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Back the Mermaids Monthly Kickstarter!   We Make Books is hosted by Rekka Jay and Kaelyn Considine; Rekka is a published author and Kaelyn is an editor and together they are going to take you through what goes into getting a book out of your head, on to paper, in to the hands of a publisher, and finally on to book store shelves. We Make Books is a podcast for writers and publishers, by writers and publishers and we want to hear from our listeners! Send us your questions, comments, and concerns! We hope you enjoy We Make Books! Twitter: @WMBCast  |  @KindofKaelyn  |  @BittyBittyZap Instagram: @WMBCast  Patreon.com/WMBCast   Julia's Links: Their Website: juliarios.com @omgjulia @mermaidsmonthly Back the Mermaids Monthly Kickstarter!   Episode Transcript (created by Rekka, blame her for any errors) Rekka (00:00:00):Welcome back to another episode of We Make Books, a podcast about writing, publishing, and everything in between. I'm Rekka. I write science fiction and fantasy as RJ Theodore. Kaelyn (00:00:09):I'm Kaelyn Considine. I am the acquisitions editor for Parvus Press. Rekka (00:00:13):And this episode is a little light on the Kaelyn this week. Kaelyn (00:00:18):Yeah. we had this this great interview set up with Julia Rios and I missed it because I I ended up in the hospital the day before we were supposed to record the interview and that's Um interviews are a lot of fun, but unfortunately it's different than when it's just Rekka and I recording and she can say, okay, well just do this when you get home. So I I felt bad, I had to, didn't give Rekka that much notice she had to fly solo on this one. Rekka (00:00:47):Yeah, it worked out okay. Julia is a great person. Julia Rios is a queer Latinx writer, editor, podcaster, and narrator whose fiction, non-fiction, and poetry have appeared in Latin American Literature Today, Lightspeed and Goblin Fruit, among other places. Their editing work has won multiple awards, including the Hugo award. Julia is a co-host of This Is Why We're Like This, a podcast about the movies we watch in childhood that shape our lives, for better or for worse. They're also one of several co-hosts for the Skiffy and Fanty Show, a general SF discussion podcast, and they've narrated the stories for Escape Pod, PodCastle, Pseudopod, and Cast of Wonders. And it was the editing work that had us reach out to Julia this time specifically editing anthologies, which Kaelyn brought to me as a concept for an episode. And I was like, "Hey, we can bring someone else on. Cause you said you wanted to do more interviews." Kaelyn (00:01:38):Yeah. And we got this one lined up and then I missed it. Yeah. Rekka (00:01:43):Well at least I had someone to talk to. It could have been a rambly, messy, nothing, if it'd just been me. Kaelyn (00:01:50):Yeah. So anthologies are you know, something that I think a lot of writers see constantly, especially if you're active in social media, there's something that you're just constantly coming across, but they're a different kind of intimidating than a regular novel or short story submission. It's a different process. So I thought doing an episodeum it's actually gonna be two episodes now—on anthologies would be a nice topic to cover. So it was, you know, I, I wasn't on this episode, but I will say it was great that someone could come on and talk to us about this that actually has experience doing this. Rekka (00:02:31):And then I threw Kaelyn the rough cut so she could listen while she was in the hospital to see if she wanted to have another conversation, if I covered everything or—and obviously I failed because we're going to talk about it one more time. Kaelyn (00:02:42):Oh no, no, we're gonna, we're gonna talk about some different some different stuff. I can't, I can't let you have all of the fun with the anthropologies without me, Rekka (00:02:50):Julia. The reason that I reached out to them this time was because, well, I've always wanted to have them on the podcast—cause you know, in your mind, when you have a podcast, there's always a list of people you want to talk to. So this one got me the chance to shoot Julia up to the head of the line because Julia is currently, right this very minute, get excited, running a Kickstarter to support basically a year long anthology. And the anthology is themed entirely around mermaids. And you'll get to hear Julia's explanation of why that happened that way in the episode. So I won't go too far into it. Kaelyn (00:03:27):As if you need an explanation for mermaids. Rekka (00:03:30):Julia provides an excuse to write your mermaid story, the mermaid story of your heart, and then send it to them. So of course, first they need their Kickstarter campaign to be successful. So make sure that while you're listening to this episode, you also go to MermaidsMonthly.com and that will lead you to the Kickstarter page. So you can back that act fast, because. Yeah. Kaelyn (00:03:53):Yeah. I was going to say, when does the Kickstarter end? Rekka (00:03:56):The Kickstarter ends on December 12th. So act fast. You have the rest of the week, if you're listening to this on, you know, the week it comes out. And if you are catching up after the fact, cross your fingers and go check that URL and we'll see, we'll see what happens. Kaelyn (00:04:14):This is actually an excellent reminder for me, because I haven't gone to the Kickstarter yet. So— Rekka (00:04:18):[GASP]. Kaelyn (00:04:18):I know. Rekka (00:04:19):Go to the Kickstarter, Kaelyn! Kaelyn (00:04:22):I was in the hospital! Rekka (00:04:22):What! That's no excuse. You had plenty of free time just sitting in that room by yourself. Kaelyn (00:04:25):Yeah, but, like, you know what hospital wi-fi is like. Rekka (00:04:28):Yeah, I do. Okay. Sorry. So so yes, everyone, including Kaelyn immediately, while you listen to the music. Kaelyn (00:04:35):I'm actually going to just drop off this intro right now, so I can go over there and check out the kickstarter. Rekka (00:04:40):Good. All right. So while we listen to the music, go to MermaidsMonthly.com support this anthology because as you're about to hear it is extremely cool and extremely well-conceived. And it is in the hands of an excellent editor who has put together a team of people that they know can, you know, pull all this off and do it in a really, really cool way. So here comes the music. Here comes Julia Rios, and you are already at Kickstarter. I know it, so good for you back that shit and let's let's see this happen. Rekka (00:05:28):Okay, I am here today with Julia Rios, who is a personal acquaintance of mine. I would go so far as to say friend, and it's good to have you on the podcast, finally. I was searching for an excuse honestly, to invite you on. And then Kaelyn came up with this idea of, "Hey, let's talk about anthologies because they are a beast of their own when it comes to pretty much every aspect of them." So I said, "Hey, speaking of themed collections of writing, you know, I know somebody who might want to talk about that right now." So why don't I have you introduce yourself? You know, we gave your, your formal bio in the intro, but you know, what's, what's on your mind these days and and where is it taking you? Julia Rios (00:06:18):Right. Well, I think so talking about the theme of anthologies, I am a writer, editor, podcaster, and narrator. So I've done lots of different things in different ways. And I have edited anthologies in the past. I edited, Kaleidoscope: Diverse YA Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories. And then I did anthology editing for three different years, best YA volumes. So those were reprint anthologies, which is also yet another different beast than themed anthologies that are original stories. And now I am working on a project called Mermaids Monthly, which is technically a magazine, but it's more of an anthology project in that it's only running for one year and probably there's gonna be a book at the end of it, collecting all the contents. It's very themed. It's not a general call. So it's, it's even more highly themed than for instance, Kaleidoscope Diverse YA. Julia Rios (00:07:11):Cause that was basically any science fiction and fantasy. That was YA as long as the protagonist came from a background that wasn't the default straight, Cis, white, et cetera. I also did edit, I was a guest editor for the Cast of Wonders, which is a podcast, why a magazine sort of thing. But every year they do a banned books week episode, or series of episodes. So it's for the full week. And that's basically an anthology editing gig as well, where you're editing, you're selecting stories based on the theme that are, in the case of the one that I edited, it was censorship turns out the lights, like let's, let's turn the lights on and see what happens. And so it was very much like, "okay, tell me for banned books weeks, what stories you have that are science fiction and fantasy that have to do with censorship and with like subverting censorship." So that's, that's the kind of different areas of, of podcast and magazine and book anthology editing that I have done or that I am currently doing. All of them were different formats because when you're doing it for a book it's different than when you're doing it for audio and it's different than when you're doing it for something that's going to be serialized. Rekka (00:08:35):Right. Right. And the difference between just the, like the nuance between those three different that you listed is even more than I was thinking about, you know, because— as soon as I invited you on it, it was like, you were going to talk about mermaids. This is gonna be so cool. And and I'm thinking about like the specificity of a magazine about mermaids and you're right. Like an anthology that has a theme can still be a very broad theme where that's open to a lot of interpretation. And I would imagine that you'd even invite people to open "mermaids" to a lot of interpretation, but it's like if I was going to, and I, and I don't mean this to like downplay the mermaid theme because there's, there's a lot of cultural and historical, you know, genre kind of stuff going on with mermaids. But like if I had an anthology, where I was like, "every story has to have an apple pie in it," you know, like that could be really, really broad if, as long as there's an apple pie in it, it can be about anything you want, you know? But would you say that, and we'll get more into the Mermaids Monthly specifically later, but like, are you, are you looking for like, no, I want to center the mermaid or you, you think you want, like, "I don't know. What does mermaid make you want to write?" Julia Rios (00:09:58):Yeah. Okay. So this is something that we've talked about a lot. So I'm working on mermaids monthly with Meg Frank, who is an artist and also has a background in marketing. Rekka (00:10:06):And may or may not be a mermaid themselves. Julia Rios (00:10:09):Yeah. They may be a mermaid, it's entirely possible. So we've, we've kind of conceived this as what I originally, my first idea, this, the whole reason Mermaids Monthly exists is because I've been editing professionally for, I think eight years now, seven years now, some long time anyway. And many times when I'm on panels at conventions, or if I'm teaching a class, people will ask me, "Do editors really have to reject stories they actually like? Does that ever actually happen?" Because I think people tell writers like, "don't feel bad. It doesn't mean your story isn't good." And then writers are like, "well then why would you possibly reject a story that is good?" Rekka (00:10:49):Right. Julia Rios (00:10:50):And it does happen. It happens so often. And it's, it's heartbreaking because as an editor, you don't want to have to reject stories that are good. And also like, as an editor, I know. I'm also a writer. I know how awful it is to be rejected. I don't want to have to tell people like, "Hey, I know you spent a huge amount of time and poured your soul into writing this thing, but guess what? I'm not gonna take it." Rekka (00:11:13):Yeah. Julia Rios (00:11:14):But that's part of the job. So it's an unfortunate side effect of the cool things that you get to do. But one of the reasons why stories that are good can get rejected, and it's not the only reason, is that if you're editing something for a non-themed thing, if you're like a general magazine or a general arm of a publishing company that is not specifically highly themed, you can take one item that is similar. So you could take like one mermaid story and that's fine. You can maybe take two and get away with it. The second you take three of those things, you run the risk of becoming "that mermaid magazine." Rekka (00:11:56):Right. Julia Rios (00:11:58):Or like "that imprint that only publishes mermaid books." Rekka (00:12:02):Hey, you know, some people want that, but it does. There are reasons why publishers don't want to do that. Julia Rios (00:12:08):Like there are some places where that's that's appropriate. This is fine. I would always like end this with, "this is fine if you're Mermaids Monthly, but it's not so great if you're Strange Horizons," which has no stated theme except for science fiction and fantasy. Rekka (00:12:23):Right. Julia Rios (00:12:23):And it's like, "I'm not Mermaids Monthly. So I can't take more than a couple mermaid stories." Rekka (00:12:29):Unless... Julia Rios (00:12:29):"Unless, what if I am Mermaids Monthly and I can, and all I do is mermaids for awhile?" So I originally thought I was just going to do some, you know, take, take stories for a while and do one year of mermaids. And then when I brought it up with Meg, we started talking and, and what grew out of this was something bigger and more visual than I was originally expecting because Meg's background is in art and that there is so much cool mermaid art. So we're going to have comics, we're going to have illustrations, we're going to have all kinds of little visual cues that are mermaid involved as well. And that's different from most of the other end biologies that I've done, because most of the other ones that I've done, haven't had illustrations. They have like cover art and that's it. Rekka (00:13:16):Yeah, yeah. Even, even some of the magazines that go further with artwork still have like a full bleed illustration that either separate sections or just, you know, is for the titles that they think are going to be the most impactful. Julia Rios (00:13:35):Yeah. Yeah. And I think that this is going to be much more integrated. We have one bonus issue that's already come out. And so you can kind of get a sense of it because it has one comic and it has a few poems and Meg has done some sort of interstitial art bits. So you can see that it sort of does incorporate that visual art element all throughout, which is great because mermaids is such a visual theme and like under sea life. So that's very cool, and that's one of the things that I've been thinking about, like how, how different this will be is that it really does then affect everything. When we made our submissions guidelines, I realized like we were going to have separate art and prose guidelines. And we realized that we couldn't do that because, because it was also intertwined, we just needed everybody to send us stuff at the same time so that we could consider all of it together. Rekka (00:14:24):And so that's one thing, you know, stepping back from the specific anthology or, you know, anthology year of magazine— it needs its own name because you're doing so many really cool things with it that like, it, it doesn't, it's not fair to call it either magazine or anthology. Julia Rios (00:14:43):I do think it's fair to call it anthology. When you think about the idea of a TV series can be an anthology. You can have a collection of, for instance, like Amazing Stories or the Twilight Zone is considered an anthology. Rekka (00:14:56):Right. Julia Rios (00:14:57):All it means is that you're collecting things of a similar type that aren't necessarily individually related to each other, but are related to a larger theme. Rekka (00:15:05):Right. So when you are the editor for an anthology, you're not always going to be completely autonomous with regard to the project itself. So I'm wondering how, as you see the submissions come in and you may also not get to be the art director on the artwork for them. So this is, this is very different from what you're working on, which is so exciting. (I'm, I'm going to say that like, over and over and over during this episode.) But you do have control, usually, over the stories that you accept. So what kinda goes through your mind as you create a call for an anthology, and then, you know, the world being what it is, you might get stories that have nothing to do with what you were anticipating getting. How do you like assemble these? Like what goes through your mind as you assemble these things into a single work, that's going to have your name on it? Julia Rios (00:16:13):That's a really great question. And I think that one of the things that has been true for me is that when I'm doing something for a theme and I'm thinking about it something that might happen is I get something that I love that is a surprise to me that I wouldn't have thought of myself, and that can become sort of a pillar and, together with a few other things, they can kind of hold together the theme and be sort of like different poles—if you imagine the whole theme is like a tent and they have different poles at different points. And then the overall thing kind of like folds over everything and drapes there. And I think that what I usually find when I'm coming to coming up with an anthology type thing, is that I know I have a set length that I'm ultimately aiming at. So I know that there has to be a balance within that length and that if I get a few things that are different from each other, or a few things that are very similar to each other that are going to be the tent poles that hold it up, then I can kind of build around that to create the balance based on those things. Rekka (00:17:24):Okay. Okay. That's interesting. So when you say you're limited to a length, we're talking about like the total word count because the authors are being paid per word, and there's a budget for what the content is going to cost. Julia Rios (00:17:37):Yeah. And it's not just because of that. It can be because of a budget, but it can also be because that's the length, the physical length of a physical book, that you want to in someone's hands. Cause like if you buy 200,000 words, it's going to be a much thicker, heavier book. Rekka (00:17:56):Yeah. Julia Rios (00:17:57):Than if you buy 100,000 words. Rekka (00:17:59):Absolutely. Yeah. I mean, at 100,000 words, you're wondering how you're going to fit everything on the spine. At 200,000 words, you're like, "should I throw some illustrations on the spine? This thing is enormous. What do I do with all this space? Maybe I'll put a recipe here. I don't know." yeah. So when, so when you, aren't the conceptual, you know, creator of the anthology, like if someone says, I want to have an anthology based on this topic, but I want to find an editor that is going to do it justice, and I decide that's not me. How do you work with the person who brings you the anthology? Julia Rios (00:18:39):That's interesting. So I think that anytime I've been hired by someone else to do an anthology, either I've worked with them... So in the case of Kaleidoscope, my co-editor was the publisher, Alisa Krasnostein. Alisa Krasnostein is an Australian publisher of a small press called 12th Planet Press. And basically she heard me on a recording of a panel that I had been on at WisCon about dystopian YA and like how heteronormative it is. And she was like, "would you like to work with me? And we could do an anthology of like dystopian YA." And that was her original pitch. And I was like, "I would love to work with you. This sounds fun. I think we should make it not limited to queer or dystopian." And so like, then we ended up with this idea of like diverse YA science fiction and fantasy. So it was a very broad thing, which meant that... I realized at that point that if we were going to do a very, very narrow theme, that it would end up feeling, to me, like a lot of the same story over and over again, queer YA dystopian is a very narrow theme. And I like to kind of play around a little bit more. So we talked to each other until we kind of came up with something that worked for both of us. And she got really excited about, you know, including other kinds of diversity as well, and including other kinds of stories. And we came up with an anthology that was a really lovely anthology with a lot of great stories and that were all very different and that was okay, because they could be very different and still fit with the broader theme. Julia Rios (00:20:14):So that's one example of what happened was, basically I talked with the person and was co-editing, but in another instance, like for instance when I did the banned books week for Cast Of Wonders, they, they know that they want to do a banned books week showcase every year, and they usually get someone to guest edit it. So they asked me if I would like to be that editor. And they told me what they generally wanted, which was, it has to fit with this "censorship turns out the lights leaves us in the dark let's turn on the lights." And then they said, "basically, you know, here's the budget that you have, you make it work." And so I'm like, you know, they were like, "we want at least X amount of episodes. So it has to be a mixture of like short stories and flash and whatever, but like here, here, you can have this submissions pile and you can do what you want with it." Julia Rios (00:21:09):And I did have access to their first reader team and I did actually talk to their first readers. So if their first readers really loved something, I would take that into account. And I think that's generally my experience, anytime I'm editing with a team, I will definitely talk to other members of the team, and if something hasn't grabbed me on first read, but it's really grabbed some other people, I'll then take more time to consider it cause, obviously things work differently for different people, and just because something hasn't grabbed me right off the bat, it doesn't mean that it's not a beautiful story that I will ultimately love to publish. Rekka (00:21:45):Right. Right. Yeah. And you can get to know the story as you work with the author and, you know, appreciate more about it. Julia Rios (00:21:52):Yeah. And just having the chance to ask the other readers, like, "why did this resonate with you?" can kind of also open up different aspects of it. Rekka (00:22:00):Right. Because as you're reading through a slush pile, I imagine there's a pressure to just respond to every one of them as quickly as possible, you know, to be fair that there's the, "I know what I'm looking for this, isn't it" kind of, you know, and then maybe you get through the entire pile and you realize what you thought you wanted wasn't in there, but now you have this sense that there was something else in there that you, you know, that was forming that you didn't realize until you get to the end of it or something. How is that slush pile experience with you as like the lead editor? I mean, I know you said you worked with the first readers, but what does that actually look like? Cause I'm not sure that everybody really understands how that process works. Julia Rios (00:22:45):Okay. So usually in places where there are where there's a team of first readers, basically all the slush comes in and sometimes, depending on the place the main editor won't read any of the slush that hasn't been filtered. Sometimes everybody is kind of like picking stuff out of the pile and reading it and then setting aside the ones that they like to show people later. Usually there's like a first pass that happens when I do these things where it's like, yeah, that first pass is reading things and setting the things that look good aside and setting the things that I automatically know, like maybe they aren't for the theme or maybe it just didn't grab me. It wasn't something that I felt was ready. It, whatever, whatever reason, maybe it's actually a graciously offensive, that happens sometimes. Those things will get like set aside to be rejected right away. Julia Rios (00:23:41):And then you'll go and do more passes, then with each pass. You're kind of your goal is to cut it down further because ultimately, you know, you're going to want a very small percentage of that stack. And then finally, after that, so if the first readers have been doing it, they'll be passing things up and I'll be reading them after they pass them up. Maybe I won't read them until we get to a second round. So anybody who has been pulled out by a first reader might get a second round notice that says like, "Hey your story made it past the first round, but you've gotta wait longer, sorry." Rekka (00:24:15):Good news, bad news. Julia Rios (00:24:17):Yeah. And sometimes those stories are stories that I read and set aside. So I'm sending the story and being like, like basically if you get that notice somebody loved your story. They loved your story enough that they were like, "this is worth looking at more carefully and seeing if it fits the overall balance." Rekka (00:24:33):Yeah. Julia Rios (00:24:33):And then, like I said, usually what happens for me is I'll find one or two things that I'm like, "I know for sure this thing is definitely in." So then it's like, "how do the other things match against it?" And I think with that one in specific, like I had asked a couple of people to submit things and knew that those would be in the pile, but also didn't know which ones they were, because the way Cast of Wonders does reading, they make it so that you can't see who the author is when you're first reading it. Rekka (00:25:08):Right. Julia Rios (00:25:08):So Anonymous, Anonymous Submissions from the point of view of the reading team. Rekka (00:25:14):Right. Julia Rios (00:25:14):And that was really interesting to me because I knew like one of the stories that I had asked a specific author that I really like, I was like, "could you please submit something? Cause I know you'll write something good for this." And I knew it was their story, even though I didn't know what they were going to send. And I didn't know whose name was on the thing I, reading it, I was like, "this is this author. And I already know I want it." Rekka (00:25:37):Yeah. That's very cool. So on that note, a lot of anthologies will solicit work. Especially for instance, if this anthology, you know, this hypothetical anthology is being funded through Kickstarter there's a tendency to say, "and we will have these names that you already know" so that people back it because they're, you know, familiar or a fan of with or of the author names that they recognize. So when, when do you get to say like tap someone that "you know, you love their work and say, I want you to write me something." And when do you only get to say, "could you submit something please? So I can consider it?" Or is that a personal decision? Like, "I don't know for sure that this is up your alley, but I want to invite you to participate because I believe you would do well" versus like, "no, I guarantee you you're in it if you write me a story" and is that guaranteed? Julia Rios (00:26:34):So that depends a lot on the context. And for me, if I'm doing an anthology and I ask someone to please submit something, usually usually I'm asking them, knowing that I would accept what they would write. So in the case of Mermaids Monthly, for instance, for the Kickstarter, we have a list of contributors and those are all people that I've worked with before, or have high confidence in the stuff that I've read of theirs. And we know that they are willing to do something. We ask them ahead of time, "Would you be willing to write something?" We believe they will turn the thing in. If they turn something in, we will absolutely plan to take it. The only way we wouldn't is if somehow, like they didn't have time, some life emergency came up, or I don't know, somehow it turned out that someone I'd asked had secretly been a horrible racist and wrote— like in that case, yeah. I'm not going to accept it, but I'm only going to ask people that I would never imagine would do that. Rekka (00:27:37):Right. Of course. Julia Rios (00:27:39):We had, I think, 30 names in our contributors before we— Rekka (00:27:43):Yeah that was the last count I saw. Julia Rios (00:27:47):Yeah. And the reason why was because we know all of the formats that we're doing involve a lot of like smaller things. So we were able to do that many names and still know that we'll be able to take like as many people again from the slush. Julia Rios (00:28:00):Yeah. Yeah, I had to remind myself like, "Oh yeah, this is running all year 30 names doesn't mean it's already full." Julia Rios (00:28:06):Well, it's also like, "are those 30 people all turning in a long story?" No, some of them are doing illustrations. Some of them are doing like flash pieces that we specifically asked for or poems that we specifically asked for. So it depends. And, and what you're asking people to do will depend as well. But for that, I definitely can make that call. For the Cast of Wonders one, I couldn't just solicit something and say, for sure, "I know I want you to write this and I will absolutely take it," because I knew that the process for choosing those was going to be the process that they already had in place. Rekka (00:28:42):Right. Julia Rios (00:28:42):Which is you get Anonymous Submissions, you read those, and then the team kind of makes a decision. Rekka (00:28:49):And in your case, you were lucky that this person was recognizable. Julia Rios (00:28:52):I told that person, like, "I'd really love you to submit something. Cause I know you write, well, I can't guarantee anything." And I will tell— I'll be very transparent with people ahead of time about whether or not I can guarantee or not guarantee something. But for all the people that have already asked for Mermaids Monthly, I specifically like said, "I would like you to do X thing. Would you do X thing? If you do it, I will put it in this magazine as long as it funds." Julia Rios (00:29:17):Yeah. And do you ask them to shoot then for a word count goal? Julia Rios (00:29:22):Yeah. I do. So I've— some of the people I've asked for specific word counts of stories. Whether it's a flash piece or it's a short story, some people I've said like, "you can go right up to the limit," some people I've said, "Hey, I'm looking for something that's like two to three thousand words." I've asked some people for poetry, I've asked some people for illustrations and comics. It just kind of depends. And with the illustrations and things like that, it's like, there's a difference between whether we've asked someone to do an interior spot illustration or a cover, which the covers are going to be way more expensive. Rekka (00:29:59):Right. The covers are more expensive. They take up an entire page and you've got to account for that when you're planning your books and your layout, the spot illustrations might be resizable depending on how the the resolution and how they flow with the words around them, that kind of thing. That's and that's so neat. I love the, the mix of art that you're going to have in this. I'm excited to see how that turns out. So when you are then considering story lengths, do you get excited looking through the slush pile when you find like lots of flash, does that make you go, "Ooh, I can buy lots of stories." Julia Rios (00:30:35):Yeah. Rekka (00:30:35):Or is it really a matter of how the, the themes fit in? Julia Rios (00:30:39):I love flash. I think flash is harder to do than a lot of people realize. I love it when it works. Well, I think that flash stories are such a great little break. Like it's a little hit. So if you only have a five minute break to do something and you want to just read a story during those five minutes, flash is such a great little thing to do, and a good flash story can leave you laughing, or it can give you an emotional gut punch, or you can just come out of it being like, "Whoa, I had this thought that I never had before" and you never know what you're going to get. So I really do love it when it works well. I also do think it's really hard to pull off. So I love it when people submit it and, like every other story it's still a hard sell, but statistically, because we can buy more of them, because they will fit more in the space that we have and with the budget we have, you're more likely to get an acceptance with flash. Rekka (00:31:38):Right. It does seem like, okay, everybody, that's your hint, that's your little trick. Cause otherwise of course, everyone's going to say, "how do I get my story accepted?" And we're still talking generally here. I haven't even gotten to the mermaid stuff, but like generally, what would be your advice for someone who says like, "I want to write short fiction and I want to sell it to markets or sell it to anthologies." because especially with anthologies, generally, there's kind of a small window of the submissions. So unless someone's got something in their back pocket that's perfect for that anthology that they've been workshopping and they've been editing and they've been revising and had beta readers and, and they've, you know, been staring at for 10 years or something. There... What you're going to see is generally like maybe a second or third draft, if you're lucky. Right? So what do you what would you say to somebody who's looking at anthologies, looking at the short window from finding out what it's even about to having to submit their story? How did, how do you approach that as a writer or how would you tell a writer to approach? Julia Rios (00:32:45):Well, I mean, I've approached it as a writer myself. Because I, so I also have we didn't talk about this at all, but I've also written stories that have been in anthologies. So I've done a couple of stories that have been in A Larger Reality I and II, which were Mexican and Mexican American anthology of writers that were collecting stories—I think there was one comic in the first one and the second one was all very tiny flash pieces that were up to 300 words—and then also like art. That one was mostly online. The first one was actually a physical book and also an ebook. And these were made by Libia Brenda, who is the person, I think now she's doing some editing for Constelación Magazine. I met her through the Mexicanx initiative, which brought 50 Mexicanx creators to World Con in 2018. Julia Rios (00:33:39):And she then later became the first Mexican woman to be nominated for a Hugo award, which is awesome. And that was because of her involvement with A Larger Reality. But for that, like she basically reached out to all of us, all 50 of us and said, "does anyone want to make an anthology that we can hand out to people at WorldCon so that we can show them what Mexican writers do?" And she was sort of expecting people to not really be that excited about it because it was going to be free, but she was like, "I will just make it, it'll be fine." And all of us were like, "yes, this sounds like a great idea. Let's do it." So we ultimately did and we made a Kickstarter for it. Even though like we'd given her all the, all the stuff, but we did a Kickstarter just to raise the funds to cover the printing costs. And then also overfunded enough that we could pay all the authors, which was great. Rekka (00:34:28):Oh, that's very cool. Julia Rios (00:34:30):But for that one, it was basically like I had a period of a couple of months." And she said, "you know, if you have something already, it doesn't have to be a new thing, it can be a reprint". But most of us ended up writing new stories and I wrote a new story for that one. And that one, it was like, okay, I know I have a couple of months and I know this is going to go to like anybody who attends WorldCon and the goal of it is to try to show what kinds of stories Mexican creators make." Rekka (00:34:54):Right. Julia Rios (00:34:55):So I was like, "I want this to show something that has to do with my feeling as a Mexican person." Rekka (00:35:02):In 300 words or less! Julia Rios (00:35:04):Well the first one was not, it was not limited to that. Julia Rios (00:35:08):Oh okay. All right. I was thinking, "wow!" Julia Rios (00:35:09):I think the first one had like a 5,000 word sort of guideline limit. And I think mine was like two to three thousand. I can't remember exactly how long. Rekka (00:35:18):I was going to say, to introduce yourself to the WorldCon audience, and you have 300 words. Do your, do your whole culture proud. Julia Rios (00:35:27):So yeah, so that one I really wanted to, I didn't have to, like, no one told me I had to, but I wanted to do something that kind of touched on my identity as a Mexican person and also as a queer person, because those are two parts of me and I feel like the, the ways they intersect are important. And I wanted to show that like, no one is one thing, no one is all one thing. And so I ended up writing this story that had to do with a woman who is kind of jumping from dimension to dimension and trying to fix a relationship problem basically. But she's running into the same people and she's seeing how she's connected to them in different dimensions. And one of the things that comes through in that is that basically all of these people are, they're different instances of themselves, but there's something intrinsic to them that makes them them and these aspects of their identity are still really strong. And for me, like that was, that was something I thought about. And I was like, "I think I'm thinking about this because I'm thinking about how this anthology reflects specifically my identity." And even though this, this person is not me, and this is not actually an autobiographical thing, that was the kind of theme I was thinking about. So that was really cool in a way to do that. Julia Rios (00:36:43):But one of the things that I would say to anyone who's doing anything for an anthology call is find that thing that you, that you resonate with, that speaks to you, that you want to write about. Don't just do it because you know that like so-and-so wants vampires. Like it's not enough for it to be vampires. The thing that's going to make it stand out is that it has something that you care about. Julia Rios (00:37:11):And so I think the reason why my story in that anthology did get some good, critical reception and ultimately got reprinted in Latin American Literature Today is because I cared about it and it had some sort of heart to it. But the good thing about that is that also if for some reason, Libia had not accepted it, which in this case it was a softball—I knew she was going to accept it, but that's, that's lucky. Rekka (00:37:37):Yeah. Julia Rios (00:37:37):But if for some reason she hadn't, it was a story that I could have sent somewhere else. Right. Like I could have, I could have submitted that to some other place. And ideally even when you're writing for a theme, it's something that if it doesn't work for that anthology, you can still send it someplace else. Rekka (00:37:55):And one thing to consider is that everyone else who was rejected from that anthology now has a new story that they're going to send everywhere else. So if yours feels like theirs probably going to have a lot of competition. Julia Rios (00:38:07):Yeah. So if you're just writing, whatever you think is the default vampire or a mermaid story for a vampire or a mermaid, and— Julia Rios (00:38:14):Hypothetical anthology... Julia Rios (00:38:16):Like, right, then, then you know that if you send it to fantasy magazine, fantasy magazine is also going to get everybody else's default mermaid story. But if your story has something that you care about in it, that somehow makes it stand out, it's going to stand out. Rekka (00:38:33):Right. So your advice, nothing to do with tricks, it has nothing to do with editing out certain words that bother editors. It has nothing to do with how to write your cover letter perfectly. It is write your authentic story. Julia Rios (00:38:49):Yeah. I'm sorry. Rekka (00:38:51):That's no, that's, that's so good though. Julia Rios (00:38:52):It's not the advice anybody wants. Rekka (00:38:55):No. Yeah. Okay. So people who want advice, that's going to shoehorn them into an anthology or make them a shoe-in to put more shoes in the conversation. Like they're looking for the answer of like, "Oh yeah, well, you know, for my mermaid thing, definitely makes sure that she's got green fins, because if that mermaid has green fins, I'm a sucker for green fins you're in." and you're not going to find that kind of advice because that is, that is not a guarantee, even if that was true for you, you know. Julia Rios (00:39:26):It's not the only time that that is true is if you have been asked for a specific tie-in media and you know exactly what that, that place wants, and you're doing, usually in this case, you're doing something that's like work for hire, which means that you don't own the rights to it. And you're going to get paid one fee. You're never going to have the right to sell that story again, or to reprint it or to get royalties. It's just going to be like, you write it and you give it to that company and it's theirs. Yeah. And in that case, like, there are definitely things that I've done before where if I'm doing that, I'm like, you know, maybe I'm adapting someone else's work for an app and I don't really have a say in it. And it's like, "you do this to this formula and you turn in the exact word count that we want. And it's supposed to, you know, she does have green fins and she has rainbow eyes and that's the end." Rekka (00:40:17):Right, right. But that's not that's not an anthology call. That's a, as you said, work for hire, like you, you play by someone else's rules in that case, you're, you're a contractor doing the work for somebody else who already had the idea and you, if you're lucky, you get to play around with things a little bit, but probably probably a totally different experience from writing for an anthology where it's an open submissions call or even a solicited. Julia Rios (00:40:47):I think It is in some ways, but like sometimes you'll see anthology calls from places like Wizards of the Coast. Rekka (00:40:52):Oh, okay. Julia Rios (00:40:52):And if they're asking for like a specific thing then, you know, there's probably a very specific D and D story that they want. Rekka (00:41:01):Okay. That's fair. I get that. I concede. We touched on budgeting for the anthology a little bit, but here you are like crafting Mermaids Monthly from the ground up. Julia Rios (00:41:13):Yeah. Rekka (00:41:13):Like what's the process for creating this project and finding the shape of it with regard to the budget and with regard to what you want it to be versus what's practical? Because, you know, I've seen anthology, Kickstarters go up and their budget like that, they're asking people to fund is like $5,000. And I realize, you know, that might be for single book and it's probably not for, you know, 12 issues' worth that might be close to 150,000 words when they're done—I don't know what your goal is total—but it always seems that people are afraid to ask for the right amount on Kickstarter to begin with. So how do you balance not coming up with a whopper of a number versus like, actually, cause I know paying the people who contribute in any way to this is important to you. So how do you create that budget when you haven't even seen the stories or the artwork yet? Julia Rios (00:42:06):This is really hard. And basically it involves sitting down and writing down a bunch of different projections of "what would happen if we did it this way, what would happen if we did it this way? What about this other way?"" And after you've got like 50 of those different scenarios, then it's sort of like, okay, what are the things that we think would be the most doable and the coolest that we'd be the most excited about?" so when I first started this, like I thought, "okay, I can do this. And I'll just ask for like some short fiction, that's basically it." And then I was like, "maybe I'll do short fiction and poetry because I really like poetry." and I think that there aren't enough poetry venues out there that pay authors fairly. So I was like, "okay, I'll do short fiction and poetry." Julia Rios (00:42:52):And then I asked Meg like, "do you want to get involved as my marketing person and maybe like help with design?" And then it sort of snowballed from there. But from there we talked about all kinds of things. We talked about audio, we talked about making the stories longer or doing other things and ultimately decided, okay, we don't want to have no stories that are not flash. We do want to have some stories that are longer stories. But it wasn't practical for us to ask for more than 5,000 words, because we were also committed to paying at least 10 cents a word. Rekka (00:43:27):Right. Julia Rios (00:43:27):So like that was one of those things where it's like, you can pay less, you can pay 8 cents a word, which I think 8 cents a word is now the SFWA minimum? Julia Rios (00:43:36):Yep, that is still the SFWA minimum. So your 10 cents is above that. You're definitely, pro-rate right here. Julia Rios (00:43:40):Just a little above it, but it's still above it. And for us, like I, we came up with that number because I was like, "what would I personally, as a writer be really excited about?" And the bottom line, there was 10 cents. So I was like, "I will, I will be committed to paying writers 10 cents." Rekka (00:43:54):Right. Julia Rios (00:43:54):Um for this reason also we have a thing where it's like, if we're doing reprints or any other things, and the amount would come in at less than $20, based on our per word rate, we will do a minimum of $20 because we don't want anyone to come out with less than $20. So like that's, that's just based on bottom lines for me where I'm like, ""okay, when I think about it as with my writer hat on, what would I be okay with? And when I think about selling a reprint, our reprint rate is low. It's 1 cents. It's 1 cent a word, but we're like excited. See your reprint stuff. The reason why I was like, it's going to be low. Is that,, for me reprints aren't the most important thing for this magazine. Rekka (00:44:40):Right. Julia Rios (00:44:40):We're going to be doing a lot of original stuff, but we're not opposed to them. And for an author, a reprint is just extra money. Rekka (00:44:47):Yeah. Julia Rios (00:44:47):It's like, you have already done that work, so you don't have to do it again. Rekka (00:44:51):Right. Julia Rios (00:44:52):And now, someone's just going to give you a little bit of extra cash and you get to keep it. Julia Rios (00:44:56):Yeah. Which is always nice. Julia Rios (00:44:57):Which is always nice. Julia Rios (00:44:59):Yeah. And it's cool to have, you know, both sides of the perspective on the project that you have edited before, but you are also somebody who submits and you know what is fair for both sides and you try to work so that everybody's getting as much of the fair experience as they can. Julia Rios (00:45:18):Yeah. And it's, it's tricky because it's also, like I realize that rates for... Going rates for science fiction and fantasy that are considered professional are really low compared to anything that people are doing if they're pitching nonfiction to mainstream magazines, for instance. Julia Rios (00:45:35):I saw somebody do the math recently that like if, if inflation had been applied to professional science fiction and fantasy rates, we'd be getting $75 a word or something by now. Can you imagine that world? Julia Rios (00:45:49):So it's not a large amount. Wow. I just know that in like in the 1950s and earlier, it was possible to actually make a living selling short stories to magazines. Like that was a thing that you could do. Yeah. So when you, you hear sometimes people saying like, you should do what Ray Bradbury did, which is like, write a story a week. Rekka (00:46:07):You should also travel back in time and live when Ray Bradbury did. Julia Rios (00:46:11):And I'm like, "yeah, if you live in the 1950s, you can do that. If you live now, it's like, well, that's not really where you're making your money." And honestly, like for most writers, even with novel length work, that's not where you're really making your money. Some people are lucky and they break out with these large advances and then they earn out and they get large sales and they get good royalties. Rekka (00:46:35):And then they get more large advances. But the rest of us... Julia Rios (00:46:37):Most of the time, it's like, this is going to pay a little bit, but not a whole lot and you should either have a day job or use this to create other opportunities for yourself. So like you can use it to then get speaking and teaching engagements. I think going back to your other question, like why people charge different rates at Kickstarter, it's because it depends too, what they're doing. So some people might already have certain things taken care of like either they've already paid their authors and they know that they only need to raise the money for printing a book, or maybe they have other investors somehow like supplementing things. Rekka (00:47:21):Or extreme optimism. Julia Rios (00:47:22):Right. So like you can, if you've already got a magazine that has a subscriber base, for instance, and you decide that you want to kickstart your next year of that magazine, you can kind of take some of the amount out of that, that building it from the ground up because you have that subscriber base. Rekka (00:47:40):Okay. Julia Rios (00:47:40):Um if you've got a press that's already up and running and you've already produced a lot of books, then maybe you have a clear idea already, if you're like a one person operation, that you know how you're doing your book design and you're not going to pay another person to design it. And that's labor that you're willing to just take as the cost that you're providing yourself. And then maybe like, if you're me, you're like, "okay, well, I'm working with Meg and Meg is designing and Meg needs to be paid for that work." and even though we're paying ourselves a very low amount of money, our Kickstarter is taking into account that we want to pair something because it's like, "okay, even if this cannot remotely count as living wage, I want to Mark that we are, we're doing a lot of work." Rekka (00:48:27):Right. And there's value in that. Julia Rios (00:48:29):And there's value in work. It's important to recognize that there's value in work. And if we won't recognize it, no one else will. Rekka (00:48:35):Absolutely. Yeah. Now what about the payment structure? Because authors who write for an anthology or a magazine get paid once. Julia Rios (00:48:45):Yeah. Rekka (00:48:46):So if a book completely pays for itself, like the profits of that go to the publisher usually, right? Julia Rios (00:48:55):Yeah. Rekka (00:48:55):Then the author would only expect to see more money for that story by reselling it as you were discussing. Julia Rios (00:49:01):Yeah. So generally it, it depends because sometimes when you have something with like a large publisher, if you have something with one of the big now for that exists in New York, they just had another buyout. So we've gone down from five to four. But if you have an anthology through those, so like maybe the ones that were done by saga press in the last two years, The Mythic Dream and The Starlit Wood those, if they earn out those authors might get royalty checks, that would be split between all of the authors and the anthology and the editors. But for most places, and especially in the small press world, you're selling it for one rate and you're selling it for that per word rate and you're not going to see royalties later. Main reason for me on this is that I am not an accountant. And—. Rekka (00:49:52):Yeah I was going to say, the bookkeeping! Julia Rios (00:49:55):Trying to split royalties between 25 or 30 or 50 or a hundred people is just it's— Rekka (00:50:02):Yeah. Because especially with the distribution to the online retailers for digital books, like it is impossible to know how, where that money is coming from sometimes. They make it so impossible to know like, okay, it was this many books and they made this much money. And okay, now you're going to divide that into how many words the book was and then pay out based on, you know, the word count for each. I mean, even if it goes well, that's a lot of work. Julia Rios (00:50:26):Yeah. Rekka (00:50:27):You know, like you might be able to write a spreadsheet to figure it out, but the way that you get reporting these days, Nope. Not gonna happen. Julia Rios (00:50:35):It's hard. It's a lot. And the truth is that for most anthologies that come out through small presses, they either don't earn out or like what they've raised for their Kickstarter is them basically paying for the cost of making the book. Right. Rekka (00:50:48):So they, they earn out by default and then that's probably it. Julia Rios (00:50:53):And then that's it. Maybe they make like a little bit over, but once you split that between all the contributors, it's like," does everybody actually want to check for 50 cents?" Rekka (00:51:01):Right. I mean, I would probably hang it on the wall. I can't even say I would cash that. Julia Rios (00:51:08):Yeah. So, so that's the reason why I think for most of the time, when you're selling to an anthology, you're selling it once. And that's a good reason to look at rights in the contract, because if an anthology is buying the right to then like exclusively, have your story forever and you don't get to do anything with it, that's a bad deal and you shouldn't take it unless you, for some reason really love it. Like, I guess if it's a Star Wars anthology, and you're a huge Star Wars fan, that's a different story. Maybe it's worth it for you, just so that you can have a book on your shelf that's a Star Wars book that has your name in it. That's totally fair. But that's a personal decision that you're going to be making. And like the great thing about this is that people are making lots of movies and different things based on short stories. So like Ted Chiang's Arrival, like the movie Arrival is based on a novella. Rekka (00:51:56):Yeah. In fact, I've heard advice that like they make better movies, generally, based on the source material than when someone tries to turn like, say, a 10 book series into a movie. Julia Rios (00:52:08):Yeah. Well, like a novel can make a good TV series and sometimes you can have a good adaptation of a novel into a movie, but when you're working with a short story length, it's easier to adapt that into, into one movie length thing. Rekka (00:52:20):Yeah. Julia Rios (00:52:21):And Hollywood gets excited about that. So if you can have your backlog of short stories and somehow you attract the attention of someone in Hollywood, then you're also like, by the way, I have these other ones. Rekka (00:52:32):As long as you make sure that anthology publisher did not take your media rights. Julia Rios (00:52:38):Which, ideally they would not have taken your media rights. And also like they ideally won't take exclusivity for a very long time. Like most places are gonna take it for maybe a year, maybe two, depending on like how their, what their publishing plan is. But like, most places are not going to say, we're going to hold onto your story forever. And you can watch out for that because then as soon as, as soon as those rights are back for you, you can sell that to someone else. You can republish it yourself. If you have a lot of stories, you can make your own collection and just kind of stick it up there as an ebook. Rekka (00:53:12):And first audio rights are good to keep track of too. Julia Rios (00:53:15):Yeah. Oh yeah. All of that stuff. So it's good to know what rights you have and to remember that, but like there are reprint markets out there, there are places like Pod Castle that will buy a reprint audio. They'll buy the audio rights to something that's already been published. Sometimes they'll buy the audio rights to something that's already had an audio version because they're gonna make their own. Rekka (00:53:36):Right. So how do you, because you've done this successfully wrangle all the cats that are involved? Because you've got editors, you've got authors, you've got contracted artists and designers and other contractors. That seems like a lot. So I'm glad to hear you're paying yourself for the mermaids because this is not a small job. Julia Rios (00:53:58):It's a lot. And I say that if you really want to make an anthology, that it is a management project, so you have to be ready to take on a manager role. And it's, it's good to remember that as much as there's fun stuff, there's also a lot of just like dotting the i's and making sure your contracts are all in and signed and that your payroll, like somebody is responsible for paying everyone and making sure that they were paid on time. Rekka (00:54:29):And that there's a record of it. Julia Rios (00:54:32):Exactly. That you have author approval on the final versions of the stories. That, that you have had a chance to see everything through a proofreader. And that you've, you've had someone double check that your layout works and all of those other things, there are so many different pieces of it. And I can't stress, that collaboration is very important, I can't stress that enough. Some people are able to do most things on their own. Like I think that think Mike Allen over at Mythic Delirium Books does most of it himself or with his wife Anita Allen, who's the other person who runs that. So they're like doing their own design and editing and everything else together, but it's a lot based on what you already know, you know, how to do. So I think the reason why Mike can do that, why Mike and Anita can do that together is because they started with a zine in like the nineties, I think. And it was like a paper zine that they would have made, you know, at home or from Staples or whatever. Rekka (00:55:39):Right. Julia Rios (00:55:40):They had a lot of time curating zines and putting them together and realizing how that worked. And then also Mike works for newspapers. So he has experience working in the newspaper publishing side of things. And he probably has experience through his job with things like InDesign. And, and because of that, he, he moved on to doing anthologies and he did like the Clockwork Phoenix series, which were all sort of self-made anthologies that he was doing himself. And because of that, he learned over the course of time, what are the things that he knows how to do and what are the resources he has available. Rekka (00:56:15):And what are the pieces that go into something? Julia Rios (00:56:17):Exactly, what are the pieces that go into something and what can he do himself? Whereas like for me, I know for instance, I know about myself that I am not a designer and I do not have that skill. I am not an artist. Visual art is not my strong suit. So, so one thing I've been doing during the promotional phase of mermaids monthly with the Kickstarter is like, okay, if we get to this number, like I will attempt to draw a mermaid." Rekka (00:56:43):And you did a very, very nice job. Julia Rios (00:56:45):"This Will be a fun exercise for all of us because I am not an artist." and yeah, I think it's a cute, fun drawing that I made of this mershark with like giant sharp teeth. But if you look at it and you look at anyone, who's actually an artist doing the same kind of thing, their version is gonna be much better. So I could make Mermaids Monthly myself, and it would be a very plain production. And that's fine. I could use something like Vellum for instance, which is basically a, what you see is what you get book designing tool that would produce a perfectly readable, simple book. And that is a totally acceptable path, but I know that I would love to have higher production values. So I have to pull in other people and Meg has major design skills that I do not have. So I was like, "Meg, do you want to do this?" And Meg was like, "sure, I'll do this." And everything that Meg has turned out is something that like, I didn't even know how to ask for it because I didn't know that's what I wanted. Rekka (00:57:46):Right, right. Yeah. Having the expertise on your team is so critical whether it's yours or whether you recognize that you need to find somebody else. Julia Rios (00:57:56):It is. And as for the rest of it, like making a list. So having like multiple spreadsheets with task breakdowns, having processes in place that you invent and recheck as you go along and revise. So for instance, with Megan, I, every time we do a contract, one of us puts it together. They send it to the other person for review. We go through multiple rounds of like, "Hey, I found this typo," or "I think this clause needs to change." But like our rule is we don't just send it to the author before it's gone through the, the two-person review system. Rekka (00:58:32):And then I assume you have, you know, spreadsheets of all the authors and what they've signed or what they've turned in or what they've gotten in terms of edits. And if they've gotten those back and if the final proof has happened and all of that, there are a lot of steps. And then you multiply that by however many authors you're going to have involved. Plus then, you know, the different processes for artists and their visual work. So that's, that's so much. So obviously, you know what you're doing. Julia Rios (00:58:58):[[Laughter]] Rekka (00:58:58):So now let's like, just get really excited over mermaids monthly because people who are listening to this live have until the 12th of December 2020, Saturday to fund help fund on Kickstarter. I'm sure by now it's already funded because it's going swimmingly. Julia Rios (00:59:17):Let's hope that your words are definitely prophetic and that will happen. Rekka (00:59:22):So at this point, it's, you know, you've got, I think the last count I saw was something like 8,600 to go of a very you know, I will say it was an ambitious goal because you were, you were planning to pay people fairly including yourself. So that's excellent and everyone's behind you, which is really, really cool to see that the funding is going well, it's consistently going up. I think everything I've seen has been really, really positive and a lot of people are really excited about this anthology. So tell me, aside from not wanting to reject more than three mermaid stories, like, what are you, what are you hoping for at this end, before you've seen any of the submissions? Julia Rios (01:00:06):Well. Okay. So I'm hoping to find things that surprise and delight me. I'm hoping to have fun. I know that some of the stories will be like sad or scary. That's, that's a thing that I'm sure will happen. Rekka (01:00:21):And you did invite people to, you know, do dark stories if they wanted. Julia Rios (01:00:24):Oh, yeah, I'm not saying we don't want those, but I'm also hoping that there will be some percentage of mermaid stories that we get that will genuinely just be delightful, mermaid romps. Because I think especially after this year that we've all just been through, like having some fun things to just sort of be a little beam of, not sunshine cause we're underwater, but you know, we just need those cute bioluminescent jellyfish to let us, say... Rekka (01:00:52):Oh, gosh, I'm like, you're going to get a submission from me that's going to end up being like a mermaid roadtrip story with lots of bioluminescing. Julia Rios (01:01:00):See, I love this! I love it. So I'm excited to see what we get and I'm excited to see all the different ways that people interpret it because I can think of lots of different creative ways to do it, but I know that all the things that I think of are not what other people will default to. Rekka (01:01:15):Which is what's so great about anthologies. Julia Rios (01:01:17):Yeah, I love that. I can't wait to see what we'll get. So one of the authors that I solicited a story from that I'm really excited about is Debra Goelz, who has written a novel that is published through wattpad and it is called Mermaids and the Vampires Who Love Them. Rekka (01:01:36):Oh that's excellent. This is very promising. Julia Rios (01:01:38):It's a YA novel about a mermaid who goes to like a special academy for supernatural creatures and gets a vampire boyfriend. Rekka (01:01:47):Nice. Julia Rios (01:01:47):Uh there's a lot of other stuff going on in the, in the plot of this book, but like that's the gist of it. And the title sort of gives you a sense of how ridiculous and fun it's going to be. Cause it's c

This Will, Jada and “Aug” love triangle made headlines and EVERYONE has been talking about it. Cleo’s best friend Takiyah hops on the pod all the way from the Cayman Islands to laugh, joke, and also add serious insight and point of view as we discuss this hot take! Don’t forget to LISTEN, SUBSCRIBE REVIEW, AND RATE the podcast! -2ofyourfavs. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

http://whogottheaux.com Welcome back to WGTA!! Subscribe, leave a comment and Rate!! Check out our interview on SD Voyager!!http://sdvoyager.com/interview/meet-jullian-scott-jylon-mckee-jeremy-cortez-whogottheaux-kearny-mesa/What's good what's good. The guys start off recapping UFC 251 and the night before. This Will and Jada situation has everyone talking. What will people stay and work on in relationships these days? They go into detail on the Vanessa Guillen horrific story. They may have the caught the people responsible for Pop Smoke's murder. All that and more!Hope you enjoyed this episode and again don't forget to subscribe to receive notifications on new episodes and give us a rating to help build the show. Also leave a comment with song suggestions or anything you want.

This Will and Jada mess was so scandalous, it brought Ash out of her hiatus hideaway! Joined by her government appointed roommate, aka Lamp, they discuss the antics from a married couple’s perspective.

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The Mamas once again answer the question: "How the hell did Orange Caligula become president of the United States" Answer? Third Party candidates! Listen as we clue you in and give you the tools to combat thirdpartyisms like 1) I don't like either candidate 2) My candidate was blocked by the establishment 3) The two party system sucks And other whining nonsense. Picture if you will 4 more years of what we have - This WILL get worse: crashed economy, the rise of white butt hurt nationals, a global pandemic, and our financial future squandered on Golf & nepotism Barbie et al Autocracy Or picture if you will, the candidate THE PEOPLE choose and what that leadership will look like: peace, stability, respect in the world view, no more disease and pestilence. DemocracyThe choices are so stark - there is no room for a 3rd party at this time. But if you want a chance at that suck it up and do the right thing. VOTE BIDEN. We are gonna tell you WHY and HOW www.HeartlandMamas.com #DemCast

Episode 015 - Locked In - Providing Value To Your Clients While Quarantined LOCKED IN – With agents stuck in their homes and not able to attend closings, view homes, and have limited contact with their clients, what should they do to continue marketing? In these unusual times, the traditional picture of agent success is not the best image to put out to customers who may be losing their jobs and going through tough times. Instead, it's time to be a legendary agent and think about what our clients really need during this time:  levity, hope, encouragement and help. We discuss ways to “market” in non-traditional ways during these non-traditional times. SHOW NOTES 02:50 – Our clients need us…Not for housing. They need our calm attitude, showing of patience, professionalism and help finding resources. 03:28 – We have an opportunity to show the world the real estate community is here to help them. We are not all about trying to sell homes. 03:50 – Stop the politics during this time. Everyone has an opinion. Nobody cares about your opinion and they never did. They don’t care about your “expertise” on medically related things. Now especially. 04:30 – Clients care about food, toilet paper, cleaning supplies, child care, loss of jobs, economy, real estate markets. Provide info on those things. 05:42 – Cate: Provide an uplifting message of hope and help. Watch what you are “liking” and commenting on in social media. They rely on us for that hope. 06:05 – We are looked at as professionals like a doctor or attorney. People do rely upon us and trust us. Be that professional. Be a beacon of light. Stop the scare tactics. 06:50 – If you don’t have the FACTS, don’t put out half-truths or false information. 07:05 – Clicks do not equal value. Do emojis count? 07:20 – What are you going to do to provide value to your clients? Find solutions to the things they want and need. 08:25 – Have sympathy and empathy, reach out and find out if they are okay, but offer solutions to their woes as well. 08:30 – Provide value to your communities. Maybe there is something you can do to help the subdivisions where you live and work. 08:45 – Consider a “parade” through the communities to uplift the kids. Tour a neighborhood. 09:45 – Schools are providing meals for kids and families that may be down on their luck. Share that with your community. 10:15 – Be a resource for property and market information. Many homeowners are concerned about property values right now. Help them see what is actually going on. 11:35 – Cate: compare the quarantine to the holiday season. People are distracted with things other than real estate, but the market will pick right back up once the quarantine is lifted. 12:00 – Provide levity, comedy. Put out jokes, memes, songs, and inspirational quotes. 12:40 – Not the typical real estate marketing. Be a good partner in your community. Be a shoulder to lean on. 13:05 – Provide updates on information. As professionals, we usually find out things before the public. If you know of some information, get it out to the public. 14:05 – Provide value to your clients based upon what they need. Not what you need. Reach out to them. Call your clients and ask how they are doing. 14:45 – This WILL pay off in the long run. Be genuine. They will see that and will come to you when the time comes for them to buy or sell their home.   SHOW LINKS Seinfeld, “Can you spare a square?” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVA1i26SkKE Organize a neighborhood “parade” – https://www.wikihow.com/Organize-a-Parade Are we in a recession? – https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/us-economic-recession-tracker/ Steve Martin, playing banjo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiraO4fI-3k   BETWEEN THE LINES LINKS Email brian@brianclee.com cate@craftsmanrg.com Web brianclee.com catelee.com realestatebetweenthelines.com Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/realestatebetweenthelines/ https://www.facebook.com/Brian-C-Lee-111822417027919/? YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcv4dHU39-b5_QVVCIhbcBA?  

Got a Bon Jovi tune in my head, “Your #lawfirm Needs Bad Medicine. Bad medicine is what I need, whoa.” (bet you sing that all day now)From Jim Gast SpliceNet Consulting (www.splice.net) CEO:You and your staff may not like it but let’s face it, this bad medicine may be needed immediately‼️ This WILL solve attorney and staff productivity problems NOW⁉️ It’s for our own well being. It’s this or risk the alternatives.When my kids were little they hated “yucky medicine” when they were sick. They had a fever, runny nose, cough, an achy body and they needed the “bad” medicine to get better.Your law firm is no different. If you have a life threatening symptom you need a remedy NOW. That symptom might be lack of focus, lack of productivity or distractions while working remotely so you need medicine “yucky medicine” to solve that problem.Let’s talk about the “yucky medicine” to save your law firm’s life.Join our LinkedIn group, “No Law Firm Left Behind” at https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12383419#NoLawFirmLeftBehind #legaltech #productivity

As dark as it may seem now, we WILL get past this. This WILL end.  And something I have been thinking about is, what are you going to say 50 years from now? They are going to teach your kids kids about this in school, just as they do World War 2 or the Spanish … Continue reading "ERF 039: My Current Covid- 19 Thoughts (For Now And Later)" The post ERF 039: My Current Covid- 19 Thoughts (For Now And Later) appeared first on Eric Roberts.

It seems that everywhere you look right now, people are panicking about COVID19. While I think it’s definitely something to be concerned about, and be careful during this time, it’s important not to panic, especially in business. My business really took off during SARS; another time when people were worried about the state of business. Now is your time to find opportunity. Think outside the box; find ways to help your clients find their dream home! Get creative; have house tours via Zoom, and meet up with your clients online! When you choose to be innovative and don’t give up, you’ll see results in your business. It’s all about being proactive and looking for opportunity in the face of adversity. This week on the Selling the Dream podcast, I’m sharing my top tips on how you can find opportunity in the midst of adversity, and see how it impacts your business! Thanks for joining us on Selling the Dream - we wouldn’t be where we are without you listening, and giving your feedback! Make sure that you give us a rating and review on iTunes: that would mean the world to me, and will help us get even more amazing guests on our Friday episodes of the show. Highlights of this episode: The world is watching COVID19; wondering how it will impact the future of business. Reality is, most of us probably won’t even get sick! COVID19 is more publicized than any previous pandemic because we have access to information and are connected like never before! This WILL change the world and our businesses: we need to be thinking about 3 months, even 6 months. How can we serve our clients and leads at an even higher level? Make sure that you are using video! Have meetings via Zoom; work on your YouTube channel! Be the agent that is working harder, and innovating! My career exploded after SARS because I spent time building my business instead of panicking: the same can happen for you! Do some soul searching; be out there and be proactive looking for opportunities. Hey everybody, thank you so much for spending time with us today: would you do me a giant favor and share this podcast with fellow realtors, and leave a review. Your reviews help this podcast get shared with more people. If there’s ever a topic that you’d like to hear us cover on the podcast, just send me a message: my contact information is below. Connect with me (Tom): 2nd Home Agents website Facebook Instagram YouTube Resort & 2nd Home Real Estate Agents Facebook Group Subscribe to the Show Don’t miss a single episode of the podcast. You can search for “Selling the Dream” on any of your favorite listening platforms, or follow the links below: iTunes Spotify Stitcher YouTube As always, thanks for listening. Don’t forget, you’re not selling real estate: you’re selling the dream.   See you next time!

Daily the growing pandemic of the coronavirus goes to the next level of action around the world. It's time to focus on what YOU can control and not get lost in decisions made by others. Don't underestimate the power of focusing on your own personal health and wellness the world around you appears to be crumbling. This WILL pass, you just need to ride the wave of mayhem in the best possible health you can be.

Episode 20: Are You Still in the Game? Many people have made a habit of avoiding discomfort, but in this episode we talk about a simple truth that most fail to realize: If we don’t make the decision to get in that arena, the battle will come to us — whether we like it or not. And when it strikes, there’s a very good chance that we’re far less equipped and prepared to deal with it than we would’ve been if we fronted it head on to begin with. We also talk about why only 0.6% of the population lives with intent, and what you can do to make sure 2020 your best year yet. What are you waiting for!? Check it out now: BLOG version: https://jameswhitt.com/are-you-still-in-the-game? YOUTUBE version: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIR8Akfb5lkRYn1PRlnJLjd5Ba9rL5Wm6 PODCAST version: https://anchor.fm/james-whittaker/ Join the Win the Day Facebook group: https://fb.com/groups/WinTheDayJW/ __ SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: The Day Won Mastermind To help people absolutely crush 2020, I’m very excited to announce The Day Won Mastermind! This begins on 24th February 2020 and will be a 3-month program. It’s designed for professionals and entrepreneurs who want to find their voice, build their tribe, and make an impact. I want to make sure I can allocate the proper amount of time for each person, so spots are strictly limited! I'll be sharing EVERYTHING I know about success, happiness, and creating a life of freedom. If you want the ultimate foundation for success in 2020, to have me work with you on your business and your personal life, and to surround yourself with people who can help you along the way, grab one of the places while you can. There's also a special bonus for the first 10 people to join. To reserve your place, or get more info, go to The Day Won Mastermind. This WILL sell out — don't say I didn't warn you!! Link: https://www.thedaywon.com/ __ 'Win the Day with James Whittaker' is available on YouTube, Spotify, Google, Apple Podcasts, and anywhere else you can find podcasts. Hit subscribe and get access to episodes as soon as they're released. __ Connect with James Whittaker Instagram: @jameswhitt | Web: jameswhitt.com __ Enjoying the show? Hit ‘Subscribe’ and leave a 5-star rating to help others find it. Your support is greatly appreciated :)

On this episode of This Will be the Daily Zeitgeist Jack and Miles discuss Jamaica being struck by a 7.7 magnitude earthquake, Loeffler is turning on Romney, Hailey Bieber is the “luckiest woman in the world”, David Schwimmer has never seen “Living Single”, and today is the anniversary of the Challenger tragedy.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Episode 19: Six Steps to Success in 2020 In this episode, we go through six steps to success that you can apply in your life RIGHT NOW to make 2020 your best year yet! Just remember: success does not discriminate — it comes to all those who do what needs to be done. What are you waiting for!? Check it out now: BLOG version: https://jameswhitt.com/6-steps-to-success-in-2020/ YOUTUBE version: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIR8Akfb5lkRYn1PRlnJLjd5Ba9rL5Wm6 PODCAST version: https://anchor.fm/james-whittaker/ Join the Win the Day Facebook group: https://fb.com/groups/WinTheDayJW/ __ SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: The Day Won Mastermind To help people absolutely crush 2020, I’m very excited to announce The Day Won Mastermind! This begins on 24th February 2020 and will be a 3-month program. It’s designed for professionals and entrepreneurs who want to find their voice, build their tribe, and make an impact. I want to make sure I can allocate the proper amount of time for each person, so spots are strictly limited! I'll be sharing EVERYTHING I know about success, happiness, and creating a life of freedom. If you want the ultimate foundation for success in 2020, to have me work with you on your business and your personal life, and to surround yourself with people who can help you along the way, grab one of the places while you can. There's also a special bonus for the first 10 people to join. To reserve your place, or get more info, go to The Day Won Mastermind. This WILL sell out — don't say I didn't warn you!! Link: https://www.thedaywon.com/ __ 'Win the Day with James Whittaker' is available on YouTube, Spotify, Google, Apple Podcasts, and anywhere else you can find podcasts. Hit subscribe and get access to episodes as soon as they're released. __ Connect with James Whittaker Instagram: @jameswhitt | Web: jameswhitt.com __ Enjoying the show? Hit ‘Subscribe’ and leave a 5-star rating to help others find it. Your support is greatly appreciated :)

We are wrapping our fifth calendar year as a business and in pursuit of our mission to liberate business owners from the chaos of working IN their business so they can build a business on purpose and leverage their business AS their mission in life. Why We Are Doing This Work E.F. Schumacher says there are three purposes to work: To provide a necessary and useful good or service To enable every one of us to use and thereby perfect our gifts like good stewards To liberate ourselves from our inborn egocentricity (i.e. we work so we can be humbled and therefore humble) To us, our work is a display of our faith.  Faith is the conviction of something that does not exist, and work is the creation of that thing that we see only in our minds that would be useful to others. When we coach, plan, prepare, market, support, encourage, and research we are doing so to create something useful to others and to ourselves. As to our mission, we have an enemy that hastles our dear business owners.  Chaos. Chaos has set the ground work for many of our beloved, heroic business owners (those we work with and those we do not) to be distracted from their purposed work.  It is our work to help liberate them from the stubborn and filthy grips of chaos and instead guide them into the diligent world of healthy and fruitful work so they themselves can fulfill each of Schumacher's three purposes of their own work. When they enter this world of what Schumacker calls “Good Work” then we have the joy of knowing our work was useful. 2019: The year of “Aha” Looking back I am compelled to see 2019 as the year we arrived at the peak of a very small mountain. Of course this mountain seemed unscalable in March of 2015 but now is a source of incredible joy when we think about the business owners who have been able to climb their own mountains with our encouragement, coaching and support.   Between the one-on-one coaching, our new LIVE/LOCAL group coaching, the BOP Roadmap, and Architect's Coaching program, we have had the honor and responsibility of directly impacting a powerful numbers of owners and key leaders in just this year.  To our best estimate, at least… 443 Families! ...this does not include subcontractors, vendors, and suppliers. 2020: A little nervous...a LOT EXCITED! I've got loads of clarity both for our Business On Purpose business and for our heroic business owners and their key leaders in 2020. I'll be honest, I'm a little nervous about two things.  Greed and Complacency. In 2019 a critical mass of our business owners really figured out how to recognize real cash profit thanks to the a) multi-bank account structure, the b) level two dashboard, c) financial barn, and d) a lot of discipline.  It worked! The profit accounts started filling up and will continue to do so in 2020. If we're not careful it can lead to a mindset of coasting, or even worse...greed.   To push beyond that, our word for 2020 is REINVEST, and I am A LOT EXCITED about that. We are going to be relentless with our heroic business owners to REINVEST in vision, mission, values, systems, and process.   REINVEST in identifying purpose. REINVEST in team meetings. REINVEST in processes and process roadmaps. REINVEST in knowing our team through roles, org charts, and personality profiles. REINVEST in knowing your numbers through our accounts, dashboards, financial barns, budget, etc. REINVEST in owners connecting with other owners and key leaders connecting with each other. REINVEST in our 12 week plan LIVE event. REINVEST in our common goal and responsibility of building a business on purpose. I'll use Business On Purpose as an example.  Our major internal business focus is broken down into three tracks… REINVEST in our existing heroic owners and their teams the BOP process!  Not allowing them to coast, but constantly fanning the flame of the gift they have each been given. Expand the Business On Purpose Roadmap online member community among business owners who are generating annual revenues of $750k or less.  This will require a real commitment to thoughtful, helpful, and generous “marketing”. Hire our first full time Business On Purpose Coach locally (Beaufort County and surrounding areas) showing our radical commitment to liberating our local business owners from chaos.   In March of 2020 we will celebrate five years of liberating business owners from chaos.  Over the next five years, we WILL see overwhelming waves of liberation among existing and new businesses and their owners that will lead to a bona fide movement of purpose, generosity, and progress in marriages, families, and communities.  This WILL happen and we want you to be a part.   You can begin to REINVEST in your own business by joining us for our next powerful, free webinar “Stop Hiring The Wrong People”, where I will build a hiring process from scratch right in front of your eyes! You can register for free here at BOPWebinar.com.  Scott Beebe is the founder of Business On Purpose, author of Let Your Business Burn: Stop Putting Out Fires, Discover Purpose, And Build A Business That Matters.  Scott also hosts The Business On Purpose Podcast and can be found at mybusinessonpurpose.com.

We are wrapping our fifth calendar year as a business and in pursuit of our mission to liberate business owners from the chaos of working IN their business so they can build a business on purpose and leverage their business AS their mission in life. Why We Are Doing This Work E.F. Schumacher says there are three purposes to work: To provide a necessary and useful good or service To enable every one of us to use and thereby perfect our gifts like good stewards To liberate ourselves from our inborn egocentricity (i.e. we work so we can be humbled and therefore humble) To us, our work is a display of our faith.  Faith is the conviction of something that does not exist, and work is the creation of that thing that we see only in our minds that would be useful to others. When we coach, plan, prepare, market, support, encourage, and research we are doing so to create something useful to others and to ourselves. As to our mission, we have an enemy that hastles our dear business owners.  Chaos. Chaos has set the ground work for many of our beloved, heroic business owners (those we work with and those we do not) to be distracted from their purposed work.  It is our work to help liberate them from the stubborn and filthy grips of chaos and instead guide them into the diligent world of healthy and fruitful work so they themselves can fulfill each of Schumacher’s three purposes of their own work. When they enter this world of what Schumacker calls “Good Work” then we have the joy of knowing our work was useful. 2019: The year of “Aha” Looking back I am compelled to see 2019 as the year we arrived at the peak of a very small mountain. Of course this mountain seemed unscalable in March of 2015 but now is a source of incredible joy when we think about the business owners who have been able to climb their own mountains with our encouragement, coaching and support.   Between the one-on-one coaching, our new LIVE/LOCAL group coaching, the BOP Roadmap, and Architect’s Coaching program, we have had the honor and responsibility of directly impacting a powerful numbers of owners and key leaders in just this year.  To our best estimate, at least… 443 Families! ...this does not include subcontractors, vendors, and suppliers. 2020: A little nervous...a LOT EXCITED! I’ve got loads of clarity both for our Business On Purpose business and for our heroic business owners and their key leaders in 2020. I’ll be honest, I’m a little nervous about two things.  Greed and Complacency. In 2019 a critical mass of our business owners really figured out how to recognize real cash profit thanks to the a) multi-bank account structure, the b) level two dashboard, c) financial barn, and d) a lot of discipline.  It worked! The profit accounts started filling up and will continue to do so in 2020. If we’re not careful it can lead to a mindset of coasting, or even worse...greed.   To push beyond that, our word for 2020 is REINVEST, and I am A LOT EXCITED about that. We are going to be relentless with our heroic business owners to REINVEST in vision, mission, values, systems, and process.   REINVEST in identifying purpose. REINVEST in team meetings. REINVEST in processes and process roadmaps. REINVEST in knowing our team through roles, org charts, and personality profiles. REINVEST in knowing your numbers through our accounts, dashboards, financial barns, budget, etc. REINVEST in owners connecting with other owners and key leaders connecting with each other. REINVEST in our 12 week plan LIVE event. REINVEST in our common goal and responsibility of building a business on purpose. I’ll use Business On Purpose as an example.  Our major internal business focus is broken down into three tracks… REINVEST in our existing heroic owners and their teams the BOP process!  Not allowing them to coast, but constantly fanning the flame of the gift they have each been given. Expand the Business On Purpose Roadmap online member community among business owners who are generating annual revenues of $750k or less.  This will require a real commitment to thoughtful, helpful, and generous “marketing”. Hire our first full time Business On Purpose Coach locally (Beaufort County and surrounding areas) showing our radical commitment to liberating our local business owners from chaos.   In March of 2020 we will celebrate five years of liberating business owners from chaos.  Over the next five years, we WILL see overwhelming waves of liberation among existing and new businesses and their owners that will lead to a bona fide movement of purpose, generosity, and progress in marriages, families, and communities.  This WILL happen and we want you to be a part.   You can begin to REINVEST in your own business by joining us for our next powerful, free webinar “Stop Hiring The Wrong People”, where I will build a hiring process from scratch right in front of your eyes! You can register for free here at BOPWebinar.com.  Scott Beebe is the founder of Business On Purpose, author of Let Your Business Burn: Stop Putting Out Fires, Discover Purpose, And Build A Business That Matters.  Scott also hosts The Business On Purpose Podcast and can be found at mybusinessonpurpose.com.

You've probably heard the unending chorus shouting that more people are listening to podcasts than ever. This is true. The side effect is that fewer people are listening to music. This WILL affect podcasts in strange ways, which I talk about in today's episode! Today's topic came from this excellent Rolling Stone article titled, Are Podcasts Threatening the Growth of the Music Industry? https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/podcasts-destroying-music-businesss-potential-growth-926536/

Dr. Kason has written a wonderful overview of the topic, titled "Touched By The Light: Exploring Spiritually Transformative experiences." And she has experienced it too! This WILL be interesting.

For my lagomorphic listeners on Anchor and other host services, the Bill Dundee episode will NOT be put on those services. I will explain why in this broadcast. The Chicago area is abuzz, it's Survivor Series weekend. It's been 30 years since the Thanksgiving time tradition was in the area, but at that time, NXT wasn't even a gleam in Vince Mcmahon's eye, Now the Black & Yellow brand seems to be poised, especially with the way they have been presented over the last few weeks , not as the underdog, but as the team to beat. Since the issues with the Saudi Arabia flight grounding (which is still a source of debate) forced the NXT roster to make an emergency trip to fill slots at SmackDown, they have been getting cheered over almost all the main roster on RAW & SmackDown. We'll also take a look at the situational surrounding Jim Cornette's leaving the NWA. WWE Hall Of Famer Mark Henry has come out with comments regarding the situation. Henry was trained at then WWE developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling when Cornette was in charge and holder him to be a friend, but he is pulling no punches. This WILL be a controversial episode, so you do not want to miss it.

For my listeners on Anchor and other host services, the Bill Dundee episode will NOT be put on those services. I will explain why in this broadcast. The Chicago area is abuzz, it's Survivor Series weekend. It's been 30 years since the Thanksgiving time tradition was in the area, but at that time, NXT wasn't even a gleam in Vince McMahon's eye, Now the Black & Yellow brand seems to be poised, especially with the way they have been presented over the last few weeks , not as the underdog, but as the team to beat. Since the issues with the Saudi Arabia flight grounding (which is still a source of debate) forced the NXT roster to make an emergency trip to fill slots at SmackDown, they have been getting cheered over almost all the main roster on RAW & SmackDown. We'll also take a look at the situational surrounding Jim Cornette's leaving the NWA. WWE Hall Of Famer Mark Henry has come out with comments regarding the situation. Henry was trained at then WWE developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling when Cornette was in charge and holder him to be a friend, but he is pulling no punches. This WILL be a controversial episode, so you do not want to miss it. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livefromthedeansden/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/livefromthedeansden/support

From his own near death experiences, to his daughter's near death experience, and his most epic shootout, Coach Cop's stories will have you in shock, super motivated, and may even make you shed a tear or two.  Danny Stephens, or "Coach Cop," joined the Atlanta Police Department after his Grandma was the victim of a crime and never turned back. He worked for the FBI, he was a homicide detective, he hunted drug dealers, and he was one of MY high school football coaches. This WILL be the best podcast episode you've EVER heard before ANYWHERE!

3.6 roentgens? Not great, not terrible.... what is terrible is Acute Radiation poisoning. We cover what you NEED TO KNOW for boards. This WILL be on exams and you don't want to miss these chip shoot questions. KI prophylaxis, when to determine if exposure was lethal, and why organs don't explode... yep we really cover it all. Website: www.emboardbombs.com

I met Dan Long when I went down to Tampa to be a guest on the Born to Impact Podcast. The second he walked in the room, I knew I had to have him on the show. You know the type, amazing energy, bold, and radiating positivity. We hit it off immediately, and you'll hear it on this weeks episode. We talk about Dan's entrepreneurial journey from kitchens to workout programs. Now doing over 7 figures in his business, Dan is making a positive impact using 'Kill Mode' to impact the world. Have you gotten your tickets to Growth Now Movement LIVE yet?! This WILL be a can't miss! www.gnmlive.com 

Age of Chance special with Neil Howson in conversation with David Eastaugh Steve Elvidge was a Leeds native, and attended St Michael's College (R.C.); being the most notable musical alumnus of that school since Jake Thackray. Neil Howson, (guitar) also from Leeds studied at Jacob Kramer College of Art, Geoff Taylor (Liverpool) and Jan Perry (Stockport) were students at Leeds Polytechnic, now Leeds Beckett University. Age of Chance first came to national attention in 1985, when their debut single, "Motorcity/ Everlasting Yeah" released on their own label, Riot Bible, was picked up and championed by BBC Radio 1 DJ, John Peel. A session followed, recorded at Maida vale studios and four songs, "Going, Going Gone Man", "Mob Hut", "The Morning After the Sixties" and "I Don't Know and I Don't Care" were recorded. "I Don't Know.." was re-recorded for Gunfire and Pianos, a compilation album released by Zigzag magazine. They released their second self-funded single, "Bible of the Beats" / "Liquid Jungle" in January 1986, which led to an invitation to contribute a track, "From Now On, This Will Be Your God" on the NME C86 compilation tape. The band made their London debut at the ICA Rock week in July 1986. A second Peel session was recorded in June 1986, with "Be Fast, Be Clean, Be Cheap", "From Now On, This Will be Your God", "Kiss" and "How the West was Won". "Kiss" was recorded for the John Peel session while the Prince single was still in the charts. The band then signed to the Sheffield independent record label, Fon, for "Kiss" and its remix 12"s and six track mini-LP Crush Collision. "Kiss" was No. 2 in John Peel's Festive Fifty for 1986. The band signed to Virgin in January 1987, and embarked on a nationwide UK tour. They recorded a Janice Long session comprising "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Noise", "Hold On" and "Bible of the Motorcity Beats." They began recording their first single for Virgin with producer Howard Gray: "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Noise/Big Bad Rap" and then started their first Virgin album, One Thousand Years of Trouble. A second single "Don't Get Mad, Get Even" was released in October, followed by the album. In 1988, Channel 4 began using "Don't Get Mad..." as the music for the American Football programme, which ran over the next three years. The band began recording their second Virgin album in the summer at Rockfield in Wales. Original singer Steven-E left in September 1988, during the recording of their second LP, forcing the rest of the band to recruit a new singer, Charles Hutchinson, in January 1989, and "re-vocal" the LP, which was released as Mecca in 1990. The main single from that collection, "Higher Than Heaven" reached No. 53 in the UK, despite being voted "record of the week" by BBC Radio 1's breakfast show listeners. When Hutchinson left, Perry took on vocal duties briefly before the band split in 1991.  

Fuck the Business, You Do It For YOU and the Money Will Follow, Here’s How Getting to the money flow you crave and KNOW is available is not and CAN not be a product of a join-the-dots paradigm. This is not how it works and it's just.not.possible. So while I get that it's scary to feel messy, frenzied, chaotic, 'all over the place' or as though you have NO idea what the next move is until it's comin' at you and even THEN you're not quite keeping up or getting it yet -  You have to ride it out. You HAVE to trust. You HAVE to surrender into the knowledge that the flow WILL come and must. You WILL break through to the place where it's SO effortless, you feel SO grounded, SO certain, and you ALWAYS know exactly what to do and how to do it. This WILL happen for you and it will be superflow AND fuck yes $ and receiving beyond what you can imagine! But if you're not willing to lean INTO it? Stay with the robo-girl world. Left right left right never fulfilled, never in your genius, DEAD. These are your choices.   This audio is direct from my The Katrina Ruth Show live-streams where I discuss a range of subjects to do with empire building, business and success mindset, relationships and so much more with guests, with my tribe and with YOU! Expect the straight up truth of how I became a Self-Made Multi-Millionaire, a no BS attitude and lots of shenanigans!   Thanks for listening. Feel free to share or comment and let me know what you think!   ► +  Subscribe and Review on iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/success-smackdown-live-kat/   About me …   I’m first and foremost a writer based on Australia's sunny Gold Coast. When I’m not furiously typing, I’m running my multi-million dollar online coaching business as an entertainer, speaker and success mentor to 'the crazy ones'.   With almost 50 best selling eBooks and several hundred product and program launches, I’ve become known as the ‘Content Queen’ who just doesn’t stop. I do believe that you CAN have it all, on your terms, so long as you’re willing to get honest with yourself about what you’re really here to do in the world, and then do the work - ‘press play’.   Remember - Life is now!   Find more about me over here -   Facebook - https://facebook.com/lifeisnow.pressplay Free FB group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/dailyasskickery/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thekatrinaruthshow YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/thekatrinaruthshow Ebooks - https://www.booksforkickasswomen.com

When you're looking to lose weight, improve your performance or feel better - pace is the #1 thing you need to consider. Everybody is different when it comes to pace, many people want to go as fast as possible to get their end result. This WILL lead to you burning out and feeling frustrating. This episode will help you figure out how to determine your pace in your journey- based off of your personality type. Take a listen and decide what pace works best for you. If you're looking to burn fat, find your pace, all while eating some of your favorite foods (like Lasagna).... go to authentichas.com and complete an application; we would love to hear from you. Don't forget to give us a 5 star review on I tunes and subscribe to our podcast! -Talk soon, Has

Please join me in listening to my interview with Ms. Daria Jones. She is phenomenal singer, actress, mentor and that is just me naming SOME things about her. What to look for in this interview: What is her favorite snack- This WILL surprise many! Fellas: She tells us what she is looking for in a man. Hmmm maybe that could be you? HAHA Daria explains how she uses her light to light the world on fire. She is an amazing person inside and out. Thank you Daria!!!! You can find her @dariasings2u in IG If you like this episode, please like, share and LEAVE A RAVING REVIEW!!! Announcements: For Journals: Please go to akilahpeynado.com Daily Motivation: IG @akilahpeynado I love you all.

The brain is VERY wired for survival. That primitive part of your brain that is CRAZY strong will forever push you in the direction of what it considers to be "safe", even when that safe choice is literally destroying you. This WILL prevent us from losing weight, having healthy relationships, quitting jobs we no longer align with, moving, starting that business etc. In this episode I tell you WHY the fear of letting go is so real and how you can combat it.  To join us: www.shaktirios.com/TAU

I’m Dr Barbara Eaton, Coach and Mentor to ROCK STAR ChiroMoms across the globe. Although my own children are fully grown, the memory of hustling to make it all work is forever etched on my heart and in my mind. I hope that the fact that I successfully traveled a similar path to the one they are on now and helped thousands of other women successfully navigate those waters, brings them confidence that they, too, are in the right place. Chiropractor Moms are why I created the #1 Female Created & Owned Coaching Tribe within our profession- The 56 Day Chiropractic Boot Camp to DOUBLE Your Business! We build badass female chiropractors who are instinctively successful. WARNING: I don’t do any part of life half way so if we work together recognize that I take our philosophy of optimum potential very seriously and thus am fully obsessed with my life personally and professionally. This WILL rub off on you, I promise you that! : ) Success is my duty, my responsibility, and obligation! I am on a mission to help 56 female chiropractors create Million-Dollar practices within the next five years. We’re off to a great start! Success is my duty, my responsibility, and obligation! I am on a mission to help 56 female chiropractors create Million-Dollar practices within the next five years. We’re off to a great start! For the past 20 years, chiropractors have enthusiastically hired Dr Barbara as their coach when they’re at a plateau and know they’re capable of so much more. She is on a mission to help 56 female chiropractors create Million-Dollar practices within the next five years. THE 56 Day Chiropractic Boot Camp to DOUBLE Your Business is THE tribe for passionate, determined chiropractors who want it ALL and believe they can HAVE it all! Listen in on this Amazing Podcast featuring a Woman that uses every experience, accomplishments and opportunities to invest in other women that are in the field of Chiropractic Care. https://56daychirobootcamp.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anika-wilson/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/anika-wilson/support

You are chosen to know who God is in your life, you were chosen to understand and to believe in God. This was done so that you can operate in the knowledge of who Jesus Christ is in your life. Let your testimony be true, use the knowledge that God has given you of Himself and the knowledge of who you once were when you are in darkness and who you are in the light be true. This Will help someone else come into the knowledge of who God is in their life. You are useful to God! Become a supporter of this podcast:https://anchor.fm/risinghopeministries/support This podcast is sponsored by Anchor

So far in this series, I've shared a simple book launch formula, how to get other people to share your work, how to utilize paid promotions, and in this post, I'm tackling how to grow your email list. This WILL have applications outside of book launching! If you're new around here, you may have missed that I'm a little nerdy about email lists. I've got under 10,000 people on my combined three lists (for fiction, nonfiction, and my lifestyle blog). Not huge! But size is NOT the only thing that matters when it comes to your list. The goal should be a group of active, interested, and perhaps even RABID fans. First of all, let's talk about a few email basics. When I say "email list," what I mean is the group of people who have actively signed up to receive emails that you send through an email service provider like ConvertKit, MailerLite, Mailchimp, Mad Mimi, or any other trusted provider. I do NOT mean you sending emails to all your contacts in gmail. HOW TO GROW YOUR EMAIL LIST Growing an email list really breaks down into two main pieces: Content Strategy Traffic Strategy Without great content, no one will want to sign up for your list. Without traffic, no one will know about your great content. These go hand-in-hand. There are also tools and ways to optimize your website for email growth, but I'll tackle that in another post.   Note for People Who Hate Email:  It's all about your MINDSET. If you're frustrated about email or not really "into" it, you need to reframe the conversation. Consider email your direct connection with your superfans! It's not a chore and it's not THAT complicated. You CAN do it and I hope that if you think of it as connecting with your fans. If you are JUST getting started, check out my FREE EMAIL COURSE! CREATING YOUR CONTENT STRATEGY I'm all about the two parts in this post. There are two parts to your email content strategy that you need to consider. The first is the kind of content that you are creating openly on the internet, whether on a social media platform like Instagram, a blog, a YouTube channel, or even in books you sell on Amazon. The second part of your content strategy is what you'll send people through your email. PUBLIC CONTENT (blog, social media) -> EMAIL SIGNUP -> EMAIL CONTENT To get subscribers, you need to have fabulous content that they can interact with BEFORE they sign up. If you have great blog posts, they may be motivated to sign up to get more. If you have Instagram posts that they just love, they might want to go deeper and get updates via email. You must have some great public-facing content that they can engage with before you ask them to sign up. You also need to have a compelling reason that people want to sign up. No one wants to "sign up for my newsletter." Nope. You need to clearly and specifically let people know WHY they should sign up for your email list. That looks like creating an email content strategy. It doesn't have to be complicated! For my fiction list, I tell people that they'll hear about new books first and get my Weekly Clean Reads email with great book deals. For Create If Writing, you'll get the weekly Quick Fix where I share news, tools, and resources for your authentic-platform building. Do you see how both of those are clear and specific? They may not speak to EVERYONE, but I don't want everyone on my list. I want superfans! A freebie (aka: lead magnet or reader magnet) is another type of content that may get people to sign up. This usually looks like a free book, checklist, form, resource, guide, etc that people will get for signing up for your email list. Freebies can still work really well, but they also need to be specific and targeted to the right people. Read more: How to Create the Perfect Freebie If you are trying to figure out how to grow your content or develop a content strategy, I'd recommend Meera Kothand's book the One Hour Content Plan. It's focused toward blogging, but will be helpful in thinking about a framework for content strategy.   GETTING TRAFFIC TO YOUR CONTENT A lot of people stop after working on content. They think the issue is really all about creating a great freebie and having a nice website, perhaps with a snazzy opt-in form or pop-up. Those things are great! But if you have no traffic coming your way, then you won't have any people who see your content to sign up. Ways to get traffic to your website: SEO - Search engine optimization as with Google Social Media - Sharing on Twitter, Facebook, or Pinterest (which is more like search engine traffic) Use email - but this is a chicken and egg problem- you can email people when you have a new blog post, but this doesn't help if you don't an email list Guest posting - not all created equal (check out my post over at Jane Friedman) Ways to get traffic to your email list directly: Ask others to share - in email or in guest post Use paid/free services - My Book Cave, Bookfunnel Use a giveaway - Booksweeps, Kingsumo Opt-in in the back of books You can use a variety of ways to build traffic to your website or even just a landing page for your freebie. A combination is often best, but you could have several different kinds of Read more: How to Get Traffic to Your Site   Are you feeling a little better about email? Just a LITTLE? I hope you are!! Remember: you need to think about the kind of content you're going to provide and then get that content in front of people.  Yeah...it's a little more complicated in practice. But break it down into those two pieces to start. You can do it!  MORE EMAIL RESOURCES AND LINKS Blog Elevated Conference  Laura Fuentes is the one I mentioned who got me into email! GDPR INFO More email resources!

What China is really UP TO! This WILL scare you

Why and how you need to coordinate between all members of your team. This WILL sell more units. Curtis and Matt also run a Facebook group called Dropout Social with all sorts of marketing goodies. Check it out here: www.facebook.com/groups/227397938022836/ Email Matt about your free hashtag list at matt@dropoutmedia.net Contact Curtis about PR for your band: dewarpr@gmail.com dewarpr.wordpress.com dropoutmedia.net --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dumbanddumbest/support

Learn how to work on your business, not in your business, do what you love and outsource everything else. As business owners we have a habit of trying to do everything ourselves, and as martial artists we are used to controlling our minds, controlling our bodies and managing everything around us. But to be successful in your school you need to be able to let go and and break the control mindset.   Gordon urges you to to love what you do and set yourself free, and as a result you will become more creative, make a difference and serve others.  Discover how to do what you do and love what you do in today’s inspiring episode.   KEY TAKEAWAYS Most martial arts business owners have a pattern of control running in their business and in their minds. Break the control mindset, it's a delusion. You have no freedom and you feel stressed and whilst you're trying to control everything, you're really controlling nothing Ensure you get someone in your business that will do that things you’re not great at. You need people around you that love the things that you don’t love. Dissect your business and break it up into job roles and the type of people you need in order to fulfil those roles. Don’t have the mindset that staff and people are an expensive to your business, staff and people are a huge asset to your business.   BEST MOMENTS "There's a pattern of control in martial arts business" "Previously I had a massive control over my environment and believed I was the only one who could get it done" "There's always someone who can do it better than you, no matter who you are" “Consider how much your time is worth to you”   VALUABLE RESOURCES Gordon Burcham - The Business Of Martial Arts Trello Google Calendar iCal   ABOUT THE HOST Gordon Burcham is a best selling author, 3 x World martial arts champion and award winning Martial arts school owner. He has helped 1000’s of Martial arts schools grow, and has over 20 years experience running martial arts schools.   Gordon has been training, teaching, and working in the Martial Arts industry for nearly twenty-five years. After earning his first black belt, he went on to win three consecutive World Titles against guys half his age. In 1998, in the midst of his competitive career, he launched his own dojo which still runs today. After retiring from the competitions, he decided to focus more on helping others in the MA business while still running his club.   Burcham has trained with industry giants like Alfie Lewis and developed his street-smart business attitude working with top business coaches. He is now considered one of the foremost authorities on peak performance in the business-side of the MA industry. He has proven his techniques work through the transformation in his own personal life, athletic career, and business as well as those of his coaching clients. Burcham teaches that success is the result of forming good habits and moving forward.   He is a real-life success story going from bullied school kid to earning multiple world titles, and his MA school is currently one of the most successful in the UK. Gordon loves self-development and helping others, enjoys travel and family time. He is now learning how to fly planes and pursuing a speaking career!   Learn How to Become Black belt in Business.   Learn -Develop - grow and you will succeed.   CONTACT METHOD Website - http://www.gforcemartialarts.com   TITLE #022 TMABP I don’t have enough time. This WILL help.   DESCRIPTION Do you ever catch yourself saying ‘I don’t have enough time?’ do you wear the ‘busy badge of honor’, but ask yourself; what are you busy doing? In today’s episode, Gordon dives into the the effects of time and how you too can start to manage yourself better, be more productive and outsource everything.   Time doesn't stand still for anybody, but it is by far our most precious commodity. If you want to be successful in anything in life, you need to be able to manage yourself and manage your time. Gordon shares the simply mindset changes you need to make in order to adapt and thrive.   Learn how to compartmentalise your day, diarise your tasks and plan your week and remove any excuses, because we all have just 24 hours per day, including the rich and successful, so challenge yourself to get more done and achieve your goals.   KEY TAKEAWAYS If you say you don’t have enough time, that's probably a delusion in itself, it’s not a reality. The successful people don’t have anymore time than you, it’s how you manage yourself in that time that’s important Consider what’s most important to you in your business and identify what your goals and dreams are. Think about what you’re doing each day to achieve your goals and focus on the taks that will get them achieved. Do more of what you love and outsource everything else and you will be more productive. Work out the £10 tasks and anything that would cost £10 or less, outsource it. Work out your hourly rate as a person and know your worth, because you can you can earn more money doing other things, such as teaching in your business.   BEST MOMENTS “As entrepreneurs our diaries can be in our minds” “We have everything at our fingertips so allow it to remind you” “You need to have an online digital diary that you plan your life around” “There’s so many ways to outsource, now more than ever. It’s so simple” “Reactive people are slaves to their devices, their a slaves to others and a slave to social media” “We must be more disciplined in our day and less reactive in order to be productive” We live in non-stop world, everything moves so fast so it is important that we adapt   VALUABLE RESOURCES Gordon Burcham - The Business Of Martial Arts Trello Google Calendar iCal   ABOUT THE HOST Gordon Burcham is a best selling author, 3 x World martial arts champion and award winning Martial arts school owner. He has helped 1000’s of Martial arts schools grow, and has over 20 years experience running martial arts schools.   Gordon has been training, teaching, and working in the Martial Arts industry for nearly twenty-five years. After earning his first black belt, he went on to win three consecutive World Titles against guys half his age. In 1998, in the midst of his competitive career, he launched his own dojo which still runs today. After retiring from the competitions, he decided to focus more on helping others in the MA business while still running his club.   Burcham has trained with industry giants like Alfie Lewis and developed his street-smart business attitude working with top business coaches. He is now considered one of the foremost authorities on peak performance in the business-side of the MA industry. He has proven his techniques work through the transformation in his own personal life, athletic career, and business as well as those of his coaching clients. Burcham teaches that success is the result of forming good habits and moving forward.   He is a real-life success story going from bullied school kid to earning multiple world titles, and his MA school is currently one of the most successful in the UK. Gordon loves self-development and helping others, enjoys travel and family time. He is now learning how to fly planes and pursuing a speaking career!   Learn How to Become Black belt in Business.   Learn -Develop - grow and you will succeed.   CONTACT METHOD Website - http://www.gforcemartialarts.com   TITLE #021 TMABP The WHY Zone   DESCRIPTION Gordon takes a deep dive into the reason why, and shares with you the essential need of letting go. In today’s stripped back episode Gordon shows you how to stop dwelling start moving towards the future.   Sometimes you need to accept the past and take learning from it, but do not spend your time always asking why. Your students might leave your business and not everything will go your way, it doesn't mean you've done anything wrong it's a negative mindset to have.   The one thing you cannot change is people and asking why will halt your growth and halt you from moving forward.     KEY TAKEAWAYS If you're asking why, you're living in the past and we need to be moving forward. People stay in the why zone far too much and try to solve problems that simply can't be solved, it's a delusion. You can change your reaction in situations it's an internal change not an external one. People ask far too many questions instead of getting on with the task in hand   BEST MOMENTS Jim Rone: “You can't change people, you can't change circumstances, you can't change the weather, you can't change the government, you can't change anything. The only thing in this world you can change is you.” "Your minds a complex place, don't overthink things" "You cannot change people, they're not you, they will never be you. But you can be them" "The students in your school owe you nothing because they've given you everything"   VALUABLE RESOURCES Gordon Burcham - The Business Of Martial Arts The peoples model of the world   ABOUT THE HOST Gordon Burcham is a best selling author, 3 x World martial arts champion and award winning Martial arts school owner. He has helped 1000’s of Martial arts schools grow, and has over 20 years experience running martial arts schools.   Gordon has been training, teaching, and working in the Martial Arts industry for nearly twenty-five years. After earning his first black belt, he went on to win three consecutive World Titles against guys half his age. In 1998, in the midst of his competitive career, he launched his own dojo which still runs today. After retiring from the competitions, he decided to focus more on helping others in the MA business while still running his club.   Burcham has trained with industry giants like Alfie Lewis and developed his street-smart business attitude working with top business coaches. He is now considered one of the foremost authorities on peak performance in the business-side of the MA industry. He has proven his techniques work through the transformation in his own personal life, athletic career, and business as well as those of his coaching clients. Burcham teaches that success is the result of forming good habits and moving forward.   He is a real-life success story going from bullied school kid to earning multiple world titles, and his MA school is currently one of the most successful in the UK. Gordon loves self-development and helping others, enjoys travel and family time. He is now learning how to fly planes and pursuing a speaking career!   Learn How to Become Black belt in Business.   Learn -Develop - grow and you will succeed.   CONTACT METHOD Website - http://www.gforcemartialarts.com   TITLE #020 Martial Arts Business Podcast Success And Martial Arts Special Interview   DESCRIPTION In today’s special episode of the Martial Arts Business Podcast your host Gordon interviews fellow Martial Arts business owner Tommy. In this stripped back episode Gordon and Tommy share experiences from their own journey and how Martial Arts has allowed them to grow and to succeed in all areas of life.   Tune in and get inspired by these two influential Martial Arts business owners and understand the mindset needed to be successful. Learn how to create meaningful relationships and why you should simply give and serve, without expecting anything in return. Hear why collaboration is so much more powerful than competition and that being a Martial Arts business coach, mentor or trainer is a way or life and not simply a job.   KEY TAKEAWAYS When you’re an entrepreneur and you’re looking to build, to bring in new ideas and to create it can be hard doing it by yourself. You won’t get much interaction or stimulation from others if you don’t extend your network and seek out others. It’s about creating relationships that can make a difference and experiencing transformational growth. There’s so many people to help, and as entrepreneurs we have this scarcity mindset, a subconscious belief that there’s not enough to go around. This is not the case, there’s too many people to serve and we have to work together. Martial Arts is the one activity that can help with so many people so embrace challenges and seek them out, they are there for a reason. If you try to stay safe you won’t experience growth.   BEST MOMENTS “Everyday I want to go out on a mission to just light up someone's life” “A lot of people are lost in their own minds and lost in their own space and it’s such a shame” “Be who you are in the dojo in life. Don’t live in a negative world and become a blackbelt in business, in life and in everything else. You just need to mirror what you’re doing in Martial Arts in everything.” “Who you are under pressure is who you are. Martial Arts allows you to test yourself under pressure on a regular basis and give you the opportunity to grow” “Remember your roots because without them you wouldn’t be able to grow” “Martial Arts is a way of life about growth from the inside out”   VALUABLE RESOURCES Gordon Burcham - The Business Of Martial Arts   ABOUT THE HOST Gordon Burcham is a best selling author, 3 x World martial arts champion and award winning Martial arts school owner. He has helped 1000’s of Martial arts schools grow, and has over 20 years experience running martial arts schools.   Gordon has been training, teaching, and working in the Martial Arts industry for nearly twenty-five years. After earning his first black belt, he went on to win three consecutive World Titles against guys half his age. In 1998, in the midst of his competitive career, he launched his own dojo which still runs today. After retiring from the competitions, he decided to focus more on helping others in the MA business while still running his club.   Burcham has trained with industry giants like Alfie Lewis and developed his street-smart business attitude working with top business coaches. He is now considered one of the foremost authorities on peak performance in the business-side of the MA industry. He has proven his techniques work through the transformation in his own personal life, athletic career, and business as well as those of his coaching clients. Burcham teaches that success is the result of forming good habits and moving forward.   He is a real-life success story going from bullied school kid to earning multiple world titles, and his MA school is currently one of the most successful in the UK. Gordon loves self-development and helping others, enjoys travel and family time. He is now learning how to fly planes and pursuing a speaking career!   Learn How to Become Black belt in Business.   Learn -Develop - grow and you will succeed.   CONTACT METHOD Website - http://www.gforcemartialarts.com     TITLE #019 Martial Arts Business Podcast 10 Ways To Retain & Gain Students in Your MA School   DESCRIPTION Welcome to another episode of the Martial Arts Business Podcast. Get inspired to retain and gain your student base with Gordon’s top ten tips to growing your school and maximising your onboarding process. Student retention is essential to success, discover the simple ways you can continue to transform lives, by retaining your students, educating the parents and having fun.  Your school isn’t just a school it’s a transformation, a development and a place where you can make a difference.   KEY TAKEAWAYS Welcome your students - Create a welcome meeting for new students as soon as they join. A 30 minute process that introduces your new student to your community, your school and, gives you the opportunity to hand them their uniform. Cover the elements of your school that are relevant and preframe your the core values of your school, the longevity and growth you can have by buying into the culture.   Student, parent orientation - Run these for one hour each month. It allows you to educate the parents and understand your students learning style. Discover the best ways to getting the most out of your students and find the best way to serve them. Provide the opportunity for the parent to get involved, get on the pads and introduce them to the environment. Welcome call - Help to answer your students initial questions and breakdown any issues your brand new student might have. The first 48 hours after joining are vital to increasing retention and you can make your student feel welcome simply by following up with them. Monthly follow up calls - Leverage your office staff to diarise monthly calls. Check up on your students and see how they are getting on, ask what they are looking to achieve and how you can help them. This can also be a great opportunity to get referrals. Ask them who do you know who could benefit from better discipline? or more confidence? and can Martial Arts help them?   Quarterly calls - Every three months contact your students and see if you can help to serve your customers better. Increase retention and learn from asking your students how they’re progressing. Ensure you are entering comments and feedback in your CRM for future learning. Parent and student interaction - Create an exciting atmosphere and connect with both the students and the parents in your school. Get the parents to love you and get them involved in the classes and student activities. Aim to create a relationship and ongoing rapport with your parents. Student rewards - Make sure you are rewarding you students and incentivising them to keep going. Make sure you reward everyone for their best skill. The first six months are essential - Within the first six months you need to keep it excitement, you need to maintain the targets for growth. Students love to aim for something and you can make it exciting by helping them on their journey. Recognition - Interact with your students and communicate with them regularly. Recognise them throughout their journey, recognise their skills, recognise their quality and recognise their commitment.   Fux exciting classes - Change it up, mix it up. Keep your classes fun and engaging, a fun environment will help retention and keep your students and parents coming back every week, every month. Create a positive empowering environment and a lot of smiles.   BEST MOMENTS “We have to do what's necessary to keep your students in your school long enough to transform their lives” “Systems create great businesses, stick to a regular system to onboard your customers” “You need to educate the parents as well as the students. Preframe your customers and align your vision and values” “When you ask you’ll receive, every single one of your students will know at least five people that would benefit from joining your school”   ABOUT THE HOST Gordon Burcham is a best selling author, 3 x World martial arts champion and award winning Martial arts school owner. He has helped 1000’s of Martial arts schools grow, and has over 20 years experience running martial arts schools.   Gordon has been training, teaching, and working in the Martial Arts industry for nearly twenty-five years. After earning his first black belt, he went on to win three consecutive World Titles against guys half his age. In 1998, in the midst of his competitive career, he launched his own dojo which still runs today. After retiring from the competitions, he decided to focus more on helping others in the MA business while still running his club.   Burcham has trained with industry giants like Alfie Lewis and developed his street-smart business attitude working with top business coaches. He is now considered one of the foremost authorities on peak performance in the business-side of the MA industry. He has proven his techniques work through the transformation in his own personal life, athletic career, and business as well as those of his coaching clients. Burcham teaches that success is the result of forming good habits and moving forward.   He is a real-life success story going from bullied school kid to earning multiple world titles, and his MA school is currently one of the most successful in the UK. Gordon loves self-development and helping others, enjoys travel and family time. He is now learning how to fly planes and pursuing a speaking career!   Learn How to Become Black belt in Business.   Learn -Develop - grow and you will succeed.   CONTACT METHOD Website - http://www.gforcemartialarts.com         TITLE #018 Martial Arts Business Podcast How to increase your products and services in your martial arts school   DESCRIPTION Welcome to another episode of the Martial Arts Business Podcast. Today, Gordon shares with you how to increase your student base, retain your existing clients and survey your community for guaranteed success. Gordon explains the need to understand your customers, wants, needs and desires so you can service them properly.   Gordon explains that if you can serve your customers with exactly what they want, at the right time, they will buy. Regardless of the price. Learn how to communicate with your audience, discover what they want and replicate that in your marketing to gain more students.   Finally Gordon dives into surveying your community, leveraging your market research and organically creating great testimonials for your business. Continuously surveying your customers to understand what it is your audience wants is vital, learn this  and do more of the same. Maximise your student base and get more students involved by help to solve their problems and as a result you will increase your income.   KEY TAKEAWAYS   Create a Facebook community to communicate with all of your members and poll them to get data driven insights into your customers. Incentivise your community to take part and drive engagement that you can use in your future marketing promotions. Now you have the data to prove your USP and you can replicate this in your marketing and target those that need serving. Surveys allow people to voice their opinions that they may have been holding onto for a long time. You can use them as a retention tool to serve your students and improve your school. Crowdsource decisions in your business and create a connection with your students. Create a people first culture and empower your students to become a real member of your school, involved in every way.   BEST MOMENTS “If you offer your students something they want they will usually buy it, regardless of price” “Your student base is the motor that runs your business” “The more people you serve the more people will buy”   VALUABLE RESOURCES Facebook Polls Survey Monkey   ABOUT THE HOST Gordon Burcham is a best selling author, 3 x World martial arts champion and award winning Martial arts school owner. He has helped 1000’s of Martial arts schools grow, and has over 20 years experience running martial arts schools.   Gordon has been training, teaching, and working in the Martial Arts industry for nearly twenty-five years. After earning his first black belt, he went on to win three consecutive World Titles against guys half his age. In 1998, in the midst of his competitive career, he launched his own dojo which still runs today. After retiring from the competitions, he decided to focus more on helping others in the MA business while still running his club.   Burcham has trained with industry giants like Alfie Lewis and developed his street-smart business attitude working with top business coaches. He is now considered one of the foremost authorities on peak performance in the business-side of the MA industry. He has proven his techniques work through the transformation in his own personal life, athletic career, and business as well as those of his coaching clients. Burcham teaches that success is the result of forming good habits and moving forward.   He is a real-life success story going from bullied school kid to earning multiple world titles, and his MA school is currently one of the most successful in the UK. Gordon loves self-development and helping others, enjoys travel and family time. He is now learning how to fly planes and pursuing a speaking career!   Learn How to Become Black belt in Business.   Learn -Develop - grow and you will succeed.   CONTACT METHOD Website - http://www.gforcemartialarts.com   TITLE #017 Martial Arts Business Podcast The value of a student   DESCRIPTION Welcome to another edition of the Martial Arts Business Podcast. In today’s this episode, Gordon shares with you the importance of knowing your students value and how you too, can get a phenomenal return on investment and begin earning 100k or more per year in your martial arts business simply by knowing your numbers.   Discover how to calculate the limitless value acquiring new students can give you and, why you should begin to think bigger with you marketing and stop focussing on what your going to lose and start focusing on what you're going to gain.   Gordon shows you his formula to success and how you can start, grow and scale a large martial arts school, keep the quality of teaching you value and, earn a huge income in the process. Learn how to play the long game in business and find your sweet spot to ensure you’re profitable.   Make a huge impact in your business by finding out your student value and investing in marketing.   KEY TAKEAWAYS Ask yourself what is the value of your student to your business? Knowing this will help you to grow your school, increase your student base and create a business of the very best standards. Remember to charge what you're worth, serve the needs of your students, empower them to retain membership and you will be profitable.   Find your ROI (return on investment) write down your average student monthly fee and stay at that average. Calculate how much a student will bring your business over and 12 month period and factor in what you will spend per student to maintain their membership. Now you can calculate how much to spend on marketing to acquire a new student.   Newly recruited students will have friends and family members that they could refer to you. By marketing  you’ll have a limitless pot of new students at your fingertips and you can earn a good amount of money from your martial arts school, serve your customers and stay aligned with your vision and values   BEST MOMENTS "The hardest thing is making money in their business" “Most of you are already teaching high quality martial arts, you just need to monitise your skill” "We always make back 10 fold on what we spend” "The sky's the limit within your school" "Play the long game, because most businesses operate month to month”   ABOUT THE HOST Gordon Burcham is a best selling author, 3 x World martial arts champion and award winning Martial arts school owner. He has helped 1000’s of Martial arts schools grow, and has over 20 years experience running martial arts schools.   Gordon has been training, teaching, and working in the Martial Arts industry for nearly twenty-five years. After earning his first black belt, he went on to win three consecutive World Titles against guys half his age. In 1998, in the midst of his competitive career, he launched his own dojo which still runs today. After retiring from the competitions, he decided to focus more on helping others in the MA business while still running his club.   Burcham has trained with industry giants like Alfie Lewis and developed his street-smart business attitude working with top business coaches. He is now considered one of the foremost authorities on peak performance in the business-side of the MA industry. He has proven his techniques work through the transformation in his own personal life, athletic career, and business as well as those of his coaching clients. Burcham teaches that success is the result of forming good habits and moving forward.   He is a real-life success story going from bullied school kid to earning multiple world titles, and his MA school is currently one of the most successful in the UK. Gordon loves self-development and helping others, enjoys travel and family time. He is now learning how to fly planes and pursuing a speaking career!   Learn How to Become Black belt in Business.   Learn -Develop - grow and you will succeed.   CONTACT METHOD Website - http://www.gforcemartialarts.com   TITLE #016 Martial Arts Business Podcast How to build a world class instructor team   DESCRIPTION Welcome to another edition of the Martial Arts Business Podcast. In this episode, Gordon shows you how to build a world-class instructor team and grow your school. Discover how to stop doing everything yourself, leverage out tasks, create a sustainable trainer programme and give yourself more time and freedom. Stop feeling trapped and alone in your business and grow your leadership programme.   Gordon urges you to get inspired and grow your power team, because without staff you have no freedom and no flexibility. Understand why staff are an absolute asset to your life and how you too, can build a world class leadership programme within your school, increase retention and nurture your students to become the leaders and instructors of the future.   KEY TAKEAWAYS Martial arts school owners believe they are the only ones who can do a good job, the only ones who are skilled enough. This is a delusion and you have to leverage out tasks. Start you students on your trainer programme early and elevate them to to another level. Allow them to help out the instructors, grow their skills and become expert instructors themselves. Learn how to create a timetable and hierarchy for them to follow and progress. Introduce a modular programme with floor and class exams to improve their skills and knowledge.   Gordon’s Blueprint to Building a Team Class Assistant Assistant Instructor Instructor Assistant Head Coach   BEST MOMENTS "If I had built an instructor programme and a great staff team 10 years ago I would be triple the size I am now." "Learn to let go and become, world-class at building teams" "It doesn't matter what belt class they are, it's the leadership qualities and characteristics you're looking for "What you spend money on something, there is an exchange in value" “Top Tip: We run a discovery day every few months for free and show students how they can become trainers” "You can't become great at something overnight” "It's the character that you're looking for, someone with a great personality, great communication and an urge for helping others” "People buy vision, make sure it's big for them and they can see their future in your school"   VALUABLE RESOURCES The Business of Martial Arts - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Business-Martial-Arts-Gordon-Burcham/dp/1999972007 Martial Arts Business Mastery Community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1564691497166100/ ABOUT THE HOST Gordon Burcham is a best selling author, 3 x World martial arts champion and award winning Martial arts school owner. He has helped 1000’s of Martial arts schools grow, and has over 20 years experience running martial arts schools.   Gordon has been training, teaching, and working in the Martial Arts industry for nearly twenty-five years. After earning his first black belt, he went on to win three consecutive World Titles against guys half his age. In 1998, in the midst of his competitive career, he launched his own dojo which still runs today. After retiring from the competitions, he decided to focus more on helping others in the MA business while still running his club.   Burcham has trained with industry giants like Alfie Lewis and developed his street-smart business attitude working with top business coaches. He is now considered one of the foremost authorities on peak performance in the business-side of the MA industry. He has proven his techniques work through the transformation in his own personal life, athletic career, and business as well as those of his coaching clients. Burcham teaches that success is the result of forming good habits and moving forward.   He is a real-life success story going from bullied school kid to earning multiple world titles, and his MA school is currently one of the most successful in the UK. Gordon loves self-development and helping others, enjoys travel and family time. He is now learning how to fly planes and pursuing a speaking career!   Learn How to Become Black belt in Business.   Learn -Develop - grow and you will succeed.   CONTACT METHOD Website - http://www.gforcemartialarts.com                                               TITLE #015 Martial Arts Business Podcast 5 free very low cost ways to market your school   DESCRIPTION Welcome to another episode of the Martial Arts Business Podcast. In this episode, your host Gordon brings you 5 low cost ways to market your school. Learn how to grow and scale your business without the huge barrier of marketing costs and take your martial arts school to the next level.   If you’re not marketing you’re not growing your school. Discover how to market your martial arts business for free with these insider tips. Find out how to do these consistently for an ever increasing student base and monthly income. Educate your local community on the benefits of martial arts and help out others, by improving their confidence, discipline and perseverance and most of all have fun!    KEY TAKEAWAYS Schools - Dominate the schools in your local area. Schools are your perfect target market, your ideal demographic of people. Exchange your time for extra revenue and tap into a base of potential students. Get past the receptionist by using your troops on the ground. Present at your local schools assembly and educate the teachers by mirroring the schools personal values. Referral Marketing - Everyone of your students knows at least 10 people that could benefit from martial arts. Tap into those audiences and communicate with your communities. Create an incentive and specific offer to remind your students to ask their friends. When someone joins your school it's imperative you give them a welcome call the next day. Introduce your referral programme and find out how many people your students know. Birthday parties - Run Karate Parties to increase your student base and get a huge revenue boost. Learn how to market your business and get paid for it. Every person who joins as a result of the birthday party gets a percentage of the enrollment fee. Club promotion days - Pick a day and mass promote your school, this acts as a great retention tool and also makes a fun day out for your students and the local community. This is a great free way to market your business and get out in the local community. Mini sensai days - Get your students to train your class with you. Every parent wants to see their child at the head of the class. This is a fantastic way of enticing your your students to bring their friends down. BEST MOMENTS “One of the big things we did when we were struggling for money, is to visit the schools.” “Go into your local school assembles and educate the teachers on why martial arts can help.” “Martial arts can solve so much pain. It helps to gain respect and discipline not just for themselves but for others too.” “The importance of martial arts, how it’s not about fighting. It’s about confidence, discipline and not quitting.” “You can either exchange money to save you time or exchange time to save you money.” "Referral marketing is essential if you want to grow your school to the next level" “Birthday parties are really powerful, your getting people to your school and gaining exposure for your business.” VALUABLE RESOURCES The Business of Martial Arts - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Business-Martial-Arts-Gordon-Burcham/dp/1999972007 Martial Arts Business Mastery Community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1564691497166100/ ABOUT THE HOST Gordon Burcham is a best selling author, 3 x World martial arts champion and award winning Martial arts school owner. He has helped 1000’s of Martial arts schools grow, and has over 20 years experience running martial arts schools.   Gordon has been training, teaching, and working in the Martial Arts industry for nearly twenty-five years. After earning his first black belt, he went on to win three consecutive World Titles against guys half his age. In 1998, in the midst of his competitive career, he launched his own dojo which still runs today. After retiring from the competitions, he decided to focus more on helping others in the MA business while still running his club.   Burcham has trained with industry giants like Alfie Lewis and developed his street-smart business attitude working with top business coaches. He is now considered one of the foremost authorities on peak performance in the business-side of the MA industry. He has proven his techniques work through the transformation in his own personal life, athletic career, and business as well as those of his coaching clients. Burcham teaches that success is the result of forming good habits and moving forward.   He is a real-life success story going from bullied school kid to earning multiple world titles, and his MA school is currently one of the most successful in the UK. Gordon loves self-development and helping others, enjoys travel and family time. He is now learning how to fly planes and pursuing a speaking career!   Learn How to Become Black belt in Business.   Learn -Develop - grow and you will succeed.   CONTACT METHOD Website - http://www.gforcemartialarts.com                                 TITLE #014 Martial Arts Business Podcast Interview with Tom Nicholson   DESCRIPTION Welcome to another edition of the Martial Arts Business Podcast, in this episode your host Gordon interviews martial arts supremo and owner of Pro Action Martial Arts & Fitness Tom Nicholson. Former champion Tom has built his school to nearly 1000 members over 15 schools.   Gordon and Tom discuss the need for schools to come together and that no matter where you are in your martial arts business journey you can learn more. Be prepared to put your ‘white belt’ on everyday and improve your business. Discover how to grow, network and become accountable and take your business to the next level.   Tom shares his with you his journey over the last 16 years and he has built an empire of 15 schools and nearly 1000 members. Gordon and Tom dive into the fundamentals of developing your business and how you too can turn your passion for martial arts into an empire.   KEY TAKEAWAYS Pro Action Martial Arts Started in September 2002 and now has 15 schools across the UK. 8 Franchise schools 6 satellite schools 1 Main gym spanning 5000 square ft. 20 members of the instructor team   Gordon: What tips what you give to people trying to set up schools in multiple locations? Tom: The first thing is to be really crystal clear on your purpose and the systems will build around that. Systemise as much as you can and welcome technology. Try to find out what your people, your customers want and serve them, when you achieve that you will grow.   BEST MOMENTS “I’m just loving teaching and sharing it, school owners need to come together. We teach loyalty and respect and we need to come together in groups and have a fantastic time doing what we love, teaching martial arts.” “I do what I love teaching martial arts, so it doesn’t feel like I have a job.” “I’ve always been focused on sharing my passion, the byproduct of that has been the creation of a fantastic business.” “Put your white belt on everyday. You should always be learning and consistently become more. You’re at your best when you’re learning and growing.” “Don’t be scared to network and bring other people in to help with your business. Leverage out the tasks you don’t know how to do.”   VALUABLE RESOURCES The Business of Martial Arts - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Business-Martial-Arts-Gordon-Burcham/dp/1999972007 Martial Arts Business Mastery Community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1564691497166100/ Pro Action Marital Arts https://www.martialartslessons.co.uk/ ABOUT THE HOST Gordon Burcham is a best selling author, 3 x World martial arts champion and award winning Martial arts school owner. He has helped 1000’s of Martial arts schools grow, and has over 20 years experience running martial arts schools.   Gordon has been training, teaching, and working in the Martial Arts industry for nearly twenty-five years. After earning his first black belt, he went on to win three consecutive World Titles against guys half his age. In 1998, in the midst of his competitive career, he launched his own dojo which still runs today. After retiring from the competitions, he decided to focus more on helping others in the MA business while still running his club.   Burcham has trained with industry giants like Alfie Lewis and developed his street-smart business attitude working with top business coaches. He is now considered one of the foremost authorities on peak performance in the business-side of the MA industry. He has proven his techniques work through the transformation in his own personal life, athletic career, and business as well as those of his coaching clients. Burcham teaches that success is the result of forming good habits and moving forward.   He is a real-life success story going from bullied school kid to earning multiple world titles, and his MA school is currently one of the most successful in the UK. Gordon loves self-development and helping others, enjoys travel and family time. He is now learning how to fly planes and pursuing a speaking career!   Learn How to Become Black belt in Business.   Learn -Develop - grow and you will succeed.   CONTACT METHOD Website - http://www.gforcemartialarts.com                                       TITLE #011 Martial Arts Business Podcast 5 Essentials This Summer For Maximum Growth & Impact   DESCRIPTION Welcome to another edition of the Martial Arts Business Podcast, in this episode Gordon brings you the 5 Essentials You Need To Know This Summer For Maximum Growth & Impact.   Gordon explains why you should see a massive influx of students during the summer and how to retain your students, have a great community spirit and have a kick ass summer in your business. Learn how to leverage the exposure of your school, change it up, mix it up and serve your community.   Discover how to be creators and promote your school while leveraging your classes., excite them, inspire them and motivate them to come down.   KEY TAKEAWAYS   5 Essentials You Need To Know This Summer For Maximum Growth & Impact. Club Promotion Days - Get your school together, kids, adults and parents all in uniform and promote your club and share it in your community and increase exposure. Create a fun day for kids and adults alike, while leveraging the marketing and promotion of your school. Summer Camps - Week long summer camps and programme specific camp days will increase your business. Go in-depth and provide certificates and you will increase profitability and gain new members. Take It Outside - Utalise the summer weather by taking your club to a local park and mix with the community. Leverage your school,  increase exposure and gain new members. Keep It Cool - Create an incentive to retain customers during the summer, offer stickers or rewards for those that continue to attend. Be creative and keep it new and fresh everytime, mix in games and change up the format to keep your students inspired. Set Up Free Programmes - Create courses to help your students and give back to the community. Think about how you can serve your students and solve problems in their life. Martial Arts can be a huge confidence booster and you can arm your students with the skills to be successful.   BEST MOMENTS “It’s a delusion summer is bad for your business.” “Retain your students, have a great community spirit and have a kick ass summer in your business.” “Parents during the summer are looking for something different so make sure to leverage the exposure of your school.” “When people don’t want to train, they’re bored, it’s up to you to keep it fresh and mix it up.” “Be creators of a new service product and create a referral programme.” “Excite them, inspire them and motivate them to come down.” “Share your club with the world.”   VALUABLE RESOURCES The Business of Martial Arts - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Business-Martial-Arts-Gordon-Burcham/dp/1999972007 Martial Arts Business Mastery Community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1564691497166100/ ABOUT THE HOST Gordon Burcham is a best selling author, 3 x World martial arts champion and award winning Martial arts school owner. He has helped 1000’s of Martial arts schools grow, and has over 20 years experience running martial arts schools.   Gordon has been training, teaching, and working in the Martial Arts industry for nearly twenty-five years. After earning his first black belt, he went on to win three consecutive World Titles against guys half his age. In 1998, in the midst of his competitive career, he launched his own dojo which still runs today. After retiring from the competitions, he decided to focus more on helping others in the MA business while still running his club.   Burcham has trained with industry giants like Alfie Lewis and developed his street-smart business attitude working with top business coaches. He is now considered one of the foremost authorities on peak performance in the business-side of the MA industry. He has proven his techniques work through the transformation in his own personal life, athletic career, and business as well as those of his coaching clients. Burcham teaches that success is the result of forming good habits and moving forward.   He is a real-life success story going from bullied school kid to earning multiple world titles, and his MA school is currently one of the most successful in the UK. Gordon loves self-development and helping others, enjoys travel and family time. He is now learning how to fly planes and pursuing a speaking career!   Learn How to Become Black belt in Business.   Learn -Develop - grow and you will succeed.   CONTACT METHOD Website - http://www.gforcemartialarts.com  

The most important word in sales is not “Yes.” This WILL surprise you! In the last episode of the mini-series about the structured sales process, I’ll tell you the most important word. There are two times especially, to use the most important word to your advantage.

Quick informational episode about the GDPR regulations that go into effect May 25, 2018. This WILL affect email marketing for the future!

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Today, I bring a proposition to the table for all of you. Reach out to 50-100 people that you look up to and/or see as potential mentors. Provide them value, ask them questions, and try to develop new meaningful relationships. This WILL change the game for you if you follow through. Just one response can change where you are and open new doors! Enjoy! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-best/support

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If you've ever felt "S#!T OUT OF LUCK", today you'll learn where it's coming from and how to STOP IT. These powerful insights definitely changed my life! SHOW NOTES... How’s it going sipping on your life? How’s it tasting? How’s it feeling? How are YOU doing? Are you enjoying it? Or does it feel more like you’re S.O.L., and the "stuff" is hitting the fan...and it doesn’t taste good at all? If this is you, aren’t you glad you only have to sip on it? That's right, you don’t have to gulp it down. Remember that nothing lasts forever. It’s not pessimistic. It’s the truth. If it’s really great right now, and the flavor’s awesome, keep sipping. If it’s not so awesome, keep sipping. because it’s about to change. Nothing lasts forever. In the good times, enjoy them and give thanks. Keep your gratitude and appreciation at an all time high. When things are not so good and tasty, remember that “this too shall pass.” This WILL change. No matter where you are today, redefining S.O.L. is key. Sipping on life, living from your heart and soul isn’t due to bad or good luck. It’s not luck at all. It’s a decision to listen to, commune with, and live from your heart. We’ve all heard of the old definition of being “S.O.L.” (S#!T OUT OF LUCK.) It’s when the STUFF is hitting the fan, and you’re thinking that everything sucks, including yourself, and you're hating life, and everything in it…including yourself. I’ve been there! In a pool full of tears, not knowing what to do with myself. If you’re going to redefine your situation, you have to be willing to look at it honestly, and STOP pretending. I remember when things got really rough in my life. The misery and "Poor Me Story" that I was caught up in was awful. Then I finally got to the reality that I had to stop pretending that everything was okay. After the big “D” x 3 (Divorce…3 times), it’s hard to pretend that everything’s okay. From the beginning, one of my first thoughts was what others were going to think. But after THREE, I decided that what mattered most wasn’t what others were thinking of me. What mattered most was/is what I'M thinking of ME. What are YOU THINKING today? Where is your primary focus? Are you focused on pretending? If so, it's likely that you’re worrying about what everyone’s thinking of you. Which leads to you carrying baggage that you were never meant to carry. It will suck the life out of you! Where are you pretending in your life? I spent so many years living my life caught up in pretending that everything was O.K. Finally I admitted that things were NOT okay. I wasn’t okay. IT wasn’t okay...and I made a decision that things were going to change. Again, where are YOU pretending? When you pretend, you end up paralyzing your possibility. YOU PARALYZE YOUR POSSIBILITY WHEN YOU PRETEND. If it’s "make believe," and you make things up, then you're affecting your true belief system. Your belief system will lead and guide you. You’ll only go as far as your beliefs will take you. If your belief is that you have to present yourself a certain way, and perform a certain way because you’re pretending that everything is perfect, then it’s time to take a look at how you DEFINE PERFECT. How do you define perfection? It’s a load that’s too heavy to carry. It’s one thing if “perfect” is real, it’s another thing if perfect is pretend and NOT REAL. Your life can be imperfectly perfect. That’s great. It’ s real. You’re being honest, and not pretending or performing for anyone, including yourself. Don’t perform for anyone, including yourself. If this is you today, and you’re pretending. STOP. Everything about YOU matters, but when you pretend, it’s like you’re saying that there’s a part of you that doesn’t matter. What matters most is the truth. No matter what it looks like. There IS no pretending when it comes to TRUTH. There’s no “happily ever after”, unless you’re willing to get on board with it and help create it for yourself. If you’re pretending that everything’s okay, and it’s not okay, you'll feel terrible inside, and/or feel like you’re dying. I know, I've been there. If life is sucking the life out of you. And YOU’RE SUCKING…it’s because you’re pretending. Call it what it is. As my dear friend used to say, "Call a spade a spade, not a shovel." Redefine what S.O.Ll means for yourself. It’s the beginning of a SOLution. S.O.L. is the beginning of Sipping On Life. The day I finally admitted that my life was too painful to gulp down anymore, and instead began sipping on it, I began to practice the art of loving myself well. I desire this for you as well. The question is, do you desire this for YOU? Please grab your SACRED S.O.L. D.A.T.E. JOURNAL (Daily Action To Engage with yourself.) TODAY’S SACRED S.O.L. STEP: 1. Sit down and write the answer to this question: Where are you pretending in your life? That it’s all okay or NOT? Perhaps you’re making up a story that’s BIGGER than it really is. 2. Circle it and make a commit today to STOP PRETENDING. Start showing up, and redefining what S.O.L. means for you! Thanks for being here! I appreciate YOU and the fact that you’re sharing this with others. We’re now in over 14 countries!! I’m humbled, honored, and so very grateful!! I’ll see you again tomorrow. xo Dr. Shannon. Inspiring minds that want to grow and hearts that want to know, so you can love you, your life, and your life’s work well. ONE SIP AT A TIME. A special thanks to the following souls for helping me launch our WOMEN SIPPING ON LIFE podcast… Intro/Outro done by Uni V. SOL  Outro music by Jay Man: Mind Over Matter (www.ourmusicbox.com)  Podcast cover design and web site done by: Pablo Aguilar (www.webdesigncreator.com) Podcast cover photo by Kate Montague of KM Captured (www.kmcaptured.com)  

In Episode 273 I discuss: *what I was reminded about in my Marriage of how it used to be and how different it is today.  *that you could look at the end result of where I am now in my Marriage, but you do not see the journey in a picture or a Facebook post *that you may see a Result of something that you truly want in your Life, but you grossly underestimate the real WORK that is required to get it (or are unwilling to do it) Listen to the latest Women Wanting More episode on iTunes here.  MORE TIP     Set up a weekly date night with your husband.  No excuses. Make it happen.  1. Schedule your weekly date nights for the next 4 week. Plan it-what are you doing? Who's watching the kids?  2. Ask yourself THIS: Will you commitment to this? To not just be a great starter, but someone who continues to do the work?    RESOURCES  The FB Post I reference in this episode Episode 232: The Value of the Climb Episode 247: You Gots To Pay the Piper!  Episode 208: If You Do What Most Are Unwilling To Do...   Get your Ticket for WWM Live (limited early bird tickets left!) Join the NEW Women Wanting More Sisterhood (get your 7 Day FREE Trial-limited spots left) Like the Women Wanting MORE Facebook Page here Request to be added to the Women Who Want MORE closed FB group here Visit my Website here  

Seasons Greetings .. This is My Slot 3-4pm on http://www.MyLimeRadio.com Boxing Day Special #14Hr14Djs Mix Show Marathon Enjoy... *Also Look Out for A Special New Years Eve Mix Releasing this Friday , for those who are having the New years Eve party at home .. This Will be for you... *A podcast with a difference, with a WIDE Appeal of Musical Genres in URBAN | MAINSTREAM | CARIBBEAN * Every Thursday you can check out a new Podcast Upload of the Mixture Mix on Itunes & https://www.Mixcloud.com/gfactoryliveinc NOW!! *Just search for Mixtures Mix by GfactoryLive and tune in-to the Mixtures Mix podcast exclusively from @gfactoryLive *Follow on all social medias @gfactoryliveinc *Website http://www.gfactoryliveinc.com

From October 4, 2015. This is the sermon that started it all! Listen to the sermon before you listen to any of the others. This WILL make you think, challenge you in ways that you may have never been challenged before and humble you. This sermon from October 2015 will indeed show you the beginning of the Turning 180 series. After the sermon was over, miracles, revival, hope and a new energy flowed in our church. Although this is not the Turning 180 signature sermon, it is the one that made it all happen. It is a MUST listen on a regular basis. Even our pastor found new life and energy from this message. It was what began the 180 transformation.

Were you ever molested as a young child? Afrika Bambaataa one of Hip Hop's ForeFathers has been accused of having sex with pre-teen boys...and what does KRS 1 think of this? This WILL be the biggest Hip Hop scandal of 2016 and we have behind the scenes scoop! Have our Hip Hop Fore Fathers let us down? You don't want to miss this episode of "Hip Hop In My Opinion" and PLEASE tag KRS 1 and tell him what a piece of shit he is! Listen Spread the word Our Hip Hop Fore Fathers have let us down! Listen NOW!

Tonight 6PM PST NutritionPlanX Part II - How to get nutritionally balanced, detox your body, and live a Fat-Metabolized life in 30 days.. The buzz about my all new nutritionplanX is trending in a big way... Because everyone who hears about NutritionPlanX and gets it, has to have it! Until you detox the body and get it nutritionally balanced, you can pretty much forget about getting lean, fit and sexy. PERIOD!!! Join me tonight LIVE and I will share with you what I've discovered. How I'm using this new program to change, my health, build a lean, sexy body at 54 years old. Skyrocket my energy, sleep better, build strength, improve my stamina, and feel better than I have in years all in less than 30 days. This WILL change your life forever as it has changed mine. Knowledge is power and NutrtionplanX is the tool you need to get finally off the hampster wheel to stop dieting and start living in the body of your life...

First Guest Mix of Everything EDM DJ Scoota starts off the mix with some hip hop then A Transition into SYMzoid Mix some Tropical house and Trap music This Will be a first of many Guest Mixes

First Guest Mix of Everything EDM DJ Scoota starts off the mix with some hip hop then A Transition into SYMzoid Mix some Tropical house and Trap music This Will be a first of many Guest Mixes

This WILL be candid, it WILL be raw, it WILL be informative.  This will not be one of those talks about raising vibration or Spiritual development.  It's time to put the war face on, time to tap into some Ancestral energy and bring a messge that WE ALL need to hear, I'm chopping off heads fam and this is just the beginning.  Don't mind the profanity, there is much more for you to be gasping and grabbing your chest about.  Listen and learn about the real issues that are affecting our communities.  The issues that keep getting swept under the rug.  You can be as angry as you want, you can isight anger in others, but what is being DONE about what's happening to our children?  To connect with me personally, become a memebr of the website at www.thestarseedhealer.com

Part 2 of 2: Will Kimbrough is a Nashville-based singer, songwriter, award-winning guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, producer, performer and bandleader. Will’s songs have been recorded by Jimmy Buffett, Little Feat, Jack Ingram, Todd Snider and others. He’s shared the studio and stage with such greats as Rosanne Cash, Guy Clark, Rodney Crowell, Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris, the Jayhawks, Mark Knopfler, Buddy Miller, John Prine, Billy Joe Shaver, Todd Snider, and Mavis Staples.   In 2004, Will was awarded the “Instrumentalist of the Year” by the Americana Music Association. Since his solo debut disc--2000’s This--Will has released a half-dozen well-received records. His band “Sugarcapps” with Grayson Capps just won the “Best New Band” in the Independent Music Awards.   And to top it all off--Will is on tour ALL THE TIME! Check out his website for his current dates. And to top that off--he’s a dedicated husband, father and just an all-around nice guy!

Part 1 of 2: Will Kimbrough is a Nashville-based singer, songwriter, award-winning guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, producer, performer and bandleader. Will’s songs have been recorded by Jimmy Buffett, Little Feat, Jack Ingram, Todd Snider and others. He’s shared the studio and stage with such greats as Rosanne Cash, Guy Clark, Rodney Crowell, Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris, the Jayhawks, Mark Knopfler, Buddy Miller, John Prine, Billy Joe Shaver, Todd Snider, and Mavis Staples. In 2004, Will was awarded the “Instrumentalist of the Year” by the Americana Music Association. Since his solo debut disc--2000’s This--Will has released a half-dozen well-received records. His band “Sugarcapps” with Grayson Capps just won the “Best New Band” in the Independent Music Awards. And to top it all off--Will is on tour ALL THE TIME! Check out his website for his current dates. And to top that off--he’s a dedicated husband, father and just an all-around nice guy!

This WILL go down on your permanent record!