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Jeremy Segal

Why Influence

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THE LEADING PODCAST TO LEARN FROM INFLUENCERS. We interview YouTubers, Twitch Streamers, Instagrammers, TikTokers, Podcasters, Thought Leaders, and Community Builders. We deep dive into WHY our guests are vulnerably sharing and how they overcame barriers to sharing bigger, both personally and tactfully. The majority of our guests have touched over a million lives if you total their views, downloads, and/or audiences impacted. If you have a message inside you that's proven to touch lives, you're ripping the world off by not going as big as possible. There are people who NEED to hear your message, if you don't go big enough, they won't hear it. Stop ripping the world off and go BIGGER! Learn what it takes to become an unstoppable influencer! Lets inspire the sharing of hidden knowledge and wisdom so together, we can raise the collective consciousness level of the human race. Want to grow your voice? Join our weekly virtual meetup! http://weeklyinfluencermeetup.com/

Newest episodes

084 | How Ricky Kesler gained a total of 14 MILLION VIEWS on YouTube!

56 min

In this interview, we'll learn more about how Ricky helps people to be financially independent! Visit: https://whyinfluence.com/ Support the Channel through Affiliate Links: https://www.tubebuddy.com/account/fre... https://streamyard.com?pal=6618293747056640 http://www.riverside.fm/?via=influencer Join me on other platforms: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-se... https://instagram.com/whyinfluence https://www.twitch.tv/whyinfluence Thanks for listening!

Learn How to Get 690,000 subscribers & over 32,500,000 total views with Nate Martin!

57 min

Learn more about Bitcoin from the Bitcoin Expert, Nate Martin, the company presenter at 99Bitcoins! In this interview, we'll learn more about Nate's amazing journey. Join the Weekly Influencer Meetup Community: https://weeklyinfluencermeetup.com Visit: https://whyinfluence.com/ Follow Nate: https://www.youtube.com/c/Bitcoinwithpaypal https://www.instagram.com/nate_martin_99/?hl=en https://twitter.com/NateMartin99B?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Support the Channel through Affiliate Links: https://www.tubebuddy.com/account/freetrial?a=Influencers https://streamyard.com?pal=6618293747056640 http://www.riverside.fm/?via=influencer Join me on other platforms: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-segal/ https://instagram.com/whyinfluence https://www.twitch.tv/whyinfluence CONSIDER SUBSCRIBING IF YOU'RE NEW HERE! 🔔 Thanks for watching!

How Zac Hartley gained 49,500 subscribers and over 3 MILLION total views on YouTube!

49 min

We're back... and with a very special guest, Zac Hartley! Tune in to learn more about stocks, crypto & finance 💯 In this interview, we'll learn more about Zac's amazing journey. Join the Weekly Influencer Meetup Community: https://weeklyinfluencermeetup.com Visit: https://whyinfluence.com/ Follow Zac: https://www.youtube.com/c/ZacHartley/... https://www.linkedin.com/in/zac-hartl... https://zachartley.ca/ Support the Channel through Affiliate Links: https://www.tubebuddy.com/account/fre... https://streamyard.com?pal=6618293747... http://www.riverside.fm/?via=influencer Join me on other platforms: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-se... https://instagram.com/whyinfluence https://www.twitch.tv/whyinfluence CONSIDER SUBSCRIBING IF YOU'RE NEW HERE! 🔔 Thanks for watching!

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084 | How Ricky Kesler gained a total of 14 MILLION VIEWS on YouTube!

56 min

In this interview, we'll learn more about how Ricky helps people to be financially independent! Visit: https://whyinfluence.com/ Support the Channel through Affiliate Links: https://www.tubebuddy.com/account/fre... https://streamyard.com?pal=6618293747056640 http://www.riverside.fm/?via=influencer Join me on other platforms: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-se... https://instagram.com/whyinfluence https://www.twitch.tv/whyinfluence Thanks for listening!

Learn How to Get 690,000 subscribers & over 32,500,000 total views with Nate Martin!

57 min

Learn more about Bitcoin from the Bitcoin Expert, Nate Martin, the company presenter at 99Bitcoins! In this interview, we'll learn more about Nate's amazing journey. Join the Weekly Influencer Meetup Community: https://weeklyinfluencermeetup.com Visit: https://whyinfluence.com/ Follow Nate: https://www.youtube.com/c/Bitcoinwithpaypal https://www.instagram.com/nate_martin_99/?hl=en https://twitter.com/NateMartin99B?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Support the Channel through Affiliate Links: https://www.tubebuddy.com/account/freetrial?a=Influencers https://streamyard.com?pal=6618293747056640 http://www.riverside.fm/?via=influencer Join me on other platforms: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-segal/ https://instagram.com/whyinfluence https://www.twitch.tv/whyinfluence CONSIDER SUBSCRIBING IF YOU'RE NEW HERE! 🔔 Thanks for watching!

How Zac Hartley gained 49,500 subscribers and over 3 MILLION total views on YouTube!

49 min

We're back... and with a very special guest, Zac Hartley! Tune in to learn more about stocks, crypto & finance 💯 In this interview, we'll learn more about Zac's amazing journey. Join the Weekly Influencer Meetup Community: https://weeklyinfluencermeetup.com Visit: https://whyinfluence.com/ Follow Zac: https://www.youtube.com/c/ZacHartley/... https://www.linkedin.com/in/zac-hartl... https://zachartley.ca/ Support the Channel through Affiliate Links: https://www.tubebuddy.com/account/fre... https://streamyard.com?pal=6618293747... http://www.riverside.fm/?via=influencer Join me on other platforms: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-se... https://instagram.com/whyinfluence https://www.twitch.tv/whyinfluence CONSIDER SUBSCRIBING IF YOU'RE NEW HERE! 🔔 Thanks for watching!

How Raiti's Rides Grew to 534k YouTube Subscribers & 7M+ Monthly Views!

1 hr 5 min

Joe Raiti from Raiti's Rides is here making his 3rd appearance on the Why Influence Podcast! Joe has a YouTube show where he reviews vehicles, typically starting with a walk around of the exterior and interior, then assuming the owner allows it, a test drive. Joe had: - 80,000 YouTube subscribers during our first interview - 270,000 YouTube subscribers during our second episode - 534,000 YouTube subscribers today! Joe is getting between 7.5M and 8M video views per month! Joe is a super authentic guy who deserves every single view and subscribe he's gotten. He is one of the hardest working and dedicated YouTube content creators I know. I'm honored to have him on again, for a 3rd time, to celebrate the huge milestone of passing a half a million YouTube subscribes and 175,000,000 video views! Sit back, relax, and enjoy today's update from Joe! Links to previous interviews: 1st: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDgaWIq1-Bk 2nd: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Eh5tDshmcQ

How Tori Dunlap was featured on Forbes, CNBC, New York Times, BBC, and many more! | 079

57 min

Tori Dunlap is an internationally recognized millennial money and career expert. After saving $100,000 at age 25, Tori quit her corporate job in marketing and founded Her First $100K to fight financial inequality by giving women actionable resources to better their money. She has helped over 800,000 women negotiate salary, pay off debt, build savings, and invest. 🤩 Really inspiring! In this interview, we'll learn more about Tori's amazing journey. Join the Weekly Influencer Meetup Community: https://weeklyinfluencermeetup.com Visit: https://whyinfluence.com/ Follow Tori: https://www.tiktok.com/@herfirst100k?lang=en https://www.instagram.com/herfirst100k/ https://www.herfirst100k.com/ Support the Channel through Affiliate Links: https://www.tubebuddy.com/account/freetrial?a=Influencers https://streamyard.com?pal=6618293747056640 http://www.riverside.fm/?via=influencer Join me on other platforms: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-segal/ https://instagram.com/whyinfluence https://www.twitch.tv/whyinfluence CONSIDER SUBSCRIBING IF YOU'RE NEW HERE! 🔔 Thanks for watching!

How Don Atlas, creator of TheMambaAtlas reached over 41,500,000 views! | 078

1 hr 9 min

Don Atlas is the Content Creator of the 'The Mamba Atlas' on YouTube that was created in 2017 and already got 462,000 subscribers and over 41,500,000 million views! That was fast 😧 In this episode, we'll learn more about Don's amazing journey. Join the Weekly Influencer Meetup Community: https://weeklyinfluencermeetup.com Visit: https://whyinfluence.com/ Follow Don: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheMambaAtlas/featured https://www.instagram.com/don.atlas/ https://twitter.com/TheMambaAtlas Support the Channel through Affiliate Links: https://www.tubebuddy.com/account/freetrial?a=Influencers https://streamyard.com?pal=6618293747056640 http://www.riverside.fm/?via=influencer Join me on other platforms: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-segal/ https://instagram.com/whyinfluence https://www.twitch.tv/whyinfluence CONSIDER SUBSCRIBING IF YOU'RE NEW HERE! 🔔 Thanks for watching!

Learn more about Pablo Gonzales; the Inventor of The Relationship Flywheel! | 077

52 min

Pablo Gonzales is an award-winning speaker and emcee. He is also the the Inventor of The Relationship Flywheel. He is an expert on content strategy for business growth. Really inspiring! 😯 In this episode, we'll learn more about Pablo's amazing journey. Join the Weekly Influencer Meetup Community: https://weeklyinfluencermeetup.com Visit: https://whyinfluence.com/ Follow Pablo: https://www.instagram.com/connectwithpablo/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/pablo-gonzalez-4333b42/ Support the Channel through Affiliate Links: https://www.tubebuddy.com/account/freetrial?a=Influencers https://streamyard.com?pal=6618293747056640 http://www.riverside.fm/?via=influencer Join me on other platforms: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-segal/ https://instagram.com/whyinfluence https://www.twitch.tv/whyinfluence CONSIDER SUBSCRIBING IF YOU'RE NEW HERE! 🔔 Thanks for watching!

Learn How Nicole Sanchez reached over 1,600,000 views on YouTube! | 076

35 min

Nicole Sanchez is a live video creator and host, she's also a video marketing and social media strategist, presentation design and development expert, and a YouTube content creator. Her YouTube channel, 'Yay or Nay Nicole' has over 1,600,000 views! In this episode, we'll learn more about Nicole's YouTube journey. Join the Weekly Influencer Meetup Community: https://weeklyinfluencermeetup.com Follow Nicole: www.youtube.com/yayornaynicole www.instagram.com/yayornaynicole https://twitter.com/yayornaynicole https://twitter.com/nicolemsanchez https://www.linkedin.com/in/nms/ Visit: https://whyinfluence.com/ Support the Channel through Affiliate Links: https://www.tubebuddy.com/account/freetrial?a=Influencers https://streamyard.com?pal=6618293747056640 http://www.riverside.fm/?via=influencer Join me on other platforms: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-segal/ https://instagram.com/whyinfluence https://www.twitch.tv/whyinfluence CONSIDER SUBSCRIBING IF YOU'RE NEW HERE! 🔔 Thanks for watching!

How Ed Lawrence established his own Video Production Company! | 075

41 min

Ed Lawrence owns a video production company in Hertfordshire, England called the 'Business Film Booth'. He also has a YouTube channel called 'Business Film Booth' which he co-hosts with his buddy Dave that has reached almost 800,000 views! In this interview, we'll learn more about Ed's amazing journey. Join the Weekly Influencer Meetup Community: https://weeklyinfluencermeetup.com Follow Ed: https://www.youtube.com/c/BusinessFilmBoothOnline/about https://businessfilmbooth.com/about-us/ Visit: https://whyinfluence.com/ Support the Channel through Affiliate Links: https://www.tubebuddy.com/account/freetrial?a=Influencers https://streamyard.com?pal=6618293747056640 http://www.riverside.fm/?via=influencer Join me on other platforms: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-segal/ https://instagram.com/whyinfluence https://www.twitch.tv/whyinfluence CONSIDER SUBSCRIBING IF YOU'RE NEW HERE! 🔔 Thanks for watching!

How Michael O'Neal, host of 'The Solopreneur Hour' podcast, has over 9 million downloads! | 074

1 hr 16 min

Michael O'Neal is the host of 'The Solopreneur Hour', an audio podcast that co-hosts with the best and brightest solopreneurs from all walks of life, including network marketing, internet marketing, music, fitness, actors, comedians, and more. Before that he was a designer, creative director, and branding expert for over 15 years. Wow! In this interview, we'll learn more about his amazing journey. Join the Weekly Influencer Meetup Community: https://weeklyinfluencermeetup.com Follow Michael: https://www.instagram.com/solohour/ https://twitter.com/solohour Visit: https://whyinfluence.com/ Support the Channel through Affiliate Links: https://www.tubebuddy.com/account/freetrial?a=Influencers https://streamyard.com?pal=6618293747056640 http://www.riverside.fm/?via=influencer Join me on other platforms: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-segal/ https://instagram.com/whyinfluence https://www.twitch.tv/whyinfluence CONSIDER SUBSCRIBING IF YOU'RE NEW HERE! 🔔 Thanks for watching!

How Daniel Currier reached over 4 million views on YouTube! | 073

43 min

Daniel Currier is a problem solver through the application of critical thinking and productive communication. He is also a Content Creator, and the Founder of 'Creator Fundamentals' channel on YouTube that has reached over 4 million views! In this interview, we'll learn more about Daniel's journey.  Join the Weekly Influencer Meetup Community: https://weeklyinfluencermeetup.com Follow Daniel: https://www.youtube.com/CreatorFundamentals https://www.instagram.com/CreatorFundamentals/ Visit: https://whyinfluence.com/ Support the Channel through Affiliate Links: https://www.tubebuddy.com/account/freetrial?a=Influencers https://streamyard.com?pal=6618293747056640 http://www.riverside.fm/?via=influencer Join me on other platforms: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-segal/ https://instagram.com/whyinfluence https://www.twitch.tv/whyinfluence CONSIDER SUBSCRIBING IF YOU'RE NEW HERE! 🔔 Thanks for watching!

How Jessica Stansberry, a Marketing Strategist, reached over 5 million views on YouTube! | 072

51 min

Jessica Stansberry is Marketing Strategist, a content creator, and the founder of 'JessicaStansberry' on YouTube that has reached over 100,000 subscribers and 5,500,000 views! Wow, really impressive! Join the Weekly Influencer Meetup Community: https://weeklyinfluencermeetup.com Visit: https://whyinfluence.com/ Follow Jessica: https://www.youtube.com/jessicastansberry https://www.instagram.com/jessicastansberry/ Support the Channel through Affiliate Links: https://www.tubebuddy.com/account/freetrial?a=Influencers https://streamyard.com?pal=6618293747056640 http://www.riverside.fm/?via=influencer Join me on other platforms: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-segal/ https://instagram.com/whyinfluence https://www.twitch.tv/whyinfluence CONSIDER SUBSCRIBING IF YOU'RE NEW HERE! 🔔 Thanks for watching!

How Carrie Jones built an Online Brand Community and helped organizations succeed! | 071

55 min

Carrie Jones is a community builder, entrepreneur, and community management consultant. She is the author of the "Building Brand Communities" book that distills key lessons to create engaged and effective communities by growing mutual concern, expressing common values, and sharing experiences. In this interview, we'll learn more about Carrie's journey! Join the Weekly Influencer Meetup Community: https://weeklyinfluencermeetup.com Visit: https://whyinfluence.com/ Follow Carrie: https://www.carriemelissajones.com/ https://www.buildingbrandcommunities.com/ https://twitter.com/caremjo Support the Channel through Affiliate Links: https://www.tubebuddy.com/account/freetrial?a=Influencers https://streamyard.com?pal=6618293747056640 http://www.riverside.fm/?via=influencer Join me on other platforms: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-segal/ https://instagram.com/whyinfluence https://www.twitch.tv/whyinfluence CONSIDER SUBSCRIBING IF YOU'RE NEW HERE! 🔔 Thanks for watching!

How The SabbyBG Show reached 271,000 subscribers! | 070

54 min

Sabby from The SabbyBG Show is a Marketing Expert. He is the founder of 'Republic of Creators' and the content creator of the 'The SabbyBG Show' on YouTube that reached over 271,000 subscribers and over 37,500,000 million views! In this interview, we'll know more about how The SabbyBG Show reached 271,000 subscribers! Join the Weekly Influencer Meetup Community: https://weeklyinfluencermeetup.com Visit: https://whyinfluence.com/ Follow Sabby: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheSabbyBGShow/featured https://www.youtube.com/c/RepublicofCreators https://www.instagram.com/thesabbybgshow/?hl=en Support the Channel through Affiliate Links: https://www.tubebuddy.com/account/freetrial?a=Influencers https://streamyard.com?pal=6618293747056640 http://www.riverside.fm/?via=influencer Join me on other platforms: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-segal/ https://instagram.com/whyinfluence https://www.twitch.tv/whyinfluence CONSIDER SUBSCRIBING IF YOU'RE NEW HERE! 🔔 Thanks for watching!

How the Stomp N Shake Cheer reached over 24 million views on YouTube! | 069

58 min

Kevin Crawford is the founder of Two Sockz Productions and the content creator of Stomp N Shake Cheer on YouTube that reached over 128,000 subscribers and over 24,000,000 views! In this interview, we'll learn more about Kevin's inspiring journey. Join the Weekly Influencer Meetup Community: https://weeklyinfluencermeetup.com Visit: https://whyinfluence.com/ Support the Channel through Affiliate Links: https://www.tubebuddy.com/account/freetrial?a=Influencers https://streamyard.com?pal=6618293747056640 http://www.riverside.fm/?via=influencer Join me on other platforms: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-segal/ https://instagram.com/whyinfluence https://www.twitch.tv/whyinfluence CONSIDER SUBSCRIBING IF YOU'RE NEW HERE! 🔔 Thanks for watching!

How Alexandra Watkins established herself as a Thought Leader in the Brand Naming Space! | 068

50 min

Alexandra Watkins is the author of the branding bestseller, "Hello, My Name is Awesome... How to Create Brand Names That Stick" (an Inc. Magazine Top 10 Marketing Book). She is also the founder of "Eat My Words"; the wildly creative naming firm behind brand names including Burger King's new Mac 'n Cheetos. And she also named Wendy's Baconator while contracting for another firm. Wow! In this interview, we'll learn more about Alexandra's amazing journey! Join the Influencer community: https://weeklyinfluencermeetup.com Follow Alexandra: https://eatmywords.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandrawatkins/ https://twitter.com/eatmywords Visit: https://whyinfluence.com/ Support the Channel through Affiliate Links: https://www.tubebuddy.com/Influencers https://streamyard.com/?pal=6618293747056640 Thanks for watching!

How Rob Balasabas from TubeBuddy got 2,500 Subscribers in his first year! | 067

54 min

Rob Balasabas is a Brand Evangelist at Tube Buddy. He speaks at various conferences, summits, podcasts, and live stream interviews. He also makes a lot of YouTube videos about marketing, creation strategies, live-streaming tips, as well as tools & software reviews and has reached over 100,000 views! Besides all that, he's also a full-time amazing dad! In this interview, we'll learn more about Rob's journey! Join the Influencer community: https://weeklyinfluencermeetup.com Follow Rob: https://www.youtube.com/c/socialmediaclub https://twitter.com/rob_balasabas https://www.instagram.com/robsotheraccount/ Visit: https://whyinfluence.com/ Support the Channel through Affiliate Links: https://www.tubebuddy.com/Influencers https://streamyard.com/?pal=6618293747056640 Thanks for watching!

How Dick Polipnick established Online Growth Systems! | 066

1 hr 8 min

Dick Polipnick is an expert at negotiating with sponsors to help influencers get paid. He owns an agency where he negotiates on behalf of influencers to land strategic sponsorships and paid brand deals. Dick also shares vulnerably himself and today, we'll learn more about his journey. Join the Weekly Influencer Meetup Community: https://weeklyinfluencermeetup.com Visit: https://whyinfluence.com/ Follow Dick: https://www.youtube.com/dickpolipnickvideos https://twitter.com/dpolipnick https://www.onlinegrowthsystems.com/blog  Support the Channel through Affiliate Links: https://www.tubebuddy.com/account/freetrial?a=Influencers https://streamyard.com?pal=6618293747056640 http://www.riverside.fm/?via=influencer Join me on other platforms: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-segal/ https://instagram.com/whyinfluence https://www.twitch.tv/whyinfluence CONSIDER SUBSCRIBING IF YOU'RE NEW HERE! 🔔 Thanks for watching!

Why Jim Fuhs Hosts Multiple Live-Stream Shows About Live-Streaming! | 064

57 min

Jim Fuhs is the creator of the Fuhsion Marketing that offers consulting, workshops, speaking, and remote livestream to people. He collaborated with the Marine Corps Leadership that offers 20 years of highly successful leadership experience in the world of Marketing and Technology. Also, he is the co-host of TheTimandJimShow on LinkedIn and YouTube. In this interview, we'll learn more about Jim's marketing journey! Join the Weekly Influencer Meetup Community: https://weeklyinfluencermeetup.com Visit: https://whyinfluence.com/ Follow Jim: https://twitter.com/fuhsionmktg Support the Channel through Affiliate Links: https://www.tubebuddy.com/account/freetrial?a=Influencers https://streamyard.com?pal=6618293747056640 http://www.riverside.fm/?via=influencer Join me on other platforms: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-segal/ https://instagram.com/whyinfluence https://www.twitch.tv/whyinfluence CONSIDER SUBSCRIBING IF YOU'RE NEW HERE! 🔔 Thanks for watching!

How Abe Kislevitz reached over 18 million views and works as a Media Creator at GoPro! | 065

43 min

Abe Kislevitz is the Media Creator for GoPro. He is also a Tech Geek, and an Outdoor Enthusiast where he makes YouTube videos from all his travels and reached more than 18,000,000 views. Abe has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Southern California. In this episode, we'll learn more about Abe's adventure journey! Join the Weekly Influencer Meetup Community: https://weeklyinfluencermeetup.com Follow Abe: https://www.youtube.com/user/abekislevitz/videos https://www.instagram.com/abekislevitz/ Visit: https://whyinfluence.com/ Support the Channel through Affiliate Links: https://www.tubebuddy.com/account/freetrial?a=Influencers https://streamyard.com?pal=6618293747056640 http://www.riverside.fm/?via=influencer Join me on other platforms: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-segal/ https://instagram.com/whyinfluence https://www.twitch.tv/whyinfluence CONSIDER SUBSCRIBING IF YOU'RE NEW HERE! 🔔 Thanks for watching!

Mike Peace Woodturning has over 35,000 YouTube Subscribers! How to grow on YouTube! | 063

47 min

Mike Peace Woodturning has over 35,000 subscribers on YouTube. He is passionate about woodturning and wanted to share this content that will surely teach and inspire a lot of people. Before he became a content creator on YouTube, he was a Retired US Army, in the Reserves retiring with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He belongs to the American Association of Woodturners (AAW) as the coordinator, with past assignments as Secretary, newsletter editor, President and Treasurer. He is also a member of the Georgia Association of Woodturners and the Atlanta Woodturners Guild where he served both clubs on the board of directors. In this interview, we'll learn more about Mike's woodturning journey. Join the Influencer community: https://weeklyinfluencermeetup.com Follow Mike: https://www.youtube.com/c/MikePeaceWo... Visit: https://whyinfluence.com/ Support the Channel through Affiliate Links: https://www.tubebuddy.com/Influencers https://streamyard.com/?pal=661829374... Thanks for watching!

Justin Schenck has over 2 million downloads on The Growth Now Podcast! | 062

54 min

Justin Schenck is the Host and Creator of "The Growth Now Podcast" with over 2,000,000 downloads and has over 300 episodes. Even though Justin's podcast is a huge success, before that, he went through a lot of difficulties in life. But he didn't let his past define him. Justin has such an amazing mindset that, "the choices that I make today to create a better tomorrow for myself and others is all that matters". In this interview, we can learn more about Justin Schenck's podcast journey! Join the Influencer community: https://weeklyinfluencermeetup.com Follow Justin: https://growthnowmovement.com/ https://www.facebook.com/GNMPodcast/ instagram.com/justintschenk Visit: https://whyinfluence.com/ Support the Channel through Affiliate Links: https://www.tubebuddy.com/Influencers https://streamyard.com?pal=6618293747 Thanks for watching!

How Kelly Concepts grew his YouTube channel to 5,000 subscribers in one year! | 061

42 min

Kelly Concepts grew over 3,500 subscribers during his first year of YouTube. He now manages 2 YouTube channels serving different niches. Kellys Take | KellyConcepts | KellysTake | How to get 1000 subscribers | Making money on YouTube | YouTube Tips He is a DIYer and Maker sharing incredible ideas and working on creative projects. He is also a Real Estate agent sharing his learnings as an investor and agent for others to learn. In this interview, we'll learn more about Shaun's sharing journey. Join the Influencer community: https://weeklyinfluencermeetup.com Follow Shaun: https://www.youtube.com/c/KellyConcepts/ https://www.youtube.com/c/KellysTake/ Visit: https://whyinfluence.com/

How's my podcast journey going after 60 interviews!? - Jeremy Segal, host of Why Influence

1 hr 3 min

I've been doing my podcast for over a year now. I've been blessed with the opportunity to interview 60 amazing influencers. What a ride it's been! To recap, before starting the podcast, I never shared. My early podcast episodes were audio only and I even re-recorded myself asking questions in post-editing to sound more confident. After 30 episodes I started video live-streaming my conversations; which forced me to be more vulnerable. Now I'm 60 interviews in! Big Guests: 4 YouTubers with over 1,000,000 subscribers, 1 Instagrammer with over 1,000,000 followers, 1 LinkedIner with over 350,000 followers, 6 Podcasters with 10's of millions of downloads, 1 Author with over 400,000 email subscribers. And many many other amazing people! The combined reach of my guests is over 1 Billion! Crazy right!? I did an episode introducing the podcast. I did an update after 10 interviews, after 20 interviews, and after 30 interviews. Now... it's time for another update! If you're tuning in LIVE, be sure to ask questions! Thanks for your continued support! Sincerely, Jeremy Segal https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-segal/ https://instagram.com/whyinfluence http://eepurl.com/gAF3Ib https://whyinfluence.com/getinvolved/

Andy Storch: Talent Development Connector, and the Host of the Talent Development Hot Seat podcast. | 060

55 min

Andy Storch is a friend of Jeremy whom he had met 2 years ago at PodFest. He also joined the mastermind group and now he is a talent development connector and has built a community called Talent Development Think Tank. His upcoming book will be published in September. His personal podcast The Andy Storch Show is known for starving your fears.  Andy is the host of Talent Development Hot Seat podcast where he speaks on topics about talent development and top talent trends, owning your career and life, preparing for your next career change, entrepreneurship, podcasting, and building a personal brand, getting the most out of conferences. In this episode, Andy shared his journey from how he started a podcast and how he worked to get where he is at right now. "And that was in 2017, I joined a mastermind group for dads run by a guy named Larry Hagner who runs the dad's edge group and podcast which is a huge podcast. And he challenged everybody in the group to set a big goal for 90 days." This made way for Andy to make a big decision in starting a podcast. He began scheduling interviews and posting on social media for promotion. Back then, it was never really easy for Andy to conquer his confidence but on a good note, he used podcasting to meet new people and build relationships with them. "I remember that moment when I told my wife that I couldn't believe these people were just saying yes to having conversations with me. And my wife was a former journalist, and she was like, yeah, of course, people want to promote themselves." He has no idea that people take it as an opportunity to be invited for an interview. He mentioned that in his first years, he was figuring things out to which works best and get learnings from it. He also started to gain connections with all the effort he is pouring in to.  "I decided to focus on that niche of talent development. I started the podcast, the Talent development Hot Seat." Andy started it in mid-2018 and his reason for starting i...

Tom Schwab on How to Leverage Other People's Podcasts to Grow Your Influence. | 059

58 min

Tom Schwab is a sought-after keynote speaker and a pioneer in using inbound marketing for eCommerce. He was among the firsts to use targeted podcast interviews as the foundation piece in a content marketing strategy. He is also the author of Podcast Guest Profits. Frequently, he publishes in leading business journals, blogs, and magazines, too. Tom is the founder and CEO of Interview Valet which is a premier white-glove concierge-level podcast guest marketing service giving the quickest method to authors, speakers, coaches, consultants, and brands to boost the advantages of podcasting. It is a platform that brings together both the podcast guest and host for six years and garnered 20, 000 interviews already. Tom has guested in over 1200 podcasts! In this episode, Tom generously discussed four things on how they do their algorithm in finding a good podcast for guesting.   "The first one is the podcast itself. Do they have my ideal audience? Have they been around long enough?" Tom mentioned that one of the things they look into is the foundation and credibility of the podcast—if they are a good fit for the podcast theme and its audience or not. They also want a podcast that is committed to doing a podcast because as Tom said, no one wants to be a guest in a podcast that will eventually die after.  "The second thing is podcasts, when you do a guest appearance on it, should always give you a backlink." The purpose of backlinks is to give value in the eyes of search engines. Tom shared that they have clients that use Moz Score and Alexa Score to determine their ranking in Search Engine Results Page (SERPs) and then, adjust and do SEO.   "Third thing is how much do they promote it on social media, or to their email list." "Finally, we look at the experience with previous clients." There is more to learn in the full episode. Tom has shared a bunch of tips and advice on how to increase the growth of podcasts for you and your guest. You can also check out on Tom's w...

David Markovich's Slack community called Online Geniuses has over 25k members! | 058

25 min

David Markovich is a marketer, community builder, and consultant. He is the founder of  Online Geniuses with over 25,000 members in his digital marketing community. He is also the co-founder of 18percentcommunity which is a mental health community and CoronaHub which is also an online community dedicated to confronting the massive worldwide burden caused by the Coronavirus. As an expert in building communities, David shared some tips on how to create one and consistently grow it into a larger number. One of them is determining the right application to use for your community. "Anything under like 200 people, I usually choose WhatsApp. I think they're getting it on their phone and their notification provides better engagement and for anything bigger, I use Slack." According to David, WhatsApp is good for those who are just starting to create a community because the features of the application are suitable for small communities. Then, you can switch to slack when your community begins to grow bigger. "Don't charge. Get everyone in and then, figure out what to do with monetization." David has testified that it is a disadvantage for the growth of the community to charge them. Many people start giving charges once they had huge members in the community. One reason is to avoid spams or to filter other stuff but this is actually wrong. Giving a price will only hinder your community to grow bigger. He said that he prefers a community free of charge. He practically does other ways to prevent spams in their community and keep high-quality standards inside. "There's a website called explodingtopics.com—and also Google Trends." Both of them are always being compared in finding the right keywords or content topics for social media marketing and influencers. The difference between them is the process of how you will obtain a trending hot topic.  That's all for this article. Check the full episode to get more tips from David. Subscribe to our email newsletter to be notifie...

Ahmad Imam, Ambassador at Success Resources Australia, Has Over 350,000 LinkedIn Followers! | 057

27 min

Ahmad Imam is the confidence and content creation specialist, host, presenter, and speaker. He is also an ambassador at Success Resources Australia. He provides a consultative service for individuals, enterprises, and organizations to determine which experience would add the most value given their profile. In this episode, Ahmad shared his strategies on how he reached 350k followers on LinkedIn. "I would say four things, number one, connecting and when I say connecting, I mean physically connecting as in reaching out to people within your target audience or people within your audience, actually pressing the connect button connects with them, but also connecting with them emotionally." Ahmad mentioned that building an authentic relationship with people within your target is essential. You can message them first privately and set up a meeting with one another. "Because the magic of LinkedIn actually happens offline, when you build those relationships, one person at a time." "The next thing is engaging. Spending a bit of time every single day, it can be half an hour every day, just scrolling through your newsfeed and just liking and commenting on other people's posts." According to Ahmad, this is the most underrated among the four but it is the most effective way to create a community and increase your followers. You can be strategic with whom you want to engage first and how will you do it. "The next thing, of course, is posting. And since the video came out, content creation has blown up on LinkedIn." Today, there are many content creators who are using LinkedIn as their platform. We may perceive it as a professional platform but in reality, it is open for any type of creative content and medium. "It doesn't just have to be video. It can be a text post. It can be a text, an image. It can be a quote. It can be an interview that you've done. It can be an article. I mean, there's so many different forms of content." "But posting is important when I say posting...

Sean McVeigh Has Reached 11 Million Views Sharing His Outdoor Adventures to his 78k Subscribers! | 056

1 hr 2 min

Sean McVeigh has a great passion for fishing and archery. He initially created his website and YouTube channel which currently has over 11 million views to share his outdoor adventures, but they have since evolved into a platform for him to help teach people what he knows about archery, bow hunting, fishing, camping, etc. His first book titled Becoming a World-Class Hunter was printed in 2009 and released a second edition of the same book in 2014 with a new subtitle, A Bow Hunter's Spiritual Journey. Sean developed a challenging hunt called The Map Reading Challenge — intended to push hunters to improve their ability to read topo maps and aerial photos to find hunting hot spots. His YouTube channel is entitled Sean's Outdoor Adventures wherein he established back 10 years ago. In this episode, Sean shared his strategies on YouTube and how he reached eleven million views. "So, the big tip is when you start uploading content, be ready to be flexible and change your motion, your direction because if you're gaining fans in a certain area, and it's not the main area you were setting out to, you're either going to let go of what you set out to do and embrace what people are looking for or you're just not going to have the growth maybe if that's what you want." Sean mentioned that his growth has improved when he started to quit his original plans into something which the audience would like to watch but is still related to the track. "... diversify your content, try some different stuff." It is okay to have some content you wanted to share that is different from your niche for a while. Sean said that he's sometimes doing home improvement projects. He discussed that even if it is not related in his niche, he makes it a point that he invites the viewers to check his main course at the end of the video.  "And I really attribute it to some of that diversification is because I'm finding viewers outside of the niche right now. And I was telling you about that basement fin...

Rich Cardona Shares His Strategies On How He Gained His 15,000 Followers On LinkedIn. | 055

46 min

Rich Cardona is known to be sharing great videos in his LinkedIn account which has gained over 15k followers! He is also the CEO and Founder of Rich Cardona Media which offers its clients a quick yet excellent work worth of social-media-ready video content with a theme of storyteller for the personal brand. Rich hosts a show entitled The Leadership Locker that tells stories through video-making and he has mastered discipline and leadership when he was still a Marine Corps Aviator. In this episode, Rich shared his strategies in using LinkedIn as a platform and how it works. "LinkedIn is not only a good spot, but it's changing. It's not as professional and buttoned up as people thought it or as it was. It gives people like me an opportunity and people like you who look for good authentic content. Like it's easier to find now than I think it was probably a couple of years ago." "LinkedIn is truly a great growth engine for anyone trying to build their personal brand and company brand through their personal brand." He mentioned that he had tested on LinkedIn the different techniques to improve his videos, pictures, captions, articles, etc. "If you want to build connections, you probably want to build connections with people that are in your industry or people that interests you or people that you, quote-unquote aspire to be." According to Rich, this will help you grow your engagements and increase your knowledge in the field you are taking. You are able to be updated with the topics and the personnel in the industry you want to be at. And when they visit your profile, they will know your interests and eventually might want to connect with you, too. Just keep in mind to make your account presentable so that they will have a good impression on you. "It's a complete red flag for me, just for me personally, 'Hey, I'm all about people connecting step one like this post, number two comment on this post number three, connect with everyone in the comments.'" On the othe...

Karla Gregg Shares Her PPSS System in Personal Branding & How She Has Grown Her YouTube Channel to a Million Views! | 054

47 min

Karla is a YouTube video blogger, public speaker, videographer, and optimist. Her Youtube channel - What Would Karla Say - currently has over one million views! Karla Gregg is a social media and personal branding strategist. She worked with lifestyle brands, celebrities, and creative entrepreneurs for over six years. Her goal is to create viral content that builds an engaging audience. She works through one-on-one brand strategy and content coaching, consulting, workshops, and speaking to audiences at conferences and through a community of over 8k on YouTube. In her YouTube videos, she makes it a point to emphasize always her PPSS system in creating a personal brand. "...I actually teach this, I do coaching to help people with their personal brand... I call it the PPSS system, where it's Personality, Passion, Skills, and Story so, I do have them list them out." Karla recommends her PPSS system to two types of people: one who is just starting out and the other is for people who are needed to be reminded of where they should be at. She mentioned that in order for you to stand out from the bandwagon, you need to align your content strategy to your personality, passion, skills, and story because that's what makes your brand unique. "It could be like, I have a friend who's a videographer, but he's also a juggler. And just like those two things, if you mix it in together, he'll stand out versus another person who just calls himself a videographer, right? So just like finding those little quirks that make you different and really bringing them to your brand." "...passions and skills, those two can kind of sometimes get mixed together." People tend to give up their passion for a new skill and monetize it. But for Karla, you can combine both your passion and your skill. On the other hand, you can't just be stuck up in your passion without growing it into a skill. "Then, really focus on your story, like, why you got started on what you're doing." Your story will be y...

Raiti's Rides: Joe Raiti Shares His Quarantine Experience As A Daily YouTuber. | 053

1 hr 10 min

Joe Raiti started Raiti's Rides to share the passion of performance cars with as many people as possible. As of this day, they have hundreds of thousands of subscribers and it just keeps growing!  Joe caught the car bug at a very young age. Growing up in his father's mechanic shop, Joe learned quickly how to appreciate the inner workings of the internal combustion engine. After graduating from college, he raced formula cars professionally for three years. He has a wide variety of knowledge on many different makes and models and is considered an expert in Corvettes, Porsches, and imports. Joe uses his Youtube channel to share his passion for car performance by giving car reviews. It's his second time here in Why Influence and in his first guesting, he already garnered 22 million YouTube views and 86k subscriptions. And now for less than a year, he has made 78 million views and 258k subscribers upgrade. "The biggest thing that people have come to me with is 'Well, Joe, this is going to be mega for you because of everybody's home. And everybody's just gonna watch YouTube.' But what I discovered is when the pandemic first hit, I actually had a big decline in views." It may be true that this quarantine period is unlocking the "free time" for a lot of people, and watching videos is one of the things we could do to kill time, but the truth is, according to Joe, many people are actually in a panic mode. They can't enjoy spending time with their phone. They are all anxious about what's going to happen next.  As a matter of fact, Joe's decline in views dropped by about 40% from last month.  The quarantine prohibits everyone to leave their house and makes almost everything temporarily shutdown. As for Joe, his career involves going to places where he makes his car video content to share with the world every day. "So I went into this panic mode where I was literally every day filming about seven to eight cars a day to try to just build a treasure chest so to speak, so th...

She Podcast: Elsie Escobar Shares How Her Past Affiliations Made Way To Podcasting. | 052

1 hr 5 min

Elsie Escobar works in the cross-section of technology, digital media, and holistic living with a heavy bias on podcast strategy and creative use of audio. A podcaster since 2006 and was one of the first female Indie podcasters using audio to teach yoga. She's behind the Elsie Yoga Class that has now been downloaded over 4 million times! She is also the co-host and producer of The Feed, the official Libsyn podcast. Elsie is co-founder and co-host of She Podcasts. She focuses on podcasts' impact on society, diversity, and culture as well as their power to drive social change, personal development, and bring a voice to support underrepresented communities & initiatives. But before she discovered her talent in podcasting, she experienced being in different industries that eventually honed her to be a better podcaster. "I think it was acting... Being on stage in front of lots of people and sharing… possibly my first step was in taking the stage… and at that point, giving voice to other people's words..." Elsie said that she is already equipped with experience when she started podcasting. Back in her high school days, she is performing theatre arts. It was the first time when she dealt with a huge audience watching her from the stage. She had years to mold her confidence in acting. Then, she also earned money from it after finishing school. "And then, the next stage was probably … my yoga classes, my physical yoga classes. " She handled several students in her class. It was around 50 to 100 students per day. She said that it started in 2002 until it became a podcast in 2006. "And then when podcasting came around, maybe I could just record my classes and then that way they can get them like I was thinking of my own students, and saying like 'you guys, well, you can come to my class, but if you can't, if you don't have access, you can take me with you, like you've been asking.'" "So, I started to study up. I got a book on RSS. It really was a great book. It actually...

Why Women: Jeffrey Tobias Halter in Recognizing the Struggles of Women in the Organization. | 051

1 hr 0 min

Jeffrey Tobias Halter is a keynote speaker, author, and corporate gender strategist. He is the author of WHY WOMEN: The Leadership Imperative for Advancing Women and Engaging Men and the president in YWomen - Corporate Gender Strategy. He is a member of board trustees at The Miss America Organization and a former director of Diversity Strategy in the Coca-Cola company.  Jeffrey is already a two-time TEDx speaker. He frequently keynotes at industry and corporate events about women and helping men overcome the barriers to equality in the workplace. He is consulting from a high strategy standpoint, which is also making an impact on organizations. Thus, influencing organizations and their cultures. In this episode, Jeffrey strongly pointed out how you, as a leader in the organization, must reach out on your employees both men and women in separate. This exercise is what he recommends to large corporate clients.  "...ask a simple question. Tell me about the experience you're having and do you think it's any different than men in the organization?" According to Jeffrey, invite the woman for a cup of coffee or in virtual and ask her some questions that would address her current situation as a member of the organization. At first, the woman won't speak up and stand for their rights. But when you continue to reach out on her, you'll see what she is going through. "...ask again. Is there some experience you're having that I don't understand? Or that I don't see? " The moment she starts opening up, let her express her emotions. Listen. Don't interrupt her with what's on your mind. Don't try to solve the problem. Just listen. "And then ask a third time. And in that third 10 minutes, you're going to hear root cause issues." These causes might be from a personal issue or can be existing within the organization. Take note also that everyone will have different answers depending on what circumstances they are facing. Jeffrey mentioned that the most common issue women are f...

Be The Hero Studios: Nate Woodbury Unfolds His Secret Recipe on Youtube. | 050

56 min

Nate Woodbury is a Youtube producer who's currently managing 9 daily Youtube channels. He is the owner of Be The Hero Studio. His largest channel generates over $1M per month. All were from organic YouTube traffic. He has his own Youtube channels, named after his name, garners over 47.7k+ subscribers with 4M views, and 626 uploads.  Nate has a team of 14 employees from the Philippines who works with him in the back end. As a Youtube expert, Nate shared in the episode a lot of tips and advice on how to manage your channel well. One of those was his secret ingredient in handling your Youtube videos. "...ingredient number one, you do keyword research to find those really specific questions." He calls this as Leaf Strategy. This is about doing some research on what most people search about a certain topic before filming. Gathering all that you have collected and put them all in your content video. He elaborated this one by demonstrating an example in the episode. He also offers Keyword Research free mini-course on his website. "...ingredient number two, you want your episodes to be 10 minutes in length." This is the ideal time length for Youtube videos because the audience gets easily bored if you added many things and didn't get to your point directly.  "...ingredient number three, you want an average view duration of 45% or higher." One of your aims is to retain your viewers and encourage them to finish watching your video. If most of them fully watched it, Youtube will recognize it and recommend it on top of the search results. "And then ingredient number four, you post five episodes per week. And if you follow those four ingredients, for four months, you'll get a spike." He mentioned that these things were proven and tested. It won't apply to you if one ingredient is missing. It requires all of them to be practiced in improving your SEO.  He also added a bonus tip in his ingredients — having a custom thumbnail design. "One of the important things is you d...

From Founder To CEO: How Todd Uterstaedt Began His Podcast. | 049

55 min

Todd Uterstaedt is the co-founder and CEO of From Founder To CEO which aims to help founders transition from starting a company to building a company by supporting to build a leader in them. They are personal development accelerators who focuses on the growth of the founder's personal development as their business grows.  He is also the host of the podcast "From Founder To CEO" which has over a hundred episodes with big guests and tons of positive reviews. In addition, Todd was an Army Intelligence Officer, too, before his world opened up to entrepreneurship and podcasting. "I'm a former Army officer, but I think I was a lousy leader. And so, I started the podcast..." Todd mentioned that he used his issues in leadership to share it on his podcast in order to help himself as well as the founders to overcome it and be better as leaders. Then, he enrolled in Podcasting A to Z and learned how to start one. "And then over the course of time, we get 15 to 20 pitches a day now of people who come on the show." Like the other podcasters who are just starting, he also faced difficulties in maintaining the consistency. He experienced being rejected by humiliation as he invites clients to come to his show. But that didn't stop him from persevering until clients are the ones who look for him. "In the beginning, I thought I needed to share my expertise. But in reality, I get so many emails from people who say to me-- 'Todd, I love how you let your guests talk and how it's not about you.'" This put him into a realization that the reason why people are listening to his podcast is that they want to know the insight of both him and his guest. He needs to be a good listener so that he may give emphasis and deliver to the audience the strong points of the guest. Over the course of time, Todd frequently receives feedback from his guests on how they are being contacted by big companies who heard their guesting episodes in his podcast. "I suppose what had happened was some of the...

The Audacity to Podcast: Daniel J. Lewis Shares Essential Points in Podcasting. | 048

33 min

Daniel J. Lewis is a keynote speaker on podcasting and social media. He creates training resources and producing tools like SEO for Podcasters and My Podcast Reviews. He also writes in his personal blog about technology, productivity, and entrepreneurship. His Youtube channel currently garners over 7.12k subscribers with 820k views and 158 uploads.  He is the host of The Audacity to Podcast. The title of the podcast depicts having guts to do podcasting. The podcast also aims to share with the listeners the right tools in podcasting and to grow their podcast channel.  In this episode, Daniel has provided us some tips on what should be given importance in podcasting. "...my top recommendations right now are for a microphone. Samsung Q2U. There are other microphones very similar to it like the Audio Technica ATR, 2100 and USB and there's now the new ATR 2100 x USB, yeah, you're using the ATR 2100 USB, there's also the Audio Technica AT 2005." Daniel gives emphasis on the significance of having a good mic for podcasting and shared with us his top microphones that are high-quality but affordable. These are very fit for startup podcasters. He mentioned that everything doesn't have to be perfect at the very start of your podcasting. The important is you have clear content and direction to where your podcast will go. Buying cheap tools is good for a beginner and then, eventually, as you go further, you can level up your materials. "And then for a podcast media host, I now recommend, captivate an advisor for that company as well…" "Then, the next thing is you have to launch." According to Daniel, having an advisor can make podcasting better. It serves as your gear in media hosting, stats, website, etc. This would be very helpful for the technical part. He also mentioned that launching in a way that you don't need to prepare first the produced  20-30 episodes. You can even start with a trailer only. Then, plan out the next 20-30 episodes. You can just list it. Again, y...

The Daily Helping: Dr. Richard Shuster Shares How His Life Changed in the Less Expected Circumstances. | 047

1 hr 9 min

Dr. Richard is a Doctor of Psychology and licensed in Clinical Psychology. He is the Founder & CEO of Mars Industries, LLC - a psychological assessment company and is the President of Every Kid Rocks, Inc., a 501c3 Corporation - dedicated to helping children everywhere reach their true potential. He is highly regarded for his ability to integrate neuroscience, business, technology, and inspirational stories with fluidity in each of his talks. He hosts the podcast The Daily Helping is regularly downloaded in over 100 countries. His show's growing movement strives to get a million people each day to commit acts of kindness for others and post it on their social media using #mydailyhelping. Before Dr. Richard made it through today, he faced different trials which made his principles in life stronger and more purposeful. He has mentioned that there were two points in his life where he witnessed miracles. Here's one of them.  "...my car struck that telephone pole had been a little bit further down. The car was absolutely creamed. And so had I been a little bit further down, that telephone pole might have crushed me where I actually broke my spine headed just a little bit higher, I would have been paralyzed from the neck down had it been a little bit lower, I would have been paralyzed from the waist down..." This is the first miracle experience of Dr. Richard. It was when he was driving to meet his cousin for dinner. The accident occurred when he made a left-hand turn into an intersection and realized that there's a cargo that is out of control and will probably hit him. So when the vehicle slammed him, another one followed which pushed him to a telephone pole. He almost died but thankfully, he survived. His spine was broken. He took rehabs for less than a year to bring himself back to normal. "And I wish I could say like that was the moment and I pulled up my fist and I swore a law that I will never be a selfish prick ever again." This realization came to Dr. Richa...

Defining Your Future Self: How Dr. Benjamin Hardy Grew His Email List to Over 400,000! | 046

1 hr 4 min

Dr. Benjamin is a professional author, entrepreneur, speaker, and Organizational Psychologist. He authored two books and is a regular contributor in Inc. and Psychology Today. Millions of people read his articles monthly. From 2015 to 2019, he grew his email list to nearly 400,000 people without paid advertising, by mostly blogging on Medium. Benjamin always wanted to be a published writer. He learned early on, if he defines his future self, then he can figure out how to become that person. By defining who he will be in the future, he started having conversations that eventually led to his discovery of needing a strong email list; a requirement for many large publishers. Benjamin started taking steps to build his email list and has successfully become the future self he defined years ago. "One of the things about future self is that it's not something you discover but it's something you decide, there's no right or wrong answer, you just decide who's the person I want to be… it's just being honest about who you want to be. And just choosing a future self. " Benjamin wrote his first book Willpower Doesn't Work where he explains that willpower is nothing more than a dangerous fad-one that is bound to lead to failure. The book was signed with Hachette Book Group and was released last March 2018. His second book, Personality Isn't Permanent, was recently purchased by Portfolio, an imprint of Penguin Random House. It talked about topics of personality flexibility and how people can and do change. Deciding for your future self requires a clear vision and willingness to achieve it. "Your goals should be based on your personality, the goals you set and the life you build should be based on on your core personality," It must also suit your likes and interests. Your goal must not only be because of what the people around you want for you. You will not enjoy reaching for it if it doesn't make you happy. In the end, you will only feel drained and toxic. "The next step is...

How to Find Podcast Sponsors and How to Negotiate With Them With Jacob Southerland | 045

43 min

Jacob helps podcasters get sponsorships. He is currently working with 20 different podcasts, helping them get and maintain strategic sponsors. He's very familiar with what sponsors are looking for and how to negotiate despite possibly having very little current listener base. In this episode, Jacob has given us tips on how to have sponsors and advertisements in podcasting.  "But ultimately, these sponsors are looking for good quality content." First, let's go to the basics. We all know that before engaging with something or someone, we want the best or of good quality. Jacob has mentioned here that sponsors don't base on numbers whether you have a bunch of followers or subscribers or not. They are looking at the skills. They want those people who are really worth investing money into. But what does it take to be in good quality? "There's a couple of more things that go into that such as a broadcast schedule… So not only do you need good content, but you need good content that people know where to look for, they know when to look for." Sponsors do not look at the numbers you are in but they look at whether you know how to build your audience. Having a broadcast schedule means you have the platforms to engage with your audience. You have a strong social media management system. "Another big thing at this point in time is what they call syndicating." Syndicating in a way that your podcast episodes are always available on different social media platforms. There are a variety of mediums that are possible to connect with people nowadays. Locate your medium. Make sure that yours are easy to find. "You've got 750,000 podcasts that are pumping out content. So you've got to find a way to separate yourself. You find your niche, you find what you specialize in, and you could probably talk best about that." "Be unique," is cliche advice but it is often one of the forgotten truths, and people often need reminders. You need to come up with something that when people talk...

The Purpose Chasers: Mark Crandall On Building Deep Connections. | 044

1 hr 1 min

Mark is a podcaster, author, community builder, and entrepreneur. He is the founder of Purpose Chasers Community and Academy, and he co-founded the Purpose & Movement Mastermind. He wrote the book entitled Embrace Your Past Win Your Future. He was a former therapist but left his job and started speaking. That led him to create his own podcast and named it Purpose Chasers. The theme of his podcast is to highlight his dark past to help people struggling in their life overcome their darkness too. He wants his listeners to discover their purpose in life and have the drive to chase it. In this episode, they have tackled building deeper relationships in his online community. "When I'm approaching relationships… I'm seeking to build relationships. I'm focused on building value first." What he means by seeking to build relationships is by still getting in touch with his clients even after the podcast episode. This is how he will build value and eventually nurtures the relationship he creates with them. "I would much rather have five deep connections than 500 people that have seen my brand, but they don't really care about my work." For Mark, he added that numbers are not important rather he believes that it is essential to build a deep authentic relationship with the people around you. With this, he found that his business got more prosperous and his life grew abundantly. "It's not the money that makes or defines the man or the woman. It's how the money is made that defines the man or the woman." Mark wonderfully discussed how a person must be defined in relation to his/her treasures. This is not about the amount a person has made but instead, on the ways and process on how he/she earned the money. Before building relationships, of course, you must know the person first and his/her stand in life. Find people who are really heart-centered and that's how you'll make your relationship nurture. Mark has been amazing with his discussion and has given us new learnings. W...

You Winning Life: Jason Wasser Shares How His Past Became an Avenue to a Winning Life. | 043

1 hr 15 min

Jason is a professional speaker and licensed therapist. He had a huge journey from having failing marks just to avoid speaking back when he was a student but now, has full confidence to speak to the world and ready to make an impact. Currently, he has over 8k followers on Instagram. His podcast called You Winning Life mainly talks about psychology, spirituality, entrepreneurship in natural and alternative medicine that promotes improvement, success and empowered life. "…not only was I afraid of doing any public speaking but I think that anything in public, I had such a complex or low I don't know, it was like low self-esteem or embarrassment…" Even though Jason has a friendly personality, he still feels uncomfortable performing in front of many people. He was never loud and out in the crowd.  "The big switch for me was the beginning. I think it was 10th grade going into 11th grade, I was really involved in my synagogues youth group called USY. And I was elected for a board position in our chapter." He was given a responsibility to lead their chapter which made him realize that he must not act like the ordinary Jason. He needs to stand for his chapter. That's when his self-identity changed. He knew that there's a small spark of flame that can make a fire burn. This event paved the way for him to improve and see a new perspective in life. Later on, Jason continued his studies. He went to Israel for two years and came back to start teaching in school and synagogue. He began talking to small groups. He realized that he wants to make an impact on sixth-graders, to know their value and to live their life with the best version of themselves. "… everybody has that uniqueness that they can offer someone else that might change someone else's life." In this interview, Jason shared how his past became an avenue to winning life. Jason's story is inspirational and this episode is definitely worth a listen! Subscribe to our email newsletter to be notified of our upcoming...

Paul Edwards Unfolds His Formula on Networking with Influencers. | 042

53 min

Paul is a professional content ghostwriter for faith-based influencers who specializes in making an impact. He has a podcast called Influencer Networking Secrets and he is the author of Business Beyond Business. His Facebook has over 1.8k followers and counting.  Before Paul established his podcast, he went through an intentional distancing by reading the holy book. He, then, discovered that he needs to overcome his pride and unknowingly did it while he was fasting. Later on, he found himself doing a podcast and named it Influencer Networking Secrets. His podcast is all about unfolding hidden recipes in networking with and by influencers. Building relationships through being authentically true to yourself. In this episode, Paul shared his five formulas on networking with influencers. The following are: "What I want everybody to hear is you don't have to wait until you're in front of a dream connection to do this… Focus on the Farm Team." Paul began on the fifth tip of his book. Here, he wanted to tell you that in your journey, you need to accept that those big ones won't come your way immediately. You need to settle first on exerting effort to your local neighborhood before taking a larger step. "Be an angler… Be like a fisherman, right? … at angles, you have to cast the bait at a certain angle in order to get the fish to think that it's actually bait otherwise the fish won't fall for it." There are specific places for business. You must know where you should network. Not all occasions call for business. "… keep your ear to the ground." Keeping your ear to the ground means that you should be alert on opportunities ahead of you. It may be from a new friend you met or a close friend that needs help. Paul gave a good scenario here wherein the person and Paul both had a win-win situation because Paul kept his ear on the ground and recognized an open door for both of them. "Pro Bono Publicity" Everybody has social media nowadays. It is not merely for entertainm...

View From The Top: Aaron Walker Deeps Dive Into Why Intentional Sharing Is Essential. | 041

51 min

Aaron appeared in 2,000 different podcasts sharing his voice and story online. He is a Professional Life & Business Coach, and Community Leader. Aaron has built his community which he called "Iron Sharpens Iron Mastermind Group" that helps and motivates ordinary men to become extraordinary. He is visible on Facebook and Twitter with over 3,500 followers, Instagram with 500+ followers, and a YouTube channel with 460 subscribers.    He authored the book View From the Top: Living a Life of Significance, wherein he shares his journey and talks about how you are in control of your steps, that even in failure, you can adjust with personal grit to achieve success.    "It's building those relationships intentionally. And people ask me all the time, "what would you do better, faster? If you had to do it over?" And it would be, I would spend 25% of my time every day, nurturing and building new relationships."   A lot of people have been struggling and some are becoming stagnant in life. Failure, fear and negativity devour their minds, and so their motivation and drive to move forward is becoming a blur. They would probably take a step, but it's a step they take alone, thinking they can do it on their own.    "I just want to encourage everyone to think, 'Hey, I can be hugely successful, but I can be significant all along the way.'"   But Aaron, in this episode, emphasized the importance of intentional sharing and how your story can transform other people's lives — how joining communities can help one thrive up the ladder. Think of how you can make an impact, and the relationship you can build from doing so.   "These relationships serve you well," says Aaron. You manifest your good side to people and they'll do the same. You encourage them, and you'll receive the same thing, too. Sometimes, even much better. Aaron isn't wiping out earning money from the picture, but he realized that money is just a byproduct of serving people well. Money in our bank accounts won't l...

Humans 2.0: Mark Metry Shares His View On This Pandemic And A Reminder To Take Care Of Our Whole Being. | 040

45 min

Mark Metry is an author, podcast show host, public speaker, and podcast strategist. He's the host of the Global Top 100 Humans 2.0 Podcast. Mark is also a TEDx speaker who just released his new book entitled "Screw Being Shy." He's also a comeback guest from Why Influence episode 019.  Mark Metry, through his podcast called Humans 2.0, aims to help people eliminate their internal enemies so they can live a life of mental and emotional freedom. Mark's podcast is having a real impact and is currently getting tens of thousands of downloads per episode with some episodes hitting hundreds of thousands of downloads.  For this episode, hear him talk about some great insights from his book, the negative and positive sides of Coronavirus, and how this time is the perfect time for you to share your voice! "I hope that this time also just makes you realize how serious our health needs to be." In times of health crisis where most people only see the negativities, Mark decides to look at it once again on its positive side. Many of us are scared of coronavirus due to the number of people who died upon being infected. Such a situation indeed is indeed frightening. We do not know when it will end, or will we be able to survive not getting the infection until it's gone. Fact check: WHO said most people who died from this new Coronavirus (COVID-19) are the ones with a weaker immune system and with previous medical conditions. "I believe 9,000 people have died from Corona, and yet every year, 11 million people die from diseases related to a bad diet." This is a great reminder of how important our health is. Not only that, but this pandemic also reminds us so much of the small things: washing our hands, stocking up food in our pantry, drinking vitamins and strengthening our immune system, eating healthy home-made food, slowing down, and spending time with the family. This feels like an awakening call for everyone to focus on what matters the most. "Whatever happens, happens. I...

Matthew Weiss: Lawyer Turned Filmmaker. | 038

53 min

"My business should be for my life. My life should not be my business." Matthew Weiss is a Lawyer who graduated from Hofstra Law School in 1984. He's one of Hofstra Law School graduates who landed a job in New York State Court of Appeals — New York's highest court. Weiss co-founded Weiss & Associates, a law firm focused on vehicle and traffic law. Despite being a lawyer, he then became a filmmaker. He's like anybody else who got a perfect career but still wanted to do something they are more passionate about. Matthew tried to make more time for himself and not just for the business. After talking to a banker friend, he then found himself wanting to film the story of Welles Crowther, the man who saved ten lives when the 9/11 attack happened. He fell in love with filmmaking. He filmed and produced Welles Crowther's story titled Man In Red Bandana, which took him six years to film & produce the documentary without even having exceptional knowledge about filmmaking. "If you're interested in sharing stories, make sure you're passionate about it. Make sure you do it because you want people to hear the story, not because you're making money." It's always that passion of wanting to share stories that make someone contented and happy, not just the mere idea of money. Most successful people follow their passion and money just comes as a bonus. If money is your gauge why you'll do what you want to do, once you see no figures coming your way, you'll stumble and eventually give up. It is important to start but begin with the right purpose & clear vision. "Continue being involved with a higher purpose. Things that will outlive you that is bigger than you and I guarantee you, you won't regret it, and it will make you a happier person." There is always a purpose why we live. We weren't born by accident. And as we come to know what that bigger purpose is, continue to live it out and learn from it as people learn from you as well. Nothing is more fulfilling than being passion...

Ghost Town Podcast: Jason Horton Talks About The Importance of Authencity and Energy In Sharing Your Voice. | 038

1 hr 12 min

When someone has achieved success, people don't see the things that ran behind. The thoughts that came across that person's mind, or the rocky roads he/she has to overcome. In reality, though a person's facade may hide it, behind that success is a lot of trial and error. For this episode, we will meet Jason Horton — the founder and podcast host of Ghost Town Podcast which currently has 136 episodes. He started his YouTube channel doing comedy videos and now he has built a 130k subscribers over time. Jason also has a Facebook page with over 170k followers, Instagram and Twitter accounts which both garnered 28k and 21k followers, respectively. Recently, Tik Tok has been a boredom killer around the globe — all regions, races, ages, and gender are using Tik Tok nowadays. And Jason is one of them. You can also check out his Tik Tok account with over 14M likes and over 500k followers. Jason, as a kid, loved comedy itself. Way back in high school, he has experience doing theater plays. And the insane amount of experience in sketch & live comedy across the country has enabled him to find this passion and excitement to show up in the social media world.  "And I realized I needed my own content, not just being part of somebody else's content, which is great. But you need to have your own content. So you could get some of that equity, I guess." But things weren't smoothly running. Jason, at some point, has undergone self-deprecating. But it didn't stop him from moving forward. He's met a YouTuber friend who got 2 million views eating a cheeseburger — and at that moment, he started to ask "why is this a thing? Why are they watching that? Can I do that and bring people to me?" Sometimes, those questions we ask of ourselves are our stepping stone to do what we wanted to from the start. It's just somehow concealed by our fear and self-doubt. Well, Jason believed he could do it. And so he started putting himself out there. "It really doesn't matter what the numbers are as lo...

Ben Killoy: A Military Veteran Dad Shares The Importance Of Podcasting. | 037

49 min

"I can save an entire family from losing their father." Ben Killoy is the host of Military Veteran Dad podcast. He helps Military Veteran Dads to be more connected to their families as well as their kids. He has over 65 episodes in his podcast. Did you ever experience saving someone? Saving someone from a life and death situation, from getting a failing grade, being kicked out of the company, or saving someone who's about to suicide. Ben has entirely focused his podcast with helping military veteran dads to be intact with their families. You might probably think how Ben was able to save an entire family from losing a father when he only does podcasting.  "Be a voice, not an echo," says Albert Einstein. A voice can entirely change someone's life in an instant. By way of listening to others' experiences, we learn, and by communicating, we turn our perspectives. Ben has talked continuously to military veteran dads to share not just to other military veteran dads but to all dads around the world about fatherhood. "That voice is something the world needs to hear, and if you're holding on to a story that is super powerful, maybe even super vulnerable, you need to share it." Our voice is so powerful that it can even hurt people if used negatively. However, it is a powerful tool to empower and inspire others. Never let yourself get eaten by your fears. Ben continuously helps people through his voice that creates changes that can be accessed by millions of people across the globe. "The world is waiting for you to go first. So that way, someone else has permission to go second. And if you go first, you can inspire someone to go second, and that is so powerful because they'll take a step in their life that they currently are too afraid of." "If you find a conversation worth sharing — find it, share it. Because that conversation needs to happen. It will slowly be how we start to bring the world back together." Sharing stories, conversations, and knowledge through podcas...

Romina Shares How To Show Your Voice To The World and Influence. | 036

1 hr 12 min

Romina is a YouTuber since 2006, and an influencer with over 67k Facebook followers, 30k Instagram audience, and she already created her own Discord group called CreateIRL. Many people are live-streaming their games, making videos for YouTube and creating their own podcast show where they showcase different topics. If you ask many people about what they wanted to be now, most would probably say — to be a YouTuber. After some popular YouTubers divulged how much they make creating content on YouTube, it caught everyone's attention — dreaming to have that flow of income while doing what you love. Now, kids have their own YouTube channel doing different stuff and thinking that they might make it just like others. "Just record yourself and just film yourself and just keep doing it and realize that nobody has to watch it." Did you ever feel like you wanted to create your channel, but up to this day, there's no progress at all? We all love the idea of entertaining people, sharing something, and making money as a bonus. However, the thing is that it's so hard to start a YouTube channel or a podcast show. It is not easy for everyone. Not everyone who's on YouTube is successful and that reality fears an aspiring influencer. "Nobody has to listen to what you just recorded." No one wants to have a zero audience on YouTube or a minimal-to-no engagement on their social media posts. No one wants an effort to be eventually wasted. But the heart of sharing content is when you shared your content. You need to realize that it's not all about money and popularity. It's all about sharing your passion for anyone who's interested to see it. You had 1 view, 3 likes, then be happy because someone appreciates you going out there and sharing your voice. Nothing comes easy in life and you need to make a tremendous effort to succeed on what you wanted and do not expect that your first uploaded video can entirely change your life. "The only way that someone will ever see what you've jus...

Cloris Kylie Shared How She Managed To Continue Being An Influencer Despite Challenges. | 035

37 min

"I was going to quit. I was ready. I woke up and I said, 'Okay this is my decision. I'm quitting.'" Cloris Kylie is an influencer, an author and a performance coach. She's the host of a podcast show called "Beyond Influencer Marketing," and authored a book with the same title. Most of us have probably experienced quitting on to something, and Cloris is not an exemption to that. Cloris thought of quitting as an influencer. It was discouraging for Cloris seeing no results, feeling that no one was interacting with her or not even one was interested in her works. "If you face a challenge, you should say to yourself, 'It's okay; it's normal. It's going to happen. This was meant to happen; it's fine.'" Have you ever been to an edge of the road like Cloris where you feel like quitting whatever you're doing and find something else that might work? Was there a snapping voice in your head saying "hey, come back! Have faith in yourself."? Like many other warriors on the battlefield, Cloris stood up and recovered from that "quitting moment". She fought until she was able to do what she wanted until people started listening and reading her work. Challenges are a part of life. It's always there, and it is meant to make you stronger over the course of time. "If you make decisions out of frustration or fear, that's when things start to get worse." Your mind is clouded with frustrations, anger, and fear. You can't think straight. Making decisions in this state would make things worse. There's nothing good about decision-making if you're doing it with a wrong mindset. Cloris almost quit, but after deciding to go for a long walk and cleared her mind, she was able to think positively and was able to convert the challenge into a success. "No matter where you're at or what stage your business is in, you will encounter challenges. That's just the way it is." Trials come in many forms and no one is exempted from it. These are part of our lives. But the good thing is, you're not a...

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