Archive for February, 2018
498: Fundamentals, Freedom, Hiring, and Scaling with Nicole Wipp
Nicole Wipp is the founder and CEO of Wipp Enterprises LLC, a consulting and training firm that provides a range of leadership, team creation, team building and retention services to large companies, and to the small business/entrepreneur market as NicoleWipp.com. She also leads a highly successful boutique elder law firm.
In these capacities, Nicole is a sought after expert on numerous topics related to building successful businesses through powerful teams, has spoken on numerous stages nationwide, is a frequent guest on top podcasts, and has authored a number one bestselling book. Wipp Enterprises is a Kolbe Certified solutions provider and is certified as a Women’s Business Enterprise by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC).
Resources
- Nicole Wipp: The Results Catalyst (Official Site)
- Dear Mom & Dad: Help Me Help You: An Elder Law Attorney's Guide to Smart Strategies & Difficult Conversations About Health and Money (Book)
- Wipp Enterprises: Bring Out the Best in Yourself and Your Team (Site)
- Nicole Wipp (LinkedIn)
- Smart Planning 101 (Site)
- Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (Book)
- Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman (Book)
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497: Create a Simple Strategy to Hit Goals and Make Important Decisions with Business Plan Answer Man David Brown
Dave Brown, The Business Plan Answer Man, is a leader in business planning. His message is designed to help entrepreneurs understand the need of a business plan and remove the fear and pain of writing the plan. An in-demand speaker and consultant who have helped many clients write their business plan to meet the requirements of lenders and operate their business. Sharing his 25+ years’ experience owning and operating a business he saves entrepreneurs time and money.
His first book, From the Bottom Up: The Ultimate Guide for Business Planning to Profitability is a step-by-step guide for writing a business plan in a no nonsense format. His second book, Journeys to Success: 21 empowering stories inspired by the success principles of Napoleon Hill released in March of 2016 became an international bestseller on its release. Both books have received stunning reviews from a wide range of leaders in the business, marketing and sales.
Resources
- Business Plan Answer Man (Free Questionnaire)
- From the Bottom Up (Book)
- dave@BusinessPlanAnswerMan.com (Subject line: "template" to get the template)
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496: Move the Needle, Celebrate Wins, and Money Mindset Conversations with Jen Hemphill
Jen Hemphill, a military spouse & proud bilingual Latina, helps women who are tired of the traditional money advice gain a renewed sense of control, confidence and freedom in their financial life. She is a Money Confidence Coach, an AFC (Accredited Financial Counselor) and host of the Her Money Matters Podcast. She talks about what we need to know to "move the needle" with our money, celebrate wins and have money conversations to get the right mindset and build confidence.
Resources
- Her Money Matters (Podcast)
- Jen Hemphill (Official Site)
- Her Money Matters: The Missing Truths from Traditional Money Advice (Book)
- Her Money Matters (Facebook Group)
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495: Market Yourself in Voiceover By Thinking Outside the Box with Susan Berkley
Susan Berkley is a top voice-over artist and telephone voice for AT&T, Citibank and many others. An internationally known communications expert, she’s the author of Speak To Influence: How To Unlock The Hidden Power Of Your Voice and her latest book, The Persuasion Code. She is president and founder of The Great Voice Company in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
She provides leadership training in persuasive speaking techniques for business and sales professionals worldwide, and works with top marketers to help them optimize the voices on their VSLs, achieving conversion lifts of as high as 20%. A frequent media guest, she has been featured on ABC News, CNBC, MSNBC, and in The NY Times, The LA Times and Business Week. Susan spent 15 years in broadcasting as a radio personality, including a stint as traffic reporter on The Howard Stern Show.
Resources
- Speak to Influence (Official Site)
- Speak to Influence: How to Unlock the Hidden Power of Your Voice (Book)
- Voice Over Secrets Exposed: How To Make Big Money With Your Speaking Voice (Without Leaving Your Home) (Book)
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494: The Bravest You: Show Up on a Daily Basis, Find Your Calling and Persist Through Hard Times with Adam Smith
Adam Smith is an entrepreneur, life coach, consultant, public speaker, and the author of the new book, The Bravest You. Named one of the most influential people of 2014 by American Genius, Smith has written for Entrepreneur and Success Magazine, among other publications.
Adam talks to us about persistence, blogging, how to have ideas what outweigh the fears, show up on a daily basis, finding your calling/obsession, motivation, accountability, perspective, escaping "trapped" thinking, and so much more. Listen in!
Resources
- Email: adam@asmithblog.com
- Adam Kirk Smith (Official Site)
- The Bravest You: Five Steps to Fight Your Biggest Fears, Find Your Passion, and Unlock Your Extraordinary Life (Book)
- Adam Smith (Twitter)
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493: Build an Online Business Through Content, Marketplaces, Feedback and Customer Education with Bernie Thompson
Bernie Thompson has founded 5 companies, including the global electronics brand Plugable. He's also the founder of Efficient Era, a company that helps other companies sell on Amazon. He's an engineer and inventor with 4 patents. And he considers marketing his greatest weakness.
He explains to us that his business has thrived without traditional marketing, but instead through content marketing (YouTube) and high traffic marketplaces. His company's 1-2 published videos per week solve common problems, market specific features, and educate.
Resources
- Plugable (USB and Bluetooth Devices)
- Efficient Era (Tools for Amazon Sellers)
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491: Back of the Room Sales and Speaking: Leads, Exposure and Branding with Alicia White
International Best Selling Author and Speaker, Alicia White from Back of the Room Productions is a brilliant strategist giving clarity and direction on the next steps in branding, business and speaking. Working with business owners, coaches, and entrepreneurs, Alicia helps them to elevate their expertise through consistent branding that conveys trust and effective strategies and tools to grow their business through speaking.
Alicia explains how to grow your business through speaking, following up, landing speaking gigs, and negotiating with event organizers.
Resources
- The Successful Speaker's Handbook: Tools, Strategies, & Ideas to Elevate Your Expertise as a Speaker (Book)
- Back of the Room Productions (Website)
- SpeakerSheets.com (Website)
- Alicia White (Facebook)
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490: Productivity and Lifestyle Secrets of Top Performers: Reduce Overwhelm, Outsource Weaknesses, and Achieve Ultimate Freedom with Carey Bentley
Carey Bentley is the CEO of Lifehack Bootcamp, the top ranked online productivity company. She shows overachievers how to bring sanity back into their lives. Her team has shown hundreds of people the techniques they need to be maximally effective at work and in their personal lives.
Carey discusses the three gratitudes, how to avoid victim thinking, scheduled downtime, self care, and the "Do By Tuesday" concept which allows you to go on the offense with your business.
Resources
- Lifehack Bootcamp (Website)
- Carey Bentley (LinkedIn)
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489: Construct Your Ideal Life, Enjoy the Fun Game of Entrepreneurship, House Hack and Master Real Estate to Build Long-Term Wealth with Coach Chad Carson
Chad Carson began real estate investing from scratch right out of college in 2003 at the age of 23. Since then, Chad and his business partner have bought, flipped, rented hundreds of properties in and around Clemson, SC. They currently focus on buy-and-hold rentals and private lending that produce regular monthly income.
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Chad focuses on using real estate income to retire early and do what matters. For example, in 2017 he traveled with his wife and two young daughters to live in Ecuador in South America for a year. He also enjoys working on local community projects like pedestrian/bike paths.
He talks with us today about house hacking and practice buying -- and has a very doable strategy that involves you investigating 100 properties in your area within a short period of time to learn by doing.
Resources
- The Real Estate Investing (Newsletter)
- Coach Chad Carson: Invest in Real Estate, Retire Early, Do What Matters (Official Site)
- Chad Carson (YouTube)
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