Interview

427: Think About Money Differently, Build Cashflow, and Optimize Like a Millionaire with Chris Miles

October 25, 2017

Chris Miles, the Cash Flow Expert and financial advocate for the entrepreneur, is a leading authority teaching entrepreneurs and professionals how to quickly free up and create cash flow TODAY spending time doing what they love most! He's an author and podcast host of the Chris Miles Money Show, and been featured in US News, CNN Money, Entrepreneur on Fire, and has a high reputation with his company, Money Ripples, getting his clients fast, life-altering financial results. In fact, his clients have increased their cash flow by over $100 Million in the last 7 years.

Quotes:

“If you engage in activities outside of your business that you love, they should be things you truly enjoy, regardless of whether they make you money or not.” – Chris Miles

“The highest-risk choices are often what most people do, such as putting your money into mutual funds and similar investments. That is likely the easiest path to guaranteed failure.” – Chris Miles

“If you want to elevate your money and your business, you need to elevate your team as well. You can't keep the same old people and expect to grow, as they may hold you back.” – Chris Miles

Takeaways:

07:54 Your business should be your primary investment and economic generator.

08:22 Cash flow creates options, and options create freedom for entrepreneurs.

10:32 Always seek financial strategies that provide immediate cash flow, not just long-term accumulation.

14:39 Traditional financial advice often fails; successful investors think differently about money.

19:52 Focus on creating multiple income streams instead of just saving money.

Resources

Money Ripples (official site)
The Chris Miles Money Show (podcast)
Money Ripples (Facebook page)

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426: Get Stuff Done, Develop Your Team, Get Out More, and Scale with Advertising Professional Mike Arce

October 24, 2017

Mike Arce is the host of the top fitness business video podcast, The GSD Show. He is also the founder and CEO of Loud Rumor, a 7-figure advertising agency for small businesses in the fitness and wellness space. Mike has helped over 25 major brands like Orangetheory Fitness and his agency has worked with over 457 fitness and wellness companies throughout the world. As a husband and father of 4, he's created the time to do all of this while traveling to speak at many events across the country over the last 2 years.

Quotes:

“They do what they see you do. You can tell them all this stuff, but they don't do what you tell them—they do what they see you do.” – Mike Arce

“You want to be great, you want to study great people. It's as simple as that.” – Mike Arce

“You want to build your business as if you're going to sell it to someone else, and you're not going to be a part of it, and it's going to be just as valuable without you.” – Mike Arce

Takeaways:

03:32 90% of business success comes from understanding core business principles, not getting lost in industry-specific technical details.

07:33 Developing and empowering team members allows you to focus on high-level business strategy and personal growth.

11:50 Children learn more from watching what you do, not just from what you tell them to do.

20:25 Continuous learning and education are critical for business growth, especially reading books and attending conferences.

27:39 Build your business as if you're going to sell it, making it valuable and functional without your direct involvement.

Resources

Mike Arce (official site)
The GSD Show (podcast)
Loud Rumor (agency)
Tools of Titans by Tim Ferriss
Scaling Up by Verne Harnish
The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber

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425: Appify Your Book to Get the Perfect Branding and Attention on Your Business with Emergent Technology Specialist Seth Weinstein

October 23, 2017

Seth Weinstein from Appify Your Book is a young, innovative thinker with a passion for creating digital solutions that demand success.

A natural born tech geek, Seth uses his exstensive skills to build, design and maintain apps. Growing up with a professional stand-up comedian father and a teacher mother, Seth's thirst for joy and knowledge allow him to offer signature services to business owners. His rare abilities enable his clients to discover the best version of their company through strategy, design, and development. He revitalizes presence and positioning in any field and industry through the implementation of an unwavering brand strategy and superior online presence. An adventurer at heart, Seth will unearth and leverage your opportunities into profitability.

Quotes:

“Innovation doesn't wait for anyone—not you, not me, not even the people making it. So the question is: are you getting on the train, or are you getting left behind?” – Seth Weinstein

“We always pride ourselves on this: if you don't have time to sit down and give us all the information, we have a team that will figure it out.” – Seth Weinstein

“A lot of people see technology as a way to simplify and remove us from the equation, but I truly believe it's actually a way for us to get smarter and access new ways of helping people and changing the world around us.” – Seth Weinstein

Takeaways:

08:13 Technology isn't about removing humans, but about finding smarter ways to help people solve problems and improve their lives.

17:04 Creating interactive book apps can transform passive reading into an active learning experience with quizzes, achievements, and engagement tools.

23:24 Building a custom app doesn't have to be expensive or complicated when you work with the right team who understands your specific needs.

29:40 The future of technology lies in connecting different systems - software, hardware, and human experiences - in creative and meaningful ways.

31:45 Innovation moves fast, and businesses must choose to either jump on the technology train or risk getting left behind.

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424: Social Media Success: Build Your Presence, Engagement and Traffic on Facebook Using Reciprocity, Followup, and Marketing with Nikki Yeager

October 20, 2017

Nikki Yeager is an entrepreneur and startup coach based in NYC. Her first company, EHR Tutor, was profitable from day one and quickly reached a million dollars a year while she was leading the sales and marketing effort. She now runs a holistic products company, The Relievery, designs for a non-gendered children's clothing line, Every Bean Boutique, and spends her free time doing consulting for entrepreneurs and small businesses.

Quotes:

“If I'm going to spend time on something, I want there to be a reason for doing it—especially when you're in those early stages, or even when you're starting to grow but don't have the resources to just hire willy-nilly.” – Nikki Yeager

“Social media is just a digital version of real life. I always imagine that if I'm going out to a networking event, I would change what I'm talking about based on the people who are at that networking event.” – Nikki Yeager

“The ones getting a lot of engagement and potentially sales from those pages are usually the people who provide a back and forth. It's not just them sharing information—it's them actively engaging with their audience.” – Nikki Yeager

Takeaways:

02:21 Social media success is about converting followers into meaningful business relationships, not just collecting large numbers.

07:35 Treat online interactions like real-world networking by engaging with people regardless of their current follower count.

13:49 Small, engaged audiences can generate more revenue than large, passive follower bases.

16:51 Strategic social media engagement can open doors to valuable business partnerships and opportunities.

33:00 Entrepreneurs must embrace sales skills as a core part of building a successful business.

Resources

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423: Escaping Darkness: End Self-Sabotage, Negative Self-Talk, and Hit Restart to Make Progress with Life Coach Marti Forrest

October 19, 2017

Marti Forrest Hicks is a life coach and here is her story in her own words: "I mentor/coach people on their journey into loving themselves from the inside out. After a series of monogamous abusive relationships, I learned how to reprogram the messages that sabotaged me in every relationship I entered, because I had no idea how to LOVE me first. How I love me dictates how I am in every single relationship outside of me. How I am with me is how I am with you."

Quotes:

“We're always co-creating with people. We get wounded when we're children by our environment, our parents, or whoever was our caretaker at that time.” – Marti Forrest

“If it's in my best interest, it is also in theirs. Because when I'm authentic and true to me, I'm taking a stand for myself—my esteem, my life, and my purpose.” – Marti Forrest

“We have this idea that at certain ages we should be at certain points, but if our emotional age isn't there, it doesn't matter what our chronological age is.” – Marti Forrest

Takeaways:

00:20 Recognizing destructive personal patterns is the first critical step toward meaningful life change.

19:10 Personal growth happens in a spiral, with each cycle bringing faster insights and shorter recovery times.

37:59 Self-improvement starts with planting seeds of awareness, even if immediate action isn't taken.

39:25 Healing is messy and requires walking through emotional challenges with supportive guidance.

41:03 Emotional maturity matters more than chronological age in personal development.

Resources

Hello Extraordinary Life (official site)
Hello Extraordinary Life Coach (Facebook page)
Loving Yourself from the Inside Out (Facebook group)

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422: The Anticipatory Organization: Turn Disruption and Change into Opportunity and Advantage with Innovation Expert Daniel Burrus

October 18, 2017

Daniel Burrus is considered one of the world's leading technology forecasters and innovation experts. He is the CEO of Burrus Research, a research and consulting firm that monitors global advances in technology driven trends to help clients profit from technological, social and business forces that are converging to create enormous, untapped opportunities.

He is a strategic advisor to executives helping them to develop game-changing strategies based on his proven methodologies for capitalizing on technology innovations. He is the author of seven books, including The New York Times bestseller Flash Foresight, and his latest book, The Anticipatory Organization. Daniel has a ton of interesting stories to share with us, as well as the three categories of hard trends that you should be looking for:

demographics (i.e. baby boomers -> a smartwatch for seniors)
government regulation
technology

Quotes:

“If it can be done, it will be done. If you don't do it, someone else will.” – Daniel Burrus

“Take your problems and skip them. Use the hard trends that are shaping the future to gain confidence to make a bold move.” – Daniel Burrus

“Instead of trying to be successful, which is inwardly focused and measured by you, don't create a life of success. Why not create a life of significance?” – Daniel Burrus

Takeaways:

06:05 Skip problems that seem impossible and focus on innovative solutions.

14:59 Create a life of significance by helping others, not just pursuing personal success.

19:42 Solving real problems for specific demographics creates powerful business opportunities.

23:57 Make your business ideas newsworthy to gain free marketing and credibility.

28:12 Think bigger than your initial idea - there's always a "bigger big" waiting to be discovered.

Resources

The Anticipatory Organization (get a free copy of the book)
Daniel Burrus TedX Talk
Daniel's books (Amazon author page)

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421: Profit First: Be Efficient Instead of Productive, Find Your Passion and Purpose with Mike Michalowicz

October 17, 2017

By his 35th birthday, Mike Michalowicz had founded and sold two multi-million dollar companies. Confident that he had the formula to success, he became an angel investor…and proceeded to lose his entire fortune.

Then he started all over again, driven to find better ways to grow healthy, strong companies. Among other innovative strategies, Mike created the “Profit First Formula”, a way for businesses to ensure profitability from their very next deposit forward.

Mike is now running his third million dollar venture, is a former small business columnist for The Wall Street Journal; is the former MSNBC business make-over expert; is a popular keynote speaker on innovative entrepreneurial topics; and is the author of Profit First, Surge, The Pumpkin Plan and The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur, which BusinessWeek deemed "the entrepreneur's cult classic."

Quotes:

“Efficiency's core mindset is to do less. Productivity's core philosophy is, ‘How do I get more done?’ And efficiency, as crazy as it sounds, is, ‘How do I get less done?’” – Mike Michalowicz

“When we become more productive, what that gives us is more time. You can increase your productivity, and as you do, more time becomes available. When you have more time, it means you can do more things.” – Mike Michalowicz

“Business, which used to be considered a marathon—where you keep pushing forward over the long haul—has become a sprint. But we're sprinting the entire distance of a marathon. It's exhausting and burning out owners, employees, and everyone else in between.” – Mike Michalowicz

Takeaways:

08:18 Efficiency trumps productivity by focusing on doing less and delegating smartly.

16:33 Profit should be prioritized first, not treated as an afterthought in business finances.

22:18 Challenging industry norms can spark innovative growth when resources are limited.

28:18 Business systems already exist in your head; the goal is to extract and simplify them, not create from scratch.

30:31 Entrepreneurs should align their passion with their work by asking two critical questions: What would you do with all the money? What would you do with no money?

Resources

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420: Online Advertising: Master Search Engine Optimization and Content Marketing on Pinterest and YouTube with Kellen Kautzman

October 16, 2017

Kellen owns Send It Rising Internet Marketing and manages a team of over 20 internet marketing professionals. He was the keynote speaker at Planet Hollywood on the Las Vegas strip and has spoken at Roseman University and the Lance Tamashiro podcast. His book "Everybody's Doing It" was the #1 New Release on Amazon.com in the SEO category.

Quotes:

“If you don't value your own expertise, you're kind of missing the point. What you do on a daily basis, for 99% of humanity, is absolutely outside of their norm—and it's a lot more interesting than you think.” – Kellen Kautzman

“Now is always the best time to start. Now has all the best opportunities. You're not missing out—you're missing out if you're not thinking about what you can do now.” – Kellen Kautzman

“If you don't think your industry is sexy or interesting, you're missing the point. You're probably a lot smarter and better at it than you think.” – Kellen Kautzman

Takeaways:

02:01 Pinterest can be a powerful link-building tool for businesses, even in seemingly mundane industries.

12:44 Google's AI understands content so well that educational, authentic videos are more important than perfect production.

14:53 Small business owners already have strong advertising skills - they just need to learn the digital tools.

19:35 Creating weekly video content builds a valuable web asset that grows in worth over time.

26:19 Don't fear making content - your first attempts will improve quickly, and something is always better than nothing.

Resources

Everybody's Doing It: Advertising Redefined by an SEO Expert (book)
Kellen Kautzman (official site)
Kellen Kautzman on LinkedIn
Kellen Kautzman on Twitter

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419: From Stuck to Unstoppable: Get the Right Thoughts, Beliefs, Habits and Conditioning with Energy Expert Linda Binns

October 13, 2017

Linda Binns is an accomplished energy coach and author of seven self-help books, and numerous published articles. She has appeared on television, including her multiple encore guest appearances on Portland, Oregon's AM Northwest News Show, as well as, on the radio, podcasts, and on-line summits.

Being raised not to succeed, Linda discovered early on "you are rarely ready for what life brings." Where most people let life's obstacles stop them, Linda seized this recurring "lesson" and transformed it into her life's work and passion including playing competitive tennis.

Quotes:

“Everything is a lesson to me. Lessons are all around us all the time.” – Linda Binns

“If you're struggling, if it feels really hard, then it's not the right thing. You need to take a step back and ask yourself, ‘How could I make it easier?’” – Linda Binns

“The better you treat yourself, the more you actually accomplish.” – Linda Binns

Takeaways:

02:24 Your internal beliefs and energy directly shape your external life experiences and opportunities.

05:20 Personal transformation starts with understanding what you truly want, not what you think you should want.

09:53 Changing your approach from struggle to ease can unlock natural progression toward your goals.

23:18 High expectations are different from unrealistic self-bullying expectations that prevent personal growth.

26:51 Challenging personal narratives requires outside perspective and willingness to recognize self-imposed limitations.

Resources

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418: Grow Your Business and Help Others Using Referral Marketing with Mickey Griffith

October 12, 2017

Mickey Griffith from Asentiv Sacramento is an expert in referral marketing and he can help you discover what you want your business to do, what you want out of your business, and who you need to talk to in order to get there. He can help you attract the exact clients you want and get others to send business your way by helping others get what they want.

As an owner of the leading Asentiv franchise in the United States, Mickey has delivered thousands of hours of programs and presentations on the art of creating an amazing business and having a spectacular life. His clients report results such as increasing sales closing ratios by more than 40%, closing more business in one month than they did in an entire year, and having time to start a non-profit organization they've always wanted to do.

Quotes:

“Success lies outside of your comfort zone.” – Mickey Griffith

“If you show up with the mindset that you want to help somebody, you have a far better chance they'll remember you as someone they want to help back.” – Mickey Griffith

“Even if you're getting enough business, but you don't like the kind of work you're doing, then it's really about making sure you're getting better quality referrals.” – Mickey Griffith

Takeaways:

08:14 Referral marketing thrives on understanding your deeper life goals, not just business objectives.

12:04 Your most valuable referral sources are those who already send business your way - nurture those relationships intentionally.

19:44 Effective coaching goes beyond business tactics and addresses personal challenges that impact professional success.

22:44 Building strong referral relationships means meeting in person and staying on people's radars regularly.

28:59 Successful networking requires showing up consistently and focusing on helping others, not just selling.

Resources

Asentiv Sacramento (formerly Referral Institute)
Mickey Griffith YouTube channel
Mickey Griffith on LinkedIn

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