The Solopreneur Hour Podcast with Michael O'Neal

Do you want to invest in real estate but don’t want to go through the entire process?  Patrick Grimes is your guy.  He’s the head of Invest on Main Street. https://investonmainstreet.com/ Get Patrick’s book for FREE! investonmainstreet.com/book About Patrick: A native Californian, Patrick is an avid traveler, mountaineer, kite surfer, and adventure sports enthusiast. He currently lives with his wife in Honolulu, Hawaii. Patrick Grimes is a design engineer and CEO and Founder of Invest on Main Street, LLC. His real estate holdings include general partner ownership of a multifamily and single-family real estate portfolio valued over $146M, including 1,950+ units across the southeastern United States and Texas. He has been active in real estate investment since 2007, including purchasing land and distressed assets, renovating them, and stabilizing them for long-term cash flow. To scale his real estate portfolio, Patrick moved from single-family to multifamily investing and founded Invest on Main Street, a private equity firm specializing in multifamily value-add projects in emerging markets. Through Patrick’s company, Protomation Systems, LLC, he contracts with machine design firms to conceptualize, design and build one-of-a-kind manufacturing automation and robotic systems primarily for the medical device, EV and aerospace industries. He co-authored an Amazon #1 best-selling book, Persistence, Pivots and Game Changers, Turning Challenges Into Opportunities. His co-authors included the lead guitarist of Def Leppard, host of The Real Estate Guys Radio Show, NBA/NFL championship coaches/players, and other entrepreneurs and actors. Patrick holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from University of the Pacific and an MBA and a Master of Science in Engineering from San Jose State University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan Martell, entrepreneur and author of 'Buy Back Your Time', talks about prioritizing activities in your business that you enjoy and that generate revenue. They discuss the concept of buying back time, the impact of long hours, and the importance of work-life balance. They also share insights on investing time, delegating tasks, and maximizing profit as a web developer. Additionally, they discuss challenges and considerations of writing a book and the unique approach they took to bring their creative project to life.

Dre Baldwin, an author and productivity expert, discusses his hyper-disciplined approach to achieve massive productivity. The podcast covers topics such as Dre's basketball journey, the opportunity to play overseas, mindset for success, and the importance of continuous improvement.

As a solopreneur we all start somewhere. Sometimes we start with a topic we know a lot about, sometimes we see an opening and we go for it, learning along the way. Our guest for today saw an opening to serve his audience in a simpler, more effective way than email: a membership site. Chris Farrell of Help My Business joins us for episode 383 of The Solopreneur Hour, live from Traffic and Conversion in San Diego. On this show we chat about why he chose to build a membership site, how he got into online marketing in the first place and whether or not he’s always been unemployable. More About Chris Farrell As you’ll hear on this episode Chris is a Londoner. He was born and raised in East London – hence the cockney accent! Until his early 30s he worked in radio and wasn’t the least bit entrepreneurial. He had always had a good job and was working for “the man”. By 32 he was the mid-morning DJ on the #1 radio station in London. But there was always something he couldn’t wrap his mind around: how did people make money online, travel the world and run successful businesses? Was it actually legitimate or was it smoke and mirrors? So in 2008 he got started in the online marketing world to see for himself. He knew nothing about that world, and knew no one! So initially he tried to do it all himself, and learned everything he could. You’ll Also Hear: * Was Chris always unemployable? * Why it’s important to say yes. * The power of gratitude in shifting your mindset. * How do you know if you truly understand something? * What is his take on the level of professionalism in podcasting today? * And so much more! Since then of course he’s realized people can and do make good money online through legitimate businesses, his being one of them. Even though it is fairly simple to do so, it isn’t easy. His advice to get started making money online boils down to three simple steps: 1. Find a profitable niche. Figure out where people are already spending money and then choose one area to focus on. 2. Build a list of people interested in that area. Simple: find people who are interested in what you are selling, and get them on your email list. 3. Market to them with products related to their interests. Contact them with offers and opportunities about products they are interested in, or related to their interests. Those are the steps Chris took to get started. He created his own products because he couldn’t find many products he was passionate about. While doing so he built his list, and then marketed to them with offers on those products. But he also realized it would be more valuable to people if he built a membership site where he could continue to create products and add content, rather than emailing them constantly. So that’s what he did. He built a membership site all about internet marketing. He shared with his members what he was learning firsthand, what he loved and what he was passionate about. His success has continued to grow from there. On today’s episode we cover many other topics from men’s fashion to music to podcasting. In particular Chris shares his view on the state of professionalism in podcasting today. He explains more on the show, including why just having the equipment doesn’t make you a professional podcaster any more than having a bicycle makes you an Olympic cyclist. He is a definitive source on what it takes to succeed behind the mic and in the online world. Listen in to hear his wit and wisdom on the 383rd edition of The Solopreneur Hour! QUESTION OF THE DAY: What could you build a membership site about? Let us know in the comments below! Do you enjoy this podcast? If so, could you please  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is one of my favorite episodes of all time.  You’ll learn more in this one episode from multiple courses and months of training.  If not, I’ll refund your money.  🙂 Today we have Blitz Metrics (https://blitzmetrics.com) founder and CEO, Dennis Yu on the show. We were also joined by Jordan Paris, who wrote Growth Mindset University, and hosts the Growth Mindset University Podcast.  Dennis shared with us something he’s never shared on a show before, which is his “9 triangles” concept. (I added “of destiny”…because it’s awesome)  I have to say, in 783 episodes, I’ve never heard business success summarized this well. This is an episode that will instantly go in the “best of” category. Below are the nine triangles. Tune into the show for descriptions on each. The 9 Triangles Learn Do Teach Do Delegate Delete Content Checklist Software Communicate Iterate Delegate Marketing Operation Finance Goals Content Targeting Awareness Consideration Conversion Metrics Analysis Action Specialist Business Partner Relevant Links: https://teamblitznation.com Featured ads on this episode: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

QOTD: Have you ever learned marketing advice from a Sultan?  Today you will.  Jeff Buehner is the author of The Sultan’s Seven Secrets a game changing book on building your dream, managing your feelings and seizing control of your life. Jeff is the world expert on the writings of the richest man to ever walk the earth, Sultan Musa of Mali. Over the past 25 years, Jeff has successfully mentored and coached countless others to speak this all-important language. When you learn to speak the language of the Gods, you can drastically improve your sales, success, fitness, relationships and anything else you desire. Twenty-eight years ago, Jeff came across the writings of the richest man to ever walk the earth, Sultan Musa of Mali. No one’s ever come close to this guy, not Jeff Bezos and not Elon Musk. The Sultan could not talk openly about how he learned these secrets, so he embedded the principles of his success in a fairytale so compelling that centuries later nearly everyone in the world is familiar with it. At the age of 12, Musa had a near-death experience in which he met a man made of light who taught him how the world works, how creation works. Contained in his writings is something called the Language of the Gods. When you speak this language the world obeys your commands! As Jeff just dabbled in speaking this language, some very strange coincidences occurred. So, he got serious about speaking it… and his whole world changed! He went from a $60,000 a year concrete guy to making hundreds of thousands a month in a new business that just dropped into his lap. Over the past 28years, Jeff has successfully mentored and coached countless others to speak this all-important language that changes everything. When you learn to speak the Language of the Gods, you can drastically improve your sales, success, fitness, relationships and anything else you desire. It’s all contained within Jeff’s book, “The Sultan’s Seven Secrets.” Individuals can download the book as a digital version, or a video/audio version, that includes follow up bonuses. It’s also available in a paperback format on Amazon. For more information, visit: https://sultans7secrets.com/ About Jeff D. Buehner Jeff D. Buehner is the world expert on the writings of Sultan Musa of Mali. Over the past 25 years, he’s successfully mentored and coached countless others to on how to build on their dreams, manage their feelings, and seizing control of their life. When you learn to speak the language of the gods, you can drastically improve your sales, success, fitness, relationship and anything else you desire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s show is with the founder of Tiege Hanley, (https://www.tiege.com/) a men’s skincare line.  Kelley Thornton has the unique challenge of first convincing us stubborn men that we NEED skincare, and then thinking outside the box to sell it to us.  (I can attest, the products are GREAT) https://www.tiege.com/ 25% Off coupon Tiege Hanley Skincare using the promo code: SOLOHOUR About Kelley:  Kelley Thornton was born and raised in Towson, MD. He moved to Brookfield, CT to finish up high school and start his first entrepreneurial pursuit, house painting. With the money he earned from the business he financed his college tuition at the University of Connecticut, where he would meet his future business partner and co-founder of Tiege Hanley, Rob Hoxie. After college, Kelley entered the Metropolitan New York area workforce as a sales representative in the point-of-purchase display and packaging industry. A few years into his career he was tasked with developing a Chicago presence for his company, Phoenix Display & Packaging, which later became part of International Paper. He relocated to Chicago, IL in 1993 and continued his trajectory to National Accounts Manager and ultimately Regional Sales Manager. After a successful 20-year-career in the throes of Corporate America, he left the industry to found his second company, Purchase Point LLC. Purchase Point helped CPG companies think differently about their in-store merchandising platforms. Growing quickly with global customers such as Unilever, Mars Wrigley, Bayer, and Pfizer, Kelley brought a creative approach to captivating consumers during the last seven seconds along their Path to Purchase. Through his experience at Purchase Point, Kelley found the rapidly growing men’s care industry inspiring. In 2016 he stepped away to found his next company, Tiege Hanley, a 6-year-old e-commerce company with the mission of helping men look and feel amazing. The business has evolved from selling three distinct Skin Care Systems to boasting a wide variety of products, including deodorant, bar soap, body wash, and a detoxifying clay mask. Tiege shipped its 1.5 millionth box in July 2022 and has over 350,000 customers worldwide. Kelley is focused on enriching the experience for all customers and guiding men to healthier lifestyles founded on self-confidence. We started Tiege Hanley in 2016 to help men understand the importance of taking care of their skin. The idea of self-care, especially among men, was just gaining traction back then. Our goal is the same now as it was then: Help as many men as we can LOOK AND FEEL AMAZING. Tiege Hanley just shipped its 1.5 millionth box of men’s skin care products last week. I could not be more inspired by our customers or proud of the work we’ve done and the company we’ve created. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is the first of my Wednesday “Best Of” Series.  Every Wednesday, I’m hand selecting my favorite episodes from the 9 years of podcasting.  You know this show is going to be completely baller…that’s the long and short of it. The Solopreneur Hour is an audio podcast hosted by The Kickass Life Producer Michael O’Neal that will interview (and co-host with) the best and brightest solopreneurs from all walks of life, including network marketing, internet marketing, music, fitness, actors, comedians, and more.  These people are not only standouts in their industries, but they’ve put an entrepreneurial spin and “zagged” while everyone else zigged.  Our mission is to take you through their journey, give you actionable steps and actions to help you with your ventures, and inspire you to take massive action.   Hopefully we’ll have a few laughs along the way. We share practical steps and tools, including books, smartphone apps, websites, training courses, strategies and stories that will support you every step of the way. Instead of giving the same interview you’ve heard 100 times, we invite our guests to be co-hosts, and have a casual but insightful conversation about success, just like you would at a restaurant or a bar.  It’s that down-to-earth, practical conversation that lets our listeners know that we are all the same…just at different stages of our journey. Our first guest is none other than the podcast juggernaut himself, Mr. John Lee Dumas.  Many of you have heard his story. (If not, catch up with him at https://eofire.com/about)  His podcast is not even a year old yet, and his downloads per month are over 300,000! He’s taken a brand-new-to-him medium and turned it into a six figure income in a few short months. Since this is show #1, during our chat we talked a bit about how this podcast came to be, and the journey I’ve been through myself.  I’m going to go deeper into it in episode #2, but it’s been an amazing ride for the last 4 years…starting from only $14 left in my bank account, to this. We talked about how John got his start, leveraging his experience with the military, combined with some great lessons from The Four Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss, to “batch” the tasks he needs to do every day to be a successful entrepreneur. We also talked about a game changer of a book (for both of us), called “The e-Myth Revisited” by Michael Gerber.  We both had a profound career change because of that book. John explained the concept of Parkinson’s Law:  work expands to fill the time available for its completion – means that if you give yourself a week to complete a two hour task, then (psychologically speaking) the task will increase in complexity and become more daunting so as to fill that week. We then got into a great conversation about creating and leveraging relationships.  How important building relationships to the right people in your niche are.  In fact, if there’s any nugget to take from this show, it’s this: Surround yourself with success.  If you want to be successful at “xyz”, then work to establish relationships with people that are successful at “xyz”.  John mentioned how instrumental Jaime Tardy (https://eventualmillionaire.com/) and Cliff Ravenscraft (https://podcastanswerman.com) were in helping him develop a winning strategy to start his show. And it’s worth nothing…he had his naysayers.  Have a listen to find out how he handled being told “There’s no way you can do a show 7 days a week!”. Finally, we talked about his killer program “Fire Nation Elite”.  Talk about a killer deal! If you want to surround yourself with success, have a look at  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s episode is about “striking gold” with an idea and doubling down on it when it’s successful.  Katie from http://womensmeditationnetwork.com is here! To win a gift basket: 1. LIsten and sub to one of the shows:  (Search “Meditation for women”.) 2. Give a rating ad review on apple podcasts 3. Share on social and tag @womensmeditationnetwork About Katie: Katie Krimitsos is the creator of the Women’s Meditation Network – guided meditation podcasts and resources created for those who identify as women so they can use the tool of meditation to know themselves and consciously create lives they love.  She has 8 podcasts in her network: Meditation for Women, Sleep Meditation for Women, Morning Meditation for Women, Sleep Sounds, Water & Nature Sounds, Ambient Sounds, Daily Affirmations Meditation for Women and Sleep Meditation for Women 3 Hours. She’s a writer at heart, has a soft spot for animals and Mother Nature, adores her Greek hubby, loves a good margarita, and treasures the job of raising her two girls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s chat is with Lauren Tickner from Impact School. Lauren and I have a fantastic, candid conversation about how she has pivoted over the last few years from being a fitness influencer to a bad ass young female entrepreneur with a global reach. Lauren is so on top of business and social media trends that if you follow her and deconstruct what she’s doing, your business will absolutely grow in the process. Impactschool.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices