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This episode of The Jake Dunlap Show features Neil Patel, Co-Founder of Neil Patel Digital. Before Neil became the behemoth of marketing he is today, he had humble beginnings in La Palma, a small city in Orange County CA. From very early on, he realized that having your own business is what generates wealth.He was in his teens when his own entrepreneurial endeavors would kick in, starting with selling burnt CDs, getting licensed as an auto parts dealer, and mixing it up with other jobs like working in a theme park and selling vacuum cleaners door-to-door.At 15, he started his first company, Advice Monkey, and after getting burned with no results, decided to pursue college classes while still in high school. Neil embraced social media marketing early in its inception and he made a name for himself leveraging all the available sites as they were getting popular. Creating his blog was Neil's outlet to simply write and not worry about his other businesses like Quick Sprout. Incidentally, it would be his personal brand that would take off and grow exponentially even if it was not in Neil's intention to do so. Neil's golden nuggets of advice include spending a lot of money hiring rock stars who know exactly what they are doing and knowing your place in the company. For instance, Neil had always known that operations was his weak side so he never aspired to be the CEO of his own companies.Listen to the full podcast on Neil's uncommon entrepreneurial drive and unconventional priorities as a business owner to achieve success and what this truly means for him.QUOTES:16:08 "My grades kept getting worse and worse as I started making more money, because I was like, screw this. I'm just going to go make money."24:18 "My biggest takeaway is, in business, no matter how hard you work, if you don't ride the trends that people are looking for, you don't have some luck on your side, a lot of times things don't work out. Doesn't matter how hard you try."25:19 "If you want to do really well, it's not about how talented you are. It's about how talented your team is. And you got to hire rock stars. That's the biggest lesson I probably learned in my career."36:58 "I'm okay being a father. I'm okay not going to office. I'm okay not being as successful because I get to see my kids grow up. I figured out what makes me happy in life and that's what I do."38:58 "What's changed my life is I avoid making the same mistakes over and over again. You learn from it. You still make mistakes but you're making new ones and you learn from it."More About NeilNeil was born into a middle class family and he quickly noticed how his entrepreneurial uncles seemed to have a better life than his own family. This would drive him to pursue financial success early on even as his peers were focused on their social lives rather than creating wealth.He explored many endeavors including selling burnt CDs, selling hacked satellite TV cards, and reselling car parts. Neil also performed many different jobs just to make ends meet including working as a custodian and door-to-door salesman.His first company would manifest by the early age of 15 and he learned from many, many mistakes in trying to grow Advice Monkey. The dismal results from his outsourced marketing taught him that he might as well learn this skill on his own. It is through marketing that he would meet his larger clients and he really started to enjoy income which already exceeded both his parents' monthly income. To satisfy his parent's desires and to learn even more skills, Neil decided to take early college lessons through night school at Cypress Community College.Neil would found Crazy Egg soon after which would garner the interest of Fortune 1,000 companies. He and his partner ultimately failed to sell it at their goal of $10 million and so they persevered to make their company profitable. By the time he was in the middle of his college life, he would be named one of the top influencers on the web by The Wall Street Journal. Also during this time he would start his first blog, ProNet Advertising. It would be named by Search Engine Journal as the Best Social Media Blog and ranked in Technorati's Top 100    In 2007, Neil launched Quick Sprout blog and a year after that launched Kissmetrics. In 2011, they encountered one of their biggest hurdles which was a data privacy act violation lawsuit. The legal battles would continue for a year before Neil and his company would be cleared of charges.Neil would be recognized by even more organizations for his talents as a marketer as the years roll by. For instance, Forbes would name Neil as one of the top 10 marketing experts of the year in 2014 and President Obama would recognize him as one of the top 100 entrepreneurs under the age of 30 in 2015.Nowadays, Neil is focused on leading his company Neil Patel Digital but leaves the operations work to his rock star team. For Neil, he would rather focus on the areas he is good at and actually enjoys and leaves the expertise of operations to others. This strategy is what he recognizes as the key to the stellar growth that they have thus far achieved.Find out more about Neil and connect with him in the following links:LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/neilkpatel/Website - https://neilpatel.com/Learn more about Jake Dunlap and Skaled by visiting the links below:Jake Dunlap:Personal Site - http://jakedunlap.com/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakedunlap/Twitter - https://twitter.com/JakeTDunlapInstagram - http://instagram.com/jake_dunlap_Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/JakeTDunlap/Skaled:Website - https://skaled.com/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/skaledYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsw_03rSlbGQkeLGMGiDf4Q

Liz Dunn Carroll has spent big part of her life working in technology corporations and high-growth startups in Silicon Valley, like Technorati, Pandora or Verizon on the Product and Innovation areas.Liz took up Angel investing a few years ago, and coming from a Product profile helped her to spot good deals among all the Silicon Valley bullshit (in her own words). In more than one occasion throughout her career, she's worked in products that were too early for the market, so this helped her to hone her skills as an angel investor and futurist.We go over her endeavour as an angel investor, what kind of books she read to get into this world, what kind of events she attended, how she fought the gatekeeping in this industry, what kind of deals she does, what is an angel syndicate, what is the impostor syndrome, how to get dealflow and more.There's a lot of opacity in the investing sector, so we did our best to share everything we know, and a lot of the things we don't know. In fact, we share a lot of things, because besides having had a parallel career in angel investing, both Liz and me, Àlex, like to speak a lot.Also, during the conversation, we comment on this article and how VC is forcing us to reshape capitalism because it's breaking society: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/11/30/how-venture-capitalists-are-deforming-capitalismFor the full disclosure, this episode doesn't constitute investment advice and we strongly discourage you from listening to people like us if you want to be right in life.

This week Phelim goes to Dubai to attend GISEC - an actual live, in-person cybersecurity event! That's right, folks. It's not a typo. So… is this a sign that things are returning to normal or are we jumping the gun here, people?    Listen in to find out how it all went as Phelim chats with two of the top speakers from the event. One is a U.S. Marine, Brian Seely, who is the only person EVER to hack into and wiretap the U.S. Secret Service and FBI. And the other, Nathan Swain has a list of equally exciting roles, including having safeguarded the virtual vaults of the Bank of England as its former Lead Cyber Security Advisor.    Find out more about our esteemed guests and the behind the scenes knowledge and wisdom they shared on this week's episode!    Nathan Swain is a Senior Security Advisor and former Security Advisor to the UK Government, former CISO ADSS, and former Lead Cyber Security Advisor to the Bank of England. In this segment, we talk about: · Industry snobbery and the Technorati · The current state of play with cyber convergence in the Middle East · Information security, is it another string on the bow for a physical security specialist or is it a leap into a whole different industry?   Bryan Seely is a world-renowned hacker, cybersecurity expert, author and former U.S. Marine. Seely became one of the most famous hackers in 2014 when he became the only person ever to wiretap the United States Secret Service and FBI. We discuss:  · What it means to be a renaissance man · Taking lessons from Marcus Aurelius with the aim to be more humble · And Brian's top tip for bodyguards – You won't want to miss this one! Leave Some Feedback: • What should we talk about next? Who should we interview? Please let us know in the comments below • Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review. Connect with Us:  https://circuit-magazine.com/ (Circuit Magazine) https://mailchi.mp/the-bba.org.uk/bba-connect (BBA Connect) https://the-bba.org.uk/ (British Bodyguard Association)

In this episode, we talk to one of our favourite tech experts, former CTO @ Zynga and current VP of Customer Engagement Technologies at Amazon, Dorion Carroll.Dorion has been working on the development side of things for decades in the US, in companies like Oracle, Electronic Arts, Technorati, Postini, Zynga and more. For all these companies, he's been always advocating for keeping the house clean when it comes to technology.We discussed how to sunset old apps, turning the lights on/off on projects, how to deal with legacy systems, putting budgets against financials for new tech ideas and the concept of tech hygiene. We also talked about how to pitch finance departments and/or CEOs big investments into technology, like a big refactor, a change of technology or a complete rework of the architecture of the platform.Dorion has also got one of the best beards in the industry. Period.

We are on our 30th episode of the World's First PodStorm! We would like to thank everyone who went through the storm with us! Today, Lochhead on Marketing producers Jason DeFillipo and Jaime Jay joins us and takes us behind the mic. We go deep into the challenges, the wins, and the lessons in creating this PodStorm. We talk about a lot of other matters which you’ll find relatable! Challenges with Production Making a podcast comes with its challenges, even more so if it's the world’s first 30-day PodStorm. Timing is one of the main challenges in production. Jason DeFilippo shares that the hard part was dealing with unplanned life events. He seriously advises anyone to take this into account if they want to pursue podcasting.   Although they faced challenges, this 30-day marketing discussion proved that the Podstorm is a new category of a podcast activity.  “It is basically a roadmap for anyone who wants to do any kind of marketing in their business.” - Jaimie Jay Category Design Christopher mentions that Podstrom is all about marketing and category design. The PodStorm encourages marketers to create their category and to differentiate themselves in a niche that they can own. They discussed further category design and rising above the challenges despite the situation the world is at.  “In the midst of the greatest economic crisis and the greatest healthcare crisis of the modern era, you transformed your business and you are absolutely positioning yourself to be in that 10% that gets stronger as a result of the recession.” - Christopher Lochhead Success of PodStorm Jaimie Jay celebrated the fact that LOM Podstorm gained an 80% increase in listenership. One of the reasons for this series’ success is the format—  it’s quick but is jam-packed with information. “The thing that makes this successful is that they are short. So every day, you can pop it in, get it done, and while you’re sitting there having your eggs for breakfast or outside taking a walk with a dog and you learn something and it is a very laser focus.” -Jason DeFillippo More About Business and Current Events The trio discussed a lot more that is 100% relatable to any businesses. They talk about trying to help companies against recession brought on by Covid-19 and touched on the topic of the murder of George Floyd and the role of marketing in social justice and making social change happen.  To know more about the legends behind the mic, Christopher Lochhead, Jason DeFilippo and Jaime Jay, download and listen to this episode. Bio: Jaime Jay Jaime is the managing director and founder of Bottleneck Virtual Assistants, LLC.  The organization offers professional growth opportunities for ambitious leaders by creating an efficient and systematic approach to identify, hire, and cultivate team members who focus on specific roles and responsibilities. Jaime Jay is the co-owner of Podcast Pilot which handles the technical execution and website for Follow Your Different and Lochhead on Marketing. Jason DeFillippo Jason has been building websites since the early days in 1994 for clients that range from small businesses to million dollar websites for blockbuster films to his own start-ups.  In 1995 a new media company in Santa Monica moved him out to Los Angeles to build the first website for Epson America.  Since then Jason has launched over 250 websites for major corporations like Paramount Pictures, Sony, Warner Brothers, and Disney.  He also created the two time SXSW Weblog Award-winning Blogrolling.com as well as co-founded the global blog network Metroblogging.  He has worked at several startups in San Francisco including Technorati.com and 8020 Media, the publishers of JPGMagazine.com and statistical aggregator Metricly.com.  Currently, Jason is a full-time podcast producer and editor. Links:  Bottleneck Virtual Assistant - World’s First Dedicated Distant Assistant Provider Grumpy Old Geeks We hope you enjoyed this episode of Lochhead on Marketing™!

He’s back! Podcast legend and co-host of Grumpy Old Geeks podcast, Jason DeFillippo joins us for another dynamic conversation about deep fakes, streaming services, and tech that will or will not change your life in 2020. Deep Fakes and Video Editing Undeniably Christopher’s favorite topic with Jason, they talk about deep fakes and astounding editing to produce fake news. Christopher cites a Forbes article about CNN Reporter Jim Acosta allegedly pushing a White House intern.  “It was edited to remove 2-3 frames of the film, to speed up, when he pushed the person and they removed the ‘pardon me, ma’am’ out of the audio. That was just creative editing.” - Jason DeFellippo Moreover, there was also another video circulating the interwebs that make it look like Sarah Sanders was intoxicated in public. It doesn’t end there because they also talk about Gal Gadot, the most recent actor to play WonderWoman, who apparently appeared in a porn video. Clearly another deep fake. Have You Heard About “Hearables?” Apparently, hearables are the new category king and queen for 2020 as different brands introduced a “smart” earbuds. Although Christopher is a fan of the attempt to create a new category, Jason says the products really mean nothing. “That’s the thing, they’re not smart. They are just conduit to your phone. If you go out without your phone, they don’t work. they get real dumb, real fast.” - Jason DeFellippo Aside from this, Jason rants about adding more gadgets to charge. He says he has 7 gadgets at the moment and he would prefer using wired earphones/plugs due to the sound quality.  The Field of Streams Jason shares that around 7 years ago, on his podcast Grumpy Old Geeks, they have predicted this will happen. Everybody saw the popularity of Netflix and all the content creators decided they should make their own platforms.  “I think we’re going to see consolidation coming. People are going to start doing deals with each other to get bundling packages.” - Jason DeFellippo Jason also predicted that households would just pay for around 3 streaming service, max.  To hear more information about Jason DeFellippo and to listen to more of his comments on deep fakes, tech for 2020 and streaming services, download and listen to the episode. Bio: Jason is a full-time podcast producer and editor for The Jordan Harbinger Show as well as the Creator and Co-host of the Grumpy Old Geeks Podcast. Jason has been building websites since the early days in 1994 for clients that range from small businesses to million dollar websites for blockbuster films to his own start-ups. In 1994 he created the groundbreaking website Spewww which was nominated for a Webby in the first year the awards were held in 1998. In 1995 a new media company in Santa Monica moved him out to Los Angeles to build the first website for Epson America. Since then Jason has launched over 250 websites for major corporations like Paramount Pictures, Sony, Warner Brothers, and Disney.  He also created the two time SXSW Weblog Award-winning Blogrolling service as well as co-founded the global blog network Metroblogging. He has worked at several startups in San Francisco including Technorati and 8020 Media, the publishers of JPGMagazine.com, and statistical aggregator Metricly. Links: Website – Jason DeFillippo Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Website: Grumpy Old Geeks Jordan Harbinger Show Some of the topics covered: It's All Fun And Games Until Someone Gets Hurt: The Implications Of Deepfakes Tech That Will Change Your Life in 2020 The future is ear: Why “hearables” are finally tech’s next big thing The Great Streaming Battle Is Here. No One Is Safe We hope you enjoyed this episode of Follow Your Different™! Christopher loves hearing from his listeners. Feel free to email him, connect on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and subscribe on iTunes!

He’s back! Podcast legend and co-host of Grumpy Old Geeks podcast, Jason DeFillippo joins us for another dynamic conversation about deep fakes, streaming services, and tech that will or will not change your life in 2020. Deep Fakes and Video Editing Undeniably Christopher’s favorite topic with Jason, they talk about deep fakes and astounding editing to produce fake news. Christopher cites a Forbes article about CNN Reporter Jim Acosta allegedly pushing a White House intern.  “It was edited to remove 2-3 frames of the film, to speed up, when he pushed the person and they removed the ‘pardon me, ma’am’ out of the audio. That was just creative editing.” - Jason DeFellippo Moreover, there was also another video circulating the interwebs that make it look like Sarah Sanders was intoxicated in public. It doesn’t end there because they also talk about Gal Gadot, the most recent actor to play WonderWoman, who apparently appeared in a porn video. Clearly another deep fake. Have You Heard About “Hearables?” Apparently, hearables are the new category king and queen for 2020 as different brands introduced a “smart” earbuds. Although Christopher is a fan of the attempt to create a new category, Jason says the products really mean nothing. “That’s the thing, they’re not smart. They are just conduit to your phone. If you go out without your phone, they don’t work. they get real dumb, real fast.” - Jason DeFellippo Aside from this, Jason rants about adding more gadgets to charge. He says he has 7 gadgets at the moment and he would prefer using wired earphones/plugs due to the sound quality.  The Field of Streams Jason shares that around 7 years ago, on his podcast Grumpy Old Geeks, they have predicted this will happen. Everybody saw the popularity of Netflix and all the content creators decided they should make their own platforms.  “I think we’re going to see consolidation coming. People are going to start doing deals with each other to get bundling packages.” - Jason DeFellippo Jason also predicted that households would just pay for around 3 streaming service, max.  To hear more information about Jason DeFellippo and to listen to more of his comments on deep fakes, tech for 2020 and streaming services, download and listen to the episode. Bio: Jason is a full-time podcast producer and editor for The Jordan Harbinger Show as well as the Creator and Co-host of the Grumpy Old Geeks Podcast. Jason has been building websites since the early days in 1994 for clients that range from small businesses to million dollar websites for blockbuster films to his own start-ups. In 1994 he created the groundbreaking website Spewww which was nominated for a Webby in the first year the awards were held in 1998. In 1995 a new media company in Santa Monica moved him out to Los Angeles to build the first website for Epson America. Since then Jason has launched over 250 websites for major corporations like Paramount Pictures, Sony, Warner Brothers, and Disney.  He also created the two time SXSW Weblog Award-winning Blogrolling service as well as co-founded the global blog network Metroblogging. He has worked at several startups in San Francisco including Technorati and 8020 Media, the publishers of JPGMagazine.com, and statistical aggregator Metricly. Links: Website – Jason DeFillippo Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Website: Grumpy Old Geeks Jordan Harbinger Show Some of the topics covered: It's All Fun And Games Until Someone Gets Hurt: The Implications Of Deepfakes Tech That Will Change Your Life in 2020 The future is ear: Why “hearables” are finally tech’s next big thing The Great Streaming Battle Is Here. No One Is Safe We hope you enjoyed this episode of Follow Your Different™! Christopher loves hearing from his listeners. Feel free to email him, connect on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and subscribe on iTunes!

He’s back! Podcast legend and co-host of Grumpy Old Geeks podcast, Jason DeFillippo joins us for another dynamic conversation about the world of podcasting. They also touched a few recent topics about “who should be allowed at Disney World,” “why FaceApp is scarier than Facebook and Instagram” and many more! Podcasting Is Alive! In episode 006, Jason DeFillippo joined Christopher Lochhead to discuss a lot of random but viral topics. In this episode, DeFillippo did not disappoint as he shared his views on a lot of topics, firstly, about podcasting.  “Those people are like you and I, we stick around and we get through the tough times. We’re not here to make a quick buck. We’re not here to turn a profit on 10 episodes or 6 episodes, on an iPhone on a library. You gotta put in the work.” - Jason DeFillippo DeFillippo shared his comments about news writers who dub podcasting as dead. In unison, Lochhead shared statistics to prove that podcasting is, indeed, growing. They exchanged stories as hosts, such as their experiences with booking and rejecting guests and advertisers. “I’m a craftsman, I’m an artist. I love to make new things. I love to try new things, that’s why I love podcasting. There’s always something new to learn but people who come into this, all they want to do is make money and that’s almost everybody that's coming in now.” - Jason DeFillippo Viral Issues: Where do you stand? For a breather, Lochhead cites some viral stories and takes the standpoint of DeFillippo.  Lochhead cites the Disney rant — where a mom’s rant about long queues and childless millennials in Disney World, goes viral. They also discussed Apple’s Siri recordings apparently sent out to contractors for analysis. DeFillippo believes it will not hurt the company in any way, just like how Facebook stock prices rose up after paying fines to the government.  In relation to Security threats raised by Morgan Wright in Episode 84, about deep fakes and Russian FaceApp, DeFillippo brushed these events aside. “Who cares? This is useless data. These photos? They could get that in the internet already. They care about a lot of other things, but a picture of you? No, ‘cause they’re looking at numbers. They care about your behavior and your demographics and how they can influence you.” - Jason DeFillippo Moreover, Lochhead and DeFillippo discussed more recent top stories such as Equifax paying $125 for filling up a simple form and for bizarre stories, about a woman cuddling a giant pet snail. They sure did had fun having a rundown on these top and viral stories.  To hear more about podcasting, viral stories and more relevant information from Jason, download and listen to the episode. Bio: Jason is a full-time podcast producer and editor for The Jordan Harbinger Show as well as the Creator and Co-host of the Grumpy Old Geeks Podcast. Jason has been building websites since the early days in 1994 for clients that range from small businesses to million dollar websites for blockbuster films to his own start-ups. In 1994 he created the groundbreaking website Spewww which was nominated for a Webby in the first year the awards were held in 1998. In 1995 a new media company in Santa Monica moved him out to Los Angeles to build the first website for Epson America. Since then Jason has launched over 250 websites for major corporations like Paramount Pictures, Sony, Warner Brothers, and Disney.  He also created the two time SXSW Weblog Award-winning Blogrolling service as well as co-founded the global blog network Metroblogging. He has worked at several startups in San Francisco including Technorati and 8020 Media, the publishers of JPGMagazine.com, and statistical aggregator Metricly. Links: Website - Jason DeFillippo Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Website: Grumpy Old Geeks Jordan Harbinger Show Some of the topics covered: Have We Hit Peak Podcast? Childless millennials have no place at Disney World and should be banned, tired mom rants

Karen Stefano is the author of the forthcoming memoir, What A Body Remembers: A Memoir of Sexual Assault And Its Aftermath (Rare Bird Books 2019). She is also the author of the short story collection The Secret Games of Words (1GlimpsePress 2015) and the how-to business writing guide, Before Hitting Send (Dearborn 2011). Her work has appeared in Ms. Magazine, The Rumpus, Psychology Today, California Lawyer, The South Carolina Review, Tampa Review, Epiphany, Volume 1 Brooklyn, and many other journals and magazines. Devin Galaudet is the editor and publisher of the well-established In The Know Traveler series of web sites, which celebrated thirteen years in August. He also publishes several other travel-inspired web sites including In The Know Hotels and The Forever Bride, which chronicles he and his wife’s goal of getting married in 100 countries around the world. He has written for the Huffington Post, Technorati, The Citron Review, TravelAge West, and Turkish Airlines’ Sky Life Magazine. Devin holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Antioch University at Los Angeles where he was the commencement speaker representing his class. He has been interviewed at the California Writers Coalition, JohnnyJet.com, Thinking Aloud, the Jewish Journal, among others and performed at Antioch’s Literary Uprising. He lives in Los Angeles, California.

From scaling an idea into a viable product to building a design tool that optimizes collaboration with developers, tune in to part three of our series on passion projects. In this episode, host Travis Neilson interviews Matthew Levine, a UX lead and engineer at Google, to discuss the origins of Gallery and the tension between finding a passion-worthy problem and developing the necessary skills to solve it. Handy links for this episode:Get an overview of GalleryDownload Gallery for AndroidDownload Gallery for iOS Meet our guest:Matthew Levine is a UX engineer at Google, currently overseeing the Gallery product. Prior to joining Google, he was the principal of Infocraft and led web development at Technorati.

Jason has been building websites since the early days in 1994 for clients that range from small businesses to million dollar websites for blockbuster films to his own start-ups. In 1995 a new media company in Santa Monica moved him out to Los Angeles to build the first website for Epson America. Since then Jason has launched over 250 websites for major corporations like Paramount Pictures, Sony, Warner Brothers, and Disney. He also created the two time SXSW Weblog Award winning Blogrolling.com as well as co-founded the global blog network Metroblogging. He has worked at several startups in San Francisco including Technorati.com and 8020 Media, the publishers of JPGMagazine.com and statistical aggregator Metricly.com.    6 years ago Jason retired from programming to pursue a career in podcasting full time. He worked for The Art of Charm podcast for 5 years as a producer and co-host. Jason has also consulted and edited The Tim Ferriss show, The Forbes List, The Kevin Rose Show, The Foodist Podcast with Darya Rose, Joi Ito's Conversations, Noah Kagan Presents, and The After-On Podcast. He has also created several of his own shows including the film podcast Does It Have Legs. Currently Jason is a full-time producer, editor and co-host for The Jordan Harbinger Show and the co-creator of The Grumpy Old Geeks podcast. Jason's links:Web: https://jpd.me and http://gog.showTwitter: https://twitter.com/jpdefInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/jpd/   And don’t forget to support the podcast by subscribing for free, reviewing, and sharing. Web: https://unstructuredpod.com/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/unstructuredp Facebook: https://facebook.com/unstructuredp  Instagram: https://instagram.com/unstructuredp Join the Facebook group:  fb.com/groups/unstructured

Héctor García, más conocido como Kirai (@kirai), es Ingeniero Informático, lleva viviendo en Japón desde 2004, y a lo largo de su vida ha trabajado como programador en varias de las grandes empresas del sector, entre ellas Technorati o Twitter. Además, Héctor es el creador de Un geek en Japón, uno de los blogs más famosos en España y uno de los primeros blogs que yo recuerdo haber leído, y también es el autor de 5 libros de los que ha vendido más de 1 millón de copias en todo el mundo. En la segunda parte de nuestra conversación, Héctor y yo charlamos sobre su libro Ikigai, sobre su vida actual, y sobre algunos temas variados que nos dan pie a los dos a enrollarnos y a filosofar, entre ellos… Cómo Héctor ha conseguido vender más de 1 millón de copias de sus libros La estrategia que ha usado Héctor para conocer a gente importante y acceder a todo tipo de oportunidades … y qué debes tener en cuenta para aplicarla tú Cuál es el proceso que sigue Héctor a la hora de escribir La lección más importante que aprendió Héctor en 2018 por qué uno de los propósitos de Héctor para este año es leer menos Esta segunda parte es más abierta y filosófica que la primera, pero sin perder el toque geek y sin dejar de ser profunda y personal, así que si te gustó el episodio anterior, creo que este te va a encantar :) Notas del episodio: https://unavidaatumedida.com/11/

Héctor García, más conocido como Kirai (@kirai), es Ingeniero Informático, lleva viviendo en Japón desde 2004, y a lo largo de su vida ha trabajado como programador en varias de las grandes empresas del sector, entre ellas Technorati o Twitter. Además, Héctor es el creador de Un geek en Japón, uno de los blogs más famosos en España y uno de los primeros blogs que yo recuerdo haber leído, y también es el autor de 5 libros de los que ha vendido más de 1 millón de copias en todo el mundo. En esta primera parte de nuestra conversación, Héctor y yo hablamos sobre su llegada a Japón, sobre los primeros trabajos que tuvo allí, y sobre algunas cosas más personales como la enfermedad crónica que padece desde 2012, y cubrimos temas tan interesantes como… Las aventuras de Héctor durante sus primeros años en Japón Cómo Héctor consiguió conocer a los co-fundadores de Twitter y YouTube Cómo fue la boda de Héctor con una chica japonesa Cómo vivió Héctor el terremoto de Fukushima O cómo ha conseguido Héctor convivir con una enfermedad que cada día le produce dolor Se trata de una conversación con un toque geek, pero al mismo tiempo profunda y personal, y tanto si te gusta la tecnología o eres un apasionado de Japón como si no, creo que te va a encantar :) Notas del episodio: https://unavidaatumedida.com/10/

Devin Galaudet is the editor and publisher of the well-established 'In The Know Traveler' series of web sites, which celebrated thirteen years in August. He also publishes several other travel-inspired web sites including 'In The Know Hotels' and 'The Forever Bride', which chronicles he and his wife’s goal of getting married in 100 countries around the world. He has written for the Huffington Post, Technorati, The Citron Review, TravelAge West, and Turkish Airlines’ Sky Life Magazine. Devin holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Antioch University at Los Angeles where he was the commencement speaker representing his class. He has been interviewed at the California Writers Coalition, JohnnyJet.com, Thinking Aloud, the Jewish Journal, among others and performed at Antioch’s Literary Uprising. He lives in Los Angeles, California. Heidi Barnes ran her family’s inn on the coast of Maine for years, which inspired The Bellman Series―"The Bellman" and "The Bellman’s Secret". She is a Realtor and property manager based in Los Angeles, California. Heidi has lived around the world―including Singapore, New Zealand, Australia, Dubai, and Canada. She enjoys outdoor activities, loves animals, and is a devoted mother of three. "The Bellman’s Secret" is her second novel.

Devin Galaudet is the editor and publisher of the well-established In The Know Traveler series of web sites, which celebrated thirteen years in August. He also publishes several other travel-inspired web sites including In The Know Hotels and The Forever Bride, which chronicles he and his wife’s goal of getting married in 100 countries around the world. He has written for the Huffington Post, Technorati, The Citron Review, TravelAge West, and Turkish Airlines’ Sky Life Magazine. Devin holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Antioch University at Los Angeles where he was the commencement speaker representing his class. He has been interviewed at the California Writers Coalition, JohnnyJet.com, Thinking Aloud, the Jewish Journal, among others and performed at Antioch’s Literary Uprising. He lives in Los Angeles, California. Raised in L.A by his grandfather who instilled in him his Jewish faith, Riley was a multi sport athlete who gravitated to boxing. His passion for the sport took him from the comfort of his Hancock Park neighborhood to train at gyms around L.A, eventually settling at Broadway Gym in South Central where he trained under Bill Slayton. The combination of being a straight A student and the first rate education on the L.A streets caught the attention of Robert "Puggy" Zeichick, one half of a Jewish-Italian bookmaking team. Riley started doing pick-ups and quickly graduated to felonious capers. After a stint in juvenile reform school, Riley resumed his gambling association, which had grown to working for Matthew "Matty the Horse" Ianniello. He balanced his bookmaking business with his travels as an employee for TWA. Briefly, Riley settled on University studies in Germany, but returned to LA full time after capitalizing on the tech boom of the 90s in part by day trading stocks and then creating software that he licensed to Washington Mutual Bank, a company he worked for, which allowed him a solid foundational understanding of banking regulations, that he took with him into his online gaming ventures.

Today, podcast legend Jason DeFillippo once again joins Christopher Lochhead to get their grump on. They trade stories of flying robots sulking in space, health-food baby names, and why convenient use of facial recognition is both flabbergasting and questionable. “I know that feeling that you get when you give up just a little bit of yourself to these people and you just don't know where it's gonna end up someday.” - Jason DeFillippo on fear of giving away ID for convenience The Future is Here Facial recognition for security checks is a very interesting concept that is bound to happen in the future. But using one's face as a convenient way of logging into automated systems can be a bit tricky. The margin of error must be very slim, or else the technology could birth a mountain of challenges. “Everybody's doing facial recognition, face ID, and things like that. But, nobody's doing it right.” - Jason DeFillippo In Atlanta airport, the busiest airport in the world, Delta now allows the use of a passenger's face as a boarding pass. It is said to be 98% accurate. But the question remains: is 98% good enough? AI Robot Sulking in Space The $6M flying robot CIMON was recently reported to be sulking in space. More than a colleague, the robot was to supposed to befriend the team of astronauts in the international space station. But then things have gone awry, like a Tinder date gone wrong. One day, the robot started playing, “The Man-Machine” by Kraftwerk. One of the astronauts, Gerst, bobbed to the first 46 seconds of the song before giving up and asking the robot to stop. But CIMON hasn't stopped playing the less pleasant playlist. “They could've tested this on the ground first. You didn't need to actually send the robot up there to do this.” "Kale" is Now a Baby Name There has been a slew of health-food baby names for a while now, like Saffron and Kiwi. But recently, Kale has risen up the ranks as well. It's not much of a surprise, even if a bit distasteful. To hear more grump stories, download and listen to the episode. Bio: Jason is a full-time podcast producer and editor for The Jordan Harbinger Show as well as the Creator and Co-host of the Grumpy Old Geeks Podcast. Jason has been building websites since the early days in 1994 for clients that range from small businesses to million dollar websites for blockbuster films to his own start-ups. In 1994 he created the groundbreaking website Spewww which was nominated for a Webby in the first year the awards were held in 1998. In 1995 a new media company in Santa Monica moved him out to Los Angeles to build the first website for Epson America. Since then Jason has launched over 250 websites for major corporations like Paramount Pictures, Sony, Warner Brothers, and Disney. He also created the two time SXSW Weblog Award winning Blogrolling service as well as co-founded the global blog network Metroblogging. He has worked at several startups in San Francisco including Technorati and 8020 Media, the publishers of JPGMagazine.com, and statistical aggregator Metricly. Links: JPD.me Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Grumpy Old Geeks Podcast Jordan Harbinger Show Some of the topics covered:  US airport opens first fully biometric terminal There's an AI robot sulking in the international space station “Kale” is a baby name now Marriott's breach response is so bad, security experts are filling in the gaps — at their own expense AI News Anchor Makes Debut In China Dude uses drone to catch cheating wife, does play, by play on You Tube We hope you enjoyed Jason DeFillippo on this episode of Follow Your Different™! Christopher loves hearing from his listeners. Feel free to email him, connect on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and subscribe on iTunes!

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Is really possible to acquire 101 Amazon FBA businesses in 2 years? At least once a month we receive a query from buyers and sellers about the company this week's guest founded, 101 Commerce, asking who is behind it and if they're going to be able to pull off what they say they will. It is hard to undertake, but of all the people that we've worked with here at Quiet Light, RJ would be the one to do it. He is here today to talk about what that process looks like so far. Richard Jalichandra, known as RJ, got his start in digital entrepreneurship back in 1994 and has been working in the space ever since. He is a CEO five times over, has held senior executive positions, and has generally been around the digital block several times over. While getting ready to retire – which of course hasn't happened – he founded 101 Commerce under the premise that he and his group would buy, invest in, and relaunch 101 niche private label brands on Amazon. RJ has the experience, the funds, and the team in place to make it happen. Stay tuned. Episode Highlights: RJ shares a few of the impressive businesses he's been involved in launching and growing in the past. How he got involved with 101 Commerce. Why the FBA business model attracted him the most. The 101 acquisition plan and how it came together. RJ stresses that this is not a fund, but an operating company. How 101 commerce is striving to create a next-generation CPG company. What top 3 things RJ and his team look for in a business to purchase. Why the person and the story behind the business matter immensely. How long Richard projects it will take to acquire all 101. RJ stresses the importance of the seller's over package and presentation of a well-run company. Why he recommends using brokers and seasoned experts for efficient due diligence and transaction processes. RJ's shares thoughts on brand expansion potential and tariff hikes. Why solid, prosperous deals need both a good seller and a good buyer to make them work. Transcription: Mark: It's probably at least once per month that I get an email about a certain company in our industry that seems to be making waves and the general question that I get … and actually I've just got this email a few days ago from somebody else that has been our podcast and I won't say who it was but asking who are these guys over 101 Commerce and are they going to be able to do what they keep saying that they're going to try and do? Joe I know you talked to RJ over at 101 Commerce, people that we know pretty well at this point and you talked about what they're doing. Joe: Yeah you know it's pretty incredible. His ability to network and we've done a podcast on networking and I'm telling you just a year ago I spoke to him and he came out of the blue and called me and said this is what we're trying to do and I told him that he was nuts. We laughed a little bit. I really should have looked him up on LinkedIn before I told him he was nuts because he's one impressive guy. What he's accomplished, what he's achieved in the companies that he's built I had him rattle them off after he did his intro. And I said stop being humble name names here and everybody listening will know some of the names that he named. But yeah they're pulling it off. Their goal is to buy 101 Amazon FBA businesses. They love the platform. They love the fact that it's got built in traffic and easy advertising platform and all they have to do is focus on a few things versus driving traffic which Amazon does for them. And I think they're going to pull it off. It's not going to happen in 24 months which was the original goal but they're well on the way. I tried to nail him down on the time frame and he was a little wishy washy on the amount of time it would take. Mark: Well I know the question I get from people on this all the time is isn't even possible to do what they're doing? Buy 101 companies within 24 months or even if it's 36 months. I mean could you buy that many companies? And my experience in this has been that I've seen people try to do this in the past, I've seen people try to acquire multiple businesses and roll them together and build this portfolio and they always end up running into buying a dog here and there. Or having an issue come up or trying to expand the team that quickly. So my response to people, who's pretty much universal … and RJ if you're listening to this, hopefully, you're listening to this, I'll tell you exactly what I tell everyone. It's really really hard to do but out of the people that I've met, he's probably the one person I would bet on being able to do this. And so I'm like a lot of other people I kind of grab my popcorn and I'm sitting back and I'm watching because this is really fascinating to watch them go through. How many are they up to right now as far as acquisitions that they've completed? Joe: I think the last time we chatted and we didn't get into specific numbers on the podcast but the last time we chatted I think it was about 14 brands and they're trying to get their systems and their processes in place and bring on more and more people. We ended up doing I think eight businesses for 14 brands with a total of three people. And then they realized we need to have some operations here and build some systems and processes so they've been hiring like crazy; and some really really talented people. So I'm with you. I think if anybody can pull it off … there's a few that I think could, but I think RJ and his team are one of them. We've had some other folks that are doing similar things as you know that have purchased a couple from us; Brad, in particular, has sold two to them recently but I think they'll pull it off. I think it will take longer than the 24 to 36 months. And I'd be betting on more from beginning to end maybe a total of 60 months. It's a big undertaking. Mark: Yeah and folks I want to say that again how many in how long? Joe: 101 businesses. Mark: No how many have they done so far? Joe: Oh 14 brands. Essentially eight purchases but within that there are … I believe there are 14 brands. And that has been less than a year. I think the first one happened early in the summertime. So it's really less than six months. Mark: Absolutely incredible and we're seeing this from a few different places. I know we had Shakil Prasla on quite a while ago now. I'm talking about how many he's bought, and he's bought more since we had him on. At that point, it amassed eight different companies … acquisitions that he had done over just a few years. So there are ways to do this. And by the way, Shakil's method is different than what RJ and 101 is doing. So there are a few different paths towards building up this portfolio and really scaling up pretty quickly. A fascinating example of somebody doing this at scale within the industry and definitely I'm sure this going to pop up there as one of the more popular episodes. Joe: So let's you and I stop talking about it and hear what RJ has to say. Mark: Sounds great. Joe: Today's guest is Richard Jalichandra … actually RJ. How are you doing today RJ? RJ: I'm doing great Joe. How are you? Joe: I'm fantastic. Good to see you. Hey, let's do the thing where you tell everybody about you instead of making me read the script. Can you give everybody some background on yourself? RJ: Yeah I'm an old digital entrepreneur. I dig my gut onto the internet in January of '94 building my first website for an agency client and I've been doing it ever since. I've done a whole bunch of different things. I'm a five time CEO now but I also hold senior executive positions at a whole bunch of venture and PE backed companies. So I just kind of have been around the block for quite a while. And then I tried to retire last year and then something I think you're probably going to ask me about kind of like I got a bug in my ear and back to your podcast got in my ear a few times and maybe influenced my current gig. But yeah recently we founded 101 Commerce and essentially what 101 is doing is we're buying, investing, and launching theoretically 101 niche ecommerce privately. We're running it on Amazon and we're a little bit into it as you know. Joe: A little bit. I remember that first conversation we had. Some guy named RJ called me out of the blue. I should have looked you up on LinkedIn before I told you you were nuts because that's exactly what I said. Do you remember the conversation? RJ: Yup. Joe: You're nuts. You're going to buy 101 Amazon businesses and you're going to run them, operate them, build a staff around that. You're crazy. RJ: You weren't the only one. Joe: You might still be crazy but you're pulling it off. Well, listen you're being very humble here in terms of your background. Come on share some of the businesses that you started and you rank them. Its name dropping please do it so that everybody knows. RJ: Well some of the ones that are … I mean depending on what your flavor is whether it's fitness or video games or … yeah let's see a couple, I mean I've done a bunch of things but the one that have seemed to kind of ring a bell on everybody, the video game space I was one of the senior executives of the company called IGN Entertainment where we ran a massive gaming network that have reached 50 million dudes; 13 to 34 year old dudes at the month. And famously of all the acquisitions I did, they are the one that always delights people at cocktail parties with Rotten Tomatoes. So I did a bunch of acquisitions there but Rotten Tomatoes is kind of the one that I can throw out there. And also everybody is like wow you did Rotten Tomatoes. I'm like no I didn't found it but I did buy it. I'm really good friends with the founders of it still today. And then let's see … I ran something called Technorati which at one point was a social media darling until a small search engine company in Nutview did some things that made it very hard to compete from other search engines. And then I ran- Joe: [inaudible 00:07:56.2] name. RJ: No we won't name any names but yeah, just some small company in Nutview. And then let's see, after that, I did a fitness company called Map My Fitness which was then sold Under Armour. I mean that was a really successful fitness set of apps Map My Run and Map My Ride [inaudible 00:08:14.8] doing the cardio, a lot of people touched those at some point. And then I did a company nobody ever heard of. I was an enterprise media space … advertising media space; I'm running behind the brands. I sold that in 2014 and then I tried to retire then. And then I decided to do one more fitness gig and was the CEO of BodyBuilding.com and then that led to my second retirement attempt. Then here we go. Joe: Maybe the third time will be a charm. I think the list of businesses you just mentioned probably touched on 90% of the people listening know of at least one if not more of those especially the Map My Fitness and all that good stuff. All right so about … what 18 months ago now? Or no it's less than a year ago or about a year ago you and I had a conversation and you said hey look I'm reaching out, we're putting together a fund. We're going to buy 101 Amazon businesses. Why? Why are you focused on Amazon? Why are you not retiring like most sane people would do when they have the ability … no, I'll skip that, why are you buying 101 Amazon businesses? What's the theory? What's the plan? What's the concept? RJ: Well I'll back up a little bit and kind of tell you how I stumbled into it. Joe: Okay. RJ: So I mean I was going to try and retire. I'm still young enough though. I figured at some point I might jump back into a CEO chair or something like that but I promised my wife I was going to take two years off. No W2ing, just literally going to play golf, mountain bike, have some fund, raise my daughter, advise, maybe do some angel investing. And that was kind of the plan but I was also I go and I ever do want to get back in the chair will be kind of hard to do. I just was really on the beach for two years and not really educating myself. So I had this idea that I was going to buy a solopreneur 4-hour workweek business which I'm sure you've heard that one a few times in your job. Joe: A couple of times. RJ: A couple of times today but that was literally the goal. It was to buy a 4-hour workweek gig. Joe: Yeah. RJ: And so hence I wanted something that was at least a couple of years old. So somebody else has already done all the hard work, done the early stage startups. I know how hard they are to get things off the ground. I wanted something that was more matured and seasoned where I was more twisting knobs than actually lifting heavy boxes. Joe: Yeah. RJ: I looked at a whole bunch of stuff, not just Amazon businesses. I looked at SaaS, content; I have a lot of experience in content. I sold a SaaS company. I looked at lead gen, affiliate, and I looked at digital content. I was on the board of a company called Click Think which a bunch of your listeners have probably heard of as well. I was the chairman there so I knew a lot about NAT ecosystems. I was looking at all whole bunch of different things and I kept coming back to Amazon FBA. And the more I dug in on it I was just kind of blown away by the operating leverage that you get out of Amazon FBA. I mean essentially as I explained it to people when I'm trying to fish investors or just tell people I'm doing this you know my last real job we had 800 employees, 6 fulfillment centers, 500 people on the warehouse and you have to generate your own traffic. We had to spend tens of millions of dollars on advertising and all that. Essentially with Amazon FBA, you outsource all those hard things. You don't have to worry about fulfillment. You certainly don't have to worry about traffic because you have 300 million of the highest converting consumers there are. So … and then, of course, the advertising platform is built-in. The customer service system is built-in. So basically I kept meeting and hearing about and listening to [inaudible 00:12:01.8] podcast including yours, people who are essentially running these really good businesses had really good net margins. And I wouldn't be shocked you know there's a plenty of people kind of running sub 1 million dollar businesses but every once in a while I meet somebody running a 15 million dollar business and was essentially a sole proprietor with a couple of VA's and they're running at 30% net. I'd scratch my head and go wow that's a way better business model than setting up your own ecommerce site and got in your head against you know Google and Facebook and trying to get traffic as well as having to compete against an Amazon itself why not lean into it, take advantage of that operating leverage, and see if you can build something that was incredibly profitable at scale. Joe: What about the risks? A lot of folks that I talked to are saying no, no, no, I don't want to buy an Amazon business. I think there's too much competition. It's too much risk and Amazon might pull the rug out from underneath me. They may just decide someday they don't want any more seller accounts or third party sellers. What do you have to say to those folks? RJ: You're right. Just go away. Don't look at Amazon businesses. Leave them all for us. Joe: You know what my answer is there are people out there like RJ that are a lot smarter than me that are doing it so there must be something okay with it. RJ: Look I mean there is no doubt there's proper risk of course. But when I was out in the open web there was platform risk as well. I've had Google like I said destroy one of the highest profile companies that I was at. Oh did I say that name? I shouldn't have said that. But I mean in other places and I've seen it happen and- Joe: It's okay don't worry about it. RJ: Okay, all right. Joe: The panda update, the penguin update they've all have affected … those have affected probably again 90% of the people listening so it's okay. They're probably happy. RJ: So everybody knows what I'm talking about. Joe: Yes. RJ: There is platform risk wherever you go. And even in today's thing where Google doesn't have quite the sway they used to, now you have Facebook and Instagram risk because those are the big traffic drivers of other third party traffic sources and stuff. So you're always going to have platform risk. And I just got comfortable with it because the FBA and the marketplace ecosystem on Amazon is literally what's driving its growth right now. I mean if you look at all the stats behind the curtains or whatever, it's driving the growth. And if you look at 20 years of operating history and behavioral study on Jeff Bezos he usually doesn't throttle things that are growing like a wheat. Joe: That's true. He doesn't. That's a good point. That's the answer I'm going to use from now on when people ask me about that risk. All right so in terms of- RJ: But I will make it clear there's a lot of stupid things you can that gets you into trouble and then there's some inadvertent things that could happen to you that do present risk. I don't want to make it sound like- Joe: It's not risk free. RJ: It's not risk free and we certainly are going into this with our eyes wide open knowing that even the best laid plan, buy 100 of these things who knows what happens. There's a portfolio theory and it goes both ways; good and bad. Joe: Right now Mark had an expert on from a PE firm in the last podcast maybe and I actually listened to it yesterday. By the time this this airs it's probably 3 or 4 weeks ago and the concept was buy them at a certain multiple pull them together and it's worth more automatically. We've all talked about that concept. Is that what struck you initially in addition to the scalability because of the platform itself? RJ: Well the first thing you should do is you should introduce me to that guy and we should get to know each other because there may be something we could do. The second thing is … I mean there's more to it than that. If it was just a financial arbitrage I probably wouldn't be that interested in it. There's a lot of places where you can do financial arbitrage. I love ecommerce so first off that just gets me from a personal standpoint. But what I like is just knowing that they're with resources, working capital, domain expertise, specialty expertise, how much you can grow these things is really kind of what interests me. I guess I'm not just interested in the financial arbitrage. I would correct something else that you said kind of the outset that we raised a fund. A lot of people think that's kind of what we do because they don't understand the PE and venture markets. But I would absolutely categorize us not as a fund. We are absolutely an operating company that works closely with venture and private equity funds. Joe: Yeah it's fine. We're trying to put a label on you recently and what you do and what some other folks are doing and it's … I mean it's … well, what is the label? You're just a company that happened to get some that you went out and raised money and are investing it in Amazon businesses. Is there an official label for your type of organization or is there not? RJ: Well what we're trying to do is create a next generation CPG company. Joe: CPG stands for? RJ: Consumer Packaged Goods, more than a CPG because Amazon obviously sells more. But essentially what we're doing is we're putting together a portfolio … a wide and broad portfolio of niche private label brands that sell predominantly; not exclusively but predominantly on Amazon. And that's really what it is. It's a multi-brand platform. You could think of it as any multi-brand consumer goods company like a Procter & Gamble or something like that. Joe: Okay so not unlike our friend Bill D'Alessandro at Elements Brands and what he's doing but it's a little bit more specialty niche and- RJ: Absolutely. Joe: That's what you focus on on Amazon. Okay. RJ: No and I love what Bill's doing too but it's very similar. He has a multi-brand strategy although he's taken a little more narrow focus than we are. Joe: Absolutely. Okay, let's talk for the sellers that are listening what is it that you and your team look for? What pops out to make you go I love that opportunity? Is it brand, is it gross margins, is it workload, is it … what three or four things do you generally look for when you're looking at one of these opportunities? RJ: I mean the first three things that we look at when we're just doing the highest level screens like when you send materials out we're just looking for a couple of really broad things. Because there's a lot of this for sale, between your guy's brands … absolutely a great deal flow. Joe's probably going to work at the Senate at some point but of our first cohort, almost 50% of the deals set were from Quiet Light so thank you for that. You guys do a great job. Joe: Thank you. RJ: With that said, some of your competitors also do a really good job putting together great materials and all that. So we're evaluating stuff. We're trying to screen just the sheer volume of things that come through the door. So we look at gross margin and net margin that tells us kind of a lot about the health of a business and what the opportunities are. But of course on Amazon the currency there is reviews so we're looking for what we term review restructure. It's not really a good phrase because what it really means is your relative strength, the velocity of reviews, quality of the reviews, how the reviews were generated. But right up the bat what we're trying to do is look at those three broad metrics to decide if we want to dig deeper or not. Joe: Okay and once you find a business that checks all of those boxes do you then go and jump right to the financial conversations with the sellers or do you say okay what platforms, are they selling in the US or can I expand internationally? Is there something else like a growth opportunity that sort of takes it over the top? RJ: Well one of the other things I love about what the materials you guys send us and some of … again some of your other- Joe: Include the competitors because this isn't about padding Quiet Light Brokerage. RJ: No, no, no I mean- Joe: And I won't pull a quote out of this just for the record. No, I'm kidding I- RJ: No, I'm good sorry. It's not just you but the other top brokers and guys that really put together quality materials and stuff. It really does save us a lot of time because normally you got to do a screen call before you even want to setup a call with somebody. Because of the interviews that you guys do you get to hear a little bit of the narrative. I think this is something that people forget when they're trying to sell businesses or sell anything; story and narrative is really important. If you basically have a very good narrative for everything from how you originally … what you did before you even started the business and then how that morphed into a business that narrative is really important for me to hear. And it's really important when I'm out pitching our investors as well. There's a lot of investment opportunities, a lot of money floating around and whatever but they want to know … they kind of want to hear your story and how the whole thing kind of morphed into what it is. And the same thing when I'm looking at even the smallest Mom-and-Pop business I've ever bought, I want to know about them. Where they're from, what they did in the previous career, and then how all of a sudden this thing kind of caught fire. Because that's really the moment like most of the things that cross those three bars, the first initial bars. Joe: Yeah. RJ: Somehow or another they've gotten some critical mass. They figured something out. In spite of the fact they might not have a working capital, they might not be a rocket scientist or an expert on PPC or fulfillment or something, they figured something out and that's kind of what we want to hear in that narrative. Joe: And the person behind the business I think is what you're saying matters tremendously it's not the numbers. RJ: Absolutely. So in addition to that narrative, the way they present that narrative tells you a lot about them whether or not … and again you can get this just by reading your memorandums. You can kind of get whether they're out for a quick walk or they're kind of at the end of their line and maybe just running out of gas and it's time for them to kind of move on and hand it to somebody who has even more gas. And it's also part of that narrative is getting me excited about the product category or something like that. But it tells you and then, of course, you're going to get to the … I know you're going to ask this but by the time we actually get on the phone with somebody or in video or whatever one of the most important things that I understand if a person is … a person integrity. Are they honest? It's often kind of like when you get on that first call, it's usually not in the books. Occasionally it's in one of the books but usually, on that first call a really honest person is telling you okay here's all the warts, here's all the things that aren't going well, you need to be addressed, I wish I could do better that kind of thing. So I think that's really important. So narrative and then the integrity comes out in that and then certainly I want to know … don't ever try and kind of hide the bad stuff because if you tell a great story and then you get indulgence and then all of a sudden the warts start appearing and you're like well you didn't tell me about that then there's an integrity. Joe: Yeah and you lose that trust. And this is not rocket science for the maybe the other brokers that are listening or people that are trying to sell their own business on their own. It's important to act with full disclosure and ask those questions and answer them thoroughly so that when you do get on that phone call that trust is continued to be built. And as I say … look creating a great package is not the hard part, connecting with great buyers like yourself RJ is not the hard part. Going at a letter of intent is not the hard part. The hard part is getting from letter of intent all the way through due diligence to closing. And if you do everything right, free LOI that becomes easier. Things still go off the rails. You and I had one go off the rails a little bit this summer and it got back on but it helps tremendously with full disclosure and trust being built and the people behind the business acting with integrity. It's not just the numbers. RJ: Right and the other thing you get and by those disclosures too is we also start operating the business pretty close. And I think that's a really important thing. I mean you're not operating a business but you're starting to think like the operator. Joe: I was going to say we don't … you don't get any control of anything- RJ: No but you're mentally putting yourself in the shoes of having a steering wheel in your hip. Joe: Right. RJ: And I think that's really important because it gives you a lot more confidence to get to the finish line. Joe: So let's talk about that and 101's operations. When you buy a business from a solopreneur or someone who has a small staff or VA's are you generally … and I know the answer to this, are you generally taking it over completely or are you bringing them on to help operate the business with you? RJ: That's a TBD I mean it really depends on the entrepreneur and the situation. Frankly, there are some people that they're just done. They want to go do something else. Joe: Yeah. RJ: This was their side hustle. They really love what they're doing. They may have financial reasons that they want to get out. We are looking for the rare entrepreneur and then the other thing is they can even want to jump on our boat but they may not have the right personality to be in a really high speed tech thing where you got to work as part of a team and any time we put more people together. They're humans and things don't always work right when humans interact even with the best of intentions. So it really is a TBD thing. If there are … in our first cohort we were probably looking to just take the businesses and actually create kind of a sandbox with these where we can build what I call platformization of the company; people, processes, frameworks, technology that allow us to go do this another hundred times and a hundred times after that. So with that said the first eight businesses that we bought we now have … I wouldn't call, I call it two principals have joined us from those eight. One was an owner and one was literally the guy who's like the GM who is running the business. Joe: Okay. They're going to help you with the other … what 93 that you buy, is that the plan and the goal? RJ: Yeah. 93 is the next milestone and then we'll see what happens after that. Joe: You're going to do that in 2019 or is it going to take a little longer? RJ: It's probably going to take a little longer then. Joe: Okay, I'll help as much as I can. RJ: I know you will. Joe: Talk to us about the importance of having a good presentation at package together before you ever get on that phone call in terms of … look I mean to be blunt you and I talked about you coming on the podcast a while ago and I said no. I said it didn't make sense because I didn't want people reaching out to you directly. And then I saw you up on the stage at Brand Builders Summit, you advocate now of a few different things. One is working with brokers because everything is handed to you kind of on a silver platter but then I think also you've talked about specific attorneys and things of that nature. What are those few things that you say now that you've learned and you've got a certain amount of deals under your belt that you're going to sort of also not just in terms of the business three check boxes but your processes going forward for somebody that is also maybe building a portfolio even if it's a smaller content site portfolio things of this nature, what certain things are you trying to put in place like working with brokers, like working with certain attorneys, and things of that nature, anything? RJ: Yeah no gosh you just hit on the mother lode there. Let's go in no particular order but let's start off first with the broker no broker question. So people heard about what we were doing, the word kind of got out there and frankly, we had hundreds of leads that came in through our website. A very few of those were for a surprising number that would have crossed kind of our minimum thresholds and something we would have been interested in. But when we do a deal like that we have to do a heck of a lot more work. A lot more work. And it's kind of hard pressed to sift through that. If they don't come with their own package, financials, a really good narrative, good transparency, it's going to be a lot of work for us. And most people don't know how to sell a business. I mean let's just call it like they make selling business hard. So we're happy; very happy to work with brokers because we feel there's a couple of things that brokers do. You validate a deal for us. I mean basically, you're not just going to take … your time is valuable; you have other opportunities and things like that. So we know that you're already in a little bit of a quality … you're checking a quality box. And then, of course, you help in put together really nice financials and things like that; things that you know are going to make it really fast for us to kind of do that. And then I'd say another really important thing for a buyer to consider and then we're going to link with a lawyer or other professional services because frankly brokers pride in professional service. When you're selling a business for the first time or even a second time, third time, fourth time, fifth time, but certainly the first time … if you've never done it before it is going to be emotionally traumatic. Joe: I know you're going to go there. It is so emotional. RJ: And it's your baby. It's your baby and guys on the other side of the table they're professionals and they do this for a living or whatever and it's not that you're going to feel like you're outmatched. It's just you've never been through it before and it's incredibly stressful. And some buyers are going to ask … they've got investors and they require them to check a whole bunch of boxes before they actually write a check. So they're going to ask you to check all those boxes too and that can be incredibly stressful. So having a shoulder to cry on i.e your broker and play- Joe: Or vent to. RJ: It's not … no that's it, a lot of it is just like I cannot tell you … I mean I have bought a small business once, probably 15 years ago … 14 years ago. I bought a small business that wasn't represented by a broker and I am not exaggerating when I tell you I hired him a therapist. Because otherwise, we're not getting … neither of us is going to get what we want because the guy is going to fall apart. And so I have a feeling a lot of people probably underestimate just how hard the emotional side of getting a seven figure deal done. There's a lot at stake on both sides of the table and [inaudible 00:30:59.4]. So there's a lot there. Of course, you guys do a lot on just the sheer process side that is there but I would say that's an underestimated really big value thing. Just being the therapist through the whole process. Joe: Yeah it takes a good buyer too; a good broker, a good buyer. But what about the attorney side of it? You've had some experiences with great attorneys and maybe some tough ones too. What is your view in terms of that aspect? I think you actually … you and I talked to at one point where you're going to do … are you still considering requiring your sellers to work with a select group of attorneys that you know have ecommerce experience? RJ: Yes. So and before I even get to that I would just give this is a huge bit of advice to any seller. Do not use your family attorney. Joe: Well there's … I mean I have an unwritten rule that if somebody comes to me and they want me to sell their business I ask them point blank do you have an attorney and are they related? Is it your mother, brother, father, sister, cousin, aunt, uncle, etcetera? Because I had an experience where I had someone that was a few years out of grad school, they started a business in college. We got the business under a lot of intent, over asking price and it was a few years ago so I was fairly new RJ. But his mentor in grad school was an attorney, my trade. His fiancée was in law school and his mother and father were attorneys. The deal blew up. It was a one sided contract and there was absolutely no way to fix it. And the buyer was fantastic it was very fair. It was fantastic, it blew up, went away and I learned that lesson. So what you're saying right now to anybody that wants to have a relative as an attorney it's a really bad idea because they're going to fight like rabid dogs for things that don't necessarily matter and kill the deal for you. Is that what you- RJ: Yeah … no, I would take it even a step further. I actually wouldn't mind if they were your family attorney if they happen to be an ecommerce lawyer because the domain expertise is also really important. You can't just take somebody even if they've done M&A that they sold dry cleaner chains or something like that. Ecommerce and digital assets are just different and so if you don't have a lawyer who has the domain expertise we're probably going to have issues because we're going to have to spend a lot of time educating. So I would highly recommend … and look Joe can recommend, most of the brokers have their stables of good recommended lawyers. But just because you have a lawyer, maybe you have a good business lawyer don't necessarily use that one. Look for somebody with the exact domain expertise of what you're getting into. And then the last thing I'd say about lawyers is lawyers love to point score. I mean this is kind of what they got graded on in law school when they're doing all that. They like point scoring and the one thing … a bit of advice I give to anybody who hires a lawyer is remember the lawyer works for you, not the other way around. So you need to watch whether they're going into point scoring mode just for the sake of wining points. And you have to understand it's not 100 points in a deal. It's usually like four or five that matter. And yet there's the long contracts, it's four or five that matter and then may be one or that lean or important to you and that's kind of what you need to focus on. Make sure you that manage your lawyers so that they know what's important to you. And they're not worried in section 17 and 19 where it's [inaudible 00:34:40.3] and crossing tees and that some warranties and things. Joe: I agree 100%. If I could look back at all the transactions, for the most part, the buyers are good people, the sellers are good people, and if we lived in a different world they could shake hands and the deal would be done. RJ: Yup. Joe: You do have to have contracts. We do have to have attorneys but it needs to be a fair and balanced deal for both parties. It's … I've only had one deal fall apart because of the attorney and it was, in fact, that situation that I just mentioned. Let's talk for a minute and jump over to owning an Amazon business for the people that are buying. We talked about what you look for from sellers but from people that are buying what are your thoughts on if it's 100% US based Amazon business and they've got the capital? In your opinion and experience now should they look at either expanding these skews in the US or maybe looking at the EU and different market places or does it simply depend upon the brand? RJ: I think it's highly contextual. Every situation is going to be very different. There's a ton of these Amazon podcasts that say skew expansion and international expansion which both require working capital. I don't think it's as simple as that. I think you really have to kind of look I have met people literally in the last month where they tried to go overseas and failed miserably because their product category just wasn't appropriate for European market or whatever market. So I think it really is highly dependent there. But it's certainly worth investigating. One of the things I like about Amazon is that you can experiment relatively cheaply for thousands if not low tens of thousands of dollars where you may not get hurt too badly if you made a big mistake. Essentially taking existing products and doing a small MOQ and launching it in Europe, if it fails miserably again if you have the right gross margin structure you're probably not going to lose money [inaudible 00:36:36.9] an opportunity cost. But look if you're going to be successful … I mean you've said this on your podcast you got to take some swings at the play and you're not going to always hit the ball. Joe: Got you. All right let's talk about another big fear given that you're an expert in this space now and you own … I'm not going to say exactly how many and neither are you probably, let's say more than 10 brands and FBA businesses altogether. How big is your fear of potential tariffs getting your individual brands? Does it keep you up at night? Does it hit every single brand or certain categories? Can you just touch on that as an owner in the space now? RJ: Sure. It's really also is highly dependent on your exposure to Chinese manufacturing. So yeah … so we certainly have our fair share of products that are manufactured in China. It's certainly something that we are monitoring and we are thinking about. At the same time … and Joe you know this personally, we've expanded rapidly into Europe. We own two European businesses now and so we will look at it later to expand it even more with Chinese based products as we go into Europe. Look I mean- Joe: [inaudible 00:37:47.1] Europe and not being impacted. Is that … okay, and will you have an opportunity? Have you done the financials? Does it make sense if you do that and shift from China to Europe to then import from Europe to the US and avoid the tariffs or is that just simply too much cost shipping wise? RJ: Oh that's a great idea, Joe. You should come work for us in our supply chain. Joe: No thanks I'm not that deep though you've got smarter guys than me. I know one of them … a lot of them actually. Is it something you guys are already working on and something you've crunched the numbers on? Come on I know you probably have. RJ: I think it's still early days and look we're thinking about it a lot. We're thinking about well … I mean it's too Wednesday about it. Everybody gets it. Everybody is all level playing field but it's not that simple. If it changes the price dramatically where there's price elasticity of demand issues in the category that can just impact overall demand. So look we're worried about it. We're hoping that it gets resolved and most of the time what you see in these geo political things is they usually the small period of exposure and everybody actually finally sits down and see when we get to the problem fixed. So that's what we're hoping for knock on wood. Joe: Let's both do it. Everybody else do it now as well. All right let's talk about a first, at least a first for me and I think a first for Quiet Light Brokerage although we've got a second in place now and it may happen before we close. On a transaction that we did together we actually instead of selling or transferring control of the Amazon seller account entirely we tested and successfully moved a brand from a well-established existing seller account took VA's in and tested it in another account that you happened to own. Can you talk about that a little bit for those … and I'll tell you why, because there's always a fear. Some people want to keep their seller account in particular over in the European markets. For some reason, some people are a little bit more fearful in some other countries. For some it's a legitimate fear, others I would say not but we tested that and it … can you just touch on that and what you did there and what you prefer whether it's buying a brand and moving it into your own seller accounts or buying the seller account entirely? And what the difference is between the two for you got. RJ: Yeah no, no, no, we'll just talk about the actual experience. So yeah we were certainly … we had our own questions, the exact process that we used was we did a test. So we didn't move all of the Asense over at once. We took three Asense, a top selling Asense, a medium selling Asense, and actually, it was two medium selling Asense and one longer tail Asense. I didn't want to jeopardize or risk a top selling Asense and until we moved into this other seller account. It was not equal. It wasn't too far behind. But it was definitely a smaller seller account than the one where they originated from. Joe: Were the reviews on the second seller account that you moved it into were the seller account reviews better or worse than the one you were moving it from? RJ: Worse. Joe: Worse, okay. RJ: They weren't bad but that's a worse- Joe: 4 ½ to 4 or something, okay. Sorry I had to clarify. RJ: Yeah I think it was like 2000 like 1200 or something overall reviews. Joe: Okay. RJ: But look the product reviews go with the Asense. So that's a really important thing in a seller account. If you are selling 3rd party products, you're selling Nike's and there are 20 other vendors on Nike's and you're fighting for the buy box, then your seller rating is a heck of a lot more important than the case for your private label. I know that's important- Joe: The big mystery and big unknown that so many experienced Amazon sellers people that are doing half a million or a million dollars a month is we don't know how important those seller account reviews are. When you … I mean obviously they're important in some way but when you go from 4 stars to 4 ½ and 4 ½ to 5. So, in this case, you moved some of the Asense over, obviously the review … product reviews carried over and if … was it a … I think we did a three week test and talk about how it turned out and we ended up closing the transaction. RJ: It was a 15 day test and then we extended it for a couple of days so it was just under three weeks and the seller was awesome. He is super cooperative. We were also risk averse as he was risk averse. We are risk averse so we really cooperated well to see if we could make the test as well. The other thing we had to replicate is GPC campaigns so they were identical. Joe: Yeah. Was that an automated process or a manual process? RJ: I didn't do it myself Joe so I can't tell you the exact process. I try and keep my hands where they're good and that's not one of them Joe: Okay. RJ: But from what I understand the seller actually created these campaigns for us and literally proved that it was a cut and paste. And then our team put it into our seller account. And then he had access to our seller account too … or viewing access or whatever so that he could make sure that it was setup. Because like I said he always intended to make it work. Joe: Yeah. RJ: So he wanted it to work and we had a couple of checks in there on our side to make sure that there's no way [inaudible 00:43:15.2] the situation even though we didn't really have any fear with him in particular. But it is something that you want to like at least have a couple of safeguards that somebody is not running a big Facebook campaign and juice in the results or something like that. Joe: All right so just for point of clarification for everybody listening the typical way that an Amazon business transfers is that the entire seller account transfers. Generally, in asset sales, the new owner takes control of the seller account and you're left with an empty shell of your corporation. What we did in this situation was move the Asense from one seller account to another. All the product reviews carried over. The seller account wasn't as high quality. We tested it out for a few weeks in a few ways and duplicated the sponsored account. And it turned out great. The seller has to help and it's in their best interest. And this is the big picture thing here Richard, it takes … and you talked about it throughout here, it takes a good buyer and a good seller to make a deal work. It's … nothing is cut and dried, there is lots of emotions involved in the process when you're selling and even for a first time buyer. Some people are putting their life savings on the line and they want to make the right choice so emotions run high all across the board. And it's never a winner take all situation, both a buyer and seller have to be happy at the closing table. It begins way back at the initial call and building a good package and managing your own personal brand and reputation. Doing the right thing as a seller and thinking someday maybe you're going to exit; maybe you're going to pass it on to your kids. Either way, you want to pass on something really great because if your kids take it over you want them to be successful because it may be your retirement money. And if you pass it on to someone else you're willing as a buyer Richard … RJ to pay more for a company that is really tidy and neat and you're able to just take off with it as opposed to sifting through the details and fixing things first I would imagine, right? RJ: Yeah and I'm going to say something that my team would probably kick me into shins over but I fundamentally believe this. And my mentor who kind of trained me in my career he always said always be willing to overpay for a great asset because the good ones are hard to find. And as you were saying that … so again if somebody is really running a great business we're not going to get in a pissing match over a couple of tens of a multiple or something like that. Because ultimately that's a great asset, we know what we're going to be able to do with it downstream and those are going to be rounding errors or something when we look back. You mentioned as you were saying that one of the things I'd like to remind sellers too is that I'm sure you kind of educate them as you bring them on board but there's a lot of these businesses out there. In 2017 Amazon announced that there was 20 thousand 501 million dollar sellers so there's a lot of choices; even if we're only trying to buy 100 of them. Joe: Did you just read Walker's book? What's going on here? You just quoted him exactly. And maybe you guys are reading the same stuff. Walker Diebel has published a book called Buy than Build. RJ: Yeah. Joe: Yes Buy than Build, you're not quoting him you're just quoting- RJ: No, no, no, if you read my narrative you would hear that. But I think what I'm getting at though is don't be a pain in the ass because we've got that 400 businesses in 60 days and we put … in that first 60 days we put eight in the LOI and then we bought a few more and whatever. My point is that at some point in this when we had a couple of your early ones get difficult, I remember being … Keith and Chris, they're sitting there I'm listening to a conference call with a seller and a broker and I literally got up on the whiteboard and I got in giant letters and I wrote NEXT! and that became kind of a mantra. If you're not acting your job well … it's not even if you're a jerk or whatever but if you're not acting that you have your buttons up there's a lot of another choice out there. And the same goes if you're a really good asset there's a lot of choice for you to who you sell to as well. If you're a really well run business and you're dealing with a jerk tell your broker find me the next one. Joe: Well let me say this you're saying to the sellers don't be a pain in the ass. To the buyers, the seller does have choices. The first time I was on a conference call with Keith we were on the call late at night with Max. Max was over in Europe and Keith was so professional, so good, so likable to the point where when the call was done my seller wanted to Keith to be the buyer. He did calls with other buyers. He wanted Keith to be the buyer and 101 Commerce. That is what you want to accomplish buyers on those conference calls. You want that seller to go I choose you because you're not alone and the one that wants to buy a great business. And that's hopefully what a lot of folks listening that are owners of the Amazon FBA business, and ecommerce, and SaaS businesses, content business in general. It really doesn't matter if you want to build a great asset and build a great reputation for yourself so that guys like RJ and Keith and other great professional buyers are willing to pay you maximum value for your business in a seamless, painless, exciting process so everybody prospers at the end. RJ you're awesome. I look forward to working with you for the next 24 months no more because you're going to buy 93 in 24 months and then you're done right? RJ: Yeah [inaudible 00:49:05.2]. Joe: All right I'll work with you as long as you choose to work with us here at Quiet Light Brokerage. RJ: Or eventually at some point, I'm going to find somebody smarter than me to run this and then I'll come work with you guys. Joe: There you go. Well, it's a privilege talking with you. Thanks so much for your time. RJ: Awesome. Joe: I appreciate it. RJ: Okay, thanks, Joe. Take care.   Links and Resources: 101 Commerce  

What exactly is AI and why does everyone insist on using the term to cover a multitude of basic software? Jason DeFillippo of the Grumpy Old Geeks and The Jordan Harbinger Show joins us for today's episode. He talks about tech trends and why the blockchain is the second coming of push. “It's an Excel spreadsheet that has track changes turned on that everybody has access to.” -  Jason DeFillippo on the blockchain Three Things We Learned Grumpy Old Geeks vs The Jordan Harbinger Show Jason is having the time of his life being part of two shows that infinitely differ but also share similarities. Grumpy Old Geeks is the show for tech veterans who have seen it all and want to get a few kicks by making fun of new tech. The Jordan Harbinger Show is a cerebral podcast that challenges its listeners and guests to think. Marimba, PointCast, and Blockchain Jason has seen a lot of things over his twenty-something years in the tech sphere. Among these is the quick rise and even quicker downfall of the enterprise and consumer versions of the push software: Marimba and PointCast. According to Jason, this trend is visible in today's second coming of push: the blockchain. AI: Fancy name for basic software Blockchain is right on the heels of AI, the ambiguous term everyone uses to call a bunch of software that run through basic machine learning and algorithms that make it pretty difficult to enjoy the Internet. This term was coined long before actual software deserving of the moniker began to exist. And even then, the programs are pretty far off what the sci-fi novels had planted in our brains. New tech turn up fast. But the trends are there, and they're almost always bound to be true. If Jason's informed guesses are correct, then it's not too much of a stretch to claim that sooner or later, AI and blockchain will meet the same fate as their predecessors. Bio: Jason is a full-time podcast producer and editor for The Jordan Harbinger Show. He is also  the Creator and Co-host of the Grumpy Old Geeks Podcast. Jason has been building websites since the early days in 1994 for clients that range from small businesses to million dollar websites for blockbuster films to his own start-ups. In 1994, he created the groundbreaking website Spewww which was nominated for a Webby in the first year the awards were held in 1998. In 1995, a new media company in Santa Monica moved him out to Los Angeles to build the first website for Epson America. Since then, Jason has launched over 250 websites for major corporations like Paramount Pictures, Sony, Warner Brothers, and Disney. He also created the two time SXSW Weblog Award winning Blogrolling service as well as co-founded the global blog network Metroblogging. He has worked at several startups in San Francisco including Technorati and 8020 Media, the publishers of JPGMagazine.com, and statistical aggregator Metricly. Links: Website Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Grumpy Old Geeks - Website The Jordan Harbinger Show - Website We hope you enjoyed Jason DeFillippo on this episode of Legends and Losers! Christopher loves hearing from his listeners. Feel free to email him, connect on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and subscribe on iTunes!

Technorati rankings. Full RSS feeds vs partial RSS feeds. Blogrolls. The Techmeme leaderboards. Blogspot vs Wordpress vs Typepad. If you were a blogger over the mid-aughts, these were just a few of the things you might have obsessed over as you catapulted blog post after blog post into the ether, hoping someone would notice and provide you precious links and send even more precious readers. Back then, the internet felt huge, but the number of actual content producers was tiny compared to today, and distribution of content was much less centralized. A-list bloggers duked it out while the rest of us B and C-list bloggers pined desperately for attention from these internet demigods, who they themselves only wanted recognition and legitimacy bestowed upon them by the Mainstream Media. I remember all this because I was right there at ground zero, plugging away as a blogger while I went to college and later worked as a newspaper journalist. And so was my guest, Bill Beutler, who worked at a DC publication called The Hotline and launched a blog called The Blogometer. Tune in while we reminisce about a bygone era when we didn't live or die by the Facebook algorithm and the internet was a Wild West composed of various ideological fiefdoms.

http://www.tropicalmba.com/richardjalichandra/ One of the things that Dan and Ian are most passionate about is finding great blogs and podcasts. These days, the internet seems to be getting smaller and smaller. You really need to dig deep to find unique content, and a lot of it is being made in the most remote corners of the internet. Once upon a time, though, there was a search engine that highlighted blogs themselves. Richard Jalichandra is the former CEO of Technorati.com, which at one time was considered by many to be the gateway into the blogosphere. During their quest for great blogs, Dan and Ian became curious as to why this company disappeared. On this week's episode, Richard shares the story of Technorati, as well as the details of his long and storied career in the early days of the world wide web.

Here is my little secret I love technology! So many reasons I love technology but one main purpose is that it makes my life better! Here you go! Links are on the website: TechCrunch, TheNextWeb, Wired,Tech, Gizmodo, Mashable, TheVerge, DigitalTrends, TechRadar, Technorati, LifeHacker. I may have missed some sites so be so kind and share one with us! Go to this link ask.savvylandlord.me or go to www.savvyradioshow.com and leave a voice mail!

Dino Dogan is the Founder and CEO of Triberr, the social network for content creators. He has spoken or consulted for companies and audiences, including IBM, Rutgers University, Vocus and New Media Expo. His blog has been profiled by Technorati on multiple occasions. He is frequently featured as an expert commentator on new technologies and the latest social media developments on sites like ReadWriteWeb. To subscribe [...] The post BITW 034: How to Build Authority with Triberr Founder Dino Dogan appeared first on Break Into Travel Writing.

Dino Dogan is the Founder and CEO of Triberr, the social network for content creators. He has spoken or consulted for companies and audiences, including IBM, Rutgers University, Vocus and New Media Expo. His blog has been profiled by Technorati on multiple occasions. He is frequently featured as an expert commentator on new technologies and the latest social media developments on sites like ReadWriteWeb. To subscribe [...] The post BITW 034: How to Build Authority with Triberr Founder Dino Dogan appeared first on Break Into Travel Writing.

We had a chance to chat with Heidi Roizen of DFJ and hear her story and what she looks for in founders as well as how to manage key stages in a company's life. Heidi Roizen is the operating partner at DFJ. She has spent her life immersed in the Silicon Valley ecosystem as an entrepreneur, corporate executive, venture capitalist, educator, and member of the boards of directors of private and public companies, trade associations and nonprofit institutions. After receiving her undergraduate and MBA degrees from Stanford University, Heidi co-founded T/Maker Company (an early personal computer software company) in 1983, where she served as CEO from inception through its acquisition by Deluxe Corporation in 1994. In 1996, Heidi joined Apple as vice president of worldwide developer relations. From there, Heidi entered the venture capital world, serving as a managing director of Mobius Venture Capital from 1999 to 2007. Heidi is also a Fenwick and West Entrepreneurship Educator in the Department of Engineering at Stanford University, where she teaches the course Spirit of Entrepreneurship. Heidi is a member of the boards of directors DMGT (LSE:DMGT), ShareThis, and Technorati, and serves on the advisory boards of Springboard Enterprises and the National Center for Women in Information Technology.

Have you ever used a mobile app on your smartphone?  Of course you have!  We all have… but did you know that you can generate a passive income with it?  In this episode we talk about how to create a mobile app even if you have no technical experience.  In this episode, Steve P. Young shares how he left his $120k salary corporate job to pursue his passion with his mobile app business.  You definitely will want to listen to this episode…. Episode Featured Guest: Steve P. Young “Steve P. Young” is the host of the Mobile App Chat Podcast.  He’s been featured on Technorati, Mixergy, Appclover, and iPhone Life Magazine.  He is an App Developer, Mobile App Coach, and provides App Marketing Services for entrepreneurs and small business owners. In This Podcast Episode You Will Learn: How to create a Mobile App on the side to generate some passive income When is it the right time to leave your corporate job and start an online business How building an audience first can help you monetize your small-business Why mastermind groups are so powerful when you’re first starting online Why building an online business can be tough but so fun at the same time How to come up with your next big mobile app idea How to create apps even if you have no technical or coding experience Different ways you can make money online with your business platform How to get ranked on the iTunes Mobile App Store for more traffic and conversions Links and Resources Mentioned in the Show: Mobile App Chat – Steve P. Young’s Mobile App Website Corona Labs – Cross-Platform Mobile App Development Udemy – Online Course Marketplace Sensor Tower – App Marketing and Keyword Optimization for iPhone Swift – Apple Developer Website Steve’s Bonuses – Bonus training for Access Members Did You Enjoy the Show?  Let Us Know on Twitter! If you enjoyed this podcast episode please let Steve and I know on Twitter by clicking on the link below: Click here to share how much you loved this show! Don’t Miss an Episode.  Subscribe to One of the Links Below: Click Here to Subscribe via iTunes Click Here to Subscribe via Stitcher Click Here to Follow via Soundcloud Thank you for Listening to the Podcast! If you’ve found value in this episode of the Marketing Access Pass Podcast, I would love to hear about it!  Please head on over to iTunes and leave me a Rating and Review (5 stars would be awesome!) so others who are interested in starting an online business can find the show and learn how to escape the “rat-race”.  Click here to learn how to leave a rating and review.  If you have any questions or comments about this show, please post them in the comments area below and my guest and I would more than happy to answer them. New to the Podcast?  Learn More About it Here... The internet Marketing Access Pass podcast was created for people who are tired of working the 9-to-5 job and want to escape the rat-race by creating a startup internet business and work from home.  It doesn't matter if you're new to starting an internet marketing  business or have been doing it for many years this show is for you.  If you're an online entrepreneur and want to work from home then this show will offer you inspiration, strategies, tactics about various topics in internet marketing: to include Marketing Strategies, Blogging, Social Media Marketing, Website Traffic Generation, Search Engine Optimization, and tips on how to make money online.  Anthony Tran from the Marketing Access Pass blog shares his tips on how to build, grow, and monetize an internet business.  He also interviews other successful online entrepreneurs who share their marketing strategies of how they created their startup, how to start a business from scratch, and how they are making money online so they could work from home.  Don't miss out on this great internet marketing podcast and start your internet business today.

Dino Dogan is a professional speaker with a real job as the Founder and CEO of Triberr, the social network for content creators that sends millions of monthly visitors to its members. Dino has been the subject of stories pertaining to business and technology in publications like Forbes,Yahoo!News, and BizJournal. His startup has been featured on thousands of blogs, including The Next Web, Yahoo, Technorati, Huffington Post, Business Insider, and INC. Dino has spoken or consulted for a variety of companies and audiences, including IBM, Rutgers University, Vocus, New Media Expo, 140conf, and many others.A prolific content creator himself, Dino has been referred to as a “raconteur and champion of bloggers everywhere,” by writer Rosemary O’Neill. Frequently featured as an expert commentator on new technologies and the latest social media developments on sites like ReadWriteWeb, Dino is also the co-author of the book Engagement From Scratch along with Guy Kawasaki, Mitch Joel, and other notable authors and community builders.His blog has been profiled by Technorati on multiple occasions and offers an insider’s view into his social networking expertise.A recovering network engineer and a failed musician, Dino spends his free time doing Mixed Martial Arts, and walking his german shepherd named Dojo.

Neil Patel is the co-founder of Crazy Egg , KISSmetrics, and helps companies like Amazon, NBC, GM, and HP grow their revenue. Watch the Full Video Episode >> http://www.inspiredinsider.com/neil-patel-kissmetrics-interview/ Watch this interview to hear:-What big lessons will you learn from Neil’s journey?-What big mistake does he not talk about often? Watch the Full Video Episode >> http://www.inspiredinsider.com/neil-patel-kissmetrics-interview/ Neil Patel launched his first online venture, a job board named Advice Monkey, while in high school. Although the business was unsuccessful, it helped Neil gain the mastery of driving traffic to his site, thus launching his career in online marketing. By 2009, Neil had implemented his marketing and search engine optimization tactics on 30 of the top 100 Technorati blogs and was named one of the top influencers on the web by The Wall Street Journal.

Tamara Leigh's TREND ON with George McQuade III - Digital PR Pro & Award-winning Gen. Mgr. @ MAYOPR.com - Corp. Comm. Writer @CNN.com, Examiner.com, YAHOO!, Technorati.com, 818-340-5300 from Los Angeles, CA. Expert & Speaker in Social Media Ethics, George talks with Tamara about How Social Media is a game changer for TV, radio and newspaper.., as well as PR, Personal Branding, Imaging and Communications and Publicist to Celebs in a town all about creating buzz & hype. www.mayocommunications.com  gmcquade (Google Talk); Follow George on Twitter at:  @LApublicity;  www.mayocommunications.com.

Technorati was the number 5 traffic referrer for Basic Blog Tips in 2012.

A key member of Syfy's Fact or Faked AND Haunted Highway teams, charismatic tech wiz Devin Marble has been fascinated with technology ever since he was a child, always having a natural understanding of "how the cogs work."His curiosity and tenacity as a youngster led him to many instances of dismembering the household electronics. To save the house, his mother put him in front of a computer and his father taught him to build. As he grew older, his fascination with how things worked led him into construction, prop-building, and videography.Now, as a self-made producer with over a decade of experience in filmmaking and special FX, he has become highly proficient at deciphering video, photographic, and practical paranormal evidence. Legendary blogger/journalist Eric Olsen (Blogcritics, Technorati, The Morton Report) and paranormal investigator and famed "Haunted Housewife" Theresa Argie have paired for upcoming blockbuster book and multimedia brand uncovering the truth behind America's most iconic paranormal hotspots. Tuesdays at 10pm on BTR!

Famed author (Psychic Vampire Codex), TV personality (Paranormal State), singer, energy worker, paranormal investigator, and psychic vampire - speaking with Michelle is going to be amazing!  Michelle Belanger is a top expert on the vampire in fiction, folklore, and fact. She is also a leading authority on the Gothic subculture and the modern vampire community. Michelle has appeared on FOX, CNN Headline News, and Hannity's America.  She can be seen on a variety of documentaries airing on HBO, the History Channel, Biography, A&E, and Britain's XYTV, as well as shows in France and Norway. Michelle has also appeared on A&E's Paranormal State for several seasons as both a psychic and an investigator. In addition to being an animated public speaker, Michelle is also a prolific author and has over a dozen books to her name. Michelle's Vampires in Their Own Words has been translated into multiple languages and remains one of the definitive collections on vampires today. Her Psychic Vampire Codex set the standard for works on psychic vampirism. Her book Haunting Experiences  chronicles her early foray into the paranormal and Ghost Hunters Survival Guide is a must read for anyone entering the field. More information on Michelle and her extraordinary life can be found at www.michellebelanger.com. Legendary blogger/journalist Eric Olsen (Blogcritics, Technorati, The Morton Report) and paranormal investigator and famed "Haunted Housewife" Theresa Argie have paired for upcoming blockbuster book and multimedia brand uncovering the truth behind America's most iconic paranormal hotspots. Tuesdays at 10pm on BTR!

America's Most Haunted radio show kicks off thunderously with the fascinating lead scientist of Syfy's FACT OR FAKED, Bill Murphy. We will be digging deep with Bill about this classic TV series, his documentary films, and live investigations. Join us for this amazing hour! Legendary blogger/journalist Eric Olsen (Blogcritics, Technorati, The Morton Report) and paranormal investigator and famed "Haunted Housewife" Theresa Argie have paired for upcoming blockbuster book and multimedia brand uncovering the truth behind America's most iconic paranormal hotspots. Tuesdays at 10pm on BTR!

George McQuade, GM/Vice President, MAYO Communications, is a national award-winning entertainment, government, corporate communications and multimedia expert. As vice president of new business and media relations, Mc Quade and his staff earned “Best Media Placement-Print,” “Best Public Affairs Campaign,” and “Education Campaigns,” “Best Corp. Communications,” from the Public Relations Society of America, PRSA, where he served as a board member for four years. Since January 2000, McQuade has been a national writer on behind the scenes of media trends, writing insider reports on entertainment publicity, media relations, public relations and agencies in the U.S. Mc Quade is the past president and active board member on the national Entertainment Publicists Professional Society (EPPSonline.org), with chapters in New York and Los Angeles. He has done publicity for World Trade Week and sits on the Committee that screens content for City of Los Angeles Public Access Ch. LA 36. He's the west coast bureau chief for www.odwyerpr.com, NY, and writes on new media and entertainment trends. McQuade also writes nationally for Examiner.com and Technorati.com, which has 350 subscribes in Europe and 150 the USA.

Come by and see what the always fabulous Carolyn Edgar and I are talking about to kickstart 2012. There's always something that we find snark-worthy. Carolyn Edgar is an attorney and writer living in New York City. She is a contributor to sites on parenting and relationships, including CocoaMamas, CNN, MarriedMySugarDaddy and Technorati, and has also contributed to My Brown Baby. I'm your host, Michele Grant... writer, talker, thinker. I'm Bougie. I'm Southern. I voted for Obama. I have three books in stores & online: Heard It All Before, Sweet Little Lies and Crush.

Mary Engle who directs the Federal Trade Commissions Division of Advertising Practices and is featured in the FTC videos explaining the endorsement guidelines. We will be talking about the recent Technorati State of the Blogosphere report which showed an alarming gap in compliance with the Endorsement Guidelines.

Blogging statistics, including counts on blog readership and blog traffic, were presented by Technorati CEO Shani Higgins at the PR Summit in San Francisco. Much of the data she shared was a preview of the blogging stats to be included this fall in the Technorati State of the Blogosphere Report. These blogger statistics revealed provide… The post Blogging Statistics Research from Technorati appeared first on Eric Schwartzman.

The Captains. Kirk. Picard. Sisko. Janeway. Archer. Every Star Trek fans has their favourite, and each captain has their own unique command style. Sometimes it's hard to put one ahead of the other when ranking Starfleet's leaders, but in this episode of The Ready Room we're joined by Brian Finifter of Down In Front to discuss each of these captains, their pros and cons, and reveal under whom we'd prefer to serve. In our news segment we look at some new Mego-style retro action figures from Diamond Select Toys and Art Asylum, StarTrek.com's interviews with Terry Ferrell and Connor Trinneer, a Technorati interview with Alice Krige, a possible animated series from Roberto Orci, and Five Year Mission's “Year Two.”

Hollis Colquhoun was one of the first female institutional traders on Wall Street, is an Accredited Financial Counselor, co-author of the Amazon Bestseller "Design Your New Life Before You Divorce". She's been practicing martial arts for the last 17 years and holds black belts in Karate and Tae Kwon Do.   Hollis is passionate about financially educating adults of all ages but especially women and young adults. She has 6 years experience as an Accredited Financial Counselor and she has written articles for More Magazine, MSN Today, Technorati, the Examiner and a host of other online sites. Hollis also has a weekly radio show on BlogTalkRadio's Diva Toolbox Network titled "Wednesday Afternoon F.E.S.T." - the FEST stands for Financial Education and Survival Training. In a nutshell, Hollis is dedicated to teaching personal and financial self-defense techniques.   Stay connected to Hollis Colquhoun: Facebook - financialsurvivaltools Twitter - @womenandfinance Website - www.FinancialSurvivalTools.com

Hollis Colquhoun was one of the first female institutional traders on Wall Street, is an Accredited Financial Counselor, co-author of the Amazon Bestseller "Design Your New Life Before You Divorce". She's been practicing martial arts for the last 17 years and holds black belts in Karate and Tae Kwon Do.   Hollis is passionate about financially educating adults of all ages but especially women and young adults. She has 6 years experience as an Accredited Financial Counselor and she has written articles for More Magazine, MSN Today, Technorati, the Examiner and a host of other online sites. Hollis also has a weekly radio show on BlogTalkRadio's Diva Toolbox Network titled "Wednesday Afternoon F.E.S.T." - the FEST stands for Financial Education and Survival Training. In a nutshell, Hollis is dedicated to teaching personal and financial self-defense techniques.   Stay connected to Hollis Colquhoun: Facebook - financialsurvivaltools Twitter - @womenandfinance Website - www.FinancialSurvivalTools.com

Richard Jalichandra is the CEO of Technorati Media. For most of the last decade and a half, he has a made a living creating content and selling online media for internet publishers. In the past, he has been at various times: a car salesman, a travel writer, a political consultant, a voiceover artist, a photographer, a copywriter, a trader and a world traveler (yes, it was a career decision…) among several other things. He tries to be not only a student of the world, but a participant as well. Jalichandra says that he has "learned more about his country living outside of it, and learned more about living while doing nothing".In this edition of SocialMediopolis Live, we will hear Richard's view of the future of social media and social "business".Read more: http://technorati.com/people/jalichandra/#ixzz0lZIu9vkt

Richard Jalichandra is the CEO of Technorati Media. For most of the last decade and a half, he has a made a living creating content and selling online media for internet publishers. In the past, he has been at various times: a car salesman, a travel writer, a political consultant, a voiceover artist, a photographer, a copywriter, a trader and a world traveler (yes, it was a career decision…) among several other things. He tries to be not only a student of the world, but a participant as well. Jalichandra says that he has "learned more about his country living outside of it, and learned more about living while doing nothing".In this edition of SocialMediopolis Live, we will hear Richard's view of the future of social media and social "business".Read more: http://technorati.com/people/jalichandra/#ixzz0lZIu9vkt

Chris Brogan is President of New Marketing Labs, a new media marketing agency, and home of the Inbound Marketing Summit conferences and Inbound Marketing Bootcamp educational events. He works with large and mid-sized companies to improve online business communications like marketing and PR through the use of social software, community platforms, and other emerging web and mobile technologies. Join Stuart and Chris as we discus the human side of business. Chris Brogan is a ten year veteran of using social media and both web and mobile technologies to build digital relationships for businesses, organizations, and individuals. Chris speaks, blogs, writes articles, and makes media of all kinds at [chrisbrogan.com], a blog in the top 10 of the Advertising Age Power150, and in the top 100 on Technorati. He is co-author of the book Trust Agents.

Thanks to Best Western in Kwanah, Texas for lending Michael their business center for a half an hour.Verizon DROID commercial launches focused on the flaws in the iPhone. For all of the things iPhone doesn't do, DROID does. The ad starts out like an Apple ad, but deteriorates in a scifi like coolness. Will it live up to Verizon's claims? We both like the approach, but you probably have to be a geek to get it. The "There's a map for that" ads are better. It's more about the network than the device in most cases. The worst part of the iPhone is AT&T in the US. Any network provider would have suffered the same network fate. Beware Verizon should you get the iPhone. DROID and Pre are similar in focusing on what the iPhone doesn't do, and should be focusing on what their benefits are. Where's the Pre now? How many Twitter apps? 30? Michael has half of them installed.Dave recounts his Blogworld Expo experience. It was a great event, they did a great job. It's about hanging in the hallways and after parties. Criticism 1: When going to a party, it shouldn't be in a club with the volume cranked to 12. It was impossible to communicate. Criticism 2: last year the closing speaker was Mark Cuban. He was witty, and was a take no prisoners kind of guy. This year it was Kevin Pollack. He was crude, and unexpected - video clips shown with 700 people, should have been more PG, not X. Leo Laporte was on Adam Carolla's podcast suggesting that "new media" is the media. Is Blogworld the mainstream now since "new media" is the media? Sharlene Lee said she was going to the Web 2.0 conference on Facebook. Aren't we on to the next thing? Move on, new media is the media. The 140 conference had a breathtaking list of speakers. CES will have an iPod and iPhone section. Over all it was like going to home coming. There were really cool people, most of which Dave knew, but he met plenty of new people. Business was being done, Dave has a few new opportunities because of it. He had fun hanging out with friends.State of the blogosphere from Technorati. The survey tries to get a sense of where new media and blogging are. Survey was comprised of 3000 bloggers and found that 10% were self employed 10% were corporate, and the majority were doing it to serve attract clients and share their expertise. 60% were 18 to 44, but what were the other 40%? AARP bracket maybe? They have an average of four blogs. Aliza Sherman was on Blipcasts and maintains six blogs. 73% agree that blogs are being taken more seriously, the inverse is also interesting. 60% agree that most people will get news from blogs in the next 5 years. Wordpress can have static pages and it turns a blog in to a website. The number one use of Twitter is to promote their blog or promote their business. Not present was giving to the community or creating a dialog. Top reasons: market business, share links, understand topics and interact with readers. We haven't seen the questions, but it's not about engagement, it's about promotion for the respondents. Depending on the surveyed it might make sense. What is a blog? Does Twitter count? Posterous? Can you clarify what a blog is? Dave suggests is a set of tools to accomplish goals, a content management system, presenting data in a temporal (typically newest to oldest).Balloon boy hoax. Silver balloon with a six year old inside? It felt like someone was gaming the system to Dave from the start. Michael tweeted that when the balloon lands it'd be promoting a balloon festival. It was a scary thought for a father of a 5yr old. It wasn't really possible, but logic was lost on the prospect. The father should be prosecuted legally. He was simply looking for publicity and will make money even if he's fined heavily. He caused $300k in expenses. He'll probably be on SNL, Letterman, and get a book deal. Mission accomplished and there's no way to take it back, unfortunately.It's been an interesting week. Focus on new media, old media is adapting nicely. They're coming around. It's only going to get better from here. CES has been more and more about new media and web based services. It's a wrap.

Shelfari is an online social cataloging site that allows users to build a virtual bookshelf. They can rate, review, tag and discuss books with online friends. Users can join groups and discuss topics with other users of the Shelfari website. The site can be linked to your blog, facebook page, and myspace page. Listen to the following podcast to learn more.www.shelfari.comShelfari PodcastPodcast Transcript

Welcome to episode #134 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. This might be a little more controversial than normal. Chris Brogan is widely regarded as one of the leading Social Media Bloggers out there (he is also one of the co-founders of PodCamp). His Chris Brogan Blog is a top 100 Blog on Technorati and he is a Top 10 Blogger in the Ad Age Power 150 list. He recently displayed full disclosure and transparency when posting on one of his other Blogs, Dad-O-Matic, about a Kmart initiative where he was paid $500 for a Blog post. It caused quite the commotion online. Chris agreed to discuss the program and what trust means in this new media world on this episode of Six Pixels of Separation. There are a few Skype glitches, so apologies for the audio quality, but it's well worth the listen. Enjoy the conversation... Here it is: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #134 - Host: Mitch Joel. Running time: 46:03. Audio comment line - please send in a comment and add your voice to the audio community: +1 206-666-6056. Please send in questions, comments, suggestions - mitch@twistimage.com. Hello from Beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at iTunes. Please visit and leave comments on the Blog - Six Pixels of Separation. Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook. or you can connect on LinkedIn. ...or on twitter. Facebook Group - Six Pixels of Separation Podcast Society. In a perfect world, connect with me, directly, through Facebook. Check out the other Podcast, Foreword Thinking - The Business And Motivational Book Review Podcast. Foreword Thinking - Episode #11 featuring Michael Gerber - E-Myth Revisited and Awakening The Entrepreneur Within. The Road to Six Pixels of Separation – The Book – coming soon. In Conversation with Chris Brogan. Trust Agents book with co-author, Julien Smith. Crosstech Media. New Marketing Labs. Dad-o-matic. PodCamp. Kmart. Izea. PayPerPost. Advertising and Trust. Sponsored Post-Kmart Holiday Shopping Dad Style. Toys For Tots. Six Pounds of Sound: David Usher – ‘So Far Down'. Please join the conversation by sending in questions, feedback and ways to improve Six Pixels Of Separation. Please let me know what you think or leave an audio comment at: +1 206-666-6056. Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #134 - Host: Mitch Joel. Tags: advertising blog blogging business chris brogan crosstech media dad-o-matic david usher digital marketing facebook facebook group foreword thinking google itunes izea julien smith kmart marketing mass media motivational books new marketing labs online social network payperpost podcamp podcast podcasting six pixels of separation skype social media marketing toys for tots trust trust agents twist image web 20

Welcome to episode #117 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. With a handful of audio comments in cue, I ditched them all to talk more about this space, where we're going and what you - as a Marketer - can do to get more engaged in the community (and your career). I hope this doesn't come off as preachy (but you never know). Enjoy the conversation... Here it is: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #117 - Host: Mitch Joel. Running time: 34:05. Audio comment line - please send in a comment and add your voice to the audio community: +1 206-666-6056. Please send in questions, comments, suggestions - mitch@twistimage.com. Hello from Beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at iTunes. Please visit and leave comments on the Blog - Six Pixels of Separation. Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook. or you can connect on LinkedIn. ...or on twitter. Facebook Group - Six Pixels of Separation Podcast Society. In a perfect world, I'd love for you to connect with me, directly, through my Facebook profile instead of joining the group - but, that's your call. Check out my other Podcast, Foreword Thinking - The Business And Motivational Book Review Podcast - sponsored by HarperCollins Canada. Foreword Thinking - Episode #11 featuring Michael Gerber - E-Myth Revisited and Awakening The Entrepreneur Within. PodCamp Montreal - September 20th and 21st - Pavillon de De Design at UQAM. Organized by: Sylvain Grand'Maison, Julien Smith, Bob Goyetche, Jean-François Blais, Laurent LaSalle, Laurent Maisonnave, Hugh McGuire, Casey McKinnon, Harold Boeck and Michelle Sullivan. Twist Image is a sponsor. I will be co-presenting two sessions: The New New Music - Fans, Community And What Business Can Learn From An Industry In Peril with David Usher – musician and cloudid. Podcasting From The Heart - The Value Of Recording A Show With No Editing And No Second Takes – C.C. Chapman – Managing The Gray – Accident Hash – The Advance Guard. The power of the unconference movement. Dell Launches Digital Nomads site. Six Points of Separation – Six Free Tools To Measure Your Online Reputation: In tribute to my business column, New Business – Six Pixels of Separation. Online Chatter - Six Free Tools To Monitor What The Public Is Saying About You. 1. Google Alerts. 2. Technorati. 3. Search Engines. 4. Google Blog Search. 5. Twitter Search. 6. Google Trends and Facebook Lexicon. Additions from others: CustomScoop – Personal Edition. FiltrBox. Podzinger. SM2. Music from the Podsafe Music Network. New Leaf – ‘Magic Carpet'. Please join the conversation by sending in questions, feedback and ways to improve Six Pixels Of Separation. Please let me know what you think or leave an audio comment at: +1 206-666-6056. Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #117 - Host: Mitch Joel. Tags: accident hash advance guard advertising awakening the entrepreneur within blog blogging bob goyetche business casey mckinnon cc chapman chris brogan cloudid customscoop david usher dell digital marketing digital nomands emyth revisited facebook facebook group facebook lexicon filtrbox foreword thinking google google alerts google trends harold boeck harpercollins canada hugh mcguire itunes jean francois blais julien smith laurent lasalle laurent maisonnave managing the gray marketing mass media michael gerber michelle sullivan motivational books new leaf online social network podcamp podcamp montreal podcast podcasting podsafe music network podzinger six pixels of separation sm2 social media marketing sylvain grandmaison technorati twist image unconference web 20

Welcome to episode #97 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. After a wild few days in Vancouver doing my full-day seminar on Social Media Marketing for IAB Canada, I am back and discussing everything from why traditional marketers are no different than musicians to how anyone can reach and find influential Bloggers using only free tools. There are plenty of audio comments from places like Geneva and Singapore, plus a dash of North American voices as well.  Enjoy the conversation... Here it is: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #97 - Host: Mitch Joel. Running time: 40:05. Audio comment line - please send in a comment and add your voice to the audio community: +1 206-666-6056. Please send in questions, comments, suggestions - mitch@twistimage.com. Hello from Beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at iTunes. Please visit and leave comments on the Blog - Six Pixels of Separation. Facebook Group - Six Pixels of Separation Podcast Society - please join (we have over 1360 members). Check out my other Podcast, Foreword Thinking - The Business And Motivational Book Review Podcast - sponsored by HarperCollins Canada. Foreword Thinking - Episode #9 featuring Beth Lisick. Beth's new book is: Helping Me Help Myself - One Skeptic, 10 Self-Help Gurus, and a Year on the Brink of the Comfort Zone. IAB Social Media Marketing Full-Day Seminar: Vancouver, British Columbia – March 28th, 2008. GM shifts 1.5 billion to Digital Marketing. Audio Comment – Ryan Jones – P&G – m-cause. Michael Seaton – The Client Side. Audio Comment – Daryl Tay – Unique Frequency – Singapore Management University. Social Media Breakfast Singapore. Garr Reynolds – Presentation Zen. Audio Comment – Spartacus Roosevelt. Audio Comment – Robin Browne – DaBizBlog. Colin Douma – Radical Trust. Six Points of Separation – Six Ways To Identify Influential Bloggers On The Cheap: 1. Google News Alerts. 2. Technorati. 3. Conferences. 4. Traditional media. 5. Podcasts. 6. Blogrolls. 7. Hunt. Six Pounds of Sound – C.C. Chapman – Advance Guard – Managing The Gray – Accident Hash. bill – ‘Foot In Mouth Disease'. Please join the conversation by sending in questions, feedback and ways to improve Six Pixels Of Separation. Please let me know what you think or leave an audio comment at: +1 206-666-6056. Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #97 - Host: Mitch Joel. Tags: advertising beth lisick bill music blog blogging blogroll business cc chapman client side colin douma dabizblog daryl tay digital marketing facebook foreword thinking garr reynolds gm google google news alerts harpercollins canada iab canada influential bloggers interactive advertising bureau itunes m-cause managing the gray marketing michael seaton motivational books online advertising online social network pg podcast podcasting presentation zen radical trust robin browne ryan jones singapore management university six pixels of separation smu social media breakfast social media marketing social media marketing seminar spartacus roosevelt technorati twist image unique frequency vancouver

Welcome to episode #82 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. Once again, we hear from different voices from all over the place on topics ranging from privacy in online social networks to a discussion on trackbacks and comments on Blogs. There's even some discussion about the importance of statistics and rankings (if that's your thing). The Holiday Season is upon us, and if you would like to share some Holiday Cheer, why not call in (or email a MP3 file) your thoughts on Social Media for 2007. I'll be compiling them all and playing them in one full episode, which I call the Yuletide Log Podcast. This will probably drop next week, so make sure to get your thoughts in. In the meantime, enjoy this conversation... Here it is: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #82 - Host: Mitch Joel. Running time: 44:04. Audio comment line - please send in a comment and add your voice to the audio community: +1 206-666-6056. Please send in questions, comments, suggestions - mitch@twistimage.com. Hello from Beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at iTunes. Comments are now live on the new Blog - sixpixels.com/blog. Facebook Group - Six Pixels of Separation Podcast Society - please join (we have over 1230 members). Check out my other Podcast, Foreword Thinking - The Business And Motivational Book Review Podcast - sponsored by HarperCollins Canada. Foreword Thinking - episode #7 is now live and features Ben Mezrich - author of the books, Rigged, Bringing Down The House and more. Power Within Halifax - February 26th, 2007 featuring: Anthony Robbins. Mike Lipkin. Loretta LaRoche $129 per ticket for the first 200 - this offer is for a limited time to listeners to the Six Pixels of Separation Podcast. All you have to do is call +1-866-POWER-04 extension 229 and ask for Joseph. Interview with Deepak Choprah for Foreword Thinking – coming up next week. Yuletide Log Podcast Episode – send in your audio comments for the Holiday Wrap-Up episode - it looks like this will happen next week. Is this Podcast more like talk radio? Let's talk ranking systems – Advertising Age - Power 150 and Technorati. Canadian Marketing Association – eMarketing Course - Guest Panel discussion on advertising in online video. Audio Comment – Mark Blevis – Canadian Podcast Buffet – Podcasters Across Borders. Ann Cavoukian's book - The Privacy Payoff: How Successful Businesses Build Customer Trust. Audio Comment – Dave Delaney – Dave Made That – My Emma. Audio Comment – Bryan Person – Bryper Blog – New Comm Road – Social Media Breakfast. Six Points of Separation – Six Ways To Optimize Your Online Advertising: 1. Web Optimizer. 2. Copy. 3. Personalize. 4. Optimal offer. 5. Surprise. 6. Design. Please join the conversation by sending in questions, feedback and ways to improve Six Pixels Of Separation. Please let me know what you think or leave an audio comment at: +1 206-666-6056. Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #82 - Host: Mitch Joel. Tags: advertising advertising age ann cavoukian anthony robbins blog blogging bryan person bryper business canadian marketing association canadian podcast buffet dave delaney deepak chopra digital marketing emarketing course facebook foreword thinking google google reader itunes loretta laroche mark blevis marketing mike lipkin motivational books my emma new comm road online social network personal brand podcast podcasters across borders podcasting power 150 power within six pixels of separation social media breakfast social media marketing technorati twist image

Welcome to episode #67 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. I am happy to present the semi-live recording I did at Geek Dinner Toronto V - which took place on August 22nd, 2007 (it can't be fully live, because then you would have heard it as it was happening). You'll hear from a lot of people about how the new landscape of marketing and communications is not only changing advertising, but how we all connect. Enjoy this conversation... Here it is: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #67 - Host: Mitch Joel. Running time: 52:43. Audio comment line - please send in a comment and add your voice to the audio community: +1 206-666-6056. Please send in questions, comments, suggestions - mitch@twistimage.com. Hello from Beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at iTunes. Comments are now live on the Blog - sixpixels.com/blog. Facebook Group - Six Pixels of Separation Podcast Society - please join (we have close to seven hundred and fifty members). IAB Canada - Interactive Advertising Bureau ' Social Media Marketing full-day seminar: Calgary, Alberta - September 7th, 2007. Toronto, Ontario - September 20th, 2007. Ottawa, Ontario - September 26th, 2007. Montreal, Quebec - October 10th, 2007. Please let me know if you would like to meet up for some drinks or a Geek Dinner of sorts. Contest - Osheaga Festival in Montreal on September 8th and 9th Featuring Smashing Pumpkins, Feist, Bloc Party, Interpol, Macy Gray, Artic Monkeys and many more. Contest courtesy of Gillette Entertainment Group - Michael Wielgus. 1 pair of tickets to giveaway - answer this question: At what venue will Osheaga Music Festival take place? Email me - mitch@twistimage.com with the answer. You will have to come to my office and pick the tickets up in person. PodCamp Boston 2 - October 26 - 28, 2007 before VON Boston. The Geek Dinner Toronto V Conversation - recorded on Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007 in downtown Toronto. Special thanks to Julia Stein (Sophisticated Bohemian and Fleishman Hillard) and Michael Seaton (The Client Side and Scotiabank) for helping to get this Geek Dinner organized. 30 minutes of conversation with people like: Donna Papacosta - Trafcom News. Peter O'Connell - Audio O'Connell. Saul Colt - The Smartest Man In The World. Eden Spodek - Bargainista. Jay Moonah - Uncle Seth - Online Music Marketing Podcast. Angela Misri - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - CBC. Amaya Thompson - Uncle Seth. Collin Douma - Radical Trust. Julia Stein - Sophisticated Bohemian. Bill Sweetman - Sweetmantra - Marketing Martini - Tucows. Audio Comment - Mario Parise - Happy Pixels. Six Points of Separation - Six Ways To Tell If Your Blog Is Successful - courtesy of Kirsten Harrell - ipopins - Think Positive Blog: Unique Users. Technorati. Comments. Trackbacks. PR. Advertisers. No Six Pounds Of Sound this week (sorry). Please join the conversation by sending in questions, feedback and ways to improve Six Pixels Of Separation. Please let me know what you think or leave an audio comment at: +1 206-666-6056. Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #67 - Host: Mitch Joel.