Hacks & Hobbies

In this episode I get to speak with Dr. A.J. Minai. He's a two times TEDx speaker, a best LinkedIn influencer brand storyteller, and one of the most inspirational LinkedIn icons in Malaysia. I connected with him through LinkedIn, and his LinkedIn is game really strong. This is where you get to connect with real people that have experienced the world in a professional capacity. We've been chatting on and off for the past few months and having deep meaningful conversations. I just can't wait for you to check out this episode and learn the story of Dr. A.J. Minai. You can connect with Dr. A.J. Minai on LinkedIn here: --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hacksandhobbies/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hacksandhobbies/support

I get to speak with Joshua T. Berglan. He's a world's mayor, host of gratitude unfiltered, a talk show ministry, brand designer producer and MC. Well, the world's mare is driven to be the voice for the voiceless and empower others to live with Truth.  Enjoy the episode --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hacksandhobbies/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hacksandhobbies/support

In this episode, I get to speak with a good friend, VJ Niles. She's been helping professionals get to the next level in their careers. She's a career strategist and a speaker. We go into the details of her journey and how she launched her business to help others realize their potentials. Enjoy the episode! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hacksandhobbies/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hacksandhobbies/support

In this episode, I get to speak with Jonaed Iqbal, he's a founder of nodegree.com, and nodegree podcast. He is a career strategist and helps folks like you and me with build better resumes and come up with better, better interviews. Speaker and he is one. He is the originator of the LinkedInsomnia live show on LinkedIn. And he caught my attention through one of his slides. And I was like, dude, a man, after my own name, I need to connect with this dude and get in touch and see what he's doing because it was just so exciting to see somebody with my own name. And like going out there and making changes making waves and making the world a better place. Enjoy the episode! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hacksandhobbies/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hacksandhobbies/support

In this episode, I get to speak with Ronan Leonard, he's a specialist in creating mastermind programs. Most self employed professionals struggle to build their expertise and to sustain nimble revenue and have the impact their skills warrant. And what's really amazing about speaking with Ronan being as specialist in creating mastermind programs. I've had this thought of creating my own mastermind program, or at least have a mastermind group called about three months ago and it's just been that it thought and I've contacted a few people like, Hey, how about this? I'm trying to start this, you know, business. I'm trying to start this video production company and star try this podcast. And I'm sure there's other people that are in the same boat.  Enjoy the episode! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hacksandhobbies/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hacksandhobbies/support

In this episode, I get to speak with Nate the Great Peterman. for over four years, Nate has focused his energy on building long term, trusting relationships. He has a unique way of helping people, increase as a person company and decrease frustration when it comes to attracting clients. I've had the opportunity to be connected with Nate through LinkedIn, and other social platforms for about a year. And I've been following his story and his success. And it's been super amazing to see what he's doing. And it's just fascinating to see how far you can make it. When you keep going with the rate that Nate has been going, and I'm honored to have Nate here on the podcast. Connect with Nate through his website and podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hacksandhobbies/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hacksandhobbies/support

In this episode, I get to speak with Jesse Well, he's the creator of habit based lifestyle. He's the best author for a man in the mirror, a podcast coast for habit based lifestyle and multimillion dollar fitness business owner. So he's got some of The technology that your mind can use and building habits is a surefire way to get the success that you're looking for. And we all have habits and Jesse here, he's created this system that helps you figure out what habits are going to get you to the next level.  Enjoy the episode! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hacksandhobbies/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hacksandhobbies/support

In this episode, I speak with Del Shaffer. He's a host to The Leagues Podcast on iTunes. He's also a father, a husband, a realtor, and he's voted one of the best realtors in Mount Pleasant. Del and I are both huge fans of Gary Vaynerchuk. And when Gary said who should I call on Twitter. A twitter conversation got started and we all retweeted. And Del had a really awesome message and he got tons of likes and I was like Del, why don't you come on and be a guest on my podcast. He happily played along and here we are! Enjoy the episode! Reach out to Del on Twitter here: DelShaffer, and check out his podcast here: The Leagues: World Soccer Podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hacksandhobbies/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hacksandhobbies/support

In this episode, I get to speak with Matt Bertram. He's a trainer, author, and a local keynote speaker and consultant in digital marketing and social selling. Now he's also a co-host for The most popular SEO podcast on iTunes and is also the CEO at EWebResults. A very high-end internet marketing agency. He's definitely the best in the space of Digital Marketing. Enjoy the episode! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hacksandhobbies/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hacksandhobbies/support

In this episode, I get to speak with Kelsey Anne, she's a host for "You can have it all" podcast. She's also a master certified practitioner with NLP and Hypnosis. She specializes in subconscious programming, identity and relationship. I'm so honored to have her as a guest on my podcast.  Enjoy the episode! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hacksandhobbies/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hacksandhobbies/support

In this episode, I get to speak with my good friend, Carey Ransom. I got to work with Carey over 10 years ago at one of our favorite companies. WebVisible, and we all left and did great things. I'm happy to say that I've been in connection with a lot of the people that I worked with at WebVisible.  Carey had a really amazing role at WebVisible and since then he has done some really astonishing work in the local business arena for Orange County. He's been creating long term value through his podcast. As marketers, companies, and, as human beings, we want instant gratification. We forget about what it takes for that overnight success. Carey has, from my perspective established some of these remarkable companies.  Listen in as we learn Carey's journey in business and building his community. Carey hosts his live weekly podcast on https://www.accelerateoc.com. You can also learn more about him from his linkedin profile --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hacksandhobbies/message Support this

In this episode, I get to speak with Gaetano Dinardi. He started his career as a singer, then writing songs, and finally producing music with big names. He's also a digital marketing leader and brings a very unique blend of raw talent passion to music, merge with business experience to a crossroads. I got connect with him through our Mutual friend Mike Shaw of SpotAGuest.com. Gaetano relives his journey with us and reveals some fundamentals around how he used SEO and SEM through creating authentic and heart felt content around his music. Gaetano can be reached through his website: https://officialgaetano.com and the many social media platforms. Enjoy the episode! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hacksandhobbies/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hacksandhobbies/support

In this episode we get to speak with Kirk Westwood. He's an upcoming author for a new book that's coming out. But he's an award award winning creative director, content strategist and a business communications consultant. I met him through LinkedIn. And as we are all so connected in this connected world through social media, LinkedIn is one of the professional places. And when I got to speak with him and get to work with him on some of the some of the projects back in the past. I thought to myself, what better way to learn than to interview them for the podcast so here we are, learning the journey of Kirk Westwood. His book has finally released and can be purchased here: The Very Best Bad Idea  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hacksandhobbies/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hacksandhobbies/support

In this episode, I get to speak with Ron Newcomb. He's an organizer & moderator for the VIP TV & Film Summit, and that's one of the first ways I connected with him. He's a director, writer, actor and producer at The Forge Studios. He's written and directed many award winning shorts and feature length films. And I was like, hey, that's a place that I've been struggling to figure out and have been passionate about for the past, many, many years. How can I get a behind the scenes of what it takes to have a short film that's been produced. how to get out there and connect with people in this field. And I figured Ron is the perfect candidate for us to talk about tv & movie production. You can reach Ron Newcomb through the http://fantasy.network, via Linkedin and Facebook. Enjoy the episode! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hacksandhobbies/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hacksandhobbies/support

In this episode, we'll get to speak with Tony J. Salome. He's a visionary, philanthropist, a cognition expert, and international speaker, filmmaker, business coach, educator, and an internationally published award-winning author and He made it really easy for me to come up with those words because his website is still very well maintained and up to date. But I've heard a lot about Tony g slim. He wrote the foreword for the Magnetic Entrepreneur book series.  I heard a lot about him through Robert J. Moore. Luckily, I was in the same network with Tyler Wagner' Authors Unite platform, and I connected with Tony and he agreed to be on the podcast! So tune in a check out the episode and discover Tony's journey to success. Tony can be reached through his website: http://tonyselimi.com where you can discover some of his award-winning books. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hacksandhobbies/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hacksandhobbies/support

In this episode, I get to speak with Ramesh Dontha. He is an entrepreneur, a writer and a blogger. He actually reached out to me through Mark Shaw's Spot A Guest service. We had our intro call and it was a great match. We've talked about the different things that bring us joy. In the green room, I got to learn a little bit more about him and what he's been doing with his career. To dig a little deeper I'm excited to welcome him to the podcast so he can share his story and vision on how to get started.  He's the author for the book "The 60 Minute Startup: A Proven System to Start Your Business in 1 Hour a Day and Get Your First Paying Customers in 30 Days (or less)". In this book he gives us a step by step solution to how a startup really needs to move forward. Ramesh can be reached through his website: http://rameshdontha.com ——Sponsorship—— This podcast brought to you by our generous sponsors. It is hosted by Anchor and distributed to the many platforms available for you to listen on. If you’re interest

In this Episode, I get to speak with Joseph Malinski. He's a director at ATB productions. I met him through a music video that my actor friend was part of. The music video was set in the 80s and really creative story! I decided to look behind the music video and who produced it, reached out and got in touch with Joey, who happily agreed to join me on the podcast and share his journey. His production company is http://atbproductions.com and cab be reached through his instagram @atbproductions ——Sponsorship—— This podcast brought to you by our generous sponsors. It is hosted by Anchor and distributed to the many platforms available for you to listen on. If you’re interested in sponsoring this podcast please connect on the networks below. ——Connect Here!—— You can find Hacks & Hobbies on these popular social media networks: Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, or our Website hacksandhobbies.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hacksandhobbies/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.

in this episode I get to speak with Jeremy Stark I met him through the amazing service spotaguest.com. It was setup by Mark Shaw and it connects guests with podcast hosts. So I got a message from Jeremy and he's got some really good stuff that he's been working on. And would love to share his journey and discoveries on the podcast. This is my first time speaking with him and we get to learn a lot. He goes into how he got started and where he's heading with his multiple businesses. He can be reached through his website: https://evergreengrowthmarketing.com ——Sponsorship—— This podcast brought to you by our generous sponsors. It is hosted by Anchor and distributed to the many platforms available for you to listen on. If you’re interested in sponsoring this podcast please connect on the networks below. ——Connect Here!—— You can find Hacks & Hobbies on these popular social media networks: Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, or our Website hacksandhobbies.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.

This is a fun story, I’m actually really excited to finally release this episode! So how did I meet Jamie Bernard? One of these fine mornings I got alerted to GaryVee going live on LinkedIn with Lilly Singh ‘superwoman’ on YouTube. She came on to announce to her audience and to Gary’s that she’ll be the first woman to host a late night show on NBC.  The journey of Lilly Singh is an amazing one but through this live conversation between Gary and Lilly and I among other folks watching the stream discovered a new connection. Jamie Bernard, now he got really lucky! On these episodes Gary asks that people drop phone numbers in the chat so they can call one of the viewers and help answer their questions. Gary first calls a lady (we can remember their name) she didn’t pick up! And Gary says how they should remember this for the rest of their life how they missed a call from Gary.  Next person that got the call was Jamie Bernard, he picked up the phone and immediately couldn't believe that he got this lucky

Dr. Connie Omari is a certified clinical trauma professional and holds a certificate in PTSD and Hypnosis. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a double major in Psychology and African-American Studies. Later in her life, she went back to school to receive her Master of Arts and Master of Education in Psychological Counseling from Teachers College, Columbia University. Finally, she got her Ph. D., in Counselor Education and Supervision from Regent University, where she defended her dissertation entitled: Marital Attitudes and Expectations Between Whites and Blacks in America. She's been able to bring this focused degrees together to empower resilient trauma and addiction survivors. I get to talk to her on this episode and go a little deeper into her thought processes and discover her journey. She can be reached at https://techtalktherapy.com/staff/connie-omari-phd-lpc-ncc/ ——Sponsorship—— This podcast brought to you by our generous sponsors. It is hosted by Anchor and distri