The Solopreneur Hour Podcast with Michael O'Neal

Today’s guest was well on his way to being an MLB pitcher when fate intervened.  He took his passion and focus for baseball and put it into the most valuable skill in marketing:  Copywriting.  A card-carrying Metallica fan club member, Troy Ericson is one of the premier copywriters in the world, and a badass guitarist to boot.  Check him out at http://troyericson.com Join his emailing list at FAQemail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My pal Kenyon Salo (http://kenyonsalo.com) drops by for a chat about what it’s like to skydive into the Denver Broncos stadium, how he amassed almost a million TikTok followers (@kenyonsalo) and how he has honed the craft of inspirational public speaking as “The James Bond of Personal Development”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our old buddy Omar Zenhom from the (Top 200 in the universe) $100 MBA Podcast is on the show.  After catching up from a 5 year absence, we are all over the place with golden business gems!  This is a true “Solopreneur Hour” show with a great conversation and great life and biz advice all over the place! Website Address: https://webinarninja.com Find Omar here:  https://twitter.com/TheOmarZenhom Here’s the Burton podcast we talked about:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/burton-snowboards-jake-carpenter-2017/id1150510297?i=1000425474688 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guys, full stop, this episode is insane.  Listen to every moment, take notes, then go become a real estate millionaire. https://moneyschoolrei.com/podcast Stephen left his career as a Personal Financial Advisor to pursue his dream of being an entrepreneur and Real Estate Investor. 14 years later, he has never looked back. Stephen has spoken on hundreds of stages across the United States and worked with thousands of students over that time. Living in south Florida with his wife and son, Stephen not only talks the talk, but walks the walk every single day, growing his Real Estate businesses and practicing financial strategies like IBC to create a legacy. Alongside Chris Naugle, Stephen is dedicated to helping Money School students learn financial education, how to take back control of their money, and helping them achieve their dreams. Stephen now shares his experience, education, and strategies through weekly webinar trainings, Live events, and working with clients one on one. Guest Bio-  Stephen Nagy is a real estate and financial professional, business and investing consultant, speaker and trainer, partner at The Money School, and professional Realtor at Waterfront Properties. To sign up for The Money School Essentials 3-day virtual event on January 22nd – 24th 2021, visit https://www.moneyschooltraining.com/registration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carla White is software pioneer, podcast host and coach helping entrepreneurs make $100K+ using audio. She is first woman to ever launch an iPhone app and has been featured on Oprah, NBC, NYTimes and countless other publications. After getting an MBA, working at the Pentagon and learning how to speak multiple languages, Carla found herself living out of her car and eating leftovers off of people’s plates. She went from having $47 in her pocket to flying first class around the world by combing software and coaching. Carla’s life changed the day a client revealed to her that audio helped save her son from suicide 😢. See, Carla converted her trainings into audio so that her client could binge the entire course and as a result, her client transformed who she was. She became a mom her son could confide in. This woke Carla up to the possibilities of audio and coaching. But there wasn’t a platform that distributed audio securely, easily, using apps people already had on their phone. So Carla created Hiro.fm. Carla has poured countless hours and dollars into producing the highest quality platforms with remarkable value so that coaches and consultants can help their clients at the highest level without tech headaches, VA’s and time issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we had Richard Mugica from 1CallClosers.com on the show. The sales process is integrated into everything we do as solopreneurs. If you’ve ever had to “sell” what’s for dinner with the kids, then you know what we are talking about.  Unfortunatey, we don’t all possess the skillsets to close our high ticket items…that’s where Richard and his team step in.  In this show we talk about a few awesome things: * Creating Value digitally * Overcoming objections * People looking for reasons NOT to work with someone. * Hone your copywriting skills * How you can practice sales in real life * How comedy relates to sales (understanding the premise is planting the imagination of the potential client) * How to sell without selling (get permission from them…3 step) * What kind of software – Basic, intermediate, advanced. * The best sales book Check richard and his team out when you are ready to take it to the next level! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Residual payments? Never heard of him. Just kidding.  On today’s episode, we delve into an entirely new vertical of making money passively…residual payment processing.  I had never heard of this, so I brought on one of the premier players in the game, Mr. David Carlin of Carlin Global.  He walks us through how to get started, and what we can expect from this *very* passive income (once it’s set up) business. All the links:  https://residualpayments.com/ https://www.instagram.com/residualpayments/ https://www.instagram.com/meetthecarlins/?hl=en. https://www.youtube.com/paymentsauthority Before digital payments, David’s life was summed up with one word: business. People start businesses for a variety of reasons, but the most common factor is experience. With firsthand experience on the other side of the digital payments industry, David was aware of the struggles other business owners faced when it came to accepting payments. What he didn’t know what just how much residual income his sales agent was making on his monthly volume. That’s exactly how David found himself on the front lines of the digital payments industry. Garnering a wealth of knowledge through his wildly successful e-commerce business and multiple joint ventures, David’s ingenuity and integrity — coupled with his art of the deal — make him the driving force behind Residual Payments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

freedomtaxplans.com Check out her free webinar how any business owner can save thousands of dollars in taxes by using these 5 strategies. Christina Lael is a Certified Public Accountant, an attorney, a Certified Tax Planner, and a self-proclaimed “tax nerd.” She reads case law like some people binge-watch Netflix and gets excited when she discovers anything new. Apart from spending time with her family and playing golf or tennis, nothing gives her more pleasure than seeing the reaction her clients have when she demonstrates how much their new tax plan will save them. She is positively obsessed with helping clients structure their businesses in a way that legally saves them the maximum in taxes, funds their retirement accounts quicker, and avoids astronomical taxes when/if they sell. Christina is one of only 60 tax coaches certified by the American Institute of Certified Tax Planners™, the premier organization providing ongoing education in proactive tax-planning strategies. Christina is a frequent guest on popular podcasts, frequently speaks on changes in tax regulations, has released the book Thinking Outside The Tax Box, and is a popular instructor for several continuing education providers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tax Liens.  Ever heard of them?  Neither had I. Today’s guest, Saen Higgins (http://wealthformulaacademy.com) teaches us how to use Tax Liens to begin your real estate investing empire, even if you don’t have a ton of start up capital or experience.  This was one of the more fascinating shows I can remember, and I’m instantly taking his course on the tax lien strategy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For his 12th appearance on the show, our bud Joel Comm (http://badcryptopodcast.com) is back talking about all things NFT, Web 3.0, and Metaverse.  It’s becoming more and more apparent that this is a technology (movement?) that is necessary for us to learn as we move forward.  In my opinion, it’s this generations “real estate”…meaning, when we meet someone in 20 years who’s a multi millionaire, they will have invested in these technologies today and that’s how they got successful. Check out Joel’s new show, The NiFTy Show, wherever you get your podcasts.  http://theniftyshow.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices