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External issues are easy to solve, as an entrepreneur.  Buying new software, hiring a consultant, taking a training course...  These are just a few of the examples of solutions you can apply.  Internal struggles, on the other hand, are much more of an issue.  Self-doubt, procrastination, distractions, negative thinking, and many other internal struggles can limit success more than anything. Can you attract negativity into your life?  Absolutely.  Can you turn this around?  Most definitely.  Vulnerability is not about complaining, but finding support to help you get to the next level.  Entrepreneurs often believe they have to do it on their own.  That mindset is so limiting.  Creating a support system of processes and people can help the "lonely" entrepreneur succeed in amazing ways.  This isn't about giving up control, but rather recognizing that we're stronger when we have support.  Do you have a sounding board to bounce ideas off of?  Is that person or group of people objective, fair and supportive?  Or do

"You gotta do the work, dude!"  This phrase stands out as one of the many takeaways from this incredible interview.   Joel Boggess is the go-to guy for clarity, confidence and direction. He’s the guy people call when they’re feeling stuck, under-challenged or overwhelmed.  As a syndicated radio host, bestselling author, and life coach, Joel teaches people how to relaunch their lives and start over with confidence. Originally from San Antonio, Texas, Joel earned his undergraduate degree at Texas Tech University, an MBA from Amberton University, and a Master’s in Counseling. His latest book, Finding your Voice, hit the #1 spot on Amazon for success, happiness, and in the self esteem categories. And his podcast, ReLaunch, was named by Podcasters’ Paradise as the “Most Inspirational” and “Best Overall” podcast of 2014, and has recently passed the one million listens mark. Joel and his wife Pei live in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and have two Golden Retriever, retired therapy dogs, Bubba and Jake.  Follow Joel a

Selling online has never been easier, but making a profit has never been tougher.  Therefore, you cannot ignore inbound marketing strategies.  A unique approach that has worked remarkably well for Tom Schwab is to leverage guest appearances on podcast shows.  This strategy has proven to be a source of great leads, of the highest quality.  At a time where lead acquisition can be costly, if not producing high quality results, it makes sense to understand how and where you can attract your ideal customers.  If you have a strong message and services/product offering, finding podcast shows to appear on is a straightforward, low-cost approach that can create huge return on investment (ROI). As Michigan led the nation into the recession, Tom Schwab was one of the first to harness a new strategy to build his direct to patient private pay business from a regional player to a national leader. An expert in Inbound Marketing, Tom helps high potential small companies sell better than Amazon by using an Inbound Strategy.  

Did I just state that Gillian Zoe Segal's Book, Getting There, changed my life?  Well, it changed my business, which in turn changed my life.  Here book is an amazing series of interviews with people like Warren Buffett, Kathy Ireland, Ian Schrager, Anderson Cooper, John Paul DeJoria, and far too many more to list here.  Every person she interviewed is EXTREMELY successful.  Every person she interviewed was also faced with moments that would derail most people.  Moments of failure and moments of major self-doubt...  The book is called Getting There, but the sub-title "A Book of Mentors" defines everything about this project.   Every entrepreneur and business owner I've ever known has faced moments that could be defined as make or break.  Often, even if they don't find themselves broken, the result is a major shift in direction to avoid beating their head against a wall.  Or some diversion to avoid risk, opting for the safer route.  That's where so many great ideas die, right on the vine.  Ripe for the picking

“Community + Collaboration over Competition is the key to success.”, the motto of our guest Tracy Matthews.  Her mission is to help create an environment for other people in her niche to learn to flourish and thrive.  In fact, that's the name of her brand, Flourish & Thrive Academy.   Her business is very niche oriented, but her lessons apply to everyone reading this. Tracy Matthews is an eco-luxury jewelry designer specializing in bespoke engagement rings, wedding bands and heirloom redesign. Her passion for making the business of jewelry fun, led her to found Flourish & Thrive Academy  an online resource and community for jewelry designers. Her mission is to help designers get their work on more of their DREAM clients and raving fans.  Why Tracy?  Simply, her process is something you can adopt to make a huge change in your own business approach.  Sharing, coaching and cross-collaboration are all benefits of her community-based model. She's in the business of helping others, but her approach has prov

Standing out in business often means standing up for your own believes.  Ben Settle is an email marketing specialist and self-described “anti-preneur” who has helped hundreds of businesses double their sales with email. He also publishes the prestigious $97.00/month “Email Players” newsletter, hosts ones of the fastest growing business podcasts on iTunes, and writes deranged monster novels just for kicks.  More than that, he's also someone who has learned that doing business like everyone else defies everything that makes him standout as a business expert.  Do you want to appeal to everyone or only to those people who are truly going to loyal to your brand because they "get it"?   Anti-preneur is a phrase Ben coined, but it represents marketing to attract people who are truly attracted to your message and not being afraid to veer from the path everyone else follows.  In fact, he loves people who are alienated by his approach, as it allows him to work with people he likes doing business with.  Trying to serve

Want to learn how a direct response copy writer has become a highly successful serial entrepreneur?  Then you won't want to miss this episode.  Doberman Dan is a 29-year serial entrepreneur and direct response copywriter. He has worked in a variety of niches but his specialty has been the health, fitness and bodybuilding markets.  Dan has started 4 of his own nutritional supplement businesses and sold three of them, enjoying two different bouts of mini-retirement. He has recently been hired by a $600 million/year company to help them start a brand new supplement division.  Why does this matter?  It solidifies that Dan is someone you should be listening to. Large corporate entities see him as someone who can help them stand out.   He has been publishing The Doberman Dan Letter since 2011 and has many of the most successful direct marketers in the world as subscribers. Dan has written hundreds of successful ads, direct mail packages, websites, e-mail marketing campaigns, feature articles, and newsletters.   His

Where your focus goes, energy flows.  A phrase made famous by Tony Robbins...  It's also really a clear message that says we have the ability to create or destroy virtually anything.  How you focus your energy can determine your mindset.  That mindset can be what gets you to a goal or leads you to give up.  For a video of this epsiode, visit: https://youtu.be/2RBGUbLN9sI. Starting your day with a reminder of what you have to be grateful for can pave amazing paths for you.  It's hard to be stressed and depressed if we're focused upon our blessings.  Often our mindset goes toward the negative, which creates limiting beliefs and major hurdles. Being an entrepreneur is not an easy job, so finding ways to create momentum and success is critical.  The world needs the entrepreneur to succeed.  Keep checking in at BOSSAcademy.com to find your own Business Ownership Success Strategies (BOSS).  Let BOSS Academy be the last boss you'll ever need.  Visit us at http://bossacademy.com to learn more.   For a video of this e

Harneet Bhalla is an online marketing and digital marketing expert, who has built multi-million dollar streams of income online.  He's now helping his clients do the same.  It wasn't always easy for Harneet, though,  He was forced to learn the art of online marketing and funnel building, as he was broke and found himself without the mentors he needed to find his path.  After digging in and finding some success, he began to focus upon refining his practice, and over time discovered a clear path to developing niche marketing campaigns that convert.   He is a recognized expert coach, providing these tools and skills he has gained to his clients.  He truly serves from a place of compassion and strives to give back to those who are in a place he once was.  He's here on BOSS Academy Radio sharing amazing insights, as he takes us through a laundry list of strategies anyone can implement.  Want to gain customers online without spending money?  Well, you won't want to miss this interview.   Harneet walks us through ho

Getting thrown into entrepreneurship is not how I would describe my adventure, but that's exactly how Abigail Steinberg defines her move from A natural products industry native best known for her instrumental work launching zero calorie soda Zevia, Steinberg shares how she was considered "redundant" after the owner of Zevia sold to another company. Her role was eliminated and she stood there discouraged, frustrated, and questioning her future as an employee.  It was in that moment that she realized she had developed an amazing set of skills that allowed her to build an exciting entrepreneurial venture, which led to her best selling book, "RECIPE FOR SUCCESS: An Insider’s Guide to Bringing Your Natural Food to Market."  Abigail is now providing an an amazing level of support for anyone looking to launch their own packaged food product, especially within the Natural Food marketplace.  Abigail didn't seek out entrepreneurship, but instead, it found her.  Listen in as she shares her amazing story of transformatio

Jonathan Rivera is a very successful real estate investor and entrepreneur, helping podcasters create a successful following through this highly esteemed site, The Podcast Factory.  This wasn't always his story, as he worked as an Electrician's Apprentice, commuting 60 miles each way to a job he didn't like, listening to the same boring songs on his drive.  That's when he discovered Howard Stern.  He started to look forward to his drive, so he could tune in to what Howard and his team had to say.  This later became the inspiration for The Podcast Factory, but at the time it was just a means of making his challenging commute more palatable.  For 9 years, he continued to go through the same routine, going to the same job, which he new was not his future.  That's when he jumped into the real estate investing game, where he built up a very nice business, which began to flourish.  That is, until the bubble burst and he lost it all. He knew he didn't want to go back to his blue collar career, so he picked himself u

T-Ann Pierce created TAP Into Purpose as a means of helping women find a better path.  Her coaching has been transforming lives since she started this venture.  However, what she found, as the parent of 3 college students, there was an audience she could impact in ways she didn't originally envision.  She has recently made a major transformation to helping college age, young adults, find a better path for starting their transition into the workforce, or "real life" as we often proclaim.  See, it's that focus upon making the move from student to professional that seems daunting and leaves so many young people feeling lost.  That's why TAP Into Purpose is such a powerful tool for helping mold our next generation of leaders. If you'd like to learn more about T-Ann or learn more about TAP Into Purpose, visit: http://tapintopurpose.com.  Also, as a special bonus, here's a video version of this interview: https://youtu.be/PYia1m1iuMo.

Entrepreneurship comes in many forms and it often starts from very bizarre places.  What if you received a call from the police who were trying to determine if you were alive? That's what happened to my guest, Nichole Sylvester. After leaving an abusive relationship, she received such a call because the police found a dead woman's body in the house she was previously living in. It could have been her, but thankfully it was not. We are really inspired by her story. She has created an amazing program to help other women find a better path and way of life. Her pain, suffering and life hurdles allowed her to become someone who is helping women find success on their terms.   Nichole Sylvester has overcome a lifetime of adversity, using her pain to propel her into a journey of self-discovery. Along the way she discovered the transformational power of meditation and self-inquiry. During this time she created 30 day programs to break limiting patterns and recreate her life. After experiencing radical change and redef

‘Just how do I make my video go viral?’ ‘When is the best time to send out my video?’ ‘Surely there must be some secret sauce to making a viral video?’  These are just some of the questions that Paul Hurley faces on a regular basis, as he leads the firm he founded in the UK, called Handface Productions, where their videos regularly have views running into the millions, bringing brand awareness as well as a great deal of press coverage and PR to their clients.  Listen in as Paul reveals the secrets behind his success, including such examples as J.K. Simmons Schools Animal from the Muppets in "Whiplash". Want to learn the mistakes companies commonly make when commissioning videos?  Then you're in the right place.  Paul is promoting his new book, VIRAL: THE SOCIAL VIDEO HANDBOOK which contains everything that an aspiring viral creator and a video commissioner should know in 2015 and beyond.  You can learn more about the book, Paul and his team at http://handface.co.uk/.

Sheri Fink is leveraging crowd funding through Kickstarter, to help launch her first romance novel.  Learn how she's built a successful campaign with a niche-based campaign.  Also, learn why you need to take crowd funding into account for your own business venture.  On the surface, a novel may not seem a great fit, but this is exactly why crowd funding has merit for almost any application.  No matter your vision, others want to see you succeed.  They want to support you.  So, it's time to take your own journey.  Start by learning what worked for Sheri and what didn't.   Sheri Fink is an inspirational speaker, #1 best-selling author, and the creator of “The Whimsical World of Sheri Fink” award-winning brand. She creates books, beauty items, and live events that plant seeds of self-esteem and produce magical experiences for her Fans. All five of her children's books have become #1 best-sellers, including The Little Rose which was a #1 Amazon Best-seller for over 60 weeks. CBS Los Angeles selected her as one of

An emotion filled episode where we dig into how personality types and a persons's background and experience can help set them up to succeed.  Entrepreneurs don't just live differently, but they also think and operate differently.  Often we feel we don't fit in...  There's a reason.  That's why we need to surround ourselves with others on the same path.  Our guest, Alex Charfen reveals how he learned a life transforming lesson at 8 years old that allowed him to position his life to drive real success.  Now as an adult, he's surrounding himself with thought leaders that allowing him to exist on a higher plane than he imagined.  Alex has dedicated his life to answering the question, How do you make business grow? which evolved into a larger calling to understand How do you help people grow? It was this transition that led Alex, quite unexpectedly, to uncover a previously mislabeled and misunderstood population among us: the Entrepreneurial Personality Type™ (EPT). For the past two decades, Alex has created and c

Scott Richards, is Chairman of Dial800 and CEO of Reconnect Research.  Reconnect Research invented a method that provides a virtually unlimited supply of, geographically and demographically diverse, inbound callers from across America and Canada to take market research and polling surveys. These inbound calls are referred to as MIDI Calls™, an acronym for misdialed, incomplete or disconnected inbound calls.  There are over 5 billion MIDI calls a month. Reconnect Research leverages Dial800’s 25 years of telecom excellence to screen and route MIDI Calls™ to market research and polling surveys via IVR, text and live transfer.  Is this new approach changing the way we attract research respondents?  Tune in and learn more. Dial800, founded in 1989, is a leading provider of direct response marketing optimization tools such as phone call tracking software, memorable toll free numbers and call routing. While CEO of Dial800 for 18 years, Mr. Richards pioneered two multi-million services based on how people remember an

A successful ecommerce business doesn't just happen.  In fact, Rob Wray, President of Whitebox.co, learned the hard way when his business Mp3car was struggling to grow.  With the company's future on the line, he learned how he could leverage sytems, metric tracking and automation to build a powerful ecommerce solution.  That same solution became the foundation of everything he does at Whitebox, as he now helps others business learn from his mistakes and misfortunes (which almost cost him his business).   Rob Wray is the President and Founder of Mp3car, a forum and store that supports hobbyists and professionals who put electronics in vehicles. Rob worked hard to automate the processes that were challenging Mp3car, which made the company more profitable, and gave employees the flexibility to work from anywhere. Rob thought that other ecommerce entrepreneurs could benefit from these new systems, and started White Box, an ecommerce software provider. Rob is also the Founder of Innovative Technology, a consulting

It has repeatedly been proven that there is a vital correlation between emotional intelligence, behaviour and tangible results.  Our guest, John Murphy, has been helping his client-base understand how to control the first two elements to create the ideal set of tangible results.  His background and experience in financial services, sales, leadership and entrepreneurship has positioned him as one of the top business coaches in the world.  In fact, he is recognized as one of the top 10 executive coaches on LinkedIN. John Murphy is a results oriented business coach and mentor to senior executives and CEOs. He's a great communicator with broad experience and is skilled at discussing issues that make businesses and individuals grow and thrive. John lives and works in the south of France, originally from Ireland. Before starting his own business John enjoyed a highly successful career in the corporate world. He began as a door-to-door life assurance salesman and culminated as the CEO of a Pan European Life Assuranc

What can you learn from someone who has built proven systems for online success?  Everything.  Kavit Haria brings his amazing success story to BOSS Academy Radio, where he talks about what it took to grow his first online business in 2005 selling marketing education to musicians to a 7 figure business. After mistake after mistake, failure after failure, he finally learned to build a thriving online business using intricate and automated sales and marketing funnels that built an email list of over 100,000 musicians and generated over a million dollars in sales per year.   In 2008, he founded Insider Internet Success; his company through which he helps people discover winning, profitable business ideas and sets up automated marketing and sales funnels.  In our discussion, he shares some of the secrets and strategies he leverages to help his clients succeed.      His flagship program, Automated Business System, helps new online business owners take their idea from inception to launch with his entire team buildin