Ethical Entrepreneur

Can you become an entrepreneur no matter what your passion? Steve Nixon is a shining example of that. Steve is a musician and an entrepreneur. He’s is the proud owner of two awesomel music education websites: freejazzlessons.com and pianolessonsonline.com. Steve gets over 60,000 visitors a month! He is also a world touring jazz and blues keyboard player and educator. In today's mastermind session Steve walks us through the process of building an audience from scratch. His information is highly actionable and you'll be walking away from this episode and want to instantly start implementing some of his tips. I know I did! Sponsor: www.Wondersauce.com

My guest today is Barrie Davenport. Barrie has devoted herself to helping others find exactly what is that makes them come alive. She helps people create actions that help make that dream a reality. She’s all about practical advice and she’s going to heap a bunch of advice on us today. In today's mastermind session Barrie walks us through her coaching practice. We get to be her client in the show! And it all starts with defining your values. That's step one but you'll need to listen to the show to hear the rest of Barrie's other great strategies. Sponsor: Wondersauce: The award winning design team behind HBO, Nike, and ReadQuick. Visit Wondersauce.com today to see how their designers can help you launch your dream project. BarrieDavenport.com

I’ve got John McIntyre on the show today and he is The Autoresponder Guy. And if you visit his website you’ll see that John will increase your email profits by 25-100% in 90 days or less without spending more on advertising. He’s helping people achieve incredible results without ripping them off. That’s what we love to see here on The Ethical Entrepreneur Podcast. During the mastermind portion of the show John heaps a ton of highly actionable advice on us by walking us through his copy writing process. He literally helps us set up an auto responder series from scratch to drive traffic. You don't want to miss it.

Today’s story will inspire you. Garth Callaghan is my guest. Garth has faced cancer, not once, not twice, three times. As a father, Garth has developed a passion for writing Napkin Notes. He spends his early mornings finding the perfect quote to include in his daughter's lunch. That’s all I’m going to give you here. I want Garth to tell us his story, inspire us, and teach us how to live our passion.

Today's episode will rock your world. My guest is Dane Maxwell and he is a remarkable person. He's the founder of The Foundation which helps people create businesses with no ideas, and none of their own money. But that's just the beginning. When I asked Dane where he is in his business right now he said that if I'd asked him that question two years ago he would have responded with heavy tactics and strategies. Now he is hyper focused on human psychology and why it is that people get stuck. Dane says we can spend time on tactics and strategies but if we self sabotage then we'll never break through. Buckle your seat belts for a wild wonderful ride. This is a raw, real, a eye opening interview. Dane's mission is inspiring. He wants to create a family of entrepreneurs who all belong, and who learn what it means to free with his guidance.

www.ethicalentrepreneur.net Today's guest is proving the age old axiom that it's never too late to get started. Norm Bour is a baby boomer who has completely reinvented himself in just the last few years. You'll hear his ups and downs along this magical journey. He'll teach us the power of mentorships and how it helped him achieve his entrepreneurial goal. Norm tell us that 80% of all businesses are basically the same. It's the 20% of businesses that make all the difference. It all comes down to positioning. Why are you better than the 80%? Norm is truly an inspiring human being whose story I'm happy to bring to you.

This episode is filled with amazing information. My guest is Kim Walsh-Phillips, CEO of www.IOCreativeGroup.com. Kim is a master of direct marketing. And her agency uses real data instead of throwing things at a wall and hoping for the best. Kim’s strategy is unique in this world of online commerce, she’s using a mix of both online and offline marketing to make things happen. Listen in this episode to hear how Kim takes clients and customers through her 5 step Relationship Cycle. It's a really powerful process that could help you achieve fantastic results. Visit our show notes page for more info: www.ethicalentrepreneur.net

I'm really excited to talk with Chef Steve Difillippo on today's show. The Chef has just written a new book called It’s All About the Guest... and it's not just a memoir it's also a business book reminding us how to conduct business in the 21st amid all of the bells and whistles OS social media. Chef DiFillippo is the brains and creator behind Davios restaurant in NYC. Which is now 7 restaurants and worth 50 million dollars.

Today's guest is Tommy Walker. He's the editor of Conversion XL. He uses data not random guesswork to get results. I love this quote on his own website. "If you're tired of the same old rehashed vanilla online marketing advice and you're ready for knowledge that cuts through the fog and won't leave you confused," your in the right place. I love that. Walker is also I'm the host of "Inside The Mind " a show about online marketing for the internet generation.

I’m very lucky to have one of my longtime friends on the show today Amber MacArthur. Amber is an established digital marketing and social media speaker, author, host, producer, and consultant based out of Toronto, Canada. She’s a hosts The Social Hour on The TWiT Network. Amber is President of Konnekt Digital Engagement, a digital marketing agency with offices in Halifax and Toronto, and the author of best selling business book, Power Friending. She also co-hosts App Central on CTV, featuring the latest developments in mobile technology, which currently airs nationally in four countries.

I’m thrilled to have as a guest Fraser Cain. He’s really the epitome of the ethical entrepreneur by providing real value without cutting corners and doing shady things on the internet. He’s the publisher of Universe Today… one of my favorite space news sites. Last year he received over 36 million visitors to the website. Wow! He's an overnight success, it only took him 15 years to do it. He tells us about his long road trip in 1995 that changed his life and led to him becoming obsessed with this new thing called the World Wide Web.

I’m thrilled to have Corbett Barr on the show. He’s the Cofounder and CEO of Fizzle and has been an entrepreneur for a decade. He’s Blogger, a podcaster, and a lifestyle business builder. I love his no nonsense straight talking approach to business. Stick around for the mastermind portion of today's show because Corbett is going to heap a whole lot of actionable advice for those looking to start their own online business. It's truly a masterclass!

My guest today is Itamar Simonson. Itamar is a professor of marketing in the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. He is known for his work on the factors that determine the choices that buyers make. Simonson has studied both preferences that are created "on the fly" when people make choices… and somethings are simply predetermined before the customer even starts shopping. He’s also the author of the new book Absolute Value: What really influences customers in the age of nearly perfect information.

Our guest today is Timothy Sykes. Sykes is an American stock trader, entrepreneur, and penny stock expert. He is best known for turning his bar mitzvah money into over $1 million by day trading in-between classes at Tulane University. He later created Profit.ly, a community of over 30,000 traders who share their performance and trades openly to help each other learn and improve. Timothy's energy is palpable and infectious and he'll make you want to get up and get going to take action. He was also kind enough to let Ethical Entrepreneur listeners have access to three video lessons for free.

Our first guest on The Ethical Enterpreneur podcast is Scott Jordan. He’s the founder and CEO of Scottevest, the world’s best travel clothing company… we’ll explain more about that in the show. Scott has been featured in Fortune, Forbes magazine, the new york times, Fox news, and more. I’ve been friends with Scott for a number of years now and I’m thrilled to have him on the show. Scott teaches us how he took a leap of faith, got out of his comfort zone, and turned a great idea into an amazing business. I'm inspired by Scott and you will be too.