David Drazil is an architect who turned his passion for sketching into a profitable online business. He has created a community of over 240,000 Instagram followers, and leverages his years of experience teaching others how to Sketch Like an Architect. In this episode, Chris and David discuss David’s journey from starting on Instagram sharing simple tips and tricks, to creating a diverse product suite. David shares how the pandemic shifted his business, the strategy behind generating 2 million...

Skye Barbour is a business consultant for 6-figure+ female-led agency owners, helping them stay within their zone of genius, optimize seamless systems and elevate their small, but mighty teams. In this episode, Chris and Skye discuss how Skye went from excelling in the corporate world, to taking the leap and transitioning to entrepreneurship. Skye highlights the importance of leveraging individual strengths, delegating weaknesses, and the significance of strong relationships when it comes to...

Jessica Rose is the Founder of Jewellers Academy, which was created when she was just 19-years old. In this episode, Chris and Jessica discuss Jessica’s journey from starting a brick and mortar business to pivoting to an exclusively online model during the pandemic.  Jessica shares how she’s created an engaged online community, the importance of growing a team that supports your mission, and how Jessica has used her personal brand to continue scaling the business to new heights.  Your...

Ash Borland is a Mortgage Marketing Consultant, who has leveraged his expertise to become a recognizable figure in his niche. In this episode, Chris and Ash discuss the pivotal moments in Ash's career, the strategies he’s employed to gain visibility and scale his business, and the importance of building a personal brand. Ash talks about his approach to content creation, managing ADHD in his professional life, as well as his future plans for increasing his prices, the challenges and strategies...

Dilly Carter is a professional organizer and founder of Declutter Dollies, an organizing and home-styling service. Dilly is also a BAFTA nominee, x2 bestselling author and a presenter on the BBC hit TV-show, Sort Your Life Out. In this episode, Chris and Dilly discuss the impact of television exposure, how Dilly has continued to diversify her personal brand offerings, the challenges behind scaling a service-based business, as well as the approach Dilly has to social media and how she markets...

Mandy Rose helps people make more money and work less by using social media and digital products. Mandy has recently made a stunning comeback to the online business world after a decade-long hiatus and is here to tell us all about it! In this episode, Chris and Mandy discuss her journey to finding her way back to creating a profitable online presence, the challenges she faced when it came to reinventing herself, the importance of aligning business with purpose, her approach to monetizing her...

In this milestone 500th episode of the Youpreneur podcast, Chris brings his longtime friend, Pat Flynn, back onto the show to discuss their entrepreneurial journeys and the power of consistency in building and maintaining a digital presence. They explore the evolution of their business strategies over the years, the advantages of embracing AI technologies, the importance of creating a community for business success and much more! Episode Timestamps [03:04] - The Evolution of Friendship and...

In this episode, Chris delves into the highlights of 2023 for the Youpreneur brand, including hitting 9 million podcast downloads and launching the brand new 5k Accelerator™ program! He also announces Youpreneur's new Chief Operating Officer, Chloe Ducker, his third book deal, and much more. Tune into the full episode to learn all about what we're working on in the coming year! Episode Timestamps [01:30] - Hitting the 9 Million Downloads Milestone[06:05] - Launch of the 5K Accelerator[08:52]...

Nicholas Kusmich is the founder of H2H Media Group, a consulting and META advertising agency which has generated over $600 million in revenue since 2007! Nic helps information entrepreneurs predictably scale their revenue and time by easily getting more clients with marketing that doesn't suck. In this episode, Chris and Nic discuss non-funnel marketing hacks for personal brands, limitations that come with conventional marketing funnels, how to increase your number of sales and much more....

In this episode, Chris shares his top 10 strategies for attracting your dream clients in 2024, and beyond. He discusses the importance of writing a book, asking for input from your audience, and why consistency is key when it comes to publishing content. Chris also talks about how to be seen as a leader in your niche, and how you can position your business as a valuable resource for your dream clients! Episode Timestamps [03:37] - Sharing Success Stories[04:37] - Productivity Hacks[05:24]...

In this episode, Chris sits down with Ben Leonard, an e-commerce expert. They discuss strategies for building, marketing, and monetizing an e-commerce business around personal expertise and interests. Ben explains the need for entrepreneurs to give themselves permission to venture and the importance of understanding both customers and their pain points. They explore the challenges of setting the appropriate price structure for products and the significance of pre-launch activities in...

85% of customers say that speed is a critical factor in their brand loyalty. The pandemic in particular made us realize how much time and speed actually matters to us. But, what happens when we don’t receive the correct amount of speed and responsiveness from companies we’re wanting to buy from? You’re about to find out in this episode! IMPORTANT NOTE: WE’RE BACK! On November 10th 2023, the 1-Day Business Breakthrough™ will be taking place in London (and potentially for the final time!). The...

Starting a new channel, whether it's on YouTube, a new podcast, or any other platform, can be an exciting venture, but a daunting one, for sure; especially when you’re entering a new space you’re not completely familiar with.  In this episode, Chris shares his new exciting project, the one thing that holds people back from starting a new channel, and the mental switch we need to make to overcome it. Episode Timestamps [00:30] - What we’ve been up to over the past few months![02:39] - Chris’...

IMPORTANT NOTE: WE’RE BACK! On July 14th 2023, we’re coming back to London for the first time since November 2019! The 1-Day Business Breakthrough is a full day, live event experience that brings together entrepreneurs from all industries and at all levels of growth to learn the strategies needed to go further, faster in today’s hyper competitive entrepreneurial landscape! Limited spaces available, secure yours today and save £150 with the early bird discount.  P.S. We also have the amazing...

Henry Ford once said, “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success." In this episode, Chris discusses the importance of collaborations with industry peers, and how to do it successfully! He talks about his brand new podcast, This is Online Business, in which he co-hosted with his friend of 10+ years, Jeff Walker. Chris emphasizes the benefits that collaborations can bring, why it’s a great learning tool for us entrepreneurs and his top five...

When it comes to balancing work and family life, it can sometimes be difficult to effectively do both. In this episode, Chris invites Steve Chou onto the show to discuss his new book, the Family First Entrepreneur. They talk about how to achieve financial freedom without sacrificing what matters most, why Steve felt the need to write the book for entrepreneurs who have families, as well as the systems and processes he follows to ensure that he’s not only achieving his business goals, but...

As a self published author, not having your book available to buy on Amazon is a big problem. After five years since Rise of the Youpreneur was first shared with the world, Chris received an email from Amazon KDP informing him that they would be terminating his account... for no reason at all. After digging around online, trying to make sense of the situation, Chris soon realized that this has happened to a lot of self published authors. In this episode, Chris walks through the timeline...

In this episode, Chris invites Mark Leruste onto the show for the first time to discuss his book, Glow in the Dark! They discuss the challenges of launching a book, including marketing and promotion, and the requirements needed to make it on the Sunday Times bestseller list in the UK. They also touch on the biggest hurdle Mark experienced on launch day, how he turned it around to play in his favor, as well as the pros and cons of traditional publishing vs. self publishing… plus a whole lot...

As business owners, we always want to be tweaking and trying out new things - even more so when they make our ‘work’ a little easier! In this episode, Chris invites Daniel Priestley onto the show to discuss scorecard marketing and the future of AI-driven marketing. They talk about Daniel’s new company, ScoreApp and how it can be used for lead generation and customer segmentation (something we’re currently using ourselves here at Youpreneur!). They also discuss the challenges entrepreneurs...

Chris invites Mark Schaefer back onto the show to discuss his latest book, Belonging to the Brand, which is all about building a community and how it’s potentially the last great marketing strategy of our time! They both discuss the importance of accessibility and creating sparks of opportunity for others. They touch on the pandemic and how big brands reacted in the wrong way, as opposed to smaller companies who stuck to their brand, and realized their community was also struggling, which...

If your business isn’t making real money, what you have is a hobby, not a business. In this episode, Chris shares 5 ways you can make more money by doing LESS work - yes you read that right! He emphasizes the importance of raising your prices and not apologizing for it, why every business must have systems and processes in place, and how to best utilize digital products to bring in passive income. He also discusses how you can scale your business as a Youpreneur and shares some of the key...

In this episode, Jason Resnick joins Chris to discuss all things email marketing when it comes to building a profitable business around your expertise. They deep dive into the importance of consistency and why a lot of entrepreneurs struggle with it, as well as Jason’s top tips for testing your list and finding out what works well. Jason also emphasizes why it’s vital to offer both free and paid content to your subscribers, and the need for improvement in your email marketing strategy,...

In this episode, Chris invites Michael Hyatt back onto the show to discuss his latest book, Mind Your Mindset which he co-authored with his daughter and CEO of Full Focus, Megan Hyatt Miller. They discuss how we can zoom in on challenging ourselves and how to control the narrative that we have as business owners when it comes to problems we face. As well as the opportunities that are presented to us and how to best utilize certain situations that we put ourselves in.

The saying “Live Your Best Life” has been thrown around for decades, but what does it actually mean, and more importantly, how do we achieve it? In this episode, Chris invites his very good friend and New York Times best-selling author, Lewis Howes back onto the show to discuss his new book, The Greatness Mindset. They deep dive into the personal shifts Lewis has experienced over the last couple of years and what they’ve meant to him, as well as healing, having more abundance in our lives as...