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What could vocal and performance training possibly have to do with building your business?

775, 000 followers on Facebook, hundreds of thousands of customers

Move away from one on one so he’s been able to serve millions of people around the world.

The number one trait you have to possess to have lasting success.

4:15 – Why he started an online business

6:58 – His first step towards getting his business going

8:50 – What he would do if he started today in a whole new market

16:17 – What a typical funnel looks like for him today

18:17 – The importance of a personal connection, even if you’re not doing one-on-one classes

21:07 – The number one skill that determines lasting success

Master your voice and your message with Per’s help at thesingingzone.com, speakwithfreedom.com and perbristow.com

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I consider myself successful, and I’m immensely happy with all that I’ve accomplished. However, there’s so much more I want to do, and I think about it on a daily basis.

Therein lies a problem.

Today, I’m talking about the importance of learning your limits, and how I came to grips with my own. The result has been a great deal less stress in my business, and has helped me reach bigger goals. I’m sure if you listen to my advice in this episode you’ll have the very same experience.

1:21 – The downside of being an entrepreneur

2:26 – How I sort through my scatteredness

5:28 – What the main focus of your business should be

7:52 – Why multitasking is the enemy

10:42 – What your next step should be to have a game-changing 2016

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There are so many different strategies and engagement tools you can use pull in new customers, but here’s one you might not have thought about before: quizzes.

Today, I’m speaking to Jeremy Ellens, a founding partner of Yazamo, an online marketing firm focused on increasing profitability for clients by optimizing the lifetime value of their customers. They also help their clients grow their email list by 100,000 people or more within one year.

Here’s a confession: I’m actually one of those clients. I’ve had such success with Jeremy’s guidance that I just had to bring him on the show. In this episode, he’s going to break down why quizzes are such a great audience engagement tool, and give you insight into how to generate more, and better quality leads, with a lower cost per lead

5:25 – Why to use quizzes in your online funnels

8:14 – How quizzes work

13:08 – The biggest mistake people make when putting together a quiz

16:42 – The right price point to set for your post-quiz product

18:55 – Your first steps towards setting up a quiz

22:36 – The one thing he would have done differently in his path

Get your quiz game going with Jeremy at leadquizzes.com

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Emailing and engaging with potential customers is a lot like dating; you don’t want to be too pushy or eager, but you don’t want to be too distant either.

How do you strike the right balance to build a meaningful relationship with your customers?

Today, I’m talking to Jennifer Hudye, who – in addition to being the founder of LifeBalance Coach, a wellness coaching company – is an expert when it comes to nurture emails. She’s going to walk us step by step through her winning formula to building lasting, mutually beneficial relationships with customers one email at a time.

3:46 – Jennifer’s 5-step email strategy for winning nurture campaigns

9:04 – Email #1: Establishing what you stand for

10:30 – Email #2: Delivering immediate value

11:16 – Email #3: Catering to what the customer says they want or need

12:06 – Email #4: Questions and Conversations

14:26 – Email #5: Inviting the customer to take the next step

15:59 – Who to tailor your campaign to

17:25 – A few thoughts on email frequency

18:32 -A campaign walkthrough: from emails to products

 

 

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Salesmanship often gets a bad rap. To many, it’s viewed as opportunistic and even a little sleazy. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Business cannot function without sales, so it’s important to understand how to become a good salesperson. Better yet, it’s important to do away with the backwards thinking that there’s something inherently wrong with engaging in it. At it’s heart, sales is about solving problems for your customers.

Joe Girard has coached both small teams and large organizations past their flawed beliefs around sales to help them break through to new levels of achievement. In his words, he’s turned them into sales heroes. Today, he’s going to set you on the path towards becoming one yourself.

5:13 – Why most people have a fear of selling

6:12 – The importance of ditching the sales script to be yourself

9:15 – How to develop the skills of persuasion while remaining authentic

16:46  – The best way to get information about what your customers really want

19:38 – How to successfully scale your business

23:40 – Understanding “story-selling”

26:30 – The resources that have helped him along the way

Let Joe teach you how to become a sales hero at joegirard.ca

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It’s great to be the boss. As an entrepreneur, you’ve set out on a path of your own making, but there inevitably comes a point when the countless choices you have to make along the way become burdensome. If you don’t figure out how to deal with this, you start making bad decisions.

Bad decisions can sink everything you’ve worked so hard on.

Billy Murphy knows the weight of this, so he’s developed an amazing equation he uses to help him make calculated, emotion-free decisions no matter what he’s challenged with. It makes sense that he’d be the one to come up with this: although he’s a mega-successful online entrepreneur with multiple winning sites, he was once a professional poker player! The man clearly knows something about making winning decisions, so let him teach you a thing or two today.

3:13 – Breaking down “Millionaire Math”: Billy’s decision-making formula towards success

12:02 – What the formula has yielded for him

14:42 – How he factors time into his goals

18:24 – The true value of social media interaction and customer goodwill

20:38 – Why happiness should be a part of every equation

Find Billy’s Millionaire Math formula at foreverjobless.com/ev-millionaires-math

 

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If you want your business to grow consistently, you have to have more than a great product or even spot-on marketing—you have to nurture strong relationships with your audience.

This might seem difficult, especially if you have a massive number of customers, but there are quite a few things you can do to make them feel like they are intimately connected to you and your entire tribe.

Scott Colby has figured out how to do just this. He’s a successful entrepreneur in the online fitness space, but what really makes him stand apart is his amazing ability to connect deeply with his customers. Today he’s sharing how he’s been able to do this and giving you plenty of ideas and instructions on how you can do the same.

4:21 – What has helped him stand out in a crowded market

6:55 – The fun new ways he connects with his audience

10:50 – The wonders of adventure trips

17:14 – How to get started making authentic, new connections

19:22 – The most challenging moment he ever faced, and how he overcame it

22:09 – His favorite tactic for propelling his business forward

Connect with Scott at scottcolby.com

 

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When it comes to social media marketing, most young entrepreneurs flock to Facebook, not realizing just how much business they can do on Instagram. A clever few put most of their chips on IG, and they’re seeing some incredible success on the picture and video sharing app.

Brandon Epstein is one such dude.

His know-how on Instagram has taken his business Zen Dude Fitness to great success, and he’s doing the same thing for other clients as well. Today he’s sharing Instagram tips that helped him chart ZDF’s explosive success so you can do the same for your business.

3:20 – What’s working well on Instagram for him and his clients

5:16 – What his unique posting strategy is, and how to figure out yours

11:21 – How to develop a massive following on Instagram

16:30 – Brandon’s Instagram sales approach

17:21 – How he’s finding success on YouTube

Get blissed and buff with Brandon at zendudefitness.com

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So you want to be an ace, the best in your chosen field or market. In order to pull off this feat there are certain skills you have to master, and there’s one you might not have thought of.

The trait I’m talking about is shared by disaster survivors and world class athletes alike; you might already have it too. One thing’s for sure: you’ll need it once you get swept up in the busy and often-confusing whirlwind that is success, so you better figure out how to master it as soon as possible.

0:30 – An extraordinary scenario that’s a little like your business

1:54 – What you can learn from Roger Federer

3:13 – The importance of being the eye of the storm

4:35 – Why you have to sharpen your skills… and trust them

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There’s no point in creating the coolest and most innovative product ever if no-one buys it. That’s where marketing comes in. To get your amazing creation to the masses, you have to figure out how to market it.

Online marketing is particularly tricky because the rules are always changing and new platforms are constantly emerging. If you want to get ahead of the pack, you should make follow the advice of those who’ve made it their mission to stay at the crest of the wave; Justin Brooke is one such person.

He’s a master media buyer who has run multimillion dollar campaigns and understands the online advertising space better than anyone. Today, he’s telling us why he absolutely hates Facebook, and shares his favorite new places to buy advertising. This could be a game-changing listen for you.

7:11 – The big mistakes to avoid in advertising on Facebook, Google or YouTube

11:44 – Where he’s currently spending his advertising money

12:23 – On his hatred for Facebook

14:17 – Why he enjoys Twitter ads

23:48 – What you might be overlooking in your business

26:20 – First advertising and traffic-generation steps for beginners

30:18 – How to become more effective with your ad-spends

Let Justin guide you to great traffic at youtube.com/user/trafficstrategist