I’ve been asked which books I recommend for new entrepreneurs… or which books have helped me the most in my business. If I could go back in time, I would read these 5 books at the beginning of my online business journey. In this episode, you’ll discover the best books for: Discovering your why Focusing on the right things in your business Clearly articulating your message Sales and marketing your online business Managing your finances as an entrepreneur Get these books by clicking below: Start W...
Jun 16, 2022•20 min•Ep. 109
Ryan Moran is an incredible entrepreneur who built a business that sold for 8-figures just a few years ago! Now, Ryan helps entrepreneurs build million-dollar brands and become 7-figure entrepreneurs! In this episode, you’ll learn: How to build an audience + platform to expand your brand and grow your membership How you can build multiple tiers + additional products to take your income to the next level How those additional products can increase customer success How to shift your mindset so you ...
Jun 09, 2022•50 min•Ep. 108
If you’re an entrepreneur, there’s a good chance that you have or need a team to help you with your business. In this episode, I’m sharing my 5 best tips for building a successful team! In this episode, you’ll learn: The right ways and wrong ways to build a team The best books for team building What to look for when building a team for your business As our online business grew, we started needing help completing all of the tasks that our business required. We started out, like many entrepreneurs...
Jun 02, 2022•29 min•Ep. 107
With online business, you can build the life that you want! You can set your own hours, work from wherever you want, and make six or even seven figures in the process! James Schramko will show us how! In this episode, you’ll learn: The 3 pillars of an online membership How memberships are like a supermarket How to work less and make more James Schramko is one of my own personal membership mentors. In this interview we discuss the makings of a multi-million dollar membership site, using affiliate...
May 26, 2022•56 min•Ep. 106
Have you ever wanted to make money from home? We’ve been making a full-time income from online business for over a decade, and I’m going to show you the top 5 ways to earn money online! In this episode, you’ll learn: The 3 questions you need to ask yourself before starting an online business The 5 best ways to earn money online (proven ways that we teach and have done ourselves) How to make money online without owning your own business We were school teachers who figured out how to make our enti...
May 19, 2022•27 min•Ep. 105
Erin Chase has been in the online business world for 12 years (that’s pioneer-level stuff)! She has been helping families save money on their grocery bills and save time on their dinner plans for a long, long time, and she is here today to tell us about her membership site! Erin is a true master of the low-price membership offer! Today we are going talk about: How Erin built her amazing audience How she started getting traffic to her site Erin’s prolific content strategy! How to price your membe...
May 12, 2022•41 min•Ep. 104
Do you struggle with perfectionism? What is it that keeps you from taking action in your online business? Today we’re going to define what perfectionism really is and how we can overcome it! In this episode, you’ll learn: 5 ways to overcome perfectionism What perfectionism actually means This is a #NoSugarShane episode. I’m not sugar-coating anything. I hope that this episode helps you move forward toward your goals of earning a living from home! If you need help starting, building, and growing ...
May 05, 2022•28 min•Ep. 103
Cliff Ravenscraft has recorded over 5,000 podcasts episodes and grew to fame as the Podcast Answer Man when podcasts first emerged on the scene! Now Cliff spends his time as a mentor and coach, becoming the Mindset Answer Man! He shares all the lessons and wisdom that he has picked up along the way in his entrepreneurial journey. We cover a lot of ground on this week’s podcast you’re going to learn: How to overcome the biggest mindset challenges that are holding you back in your business journey...
Apr 28, 2022•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 102
Today’s guest on The Shane Sams Show is the amazing Nick Vujicic! Nick is a Christian evangelist and motivational speaker born with no arms or legs. He is co-founder of Life Without Limbs, a non-profit organization that enables him to speak around the globe about his faith in Jesus and share the message of how God has a plan for every person. He’s been on 3,500 stages in 74 countries drawing in-person crowds as large as 800,000, reaching 2 billion people globally through digital and print medium...
Apr 21, 2022•55 min•Ep. 101
Today’s guest on The Shane Sams Show is Pedro Adao, an expert in the challenge industry! Pedro is an 8-figure entrepreneur, 7-time ClickFunnels 2 Comma Club Winner, ClickFunnels X Club Recipient, best-selling author, Founder of 100X Academy & Fortress Financial Group, and creator of Crush It With Challenges ! Pedro was climbing the corporate ladder in his 20s, but he was bored and felt like his career didn’t have meaning. He started a side hustle in real estate, which soon surpassed Pedro’s ...
Apr 14, 2022•42 min•Ep. 100
Today’s guest on The Shane Sams Show is Nick Loper of Side Hustle Nation! Nick’s early days in the online game was with direct link, pay-per-click affiliate marketing in around 2004-2005! His experience through an internship with an online shoe retailer gave him his first glance at SEO, testing out budgets for ads, marketing, and e-commerce. When Google changed some of the ways it handles search traffic, Nick’s business took a hit! He quickly learned the importance of diversifying his income str...
Apr 07, 2022•39 min•Ep. 99
Today’s guest on The Shane Sams Show is Joe Nicoletti from Learn Scriver Fast! Joe had been living in the launch-to-launch course model for quite a while. We sat down at a coffee shop one day to figure out how to add recurring revenue to his website. Joe began sending out a couple emails simply saying, ‘hey, I’m starting what is basically a writing group. Let’s pick a day and time to block off 60 minutes.’ In those live chat meetings, Joe would help everyone set goals, ask them what they were wo...
Mar 31, 2022•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 98
Hey y’all! Today’s episode of The Shane Sams Show is a solo podcast! I’m going to tell you why I think podcasting is the most powerful medium in the world today. Nothing can build income, influence, and impact quite like podcasting. We’ve been doing podcasts for over ten years, and podcasting is how we’ve made our living online. On today’s show, I give my 5 best tips on how to be a podcaster: real, practical tips that can help you get started right away on launching a successful podcast and onli...
Mar 24, 2022•41 min•Ep. 97
Priscilla Shirer is a wife and a mom first. But put a Bible in her hand and a message in her heart and you’ll see why thousands flock to her conferences and dive into her Bible study series and books each year! Priscilla is a renowned speaker, author, and entrepreneur, and she's the guest on today's episode of The Shane Sams Show! A graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary, Priscilla holds a Master’s degree in Biblical Studies and considers it a privilege to serve believers from every denominatio...
Mar 17, 2022•47 min•Ep. 96
Today’s guest on The Shane Sams Show is View From the Top’s Aaron Walker! For over 42 years, Aaron has been a small business owner, devoted husband, and community leader. He incorporates education and learning opportunities into his daily routine, remaining informed of the latest tools and trends available, which he shares with the men in his Iron Sharpens Iron Mastermind Group. Aaron is a connector of people and has invaluable input on relationships and adversity. That’s what this episode is al...
Mar 10, 2022•45 min•Ep. 95
Today’s guest on The Shane Sams Show is the Life Surge’s Chief Relationship Officer, Matt Rayburn! LIFE SURGE is a one-day local gathering and life-changing experience that incorporates powerful worship combined with inspiring stories of faith and Godly teaching - specifically about IMPACT, by leveraging influence, business, and financial stewardship using tomorrow’s best practices, timeless Biblical strategies, and God’s supernatural power. Their mission is to inspire, transform, and equip God’...
Mar 03, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 94
Today’s guest on The Shane Sams Show is Anne Beiler, founder of Auntie Anne’s! Anne has an amazing story that you’re not going to want to miss. Anne was born and raised in an Amish community in Pennsylvania, where she learned an incredible work ethic. She started baking in large quantities at 11 years old to help her family. Years later, she met and married her husband, Jonas, and they were living a happily married life with their children until a tragic event changed their lives forever. Jonas ...
Feb 24, 2022•45 min•Ep. 93
Here are some of my early thoughts reflecting on my life threatening experience... 1) Health is wealth 2) Family and community are everything. 3) Thank God for the flexibility of online business 4) God has a mission for us all, and every day you wake up, he's saying "I'm not done with you yet. Get to work." 5) There is no tomorrow. Only today. When you are faced with the real possibility of no tomorrow, you realize how precious today really is. I was healthy one day, then not the next. That fast...
Feb 17, 2022•50 min•Ep. 92
Today’s guest on The Shane Sams Show is Dan Miller, author of the New York Times best-selling 48 Days To The Work (And Life) You Love ! This is an awesome conversation about thinking outside the box as an entrepreneur. Dan likes to do unconventional things in his business, like sending 48 peppermints with every order to his customers–really anything to stand out and further his brand! On this podcast, we talk a lot about marketing strategies that help to build retention in our memberships. We ta...
Feb 10, 2022•57 min•Ep. 91
Today’s guest on The Shane Sams Show is Robbie Baxter, author of The Membership Economy –a book which predicted the rise of subscription services like Netflix and was literally our membership bible for growing our first membership site into a million dollar membership! Jocelyn and I went to a conference in the Philippines, hosted by Chris Ducker, called Tropical Think Tank. We went just to get around other entrepreneurs and see what they were doing. We were sitting at a table with James Schramko...
Feb 03, 2022•51 min•Ep. 90
I am pumped because today we have an amazing guest on the show - Amy Porterfield! Amy Porterfield is one of the best podcasters and entrepreneurs anywhere online. She has built an incredible business that generates millions of dollars every single year! Part of her strategy? The membership model in her Momentum Membership! Amy says she has a customer journey product line inside her business with 3 products: 1) List Builders Society 2) How to Create a Digital Course 3) Membership Program Momentum...
Jan 27, 2022•41 min•Ep. 89
Today’s guest on the Shane Sams Show is Brooke Castillo of The Life Coach School! Brooke has one of the most successful membership sites and businesses you will ever hear! Get this: Brooke’s business is on-pace to make $35,000,000 this year! It’s ALL done through monthly memberships! Brooke started out with a podcast (The Life Coach School Podcast) and a lot of launch products - no membership. One of the things she wanted to do was simplify her business with two main products. She wanted: A memb...
Jan 20, 2022•49 min•Ep. 88
Today’s guest on the Shane Sams Show is my good friend, the one and only Pat Flynn of the Smart Passive Income Podcast! As many of you know Pat was a huge inspiration and early mentor in our quest to become online entrepreneurs. His story inspired me and my wife Jocelyn to launch our first online business. And, he even encouraged us to launch the Flipped Lifestyle Podcast. I’ve had the great pleasure of getting to know Pat over the years and even appeared twice on the Smart Passive Income Podcas...
Jan 13, 2022•47 min•Ep. 87
Today’s episode of The Shane Sams Show is a little bit different. This one is a solo show that is all about goals for the new year! Shane talks about how to set goals and the 3 things he does at the beginning of each year to achieve the goals that he sets, whether that’s for family or in business, and how you can follow these steps to achieve your goals, too! If you’re tired of setting goals and not reaching them, this is the podcast for you! In today’s episode you’ll learn: How to set goals 3 t...
Jan 06, 2022•20 min•Ep. 86
Today’s guest on the Shane Sams Show is Brian Moran, Co-Author of the New York Times Bestseller, The 12 Week Year ! Brian had a lot of success at a young age, working his way up the corporate ladder, but then he realized that his passion was really in coaching, so he started doing consulting. He came to the realization that companies didn’t need new ideas--they needed implementation. Brian and his business partner had an upcoming conference, so they decided to write the book, and it became a New...
Dec 30, 2021•34 min•Ep. 85
Today’s guest on the Shane Sams Show is Myron Golden, author of From The Trash Man to The Cash Man ! Myron has consulting clients whose businesses are doing 7 and 8 figures in revenue using the business optimization strategies Myron taught them. His students are experiencing exponential business growth. Myron teaches everyday people to become wealthy, often using skills they already have. This episode is all about sales! Myron and Shane Sams talk about how Myron got started in sales and how sale...
Dec 23, 2021•47 min•Ep. 84
Today’s guest on the Shane Sams Show is Glenn Lundy! Glenn is a husband to 1, a father to 8, and the host of the wildly popular Facebook Live show #RiseAndGrind and creator of Breakfast with Champions on Clubhouse! In this episode, you’ll learn about Glenn’s powerful story of going from homeless to successful and what changed his outlook on life. After going through incredibly difficult times, Glenn lead a car dealership from 120 cars a month to an 800% increase in sales in five years, becoming ...
Dec 16, 2021•51 min•Ep. 83
Today’s guest on the Shane Sams Show is Michael Stelzner of Social Media Examiner and Social Media Marketing World! Michael is a pioneer in the online marketing space. Michael has been a prolific content creator for many years and always seems to be ahead of the curve, due to his ability to see and analyze trends in the social media world. Shane Sams and Michael Stelzner discuss how the pandemic affected Michael’s live event business and how entrepreneurs can be optimistic and look for opportuni...
Dec 09, 2021•52 min•Ep. 82
Today’s guest on the Shane Sams Show is Greg Hickman of AltAgency ! For years, Greg was in the mobile and text message marketing space, but then he transitioned into building funnels and automation for entrepreneurs. Shane Sams and Greg Hickman go way back. In this episode, they dig into Greg’s journey into entrepreneurship and how he was one of the first people that Shane and Jocelyn paid to help with their online business! They talk about how focusing one doing one thing for a specific group o...
Dec 02, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 81
Today’s guest on the Shane Sams Show is personal finance educator and lifestyle TV expert, Lauren Greutman! Lauren is also the host of a new podcast called Hard Money Talks. After making extra money with side hustles, Lauren was determined to get out of debt, which led to her teaching people how to save on groceries, which led to starting a blog, which eventually got her on TV! Now, she has appeared on The Today Show, The Rachael Ray Show, The TD Jakes Show, ABC’s Nightline, Good Morning America...
Nov 26, 2021•50 min•Ep. 80
