Podcasts about solopreneur hour

Well, this is a treat.  We get to hear from a rock legend on today's show. In this one-on-one conversation with sax player Scott Page (Pink Floyd, Supertramp, Toto) who has not only played music for millions…but is arguably more successful as a solopreneur after his main music career. This was so much fun to record. I could have […]

This is the first of my Wednesday “Best Of” Series.  Every Wednesday, I'm hand selecting my favorite episodes from the 9 years of podcasting.  You know this show is going to be completely baller…that's the long and short of it. The Solopreneur Hour is an audio podcast hosted by The Kickass Life Producer Michael O'Neal that […]

For many of us, our hair is an integral part of our identity. Imagine a drummer who was a member of hair bands in his youth facing rapid hair loss in his early 50's. That was Solopreneur Hour Host's Michael O'Neals' story before he flew all the way to Turkey to have a hair transplant.   While pharmaceutical solutions for hair loss do exist, they can have debilitating side effects such as erectile dysfunction, decreased libido, swelling in face, arms, hands, legs, or feet, dizziness,headaches, skin rashes, hives, and even male breast cancer   Hair transplantation on the other hand uses your own hair follicles to regrow hair on your scalp in combination with techniques like PRP (platelet-rich plasma) which uses your bodys' own own healing system to repair itself.   In today's episode of Food heald we will hear the riveting story of Michael's trip to Istanbul and a natural way to regrow hair using your own hair follicles - without drugs without harsh side effects and how you can go from balding to a beautiful head of new hair too!   Dr. Emrah Cinik: EmrahCinik.com Watch the Youtube video of Michael's experience. Check out The Solopreneur Hour Podcast at SolopreneurHour.com Check out Michael's  course, The Art of the Interview at  www.ArtofTheInterview.co. Follow Michael On Instagram at @SoloHour   Thank You to Our Sponsors!   Thrive Causemetics Thrive Causemetics was born out of a friendship. Makeup artist and product developer, Karissa Bodnar, lost her dear friend Kristy to cancer at just 24 years old. Kristy's compassionate and vivacious spirit inspired Karissa to establish Thrive Causemetics, a beauty brand and philosophy that goes beyond skin deep by empowering women. No parabens, sulfates, or phthalates. Certified 100% vegan and cruelty-free. Right now, you can get 15% off your first order when you visit ThriveCausemetics.com/FOODHEALS   Organifi Organifi, is a line of organic superfood blends that offers plant based nutrition made with high quality ingredients. Organifi takes pride in offering the best tasting superfood products on the market at a price that works out to less than $3 a day. You can experience Organifi's high quality superfoods without breaking the bank. Go to www.organifi.com/foodheals and use code foodheals for 20% off your order.   True Leaf Market Since 1974 True Leaf Market has been the choice of over a million growers for Heirloom and Organic garden seeds. True Leaf Market offers a great selection of cover crop seeds, including their all purpose garden cover crop mix: their most popular cover crop seeds for home gardeners. Order Online at TrueLeafMarket.com, use promo code FH15 to save 15% on cover crop seeds.   Sambucol Sambucol is made from premium European black elderberries which are natural sources of powerful antioxidants and key vitamins like A, C, and E. They really are Nature's superberries and help support a healthy immune system! They have syrups, gummies, chewable tablets, drink powders, capsules, and more. All of their products are vegan - except their throat lozenges which contain honey – they are all gluten free, dairy free, nut and soy free, with no artificial colors or flavors. Use my code FOODHEALS15 at SambucolUSA.com to get 15% off your order of $9.99 or more.    

Continuing on our theme of hormone health this month, Alli's got Solopreneur Hour Host Michael O'Neal in the Nashville studio to talk about men's health and why - it might be time to get your testosterone checked!   Testosterone is pivotal for multiple functions in the body like building stronger bones, creating muscle and increasing strength, facial and body hair. Testosterone increases sex drive, promotes fat burning, is required for memory and heart health, and is involved in producing red blood cells and sperm. In other words, it's absolutely crucial for feeling our best. In today's episode Michael shares how getting his hormones balanced completely changed his life, increased his libido, and gave him the energy he needed to thrive.   Stay tuned for Part 2 with Michael, where we'll be discussing a natural way to grow back hair - drug free. PLUS - exactly how he went from balding to a beautiful head of hair. (And how you can too!)   Check out The Solopreneur Hour Podcast at SolopreneurHour.com Check out Michael's  course, The Art of the Interview at  www.ArtofTheInterview.co. Follow Michael On Instagram at @SoloHour   Thank You to Our Sponsors!   True Leaf Market Since 1974 True Leaf Market has been the choice of over a million growers for Heirloom and Organic garden seeds. True Leaf Market offers a great selection of cover crop seeds, including their all purpose garden cover crop mix: their most popular cover crop seeds for home gardeners. Order Online at TrueLeafMarket.com, use promo code FH15 to save 15% on cover crop seeds.   Sambucol Sambucol is made from premium European black elderberries which are natural sources of powerful antioxidants and key vitamins like A, C, and E. They really are Nature's superberries and help support a healthy immune system! They have syrups, gummies, chewable tablets, drink powders, capsules, and more. All of their products are vegan - except their throat lozenges which contain honey – they are all gluten free, dairy free, nut and soy free, with no artificial colors or flavors. Use my code FOODHEALS15 at SambucolUSA.com to get 15% off your order of $9.99 or more.   Just Thrive Health Probiotics  A Proven, Potent and Effective Spore Probiotic to Help You Be Your Healthier You. Guarantees survivability through the stomach & upper digestive system. Just Thrive's breakthrough, award-winning probiotic contains the proprietary strain, Bacillus Indicus HU36®, which produces antioxidants directly in the digestive system where they can be best absorbed by your body. Go to www.justhrivehealth.com, use the coupon codefoodheals15, get 15% off your first order, and add a spore-based probiotic to your healing and detox routine today. Organifi Organifi, is a line of organic superfood blends that offers plant based nutrition made with high quality ingredients. Organifi takes pride in offering the best tasting superfood products on the market at a price that works out to less than $3 a day. You can experience Organifi's high quality superfoods without breaking the bank. Go to www.organifi.com/foodheals and use code foodheals for 20% off your order.    

Our old buddy Omar Zenhome from the (Top 200 in the universe) $100 MBA Podcast is on the show.  After catching up from a 5 year absence, we are all over the place with golden business gems!  This is a true “Solopreneur Hour” show with a great conversation and great life and biz advice all […]

This is part 1 of a 3 part series about how to hire independent contractors to help you grow your business. In this episode of The Solopreneur Hustle Podcast, Nia Lewis shares how to create systems and develop realistic expectations to support independent contractors you hire to build your team. > STAY CONNECTED   Website | http://www.thesolopreneurhustle.comInstagram | @SoloprenuerHustle  Email | hello@thesolopreneurhustle.com > EMAIL NEWSLETTERDownload this free marketing ebook: https://mailchi.mp/3e2ad2830476/marketingebook> Subscribe to Nia on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzlCl9xBXGlyoATwat6Ebpg?view_as=subscribergood podcasts for entrepreneurs, female founder podcasts, top podcasts for female entrepreneurs, top podcasts entrepreneurs, solopreneur hour, best entrepreneur podcasts, solopreneur hour podcast, solopreneur podcast, best female business podcasts, entrepreneurs on fire business podcast, top startup podcasts, the solopreneur hustle, solopreneur hustle, women empowerment, women empowerment podcast, best podcasts for female entrepreneurs, the serial entrepreneur, podcast female entrepreneurs, good entrepreneur podcasts, the solopreneur hour, entrepreneurs on fire business podcast, empowering women entrepreneurs, empowering solopreneurs 

This week, our solopreneur guest is Diane Randall. Diane is a whole living consultant, meaning she helps boss women like us live healthy lives from the inside out. Diane is passionate about leading wellness conversations around life balance, mental wellness, self-care, self-realization, plant-based nutrition, and whole life wellness. In this episode, Diane will share health and wellness tips we can use to reduce stress and bring harmonious balance to our lives. > STAY CONNECTED   Website | http://www.thesolopreneurhustle.comInstagram | @SoloprenuerHustle  Email | hello@thesolopreneurhustle.com > EMAIL NEWSLETTERDownload this free marketing ebook: https://mailchi.mp/3e2ad2830476/marketingebook> Subscribe to Nia on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzlCl9xBXGlyoATwat6Ebpg?view_as=subscribergood podcasts for entrepreneurs, female founder podcasts, top podcasts for female entrepreneurs, top podcasts entrepreneurs, solopreneur hour, best entrepreneur podcasts, solopreneur hour podcast, solopreneur podcast, best female business podcasts, entrepreneurs on fire business podcast, top startup podcasts, the solopreneur hustle, solopreneur hustle, women empowerment, women empowerment podcast, best podcasts for female entrepreneurs, the serial entrepreneur, podcast female entrepreneurs, good entrepreneur podcasts, the solopreneur hour, entrepreneurs on fire business podcast

On the show today, I want to give you a few podcast examples that will help you in various areas of your show. These are podcasts that I feel do many things well that you can model. We will also talk about a few of my past episodes. After over 330 podcast episodes, you and I have discussed quite a few topics. I looked at my stats the other day and pulled up my 6 most popular shows. If you are looking for the episodes that have had the most impact, you can give these a listen to help you on your podcast journey as well. You can find a link to all of these podcasts in the show notes at www.PodcastTalentCoach.com/examples. THE BEST Picking the best is always subjective. What I like you may not. That's the great thing about podcasting. If you don't like one host or show, you can probably find a dozen other shows on the same subject. The quality of podcast examples depends on the niche and your tastes. Just like radio formats. One size definitely does NOT fit all. I will give you a few that I feel do well in particular areas. You can take a listen and decide for yourself. INTERVIEWS In terms of hosts that conduct solid interviewers, there are three that I really like. Malcolm Gladwell on Broken Record does great interviews, though he isn't the only host of the show. The show is sort of album liner notes come to life. Broken Record brings you conversations with artists in a world without liner notes for a new audience of music lovers. Michael O'Neal on the Solopreneur Hour podcast is a great interviewer. He creates real conversations. They can sometimes be a bit long. Solopreneur Hour is a podcast of lively conversations, candid insights and bold advice for proudly unemployable people who are primed for real prosperity and fulfillment. Michael talks with the best and brightest solopreneurs from all walks of life. Barbara Corcoran has a lot of fun with her inteviews on Business Unusual. You know Barbara from Shark Tank. She reminds me of my mom and has tons of fun. I really like the older episodes before COVID hit. Her conversations with listeners were a lot more engaging. In the description, Barbara says, "Life is too short to waste your time practicing someone else's fancy theory on success. I give you the straight talk and the confidence to get there." Though I'm not a big fan, Howard Stern does amazing interviews. He usually asks exactly what the listener is thinking. CO-HOSTS When it comes to co-hosts, you need to ensure hosts have different personalities and opinions. If both are the same, one of them isn't necessary. Matthew and Elysha Dicks host Speak Up Storytelling podcast. This is a great example of co-hosts who compliment each other quite well. Unlike most storytelling podcasts, which offer you one or more outstanding stories to listen to and enjoy, this podcast seeks to entertain while also providing some specific, actionable lessons on storytelling. Screw The Nine To Five podcast is hosted by husband and wife team of Jill and Josh Stanton. They are real, sometime brash and always funny. This is a great example of two personalities really playing off each other. They have the same goal, but different approaches. BUSINESS Shane Sams on the Flipped Lifestyle podcast does a great job at giving you ideas you can actually use. This isn't just tips and tricks found on the internet. Shane has done it. The thing I love about Shane's podcast is that he promotes his membership site and courses without being over-the-top salesy. This is a great example of using your show to drive your business without being a total infomercial. Marc Mawhinney hosts the Natural Born Coaches podcast. He helps coaches. Pretty obvious. Love the title. Marc uses his podcast to boost his JV relationships. He is typically interviewing experts in the online space. They provide great information. At the end of most episodes, they invite you to a webinar. This is a great example of leveraging interviews to drive revenue. SOLO One of the best solo shows I listen to is 48 Days To The Work You Love with Dan Miller. Dan spends 48 minutes every week answering questions. He is engaging and captivating having a conversation directly with you while doing it all on his own. Dave Jackson over at School of Podcasting also does a solid solo show. Carrying a show by yourself and connecting with the listener isn't easy. Dave does it every week. If you're looking for another great show about podcasting, check out Dave. Let's get into the six most popular episodes of Podcast Talent Coach. YOUR VOICE The first is Like Your Voice – PTC223. "I hate the way I sound." I hear that complaint quite often. Many people do not like the sound of their own voice. It is quite common. It is also quite natural to dislike the sound of you own voice when hearing a recorded version of it. When you talk, the bones in your head vibrate adding to the qualities you naturally hear. When you hear a recording of your voice, those vibrations are absent causing your voice to sound different to you. The natural bone vibrations also make you do some unnecessary acrobatics with your voice when using headphones. The bone vibrations combined with the enclosed nature of your headphones cause you to hear the big announcer voice in a much different way the listener hears it. You tend to speak in ways you don't normally speak in everyday conversation. The thing we fear most is not death but humiliation. Listeners can tell in the first few words if you are excited and in the zone. Your inner critic never congratulates you. There are seven steps you can take to make your voice sound more natural and get you on the path to enjoying the sound of your voice. You will discover all seven in this episode. DOWNLOADS The next is How To Increase Your Downloads – PTC209. Most of us want to grow our audience, increase downloads and become more influential in our niche. I recently conducted a survey asking about your biggest challenges with regard to your podcast. The most frequent response revolved around ways to increase podcast downloads. If you were to list your top three struggles with your show, would one hurdle you list be getting more listeners and engagement? When podcasters reach out to me for their free strategy session, I ask them how I might help with their podcast. Promoting the show, gaining listeners and increasing podcast downloads is most always part of the answer. You are not alone. We all want a bigger audience. Whether you have 100 listeners or 10,000 listeners, I'm sure you would like a few more. There are 6 steps to growing your audience. You can hear it in episode 209. YOU'RE AN EXPERT Next is 3 Ways To Position Yourself As An Expert – PTC227. Once when I was grabbing a quick bite to eat at the local fast food restaurant, I was reminded we are all an expert at something to someone. After ordering my food, I pulled up to the drive thru window of the fast food restaurant to pay. My total came to $4.38. I handed the kid in the window $5.38. The amount completely puzzled him. He looked at the currency for quite some time. I was beginning to think he didn't realize I needed change. After what seemed like two minutes, he looked around for his manager. When he realized his manager was helping another customer, he looked back at the money trying to devise a plan B. The kid finally stuck his head into the window and asked, "Are you good at math?" I said, "The total was $4.38, right?" He replied with, "Yeah." I said, "You owe me a dollar." "Oh, that's what I thought," he replied with relief as he ducked to the register to retrieve my dollar. At that point, I realized we are all an expert to somebody. Even people who do not normally deal in American currency could probably guess that $5.38 minus $4.38 equals $1. To this kid, I looked like a genius. You may not feel you are an expert in your niche, because you don't have the experience or success equal to others. Just realize you have more experience than the beginner. You are always a few steps ahead of someone else. If you think about where you were two years ago, you are much more experienced than a person in that position now. Help those folks make the two-year journey to get to the point where you are now. There are 3 Ways To Become An Expert In Your field. We discuss them in episode 227. LAUNCH The next episode is What Do You Need To Start A Podcast – PTC248. It seems so overwhelming. Launching a podcast looks so technical and confusing. What do you need to start a podcast? It really is much easier than it appears. You can truly have a show up and running in four weeks. When I was launching my podcast, I had been in radio for a couple decades. I knew how to create a great show. What I didn't know was how to get it on the internet, on Apple Podcasts and out to the world. I knew how to create an .mp3, but how do I make that .mp3 an actual podcast? I watched a ton of YouTube videos. It felt like the more I watched, the more confused I became. It seemed everyone had their opinions without a real "right" answer. I had almost too many options. Which were the best? In episode 248, we cover the six easy steps to follow to get your podcast up and running. Don't overthink it. Done is much better than working for perfection. ATTENTION The next most popular episode of Podcast Talent Coach is How To Capture Attention – PTC219. Have you noticed a lot of the business interview podcasts sound the same? We are hearing the same guests answer the same questions time and time again. How do you become unique in this sea of sameness? Storytelling can transform your podcast. I was on a coaching call with Arman the other day. He is a great public speaker who is launching a podcast to compliment his business. Arman has a knack for telling stories in his speeches. His past life experiences create compelling tales. We were discussing the power of stories in his show. There is a subtle difference between telling stories in a speech and telling stories in a podcast. During a speech, few people will get up and leave if you don't hold their attention. While listening to a podcast, if you are captivating, there is a good chance your listener will go find something else to enjoy. There is no guilt in turning you off. Therefore, you need to capture their attention right out of the box and hold it. Stories can be a powerful tool with your podcast. People do business with people they know, like and trust. Stories help you develop that knowledge, likability and trust. Your stories define you and will touch many more people. The stories you tell and the details you include reveal many things about you. That begins to develop that like and trust. Stories help you connect, motivate and inspire. There are four parts to the storytelling structure. We cover those in episode 219. COACHING The episode that was the most popular for the longest time is Behind The Scenes Of A Podcast Coaching Session – PTC204. Dave Jackson and I reviewed the Jeep Talk Show on the Podcast Review Show. Tony Muckleroy, one of the hosts of the show, reached out to me for a follow up review. On this episode, I take you behind the scenes of that coaching session to show you how things work. It is my hope there are a few things in this session that might help you improve your show. Tony hosts the Jeep Talk Show with his two co-hosts Josh and Tammy. They started the podcast about 8 years ago. The primary reason Tony reached out for coaching is audience growth. Their show has plateaued around 1,700 downloads a month. Tony is hoping to discover how they might increase their audience and grow the show. During our coaching session, Tony and I discuss the points Dave Jackson and I made on the Podcast Review Show, the progress the hosts have made toward those points and where they might go from here. Jeep Talk Show has some passionate followers. The team posted our coaching session as an episode of their podcast. It is Tony's hope that sharing the session with his audience might get listeners to provide the show with additional feedback. This episode features the coaching session with Tony and his show. It was episode 204. LISTEN There you go. 15 different episodes that you can check out and use to overcome some of your struggles. If you don't have a mentor who can take your hand and walk you every step of the way, go to www.PodcastTalentCoach.com/apply, click the button and apply to have a chat with me. We will develop your plan and see how I can help and support you to achieve your podcast goals.

Today we've got the Founder of Launch Lab and Growth Lab. The host of the Solopreneur Hour Podcast that has over 10M downloads, Michael O'Neal. Originally from Ohio, he was a designer, creative director, and branding expert for over 15 years before he began podcasting. In this episode, we get into why you should embrace the SUCK. Michael explains why podcasters and those putting out content have a real responsibility to anybody that's listening and talking in their content. Michael also leaves us with two helpful tips and one of them will only take you 15 minutes a day to make real change. Check it out! [00:01 – 02:58] Opening Segment I introduce our guest, Michael O'Neal I briefly talk about the great values that await you in this episode Connect with our guest. See links below. [02:59 – 12:48] Michael's learning journey and Embracing the Suck Michael talks about how his learning changed from his early years vs today Embracing the Suck Michael talks about his mentors and the masterminds he's been in How masterminds helped Michael in resetting and getting himself unstuck Finding a coach that you relate to in the way you like to learn [12:49 – 28:37] Self-Education, The Solopreneur hour, The Responsibilities of Podcasters Michael shares his thoughts about Self-education and Traditional Education There's so much more opportunity to learn remotely What people can expect when they enter Michael's reality I will help you identify your essence and put you on the map to the right people  The responsibilities of podcasters/Content Creators/Masterminds Success stories from people who joined his mastermind/group/event [28:38 – 47:50] Creating Success and Tips to Take to Make Real Change A key ingredient/attribute to being successful Patience Exciting things in store for the next 12 months Using a series shortcut to connect different apps on your iPhone Tips/Tactics Actionable Items Figure out the music or whatever you need to focus Devote 15 minutes a day to whatever you want to accomplish Final Thoughts Tweetable Quotes: “Don't prioritize your schedule, schedule your priorities.” - Michael O'Neal “Over anything else in the world, consistency is the most important thing.” - Michael O'Neal “To embrace the suck of the moment, and just understand that, “I'm not gonna be very good at this from the beginning, It's going to take me a while”, is the most important lesson to learn as a burgeoning entrepreneur.” - Michael O'Neal “When you're putting content out to the world. However you're doing it, there's a responsibility that goes along with it.” - Michael O'Neal Resources Mentioned: https://solopreneurhour.com/ (The Solopreneur Hour Podcast) https://www.amazon.com/Think-Grow-Rich-Landmark-Bestseller/dp/1585424331 (Think and Grow Rich) - Napoleon Hill Connect with Michael, visit https://solopreneurhour.com/ (https://solopreneurhour.com/). Follow him and The Solopreneur Hour on http://facebook.com/groups/solohour (Instagram), https://twitter.com/solohour (Twitter), and http://facebook.com/groups/solohour (Facebook). Check out Michael's courses: http://www.artoftheinterview.co/courses/aoi (The Art of The Interview) http://conferencetopia.com/ (Conferencetopia) Be one of the first adopters of The Success Finder when it releases! Email me at brandon@thesuccessfinder.com You can connect with me, Brandon Straza, onhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/brandonstraza/ ( LinkedIn),https://www.instagram.com/brandonstraza/ ( Instagram), or send me an email athttps://my.captivate.fm/brandon@thesuccessfinder.com ( brandon@thesuccessfinder.com). I'd love to get in touch and talk more about personal development and how you can live past beyond your limits.

Interview jitters got you anxious for your next show? Cue the confidence and learn how to ask the right questions the right way–for you and your guest. This episode is a snippet from WAP 2017 featuring Michael O'Neal, host of The Solopreneur Hour podcast. Leading your guests into their best stories and enlightening wisdom can be a daunting task. That's why Michael breaks down exactly what to think about before going into an interview. Learn how to improve the art of your interview by asking the right questions and taking control of your show with Michael's advice. || LINKS || solopreneurhour.com/?r_done=1 | Full Show Notes - mustamplify.com/should-i-start-a-podcast/

Interview jitters got you anxious for your next show? Cue the confidence and learn how to ask the right questions the right way–for you and your guest. On This Episode Of Should I Start A Podcast…. Michael O’Neal maintains the mindset of a professional. This episode is a snippet from WAP 2017 featuring Michael O’Neal, host of The Solopreneur Hour ... Read More The post 265. The Art of The Interview with Michael O’Neal appeared first on Must Amplify.

John Lee Dumas is the founder and host of the award-winning podcast, Entrepreneurs on Fire. He’s interviewed thousands of entrepreneurs, including Tony Robbins, Seth Godin, Gary Vaynerchuk, Barbara Corcoran, Tim Ferriss, and many more. So I’m excited to find out more about what he’s learnt through these interviews. This episode is sponsored by LinkedIn Jobs. When your business is ready to make that next hire, LinkedIn Jobs can help by matching your role with qualified candidates so that you can find the right person quickly. You can pay what you want and get the first $50 off. Just visit https://linkedin.com/timecrafting (linkedin.com/timecrafting) to get fifty dollars off your first job post. Terms and conditions apply.This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. BetterHelp offers you access to your own licensed professional therapist – all from the comfort of wherever you are. You can arrange weekly video chats or phone calls, text with your carefully curated counsellor, and do so at an affordable price. And anything you share is confidential. I’ve been using BetterHelp for a while and I am highly impressed. It’s been a huge help for me and I know it can be the same for you. Start living a happier life today with BetterHelp. As a listener, you’ll get 10% off your first month by visiting https://betterhelp.com/timecrafting (betterhelp.com/timecrafting). Give BetterHelp a try today.In the run up to the launch of his new book, The Common Path to Uncommon Success: A Roadmap to Financial Freedom and Fulfillment, I wanted to find out what you can do to stay ahead of the game. Listen to find out more about producing a daily podcast, how JLD themes his days, keeping the money you make – and butchering Jim Carrey’s commencement speech. Talking Points How to follow a path without being constrained by it (2:33) Understanding the difference between simple and easy (3:53) Implementing practical exercises in JLD’s new book (8:53) The podcasts that inspired JLD to launch his own show (11:08) Having a mentor for any area of life (20:32) JLD’s tactics to help you avoid burnout (24:25) After Action Reviews and backwards planning (28:31) The FOCUS acronym (32:50) Quote "Choose your hard."Helpful Links https://uncommonsuccessbook.com/ (UncommonSuccessBook.com) (GET YOUR PRE-ORDER BONUSES BEFORE 3/23!) https://productivityist.com/podcast343/ (Episode 343: Consistency Over Authenticity with Seth Godin) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V80-gPkpH6M (Jim Carrey's Commencement Address at the 2014 MUM Graduation) https://www.richroll.com/podcast/jedidiah-jenkins-582/ (Jedidiah Jenkins on the Rich Roll Podcast) https://solopreneurhour.com/category/guests/john-lee-dumas/ (John Lee Dumas on the Solopreneur Hour) https://www.smartpassiveincome.com/listen/ (Smart Passive Income Podcast) https://mixergy.com/ (Mixergy) https://therisetothetop.com/podcast/ (Rise To The Top) https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510289/planet-money (Planet Money) https://freakonomics.com/archive/ (Freakonomics) https://productivityist.com/podcast351/ (Episode 351: Eating Frogs with Brian Tracy) https://productivityist.com/podcast264/ (Episode 264: How to Build Yourself More Time with Jaime Masters) https://productivityist.com/the-productivityist-podcast-episode-15-with-jaime-tardy/ (Episode 15: Jaime Tardy) https://productivityist.com/podcast289/ (Episode 289: The Vision Driven Leader with Michael Hyatt) https://productivityist.com/podcast239/ (Episode 239: Free to Focus with Michael Hyatt) Want to discover some of the books mentioned on the podcast? https://www.scribd.com/g/9a8d8 (Check out Scribd, my reading app of choice.) Podcast Theme Song: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/eFDGyraN87 (Nothing at All by Fictions (courtesy of Epidemic Sound)) If you enjoyed the episode, please leave a rating and/or review wherever you listened to the episode. And if you want to have easy access to the archives of the show and ensure you don't miss the new episodes to...

Michael O’Neal is the host of ‘The Solopreneur Hour’, an audio podcast that co-hosts with the best and brightest solopreneurs from all walks of life, including network marketing, internet marketing, music, fitness, actors, comedians, and more. Before that he was a designer, creative director, and branding expert for over 15 years. Wow! In this interview, we'll learn more about his amazing journey. Join the Weekly Influencer Meetup Community: https://weeklyinfluencermeetup.com Follow Michael: https://www.instagram.com/solohour/ https://twitter.com/solohour Visit: https://whyinfluence.com/ Support the Channel through Affiliate Links: https://www.tubebuddy.com/account/freetrial?a=Influencers https://streamyard.com?pal=6618293747056640 http://www.riverside.fm/?via=influencer Join me on other platforms: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-segal/ https://instagram.com/whyinfluence https://www.twitch.tv/whyinfluence CONSIDER SUBSCRIBING IF YOU'RE NEW HERE!

Michael O'Neal of the Solopreneur Hour talks about how to be a great interviewer/podcast host, his worst podcast guest experiences, and his 7 must-read books for entrepreneurs.

Michael O'Neal of the Solopreneur Hour talks about how to be a great interviewer/podcast host, his worst podcast guest experiences, and his 7 must-read books for entrepreneurs.

The guys are LIVE @ FIVE trading stories from the week. Tory sold a project car and J was on both The Smoking Tire and Solopreneur Hour podcasts, plus internet rabbit-holes like reddit, 4chan and the dark-web. Thanks for watching Late Night Playset, brought to you by St Clair Insurance: www.coverageforyourtoys.com For Hunziker masks: www.shophunziker.com

My next guest is Michael O'Neal. He spent 15 years as a designer and a branding guy, then he started doing social media and podcasting consulting, and in 2013, he started a Podcast called The Solopreneur Hour with the best tag line – Job Security for the Unemployable.  He's had over 10 million downloads to date. That's pretty good.   Through his show and his coaching work, he helps people find a path to business success on their own terms.  He can help you create a successful business you can run in our underwear, and with all that is going on in the world economy right now, that could come in pretty handy.    More about Michael and his work at: https://solohour.com

Erin Cell is a social media strategist, consultant & speaker who is passionate about helping businesses understand the power of social media. She has helped thousands of business owners, entrepreneurs, and executives improve their online presence while saving them time and money. Featured on Entrepreneur on Fire, Solopreneur Hour, and other premier podcasts, Erin is a featured contributor to SocialMediaExaminer.com, the world’s largest online social media publication. As the creator of Social Media Day Denver, Erin has brought together hundreds of business owners and entrepreneurs to discover how social media can propel their business to new heights. She speaks regularly about the importance of social media & live video for business. She has shared the stage with Kevin Harrington, Joel Comm, John Lee Dumas, Kim Garst, Brian Fanzo, and Andrea Vahl, amongst others. Erin holds a B.A. in Marketing and Management from Washburn University, Topeka, KS and a M.B.A in Marketing from the University of Phoenix.LINKS: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sociallypoweredTwitter: https://twitter.com/SociallyPoweredGoogle+: https://plus.google.com/+SociallyPoweredDenverLinkedIn (personal): https://www.linkedin.com/in/erincell/YouTube:  http://www.youtube.com/c/SociallyPoweredDenverInstagram: https://instagram.com/sociallypowered/Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/sociallypowered/Support us on Patreon: http://www.Patreon.com/12minconvosListen to another #12minconvo

If you’re a podcaster or podcast lover, there’s a 90% chance you know who the legendary Michael O’Neal is! Michael O’Neal has been in the podcast game for a while now and has over 800 episodes recorded and over 15 million downloads for his awesome podcast show “The Solopreneur Hour.” He even helped the Pittsburgh Steeler Great-Wide Receiver, Hines Ward, start his podcast! Not only is Michael a talented podcaster, but more so a down to earth and real-authentic person…the kind of peeps we like to hang with

Michael O'Neal is the host of the Solopreneur Hour Podcast, and Thom Singer calls him the "Godfather" of his "Cool Things Entrepreneurs Do" podcast.  Thom was a big fan of Michael's show long before he ever thought of starting his own podcast, and turned to Michael for a lot of tips, tricks, and guidance in 2014 when he was launching this program.   Episode 527 is Micheal O'Neal's third time as a guest on CTED.  In this episode they talk about how Michael is learning about YouTube and the things he is doing with his YouTube Channel. If you want to grow your exposure on YouTube, listen to this episode... but follow up by doing some more research on Michael O'Neal - as he has several ideas he has shared on his podcast, YouTube, and other places on ways you can get more views, etc....   About Michael O'Neal's Solopreneur Hour     The Solopreneur Hour is an audio podcast hosted by Michael O’Neal that co-hosts with the best and brightest solopreneurs from all walks of life, including network marketing, internet marketing, music, fitness, actors, comedians, and more.  These people are not only standouts in their industries, but they’ve put an entrepreneurial spin and “zagged” while everyone else zigged.  Our mission is to take you through their journey, give you actionable steps and actions to help you with your ventures, and inspire you to take massive action.   Hopefully we’ll have a few laughs along the way.   We share practical steps and tools, including books, smartphone apps, websites, training courses, strategies and stories that will support you every step of the way.   Instead of giving the same interview you’ve heard 100 times, we invite our guests to be co-hosts, and have a casual but insightful conversation about success, just like you would at a restaurant or a bar.  It’s that down-to-earth, practical conversation that lets our listeners know that we are all the same…just at different places on the timeline.   https://thomsinger.com/michael-ONeal-3  

Michael O’Neal has been doing the Solopreneur Hour podcasts since 2013 and he has a youtube channel on productivity. On top of that, he also has a video channel with DIY Tips and Gear for porsche geeks! He says, “you gotta first bring an audience to a place and once you have your audience there are a bunch of things you can do to monetize”. Listen in today to hear his top tips for solopreneurs when monetizing their podcasts and content.To hear the full podcast, head on over to Spotify, iTunes or any other pod player to listen to the full podcast!LINKS & RESOURCESThe Solopreneur Hour Podcast (use this link to listen to Michaels latest podcasts)Top Siri Shortcuts Meets Trello (to listen to Michaels productivity hack using Siri)Michael's Website (read more about Michael O’Neal here)Michael’s Instagram (connect with Michael on Instagram)LinkedIn (or if your prefer, connect with Michael on LinkedIn)Rennch (use this link to see Michaels DIY Tips and Gear for porsche geeks)Lead Magnets Built by VAs (click here to read my blog on working with VAs to build lead magnets)Online Workshop Course (Register for my online course where you’ll learn step by step how to build your virtual assistant team) ROI Calculator (Use this quick tool to see how much you will save by hiring a virtual assistant)FREE Guide (In this guide, I offer a few suggestions on easy tasks to outsource and a canned template to instruct your VA how to do the task)FREE Worksheets (these will help you to uncover objective tasks to outsource to VA’s)Job Description & KPI TemplatesUncover Tasks to Delegate to VA’s!Facebook Group (Join the group to tune in on Facebook live broadcasts and more) ASK SwagSam ANYTHING: Email is Sam@CloneYourselfU.com and you can book a FREE Strategy call with me by going to Calendly.com/CLONE.THANK YOU!To Gettin Goin,Sam AKA SwagSamPS: WORKSHOP COURSE - Learn how to work less, make more and play more by building your virtual assistant team! Are you ready for my full blown process? Are you ready to take the leap and actually get the transformation you know you need? If you’re ready to learn my step-by-step process on how to scale your business by working with VA’s, then you’ll want to join the online course!Forget about the overwhelm, in this workshop I’ll be guiding you every step of the way to ensure you have success and can begin to breathe again. Learn more by checking it out on the link here.

Michael O’ Neal is a multi-faced entrepreneur who is a podcaster, speaker, coach, YouTuber and drummer. In this episode, Michael and Allison discuss their shared experience of losing both their parents (and their dogs) way too young. Hear the heartwarming stories of how Michael’s dad passed after winning a jeopardy question and how Alli’s passed at a cookout his him with a cigar in his hand. And how these tragedies profoundly affected both of their lives. Our Favorite Moments: Michael coaches Alli on how to be a better podcaster What not to do after someone passes away The most unselfish way to help someone who is experiencing a loss Why it’s imperative to record your parents stories now How to say yes opportunities that scare you The difference between average people and extraordinary people ABOUT MICHAEL: While the word unemployable might strike fear in the hearts of some, Micheal reframes it to be “Proudly” unemployable meaning to take your skills, hobbies, and passions and turn them into a thriving business you can scale in your underwear. On his award-winning show, The Solopreneur Hour, Michael O'Neal chats with other unemployable icons and successful gamechangers to learn how to take your skills and hobbies and turn them into a business. Nominated As "Best New Show of 2013" by Stitcher Radio, his guests range in professions from comedy, to acting, to the NFL, to UFC and MMA, to Top Music Stars, to Millionaires, to Business Experts, to Real Estate moguls, and everything in between. Guests like James Altucher, Adam Carolla, Hines Ward, Sam Jones, Tucker Max, Jonathan Fields, Derek Halpern, Pat Flynn, Amy Porterfield, John Lee Dumas, Chris Ducker, Chris Brogan, Guy Kawasaki, Mike Johnston, Rich Franklin, Jack Canfield, Michael Gerber, and many more, these casual conversations contain tons of action-inducing content wrapped up in an entertaining candy shell. Follow Michael at www.SoloHour.com.

Today we are joined by Michael O’Neal. Michael is a branding expert and host of the highly successful Solopreneur Hour podcast, which has over 10 million downloads, as of 2019. He is a car guru, specifically vintage porches, and recently started a new brand to support that hobby called Rennch. He has created 5 hit shows, and has interviewed major celebrities to include Charles Barkeley, Adam Carolla, James Altucher, Hines Ward, and many more. How to Connect with Michael: Twitter: @Solohour Instagram:@Solohour Facebook: @Solohour How to Support Michael: Subscribe to the Rennch YouTube channel and check out his course The Art of the Interview. My Book Recommendation: The $100 Startup, by Chris Guillebeau If you would like weekly summaries with TGI hacks from each episode, sign up here. If you liked this episode, please let me know on Twitter. Feel free to join our community on Facebook here. Thank you for listening to the Traction Growth & Income podcast. If you haven’t done so already, I would sincerely appreciate a quick rating and review on iTunes! It really helps grow awareness for the show.  If you’re a creative wanting to make money from your craft, be sure to check out Stagepass today in order to let your audience support you by creating experiences for auction.

Writing through chronic illness and other challenges, with Karen Lock KolpThis writing thing often feels hard. A common text among the three of us (Jess, Sarina and KJ) goes like this: OW OW OW OWOWOWOW. Our brains hurt. But for this week’s guest, Karen Lock Kolp, it’s more than that. Because of a rare tendon condition, Karen does all her writing and online work—and we do mean all—using her voice. That means that when it comes to both dictation and writing through big challenges, she’s a pro, and her advice in this episode was solid gold on both counts.Episode links and a transcript follow—but first, a preview of the #WritersTopFive that will be dropping into #AmWriting supporter inboxes on Monday, September 2, 2019: Top 5 Things to Remember When Writing is REALLY Hard. Not joined that club yet? You’ll want to get on that. Support the podcast you love AND get weekly #WriterTopFives with actionable advice you can use for just $7 a month. As always, this episode (and every episode) will appear for all subscribers in your usual podcast listening places, totally free as the #AmWriting Podcast has always been. This shownotes email is free, too, so please—forward it to a friend, and if you haven’t already, join our email list and be on top of it with the shownotes and a transcript every time there’s a new episode. To support the podcast and help it stay free, subscribe to our weekly #WritersTopFive email.LINKS FROM THE PODCASTThe Solopreneur Hour with Michael O'Neal Joanna Penn's The Creative PennKaren's Dictation Software Choices: Dragon Dictation, Chrome Browser, Dragon's Transcription Button.MouseGrid video on YouTube: How to Use the Dragon MouseGrid (as it turns out, it’s focused on navigating in Facebook with Dragon, but still a great video)It's a Long Way to the Top, AC/DC#AmReading (Watching, Listening)Karen: Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men, Caroline Criado PerezThe Purloined Paperweight, P.G. Wodehouse Grown-Up Anger: The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913, Daniel WolffKJ: The Bookish Life of Nina Hill, Abbi WaxmanJess: God Land: A Story of Faith, Loss, and Renewal in Middle America, Lyz Lenz (Hear Lyz on the podcast here.) #FaveIndieBookstoreJeff Kinney's An UnLikely Story in Plainville, MAKaren Lock Kolp is the author of Positive Discipline Ninja Tactics: Key Tools to Handle Every Temper Tantrum, Keep Your Cool, and Enjoy Life with Your Young Child and 10 Secrets Happy Parents Know: How to Stop the Chaos, Bring Out Your Child’s Good Behavior, and Truly Enjoy Family Time (Your Child Explained). Find out more at Karen's website: We Turned Out Okay. Listen to her podcast here. Her popular episode Positive Discipline Ninja Tactics is here. This episode was sponsored by Author Accelerator, the book coaching program that helps you get your work DONE. Visit https://www.authoraccelerator.com/amwritingfor details, special offers and Jennie Nash’s Inside-Outline template.Find more about Jess here, and about KJ here.If you enjoyed this episode, we suggest you check out Marginally, a podcast about writing, work and friendship.Transcript (We use an AI service for transcription, and while we do clean it up a bit, some errors are the price of admission here. We hope it’s still helpful.)KJ:                                00:01                Howdy writers and listeners. August is basically over. September is here and this is the very last time I can invite you to join us in Bar Harbor, Maine for the Find Your Book, Find Your Mojo retreat from September 12th through 15th of 2019. It's a fantastic chance to get some one on one time for your project with me or Author Accelerator founder Jenny Nash, and then dig in with all your might in a gorgeous setting surrounded by your fellow #AmWriting word nerds, including Serena Bowen, who's going to talk about indie versus traditional publishing. There will be bonding, there will be writing, and knitting and artistic renderings of words of the year and all kinds of festivities and I for one can't wait. Find all the details@authoraccelerator.com/am writing.KJ:                                00:55                Go ahead. This is the part where I stare blankly at the microphone and try to remember what I was supposed to be doing.Jess:                             00:59                All right, let's start over.KJ:                                01:01                Awkward pause. I'm going to rustle some papers.Jess:                             01:04                Okay.KJ:                                01:04                Now one, two, three. Hey, I'm KJ Dell'Antonia.Jess:                             01:13                And I'm Jess Lahey.KJ:                                01:15                And this is #AmWriting with Jess and KJ. #AmWriting is our weekly podcast about all things writing, be they fiction, nonfiction, some bizarre intertwined creation, short stories, proposals, essays, long pieces, short pieces. And most of all, the one thing we always are is the podcast about getting the work done.Jess:                             01:46                And I'm Jess Lahey. I'm the author of the Gift of Failure and a forthcoming book about preventing substance abuse in kids. And you can find my work at the New York Times and the Washington Post and recently at Air Mail, which is a new venture by Graydon Carter of Vanity Fair. And that was kind of fun to write for someone new.KJ:                                02:06                I am KJ Dell'Antonia. I'm the author of How To Be a Happier Parent and the former lead editor and writer of the Motherlode blog at the New York Times where I am still a contributor. I'm having a freelancing break while I work on what will be my second novel and my first novel, The Chicken Sisters will be out next year.Jess:                             02:24                So exciting.KJ:                                02:26                That's who we are. That's why you should listen to us. Today, we have a guest that I think you are also going to want to listen to. I want to welcome Karen Lock Kolp. She is a child development expert and a parenting coach with a podcast, a thriving online community, and she is the independently published author of 10 Secrets Happy Parents Know. But we are not going to talk about anything parenty because what we are gonna talk about is getting all that work done because Karen is also a woman who lives with chronic illness. She has a tendon disorder that she'll describe to you later, but it has made her an expert in the use of her voice, both as a podcaster and in dictating her writing, which I know you're all going to want to hear about. And it's also made her an expert at keeping her butt in the chair sometimes whether she wants to or not, and getting her work done anyway, even when it's really, really hard. And that's why you're here. So thank you so much for joining us.Karen:                          03:28                Oh, thank you. It's really wonderful to be here. This is very exciting for me. Your podcast is one of my favorites. It is one of the few that survived my recent digital reset. Yours was one of the few that I brought back in because it's incredibly valuable.Jess:                             03:51                Oh, that's so nice. We survived a purge. That's so exciting.KJ:                                03:56                I purged lately too, although I partly purged just because I get so frustrated with the iTunes podcast app and switched and then once I switched I realized I hadn't brought everything with me and some of it I didn't miss.Jess:                             04:08                I had that moment where iTunes said, you seem to have not downloaded this in awhile. Do you still want to listen? And I thought about it and I said, well, no, actually I'm done.Karen:                          04:20                That's really cool. I did that.KJ:                                04:22                So Karen, so what I really want to talk about today is the specifics of writing with chronic illness, but also more on a general note, just the challenges of writing when it's hard. I think that we all have times when we feel like this is impossible and you have written through moments that I think most of us would define as actually impossible. So, start by telling us where you stand and how this started for you.Karen:                          04:56                Wow. It's, it's quite a story. So, actually first of all, I think I just want to say that I was well into writing my second book before I would dare to call myself a writer. So there's that as well. I was like, I'm a podcaster, I'm not a writer. You know what I mean?KJ:                                05:14                Yeah, no, we all have that. Yeah. I mean it's always, well, I wrote for the New York Times, but only online, you know Nobody, none of us thinks we're a real writer yet. Yeah, except maybe Salmon Rushdie, he thinks he's a real writer.Karen:                          05:34                Thinks he's a writer. Yeah, exactly. A real writer. I was midway through the second book and I was like, I said to somebody, Oh, I'm a writer. And I was like, wait a minute, I actually am a writer. I'm like, that's pretty cool. For me, it all started eight years ago, more than eight years ago now, I contracted a tendon disorder. And the way that I did it was I got a gastric disease called diverticulitis, which I would not wish on my worst enemy. And I took some (this is the nearest that my doctors and I can figure out) I took a really strong course of antibiotics to get rid of it. And they had a thing in them called fluoroquinolones. And since that started, since I went down this rabbit hole, it's been discovered that fluoroquinolones cause tendon problems largely in kids, but caused these problems anyway. And the rheumatologist told me, probably four or five years in that like I'm one of the lucky few who it stuck around for it. There's like a third of people who get this that they get it and get better right away. And then there's a third who sort of get it and it sticks around for a couple of years. And then I'm one of the ones who's, you know, it's gone on for a really long time.KJ:                                06:42                That's just annoying.Karen:                          06:45                I mean, isn't it?KJ:                                06:48                The truth is that in a single hand card game, odds don't matter and it’s either going to stay or it's not and if it stays those odds just make you mad.Karen:                          06:57                Yeah. And I, I, it took me a long time to get here, but I, I would say that what I've done is I've kind of gone through a real metamorphosis, you know, before I was a caterpillar and then this was my chrysalis and now I'm a butterfly. Like I truly understand the meaning of differently abled in a way I never, ever did before. For the first couple of years, the focus was really on my legs. I lost almost complete use of one leg in particular (my right leg) because of some of the tendons in it. And then there was a sort of very long rehab. But while I was going through that, I needed a wheelchair. Whenever I left the house it was a mess. And when that got better, then my thumb tendon started to go. And I'm still basically really still recovering from that. The legs are much better than the upper body. So all my writing is done online, and I do it with a speech recognition software. But, I want to even go further back than that, if it's okay.KJ:                                08:04                Yeah.Karen:                          08:05                Because I, the whole reason that I started to do anything is because I wanted, it sounds, it may sound silly, but I wanted to give a TED talk. I was, I remember watching TED talks and loving them and laughing at them. Like I couldn't move, I was stranded in a chair. And I remember thinking, you know what I could do, I could do a TED talk in a wheelchair. I want to do a TED talk. And so what, I, I haven't done one yet, I'm still hoping to, but this whole thing started because I was like, well, I want to do that. So my husband especially helped me try to figure out like, how could you do that, because at the same time as I wanted that I was also feeling incredibly useless and a total burden at home. We had two young kids and I couldn't be the house wife, and I couldn't be the cook. And I couldn't be the laundry and I couldn't be the chauffeur. So I really was feeling very down, like not quite suicidal, but if you got hit by a bus it wouldn't be a problem kind of thing. I had to learn first that there is value in me even if I can't use my hands or my legs. Once I learned that, my family was like, we need you, we need you to be the brains, which is how we define it around here. Then I could sort of look outwards from that. And that was when I really decided, I think I want to do a TED talk. And that has led to so much cool stuff. And even if it's not ever a TED talk, I'm so happy.KJ:                                09:33                Well, I mean, you know, it's kind of cool that it started from that, right? And, and it remains as a goal, but now you have, you know, you have so many other goals that you have achieved in the meantime.Karen:                          09:54                That's a very good thing to know. I mean, I, it's nice to have that validation, you know.KJ:                                10:01                Yeah.Karen:                          10:02                Thank you.KJ:                                10:02                I almost don't even know where to go from that, but so you've picked a topic and you took it from there. It's sort of hard to list all the things that you have, but you have this thriving online community, you have a coaching business, you have a lot going on now. What came first?Karen:                          10:28                So first came the podcast and that came about in a really interesting way too, because my husband wanted me to have an iPhone. So part of my problem, part of the hands per happened because I was doing too much texting on a phone that had those nine buttons, you know what I mean, where you'd have to like cycle through the number one to get to a and all those sorts of things. And that really blew up with the thumb tendons and my husband's like, okay, we're gonna get you an iPhone because it's playschool. You won't ever have to worry about like anything. You know, there's no, you don't have to choose between apps. Like it's just, it's there for you, there's no worries with an iPhone, which my family has since they've gotten Androids and there are times where they want to throw them out the window, you know what I mean? But I still have an iPhone because I need it. And that was when I really first discovered podcasts and one of my favorite podcasts was done by an entrepreneur who teaches other people how to start an online business. And I really wanted to start an online business.KJ:                                11:34                You need to name the podcast, by the way.Karen:                          11:37                Oh, that podcast is called The Solopreneur Hour podcast with Michael O'Neal. So I got into his podcast and I started trying to do something. I made a horrible, horrible website with my husband's help that I'm so glad it's gone, basically. Because I just needed to start and I knew I wanted to do something for parents of young children. I have a master's degree in early childhood education, I've got a bachelor's in human development and family relations, I've got nine years as a preschool teacher in an industry standard, state of the art, absolutely wonderful town-run preschool program. The town I grew up in actually. And I wanted to help parents cause I couldn't be in the classroom anymore, so maybe I could, you know, I could at least help them that way. So, I'm developing this pretty awful website and I'm doing it listening to Michael O'Neal's show. And I wrote to him at one point to basically say thank you because what he was doing was making me feel like I could do this, like this was attainable by me. And I explained my tendon condition and he read my letter on the air and he gifted me three months in his coaching program. I just want to take a moment to send up a silent thank you to him because I don't know what I would've done if I hadn't had him. But I mean, what, he's just a wonderful guy.KJ:                                13:08                Say a thank you to you because if you didn't reach out, do you know exactly when he would've come and knocked on your door if you hadn't written that letter? Never.Karen:                          13:17                Exactly.KJ:                                13:19                Yeah. You know, we often are like, yeah, I was really lucky because, but you made your luck.Karen:                          13:24                Yeah, that's very true. And I remember the feeling of like, this is really happening. Like, Oh my gosh. And his real jam, the thing he's really good at helping people figure out is what's your brand. And so we went through, as I said, he took one look at my goofy website that I had been working on and he was like, Oh, you know, this isn't going to fly. Yes, not this. Exactly. And then we spent, I would say probably a good part of those first three months coming up with the concept and the brand. And I, I will never forget the day after trying three or four, you know, names, when I said to him, you know, what I've been really thinking about and pushing around is the idea of a podcast called we turned out okay. And he was like, that's it. He goes, that's it. And then he goes, you know what your tagline is? It's the modern parent's guide to old school parenting. I was like, yes. And it was just so much fun. So the whole process was fun and like he made it fun and he made me feel like I could do this, you know? Whereas at home I was sort of getting a little bit of like, are you sure? Do you really want to take this on? This is a lot for somebody with, you know, with the conditions and the problems that you've got. And it was so motivating and such fun to be in that program, so I'm grateful to him. Very grateful.KJ:                                14:43                Well, and it's cool that it came about that he offered that to you, but this is also sort of a moment to recognize that getting some coaching can be super helpful. I think a lot of us are really reluctant to spend money on our dreams and, and also we have this feeling that if we were really capable, if we could really do it, we could do it on our own.Karen:                          15:08                Exactly.KJ:                                15:10                If I were a real writer, I wouldn't need an editor's help. If I were a real entrepreneur, I wouldn't need a coach to guide me through finding my brand. And that is, that's just, that's just not true. We all need to learn where we're going and getting in with an expert can can cut your time in half, it can inspire you, it can help you see exactly what you saw, which was that it might not look to people on the outside like you were ready to do this, but you wanted to prioritize it. I think that's cool, too.Karen:                          15:45                Yeah. So that's how I got started. That's a really long story for how I got started.KJ:                                15:51                Okay. We accept long stories. So at this point, you're podcasting and then you must at some point have sort of decided, well, I need some blog, I need some writing to go with this podcast. Let us know how you figured out how to do that, especially given that you were gonna need to dictate.Karen:                          16:15                So I think one of the, one of the things that a lot of people overlook I guess or don't want to hear maybe, is that you've got to start it before you know what it is. You have to start it before it's fully formed. And I started the podcast in 2014 or 2015, it's just over four years old. So 290 episodes in, in four years and counting. I got to maybe like 56 or 57 and I did an episode called Positive Discipline Ninja Tactics and people went nuts for it. Like I started to get emails from people and that got downloaded more than any other episode I'd ever done. People really responded to the idea that, wait a minute, there are these little Ninja tactics I can do to make my home life better? It's super easy, but things that I know as an early childhood professional that maybe, a parent who's not, wouldn't know, you know what I mean? So things like, how to make no sound like yes was one of those first Ninja Tactics. What I did from that was I decided to write a book called Positive Discipline Ninja Tactics. And I wanted to be able to talk about it in written form as well. You know, there's this idea you should have an email list. I've been taking a lot of time to try and figure out what my email list is going to be and I've gotten to 2019 and I figured it out and I love it. And people again are really responding to it. It's a weekly newsletter now, where I always get to vary it. But, I started it as, Hey, if you want to get notified when Positive Discipline Ninja Tactics is available, then I'll put you on this email list and you can find out and that really grew from there. For me it's been a lot of experimentation and exploring my burnout rate. So I used to do a six episodes in a month. And I realized that after the second year that that was not working for me. It was too much. I couldn't concentrate on my coaching clients if I was spending that much time on the podcast. Instead, I started doing these biweekly live members only calls for the people in my community. And, and if I did that twice a month instead of this extra podcast, I suddenly, I wasn't burned out anymore. I was focusing my energies in the right place because the people in the community could then say to me, here's my question about this. And I could go, Oh my God, people who listen to the podcast need to hear about that too. So I'm serving my clients first and then being able to bring these cool things to the listeners.KJ:                                19:08                Right.Karen:                          19:09                So, then I started listening to Joanna Penn, the Creative Penn podcast. And I started to sort of reframe myself as not just as a podcaster, but as an author as well. And what she does is so cool because she's all about like write books that are really professional and well written and fantastic at giving good advice and keep writing them. And I was like, you know what, that's something I could do. And so I've been working on that.KJ:                                19:43                So wait, wait. You're saying that's something I could do, but you don't type.Karen:                          19:50                No, I don't type, exactly.KJ:                                19:53                First of all, we want to know how you actually do it, but how did you get over that mental block of, you know, I'm going to write, but not with a pen, not with a keyboard, and not with a pencil.Jess:                             20:07                I'm especially waiting to hear about that because I have tried.KJ:                                20:11                We want the mental block first, then we want the tools.Jess:                             20:15                I just can't. I've tried so hard, so I'm dying to hear how you do all the dictation.Karen:                          20:20                Can I just say that it was not without many temper tantrums? I mean, I think this is necessity as the mother of invention. There was no way for me to do this without the speech recognition software. So I had to form a truce with the speech recognition software. So for me over these years now I've spent, I don't know if I've gotten my 10,000 hours in or not yet, but I would say probably. But the way that I got there was by doing it. So, I work much better if I can read something that is printed. So, my husband printed out the entire user manual for speech recognition software. So I was learning the commands - because there are these interesting commands that you can use. So you can tell it to click here, you can tell it to click save, you can bring up a mouse grid. I think if you guys are looking for the tool that has been a lifesaver for me. It's this idea of a mouse grid. So I want you to envision your computer screen and you say the words mouse grid. And what happens is a grid of nine blocks comes up on your screen. Say I want to click something in the lower left corner, that that happens to be the number seven. So I would say seven. And then the mouse grid would reappear, but the whole mouse grid is now where the number seven used to be. And so it's a little more focused now in that corner.KJ:                                21:57                And where do you get something like that?Karen:                          22:00                Where do you get the mouse grid?KJ:                                22:02                Yeah.Karen:                          22:02                Well, I use Dragon Speech Recognition software, so it's a component of that. But I'll tell you, I learned how to use that properly by watching the most beautiful and just heartbreaking video on YouTube. I mean you think you've got problems, right? And then you Google how to use the Dragon mouse grid and the person describing it to you is a person who not only has lost the use of his arms and legs, but also has speech difficulties and they are describing to you how to use this mouse grid and then they are using the mouse grid. By the time he gets to the small enough place in the grid in this video, I am crying. I mean my thought was if somebody like that can not only do that, but teach me how to do it, there is nothing that will stop me. Like what a good, incredibly good example of someone who's making it work no matter what, you know?KJ:                                22:56                Wow. All right, we're going to find that. We're going to link it.Karen:                          22:58                So, the mouse grid is a huge tool. I've discovered that Dragon plays very well with Chrome and not very well with Firefox, for example. So there have been times where I have felt like I was drowning and that I just couldn't get a breath. I wish I had a better description. Like, I will sit down and I'll be like, alright, I'm going to write a blog post and I use the speech recognition software to open Google Chrome and then I use it to navigate. to the inside of my website, not the outside pages everybody sees, but the sort of private admin pages and I get to the correct post.KJ:                                23:56                And you're doing all that using the Dragon Dictate?Karen:                          23:59                I am, yeah.KJ:                                24:00                So we think of Dragon Dictate as something that lets you dictate a story, but you can sort of basically set it up to run your whole...Karen:                          24:09                You can, yeah. You can use their voice commands for all of this. But what I've learned to be more patient with what used to kill me so bad was I would get three quarters of the way through that process and then I would open the dictation box, but sometimes Dragon can't see and doesn't know what you're trying to do. I don't know how else to describe it - it won't write anything. You'll say something and it will say, we can't recognize that speech or something and you're just like ugh. So I would get all the way to that point and then the app would crash or something like that. Talk about temper tantrums! But I just kept playing the song It's a Long Way to the Top by AC DC. I kept thinking to myself, there's no other way. Like it's either this or you go throw yourself in front of a train, like what's it gonna be here honey? And, I knew I wasn't going to do that, so I was gonna have to keep doing this basically. Does that make sense?KJ:                                25:15                Oh yeah, no, it totally, it totally makes sense. So now you're writing a book via Dragon Dictation and all of the challenges that that entails and then you're editing it the same way.Karen:                          25:33                I am. And, and I have learned - this was such a breakthrough for me. So, say if I'm going to write the title of a chapter and have Dragon sort of recognize it, I can now make a recording for my podcast, get my microphone out and my headphones and stuff like that. And I can say the following. So, here's the title of my book that dragon will recognize. OK. are you ready?KJ:                                26:04                Yeah.Karen:                          26:05                Cap educating cap. Happy cap kids, colon numeral nine cap ways to cap help cap your cap, child cap, learn cap to cap and joy cap learning, something like that. I can't remember it exactly, but I'm, that's the book I'm working on right now.KJ:                                26:19                So, you're fluent in, you're fluent in punctuation.Jess:                             26:24                There really is a whole other language.Karen:                          26:26                It's a whole other language. But what's neat is you can get into the flow of it in a recording sense. So like I can record 15 minutes of language that sounds like that. And, and I can, there's a transcribe button in Dragon and it will take that and put it on paper but legibly so that it can be read. It just says educating happy kids. Nine ways to help your child learn what they need to know. And it's like such a mirror every time this, every time I see this appearing, I'm just like, yay!KJ:                                26:59                I need to quickly hop in and apologize for only naming your most recent book cause I knew that you had more. But in the intro I, for whatever reason just threw out the first one. We will be listing them all.Karen:                          27:10                Oh, thank you. No worries. I mean, I appreciated that you listed any of them. I mean this is the one that I'm currently working on, so this is the one that my brain is like really thinking about. So I just today, today I sent it off to my editor for final revisions, so yay.Jess:                             27:31                It was funny when you said the thing about how if you want to do this thing badly enough, you can figure it out. But when we were interviewing Shane recently about the fact that he uses his two thumbs to type entire books on his iPhone and Oh my gosh, you know, KJ and I used to have a segment in the show called Ow It Hurts, but it was always like it hurts. Like, Oh, I don't really want to write this, but not like I have to write an entire book with my two thumbs. If Shane Burcaw can write three books with his thumbs, I think I can figure out the intricacies of how to use dictation software.Karen:                          28:17                If you want to, if it's a real goal of yours. I think a lot of times that I would not be a podcaster or an author without the tendon disorder. Like I was, I was too invested in my own life. I guess. I remember sort of having this yearning, like I remember being 38 about a decade ago and just saying to my husband, like, you know what, isn't there anything else? I mean, I love you and I love the kids, but isn't there anything else? I think had I not gotten the tendon disorder and, and had all of that other stuff kind of stripped away from me, I'm not sure that I would've had the guts even to try something different. Even now I will walk into a Christmas tree shops and I get tired, so I often need to find a seat so you'll find me sitting on the bird seed. This happened just recently. I was in line of Joann Fabrics and the line was so long that I literally sat down on the floor and crossed my legs and apologized to everybody around me and said, this is just what I have to do. I mean, once you've been through things like that, those are really socially embarrassing situations and it's like, well, I can do anything if I can do this.Jess:                             29:36                I just am fascinated. I've never, I'm fascinated. My brain is stuck on the line that I wouldn't be a writer without my tendon disorder. I think, you know, the thing, the very thing that makes that more difficult for you is the thing that made it happen. And I find that really wonderful and fascinating and complicated.Karen:                          29:54                Yeah. Thank you for recognizing it. When I think metamorphosis, that's really what I think of. And I came to our conversation today with a couple of points that I wanted to make sure to cover. If anyone is trying to work in difficult circumstances that, that I thought they might want to know, this is what's worked for me and the first one is to just own it, to say to yourself, this is what I want to do. Like it can be so easy for us to get caught up in I've got to get dinner on the table and I've got all these duties that we have in our day and there can be some guilt around backing away from work or family and saying, I'm taking this time to do this thing that I really want to do. And for me that had to come first.KJ:                                30:44                Yeah. I mean, if, if you are in a situation where you have limited resources, be there physical or mental to put them into this thing that at that moment is only for you is really hard. You know, it's very easy to say to yourself, well, you know, if I'm going to have like an hour of, of like sort of on time today because I'm suffering from exhaustion or because I get physically tired, I should put that into my kids' school meeting or dinner or you know, something. So I think that's really important.Karen:                          31:21                Yeah. That's what's worked for me. I remember lying in bed one morning just before I wrote to Michael O'Neal, just before I started to like come up with this website. And I remember lying in bed one day and every day I had been thinking, you got to get busy living or get busy dying, which is from a movie, it might be from the Shawshank Redemption. I literally would lie in bed going, are you going to get up now cause you got to get busy living or get busy dying. And on this particular day I sat up in bed and I said out loud, I am doing this and I'm not even sure that I knew what this was yet. But like it was this idea of I am breaking free of the sort of constraints. Whether they are because I feel guilty that I can't do very much or because like my time really ought to be spent on this other thing. And I was basically like, I got no hands. So like I'm going to do this, whatever it is.KJ:                                32:21                I was just going to say, okay fine. If you can get your mental head around it. And it also sounded like you had had partner support, which is great, but sometimes we have to go on without it.Karen:                          32:34                Yup. Yup. Yup. It was huge. So Ben used to say to me, he's actually the producer of my show. And what's funny is he has a day job, he goes off to work every day and that doesn't have anything to do with audio. But he went to school for sound engineering and his friends from college are people who work on the Today Show or who have won Grammy's and stuff like that. And he basically decided that his life was going to take a different path, but we used to joke, we'd pass a radio station in the car and I'd be like, Hey, let's move here and I'll be the talent and you can be the producer. And like that's kind of what's happened, which is so interesting. So he gets to feed his audio soul a little bit. He gets to geek out over, you know, making the show sound great and like all the cool, you know, little audio things that he couldn't do before. So support is really important. But I will say this, too. Ben is the one who, he was like, he used to say like, we need to get you with your friends because you're so much happier when you're like with people. He would say, I've seen you come alive today. We went to a party or something and cause it's just so hard to be sitting alone and you know, only feeling like you can't do stuff. So, when I said to him, I think I'd like to try starting a a business, he was like, yes, please. I'm glad because you need something to do with your mind. So he was always very, very supportive from the beginning. I didn't think to put that on the list, but I think that's probably pretty important.KJ:                                34:05                Well, it's, it's hard to be the partner because you can think to yourself, you know, if I were in that position, I would do such and such. Well, and first of all, you don't know what you would do, but secondly, you can't actually do it. So, you know, you can look at your partner and see, well I, she really needs to get out there and, and do stuff with her friends. But it's not like he can pack you into the car.Karen:                          34:25                Yeah, exactly.KJ:                                34:28                To be them too. All right, well what comes next?Karen:                          34:29                Alright. So next for me was the idea of just starting small, like small habits have won the day for me. When I first started, and even sometimes now, I have a version of your open the document, you know what I mean? And I always felt like, so if you've got 5% use of your hands, what can you dedicate that 5% to? And sometimes it was twirling spaghetti and that was all I had, you know. But if I've got 15 minutes, if I can take the next 15 minutes and dedicated to writing something like, and then I don't do anything else for the rest of the day, that's fine. I put one foot in front of the other today. I took one step. So really small habits that you do repeatedly. The next thing I think, cause you can say to yourself like, it's too big. I can't, I just can't. But, but if you try to break it down to like the smallest step, the step, the step that you feel like, okay, I can do that, I will do that. And then you're done for the day and you come back to it the next day. So small habits are fun and good. The next one that comes up for me is celebrate the wins. Even the tiny ones like - so actually, I've been writing a fictional book one minute at a time, which I know sounds crazy, but it worked for Neil Gaiman so I feel like it's gonna work for me.KJ:                                35:57                It's really the only way to do it. It's just a question of whether they're consecutive minutes or not.Karen:                          36:02                Yes, exactly. I just don't have the time to commit to even 15 minutes a day of fiction writing, but I can open a notebook and it's actually, it's hand strengthening practice too is how I look at it. I can open a notebook and I can write a sentence. And what I've been taken to is I'll write a full sentence and then I'll make the next sentence be like the beginning of the next sentence. So the next day when I come back, I've got a writing prompt basically. And I have found that it's enough to keep this story alive for me. Like, so I had the idea for the novel and I did a lot of work around who's who, what's the main character dealing with? I have a dear friend who lives in Maine and the property next to her dream property has been taken over by a jerky landlord who insists on bringing like people from away who shoot off guns and bring bands in and they're raising a family. And so I'm writing this to give her some hope, basically. I've been having a ball with it, one minute at a time. So that's one of my one minute, like that's one of my tiny habits. I can't do more than that. So that's what I do. And when I do it, I celebrate that win, like I did this today. Yes.KJ:                                37:20                Yes. All right. Keep going. Do you have time to?Karen:                          37:25                I got two more, two more. I think my most important resource is energy. When my energy level is gone, it is gone and I have to go to sleep for eight hours to get it back. So, I tend to work in projects and the way I think of it is like I'll do so quarterly, I'll look at this each quarter anew and my project for the first month of the quarter is recording the podcast episodes and getting those show notes done so that for the whole quarter. So now I've got two other months that I can keep writing or I can do other cool stuff. This August we're gonna have a staycation. So I get to do that because I planned in July for August. So I'll get that project completed and then work on the next project. So, for this quarter it's been educating happy kids has been really my next project. That and rest.KJ:                                38:24                That's your next book, right?Karen:                          38:25                Yup. That's my next book. I have found that is a really great way to manage my energy level because I can see progress as I'm working through a bigger project. For me that really, really works. It may not work for everyone. Some people might like to sort of get a little bit of something done every day repeatedly, but I like to be able to say, okay, that project is finished and now I can move on to the next one. So I've been doing that. And then the last one, and this is probably the most important one, is the idea of trying again tomorrow. So like if today is a blowout, if you cannot do it, if, if everything has gone wrong today, you still have the choice to get up and try again tomorrow.KJ:                                39:11                Cool. Yeah, no, that's, that's great. I love it.Jess:                             39:14                We've also observed in the past, this happens to me with writing and it happens to me with teaching that some of my very worst teaching and writing days have been followed by some of my best. So that's a good reminder for me that no matter how crappy things go on one day it can turn around completely the next.Karen:                          39:33                Yup. Yup. And as I think as a part of all of this, there's this idea of support.Speaker 3:                    39:39                Like we talked about that a little bit with my husband, right? But you guys are such a support for me. The #AmWriting Facebook group is one of the only places I go on Facebook. I go there and I go into the group of We Turned Out Okay listeners that I have developed over there,KJ:                                39:55                It is the only place I go.Jess:                             39:57                It's literally true. KJ and I, what we did was we made it so that the group is our bookmark for Facebook. So if you're going to go on Facebook, you have to go there.Karen:                          40:07                No way.Jess:                             40:08                Yeah.KJ:                                40:09                You can, that you could have two bookmarks, one for our group and one for your group and then you never have to risk being caught up in something

Host of the hugely popular podcast The Solopreneur Hour, Michael O'Neal, knows a thing or two about how to interview a guest the right way. In fact, his show's episode list looks like a who's who of the entrepreneurial world. But before starting his podcast journey in 2013, Michael studied to be a professional broadcaster. Since then he has taken much of what he's learned from the pros and adapted it to the podcasting medium, and it's seen him become the podcaster's podcaster. In this presentation at the We Are Podcast conference in 2017, Michael covers his essential tips for mastering the art of the interview. If you host a podcast now or hope to in the future, Michael's tips are sure help you stand out from the crowd. Here's what Michael covers in this presentation:     Why podcasters should consider themselves professional broadcasters     Getting the best out of your guest     An introduction to ‘proadcasting'     How to land amazing guests     Researching your guests the right way     Setting up the interview for success     The art of the introduction     When and how to promote your guest     Controlling the interview     Asking the right questions     Getting guests to share your show Links: SoloHour.com Instagram: @solohour Twitter: @solohour

Host of the hugely popular podcast The Solopreneur Hour, Michael O’Neal, knows a thing or two about how to interview a guest the right way. In fact, his show’s episode list looks like a who’s who of the entrepreneurial world. But before starting his podcast journey in 2013, Michael studied to be a professional broadcaster. Since then he has taken ... Read More The post 156. Michael O’Neal on The Art Of The Interview appeared first on Must Amplify.

Host of the hugely popular podcast The Solopreneur Hour, Michael O’Neal, knows a thing or two about how to interview a guest the right way. In fact, his show’s episode list looks like a who’s who of the entrepreneurial world. But before starting his podcast journey in 2013, Michael studied to be a professional broadcaster. Since then he has taken ... The post 156. Michael O’Neal on The Art Of The Interview appeared first on We Are Podcast.

Host of the hugely popular podcast The Solopreneur Hour, Michael O’Neal, knows a thing or two about how to interview a guest the right way. In fact, his show’s episode list looks like a who’s who of the entrepreneurial world. But before starting his podcast journey in 2013, Michael studied to be a professional broadcaster. Since then he has taken ... Read More The post 156. Michael O’Neal on The Art Of The Interview appeared first on Amplify Agency.

In Part 10 of the Who or What Series, on the only Business Networking Podcast on iTunes, Michael O’Neil from The SoloPreneur Hour, Drew Manning from Fit to Fat to Fit, and Omar Zenhom from the $100 MBA Show talk to your host Travis Chappell about whether they believe who or what is more important, and why. Episode Highlights: Michael O’Neil Everything Michael does is done with a purpose. Michael attributes 100% of his success to his podcast, it has helped him connect with people. You can know people but if you can’t back it up, it’s a problem. The most important things to do to network at a conference: Walk into every conference with two pressing questions you have about your business. Have a six-work intro. Drew Manning Started as a personal trainer and couldn’t understand why his clients wouldn’t just workout. Drew gained a lot of weight on purpose and then lost it again to better understand his clients mindsets. How Drew leveraged his story to get on major networks, blogs, and big outlets. You never know where networking is going to land yu and help you connect the dots. Who you know is more important because knowledge can be obtained later on. Nobody cares what you know unless they know that you care. Omar Zenhom Founder of Webinar Ninja and the $100 MBA Show. You don’t know what will happen in life but who you know will help you. People are more willing to help a friend out than a stranger. There shouldn’t be a difference between networking and making friends. Be open and say yes to certain opportunities when they present themselves. 3 Key Points: Knowing people give you opportunities, knowing things keeps opportunities coming. A consistent effort in networking creates a strong and healthy brand. Don’t look to get something out of someone, just look to make friends. Tweetable Quotes: “Unequivocally, nothing is more important than relationships in your life.” -Michael O’Neil “Networking has to be nonstop, it’s like fitness.” -Drew Manning “I’m more eager to help a friend out than a random stranger.” -Omar Zenhom Resources Mentioned: Visit Travis’ website at Buildyournetwork.co (http://www.buildyournetwork.co/) Learn more about mentorships and masterminds for FREE at freemmcourse.com/enroll (http://www.freemmcourse.com/join) Download Meet Your Hero at travischappell.com/hero (http://travischappell.com/hero) Explode Your Network at travischappell.com/explode (http://travischappell.com/explode) Go to Rothys.com/Travis to check out comfortable, sustainable shoes. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy (https://www.acast.com/privacy)

Another quick tip episode for you today...I’ll keep it pithy and productive for you!   You never know when one introduction can lead to great things!    Writing introductions are important for many cases: Introducing guests on your own podcast Introducing guest speakers at a local meetup, an online live stream, or a stage where you may have another expert on with you Helping podcast hosts or emcees to properly introduce you to the audience Introducing yourself in-person, on interviews, or even in writing inside a blog or your book & so much more!   Introduction Tips   1. Proper Preparation I’m not one to completely wing something new when I want to do a good job. Luckily, the Director of Events for SMMW Phil Mershon ran an incredibly helpful online training for we who would be Track Leader emcees!   He shared two resources that really helped inspire my own preparation, which were:   How to Be a Good Master of Ceremonies  How to be a great MC - Emcee - Master of Ceremonies #1 "Secrets to a Great Introduction!" Speaker Introduction Framework   2. The Framework Components   To really set the stage for the audience, make the speaker feel honored and well-received, and ensure everyone in the room knows they are in the right place and excited for the material, we should:   Quickly...try to cover: Why the subject is important Why this speaker is awesome Why the audience is linked to both above Why right now is the best time to learn this   3. What I ended up doing I made sure to introduce myself and also connect myself to the audience.  Here’s how I ended up doing my intros: Greet the audience and thank them for coming Engage the audience somehow  Introduce myself + connect myself to the audience Well, hello everyone, my name is Laura Petersen and I’m in business and marketing just like you! I own my own company called Copy That Pops, with a podcast of the same name. Primarily, I help entrepreneurs to write, self-publish, launch, and leverage bestselling books on Amazon to grow their brands and businesses! Tie in why the subject of the speaker’s talk is important Tie the audience and me back into the subject and say why now is the best time to be here learning more about this Introduce the speaker without saying his or her name until the very end!  End the introduction by asking the audience to get on their feet, put their hands together to properly welcome…. THEN, I would say the speaker’s name last as he or she walked onto the stage   Another Quick Tip:   It’s good to stay there until the speaker is settled in for two reasons: Give the audience a consistent focal point of where to look Be there just in case the speaker drops something or needs a quick bit of help as he/she adjusts to the stage   Importance of saying the guest’s name LAST.   Michael O’Neal of the Solopreneur Hour podcast in episode 51 entitled, “High-level Branding & the Art of the Podcast Interview with Michael O’Neal [Book Influencer Mini-Series].” Anyhow, both Michael and this article point out that professional hosts always save the guest’s name for last. Watch Stephen Colbert, Jay Leno, Oprah, Ellen, or Larry King for example. Watch how they introduce mega-stars to their stage...they save their name for last! If it’s good enough for these pros, it’s good enough for us! Example:  An Example of one of my introductions… Tim Schmoyer. He’s a huge YouTube influencer and one of the kindest people I met at SMMW.    CTA plug around books. I truly believe that you should write a book. I can help you, even if you are a bit nervous or overwhelmed! Together, we can make it hit bestseller on Amazon too and map out a plan to ensure it creates an ROI in your business. If you would like to share a bit more about your book dreams and goals, fill out a quick survey to tell me more at CopyThatPops.com/survey. I read each one of them and can point you in the right direction for more resources whether that is free material I’ve created or even my signature Bestseller Accelerator ROI program! Either way, I am here to help however I can.   Take Action Now! The Speaker's Secret Gig List

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Jonathan Levi is an experienced entrepreneur, angel investor, and lifehacker from Silicon Valley. Since 2014, Jonathan has been one of the top-performing instructors on Udemy, with his course Become a SuperLearner™earning him over 60,000 students. He has since snowballed this success into the launch of his rapidly growing information products company, SuperHuman Enterprises, which produces such products as the award-winning Becoming SuperHuman Podcast; the bestselling "Become a SuperLearner™" print, digital, and audiobooks; and numerous online courses. He's also the founder of SuperLearner Academy™ and Branding You™ Academy, two private, online academies where he teaches premium-level masterclasses in accelerated learning, productivity, and entrepreneurship. He is based in Tel Aviv, Israel. In addition to publishing his own bestselling book, Levi has been featured in such publications and programs as the Wall Street Journal, Inc. Magazine, TEDx, Entrepreneur On Fire, Mixergy, Dream. Think. Do, Nana10 Television, The Silicon Valley Business Journal, The SoloPreneur Hour, The Smart People Podcast, and Upstarts! How GenY Entrepreneurs are Rocking the World of Business and 8 Ways You Can Profit from Their Success, among other blogs, podcasts, and publications. Jonathan is a voracious learner which will probably comes as no surprise, and I enjoy chatting with him and going down all sorts of rabbit holes pertaining to optimising human performance to excel in both business and have a more rewarding experience of life. We went down many rabbit holes in our hour long conversation, including: Jonathan’s battle with ADD and depression and how he overcame both of them What we can glean from evolutionary biology insofar as learning and memorisation is concerned Building successful online courses Jonathan also offered some tips on how I can accelerate the development of my surfing skills. --- Patreon: www.patreon.com/thesteveglaveski  Employee to Entrepreneur book: www.employeetoentrepreneur.io Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts @ goo.gl/sMnEa0   Also available on: Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Stitcher and Soundcloud  Twitter: www.twitter.com/steveglaveski  Instagram: www.instagram.com/@thesteveglaveski   Future Squared: www.futuresquared.xyz   Steve Glaveski: www.steveglaveski.com   Medium: www.medium.com/@steveglaveski   NEW Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/futuresquared/

Welcome to our weekly Q&A edition of The Solopreneur Hour. If you haven't been here before on Fridays we publish an episode devoted to answering YOUR questions dear listeners! To submit a question join the mailing list, contact me via the Contact page on the site or join our Proudly Unemployable Facebook group. You can […]

Today's Flash Back Friday comes from Episode 214, originally published in September 2015. Jason Hartman talks with Michael O'Neal, host of the popular podcast "The Solopreneur Hour" and creator of The Solo Lab about how to be a successful entrepreneur. Key Takeaways: [4:41] How he developed his business [8:31] Who you need to know to get what you want [14:51] What you HAVE to have when you attend a conference [22:52] How to use the elevator to get over your fear of public speaking [26:46] The best business hack ever Websites: www.SoloHour.com www.IWantSoloLab.com

After a time of significant transition, Michael O'Neal tapped into his passions to create a life and career he loves. Host of several shows, including the wildly acclaimed Solopreneur Hour, Michael offers up down-to-earth conversation with highly successful, entertaining personalities. In this interview, we talk about how he became an audiofile, his long-standing love of Porsche's and how he sort of fell into Solopreneur Hour. He's been featured in INC Magazine as a Top 100 podcast, and featured in several other prominent top podcast lists. Listen to this avid drummer, car enthusiast, entrepreneur and really cool guy as he shares with you his idea of living the good life. Download the 25 Ways to Discover Your Passions Worksheet at kimberlyhenrie.com/the-showContact Michael O'Neal:Website: http://solohour.com Social Media:http://twitter.com/solohourhttp://instagram.com/solohourhttp://facebook.com/groups/solohourCourses:The Art of The Interview - How to give better interviews on the mic, and have better conversations in the world:http://artoftheinterview.co (Course sells for $500. Affiliate opportunities available)Conferencetopia (FREE) - How to build your business by building great relationshipshttp://conferencetopia.com

Welcome to our weekly Q&A edition of The Solopreneur Hour. If you haven't been here before on Fridays we publish an episode devoted to answering YOUR questions dear listeners! To submit a question join the mailing list, contact me via the Contact page on the site or join our Proudly Unemployable Facebook group. You can […]

We all know how important it is for young people to develop high quality communication skills and receive up-to-date careers advice in order to succeed in the modern jobs market.  If you don't get that guidance in school, you have to get it elsewhere. That's where this episode of The Unstoppable Teen Podcast comes in… You're about to listen in to a conversation between Kevin Mincher and Michael O'Neal.  Michael is the inspirational host of the Solopreneur Hour Podcast.  He's an expert in communication, social media, and how to start your own successful business. Michael is the first to admit he was a bit of a bad lad in high school, but he discovered his passions and ended up creating a great life for himself.  He understands what it's like to be a struggling teen, and he gives some brilliant insights on how to discover the right career for you. In fact, this entire episode is packed with fantastic wisdom and advice for teenagers, parents and educators about what it takes to have a fantastic life. “Building relationships, more than anything in the world, will help your business life, it will help your love life, it will help your recreational life, it will help all of it.” Michael O'Neal – Host of The Solopreneur Hour Podcast You will learn: Even though you might speak the same language as someone else, your accent and range of vocabulary can get in the way of good communication. (2:40) Not everyone has to become an entrepreneur.  You can do well and build a fab career life for yourself by specialising in a trade. (5:01) Why it's important to gain lots of work experience. (6:24) What Michael was like when he was a teenager… It wasn't all good! (9:06) How Michael got his life on track and became successful today. (15:22) Tips on how to break the ice when meeting new people. (17:39) What the FORM Method is, and how you can use it to have a good conversation with anyone. (20:56) Why you should attend conferences and meet new people. (25:16) Why it's important to, “Get your face out of your phone.” (26:50) Some tips for successful building your social media following. (30:17) The difference between an entrepreneur and a solopreneur. (32:50) Advice for people who might want to become a solopreneur. (35:38) How to recognise when you've found the right thing to do with your life. (41:22) What Michael believes it takes to be unstoppable. (43:49) Click here to view this content on the Unstoppable Teen website >> “People like people that are like themselves, and they work with people they like.” Michael O'Neal – Host of The Solopreneur Hour Podcast Learn more from Michael O'Neal You can keep up with Michael O'Neal via his social media channels. He's on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Instagram as @solohour. Michael has a free online course called Conferencetopia, you can use to improve your communication and networking skills.  Check I out here >> Michael also has a new coaching program called The Art of the Interview, that students and teachers could use to create an inspirational podcast for your school.  Find out more via this link. You may also like these episodes: #38: STEM, learning languages and innovating (Interview with MIT director Dr Luis Perez-Breva #34: Teenage pregnancy, body confidence and career success (Interview with fashion blogger Natascha Cox) #30: Secrets of teen success (Interview with best-selling author and Business Speaker of the Year Richard Gerver) Please help us help more teenagers Students, parents, and teachers can benefit from the fantastic communication skills and careers advice in this episode. So if you know someone who struggles when connecting with others (especially in a work environment), or who's unsure of what to do for a career, pass this episode on to them! What did you like about this episode?  Please share your communication and careers advice in the comments section below.   Let us know what topics you'd like us to cover in future episodes.  We're here to help you, so contact us anytime via our social media channels or email podcast@unstoppableen.com.   Thanks for listening!

Hey hey! Welcome to episode 224 of Life on Fire. We all know the importance of taking action, but what happens when you've been put through the ringer? Are you still able to take those bold actions and say yes to your dreams? Our guest for today did and it's made all the difference in his life. Michael O'Neal of The Solopreneur Hour joins us for this episode of Life on Fire. In this interview from our Life on Fire event, Michael shares his journey from losing both his parents in the same year to launching one of the top business podcasts on the market today. Listen to episode 224 of Life on Fire to hear the courageous action he took along the way and how his life is excelling as a result today. In this episode you'll hear: How not to get discouraged if you don't have success right out of the gate. (9:20) What platforms should you use to connect with your audience? (10:45) Tenacity breeds what? (20:00) Why the how is none of your business. (23:55) Who should you not take advice from? (25:00) And so much more! More About This Show In 2007, Michael's life changed drastically when both of his parents died. His dad's death wasn't a surprise, but his mom's was a shock. The loss of both of them in the same year was devastating; he lost his home, his cars, his retirement and savings, all of it.  He describes that time in his life like the opening scene from Private Ryan - chaos reigned everywhere. The next year he met a guy who he had hoped would become his mentor, Michael was looking for a way to make money and get out of survival mode. This guy, who was a billionaire, said he want to help Michael but he had so much chaos in his life that he never had a chance to properly mourn his losses. Michael broke down and cried for the first time since his parents' deaths, and then made the decision to take his parents' ashes to Europe, something he had always wanted to do for them while they were alive but he never got the chance. So he put his parents in a parmesan cheese shaker (yes you read that right) and for four months he spread their ashes around Europe. He took them to The Vatican, the beaches of Normandy, etc. On the way back from Europe, he had $14 in his bank account and nothing else. He was 37, and began to think about what was next for me. It was then that he had the realization he never wanted to work for a dollar again in his life. He didn't know what he wanted to do next, but he knew what he didn't want to do. So he began saying yes to whatever came along! He said yes and found a lot of great opportunities. He joined a network marketing company and started doing social media for them, one day finding himself on stage with them. That experience led him to launching The Kick Ass Life with David Wood, a podcast that quickly became one of the top 10 podcasts in the self-help arena. Michael was behind the scenes doing all the production, while David was the host. One fateful episode David was climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro and wasn't available, Michael jumped in and recorded a show. He liked it, and thought it was something he should do. His hunch was confirmed when other people wrote in telling him the same thing. Not long after, in August of 2013, Michael launched his own show, The Solopreneur Hour. It was a hit almost immediately and he says there are multiple reasons for its success, one of which was being the right show at the right time. During this interview, he encourages everyone to not give up if they don't have the same kind of success right away. He frames it this way: if you are blogging, tweeting, vlogging, or podcasting then you are part of media. You are a broadcaster of some sort, and that means you are in a vast marketplace. Not everyone will resonate with what you offer so you may have to try a few avenues before you find your groove. On this show, he also explains why you have to meet your audience where they are at and he gives an example of how they have started doing this with a podcast he co-hosts with Hines Ward (Hines is a former football player and Super Bowl MVP with the Pittsburgh Steelers). Michael also shares the power of permission with your audience and why monetizing should not be the first thing on your mind when starting a new venture. You'll hear all of that and more on the 224th episode of Life on Fire! EPISODE RESOURCES Michael O'Neal's web site The Solopreneur Hour podcast The Hines Ward Show Life on Fire Subscribe to Life on Fire TV Podcast Write a Review on iTunes

Michael O'Neal's grammar school report cards always read:  Doesn't live up to his potential and Talks too much."  One of those pieces of feedback would come in handy, as he is now the founder and host of the award-winning and much acclaimed business and entertainment podcast, "The Solopreneur Hour with Michael O'Neal." The show, launched in August 2013, has already garnered more than 6 million downloads and monetized to multiple six-figures, features lively and highly engaging conversations between Michael and his various (and often much sought-after) guests, who share remarkable stories, advice and practical tips for an audience that badges itself as "proudly unemployable" and highly motivated to finally take charge of their own lucrative business pursuits. Show notes and links can be found: http://www.theinnerchangemaker.com/podcast/097   LINKS -- Join the Legacy Driven Entrepreneurs Community (it's FREE): http://www.theinnerchangemaker.com/tribe Are you enjoying the podcast? Listen to the episode here and leave us a review: Apple: http://apple.co/1JUHcG9 Android: http://bit.ly/2nuoGpl TuneIn: http://bit.ly/2BjY0gU Breaker: http://bit.ly/2BRwOCb iHeartRadio: http://bit.ly/2BhMr9L Spotify: http://spoti.fi/2BbuWEg Want to grab my NEW audio training? Grab a FREE copy of "How To Be The Leader You Truly Are": http://www.theinnerchangemaker.com/leadership Launching a podcast? Grab my Podcast Creation Roadmap: http://www.theinnerchangemaker.com/roadmap

In this episode, I interview Michael O'Neal Web Designer, Coach and Host of the podcast The Solopreneur Hour. Michael prides himself of having lively conversations, candid insights, & bold advice for what he proudly refers to as the unemployable people who are primed for real prosperity and fulfillment.

Jason Hartman talks with Michael O'Neal, host of the popular podcast "The Solopreneur Hour" and creator of The Solo Lab about how to be a successful entrepreneur. Key Takeaways: [4:41] How he developed his business[8:31] Who you need to know to get what you want[14:51] What you HAVE to have when you attend a conference[22:52] How to use the elevator to get over your fear of public speaking[26:46] The best business hack ever Websites Mentioned: www.solohour.com www.iwantsololab.com

In today's Q&A, we are helping Jonathan figure out how to get guests for his podcast even though he's just starting out with his podcast and online business. Do you have a question you want answered on our podcast? We would love to help you! Click here to ask your question! [Tweet "Don't underestimate the power of personal connections."] Resources Mentioned in this Episode Today's expert is Michael O'Neal from solopreneurhour.com Podcast with Michael O'Neal Pat Flynn Amy Porterfield John Lee Dumas Natalie Sisson Michael's Show with John Corcoran Let's dive into this week's question! JOCELYN: Hey y'all! You're listening to an Expert Q&A with S&J. Today's expert is Michael O'Neal of the Solopreneur Hour podcast and solopreneurhour.com Welcome to the Flipped Lifestyle podcast, where life always comes before work. We're your hosts, Shane and Jocelyn Sams. Join us, each week, as we teach you how to flip your lifestyle upside-down, by selling stuff online. Are you ready for something different? All right, let's get started. SHANE: What's going on guys? Happy Thursday to you, welcome back to the Expert Q&A with S&J where we bring on internet marketing experts. We do not have all the answers to some of the questions that you send in; we would never want to tell you wrong, so we decided to start bringing people on who know a little bit more about certain subjects than we do to help you get the exact direction you need in your online business. And we are happy to bring back on the show today, Michael O'Neal from the Solopreneur Hour podcast and solohour.com. Michael, welcome back to the Q&A with S&J. MICHAEL: I am so happy to be here, thank you guys [Crosstalk] SHANE: That's all right man, we're gonna talk dude [Crosstalk] got to keep it tight. JOCELYN: Today's question is from Jonathan Mann, and Jonathan says, “How do I get guests for my podcasts? I want to interview thought-leaders and business people who are successful, but I have no idea how to get them on my show. How do I convince others to take time out of their day to talk to a total stranger, especially when I'm just starting out? ” SHANE: When I read this question, I got this on email, the first person I thought about was Michael O'Neal. I was like, “This is the question we need to ask Michael” because that's what you do. You interview people from all different walks and you got so many great interviews on your podcast, so how do you do it Michael? Especially when you first started out, how did you go out and get those guests and get people to take time out of their day? MICHAEL: By the way, I apologize in advance, no one has ever accused me of brevity. I know these are quick shows. SHANE: That's all right, no problem. MICHAEL: So this is kind of a two-parter and this is one of my favorite hacks that I think is a hidden gem in the podcasting world of how to do this. First of all, just like in all business, this all comes down to relationships. So, there has to be a degree of separation between the person you want and sometimes the person you can get. So you have to first do a little research on relationships and find out who knows who and what's going on. You can do that often on Twitter and find out who is following who and that kind of thing; but initially how I did it was I was very conscious about building a relationship with pat Flynn because I saw him as the center of this universe that I wanted to be in. And to do that, I was very specific and measured on how – and I'm not saying I stalked me but – SHANE: We all do; no, I'm just kidding. MICHAEL: I liked what he had to do, I was listening to him, I was paying attention to his shows, I launched an online social media training product, I wrote to him with a very specific question and it wasn't like “How do I start a podcast?” which I just got the other day, which was amazing to me, but it was a very specific question to my online business.

In today's Q&A, we are helping Amanda figure out how to validate her idea before she spends a lot of time and money developing her digital product. Do you have a question you want answered on our podcast? We would love to help you! Click here to ask your question! [Tweet "Ideal customer =  least amount of work and most amount of money @solohour"] Resources Mentioned in this Episode Today's expert is Michael O'Neal from solopreneurhour.com Our episode with Michael O'Neal Evernote Michael's product called Sololab Tim Ferris Screw the Nine to Five Let's dive into this week's question! JOCELYN: Hey y'all! You're listening to an Expert Q&A with S&J. Today's expert is Michael O'Neal of The Solopreneur Hour podcast and solopreneurhour.com. Welcome to the Flipped Lifestyle podcast where life always comes before work. We're your hosts, Shane and Jocelyn Sams. Join us, each week, as we teach you how to flip your lifestyle upside-down by selling stuff online. Are you ready for something different? All right, let's get started. SHANE: What's going on guys? Welcome back to another Q&A with S&J mini-podcast. Today we have an Expert Q&A and we are super-excited to welcome back Michael O'Neal of The Solopreneur Hour podcast and solohour.com. Michael, welcome back to the show, man! MICHAEL: Hey guys! So good to be back, I appreciate you having me on again. JOCELYN: Yeah, we are excited for you to answer another question – MICHAEL: Appreciate chya! Does that sound better? JOCELYN: Yeah, that's better. SHANE: I told somebody we were on your show and I said, I swear he had a drawl at the end of that; we sucked him into the south, man. MICHAEL: I'm ready, I'll do the whole show like this. I don't mind. JOCELYN: All right well, Amanda of teachsheetz.com says, “How do I validate my idea with my audience? I want to tell teachers about my Teach Sheetz website I'm currently working, on which can be used to create customized board sheets. Instead of sifting through the millions of options online, they can customize their own worksheet in under five minutes, using a site that has a functionality of Canva. I think this is a great idea but how can validate it with my target market? How do I know others can think it's a good idea before I spent all the time selling it? I don't have a huge audience, what do I do?” SHANE: This is a huge question we get Michael, and I'm really interested to see what you think about this because most of the time when I hear people get frustrated and quit online marketing, it's because they spend a month creating a product and nobody bought it. So Mike, how do you look at an idea and validate that in your business before you spend all that time, you know, creating something that nobody may even want? MICHAEL: I have an answer for both scenarios: One being that you have no list, no platform and one being that you have some list and some platform. So, the no-list and no-platform, here's one misnomer I think people have about online marketing in general is that everything has to be done online. And when you have more time than money, you can afford, time-wise, to actually go talk to people and if she is already immersed in the teaching community – I think a lot of times, when people come out with ideas for very, very niche businesses or products, it's because they are totally immersed in that – SHANE: They are the market basically. MICHAEL: They are the market. She's creating something for herself in this case. So, she has to go out and literally go find some of herself which is, don't do it super-casually, don't be like, ‘Hey, you want to come to happy hour at six o'clock and we'll have a chat'. It's like no, find ten of your friends at least that are in the situation you are in and ask them, ask them what are your challenges here and how would you – I have this idea; however, before I tell you my idea, this is very important like what order you do this in.

Michael O'Neal of the Solopreneur Hour discusses how to launch a successful podcast, from your podcast artwork to getting guests and monetizing your show.

"You've got to take imperfect action. You literally have to start. It doesn't matter if it's not perfect. It doesn't matter if it crashes and burns." - Michael O'Neal The Cheat Sheet: Why he decided to stop trading time for dollars. The business takeaway from the fake orgasm scene in When Harry Met Sally. Why it's important to say "yes" and the lesson he learned from doing so. Why you can't teach hustle. His near-death experience 10 days before he launched his show and why he still launched. What separates the haves from the never will be people? And so much more... There are times in our lives when we face a challenge, an adversity so daunting we can only cope by going into survival mode. But with time, patience, the right attitude and the proper support, we can take those experiences and propel ourselves into lives we never even dreamed possible. Here to share his own version of this is Michael O'Neal from The Solopreneur Hour podcast. In episode 310, we talk about how the loss of both of his parents in less than a year devastated and altered his life completely, how that experience led to his commitment to never trade time for dollars again, why it's important to say yes and be open and how to get past the fear of creating a new business and lifestyle of your own. More About This Show: In the very early days of the Internet, Michael O'Neal was one of those early adapters. He created and designed web sites and made a good living doing it. Eventually he left the office world and became a freelancer working for himself. He was so good at what he did that he was courted by a Fortune 500 company. He didn't need the job but talked to them anyway. After receiving a highly lucrative offer, one that was more than he asked for, he went to work for them. The beginning days were fun: kegs and foosball on Fridays but once the start-up was bought out all of that changed. Soon it was meetings and minutes. Within a year, Michael left with a healthy severance package. About the same time, his father's battle with congestive heart failure took a turn for the worse. Eventually his dad lost that battle and died. Seven months later, Michael's mom passed away from a combination of a broken heart over the loss of her husband and a rare kidney disorder. Losing his father was incredibly sad, but not surprising as he had been battling for 4 years. But the passing of Michael's mom was unexpected and heartbreaking. Emotionally, Michael was devastated. Financially, he was devastated. His parents' illnesses ate up his 401(k), he lost his home, his cars, his savings, all of it. It was a tremendous burden to bear and in his own words, he simply "muddled" through it. It wasn't until he was sitting on the couch of a billionaire friend over a year later that he realized he hadn't mourned. He was simply in survival mode. His friend's acknowledgment of this gave him the space to grieve. Soon he set off on a journey to take his parents' ashes to Europe and give them the trip he had always wanted to give them when they were alive. For four months he traveled and lived in Italy, Belgium, France among other places. And when he returned to the States, he was still dead broke but he was sure of one thing: never again would he be tied to a job or to clients to make a living. He read a series of books, which he now calls the Sexy Six, that opened his eyes to a new way of living and doing business. He found a network marketing company he believed in, a company that became a new family for him and he quickly built a successful business with them through his own proven social media tactics. From that success, he developed a course on social media to teach other network marketers and solopreneurs how to do the same. That course led to a gig producing the popular podcast, The Kick-Ass Life with David Wood. And that podcast led to Michael's own show, The Solopreneur Hour. Today he is the head honcho at The Solopreneur Hour, a podcast that produces a six-figure income for him and has grown to over 1.5 million downloads in its first year. On the show, he interviews successful solopreneurs on what they did from the time they became unemployable to their present day success. I've appeared on the show as has Michael Gerber, Pat Flynn, Chris Ducker and numerous others. Michael and I get into tons more valuable content on what it means to be a solopreneur, the steps he recommends someone take to get started and why taking action is so important. He was a great guest and I enjoyed having him on the show, I hope you dig this episode too. Thanks for listening and we'll see you next time. THANKS MICHAEL! If you enjoyed this session of the Art of Charm Podcast, let Michael know by clicking on the link below and sending him a quick shout out on Twitter: Click here to thank Michael on Twitter! Resources from this episode: Michael's podcastThe Eight Steps To Becoming A Successful Solopreneur Michael on TwitterRich Dad, Poor Dad Cashflow Quadrant The 4-Hour Work Week The E-Myth Revisited Strengths Finder 2.0 Crush ItWhen Harry Met Sally: The Diner Scene You'll also like: -The Art of Charm Toolbox -Best of The Art of Charm Podcast HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dug this episode, please subscribe in iTunes and write us a review! This is what helps us stand out from all the fluff out there. FEEDBACK + PROMOTION Hit us up with your comments and guest suggestions. We read EVERYTHING. Email jordanh@theartofcharm.com Give us a call at 888.413.7177 Stay Charming!

What an episode this is! Soloists… get your Evernote ready for this one. My friend Ryan Skelly and I talk about what it takes to make it in business. He is in full agreement with Gary Vaynerchuk’s philosophy “You can’t scale caring.” He also reiterates something Adam Carolla said when he visited The Solopreneur Hour, […]

You’ve heard it time and time again on The Solopreneur Hour (and probably other places as well): find and follow your passion, whatever it is. In episode 44 Leslie Samuel, anatomy professor and internet marketer, shares his passion and unbridled enthusiasm for teaching. Like most successful solopreneurs, Leslie loves to learn something, then share it […]

Hey everyone! This is the first “Solo” show of the Solopreneur Hour.  We talk about something VERY near and dear to my heart…Facebook marketing.  You THINK you know a ton about Facebook, but did you know this? How “When Harry Met Sally” can teach you how to run a Facebook Marketing Campaign? The phrase that […]

Do you believe every experience teaches you something? Is there ever such a thing as success or failure? In episode 10 the delightful and intelligent Dawn Marrs Ortiz returns to The Solopreneur Hour; she and I answer these questions and we discuss the top 8 steps needed to become a successful solopreneur.  There is so […]

Internet Marketing Guruette Dawn Marrs (https://dawnmarrs.com) and Michael hang out on The Solopreneur Hour and talk about how to leave your corporate job, what path to choose for your new career after you “fire your boss”, some great resources to get you started thinking in the right way, the 5 books every solopreneur should read, […]