame” from www.thechampagnedame.com. “Hey, John. My question is I’m a very driven person and I’m working on a new business which is really taking off. With any new business, there is so much to do. Particularly, not having a team to assist. But it is all blue sky with many avenues to explore. I am finding it incredibly hard to mentally switch off from thinking...
**Weekend Bonus 7** Question and Answer with your host, John Lee Dumas
November 10, 2012 08:00 - 9 minutes - 14.5 MBAlright, guys. Time for another Question and Answer session. I am really excited. Today, we’re going to change it up just a little bit because I’ve been getting some great emails from Fire Nation in general. Just some really open and honest emails. Everyone who’s sent me one knows that I’m very quick to respond. I love getting emails from all of you guys. Two in particular were really long, thought out and personal, so I wanted to share them today with the rest of Fire Nation in lieu of ques...
Justin Brooke of Bright Eagle
November 09, 2012 08:00 - 31 minutes - 44.9 MBJustin Brooke is a bold southern entrepreneur. He has a software business, e-learning business, and a service business all centered around the topic of helping you get more website traffic. He rolled his last $60 into six figures using Googles Adsense, and has been a self-proclaimed traffic geek ever since. Today his client list includes millionaires, best selling authors, and local offline businesses.
Joel Runyon of Impossible HQ
November 08, 2012 08:00 - 28 minutes - 40.3 MBA few years ago, Joel got tired of having an average life. He was working at UPS and waiting for things to happen to him, until he decided to do something about it. Joel made a list of all the things he used to think were impossible, and then, he set out to do them. Now, Joel works on his own terms and does his best to live a life of adventure and meaning while doing the impossible.
Dustin Maher of Dustin Maher Fitness
November 07, 2012 08:00 - 42 minutes - 59.1 MBDustin graduated from the University of Wisconsin and immediately created a class called MamaTone Fitness. The mission for MamaTone was to help moms realize that it was important to take care of their bodies, and to connect with other mothers so they could share life’s experiences with one another. Since that launching point, Dustin has created more than 28 DVDs, has been on TV nearly 100 times, and has been featured on numerous radio shows, in magazines, and in newspapers.
James Roche of Roche Marketing
November 06, 2012 08:00 - 36 minutes - 50.7 MBJames helps successfully lead his clients down their Entrepreneur’s Path™, a simple, time-proven method to market and grow your business the fast, fun, and easy way. Clients from all over the world in over 30 unique industries hire James as their coach because of his ability to coach the product, programs, and marketing strategy out of them.
Jay Baer of Convince and Convert
November 05, 2012 08:00 - 34 minutes - 48.4 MBJay Baer is a hype-free, tequila-loving Social Media and Content Strategist, speaker, and author. He founded Convince & Convert in 2008. Jay has consulted with more than 700 companies on Digital Marketing since 1994, including Caterpillar, Nike, and Billabong. He was named one of America’s top Social Media Consultants by Fast Company Magazine, and the Convince and Convert blog is ranked as the world’s #1 Content Marketing Resource.
**Weekend Bonus 6** Question and Answer with your host, John Lee Dumas
November 04, 2012 08:00 - 22 minutes - 31.5 MBWelcome to EntrepreneurOnFire’s Weekend Jam Session with your host, John Lee Dumas. Prepare to ignite!
**Weekend Bonus 5** Question and Answer with your host, John Lee Dumas
November 03, 2012 07:00 - 18 minutes - 26.1 MBWelcome to EntrepreneurOnFire’s Weekend Jam Session with your host, John Lee Dumas. Prepare to ignite!
Annabel Candy of SuccessfulBlogging.com
November 02, 2012 07:00 - 36 minutes - 50.9 MBAnnabel Candy is a travel writer, blogger and delightful misfit. She is the Founder of Get In the Hot Spot, which is a travel blog providing inspiration, tips and ideas for people who love traveling, writing, and living their dream life. Over 20,000 people read Get In the Hot Spot each month, with over 145,000 visitors in the last year.
Ryan Holiday of Trust Me, I'm Lying
November 01, 2012 07:00 - 40 minutes - 57.5 MBRyan Holiday is a media strategist for notorious clients like Tucker Max and Dov Charney. He is the Director of Marketing at American Apparel, where his work in advertising is internationally known. His strategies are used as case studies by Twitter, YouTube and Google and have been written about in AdAge, the New York Times, Gawker, and Fast Company. His book, Trust Me, I’m Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator was a Wall Street Journal Bestseller.
Barrie Davenport of Live Bold and Bloom
October 31, 2012 07:00 - 34 minutes - 49 MBBarrie’s main blog Live Bold & Bloom isn’t about online business per se, but she does write about one of the most important things an entrepreneur has to master: the mental game. She was a Public Relations professional for 25 years. She’s also the editor of The Daily Brainstorm and A-List Blog Marketing.
Immad Akhund of HeyZap
October 30, 2012 07:00 - 30 minutes - 43 MBImmad Akhund is the Co-founder of HeyZap, an app that changes the way we play games together. Immad is an engineer and entrepreneur who studied Computer Science at Cambridge University and has co-founded three successful start-ups. He was previously Co-founder and the CTO of Clickpass.com.
Doug Stienstra of FlashPals
October 29, 2012 07:00 - 39 minutes - 55.1 MBDoug just successfully raised funds for the final production of FlashPals using Kickstarter. They're now available on FlashPals.com with more designs coming soon. He also just launched a program to offer FlashPals for school fundraisers and is working on other promotional options. Anyone can vote for new designs straight from the website, so give him your suggestion!