Gary Zaydman talks about having sales conversations with your prospects and customers that are fun and grow your business. He shares why changing the context of the sales conversation can make you stick out and break through the inbox clutter. One specific thing Gary does is use text messaging at the start of business relationships. This works best for referrals and he created a template showing you exactly how he does it. Go to his website GaryZaydman.com to get all the details.jjj
Sep 15, 2015•46 min•Ep. 37
Conrad Egusa the founder of Publicize.co shares how to get press for your startup and how to get noticed by journalists. He’s been featured in TechCrunch, VentureBeat, and Huffington Post. Say thanks to Conrad and ask him your questions at Publicize.co To get your questions on the show message me on Twitter @spencershaw
Sep 15, 2015•47 min•Ep. 36
Primoz Bozic talks about creating systems and success habits. He also shares the process for surrounding yourself with top performers. He wrote a 22 page guide on creating bulletproof habits that you can access on his website www.skyrocketyourproductivity.com/habits it’s definetly worth reading. He also wrote one of the most EPIC posts about how to surround yourself with successful people www.skyrocketyourproductivity.com/the-quick-guide-to-surrounding-yourself-with-successful-people https://www...
Sep 15, 2015•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 35
Shane Snow and I talk about accelerating business growth and use examples from his recent book Smartcuts. In this episode we talk about how he raised $11M in funding for his business Contently. Shane explains why it was easier to raise $11M in funding than raising $100k for his startup. We also talk about how you can 10X your business growth by applying lateral thinking. We take a listener question about scaling a service based business. He does a case study of how he would grow their business a...
Sep 15, 2015•43 min•Ep. 34
After running the Business Growth Podcast for over a year it was hard to choose the top lessons. Overall these 5 conversations had the greatest impact on me, so they made the cut. I want to thank all the guests who have been on the show. They are all innovative, inspiring and have helped so many other business owners. Thank you. Today’s Show: In this special episode you’ll learn from Davis Smith of Cotopaxi.com, Scott Paul of Instafluence, and Naveen Dittakavi of HowToBuildRecurringRevenue.com Y...
Sep 15, 2015•14 min•Ep. 33
Joel Widmer talks about productivity hacks for entrepreneurs. We speak about the boring things you can do to become more productive as a business owner. He recently put out a course with raving reviews. Check it out here https://www.udemy.com/productivity-hacks/?couponCode=DoBoringWork 0:12 Introduction 1:32 Finding the sweet spot” for productivity 3:06 The myth of naturally productive people 4:55 Making the transition from being lazy to a hard worker 7:24 How to trick yourself into being more p...
Sep 15, 2015•53 min•Ep. 32
Davis Smith, the founder of Cotopaxi.com talks about raising millions from VC’s to start his businesses, while maintaining a pledge for good to the world 0:29 – Introduction 1:12 – His first startup Pooltables.com 4:13 – Growing up in Latin America and world traveling 5:30 – Talking about taking risks and stepping into the business full-time 7:28 – His first business exit 9:00 – After selling his company he went to Wharton School of Business 12:55 – Raising venture money on Sandhill Road and sta...
Sep 15, 2015•54 min•Ep. 31
Stephen Key, best-selling author of One Simple Idea shares how to build your idea muscle and get your ideas to market the fastest and easiest way possible. 0:00 – Introduction 0:47 – Licensing, renting ideas to new partners 2:35 – Stephens story of “Hot Picks” guitar picks with Taylor Swift 4:46 – “Love your customers and they will love you back” 6:05 – Don’t reinvent the wheel with licensing ideas 7:54 – The Michael Jordan basketball idea 11:08 – Building your idea muscle 14:33 – Minimum Viable...
Sep 15, 2015•31 min•Ep. 30
“The 7 Day Startup,” a must-have book for startups by Dan Norris. We talk about building a business with growth in it’s DNA. In 10 months from $0 to $16,000 a month in recurring revenue. Free copy at www.wpcurve.com/7daystartup 0:00 – Introducing Dan Norris and his fantastic beard 2:06 – You Don’t Learn Until You Launch 3:35 – “Who’s paying me?” – In 10 months from $0 to $16,000 a month in recurring revenue 5:07 – What he did different on this new startup 6:28 – Is what you’re doing profitable? ...
Sep 15, 2015•58 min•Ep. 29
Nancy Tedeschi is the inventor of Snap It Screw. We talk about inventing physical products, getting on the shelves of Wal-Mart, and creating a global brand. Her invention http://snapitscrew.com has revolutionized the eye glass industry and made millions of dollars. 0:00 – Introducing Nancy and her inventions 1:14 – Her biggest breakthrough “Snap It Screw” 3:10 – Inventions… “if you can do something simpler than what’s out there now, then that’s how you test whether you have a good product or not...
Sep 15, 2015•40 min•Ep. 28
James Altucher challenged Joe Choi to write a book. Within 11 days he completed “Happy Foods”. He talks about turning ideas into reality. Joe’s latest experiment and project is 1,000 Monthly Blog Visitors http://fescuefairways.com/introducing-reach-1000-monthly-blog-visitors/ You’ll discover how to overcome the roadblocks that come your way with new ideas. 0:00 – Introduction with Joe Choi 0:46 – How he got the idea and created his book “Happy Foods” 5:14 – Why outside insight can overcome your ...
Sep 15, 2015•34 min•Ep. 27
Kevin Davis of PaidTraffic.co talks about how businesses can leverage pay per click advertising on Facebook to grow their business. In this interview you’ll see exactly what a 7 figure ad manager does for Facebook pay per click Ad campaigns. httpvh://youtu.be/5oynLKdl0Vo 0:30 Kevin talks about vanity metrics vs business critical metrics The metrics he focus on: How many leads came in? How much money did we spend? How much did those leads cost? 3:00 How tell which type of lead to acquire and how ...
Sep 15, 2015•47 min•Ep. 26
www.eyeballdivision.com/businessgrowthpodcast talks about the 3 Pillars to Entrepreneurship and how the “critical thinking process” is vital to your success as a business owner. 1:05 The 3 Pillars of Entrepreneurship 1. You 2. Your People 3. Your Business Model 4:21 How your team plays a vital role in the businesses success 7:05 Do you knowing your CAC? 8:57 Andrew explains the cause of his failures in the past 11:16 Finding the value between margin and value 14:55 Why most businesses don’t know...
Sep 15, 2015•42 min•Ep. 25
Naveen Dittakavi www.HowToBuildRecurringRevenue.com talks about how to build recurring revenue in your business. He also shares how he moved upmarket to increase prices and what he does to avoid churn. 0:48 80% of the work is done BEFORE you meet somebody. He prepared for over 30 hours to meet his mentor Ramit Sethi 2:38 After meeting Ramit he changed focus to work on simple key pieces 5:10 Why recurring revenue has giving him real freedom in his business 7:15 How saying “NO” is so difficult and...
Sep 15, 2015•53 min•Ep. 24
Jordan Harbinger from www.TheArtofCharm.com talks about how he creates valuable relationships that have helped him build a multi-million dollar company. 1:54 Explains what it means to be trapped with the “Golden Handcuffs” 4:35 His focus is 1. Good Customer Service 2. Killer Products 3. Delivering Valuable Free Content 5:02 Relationships are so critical to his multi-million dollar business, he explains why 9:00 How introductions open the doors to investors and key players 12:05 If you’re looking...
Sep 15, 2015•44 min•Ep. 23
Turner Barr of www.aroundtheworldin80jobs.com explains how he was fired from the job he invented. He travels to exotic places working strange jobs and shares insight to vagabond entrepreneurs. 3:14 Where he searched to find international jobs… and why they always came up short 9:41 Why he setup a charity event for the Philippines disaster 12:20 How a multi-billion dollar company stole his brand and used it in a global marketing campaign His story went viral and was Featured in Inc and Entreprene...
Sep 15, 2015•29 min•Ep. 21
This episode we interview Miguel Hernandez of www.GrumoMedia.com they help startups and businesses build their brand through demo videos. Their videos are short, funny, and unforgettable. You’ll learn his formula for creating a memorable brand and videos. 2:34 How he validated his idea of doing demo videos 6:25 Why he focuses on good content vs spending money on ads 9:40 Create multiple sources of income in your business to grow synergistically 10:17 How validating and pre-selling his training c...
Sep 15, 2015•41 min•Ep. 20
Interview with Alex McClafferty and Dan Norris http://www.wpcurve.com They generate customers solely through content marketing and will put out 365 pieces of content this year. Within 6 months they went from $476 to a recurring revenue of $10,500 month. 1:47 How they went from $476/mo in revenue to $10,500/mo of recurring revenue in 6 months 3:12 Why they are focusing on content marketing to grow their business 4:37 What they do to build trust with their customers 5:48 When they started out they...
Sep 15, 2015•45 min•Ep. 19
Dave Crenshaw shares his formula for creating a focused business. He also talks about using systems and simplicity to grow your business. Learn more about Dave at http://www.chaosquiz.com 0:54 He was diagnosed with off the charts ADD… and what he did to overcome that challenge 3:55 How an entrepreneur can overcome noise and chaos around them “Chaos is the haphazard allocation of resources towards things of variable value” 5:50 Why simplifying things are critical for growing your business 8:15 Wh...
Sep 15, 2015•27 min•Ep. 18
Email autoresponders are one of the greatest assets in a business. Guest John McIntyre http://www.dropdeadcopy.com shares a framework for creating email auto responders that get opened, keep the readers engaged, and position products to increase sales. 1:16 He was struggling and was only making $100 a month from his website… until he focused on email marketing 3:40 How email marketing is different than writing sales letters 5:14 HIPS framework for writing email copy Hook Interest Parable (with m...
Sep 15, 2015•36 min•Ep. 17
Shan Carballo is an incredible artist, musician, and entrepreneur. He built an eCommerce company to over $2,000,000 in annual sales mixing business and art in his bedroom at his parent’s house. Now he uses music and art to inspire his work. Download his music at http://www.shancarballo.com 5:09 What he does to get inspiration to combine his artistic talents into his business ventures 6:33 How he started a $2,000,000 online retail company from a bedroom in his parent’s house. 8:02 Why he went to ...
Sep 15, 2015•42 min•Ep. 16
Scott Paul is the founder of ArmorActive, Voto, and Instafluence. He’s grown his companies to multiple millions and now uses his skills with other startups. ”An entrepreneur needs to always be growth focused and in fact they suck at everything else for the most part” 5:50 How Scott has “stumbled into everything” Be opportunistic and make sure you are open to changing and doing something different if what you’re doing isn’t getting the traction you want. 6:37 What drives you? Seeing something you...
Sep 15, 2015•40 min•Ep. 15
Kenny talks about making things as simple as possible to create business clarity. He also speaks about the new currencies of business that are essential in our connected world. His website is http://www.findtheedge.com where he shares business advice.
Sep 15, 2015•32 min•Ep. 14
Kenneth Vogt started online back in the 90’s emailing Jeff Bezos for advice. Since then he’s started several companies and has a process for getting over the business plateau many owners face.
Sep 15, 2015•42 min•Ep. 13
In Part 2 of the interview with Mike Hill we talk about buying ads on Google, Facebook, and other networks. Mike goes into detail about how they do split testing and use remarketing pixels to stay in front of visitors.
Sep 15, 2015•33 min•Ep. 12
Chris founded www.followup.cc to solve a major problem he faced while working at another well known startup. He talks about the critical role customer support plays and how he has grown his business on his startup’s 3 year anniversary. What made Chris Keller leave HubSpot to go out on his own? In this interview he speaks about why he left a great job to solve a problem. He speaks about the growth of his startup http://www.followup.cc and how customer support has been critical to his success. We ...
Sep 15, 2015•31 min•Ep. 11
In this episode we talk with Mike Hill who is a paid marketing expert, sharing the mindset and psychology of paid advertising for large business growth. He started the group Internet Marketing Super Friends. Make sure to SUBSCRIBE for more interviews like this! This interview went down a different path by getting into the mind of successful media buying. But it wasn’t always easy for Mike. We talk about the following: -He shares why he almost quit internet marketing and what his pivotal moment w...
Sep 15, 2015•42 min•Ep. 10
In this interview, Spencer chats with Jake Hower from FuzedApp about how automating business processes with FuzedApp helps small businesses. Jake started FuzedApp to automate the processes in his own travel agency business in Australia. As he described what he was doing to other business owners, he found their was an interest to offer his system as a service to other entrepreneurs. As he is building the business, he is taking the old school approach Gary Vaynerchuck mentioned this week of actual...
Sep 15, 2015•27 min•Ep. 7
In this interview Spencer chats with Taner Kilicarslan who has started businesses throughout the world. His latest venture is establishing a major presence in the Middle East. Hear what Taner has to say about working with different cultures in the business world. Taner Kilicarslan, a world traveler and multi country entrepreneur has mastered the skill of global business. He talks about some of the unexpected pitfalls for doing business in other countries and the major opportunities in the middle...
Sep 15, 2015•32 min•Ep. 9
In this episode Mark Donnan talks about creating systems for your business and how a system is essential if you ever want to sell your business. He also shares what he did to overcome past failures that have now turned him into a stronger and more profitable owner. Mark shares advice that is better than most training courses and books. You’ll want to take notes on this one.
Sep 15, 2015•41 min•Ep. 8
