Podcast appearances and mentions of jason surfrapp

What does it take to be a super creative marketer? Jason SurfrApp (formerly Jason Headsetdotcom & Jason Sadler) is an unconventional marketer. Jason made over $1 million with IWearYourShirt, the company he created that used sponsored T-shirts to promote businesses on social media. To take his marketing creativity further, Jason auctioned off his [...] The post How to Stand Out with Super Creative Marketing Ideas appeared first on Small Business Advice Help For Startups and Entrepreneurs.

#83 - From selling his last name (twice) to getting paid to wear different t-shirts everyday, Jason Zook has run some of the most unique businesses and marketing strategies online over the past ten years.In this episode I talk with one of the most creative entrepreneurs I've ever met.We discuss how he comes up with these unique business ideas, how he pitches company and customers to take a chance on him, and why instead of trying to get “rich” he is working towards just having enough.Chapters00:00:27 - Introduction00:01:49 - Getting off on the wrong foot00:05:15 - Always having “out there” ideas00:21:26 - Taking past lessons & moving forward00:29:06 - Does personality drive the type of business you have and the way you view money?00:37:02 - Being content with work-life balance00:42:03 - Advice to someone who feels stuck in their 9-5 job00:48:23 - Where should you go to learn business?00:55:38 - Trends in online business01:00:00 - Is the power of an email list still as strong as everyone claims?01:04:16 - What Jason learned making 900 videos in 900 days01:06:40 - Some of Jason's ideas that never came to be01:16:58 - Wrap-upShow NotesLearn More About IWearYourShirt and How I Made $1,000,000BuyMyFuture: Behind The Scenes of How I Made $178,000 Selling My Future in 2015BuyMyLastName: Why I Sold My Last Name For Nearly $100,000 in 2012 and 2013Welcome to Wandering Aimfully, we're Jason and Caroline ZookCreativity For Sale | by Jason SurfrApp (formely Jason Headsetsdotcom & Jason Sadler)Own Your Weird, An Oddly Effective Way For Finding HappinessWhy You Should Focus on Enough Instead of More

Inspired by Seth Godin’s book, Purple Cow, Jason Zook is known for a variety of things, one of which is making over a million dollars wearing t-shirts. He also sold his name twice and auctioned them off - one of them was Jason SurfrApp. Jason is also the author of Creativity for Sale which he wrote for only two weeks.   What We Discuss with Jason Zook: Jason recalls how he started to write a book after shutting down his business. Being the purple cow: The idea behind making money from wearing t-shirts You can't just put something on the internet and expect everyone to show up. How Jason sold his last name twice: those moments when you know you're doing the right thing Dealing with imposter syndrome while writing his book and the power of practice Jason’s two-week writing experience and the editing process. Why your first draft always sucks and why writing books doesn’t have to take forever Why Jason wrote his second book and how he created these websites The power of sharing your story - doesn’t have to be a textbook you know! Jason’s WatchMeWrite project and The Action Army Podcast: his version of having a therapist More about Jason and his wife’s new show Like this show? Please leave us a review here -- even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally!

Want to get paid to create content? Jason Zook is the undisputed king when it comes to sponsored content. You may know Jason as the IWearYourShirt guy, where he earned over $1,000,000 wearing t-shirts for various companies. He's even sold his last name (twice -- each for $40k+), formerly going as Jason Surfrapp and Jason Headsetsdotcom. In this episode, he shares his tips for getting sponsors for your work, even if you're just starting out. I think you'll like it!

Jason Zook has a different perspective on life and business. He’s not afraid to try weird and crazy business ideas. In 2008 he started a business called I Wear Your Shirt. Over 5 years he earned over $1 million in revenue from wearing over 1,600 sponsored t-shirts. Following that business, he sold the rights to his last name (he was Jason Headsetsdotcom and Jason Surfrapp for awhile)  selling his last name (twice).

"My best ideas come in moments of stillness" Today's guest on the Art of Adventure podcast has made a name for himself by thinking outside the box with unconventional and creative business ideas and marketing strategies. He is the man behind IWearYourShirt.com, a million dollar business where he got paid to wear t-shirts for a living. He has changed his name more than Prince: Jason Zook (rhymes with 'look'), was formerly known as Jason Sadler, Jason HeadsetsDotCom and Jason SurfrApp. In 2014, he self-published his book Creativity For Sale by crowd-sourcing over $75,000 worth of sponsorships before the book was even written. This episode is all about how to exercise your creative muscle, take action, and have fun making money. Quotes: "NO is another opportunity to hear yes" - Jason Zook "You don't get what you don't ask for" - Jason Zook "I want people to feel the empowering feeling of getting something into the world" - Jason Zook "Follow your effort, not your passion" - Jason Zook "Adventure is realizing a big dream" - Jason Zook "If could add anything to the world, I would bring Steven Jobs back and add another Elon Musk" - Jason Zook "Take a photo of you with your favorite author's book and send it to them" - Jason Zook "The first 'weakness' I outsource is to pay for a good designer" - Jason Zook "My best ideas come in moments of stillness" - Jason Zook What you will learn in this episode: -How to tone and build your creative muscle -"Hacktics" - hacks and tactics to help you take action -What Jason's greatest strength is -How Jason funded his podcast with a product bundle -Why you should make yourself accessible to help others -How to find your unifying theme -How to get over self doubt and get used to rejection -Jason's favorite pricing model and how it works -Plus much more... Continue the Adventure: Jason Does Stuff - for all Jason's past and current projects Author at The Next Web Creativity For Sale: How I Made $1,000,000 Wearing T-Shirts And How You Can Turn Your Passion Into Profit, Too Thanks Jason Zook! If you enjoyed this session of The Art of Adventure Podcast, let Jason know by clicking on the link below and sending him a quick shout out on Twitter: Click here to thank Jason on Twitter! Support the Art of Adventure! This podcast is supported by listeners like you! Become a patron of the Art of Adventure on Patreon This episode is also brought to you by Red Revive! We have an amazing new partner and are offering a special sale for Art of Adventure listeners – click here for 30% off! Subscribe to The Art of Adventure Podcast for free in iTunes or Stitcher. If you enjoyed the show, please help us by leaving a 5-star rating and review! You might also like these episodes: AOA 031 | Shane Snow | Smartcuts and Storytelling AOA 039 | Jesse Krieger | Focus On Your Area Of Genius AOA 025 | Steve Daar | Profit Hacking For Web Entrepreneurs AOA 020 | Scott Morrison | The World Of Sponsorship Did you enjoy the episode?: What was your biggest takeaway? How are you using creativity to make money right now? What is the craziest creative business idea you have heard of? Please share in the comments section below as I’d love to hear from you.

009: The Creative Leader’s Guide To Making Money By Thinking Outside Of The Box With Jason Zook (SurfrApp) I love discussing how we can all better ourselves using the creative portion of our brain.  Jason has mastered this vital skill.  I loved this episode.  I’m proud to say that Jason has become a great friend!  I think it is one of most life-changing and important skills we can master. That’s just one reason I had an awesome time interviewing today’s guest on The Learning Leader Show. Jason Zook (SurfrApp) was tired of living a life that felt prescribed to him by society, so he used his out-of-the-box thinking and ingenuity to create multiple profitable Internet-based businesses And in his new book “Creativity For Sale”, he faces head on the belief that a creative mindset is always the best one. We go over everything from Seth Godin’s “Purple Cow,” to how to become a great public speaker. We talk about building a “trust circle” and how that can help each and every one of us. Welcome to Episode 009 with the creative genius, Jason Zook (SurfrApp) Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher Radio. The Learning Leader Show “Show me your friends and I’ll show you your future.” – John Wooden  Some Questions I Ask: What big moments in Jason’s life made him who he is today? How to view adversity as an opportunity? How did you turn wearing t-shirts into a million dollar business? At what specific moment did Jason know he had created something meaningful? Why he sold his name? What specific things can people do to get outside of their comfort zone? In This Episode, You Will Learn: How to create a business from a passion of yours The benefits of utilizing James Altucher’s 10 Ideas a Day approach to life Specific Goal Setting Practices The importance of loyalty How regular people can do what Jason has done How to become a better public speaker How high performers use fear instead of getting rid of it How To Stop Failing at “To Do Lists” “Build a Trust Circle.”  Continue Learning Go to Jason's Website Read Smartcuts by Shane Snow Follow Jason on Twitter @IWearYourShirt You may also like these episodes: Episode 001: How To Become A Master Connector With Jayson Gaignard From MasterMind Talks Episode 002: How To Take Over And Set Bigger Goals With Chris Brogan Episode 004: How Todd Wagner (and Mark Cuban) Sold Broadcast.com To Yahoo! For $5.7 Billion Did you enjoy the podcast? I love discussing how we can all better ourselves using the creative portion of our brain.  Jason has mastered this vital skill.  I loved this episode.  I’m proud to say that Jason has become a great friend!  Who do you know that needs to hear this?  Send them to The Learning Leader Show! Episode edited by the great J Scott Donnell   Bio: Jason Zook (formerly Jason SurfrApp, Headsetdotcom & Jason Sadler) is an unconventional marketer and entrepreneur. He created IWearYourShirt, a company that used sponsored t-shirts to promote businesses on social media and in 2012 and 2013, he auctioned off his last name to the highest bidders. Jason recently wrote a book about his entrepreneurial journey, but in a very unique way. Frustrated by the confusing landscape of book publishers and book agents, Jason self-published and raised over $75,000 through sponsorships in his book Creativity For Sale before a single word was written or a single copy of the book sold.   Tired of living a life that felt prescribed to him by society, Jason SurfrApp used his out-of-the-box thinking and ingenuity to create multiple profitable Internet-based businesses. Jason is a public speaker, an entrepreneur at heart, lives a life of intention, and continues to strive to make a living doing what he loves.

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Great show today with Marc Mawhinney of Natural Born Coaches. With Natural Born Coaches, he helps other coaches build their businesses through his podcast and services. Utopia was hard for Marc to define. It has changed over the years. His Utopia is living a life that makes him happy and is on his terms. Utopian Quotes of the Show "A man is a success if he gets up in the morning, goes to bed at night, and gets up and loves what he wants to do" - Bob Dylan He has changed his life around to a more balanced life that is on his terms since he was younger. He started at 21 in real estate and for 20 years built up a successful real estate company. He used to work crazy hours and spent plenty of time working until late at night (does this sound like any of you?). He thought that’s what he wanted but has since realized that that wasn’t his Utopia. His son, who is now 6, changed his thought of what a Utopia is. He has always had the issue of “chasing the rainbow” and has always had a hard time to stop and appreciate what he has. After staying clean of stumbles and achieving consistent success for some time, then stumbling greatly in 2008 with the real estate market crash, that money and status were low priorities in life. This humbling experience had a great impact on him. Just like other Build Your Utopia guests, he realized that quality of life, not money and status were more important. Check out these books that Marc recommends: The 1 thing with Gary Keller No BS Time Management by Dan Kennedy Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill Goodbye Gordon Gekko: How to Find Your Fortune without Losing Your Soul by Anthony Scaramucci The Obstacle is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumphs by Ryan Holiday The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure by Grant Cardone Currently like many of you, Marc is working towards having a lifestyle business that allows him to focus on what's most important, his son, his family, and himself. Nothing delights him more than being able to relax and play Lego Batman with his son. To Marc, using your time wisely with focus is his key to success and maintaining a work-life balance. 

Learn to say “no” to people, personally and in business. The 3 Value Bombs for Utopians: Don’t sweat the small stuff Change is good Be bold. Don’t play small and be conservative 2nd Utopian Quote of the Show! "Don’t sweat the small stuff. Nothing is life and death." - Marc Mawhinney Inspired by Build Your Utopia and past guests, he just changed his name to Marc Redbull inspired by past guest Jason Surfrapp (if you haven't listened to this show, you really should). Click here to listen!   Thanks again to Marc for being on the show! Check out Natural Born Coaches which has links to him on social media, info on his coaching programs, and podcast training products (he shows people how to start a podcast in a month! We wish we knew about it before we started up.). His podcast show has become an immediate hit – making it into iTunes “New & Noteworthy” category in its first week of release and greatly exceeding the average downloads for new podcasts.  The show can be found at Natural Born Coaches  on iTunes, or on Stitcher. Marc is on a mission to help coaches spread their message and their value to as many people as possible! As always, a special thank you to The Strand for our intro and outro music!

This is our first official show of 2015! We did have a bonus show yesterday... Check it out here if you haven't. This week we published a great episode with Jason Surfrapp, an entrepreneur, speaker, a just all-around awesome dude. What's great about him is how zany his ideas seem but really they are innovative and "out of the box", all credit to Jason and his uncanny ability to identify unique ideas. Creating unique ideas is just one thing. We can all do that. What makes him such an awesome guy is how he is able to come up with such unique ideas and take them into action. I Wear Your Shirt was a success only because of Jason, not just because of the idea behind it. His hard work, determination, and effort drove the business to a wild success. If you haven't heard this past Tuesday's show, you must! Learn more about his business selling “talking, walking billboards”. Here were some of the topics that we discussed in today's episode inspired by this week's guest: 1. No one retires from a job that they love There are so many men and women that are working in jobs during their senior years that are jobs that they have no passion in. That doesn't mean it has to be you or anyone else. Josh's dad is a prime example of this. Josh's dad is an accomplished retired Army Veteran that retired at the top rank of Command Sargeant Major. Currently as he waits for his pension to kick in, Josh's dad is working hard as a field technician in his 50s to make a living. You can hear more about Josh's story in the episode. 2. Most people follow the same path Ben in particular has been inspired by all the guests that have been successful in creating their own paths. Utopians, you can create your own path as well. 3. College really sucked the entrepreneur out of me Ben and Josh talk about how many colleges today do not focus enough on encouraging entrepreneurial activity and instead prepare young adults for life in corporate cultures. This is unfortunate because forging an entreprenurial path can be achieved by anyone. Josh and Ben even go as far back as talking about how grade school could incorporate some entrpreneurial lessons as well so young adults have "out of the box" mindsets when they make the big decisions they will make in their young adults lives on what professions they will hone in on. Utopian Quote of the Show If you put in part time effort you get part time results - Jason Surfrapp This quote was from this past week's episode with Jason but it was such a powerful quote, that it is today's Utopian Quote of the Show too. Another topic discussed in today's episode was taking a "social media detox". This means cutting social media out of your life completely for a set amount of time. When Jason did this, he came up with a myriad of business ideas! It could be powerful for you too. Ben would have no problem taking a "social media detox". Josh on the other hand spends a lot of time on Facebook in particular participating in business groups that have given him and his business a ton of value. This is discussed in great detail in today's show. Finally, Josh and Ben discuss each of Jason's rapid-fire tips for Utopians: 1. Take a step back and look at your life’s foundation The way Josh and Ben see this tip is to be humble, thankful, and appreciate the little things in life. 2. Understand that you are going to make mistakes and screw things up Forgive yourself when you make mistakes (which is going to happen) and take action instead of letting fears hold you back. Obstacles, like fears, are often just illusions. Keep this in mind, Utopians! 3. Be willing to do something different Think out of the box like Jason to achieve your professional goals in corporate cultures or in entrepreneurship. If you are striving for a promotion, go make suggestions, be innovative, take up responsibilities that are extra duties, stand out and BE DIFFERENT. If you are an entreprenuer, differentiate yourself from your competition by incorporating "out of the box" marketing or just by taking an idea and turning it into action, which that alone is being different than the majority of people out there that have ideas that go nowhere. Check out this show and please leave your comments below! As always, a special thank you to The Strand for our intro and outro music!

Jason Surfrapp is an incredible guest that we were very fortunate to have on Build Your Utopia. He was able to build a name for himself as an entrepreneur by being sponsored to wearing branded t-shirts. His motivation for being a successful entrepreneur is to have control and freedom. Who wouldn’t want that for his or her life? Eh? Like many of you reading this, Jason didn’t start with entrepreneur dreams and didn’t even consider being an entrepreneur feasible for a very long time. He followed the common path of going to college, finishing his degree, and getting a corporate job. After joining “corporate America”, he learned fairly quickly that grinding out every day was not for him. He collaborated with a colleague and started up a design company, which allowed him to leave “corporate America”. This business also quickly grossed up to $250K in revenue. Shortly after attaining immediate entrepreneurial success, Jason had a thought. With the popularity of social media, he saw an opportunity to create a new type of advertising on social media. As he was brainstorming this notion, he was staring at his closet and saw about 50 branded shirts and that’s when he had his “Aha!” moment. He realized there could be an opportunity to promote brands on t-shirts on social media. He even took this idea to Seth Godin (inspired to reach out to him because of Seth’s book Purple Cow), who actually responded (in about an hour after an email sent too). Seth responded that he didn’t feel that the idea would fly, which only fueled Jason’s determination to turn this wild idea into a success. So, he started it up and he made $84K his first year selling advertising for $1+ per day for Jason to promote companies by wearing their logos on t-shirts and promoting them on social media. Jason is an advocate for living a life free of.. social media. Yes, although he created a business off social media, he believes in the value of “detoxing” from social media. If you are reading this, you should consider taking a 30 day social media detox. Jason highly recommends it and when he did it, he was able to come up with a gob of business ideas with the extra time and focus. Jason has also become an avid reader since picking up Purple Cow. (he even said in our interview that the last book he read before Purple Cow was Go, Dog, Go) Currently, he’s juggling several books, including: Re-Work Sketch Notes Handbook Bullet Proof Diet Insanely Simple One wise tip that Jason left with Utopians during our interview was to get advice as early as possible, ask for help, and stop trying to figure everything out on your own. Jason feels that if he would have done that sooner, he could have accomplished more sooner. However, at the end of the day, at least learn from your decisions, experiences, and mistakes. Jason’s 3 tips for Utopians include: Take a step back and look at your life’s foundation Understand that you are going to make mistakes and screw things up Be willing to do something different I highly recommend listening to the show to hear Jason’s in-depth explanations for the above 3 tips. Don’t miss this show. Thanks again to Jason Surfrapp for being on Build Your Utopia. Jason would personally love for you to reach out to him at Jason@iwearyourshirt.com or his website (where you can join the action army, check it out). As always, a special thank you to The Strand for our intro and outro music!

Two of my favorite topics of discussion are the over-connection world we live in and how to intentionally cultivate creativity in our lives. Jason and I dove headfirst into both of those topics as well as many others. And I couldn't think of a better person which whom to have this particular discussion. Jason SurfrApp is hands-down one of the most brilliant people I know. I'm privileged to call him a friend and this conversation is definitely in my top 5 of the first 4 episodes of TGM. Wait… Who knows what he really does at the Jason HQ, but officially, he's a entrepreneur, best-selling author, creative thinker and a self-described “action taker and unconventional marketer”. I loved Jason's take on business, social media, finding balance and meaning on our lives and businesses. Here are some of my favorite bits from the show: On being over-connected and addicted to social media “There were so many big companies that came to me and wanted to give me thousands of dollars if I could just come with a creative way that we could work together and I couldn't come up with singe idea, because my brain was so taxed.” “You don't need to be on Facebook and Twitter to grow a business. We all built businesses before social media.” “Everything is cyclical. Facebook will not be around for ever. Something new will come along.” “I really believe social media is the next addiction. It's the next cigarette, the next alcohol. We are literally going to have an entire network of social media doctors and therapists trying to wean people off this stuff and we just don't realize it because it's so new. I don't think people understand the dopamine releases when we constantly check our likes, comments, etc.” On finding your “one true passion” “So much of what I tried to do in the last year and half was, find my passion, find my purpose. I wanted this direction for myself and this *one thing* that I was so good at. But that's the thing, I'm not that way. I'm not good at one thing. I'm good at a lot of random stuff … but it all cobbles together” “I'm not going to worry about how all these things thread together perfectly. That's kind of what everyone tells you, you need your thing, your niche. Ok, I agree. But for some people, you may not find that thing for 10 years.” On cultivating creativity: “When anyone can get themselves into a state where they're not worried about the criticism of other people … [great things can happen].“ “If you feel the resistance to something that's so strong that it's like, there's no way I can do this … you need it more than you know.” “I think the first 5 to 15 minutes of your day is the most important part of your day. It's when my best creative thinking happens.” “Intentionally start your day with something that makes you happy.” What's really important in business “Everyone should try things. Listen to your gut and try new things.” “I throw the stick. There are a lot of people who hold the stick and stare at all the different directions and do know where to through it. I just throw the stick an go after it.” “Every business needs two phases: preparation and then effort.” “I want a much smaller list of incredibly high quality people. I was so obsessed with the numbers of things. I've realized that it really does not serve you. What you need is the high quality, the low-number

Imagine taking all of the things you already happily do without getting paid for... And getting paid for it. Meet Jason - he does just that. As a natural born risk taker, Jason has taken smaller personal projects and scaled them to a point that demanded the attention of places like The Today Show and CNN Money. Take his first project, IWearYourShirt for instance. What started as a one man operation grew to a team of 5 and made over $1,000,000 - wearing sponsored t-shirts. Jason looks at life through a different lens. It's something he's very aware of. A few years later he went on to become Jason Headsets.com, and then Jason Surfrapp, by teaming up with companies to sponsor his last name. He has incredible insights into business, standing out from the crowd, and creating value that you can take and run with. Jason Surfrapp: "Hearing no, for me, is just another opportunity to hear yes." Share [ Find Jason ] JasonDoesStuff.com YouCanGetSponsors.com IWearYourShirt.com [ Resources ] The Purple Cow by Seth Godin (aff link) Creativity For Sale by Jason Surferapp (aff link) Amy Schmittauer  - SavvySexySocial.com (if marketing is your thang, check out her podcast The Marketing Lifestyle) Get started with sponsorships by reading Jason's post on medium. [ Today's Sponsor: The Laboratory ] Do you consider yourself an out-of-the-box-thinker? Are you the oddball in your group of friends because you like expanding your mind and testing your abilities? Then you need to be in The Laboratory - a growing community of entrepreneurs, all star employees, and game changers. Join today for exclusive updates and offers I only make available behind the closed doors of my workspace. Go here to join for free.

Paul Jarvis is a freelancer, entrepreneur, web designer, bestselling author, course creator, podcaster and all around jack of creative trades. With a library of books on his virtual and physical bookshelves including The Good Creative and Write Your Damn Book, he has garnered an audience of writers and artists who devour anything he has to say about all things innovative, as evidenced by his popular weekly Sunday Dispatches Newsletter which are exclusive letters about freelancing, creativity and life delivered direct to your inbox, or his weekly podcast Invisible Office Hours with Jason SurfrApp specifically for unconventional thinkers who don't spend their time confined to an office. His most recent offering, The Creative Class is an online course designed specifically to help thoughtful freelancers master the pragmatic details of running a one-person business.

C.C. Chapman is a storyteller, explorer and humanitarian. He's the author of Amazing Things Will Happen: A Real-World Guide on Achieving Success and Happiness and co-author of Content Rules: How to Create Killer Blogs, Podcasts, Videos, Ebooks, Webinars (and More) That Engage Customers and Ignite Your Business (New Rules Social Media Series). C.C. hosts the Managing the Gray podcast, and he recently launched a new company, Never Enough Days, a conscience based consultancy. Talking about unplugging, realigning and networking at conferences. NBN 37 Show Notes Join the NBN Club today and meet 100 smart minds who want to help you achieve your professional goals. Listen to episode 37 in iTunes or Stitcher. Thanks to Barbara from Women in Business Networking for her excellent networking tip. Record your own here. Grab a copy of my book, New Business Networking from Amazon today. I'm thankful to all of my wonderful readers. C.C. and I talk about Never Enough Days. We chat about the importance of really following our passions. C.C. is a realistic, "Chase your passions, but you may have to do so on the side for a while." "I wear my heart and passion on my sleeve." Balancing practicality with passion is the scary hard thing. Take those risks earlier. How to have a conversation with yourself. Seth Godin's lizard brain. C.C. goes on walks in nature without devices to distract him from his thoughts. Do you? Each and everyone of us get in our own way sometimes. It's nuts! James Altucher's book, Choose Yourself! We talk about overcoming self-doubt. Don't miss C.C.'s book, Amazing Things Will Happen. C.C. spoke about fear and self-doubt at Misfit Conf. Read his summary post here. Admitting your self-doubt can help others. My interview with Jason SurfrApp. On balancing online and offline relationships. Getting lost in the click-stream. C.C. loves Refresh, but they need an Android version. I hope Bhavin is listening. He uses the LinkedIn Connected app to be alerted of job changes, promotions and birthday from his network. He skips writing birthday posts on friend's Facebook walls, and chats them Facebook Messenger instead. Ask, “who can I introduce you to?” to people in your network. Maybe you can help them. Check out Contactually as a great CRM solution to handle your follow ups. I'm a big fan and partner. You can hear my interview with Zvi Band in NBN28. Export Facebook birthdays and important to your calendar, so you can have an overview of people's birthdays and you can follow up before the big day. C.C. uses his Twitter handle on every slide when he speaks at conferences. He always takes time to reply to each person who interacted during his presentation. Always take someone's business card and follow up the day you return home. Talk to people at conferences. Start a conversation with the person next to you. You are at a conference to be face to face with people. Try to keep your phone in your pocket. You're paying money to connect with the people in the room. You can watch the sessions online later. Ian Cleary doesn't even attend sessions, he only uses his time to meet people. Create private Twitter lists of people you met at a conference. Read more on this here. Ello, “a creative little commune that nobody has quite figured out yet.” C.C. sets aside time each day to try new social sites, services and apps. Pick up a copy of the best-selling book, Content Rules by C.C. and Ann Handley. How content marketing applies to professional networking. Content is what you create to tell your story. If we judged everybody by their LinkedIn profiles it would be pretty boring. Avoid talking about politics too much online. It may get in the way of your networking and clients. Research the content people have created before you meet them. Focus on your website, email subscribers, and Twitter for your networking efforts online. It takes time to build your network. It won't happen overnight. Give people a reason to subscribe to your email newsletter. Subscribe to the Never Enough Days newsletter. C.C. tries to read a physical book for thirty minutes before bed. You should too. App Recommendation:  Instagram. Book Recommendations: Creativity Incorporated by Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace and Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates by Tom Robbins. Contact: cc-chapman.com and neverenoughdays.com. Submit your questions and comments by using #nbnradio. You can also record an audio comment at speakpipe.nbnradio.com. Click HERE to subscribe in iTunes Click HERE to subscribe in Stitcher   You can subscribe to the show by RSS, email or in iTunes and Stitcher Radio. You will never miss an episode! Affiliate links used, read the disclosure. Theme music, Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkaba. Thanks for listening. You rock!  

Deb Evans is President at Franchise Foundry and co-host of Social Geek Radio. Talking about conference networking, podcasting, and connecting people NBN 35 Show Notes Join the NBN Club today and meet 100 smart minds who want to help you achieve your professional goals. Listen to episode 35 in iTunes or Stitcher. Don't be shy record your audio comment or networking tip here. Please pick up a copy of my book, New Business Networking: How to Effectively Grow Your Business Network Using Online and Offline Methods. Deb is president of the Franchise Foundry. Deb started the FranTech Conference. She shares tips about networking using social media at events. Use the digital space to plan meet ups at conferences. Deb plans group walks to explore cities at conferences and uses the Charity Miles app. If you're attending a conference use social networks to get the word out you're going and where you will be. Deb live tweets during conferences and meets people this way. “Take advantage of the digital space to meet physically.” Tips on planning conference meet ups. Plan a meet up when you're traveling. You never know who will come. Deb used Eventbrite to plan a meet up when she was visiting a city and she shared it. She had 24 people show up. The Tasti D-Lite Way: Social Media Marketing Lessons for Building Loyalty and a Brand Customers Crave by BJ Emerson. Interview with Hugh Forrest, Director of SXSW Interactive. I first met Deb as a guest on Social Geek Radio in December 2010. She has been podcasting for four years. It has expanded her reach. 200 episodes November 19th! What to do with a drunk guest on your podcast. Admit you can't do it alone. Tap into your network and don't be afraid to ask for help. “You don't get what you don't ask for.” - Jason SurfrApp. Your community wants you to succeed. I love Contactually. Check them out as an amazing CRM tool. Export your Facebook friend's birthdays to check in. App Recommendation: Charity Miles. Book Recommendation: A Brother's Love: A Memoir by Matthew Cubbler. Contact: deb AT franchisefoundry DOT com or @debce on Twitter. Submit your questions and comments by using #nbnradio. You can also record an audio comment at speakpipe.nbnradio.com. Thanks! Click HERE to subscribe in iTunes Click HERE to subscribe in Stitcher  

Have you ever had an unconventional idea for a business? Or experienced massive resistance to getting started? If  you said yes to either of those questions you’ll want to listen… read more →

This episode features a great conversation with the incredibly creative and productive Paul Jarvis. The discussion revolves around future-proofing your work and your business (which also does the same for your productivity...in a manner of speaking). Relevant Links http://pjrvs.com/ (Paul Jarvis - Website) http://pjrvs.com/creative (The Good Creative) http://thecreativeclass.io/ (The Creative Class) http://invisibleofficehours.com/ (Invisible Office Hours with Paul Jarvis & Jason SurfrApp) http://pjrvs.com/signup (Paul's Weekly Newsletter) http://twitter.com/pjrvs/ (Paul on Twitter) Want to send Mike an app, book, or something similar to discuss on the show? Email him at podcast@productivityist.com and he'll give it a look. Want to listen on Stitcher? http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=53149&refid=stpr (Click here.) Support The Productivityist Podcast by becoming a patron! http://www.patreon.com/Productivityist (Click here) to visit The Productivityist Podcast's Patreon page and see what perks await those who pitch in a buck or more.

Jason SurfrApp (also known as Jason Sadler) is an entrepreneur, action taker, and unconventional marketer. He has been recognized by media outlets around the world including The Today Show, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and CNN. Jason is a contributor to Inc., The Next Web, and Entrepreneur.com. He is also the author of Creativity For Sale: How I Made 1,000,000 Wearing T-Shirts and How You Can Turn Your Passion Into Profit. This is part 2 of my interview with Jason NBN 34 Show Notes Listen to part 1 of my interview here. Join the NBN Club today and meet over 90 smart minds who want to help you achieve your professional goals. Listen to episode 34 in iTunes or Stitcher. Sponsored by Refresh, who just released a new product specifically designed for professionals. It searches the web and social networks to add new professional and personal insights about your contacts to Salesforce. The most comprehensive online profile available will automatically be right in your Salesforce. NBN Radio listeners get a free trial from refresh.nbnradio.com. Please record your audio comment or networking tip here. I'll include it in an upcoming episode. Don't be shy! Jason shares his thoughts on taking a 30-day social media sabbatical. Baratunde Thurston's escape from the Internet. He launched JasonDoesStuff.com and then turned off his social profiles. He did this to prove that people would still come, read his posts, and reach out to him without using social media. Social media is an addiction. People do it while they drive and while they are spending time with their loved ones. Try deleting social apps off your phone for a weekend or a week. Try it for December to realign your goals. What happens November 1st? I wouldn't have had the success I've had without social media. Jason still plans to continue using Instagram. I want to challenge myself to say I don't need social media. Facebook changes. The email algorithm doesn't change. Focus 100% on email. Jason used his email list of 623 people to raise $30,000 in the first day of bidding for his last name. You don't need big numbers to feel validated. Focus on events you want to be at. Be challenged by going to things that put you out of your comfort zone. Gary Vaynerchuk is the biggest person in the social media space, but people don't know who he is outside of that space. We think our social world is so big. Read about Gary's story in my book, New Business Networking. There are so many people out there you can reach in different ways. Chris Brogan's newsletter. My newsletter (I'll do better). Please register below. App Recommendation: ProductHunt  and Angry Birds Transformers. Book Recommendation: The Circle by Dave Eggers. Contact: JasonDoesStuff.com and subscribe to his email list. Thanks to Erik Fisher from Beyond The To-Do List for submitting a question via Twitter. Submit your questions and comments by using #nbnradio. You can also record an audio comment at speakpipe.nbnradio.com. Thanks! Click HERE to subscribe in iTunes Click HERE to subscribe in Stitcher  

**UPDATE: Download Jason's new book, Creativity for Sale for FREE here: www.creativityforsale.com/radical EPISODE 34: Jason SurfrApp sold off his last name to the highest bidder twice, making over $100,000 in the process. If you listen to what prompted him to come up with and execute this wild idea (besides the profit), you won't judge him for selling out. Before that, he founded IWearYourShirt.com, a company where clients paid him to wear t-shirts and which generated over $1,000,000 in revenue. He also made a big chunk of cash by getting 20o+ sponsors for his new book, CREATIVITY FOR SALE (currently $13 on Amazon, but available FREE  to download for Radical Tribe listeners). I have a casual yet very interesting conversation with Jason where we chat about various topics, from his beginnings as an entrepreneur to coming up with crazy business ideas and profiting from them.  Here's what you will learn in this case study: Why and how he sold off his last name - twice. How Jason and his partner landed Kanye West as a client for their graphic design company. How Jason came up with and started IWearYourShirt.com and built it to an 8-person business that generated over a million dollars in revenue. How to come up with a business idea - do you start from the problem or solution? A method to his madness: how Jason follows a structured process to come up with and test wild ideas. The number 1 tip you implement to be more creative. Key principles for successful pricing. Why you shouldn't emulate or copy anyone while building a brand, and what you should do. Jason's biggest mistake, and how you can avoid this no matter what type of business you're building. How he structured his pitch to potential sponsors for the 'Sponsor My Book' project for his book, Creativity for Sale. What happened when he started tearing down personal walls and shared authentically with his audience, and why you should do this with your audience as well. Key Actions you can take to start a business based on your interest and passions.

Jason SurfrApp (also known as Jason Sadler) is an entrepreneur, action taker, and unconventional marketer. He has been recognized by media outlets around the world including The Today Show, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and CNN. Jason is a contributor to Inc., The Next Web, and Entrepreneur.com. He is also the author of Creativity For Sale: How I Made 1,000,000 Wearing T-Shirts and How You Can Turn Your Passion Into Profit. Talking about publishing, networking, and entrepreneurship. How I received my copy of Creativity For Sale, a book every entrepreneur should read. Jason shares his story of how his book came to be. He put all 200 pages for sale for sponsorships and made over $30,000 in 24 hours. It took over four months to sell the remainder of the space. The book earned Jason $75,000 before he had written a single word! Jason began his entrepreneurial journey with IWearYourShirt.com. The truth about making a million dollars. The importance of a “trust circle” and how to build one. Add a personal touch to what you do. It seems so simple, but we see the success of others in our relative industries and want to emulate them. Instead, we should strive to stand out from them. As a kid Jason wanted to be a zoologist cartoon artist. You should take full control and make all the decisions. Figure out your way of standing out in a crowded space. How Jason stopped caring about what people think and you should too. The War of Art by Steven Pressfield. The more you put stuff out there, the less resistance you will feel to do so in the future. Practice makes perfect. You have to make mistakes, you have to iterate. The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries. Gary Vaynerchuck. You don't get what you don't ask for. Jason's article from Inc., "The Secret Art of the Follow-Up Email". Follow up! 75% of the 2,000 deals Jason has received are from follow-up emails. If you only put in part-time effort, you're only going to get part time results. I'll send emails until I get a “no”. The trick is you need to get creative. Jason shares ideas. Listen to Billy Burle's tip on sending videos in episode 31. Don't miss part two of this interview next week. Jason shares his experiences quitting social media for thirty days and much more. Click HERE to subscribe in iTunes Click HERE to subscribe in Stitcher  

#131: I brought Jason of SurfrApp on today to talk about his creative (and different) approach to his work, and give us inspiration to be creative and be okay with the risks involved with being creative. Podcast show notes available here: https://www.smartpassiveincome.com/session131

#131: I brought Jason of SurfrApp on today to talk about his creative (and different) approach to his work, and give us inspiration to be creative and be okay with the risks involved with being creative. Podcast show notes available here: https://www.smartpassiveincome.com/session131

Chatting With Champions Podcast Interview #63. Tyler Basu and Jason SurfrApp “Turning Your Creative Ideas Into Successful Businesses” Jason SurfrApp (formerly Jason Headsetsdotcom & Jason Sadler) is an unconventional marketer, entrepreneur, The post Jason SurfrApp: Turning Your Creative Ideas Into Successful Businesses appeared first on Chatting With Champions.

Jason SurfrApp (formerly Jason Headsetsdotcom & Jason Sadler) is as unconventional a marketer and entrepreneur as you'll find anywhere. He's an idea machine who knows how to execute his ideas. He created IWearYourShirt, a company that used sponsored t-shirts to promote businesses on social media, and in 2012 and 2013, he auctioned off his last name to the highest bidders.  James and Jason dive into what it takes to really build a buzz, and talk about whether traditional PR companies are worth the money they charge. Jason has found a better way... He just asks. That may seem easy, but it's really a huge amount of work to do it right. Do you have a "trust circle"? James and Jason talk about how important it is to have one. Frustrated by the confusing landscape of book publishers and book agents, Jason chose himself by self-publishing and raising over $75,000 through sponsorships in his book Creativity For Sale before a single word was written or a single copy of the book sold.   ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn

Jason SurfrApp (formerly Jason Headsetsdotcom & Jason Sadler) is as unconventional a marketer and entrepreneur as you'll find anywhere. He's an idea machine who knows how to execute his ideas. He created IWearYourShirt, a company that used sponsored t-shirts to promote businesses on social media, and in 2012 and 2013, he auctioned off his last name to the highest bidders.  James and Jason dive into what it takes to really build a buzz, and talk about whether traditional PR companies are worth the money they charge. Jason has found a better way... He just asks. That may seem easy, but it's really a huge amount of work to do it right. Do you have a "trust circle"? James and Jason talk about how important it is to have one. Frustrated by the confusing landscape of book publishers and book agents, Jason chose himself by self-publishing and raising over $75,000 through sponsorships in his book Creativity For Salebefore a single word was written or a single copy of the book sold. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jason is the Founder of IWearYourShirt. In 2008 he recognized the growing influence of social media and decided he could utilize these platforms in a new and unique way, by get paid to wear sponsored t-shirts for a living. Jason previously co-owned a web design company and in 2012 and 2013 auctioned off his last name to the highest bidders. Jason will be known as "Jason SurfrApp" in 2014 and is currently writing and crowdfunding an upcoming book titled "Creativity For Sale".

Welcome to episode #416 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. I had heard of Jason SurfrApp before, only that wasn't his name. The last time I had heard of him, his name was Jason Headsetsdotcom (not kidding). That right, Jason had done this before. He had legally changed his last name to the highest bidder... and he had done it again. Call it a stunt. Call it unconventional, but Jason has a knack for this kind of marketing... or entrepreneurship (depends on how you slice it). He created IWearYourShirt, a company that used sponsored t-shirts to promote businesses on social media and turned it into a million dollar business (not a typo). He took the same approach to the recent publishing of his business book, Creativity For Sale. Frustrated by the landscape of book publishers and book agents, Jason self-published and raised over $75,000 through sponsorships in the book before a single word was written or a single copy of the book sold. If you know anything about book advances and business book sales numbers, that's not a bad amount (at all). The Unmarketing hero, Scott Stratten, took to Facebook to record a video about how personalized Jason's pitch to Scott was. Stratten's video was so compelling that I invited Jason to talk about how he sees marketing, and what stunts look like in a world with so much noise. Enjoy the conversation... Here it is: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #416 - Host: Mitch Joel. Running time: 46:06. Please send in questions, comments, suggestions - mitch@twistimage.com. Hello from Beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at iTunes. Please visit and leave comments on the Blog - Six Pixels of Separation. Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook. or you can connect on LinkedIn. ...or on twitter.  Six Pixels of Separation the book is now available. CTRL ALT Delete is now available too! In conversation with Jason SurfrApp. Creativity For Sale. I Wear Your Shirt. Follow Jason on Twitter. This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'. Get David's song for free here: Artists For Amnesty. Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #416 - Host: Mitch Joel. Tags: advertising podcast blog blogging brand business book business podcast creativity for sale david usher digital marketing facebook i wear your shirt itunes jason headsetsdotcom jason surfrapp marketing podcast scott stratten twitter unmarketing

Episode 68 comes to you from sunny Madrid, Spain. Today we're addressing the question we get all the time: How do you find someone to follow your dreams with you? You're going to love today's unconventional guest, and you’ll want to listen through to the end to find out how to win one of 3 copies of his new book. How else are you gonna find other freaks if you don't out yourself as a freak? This is one of the key lessons we talk about in this episode, the importance of sharing your interests with others. We dive into how you can find people who share your passions and, ultimately, that big dream you have brewing in your mind.

Jason SurfrApp (formerly Jason Headsets.com... formerly Jason Sadler) and Lewis Howes discuss creative hustle and what it takes to make money in the new media landscape. To learn more and get resources from the show, visit lewishowes.com/72

By today's standards, "build marketing into your book" has become common business advice for authors. There are, of course, a bajillion ways to go about doing that, some more effective than others. Jason Sadler, now Jason SurfrApp of IWearYourShirt.com fame, has embraced that logic in a mind-blowing way: he has a sponsor for every page in his book as well as the covers (front and back) and inside flaps. That may sound off-putting (yuck, too many sponsors!). But Jason is a seasoned professional on nurturing and integrating sponsorship relationships into consumer product experiences that are tastefully done, align with the message, and add value to the overall experience. In fact, Jason's entire book project for 'Creativity that Sales' is a wild, show-me-the-proof way of teaching how to blend creativity with business in a way that doesn't suck for the consumer. Jason's project—and entire approach and personality—is far more than just these promotions. In our chat, we explore how he's using this one-of-a-kind book project to begin a new chapter in his career as a creative professional, including future aspirations for "authorship." Join us as we delve into the truly extraordinary for author and publishing professionals. After the show, find us on Twitter @WinningEdits or #authormba with your questions and comments. Enjoy!

Many companies do not sound exciting on the surface. When you think of an accounting or insurance firm, for example, you probably picture something rather boring. Chances are, however, those firms are doing some unique and interesting things. It's those things—told through stories—that will help them stand out from others in their industry and draw buyers to them.

Click HERE to listen in iTunes Welcome to the first episode of the Movers&Shakers Podcast! Movers & Shakers is an interview show where you’ll learn from, you guessed it, people who are moving and shaking in business, sports, entertainment, politics, etc. In this episode, we introduce you to Jason SurfrApp. Jason is an extremely creative [...]