Podcasts about alphabet success

In 2013, Tim Fargo wanted to promote his new book, Alphabet Success. Using Twitter, he quickly realized his evergreen content scheduling was a  time-suck. He thought there had to be a better way. Reaching out to a colleague to build what he needed, Tim quickly had a solution to his problem of automating posts in a deliberate manner. Now, Social Jukebox serves hundreds companies from micro businesses with no staff to personal brands to major companies. Tim understands what it takes to launch a business. His first major success with Omega, an investigation company, started in an extra bedroom. Tim led the company through growth to over 300 employees in just a few years, selling it off for $20 million. Now he’s helping others reach larger  audiences through social media marketing automation with his company Social Jukebox. In my interview with Tim, he shares all sorts of valuable business tips based on his massive success, including, why most big ideas suck! 

We tend to believe that leaders have all the answers. But the truth is, real leadership is about a willingness to reach out to people with a wide range of knowledge and expertise, solicit feedback, and take the responses to heart. Tim Fargo is an American entrepreneur, author and angel investor. He was the founder and CEO of Omega Insurance Services, a business he sold in 2003 for $20M. In 2013, Tim was using social media to market his book, Alphabet Success, and getting increasingly frustrated with the time it took to schedule evergreen posts. He asked friend and colleague Len Sixt to develop an app for his personal use, and that tool eventually became Tim’s current business, the popular automated social media posting system known as Social Jukebox.  Tim sits down with Emerald to explain why you should avoid chasing an ideal and set goals that work for you. He speaks to his decision to walk away from a $20M business, discussing how the company’s growth and advice from peers informed his choices. Tim walks us through the inception of Social Jukebox, describing how his own frustration with posting consistently to promote his book led to the creation of the tool. Listen in for Tim’s insight on creating a support system of people who possess a wide range of knowledge and learn why true leaders seek out feedback—and really listen! What You Will Learn Why you should avoid chasing an ideal and set goals that work for you How Tim fostered the courage to walk away from a $20M business How little Tim’s relationships or lifestyle changed after selling Omega Tim’s view that the people in your life are most important Why Tim prefers the comradery of a smaller organization How Tim’s frustration with posting consistently inspired Social Jukebox The value in repetitive sharing on social media How Tim continues to leverage relationships from a 2003 mastermind   Tim’s insight on a leader as someone who reaches out to experts How Tim uses travel as a way to celebrate success Connect with Tim Fargo Social Jukebox Resources Alphabet Success by Tim Fargo Connect with Emerald GreenForest Creative Age Consulting Group Emerald’s Website Emerald on LinkedIn Emerald on Twitter Email: listeners@menonpurposepodcast.com This episode is sponsored by the Creative Age Consulting Group. Men - Is it time NOW for you to make your mark? Visit timetomakeyourmark.com to apply for an invitation-only consultation.

Tim is a father, aspiring athlete and successful entrepreneur. Tim started in business at an early age and like many successful entrepreneurs he faced a number of challenegss along the way. Before becoming the best selling author of Alphabet Success and International speaker, he'd won 2x Inc 500 Awards for fastest growing company and sold his business Omega Insurance Services for $20 million in 2003. He is now founder of Social Jukebox and has come on the show to share his story of success, bankruptcy and what it takes to be in business long term.

On today's Internet Marketing Podcast Andy is joined by Tim Fargo, author, keynote speaker, entrepreneur & founder of Social Jukebox to talk about why you should be automating your social media posts. On the show you'll learn: Why you should be automating your social media postsThe typical patterns of social media posting that Social Jukebox automates and the benefits of posting this wayHow Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn differ in terms of posting strategiesHow LinkedIn has evolved as a social media platformHow Social Jukebox has evolved as a toolPlus, as usual Tim provides his top tip/key takeaway for the audience. If you'd like to connect with Tim, you can find him on Twitter here and on LinkedIn here. You can also find his book, Alphabet Success here.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Back in July of 2013, I started using Twitter to try to help sell my book, Alphabet Success (a story about success built around my last business). In an effort to keep things interesting, I scheduled a fair number of tweets. One thing became clear very quickly: scheduling tweets took an incredible amount of time. Much of what I was tweeting was “evergreen” and wouldn't change much over time, so I ended up scheduling things repeatedly over the course of a month. However, it had to be done, and it was better than sitting in front of the computer doing it live. But the thought stuck in my mind: “There's got to be a better way.” Finally, on November 7, 2013, I asked my friend and long-time colleague Len Sixt, if he wanted to develop a Twitter™ app for me. At this point, there was no thought of marketing the tool as a product. I just wanted a tool to save me the time of scheduling tweets. Even though the app was pretty expensive as a private toy, I figured it saved me hiring someone to schedule things on my behalf. By January 2014, a “baby” Social Jukebox was born, I had some basic functions to use, and it automatically saved me a ton of time. So we just kept plowing away and improving the program. Over the next few months, I would occasionally mention it to people. They seemed intrigued. Then, at the end of January 2015, we finally said, why not? So we pushed the app out into the market. Quietly, but “out” nonetheless. The response was wonderful. People liked it. We've had some more work to do, as with most projects, but the overall consensus was quite positive. After a very successful free trial when over 30,000 users signed up, we decided to launch a paid version. Over 1,500 users took advantage of the new offering over the next few months. While we were delighted with the success of the product, nothing stands still. So in early 2016, plans began to launch Social Jukebox with posting to Facebook and LinkedIn, in addition to Twitter. As these plans progressed, Len made a decision to move forward with his retirement. He knew the product would only continue to grow and wanted to step to the side to allow a development team take over the coding for the product. In July of 2016, beta testing of Social Jukebox began. In spite of some inevitable glitches, the initial users were pleased with the product. The current product was rolled out to all users in August of 2016.   Connect with Tim Fargo: Twitter: @alphabetsuccess Website: https://www.socialjukebox.com/ Reach The Nice Guys Here: Doug- @DJDoug Strickland- @NiceGuyonBiz Show notes by show producer: Danielle Taylor   Nice Guys Links Support the podcast at www.Patreon.com/NiceGuys Subscribe to the Podcast Niceguysonbusiness.com TurnkeyPodcast.com - You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it. Podcast Production, Concept to Launch Book Doug and/or Strick as a speaker at your upcoming event. Amazon #1 Best selling book Nice Guys Finish First. Doug's Business Building Bootcamp (10 Module Course)   Survey: Take our short survey so The Nice Guys know what you like.     Partner Links: Amazon.com: Click before buying anything. Help support the podcast. Interview Valet:  Get interviewed on top podcasts and share your message. Acuity Scheduling: Stop wasting time going back and forth scheduling appointments Dalyn Miller PR -- Guest Placement and Promotion www.ThePodcastTeam.com Social Quant - Boost your Twitter following the right way. Targeted reach Promise Statement: To provide an experience that is entertaining and adds value to your life. Never underestimate the Power of Nice.

Tim has run a 2x Inc. 500 business and sold it for $20M. After writing his book Alphabet Success, he accidentally stumbled into a new SaaS business that is bringing in over $300K after just one year. Sponsors: Constant Contact: See how you can be a marketer: sign up for a free trial today at ConstantContact.com/podcast! Organifi: Organifi Green Juice is packed with 11 energy-bumping superfoods and herbs, which means you’ll get long-lasting energy throughout the day. See for yourself: visit Organifi.com and save 20% with promo code FIRE!

TIM is the President and CEO of Tweet Jukebox and Social Jukebox Tim is a 2X Inc. 500 Winner, Entrepreneur, International Speaker, Best-Selling Author of Alphabet Success, a fascinating book that leads us from a heartbreaking bankruptcy in 1991 to the founding of Omega Insurance Services a few years later, and then it's eventual sale for $20 million. Listen to his fascinating journey!

You might know him as the guy that created Tweetjukebox.com now SocialJukebox.com and author of a few books including the wildly successful Alphabet Success. Hear more from him on the Nice Guys today. - Hustle is good, but be careful not to let it run your business. - You can be busy but still doing nothing. Stay focused on things that will forward your business. -Sometimes what you leave out is more important that what you put in.  Check out Tim's book "Alphabet Success - Keeping it Simple. My Secrets to Success"   Please visit our sponsors- Start using Tweet Jukebox for free and simplify your social media: http://www.tweetjukebox.com/   Elite Virtual Assistants Personal Assistants   Project Assistance   Administrative Support http://www.elitevirtualassist.com/ Laura@elitevirtualassist.com     440-973-7005 Tell them you heard about it on The Nice Guys and get your free consultation today.   Click through our Amazon.com link before buying anything. As Amazon.com affiliates, we receive a small commission on purchases made after clicking our links. It cost you nothing extra but supports the podcast. Thanks in advance. Want to ask us a question or record a show intro for us? Call 4242-DJDoug and leave us a message.  Subscribe to the Podcast   Don't underestimate the Power of Nice.

From Bankrupt, donating blood, to creating a business that he sold for $20 Million, Tim Fargo, sits down with Mark Minard & Dan Waldschmidt to talk about the raw truth of how to truly be successful at pretty much anything, regardless of your finances or circumstances, if you are willing to do this... Wait! We can't give it all away here. Listen to the episode now, as Mark, Dan, & Tim uppercut you with combos of sheer awesomeness! Tim Fargo is the best-selling author of Alphabet Success, and in his spare time, he created of Tweet Juke Box (which has become one of the most influential social media tools in 2016!) Check it out here --->http://tweetjukebox.com Dan Waldschmidt is a Billionaire Expert, with the best-selling book, Edgy Conversations, and has a phenomenal YouTube channel! Want to learn to be extremely awesome!? Click here-->http://www.EdgyConversations.com Mark Minard is the Host of Elevating Beyond, author of The Story of You, & leadership expert (with 10 years of building his company from the ground up.) Ready to transform your adversity into adventure, taking your dreams to the next level & beyond!? Then click below to purchase The Story of You -->http://mybook.to/TheStoryofYou Learn more about Mark here-->MarkMinard Visit us at ElevatingBeyond.com to share your story, for a chance to be a featured guest!

From Bankrupt, donating blood, to creating a business that he sold for $20 Million, Tim Fargo, sits down with Mark Minard & Dan Waldschmidt to talk about the raw truth of how to truly be successful at pretty much anything, regardless of your finances or circumstances, if you are willing to do this... Wait! We can't give it all away here. Listen to the episode now, as Mark, Dan, & Tim uppercut you with combos of sheer awesomeness! Tim Fargo is the best-selling author of Alphabet Success, and in his spare time, he created of Tweet Juke Box (which has become one of the most influential social media tools in 2016!) Check it out here --->http://tweetjukebox.com Dan Waldschmidt is a Billionaire Expert, with the best-selling book, Edgy Conversations, and has a phenomenal YouTube channel! Want to learn to be extremely awesome!? Click here-->http://www.EdgyConversations.com Mark Minard is the Host of Elevating Beyond, author of The Story of You, & leadership expert (with 10 years of building his company from the ground up.) Ready to transform your adversity into adventure, taking your dreams to the next level & beyond!? Then click below to purchase The Story of You -->http://mybook.to/TheStoryofYou Learn more about Mark here-->MarkMinard Visit us at ElevatingBeyond.com to share your story, for a chance to be a featured guest!

Tim is a two-time Inc. 500 winner, the Founder of Tweet Jukebox, and the Author of Alphabet Success. He is a citizen of three countries and a resident of four continents.

Tim Fargo is an American author, keynote speaker, angel investor and entrepreneur. He is the author of Alphabet Success and Claimants and Lies and Videotape - A Claim's Handler's Guide to Surveillance. Fargo is best known for co-founding insurance fraud investigative company, Omega Insurance Service in 1996, that became the second biggest insurance fraud investigative company in the United States, acquired by First Advantage in 2003 for $20 millions. He currently serves as the President of Hammerfest Corp and writes for The Los Angeles Times, St. Petersburg Times, Business Insurance, Claims Journal and Claims magazine on the insurance sector.

Bankrupt in 91, Tim Fargo started a business in 96, and sold it seven years later for $20M.Tim is a two-time Inc. 500 winner, the author of Alphabet Success. He’s the founder Tweet Jukebox, a Twitter content management tool that has already signed up over 25K users.  He is a citizen of three countries and a resident of four continents.

Tim Fargo might know a little something about attracting, converting and retaining new customers. He grew Omega Insurance Services from a three person operation in an extra bedroom to over 300 employees and with revenues in excess of $20 million. After selling Omega, Tim tried his hand at several businesses, some of which were not successful. Tim is the author of the best seller, Alphabet Success, an investor in numerous businesses, and an active adviser to several start-up firms. Today he is the founder of Tweet Jukebox, a software as a service (SaaS) content management system for your Twitter account. Tim launched Tweet Jukebox with only a freemium model. He initially built a user base of around 24,000 people. When he launched the paid model, he converted around 3% of his freemium customers to paying customers, which is an amazing conversion rate. In this interview with Social Entrepreneur, Tim talks about the bad, the good and the great of starting up a business and attracting your first customers. Key quotes from the interview: “Being early isn’t always the advantage people think it is.” “Just because there are other competitors in a space, don’t shy away from it. That means that there are people who buy whatever that is.” “I encourage people to stay close to their work when they’re launching something and not to build a cast of thousands.” “The way you make the most awesome helpdesk is to keep changing your product so that you don’t need one.” “Having people watch a two-minute video does a much more robust job of explaining.” “When you’re getting started, the real mandate is: sell it, ship it and get paid. If you can do those three things, you’re in business.” “Success is like sausage. You’d be surprised what goes into it.” Resources: Book: Alphabet Success: Keeping it Simple - My Secrets to Success: http://amzn.to/1IJDaGM Tweet Jukebox: http://www.tweetjukebox.com Tim Fargo on Twitter: https://twitter.com/alphabetsuccess Also Mentioned in this Episode: eBook: Five Key Traits of Successful Social Entrepreneurs: http://tonyloyd.com/socent Try Audible and Receive Two Free Audiobooks: http://tonyloyd.com/books

A follow-up conversation with entrepreneur and author Tim Fargo, creator of the Tweet Jukebox about his new venture The Extraordinary Network.   Tim has over 190k Twitter followers, he built and sold a successful business for $20 million dollars   Tim believes that the only way to be successful is to help others. On Twitter- Created or curated content is OK, just make sure your content is compelling. Stay consistent to your theme. Start off doing your own customer service. Many big companies feel they have a marketing problem, but really they have an execution problem. If they would treat their customers better, they wouldn't have to work so hard to get new ones. A customer who shows up for price, will also leave for price. If you want to start a business, get a job in the industry first. You will be more successful if you learn about a business from the inside before  you try to do it yourself. Don't open a restaurant just because you like to eat food. Running a restaurant is different from being passionate about eating. #1 advice for starting a business- KEEP YOUR OVERHEAD LOW.   Contact Tim here- Tim@tweetjukebox.com   Tweet Jukebox- http://www.tweetjukebox.com/   Tim's book Alphabet Success on Amazon- http://www.amazon.com/Alphabet-Success-Keeping-Simple-Secrets/dp/1456404709/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1431790453&sr=1-1&keywords=Alphabet+success   Want to get pinned on our listener map? Just go to http://www.dougsandler.com/podcast-by-the-nice-guys/ and answer the question, where are you from? And we'll add you to the map. You can see it here- http://www.niceguysonbusiness.com/services.html   Subscribe to the Podcast

Tim is a two-time Inc. 500 winner, the Founder of Tweet Jukebox, and the Author of Alphabet Success. He is a citizen of three countries and a resident of four continents.

A conversation with entrepreneur and author Tim Fargo, creator of the Tweet Jukebox. Tim has over 190k Twitter followers, he built and sold a successful business for $20 million dollars, and Doug interviewed him while he was in Poland.  Tweet Jukebox is a great tool to automate your tweets and has thousands of users after just a couple of months. Here are some of the highlights: • Tim believes that the only way to be successful is to help others. • On Twitter- Created or curated content is OK, just make sure your content is compelling. • Stay consistent to your theme.  • Start off doing your own customer service.  • Many big companies feel they have a marketing problem, but really they have an execution problem. If they would treat their customers better, they wouldn't have to work so hard to get new ones. • A customer who shows up for price, will also leave for price.  • If you want to start a business, get a job in the industry first. You will be more successful if you learn about a business from the inside before  you try to do it yourself.  • Don't open a restaurant just because you like to eat food. Running a restaurant is different from being passionate about eating. • #1 advice for starting a business- KEEP YOUR OVERHEAD LOW.   Please visit our very cool sponsor- www.Stickerjunkie.com and use Promo code "niceguys10" to get $10.00 off of any sticker order.   Tim@tweetjukebox.com   Tweet Jukebox- http://www.tweetjukebox.com/   Tim's book Alphabet Success on Amazon- http://www.amazon.com/Alphabet-Success-Keeping-Simple-Secrets/dp/1456404709/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1431790453&sr=1-1&keywords=Alphabet+success   Subscribe to the podcast- https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nice-guys-on-business/id966086057?mt=2  

Tim Fargo, successful entrepreneur and author of Alphabet Success, is my guest today. His early ambition was simply to get a union job on a loading dock. He did much better than that! He paved his road to success with old-fashioned determination, hard work, and an unwillingness to let failure and setbacks define him. Listen to this great conversation: Listen on iTunes or Listen to/download this episode here: Quotes from Show: His goal was to get a union job on the loading docks. He did significantly better than that. You may be thinking about it, but the successful person is doing something about it. Maybe it's going to work or maybe it's not, but you'll never know unless you try. Don't hold yourself accountable for another person's behavior. "Do" is the key element to success. We used "jujitsu." We took the negative energy they threw at us and flipped it into a positive. Don't be so quick to label something as "bad." It may be the thing that takes you to success. It's never an easy thing to do but you have to end toxic relationships. If you are doing all the heavy lifting for someone else, you are training them into a bad behavior. Mentioned in this show: Tim Fargo Twitter Alphabet Success - Keeping it Simple. My Secrets to Success. Fried Twitter Tales TweetJukeBox.com Run For Fun Cruise Boston Marathon #Miles4Smiles Fundraiser Download: Affirmations for Abundant Living LIAM Team Life Coaching Community Subscription/Social Links: Subscribe on iTunes! Subscribe on Stitcher Radio! LIAM on Twitter: @LifeIs262 LIAM on Facebook / LifeIsAMarathon Subscribe to the LIAM Mailing List www.BruceVanHorn.com Bruce Van Horn on Twitter Bruce Van Horn on Facebook    

Tim Fargo, successful entrepreneur and author of Alphabet Success, is my guest today. His early ambition was simply to get a union job on a loading dock. He did much better than that! He paved his road to success with old-fashioned determination, hard work, and an unwillingness to let failure and setbacks define him. Listen to this great conversation: Listen on iTunes or Listen to/download this episode here: Quotes from Show: His goal was to get a union job on the loading docks. He did significantly better than that. You may be thinking about it, but the successful person is doing something about it. Maybe it's going to work or maybe it's not, but you'll never know unless you try. Don't hold yourself accountable for another person's behavior. "Do" is the key element to success. We used "jujitsu." We took the negative energy they threw at us and flipped it into a positive. Don't be so quick to label something as "bad." It may be the thing that takes you to success. It's never an easy thing to do but you have to end toxic relationships. If you are doing all the heavy lifting for someone else, you are training them into a bad behavior. Mentioned in this show: Tim Fargo Twitter Alphabet Success - Keeping it Simple. My Secrets to Success. Fried Twitter Tales TweetJukeBox.com Run For Fun Cruise Boston Marathon #Miles4Smiles Fundraiser Download: Affirmations for Abundant Living LIAM Team Life Coaching Community Subscription/Social Links: Subscribe on iTunes! Subscribe on Stitcher Radio! LIAM on Twitter: @LifeIs262 LIAM on Facebook / LifeIsAMarathon Subscribe to the LIAM Mailing List www.BruceVanHorn.com Bruce Van Horn on Twitter Bruce Van Horn on Facebook    

If you’re an author entrepreneur or work in the business of books, then you’ve probably learned that there is no magic formula for success. A no-name author can become an breakout bestseller. And a best-selling author can publish a dud. Often times, we trick ourselves into thinking that there IS a formula for success, and that any failures we experience somehow went against the gain. Tim Fargo proves that myth dead wrong. Tim is the author of the delight book, Alphabet Success. As Tim says, “to truly succeed you need to execute the basics.” In today’s conversation, Tim and I explore just how pernicious the ‘magic formula’ thinking is for enterprising authors—which, in part, influenced how he structured his book. Alternatively, Tim shares his insights on the types of behaviors and decisions that do increase the odds for success with a book or any entrepreneurial business. After the show, find us on Twitter @WinningEdits or #authormba with your questions and comments. Enjoy!