Podcasting Made Simple

 In episode 054, we are celebrating the first anniversary of the Creating a Brand Podcast! With this celebration we have Alecia Sanfilippo interviewing Alex Sanfilippo on the top 7 steps to building a successful online business. MORE FROM THIS EPISODE: HTTPS://PODMATCH.COM/EP/054#1. PURPOSE“When you know your WHY you will know your WAY.” - Michael Hyatt#2. CLARITY"All organizations start with WHY but only the great ones keep their why clear year after year." - Simon Sinek#3. FOCUS“Follow one Course Until Successful” - Robert Kiyosaki#4. HUSTLE“Today I will do what others won't so tomorrow I can do what others can't - Jerry Rice#5. SIMPLICITY“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” - Leonardo da Vinci#6. LAUNCH"Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection." - Mark Twain#7. ADJUST AND IMPROVE“We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.” - Dolly PartonMORE FROM THIS EPISODE: HTTPS://PODMATCH.COM/EP/054🎟️ UPCOMING EVENT: Podcasting Made Simple Live, our virtual event for podcast guests and hosts! See the details: https://podmatch.com/event. Enter code PMLIVE for free VIP access!

MORE FROM THIS EPISODE: HTTPS://PODMATCH.COM/EP/053Have you ever felt buried or paralyzed by the work you have to do on a daily basis? Or have you ever been unsure of what your next move should be in order to continue to grow your business? Mike Michalowicz is going to help us understand where to focus our attention and what move to make that will cause our businesses to grow faster. MORE FROM THIS EPISODE: HTTPS://PODMATCH.COM/EP/053🎟️ UPCOMING EVENT: Podcasting Made Simple Live, our virtual event for podcast guests and hosts! See the details: https://podmatch.com/event. Enter code PMLIVE for free VIP access!

Are you easily distracted? Do you start your day with an idea of how it’s going to go but by the end of it realize you didn’t get everything accomplished? Do you ever wonder where the time goes? If you answer yes to these questions, Nir Eyal has a solution for you. Here's a 4 step methodology that will teach you how to control your attention and choose your life. MORE FROM THIS EPISODE: HTTPS://PODMATCH.COM/EP/052What does indistractable mean?It is a made-up word. I wanted it to sound like a superpower. If I could have any realistic superpower I would just want to have the power to do what I say I am going to do.4 step methodology to become indistractable: 📑1. Master internal triggers2. Make time for traction3. Hack back external triggers4. Prevent distractionMORE FROM THIS EPISODE: HTTPS://PODMATCH.COM/EP/052🎟️ UPCOMING EVENT: Podcasting Made Simple Live, our virtual event for podcast guests and hosts! See the details: https://podmatch.com/event. Enter code PMLIVE for free VIP access!

Discovering purpose and meaning for your life relates to your brand more than you may think. Many people have no idea where to begin and I’ll admit, this is a topic that often-entire books cannot even capture. Today we learn from Sho. He is a man who truly lives a life of meaning and walks in his purpose. MORE FROM THIS EPISODE: HTTPS://PODMATCH.COM/EP/051Alex and Sho go over these questions:* What is purpose?* Are passion and purpose the same thing?* Do you believe that most people are walking in their purpose and don’t recognize it or is it something that you have to intentionally go after?* What is the correlation between our purpose and our environment?MORE FROM THIS EPISODE: HTTPS://PODMATCH.COM/EP/051🎟️ UPCOMING EVENT: Podcasting Made Simple Live, our virtual event for podcast guests and hosts! See the details: https://podmatch.com/event. Enter code PMLIVE for free VIP access!

What Jeff Bezos has accomplished with Amazon is one of the greatest entrepreneurial accomplishments. This episode explores how he made it happen.MORE FROM THIS EPISODE: HTTPS://PODMATCH.COM/EP/050 Alex and Steve discuss the 4 cycles that Steve has found in the Bezos Letters. 1. Test2. Build3. Accelerate4. ScaleThey also discuss how these things can help anyone grow their business and how to keep the day 1 mentality that has made Amazon what it is today. MORE FROM THIS EPISODE: HTTPS://PODMATCH.COM/EP/050🎟️ UPCOMING EVENT: Podcasting Made Simple Live, our virtual event for podcast guests and hosts! See the details: https://podmatch.com/event. Enter code PMLIVE for free VIP access!

Effectively raising capital for a business start up and (or) finding donors to fund a meaningful nonprofit is often what will make or break a new project or business. Kara Logan Berlin explains the three most important things we can do to become an effective fundraiser. MORE FROM THIS EPISODE: HTTPS://PODMATCH.COM/EP/049Kara tells us that fundraising is not just for Non-profits. If you want people to do the thing you want them to do, there are lots of ways to get there. A lot of it is the relationship-building you do before you ask for what you want. This goes to everything we do no matter the type of business or people that we work with.Alex and Kara cover these 3 topics:#1 The feeling that you have about wealth and money #2 Relationship Building#3 How to ask for what you wantMORE FROM THIS EPISODE: HTTPS://PODMATCH.COM/EP/049🎟️ UPCOMING EVENT: Podcasting Made Simple Live, our virtual event for podcast guests and hosts! See the details: https://podmatch.com/event. Enter code PMLIVE for free VIP access!

Do you want to start a business that makes money? Or do you want to make more money with your business? I believe you’d answer this question the same way I do, which is YES. Dane Maxwell explains how we can achieve this.MORE FROM THIS EPISODE: HTTPS://PODMATCH.COM/EP/048In this episode, Alex is talking to Dane Maxwell on how to start a business that makes money! Dane started out with less than $200 in his bank account and now how multiple successful businesses! Dane started the interview by telling us that "The day I began to succeed was the day I became completely honest with myself." 🕵 Dane tells us his process of how he has started multiple successful businesses.MORE FROM THIS EPISODE: HTTPS://PODMATCH.COM/EP/048🎟️ UPCOMING EVENT: Podcasting Made Simple Live, our virtual event for podcast guests and hosts! See the details: https://podmatch.com/event. Enter code PMLIVE for free VIP access!

If you want to live a successful and fulfilled life, these 4 distinctions between millionaires and the middle class are for you!MORE FROM THIS EPISODE: HTTPS://PODMATCH.COM/EP/047In this episode, Alex Sanfilippo discusses the book "The 10 Distinctions Between Millionaires and the Middle Class" with the author Keith Cameron Smith.They focus on 5 of the distinctions:- Distinction 10 – Millionaires think long term the middle class think short terms- Distinction 9 - Millionaires talk about ideas and the middle class talks about things and other people.- Distinction 8 Millionaires embrace change, the middle class are threatened by change.- Distinction 7 Millionaires take calculated risks the middle class is afraid to take risks- Distinction 1 Millionaires ask themselves empowering questions middle class people ask themselves disempowering questionsMORE FROM THIS EPISODE: HTTPS://PODMATCH.COM/EP/047🎟️ UPCOMING EVENT: Podcasting Made Simple Live, our virtual event for podcast guests and hosts! See the details: https://podmatch.com/event. Enter code PMLIVE for free VIP access!

Do you want to live a more successful life? This scientifically proven 12-minute-a-day mental technique will improve your outcomes in life and business.MORE FROM THIS EPISODE: HTTPS://PODMATCH.COM/EP/046In this episode, Alex Sanfilippo and John Mitchell discuss his 12-minute a day methodology that will help you create an exceptional life of success!The central concept of this methodology is “what you envision in detail on a daily basis is what shows up in your life”.  John saw that this was a great idea, but he had no way to practically apply that to my life. He needed to create a practical application. This is where the 12 minute a day technique came from.He tweaked this technique over the next 9 years. His income went from low 6 figures a year to over 5 million dollars a year. It was a 20-time increase over what he had made over the last 20 years. He also met the goal of finding the woman of his dreams during this time. Next, he sold his business and then began to teach this technique.MORE FROM THIS EPISODE: HTTPS://PODMATCH.COM/EP/046🎟️ UPCOMING EVENT: Podcasting Made Simple Live, our virtual event for podcast guests and hosts! See the details: https://podmatch.com/event. Enter code PMLIVE for free VIP access!

Your long-term success in life and business will depend on your ability to adapt and adjust. Here's how to effectively pivot your business!MORE FROM THIS EPISODE: HTTPS://PODMATCH.COM/EP/045In this episode, Alex Sanfilippo and Jenny Blake talk about how to effectively pivot your business in 4 steps.Overview of the 4 stages of the pivot method:If you are feeling overwhelmed by the idea of making a major change or adjustment in your business, just break your goal down into these small simple steps:1. Plant2. Scan3. Pilot4. LaunchBy using this method instead of simply viewing a pivot as one massive single motion, you will alleviate stress and anxiety. And, this will become a lifelong practice that you will enjoy and it will lead you to more success!MORE FROM THIS EPISODE: HTTPS://PODMATCH.COM/EP/045🎟️ UPCOMING EVENT: Podcasting Made Simple Live, our virtual event for podcast guests and hosts! See the details: https://podmatch.com/event. Enter code PMLIVE for free VIP access!