Life on Fire TV (Video) – Online Business Coaching With Nick Unsworth

You can’t truly live a life on fire without love. And, in this episode, I’m taking my love to the next level when I get down on one knee and propose to my amazing girlfriend! If you’ve ever proposed to someone before, then you know how much excitement and anticipation there is leading up to it. Imagine having the biggest secret of your life that you couldn’t wait to tell EVERYONE who you care about, knowing how excited and happy they are going to be for you when they hear it, and you can’t tell hardly anyone for fear of ruining the surprise! Yeah, it’s about like that! As you see, she said “YES”, and we both couldn’t be happier! We are honored to share this special day of our lives with you. But, more importantly, I hope this episode inspires you to do something nice for that special person you love, and if you haven’t found that person yet, then I encourage you to get out there and find that someone! Thank you for watching and for all of the kind wishes we’ve received! If you’re “in love” with Life on Fire TV, please write us a review in iTunes telling us what you love about Life on Fire TV and leave us a 5-star rating! Thank you for subscribing to our podcast in iTunes! Make today amazing!

81: Proposal on Fire!

Major updates coming at you from Life on Fire Headquarters! First, Life on Fire TV is officially going down to 2 episodes per week, Monday’s and Friday’s. However, you can definitely expect some “bonus” episodes to sneak their way in there from time to time! Next, we are in the middle of testing and getting ready to release our Virtual Summit, which consists of 25 amazing interviews with some of the most incredible entrepreneurs around, such as Gary Vaynerchuk, Kevin Harrington from “Shark Tank”, Brian Tracy, John Lee Dumas, and MANY, more! These are some of the best and brightest minds in business sharing what’s worked for them and what their best insights, tips, and takeaways are from the careers they’ve built! You can catch all the action at LifeOnFireVirtualSummit.com for FREE! And, finally, we wanted to remind you to think of others, give, and help make someone’s day on this Pay it Forward Friday with a clip from one of our favorite Pay it Forward Friday episodes! Enjoy! Has Life on Fire TV inspired you, given you great ideas, or help your life or business somehow? We sure hope so! If so, please write us a review in iTunes telling us what you love about Life on Fire TV and leave us a 5-star rating. Thank you for subscribing to our podcast in iTunes! You ain’t seen nothin’ yet!

80: The Life on Fire Virtual Summit is Coming Soon…!!!

If you’re looking to grow a brand or business, build a community, or start a movement, one idea that can help you do all of that much faster is to start a podcast! Here are some great tips on getting started! Once you determine the topic or theme for your show, you want to determine your format. Are you going to do video and audio, or audio only? For us, we chose to do both audio and video because there is so little competition on the video side. Next, you want to determine your consistency, or the number of episodes you’re going to have per week. We recommend at least 1 episode per week. Anything less than that and it starts to become easy for people to forget about your show. We decided to go with 3 episodes per week. It is incredibly crucial that you pick a number you can stick to and that you never, ever miss an episode. Your audience will quickly leave you if your episode timing is inconsistent. When you first launch your show you want to release 5 episodes all at the same time, regardless of how many episodes you’re going to publish per week. The reason for this is that when someone subscribes to your show, iTunes will automatically download the 5 most recent episodes. So, rather than getting “credit” for 1 download when you get a new subscriber, you get credit for 5 downloads! Your number of downloads, subscribers, ratings, and reviews heavily impact your show’s rank on iTunes charts. When we started our podcast, we then released an additional episode every day for 5 more days to encourage more people to listen and watch. Then, for the next 90 days, it is all about giving. Giving your best content, your best interviews, without worrying about getting sponsorship or trying to monetize your show. Just give. Once you have an established show, especially if you interview others, you will naturally start to get asked to be a guest on other podcasts. (And, if that’s not happening, you can simply reach out to those shows and ask to be a guest on their show.) That can be a huge leverage point to get additional exposure and expand your own audience! Keep in mind, you don’t have to be perfect. You don’t have to have everything perfect in order to get started. You will learn and improve so much more by just doing it and jumping in than you will by trying to figure it all out in advance before you begin. So, take the first step, whether that’s naming your show, buying a mic, getting your logo designed, just take that first step today! Fired up about podcasting?!! If so, please write us a review in iTunes telling us what you love about Life on Fire TV and leave us a 5-star rating. Thank you for subscribing to our podcast in iTunes! You ROCK!

79: Why You Need to Start a Podcast RIGHT NOW

Most of us have set goals at one time or another. Maybe we achieved them, maybe we didn’t. In this episode you’re going to learn a simple, yet, incredibly effective system for how to set goals each month and more importantly, how to achieve them! First, it starts off with the way you set your goals. To begin, limit yourself to no more than 3-5 main goals for the month. Any more starts to make them all harder to achieve. Then, when determining each goal, the goal needs to be “measurable”. For instance, rather than saying “I want to work on my relationship” or “I want to be healthier” set goals like having a date night with your significant other once a week or working out for at least 30 minutes 4 times per week. One of keys to my goal setting process is my morning routine. Almost all successful people have a morning ritual they follow. Here’e what I do… 1. I wake up and even before getting out of bed, I say 3 things I’m grateful for. 2. I read my goals for the month every day. 3. At the beginning of each month I write a letter to myself. The letter is written as though it’s coming from me in the future, congratulating me for everything I’ve accomplished that month. (This is huge. It’s called “future pacing” and it works really well.) Every day I read that letter. 4. I keep a white board up where I visually check off that I’ve completed my morning routine. 5. Eat a healthy breakfast. I usually make a quick smoothie. Studies show that if your first meal of the day is healthy, the rest of your meals are more likely to be healthy. 6. Exercise. That might be a run, hitting the gym, or taking a crossfit class. By getting my exercise out of the way in the morning I know it’s done for the day and there’s no way I can let my day get too busy and cause me to miss my workout. And, finally, the last key piece for how to set goals is incorporating public accountability. Meaning, involve your friends and family in your goals and let them know what you have going on. Facebook has made this really easy. Just put your goals into a short post and put them out to the world. Then, come back at the end of the month and post an update. This system has worked phenomenally well for me and tons of other people. Give it a try and let us know your results! Love the goal setting on fire system? If so, please write us a review in iTunes telling us what you love about Life on Fire TV and leave us a 5-star rating. Thank you for subscribing to our podcast in iTunes! You can do ANYTHING!

78: Goal Setting on Fire! How to Set Goals and Achieve Them Every Time

Go behind the curtain with us in this episode and listen in on one of our private group business coaching calls where I talk through how to land big clients using what I call the “anchor client strategy”. Hear out how I used it to land one of the “sharks” from the hit TV show, Shark Tank and several more ideas and strategies one just this one call! So, to start, what is an “anchor client”? The concept comes from the design of retail shopping centers. Often their will be an “anchor” store such as a Target or Macy’s. That is the main store that draws in buyers and the shopping center is then able to attract other retailers due to having the anchor store in place. The same concept can be applied to your business. Think for a moment about your niche, and who the most influential names are. Names that, if other people had heard you had done business with them, they would automatically assume you were an authority. The approach you want to take is to reach out to that individual and offer tangible value. It’s all about how you can help them and what’s in it for them at this stage. In the past 30 days, I have used this strategy to open doors with Daymond John (from Shark Tank) and one of the most well-known names of all time in the personal development space, Brian Tracy. From there we shift gears to talk about Brendon Burchard’s Facebook marketing insights that I learned from Joe Polish’s $25,000 Genius Network event! Brendon dominates on Facebook, sitting at over a million Likes. Some highlights of his strategy includes 4 status updates per day, as well as having an “evergreen” marketing funnel, recycling his previously posted Facebook content (along with curating other people’s content), and strategically buying other Facebook pages! One of the massive takeaways from that mastermind what the higher level of thinking that comes from simply being in that environment and being around people who think big. Then, we bring on one of our top coaching clients, Firestarter Elite, Valerie Shoopman, dives into brand building using the anchor client strategy, adding value while networking, and our book project! So much stuff packed into one coaching call! And, one challenge to leave you with… Make a list of 5 potential anchor clients in your niche, and go after the biggest, most impressive, most intimidating one TODAY! Enjoy getting the “inside scoop” from our private coaching call? If so, please write us a review in iTunes telling us what you love about Life on Fire TV and leave us a 5-star rating. Thank you for subscribing to our podcast in iTunes! You are amazing!

77: The Secret to Landing BIG Clients! The Anchor Client Strategy… Perfected!

Audio Only Version Want to know how to start and run a $75,000,000 company, and how that success can allow you give back? Today we’ve got a very special guest on the show who has done just that through his company, Petretti & Associates, and the organization Pencils of Promise. Larry Petretti has spent his entire adult life in the contraction business. He started at the bottom and worked his way up to running a $50 million dollar company as CEO, then in 2010 started his own company. When Larry started his company, he had a clear philosophy, “We were never looking to be the biggest. I told the boys, let’s be the best.” “Exceptional service. Period. That’s it.”, is how Larry treats all of his clients. One key to the success of Larry’s company was that he was incredibly specific about his niche and value proposition. He wasn’t taking on any and all construction projects. He wanted to do corporate interiors for fortune 500 companies. Many people have heard the term, “success leaves clues”. Narrowing your niche is a common theme with successful people. Another clue we can take from Larry is that he spends about 75% of his time meeting with clients and potential clients, which is the highest and best use of his time. Way too many entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs waste 80, 90, or even 100% of their time in lower-level activities like managing email or doing technical work that could be delegated to someone else. It’s actually very simple to determine what you should do in your business and what you should delegate. You should do what ONLY you can do. Everything else should be delegated. After having been in business for quite some time, and having been approached for all kinds of fund raising activities, Larry was introduced to Pencils of Promise. And, after meeting the people who ran the organization, he gave them the largest donation they had ever had at that time, $1,000. This was eye-opening for Pencils of Promise and completely changed the way they looked at fund raising. Fast forward to today, as we shot this interview, we’re sitting in Guatemala with Larry meeting the children we have committed to help and seeing the schools we have committed to build, and for Larry, that experience was one of the most touching and memorable of his life. It is a rare experience to meet the recipients of your charitable donation face-to-face and to personally receive their gratitude, not to mention getting your hands dirty and actually helping with the mission. For Larry, and for us, that was the most impactful part of our experience as donors. What an amazing inspiration Larry is, both as a business man and philanthropist! If this episode inspired you to give back, please leave a comment below and tell us what you loved! And… If you haven’t seen it already, don’t miss the behind the scenes video we shot in Guatemala with a ton of the moments Larry talked about! Watch “Behind the Scenes of Building a School in Guatemala” HERE! Thanks for watching! Episode Resources Pencils of Promise Website Book – The Loyalty Effect by Frederick Reichheld Subscribe to Life on Fire TV Podcast Write a Review in iTunes

76: Larry Petretti on Doing Big Business & Giving Back Big Time

We are honored and excited to share this special episode with you where we give you a sneak peek into how we’re giving back, through the organization Pencils of Promise, and building a school in Guatemala. One of the things that massively fuels us as individuals and as a business is giving back. Last December we raised over $5,000 to purchase Kindle eReaders and donate them to foster teens to promote reading and entrepreneurialism and it was an amazing experience. This year we are raising the bar and have pledged $25,000 to build a school through the organization Pencils of Promise in Guatemala. We experience, first hand, the difference of in the quality of the school we are helping to build vs. the existing structures and see how much better and more conducive of a learning environment these children are going to have. And, after immersing ourselves in the cause and the culture, and most importantly, spending time with the children in the community, words can’t describe the way it feels to know you’re making a difference at that level. We hope the footage from this experience inspires you to find a way to give back and to think bigger. Many of us are always trying to think bigger about what we can accomplish. But, rarely do we think bigger about what we can do for others. Challenge yourself. Set a goal to give. And, see it through. If this episode inspired you in some way, please write us a review in iTunes telling us what you love about Life on Fire TV and leave us a 5-star rating. Thank you for subscribing to our podcast in iTunes! You are a gift. Give your gift to others.

75: Giving Back - Behind the Scenes of Building a School in Guatemala

Host of the podcast, the Competitive Edge, Scott Britton, is back to teach us some of the secrets he uses to connect with highly influential people that are usually impossible to reach! First and foremost, Scott encourages you to recognize that influential people are busy and they often have a ton of people asking for their time. So, you have to meet them in a place where they aren’t getting bombarded by others, such as messaging them on Instagram, as an example. Another great approach is to look at your knowledge, experience, and skill set and come up with ways you can add value for that person, even before you ever speak to them. For instance, we’ve had clients who have graphic design skills introduce themselves to high-level influencers by creating new social media cover images (for free) and giving them to the person. Scott saids, “The fastest way you can get where you’re trying to go is through people.” That could be mentorship, coaching, networking connections, referrals to clients, you name it! Scott’s words are a great reminder that the more relationships you have, and the more you give, the faster your connections and your business will grow! Wow! Are you as fired up as we are?!! If so, please write us a review in iTunes telling us what you love about Life on Fire TV and leave us a 5-star rating. Thank you for subscribing to our podcast in iTunes! Be the champion you know you’re capable of!