Monetization Nation Podcast

Over the last few episodes, we've talked about the lessons that we've learned from a year of publishing a show every day. Yesterday, I talked about our plan going forward and how we're going to apply those lessons learned from the first year into our second year. We are also planning to take a break from publishing the show as we develop and launch some products. In today's episode, I'm excited to announce our first product that will be launched here within the next week or two: the Marketing Megatrends Challenge course. Read more here: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/finishing-season-1-whats-next/

Today is one of the very last episodes of season one of Monetization Nation. As you've heard over the last two episodes, I've talked about 30 different key lessons that we've learned from publishing every day for a year. In today's episode, I'm going to talk to you about the application of those principles in our show and how it will affect the future of Monetization Nation.  Read more here: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/the-future-of-monetization-nation/

I started the Monetization Nation podcast nearly one year ago and when I did, I made a commitment to publish content every single day for the year. As we're finishing up, me and my team came up with 30 lessons we learned from publishing for a year. In the last episode, I shared the first 15 lessons we've learned and in this episode, I'm going to share with you the final 15 lessons that we've learned from publishing everyday for a year. Read here: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/30-lessons-i-learned-from-publishing-for-a-year-part-2/

On February 5, 2021, when I started the Monetization Nation podcast, I made a commitment to publish content every single day for a year. As we're finishing that year up, I have spent some time reflecting on my experience. In many ways, it has been much more time consuming than I expected, but I have also received a lot more out of it than I expected. Read more here: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/30-lessons-i-learned-from-publishing-for-a-year-part-1/ 

41% of Americans listen to podcasts monthly (Source: convinceandconvert.com) and 16 million people in the US are “avid podcast fans” (Source: PodcastHosting).The popularity of podcasts is growing rapidly and many businesses have already started to leverage this form of content to grow their businesses. Today we're going to discuss nine ways to monetize a podcast so we can use it as a viable option for growing our business. Read more here: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/9-ways-to-monetize-a-podcast/

Hello, Monetization Nation. Welcome back to another faith episode. Today we're going to talk about profiting with a purpose. Corporate social responsibility has become extremely important. Statistics have shown that it can actually drive greater employee satisfaction, customer satisfaction, and profit.  Read more here: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/how-to-profit-with-a-purpose/

Welcome back to another episode with Timmy Bauer, the founder of Dinosaur House, a company that helps entrepreneurs create children's books to grow their businesses. In the last episode, we discussed Timmy's career and why entrepreneurs should consider writing children's books. In today's episode, we're going to discuss why we should create a podcast.  Read more here: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/why-should-i-build-a-podcast/

Timmy Bauer is the author and illustrator of many children's books including: Lucas the Dinosaur Entreprepreneur. He's also the founder of Dinosaur House, a company that makes children's books for entrepreneurs, and the podcast host of five podcasts, including The Purpose Driven Entrepreneur. In today's episode, we're going to discuss Timmy's career and why entrepreneurs should consider writing children's books. Read more here: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/why-entrepreneurs-should-write-childrens-books/

Bryan Clayton is CEO and co-founder of GreenPal, an online marketplace that connects homeowners with local lawn care professionals. Before starting GreenPal, Bryan Clayton founded Peachtree Inc. one of the largest landscaping companies in the state of Tennessee growing it to over $10 million a year in annual revenue. Read more here: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/5-tips-for-building-a-technology-business/

John Weiler began his writing career as a hit TV writer, for shows such as National Geographic's Alaska State Troopers. In 2014, he transitioned into copywriting, blogging, and book publishing, working for several marketing agencies along the way and publishing multiple bestselling books, including Instant Credibility Online. In today's episode, we're going to discuss five ways we can establish our credibility and earn the trust of our customers. Read more here: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/5-ways-to-establish-credibility/

Welcome back to another episode with Kenny Harper, author of Amplified Business Breakthroughs. In the last episode, we discussed five easy and effective ways to maximize our profits. Today, we're going to talk about three ways we can create predictable growth.  Read more here: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/3-ways-to-create-predictable-growth/

Kenny Harper works with small business owners to achieve more freedom and fulfillment by increasing business profitability through implementing proven systems and effective strategies. He is also the author of Amplified Business Breakthroughs. In today's episode, we're going to discuss five easy and effective ways to maximize our profits.  Read more at https://monetizationnation.com/blog/5-easy-and-effective-ways-to-maximize-profits-episode-1-of-2-with-kenny-harper/

This week I had to get an MRI and since I am a little claustrophobic, I was stressed about the procedure. As I was driving to the hospital I prayed for peace and as I prayed, the words, “My peace I give to you,” came into my mind. When this happened, a sweet peace and calmness came to my heart and I got through the MRI without further stress.  Read more here: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/how-to-build-a-kingdom-business/ 

Robert Brown is an experienced executive and the CEO of the SaaS company, Olumo, which is focused on helping organizations get real time human sentiment data and insights to drive decision making. In today's episode, we're going to discuss how we can use data and insights to take better care of our employees. Read more here: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/how-to-take-care-of-your-employees/

Welcome back to another episode with John Jantsch, a marketing consultant, speaker, and author. In the last episode, we discussed duct tape marketing and how to implement better strategies. Today, we're going to continue our conversation on marketing and discuss how we can create the ultimate marketing engine. 

John Jantsch is a marketing consultant, speaker, and author of multiple books including Duct Tape Marketing. He is also the founder of the Duct Tape Marketing Consultant Network, which trains and licenses independent consultants and agencies to use the Duct Tape Methodology.  In today's episode, we're going to discuss duct tape marketing. Read more here: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/what-is-duct-tape-marketing/

Andy Buyting is a serial entrepreneur and a bestselling author of three books. Through his company, Tulip Media Group, Andy and his team of marketing specialists help to fuel the revenue growth of numerous companies across North America. In today's episode, we're going to dive into Andy's book, How to Win Clients and Influence People, in which we will go over the three pillars of marketing. We'll also discuss his book Double Sales. Zero Sales People, and how we can increase sales without a sales team. Read more here: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/3-pillars-of-marketing/

Welcome back to another episode with Adrian Sandmeier,  founder of youstream, an award-winning video marketing company and author of Video Marketing for Marketers. In the last episode, we discussed five video marketing tips. In today's episode, we're going to continue our conversation about video marketing and explain how we can get started with video marketing.  Read more here: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/how-to-get-started-with-video-marketing/

Adrian Sandmeier is the founder of youstream, an award-winning video marketing company with clients across Europe. Over the past decade, he has helped hundreds of marketers realize their creative visions through video creation. Adrian is also the author of Video Marketing for Marketers. In today's episode, we're going to discuss a few video marketing tricks. Read more here: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/5-video-marketing-tips/

Welcome back to another faith episode. Today, I'm going to talk to you about one of the greatest sources of guilt and conflict for an entrepreneur, or at least for me as an entrepreneur: balancing parenthood and entrepreneurship. Read more here: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/how-to-balance-parenthood-and-entrepreneurship/

Welcome back to another episode with Zack Condry, president at Everest Communications. In the last episode, we discussed the importance of a crisis management system. Today, we're going to discuss how we can rebuild our reputation if it is damaged. Read more here: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/how-to-rebuild-your-companys-reputation/

Zack Condry, president at Everest Communications, specializes in developing and executing digital communications strategies to help organizations tackle critical public affair issues, major crises, regulatory obstacles, and reputation management challenges. Read more here: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/why-you-should-have-a-crisis-management-system/

Welcome back to another episode with Adam Witty, the CEO & founder of Advantage|ForbesBooks. In the last episode, we discussed the seven pillars of authority marketing and today, we're going to continue our conversation and look at different examples of companies that have implemented authority marketing. Read more here: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/the-benefits-of-authority-marketing/

Adam Witty is the CEO & founder of Advantage|ForbesBooks. Witty is a sought-after speaker, teacher, and consultant on marketing and business growth techniques for entrepreneurs and authors. He is also the author of eight books including, Authority Marketing. In today's episode, we're going to dive into his book and discuss the seven pillars of authority marketing. Read more here: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/the-7-pillars-of-authority-marketing/

Welcome back to another faith episode. Today, we're going to discuss seven takeaways from the TV series, The Chosen.  If you haven't watched The Chosen, I highly recommend it. It is my favorite TV series of all time. The series is about the life of Jesus Christ and while I've seen many different series and Media Productions about Christ, none of them have resonated with me in the way that this production does. Read more here: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/7-takeaways-from-the-chosen-for-entrepreneurs-2/

Welcome back to another episode with Shalene Gupta, co-author of the book, The Power of Trust. In the last episode, we discussed how trust can empower our business. Today, we're going to discuss ways we can build, lose, and regain trust.  Read more here: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/how-to-build-and-lose-customer-trust/

Shalene Gupta is a former Fortune journalist and her work has appeared in The Atlantic, Harvard Business Review, and ESPN.  She is also the co-author of the book, The Power of Trust. In today's episode, we're going to discuss how trust can empower our business.  Read more here: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/how-trust-can-empower-your-business/

Mike Malatesta is an entrepreneur who has helped start, grow, and sell two successful waste management companies. He also created and hosts the How'd It Happen Podcast, where he explores stories, lessons, and wins with some of the most fascinating and successful people in the world. In today's episode, we're going to discuss how being selfish can be good for our business.  Read more here: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/why-being-selfish-can-be-good-for-your-business/

Welcome back to another episode with Darshan Mehta, author of Getting to Ah-ha. In the last episode, we discussed how to improve our businesses through customer insights. Today, we're going to look at seven key traits of successful businesses.  Read more here: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/7-key-traits-of-successful-businesses/

Darshan Mehta is the Founder of iResearch.com–an insights platform to quickly and affordably extract insights from consumers worldwide, and ConnectQik.com–an app for instant connections and engaging interactions. He is also the author of Getting to Ah-ha. Read more here: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/how-to-improve-your-business-using-customer-insights/

Welcome back to another faith episode. Today, I want to tell you a story about a mistake that I've made recently and what I learned from it. Read more here: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/what-it-means-to-have-faith/

Studies have shown that about 80% of New Year's resolutions fail (Source: Forbes). Even though we are setting the goals, we need to find a much more effective way to achieve them. In today's episode, we're going to discuss how we can set better goals we can actually achieve.

Welcome back to another episode with Jody Miller, author of The MISOGI Method. In the last episode, we discussed what the misogi method is and how we can find our misogi. Today, we're going to continue our conversation and discuss misogi implementation and  key benefits.  Read more here: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/how-to-implement-the-misogi-method-to-achieve-lasting-success/ 

Jody Miller is an international speaker, TEDx Speaker, and author of multiple books, including Drift to Shift and The MISOGI Method. She contributes to numerous publications including Entrepreneur, HuffPost, and Business Success Magazine, and she is also the host of the top-ranked radio podcast, The MISOGI Method. In today's episode, we're going to discuss what the misogi method is and how we can find our misogi.  Read more here: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/what-is-the-misogi-method/

Yaagneshwaran Ganesh, popularly known as Yaag, is an award-winning marketer, author, podcaster, and TEDx speaker. He is the director of marketing at Avoma and the podcast host of The ABM Conversations Podcast. He is also a best-selling author of eight books including The Revenue Marketing Book. In today's episode, we're going to discuss revenue marketing and how we can implement it in our businesses.  Read more at: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/the-basics-of-revenue-marketing/

Jon Weberg is an American entrepreneur, top 1% consultant, and super affiliate. By the age of 23, he was a 2X self-published author and had helped clients in industries such as SaaS, Ecommerce, coaching, and more. Jon currently spends his time helping entrepreneurs scale their businesses profitably without outside capital. In today's episode, we're going to discuss how we can instantly increase our ROI (return on investment). Read more at: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/how-to-instantly-increase-your-roi/

According to DiscoverHappyHabbits, of the Americans who make New Year's resolutions, only 9% feel they are successful in keeping them by the end of the year. So how do we become part of that successful 9%? I believe accountability partners are the secret to success. In today's episode, we're going to talk about how we can achieve our goals with the help of accountability partners. Read more at: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/how-to-achieve-your-goals-with-an-accountability-partner/

Merry Christmas! I hope you are having a wonderful holiday season and spending time with your loved ones. One of my favourite Christmas movies is It's a Wonderful Life. In fact, it's actually in my top three movies of all time. In today's episode, I wanted to share 10 lessons we can learn from It's a Wonderful Life and apply to our businesses.  Read more at: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/10-lessons-entrepreneurs-can-learn-from-its-a-wonderful-life/

Before Adam O'Leary co-founded TrustScout, a successful video testimonial capture tool, he was $32k in debt working as an overnight custodian. Today, we're going to discuss how Adam went from thousands of dollars in debt, to traveling the world and living the life he wants, largely because of the power of video testimonials.  Read more at: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/how-to-grow-your-business-with-video-testimonials/

As the sales and marketing manager at Leadpages, Bob Sparkins helps his customers build top landing pages and websites to create conversion platforms. He is also the author of Take Action, Revise Later. In today's episode, we're going to discuss how to create better landing pages that will generate more leads. Read more at: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/how-to-create-better-landing-pages-that-generate-more-leads/

Welcome back to another episode with Ethan Beute, chief evangelist at BombBomb and co-author of Human-Centered Communication. Today we're going to discuss the power of video messages. 

Ethan Beute is the chief evangelist at BombBomb, host of The Customer Experience Podcast, and co-author of Human-Centered Communication and Rehumanize Your Business. In today's episode, we're going to discuss how we can humanize our businesses by avoiding digital pollution. Read more at: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/how-to-reduce-digital-pollution-and-create-valuable-online-content/

Christmas is only one week away. As we get carried away in the craziness of the holiday season, I would encourage everyone to remember what the holiday is all about. Christmas isn't so much about getting, but about giving. We can ask ourselves, “How can I give back?”  

Ross Rich is a co-founder and CEO of Accord. Accord is a customer collaboration platform for B2B sales, onboarding, and success. Before founding Accord, Ross spent more than four years at Stripe where he helped scale the sales team from three to 500.  Read more at: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/7-powerful-b2b-sales-tactics/

Welcome back to another episode with Mitchell Levy, a credibility expert. In the last episode, we discussed three ways we can become credible internally. Today, we will define credibility and discuss things that build and hurt our credibility.  Read more at: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/what-builds-and-destroys-credibility/

Mitchell Levy is an entrepreneur, global credibility expert, TEDx speaker, and an international bestselling author of over 60 books. After interviewing 500 thought leaders on credibility, he created the Credibility Nation community, published a five-country international bestselling book, created courses, and is working on getting the definition of credibility rewritten in the dictionary.  Read more at: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/how-to-be-a-credible-thought-leader/

Welcome back to another episode with David Covey, author of Trap Tales: Outsmarting the 7 Hidden Obstacles to Success. As we discussed in the last episode, there are seven common work traps we may fall into: the busyness trap, the procrastination trap, the ego trap, the trigger trap, the silo trap, the settling trap, and the myopia trap. Today, we're going to look at real world examples related to three of these traps.  Read more at: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/how-to-overcome-traps-at-work-to-find-success/

Does your workforce struggle with staying focused, adapting to changes, working as a team, or taking initiative? You're not alone. Many businesses run into these challenges. David Covey spent three years of study and research on human dynamics in the workplace to offer us solutions to these traps we fall into. Read more at: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/how-to-avoid-the-7-modern-day-traps-at-work/

Tim Notke, a high school basketball coach, said, “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard.” This is so true in business. As entrepreneurs, we have to learn how to work hard if we want to succeed. In today's episode, we're going to discuss the importance of hard work.  Read more at: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/why-hard-work-beats-out-natural-talent/

Shep Hyken is a customer service and experience expert, and the chief amazement officer of Shepard Presentations. He is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author and has been inducted into the National Speakers Association Hall of Fame.