Perfectly Mentored with Jason Portnoy

Tiffany Toombs is a badass trainer, speaker, author, podcaster with an incredible story to tell. She is a master coach and trainer in Neurolinguistic Programming, helping entrepreneurs achieve their true potential by mindset reprogramming to overcome thought patterns and limiting beliefs. Her techniques include releasing emotional baggage that keeps people stuck in self sabotage and self doubt.In this episode, she will discuss how entrepreneurs in general, can take advantage of the benefits of NLP while understanding emotional intelligence and be able to communicate with others in a way that they will be willing to embrace in-depth change.Show Notes:Tiffany discusses her experience with abuse at seven years old [2:23]Finding inner strength to keep going [7:09]NLP and why is it important? [8:58]Surface level work [11:02]NLP from an entrepreneurial level [12:04]The lonely journey of an entrepreneur [19:23]Dealing with negative criticism [20:31]The concept of projection [22:07]A society of instinct gratification [23:00}It’s a mental game [25:12]The Impostor Syndrome [26:06]Morning and evening routines [31:59]Message for female entrepreneurs [35:34]The key to making your relationship successful [37:01]

Overall, 60% of commerce is now mobile commerce; where the US is at 45% having iMessage as the number one messaging app in the mobile platform. While SMS is highly regulated, mobile is already dominating desktop. ManyChat has the potential to be as big as the top of its own kind.Mike Yan is the Co-Founder/CEO of ManyChat - the number one leading chatbot platform on Facebook messenger. He is an expert on how to use chat marketing in growing and scaling your business, and harness technology through conquering the digital world.In this episode, he will discuss how the features of ManyChat can positively impact your business and be able to maximize leads generation through chat bot automation.Show Notes: Mike’s personal background [1:24] ManyChat features [1:40] ManyChat on SMS Integration [2:35] ManyChat for the Non-Techies [3:16] Marketing on mobile [6:54] Messaging users vs social media users [7:26] Connecting with customers [9:10] Automation, Live Chat and Broadcasting [9:57] ManyChat: SMS Marketing [13:43] Automation + Human Connection [20:25] Best strategies for using bots [34:50] How ManyChat works for local businesses [41:26] Three tips to dominate using ManyChat [48:25] Mike's rabbit hole to success [53:30]

Patrick Kenney is the guest of this podcast episode. He is a direct response copywriter and a YouTube Ads Specialist. As a consultant, he developed the Fully-Booked System that is a tried and true method of converting leads into sales. He is also well-versed in YouTube ads and understands how businesses can make the most of them. On this episode he talks about how to generate more leads using YouTube.

Are you caught in the Freelancer trap? You have clients, but the loss of one or two clients means the loss of your "business." If this is the case, it means you are caught in the freelancer trap. You have work, but you do not actually have a business. You want your business to be working for you and not the other way around.In this episode we will cover: What it means to have a business; not just a side hustle How prospecting on demand is valuable Where do most people fall short in closing the deal with prospective new clients? When to hire your first teamToday, I had the pleasure of talking with Alex Schlinsky, who is the founder and CEO of Prospecting on Demand- a company dedicated to helping entrepreneurs turn their hustle into a profitable business. Alex himself is an entrepreneur, renowned business coach, decorated speaker, author, and so much more. He's been featured on Forbes, Entrepreneur, and Money, just to name a few.

If you're stuck in a funk, whether you've just lost your job, are having relationship problems, or just feel like you're going nowhere fast, this podcast episode is for you. I'm talking to Mario Arace, who's on a mission to elevate others so they can move past their fears and live the life of their dreams.

Marcus Murphy is a well-known leader in the marketing and sales community that has gained attention for pioneering new and effective inside sales techniques. Along with being the prominent Director of Sales at Digital Marketer, Marcus is a respected LinkedIn instructor and speaker. His thoughtful and sharp advice about utilizing the world's largest networking opportunity has helped shape conversations across LinkedIn since the early days of the platform.

Jesse Edler is a person who some might call a visionary. His mission is to assist businessmen and women, and especially entrepreneurs, build their growth strategies in ways that are philosophical, spiritual, and "out of the box." Edler is an international life-coach and a teacher with plenty of heart.In this episode, we will cover: Self-Mastery Remembering what we already know Facing negativityAs Edler says, we arrive knowing our purpose. Our intentions are already in place. He went from having very little to building a 3.2 million dollar business, sold the company, and is now teaching spiritual growth strategies to entrepreneurs.In our interview, Elder lays out the groundwork of how and why we got here and who we are. He explains that all of us arrive here (planet Earth) with a sense of why we are here. Over time, we get immersed in school, family, church, and clubs, and we take on the qualities of these groups. Therefore, we begin to become what these groups say we are instead of being who we are.

I talk with John Parkes, VP of Marketing at ClickFunnels concerning the use of funnels for driving web traffic, increasing conversions, and making sales. Parkes has been in the business for ten years. Marketing and campaigns are Parkes' specialty, and his history of success at buying ads and making millions from sales puts him in the position of what we like to call "expert."We chatted about the his background, the beginning of ClickFunnels, lessons he learned and we asked... "Are websites dead"

From high school dropout to millionaire, Geoff Hughes is a true success story. He made $1.4 million the first year he launched his online business, and built two more seven-figure businesses over the next two years. Geoff took the time to share the secrets of his success with me in a recent podcast.

Justin Brooke isn't afraid to admit it: his life was going nowhere until he discovered the power of the internet. In 2007 he was an intern for Russell Brunson; though it was an unpaid internship, he was able to study Brunson's marketing library and receive what he calls "the education of a lifetime" while he wrote reviews on those marketing courses.Justin put that education to work. One month, he paid only half of his electric bill. He took the money that would have gone to the electric company and created a $2/day ad campaign. At the end of the month, he had earned $150—enough to pay off the bill and give him the confidence to pursue a career in online marketing.With his success, it's time to give back. Justin is proof that it's possible to create a real career this way, and he wants to teach others to do it. As the founder of AdSkills.com, he compiled his knowledge into the tools, courses, and tutorials anyone can use to become a media buyer.This is his story.