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48 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago -Realistic way to access the new economy. In each episode I interview someone who has created their own career. The common thread through out the interviews is that my guests have figured out how to have time, location and income independence. That last past is important. Many of my guests are internet entrepreneurs who are doing really well physically, mentally, emotionally ect... Alright, lets do this!
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Scaling Your facebook Ads Agency | Alex Fedotoff Interview
October 18, 2019 23:42 - 42 minutes - 16.4 MBIn this video I talk to Alex Fedotoff about how he got started as a freelancer and Facebook advertiser. Alex quickly grew his service business far beyond his own capabilities and had to start hiring. From that point on his agency business snowballed. Alex grew his business to the point that he was able to hire people and pay for a physical location in Warsaw. Alex now offers training products as well as full service advertising. If you are interested in learning how to grow your own a...
How To Heal Yourself With Breath Work and Cold Therapy | Pro BMX Racer Will Grant
October 17, 2019 18:20 - 1 hour - 84.5 MBIn this video I talk to Pro BMX Racer Will Grant about his use of the Whim Hoff breathing method and cold therapy. We talk about some of the low points of his career and how he used the Whim Hoff Breathing Methods and cold therapy to help him find a new direction for his life. We also get into some of the "crisis" situation that led Pro BMX Racer Will Grant to start utilizing the Whim Hoff Breathing method along with frequent cold showers and cold baths. Basically, after racing BMX for ...
How To Learn How To Code While Working Full Time | Launch School Student William Lotherington
October 17, 2019 17:29 - 49 minutes - 19.4 MBIan L.: Okay. Boom. We are recording. Today I have on. He is a current at Launch School in coding bootcamp that... well, I guess it's not really a coding bootcamp. It's a long form educational experience that teaches people to master software engineering. It's the slow path for studious beginners and it's a really, really interesting school that we're going to talk a little bit about today. So I wanted to bring William on because he is completing this learning to code journey while he is a ...
Build a 2nd Brain With Tiago Forte of Forte Labs
August 27, 2019 23:23 - 50 minutes - 69.9 MBIn this video I interview Tiago Forte of Forte Labs. Tiago is a personal and professional organizational coach and consultant. His clientele includes multiple fortune 500 companies. In a short period of time Tiago has been able to bring multiple innovations to the field or productivity and knowledge management. Tiago focuses on personal knowledge management. His flagship online course, Building a Second Brain, teaches creative professionals to organize their thoughts so they can incr...
How To Become a Data Engineer | Beginners Guide To Data Engineering
May 02, 2019 16:58 - 56 minutes - 78.2 MBIn this episode I speak with Ethan Lyon. He is a marketer turned data engineer who created his own path into this career field. Ethan is an enthusiastic self educator who figured out a way to create his own valuable marketing tools with some basic data engineering knowledge. Ethan starts off by talking about one of the tools he built for his team at Sere Interactive. In this role, Ethan was basically functioning as a product manager. Ethan was managing engineers and competing priorities fo...
B2B Sales Consultant Alex Berman Teaches B2B Sales Techniques To Land Billion Dollar Clients
April 27, 2019 17:38 - 36 minutes - 50.1 MBIn this interview I speak with B2B Sales Consultant Alex Berman about the best ways to get Fortune 500 clients. Alex Berman runs an agency called X27 (experiment 27) that specializes in teaching brands how to sell to billion dollar companies. In this interview Alex teaches some of his B2B sales techniques and how you can learn to get better results from your cold calling and cold emailing. Alex shares his journey into the world of B2B Sales and how some of his students have landed multi 5...
Get Paid To Rank Videos On YouTube | YouTube SEO 2019
April 13, 2019 19:33 - 47 minutes - 65 MBIn this interview, Michael Kohler talks about how you can get paid to Rank YouTube Videos by running a YouTube video marketing agency. Michael gives his best tips for ranking YouTube videos using SEO to increase your organic rankings as well as paid traffic. Michael talks about some of the YouTube friendly ways to pay for traffic and views. Michael talks about how channels will pay for views via paid traffic platforms like Google ads. Michael then talks about his process for ranking Y...
How To Succeed In Business By Finding Your Purpose
April 06, 2019 19:11 - 54 minutes - 75 MBIn this interview I speak with Chris Kidawski, author of The Knee Pain Bible, The Shoulder and Neck Pain Bible, The Back Pain Bible, The Foot and Ankle Pain Bible, The Everspace and 2 Paleo and Vegan Diet Cookbooks. Chris's work in pain management focuses on what he calls "structural therapy". This type of work has to do with helping people to heal trigger points and adhesions they have in their fascia. Chris's work has uncovered many of the secrets of self healing. One of the biggest br...
Facebook Audiences For Cold Prospecting
March 08, 2019 21:15 - 9 minutes - 13.5 MBIn this episode I talk about some of the best audiences for Facebook cold prospecting. That is, audiences that you want to target when you are trying to get new customers to your business. The Two main audiences I go over are Super lookalike audiences and broad match dynamic product audiences (DPAs). If you are not familiar with with either of these you are in for a treat. One note, in order to use dynamic product audiences, you will have to have a dynamic product feed setup. If you...
John Sonmez | How To Overcome Pain With a Bulldog Mindset
October 03, 2018 20:49 - 1 hour - 83.6 MBIn this interview John Sonmez (creator of the Bulldog Mindset YouTube channel) talks about how you can overcome pain to reach your goals. John starts the interview off by talking about his latest project, the book bulldog mindset as well as his recent marathon training. John mentions that he wanted to take some time to rebalance his life and focus on his physical goals. This came after a long period of focusing on his business and growing his personal brand. John then gets into some of the ...
How To Become a Blockchain Developer With Blockgeek's Benji Richards
September 04, 2018 00:52 - 29 minutes - 40.9 MBIn this interview I speak with blockchain developer Benji Richards about how he became a blockchain developer and why he decided to work at Blockgeeks. Benji mentions that he started off working wanting to become a software developer and quickly realized that he wanted to learn how to create blockchain apps. Benji started learning the Solidity, the main language developers use to build applications on the Ethereum blockchain. Benji mentions that this language is easy to learn once a deve...
Get Organized For School: Featuring Med School Insider’s Kevin Juball
September 03, 2018 00:45 - 37 minutes - 51.6 MBIn this episode I speak with Kevin Jubbal, the founder of Med School Insiders. We discuss Kevin's past and why he became such a competitive guy. This part of the interview starts off with Kevin talking about how having Crohn's disease cause him to work extra hard. Kevin mentioned that he always felt like he had to compensate for his condition. Kevin then goes on to talk about how people can start to keep track of what they are doing with their time. Kevin mentions a few simple systems th...
How To Become A Yoga Instructor Online
August 05, 2018 16:22 - 32 minutes - 44.3 MBIn this interview I speak with Krystal Aranyani, a world traveler, author, blogger and Yoga instructor. Krystal talks about how she got started teaching Yoga and how she books teaching workshops while traveling the world. This all started after Krystal moved abroad following the end of a long term relationship. Krystal mentions that she felt like China was as far away as she could get. That's where she went! After spending a number of months in China, Krystal decided to keep on traveling....
How To Become a Software Developer - Forrest Knight
August 05, 2018 16:05 - 43 minutes - 60.2 MBIn this interview I speak with Forrest Knight about his path into software engineering. Forrest took a fairly common route going from community college student → university student → intern → employed full time. Forrest says that he made a ton of mistakes along the way but ultimately landed in a great spot. Forrest also talks about how there is a misconception in software engineering that everyone is working in a technology startup or at a big tech firm. Forrest emphasizes the amount of ...
Start A Career In Big Data Analytics
August 05, 2018 15:54 - 53 minutes - 72.9 MBIn this video I speak with Jared Hillam about the best career opportunities in big data analytics. This is a broad field that includes many sub-disciplines. In this interview we focus on careers helping companies to implement data storage solutions and organize their data so that it provides actionable intelligence for decision makers. Jared talks about how expertise in this career field can be extremely lucrative. In Jared's case, he was introduced to big data analytics during a project ...
How To Start Your First Online Business
August 05, 2018 15:27 - 34 minutes - 46.9 MBIn this interview I speak to Andy Hafell. Any is a Youtuber and internet marketer. You can find Andy at his self named YouTube channel or website. On Andy’s site you will find resources that will show you how to start your first online business. Most of Andy’s students are first time online entrepreneurs and internet marketers. He has a course for marketers, aspiring YouTubers and content creators of all kinds. If you are anyone that has dreams of becoming a professional marketer an conte...
How To Create A World Class Product As A Solo Saas Founder
July 03, 2018 00:38 - 50 minutes - 69 MBIn this interview I speak with Garrett Dimon about starting a Saas company as a solo founder and working as a developer and marketer at Wildbit. Garrett first got the idea for his product while working as a software consultant. Garrett realized that there was no standard way for small teams to track bugs. Garret realizes that the flexibility and fast pace of small development teams also made their bug tracking pretty inconsistent. He decided to solve the problem himself by creating his own b...
How To Start A Software As A Service Incubator
July 01, 2018 21:40 - 30 minutes - 41.5 MBIn this interview I speak with Sujan Patel, managing partner of Ramp Ventures a software as a service accelerator based out of Austin Texas. Sujan talks about his long history in the marketing industry and how he originally got his start. Sujan mentions that he wanted to start his own company but quickly realized that getting customers would be one of his biggest challenges. This started his obsession with everything marketing and customer acquisition. After founding two digital marketing...
How To Consistently Get High Paying Design Clients
June 29, 2018 02:16 - 43 minutes - 59.6 MBIn this episode I speak with designer Vako Shvili about how he is able to get highly paid design gigs consistently. One of the issues we touch on is finding your strengths early on in your career. Vako mentions that he started his career as a digital marketer but was encouraged to try design. One of his mentors noticed that he seemed to do really well with design projects and thought he might be able to make a career out of it. With some coaching, a little practice and a lot of reverse ...
How To Grow Your Coaching And Consulting Empire
June 23, 2018 03:22 - 54 minutes - 21.1 MBKimberly is a marketing coach and consultant who markets her own training programs and membership community where she trains aspiring marketers and online entrepreneurs. In this interview I speak with Kimberly Ann Jimenez about how she got started in internet marketing and consulting. Kimberly mentioned that she has worked for companies ranging from individual entrepreneurs to fortune 500 companies. Kimberly got her start when her husband was growing his own startup company. Kimberly start...
Tripp Advice On How To Become A Wildly Successful Dating Coach
June 23, 2018 03:19 - 55 minutes - 21.7 MBIn this interview I speak with Tripp Kramer of Tripp Advice about how he started his men’s dating advice company. In addition to providing information on how men can improve their interactions with women, Tripp provides in-person and online training. In our interview he discusses how his company got started and how it has evolved since the early days of Tripp Advice. Tripp mentions that his company got started while he was living in Los Angeles working to become a creative director in the mo...
How To Grow A Personal Brand In The Real Estate Industry
June 23, 2018 03:18 - 41 minutes - 16 MBIn this interview I speak with Sam Kwak of Kwak Bros. Real Estate. He discusses his success in buying and selling real estate and why he believes you should always diversify your investments. Sam talks about his experiences in the ARMY and how those prepared him for his career in real estate. Sam also briefly discusses some of the jobs he had before going into real estate and why he decided on the industry. Sam mentions many times how one key influencer in his life steered him toward his cu...
How To Grow a Community In The Arts And Crafts Space
June 23, 2018 03:17 - 36 minutes - 14.4 MBIn this interview I speak with Katina Martinez about her work developing her personal brand in the DIY crafts space. Katina started out as a Stamping Up instructor and quickly moved on to developing all kinds of creative projects. Katina mentions that there were always a few projects that would take off quicker then the rest. Katina realized that she could release the highest impact projects to her public audience while doing the ones she found ost enjoyable for her membership groups. In ad...
How To Build An Online Community In The Do It Yourself Space
May 31, 2018 01:32 - 49 minutes - 68.7 MBIn this interview I speak with Lolly of Lolly Palooza. Lolly self identifies as a paper crafter and art aficionado. If you are interested in learning how you can make a living from your passion for art, this is the interview for you! In this video we discuss Lolly's background and what type of work she did prior to starting he personal brand. We also discuss how she made the decision to work on her business full time after working part time for so many years. Lolly talks about how entrep...
How To Become An Instagram Growth Consultant With Josue Pena
May 31, 2018 01:19 - 35 minutes - 48.7 MBIn this interview I speak with Josue Pena about how he became an instagram growth consultant. We talk about how he met the celebrities he has worked with and how he works with clients today. Josue also talks about the company he runs with his partner, digital CEOs. Finally, Josue tells you where you can find resources to start your own instagram consulting firm or even just blow up your own instagram following.
How To Grow Your Career As a Social Media Influencer
May 31, 2018 01:13 - 51 minutes - 71.4 MBIn this video I speak with Alexandra Potora about how she got started as a social media brand consultant. We then talk about how Alexandra used her experience in consulting to create her own personal brand as a social media influencer. We then discuss how Alexandra is leveraging her personal brand to build a makeup company.
How To Start a Growth Marketing Agency
May 31, 2018 01:09 - 41 minutes - 56.5 MBIn this video I talk with Nate Smoyer about how he started a successful growth marketing agency. Nate tells me about his career in internet marketing and how that led him to his current role as CEO of Real Team Panda a growth marketing agency out of Tennesse. Nate talks about why he loves community and team building and how he brings that love for teams to his role as CEO. Nate also gives some of the background story of how he got to meet Mark Zuckerberg.
How To Create Passive Income By Selling Your Expetise
May 31, 2018 01:05 - 44 minutes - 61.2 MBIn this video I speak with Adriana Jerez about how she created an online dog training academy. He academy offers online courses for dog training and certification. These courses provide passive income for her and her partners at The Fact Academy. Adriana started her dog training company FactAcademy after starting many different online businesses. Adrianna takes us through her journey as an entrepreneur and some of her process of trail and error.
How To Sell Your Ideas To Anyone
May 31, 2018 01:02 - 41 minutes - 56.9 MBIn this video Chris Sheng, founder of Renly talks to me about how he gots started online. Chris gives advice for aspiring entrepreneurs and marketers. Some of the highlights of his career include selling a movie to Lionsgate and leading the growth efforts from a company with over 3 million dollars in funding.
How To Become a Freelance Designer and Solopreneur
May 31, 2018 00:59 - 54 minutes - 75.2 MBIn this interview I talk to Caleb Lai, designer, consultant and entrepreneur. Caleb talks about learning design in school while his only job was lifeguarding. Caleb then gets into how he got experience working for BalisticArts and MetaLab. Caleb then branched out on his own and started his own design consultancy. Recently Caleb expanded his work into his own consumer web app for booking any type of in person one on one lesson you want. The interesting thing about Caleb’s journey is that he u...
How To Become A Digital Nomad And Move To Thailand
May 31, 2018 00:56 - 38 minutes - 52.8 MBHow to become a digital nomad with Aaron Simon of Freedom and Fulfillment. In This Video I interview Aaron on how he became a digital nomad after he graduated college. We discusses how he started a blog and a successful Amazon FBA store. Aaron talks about different digital nomad jobs and which ones he thinks are the best long term options. Aaron also discusses the topics of his blog and why he chose to move back fromThailand and quit the digital nomad lifestyle.
What Are The Best Career Paths For Senior Developers
May 31, 2018 00:53 - 44 minutes - 61.4 MBIn this video I interview Matthew Makai of FullStackPython.com. Matt talks about why he decided to create FullStackPython and what jobs he has held as a developer. At the end of the interview Matt gives his advice for senior developers. Matt talks about the many career paths you can take as a senior dev.
How To Start a Consulting Interview Prep Training Platform
May 31, 2018 00:51 - 38 minutes - 52.3 MBIn this interview I talk to Shaun from Consulting Confindant. Sean talks about his experience in consulting and why he decided to start an interview prep training company. In this interview Shaun talks to me about some of his past entrepreneurial ventures and why this one was more successful.
How To Become a Full Stack Entrepreneuer
May 31, 2018 00:48 - 35 minutes - 48.7 MBThis interview I talk to Michael Kohler about his path to success. Michael is the CEO and founder of XtremeSocial, an internet marketing agency. Michael’s company offers full stack internet marketing services and software products. In this interview I discuss some of Michael’s background and how he decided to become an entrepreneur. In Miachael’s case, he tried many different business models before he found success. Michael started out offering individual internet marketing services to cl...
How To Become A Highly Paid Online Fitness Coach
May 31, 2018 00:46 - 35 minutes - 48.8 MBIn this video, online fitness personality Carter Good talks about his journey as an entrepreneur. Carter discusses his early days in fitness and internet marketing. At one point in his life Carter’s weight ballooned to 306 lbs. He then made the decision to lose the weight and dropped 140 lbs., hitting a low of 160. Carter says that the hardest part was just getting started. He talks about how gaining momentum is key to motivation. In both his fitness and business journey’s Carter has leve...
How To Transition From The Military To Technology Consulting
May 31, 2018 00:44 - 38 minutes - 52.9 MBIn this video I speak with Nolan Melson, a senior consultant at Capgemeni. Nolan has extensive experience in helping veterans transition out of the military into careers in technology. While Nolan’s advice is tailored to a military audience, most of it is applicable to civilians who are transitioning careers. Nolan talks about his experiences working at Capgemeni and on the board of directors for the Merivis Foundation. In addition to these roles, Nolan is active in other non-profit initiat...
How To Accelerate Your Startup's Growth In Asia
May 31, 2018 00:41 - 37 minutes - 51 MBIn this interview I speak with Pritish Sanyal. Pritish is the Director of Business Development at HYPE Asia. HYPE is a venture builder that helps entrepreneurs expand into new markets. HYPE partners with companies that can use their expertise to help launch their products. Currently Pritish is working with Surkus, a company that connects even organizers with brands. Surkus helps these brand to reach event participants with highly targeted offers. In the past, Pritish has worked in industr...
How To Go From Teacher To Publisher With Social Media
May 31, 2018 00:38 - 42 minutes - 58.8 MBIn this interview I speak with Mark Barnes about how he went from being a teach to running his own publishing company. Mark says he started out wanting to make a change in the way children are educated. You can see some of his written work and formative ideas on his blog HackLearning. From there, Mark decided that he wanted to keep creating training materials for teachers. He ended up publishing an entire series of books by partnering with other authors. Fast forward to today and Mark runs...
How To Find Your Dream Job During a Recession
May 31, 2018 00:34 - 27 minutes - 38.1 MBIn this interview I speak with Sean McBride. Sean is a former Army Officer turned front end developer. When Sean was suddenly let go from the Army in 2008, he found himself in one of the wort job markets in recent history. Sean was forced to re-think his life plan and start from scratch. Sean discusses the steps he took to go from jobless and living with his parents to running the front end development side of Decipher Technology Studios. Sean says that the path to getting back on track to...
How To Become The Marketer Of The Future
May 31, 2018 00:29 - 47 minutes - 65.8 MBIn This interview I talk with Nicholas Robinson, the co-founder of RLTY CHK entertainment. RLTY CHK is a Los Angeles based immersive entertainment studio which blends story, technology, and community to transform the way we are entertained. Nick started his career in marketing a community building. Prior to starting RLTY CHK he was the CMO of Quest Nutrition. At Quest he was responsible for building up Quest’s online presence. With a background in film and technology, Nick was already an e...
How To Sell People With Your Voice
May 31, 2018 00:26 - 27 minutes - 38.2 MBIn this interview I speak with Susan Berkley, founder of GreatVoice.com a company offering professional voice over training and services. In this interview Susan discusses how she got started with her voice over career. Susan then discusses how she got into teaching voice acting independently and through her training courses. Susan also discusses her entrepreneurial background. Having come from a long line of entrepreneurs, it seems as though Susan was destined to start her own company. ...
How To Start a Computer Science Research Firm
May 31, 2018 00:24 - 55 minutes - 76.7 MBIn this interview I speak with Miltiadis from Philosophy Behind Coding. Miltiadis discusses how he started programming when he was just 15 years old. This childhood obsession led him to study electrical and computer engineering when he entered university. Miltiadis began developing an interest in machine learning and computer image recognition. In 2015 he published his first academic paper on computer image recognition and he founded Philosophy Behind coding at just 21 years of age. Milt...
How To Create An Online Training Platform
May 31, 2018 00:21 - 43 minutes - 60 MBIn this interview I speak with Kenton about how he got started with his online training platform Rocket Blocks. Rocket Blocks is an online training platform that provides consulting case interview preparation. The platform is expanding to offer all of the resources candidates need to brush up on all the specific areas tested in case interviews. Kenton mentions that the idea for Rocket Blocks came out of his own experience interviewing for some of the world's largest consulting firms. Kent...
How To Make a Living as a Musician In The Digital Economy
May 31, 2018 00:15 - 36 minutes - 50.5 MBIn this interview I speak with Matt from LeftHandedGuitarist. His channel teaches tutorials to students who are trying to pick up guitar but are left handed. Matt says the inspiration for this channel was the lack of quality instruction he saw for students who were left handed. Don't click away just yet if you happen to play guitar right handed! All of Matt's videos include chord charts for both left and right handed players. Thanks for taking the discrimination out of learning to play a...
How To Go From Accountant to YouTuber and DJ
May 31, 2018 00:12 - 30 minutes - 42.1 MBIn this interview I speak with Marc Freccero about how he grew is YouTube Channel. Marc's channel is unique because of the eclectic mix of topic he includes. Unlike many other channels, Marc is includes many different topics. The videos that initially caught my attention were Marc's accounting interview prep videos that were right next to his Cochella packing tips videos! Marc has successfully built up and audience by sharing all the different aspects of his life. One of the biggest part...
How To Growth Hack Your Digital Media Brand With Jerry Liu
May 31, 2018 00:05 - 35 minutes - 48.6 MBIn this interview I talk with Jerry Liu about his work as a social media growth expert and content operations manager. Jerry's channel blends a huge mix of topics from sociology and gender issues to economics and politics. What's interesting about Jerry's channels is all of the experiments he uses them for. Jerry talks about some of the experiments he has run on his own channel trying different content topics and styles. In addition to testing different types of content, Jerry is always t...
How To Start a Business You Love With George Kao
May 30, 2018 23:58 - 35 minutes - 49.4 MBIn This interview I speak with George Kao. George is a consultant who specializes in helping small businesses scale. Recently George started working on a new type of funnel. He says his funnel will help people to make sales without having to use manipulations or cheesy tactics. George says he reached burnout after spending years using all the traditional internet marketing methods. George’s fist business was generating over 10,000 dollars of revenue per month after just one year. By the ...
How To Start A YouTube Channel That Changes The World With John Fish
May 30, 2018 23:50 - 26 minutes - 36.8 MBIn this interview I speak with John Fish about his decision to start his YouTube channel and his journey as a creator. John talks about what it was like starting out as a creator and the initial inspiration he got from his high school drama class. John also talks about how the direction of his YouTube channel changed based on the feedback from his audience. John’s channel now focuses on sharing the lessons John is learning as a student at Harvard. Many of the lessons John’s shares with his ...