On today’s episode, I'm excited to be covering the topic of How Entrepreneurs Can Use Story-Focused Communications

It has never been so important for business owners to share their story, clarify their message, and perform like a pro, to help their business will grow 

Today's influencer guest is Alex Street and Alex is based in Toronto, Canada Area

On today’s episode, I’m excited to be covering the topic of Speak & Perform As A Highly Respected Leader

Today’s influencer guest is Joe Yazbeck covering a ‘deep dive’ including five key strategies to help you with Speak & Perform As A Highly Respected Leader

On today’s episode, I'm excited to be covering the topic of TikTok Marketing

Today's influencer guest is Jayde Vincent covering a 'deep dive' including five key strategies to help you with TikTok Marketing

On today’s episode, I'm excited to be covering the topic of Extracting the Greatness in You

Today's influencer guest is Glenn Lundy covering a 'deep dive' including five key strategies to help you with Extracting the Greatness in You

On today’s episode, I'm excited to be covering the topic of Networking & The Power of Personal Relationships

Today's influencer guest is Nate Peo covering a 'deep dive' including five key strategies to help you with Networking & The Power of Personal Relationships

On today’s episode, I'm excited to be covering the topic of The Power of Hypnosis

Today's influencer guest is Sarah Griffiths covering a 'deep dive' including five key strategies to help you with The Power of Hypnosis

On today’s episode, I'm excited to be covering the topic of Video Marketing, Storytelling, Vulnerability.

Today's influencer guest is Marley Jaxx covering a 'deep dive' including five key strategies to help you with Video Marketing, Storytelling, Vulnerability

On today’s episode, I'm excited to be covering the topic of Social Anxiety And Mental Health.

Today's influencer guest is Mark Metry and Mark is based in Boston, Massachusetts

On today’s episode, I'm excited to be covering the topic of “How to Become a Rockstar of your Industry”

Today's influencer guest is Luana Ribeira and Luana is based in Leeds, here in the UK

On today’s episode, I'm excited to be covering the topic of Decision Making

Today's influencer guest is Dr Gleb Tsipursky from Disaster Avoidance Experts and Gleb is based in Columbus, Ohio

On today’s episode, I'm excited to be covering the topic of Elevating The Leadership Conversation - Asking Bigger Questions and Growing From The Inside-Out.

Today's influencer guest is Catherine Sherlock from Higher Mindfulness and Catherine is based in Vancouver, Canada Area

On today’s episode, I'm excited to be covering the topic of The Fundamentals of Digital Marketing in 2020

Today's influencer guest is Jeff Stanislow from Chief Internet Marketer and Jeff is based in Tampa, Florida

On today’s episode, I'm excited to be covering the topic of Conscious Leadership, The Secret To Geometric Growth

Today's influencer guest is Harrison Hunter Reid from Koohlah LLC, Harrison joins us from the Greater New York City Area

On today’s episode, I'm excited to be covering the topic of Storytelling

Today's influencer guest is Michael de Groot from Staying Alive UK Ltd and Michael is based in Stourport-on-Severn, Worcester, In the United Kingdom

On today’s episode, I'm excited to be covering the topic of Overcoming Your Fear

Today's influencer guest is Laura Di Franco from Brave Healer Productions and Laura is based in Bethesda, Maryland

On today’s episode, I'm excited to be covering the topic of Turning Fans into Customers and Customers into Fans

Today's influencer guest is David Meerman Scott the Founder of David Meerman Scott and David is based in Lexington, Massachusetts

On today’s episode, I'm excited to be covering the topic of Target Audience Engagement

Today's influencer guest is Troy Ritchie from Boom Intelligence Group and Troy is based in Henderson, Nevada.

On today’s episode, I'm excited to be covering the topic of Mindful Leadership

Today's influencer guest is Dawa Tarchin Phillips the Founder of Empowerment Holdings, LLC and Dawa is based in Santa Barbara, California Area

On today’s episode, I'm excited to be covering the topic of The Power of Your Story

Today's influencer guest is Oleg Lougheed the Executive Director of Overcoming Odds and Oleg is based in Austin, Texas

On today’s episode, I'm excited to be covering the topic of Igniting Your Brand and Business.

Today's influencer guest is Brandy Hollaway the CEO of The Phoenix Factor and Founder of Girls on Fire Network.

On today’s episode, I'm excited to be covering the topic of Key Strategies For Business Development

Today's influencer guest is Donnie Boivin the Founder of Success Champion and Donnie is based in Fort Worth, Texas

On today’s episode, I'm excited to be covering the topic of

How to design a high ticket offer, then build the perfect presentation to sell it

On today’s episode, I'm excited to be covering the topic of How to Avoid the Big 3 Business Killers

Today's influencer guest is Will Pemble the Founder of Goal Boss and Will is based in San Francisco Bay Area

Welcome to the show Will.

On today’s episode, I'm excited to be covering the topic of Media Communications for Entrepreneurs

Today's influencer guest is Nick Powills the Founder of No Limit Agency and Nick is based in Chicago, Illinois

On today’s episode, I'm excited to be learning more about Entrepreneurship The Barefoot Spirit Way.

Today's influencer guests are Bonnie Harvey and Michael Houlihan the Co-Founders of The Barefoot Spirit based in Forestville, California

Welcome to the show, Bonnie, Michael.

On today’s episode, I'm excited to be covering the topic of Innovation

Today's influencer guest is Josh Linkner the Co-Founder & Chairman at Platypus Labs and Josh is based in Detroit, Michigan

On today’s episode, I'm excited to be covering How to Win at Sales with LinkedIn and Build Profitable Value-Based Partnerships

Today's influencer guest is Marcus Murphy the Head of Business Development & Partnerships at Digital Marketer and Marcus is based in Austin, Texas.

Welcome to the show Marcus.

On today’s episode, I'm excited to be discussing an essential area of How A Remarkable Customer Experience Can Be Your Best Marketing

Today's influencer guest is Dan Gingiss the Founder of Winning Customer Experience and Dan is based out of Chicago.

On today’s episode, I'm excited to be covering an amazing topic of

Building Remote Sales Systems

Today's influencer guest is Jeff Butler the Founder of J Butler International and Jeff is based out of my favourite city San Francisco, California. Welcome to the show Jeff.

On today’s episode, I'm excited to be building further on the subject of The Inbound Organization Revisited

Today's influencer guest is Todd Hockenberry the Founder of Top Line Results and the Co-author of The Inbound Organization, Todd is based out of Orlando, Florida

Welcome to the show Todd.

Today's influencer guest is Max Mirho the Co-Founder of Moss Generation and Max is based out of Pittsburgh, PA. Welcome to the show Max.

For many of us, the fear of taking the leap into entrepreneurship can be daunting, whether you are leaving the security of a paid job, or form many leaving college and University, starting out on your own and the thoughts of competing with more established players can make many run for the hills.

It’s not uncommon that your family or social circle may even think your crazy, and all at a time when you actually need the support not the lecture of why you are making “the biggest mistake” of your life.

For the last 25 years I've had the pleasure of living the entrepreneurial life, boy have I had a roller coaster, the highs and lows can sometimes make you question is it all worth it?

Whilst many so called gurus talk about the success of being an entrepreneur, it's also a rocky path, I interview every week on this show wildly successful entrepreneurs, but every single one of them has crashed, burned, failed (many times) along their journeys.

So how can you get started on the right path? Improve your chances that provide confidence to make the leap?

On today’s episode, I'm excited to be covering the area of LinkedIn Ads

Today's influencer guest is AJ Wilcox the Founder of B2Linked and AJ is based at Lehi, Utah. Welcome to the show AJ.

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On today’s episode, I'm excited to be covering an amazing topic of Supporting Women In Leadership To Increase Their Personal Brand

Today's influencer guest is Tamica Sears the Founder of Sears Coaching and Tamica is based at Arizona.

Tamica supports women in leadership and helps them increase their personal brand through one on one coaching, group coaching, workshops, and retreats.

The importance of organisations adopting equality and diversity throughout their companies is essential in today's business environment and opportunities for everyone on an equal footing are there.

Some of the leading organisations today have exceptional Women leading the companies and in senior roles such as Sheryl Sandberg (Facebook) Ursula Burns (IBM) and it's not just private / public commerce - in politics this is equally evident from our recent departing Prime Minister here in the UK Theresa May, to the German Chancellor Angela Merkell to name a few.

Therefore having a personal brand to build upon is essential for leaders.

Welcome to the show Tamica.

On today’s episode, I'm excited to be covering a topic that may sound unfamiliar to you but should be taken equally as seriously as you do with other mainstream marketing terms, and that is of Convergent Marketing®

Today's influencer guest is Massimiliano Brigida a Convergent Marketing Specialist at AdaOnCloud and Massimiliano is based out of Barcelona, Spain. Welcome to the show Massimiliano.

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On today’s episode, I'm excited to be covering a highly relevant topic of Effective Leadership & Communication Based In The Science Of Human Evolutionary Biology And Neurophysiology 

Today's influencer guest is John Bates the Founder of Executive Speaking Success and John is based at Salt Lake City, Utah.

On today’s episode, I'm excited to be covering this fantastic approach to A Proven 8-Step Personal Branding Process

Today's influencer guest is Ryan Foland based out of California and is a Global Keynote Speaker and is the co-author of the book Ditch The Act.

Ryan has also delivered four TEDx talks and you can watch these through this link.

Ryan is recognized by Inc.Magazine and Brand24 as a Top Marketer and was named by Entrepreneur Magazine as a Top Personal Branding Expert.

Whatever you think about personal branding, whether you have the profile mastered or just looking to get started, like any craft it takes the right approach, discipline and one that has little room for error, after all, your brand is you

Ryan is also the Managing Partner of InfluenceTree, a branding accelerator.

On today’s episode, I'm excited to be covering a topic I'm currently studying hard on and that's Inbound PR.

Today's influencer guest is Iliyana Stareva is a Global Partner Program Manager at HubSpot and is the author of the book Inbound PR, Iliyana is based out of Dublin, Ireland.

When It comes to PR - there are so many definitions of exactly what it is, many are complex and Iliyana references this exact topic in her book and the simplest version she picks out was a quote from Jean Loui Gasse a former Apple exec and he covers PR this way.

This quote as Iliyana references strengthens the point that PR is concerned with organisational reputation and building meaningful and positive relationships between various audiences.

Thanks for including this simple quote in the book Iliyana, I certainly learn better at the fifth-grade level and Welcome to the show.

On today’s episode, I'm excited to be covering a highly relevant topic of How to bounce back and develop a healthy emotional relationship with failure.

Today's influencer guest is Miha Matlievski the Founder of Fail Coach and Miha is based out in Philadelphia, USA.

It is rare that I come across any successful people where failure has not played a part in their current successes.

I look back at my own careers, 25 years - 2 six and a seven-figure exit but what I learned most from was the £12m wheeled asset finance business we put into administration back in 2012.

The devastation that I felt was beyond description, embarrassment, humiliation and sure I felt sorry for myself.

I didn't really look to blame others but what I did do within days of

signing the administration papers to Begbies Traynor is accept it, and use it as motivation to go again and be better.

There's a great saying by my favourite philosopher Jim Rohn and that's “Don't wish it was easier, wish you were better”. I’m excited to learn from an amazing Influencer today in Miha, welcome to the show

On today’s episode, I'm excited to be covering what is a fascinating and highly relevant topic of Content Marketing & Viral Videos

Today's influencer guest is Shay Rowbottom the Co-Founder of Rowbottom Marketing based out of Miami, Florida.

The world of online video is gaining more traction, but to do this right takes discipline and skill, and that's just to be authentic in your content delivery.  

Then there are all the strategic elements that most people overlook which often results in good content underperforming.

To give you an insight into Shays amazing talents,  a recent post on linked entitled “The Best of Gary V” this single post alone at the time of this recording has over 430,000 views and 2,626 comments with 11,455 likes.

This post alone engaged Gary V himself which is no mean feat, the last time I saw this happen at any decent scale was Amy Schmittauer from Savvy Sexy Social / Vlog Like a Boss.

So we are in for amazing insight on today, welcome to the show, Shay.

On today’s episode, I'm excited to be covering a highly relevant topic of LIVE video marketing.

Today's influencer guest is Trish Leto the Founder of 5 Minute Lives™ Academy and Trish is based out of Tampa Florida.

The world on online video as especially live streaming is becoming more and more popular, just using video today is simply not enough, you need a well-defined video strategy to ensure the content, format and distribution channels are meeting your audience's demands.

I remember back in early 2017, and whilst that's only two and a half years ago, it's like a millennia in the digital world, we purchased a Mevo live stream camera, it was close to $1000 with the extra kit and everyone thought we were crazy.

We saw the potential in live streaming and being able to take our video broadcasting live and especially portable wherever we went, we have used our mevo in all sorts of outside broadcasts, internal video shoots and presentations when speaking on stage and its an essential piece of our media kit today.

The work Trish is delivering is exceptional and Trish has spoken at Vaynermedia's Agent 2021 conference and as a Facebook LIVE Video Profiting Expert at the Military Influencer Conference 2018.

Outside of speaking Trish is a trainer, mentor, consultant Real Estate and Mortgage Industry Marketing Specialist.

So we are in for amazing insight on today to help you better understand and boost your video strategy.

On today’s episode, I'm excited to be covering the essential topic of Interviewing & content marketing through podcasts.

Today's influencer guest is Heather Parady the host of the Unconventional Leaders podcast based out of Augusta in Georgia.

Heather’s show airs three times per week shares stories of leaders from all over the world who built great things from the ground up. The show's mission is to empower first-generation self-starters to step up, use their voice, and make an impact in the world.

Heather recently started a daily LinkedIn video series called #LinkedInLeaders with an objective to provide personable networking opportunities for guests and viewers.

So as we get started I think this is the most pressure I've been under on The Open Mike as the host and interviewer, Heather has a masters in counselling and is an expert in interview techniques and she uses a lot of these skills to connect with people, so I need to be on point today for sure..

On today’s episode, I'm excited to be covering the essential topic of Client Acquisition

Today's influencer guest is Landon Porter the “Head Gorilla” at Gorilla Marketing, based out of Denver Colorado.

If you think about this in my fifth grade level, without a structured and sustainable way of securing clients, then your business is pretty much going to go out of business simple as….

Landon helps business owners attract clients by packing up everything you’ve been told about sales and throwing it out the window.

Landon says there’s no sales script, no selling your soul for a cheque.

No more chasing "yes's" or going for the "no."

Simply that just doesn't work any more.

Instead of "closing deals" it's more effective and efficient to open relationships.

On today’s episode, I'm both honoured and privileged to be covering the exciting topic of Inbound Organizations

Today's influencer guest is Dan Tyre employee number 6 and Director at HubSpot a Boston HQ based world leader in technology for the inbound revolution that will help you to grow better and also the co-author of the book Inbound Organization.

As a HubSpot partner here in the UK, we are fully embedded in the Inbound methodology and I think that's exactly what this is - a methodology.

Having partnered other software providers over the past 6 years or so, we found that their primary interest was selling software sure HubSpot are a publicly traded company and a commercial entity, let's be clear on that but what drew us to HubSpot and in particular Inbound was it is so much more than software.

Inbound to me is a process, a culture, a way of life, a personal development track, a way to build a sustainable business, a way to deliver increased results from our clients which in turn means their success is our success.

Inbound meets the customer where they are and serves to help position all who are involved and practice this discipline as a progressive business and many go onto becoming market leaders and contributors in their respective fields.

We are so proud to be part of the HubSpot Community and a massive welcome to the show Dan - I appreciate you taking time from your busy schedule to speak with me and the audience today and sharing your expertise and hows Phoenix today?

On today’s episode, I'm excited to be covering all things people and the importance of having a dedicated focus around Human Resources Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Today's influencer guest is Melissa Af the Chief Diversity Officer at KMJJ Enterprise based out of Alabama.

KMJJ is a Veteran owned and operated business that offers Talent Management solutions to all businesses, focussing to help Military Veterans transition into the workplace as well as non-veterans that struggle to find career opportunities.

In truth whilst I personally don’t have a military background, the reality is when I work with businesses who do employ veterans, I am seriously impressed with their dedication and output and in many cases, the difference is amazing on how they approach the demands of business and entrepreneurial life.

This podcast is pretty timely as we are just celebrating the 75th Anniversary of D-DAY on the 06th June 2019.

I watched the newsreels this week whilst in London on the sacrifices and the total dedication these servicemen and women had to not only D-Day, but their country and their colleagues.

Theres no surprise this value is transferred into the workplace that employers can tap into..

Welcome to the show Melissa - I appreciate you taking time from your busy schedule to speak with me and the audience today and sharing your expertise and I believe you are based in Williamsburg, Virginia?

On today’s episode, I'm excited to be covering the awesome topic of personal branding and influencers. Specifically Why you need to ditch the act to reveal your whole self to build a personal brand that no one can compete with.

Today's influencer guest is Leonard Kim a Tedx Keynote speaker and Managing Partner at Influence Tree a leading company in building personal brands.

This subject is so exciting for me personally as someone who is building his own influencer status through our growth engine community and my personal brand of TheOpenMike, I can honestly say it is for sure no easy ride and definitely needs a tonne of work.

If you are in for a get rich quick scheme, this is not the journey, but for those who have value to bring to the world, and are prepared to put in the work its extremely rewarding, I can vouch for that for sure, the highlight of my week is working in our growth engine community and hosting awesome guest influencers such as Leonard on TheOpenMike Podcast.

Welcome to the show Leonard - I appreciate you taking time from your busy schedule to speak with me and the audience today and sharing your expertise all the way from Los Angeles.

On today’s episode, I'm excited to be covering today How to Create a 7 Figure Brand Organically Through The Power of Facebook Communities Without Using Paid Ads.

Today's influencer guest is Shannel Rivera the CEO of Beauty and Hustle.

What I absolutely love about hosting TheOpenMike is interviewing truly inspiring people, learning about their journeys and seeing the success materialise.

I can honestly say hosting the show is one of my favourite things I do as it boosts my confidence and drives my own motivation to be better, Shannel is certainly a true and inspiring entrepreneur that I’m looking forward to learning from today.

The importance of building communities within your business niche and personal network has never been so important, with the power of the online social networks dominating not only the information we consume, but the way in which we communicate with messaging, seek help from our peers through to influencing the choice we are making in life, business and the money we spend.

Being part of a community helps us feel that we belong, we already have this in our lives, a typical example would be the passionate sports fan following their beloved team. It dominates the office discussion on a Monday morning and has created great rivalries over the time.

There's a lot more community-based examples but more of those in the show and I am very privileged and honoured to welcome to the show the inspiring Shannel Rivera who is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Welcome again to the show Shannel - I appreciate you taking time from your busy schedule to speak with me and the audience today and sharing your expertise.

Yes, that's right, stripping back the concept to the core, sidestepping the default trap many entrepreneurs fall into by focussing first on business strategies and tactics ahead of understanding their own mindset and true potential.

I'm excited to be covering today The science and art of self-mastery. Neuroscience, transformational psychology and mindfulness.

For any successful outcome to materialise, in life or business, sure it requires a well thought through detailed, plan, practice and resources investing into it, this includes you personally.

Having the mindfulness about simple things such as the resources which are most valuable to us not only as entrepreneurs but in life, in general, are Time, Energy and Money and in that order......

I am honoured to welcome to the show a leading authority and pioneer in the Inner Force Formula (IFF) Purdeep Sangha the Founder of The Male Entrepreneur and Sangha International.

Purdeep is an award-winning Author, Entrepreneur, Life & Business Mastery Strategist, Husband, and Father

Purdeep’s experience is exceptional with

• An EMBA on Innovation Leadership
• He is a Certified Innovation Executive
• He is Certified In Financial Management
• A Certified Lean BlackBelt In Business Operations and Certified In Business Operations Excellence

Purdeep also hosts his own podcast titled: The Male Entrepreneur so I
 highly encourage you to go check that out online and he helps entrepreneurs master themselves so they can master their life.

Check Purdeep out:

https://themaleentrepreneur.com/

https://pride.themaleentrepreneur.com/360-abundance-masterclass/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/purdeepsangha/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/purdeepsangha/

https://www.instagram.com/themaleentrepreneur/

https://twitter.com/PurdeepSangha

The need to stand out in any arena is key, to provide value in advance and to gain both a following that grows and with the respect of a community that sticks around is Jenga.

The considerable noise and continuous regurgitation of the same old content creates distrust and in the most exposes many who try and fake it.

I've never been a fan of fake it until you make it, authenticity is key and delivering your expertise and value in advance before looking to extract any value wins every time for me.

I’d be keen to hear your feedback as the audience on this matter and shoot us a message on Twitter using the #TheOpenMike and let me know your take!.

I'm exceptionally proud and privileged to be joined on today's show by Heather Ann Havenwood, who is widely regarded as a top authority on digital marketing, sales coaching, and online publishing on business strategies.

Heather Ann has been named one of Top 50 Must Follow Women Entrepreneurs by Huffington Post.

Heather Ann has also been named Chief Sexy Boss™ (from her Amazon BEST SELLER book Sexy Boss™ How Female Entrepreneurship is Changing the Rule Book and Beating the Big Boys and others call her the 'Wizard Behind the Curtain'.

In 2006 Heather Ann started, developed and grew an online information marketing publishing company from ground zero to over $1 million in sales in less than 12 months.  Welcome to the show Heather Ann - thanks for taking time from your busy schedule to join us from Texas today and sharing your expertise, how are you today?

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This particular podcast has a very special meaning to myself as too many entrepreneurs often suffer in silence and in many cases find it difficult to be open about their journeys, especially when it becomes tough in business as well as home and affects their mental health.

Despite the UK investing £115 million per year on mental health research. Mental health network receives 5.5 per cent of the UK health research spend.

There is clearly so much more that can be done and to help raise awareness of this through our podcast and special influencer guest today is an absolute pleasure.

Therefore if you feel you would like to reach out and speak with someone about mental health, we will post a number of links in the show notes from Time to Change, Young Minds and the NHS, naturally these are just a small selection of help resources available ensuring

you don't have to sit in silence and feel isolated.

In this episode, we are going to chat about entrepreneurship and mental health plus much more and I’m very privileged to welcome to the show a truly inspiring guest George Hodgson from Maison de Choup.

Check George out on:

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/maisondechoup/
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgedavidhodgson/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/maisondechoup
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/maisondechoup/

Maison De Choup Website - https://maisondechoup.co.uk/

 For more information on charities and organisations mentioned:

YoungMinds - https://youngminds.org.uk/
Time To Change - https://www.time-to-change.org.uk/
NHS Moodzone - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/
Hantsdoc - https://www.nhuc.co.uk/basingstoke/
CAMHS -  https://www.nhs.uk/using-the-nhs/nhs-services/mental-health-services/child-and-adolescent-mental-health-services-camhs/
Business Horse Power - https://www.businesshorsepower.com/

Jeremiah is delivering at Infusionsoft.com and his own site at https://www.jeremiahshark.com/ 
 
 Check out Jeremiah on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremiahsharkmsm/ 

Check out Kim on 
 Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimorlesky/ 
 Twitter -  @kimorlesky 
 And search Kim Orlesky on Youtube

Check out Skip and M3 on 
 Linkedin - linkedin.com/in/skip-miller-a7243 
 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/m3learning 
 Twitter - @M3Learning

Check out Zeev & Wexler Consulting http://wexlerconsultinggroup.com

But before we get started, I just want to cover the shows not regulated to give any investment advice and recommend that anyone interested in making a financial investment to seek professional and regulated advice.

Ok with the disclaimer out of the way, my personal viewpoint is when investigating crypto-currency is that it is an exciting opportunity, and certainly its the right time to be in early and get ahead of the game.

However, for many, it’s confusing hard to understand and there are many sceptics that simply fear their hard earned cash if invested into crypto is simply too high of a risk.

Since the birth of blockchain and BitCoin from Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008, the growth of crypto-currencies has started to gather momentum and is a lot wider than just BitCoin, however often misunderstood and with an unregulated decentralised market, entering the world of crypto-currencies needs considered and careful thought.

In today's episode of #TheOpenMike Podcast, we will cover the key aspects of Investing in cryptocurrency for Retirement plus much more.

I’m privileged to be joined today by a serial entrepreneur whose career is one I appreciate so much, why you ask? Because of how progressive it is considering the timing of each stage and how it simply did not lie down after disruption and initial misfortune.

A very warm welcome to Kim Snider from https://sanecrypto.com/ for joining us on this week's podcast.

For many entrepreneurs thinking about becoming a public speaker can be daunting, where to start and sometimes the emotions of fear of stepping on that stage can be overwhelming and it just holds you back.

However, the power of being able to convey your message, touch people with value and your experience can be very rewarding both personally and professionally, and open up more lucrative opportunities and deal flow for your core business.

With so many so called gurus out there, how do you differentiate yourself, create authority and start to fill our speaking engagements or event, well these are all the topics plus much more we will be covering in today's episode of #TheOpenMike

In this episode, I’m very privileged to welcome to the show the amazing Jacki McLenaghan from Pure Potentials based out of Calgary in Canada.

Learn more about the great work Jacki and her team are delivering at Pure Potentials simply Visit them online at https://purepotentials.com/

The power of Linkedin is immense, its more than immense although I find that often, many business owners simply are not using it correctly or leveraging its capabilities.

Further what frustrates me more is the total misuse of a platform that is geared to be a professional platform not facebook.

Companies in many cases are missing a trick not investing in their teams to learn how to leverage the power of LinkedIn and often leave employees to their own devices which is costing them business, as well as having a disconnected sales or content strategy playing out that confuses the audience.

Treat LinkedIn with respect, learn to harness its power and no doubt it can become the core tool to drive new business for your company.

In this episode, I’m very privileged to welcome to the show an old friend and LinkedIn guru Matt Clark from The Virtual Edge in South Africa.

We see automation every day, initially, you might not recognise this however when you take a closer look at

• The email you receive from your online purchase
• The reminder that a subscription or membership is about to expire
• That extra recommendation when you are buying online (people also bought)

or

• A happy birthday SMS text message from your favourite brand

It is all automation at work and we take it for granted, so how do you start to put automation into your business but not feel like a robot.  After all the human side appeals to us all and with so much Artificial Intelligence, data breaches and what I see is the governments not doing enough to help businesses with serious digital initiatives it certainly can be confusing where to start.

In this episode, I’m excited to be joined by Geni Ramos from LaConsultoriaDigital in Barcelona, Spain who is going to cover this exciting topic that we should all be embracing and that's Automated Online Business.

Thanks again Geni and to learn more about the great work Geni and his team are doing simply check them out at

https://www.laconsultoriadigital.com

Also, you can connect with Geni on Linkedin at https://www.linkedin.com/in/geniramos/ and Twitter via @geni_ramos

In today's fast-paced transactional purchasing environment, where too many developers are out to deliver a single piece of collateral, it amazes me how many entrepreneurs overlook the need to fully undertake a full brand analysis and give their identity the true attention it deserves.

The value of a well-executed brand strategy will repay dividends many times over and should flow through every aspect of your business, its culture and of course the marketing collateral you produce and distribute. 

Visit Henry’s Website - https://uniquedesignz.net/

More about the Brand Doctor on Facebook at - https://www.facebook.com/HenryKaminskiJr/

The glass ceiling for businesses can be daunting, wondering how you can seriously scale and move through the gears to achieve sustainable growth.

I see too many business management teams talking themselves out of potential growth that brings increased value to stakeholders and shareholders, as well as the market and client base.

To scale successfully, you need more than just a positive gung-ho attitude or a traditional static business plan.  Having added value experience and a proven formula can help you along the way.

Shane and his team are doing simply check them out at https://summitleader.com/

Or follow Shane on Twitter https://twitter.com/shanespiers

Creative engaging copy that tells stories is one of the most worthwhile investment a business can make.

Too many business owners attempt to write copy themselves, stating the false truth of "nobody knows my business better than me" and how wrong you are, how wrong you are.

The value of a copywriter that can fuse stories into your market campaigns that make prospects buy is a skill few possess.

 In this episode, I’m excited to be joined by Rob Drummond from Confusion Clinic and the founder of True Story Selling who is going to share the secrets of his craft in copywriting and storytelling in marketing.

learn more about the great work Rob and his team are doing simply check them out at

https://www.truestoryselling.com

 You can also sign up for a free storytelling course at https://www.truestoryselling.com/7-day-story-course-start

It takes a very specific commitment level of both time and money to achieve real and sustainable results to maximise your ROI. It’s essentially a strategic approach is taken prior to your execution.

I’m very privileged to welcome back to The SuccessHub both a friend and long-term client Marc Mcloughlin KeyFleets Managing Director who is going to share the journey he started with us way back in 2013 to complete a total transformation of the KeyFleet business model.

Marc covers the step by step approach to the transformation, the highs and lows of the journey, so if you are serious about transforming your business, Marc’s story is a must-listen...buckle up.

Learn more about Marc and his team at https://www.keyfleet.co.uk/

You can also connect and follow Marc on  LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcmcloughlin/ and follow and like KeyFleet on social media via  Twitter https://twitter.com/KeyFleet and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Keyfleet/

Many of you will have heard of Bitcoin and crypto currencies, however, I meet lots of people who are extremely unsure about the technology of Blockchain that drives it.

Blockchain has been around a lot longer than people appreciate and originally founded by Satoshi Nakamoto in a white paper released in 2008.

In this episode, I’m very privileged excited to be joined on the show to help us navigate this topic by Joseph Snyder the President & CEO & Chris Brown The CTO of Lannister Holdings, Inc. a publicly traded Blockchain Technology leader based in Phoenix.

Learn more about Joseph and his team at https://www.lannisterholdings.com/ or https://www.lannisterdevelopment.com/ - you can also follow Joseph on Twitter @LannisterCEOand Chris on Twitter @LannisterDev

When Considering Automated Marketing there are so many other aspects to consider to ensure the right solution is adopted to maximise your ROI.

In this episode, Mike interviews Kenda Macdonald who discusses how introducing and understanding buyers psychology can supercharge not only Automated Marketing but offline marketing also.

Learn more about Kenda and her team at automationninjas.com and to claim a free copy of Kenda’s book “Hack the Buyer Brain" at automationninjas.com/goldenticket

The topic of Digital PR is often misunderstood or thought [incorrectly] as not needed by small to medium businesses, and typically associated with bigger organisations.

However, it is a crucial element of all businesses inbound marketing outreach strategy.

Mike and Rebecca discuss detailed frameworks of Digital PR to get you started. Learn more about Rebecca an Award Winning Journalists at dakotadigital.co.uk or at facebook.com/dakotadigitalpr

Discussing their own journeys from finding entrepreneurship, through the highs and lows of the roller coaster ride to being crowned the winners of the prestigious Yorkshire Choice Independent Business of the Year Award in 2018.

Learn more about the awesome mobile bar service Mix and Twist provide to corporates and private parties at  https://www.mixandtwist.co.uk/

Hey, and welcome to The Open Mike podcast show episode nine. This week we're going to be talking about everything SEO Essentials SEO Essentials For Entrepreneurs. I'm super stoked excited to be joined by Mark Radford, the SuccessHubs lead SEO and web strategist. Mark, it's great to have you on the show today buddy, how you doing?

In the Podcast, we are going to be discussing a series of SEO essential strategies for entrepreneurs and how you can increase your online presence.

Whether you are just starting out, or an intermediate with SEO we have some great content to share with you to help you increase your online presence and avoid making killer mistakes.

SEO Essentials SEO Essentials For Entrepreneurs

I think SEO is just one of those subjects, isn't it, that you either understand it, you get it, and we get a lot of questions coming through the blogs and our traffic channels, the live events that we do people are saying to

us, "Tell me more about SEO. Can I do this myself? Is this something that we need to pay somebody to do?" Hopefully we're going to get a lot of these answered for it, but just as a bit of a warning really, you don't want to go all in with SEO.

It should be part of a larger digital strategy. For the entrepreneurs out there, we have a wide range of an audience. We've got beginners, we've got more advanced or intermediate. We're going to try and cover all angles for you

today on this show, and I don't know, Mark's going to do that.

Let's get started......

My name's Mike Midgley. I'm the lead strategist here at The Success Hub and today I'm super proud to be joined by Megan Herring, The Success Hub's lead social media and content marketing specialist.

Hello, welcome to The Open Mike episode seven. Today, we are delighted to be out in Spain, in Xabia, Spain, with Marc P. Summers an Infusionsoft Certified Partner and founder of Information Street. Episode 7 is going to all be about How Infusionsoft is helping Small Businesses Succeed, Powering Small Business to Success, a Certified Partners view.

I'm really excited to be joined by a phenomenal wealth of talent from some of the most influential and successful people in the Infusionsoft Certified Partner community, as well as joined by Infusionsoft themselves.

I'm pleased to be also joined today by Lindsey Kokosh, Infusionsoft's EMEA Partner Manager, Ashley Marshall an Infusionsoft Certified Partner and founder of Jumpworks and Peter Daly-Dickson an Infusionsoft Certified Partner and founder of macanta.

For the audience, the entrepreneurs and new entrepreneurs, whether you're just getting started with Infusionsoft, or you're looking to become a customer of Infusionsoft, this is an absolute must listen. There's no bias to anything here. It's just Infusionsoft demonstrating its power, demonstrating its ability to help small businesses succeed.

Just to give you a little bit of an intro of what you can expect from this show, slightly different from what we've done on the interviews for the regular listeners of the show. This is more of an open panel and question, and, as I said, it's going to concentrate heavily around Infusionsoft, and really the folks at home, to get the show started, how Infusionsoft has impacted the lives and provided a positive environment for small business owners

Let's get started......

Selling to Serve is your chance to Serve More and Earn More..the need to change your mindset towards abundance instead of scarcity is your first step in Mastering Selling to Serve.

Get it Right...and it will significantly raise your income whilst simultaneously serving more people.

Welcome to episode 5 of The Open Mike show. Today, we're going to be talking all about Selling to Serve. I'm excited to be joined by the man, Jeremiah Sarkett, live from Infusionsoft in Arizona, USA

Apart from being a good goalkeeper and having safe hands, he's been with Infusionsoft circa five years. He's worked the UK territories as a partner manager. Jeremiah, currently managing two territories now in the states?

Jeremiah, today has an awesome sales background, he is a public speaker and also hosts his own show Mondays with the Mako which you can follow his fan page on facebook @jeremiahshark

We are going to talk about in the podcast, guys, a little bit more about Selling to Serve. For the entrepreneurs out there in the audience, approaching sales can be somewhat of a more nervous or serious thing to overcome. We will overcome this and give you great insights as to how to approach sales that makes it a lot easier and how to have your prospects wanting to speak with you again and again.

Let's get started.....

Hey and welcome to The Open Mike show, this episode four is all around that conundrum, which is copywriting and what every entrepreneur should know about copywriting. I'm really, really pleased to be joined today with Gary Spinks.

One of the most misunderstood parts of digital marketing is copywriting.

You can have the best strategy and a well-constructed sales funnel - but without strong copy, it could all end in disappointment.

The words you use can have a powerful impact on your lead generation, conversions and sales. As a rule of thumb, the better the copy, the better the results.

I know what it's like starting over. You get into personal development curve and then you suddenly get overwhelmed. You try to implement all the longer term strategies and I hear when you scream, "But Mike, what about now? I need to eat today to be able to deliver tomorrow. It's like a second part-time job in some respects, so I'm all for personal development, but it can be confusing, it can be overwhelming. You don't always get it straight away and sometimes some of the stuff, whilst very impactful to start with, can't yield results for the longer term.

These little mini action plans are designed to get you going today, so we've got your back. That's why as part of this podcast series we'll be putting quick win tactic exercises like this in between other episodes to help you get off the bench and in the game faster whilst the medium to long term strategies take hold.

Data segmentation benefit, is that a myth or a reality?

A question that we get asked a lot, is this really necessary. Like anything, if you do it well, the reality of the result shines through. We all have data in our businesses and in reality more than we know. Later in this podcast I'll open up a few extra areas you might not have thought about or didn't know you had access to, but once you do and if you can put these different types of data into different buckets as we call them, then what you're left with is an awesome data set that allows you to send the right message to the right audience at the right time, and re-target existing data, whether that's with promotions or offer a new service that they may not know about.

As you follow on with continued personal development, it's likely that you will want to apply changes to your existing business model. Plans, as you learn and from your peers and your new found knowledge, things are going to change. They always do. What I find is, that a lot of entrepreneurs, they sort of look at it in isolation. They're not looking at the wider picture and they can make a decision or enter into a debate, waste valuable time or money investing in areas to try and get things back on track and not really considering the impact it has on other areas of the business.

The strategy compass. What do I mean when I say this? Well, it's a tool we use here at Successor with our clients to firstly dismiss their belief that their business is different. You know you maybe sat here listening to this saying, but hey Mike, my business is different. Trust me I've been doing this a long, long time. Your business is no different to any other. The way you may deliver your product or service, yeah sure that'll differ for sure. Your culture, your goals, the way you manage your customer service, absolutely, but your fundamental business model is no different that any other. Okay? 

It's ultimately made up of the same components. Secondly and more importantly, we use the strategy compass to help maintain focus with key decision making. The secret is you just have to have the points understood of the strategy compass when decision making in your strategic sessions. If you apply this wisely to ensure decisions do not adversely affect your business performance.

If you're weak in any of these areas, this is going to have an impact on your results. It means you're going to be more reliant on others to help you navigate your path. If your team's established or it's a fairly early start, it can be risky. You won't be a pro overnight. You won't be a pro in all areas straight away. Knowledgeable and having a core understanding of these five areas will really help you make informed decisions in your business and help you understand what impact the decisions you are making, what are you making in your business.

Without further ado, let's break these five categories down in summary form. Number one, straight out of the gate guys, is finance. Number two, operations, your systems and your processes. Number three, people. Human resources we need to get delivered out there. Number four Sales and marketing to bring in the revenue. Number five Corporate governance, managing the business correctly and in line and adopting good policies.