The Solopreneur Hour Podcast with Michael O'Neal

My old friend/mentor (friendtor?) David TS Wood stopped by to chat about his new YouTube show, My Extra Mile, Conversations with David TS Wood. (Click to subscribe) Readily apparent, amongst other things, is that David has a real knack for staying positive during situations that would make most of us fly off the handle.  You can hear on the show how much that has impacted his life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My old bud Steve Sims (http://stevedsims.com) chatted us up today about COVID pivots (he speaks a lot), how he’s branched out from BlueFish, how he’s growing his personal brand, and his Friday virtual happy hour. Steve: Many speakers who claim to be “onions” – i.e. wrapped in mystical and magical layers of enigmatic meaning – have their metaphors mixed up, because they’re typically nothing but smoke and mirrors; get too close, and it’s all style and no substance. Steve ain’t no onion. What you see IS what you get. And what you see and get is a man who you’d probably avoid making eye contact with in an alley — or anywhere else for that matter. After all, a shaved head, Harley Davidson garb and body piercings on a 5’ 11”, 240 lb. frame don’t scream “let’s be friends!” But that’s the irony of it all, because despite his gruff exterior, Steve is remarkably open, engaging, generous, intuitive, insightful and competent – and he’s leveraged all of this to build a remarkably successful entrepreneurial career. Shopping on Amazon? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s, episode, we cover pricing, automation, English as a 2nd language, YouTube, Podcasting, lighting, product prototyping, and more! If you purchase anything from Amazon, consider using http://solohour.com/amazon first (That’s my affiliate link) before you buy.  It won’t cost you anything, but it will put a bit of wind in our sails! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we brought our old buddy back, Toby Salgado, host of the super agents live podcast. We were sort of all over the map in the show, but a common theme was just keeping your head in the game and remember that you ultimately have control of your life right now, even though at times it may not seem so. Relevant Links: https://www.superagentslive.com Featured ads on this episode: If you’re going to order something from Amazon, why not use our affiliate link so it puts a bit of wind in our sales. Just go to Solohour.com/Amazon before you purchase, and everybody wins! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My buddy Chris Krimitsos was on the show today, talking about what I consider to be the best conference of the year, which is Vig Fest and pod fest in Orlando Florida, from March 6 to the eighth. We talked about YouTube, starting a podcast with a great niche and why it matters, why are you should talk about something you love for the next few years, and what it means to “start ugly” Relevant Links: Home Featured ads on this episode: Are you buying anything on Amazon?  use https://solohour.com/amazon before you buy!  It won’t cost anything extra, and helps the show immensely! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sean Cannell from Think Media and I sat down in the lobby of the Mirage Hotel during CES 2020, and dug into how Sean is on the brink of 1 million subscribers on YouTube.  Sean gives SUCH tremendous value on all of his YouTube videos…you often can’t believe that they are free! Think Media on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/THiNKmediaTV Sean’s Book: YouTube Secrets: The Ultimate Guide to Growing Your Following and Making Money as a Video Influencer Check out Kartra…the world’s best “infrastructure” for your Solopreneur business: https://solohour.com/kartra Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I struggled a bit on what to do for this epic episode 800. I finally settled on interviewing one of my good buddies who inspires me daily, professional educator and Drummer Mike Johnston. He’s one of the OG’s of this show, and I’m always amazed how he continually innervates in the entrepreneurial space. Typically I would summarize some of the golden nuggets in the episode, but there were so many that I can’t even quantify. Please enjoy this amazing 90 minute episode with an incredible entrepreneur. Relevant Links: https://www.mikeslessons.com Featured ads on this episode: This episode is brought to you by my favorite all in one marketing platform, KARTRA. Get a one dollar trial to build your own lead magnets, Upton’s, landing pages, membership sites, and more at https://solohour.com/kartra Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the special YouTube episode, I talk about the strategies and research I used to grow my YouTube channel rapidly in the last couple of weeks. One of the most important lessons we can learn in the solopreneur space is patience. I have been plugging away for a couple of years, and on this episode I’ll show you how it’s been paying off. Relevant Links: https://www.solohour.com/vidiq Best Microphone for Podcasting:  https://amzn.to/2EoEVdq Best Camera for YouTube: https://amzn.to/2PsRavE Featured ads on this episode: This episode is brought to you by Kartra. The best business “infrastructure” software on the market today. Get a one dollar trial of Kartra here:  https://solohour.com/kartra Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s show I describe a hack I implemented to increase the views on my YouTube channel I over 620%. Then I cruise through all of your questions, and I got to tell you, it was great to be back! Relevant Links: https://www.rennch.com/YouTube Featured ads on this episode: My favorite all in one marketing platform is Kartra For a one dollar trial, go to https://SOLOHOUR.com/KARTRA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stock market guru Anmol Singh from livetrader.com is on the show today. He talks about how he got his start trading, what kind of person is the perfect profile to become a traitor, how much money you need to do it, what you were expected returns could be, and gives us some great resources and how to learn if you are an absolute beginner. Relevant Links: https://www.livetrader.com https://preppingforsuccess.com/book Featured ads on this episode: This episode is brought to you by KARTRA. KARTRA is the number one platform for marketing automation, CRM, landing pages, automation funnels, and more. For a one dollar trial to try KARTRA, visit https://solohour.com/KARTRA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices