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Creative Business Inc.

Jeanne Hardy, Creative Business Inc.

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 916 Jeanne Hardy

With a background in fine arts and an astute business acumen, Jeanne Hardy established Creative Business in 2005 after realizing the growing need for financial literacy in the art world. Expanding her focus over the years to work with creative entrepreneurs across all industries, Hardy has since helped countless companies successfully grow and achieve long-term financial sustainability. An alumna of the Goldman Sachs 10K Small Businesses program, she recently completed a certificate in Strategic Leadership with Stanford GSB Executive Education. Hardy is also a member of the Forbes Business Council and frequent contributor to the publication. She regularly participates in industry events, such as Art World Conference, as a guest speaker.

Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Jeanne Hardy about Creative Business Inc.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How many people were initially afraid of online banking and why that has changed.

- Why artists and entrepreneurs have a similar courage and how they build from nothing.

- How Creative Business takes a holistic approach to the services they offer.

- Why you must have the right product to sell to your customers.

- How taking a creative approach to unpacking each part of a business can lead to its success.

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@creativebizinc

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Linkedin.com/in/jeannehardy

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creativebusinessinc.com

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Growing Brands with Traction

Adam Kleinberg, Traction

– The Sharkpreneur Podcast with Seth Greene Episode 915 Adam Kleinberg

Born and raised in New York, Adam Kleinberg bought a one way ticket to California after graduating from Cornell. From an early age, he was attracted to art and technology— programming video games on a PET computer in 6th grade — so the exploding digital scene in 1996 San Francisco felt like home. 

In the entrepreneurial spirit, he bought a book on Photoshop and declared himself a web designer. After a few years at a handful of agencies, he had officially earned the title. In 1997, he was blogging before the word “blog” was coined. In 1998, he was the resident Flash guy at Think New Ideas, a hot integrated agency. In 2000, he was recruited to help start the SF office of Tribal DDB.

Adam and his partners founded Traction in 2001 (in the spare bedroom of Adam’s apartment) on the principle that doing great work is easier with talented people you like and admire. Twenty great years of collaboration with some of the world's greatest brands have borne out that philosophy. In 2019, he led the transformation of Traction into a brand experience consultancy to better serve the needs of marketers in today's fast-paced, data-driven environment. He plays a hands-on strategic role with Traction's clients to help ensure that their business objectives are aligned with the needs, desires and behaviors of their customers. 

A prolific writer, Adam has spoken at dozens of industry conferences around the world and published over one hundred articles in industry publications such as Adweek Ad Age, Forbes, Entrepreneur, Mashable, and others. In 2013, he was a MediaPost All-Star, an award given to the three most influential digital creatives in the US each year. 

Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Adam Kleinberg about growing brands with Traction.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How it is possible to make a great living by being creative.

- Why having confidence and believing in yourself can make you a success.

- How a lot of hustle and a little bit of luck can help your business land big accounts.

- Why providing value to your customers is the most important part of owning a business.

- How being able to pivot your business will benefit you in the long run.

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@traction

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@tractionco

LinkedIn

Linkedin.com/company/traction

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tractionco.com

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Rapid Enlightenment

Tom Ross, TomRossTalks.com

– The Sharkpreneur Podcast with Seth Greene Episode 914 Tom Ross

Tom Ross is a Master Practitioner of the Advanced Rapid Enlightenment Process developed by Matthew Ferry, co-founder of the Center for Rapid Enlightenment. 

Drawing on his studies with Matthew and the body of work documented at the CRE, Tom teaches his principles of Defiant Spirituality and Practical Mysticism to students around the world. He donates his time and practice of Assisted Karmic Rebalancing to interested veterans suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder. 

Tom is a mortgage industry veteran currently leading a top producing team specializing in residential loan origination. Tom is an avid climber and lives in Phoenix with his wife and kids.

Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Tom Ross about the Advanced Rapid Enlightenment Process.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How shifting your thinking about the world can bring forward peace.

- Why people really need to understand how their minds work.

- How people have unconscious reflexes that they should examine and dismantle.

- How most of the things you think you are reacting to are unconsciously programmed.

- Why people need live consciously and move through limiting belief patterns.

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Increase Leads

Frank Motola, Brandtastic

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 913 Frank Motola

Frank Motola is the founder and president of Brandtastic, a marketing company that works across the US. Brandtastic is a small but powerful agency with over 30 years of experience. Frank demystifies what it really takes to get better results on the web. He is one of the few “real” experts on SEO and has an extensive track record of delivering top results for all of Brandtastic’s clients.

Frank speaks at conventions, conferences and meetings across the country on subjects that relate to web marketing for small businesses. As more and more companies feel the need to rank well on Google, SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is quickly becoming the new currency of marketing success.

As a frequent speaker on topics of SEO, internet marketing, content marketing, branding, and online ad campaigns, Frank seeks to empower small businesses with the knowledge to succeed on the web.

Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Frank Motola about increasing your leads.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How businesses must use the internet to continue to get leads to come in.

- Why your business should be easily searchable online.

- How business owners shouldn’t have to worry about whether the work is coming in.

- Why SEO has become confusing for many business owners.

- How you have to do all the right things in the right order to get results.

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@brandtastic

Instagram

@brandtasticmarketing

Facebook

facebook.com/BrandtasticGetsResults

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Exploding Your Business with a High-Ticket Offer

Dominque Fraser, DominiqueFraser.com

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 912 Dominique Fraser

As one of the pioneers in the digital economy (beginning in 2010), Dominique Fraser is an entrepreneur, author, speaker, and investor. According to the Hardbacon app, she is one of the Top 10 influencers discussing money in Canada. She helps 6- to 7-figure entrepreneurs build a powerful offer and attract a steady supply of clients willing to pay 5 or 6 figures to work with them.

With more than 80,000 followers, Dominique showcases her strategies on social media - increasing her influence by encouraging successful entrepreneurs to grow their businesses faster by adding an ultra-premium package.

Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Dominique Fraser about exploding your business with a high-ticket offer.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How many businesses need a high ticket offer to be able to scale.

- Why entrepreneurs often don’t start out with a high-ticket offer.

- How it’s possible to have a high-ticket offer regardless of the niche you find yourself in.

- Why you shouldn’t believe it is impossible or your company to sell a high-ticket item.

- How you need to find the right offer and the attract the clientele searching or that offer.

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Investing Like the 1%

Salvatore Buscemi, HRN LLC

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 911 Salvatore Buscemi

Salvatore M. Buscemi is the CEO and Co-Founding Partner of HRN, LLC a private multi-family investment office, and CEO for Dandrew Partners Capital Management, his own investment office. Mr. Buscemi also is the Managing Partner for several other direct investment vehicles across several asset classes in commercial real estate and credit, fine art private credit facilities, special situations, and several well-performing life sciences investments, among several others.

Mr. Buscemi has started and successfully operated two distressed real estate credit platforms, at 29, the first being a distressed whole loan fund with a $2 billion Park Avenue investment manager. 

Mr. Buscemi is also the author of several books on fund management and real estate private lending. His first book, Making the Yield: Hard Money Lending Uncovered quickly became one of the most expensive books on real estate investing on Amazon. His second book, Raising Real Money: The Handbook for the Aspiring Real Estate Fund Manager speaks of the experiences Mr. Buscemi saw firsthand working through a $600 million portfolio of distressed private credit assets and funds while co-managing Oasis and provides a reference to emerging managers looking to a practical guide to operating a real estate credit or equity fund.

His third book, Investing Legacy: How the .001% Invest Mr. Buscemi gives a peek through the keyhole into the investment biases and other non-quantitative drivers for investment decision-making between the middle class and the world’s wealthiest and most powerful families, commonly called the .001% of society. 

In 2020, Mr. Buscemi with two other partners created HRN to be the preeminent multi-family office platform as a direct result of the successes the founding partners and their respective families have enjoyed across statement-class real estate assets and venture capital. HRN has made direct investments into SciTech Development, 25Madison, Geneius Biotechnology, Immunicom, Apricity Health, Shinnecock Partners, DazzleNow, Thrive Biosciences, and AiScout. 

Mr. Buscemi is a frequent speaker and guest lecturer on real estate finance at professional symposia and has written numerous articles on the topic of real estate and private equity finance in various publications, including Investor’s Business Daily, Business Insider, Forbes, guest contributor for Entrepreneur.com.

Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Salvatore Buscemi about investing like the 1%.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- What the Fine Art Enhanced Income Credit Fund is and how it works.

- Why the most priceless collateral is ultra-fine art.

- How it’s important to take possession of the asset you’re lending against.

- How many VCs are about to blow up because they invested in companies founded by coders, not business owners.

- How private equity is not a riskier venture if you can control the terms and the price.

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@SMBuscemi

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@salvatorebuscemi

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linkedin.com/in/salvatore-buscemi-b829305

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salvatorebuscemi.com

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Accelerated Conversion

Carl Weische, ACCELERATED

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 910 Carl Weische

Carl Weische is co-founder of ACCELERATED, an AI-Driven CRO Agency based in Germany. Combining the logical and emotional side of advertising with hard-backed data, they’ve been able to scale their client portfolio to a $400M yearly run-rate. Having a background in sales psychology and NLP, they’ve been able to help their clients maximize their profitability and scalability through their sales funnel.

Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Carl Weische about helping businesses accelerate conversion.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How conversion optimization should focus on influencing customer behavior online to get them to buy.

- Why online businesses should figure out for themselves how to get conversions from their website.

- How 70% of digital advertising is spent on META services like Facebook and Instagram.

- Why advertisers need to be careful when constructing the language of an ad for Facebook or Instagram.

- How having a different advertising approach allows you to stand out in your marketplace.

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@CarlWeische

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acceleratedagency.com

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Scaling Your Digital Agency

Juliana Marulanda, ScaleTime

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 909 Juliana Marulanda

Juliana Marulanda is a business operations expert, speaker, and the founder of ScaleTime. With over 13 years of experience across Wall Street, the non-profit sector, technology startups, and family-owned businesses, she now helps service-based businesses. For the past 3 years, ScaleTime has implemented custom processes and systems for on-boarding clients and team members, deal flow, and streamlining day-to-day operations, resulting in consistent rapid revenue growth and reclaimed time for their clients. She studied at the London School of Economics and received a BS in Economics from Trinity College, where she graduated with honors and was the recipient of the prestigious Pi Gamma Mu award.

Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Juliana Marulanda about how to scale your digital agency.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How business owners should strive to hire better and train faster.

- Why entrepreneurs need to know how to effectively speak to each client.

- How you need to be able to quickly change strategies because the algorithm can change at any given moment.

- Why your team must be trained on systems, processes, documentation, and metrics.

- How everything in the business world can change so quickly and why you and your team need to be aware of those changes.

Connect with Juliana:

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@julianamarulanda

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facebook.com/ScaleTime

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/julianamarulanda

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ScaleTime.co

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Real Estate Returns Without Real Estate – Prime DeFi

Dan Ryder, Prime DeFi

Dan Ryder is the Founder of Prime DeFi, the World’s #1 DeFi Education Company obsessed with helping clients achieve financial freedom leveraging DeFiCashFlow opportunities. Prepare to prosper!

Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Dan Ryder about how to use Prime DeFi.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How DeFi allows anyone to outperform hedge fund managers easily.

- What DeFi is and why it’s worth looking in to.

- How Smart Contracts removed the need for a centralized custodian to oversee your investments.

- Why individuals don’t need a bank charter to get into the world of lending.

- How Prime DeFi educates people on what DeFi is and how it is not like bitcoin.

Connect with Dan:

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Facebook.com/Dr.Daniel.Ryder

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rydermedia.com

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Big Ticket Life

Jeff Giagnocavo, The Big Ticket Life

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 907 Jeff Giagnocavo

Jeff Giagnocavo does business in your bedroom. He co-owns Gardner’s Mattress & More, the region's premier better sleep store. He is fanatical about the 5-star experience and has gathered thousands of 5-star reviews. His book Sleep Better has helped thousands of people wake up happy too.

As a driven entrepreneur he has licensed both his own custom software and educational marketing materials to others in his industry and in other industries. 

Jeff’s marketing skills and knowledge are regularly featured and acknowledged online, in books, and in magazines.

He is best suited working with clients in a fractional visionary role with high performing integrators who realize they can hit new levels but just need an ally and visionary to support their efforts to get there.

Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Jeff Giagnocavo about the pathway to success with The Big Ticket Life. 

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How business owners should work on their business not in their business.

- Why a business owner’s sole focus should be making good decisions for the companies he owns.

- How business owners need to commit to delivering a high level of service to their clients.

- Why business owners should always be thinking about their next step for growth.

- How it’s important to position yourself so your unlike anyone else in your market.

Connect with Jeff:

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@jeff.giagnocavo

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facebook.com/jeffgiagnocavo

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/jeffgiagnocavo

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TheBigTicketLife.com

The JeffG.com

GardnersMattressAndMore.com

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Generating over $40M in Sales with Direct Response Copywriting

Mike Stenger, MikeStenger.com

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 906 Mike Stenger

Mike Stenger is a direct response copywriter primarily serving financial, self-development and ecom. He's helped generate over $40 Million in sales for clients and currently resides in sunny San Diego.

Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Mike Stenger about generating over $40 million in sales with direct response copywriting.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How you should approach copywriting line by line to make sure each line is pulling people in.

- Why it’s important for copywriters to be able to take feedback and improve.

- How you must stay on top of the trends when you use email and digital marketing.

- Why copywriters shouldn’t be afraid of being replaced by AI if they are created great or excellent copy.

- How storytelling is an effective tool to use in copywriting.

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facebook.com/mikestenger

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mikestenger.com

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Increasing Revenue by 20% - 200%

Mac Attram, MindSpace Coaching

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 905 Mac Attram

Mac Attram is the Founder & CEO of MindSpace Coaching, a leading business growth expert, widely regarded as one of the most sought after Business Coaches and Trainers for Entrepreneurs. He is famous for helping business owners rapidly increase their sales revenues between 20% – 200% in just a few months, as well as implement better processes and build winning business teams so that they can have more time off to enjoy their lives. 

Mac had many years of challenges and failures in business before discovering what really works! His tenacity and over 30 years of Martial Arts practice helped him stay focused and disciplined; a trait he takes into all areas of his life including business. 

He is an entrepreneur who has developed and sold several profitable companies. He is also a multi-award winning business coach and author, and has been featured as an “expert advisor” in TV, newspapers and magazines. He was previously awarded the ‘Executive Coach of the Year’ in the UK. 

The principles he learned in business and now teaches to others has helped him earn millions for himself and for his clients. Mac has also trained and coached over 100,000 business owners & individuals from all over the world in more than 30 countries and has shared the stage with some of the world’s premier thought-leaders, entrepreneurs & speakers, including Robert Kiyosaki, T.Harv Eker, Blair Singer, Les Brown, Keith Cunningham, James Caan, Eric Thomas, Lady Michelle Mone and Duncan Bannatyne. 

Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Mac Attram about increasing revenue by 20% - 200%.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How learning from experience is key when you want to be an entrepreneur.

- Why profitable businesses should be designed to create wealth.

- What the difference between income and wealth is, and how you should build your business as an asset.

- How wealth is what you have when you aren’t relying on an income.

- How thoughts shape your financial destiny.

Connect with Mac:

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@macattram

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@macattram

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facebook.com/macattrampage

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/macattram

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mindspacecoaching.com

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Improving Email Deliverability

Troy Ericson, Email Paramedic

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 904 Troy Ericson

Troy Ericson is the owner of Copywriting.org, EmailDeliverability.com, & EmailListManagement.com. His company is called Email Paramedic, the leading Email List Management Agency that has generated over $50,000,000 for their clients since 2019 by improving email copy & deliverability. Troy has worked with Traffic & Funnels, The Sales Mentor, Rich Schefren, REPP Sports, V-Shred, Joel Erway, Zipify, SmartMarketer, Perry Belcher, 10X Advisor Network, David Meltzer, Sam Ovens, Jason Capital, Joel Marion, Alex Cattoni, and hundreds more. He was also ranked as the #20 Copywriter in the world by Peter Tzemis from Traffic & Funnels. Troy is also a musician, former college baseball player, and lives in Tampa, Florida.

Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Troy about how to improve email deliverability.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How reinventing yourself is not the end of the world – good things can happen.

- Why it’s important to make sure the prospects you’re reaching out to are receiving your emails.

- How doing good things for people will lead to good things for you and your business.

- Why doing good work for good people will lead to more good business.

- How building your community and being a part of it is important for any business owner.

Connect with Troy:

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@troy_ericson

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@yosoytroy

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facebook.com/troyallenericson

LinkedIn

Linkedin.com/in/troyericson

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copywriting.org

EmailDeliverability.com

EmailListManagment.com

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Explode Your Affiliate Program with Traffic Tribe

Amber Spears, East 5th Avenue

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 903 Amber Spears

Amber Spears is a global leader, keynote speaker, highly sought after consultant, and one of the top leaders in the affiliate and partnership arena. Amber has spoken or been a keynote on stages like: Traffic and Conversion, Affiliate Summit East, Spark Live, Affiliate World, Mindshare, Facebook, and many others. 

Amber is a two-time award winning industry leader, named a “Top Marketer” by Digital Marketer, was in the film “Millionaire Within Her,” and has been featured on many top podcasts including: 7 Figure Entrepreneur, Strategic Profits, Digital Marketer, Hustle and Flowchart, Affiliated, and others, and is almost always asked to come back for repeat episodes and appearances due to her practical marketing advice, openness, and sense of humor. 

Amber has been called upon by industry giants like Kajabi, Clickbank, and Digital Marketer to create courses on partnership and affiliate marketing, that are being used by companies all over the world to grow their business with her proprietary methods. 

She has been called The Affiliate Marketing Guru, The Queen of Affiliate Marketing, and probably her most favorite nickname… Lady Gaga of Affiliate Marketing. She’s still not sure exactly what it means but it feels awesome to be compared to a superstar. 

Amber is the co-founder of East 5th Avenue, a world class affiliate management education and marketing company. East 5th Avenue has trained over 2,500 companies and helped them generate over $530 million from their training methods. 

Amber is also the co-founder of Advanced Business Growth, and the founder of the Four Rooms Mastermind (formerly known as Mimosa Mastermind). These companies serve 7, 8, and 9 figure entrepreneurs who are looking to scale their business with the right people, with sustainable systems.

Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Amber Spears about how to explode your affiliate program with Traffic Tribe.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How affiliate managers must be trained to move the business forward.

- Why it’s important to deepen the relationships you have with current affiliate partners.

- How most owners don’t have time to train their affiliate managers.

- Why you must be generating new leads for your affiliate partners to reach out to.

- How Traffic Tribe brings in new leads for entrepreneurs to do business with.

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Secrets from a Serial Entrepreneur

Harris Hafeez, Advanced Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 902 Harris Hafeez

Harris Hafeez, a native of New Jersey, began his entrepreneurship journey after a short stint in corporate America. In 2008, he launched a tech company that provided end user support for SMBs. After becoming a preferred partner with Microsoft and Dell his company became a leading managed services provider serving clients in New York and New Jersey. After a 7-year run and having grown nearly seven-fold in size he set eyes on a new industry, healthcare. Bringing his business scalability skills and tech automation background he oversaw the expansion of rehabilitation clinics in the Northeast later exiting the company via a strategic partnership that was private equity backed.

After relocating to South Florida, he continued his entrepreneur journey by joining forces with budding entrepreneurs in private label brands on Amazon, high frequency trading in the foreign currency markets and of course healthcare. At present, he’s actively working on scaling his private label brands and expanding his healthcare operations. In his downtime, he enjoys spending time with his wife and 2 young children ages 8 and 3.

Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Harris Hafeez about what it takes to be a serial entrepreneur.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How creating, selling, and exiting businesses is part of being an entrepreneur.

- Why understanding how M&As work is beneficial for an entrepreneur.

- How the bulk of the revenue Amazon generates is from third party sellers.

- Why selling things on Amazon is a multi-million-dollar opportunity for entrepreneurs.

- How personal care and body products are always in demand.

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@TurboTechNerds

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Linkedin.com/harris-hafeez-37194a135

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Transforming Digital Marketing

Aaron Shapiro, Product

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 901 Aaron Shapiro

Marketing luminary Aaron Shapiro is the founder and Chairman of Product, an independent agency focused on making and marketing products for a sustainable future. Product’s unique POV and offering has attracted leading brands like Google and Post Consumer Brands.

Best known for building and growing Huge into a 1,500-person global digital agency that was acquired by IPG, Shapiro has successfully launched and sold several innovative businesses. The serial entrepreneur founded Silverpop, a marketing automation SaaS company that was acquired by IBM, as well as IPG agency Elephant and Dayforward, a tech-driven, D2C life insurance company. 

With decades of experience at the forefront of marketing and innovation, Shapiro is a recognized leader in digital transformation. Throughout his career his insights have been featured in publications like Fast Company, Ad Age and Adweek, and he is the author of digital growth manual Users, Not Customers.  

Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Aaron Shapiro about transforming digital marketing.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How managing a big team isn’t that different than managing a small team.

- Why good management is about hiring good people and delegating tasks to them.

- How it’s important to empower your employees to make decisions.

- Why digital usage has peaked and is on its decline.

- How businesses need to think about how they can stay sustainable long term.

Connect with Aaron:

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Instagram

@productinc_

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/company/productincorporated

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productinc.com

Aaronshapiro.com

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Printing Money by Telling Stories

Chris Haddad, TheChrisHaddadShow.com

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Kevin Harrington and Seth Greene Episode 900 Chris Haddad

Chris “Mr. Moneyfingers” Haddad is a legendary direct response copywriter and marketer whose sales letters and VSL’s have driven over $700 Million dollars in online sales.

In his career as a freelancer, Chris worked with clients such a Jeff Paul, Jeff Walker, Jeff Johnson and many others not named Jeff, often doubling his clients’ conversions through his unique emotional-storytelling-driven approach to copy.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Chris Hadded about printing money by telling stories.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How entrepreneurs should be creating their own offers.

- Why paying a writer a percentage of the sales you generate might be more fair than only paying for their time. 

- How people need to be incentivized to be successful and make money.

- Why you should be thinking of passive or semi-passive forms of income as a way to make money.

- How you shouldn’t be afraid of AI if you know the psychology of marketing.

Connect with Chris:

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facebook.com/chris.haddad

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thechrishaddadshow.com

thepigmethod.com

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List Building Lifestyle

Igor Kheifets, IgorsBook.com

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 899 Igore Kheifets

Igor Kheifets is an amazon best-selling author of the List Building Lifestyle: Confessions of an Email Millionaire. He's also the host of List Building Lifestyle, the podcast for anyone who wants to make more money and have more freedom by leveraging the power of an email list. He's also the founder of Igor Solo Ads - one of the world's top email traffic agencies.

Igor is widely referred to as the go-to authority on building large responsive email lists in record time. Igor's passionate about showing people how to live the List Building Lifestyle.

Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Igor Kheifets about how to successfully leverage an email list.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How you have to take control of your own destiny to be successful.

- Why your email list might be your most powerful marketing tool.

- How most people still don’t understand the importance of having an email list.

- Why having a podcast or a blog only works if you are using them as a bridge to build an email list. 

- How you can make a lot of money with the push of a button if you have a strong and long email list.

Connect with Igor:

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Twitter

@igorkheifets

Facebook

facebook.com/livethelistbuildinglifestyle

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/igor-kheifests-891411163

Links Mentioned:

igorsbook.com

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Human to Human

Bryan Kramer, H2H Companies

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 898 Bryan Kramer

Called the “Zen Master to Digital Marketers” by Forbes, Bryan Kramer is a renowned business strategist, global keynote speaker, executive trainer and coach, investor, two-time bestselling author including a TOP 150 USA best-selling book, and Forbes contributor. Bryan also created a global movement and is known for his keynotes, book, and talks on “There Is No BtoB or B2C: It’s Human-to-Human, H2H. He is the CEO of H2H Companies, an executive coaching company, and co-owner of PureMatter, a Silicon Valley marketing agency founded in 2001, which earned a spot as one of the “Fastest Growing Companies” three years in a row by the Silicon Valley Business Journal.

Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Brian Kramer about how B2B sales and B2C sales are really human-to-human sales.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How it’s important to find a way to communicate with customers without using automation.

- Why more moments of truth allow your customer to feel seen and heard. 

- How it’s easier to have someone show you your blind spots instead of finding them on your own.

- Why social media has changed the way customers interact with companies.

- How all business owners, whether they are entrepreneurial or well-funded need to find a way to remain human without burning out.

Connect with Bryan:

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@BryanKramer

Instagram

@bryankramer1

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LinkedIn

Linkedin.com/in/bryanjkramer

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bryankramer.com

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Digital Growth Marketing

Hemant Varshney, DigiCom

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 897 Hemant Varshney

Hemant Varshney is the CEO and Founder of DigiCom with 14+ years of expertise leading various teams in strategic business planning, digital marketing, product development and innovation to record-breaking revenue and growth targets within large-size Fortune 500 companies to hyper-growth startups.

Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Hemant Varshney about digital growth marketing.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How successful marketing requires a lot of art and a lot of science.

- Why it’s important to do beta tests and runs on different social media platforms.

- How a good marketing firm must move quickly and have up-to-date information.

- Why you should strive to work with inspiring leaders who test new marketing techniques.

- How using LinkedIn is a great way to assess potential employees and team members.

Connect with Hemant:

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@digicom.io

Facebook

facebook.com/DigiCom.io

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/company/digicom-digital-commerce-corporation

Links Mentioned:

DigiCom.io

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Trust Signals

Scott Baradell, Idea Grove

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 896 Scott Baradell

Trust expert Scott Baradell is CEO and founder of Idea Grove. Idea Grove helps its clients secure trust at scale through its unique Grow With TRUST approach. Scott is an established authority on trust and editor of the online publication Trust Signals, as well as author of the upcoming book Trust Signals: Brand Building in a Post-Truth World.

Idea Grove celebrated its 15th anniversary in 2020, earning honors including the 2020 Pegasus Award for Small Agency of the Year, being named a Top 200 B2B service provider by Clutch, and ranking in the top 25 tech agencies in the U.S. by O'Dwyer's. Scott has an Accreditation in Public Relations (APR) from the Public Relations Society of America and speaks on PR and marketing topics at industry events nationwide.

Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Scott Baradell about his upcoming book Trust Signals: Brand Building in a Post-Truth World.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How having a dialogue about a product does not work unless your clients trust you.

- Why digital and inbound marketing should be extensions of public relations.

- How PR does not have to revolve only around a company’s media relationships.

- Why many people consume the news they want and avoid the news they don’t like.

- How you present yourself online determines whether or not clients will trust you and your product.

Connect with Scott:

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@IdeaGrove

Instagram

@ideagrove

Facebook

facebook.com/DallasPR

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/company/idea-grove

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ideagrove.com

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Investing in Whisky & Wine

Maxwell Nee, OENO Wine & Whisky Investment

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 895 Maxwell Nee

Maxwell Nee is the Managing Partner of OENO Wine & Whisky Investment. He’s a multi-award-winning entrepreneur who earns his investors a recession-proof and market-beating return with wine & whisky alternative investments.

Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Maxwell Nee about investing in Whisky & Wine.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How 6 years of aging whisky equals a 500x return on the top end.

- Why you shouldn’t buy wine or whisky and hope it goes up in price.

- How acquisition of the wine and whisky is the hardest part of this business.

- Why you’ll rarely find a public company in the wine and whisky industry.

- How building relationships is important to grow any kind of business.

Connect with Maxwell:

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linkedin.com/in/maxwellnee

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oenowinewhiskyfund.com

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Filling Your Pipeline with FlowChat

Sean Malone, FlowChat

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 894 Sean Malone

Sean Malone comes from over two decades of studying communication—specifically sales and the lost art of prospecting. He and his team have successfully grown more than a handful of seven-figure businesses (and sold a few) and have guided four organizations into the eight-figures. He has personally closed over $130 million in his career.

Sean stays relentlessly focused on solving the revenue problem for business owners so they can experience the growth and success they deserve. His skills (and results) have allowed him to build a life of being a loving hubby, cat-dad, disc golfer, and Sell By Chat™ Expert. Always Revenue. Always Relevant.

Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Sean Malone about filling your pipeline with FlowChat.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How FlowChat is a relationship building machine.

- Why entrepreneurs should get to know their client before they sell to them.

- How FlowChat helps you start and manage conversations yielding you the results you are after.

- Why using FlowChat allows you to grow your revenue quickly, and how it does that.

- How you can import your target market into FlowChat and begin a sales campaign.

Connect with Sean:

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facebook.com/groups/FlowChat

LinkedIn

Linkedin.com/company/flow-chat

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flowchat.com

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Building Culture Right the First Time

Melissa Porterfield, Silk Mountain

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 893 Melissa Porterfield

Melissa Porterfield has been a culture design and transformation practitioner for over 20 years. She began her career as an educator and school administrator. She has carried her love of teaching into the Learning and Development space with a strong focus on Leadership Development. Melissa transitioned into corporate HR, primarily in the tech industry, for 20 years before launching Silk Mountain. She makes it simple for startup CEOs and small business owners to define and design their ideal cultures so that they can attract, engage, and retain top talent. 

Melissa holds a BS in Education from Texas Tech University and an MEd in Educational Leadership, which ignited her passion for developing leaders. She is a certified coach with the International Coaching Community (ICC), has a certification in Human Synergistics (a culture assessment for culture transformation), the MBTI, and her SPHR and SHRM SCP. 

Foundational in her approach is the belief that everybody wins when the culture doesn’t suck. She works collaboratively with leadership (and existing employees) to design a company’s ideal culture or positively transform an existing company culture that does not serve the company’s needs. In addition, she helps leaders weave culture into every aspect of their businesses so they can hire the right people, increase performance, employee engagement, innovation, collaboration, trust, and revenue while reducing voluntary turnover. 

Melissa is a speaker and a contributing author of three bestselling anthologies (so far!). She has presented for national and regional conferences, professional organizations, and the Small Business Administration. Her topics include organizational culture, unconscious bias, executive presence, and mindset. 

She is happiest when sharing her passion for improving work environments and has received many positive testimonials. 

Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Melissa Porterfield about building company culture right the first time.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- Why using persuasive methods is more effective than telling people they must do something.

- How everyone wins when work doesn’t suck. 

- How it’s possible to create the right culture at your company, and how you can do that.

- How the biggest mistake business owners make when creating a company culture is not leading by example.

- Why it’s incumbent on the CEO to set the vision, the mission, and the values. 

Connect with Melissa:

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facebook.com/silkmntn

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/company/silk-mountain-solutions

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silkmtn.com

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Exploding eCommerce Brands

Will Haire, BellaVix

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 892 Will Haire

Will Haire is the Co-Founder of BellaVix, a full-service Marketplace Marketing Agency for direct-to-consumer retail brands who want to aggressively grow sales on the world’s largest marketplaces like Amazon and Walmart. 

Will has worked with eCommerce businesses for many years in leading the strategic planning, implementation, and tactical execution of marketing strategies for products across all Amazon business segments. 

In his spare time, Will is a Father of two, Victoria and Sebastian, and handles most of the planning for family activities, which he loves. When not parenting, he appreciates good coffee or whisky, depending on the time of day. Will is passionate about helping brands achieve category domination. 

Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Will Haire about exploding eCommerce brands.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How entrepreneurs need to understand the online marketplace eco-system.

- Why you need to know what language to use to rank on Amazon.

- How working with a lot of influences generates a lot of clout.

- Why you might be looking at the wrong KPIs and what KPIs you should be tracking.

- How it’s important for entrepreneurs to have a structure and clarity with their team.

Connect with Will:

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Twitter

@BellaVix_Amazon

Facebook

facebook.com/BellaVixMarketing

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/will-haire

Linkedin.com/company/bellavix

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bellavix.com

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Disrupting Multiple Industries with Jaquish Medical

Dr. John Jaquish, DoctorJ.com

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 891 Dr. John Jaquish

John Jaquish, PhD. has spent years researching and developing improved approaches to health. He is the inventor of the most effective bone density building medical technology which is now partnered with Tony Robbins and OsteoStrong for rapid clinic deployment. Inventor of X3, a technology that is proven to develop muscle much faster than conventional weight lifting, all with the lowest risk of joint injury, Dr. Jaquish methods are used in training the world's most elite athletes and associations such as the entire Miami Heat organization, various NFL and NBA players, as well as Olympians. Dr. Jaquish’s book explaining his non-conventional approach to human physiology is a WSJ best seller.

Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Dr. John Jaquish about disrupting multiple industries with Jaquish Medical.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How creating a product you don’t have to pitch leads to success.

- Why you want to be able to fix health instead of relying on pharmaceutical drugs.

- How scientific studies are often ignored because the average person doesn’t understand them.

- Why being able to pivot your business is key for any kind of business practice.

- How 99% of people who go to the gym never change anything.

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@djaquish

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facebook.com/drjaquish

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doctorj.com

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Sell Like a Spy

Jeremy Hurewitz, SellLikeASpy.net

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 890 Jeremy Hurewitz

Jeremy Hurewitz’s career has spanned multiple sectors and incorporated years of international experience resulting in unique insights and perspectives that he leverages for a wide variety of clients. 

Jeremy started his career overseas, working for Project Syndicate for nearly a decade based out of Prague and Shanghai. Project Syndicate is an international newspaper association that Jeremy got involved with at a very early stage. He spearheaded a business development strategy that saw the association grow from a few dozen member newspapers in mostly Eastern Europe, to a truly global association of over 300 newspapers in over 100 countries. Jeremy grew the staff, established a publishing and analytics practice, and helped grow the editorial offerings from two series to several dozen.

During Jeremy’s time abroad he also worked as a freelance journalist, writing on a variety of topics for dozens of publications around the world, and he was a stringer for the Business Times of Singapore and The South China Morning Post of Hong Kong. Jeremy continues to write regularly with recent articles appearing in Bloomberg, USA Today, and The Hill. 

Upon returning to the U.S. after nearly a decade overseas, Jeremy settled in New York City and worked for several well-known consulting companies, including in the world of corporate security. These consulting firms had many former intelligence officers (as well as members of the law enforcement and the military) on staff and Jeremy worked worked closely with these former spies. Jeremy came to notice how good these individuals were at connecting with clients, how quickly they were able to establish rapport and put people at ease and get them to open up. He started asking his colleagues more about these skills and as he learned more he began utilizing the methods he observed. He quickly noticed the tangible difference it made in his salesmanship and his ability to connect with clients. By practicing the same methods on sales targets that spies use to develop foreign agents, Jeremy was able to achieve some of the biggest and most meaningful sales of his career. 

Jeremy now works with clients to share these lessons and strategies to help them improve their ability to connect with targets, develop creative approaches to close deals, and overcome challenges.

Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Jeremy Hurewitz about how to sell like a spy and establish rapport.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How living a multi-disciplinary life helps you connect deeply with others.

- Why communication is all about connection and finding ways to connect.

- How showcasing your vulnerability creates intimacy between you and your clients.

- Why not asking questions can be as important as the questions you do ask.

- How verbal mirroring can be used in sales and hostage situations.

Connect with Jeremy:

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linkedin.com/in/jeremyhurewitz

Links Mentioned:

selllikeaspy.net

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From Finance to Fitness to Fiscal Success

Cody Allen, Digital Cartel Media

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 889 Cody Allen

Cody Allen is a former collegiate athlete turned entrepreneur. He organizes informational and practicable fitness events and business development seminars, expressing both sides of his laudable career knowledge.

His years in the fitness space shined a light on how mental perspectives in competitive sports can improve a brand or company's exposure, performance, and success. As a result, he began outreach through Digital Cartel Media teaching clients The Allen Approach to business (it's better than the wrench!).

His is a straightforward and practical formula in the digital world where content is king.

Cody loves his work and knows it's nearly impossible to sustain a prosperous model when you're running on empty at the helm, feeling miserable or defeated every day, or lacking confidence in your vision. His company, Digital Cartel Media, helps people focus on their dream, and build their brand like a pro.

Cody has partnered with some of the largest brands in the fitness industry including Optimum Nutrition, Ten Thousand, Pure Kana, Whoop, AND MORE

He's been featured on notable programming, including Thrive Global, Yahoo! Finance, Business Insider, Medium, and SportsGossip.com

Athletes live in a high-stress jungle. The margin between success and failure may be but a few seconds. Presentations and negotiations are like this, too. Using Mr. Allen's Ebook you can fine-tune your plans, gain greater consistency and clarity, discover your target audience, and determine how to get your message heard.

Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Cody Allen about finding success fiscally, financially, and in fitness.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How there are many parallels between an athletic career and a business career.

- Why people who focus on their health have more fruitful careers in their lives.

- How efficiency is key when you’re trying to scale a business.

- How business owners can immediately generate revenue by staying slim when they first open.

- Why being authentic and building relationships is an important part of being a business owner.

Connect with Cody:

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@DCartelMedia

Instagram

@digitalcartelmedia

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facebook.com/digitalcartelmedia

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/company/digital-cartel-media

Links Mentioned:

digitalcartelmedia.com

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Geek Heros

Patryk Stanczak, Geek Heros

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 888 Patryk Stanczak

Patryk Stanczak is a Polish immigrant who has lived in Chicago his whole life, Elmwood Park to be exact. Being an immigrant and Citizen of America, he had the urge to serve his country and went on to serve in the Marine Corps from 2012-to 2017 rising to the ranks of Sargent while working with electronics and Radar Systems. 

Patryk got to go through Microsoft's MSSA program during his transition and learned a lot. Then, he finished his tour and returned to Chicago ready to take the marketing world by storm.

Patryk went on to become the Chicago City Leader for Bunker Labs in order to continue to make an impact in the entrepreneurial and veteran community. At the same time, he fell in love with marketing and what it had to offer. It has so many parallels with the military which he loved and felt right at home with. 

Patryk is a marketing expert and wants to make an impact by helping small businesses make lots of money and change the world.

Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Patryk Stanczak about helping small businesses with their marketing.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How Geek Heros can help you market your small business in a number of ways.

- Why sales and marketing should be married and how many small business owners don’t combine the two.

- How small businesses should have automated sales funnels that lead clients to the next step.

- Why being competitive and innovative is a big part of owning a small business.

- How it is possible for small businesses to beat their big competitors.

Connect with Patryk:

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facebook.com/geekheroschicago

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Geekheros.com

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Finding Original Voices

Peter Heller, Heller Highwater

– The Sharkpreneur Podcast with Seth Greene Episode 887 Peter Heller

Through his company, Heller Highwater, Peter Heller manages writers and directors and produces projects for film and television. Current clients include, Jim LeBrecht (CRIP CAMP), Randall Jahnson (Oliver Stone’s THE DOORS), Danny Rubin (GROUNDHOG DAY), Carroll Cartwright (MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS), and Jon Crawford (THE INVISIBLE PILOT.) 

Projects in development as a producer include THE HOT FLASH by Beth Dement with Amy Baer’s Landline/MRC and LIVE FROM THE VATICAN with producer Matt Jackson at Paramount. 

Peter produced DREAMLAND, which premiered at Sundance and was distributed by Sony. The film stars John Corbett, Kelli Garner, Justin Long and Agnes Bruckner. He also produced LIKE MIKE, starring Little Bow Wow, Morris Chestnut and a number of NBA superstars; BROWN SUGAR, starring Taye Diggs, Sanaa Lathan and Queen Latifah; BONES, starring Snoop Dogg and Pam Grier; as well as FULL RIDE, CAUGHT UP, BARB WIRE and HOTEL DE LOVE.

Before creating Heller Highwater, Peter was the Assistant Dean of Development and Industry Relations at the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television, had a similar position at LMU’s film school, ran the film division at Propaganda; was the Executive Vice President of Production for Spring Creek; the President of John Hughes’ production company, Hughes Entertainment and was the Executive Assistant to the Chairman of Universal Pictures, Tom Pollock. More recently, he has also been a visiting professor of screenwriting and producing at Academy of Art University in San Francisco and at University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem. 

After receiving his BA in English from Wesleyan University, Peter worked in the theater in New York City first in production and then as a creative executive for Warner Theater Productions. He then attended Columbia University for his MBA before moving to Los Angeles. 

Peter is a member of the Producers Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Peter Heller about finding original voices.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How many layers are involved while writing and producing a movie.

- Why writing and making movies is all about who your connections are in the industry.

- How streaming services have made it difficult for original pilots to work at all.

- Why the big pay days come from your producing fees, not your commissions.

- How writers must know a little bit about the marketplace to develop and sell a script.

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Planning with Purpose

Jason Glisczynski, Silvertree

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 886 Jason Glisczynski

Jason Glisczynski primarily works with business owners, executives, and people in leadership roles in the manufacturing industry using his Central Prosperity™ process. This methodology consists of investment consulting, advanced planning, and professional relationship management. 

Jason’s has nearly 20 years of advisory experience, is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional, an Investment & Wealth Institute® member, and author of the International Best Selling Book Planning with Purpose: Solving Your Unique Retirement Puzzle.  

His advanced planning approach addresses the 5 key financial concerns of successful individuals and families: making smart decisions with money and when investing, mitigating taxes, protecting their loved ones, their heirs, their legacy, preventing assets from being unjustly taken through litigation, divorce, or uncovered risks, and maximizing charitable gifts.

Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Jason Glisczynski about planning with purpose.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How it’s important for business owners to have a plan for transitioning the business to someone else.

- Why business owners really need to understand their timeline for exiting their business.

- How it’s important to know where you are financially both in your business and in your personal life.

- Why it’s important for professionals to know they can work with other professionals.

- How business owners need to create good and easy to understand content for different forms of media.

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facebook.com/people/Silvertree-LLC-Retirement-Planning/100063469914198

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/compay/silver-tree-llc

Links Mentioned:

silvertreeplan.com

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Disrupting Publishing with Simply Media

Deaver Brown, Simply Media

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 885 Dave Deaver Brown

Following several decades of management and executive experience, Deaver Brown matriculated at Harvard College. Majoring in history, he graduated Magna Cum Laude and set his sights on graduate school. Deaver Brown continued on at Harvard, entering the Business School with a focus on marketing and business. In 1968, he attained his MBA. Entering the workforce, Deaver Brown accepted a position in Product Management at General Foods. He oversaw the Cool Whip, Awake, and Birds Eye Vegetables products, which contributed to increases in the company’s overall sales.

Armed with education and hands-on experience, Deaver Brown then founded Cross River, maker of the Umbroller stroller, as Co-CEO with his co-founder Alexandre Goodwin. Shortly after launching the company, Deaver Brown premiered the nation’s first stick folding stroller, propelling Cross River to the number one market share in both Canada and the U.S., among other countries. Cross River was sold to Rubbermaid, now Rubbermaid Newell. In 1977, he founded Deaver Brown & Associates, a consulting and sales firm. As President, he worked closely with Petersen Baby Products to spin off various physical and real estate properties, preparing the company for sale to Cosco, Inc. Deaver Brown was instrumental in landing Ames, Hills, Toys“R”Us, Zayre, TJ Maxx, and Caldor accounts for Cosco as well as participating in their LBO from Walter Kidde and later the sale of the company to Dorel of Montreal Canada.

In 1982 Deaver Brown joined the 3 co-founders of American Power Conversion (APCC-NASDAQ) as the first VP of Sales; assisted to get the venture capital investment to assist the company making the transition from solar inverters into UPS’s power protection devices for the emerging PC business. APCC went on to ride the growth of the PC market as the leader in that market due to the brilliant engineers from MIT and Lincoln labs who created the best products at the lowest prices in the marketplace. APCC became one of the most successful companies in the 1990s after their IPO in 1988. It was later sold for over $6 billion, with no secondary stock offering required to get there, other than for current shareholders to liquidate some of their shares in an orderly manner. While consulting for his own company, Deaver Brown was welcomed as the Vice President of Sales and Marketing at American Power Conversion. As the first to hold that position at APC, Brown found himself charged with numerous responsibilities: Deaver Brown wrote a business plan and raised money for the company, played a pivotal role in transitioning from solar inverters to internal uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), and installed a specific beep sound effect in machines to alert the users to conditions such as low power.

Following six years at Pride Retail Systems, an automator of retail systems, as CEO, Deaver Brown helped sell the rights to Digital Equipment (DEC) before becoming the publisher of Simply Magazine in 1997, where he has increased revenue to more than 12 times its previous amount since joining.

Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Deaver Brown about disrupting the publishing industry with Simply Media.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How products with lower prices make more in sales.

- Why it’s important for serial entrepreneurs to listen to their customers.

- How people learn more from shorter lectures, speeches, and courses.

- Why entrepreneurs must have a vision and follow through on it to be successful.

- How to create and foster good relationships with giant retail companies.

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Post Purchase Pro Marketing

Seth Stevens and Shawn Hart, Post Purchase Pro

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 884 Seth Stevens and Shawn Hart

Seth Stevens and Sean Hart specialize in helping Amazon sellers grow their revenue by building real relationships with their customers through email and text marketing.

Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Seth Stevens and Shawn Hart about helping people sell more on Amazon with Post Purchase Pro.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How post purchase marketing is everything that is done after the initial sale.

- Why following up with you customers is an important part to any business.

- How building everything around your brand allows you to exit your business successfully. 

- Why reminding your clients with follow up texts or emails about other services leads to more sales.

- How the most valuable asset of any business is their customers.

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@postpurchasepro

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postpurchasepro.com

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Break Your Self Help Addiction

Brian Ridgway, Level5Mentoring.com

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 883 Brian Ridgway

Among the ranks of great speakers delivering truly world-class content, Brian D. Ridgway brings something that is refreshingly original: His LIVE “Spellbreaks.” A "spell" is a mental, emotional and/or psychological state, often beyond our awareness or control. These unconscious spells are what underlies and creates a persons "triggers" - and their reactions to those triggers.

In interviews, and in his work, Brian invites members of the audience to experience the power of Spellbreaking by sharing one of their unresolved, long-standing life-issues. He then helps them to dissolve their perception of the problem and helps them to permanently transcend that issue LIVE, in a matter of minutes.

Even more incredible, due to the powerful energetics of Brian’s work, when the subject has their breakthrough, everyone in the audience experiences their OWN variation of the breakthrough.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Brian Ridgway about eliminating the illusion of problems to access your Infinite Intelligence.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How the self-help industry is a giant field of conflicting information with partial solutions.

- Why admitting to knowing nothing will allow you to learn and grow more.

- How a spell might manifest, what it might be, and how to know if you have one.

- Why 100% personal responsibility equals 100% total personal freedom.

- How responsibility is having infinite ever present possibility to respond to what presents itself in front of you, which is you.

- You have the power to alter anything and everything inside of you.

Connect with Brian:

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@BrianDRidgway

Instagram

@briandridgway

Facebook

facebook.com/BrianDRidgwaySpellbreaker

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breakyourselfhelpaddiction.com

Level5mentoring.com

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VaVa Virtual Assistants

Lauren Gall and Melanie Ammerman, VaVa Virtual Assistants

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 882 Lauren Gall and Melanie Ammerman

Lauren Gall and Melanie Ammerman founded VaVa Virtual Assistants over 10 years ago with the goal of helping small business owners achieve work/life balance and focus on the work they love. Like many entrepreneurs, when they first started out, they did everything on their own.

Before they could build a 7-figure business leading a team of Virtual Assistants and serving clients with an array of diverse needs, they needed to master how to deliver a superior Virtual Assistant experience. They handled sales, winning new clients, andovereeing client management. They even took the role of Virtual Assistants for their clients. 

Melanie and Lauren are experts in developing as Virtual Assistants and creating a valuable experience for clients because they’ve seen it all. Gaining more satisfied clients and growing a team, VaVa Virtual experienced a 97% growth from 2016 to 2017 that was triggered by delegation and has been growing substantially year after year.

Through their mission, they have stood side-by-side with entrepreneurs as they accomplish many of their goals and watch their businesses reach new growth targets. Sharing in those experiences—not only the wins but the challenges as well—has offered them a unique perspective of how to succeed no matter the client or circumstances. They are here today to share how they stumbled on (and then ironed out) their proven process!

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Lauren Gall and Melanie Ammerman about VaVa Virtual Assistants.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How VaVa Virtual Assistants provides administrative and social media support to small businesses.

- How virtual assistants are real people, not an AI powered bot.

- Why not every company needs a full time assistant, and why a virtual assistant might be a better fit.

- How business owners get the best results from a virtual assistant when they are fully ready to bring one on.

- How hiring a VaVa Virtual Assistant is like making an investment in your small business.

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Compliance Services for Healthcare Providers

R. Jeffrey Hedges, RJ Hedges & Associates

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene and special co-host J. Diane Robinson Episode 881 R. Jeffrey Hedges

R. Jeffrey Hedges, CDME, ABI, is President and CEO of R. J. Hedges & Associates of New Florence, PA. After serving in the United States Air Force for 27 years, Jeff transitioned into the private sector, initially developing software to help independent pharmacies understand and become compliant with HIPAA. In 2006, Jeff founded R.J. Hedges & Associates to support healthcare providers with compliance services and software solutions. R.J. Hedges & Associates offers comprehensive healthcare compliance consulting services for independent pharmacies, home health care facilities, medical supply companies, physicians and other small practices throughout the United States. They support clients’ needs in an ever-changing regulatory environment by providing complete, customized programs ready for implementation. These programs include policies and procedures, customized forms, checklists, compliance training and access to a knowledgeable staff.

Currently working with over 500 facilities throughout the United States, R.J. Hedges & Associates’ compliance programs include: Compounding; DMEPOS; Fraud, Waste & Abuse Prevention; Hazardous Drugs; Human Resource Management; Immunizations; Medication Safety; Pharmacy and other state and federal compliance programs.

Jeff is a sought-after speaker at numerous seminars and national conferences who educates his audiences on healthcare compliance, especially as it relates to the pharmacy and durable medical equipment (DME) communities. Jeff is currently serving with the National Council of Prescription Drug Plans (NCPDP) and the National Supplier Clearinghouse Advisory Council. He is the co-author of the National Community Pharmacists Association's HIPAA Security Handbook and has written many articles on HIPAA Compliance, Medicare Accreditation and other federal compliance topics. His podcasts on the Pharmacy Compliance Guide™ hosted on the Pharmacy Podcast Network range from Hazardous Drugs to Diabetic Shoes to Acquisitions and Mergers.

Jeff served on the Board of Directors for the Board of Certification/Accreditation Intl (BOC) from 2010 through 2017 holding key positions of Vice Chair, Secretary and Member-At Large. In 2015, O&P News named Jeff one of the Top 175 Innovators in Orthotics and Prosthetics. In 2014 and 2016, the Better Business Bureau awarded R. J. Hedges & Associates second place in the Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics.

In 2017, R.J. Hedges was named Western Pennsylvania’s Torch Award Winner for Marketplace Ethics. Professional credentials include Accredited Business Intermediary (ABI) with the American Business Brokers Association (ABBA) and BOC Certified Durable Medical Equipment (CDME) Specialist.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with R. Jeffrey Hedges about supporting healthcare providers with compliance services.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How word of mouth marketing is a great way to get new clients.

- Why it’s most important to be available to your clients when they need you.

- How there are many benefits to working for RJ Hedges and Associates.

- Why it’s good business to provide your employees with a robust 401k matching program.

- How the business owners job is to protect their employees and their business.

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Shepherding Screenwriting Talent

Scott Carr, Management SGC

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 880 Scott Carr

Scott Carr was born in Ontario, Canada, where he fell in love with movies and television at a young age. His father, a fisherman and small business owner, was one of the first in his neighborhood to get a satellite dish, and Scott would spend more time than he rightfully should have watching television and learning all he could about the craft and business of movie making - to the extent at which he made his own 90 minute original action film with many brave friends in high school. He collected movies and amassed over 1,200 titles, having his own veritable video store in his college apartment.

He majored in Kinesiology and Film Studies at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, where he also played football and did competitive amateur bodybuilding, and upon graduating, he immediately relocated from Canada to Los Angeles. He eventually got his start in Hollywood in the William Morris Agency mailroom in Summer 2008, where he worked until the merger with Endeavor. He also worked at UTA for 3 years, and spent a year as a development executive at Hollywood Gang Productions at Warner Bros., before starting the literary management company Management SGC where he represents writers and directors in film and television.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Scott Carr about shepherding screenwriting talent.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How you need to make the right connections to make it the entertainment industry.

- Why you should focus on the true representational needs of your client.

- How starting and independent business is about realizing you must be self-sufficient.

- Why you must build your business off the reputation you created working at other companies.

- How to manage cash flow in your business when you don’t know when you’re going to get paid.

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Scaling B2B Online

Chris and Eric Martinez, The Dynamic Fit Pros

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 879 Chris and Eric Martinez

Chris and Eric Martinez are Business coaches and owners of "The Dynamic Fit Pros" where they help health and fitness coaches create more income, impact, influence, and independence in their coaching businesses. Along with being #1 International Best-Selling Authors, Podcasters, and Speakers. 

Chris and Eric have worked with over 800 health & fitness coaches to help them build their online businesses and scale them. After investing in high level business mastermind’s groups, elite coaching days with business and marketing coaches, losing $250k in mistakes, and having an online business for the last 10 years Chris and Eric's mission now is to pass on their gifts and expertise to other fitness coaches.

Chris and Eric have also built a six -figure online fitness coaching business by the name of Dynamic Duo Training and have worked with thousands of people via online and in person to help them look better, feel better, perform better, and live a dynamic lifestyle through training, nutrition, mindset, personal development, and lifestyle practices. 

As successful entrepreneurs themselves, Chris and Eric believe that everyone has the right to an abundant lifestyle, and the responsibility to help others have the same.

They practice what they preach daily and that’s to live a dynamic lifestyle, which in their eyes means to keep evolving in life, health, wealth, love, happiness, and to never live a static and complacent lifestyle. Be excited every morning and reach for the stars, you deserve it! 

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Chris and Eric Martinez about scaling B2B companies online.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How having a mentor can change your life and help you grow your business.

- Why you must be prepared to pivot your business in these rapidly changing times.

- How being able to adapt in your business will allow you to get to the next level.

- Why you limited beliefs and false thought patterns are your biggest enemy.

- How you should come from a place of abundance, not scarcity when you’re trying to build your business.

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@chrisandericm

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@chrisandericmartinez

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dynamicfitpros.com

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The Ultimate Sales Machine

Amanda Holmes, Chet Holmes International

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 878 Amanda Holmes

Amanda Holmes is the CEO of Chet Holmes International (CHI) which has worked with over 250,000 businesses worldwide. The company is based on the teachings of it’s late great founder, her father, Chet Holmes. His cult classic NYT best selling book “The Ultimate Sales Machine” has been translated in 15 languages, with the new edition of the book scheduled for release in August of 2022.

Ten years ago Chet unexpectedly passed leaving Amanda as the heir at 24 years old with hundreds of staff and zero succession plan. Amanda has merged her father’s proven process with her own forward-thinking ideas to connect the old-school sales process with hybrid online and offline instant gratification short attention span we see of consumers today. 

Her success has made it clear that she was born to lead. In the first two year of taking helm of the company, Amanda increased leads by 1176%, and doubled coaching clients two years in a row. Since then, Amanda has continued to carry on the legacy a decade after her father's passing.

Amanda’s mission is to teach the last and most important lesson that her father never got to reveal to radically change the lives of those passionate about success and sales. These new innovations will be available in the new edition of her father’s cult classic book which will be released in August of 2022.

Amanda has been featured in Inc, Entrepreneur, Forbes, ABC, as well as spoken on stages for some of the biggest names in the industry including Berkshire Hathaway, Traffic and Conversion, and HubSpot’s Inbound. 

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Amanda Holmes about her father’s book, The Ultimate Sales Machine.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How Chett Holmes invented 12 ways for businesses to double their sales.

- Why going after a smaller number of bigger buyers is cheaper than going after everyone.

- How your best prospects might be contacts you already have in your phone.

- Why one client can change your whole business, and how to make that happen.

- How 40% of content online actually hinders your sales.

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@AmandaHolmes

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@amanditaholmes

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ultimatesalesmachine.com

howtodoublesales.com

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Growing E-Commerce Brands with Neon Flux

Adam Wellington, Neon Flux

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 877 Adam Wellington

Adam Wellington is the CEO & Co-Founder of Neon Flux, a data-first brand accelerator. He has over 15 years of experience in the online marketing space and has worked on a range of campaigns across a series of direct-to-consumer brands. Adam has successfully generated over $250 million in online sales for his own brands, and has generated nine-figure revenues for large name-brand clients. 

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Adam Wellington about growing e-commerce brands with Neon Flux.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How business owners need the right team of people to succeed.

- How Neon Flux helps businesses accelerate and scale their brand.

- Why marketing requires so much more than just airing advertisements.

- How Neon Flux can help anyone with a direct-to-consumer business.

- How it’s important to have meaningful relationship with a small number of partners.

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Reinventing businesses with eCircle Academy

Nicky Billou, eCircle Academy

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 876 Nicky Billou

The eCircle Live Immersion Workshop is taught by Nicky Billou and his team of world class experts. Nicky is the cofounder of eCircle Academy, a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Georgetown University’s M.Sc. in Foreign Service Program, and has studied business growth and ethical persuasion for decades. He’s an international bestselling author, host of the #1 podcast for thought leaders. He has helped dozens of business owners, coaches, and consultants became recognized thought leaders and grow their business by 6 to 8 figures a year. Nicky isn’t some professor in an ivory tower. He gets into the trenches with his clients, locks arms with them like family members, and has helped the majority of them add 6 to 7 figures in their business. Dozens of Nicky’s clients have dramatically increased their revenue after learning the eCircle Success System.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Nicky Billou about reinventing businesses with eCircle Academy.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How life and business are about people, not numbers and money.

- Why business owners should focus on helping people.

- How it doesn’t matter if you’re the best at what you do if you’re not marketing yourself.

- Why starting a podcast is a great way to stand out as an expert in your field.

- How you should reframe your business from selling to your customers to serving your customers.

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Gold in the USA

Stephen Flood, GoldCore

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 875 Stephen Flood

Stephen Flood is the CEO of GoldCore and has been part of the company for over a decade. Ensuring the business runs effectively, he works with select clients and strategic partners to cultivate new business opportunities.

After a BSc Hons degree in Business at Portobello Business College in Dublin, Ireland, Stephen began his career in finance. He held financial and trading posts in New York, before joining Goldman Sachs as a Sales Trader in Equity Derivatives.

Later returning to Ireland from the US, he put his experience in trading, risk, and financial markets at Goldman to good use. His entrepreneurial drive led him to establish his own financial services firm at GoldCore. Stephen now leads a group of professionals who advise clients on gold and silver purchasing.

He is married with three young, lively boys, and, when he's not at work, he loves the outdoor life. He resides in the rural Dublin Mountains and enjoys mountain walking and biking with the family.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Stephen Flood about the importance of having real gold.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How gold is a safe haven when other economic bubbles burst.

- Why it’s important to be honest and tell the truth as a business owner.

- How entrepreneurs must teach themselves the business of business.

- Why it’s important for business owners to do what they say they’re going to do.

- How growing your business in multiple countries can be challenging but worth it.

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@GOLDCORE

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goldcore.com

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Simply Noted

Rick Elmore, Simply Noted

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 874 Rick Elmore

Rick Elmore is an entrepreneur, sales and marketing expert. As the Founder and CEO of Simply Noted, Rick developed a proprietary technology that puts real pen and ink to paper to scale handwritten communication, helping businesses of all industries scale this unique marketing platform to stand out from their competition and build meaningful relationships with clients, customers, and employees.

Founded in 2018 and based in Tempe, Arizona, Simply Noted has grown into a thriving company with clients of various sizes across the country including in hospitality, real estate, insurance, nonprofit, franchise, B2B, and others. Rick has served as the company’s CEO since its founding, for more than four years, and has over a decade of sales and marketing industry experience.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Rick Elmore about using Simply Noted to scale handwritten communication.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How handwritten notes have a 99% open rate.

- How you can automate sending handwritten notes using Simply Noted.

- Why you have to offer a good experience and a good product to get repeat customers.

- Why having a solid team to work with is great for business.

- How it’s important for entrepreneurs to always bet on themselves.

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Your American Legacy

Stan Miller, Pinnacle Legacy Law

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 872 Stan Miller

Stan Miller is the CEO of Pinnacle Legacy Law. Stan is passionate about the power of estate planning, and the positive difference it makes in the lives of Arkansas families. His trademark skill is the ability to listen, first. He then walks his clients through the development of a custom solution for their specific estate planning needs. His second trademark skill is the ability to explain your solution in simple understandable terms, you will know exactly what your plan does.

Stan was an early pioneer in Living Trust planning in Arkansas- and at a time when most law firms were in favor of probating estates- a much more costly and time consuming alternative to Living Trusts. Since, he has established over 5,000 Living Trusts and helped protect more than $4.5 billion in assets.

Those pioneering successes led him to emerge as a national leader in Estate Planning. Later, he helped found WealthCounsel, LLC, the leading provider of education and document-drafting software for Estate and Business Planning attorneys throughout the US. In 2008, he was instrumental in founding ElderCounsel, LLC, which is now the national leader in technology and education for Elder Law attorneys. He serves on the board of both companies.

Stan’s most recent book, Your American Legacy: Powerful Strategies That Instill Lasting Values for Generations, landed on the International Best Seller list in April of this year. He is currently developing a podcast, “American Legacy”, a bi-monthly series of interviews with individuals making a positive impact on their family, their community, and the world.

Stan is a sought after speaker for professional audiences, individuals, families, colleagues, and contemporaries around the US. Speaking on topics ranging from estate and business planning, to tax reform and family legacies. Stan previously served as an elected member of the Board of Directors for the City of Hot Springs, and as a member of the Board of St. Joseph’s Regional Health Center- now CHI St. Vincent. He and his wife Patrice are the proud parents of two sons.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Stan Miller about his book, Your American Legacy.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How estate planning is important whether you have a will or a living trust.

- Why business owners must have estate and legacy plans in place.

- How work ethic, grit, and commitment are needed to run a successful business.

- Why it’s important to preserve the stories when you struggled with your business.

- How you want to transfer your generational wealth, not spend it.

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Copywriting

Carlos Redlich

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 872 Carlos Redlich

Carlos Redlich is a highly sought after direct-response copywriter and marketing consultant. He's worked with all levels of entrepreneurs... From 6 figure start-ups to 9-figure mammoths. As he travels the world and learns about new cultures, Carlos' primary mission is to deliver as much value as possible to his fellow marketers and copywriters... in an authentic and straightforward manner.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Carlos Redlich about effective copywriting.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How you must learn how to effectively communicate to be a good copywriter.

- Why you can’t be scared to speak to your existing or potential clients.

- How marketing and sales tactics are good tools to use when teaching people something new.

- Why it’s important to generate new content for your business every day.

- How writing a book is a great way to generate new business and expand your network.

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@carlosredlich

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Truth in Social Media with Minds.com

Bill Ottman, Minds.com

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 871 Bill Ottman

Bill Ottman is the co-founder and CEO of Minds, a decentralized social networking app with 6M+ users focused on censorship resistance, global dialogue, privacy, and creator monetization with both traditional payments and cryptocurrency. He is also the co-author of "The Censorship Effect".

He has been interviewed twice on the Joe Rogan Experience in addition to NPR, Tucker Carlson Tonight, WIRED, Techcrunch, WSJ, NYTimes, Reuters, Guardian, Independent, Observer, Forbes, Economist, Barron's, BBC, ABC, VentureBeat, Fox News, Quillette, The Next Web, CNET, Breitbart, Coindesk, The Pomp Podcast and dozens of other podcasts and media outlets. 

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Bill Ottman about his social media platform Minds.com.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How Minds.com is different from every social media platform out there.

- Why Minds.com is focused on both the transparency of the site and the privacy of its users.

- How you can gain tokens on Minds.com and then use them to get more exposure.

- How the algorithms on big tech apps hide a lot of the content people want to see.

- Why a paid membership makes sense when you’re trying to promote yourself.

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Filtering: Gain Strength from the Struggle

Joel Green, Pro Level Training

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 870 Joel Green

Joel Green is CEO of Pro Level Training, the National Director of Nike Sports Camps, a former professional basketball player, and a renowned motivational speaker. After retiring from his career in professional basketball, Joel Green founded Pro Level Training (PLT), which has become a 7-figure company. In addition to running PLT, Green is also the National Director for Nike Sports Camps as well as an accomplished speaker. He was honored to speak to thousands and deliver his own TED Talk.

Joel Green’s unique differentiator in business and as an individual, is his ability to see life objectively from multiple vantage points. Unfortunate circumstances as a youth helped to groom and refine Joel into adulthood. Growing up in an abandoned home and seeing both sides of life has really helped him to connect with people over time. 

A thought leader in the motivational category, Joel Green has a B.A. in Psychology from Rider University, which has helped to fuel his ambition to inspire others. He has developed a reputation for personal excellence and motivational talks that contribute tangible advice for attaining desired goals. Many of the messages he has delivered on are conveyed in his first book, Filtering: The Way to Extract Strength from the Struggle.

In addition, Green is a professional sports and fitness model and actor, and he has been featured in commercials, ads and on television. Most recently he was the face of Cheez-It crackers Celebrity Crunch Classic campaign, in which he was solely featured on millions of snack boxes.

Green is known for setting very ambitious goals for himself, most recently his own challenge of reading 30 books in 30 weeks. He has unflinchingly put in 18-20-hour workdays with great joy to make his dreams a physical manifestation. He attributes his work ethic to his unwavering faith and his passionate desire for excellence – both of which have allowed him to overcome many difficulties and life challenges.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Joel Green about gaining strength by going through hard times.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How it’s important for athletes to live their best life not just on, but off, the court.

- Why failure is nothing more than a midpoint.

- How failing at something means you are on the road to success – don’t give up.

- Why you can’t skip any steps on your way to being successful.

- How you must push through your feelings of doubt to succeed.

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@jaygreenpit

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International Living

Jennifer Stevens, International Living

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 869 Jennifer Stevens

Jennifer Stevens is International Living's Executive Editor. She's traveled through 23 countries in Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe, and Africa—many more than once—writing about the best locales for overseas travel, retirement, and investment. Jennifer is also the author of the Ultimate Travel Writer’s Program and teaches travel writing at workshops throughout the year. In past incarnations, she wrote marketing studies for the Foreign Commercial Service in Paris and taught high school English on an East African island, where she served for two years as a Peace Corps Volunteer.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Jennifer Stevens about traveling, retiring, and investing internationally.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- Why it’s important for people to be interested in what goes on in the rest of the world.

- How International Living has terrific information about what it takes to live overseas.

- Why some people want to live an international life and the benefits of doing so.

- How International Living provides resources and connections as well as information.

- Why it’s easier than ever to live and retire internationally than ever before.

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@inliving

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SEO Optimizers

Brandon Leibowitz, SEO Optimizers

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 868 Brandon Leibowitz

Brandon Leibowitz runs and operates SEO Optimizers and has since 2007. SEO Optimizers is a digital marketing company that focuses on helping small and medium-sized businesses get more online traffic, which in turn converts into clients, sales, and leads.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Brandon Leibowitz about using SEO to get businesses more traffic online.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How SEO is a good way for businesses to get free online traffic to your website.

- Why businesses should offer a product that is searched for often on Google.

- How every kind of business can use the same SEO tactics and get similar results.

- Why there are so many misconceptions of SEO and how it works.

- How using SEO allows businesses to tap into a market they didn’t know existed.

Connect with Brandon:

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@seooptimizers

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Improving Subscriptions and Memberships with QPilot

Matthew Holman, QPilot

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 867 Mathew Holman

Matthew Holman is the head of growth at QPilot, a subscription software that unlocks flexible subscriptions. He is also the cofounder of Sharehouse, an ecommerce community. He loves education, running, movies, and trying to be funny on LinkedIn.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Matthew Holman about improving subscriptions and memberships with QPilot.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How brands are creating more powerful subscription experiences where the customer has more control.

- Why it’s important for customers to be able to control how often their subscription is sent to them.

- How brands should create a flexible subscription option for their clients.

- Why most current subscription software is not as flexible as they should be.

- How the future of subscription products is all about engagement.

Connect with Matthew:

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@teamqpilot

@subscriptiondoc

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Linkedin.com/in/holman-matthew

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QPilot.com

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