The Solopreneur Hour Podcast with Michael O'Neal

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Today’s episode is with Anthony “AJ” Joiner, who designs and executes webinars for radio and media personalities in Atlanta.  He also happens to be a Sololab member, joining my group around 18 months ago.  When we first chatted, he had many business ideas (As most of us do), and we got him focused on one thing:  Webinars.  Since then, he’s created a killer, scaled webinar business, and he’s here to share his secrets with us today.  Get your Evernote ready, because this one is a doozy. AJ grew up in a small town in Louisiana and was raised by his grandmother. AJ’s grandmother dropped out of high school at 6th grade to raise her siblings but would always talk to AJ and his siblings about the importance of education. As well as her day job she had other entrepreneurial ventures on the side like cleaning houses and iron clothes. She would charge $2 a shirt and get the children involved ironing the shirts and give them a dollar for every shirt they did. AJ’s grandmother taught him valuable lessons in hard work, service to others and what entrepreneurship truly means. Solving a problem, figuring out what people wanted, then figuring out a way to charge people for it, once I sell it to you now you are my customer what else do you want AJ’s grandmother first solved a problem by cleaning houses then figured out what else the customer want so she introduced iron shirts followed then by yard work as she developed relationships with her clients. Mike and AJ Discuss: * Growing up in Louisianna with hustle * Surrounding yourself with the right people * Leveraging Relationships * Growing your email list * Differences from radio to podcasting * Doing one thing * Investing in yourself * Webinars [51:40] “I stopped trying to do something and I started to trying to be somebody, so I became the Webinar guy” Some Steps when creating your Webinar [51:40] Breakdown the knowledge you want to share with your audience into different modules Create a Sales Page – Check out examples on JVZoo & Clickbank in your niche of Sales Copy Create your Hero Story, it will make you more relatable Create a Sales Webinar (which is the free Webinar before the paid Webinar) and include: Who you are What qualifies you as the person that is going to sell your product. Your background Why are you the expert Talk about some of your successes Share a story of struggle Promote on your social media and run ads on Facebook and Twitter Before the Webinar is due to go live, write or have written 4 or 5 articles related to the content on the Webinar Add these articles to an autoresponder so your audience will receive these over a 4 week period leading up to the Webinar To find out more listen to AJ get really detailed in the show. Links and Resources   * https://anthonyjoiner.com * https://1kwebinarworkshop.com * JVZoo * Clickbank * CoPromote * Twitter Ads * Facebook Ads * Canva * iwriter.com * Lead Pages and Lead Digits * Facebook Groups * Evergreen Business Solutions  * GotoWebinar  * Ejunkie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

He’s “your Facebook ads guy’s favorite Facebook ads guy”.  And the one that the pros turn to.  On today’s episode, we chat with Rick Mulready (https://rickmulready.com) about Facembook ads, YouTube ads, Instagram ads…you name it. We answer the question…is Facebook relevant anymore? Where you should be spending your ad money. How Rick would make money if he only had a $1000 budget, all in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

…and how to fix them. On today’s show, I run down some questions featured on the Proudly Unemployable Facebook Group and answer them on the show.  Note:  This episode is straight FIRE…so don’t burn your ears!   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

on this Solopreneur 1/3 hour I catch you up on some news, talk about how to make a landing page, join a mastermind, and stop making excuses for why you haven’t built your business or had your fun yet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today Erin Cell and I chat about what’s working in 2018 for Social Media, chatbots, and Social Media Day Denver! Follow Erin @sociallypowered everywhere. https://socialmediadaydenver.com.  Use promo code “solohour50” for 50 bucks off your ticket!!   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this Topic-based miniseries, this is part 2 of how to create grow and monetize a YouTube channel.  This episode features the first half of my conversation with Brian G. Johnson, and we dig deep into how to initially set up your youtube channel, your brand and your artwork, and how to deconstruct the analytics for further growth. Find Brian G Johnson on Youtube: Brian G. Johnson TV on Youtube Tube Ritual, Vol.1 on Amazon Follow my new Youtube Channel (If you’re a car geek) rennch.com/youtube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode (which is a DOOZY!) we celebrate 9 Million Downloads together.  (Warning:  This episode is FULL of actionable advice that you will probably end up taking to move your life forward…sorry about that.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to episode 706 of The Solopreneur Hour! I love episodes like today’s when I get to speak to not just one guest, but two. And today’s duo is even better: they are a married couple who now run a super successful online business helping other couples do the same. Shane and Jocelyn Sams of Flipped Lifestyle are here to chat about what it’s like to run a business together, what led them to create their brand and what’s next. All of that and more on episode 706 of The Solopreneur Hour. More About The Flipped Lifestyle From the mountains of Kentucky, Shane and Jocelyn Sams have built an empire with digital products. But neither of them started out as entrepreneurs; in fact, it took a bit of proof to get Jocelyn on board! When they first struck out into the online marketing world they were both working full-time and raising their son (they have since had a daughter). Shane found podcasts and listened to one of Pat Flynn’s Smart Passive Income episodes. He thought he had struck gold, Jocelyn wasn’t so sure until one of Shane’s AdWords accounts started making some money. It wasn’t much, but it was enough to pique her interest. Until that point Shane had been learning about and trying numerous strategies to make money online. But Jocelyn initially focused on digital products and used what she already knew, lesson plans, to build a business. That simple strategy paid off for them; today they run several businesses together and earn multiple six figures annually. On This Show You’ll Also Discover: * Does Shane miss coaching at all? * What is an 11 cent moment and why is it important? * The most common reason people fail. * What is the 168-hour calendar and how does it apply to business? * What book changed Shane’s life? * And much, much more! The secret to their success is a simple formula they now teach other families with their flipped lifestyle business. That simple formula is this: take what you know, find an audience, find out what they need and create a product for them. Build a web site, get a payment button on it and go. It doesn’t have to be perfect, it just needs to be good and it needs to help your audience. Using that formula for themselves and for their audience, their success blossomed. Initially they were selling a thousand dollars’ worth of products, then it became five figures a month, then six. It didn’t take long for them to leave their jobs (Shane was a history teacher and a football coach, Jocelyn was a librarian), and work from home together full-time. And that brought with it its own set of challenges. They learned how to prioritize their time, and how to work together and stay sane! To stay sane they simply take time apart. They may go to the gym together but Jocelyn will go to a class while Shane hits the weights. Jocelyn might run with friends, and Shane makes time for playing his X-Box with his brother. One of the key points they also share on today’s show is the 168-hour calendar. We all have 168 hours in a week, it’s the same for every single person on the planet. Shane and Jocelyn decided to map out what they do with their 168 hours. Using accounting paper with a grid on it containing 168 squares, they filled in each square with how they spent their time. They looked for places they could stop doing less productive things and add business-building time instead. While they were both still working full-time jobs they gave up cable TV and replaced that time with business activities and their family. It helped them leave those jobs, and it’s a technique they still use today. On today’s episode they share the impact this technique has had for them, their clients as well as the most common reason they see people fail with an online business and how they handled the logisti... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today I go over 10 ways to monetize your solopreneur business, whether you’re running a podcast, youtube channel, blog, or any other solopreneur biz! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices