Unmistakable Creative - Candid Conversations with Creative Entrepreneurs and Insanely Interesting People show

Unmistakable Creative - Candid Conversations with Creative Entrepreneurs and Insanely Interesting People

Summary: Founded in 2010 by host Srinivas Rao, Blogcast FM is the one stop resource for online businesses and entrepreneurs. BLOGCAST FM is the most prolific resource of interviews from successful and internationally known business owners, bloggers, online entrepreneurs, and published authors. BLOGCAST FM's audience includes social media enthusiasts, entrepreneurs, influencers, authors, actors and actresses, PR and advertising agencies, and corporate decision makers. Previous guests on BlogcastFM include Ramit Sethi, Chris Guillebeau, Robert Greene, Seth Godin, Chris Brogan Tim Ferriss, Danielle Laporte, Guy Kawasaki Mike Stelzner, Cameron Herold and 100's of others. Online business, marketing, blogging and social media strategies from the best and brightest of the web

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 Orchestrating a 365 Day Coaching Program with Kimberly Gosney | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 53:32

Kimberly Gosney had one of the most interesting pitches I've ever received for her appearance on the show. First she enlisted a small army to recommend her for the show, and then she created a personalized video with a bit her story. Here are some highlights from our chat: * How Kimberly Became a Momivator (part mom, part motivator) (http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/kim_mailbox-200x300.jpg) * Why You Need to Find One Thing You Love About Yourself * An Amazing Tactical Branding Exercise That You Can Put to Work * Sales and Management Lessons from the World of Retail * Finding the Opportunity in Your Work to Lead People  * Using Facebook to Find the First Cheerleader on Your Squad * Learning to Identify the Hinge Moments in Your Online Journey * An Amazing Filtering Process for Dealing with Information Overload * The Power of Writing Things Down to Get Your Creative Process Flowing * The Reason Consistency Breeds Creativity * Why Kimberly Setup the Cost of Her Coaching Program As a Donation  * Pulling the Moving Parts of an Extremely Complicated Project * How Kimberly Recruited a Small Army of Moms to Help Her Tweetable Insights Include: * It costs you nothing to give someone a piece of advice (Click to Tweet) (http://clicktotweet.com/2f7nW) * Take ownership of the things that you do for other people (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/X76YR)) * When you're a full time employee and an entrepreneur, you really have to make the best use of your time (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/Qfad2)) Kim Gosney (http://www.the365dayproject.com/) frees overworked moms from dreaded day jobs by helping them build their dream ones, while saving the world one child at a time. You can follow her on twitter @kimberlygosney (https://twitter.com/kimberlygosney). If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here (http://clicktotweet.com/0mEj4) to post it to Twitter.

 Everything Paul Jarvis Knows – BlogcastFM Backstage | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 33:50

In this week's Backstage episode we bring back  one our favorite BlogcastFM guests, Paul Jarvis. He's recently launched a new book on Kickstarter, so we asked him to join us to talk about it. Here are some of the highlights from our chat: * Our Fairly Useless Thoughts on the iPhone 5C/5S Launch (http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/BlogcastFM-Backstage-300x300.jpg) * Paul's Background as the Lead Singer in a Heavy Metal Band * How to Avoid Creating a Business That You End Up Hating * Why We Learn from Our Mistakes and How to Avoid Them * Lessons Learned from Doing Meaningful Work * A Framework For Choosing Clients That You Don't Hate * Deciding on Criteria and Values That You Don't Bend On * Why You Deserve the Clients That You Get It * The Importance of Being Clear with What Your Opinions Are * Why You Want to Be a Collaborator with Your Clients * How to Make Sure You Learn Everything That Paul Knows Before He Dies Resources Mentioned Include: * The Kickstarter Campaign for Everything I Know (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pjrvs/everything-i-know) If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here (http://clicktotweet.com/223f7) to post it to Twitter. 

 How to Speak the Language of Your Customers with Shenee Howard | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 51:01

Three years ago, Shenee Howard put out a tweet saying that one of her goals was to be a guest on BlogcastFM. I looked at her site and didn't make much of it.  A few weeks ago, I got an email from Melissa Cassera (http://blogcastfm.com/blogcastfm/how-to-build-a-media-pr-campaign-for-your-business/) saying, "You should interview Shenee." And anytime somebody says they should be on BlogcastFM, I say listen to our interview with Melissa. Since Shenee put out that tweet she's taken over the world. Here are some highlights from our chat: * Why Shenee Taught Herself the Things She Wanted to Do for a Job (http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/SheneeHoward-294x300.gif) * The Power of Continual Experimentation to Figure Out What You Want to Do * How "The One" Syndrome Hurts Your Potential Growth  * Lessons from Launching a Product with a List of 115 People * How Finding Customers You Love Is Like Dating  * A Simple Tactic for Connecting with People in Comments * Paying Attention to Your Success in Order to Repeat It * Why You Should Get on the Phone with Your Customers * The Copywriting Goldmine in Your Client Conversations * The "Marie Forleo" Syndrome That Kills Your Brand * How Sounding Too Professional Kills You  * Why Knowing What Your TED Talk Would Be Is Useful * A Look at Defining Your Battle Cry * Defining the Problem You Solve with Your Product * How Shenee Conducted Incredibly Effective Research * Why Shenee Sells Out Every Single Launch of Her Products * Premium Pricing and the Boutique Approach to Running a Business Tweetable Insights Include: * I think the biggest part of standing out is accepting that whatever your personality is, is what people need (Click to Tweet) * In every paragraph, you should be able to see the person who has written it (Click to Tweet) * Perfectionism is just about you being too afraid of letting go of the vision you have in you head (Click to Tweet) Shenee Howard does brand and business strategy for makers (and future makers) of one-of-a-kind experiences. She is a Keanu Reeves enthusiast, party starter, and sentence fragments fan. You can follow her on twitter @heyshenee (https://twitter.com/heyshenee). Be sure to check out here coaching program www.hotbrandaction.com (http://www.hotbrandaction.com/) If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here (http://clicktotweet.com/U66bd) to post it to Twitter.

 Creating a Brand Message that Spreads with Brigitte Lyons | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 54:29

Brigitte Lyons and I met for the first time in Portland at WDS. After lots of drinks, we became fast friends. We also went through Tara Gentile's mastermind together, where Brigitte shared lots of amazing gems about getting media attention for our personal brands. So when she emailed me, I knew it was a no-brainer to have her on the show. Here are some of the highlights from our chat: * Public Relations Lessons from the Political World (http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/fcd800cc8fb1e5765b09e52ac07dd536.jpeg) * Making Small Leaps in the Direction of Your Dream * Why You Have to Know Your End Game  * Incorporating Controversy While Adding Value * What We Can Learn from Penelope Trunk and James Altucher * Creating Hooks to Get Yourself in the Mainstream Media  * Challenging Yourself to Make Your Content More Interesting * Why Relationships Matter When You Want to Teach People * The Mistakes That People Make with Media Placements * Using a Mythology Framework to Extract Your Origin Story * Looking at the Places Where You've Numbed Out * How to Tie Your Products to Your Purpose * Why You Have to Be Totally Turned on By Your Work   Tweetable Insights Include: * The only way ever to have progress is to question our assumptions (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/e0B7o)) * Our stories are what make us unique. A story is like your fingerprint.  (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/Qp568)) * I really admire brands that are willing to go out there and make a statement (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/pXJGw)) * If you're lacking emotion, your message isn't going to go anywhere (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/bqPNm)) Brigitte Lyons (http://www.brigittelyons.com/) founded Unfettered Ink to help creative visionaries liberate their message without compromising their ideals. You can follow her on twitter @BrigitteLyons (https://twitter.com/BrigitteLyons). If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here (http://clicktotweet.com/9fSZR) to post it to Twitter.

 Committing to the Path of Mastery – BlogcastFM Backstage | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 36:17

In this episode of BlogcastFM Backstage, we take a look back out our interview with Noa Kageyama (http://blogcastfm.com/blogcastfm/how-to-be-a-bulletproof-performer-with-noa-kageyama/) from the Bulletproof Musician. Here are some of the highlights from the episode: * Greg Talks About Starting Business Ideas from Scratch (http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/BlogcastFM-Backstage-300x300.jpg) * Our Adventures in Forests and Tijuana Streets * Business Lessons from My High Speed Car Chase * Why the "Weird Factor" Is Becoming Much More Normal * How Side Projects Are the Beginning of Really Good Ideas * A Framework for Coming Up with Ideas for Side Projects * Why the Things That Bother You are Great Starting Points * You Can't Plan for the Launch of a Really Big Idea * The Importance of Working on Yourself  * A Look Back at the 21 Day Courage Challenge * How to Set Realistic Expectations and Goals If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here (http://clicktotweet.com/oGx3_) to post it to Twitter. 

 Developing a Bold and Authentic Brand with Gala Darling | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 56:33

Gala Darling landed on my radar when Paul Jarvis (http://blogcastfm.com/blogcastfm/how-to-be-awesome-online-with-paul-jarvis/) said that he wanted to hear her on BlogcastFM. Given Paul's track record, I decided to check out what she was up to.   And no surprise, she was up to some pretty amazing things. Here are a few of the highlights from our chat: * A Mission to Live Out Loud and Have a Great Time on the Planet (http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/GalaDarling.jpeg) * Looking at Early Online Journaling Platforms * Rediscovering the Freedom to Be Your Weird Self  * How to Figure Out When and Where You Can Cross the Line * Finding a Unique Angle on a Generic Topic Like Fashion  * Why Pushing the Boundaries of What You Post Raises Confidence * The Importance of Having a Bold Point of View * Why You Must Incorporate Lessons into Provocative Content * How to Uncover Your Branding and Messaging  * The Power of Writing to the Younger Version of Yourself * The Business Fundamentals That Are important to Your Success * A Look at How the Blog Academy Was Created from Nothing * The Role that Consistency Plays in Your Success Tweetable Insights Include: * There's a fine line between being a car crash blogger and being vulnerable from time to time (Click to tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/U79Q9)) * The only way to cultivate a strong voice is to practice it (Click to tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/wpb7i)) * After a certain point, perfection is procrastination (Click to tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/p31tf)) Gala Darling is an international playgirl, radical self love revolutionary, and false eyelash addict. She is Headmistress at The Blogcademy (http://www.theblogcademy.com/). You can follow her on twitter @galadarling (https://twitter.com/galadarling). If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here (http://clicktotweet.com/xc9tM) to post it to Twitter.

 Finding Freedom and Writing Memoirs with Meg Worden | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:10:40

Meg Worden and I met in Portland this summer at the World Domination Summit when she picked me up from the airport. That was the start of an amazing friendship, conversations, and connections that eventually led to her appearance here on BlogcastFM. She has an amazing story of hope, transformation, and shifting paradigms that is the byproduct of two years in Federal prison. Here are some highlights from our chat: * How Certain Paths Lead to Delusional Enlightenment (http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/greenchairmesmaller.jpg) * A Look at What It Takes to Radically Transform Your Life * What It Takes to Deal with Extreme Uncertainty * Learning to Embody the Things That Make You Special * Developing Practices of Learning to Live inside Your Body * Cultivating Actions to Increase Your Mental Strength * How Meg Turned a Horrible Experience into a Gift * Why Gratitude for Our Problems Can Change Our Lives * The Stories We Tell Ourselves in Every Moment  * The Prisons We Create with Belief Systems * Revealing the Parts of Our Personal Brand That Scare Us * Why You Need to Make Sure Your Story Is in Service of Other People * A Look at the Memoir Writing Process * The Role That Creative Cross-Training Plays in Your Voice * Advantages of Not Being Classically Trained in Your Field or Craft Tweetable Insights Include:  * Our bodies are these fantastic tools that carry our spirits around (Click to tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/gJ4x4)) * When you take care of yourself, you can take of the world around you (Click to tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/fP1Wa)) * I believe in the practice of being grateful for your problems (Click to tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/OzcSl)) * Putting your story out there is a deeper way to connect with people (Click to tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/QqdYr)) * Nothing really amazing happens without the help of other people (Click to tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/5df0a)) Meg Worden (http://megworden.com/) is a writer and Health Coach in Portland, Oregon. She has been published in a variety of places online and in print, and is currently shopping her memoir project about the two years she spent in federal prison. You can follow her on twitter @megworden (https://twitter.com/megworden). If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here (http://clicktotweet.com/WSFKY) to post it to Twitter.

 How to Identify Key Elements of Your Personal Brand – BlogcastFM Backstage | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 37:14

In this week's episode of BlogcastFM Backstage, we take a deep dive into personal brands and the things you can do to amplify yours. Here are some highglights from this episode * The Importance of Taking Days Off (http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/BlogcastFM-Backstage-300x300.jpg) * How Noise Affects Creativity and Productivity * Creating a Routine for Your Day-to-Day * The Value of Doing Nothing and Replenishing * Simple Things That Dramatically Increase Your Productivity * The Amount of Work You're Truly Capable Of * A Look at Where We're at with The Instigator Experience (http://www.theinstigatorexperience.com/) * Thinking About How Our Interviews Apply to Your Brand/Business * Things That Greg Hates About Personal Brand and You Shouldn't Do * Why the Concept of "What You Do" is More Complex Than Ever * The Reason the Future of Work is  Going to Be Driven by Your Brand * Leveraging Your War Stories to Craft a Personal Brand * Why Your Brand Is Not About Crafting and Image * Keeping People Up to Date on What Your Brand is All About If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here (http://clicktotweet.com/T67ca) to post it to Twitter. 

 How to Be a Bulletproof Performer with Noa Kageyama | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 57:20

A few weeks ago, I landed on a blog post about practice and peak performance.  That led me to Noa Kageyama's blog, The Bullet Proof Musician (http://www.bulletproofmusician.com/). After digging through the archives I emailed him right away and asked if he'd let me interview him.  As a Juilliard-trained violinist who studies peak performance psychology, I knew he'd be bring a really interesting perspective to the show. Here are some of the highlights from our chat: * Lessons from People Who Are Masters of Their Craft (http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/round-headshot-border-128.png) * A Look into the Influences of Suzuki Violin in Noa's Life * Why You Can Only See Dots Connecting in Hindsight * The Reality of What It Takes to Get Good at Something * Why So Many Small Ideas Are the Foundation for Big Things * The Role That Intense Curiosity Plays in Your Success * Why There's an Element of Performance in Everything You Do * The Role That Learning and Practice Plays in Peak Performance * Why You Can't Learn Effectively without Taking Action  * Making Small Adjustments and Tweaks to Get Closer to Your Goal * How the Curse of Instant Results Holds You Back  * Why You have to Be OK with Being on the Journey * Making a Mindset Shift to Doing Things for Intrinsic Value * An Eye-Opening Look at the Master's Path * Why There Is No Final Destination * Looking at the Times in Your Past When You Were Really Engaged * Why You Must Learn to Simplify Very Difficult Concepts * Identifying and Developing the Key Mental Skills for Peak Performance * Using the Past to Act Courageously in the Moment * How Pushing Your Comfort Zone Will Cause You to Exceed Your Expectations * Cultivating a Framework for Accelerating Your Progress * Leveraging the Influences of Others to Create Your Artistic DNA Dr. Noa Kageyama is a performance psychologist, Juilliard graduate, and is on the faculty of both Juilliard and the New World Symphony. He teaches musicians how to do their best under pressure. He is a wee bit obsessed with computers, technology, and the internet (and all things Apple). If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here (http://clicktotweet.com/c8U0H)to post it to Twitter.

 Developing a Creative Innovation Process with Stef Lewandowski | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:08:32

Stef Lewandowski is definitely not our typical guest. I came across his work on Medium and noticed that he had some really profound insights to share about creativity. Between running a record label, working at an agency, and building a technology startup, I thought he'd have a really interesting perspective on creativity. Here are some highlights from our chat: * A Look at Building Creative Projects in an Afternoon (http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/ded1655236f13ca22adb18b9646863fc.jpeg) * The Power of Exploring Seemingly Pointless Ideas * Why It Makes Sense to Blend High and Low Tech Ideas * How to Rapidly Sketch and Test Out Your Projects * Why You Should Test the Edges of What's Possible * The Power of Mixing People with Disparate Skillsets * Why Solving Your Own Problems Can Lead to Business * A Look at 12 Different Ideas in the Course of a Year * The Power of Self Reflection Through Writing * Writing a Letter to Yourself to Learn from Your Past Mistakes * Treating Your Mornings as a Creative Bootup Time * How to Accelerate Serendpity in Your Creative Efforts * Why You Should Revisit Your Old Content to Get New Ideas * A Look at Hack Events that Lead to Interesting Ideas * Leveraging the Creative Hacker Framework in Your Efforts * Knowing When to Kill or Keep a Side Project Tweetable Insights Include: * Nowadays careers are a patchwork of many smaller careers (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/g5rZC)) * The first step to doing a new thing is experimenting in your spare time (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/23K4e)) Stef Lewandowski (https://medium.com/@stef) is co-founder/hacker at Makeshift. He sketches with code, writes at at Medium, gives a leg up to the little guy, and creates something every day. You can follow him on twitter @stef (https://twitter.com/stef). If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here (http://clicktotweet.com/b_76R) to post it to Twitter.

 Learning to Trust Your Intuition – BlogcastFM Backstage | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 36:19

This week, Greg returns to the mic for BlogcastFM Backstage.  We dissect our recent interview with Linda Sivertsen. Here are some other highlights: * Greg's Recent Alaskan Adventure and Lessons Learned (http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/BlogcastFM-Backstage-300x300.jpg) * Why We've Been Doing Several Months of Work in a Week * The Importance of Handling All Your Paperwork  * A Bit More of a Peak into The Instigator Experience (http://www.theinstigatorexperience.com/) * Why You Must Create Space to Trust Your Intuition * Looking at Various Forms of Self-Expression - And Its Importance * Why You Must Fly Your Freak Flag to Stand Out * The Importance of Letting Go of Unimportant Tasks as You Grow Your Business * Finding the Balance Between Shipping on Time and Maintaining Quality * The Problem with Over-Editing - And How It Kills Your Work * Knowing When Your Mess is Your Message or Being an Expert * How Taking People on a Journey of Discovery Can Help You If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here (http://clicktotweet.com/02e82) to post it to Twitter. 

 Product Launches That Don’t Fail with Andy Drish and Dane Maxwell | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:06:23

Andy Drish and Dane Maxwell are killer entrepreneurs with a ton of valuable insight. I met Andy at World Domination Summit. They talked a lot about shifting beliefs, walked me through some killer insights, and then they discussed a framework for selling a product. This episode is filled with a lot of useful information. Here are some highlights from our chat: * The Trap of the "Blogger Mindset" - And How it Hurts You (http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Andy-Drish-Dane-Maxwell1-150x150.jpg) * A Conference Hack That Allows You to Attend for Free * The Journey to Building a Business That Makes $10,000 a Month * Why the People You Hang Out with Matter So Much * How Vanity Metrics Can Derail You from a Real Business  * Why You Must Bring Influencers Off a Pedestal * Two Questions That You Can Ask Anybody to Add Value to Their Lives * Shifting Your Mental Mindset Around Making Money * Avoiding the Trap of Letting Your Achievements Define You * Making the Switch from a Scarcity Mindset to a Service Mindset * An Interesting Discussion About the History of Money  * How a Money-Making Formula Came Back to Haunt Dane * How a Service Mindset Changes Your Journey to One of Joy * Why You Don't Need a Business Idea to Start a Business * A Tactical Framework for Building a Product * The Power of Resisting Nothing - And Accepting Everything * How to Study Your Customer Avatar to Get a 35% Conversion Rate * Making $150000 with Dropbox and a Google Document * The Role of Belief Structures in the Success of Your Business Tweetable Insights Include: * Desperate situations create remarkable genius (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/03lbu)) Andy Drish and Dane Maxwell (http://thefoundation.io/) are consummate entrepreneurs. They are passionate in their belief that entrepreneurship is the ultimate path for personal growth, self-discovery, economic freedom, and that it is essential to change a troubled world. You can learn more about them and The Foundation (http://www.thefoundation.com/blog) If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here (http://clicktotweet.com/Qq517) to post it to Twitter.

 Why Smart Marketing is About Help, Not Hype with Jay Baer | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 58:48

Jay Baer is no stranger to success and has become a household name in the world of social media. He's started five professional services companies in the digital marketing space, is an angel investor, speaker, and his most recent book Youtility has just become a New York Times Bestseller. Here are some highlights from our chat: * What the World of Politics Can Teach You About Growing a Brand (http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/9fe905b03513fa1287e832bef39bd743.jpeg) * The Key Elements of Crafting Personas That Are Appealing * Why You're Better Off with a Fanatical Audience Than a Big One * The Power of Writing Your Blog Post for One Particular Person * Paying Attention to What You Share for Understanding Your Brand * Making Your Content Ecosystem Diverse In Order to Stand Out * The Power of Revisiting Old Content for New Ideas * Having the Guts to Disagree with Figures of Authority * Maintaing the Balance Between Measurements and a Human Touch  * Why You Need to Look at Trend Lines Instead of Metrics * A Look at the Convince and Convert Framework for Working with Clients * How to Create Marketing/Content That's Useful to People Who Aren't Buying * Why Jay Had a 200,000 Dollar Marketing Budget for His Recent Book  * How Emailing 1,000 People Individually to Ask Them to Buy His Book * What It Takes to Become a Wildly Successful Speaker  Resources Mentioned Include: * 25 Secrets-  How I wrote and Marketed a New York Times Bestseller Tweetable Insights Include: * Some people get so fixated now what they want to be, they lose sight of who they are (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/K1XeT)) * Right now, being broad at anything is a kiss of death (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/_Pd4T))  * You don't Want to be some formulaic that people see you coming (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/Ip81c)) * You've got To Open Your Eyes to What your Audience is Telling You (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/QCU18))  * You're better off being 10 people's favorite, than 100 people's thing that they look at every once in a while (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/1s8bR)) Jay Baer (http://jaybaer.com/) is a New York Times best selling author, marketing consultant, keynote speaker. President of Convince & Convert. You can follow him on twitter @jaybaer (https://twitter.com/jaybaer). If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here (http://clicktotweet.com/s2d1N) to post it to Twitter. 

 How to Make Your First $1,000 as a Freelancer – BlogcastFM Backstage | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:53

In this episode of BlogcastFM, my former guest Ryan Ferrier joins me for a chat about his latest project, 60 Day MBA. See How Ryan Ferrier Sold Multiple Startups and Bootstrapped His Life (http://blogcastfm.com/blogcastfm/how-ryan-ferrier-sold-multiple-startups-and-bootstrapped-his-life/). Ryan is one of the smartest people I've ever had on BlogcastFM and he's sold two startups to Zynga. Ryan packed this with some killer insights on how to make your first $1,000 online. Here are some highlights from our chat: * The Rules of the BlogcastFM Drinking Game (http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Screen_shot_2012-03-01_at_8.22.48_PM-300x300.png) * The Most Important Elements of an MBA * The Power of Interviewing Your Customers * How to Translate Your Customer Insights into Offers * Why You Must Talk about Benefits Instead of Features * A Simple Test for Whether or Not Your Offer Will Work * Why Building the Next Facebook Is a Bad Starting Idea * Why You Have to Take Action to Get Results * How to Partner with Your Customers to Build an Offer * What Ryan Did to Take a Product from 1 to 1 Million Users * The Iterative Approach to Developing Your Offer  * Why You Should Use Your Customers' Hot Button Words * What Caused TiVo to Fail as a Commercial Success  Ryan Ferrier is teaching people how to do the boring (but important) stuff that it takes to start and run a successful business. You can learn more about Ryan at 60DayMBA.com (%20http://www.60Daymba.com). If you want to sign up for the webinar discussed you can go to BackstageRyan.com (http://ryanbackstage.com/) If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here (http://clicktotweet.com/G9uce) to post it to Twitter. 

 Essential Elements of a Successful Podcast with Ben Krueger | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 47:00

A year ago, Ben Krueger was stuck in a dead end job, when he decided to take a leap of faith and move to the Philippines where he did some internet marketing for a resort. His work got my attention because he's played a supporting role in the success of the TropicalMBA podcast. Here are some highlights from our chat: * Why You Must Solve a Painful Problem (http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/574badd232f91fc99e21ffdd9cf97c71.jpeg) * Ben's Failure to Offer a Service for Free * Developing an Experiment Process for Your Business * The Failure of Ben's Membership Site * How to Move on from Failed Projects or Products * Why You Must Talk to Your Community and Listen * How Ben Refined His Service to Be Incredibly Valuable * Why You Need to be Customer-Focused Instead of Product-Focused * The Reason Everybody Should NOT Start a Podcast * Why Podcasting is About Being Entertaining, Not Just Informative * The Common Threads of Wildly Successful Podcasts * Killer Tactics for How to Engage a Podcast Audience * Ending Your Podcast with a Killer Call to Action * The Importance of Asking for Listener Feedback * Why You Must Be Willing to Fail and Learn Tweetable Insights Include: * Make sure you find a market that's willing to pull out a credit card (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/4Td8f)) * Anybody's first venture is going to be rocky at  best. (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/ekdAD)) Ben Krueger (http://authorityengine.com/about/) is an adventurer, entrepreneur, content producer, and service provider for podcasters everywhere! You can follow him on twitter @authorityengin (https://twitter.com/authorityengin). If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here (http://clicktotweet.com/cgiId) to post it to Twitter. 

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