//www.jpstonestreet.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Brad-Szollose-Interview.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download Brad Szollose is a fellow dotcom-er from back in the glory days of dotcoms (like yours truly) before the bubble burst. He took the very first dotcom public on the NASDAQ stock exchange! Now, Brad helps businesses bridge that complex and confusing generational divide between the 4 distinct […]
SEM 006: Scot Barringer talks Cold Calling and Presentation Marketing
http://traffic.libsyn.com/jpstonestreet/Scot_Barringer_Marketing_Interview.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIf you sell to businesses, cold calling is a great way to get started while you’re building your referral network. That’s how we built QuoteCatcher into a multi-million dollar business, and Scot Barringer just reaffirmed that strategy in this marketing energizer excerpt. Scot also talks about how he’s using […]
SEM 005: Cleo Caban on Outsourcing Your Marketing
http://traffic.libsyn.com/jpstonestreet/Cleo_Caban_Marketing_Interview.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadAs an entrepreneur, time is your most valuable asset. If you’re not outsourcing or delegating tasks to someone else who can do them just as well or even better than you, you’ve just limited how far you can go. In this marketing energizer excerpt, you can listen to Cleo […]
Do you have a viable business filter?
One of the things I do before I start a new business is run it through my viable business filter. If it doesn’t measure up to what I’ve defined for myself as a viable business, I don’t do it. Of course, sometimes an idea makes it through the filter and it still doesn’t work, but […]
SEE 034: Charlie Poznek on Baby Boomers Starting Online Businesses
//www.jpstonestreet.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Charlie-Poznek-Interview.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download What a great interview with Charlie Poznek from TheBoomerBusinessOwner.com! We talk about all sorts of entrepreneurial, podcasting and marketing topics in this podcast. Charlie is a great interviewer on his own podcast…well worth checking out, especially if you fall into the boomer age group. His goal is to […]
SEE 033: Jenny Finke Tells Us How to Get On the News!
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SEE 032: Sandy Hargrave on the Value of Coaching, Marketing and Pre-selling BEFORE You Create
//www.jpstonestreet.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Sandy-Hargrave-Interview.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download One challenge a lot of entrepreneurs face (myself included) is that we like to build things, hoping people will come to it and love it as much as we do. This is a flawed strategy. It may work in the movies, but not here in the real world. […]
Email Personalization Gone Wrong
If you’re like me, you probably get a lot of email newsletters from people you follow. And like me, you’ve probably noticed how many of them start with your name? Using your first name in these types of form emails does make them seem a little more personal. Even though I know some of these […]
SEE 027: Jonathan Manske is the Cerebral Sanitation Engineer
//www.jpstonestreet.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Jonathan-Manske-Interview.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download Unfortunately, we all have head trash. Those self-imposed obstacles like fears, limiting beliefs, poor self-image and lack of self-confidence that hold us back from achieving greatness. We acquire our head trash as kids, young adults and even as adults, but you don’t have to continue living with it. […]
Wake Up You Sleepy Head!
When you wake up has more to do with your level of success than you might think. Lying in bed, reading my news feeds last Saturday morning at 5AM, I stumbled across a very interesting article on Entrepreneur.com. It was titled, “Yes, You Can Sleep In and Still Be Successful.” That caught my eye because […]
You may see a need, but does it fill a demand?
This picture was taken of me and my daughter Sydney in 2001, the summer after we moved to Denver from Washington, DC. Is it just me, or do I actually look older then than I do now? You’ll hear me talking and read a lot from me about the difference between a need and a […]
SEE 026: Faith Young Reveals Her Facebook Marketing Secrets
//www.jpstonestreet.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Faith-Young-Interview.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThis interview with Faith Young is packed with useful Facebook marketing ideas and advice. I learned a lot from her and implemented some of her tricks as soon as the interview was finished! She knows what she’s doing! In addition to being an expert Facebook marketer, Faith is also […]
SEE 025: Amanda Codina from Visjou.com talks about Online Business Challenges
//www.jpstonestreet.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Amanda-Codina-Interview.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download If you’re thinking about launching an online business, you can learn a lot from Amanda Codina’s story and experiences. Amanda started Visjou.com, which stands for Visual Journey, and it’s a true web startup focused on travel and fashion, specifically what to pack and wear while traveling to destinations […]
Entrepreneur Work/Life Balance
Is your business ruling your life? It’s time to balance it out. It’s common for entrepreneurs to struggle with the whole work/life balance dilemma. You love working. You love what you do. So why wouldn’t you want to do it 7 days a week, 18 hours a day? You’ll be exhausted. You’ll lose your edge. […]
SEE 023: Bob Burg Shares Behind-the-Scenes Stories About The Go-Giver
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SEE 022: Anthony Prichard talks about the Power of Video in Your Business
//www.jpstonestreet.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Anthony-Prichard-Interview.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download Anthony Prichard hasn’t officially been on his entrepreneurial journey very long, but he’s already making a huge impact in his local community! I met Anthony at a seminar where he was one of the speakers, charged with talking about the importance of using video as one of your […]
SEE 021: Matt Giovanisci talks about YouTube Marketing to a Small Niche
//www.jpstonestreet.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Matt-Giovanisci-Interview.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download If you want to learn how to use YouTube as part of your content marketing strategy, copy someone who’s already using it successfully. That someone is Matt Giovanisci from Swim University. Matt is a content marketer and information marketer. He helps people keep their pools and spas clean […]
SEE 020: Wes Whatley aka Joe America talks about the Power of a Personal Brand
//www.jpstonestreet.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Wes-Whatley-Interview.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download If your business is about YOU, a personal brand can really help set you apart from everyone else. No one knows that better than Wes Whatley, aka Joe America. Wes has a radio show called Joe America that he cohosts with Dan America. Joe and Dan interview people […]
Your Personal Brand Makes You Memorable
Your personal brand is important, even if you have a job. Here’s why: Whether you own a business or have a job, a personal brand will set you apart from everyone else doing the same thing, and make you and your business more memorable. Figure out what makes you unique and then build a personal […]
SEE 019: Garry Seaber of ITLiquidators talks about Making the Transition from Job to Entrepreneur
//www.jpstonestreet.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Garry-Seaber-Interview.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download If you have a job and you’re thinking about making the transition to the entrepreneurial lifestyle, Garry Seaber will be a great inspiration to you because he did just that. A decade ago, Garry founded a company that resold and later recycled used technology equipment for businesses. It’s […]