The Solopreneur Hour Podcast with Michael O'Neal

Former New York Giants kicker Steve Weatherford was in Studio today. After retiring from the NFL, Steve has become a motivational and mindset coach that will make you re-frame and re-think most of the decisions you make during the course of the day. His mindset is of a true champion, and if you are in need of some coaching, this episode is going to blow your socks off. Relevant Links: https://www.weatherford5.com Featured ads on this episode: This episode is brought to you by Kartra. KARTRA is the greatest all in one marketing platform on the market today. If you’ve been paying too much for infusion soft, or find click funnels too complicated, many of the worlds premier marketers are switching to KARTRA. To try it for just one dollar, go to https://solohour.com/KARTRA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode, I take you through the process of how I am taking one of my favorite hobbies, and making a solopreneur business out of it. It’s a really fun process that I’ve done over and over again, but this one I’m having an absolute blast with! Relevant Links: My Rennch Youtube Channel: https://www.rennch.com/youtube Featured ads on this episode: Kartra is a page builder, sales funnel builder and marketing automation platform.  Basically, it’s an all-in-one business platform that consolidates your landing pages, sales pages, online courses, membership sites, email system and payments in one place. It’s the system I use for Solopreneur Hour.  For just $1, you can try it yourself right now!  Get a $1 Trial of Kartra right here: https://solohour.com/kartra Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Author Oren Klaff of “Pitch Anything” stops by today to chat about his new book, “Flip the Script”. This book promises to not only teach you the art of persuasion, but to help people think that your idea is actually their idea, thus agreeing with it and pushing it through. Get a free day of coaching with Oren at https://www.orenklaff.com Relevant Links: https://www.orenklaff.com Get the new book, Flip the Script Get the Award-winning book, Pitch Anything Featured ads on this episode: Kartra is a page builder, sales funnel builder and marketing automation platform.  Basically, it’s an all-in-one business platform that consolidates your landing pages, sales pages, online courses, membership sites, email system and payments in one place. It’s the system I use for Solopreneur Hour.  For just $1, you can try it yourself right now!  Get a $1 Trial of Kartra right here: https://solohour.com/kartra Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s episode was recorded in Pat Flynn’s new studio at WeWork in La Jolla California. We used a road pro caster which is a phenomenal bit of Kit. I thought it would be cool to find out what he was thinking and how he prepared for his first real conference, so we jumped in and did a show about just that. As always, Pat brings the thunder and it was a great show. Relevant Links: Get Pat Flynn’s new book, Superfans, here: https://yoursuperfans.com  Featured ads on this episode: Kartra is a page builder, sales funnel builder and marketing automation platform.  Basically, it’s an all-in-one business platform that consolidates your landing pages, sales pages, online courses, membership sites, email system and payments in one place. It’s the system I use for Solopreneur Hour.  For just $1, you can try it yourself right now!  Get a $1 Trial of Kartra right here: https://solohour.com/kartra Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rich Brooks from the entrepreneurial conference Agents of Change, joins us on the show today. We cover topics like how he started the AOC conference, what to expect this year, podcasting, different business ventures, and much more. Hope to see you in September in Maine! Relevant Links: https://solohour.com/aoc Featured ads on this episode: Kartra is a page builder, sales funnel builder and marketing automation platform.  Basically, it’s an all-in-one business platform that consolidates your landing pages, sales pages, online courses, membership sites, email system and payments in one place. It’s the system I use for Solopreneur Hour.  For just $1, you can try it yourself right now!  Get a $1 Trial of Kartra right here: https://solohour.com/kartra Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AJ Roberts from Genesis digital (otherwise known as Kartra), was in studio today, and we covered a bunch of awesome topics including how simple online business could be, how to create an easy infrastructure, and why not knowing everything should not stop you from beginning the process. Relevant Links: https://solohour.com/kartra Featured ads on this episode: Kartra is a page builder, sales funnel builder and marketing automation platform.  Basically, it’s an all-in-one business platform that consolidates your landing pages, sales pages, online courses, membership sites, email system and payments in one place. It’s the system I use for Solopreneur Hour.  For just $1, you can try it yourself right now!  Get a $1 Trial of Kartra right here: https://solohour.com/kartra Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tommy Griffith has been doing search engine optimization for more than 10 years. He previously managed SEO at PayPal and Airbnb, and now runs ClickMinded, a digital marketing training platform for marketers and entrepreneurs. Tommy started ClickMinded as a side project while working full-time at Airbnb. He grew it until it started generating more revenue than his annual salary. Two years ago, he quit Airbnb to go full-time on it and ran into a number of problems in trying to grow the business from there. Relevant Links: Free strategy guides: https://www.clickminded.com/seo-strategy/ https://www.clickminded.com/digital-marketing-strategy/ Blog Post on how he left AirBNB and Paypal to start Clickminded: https://www.clickminded.com/six-figure-side-project/ Featured ads on this episode: Kartra is a page builder, sales funnel builder and marketing automation platform.  Basically, it’s an all-in-one business platform that consolidates your landing pages, sales pages, online courses, membership sites, email system and payments in one place. It’s the system I use for Solopreneur Hour.  For just $1, you can try it yourself right now!  Get a $1 Trial of Kartra right here: https://solohour.com/kartra     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I promise this was going to be a show about affiliate marketing. Amber Spears from East 5th Ave., one of the worlds premier affiliate management firms, was in studio to talk about affiliate marketing. But then we went down a rabbit hole of facing your demons, how to be honest with your friends and relationshiops, and moving on with your life despite past traumas. This is one of the most honest, vulnerable shows I’ve ever done, and we both shared things we’ve never shared in public before. Relevant Links: East5thAvenue.com Featured ads on this episode: Kartra is a page builder, sales funnel builder and marketing automation platform.  Basically, it’s an all-in-one business platform that consolidates your landing pages, sales pages, online courses, membership sites, email system and payments in one place. It’s the system I use for Solopreneur Hour.  For just $1, you can try it yourself right now!  Get a $1 Trial of Kartra right here: https://solohour.com/kartra     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My boy Brad Costanzo of Bacon Wrapped Business (https://bradcostanzo.com | https://baconwrappedbusiness.com) was in studio. We chatted about dialing in your hormones, how to microdose and focus your brain for better results, and touched on a concept he calls “compression coaching”, which offers a compact learning experience if you are on the move or like to move quickly. Then we wrapped it up with a conversation about how to quantify your skillsets with a concept called cognitive keys, which feels like a continuation of the 9 Triangles from the last episode. Relevant Links: https://bradcostanzo.com | https://baconwrappedbusiness.com Featured ads on this episode: Kartra is a page builder, sales funnel builder and marketing automation platform.  Basically, it’s an all-in-one business platform that consolidates your landing pages, sales pages, online courses, membership sites, email system and payments in one place. It’s the system I use for Solopreneur Hour.  For just $1, you can try it yourself right now!  Get a $1 Trial of Kartra right here: https://solohour.com/kartra   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a random list of how I go through life. Some are lessons from my mom, some are just common sense and common courtesy, both of which seem to be lost in 2019. I think if we irritated each other a bit less, and were a bit more thoughtful, we could create a society we’d all be proud of, once again. Feel free to add, or share, or disagree! Would love your feedback on https://instagram.com/solohour. • If you stay at someone’s house, make the bed • If you stay multiple nights, strip the sheets • If someone makes you dinner, eat it and be grateful • If someone opens the door for you, thank them • Hold the elevator if you see people walking towards it • Stay to the right side of the escalator so people can get by you • Better yet, WALK on the escalator. Try a little harder at life. • Keep your head up, not in your phone, while you’re crossing the street • When 3 lanes become 2, merge with every other car…don’t speed up so you go “first” • When you’re making a left turn, get out into the intersection, don’t hold up traffic • If you get in a minor fender bender, move your car off the road onto the shoulder. Don’t park in the middle of the street if your car moves. • If you invite someone to lunch or dinner, pick up the tab • If you invite a friend or a date to a party, introduce them to everyone • If you host a party, welcome all of your guests, and make sure they have a drink in their hand right away • If you’re hiking or walking in nature, don’t blast music with your phone. That’s why they invented headphones. • Buy a random stranger a cup of coffee at Starbucks • Give your leftovers to homeless people • If you’re walking on the sidewalk with your date (and you’re a man) put yourself between your date and potential harms way: You walk closer to the street, and put yourself between her and any shady looking characters. • If you’ve gone on a couple dates with someone, but aren’t interested, tell them like a real man/woman. Don’t just disappear. • If you dirty dishes at a friends house, clean them • If you empty the ice tray, fill it • If you finish the milk, or something in the fridge, replace it • If a friend “lets you crash” at their house for an extended period of time, keep the house spic & span for them • Listen to The Solopreneur Hour Podcast • If you borrow a friends car, fill it with gas • If you snore, and are sharing a hotel room, bring earplugs for your roommates • Get off your phone when you’re checking out at the grocery store, or anywhere else. And take the headphones out of your ears. It’s incredibly rude. • Stop bringing your dog into restaurants and coffee shops. Somehow, we managed to go hundreds of years without this trend. Wrap fido’s leash around a tree or a post out front. They’ll be fine. • Gentleman, open the door for your date, or your girlfriend, or your wife. Car AND Building. • Buy random flowers for your love • Don’t check your phone while on a date • Don’t bury your head in your phone while you’re out with people • When parallel parking on a busy street, check your side view mirror for bicyclists and pedestrians before you open the door. • Use the “yield” and on-ramps as acceleration zones…don’t merge onto a highway at 40 mph • Get out of the left lane unless you’re passing • If you’re driving in the mountains and there are a line of cars behind you, pull over and let them pass. • if you’re at a party and don’t know the host, make a point to seek them out, introduce yourself, and thank them. ADVERTISER Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices