Entreprogrammers Podcast

  We're Live. Many of the paths that any entrepreneur takes can lead to specific situations, for example using only ads to promote, or using focus blocks to improve productivity, will represent the key difference to obtaining the best possible results.   Mani and John have a great chat about this topic, where to apply this, and having the best approach to the decision-making process.   Thought of the week   John - “I get the problem sure, but what are you doing about it? ”.

We're Live. Growth in this area is the most anticipated thing that any entrepreneur needs to achieve, this also means more people and more responsibilities which will bring more value to your company. Josh brings this topic up because it can be a quite difficult decision, not only adding new people but actually deciding what your role will be that can also bring value to the equation. Thought of the week John - “The vision needs to be the same in other to move forward”.

We're Live. In the entrepreneur world having a business partner is a common occurrence, it can be a great asset in order to get the best possible scenario that will bring the best profit. That´s the area that can get tricky.   Talking about money will always be a difficult subject that has to be approached strategically. The guys have an awesome debate regarding this topic   Thought of the week   Josh - “My Business partner thinks that he brings more value, I have mixed feelings about this”.

We're Live. Content creation is one of the most creative things that anyone can do, but it can be difficult depending on the area or niche that you are working on. There are a lot of key components to bare in mind to get the best content, and analyzing your competition is one of them.   John raises this topic because Josh is working on his youtube channel trying to make it blow up, looking for that specific content that will make the difference.   Thought of the week   John - “One of the best approaches to create good content is to be contrary, go into a different direction that the trend is”.  

We're Live. Looking at your work from a specific view sometimes can be frustrating, a change of perspective is due when this is happening. You start to get the feeling that you're not advancing and everything that you do is simply not working.   John raises this topic because he's going through some changes on his entrepreneurship, the bottom up approach can change your game, great discussion.   Thought of the week   John - “The amount of skill that you learned is unprecedented”.  

  We're Live. Getting your goals clear in mind is one of the most important things in any entrepreneurship, but sometimes during this journey your goals will derive from your original intentions and become something entirely different.   This is where you start doing stuff just to get them out the door, there's no actual meaning or intention behind them. This can be frustrating at levels that can make you want to quit. John and Josh have an interesting conversation on how to get back to your roots and do the stuff that you actually want to do in order to meet your goals.   Thought of the week   Josh - “This is the Artist Dilemma”

We're Live. Under the decision-making process, there's something that you'll always have to bare in mind, you can lose. It doesn't matter if all the chances and probabilities show that you will be successful in your entrepreneurship, there's always the possibility of losing, and you have to prepare for that moment.   John and Josh have a great discussion about this topic and the many preparations that you have to do to thrive if this moment ever passes.   Thought of the week   John - “It is Win or Lose, just take the chance”

We're Live. John and Mani get back together after a long overdue break in December. 2022 was a year of big changes for both of them, getting stuff out that was not working and all the new and ongoing work that promise to bring great success in 2023.   Great conversation catching up and the plans for the start of this year.   Thought of the week   John - “There were big changes in my life last year”    

We're Live. Artificial Intelligence has been a sci-fi dream since the '70s but nowadays is a complete reality, from apps that draw or Ai design to make contracts, there are no limits to the use of these new forms of creations.   The guys have an interesting debate on how these AIs are going the change the world and what are the implications in the entrepreneur world. Thought of the week    John - “I'm still amazed at what this AI can do”  

We're Live. Difficult clients always appear when you're doing entrepreneurship, there can be ones that have zero collab intentions or try to slip dirty things in the contract that can make you lose money, the matter is, it can be resolved.   Knowledge is the main factor here, to get a clear understanding of the situation. The guys have a great debate around many of the possible ways to resolve these situations   Thought of the week    John - “There's the client that wants to sleaze something in the contract”      

We're Live. The final days of the year are coming and the guys are checking everything out on their content. Adapting to the situation has been the constant in these passing years many ups and downs but the answer is always the same, adapt and overcome. Great debate around the many situations that the guys have recently gone through, always looking for the best possible outcome and getting to an interesting conclusion. Thought of the week John - “There always has to be that hook that gets you”

We're Live. Social media games will always be evolving, and adapting to the current situation is a must if you want your goals to be met. Recently there's a new marketing strategy that has proven to be quite effective, but the numbers need a different approach in order to understand them.   John starts this off on how to actually take this on and understand that there's a big difference in growing and reaching, and both of them work in parallel.   Thought of the week    John - “Paying for performance is a great way to market the channel”

Significant Losses We're Live. Entrepreneurship will always have risks involved, and this makes things clear, sometimes you will lose money and sometimes it will be a lot. This is part of the process and having the right tools and taking the correct actions at the exact time will make the difference. The guys start a great debate around the subject, what to do in this case, and what needs to be analyzed. Taking into account all the possible factors that can fail during this process. Thought of the week Mani - “Let's not talk about losing days, let's talk about numbers”

We're Live. Decision-making is a process that any entrepreneur needs to have in their arsenal some situations present a lot of alternatives that can work but some of it could be easier than others. That´s where Occam's Razor comes in. The principle gives precedence to simplicity: of two competing theories, the simpler explanation of an entity is to be preferred.   The guys have an interesting debate on when and how to make these decisions to produce the best possible outcome.   Thought of the week   Mani - “ Your data needs to be precise to make these decisions”

We're Live. Main social media platforms are the best option to promote your entrepreneurship these days. Doing it organically will set you on the right path, but using ads is the next step in this journey.   The problem with this is that the platforms are highly irregular with ads. They can work well for some time and they can take them down for no apparent reason. What should you do here? The guys have an interesting debate on what should the plan be in any of these cases.   Thoughts of the week   Josh - “September was definitely my best month in quite some time, but Youtube just decided to take down all my ads”.

We're Live. There's a specific scenario where your goals are met, success is finally here and what most people do is start relaxing during this process, which is a big mistake.   Josh asks John for tips and standard processes during this time, it is always a good idea to be prepared for what's coming.    Thought of the week    John - “It all depends on what you are willing to do to get to the next level”

We're Live. The topic for this week fluctuates through the many types of issues that the guys go through in their entrep[neurship, regarding that most of the issues, can be common but not all of them affect them the same way.   There's an interesting debate on how to tackle these situations and how much the perspective changes depending on your level of success.   Thought of the week    Mani - “That's not a problem for a guy that makes Twenty Million dollars”

We're Live. Josh asks the guys for advice on when to apply certain kinds of ads or what social media platform to use to promote your business, there's no actual right answer for this.   John and Mani share different perspectives on how the main focus in the decision-making process should be momentum. Capturing that frame of time and getting the best out of it.   Thought of the week    Mani - “One thing has to work, and one thing has to work most of the time”

We're Live. Dealing with clients will always be a hassle, Josh comes up to the plate with a situation concerning some types of clients that are not complying or not completing the process.   An Aggressive approach is the focus here, the guys have an interesting debate on how to do this and how to make the clients actually comply or at moments just stop working with them.   Thought of the week    John - “These are the types of clients that you need to hold back”  

We're Live. Mani is back to the usual roundabouts and gets started checking everything is running smoothly. John is currently on the same page getting some numbers on tracks and making sure where the traffic is coming from.   One of the main types of traffic is warm traffic, both guys start analyzing and explaining thoroughly what warm traffic means.   Thought of the week    Mani - “Warm Traffic will always get you numbers”

We're Live. Guys start a very interesting debate on how to make youtube channels work. This si something that can be confusing sometimes, one of the first topics is content and as it turns out it is not the main factor.   Competition in the platform is over the top, finding an unique style is one of the most important things you can do for your youtube channel to work.   Thought of the week    Josh - “There's just so many guys that say practically nothing and it works”  

We're Live. Josh proposes a very interesting topic regarding masculinity and being a man and how to approach life in all general aspects to become a better person and apply this to all your goals and purposes.   John tells it straight, it s about being real and accepting the facts. Great conversation on how to keep your feet on the ground and always keep moving towards your goals.   Thought of the week    John. “Accepting the hard truth is the best thing you can do in these situations”  

We're Live. Under any kind of entrepreneurship, the constant that will always come up is decision making, whether is hiring new staff or even letting go of them, where to invest, what to invest, etc. Strategic Thinking is a must in this field.   Great discussion surrounding the next steps for the three guys that will definitely help you improve your decision-making process.   Thought of the Week   Mani - “If the guy just not on high-level thinking you just have let him go”  

We're Live. First of all, there's so,e big news regarding Entreprogrammers, it's currently a rebranding! So stay tuned to see a new face! The Content that social media has at the moment is extremely variant and different, to say the least. Publishing superior content will not only make you stand out from the crowd but it will improve your chances of success. The guys have a really interesting conversation regarding this with each different perception. Thought of the week John - “All it matters is to get that specific Lead”

We're Live. One of the main focuses of this podcast is to share current strategies that are being applied to get feedback and get the best possible outcome. John leads the way on main strategies based on Social media, ads, etc. Thought of the week John - “Engagement is not exactly the most important factor on Instagram”

We're Live. The guys start with a roundtable of ongoing projects that each has and is it going and giving each other great feedback to improve the whole process. One thing that came in common is Marketing Equity, there are just so many projects going on that there's a point that focus is lost, so cutting off some of them may be the way to go. Thought of the week Mani - “If your emails throughout a month talk about 10 different topics, you cannot sell”

We're live. One of the many problems that clients encounter is that they don't really understand how the process of any endeavor works or even worse than that, they can't trust the process. This seems to be a recurring problem with some of John's Clients, finding out that there's actual work that they need to do, and realizing that the problem lies in the drive to get the work done. Thought of the week Mani - “They think they can't do it? Or they think that they can't do the work?”

We're Live. Mani some stuff that did not work out as planned, but he's not quite sure what exactly failed in the process. He and John start analyzing the whole scenario to find out and improve upon it.   It is quite normal that this kind of problem arises from time to time, but as always this offers so much improving potential so it does deserve thorough analysis.   Thought of the week   John - “There's always a logical explanation when this happens”

We're live. John and Mani get the conversation going with how the process of admittance in their programs should be, getting the right client is the core foundation that the program needs to work. There are definitely many ways to filter clients or even get an onboarding process, this is going to entirely depend on what type of actions the client has to do in order to stay and be accountable. John - “Move quickly but do not rush”

We're Live. Today the guys are starting off with a new segment called the hot seat, where each of them gets a specific amount of time to show any kind of issue on his entrepreneurship and get the feedback needed to get the best possible solution. Definitely, an interesting way to solve problems and get a fresh perspective and actually get the issue under the spotlight. Thought of the week John - “Red pill content is incredibly difficult to get growth from it”

We're Live. Once again the boys are trying new blood for the team, and it has started an amazing debate of what the pain points are for each of the clients and what actually are the ones that work as selling points. The perfect example of this was Mani's Focus blocks, which in this particular thing almost any pain point will work, based on the productivity you'll need to solve your problems. Thought of the week. John - “Mani you sound like a lawyer”

We're LIve. Getting a new partner in the entreprogrammers podcast has been a long endeavor and has definitely not been successful, some guests show up once and then do not show up anymore. John and Mani agree that when this happens is just not the right fit, but, MAni has a theory on why this happening, not everyone sees value in the live cast, John doesn't agree with this. Great debate this week. Thought of the week Mani - “ Not everybody sees the utility in showing yourself to different eyes”

We're Live. New blood is coming into town and one of the first steps, when this happens, is to start sharing strategies with one another, based on their entrepreneurship and perspectives. Which always proves to be quite helpful, no matter how much time you have spent on a business there will be that missing that only outside perspective will bring it to light. Thought of the week Mani .”Data will always show you the truth overtime”

We're Live. There's always a project that just does not work no matter what amount of effort you put into it, the idea could be solid but if people don't see the real value in it it's just not going to work. John and Mani Analyse various scenarios when this happens and steps to follow to get back on track as soon as possible. Thought of the week John - “Selfe-confidence as an outcome is just not valuable to people”

  We're Live. John recently hired someone dedicated to sales, that is helping him through Instagram dm and other areas. It turns out that the price range was way higher than expected, but, is it worth it? It Absolutely is and here they tell you why.   There are lots of benefits that come from high risks, especially in the long run. As long everything is analyzed correctly it is always worth your time and money.   Thought of the week    Mani - “Once you get this working you will triple your original investment”

 We're Live. One of the most common things to happen in any enterprise, webinar, or any kind of business is that the client gets the whole perspective of it wrong, especially when the matter is making money.   John and Mani have an interesting discussion about the most important factors of this process that most people just miss or simply do not understand.   Mani -” If Your client has to do a lot of work you have to charge them even more ”.

We're live. The guys are in new offices and talking about productivity systems that have worked and also failed in the past, coming to one logical conclusion: Systems work, people are the ones who fail.   There's one simple explanation for this and it is based on accountability basically, there's nothing that forces you to commit to the system, that's why it is doomed to fail.   Thought of the week   Mani - “All Humans are going to get in and out of the system every time”.

We're Live. John and Mani are currently in the process of reinventing their business, getting new ideas out, testing out processes, and finding out what type of new audiences can come in a have a taste.   This has taken most of the time that the guys have in hand, and also it has been proven that getting these conversations is extremely valuable to the whole process.   Mani - “Now is time to get the right audience into the funnel”

We're live. Mani starts with the continuing process of his upcoming webinar, and how the writing aspect of it is very similar to writing a book, what makes people buy the book or assisting the webinar which brings the same results.   John adds up to this topic on how to get more people to your project, specially future costumers that you want them to stay and consume more content.   John - “Definitely getting more people will always punch the numbers”

  We're Live. Mani is currently working on his new webinar and one of the most important steps is getting that hook or punchline that will get the consumer to truly stay and buy the product.   Many insights and ideas grow here during the discussion, getting to the point that it is necessary to convince people even before they buy the product, that will give the customer the confidence to come back again.     Mani -"If you depend on some discipline system or habits to be productive, you'll fail to be productive"

  We're Live. Getting to know a new team member it's always a part of the process, with the Depart of Chuck from the podcast it's time for changes.   The guys are looking forward to keeping Entreprogrammers alive and evolving, so the next step was clear and recruits are trying out!   Mani: ”You've been doing this since you were 15 and you're 23? Right on man!”

  We're Live. This is a topic that will always pop up when you're an entrepreneur, there's going to be a certain point in time that you will have success, or in other cases, this is needed to get to the point where you want to be.   Mani and John have an interesting discussion on when and how you need to push productivity. Hiring personnel, delegating jobs, using ads to promote, and many other possibilities.   Mani - “There's always a way to push productivity and not deal with the hassle that this involves”

  We're Live. Chuck is back in the scene but he's coming with not-so-great news! In this episode, Chuck and John Talk about how their lives have changed over the passing years.   Looking forward to the new paths that both are building towards their journey in entrepreneurship.   Chuck - “There are hours that I need to get back and just focus on the ones that I'm currently working on”

  We're Live. Analysing the necessary data in order to make the best decisions in your entrepreneurship has to be one of the most important steps that you have to make, this will definitely take you closer to success no doubt about it.   To get this data you need traffic, as it turns out Cold Traffic sometimes it's actually the best way to get the best perspective, it's constant and starts to show patterns that in hot traffic are difficul to see.   Mani - “Cold Traffic is the key here, details have come up due to this”

  We're Live. The guys finally meet up for the first time this year and the main topic here are the new ideas and new goals for this upcoming year, how to approach these situations and make the best of it.   New exciting ideas like really show the world how success works, to analyzing what is the best value you have to offer to your future clients.   Thought of the day    Mani - “History is written by the winners, is time to change that”

We're Live. Usual report from the guys except that there's a small situation in Chuck's mind, Podcast and Sponsorship has been the main game that has kept Chuck in the game. Now the main concern is that the standard approach can be faulty sometimes. Chuck Doesn't feel optimistic about this.   John and Mani's message here is plain and simple, sponsorship at this level cannot be standard, it has to be unique for every client.    Thought of the week   Mani - “Standard Approach only works when you're a big corporation”

We're Live. Mani is currently finding the best way possible to sell one of his newest products, he decided to get an out perspective. As it turns out, it was the best thing that he could do, many new ideas came to him just by introducing this outside perspective.   Great discussion with the guys based on these new ideas, this is just another way to learn. There are tons of ways to sell a product, especially in these changing times.   Thought of the week    Mani - “You'll be surprised how your front-end product can change so easily.”

We're Live. John is pretty happy at the moment because one of his strategies had an amazing list of emails and subscribers to one of his programs. The funny thing is that it really was a small one and the reward was big.   Sometimes the most powerful message can be the shortest one, and in fact, will reach more people than expected given its simplicity. This made a huge boost that was completely unexpected.   Thought of the week   John - “ A short video on Tiktok and a small message worked very well, not even a link was needed”

    We're Live. John Starts off with the situation that he's handling for the project manager spot, long story short is not working out. There is a series of skills that a person needs to have in order to fulfill this job at the level that John requires.   Mani Agrees, these strengths that make you excel in these situations cant be taught, especially things like attention to detail, organization, and the compulsive need to get everything done on time.   Thought of the week    Mani - “Some people are just organized that's it. You can spend years trying to teach a dog to be a bear and it's not going to happen”

We're Live. Long time since the guys had a chat to talk about their business and one of the first topics that John brings to the table is the need to delegate certain tasks that are put simply, It takes too much time to do although is easy stuff but they are annoying in a matter of speaking.   This type of task has to be delegated to focus on the most important part of your business. otherwise, the rate of growth will be extremely slow.   Thought of the week    Charles - “This definitely a recurring problem in my business I step into that boulder over and over again”

We're Live. In the business game, the price and value of things can change overnight, the guys are currently experimenting with different types of approaches to their products it doesn't matter if the product is new or old.   In fact, trying out old products from a different approach can always work again, it's just a matter of finding the right angle for the audience. This is something that as entrepreneurs you have to be able to adapt every time.   Thought of the week   Mani - “That product that made you money will always make you money”