Paul Maskill grew a service-based business in just 4 years from 0 to $500K in annual and eventually sold it for three times the net profit. Having achieved the freedom he was looking for, he set out on a mission to help others achieve the same level of freedom as a consultant, coach, investor, and advocate for small business owners.

Quotes To Remember:

“From a macro level, you really want to look at why you started the business in the first place.”

“There really is no doing it right. They are just doing it their way and you are doing it your way.”

“Start with the end in mind and work your way backwards.”

“Customer experience is number one. You always want to put the customers first.”

“There really is no limit on as far as you want to go.”

“Employees are the most important people since they are delivering to your second most important people which are your customers.”

“You never want to compete in price. You want to compete in value.”

“Almost everything you do in business, you can delegate it if you do it properly.”

 

What You’ll Learn:

• Creating Systems and Delegating Task to Others
• Transitioning to a Service-Based Business
• The Path from 0 to $500K annual revenue

 

Key Links From The Show:

Paul’s Site

Apply to join the Freedom Mastermind

Onlinejobs.ph

Episode 37: Embracing The Go-Giver Mindset With Bob Burg

 

Recommended Books:

Content Marketing Secrets by Marc Guberti

The Go-Giver by Bob Burg

Built to Sell by John Warrillow

The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber

Tim Alison is the author of Screw The Naysayers and host of a podcast with the same name where he interviews leading experts in innovation, education, and entrepreneurship every week. His goal is to inspire people to expect more from life while providing practical advice that can be used to free people from a system that has been set up to encourage them to settle.

 

Quotes To Remember:

“If you stay focused on thinking about what other people have to say, you are destined for mystery.”

“Most young people that are having rocketship success with business these days didn’t get there by conforming to conventional wisdom.”

“Step back and ask what is really important to you.”

“If you get obsessed with proving your haters wrong, you may not be alert to where you are going.”

“Self belief and the people that you are hanging out with are very large predictors of what your life is gonna be.”

What You’ll Learn:

• How to Ignore the Naysayers
• Confronting the Inner Naysayer
• Using Your Naysayers as Fuel for Success
• Staying Strong During Big Obstacles

 

Key Links From The Show:

Tim’s Site – Get your FREE Ultimate Checklist to be a Happy Entrepreneur

Screw the Naysayers Podcast

 

Recommended Books:

Content Marketing Secrets by Marc Guberti

Screw The Naysayers by Tim Alison

The War of Art by Steven Pressfield

Everyone Has a Plan until Sh!t Hits the Fan by Tofe Evans

The Creative Curve by Allen Gannett

Dan Janal helps leaders brand their businesses with books and publicity. In 2001, he founded PR LEADS, one of the most cost-effective publicity leads services, which has been copied by many other companies. He provides publicity and marketing coaching and consulting services for Independent Professionals and Small Businesses. He also writes press releases designed to rank high on search engines.

 

Quotes To Remember:

“Subscription models are a great model to follow if you are thinking about starting a business or if you are thinking about how you can monetize your business even more.”

“There is nothing better in marketing than having your clients sell your service for you.”

“Everyone is a reporter and everyone is a publisher because everyone can be a content producer.”

“Most of the ads are read through a mobile device.”

“Think short and you get better results.”

 

What You’ll Learn:

• How to Get People Into a Subscription
• Being a Contributor to Major Platforms
• Reaching a Reporter or Client in 5-Sentences or Less

 

Key Links From The Show:

Dan’s Site

PR LEADS

How to Write and Submit an Op-Ed

Audible

 

Recommended Books:

Content Marketing Secrets by Marc Guberti

The Impostor Syndrome: Becoming an Authentic Leader by Harold Hillman

The Art of X‑Ray Reading by Roy Peter Clark

Marina Darlow is a systems expert and productivity geek whose job is to help purpose driven and heart-centered entrepreneurs get 10-20 more productive hours each week, stop leaking money, and prevent stress-fueled breakdowns. Before she found her true passion, she spent a decade managing large-scale multi-million dollar projects for hi-tech and manufacturing companies. She made the transition because she preferred truly impacting one business owner than being a cog in a huge corporate machine.

Quotes To Remember:

“At the end of the day, as a business owner, you are still making the key decisions.”

“Money mistakes are costly in a very literal sense. They are also costly in an emotional sense.”

“Everything that can be automated, should be automated.”

“When you are stressed or anxious, you don’t do your best work.”

“The less you beat yourself over, the sooner you’ll be back in the saddle.”

What You’ll Learn:

• How to Get 10-20 More Productive Hours Back Each Week
• Setting Systems for your Business
• Getting A Strong ROI From Content Marketing

 

Key Links From The Show:

Marina’s Site

Which System to Tackle First?! – FREE Course

Better at Business Episode 15: Getting Back to Normal After “Crunch Time”

You survived the Big Crunch Time. You’re “only mostly dead”. Now what?

 

Recommended Books:

Content Marketing Secrets by Marc Guberti

Getting Things Done by David Allen

Faster Than Normal by Peter Shankman

The Coaching Habit by Michael Bungay Stanier

Benjamin J. Hardy is a top writer on Medium, PhD Candidate at Clemson University, and author of Willpower Doesn’t Work: Discover The Hidden Keys To Success. With his popular writings focusing on self-improvement, motivation and entrepreneurship, today’s guest has spent years inspiring others to obtain success through his work, studies and personal experiences. He’s one of Medium’s top writers whose work has also been featured in places like Inc and Forbes

Quotes To Remember:

“What is in proximity to you basically is what determines what you’ll become.”

“You should rotate your environment regularly.”

“Situational factors are what make flow happen. Novelty or newness is just one flow trigger.”

“It’s not people that shape history. It’s actually extreme situations.”

“Change your defaults.”

“Most of our behaviors is so unconscious that we take it for granted.”

“If you really want to change your life, you have to re-establish who you are around.”

“You get in life what you are willing to tolerate.”

What You’ll Learn:

• Why Willpower Doesn’t Work
• Staying Eager and Energized Throughout the Day
• How to Optimize Your Work Environment

 

Key Links From The Show:

Benjamin’s SiteBenjamin P. Hardy – Medium

How to Sell a Million Copies of Your Non-Fiction Book

Gapingvoid

 

Recommended Books:

Content Marketing Secrets by Marc Guberti

Willpower Doesn’t Work by Benjamin Hardy

The Story of Civilization by Will Durant

The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk

Brain Power by Kelly Howell and Michael J. Gelb

The Blue Zones by Dan Buettner

Jeremy Miller is a brand strategist and the bestselling author of Sticky Branding. He has interviewed thousands of CEOs and business owners and profiled hundreds of companies across dozens of sectors. He lives and breathes marketing, branding, and business development, and he knows what it takes to grow a Sticky Brand.

Quotes To Remember:

“The companies that grow the best brand are the best marketers.”

“The very first thing that everyone has to do is take their marketing seriously.”

“In a small or medium-sized company, the measure of success is sales.”

“When your customers know you, like you and trust you, they will choose you first.”

“Your brand has a shelf-life.”

“Your energy and commitment to grow is actually the infectious part of your brand.”

“There is no overnight success. There’s twenty-year-overnight success.”

What You’ll Learn:

• How to have a Sticky Brand
• Getting More Profit from Having a Sticky Brand
• The 3 V’s of a Brand’s Performance
• How to Stay ‘Sticky’

 

Key Links From The Show:

Jeremy’s Site

 

Recommended Books:

Content Marketing Secrets by Marc Guberti

Sticky Branding by Jeremy Miller

Positioning by Al Ries and Jack Trout

Playing to Win by Alan G. Lafley and Roger Martin