The Solopreneur Hour Podcast with Michael O'Neal

Free Coaching Friday from The Solopreneur Hour! If you’re new and don’t know how this works here goes: once a week I ask you to send me your questions and I answer them on Friday. If you want to be part of the fun for next week’s Q&A show join us in the Facebook group here or grab my free course called CONFERENCETOPIA.  Look for my post on Thursdays, write your question in the comments or respond to my weekly email, then listen in to the show on Friday! Thanks to every one of you for tuning in on a regular basis. Support Our Sponsor https://hostgator.com.  Get 50% off your hosting package by using “solo50” at checkout. Episode Resources The Art of The Interview Course Social Media Ninja Tactics The Solopreneur Hour on Facebook Want coaching with me? I Want SoloLab! The Solopreneur Hour on Twitter Proudly Unemployable, the Facebook group Leave a review of the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Free Coaching Friday from The Solopreneur Hour! If you’re new and don’t know how this works here goes: once a week I ask you to send me your questions and I answer them on Friday. If you want to be part of the fun for next week’s Q&A show join us in the Facebook group here or grab my free course called CONFERENCETOPIA.  Look for my post on Thursdays, write your question in the comments or respond to my weekly email, then listen in to the show on Friday! Thanks to every one of you for tuning in on a regular basis. Check out Tom’s TV Show trailer: https://wgbh.cimediacloud.com/r/mOKDww Support Your Fellow Solopreneur! GetTheAcceptanceLetter.online Are you a busy parent worried about how you will pay for your child’s college? At Get The Acceptance Letter Academy, powered by the #DebtFreeDegree System, Professor Treasure Shields Redmond helps busy parents of elite students secure top tier education without massive debt! With her six week #DebtFreeDegree program designed to create a clear step by step plan to apply to schools that fit your child perfectly, all while identifying funding sources designed to eliminate most (if not all) of the cost, you will walk away secure in the knowledge that your child has been matched with a school that will honor their gifts and realize their potential with little to no debt. By the time you finish the #DebtFreeDegree System you will have confidently put college admissions in your rearview mirror. Contact Professor Redmond at www.GetTheAcceptanceLetter.online today! See how to get your OWN Solopreneur Hour ad right here: https://solohouradvertising.com   Episode Resources The Art of The Interview Course Social Media Ninja Tactics The Solopreneur Hour on Facebook Want coaching with me? I Want SoloLab! The Solopreneur Hour on Twitter Proudly Unemployable, the Facebook group Leave a review of the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well, this is a treat.  We get to hear from a rock legend on today’s show. In this one-on-one conversation with sax player Scott Page (Pink Floyd, Supertramp, Toto) who has not only played music for millions…but is arguably more successful as a solopreneur after his main music career. This was so much fun to record. I could have gone another couple hours just talking music.  I couldn’t wait to put it out to the world, and into your earballs.  Please enjoy one of my favorite episodes of all time. In the meantime, here’s Scott’s Wikipedia. You can reach him on the Twitter at https://twitter.com/iamscottpage Scott Page is an American musician, technologist, and entrepreneur. He currently serves as CEO of Ignited Network, “a start up music accelerator based in Los Angeles.”[1][2] As a performer he is widely recognized as the saxophonist and rhythm guitarist for Pink Floyd, Supertramp, and Toto.[3] As an entrepreneur, Page formed Walt Tucker Productions, an audio video post production company (1987) that produced projects for The Rolling Stones, Bon Jovi, Janet Jackson, Garth Brooks, Scorpions and others.[4][5][6] He also co-founded 7th Level, Inc., an award-winning[specify] CD-ROM game and educational software company.[7][8] At 7th Level he co-produced Tuneland, the world’s first interactive musical cartoon starring Howie Mandel, the globally lauded Monty Python interactive series, and was part of the development of QD7, an interactive multimedia joint venture with Quincy Jones and David Salzman (1992) that resulted from Jones’ partnering with 7th Level.[9][10] Page co-founded New Media Broadcasting Company, a social media and collaborative communications enterprise (2001) whose clients i... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to our weekly Q&A edition of The Solopreneur Hour. If you haven’t been here before on Fridays we publish an episode devoted to answering YOUR questions dear listeners! To submit a question join the mailing list, contact me via the Contact page on the site or join our Proudly Unemployable Facebook group. You can ask your own question by popping on the mailing list or grabbing my free Conferencetopia course.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Solopreneurs! Thanks for joining us on another installment of Find Your Swing (Solopreneur Coaching). It’s been a minute! I’ve missed doing these with you all so I’m extra excited to bring these type of shows back. Today’s episode brings us an extra special co-host, Matthew Kimberley from episode 274. I say extra special because it’s his first (and hopefully first in a long line of many) FYS co-hosting spots, and it was also his birthday on the day we recorded this show. Plus he’s got the best podcasting voice of any non-podcaster out there so tune in to hear him and our solopreneur coaching! Episode 286 is all about helping you find your swing on The Solopreneur Hour. More About How To Find Your Swing (Solopreneur Coaching) For those of you who have been with us for awhile you know how these Find Your Swing (Solopreneur Coaching) episodes go: you send in your skill set, your background and your passions and we give you our thoughts on how you could create a viable solopreneurial business based on the info you provide. We also provide solopreneur coaching if you’re stuck in your business and not sure how to get over a particular obstacle, or how to best grow your business from where you are. In short, we hear from you about where you are on your timeline, what’s holding you back and we give you advice to move forward. Your mileage may vary but we do our best to give you our soundest suggestions and encouragement to get things rocking or keep things rolling. In This Episode, You’ll Also Hear: * What’s the law of reciprocity? * The simple way to get everything you want. * What is jorkyball? * Are you meant to serve everyone? * Is it ever a good idea to marry two different business ideas? * And so much more! On today’s show Matthew and I help one listener turn his love of the outdoors and natural living into a wilderness camp for kids and/or a camp on how to be a man. Our listener has always dreamt of having his own out-in-the-wild type camp, especially for kids. And Matthew breaks down how he can do this, WITHOUT relying heavily on the Internet. We hear from another follower who has a background in insurance, and in sales. Matthew and I offer suggestions on how to bridge the gap between where’s he at now (being an employee) to the land of solopreneurship. Sometimes it’s simply about taking what you know and creating a business of service with it. There are a few others we hear from on this episode but the final two we’ll touch on here are employees in the medical arena. The first is someone who works in sports medicine offices helping people rehab injuries and using yoga therapy techniques to do so. She also loves to write and edit, and is considering how to make a career combing these passions. We recommend she create her own methodology, trademark it and train other practitioners how to use her methodology. A great strategy is to follow what Bikram Choudhury did to create the Bikram Yoga system and culture. And finally is our CT specialist (that is short for CAT scan) who has started his solopreneur journey much like Matt began his. Our recommendation for him is to STOP building what he’s been building. Then ask and answer the following questions: who do you want to serve, what do you want to do for them and how are you going to serve them? Once he’s done that he can start building again. Those are just a few of the people we hear from on today’s Find Your Swing! Tune in to get all the goodies on this edition of The Solopreneur Hour. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I’m just back from CES Las Vegas after a busy conference week.  Some remarkable things happened regarding my Beginner Audiophile (https://beginneraudiophile.com) brand, and I’d like to share them with you. In this episode, we talk about how to recognize when your business has momentum, and what to do about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My good buddy John Dennis stopped by episode 658 of the Solopreneur Hour.  John is the guy behind the scenes at the Thrive (one of my favorite) conference, and is a co-owner of Podfest Multimedia Expo. Today we talk about the conferences, how to get into Facebook ads (and why they matter), and a bunch of other cool things.  🙂 Connect with John: John Dennis – Facebook.com/thejohndennis Podfest Multimedia Expo: PodfestExpo.com John on IG:  Instagram.com/thejohndennis @John_Dennis Rad Book to Check Out:  Ray Dalio – Principles  Facebook Ads Resources: https://www.facebook.com/blueprint digitalmarketer.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today our good friend Dana Malstaff (https://boss-mom.com) stops by to talk about the basics of systematizing your solopreneur biz.  She runs a veritable empire over there at Boss Mom, and had to get started somewhere. A few things we covered: * a GREAT tip about setting up your schedule * How and when to create content * What three things Dana focuses on the night before so she can be productive * What she does every week to refine her systems * How she hired her first employee * Starbitrage and Barbitrage, and how they can help your biz. * Lots more As usual, this is an action-packed episode full of juicy ideas. Questions, comments, suggestions?  Tweet me or email me. @solohour on the twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this replay of this inaugural episode of “FIND YOUR SWING™”, Dawnmarrs.com and I review 6 listener submissions, and try to help them figure out how they can build a business, scale themselves, or break out of the 9-5.  In this show, we touch on the arts and crafts world, the music industry, the programming/computer industry, and a couple more unique businesses.  There are tons of really practical nuggets in this show, including applying membership sites, “scaling yourself”, email/funnel creation, and much more! Just a couple links in this one: https://leadpages.net https://solopreneurhour.com/ninja Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Free Coaching Friday from The Solopreneur Hour! If you’re new and don’t know how this works here goes: once a week I ask you to send me your questions and I answer them on Friday. If you want to be part of the fun for next week’s Q&A show join us in the Facebook group here or grab my free course called CONFERENCETOPIA.  Look for my post on Thursdays, write your question in the comments or respond to my weekly email, then listen in to the show on Friday! Thanks to every one of you for tuning in on a regular basis. Episode Resources The Art of The Interview Course Social Media Ninja Tactics The Solopreneur Hour on Facebook Want coaching with me? I Want SoloLab! The Solopreneur Hour on Twitter Proudly Unemployable, the Facebook group Leave a review of the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices