Podcast appearances and mentions of Tim Fargo

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Welcome to Episode 178 where we look at just how you can build or continue to work on gaining your INNER strength so you can have a confident, strong voice on the OUTSIDE. In this episode we discuss how in order to feel strong enough on the outside, we might first need to do some work on the inside to build our confidence around the things that are private and personal.  We get into what it means to work on building a strong inner core of self-trust, healthy boundaries and standing in your truth with emotional honesty.  Being assertive can be risky business, or at least feel that way at first, and ironically it requires a lot of courage to be this vulnerable.  This inner muscle work will certainly pay off over time as our insides match our outsides more.   Key Elements: Discuss healthy vs unhealthy ways to get needs met and deal with feelings. Look at how boundaries play a big part in self-confidence. Explore how allowing ourselves to do some healthy accepting of reality keeps us grounded and strong.                                                                                                       “If you want to improve your self-worth, stop giving other people the calculator.” – Tim Fargo   Resources: Make sure you sign up for the bonus downloads at www.ownitpowercast.com.  Tribe members will receive them in their email each week. Thank you for tuning in to this podcast. Please remember to leave a positive review on your podcast platform and let us know how this episode has been helpful. Also don't forget to subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play or Spotify so you don't miss a thing!

Tim Fargo   When we get feedback on something, we shouldn't dwell on it. The idea is that if you made a mistake in the past, you should learn from it and once you get the lesson down, discard it as fast possible so it doesn't weigh you down as a person. If we store and keep it as a part of ourselves, then that mistake is going to hold us back. If you had one bad mistake with one person, don't assume everyone is a bad person.   If that happens, examine how things didn't work out and learn how to do better the next time around. Holding on to your mistakes will keep you from pursuing your goals because you will second guess yourself and not go forward with the plan. It wastes time and time is something we can never get back again. So if you want to take it to the next level with your life, just follow today's quote and you'll start moving the ball in the right direction and will start to see some great things in your life.   Journal Prompts How will not storing your mistakes help you live a better life? How can you let go of your mistakes by examining them and learning from them?

"Confidence is what we get when we take fear, face it and replace it." - Tim Fargo

Quote: “Confidence is what we get when we take fear, face it and replace it.” - Tim Fargo is an American author, keynote speaker, angel investor and entrepreneur. .

Dig deep. Work hard. Believe Harder. This is the Marathon Mind podcast.The Marathon Mind is a group of coaches who are dedicated to channeling your physical and mental capacity to help you achieve your running and health goals. We are beginning our series with some of our favorite brain training topics. Today's topic is best summed up by the words of Tim Fargo. “What you choose today will determine who you are tomorrow.” Let's take a look at our beliefs about ourselves.

Tim Fargo is quoted as saying, "Don't envy what people have, emulate what they did to have it." In today's episode, Darren shares a Fox and grapes story about how people strive and fail and the common thread that ties those who succeed and those who do not. ATTENTION: **FREE SPECIAL LIVE BRIEFING THIS WEDNESDAY ONLY!** Join Darren for a special discussion on CONQUERING THE 10 BIGGEST CHALLENGES SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS ARE FACING RIGHT NOW! (Limited capacity) RESERVE YOUR SPOT NOW at DarrenHardyLive.com Want more mentorship from Darren? Subscribe to DarrenDaily at DarrenDaily.com.

“When there is silence, Give your voice. When there is darkness, Shine your light. When there is desperation, Offer hope.” - Author, Tim Fargo $600 direct payment checks for every adult and child earning up to $75,000. Individuals earning between $75,000 and $87,000 would get smaller checks, and the benefit cuts out entirely for individuals earning over $87,000.Unemployment benefits: Lawmakers agreed to extend enhanced unemployment benefits for jobless workers, who will receive up to $300 per week through mid-March. Self-employed people and gig workers will also receive extended assistance. Rental assistance: The measure includes $25 billion to help families pay their rent, and it extends the eviction moratorium now in effect until Jan. 31. SNAP assistance: The measure includes an additional $13 billion for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.PPP loans: The agreement includes some $284 billion for Paycheck Protection Program loans. Democrats say they expanded eligibility for the loans to include nonprofits and local newspapers, along with TV and radio stations. Also, $15 billion would be reserved for live venues, independent movie theaters and cultural institutions, which have been struggling due to pandemic-forced closures. Child care centers: The measure includes $10 billion for child care centers to help providers safely reopen. Need help creating a plan?Visit oakmontadvisory.com/blueprint and sign-up for a 15-Minute call with an advisor 

This is the final episode of the show! After 128 episodes, I have decided to practice that I preach, and make the tough call on priorities and pressures in my life, which means this show will be setting with the sun today. Whether that's forever or for now is not relevant because "forever" is not happening today. With all the demands on my time, I have been facing my own burnout – something I've had as a central theme in many episodes in this show. To protect and love myself, I've taken an inventory of all the things that I am committed to, where they are in the grand scheme of building toward my goals, whether they've served their purpose, and how I might be able to move forward without them. Though it was a hard decision I've grappled with for several months, ending the show here made a lot of sense. Do a Day is not going anywhere, however, with all the resources at your fingertips, as ever. You can still get the book in paperback, Kindle, Audible, Apple Books, Google Play Books, Nook and more. You can still do the Do a Day Masterclass, or sign up for 1-on-1 coaching with me. And the entire back catalog of episodes of the show will still be available for you to go back, listen to, and grow from. With all the stories and inspiration in the 127 episodes that I've released before this final one, I know there is at least one spark that every person in the world could use to start the flame that lets you Go Out and Do It! Respect for all my past guests: Season 1 I kicked the show off sharing the story of Do a Day. Charlie Gilkey shares about how being smart makes you strong. Evan Ruggiero reminds us through his cancer batter that rising up even when half of your world vanishes is possible. Amy Schuber taught us that you are the inspiration you seek. Ryan Caligiuri shared his mantra that there are no set backs, only set ups for what's next. One of my favorite artists, MC YOGI, talked about how all things grow in darkness Anne Sugar shared her battle with cancer as a way to see how you can trust your body even when it betrays you. Chris Wirth hit on his message of never quitting on living the life you deserve. David Ralph reminded us about the power in our lives if we connect the dots. Claude Silver shared her story (for the first time) of why she is who she is today and how that's showed her the importance of Heart in leadership. Elizabeth McCourt talked about the empowerment we can take from building our own resilience. Josh LaJaunie shared his story of overcoming extreme obesity--not just for himself, but for the world around him. Michael Nulty talked about his multiple suicide attempts and how he found rebirth out of depression. Mark Metry shared the importance of taking responsibility for your life and what you can achieve as a new person. My good friend, Aaron Keith Hawkins, talked about how we need to have influence over ourselves if we want to influence anyone else. Kelsey Abbott helped us Find Our Awesome through self-confidence and curiosity. She also gave me a quote I've used almost daily, "What you I say is about me. What you hear is about you." Dorie Clark reminds us of the important of perseverance and consistency if we want to achieve our greatest goals. Sonya Looney, world female mountain bike endurance champion, was just awesome, but had a key message around vulnerability and honesty with ourselves. She also gave me another gem of an idea around being stuck. Rather than being negative about the feeling, she recognizes it's a sign of something big being about to happen. Tim Fargo talked about the humility and balance we can find in unexpected places like failure. The amazing Dr. Jason Brooks shared the importance of being dedicated to finding your purpose and its transformative power on our lives. Jen Arnold shared her story around food and her weight and how that inspired her to change how we look at wellness and knowing ourselves. Lee Havern shared how he overcome depression and recognized the interconnectedness between mental and physical wellness. Emmitt Muckles left us charged up and recognizing that prosperity has nothing to do with money. Terri Levine, who lives in extreme, debilitating pain, showed how you can still find power and heart and use that to create something. Leigh Martinuzzi talked about finding his hidden Why and what that can unlock. The great Dick Vitale shared a power packed message of inspiration and making the choice to get up and move forward no matter what hits you, as he's done throughout his life. Season 2 Steve Gordon showed how falling down may be necessary to reach new heights Robb Holman talked about the power of letting go so we can find meaning and purpose Lindsey Heiserman inspired us to not let our past stories be part of our right now Charise Colbert shared her journey coming out of domestic abuse Sara Quiriconi talked to us about how to live free of all the cancers in our life Syd Finkelstein on how to be a Super Boss leader Ariana Robinson Danquah shared how to rise up when you're stuck in the middle Jon DeWaal gripped us with his story of falling off a roof and how that helped him see how to get through life's toughest transitions John Zeratsky talked about what he discovered to achieve the most, and it has nothing to do with productivity Josh Perry taught the power of gratitude even in the face of life's greatest challenges if you want to come through them thriving Mark Crandall shared his trauma story to help us see how facing our trauma's allows for growth Adam Schaeuble got us all fired up, and he also inspired with his approach to reimagining your life – and making it come true Sandy Vo talked about her journey to find clarity and peace despite a foundation of turmoil Cornell Thomas is the epitome of the "What's Next?" attitude winning over the "Why Me?" mentality Sandra Younger taught us her Come Back approach to be a victor, not a victim of tragedy Jenn Swanson talked about her journey off loss, gratitude and realization that you are your best investment Howard Jacobson shared how losing his father inspired his mission to fight diseases of ignorance with the wisdom of lifestyle Brooke Siem retold her amazing journey navigating her way out of a life of medication for mental illness into a life of discovery Tanur Badgley showed how to become a person of purpose through his journey starting with a fall off the side of a mountain Gary Bertwistle talked about the power of authenticity and discovering your mojo Frank King went into how thoughts of suicide taught him to go after what he really wanted, and why so many people need support as they face moments that lead them to these thoughts Mary Shores talked about the power of serving others as she went from dented to thriving Nick Elvery shared his journey from addiction to peak performance and what sparked the change Jaime Jay got vulnerable as he retold his story of multiple experiences with homelessness to being in a place of gratitude and contentment Dai Manuel talked about the importance of living as you need to, from your own perspective Blaire Palmer showed how the greatest thing we can bet on is ourselves Season 3 Dov Baron forced us to look at what's really going on, magnifying it, and then using that insight to truly grow Episode 056. Transporting From Darkness to Your Future Vision with Sarah Centrella Episode 057. Accept Where You Are to Move Forward with Natalie Jani Episode 058. Accepting The Gift of No Regret with Kirsty Salisbury Episode 059. Surrendering to The Facts To Realize Opportunity with Madeleine Black Episode 060. The Power of Worthiness from Within with Dr. James Kelley Episode 061. Redirecting Your Life by Realizing You Matter with Fernando Flores Episode 062. Shifting Your Choices to Shift Your Life with Michael O'Brien Episode 063. The Therapeutic Power of Running with William Pullen Episode 064. To Be Safe, Loved & Worthy with Terah Harrison Episode 065. Find Your Voice Through Mindfulness with Bruce Langford Episode 066. The Power of Being Prepared with Jay Gabrani Episode 067. The Human Connection of Storytelling with The Ridiculously Human Guys (Gareth Martin & Craig Haywood) Episode 068. Life is About Creating Yourself with Lonnee Rey Episode 069. Honor Your Emotions to Choose the Path Forward with Karen Millsap Episode 070. True Success Comes From Our Spirit with Nichole Sylvester Episode 071. Bonus Episode: Reflecting on Doing 3,032 Days with Bryan Falchuk Episode 072. Do the Time to Change Lives with Coss Marte Episode 073. Life as an Inquisitive, Crooked Journey with Mark Nepo Episode 074. Seeing the Gift of Adversity with Marcus Aurelius Anderson Episode 075. Find the Answers Within to What You Need with Michelle Bronson Episode 076. Life's Challenges Can Illuminate Our Path with Sharon Falchuk (my wife!) Episode 077. Loving Yourself Enough to Come Back After a Fall with CrisMarie Campbell Episode 078. The Paradox in Connecting to The World's Needs with Erik Bergman Episode 079. Sparking the Inner Fight to Make Change with Marcus Smith Episode 080. Internal Validation for What We Need with Maggie Berghoff Episode 081. Smash Your Anxiety by Embracing Change with Jesse Harless Season 4 Wally Carmichael joined us to talk about true abundance Ryan Stratis of American Ninja Warrior joined us as he struggled with the question of what he does going forward, and ended up announcing retiring from ANW after the episode aired Steve Austin joined to talk about trauma leading to shame that festered and lead to a suicide attempt Carlee Myers talked about ways to remove the stress we face in life that ends up defining our existence Michael Levitt, a good friend and beautiful human being, shared how to remove and recover from burnout in our lives Drew Taddia joined to share his personal story of perseverance and hard work to achieve what you really care about James Roberts, a Paralympian, who shares what he learned in not letting a disability block him from doing things he loved and staying fit and healthy Susan Clarke, whose partner CrisMarie Campbell came on last season, shared her journey with trauma and cancer and what she built in her life from that struggle Serena Sabala talked about her experience growing up with a father with mental illness, and how we all need more awareness of mental illness and the tools to protect ourselves from it in our own lives through staying balanced and healthy across the spectrum Carol Hanson talked about the power of self-image, which came from her battle with Anorexia Singer-Songwriter Jackson Gillies, who American Idol fans will recognize, shared his journey with Type 1 Diabetes and HS, learning to listen to his body and what it needs to keep these conditions under control Kacie Main, who Gave Up Men for Lent (which is the name of her book), talks about finding out who she really is on the back of a relationship ending, that redefined how she lives her life Justin Stenstrom joined to talk about how he struggled intensely with anxiety and depression, and the journey he went on to find tools to manage both of them, which he details in his latest book Emi Kirschner talked about her path through divorce and business to understand the power of knowing yourself and being comfortable with that if you want to succeed in business Sam and Paddy Cullinane, the Not So Perfect Couple, talked about their marriage story, which includes divorcing at one point, working on themselves, and coming together in a beautiful way that they share to help other couples love better Mariah Heller, who suffers from Elhers-Danlos syndrome, lives with chronic pain every day and developed approaches to physical fitness that respect that pain rather than worsening it Nathan Todd, who was born with Cerebral Palsy, talks about the power of the labels we choose to put on ourselves and how they can hold us back or allow us to move forward Episode 100 was my chance to bring together two of my favorite people, Cornell Thomas and Michael O’Brien, to talk about resilience and connection in a seriously beautiful episode Sunday Burquest, who was on Survivor Millennials vs. Gen-X, talks about her non-stop struggle to survive despite loss and hardship throughout her life, and her battle with cancer before going on the show. Sunday is battling cancer again right now, so we are all thinking of her and pulling for her. Carolyn Colleen shared a very powerful story of abuse and extreme hardship, including leaving an abuse marriage with a toddler to live in a shelter and build a new life that lead to not only great success and achievement, but powerful tools to get through extreme hardships and struggles we all face Emily Gough, who was surprised to find that her boyfriend had still been seeing his ex, who he moved across the street from Emily and his house. She ended up traveling on her own and learning so much about herself in the process Paul Stretton-Stevens, who has been medically retired three times in life, talks about how we can view these closing doors as the end, or see what else we can do to move forward Andrew Hood battled with extreme anxiety as his finances fell apart but he had to put on a happy face and seem fine to the outside world. When his wife and father brought him out of the shame of hidden pain, his open sharing of what he experienced changed his life and others Lakshmi Dev Bowen, who grew up with abuse and a struggle with sex, drugs and alcohol, then found a re-centering through yoga, which completely changed her life. Season 5 Episode 108. Finding Your Road to Health with Tamar Medford Episode 109. Breaking Into Your Life with Michelle Dickinson Episode 110. From People-Pleasing to Self-Worth with Jen Gutfriend Episode 111. The Power of Asking with Crystal & Mark Hansen Episode 112. From Darkness to Radiating Love with Minh Minh Garner Episode 113. Facing Anger to Move Past Trauma with Amanda Huffman Episode 114. Looking at Yourself with Purpose with Paul Forchione Episode 115. Starting From Where You Are with Rosalyn Palmer Episode 116. Devotion to Caring Genuinely with Tyler Tolbert Episode 117. Compassion & Perseverance to Survive with Ethan Zohn Episode 118. Rebelling for Something Greater with Shelley Paxton Episode 119. Responsibility for Who You Get to Be with Ali Moore Episode 120. Embrace Your Vulnerability to Grow with Kate Harvey Episode 121. The Choice of Mindset with Zulma Berenice Episode 122. Creating Clarity & Control for Your Legacy with Vicki Wusche Episode 123. Personal Responsibility for Your Life with Kim Sutton Episode 124. Finding Your Reason to Breathe with Sarah Ross Episode 125. Creating a Fertile Life with Erica Hoke Episode 126. The Art of Human Care with Dr. Hassan Tetteh Episode 127.  Creating a Growth Movement from Pain with Justin Schenck Links: My website: gnmlive.com My Books on Amazon Facebook: @BryanFalchuk Instagram: @BryanFalchuk Twitter: @BryanFalchuk Subscribe to The Do a Day Podcast    Keep Growing with Do a Day Get Bryan's best-selling first book, Do a Day, which is the inspiration for this show and can help you overcome your greatest challenges and achieve in life. 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Tim Fargo joins the show to discuss his early days of wrestling, transitioning into MMA, staying in shape during quarantine and his rapid rise through the amateur ranks of New York.

Life Coach Dr Bernie joins Tim and Steve to talk about “The Camouflage Effect” — and how it’s more prevalent these days because of the stress the world is feeling with the pandemic. In other words, people’s true colors are coming out more often. On this episode: How to know who you can trust Learn what “The Camouflage Effect” is What to do if you realize someone is hiding an agenda Everyone gives off signals — learn to trust your gut instinct in reading telltale signs Learn to observe people’s eyes and behavior — what they do, and what they don’t do "Arrogance is the camouflage of insecurity." — Tim Fargo camouflage | (‘kam-uh-flahzh) (noun) — behavior designed to deceive or hide (verb) — to hide, conceal, or disguise oneself

Dr. Tim Fargo is the Executive Director of Chiropractic Health and Wellness and The Wellness Resource Group. He has been providing chiropractic care to the community for over 37 years and is a CBP advanced certified doctor of chiropractic. He received his B.A. from the University of Minnesota and his Doctor of Chiropractic degree in 1982 from Northwestern Health Science University in Bloomington, MN. In addition, he has extensive post-graduate training in nutrition, sports injuries and Applied Kinesology. Dr. Fargo is the only doctor in Minnesota who is certified to fit patients with the revolutionary ScoliBrace™, a true 3-dimensional solution to spinal deformity. Dr. Fargo has also treated many professional athletes, including more than 100 Minnesota Vikings players over the course of 15 years. He is an accomplished and passionate educator and lectures extensively throughout the community. He enjoys working with people of all ages and is fully committed to helping them achieve a lifetime of vibrant health for themselves and their families. Dr. Fargo is an avid skier, golfer and fitness enthusiast. He is married to Nancy, who has worked with him in the clinic for 35 years. He has 2 children. His daughter, Kailey, works as one of the associate doctors at Chiropractic Health and Wellness and his son, Ryan, is currently in law school. He is very proud to have made this practice truly a family practice.   Dr. Kailey Fargo is an Associate Chiropractor at Chiropractic Health and Wellness, and is very excited to be a part of the team. She received her B.S. in Health and Human Performance from the University of St. Thomas in 2013. During her undergraduate years, she pursued her love of athletics in the form of rowing—both competing at the collegiate level and coaching high school athletes. She took a special interest in working with young athletes and, upon graduation, moved to the east coast to continue coaching young women. She received her Doctor of Chiropractic in 2019 from Northwestern Health Sciences University in Bloomington, and continues to follow her passion of working with youth and athletes. She feels fortunate to have been born and raised into a chiropractic family, having received her first adjustment at one-hour old and hopes to continue sharing the gift of health with kids and adults alike. She and her husband, Sean, enjoy travelling, rowing, Crossfit, and spending time with their pup, Porter. To learn more and to connect with both docs, you can head over to the website below. Bios obtained from: https://chirohealthwellness.com   To catch the latest episodes, head over to: www.drledda.com Follow me on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter: @drledda And remember to apply to join The Chiro Inspired Community on Facebook.    

Hey Boss!  I love this interview, because it is a story of a TRUE Creative Entrepreneur! He shares many stories of many businesses that he had before that worked and failed. I love digging deep into people’s stories and backgrounds so I can see where things got their start. Now, Tim Fargo is the CEO of Social Juke Box - which solved a problem! Scheduling Social Media Platform!  You Can Find Tim at  SocialJukeBox.com (http://socialjukebox.com/) Enjoy!  Be YOU! Be REAL! Be the BOSS of your WORLD! Heather Havenwood Like A Boss! Insights With Influencers! Helping You Rise To the Top! Heather Havenwood media@sexybossinc.com (mailto:media@sexybossinc.com) HeatherHavenwood.com (https://www.heatherhavenwood.com/) InfluencerTribe.com (https://www.influencergrowthformula.com/) Follow Heather on Instagram for all of her stories: @HeatherHavenwood Support this podcast

I am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. This is an interesting interview with Tim Fargo, we talk about his initial businesses in Fraud investigation and selling this successfully. His career took an interesting view on startups and other interests. He then changed his career with his new venture which is Social Jukebox which is a business that automates social media. Find onIf you have any feedback then let me know onabsolutebusinessmindset@gmail.comFind more on www.absolutebusinessmindset.com https://www.instagram.com/markjhayward/http://mjhayward.libsyn.com https://twitter.com/markhayward169 https://www.patreon.com/Absolutebusinesshttps://www.facebook.com/Mark-Hayward See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tim Fargo is the CEO of Social Jukebox, an amazing and powerful Twitter automation tool that I love and use every day for marketing my brand on Twitter. It’s a paid scheduling tool that allows you to load a “jukebox” full of content so you can schedule tweets to go out and then sit back and let it do the job for you. I’ve known Tim for many years and even had him on this podcast a few years back (episode 28). Tim is my first guest to come back on for a second time. He’s a bestselling author, a keynote speaker, an angel investor and an entrepreneur. Podcast show notes available at https://madalynsklar.com/twittersmarter54

Trage dich auf die Warteliste für meinen Selbstliebe Online Kurs ein: www.projectmeacademy.com Mein Buch: https://amzn.to/2XVbgQA Selbstliebe, Selbstvertrauen und Mut sind die Grundvoraussetzungen für ein glückliches Leben. Wenn du mit dir selbst zufrieden bist, dann führst du glückliche Beziehungen, bist unabhängiger und lebst bewusster und gesünder. In dieser Poscast-Folge stelle ich klar, was Selbstliebe nicht ist und wie du erkennst, wann du aus Selbstliebe und wann aus Selbsthass handelst. Ich präsentiere dir fünf Zitate, die mich immer wieder erkennen lassen, wie wichtig Selbstliebe ist. Sie sollen auch dir mehr Vertrauen, Liebe und Mut schenken. Fünf Zitate für mehr Selbstliebe. 1. "An Zorn festhalten ist wie Gift trinken und erwarten, dass der andere dadurch stirbt." (Buddha) 2. "Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase" (Martin Luther King) 3. "Wer du Morgen bist, beginnt mit dem, was du heute tust." (Tim Fargo) 4. "Du musst nicht alles perfekt machen, deshalb haben Bleistifte einen Radiergummi." (Unbekannt) 5. "Schlechte Entscheidungen machen dich nicht zu einem schlechten Menschen, du lernst wie du bessere Entscheidungen triffst." (Drew Barrymore) Viel Spaß beim Zuhören! Ich würde mich sehr freuen, wenn du mir bei Itunes eine Bewertung dalassen würdest. Du bist toll! :)) Du möchtest motiviert bleiben, noch mehr lernen und andere Themen entdecken? Dann schau doch mal bei diesen Seiten vorbei, ich freue mich! Web: klarafuchs.com Facebook: facebook.com/klara.fuchs Instagram: instagram.com/klarafuchscom Project Me Academy: projectmeacademy.com Alles Liebe,

  This show is the last of season 2 and today I will encourage you yet again to take control of your life and work and dreams and ambitions by adopting the productivity techniques that I have talked about here on this podcast. Call it a motivational talk if you will, but by recapping on some of the key techniques I have introduced here, I will show you how you can gain back control of your life and take positive action to move forward. As usual, I will do a quick recap on last week’s episode before moving on to the main subject and that show simply recommended 5 more awesome and mostly free apps which are useful for improving your productivity. One thing I have discovered since releasing it is that Apple no longer has the Call Recorder app I recommended in their store, but I have linked in last week’s show notes to several similar apps in order to cover this. Sadly it does seem that Apple is charging for a number of apps that you get for free on Android but I guess that’s the way they roll. If you missed the episode then please go back and check it out as there are some awesome apps in there that will make your life a hell of a lot easier. I’ve wasted too much time on apps that are supposedly good for productivity but have turned out to be not much use in the long run. What I can guarantee is - if you adopt and utilise any of my suggestions, and it’s worth noting is that they are largely free to download and use, that you will thank me later. Can I just add that if you would like to recommend your own favourite apps for productivity for inclusion in a future episode then please get in touch as I’d really appreciate your input on this topic.   THE LESSON Kenneth Branagh’s definition of success, he says, is CONTROL. This doesn’t mean that he’s a control freak - it just means that he wants to be driving the bus. In his career, in his personal life, in whatever he does. I believe that if you don’t actively take control by assuming a level of higher level thinking as I talked about in episode 1, then the chances of you getting where you want to go in your life, or in your career will be near zero. Getting yourself to a place where you are in CONTROL is the basis of this episode. It’s all too easy to get yourself into a state of mind where you feel trapped. Where you feel like you are missing out on your dreams or your goals and ultimately in your happiness because of a decision - or a series of decisions you had made along the way. Those decisions, oftentimes made out of necessity, which were the correct things to do at the time, might ultimately leave you with a feeling of dissatisfaction or indeed, downright unhappiness with where you are now in your life or your career.  You may feel that although you are successful and happy in one area of your life and work that you have lost control or direction in another.  I’ve called today’s show YOU HAVE THE POWER, but I was very close to calling it SAVE YOURSELF. You see buried under the weight of the day to day distractions, commitments, fears and anxieties that you find yourself sometimes lost or trapped within, it really is only you and ONLY YOU that has the power to get yourself out of trouble and back on track. My feeling is that unless you actively work to defeat these distractions and negative emotions that they will drag you down. They smother your hopes and dreams and cling to your time and your mental energy like barnacles – You have to take the hammer and chisel that the productivity techniques I talk about here offer you, and chip away these problems, one at a time. Once you start to do that you will soon get back control and create the ability to steer things in a direction of your choosing. Motivational writer and philosopher Steven Redhead says that you must “Start living by taking back the control of your life now! Create a life more in tune with your true desires.” There are a few parts to that statement I want to reiterate. The START LIVING part is essential – When you start to consider the larger picture, everything that follows will be driven by what you learn from it, and that can only happen if it goes hand in hand with the second essential part - CREATING A LIFE WHICH IS IN TUNE WITH YOUR DESIRES and I would add your VALUES. If you are unhappy, stressed, frustrated or simply lost, then you may feel that the life or career you’d hoped for is slipping away or is already so far out of reach that you have given up. You must remember though that stress and worry over your problems, depletes your energy reserves, solves nothing and actually blocks you from thinking about solutions. In the very first episode of the podcast I said that you should begin to work ON your life and career at the same time that you find yourself living and working IN it - and to do this you needed to develop that HIGHER LEVEL OF THINKING I mentioned a minute ago. I believe that we all have the power to take control, to a degree at least, over our lives but that it is only possible if we engage our minds in strategizing how to do it. Author of ALPHABET SUCCESS Tim Fargo said that “Who you are tomorrow begins with what you do today.” and that “If you want to get ahead you must slow down and focus”. Fargo’s advice to “slow down and focus” is the key to getting back control. Look back to my episode on KILLING THE MICROWAVE MINDSET for more advice on slowing down btw. With well thought out, focused strategies we can create long term plans to achieve what we seek in life. Author Steve Maraboli says “Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don't.” Now productivity encapsulates a large degree of positivity, but sometimes I have to offer advice that is more of a REALITY SLAP than a positive affirmation of what you would like to hear. After I made my feature film, which was distributed by Cineworld and had some success, I was told by the main Scottish film funding organisation, that they would not fund my project development because someone else already had their backing and as someone new to the game there was simply nothing for me. They actually told me that they would NEVER fund me which was quite aggravating, but it was a REALITY which at least they were honest about. The reality slap I ask you to accept is that there is such a thing as SUPPLY and DEMAND. Everyone, right off the bat - can’t be the Director, or the Cinematographer, or the Writer, Designer, Lead Actor or Actress as these are limited positions. Some roles have tons of demand, while others have very limited demand. I don’t mean don’t aspire to that role, just don’t be shocked if the job isn’t there for you when you go looking for it and don’t be shocked if you have to be a camera assistant for a few years before the first opportunity comes along for you to be the DP. Remember that nobody owes you anything. Just because you want a position doesn’t mean someone is required to give you a job. You must demonstrate you can create value for people, or else they’ll find another person to get things done. Creating value means learning things other people don’t know btw. It means doing things other people aren’t willing to do. It sometimes means working for free to demonstrate you’re capable of performing. It means taking on tasks no one else wants and turning them into something better. It means working harder than everyone else. It means demonstrating you’re worth keeping around and worth paying for. And I want to just hammer this one home a bit further with this quote from Gary Vaynerchuk - “A penguin cannot become a giraffe, so just be the best penguin that you can be.” And one more by Charles T. Munger – He said “To get what you want, you have to deserve what you want. The world is not yet a crazy enough place to reward a whole bunch of undeserving people.” I wanted to make that point as there’s a fine line between confidence and delusion – and it’s important you recognise this. If you are getting hot and bothered about getting nowhere fast in your life or career, then persistence and patience maybe useful allies on your journey. If you’ve listened to this podcast for a while you’ll already have the productivity techniques at hand to help you clear the space in your life, your work, your time and your energy to take a breather for a wee while, make a plan and get yourself moving again… this time - in a direction of your choosing. I’m referring to the earlier Tim Fargo quote of course - “If you want to get ahead you must slow down and focus”. I’ve just spent 6 weeks (amongst other things it’s fair to say) writing, producing and hosting this podcast for which I receive no payment whatsoever but I’ve CHOSEN to do this and with that choice comes satisfaction. By assuming a position of Higher Level Thinking I realised that I at certain points in the year I can now afford to work on my own creative projects, this being one of them. I accepted that I don’t have full control over my year. That I can work on other cool and interesting projects with cool and interesting creative people during the larger part of the year to earn money and pay bills, but in the quieter parts of the year I have a tremendous opportunity to advance my own creative endeavours when my work is quiet. I am not sitting on a pile of cash here, but to a large degree at least I am in control of my own life and work. I don’t think there’s a one-size-fits-all answer to this question but I’d like you to ask yourself - WHAT DOES SUCCESS MEAN TO YOU? It’s something you simply must consider if you genuinely want to take control and move forward. WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU TRYING TO ACHIEVE? I can’t help thinking of Simon Synek’s book FIND YOUR WHY when I talk about this SO perhaps you should also ask yourself WHY YOU WANT WHAT YOU WANT? If you know what you are trying to achieve, and why you want to achieve it, then you will be able to determine what success will mean to you. Making these decisions will mean that you can focus on what really matters. Peter Drucker says “Nothing is less productive than to make more efficient that which should not be done in the first place.”, and what we are getting down to here is what I talked about in episode 3. That to give yourself the best possible chance of success, you need to PRIORITIZE WHAT IS IMPORTANT OVER WHAT IS NOT. Considering, as I said before, WHAT YOU CAN CONTROL AND WHAT YOU CANNOT will also save you a lot of wasted time and effort. Do you understand? I could go into a number of other factors here, but that’s what the full podcast episodes are for. A contender for chief amongst the lessons here is that - you must look out for toxic people who will get their claws into your time and energy and ensure that your own dreams always come SECOND. Listen to Episode 24 for advice on that one, or Episode 18 for advice on protecting your mental energy as that’s way up there in importance too, but I’m going right back to episode 2 to give you the final piece of advice on gaining control… You have to -  have to - HAVE TO – Learn to say NO. Zig Ziglar says “The first step to getting what you want is to have the courage to get rid of what you don’t.” I’ve written a note on my board for season 3  to do an episode on PEOPLE PLEASING which is a big problem for some of us, and it ’s likely a huge problem for you if you have trouble saying NO to people. Here’s the thing though. Unless you can find the strength within you to start saying NO to things that do not further your own dreams or goals in some way, then you will forever be putting your own dreams and goals second or third or tenth in line to someone else’s and you will NEVER gain control of your own life, or work or creative endeavours. Go right back to episode 2 and have a listen, it’s one of my earlier ones so forgive me if it’s less polished but check it out and take note as YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST LEARN TO SAY NO - you must get over this in built need to people please as the cost is too high. STOP WORRYING ABOUT UPSETTING PEOPLE – If they do get upset because you say NO is that someone you even want in your life anyway? Your life won’t fall apart because you’ve prioritised your own things over theirs. STOP FEELING GUILTY – Why is saying NO to someone causing you this guilt? Saying NO to someone isn’t a moral issue. Saying NO to someone isn’t doing anything wrong – so why feel guilty about it? The fact is that saying NO is doing something right for you, and in the long run saving you stress through overwhelm of over commitment. Stella Adler has a quote for actors which I think I can hijack for general use on this point.  She said – “You need a kind of aggression, a kind of inner force. Don't be only one-sided, sweet, nice, good. Get rid of being average. Find the killer in you.” Maybe you need a bit of that killer instinct to get what you want too. James Doohan, who played Scotty in Star Trek served as a captain in the Canadian Forces and led men into battle on D-Day, said later in life that he didn’t want control, he just wanted to be told what to do. He said he’s spent his military years ordering people about and when that career ended he just wanted to be the best actor he could be. At a glance that may seem that he didn’t want control but he made his decisions along the way, became the best actor he could be and he was happy.  Remember that to be in control you don’t have to be the boss. “You can influence, direct and control your own environment. You can make your life what you want it to be.” Napoleon Hill, unquote. CALL TO ACTION As this is the last episode of the series, their likely won’t be any more than the odd inbetweenisode for about 3 months, so I think that’s plenty of time for me to give you a major Call To Action. If you want to gain control over your life, or your career, or your training, or your creative projects, or free time, or whatever you set your mind to then take the steps I have discussed and that I list here now to do so. Remember too to write all it down as when you take that action it greatly increases the odds of your succeeding in your endeavour. DECIDE ON WHAT SUCCESS MEANS TO YOU. Decide what you are trying to achieve. SAY NO TO ANYTHING THAT DOESN’T FURTHER YOUR DREAMS, GOALS AND AMBITIONS. This will find you time you thought you never had. PRIORITISE WHAT IS IMPORTANT OVER WHAT IS NOT. MAKE A PLAN. Write it down and stick to it. Slow down. PLAY THE LONG GAME. And 5 – BE CONFIDENT BUT NOT DELUSIONAL. If you follow these steps and you will gain control, slowly but surely over your life. Take control and make your life happy. ENDING Internationally renowned psychologist Irene Kassorla said, “The pen that writes your life story must be held in your own hand.” So if you feel trapped, restricted or cornered in some way don’t worry. This too shall pass. Take the steps I suggest to gain back control. You’re going to be ok. Everything is going to be alright. Thanks once again for taking the time to join me on this season. I hope it’s been beneficial and enjoyable for you to do so. I’ll take this opportunity to recommend a few filmmaking podcasts which you may find of interest. Check out Alex Ferrari’s awesome, Indie Film Hustle, Ian O’Neill’s How They Did It Filmmaking podcast, The Filmmakers Podcast which has a number of presenters, but I’ll give a shout out to Giles Alderson as he’s a great supporter of this show, and finally the very first podcast I listened to, the brilliant, Dave Bullis Podcast as I’ve been looking for an opportunity to plug it all season and it’s a great show. Next season I’m considering splitting the show with a new format of 6 interviews with productivity authors and 6 solo shows, but you’ll just have to wait and see what happens. It will come around in approximately 3 months and if you’re very lucky you will get a bonus inbetweenisode or two in the break. Please follow the show on Facebook @filmproproductivity or on twitter @filmproprodpod if you’d like to stay up to date with what’s going on. 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This past month we have been exploring how to build a successful online community and scale it to grow and support your nonprofit cause or your online or offline business. This episode is a wrap up to these recent, can't miss, episodes: Episode 65: How to Promote Your Community Episode 66: Why Niche Communities Work Better Episode 67: Launching a Community When You are Brand New Episode 68: Strategies for Staying Connected Through Social Media with Tyler J McCall and this one, Episode 69: 5 Steps for Building a Successful Online Community Today, we are going to talk about the five steps you can take to build a successful online community, including how to define your ideal members, ask questions, create content they want, choose a platform and engage and grow your community. Step 1: Define your ideal online community member Use social listening to hear what your ideal community member or customer is saying about their problems. Even if you don’t have a community of your own yet, join similar communities who have your ideal customer in them and observe what people in that community are saying about their challenges and desires.   Think of products that you can offer all along the growth path of your ideal customer by solving a current problem, then solve the next level problem, and so on. Create a ladder of products for your customers to climb to your higher level products. Ask yourself what your life’s purpose is and who it is you are here to serve. Don’t waste your time on things that fall outside of that purpose. Step 2: Ask your online community lots of questions Ask questions within a group. Go all-in to find out exactly what your audience is looking for and then test your solutions to that problem to gauge interest. Talk to people one on one. Reach out via DM, email or phone. Don’t sell them anything, just ask them questions to learn how they describe their challenges and concerns as it pertains to the topic of your expertise. Take note of the language they use. Utilize polls and surveys. Use Twitter and Facebook to ask the community questions that help you gain a better understanding of them and know their wants and needs. Step 3: Create content that answers your online community’s questions Create content that directly answers a single question. This is great for Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and also lets you see which content strikes a note with your community before you build it out into something bigger. Create content that teaches instead of teases. Step 4: Choose a platform where you will engage your online community most often Find out where your ideal online audience is hanging out the most: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, Snapchat or somewhere else? (You can get some demographic statistics on this chart from Spredfast) Focus on that platform and build out an online community around the topic of your business, organization or expertise. Step 5: Engage and grow your online community Create a plan for engagement. It doesn’t happen unless you plan for it. Have a private group or page to interact and engage with your community. Promote your group to grow your community. Tools, apps and links mentioned: Episode 15: 7 Types of Content to Rock Your Community Episode 18: 5 Ways to Quickly Create Relevant Content Episode 24: How to Reuse, Recycle, Repurpose Your Content Episode 30: How to Build a Converting Community on Twitter with Adel de Meyer Episode 31: How to Build a Converting Community on Instagram with Sue B Zimmerman Episode 32: How to Build a Converting Community on Facebook with Zach Spuckler Episode 33: 6 Steps to Promote Your Business Without Being Spammy with Kirsten Oliphant Episode 34: How to Grow a Loyal Community Online and Offline Episode 35: How to Build a Converting Community Using Content with Gini Dietrich Episode 36: How to Build a Converting Community on YouTube with Sunny Lenarduzzi Episode 44: Surveys and Polls to Get Community Feedback Episode 46: Making Your Content Evergreen with Tim Fargo from Social Jukebox Episode 49: Madalyn Sklar’s Tips to Build a Twitter Community Episode 54: How to Define Your Ideal Community Member Episode 64: Overcoming Content Block Spredfast 2018 Social Audience Guide Pete Vargas Stages to Scale Program Take Action Who is your ideal community member and what platforms are you going to use to connect with them? Share a tip for how we all can engage and grow our online communities in our private Facebook group. You can join us by clicking on the button below and using the secret work “ACTION” to join us.   How to reach Kami: If you’d like to learn more about Kami Huyse, visit her website at www.zoeticamedia.com. You can contact her by email at kami@zoeticamedia.com or tweet to @kamichat. How to reach Madalyn: If you’d like to learn more about Madalyn Sklar, visit her website at www.madalynsklar.com. You can contact her by email at madalyn@madalynsklar.com or tweet to @MadalynSklar. Join Our Community We have a new community on Facebook. We will extend the conversation from each episode and deliver bonus content. Sign up for our email list at http://bit.ly/CTCVIP to get an invitation to join or go to our Facebook group (shhh. The codeword is ACTION)!

Here are some of the best ways to promote your online community. You have a lot to offer them, but you can’t make the impact you want to make unless you grow your community. In this episode, we shared the best ways we have found to grow your online community. 1. Smart sharing on your social media channels In Episode 46, we interviewed Tim Fargo from Social Jukebox and we talked about evergreen sharing. Having evergreen content on social media really works and Social Jukebox does an amazing job. Start using livestream on your social media platforms to deliver valuable content. It’s a great way to get your content in front of people. Change your profile link (especially in Instagram) for whatever you’re promoting or launching. 2. Create bonus content This gives people a taste of what you’re offering and also helps to grow your email list. Email and chatbots can be helpful in delivering content to people who are interested in it. We have an episode about how to use Chatbots effectively from the founder of ManyChat. 3. Nurture the people already on your email list Todd Giannattasio from The Growth Suite was on Episode 55 talking about building a funnel to grow your community. There’s a lot to learn from him in how grow and nurture your email list. Bundle your content thematically and share them in your drip email sequences to warm up your list and add value. 4. Use testimonials to show value Social proof is incredibly important because people want to see how you got results that they relate to. We talked about this in Episode 48. We went in depth about how to get and use testimonials. Create a Twitter Moment “buzz from others” when other people say something good about you. This is a great way to showcase testimonials and also let the other person know you find their feedback as valuable. There’s nothing better than people saying nice things about you or your services. Madalyn’s process is to ask to use someone’s comment as a testimonial. Screenshots are a smart way to establish social proof in your community. Just be sure to get permission from the testimonial author. Tools, apps and links mentioned: Episode 46: How to Promote Your Evergreen Content with Tim Fargo Episode 48: How to Ask for Testimonials from your Community Episode 55: How to Create a Sales Funnel to Grow Your Community Ep 59: Build a Facebook Messenger Bot with Mikael Yang from ManyChat The Growth Suite Hello Bar Snagit Madalyn’s new website built by Todd Giannattasio from The Growth Suite About Twitter Moments Kami’s “Buzz From Others” Twitter Moment James Wedmore Take Action If you have a community, how are you currently promoting to them? What promotions have caught your attention from communities you have joined? Head over to our Facebook group (Secret Word is “Action”) to share at or on Twitter or Instagram using our hashtag, #CTCPodcast. How to reach Kami: If you’d like to learn more about Kami Huyse, visit her website at www.zoeticamedia.com. You can contact her by email at kami@zoeticamedia.com or tweet to @kamichat. How to reach Madalyn: If you’d like to learn more about Madalyn Sklar, visit her website at www.madalynsklar.com. You can contact her by email at madalyn@madalynsklar.com or tweet to @MadalynSklar. Join Our Community We have a new community on Facebook. We will extend the conversation from each episode and deliver bonus content. Sign up for our email list at http://bit.ly/CTCVIP to get an invitation to join or go directly to our Facebook group (shhh. The codeword is ACTION)!

In this episode, we focus on working with influencer communities to build your brand by using collaborations, workshops, Facebook Live and even your own platforms. Back in Episode 19, we went into depth about How to Build Your Community Using Joint Venture Partnerships. We recommend that you listen to that episode as a companion to this one Building Community Collaborations Lee Odden from TopRank Marketing often works with trade shows and associations to create ebooks for download before a conference. He collaborates with tradeshow attendees who download the ebooks and share it with their companies and friends. He also creates lists every year, starting with the list 25 Women That Rock Social Media. Every year, he asks those featured for their recommendations for the next list. He has done this very successfully for a number of years. The #SocialROI Chat Madalyn hosts each week is presented by ManageFlitter. They've created an ebook based on the Twitter Chat. They collaborated with 25 social media and digital marketing experts to cover 25 topics. Using Webinars to Activate an Influencer's Community Work with an influencer to create a content-rich webinar for a win-win. This works well for affiliate partnerships. For Madalyn's Video Like A Rockstar mastermind program she is doing webinars to promote it. A great way to do this is to connect with influencers and invite them to be a guest on your webinar. You can also have them as an affiliate too. Using Facebook Live to Build Community Kami uses this every month for Social Media Breakfast and it builds a community beyond the live event. Facebook Live allows more people to attend online than at the live event. Madalyn hosts Facebook Live sessions after her TwitterSmarter Chat and Social ROI every week. It's a great way of opening it up to a wider audience and bringing communities together. Social Media Examiner does a weekly talk show through lilive streamThrough the talk show and podcasts, they highlight thought leaders and guests who usually become speakers for their annual conference, SMMW. They provide speakers with a link for the conference to track who they bring along. Inviting Influencers to Appear On Your Platform Invite people that have communities that match your potential customers to appear on your podcast or YouTube channel and they might share it with their audience as well. Plus, you get some social proof from it as well. Here’s are a few of the people who have appeared on the Communities That Convert podcast: Kirsten Oliphant, Create IF Writing, Creative Collaborations How to Form Lasting and Lucrative Partnerships  Elisa Camahort Page, How I Built That and BlogHer, Inside the Career of a Master Online Community Builder Mikael Yang, ManyChat, Build a Facebook Messenger Bot with ManyChat  Tim Fargo, Social Jukebox How to Promote Your Evergreen Content Sunny Lenarduzzi, YouTube Expert, How to Build a Converting Community on YouTube Sue B Zimmerman, Instagram expert, How to Build a Converting Community on Instagram Gini Dietrich, Spin Sucks,  How to Build a Converting Community Using Content Dorie Clark, Speaker, Author, and Marketing Consultant, Leveraging Community to Build Income Streams Adel de Meyer, Twitter Expert, How to Build a Converting Community on Twitter Zach Spuckler, Heart Soul and Hustle and Marketing Expert, How to Build a Converting Community on Facebook Tools, apps and links mentioned: Episode 19 Lee Odden's List “25 Women That Rock Social Media” #SocialROI Book Social Media Examiner's Talk Show Madalyn’s link to Social Media Marketing World Get a custom short domain like my Sklar.ly Past Communities that Convert Interviews Take Action Make a dream list of ten people who you would love to collaborate with. Of these people, five should be at or about your level and five should be above your level. Come visit us in the Facebook group and share your list with us. How to reach Kami: If you’d like to learn more about Kami Huyse, visit her website at www.zoeticamedia.com. You can contact her by email at kami@zoeticamedia.com or tweet to @kamichat. How to reach Madalyn: If you’d like to learn more about Madalyn Sklar, visit her website at www.madalynsklar.com. You can contact her by email at madalyn@madalynsklar.com or tweet to @MadalynSklar. Join Our Community We have a new community on Facebook. We will extend the conversation from each episode and deliver bonus content. Sign up for our email list at http://bit.ly/CTCVIP to get an invitation to join or go directly to our Facebook (shhh. The codeword is ACTION)!

今回は、現在スタンダップコメディアンとしてアジアを中心に世界でも活躍されているぜんじろうさんへのインタビュー（前編）です。 なぜ世界を目指したのか、スタンダップコメディと日本のお笑いの違いとは、さらにその根底にある●●とは。 また「学ぶ英語」ではなく「使う英語」を身につけたプロセスや、海外で活動するようになって変化した価値観など、異文化コミュニケーションにもつながる興味深いお話の連続です！ 英語名言：The greatest risk is not taking one. (Tim Fargo) ●テーマのリクエストや番組へのご感想もお待ちしています！ https://ws.formzu.net/fgen/S96749064/ ●毎日配信ボキャブラリーブースターのご登録 http://www.jay-toeic.com/ Jay075.mp3

今回は、現在スタンダップコメディアンとしてアジアを中心に世界でも活躍されているぜんじろうさんへのインタビュー（前編）です。 なぜ世界を目指したのか、スタンダップコメディと日本のお笑いの違いとは、さらにその根底にある●●とは。 また「学ぶ英語」ではなく「使う英語」を身につけたプロセスや、海外で活動するようになって変化した価値観など、異文化コミュニケーションにもつながる興味深いお話の連続です！ 英語名言：The greatest risk is not taking one. (Tim Fargo) ●テーマのリクエストや番組へのご感想もお待ちしています！ https://ws.formzu.net/fgen/S96749064/ ●毎日配信ボキャブラリーブースターのご登録 http://www.jay-toeic.com/ Jay075.mp3

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

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

Tim Fargo Tim Fargo is the President at SocialJukebox, a content management system that has helped brands to streamline their social media marketing campaigns. Today, he talks about the hustle myth and his own story as an entrepreneur. “By going away, it's a little bit you enable people to handle things by giving them the… The post Tim Fargo Why Bootstrapping Beats Being Funded | Ep. 245 appeared first on Bottleneck Distant Assistants.

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

Success wasn't always part of the equation for Tim Fargo, a successful entrepreneur who founded and sold a multi-million-dollar business, published a book and founded Social Jukebox. Years before, he lost everything personally and professionally when his first went bankrupt. He learned a huge lesson about not believing your own hype, and staying open to shifting paths so you don't miss the opportunity in front of you.

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

If you wonder how to promote your evergreen content efficiently, you might want to check out Social Jukebox, a tool that allows you to share your content over and over again on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter. In this episode, we talk with Tim Fargo from Social Jukebox. He is a two-time Inc. 500 winner, an entrepreneur, an international speaker and bestselling author and the creator of Social Jukebox. We are paid users of Social Jukebox and use it on a daily basis to promote the Communities That Convert podcast. It may even by why you are here. Tim shares with us some of his best tips and practices to get the most out of your evergreen content.Social Jukebox is an automated content delivery system. So it’s essentially Buffer that just keeps on going, When you get to the end of one of your content databases on Social Jukebox, the content will keep recycling over and over again like an hourglass that just keeps turning over. Question: What is Social Jukebox and why did you create it? Answer: In 2013, I published the book Alphabet Success. I was trying to build an audience to promote the book and found the process of scheduling posts to be mind-numbing things. You could carve your tweet on a granite tablet and send it on horseback to be delivered. The person receiving it on Twitter will have no idea that ever happened so they don’t care how it got there. As a result, I started looking around for a more efficient way to deliver the content. I ended up calling my former head of IT from Omega, that I sold in 2003, and asked him to build a tool to help me deliver my content to the social media sites. I didn’t intend to sell it, but I quickly found people were much more interested in why I was posting 24 hours a day then they were my book. I thought maybe it’s time to abandon the book and try the software business. So here we are. I just shared it with a few people in the beginning and it had a lot of utility. It just didn’t look very nice. So for people that are thinking about starting something, don’t get too hung up on getting it perfect. Just go for “good enough” when you’re getting started. Question: When you started, it only worked with Twitter, but now you have added a few more platforms, correct? Answer: We added the other two biggies in my mind, which are Facebook and LinkedIn, where most people have at least some presence. Almost everybody I think has a favorite go-to platform whether they’re doing a lot of Facebook marketing or whether they’re Twitter-centric. So we added those two platforms and, of course, we continue to look at other platforms to possibly add in the future. Question: What is evergreen content in your mind? Can you give us some examples? Answer: World Cup scores are great to share live or comment on. I have a connection with Sweden because my kids are half Swedish and Sweden’s actually South Korea right now as we are speaking. So that’s a great thing to live tweet because the game is happening now. It’s not a great thing to put in Social Jukebox because in a couple months it’ll be like, yeah we kind of know what happened with that event (Sweden won that match 1-0). Things that make great evergreen content include a social media tip, a great graphic, podcasts, blog posts are very often great, especially if they cover leadership or management. A good example is a plumber that creates videos about how homeowners can take care of jobs that are super easy, like how to tighten the washer onto someone’s sink can then be put in a Jukebox to be shared on Facebook and Twitter to develop a social community. It’s anything that would resonate with your audience on an ongoing basis. Today everyone’s their own media company. Media companies have editorial calendars and you can have an editorial calendar, too. You can create a Jukebox to share seasonal items only at a certain time of year. For instance, you could have content in a Jukebox for Black History Month, if that is something that would resonate with your audience. Question: For people that have not been on the tool yet, can you describe how it works? Answer: Jukeboxes are basically miniature databases of content that post over and over in a random pattern. When people quiz me as to why I chose to do it this way, I tell them that every time I tried to accurately predict the perfect time for the perfect content I was almost universally incorrect. If you have a particular kind of content that you want to share at a certain hour of the day, then that’s great, but don’t get too hung up on it being a specific post. In the Jukeboxes, the content is randomly going, and we also have a calendar for targeted posts where you’ve got a greater level of control. There are actually three different ways to schedule things: Auto-schedule allows you to decide how many times per day you want something to post from each Jukebox. It does it all for you and spaces out the posts. You can set a specific schedule for an entire Jukebox to be used over a specific period of time. You can also visual schedule, which looks like a giant excel spreadsheet. You can move posts around on that for people who want to tweak and get more specific with the time slots. What I recommend for those people is to use auto-schedule to create the massive schedule to start with and then go into the visual schedule and pinpoint different times. Question: What is the effectiveness of the system? Answer: The effectiveness and engagement will depend on the content. If you have a post that’s great, it’s going to get picked up and shared, but if you have a post that sucks, it’s not going to go anywhere. No amount of wizardry is going to make and uninteresting piece of content resonate with people. Think back to the TV shows Friends and Seinfeld. The whole idea was to get eyeballs and once you have those eyeballs, have enough trust generated that those eyeballs will stick around and watch the commercials. There’s lots of different ways to skin a cat and I think driving engagement comes from different ways, right? Some of the ways I have seen work include: Helpful content General interest content Things people find interesting or amusing. Interesting content could be just facts or something that you share that might be relevant to your audience and develop some pickup. Other things could just be pure entertainment. The key is going to be in what does your audience care about. Take the home shopping network, for instance. By my estimation, that whole channel is spam, right? But it’s a business. They don’t exist for no reason. There are people who sit at home and call the place up and order stuff. If they didn’t they go off the air. So it’s all about serving your audience and that’s the key. All that my tool can do is deliver that message to the audience you have. You can automatically add a hashtag to every post in a Jukebox by just adding it once in options instead of adding it to every post in the jukebox, which is much more efficient. But it does always go back to don’t try to put lipstick on a pig. If you don’t have good content you need to focus on fixing that because getting a new tool isn’t  going to take you across the goal line. Question: Twitter has new policies in place when it comes to duplicating tweets. Does your tool violate any of these new rules? Can you talk a little bit about the new Twitter policy? Answer: Twitter has had a no duplicate policy since 2009. I don’t want to tempt fate, but the amount of resources that it would require for them to check every post that’s coming on against everything that’s been posted on your account before–you’re talking about a gargantuan amount of overhead. We run an algorithm now to make sure that people aren’t duplicating content too quickly as it goes out because we’re enforcing a 72 hour rule. I’m sure that if I contacted people at Twitter, they’d say it’s absolutely forbidden. But I haven’t heard from anybody that’s having a problem.   My impression about these rules and what they were trying to combat is the rise of fake news. Particularly on Twitter where we’d see trends pop up and it was a six word phrase. How does the six word phrase trend? The only way a six word phrase trends is because a bunch of accounts are coordinating the posting.   I could add a wrinkle to Social Jukebox where you could update a thousand accounts because you’d have a shared jukebox between all 1000 accounts or 10,000 accounts for 100,000 accounts.  There really isn’t an upper limit as long as you have the server resources and you can automatically have that post go out to all those accounts more or less simultaneously. That is something Twitter specifically talked about when they were reaching out. And I’m sure it was the same for everybody that has a posting tool for Twitter. They were very keen to know how you could move content back and forth between accounts, how quickly it could be shared, things like that. So my impression, and I think it’s correct, was they really wanted to find a way to limit people who are trying to make something look as if it was news. And if and if you can have something trend and the articles look newsworthy, people only read the headline and don’t necessarily click on the link but that message becomes the takeaway. I think from Twitter’s perspective, you don’t want to be caught in the middle of this kind of chaos, with people putting out things that are just patently false on your platform.. I’m pretty sure what they were really after was to prevent that kind of thing. And by the way, they don’t like repetitive stuff, so I do think there’s going to be a higher level enforcement where you have to maybe wait, say six or seven hours before you can repeat a post and I’m sure the time table is going to continue to increase. But the idea that you could never share the same post again, I’m not saying never. I said I don’t want to tempt fate, but I don’t see that happening. Question: What makes Social Jukebox standout over similar services on the market? Answer: I like to keep the platform somewhat simple. I think there’s a tendency among almost all software tools to keep adding stuff until you have a product that is so complicated that you need a master’s degree to turn the thing on.   It’s great to add features, but at the same time you add overhead to the process, you add complexity to the product, and as a result it very often it becomes intimidating to use it for the simple task that it was made for from the beginning. I’m much more interested in having it be really effective at the things that it’s really meant to do. I’d even include in that having a predictive tool about the best time to tweet is an idiot’s game. All you do is take everyone’s followers and tell them that at 8:00 AM in your area, most of your followers are online. Wow, that’s a real insight. And by the way, it’s not like you’re buying super bowl airtime.  You’re adding posts, so why wouldn’t you post around the clock just with the idea that maybe you’ll get a great client from Malaysia? Maybe you’ll find somebody that’s really interested in what you do in New Zealand.   Don’t be parochial and think that just because your existing audience is in a certain time zone that you should restrict yourself to that. In the ideal world, you’re not just serving who you’re talking to now. You’re expanding the number of people you’re talking to. At least that would be my key to marketing. I would say really our key is just keep simplifying the tool. I’m not saying take things away, but just try to make it easier and easier to use. If you ever have a support question for Social Jukebox, you get me, there is no support department. If you create a support department, they will do what you’ve mandated them to do. They will give great support on the product. Right? Very rarely are they going to try to figure out a way to eliminate their own job. And the reality is clients don’t want great support. They want a product they understand. And if you keep getting the same questions from customers, don’t figure out a great support answer, figure out a way to redesign the product so that the person doesn’t have a question anymore. That is my mindset. I’m incentivized as the entrepreneur because not only am I the one who’s going to have to ask the questions, but I’m also the person that can affect change. For me that’s a really important distinction, making sure that you’re constantly trying to eliminate the number of questions people might have about something rather than just try to find great ways to answer those questions. Tools, Apps and Links Mentioned: Social Jukebox How to reach Tim: LinkedIn Take Action Make a list of your own evergreen content and tweet it out with the #CTCpodcasthashtag so the community can see your best content and share it. We will retweet some of the best ones from our Twitter accounts. You can also go to our Facebook community and share your best content in our share thread. To get in, use the secret word: ACTION How to reach Kami: If you’d like to learn more about Kami Huyse, visit her website at www.zoeticamedia.com. You can contact her by email at kami@zoeticamedia.com or tweet to @kamichat. How to reach Madalyn: If you’d like to learn more about Madalyn Sklar, visit her website at www.madalynsklar.com. 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If you wonder how to promote your evergreen content efficiently, you might want to check out Social Jukebox, a tool that allows you to share your content over and over again on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter. In this episode, we talk with Tim Fargo...

Our special encore guest today is Tim Fargo. He is a successful entrepreneur, speaker, and investor and founded investigative business firm Omega Insurance Services in 1996 with a credit card, grew it to over 300 employees, and sold it in 2003 for $20 million. He is now the President and CEO of socialjukebox.com — a social media content management system he developed and designed. Tim is also the author of Alphabet Success — Keeping it Simple. My Secrets to Success. Now...you may remember Tim and the wisdom he shared back in Episode 63 of Onward Nation. If you haven’t listened to, studied, and applied all he shared during our first interview...I highly encourage you to add Episode 63 to your list of vital priorities. What you'll learn about in this episode: How the freemium model works well for some business models and service offerings, but doesn't work as well for others How to determine whether the freemium model will work for your own business model How paying customers tend to be the easiest work with while "free" customers have a tendency to ask lazy questions Why many companies invest a lot of resources into creating a free product only to not receive much in terms of returns from the free product The differences between the freemium model and offering a free trial, and how to transition from the former to the latter How very few people tend to convert from the freemium model to the paid version of the product The importance of focusing on the needs of your business and not paying attention to what others believe you need to do or have to be successful How moving away from the freemium model can reduce operating costs without impacting the top line revenue of a business The importance of recognizing that it is largely a waste of time to try and please everyone, particularly individuals who cannot be pleased under any reasonable circumstances How not every customer or client is an individual that your company should have a relationship and that it is okay to let some customers or clients go The importance of choosing the freemium model for the right reasons and not because someone told you that you should Ways to contact Tim: Website: www.socialjukebox.com (Use code “Onward20” for a special Onward Nation listener discount) Email: tim@socialjukebox.com Book: "Alphabet Success: Keeping It Simple - My Secrets to Success" Twitter: @tim_fargo LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/timothyfargo

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

Tim Fargo is an American author, KeyNote speaker, angel investor, and entrepreneur. In 2015, Tim launched his startup, Tweet Jukebox which is now Social Jukebox, an app and service acclaimed by the likes of Forbes and Social Media Examiner. Social Jukebox assists business owners with scheduling social media posts in a time effective manner.   Quotes To Remember: “The most important thing is to get to know your audience.” “Very often, the easiest thing to do is ask.” “The ultimate content drives engagement with your audience and creates trust.” “It’s better to keep an open mind as to who might be the next person for you.” “Most people give up too soon.” “Don’t let a challenge freak you out.”   What You’ll Learn: How to determine content that resonates with your audience for maximum engagement How to craft enticing content for people to share with their audiences How to make sure you are targeting the right people to your content Learn to get people to stick around and consume more content Learn what holds people back from reaching their full potential Learn the one question that you need to ask yourself more often   Key Links From The Show: Tim’s Site Tim’s e-Mail Tim’s Twitter Sumo Medium CaseyNesitat YouTube Channel Recommended Books: Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini Jungle Rules: How to be a Tiger in Business by Dennis Hamilton and John P. Imlay Any book by Edwards Demming

Welcome to another episode of Faster Than Normal! I'm thrilled, as always, that you're joining us! This week's episode is supported by FitKit. FitKit offers a number of different wellness products for both mind and body that make healthy living easy. I love their products and use them, especially when traveling. All of the kits are portable and packable, fit right in a carry on and most come with bands and tubes, a jump rope, 250 exercises and other great tools and resources. So, no excuses! Especially when it includes a 6 week nutrition and fitness plan as well as 24/7 email access to their dietitians and trainers to ask all your burning questions. All the kits range in price from $10-$40 but if you use the code FTN, you get 20% during the month of January. Whichever kit you chose, you can take comfort in knowing they have been created by fitness, nutrition and wellness experts with the sole purpose helping you get healthy and fit. Not only are the FitKits great for individuals, but every organization should get these for their employees or clients. Each Kit can be fully branded with your logo, they offer volume pricing and starting at just $4, there is a FitKit for every budget. Companies like Keurig, Marriott, Dell New York Presbyterian Hospital among others have branded the FitKit products as a creative way to encourage health while at the same time promoting their brand. Win - Win. The best part….people love receiving them! You can get more information at fitkit.com. Check them out. I love them. Now then - Welcome to Tim Fargo, this week's FTN guest! Tim has one of the shortest bios known to man, which essentially says "started a company. Went bankrupt. Started another one. Sold it for $50mm. Now run Social Jukebox." That's it. Obviously, I think there's a little more to the man than that, and you'll hear about it on this interview. And it's a good one. Got kids who have ever failed? You ever failed? This is the episode for you. And of course, Tim is massively ADHD. We knew that from his bio, though. Enjoy!

In this podcast: why you should seek to make errors early. Success is normally found in a pile of mistakes. - Tim Fargo

Welcome to Episode 66 of the No Quit Living Podcast. NQL is a personal development podcast designed to help listeners achieve their goals and desires. Through hearing the inspiring stories and tips from the greats, we will all find it easier to stay motivated. Our 2nd ever, with many more to come, over seas interview was with Tim Fargo. The theme of today's show is "dreaming big," and Tim's story is sure to inspire you to do so. He's living proof that anybody is capable of achieving anything they put their minds to. His no quit story involves him getting served a lawsuit with his first business partner at a Christmas party that was filled with clients. That was terrible timing for Tim, but to make things worse, his partner had a background in law and the suit took years to complete. Though it was difficult, Tim let his lawyer do his job and focused his time and efforts into running his business. Tim talks about the importance of focus and how there are times where he puts unimportant tasks at the top of his priority list subconsciously to mask the important ones that are essential. When this happens, he checks himself and re-prioritizes. One of the most memorable parts of today's episode for us at NQL was Tim's quote - "If you want something different, do something different." Social Jukebox: https://www.socialjukebox.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/alphabetsuccess?lang=en Email: tim@socialjukebox.com  

In this podcast: life isn't about finding out what works. Its about finding out what does not work. "Success is normally found in a pile of mistakes." - Tim Fargo

August 11, 2017 Pixar CFO Lawrence Levy, Social Jukebox Tim Fargo & C3 Prize Winner Diane Jooris

 Tim Fargo comes back a 3rd time (has he listened to the show?) Hear all about what he's been up to on The Nice Guys today. Reach Us Here: Doug- @DJDoug Strickland- @NiceGuyonBiz Tim: @alphabetsuccess On Facebook: The Nice Guys Community page Become a patron and support the podcast at www.Patreon.com/NiceGuys   Show Notes by Production Assistant - Anna Nygren   Intro Go ahead Patreon, make my day   Good friend to me and the Nice Guys podcastand threepeter to the show Tim Fargo, founder of Social Jukebox, social influencer and the man by which the new HUSTLE will be defined, excited to have you back, welcome Tim to round 3 of The Nice Guys. You are a “get it done” type of guy...so many people are focused on the Hustle and you say focus on the results. Gary V came on the show a few months back and he was all about the YES to everything...is there a balance between him and you? Share some of the “Where you are now” with Social Jukebox. Things have changed, we are on the map now...400 episodes...we are staying in the game. Tim is that the secret to success? If you had to pick a common misstep for those just getting started in biz, what would it be. You had and sold a successful insurance investigation biz prior to enter the world of social. More of a “traditional” old school biz when VHS was still the rage (kids ask your parents). How has technology impacted you as a mature business person Tim. Tim, do you believe in coaches? Rumor has is you starting your own podcast Tim, can you share the name of it or is this still a ™ to be named? I love being a part of what you have going on….success finds success, hang out with heat and you get hot. hang out with shit piles and you get really shitty….do you agree. You've gotta get www.socialjukebox.com   Text “NiceGuys” to 31996 for bonus material and to be entered to win a FunkNfans T-Shirt every week.   Proud to be affiliated with the C-Suite Radio Network and the Greatness Podcast Network   Doug and Strickland's Stuff: Amazon #1 Best selling book Nice Guys Finish First. Business Building Bootcamp (10 Module Course) Need Podcast Production? www.podcastproduction4you.com   Partner Links: Amazon.com: Click before buying anything. Help support the podcast. Sign up for Sanebox free and get a $10.00 credit on us: The best way to get a handle on your E-Mail. Interview Valet:  Get interviewed on top podcasts and share your message. Acuity Scheduling: Stop wasting time going back and forth scheduling appointments   Survey: Take our short survey so The Nice Guys know what you like.   Nice Guys Links Subscribe to the Podcast Niceguysonbusiness.com   You can text Doug anytime at 410-340-6861, of if you just want to leave us a message or record an intro to the show, call 4242 DJ DOUG (1-424-253-3684)   Promise Statement: To provide a learning experience that adds value to your life.   Don't underestimate the Power of Nice.        

My guest today is an author, runner, and entrepreneur. Back in 1996, my guest cofounded Omega Insurance Services, an insurance fraud investigation company. They went from a company of three to a company of 300 and were acquired for $20 million in 2003. After enjoying a mini-retirement of sorts, my guest launched a software company called SocialJukebox, a social media management system. He is also the author of Alphabet Success: Keeping it Simple. My Secrets to Success. Now, let’s hack… Tim Fargo.

Are you ascared of Twitter? You shant be anymore. Private investigator turned Twitter automation guru Tim Fargo joins us on the show today. We chat about his history as a private investigator, and managing a team of a few hundred people, exiting that company with Millions, and creating a really useful Twitter automation tool. Social […]

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

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

Tim Fargo is the founder of socialjukebox – yes we're diving into the world of SaaS (that's software as a service) today. socialjukebox is a cloud-based software system for managing your twitter activity, there is a simple free option, then a range of subscription packages depending on how much you want to do. Socialjukebox launched in 2014 and as we record now in March 2016 they have 28,789 users, 1,033 are paying. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

We don't do English good (well?) so we focus on what we do well and you should too. Get some great tips how on the Nice Guys today. - Today's intro is from Mohammad and is in Farsi! We're still waiting on the translation, we'll let you know as soon as we find out what he said about us. - How would you like to hear from more Nice Girls? Kathryn Budig (Health and Wellness) and Dr. Carmen Simon (The Art of Influence) may be interested in being regulars on the show, but to entice them to come back we need to give them things to talk about. Reach out to us with questions for them- E-Mail Doug@dougsandler.com or call anytime at 4242-DJDoug. http://kathrynbudig.com/ http://www.reximedia.com/   - Aussies! We need a Nice Guy intro with your sexy Aussie accent! Call 1-4242 DJDoug and hear yourself on the podcast. It will be right at the beginning too so you don't even have to listen to the whole episode (not that you do anyway.) - Do what you are good at. It's not always best to work hard to get better at things that you're not good at, sometimes you just need to find a partner that compliments your shortcomings.    Work your soft skills- Building relationships Influencing others Staying healthy and positive   - Thanks for clicking through on our Amazon link! Someone bought Tim Fargo's book and we made a $0.32 commission, so thanks for that! Every little bit counts. - More shout-outs to some other podcasts that we love: @GreatLifeJosh Joshua L. Johnson- Check out his Podcast here- The Great Life   @Ataylory Ashley Taylor Yanello has a great real f#*@ing podcast and it's very real- Real Talk with Ashley   Please visit our sponsors- Get Doug's micro-learning course plus a free copy of his audio book for the amazing price of $49.00, that's $171.00 off of the regular price just for being a listener to the podcast! Click http://www.dougsandler.com/microlearning/ and use promo code Podcast.   Start using Tweet Jukebox for free and simplify your social media: http://www.tweetjukebox.com/   Elite Virtual Assistants Personal Assistants   Project Assistance   Administrative Support http://www.elitevirtualassist.com/ Laura@elitevirtualassist.com     440-973-7005 Tell them you heard about it on The Nice Guys and get your free consultation today.   Click through our Amazon.com link before buying anything. As Amazon.com affiliates, we receive a small commission on purchases made after clicking our links. It cost you nothing extra but supports the podcast. Thanks in advance. Want to ask us a question or record a show intro for us? Call 4242-DJDoug and leave us a message. Subscribe to the Podcast Don't underestimate the Power of Nice.  

Do you feel that using Social Media takes up too much of your time every day/week/month?  You're not alone.  As a solopreneur, I'm always looking for ways to gain more hours in a day and now I've found it thanks to Tim Fargo's new app Social Jukebox. Meet Tim Fargo, the founder of The Social Jukebox App and save yourself tens of hours per week or hundreds of hours a year by incorporating this app. Learn more about Tim at:   www.timfargo.com www.socialjukebox.com   Namaste,   Dawn-Marie

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

The $20 Million Dollar Dude, Tim Fargo, Billion Dollar Deal Maker, Dan Waldschmitdt, & Mark Minard bring you a dose of inspiration! Tim Fargo tweetjukebox.com Mark Minard MarkMinard.net Dan Waldschmidt EdgyConversations.com Want to share you story of courage!? Go to ElevatingBeyond.com and share your story for a chance to be a featured guest! Help support us by jumping onto iTunes and giving Elevating Beyond Podcast a Super Awesome Rating!

It's not easy to admit when you're wrong, but you'll rarely find a better time than when you're filing for personal bankruptcy. That's what Tim Fargo of Tweet Jukebox had to do when he was a young man in 1991 and found himself a little too in over his head. But today he's the founder of one of the most exciting and innovative social media automation engines in the world, right after selling his previous company for $20 million. So how does someone go from bankruptcy to $20 million? Well, you do it by paying attention and learning from your mistakes, which is exactly why Tim is where he is today. He's experienced both the lowest and highest points any entrepreneur can go through and he's walked away from a better businessman and all the wiser for it. We're very lucky to share with you today this episode of the Foundr podcast, in which he talks openly about the lessons he's learned throughout his career and all the different pitfalls and traps you need to avoid. If you ever wanted to learn from someone with over 25 years of highs and lows in the world of entrepreneurship, you don't want to miss this one. In this interview you will learn: What it's like to file for bankruptcy and how to recover from it The do's and dont's of cash flow management How to keep yourself in check and on the right track when starting a business The key steps to growing your business rapidly What you can learn from going broke & much more!

"Ideas aren't the problem, poor execution is," says entrepreneur Tim Fargo. Learn his top tips on how to succeed in business. Find out how he sold a company he built for $20 million and what he's up to now. ThinkLikeAJournalist.com See the show notes.

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

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

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

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

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

He recovered from bankruptcy and built a 7-figure company. Founder and CEO of Tweet Jukebox shares his story and twitter tips. Mistakes people make on social media platform From bankruptcy to 7-figure success Twitter Tips from Founder of Tweet Jukebox Journey to 7-figure success Story - Founder of Tweet Jukebox Book: Alphabet Success: Keeping it Simple - My Secrets to Success For Full Transcripts of this show and More Resources http://relaunchshow.com/419 972-885-8384

Tim Fargo is the CEO of Tweet Jukebox, an amazing and powerful Twitter tool. It’s a personal favorite of mine which I use every day for marketing my brand on Twitter. It’s a free scheduling tool that allows you to load a “jukebox” with content, schedule when you want tweets to go out and then sit back and let it do the job for you. Tim is a bestselling author, a keynote speaker, an angel investor, and an entrepreneur. Back in the 90’s, he co-founded an insurance fraud investigation company that became the second largest in the US and which he later sold for $20 million. Listen in as Tim shares with us how Tweet Jukebox actually came about and what makes it so popular among Twitter users. Episode Highlights: Tim didn’t start with the idea of making Tweet Jukebox a business. It was actually a by-product of traveling, initially intended for his own personal use. Tim mentions that when you’re designing something for yourself with the kind of care and attention you put to it, it ends up becoming the kind of product that a lot of people want. Tweet Jukebox is a powerful tool that frees you from constantly scheduling your tweets. Now you can spend more time engaging with your audience which Tim considers as the most powerful element of social media. Tim’s goal for Tweet Jukebox is to be a multi-platform social media content manager and to make it a little ecosystem of itself. Watch out for more cool features that they’re currently working on. Tweetables: “Tweet Jukebox was a bit of an accident. It just kind of happened.” tweet this “The best way to use it is take the time you save and use that to engage with your audience.” tweet this “Feedback is a form of currency.” tweet this Links to tools and resources mentioned in this episode: Tweet Jukebox Hootsuite – social media management tool SocialBro – Twitter analytics and management tool Crowdfire – social media engagement app Buffer – social media management tool Check out Britt Michaelian’s Mass Amplify Show featuring Tim Fargo Listen to the #TwitterSmarter Podcast episode 15 with Britt Michaelian Check out the recent article on my blog, Twitter Chats – The Place Where Everyone Knows Your Name Tweet Chats Mentioned: #MediaChat #SocialChat #InfluencerChat #ViralChat #BlogElevated #TwitterSmarter Visit www.madalynsklar.com/twitterchats for more information. How To Reach Tim: You can reach Tim on Twitter at @alphabetsuccess and also through @Tweet_Jukebox. Or send him an email at tim@tweetjukebox.com. Your Call To Action: Your call to action for this episode is to sign up for a FREE Tweet Jukebox account at TweetJukebox.com. If you like tweeting motivational quotes, try out the Free Quote Jukebox. Simply turn it on, set the schedule, and you’re done. This tool is perfect if you’re sending out tweets regularly so you don’t have to spend time scheduling your tweets over and over and over. It leverages flexibility with your schedule. You can have up two “jukeboxes” for a free account. If you need more than two, you may sign up for their paid membership plan. So try this out and let me know what you think. Send me a tweet @MadalynSklar. Share The Love For This Podcast: Want an easy “one-click” way to Share The Love for this podcast? Go here: www.madalynsklar.com/love to tweet out your love. Thanks for the listen! I appreciate you listening to this podcast, and would be extremely grateful if you would take a moment to rate & review it on iTunes. By doing this, my rankings will increase and more people will be able to benefit from the tips and tools shared in this #TwitterSmarter podcast series. Please also subscribe to this podcast while you’re there. It will ensure you don’t miss an episode! I read every review that comes in, so please know that you have my sincere thanks!

Tim Fargo is an entrepreneur, speaker, author, and a two-time Inc. 500 Winner! He's the author of the Amazon best seller, Alphabet Success - Keeping it Simple. My Secrets to Success.  He has three citizenships and has lived on four continents. Part of his lifestyle is borne from his going from bankruptcy in 1991, to selling his business in 2003 for $20M. He now runs a SaaS business (tweetjukebox.com) which allows him to stay in the game without staying in one place.  Take a listen to hear his story and be sure to sign up for Tweet Jukebox to maximize your Twitter experience. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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

Do you find yourself taking a longer time to schedule your social media content than to create it? Have you been looking for the secret sauce on how to do social media automation the right way? Social media automation can be a controversial topic, but done properly,  it can facilitate engagement and free up your time […] The post Social Media Automation, The Right Way with Tim Fargo appeared first on Casual Fridays.

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

Stephen is the CEO of Predictive ROI and host of the Onward Nation podcast. He is the author of two bestselling books, speaker, trainer, and his digital marketing insights have been featured in SUCCESS, Entrepreneur, The Washington Post, Forbes, Inc. Magazine, and other media.     Good Morning Onward Nation. This is Stephen Woessner. I am grateful you decided to be here this morning — to be here right now –– to share your most precious resource with me and Onward Nation –– your resource of time. We all have the same 86,400 seconds in a day and I consider it a sacred exchange of time and value — so I am delighted you and I can have this time together today. Let’s start off by considering some difficult questions — and then as I always try to do — I’ll leave you with some action steps that you can apply into your business to move onward to that next level. How do we become great? How do we achieve greatness in all we do? How do we realize our full potential — your dream for success? Les Brown said, “I don’t believe that any of us are giving dreams that we cannot accomplish. It is possible. You can have your dream as you run toward it.” So why can’t you be the best in your industry? Why? Why not you? You may have heard these words from Sylvester Stallone… “Let me tell you something you already know. The world is not all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place. And I don’t care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is going to hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done. Now, if you know what you’re worth — then go out and get what you’re worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hits. And not pointing fingers and saying you ain’t where you want to be because of him, or her, or anybody. Cowards do that, and that ain’t you. You’re better than that.” Onward Nation…even some of the people who are closest to you — want you to fail. It isn’t because they are bad people. It’s because they love you and don’t want to lose you. But you can’t let their fears stop you. You have to decide that no matter what — no matter what you have to sacrifice in order to achieve greatness — you simply have to decide and finally agree with yourself that you are worthy to pursue your dream. That your dream — that deeply personal dream you are scared and afraid to be bold enough to chase with all of your gusto — that you are worthy to achieve that dream. That you will SHOW the world how great you are. Playing small does not serve your purpose — does not serve your WHY — and certainly does not serve God with all of the abundance of talents you were blessed with so you could build an extraordinary life for you, your family, and leave your impact on this world. If you are not making someone else’s life better — then you are wasting your time. Onward Nation…pain is temporary — it may last for a hour, day, a week, or even a year. But it will subside and be replaced by something else. But if you quit…your pain of regret will last forever. Instead, I encourage you to dig deep and pursue greatness like Bryan Arzani did. Bryan was my guest on episode 75 of Onward Nation. Bryan was broken…he was beat down by circumstances…by the fear of failure. He nearly went bankrupt twice. But he had the guts to keep moving forward. He said no to the fear and said “I WIN” and now he has. Because he decided greatness and success would be his fate. Or maybe you a listening to my voice right now and thinking to yourself…easy for you to say, Stephen…I just got served with this lawsuit from someone I trusted…a family member…or a business partner. How can I possibly go on? And if that is you…then do what Tim Fargo, my guest for episode 64, did. Tim shared the story of when he was at a Christmas party with friends and business associates and was served papers for a $10 million lawsuit — while he was at the party. Who was suing him? His former business partner — who also happened at the party! Did he quit? No. Why? Because Tim wanted to succeed as bad as he wanted to breathe. He dug deep — he fought — he won — and went on to great success when he sold his company. Oftentimes, one of the keys to success is being all-in on what you working so hard to accomplish. Eliminating any path of retreat. So Onward Nation, are you financially all-in with your business like Cody Foster? Cody was my guest during episode 80. Cody and his two co-founders at Advisors Excel invested everything they had 10 years ago to create the company. And it was not millions of dollars. It is was a modest amount while sitting at Cody’s kitchen table. Cody, Derrick, and David were all in ten years ago — and now they have built a company that will achieve over $5 billion this year. Or how about Carl Wright, my guest on episode 45 of Onward Nation. After the real estate market crashed…Carl was $14 million in debt. $14 million! He didn’t quit — instead — he took a few days to sit, think, and let the plan come to him. And then he decided he would make it happen. He would do it. And then he did it. He pursued it with all the energy he had — to make his vision a reality. You, Onward Nation, need to be the only person who you give permission to tell you what is so. And that is what Carl did, and now his company has built a real estate portfolio worth $100 million. All because Carl had the desire to be great and the will to win that pushed him forward. Carl was willing to pay the price and a little bit more. You have to do whatever it takes to get the job done. In the words of Art Williams… “Just do it, and do it, and do it, and do it, until the job gets done,” Onward Nation. The real challenge of greatness comes when you get knocked down and how you respond. Do you remember the story of Larry Winget, my guest in episode 98? He went to work, rich — and then by the time he left to go home that same day, he was poor and had lost everything. Not because of anything he did but because of circumstances outside his control in his industry. What did Larry do? Did he feel sorry for himself? Did he gather around a support group to listen to all of his misfortune and tell him it would be better someday? No. He developed a training program that contained four modules and then he started at the “A’s” in the phonebook selling the modules. Was it a glamorous way to make money? No. Was it effective? Yes. Why? Because no one else is willing to make that sacrifice — that same level of commitment. But that is what Larry did, and he won. Or how about David Mylrea, my guest on episode 35. At the beginning of his career, he was selling cars at a small town dealership in the heart of Wisconsin. When the gas crisis of the late 70s hit — and the country seemingly was no longer in the market for large gas guzzling cars, and the foot traffic at the dealership slowed –– did David quit? No. What did he do? He and his wife sat at their kitchen table…and typed letters to people right out of the phonebook…and mailed them. And what happened? People brought the letters into the dealership to see David and bought some cars. Why? Because no one had ever done that before. Onward Nation…it would have been easy for David, Larry, Carl, Bryan, and Tim to quit. But they didn’t. They allowed their pain to be part of their prize — to be part of their journey. They harnessed their will and challenged themselves to be successful. Just like Stacey Alcorn, my amazing guest for episode 3. When she had lost it all she could have given up and no one would have blamed her for quitting. But she didn’t. Instead she said yes to her dreams, she said yes to her unfolding future, instead of saying no. Now Stacey is a billionaire in the making and dominating the real estate industry in Massachusetts. Failure is the an ingredient to the recipe for success and greatness. Just listen to the stories of all the amazing and incredible business owners who have graced this show — the one thing the majority of them have in common is some sort of failure and sometimes a cataclysmic collapse — an epic failure of massive proportion. The loser is the one who fails and then quits. The loser and the winner have both failed. The difference is that the winner got back up again — got back into the ring — and pushed forward — learning from the past. While the loser sat there feeling sorry for himself or herself — making excuses why it didn’t work out, looking for a sympathetic ear, looking for a shoulder to cry on…anything to point to so that it didn’t have to be them who had failed. Fear kills dreams, Onward Nation. Fear kills hope. Fear puts people in the hospital. Fear can age you. Fear can hold you back from doing something that you know within yourself you are capable of doing but it will paralyze you. You are an incredible child of the most high God. You have every talent and skill already inside you that you need in order to be successful. It’s not easy. This road — this journey to success. But success leaves clues so let me share with you what I learned from Don Yaeger, one of my closest friends and most trusted mentors. Don created a list that he calls the 16 Characteristics of Greatness that he built after interview the most successful champions of our time. And then Don took the list deeper by creating the “Greatness Action List”. Step 1: I will not make excuses. Michael Jordan said, “A loss is not a failure until you make an excuse.” Step 2: I will constantly evaluate my inner circle, surrounding myself with those headed someplace special. Step 3: I will set aside time each day to re-center myself. Step 4: I will encourage at least one person each day. Step 5: I will do the necessary “homework” to make each day — each meeting — as productive as possible. Step 6: I will seek out a new opportunity for personal or professional growth every day. Step 7: I will envision success – actually see it in my mind — in all I do. Step 8: I will be better, not bitter, in moments of adversity. Step 9: I will not be intimidated by taking thoughtful risks. Step 10: I will stay open-minded, not allowing old patterns or habits to hold me back. Step 11: I will point out the contributions of others. Step 12: I will consider what I can do or sacrifice to help strengthen my team. Step 13: I will do something today for someone who cannot give me anything in return. Step 14: I will act all day as if my son or daughter (or my future child) were sitting by my side. Step 15: I will relish the chance to be a standard for others. Step 16: I will remember that my life requires balance. Put those characteristics to work in your business — in your life. And if you want a daily dose of greatness…go to DonYaeger.com and subscribe for his daily dose of greatness email — it is amazing. So, before I leave you today…there is one last point I want to make. Our time here on this Earth is limited — so please don’t waste it living someone else’s life. We all have the same 86,400 seconds in a day so make sure, Onward Nation, that you are living the life you want to live and building the business you want to build and pursuing the dreams you want to pursue. That your dreams are big enough, bold enough, courageous enough, so you can look back on your life with no regret. Please don’t settle. Have the courage to follow your heart. You are going to experience a lot of setbacks, a lot of pain…but you are more powerful than you could ever imagine. You are greater than your circumstances. You can look at that snooze button and go back to bed…or you can get up at 4:00 in the morning and get a 4-hour start on most of your competitors…get a half-day’s work in — 50% more strategy, 50% more content written, 50% more sales calls, 50% more emails to prospects…all of that — 50% more of your vital metrics by just getting up early. You can lay there in bed and dream about your dreams — fantasize about them — or — you can punch that clock, get up, and go pursue them. There’s a reason why we release all of our daily episodes at 4:00 in the morning, Onward Nation. One last quote…and I have this hanging on one of my office walls… “Every morning in Africa, a Gazelle wakes up and knows that it must run faster than the fastest Lion that day, or it will be killed and eaten. Every morning in Africa, a Lion wakes up and knows that it must run faster than the slowest Gazelle that day, or it will starve to death. It doesn’t matter, Onward Nation, if you are a lion or a gazelle: when the sun comes up, you’d better be running.” Decide to make a great day. And I look forward to being with you again tomorrow when we share my interview with Mitch Stephen. Until then…Onward with gusto! ------ OnwardNation.com ------

Tim Fargo, founder of Tweet Jukebox, talks with us about starting over in the SaaS space after a $20 million dollar exit in the service space. He's figuring it out as he goes, and jumping right in the deep end. He's build a large tribe of free users and i Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim Fargo's numbers speak for themselves. He launched his first serious venture in 1996 - an "offline" business built around investigating insurance fraud. Over 7 years he grew the company, Omega Insurance Services, from a 3 man team in his 2nd bedroom, to a $20million company with over 300 employees, culminating in a 1x sale. Today, he's back to software solutions, and has bootstrapped his newest SaaS side project, TweetJukebox, from 0-20k users in 7 months with minimal investment. Talking with Tim was refreshing. As it turns out, the fundamentals of good business are still the same as the were 20 years ago, and his experience as an entrepreneur who scaled and sold a Human Resource based business, but is also in the SaaS business, affords him a unique perspective.

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

Business doesn't have to be all that complicated. Sometimes a reminder to just keep it simple and get down to business is the best advice you can get. In other words, clarity and action will get you where you want to go! After numerous failed attempts to build a business, Tim Fargo went bankrupt in 1991. By 1996, he again started another business. He led that business to the Inc. 500 list twice, and ultimately sold in 2003 for $20M.  Tim is the author of Alphabet Success: Keeping it Simple - My Secrets to Success. He is currently bootstrapping tweetjukebox.com, an automated content management system for Twitter that has grown to over 10,000 active users in less than five months. 

Growing up in a blue-collar neighborhood, Tim sought out his fortune early, but it remained elusive. Even after bankruptcy in 1991, he persevered. In 1996, he started his umpteenth business, but this time he grew it to over 300 employees and sold it for $20 million in 2003. Now, he's bootstrapping again with his time-saving content manager, tweetjukebox.com. Having laid a tremendous groundwork through his two years on Twitter, the app is taking Twitter by storm. In 2016, the service will expand to other social media platforms as well.   Secret -- time saving technique Making a list of two or three vital priorities is the go-to timesaving technique that helps Tim move his business forward. ONWARD! Daily habit that contributes to success Tim exercises every morning, which helps him kickstart the early part of the workday. Could have ruined your business -- but now -- an invaluable learning experience Tim had to go through a long legal process -- and Tim tells the whole story here. Most critical skill you think business owners need to master to be successful “A business owner needs to understand that expertise isn't determined by a range of skills.” Most influential lesson learned from a mentor “There are a number of important values to impart on a business's culture -- so keep the ball rolling.”     Final Round -- “Breaking Down the Recipe for Success”   What systems would you go back and put into place sooner? I would have gone back and put a simple component based system in place to help with the flow of business. What one strategy or “recipe” would compound into big wins for business owners? Being nimble is dictated by a business owner's ability to simplify a series of  process. How to exceed expectations and add the most value? An individual who brings energy -- devotes their time -- and is dedicated to problem-solving. What strategy would you recommend new business owners focus on to best ensure success? Keep a journal Find simple solutions How best to connect with Tim: http://alphabetsuccess.blogspot.com/   ----------Find us at Onwardnation.com--------  

Tim Fargo is an entrepreneur, speaker, two-time Inc. 500 winner, the author of the Amazon best seller, Alphabet Success – Keeping it Simple, My Secrets to Success, and he’s the founder of Tweet Jukebox. In this episode, we’ll cover: “Drinking from the horn” “Money” is searched for more often than “goals” How to balance being … Continue reading POP016: Focusing on the lessons your mistakes bring you with Tim Fargo The post POP016: Focusing on the lessons your mistakes bring you with Tim Fargo appeared first on Accelerating CFO.

This episode’s #TwitterSmarter guest is writer, producer and entrepreneur Britt Michaelian. This proud wife and mom is the host of Mass Amplify, a podcast for social media brand builders, strategists and influencers who want to amplify content for intentional results. Episode Highlights: To find value from Twitter, it is important to be strategic in its use and to set measurable goals – this means mapping out the top three things to do on Twitter each day When starting out, commit to tweeting regularly, show up authentically, and curate and create content that is of value Know who you are and what your core goals are before determining how to integrate Twitter into your amplification strategy Twitter chats are great for building community – participate in 1-3 per week Tweetables: Map out the top three things you need to do on Twitter each day to be successful. Pay attention to what brought you into someone else’s community so that you’ll know how to do it for others. Links to tools and resources mentioned in this episode: Sprout Social – reports and analytics Tweet Jukebox – quote sharing Mass Amplify Show Episode 21: Tim Fargo of Tweet Jukebox [click here to listen] Tweet chats Britt mentioned: #MMchat – hosted by @MarketerMonday_ every Monday 8pm ET #AtomicChat – hosted by @Atomic_Reach every Monday 9pm ET #CollegeCash – hosted by @JodiOkun every Thursday 8pm ET #CMchat – the wildly popular country music chat hosted by @JessicaNorthey every Thursday 9pm ET #InfluencerChat – hosted by @influencerchat every Tuesday 8pm ET #BlogChat – hosted by @MackCollier every Sunday 9pm ET Tweet chats Madalyn recommends: #MediaChat – popular social and online media chat hosted by @kilby76 every Thursday 10pm ET #SproutChat – hosted by @SproutSocial every Wednesday 3pm ET #HootChat – hosted by the Hootsuite @HootCommunity every Thursday 3pm ET #ggchat – hosted by @MadalynSklar of @GoGirlsMusic every Thursday 3pm & 9pm ET. It’s the largest musicians Twitter chat. Brian Fanzo’s Twitter list calendar How To Reach Britt:You can reach Britt on Twitter @BrittMichaelian, or via her the website for her podcast: http://massamplify.com. Your Call To Action: I find a lot of value in the content Britt shares. If you’re trying to figure out your amplification strategy, I encourage you to subscribe to her Mass Amplify podcast and to also check out her curated lists on Twitter. Tweet me @MadalynSklar to share your new discoveries. Share The Love: Want an easy “one-click” way to Share The Love for this podcast? Go here: www.madalynsklar.com/love to tweet out your love. Thanks for the listen! I appreciate you listening to this podcast, and would be extremely grateful if you would take a moment to rate & review it on iTunes. By doing this, my rankings will increase and more people will be able to benefit from the tips and tools shared in this #TwitterSmarter podcast series. Please also subscribe to this podcast while you’re there. It will ensure you don’t miss an episode! I read every review that comes in, so please know that you have my sincere thanks!

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

Tim Fargo renowned author and entrepreneur shares how he made $20 Million dollars from co-founding the second biggest insurance fraud investigative company in the United States Omega Insurance Service in 1996. With true stories of humor, perseverance, adventure, and leadership, you are sure to be on the edge of your seat. Tim symbolizes resilience in the mist of conflict. “Confidence is what we get when we take fear, face it and replace it.” This episode is more than just a journey, it represents sticking your arm out and reaching for the destination. Going beyond others limitations and doubts. Why? To achieve greatness!

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

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

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

This episode brought to you by PUBL.COM PUBL is a new way to get all your documents to customers, prospects, employees and partners using your own mobile app. Click now to give it a try for free. All the links in this description have been set to open in a new window. You can see Publ while you continue to listen   Tim Fargo is one of my most fascinating friends. Now living in Poland, Tim spends his days helping others learn from his success in business and life here in the US. He travels the world, and collects wisdom about simple things that will make you more successful. His best selling book, Alphabet Success is a compilation of the simple things that will make a big difference in your life.  I've only known Tim as @AphabetSuccess on Twitter for a few months. During that time, he's introduced me to several great people, shared his wisdom and always uplifted my day. Join me as I get to know Tim better through a Google Hangout recorded for this show.