The "Bad Entrepreneur" Podcast

Be productive during this time of hardship, keep your mind busy and healthy by learning a new skill. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support

2020 is not what anyone has expected. The tragic death of Kobe Bryant, the horrifying Australia fires, and now corona virus. What do you do? The world is literally against you. Do you push back? How do you push back? Should you push back? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support

There is no bad time to start your marketing strategy as a business owner. Especially if you're just starting your business. You can use traditional or digital marketing. Word of mouth is still one of the most effective marketing tactics in your overall marketing strategy, therefore don't shy away from Facebook and Facebook groups. When you actually start having a marketing budget or if you're just looking to grow your business, using Google Ads and Facebook ads to further promote your business will be easier as you will already have gotten used to the technology. You will start to see the analytics change and with some getting used to you will also start understand. Just keep the learning mindset. All this will not be easy. Being an entrepreneur isn't easy. Always learn to give yourself an edge in business and also in life --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support

When we talk entrepreneurship, we only see the glamour. The freedom of having your own schedule and being your own boss. Not having to take crap from anyone. These concepts are true, but can be misleading. You may have more freedom, but you still have to work. You may have left your old boss, but you traded that boss for many bosses in the form of your customers or clients. At the end of the day it is still a job. This is how musicians and athletes maintain their success and longevity. The first ones in and the last ones out of the office. Because although they are passionate, they still treat their craft as a job. They get things done. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support

Making correct decisions is crucial for anyone. Especially anyone who is making a decision that will affect the lives of other individuals. How do we know we are making the correct decisions? What is affecting the decision making process? Decisions can be affected by making too many decisions and this can lead to mental fatigue. How do you conserve your mental energy? Turn negative energy into positive energy. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support

Should you invest in a business partner or why should a business partner invest in you? The good: a business partner's skillset should not only compliment your skills, but help your business grow as well. In example, if you are the "operator" in the business meaning your take on daily operations such as making sure the product/service is available to your customers. You should take on a business partner who is more business oriented. Business partners can also help split the stress, but at times can also be the cause of the stress. It is important to know how you are and be real with yourself so that you can find the best fit. The bad: sometimes people get into entrepreneurship so they don't have to take b.s. from people with higher positions. For one, this is not the best reason to become your own boss, but a driving force to entrepreneurship. Having a business partner can complicate things if both partners do not see eye to eye. And if you are one of the people who wanted to be their own boss, so you don't have to compromise. You are taking four steps back and two steps forward. The ugly: nothing goes right, your business partner is not what you expected, and you not only lose your business, but the relationship that you had with your business partner can never be prepared. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support

The entrepreneur bug bite causes itchiness and possible swelling of the ego. When you get bitten by the entrepreneur bug what do you do? Just like a having a child, you can never be ready. You must be willing to sacrifice and go through hardship. What doesn't kills you definitely makes you stronger and entrepreneurship defines that meaning, that's if you choose to BET on yourself. When you look back hopefully it's not that you didn't try, but be glad you at least tried. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support

Personal branding is becoming more and more popular? The tools that we have makes it easier to brand oneself online. Social media networks are starting to play a bigger role. Learn to brand yourself, but don't over do it or over promise. It takes time to build an online reputation, but minutes to ruin it. Also take chances and remember that people will over pay for convenience. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support

A quick update on my websites. It took it a while, but there is some traffic coming. Is it the start of a sales funnel??? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support

Good customers, who support you and have your business' best interest in mind. They want to see your business succeed because you are providing them with a solution to their problems. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support

Managing your time as an entrepreneur --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support

Should entrepreneurs fire customers that do not have the businesses best interest at heart? It's a very touchy topic for business owners are customers pay your bills by supporting your business. Then again there are some incredibly irrational people out there. So what should a business owner do? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support

Imposter syndrome is real! It can cause lack of motivation if you feel that you are not contributing to your goals. How do you get rid of imposter syndrome? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support

Setting up your business with TAX ID, GMB, and SEO. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support

Success in new business, but old niche. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support

A friend who's side hustle may be in danger. He's been building his audience for the last year or so, but now Facebook may shut his group down because of the promoting the of sale of animals. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support

Hiring has always been hard as business owners. This is why generations after after generations, we were taught to be workers. The narrative go to school, go to college, get a job for a long time. Now things have change with technology being so prolific. Kids want to be entrepreneurs and that the biggest challenge it seems for small businesses. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support

Why being a bad Entrepreneur will make you a successful one? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support

Building a business is difficult especially if you don't know what you're doing. I thought I did, but did I? They say if your business is not making you money, it's just a hobby. That is the honest truth. Do not let this stop you from your dreams of having a successful business. It takes years of owning and running a business to be successful. You just have to keep persevering! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support

Anchor.fm dashboard just got a nice little update. Now shows where your listeners are located as well as devices. Compared to YouTube analytics, theres still some work, but its cool to see the platform changing and growing. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support

Quick rant about an experience i had today that makes me want to succeed even more in the digital age. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support

Cannabis dropshipping and affiliate marketing ideas --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support

R.I.P. Stan Lee One of the co-founders of Marvel Comics. He has made an impact on millions of lives including my own. With him , comes Marvel Studios and what I call Marvel Marketing. Easter eggs and end credit scenes are great promo materials for up and coming movies that will be released in the future. It gives audience a tease and something to look forward to even if they haven't started shooting the newer movies. Stan Lee basically started as an apprentice in his early days in the comic book industry. He started of by helping edit comic books scripts and from there, it's history. I have been also seeking a mentor lately. Mentorship is crucial to success as an entrepreneur and more importantly for me now, as a digital marketer. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support

My second digital marketing seminar thanks to Matterhorn Marketing. This seminar was focused on local Google search engine optimization. Joey Matterhorn goes into what makes your business rank better on Google. There are five factors. 1. Google My business 2. Bing Pages 3. Claim all social media 4. Purchase Exact match Domain (emd) I.E. Google.com, Googel.com, Guugle.com, gogol.com 5. Start Facebook group and page --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support

In this journey, I knew there were going to be mistakes. Some I even almost planned ahead of time. I preach focus, but it's harder to do than say. Three things I learned. 1. Focus on SEO 2. Don't get distracted by "shiny object syndrome 3. Dabble fast and continue on what you really enjoy and like. JMugen --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support

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Going to conferences and seminars can be quite intimidating, but the knowledge learned is extremely valuabale if you utilize it correctly. I talk about my first digital marketing conference and what I learned. What were my thoughts on the conference? The conference was held by Matterhorn Marketing and speaker "Joey Matterhorn" was really good. He talked over digital marketing terms to get new individuals informed. There were a lot of concepts he mentioned from PPC, SEO, SEM, and social media ads. Take a listen and hear my thoughts. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support

An update after eight months of learning and working on digital marketing. Not the way I planned, but it's going. Keep striving and persevering. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support

Getting your foot in the door. 1000 days to build your business model. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support

LeBron James is a business mogul and that's how he runs his teams. Finding and hiring the correct teammates that fits the chemistry of the team. I also talk about how Kobe Bryant turned 6 million to 200 million. He also leverage his way to an academy award as a creator with the "Dear Baseketball" documentary. Did you also know that President actually go into debt while in office. It is true as the presidents does not live in the White House rent-free. However they will eventually be able to leverage their fame to get paid up to $150,000 per speech they give. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support

From fish to home made sauce. A few examples on how to utilize the Facebook platform to start a side hustle. Facebook is all about connections, leverage tech to change your life. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support

If life gives u lemons, make lemonade. When life gives you an Apple, start a business. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support

What is "Google my business" and why is it important to all businesses. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support

How we consume media has changed. My rant on traditional media such as local media losing marketshare because technology is allowing us to all be our own media broadcasters. It is personal branding! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support

There are many skills in digital marketing that can be learned as a high income skill set. Such examples are SEO specialists, graphic designers, SEM/PPC managers, and more. Learn one of these skills and learn how to sell the skill to get in your way to changing your traditional lifestyle. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support

There are careers that makes you a lot of money and there are skills. Here are three high income skill sets you should learn if you want to work remotely while making a good amount of money. 1. Computer Programming Programming is not for the faint of heart, but is definitely an in demand skill as technology continues to improve. 2. Digital Marketing Businesses have products that they want to see to consumers. As a digital marketer it is important where to find these people and how to effectively market to them. 3. Data scientist Turning raw data into concrete information that we, as humans can understand. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support

SEM and Social Media Ads are all about testing at the end of the day. Here are some thoughts and experiences I have had. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support

SEM, PPC , and paid ads explained briefly. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support

The next step from SEO and organic search is understanding SEM/PPC. This is the bread and butter for all digital marketing as well as these platforms. As Mark Zuckerberg says, "We run advertisements, Senator." SEM is a skill greatly sought after when clients are looking for a digital marketer. This is because the ROI can be tracked and seen in little to no time. It may take a couple of months, but if done correctly SEM and social media advertisements are extremely powerful because of the users that are on these platforms. In the previous years, it was search. In the last half decade to 2018, social media rules the internet. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support

Explaining and defining SEO. Taking a new approach to the podcast to fully optizmize the SEO. Using "voice" in search is already common. Will "voice" results be the new form of SEO? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support

Hit a bump last night, my SEO content felt as it was lacking. How too much research created a wall for me. I eventually figured it out though, and it was through this podcasting. It was a simple solution. Stop worrying about others and figure out how you stay focused. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support

Social media is an extremely powerful tool when used correctly. I discuss why social media is so valuable to all business owners as it is free marketing. I didn't understand the value of social media and what it can provide for a business. Don't make the mistakes I made a business owner. Take advantage of these platforms because this is where your "1000 true fans" may be located. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support

Why I am cancelling my audio book subscription. Too much research can keep entrepreneurs busy with tasks that may not benefit their business. There is a time for learning and there is a time to take action. Take Action and let your passion drive you. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support

Copywriting is a valuable skill that will allow you to successfully market your e-commerce store while also bringing you extra income on the side. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support

Building a business online cost a lot less than it did 10-15 years ago; therefore I encourage aspiring entrepreneurs to start. I have been thinking about drop shipping for a while now and here are is my scattered brain rant. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support

Kno-Life S01E02 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support

Last day of owning one business, first day of starting a new business. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/badentrepreneur/support