Podcasts
#85 - Organic Search Strategies with Duane Forrester
Duane Forrester is the VP of Organic Search Operations at Bruce Clay, Inc. Duane runs the SEO, content and design teams, helping businesses increase their online success. Duane was a Sr. Product Marketing Manager with Bing. In 2012, Duane was responsible for launching Bing’s updated version of Webmaster Tools. Part of my job was to create resources to help publishers and developers improve their websites through search engine optimization, and by using Bing’s tools and applications. Until January of 2011, Duane ran the in-house search optimization program focused on MSN’s US &Americas properties. Duane was also the founding co-chair for the In-House SEM Committee with SEMPO (www.sempo.org), founded the Salary Survey still in use today and was on the Board of Directors with SEMPO for 3 years. Duane’s been into search, digital marketing, PR and SEO since around 1997. He co-authored How To Make Money With Your Blog and authored Turn Clicks into Conversions. Duane has also written for the Bing Webmaster Blog, Search Engine Land, Search Engine Journal, DuctTape Marketing, the New York Times, Forbes, and Entrepreneur Magazine.
#84 - The Future of Equity Crowdfunding with Marc Snover
Marc Snover is the CEO and Co-Founder of Stratifund, an online educational and due diligence ratings service for the equity crowdfunding community. Stratifund came alive in response to demand for an independent, unbiased, centralized source of information about equity crowdfunding deals. Marc has extensive background in business valuation and in conducting due diligence processes, having held positions in investment banking, corporate development and equity research. Marc also has experience in financial securities regulation as a broker/dealer auditor with the NASD (now FINRA).
#83 - Social Patience is a virtue with Daniel Knowlton
Daniel Knowlton is a Digital Marketing Specialist and the founder of KPS Digital Marketing. Daniel was recently ranked #12 most influential Digital Marketer on Twitter in the world in 2016 and has a passion for all things Digital.
#82 - The A.I. Future of Business with Dale Beaumont
Dale Beaumont is one of Australia's most successful young entrepreneurs. Dale built three million-dollar businesses before the age of thirty, today Dale's the founder and CEO of "Business Blueprint", Australia’s fastest growing business education company. Dale is also the author and publisher of 16 best-selling books, which have collectively sold over a quarter of a million copies. Incredibly, 11 of those 16 books were published in a single year, a feat that earned him the title “Australia Most Prolific Author”. Dale has been interviewed on Sunrise, Today Show, Mornings with Kerri-Anne, Ten News, ABC Radio, Radio 2UE as well as being featured in over 100 newspapers and magazines, including Wealth Creator, My Business Magazine, AFR Boss and Virgin’s In-flight magazine. In 2001, Dale co-founded Tomorrows Youth International, which runs self-development programs for 13 to 21-year-olds across six countries.
#81 - Chirag Kulkarni talks about Working Ten Times Harder than your Competitors!
Chirag Kulkarni is cofounder and CEO of Insightfully and the founder of Taco Agency. Chirag is also a frequent contributor to Business Insider, Forbes, Inc, Entrepreneur, Huffington Post, and Venture Beat. Insightfully is a predictive analytics and cross-platform search company. The Taco Agency helps VC backed startups to Fortune 500s make more money on the web using content marketing, PR, Social, and SEO. He was previously CEO of C&M Group, an entrepreneurial strategy consulting firm, and cofounder of STR, a B2C and B2B racquet-stringing company, which he sold in 2013.
#80 - Visualizing your Dreams with Nathan Latka
Nathan Latka is the founder of The Top Entrepreneur podcast and Heyo which was acquired in 2016. While studying architecture at Virginia Tech, Nathan pre-sold $73,000 worth of product before figuring out how to build what eventually became Heyo. Nathan did six figures in his first year in business and grew revenues to over $5 million.
#79 - Making What's Not Possible with Dan Gregory
Dan Gregory is a speaker, author, educator, and social commentator. Dan works to understand our behavior and belief systems – our drives, our motives, the things that make us buy and the things that make us buy in. Dan’s company, The Impossible Institute™, helps organizations understand what motivates the staff, customers and communities so that they can make what’s not… possible! Dan’s mission is to elevate and transform our understanding of Human Motivation and help those he works with to become key people of influence.
#78 - Driving Social Profits with Nick Jaworski
Nick Jaworski is values-driven professional who believes community, responsibility, and mindfulness are the cornerstones of any organization, for profit or non. Nick has helped build start-ups around the world, both big and small. At Circle Social, Nick works to build that bridge between the real and digital world. Circle Social helps organizations committed to a values-based model of sustainable practice that puts people first.
#77 - Driving the Digital ROI with Ryan Joneson
Ryan Joneson is an advocate for online marketing media, and all things digital. Ryan the co-founder and currently acts as Marketing Director at Nettra Marketing. He acted as board member for the Fresno chapter of the American Advertising Federation (AAF) between 2010-2014. His first project, Rewebbed.com, was an online solution for small business website design.
#76 - Exploring the Wizard of MOZ with Rand Fishkin
Rand Fishkin is the Co-Founder of the web's most popular SEO software provider, Moz.com, since May 2013. Rand co-authored The Art of SEO with O'Reilly Media and was named on the 40 Under 40 List and 30 Best Young Tech Entrepreneurs Under 30. Rand has been featured in major publications such as The Seattle Times, Newsweek and PC World and has keynoted conferences on search around the world.
#75 - Embracing your Inner Passions with Dina Juve
Dina Juve and Melissa Oberti partnered three years ago to form Fitness- Social Studio and FitnessSocial online services. Dina is 42 years old, a mother of four, and is proud to state she lost 80 pounds 20 years ago and has successfully kept it off. She has encountered many obstacles in her life including psoriatic arthritis, osteoarthritis, spinal stenosis and autoimmune disease. 13 years ago, Dina had the opportunity to change careers, embracing her true passion of studying health and fitness. Kettlebells is only one of the training tools she specializes in. It is a unique certification that has proven to provide fast results to her clients.
#74 - Lindsey Boggs unveils the Secrets to Social Selling
Lindsey Boggs is a social selling expert. In early 2016, Lindsey opened up her own consulting business to teach sales organizations social selling practices through Interactive Webinars and Onsite Sales Workshops. On the LinkedIn platform, Boggs has a 99% Social Selling Index (SSI), and has trained three teams to generate more leads, convert more prospects into sales, using her system of connecting through the Sales Navigator system. LinkedIn's head of marketing Justin Shriber calls Lindsey, “a legend in the realm of social selling.” Lindsey has consulted and presented to companies including Oracle, SAP, Netsuite, InterContinental Hotels Group, SparkPost, American Airlines, SkillSurvey, HotSchedules, etailinsights, Brocade, and many more.
#72 - Building a Better Brand with Justin Jones
As founding partner and creative director of KDG Advertising, Justin Jones has a never ending interest in design and advertising, which cleanly delivers a clear message with an extra creative push to make the work stand out. Pouring creativity into each project while keeping the message purposeful and clear, Justin knows how to take a project from concept to final delivery and is intensely committed to creating a dialogue between designers, vendors and clients so that all can incorporate the tenets of sustainability into their processes and methods. Justin sits on numerous boards including Ad2DC, an affiliate of The Ad Club of Washington D.C. & American Advertising Federation, Stevenson University Alumni Relations Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Epsilon Nu Sigma Chapter, Inc and The Columbia Business Exchange.
#72 - Create a Winning Marketing Funnel with Gabriel Bryan
Gabriel Bryan has been creating filler marketing funnels over ten years for various niches and tweaking them to convert leads into lifetime customers.
#71 - Emily Chase Smith talks Writing a Bestseller
Emily Chase Smith is an author, speaker and financial business coach based in Southern California. She's written The Financially Savvy Entrepreneur: Navigating the Money Maze of Running Business and hosts Money Morsels: Small Bites of Wisdom for Entrepreneurs. Emily nerds out helping business owners make financially savvy decisions as they start and grow their businesses.
#70 - Jack Kosakowski talks about the Future of Social Selling
About
Jack is the Global Head of Sales at the Creation Agency. Known to the digital community as the SaaS-A-Nova of the Marketing Automation industry, Jack’s articles on social selling can frequently be seen on Act-On's blog, LinkedIn and Business 2 Community. Jack is also the co-host of @SocialHangout which features some of the most prominent names in social marketing when he isn’t busy helping businesses achieve their marketing ambitions through the power of Marketing Automation.
Connect
Twitter – https://twitter.com/JackKosakowski1
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/jack.kosakowski
Linkedin – https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackkosakowski1
Google+ - https://plus.google.com/+JackKosakowskisocial/posts
Website – http://www.jackkosakowski.com/
People Mentioned
Gary Vaynerchuk – https://twitter.com/garyvee
Resources
PicPlayPost – https://goo.gl/zH7pft
Legends – https://goo.gl/7iCmHt
Musical.ly – http://musical.ly/
#69 - How to Build an Online Presence for Growth with Kim George
Kim George, a.k.a. Your Chic Geek, teaches small businesses how to dominate their space on the internet for growth, impact, and client attraction. Kim offers workshops, mini courses, and other DIY materials to help small businesses get setup online.
#68 - How Sage is helping Businesses with Jonathan Young
Jonathan Young is an Online Marketing Manager for Sage Software. Sage offers a variety of business management, bookkeeping & accounting software to meet the needs of small to mid-sized businesses. Jonathan is working closely with Save Live, an integrated cloud accounting solution.
Connect
Linkedin – https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanedwardyoung
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People Mentioned
Paul McCartney - https://twitter.com/PaulMcCartney
Resources
Skype – https://www.skype.com
Zoom – https://zoom.us/
Sage – http://www.sage.com/
Sage Live – http://www.sage.com/us/sage-live
Books
John Steinbeck: http://goo.gl/EWtbEw
#67 - The Laws of Likability with Michelle Tillis Lederman
Michelle Tillis Lederman is an accomplished speaker, trainer, coach, and author of three books, including The 11 Laws of Likability, Heroes Get Hired and Nail the Interview – Land the Job, and named by Forbes as one of the 25 Professional Networking Experts to Watch. Michelle Tillis Lederman is known for her energetic, engaging, and authentic presentations. An expert on workplace communications and relationships, Michelle’s mission is to help people communicate and lead with confidence, clarity, and connection.
#66 - Coming Alive with Ruth K. Ross
Ruth Ross is the author of the recently released book "Coming Alive: The Journey To Reengage Your Life And Career” and founder of R Squared Resources. As a successful human resources professional for 30+ years, she left her last role as an Executive Vice President of HR in 2011 to start her own company to focus on company engagement. Ruth has seen firsthand how focusing on engaging people can have a direct, positive effect on the bottom line of any organization or in relationships with others.