One of my favorite topics is email, and Philip Duncan is here to talk about all things email marketing. Philip is an award-winning Amazon best-selling author. He’s the host of the Powerhouse Offerings Summit and runs a workshop called Email Marketing for Authors Made Easy. Philip explains why email is his number one marketing strategy and how it’s transformed his life and business. Just a few years ago, he was working a nine-to-five but took a giant leap of faith and hasn’t looked...

Matt McWilliams is living proof that you can pursue your passion in life and do so while making a profit. He’s worked with some of the top companies and entrepreneurs on the planet, including Shark Tank’s Kevin Harrington, Tony Robbins, and Lewis Howes. Matt’s here to help you on your quest to turn your own passion and message into a profitable and growing business. We begin our conversation by talking about Matt’s journey, which he outlines in his new book, Turn Your Passions into Profits....

Alinka Rutkowska is the CEO of Leaders Press. She’s a USA Today and Wall Street Journal best-selling author, and Leaders Press made me a best-selling author as well! Alinka helps entrepreneurs create books from scratch and launches them to best-seller with a 100% success rate. She runs a hybrid publishing house with traditional distribution through Simon and Schuster, through which more than 500 entrepreneurs have been able to share their stories. Alinka has been featured by Forbes,...

Derek Doepker went from being a broke valet parker to best-selling author. He’s sold over 100,000 books using free and low-cost strategies. Today, he shares those strategies with authors to turn their passions for writing into thriving businesses. Derek has also been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, and Success magazines as well as several other world-renowned publications. Here, Derek and I talk about how to market your book, specifically through an audiobook. A solid marketing strategy...

Joris van Leeuwen is the CEO of Cutting-edge-studio.com where he helps self-published authors publish and market their books successfully by providing all the author services they would need. Joris and his sister company, Cutting-edge-business.com, create websites and promo videos that can help authors grow and promote their businesses. Joris loves to work with first time self-published authors who are overwhelmed with the publishing and marketing process.  Here, we’re diving into a bit of...

Glen Kowalski is an ex-Microsoft software engineer who said, “Screw the commute,” moved to Panama, and now helps business owners get their message out without worrying about being cancelled or censored. He’s a fierce freedom lover who believes that freedom of speech should be a core human right and is fundamental to living a life outside of tyranny. Here, Glen shares his story of how he wound up in Panama, the evolution of his marketing business ventures, and how he became more involved in...

Jackie Lapin helps leaders grow their online and live audiences by getting booked faster, easier, and in more places.  Here, we talk about springboarding your business using live and virtual speaking events on multiple platforms. Jackie was one of the first female sports writers in America, and she then segued into having one of the largest sports special events and PR companies in the United States with a world-class client list. Jackie later rebranded her agency as Conscious Media...

Susan Friedmann is a certified speaking professional (CSP). She’s also an international best-selling author of 18 books. Susan is on a mission to wipe out sameness and add vitality and differentiation to author marketing. Through her company, Aviva Publishing, she has guided hundreds of non-fiction authors to use their books to become trusted and recognized authorities in their niche markets. Susan started her career training exhibitors at trade shows. There, she got her expertise in honing...

Honorée Corder is a good friend of mine and the OG of self-publishing. She’s an author, publishing consultant, TEDx speaker, Founder of Indie Author University, and co-founder of the Empire Builders MasterClass. Honorée has published more than 50 books, and helped hundreds of professionals and entrepreneurs successfully craft, write, publish, launch, market, and monetize their books. There’s a new term out there called “quiet quitting”, which is doing the bare minimum in a job just to get by....

Kris Safarova is a Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Amazon best-selling author. She’s a former management consultant and banker who managed billion-dollar portfolios, and she’s also a concert pianist! Kris is currently the CEO of FirmsConsulting.com and StrategyTraining.com and the host of the 90 Day Business Building Summit. She helps people get out of their corporate cubicles so they can move into the world of entrepreneurship. Here, Kris shares her own story and journey from the...

Webinar and event expert Jon Schumacher has worked with more than 300 private clients and over 1,000 students. He’s helped them generate over $50 million in sales, and here, Jon shares all the details on how to use 30-minute webinars to sell your flagship programs. We kick things off by discussing the four things you’ll need for your webinar: your goal, offer, messaging, and how to get people to attend. Jon talks about the different types of webinars you can use depending on your end goal....

Susan Epstein is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) as well as a business coach and strategist. She works with coaches, therapists, and healers to fill their practices and helps them leverage their time through groups and masterminds. After finishing school to become an LCSW, Susan spent several years building a psychotherapy practice. Over time, she started running groups and clubs and eventually discovered coaching. Susan got certified and began building her business, including...

Bri Seeley is a bespoke business designer who works with both established and emerging entrepreneurs to create highly profitable businesses through consistent revenue creation. Whether you’re ready to make your first dollar or your first million, Bri will help you create a long-term, sustainable path to success on your own terms. She also recently recorded a TED talk called “Going from Wages to Wealth”. Here, Bri shares her story about how she accidentally started her business. After leaving...

Paul Brodie is a 21-time best-selling author and CEO of the Brodie Consulting Group. He helps people share their stories and positions them as experts in their field. Paul’s company accomplishes this by launching their clients’ books to guaranteed best-seller status. He’s done 92 best-selling book launches, including his own latest books, Entrepreneurship 101 and Book Publishing and Marketing Secrets. Here, Paul and I take a detour from the topics we usually discuss and get into story...

Ellen Finkelstein helps experts get their knowledge out to the world with online products and courses. She’s well-known for her email newsletter (I’m a subscriber), which earns her top rankings on the leaderboards. Ellen got started writing books for big names like McGraw-Hill and Wiley. Author platforms were starting to kick off in the 90’s and Ellen started her website and email list in 1999. Her list grew automatically within her niche, and she realized she could make more money selling...

Pam Obasa turned £500 into a seven-figure business while working from home and taking care of two young children. Pam has a background in acting and while she was working in that field, there were periods of time where she was out of work. This prompted her to think about what she could do with the money in her bank account along with her skills to get some income flowing in between acting jobs. Pam then created her first offer and sold it to schools, which then became a six-figure business....

Matt McWilliams is a four-time affiliate manager of the year and has worked for big names like Tony Robbins, Dean Graziosi, Shark Tank’s Kevin Harrington, Adidas, Shutterfly, and more. Matt helps online business owners make money as an affiliate and leverage the power of affiliate partners to grow their businesses. He’s also the author of Turn Your Passions into Profits, which reached number one best-seller status before officially launching. We talk about the book launch and get into details...

Here, I’m sharing a boat racing story from my childhood from back in May of 1982 with a lesson about entrepreneurship. It was an early Saturday morning, and I went to the Vermillion Boat Club Bowl with my family. We had been racing this for years and never won. There was a light breeze when we started, but it quickly died, which was rare for Lake Erie. There were also a ton of mosquitoes and flies, and because we slowed down, they landed all over us. They covered the seats in our boat, and...

Although you may not be familiar with TeeJ Mercer, chances are you’re familiar with her work. For over two decades, she has worked on major Hollywood projects with A-list talent like Kevin Hart, Tiffany Haddish, and Samuel L. Jackson. TeeJ has worked on movies like Shrek, The Incredibles, Cars, and The Chronicles of Narnia and for big name networks like Disney, ABC, and MTV. She’s arguably the queen of visibility, influence, and authority, and she now leverages her experience to help authors,...

Ryleigh Klimenko is a highly sought-after business sales coach. She specializes in helping high-ticket ambitious coaches and service providers seamlessly scale their businesses without awkward pitches. Ryleigh teaches high conversion, heart-centered conversational sales and has worked for Bank of America, TD Bank, and other top financial institutions. She’s been published and interviewed by several top media outlets, including CBS, Fox, and NBC. Ryleigh’s unique conversational sales flow will...

Lucas Marino is a doctor of engineering, project management professional, and a serial entrepreneur in the training business. Lucas is a former military engineer who spent 21 years as a naval and training manager in the United States Coast Guard. He’s the founder of Marino Training and EAST Partnership and the co-founder of the Empire Builder’s Masterclass. Lucas helps entrepreneurs and authors launch and sustain online training products. He’s also a Thinkific expert, the host of the...

After receiving degrees in poetry and creative writing, Carolyn Choate unexpectedly fell in love with sales and marketing funnels. Today, she helps coaches, speakers, and authors utilize funnels to connect with prospective clients, free up their time, and scale bigger. As a child, Carolyn loved looking at the descriptions of products in catalogues and she says she always loved marketing but didn’t know it. Marketing gets a bad reputation, but Carolyn realized that so much of it is all about...

Andre Loibl is the founder of Changenow.de where he helps people with their subconscious money blockages, allowing them to thrive in their businesses and do more things that they love. You can do amazing things if you get your mind right. Whether you’re trying to start your own business or create authority and influence in the marketplace, it all starts with how you think of yourself and what you’re worthy of. Here, Andre and I talk about “giving it all to God” and how powerful that kind of...

For this particular influence and authority piece, I’m interviewing myself! Virtual summits, or virtual events, are one of the best ways I know to make yourself visible and create instant authority. As an interviewer, you don’t have to be the expert, but you can gain credibility and authority through association. Here, I’m sharing some quick ideas about virtual summits that get you in the mindset that you can do this. The beauty of a virtual summit is you can do one even if you’re just...