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It’s the weekend, and that means more listener Q&A! Today, one audience member wants to know if our loveable host Omar ever does free speaking engagements, or if there’s a minimum fee to get the man himself on stage. As an experienced speaker who’s worked dozens of events over the years, Omar had to earn the right to charge speaking fees- but that doesn’t mean he never works pro bono. Take a listen, and hear how he does the math. Click play! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Insightly Insightly is an affordable Customer Relationship Management (or CRM) application used by companies to help them run their business better. If you’re still using spreadsheets or email to manage your customers, get out of the dark ages and ignite your business with Insightly! Sign up for a free 14-day trial at www.insightly.com and start seeing results today! Show Links: WebinarNinja The post MBA707 Q&A Weekends: Do you ever speak at events for free or do you have a minimum fee? appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Happy FREE RIDE FRIDAY!!! Today’s episode is an exciting first. It’s Part I of a recurring series on a topic so important, we need a few podcasts to cover it! That topic is product improvement. When it comes to perfecting your product (no matter what kind of product it is), you are never, ever done. From Minimum Viable Product to the latest and greatest iteration, evolving what you sell is the key to long-term success. Click play to hear the first in this fantastic multi-episode series! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Web Hosting with Unlimited Disk Space, Bandwidth and 24/7 Technical Support. All $100 MBA listeners get 30% off hosting! Just visit hostgator.com/mba30! Show Links: WebinarNinja The post MBA706 Steps to Improving Your Product P1 Plus Free Ride Friday! appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Love your business, love your product, love your customers, but hate selling? You’re not the only one! Today we discuss exactly how much selling an entrepreneur needs to do. The twist? Selling doesn’t have to be a chore. In fact, it shouldn’t be! Click play, and hear why selling is simply a matter of being good at telling the truth. You might find out you like sales more than you thought! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Web Hosting with Unlimited Disk Space, Bandwidth and 24/7 Technical Support. All $100 MBA listeners get 30% off hosting! Just visit hostgator.com/mba30! The post MBA705 How Much Selling Do You Need To Do In Your Business? appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Haters are everywhere, but social media seems to be the haters’ true paradise. So what should you do when the online peanut gallery starts hurling invective your way? Today we discuss how to shut down the worst offenders, professionally and effectively. It’s your business: defend it! Click play! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Web Hosting with Unlimited Disk Space, Bandwidth and 24/7 Technical Support. All $100 MBA listeners get 30% off hosting! Just visit hostgator.com/mba30! The post MBA704 How to Defend Your Business On Social Media appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Thank you! It’s a simple phrase, but your Thank You Page (or Confirmation Page) needs to say so much more! Today, we discuss everything that page needs to be and do. It’s a crucial part of the onboarding process that should move your customer to the next step in using your product. Done right, it’s the beginning of a great and profitable relationship. Click play to hear more! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Sumo The #1 tool to grow your website’s traffic and your email list. Sumo powers almost 400,000 websites! Best of all, it’s free! Get started with their basic plan over at Sumo right now! Braintree Have you found the right payments partner to grow with you? Braintree lets you accept every way to pay, from Paypal to Apple Pay and everything in between. All it takes is one integration. And it doesn’t matter what currency your customers use: because Braintree lets you accept over one hundred and thirty of them. To learn more about how your company can grow with Braintree, visit braintreepayments.com/mba. Show Links: WebinarNinja The post MBA703 How to Create Effective Thank You Pages appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Once again, it’s time for a stellar lesson from a stellar guest teacher! Today we’re visited by Kary Oberbrunner, an expert in the art of turning writing into revenue. He’s not here to teach you how to write a book, or even how to sell one. He’s here to show you how to create additional revenue streams based on your book- 7 of them! Whether you’ve written your first book yet or not, this is how to convert it into cash. Listen in! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Web Hosting with Unlimited Disk Space, Bandwidth and 24/7 Technical Support. All $100 MBA listeners get 30% off hosting! Just visit hostgator.com/mba30! Show Links: Say Hi! to our Guest Teacher in today’s episode! Kary Oberbrunner @karyoberbrunner and visit karyoberbrunner.com/100mba ignitingsoulsconference.com johnmaxwell.com teachable.com zoom.us The post MBA702 Guest Teacher: Kary Oberbrunner- How to Turn your Book into 7 Additional Streams of Income appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It’s Q&A Weekend, and today we’ve got a question about some seemingly high-priced online courses. Is $2k too much to spend on a course? The answer depends on several factors. We discuss the signs of a course that’s worth it, red flags common to courses that aren’t, and what factors you should consider before dropping four figures on professional development. Hit the play button! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: We Are Podcast is the first podcasting conference in the Southern Hemisphere back for round 2 in 2016. There will be a mixture of keynotes, panels, workshops, in-depth sessions and networking activities. Each ticket educates at least 100 children from Cambodia, India and Zimbabwe. From the 13th of June until the end of ticket sales, get $100 OFF the ticket price by going to WeArePodcast.com/100mba. Earth Class Mail Earth Class Mail moves your snail mail into the cloud. You can get all your mails scanned and accessible online 24/7. Start receiving all your business correspondence at one of our prestigious addresses. Visit earthclassmail.com/mba and get your first month of service for free! Show Links: iwillteachyoutoberich.com The post MBA701 Q&A Weekends: What are your thoughts on investing in a $2000 online course? appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Welcome to our 700th episode, and another round of Q&A! Today, we’re asked how much time we spend on our SEO. For those who don’t know, Search Engine Optimization is everything you do to climb the Google rankings. But is it actually possible to manipulate search engines this way? Yes and no. Click play to find out what we mean! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Sumo The #1 tool to grow your website’s traffic and your email list. Sumo powers almost 400,000 websites! Best of all, it’s free! Get started with their basic plan over at Sumo right now! Earth Class Mail Earth Class Mail moves your snail mail into the cloud. You can get all your mails scanned and accessible online 24/7. Start receiving all your business correspondence at one of our prestigious addresses. Visit earthclassmail.com/mba and get your first month of service for free! Show Links: WebinarNinja The post MBA700 Q&A Weekends: How much time do you spend on SEO in your business? appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Live events are a great opportunity for presenters and audience members. But are they great opportunities for sponsors? In this episode, we discuss the benefits of event sponsorship, and how to know which events represent the best likely return on your investment. We’ve been on both sides of sponsorship deals, so click play and let our experience shed some light! Also, it’s FREE RIDE FRIDAY!!! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: We Are Podcast is the first podcasting conference in the Southern Hemisphere back for round 2 in 2016. There will be a mixture of keynotes, panels, workshops, in-depth sessions and networking activities. Each ticket educates at least 100 children from Cambodia, India and Zimbabwe. From the 13th of June until the end of ticket sales, get $100 OFF the ticket price by going to WeArePodcast.com/100mba. Lenovo Lenovo is shaping the next generation data center by enabling companies to create scalable cloud infrastructures. We’re talking turnkey infrastructure for private and hybrid clouds that set up, scale and become operational quickly. As always, Lenovo is there to plan, implement, and provide support. Learn more about how Lenovo is transforming the data center at solutions.lenovo.com Show Links: Heroic Public Speaking WebinarNinja The post MBA699 Should You Sponsor an Event? Plus Free Ride Friday! appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Success requires delayed gratification. But how much delay is acceptable? Many go into business resigned to not profiting for months or years. How long is too long? Our answer may surprise you. Today, we discuss the problem with the waiting game, and why “viable” is the operative word in “minimum viable product.” Click play! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: We Are Podcast is the first podcasting conference in the Southern Hemisphere back for round 2 in 2016. There will be a mixture of keynotes, panels, workshops, in-depth sessions and networking activities. Each ticket educates at least 100 children from Cambodia, India and Zimbabwe. From the 13th of June until the end of ticket sales, get $100 OFF the ticket price by going to WeArePodcast.com/100mba. Work smart with QUIP! Skip the endless chain of emails, meetings, chats and document versions by working simpler and faster. Quip is a place for teams to write, edit, share and discuss documents — online or offline. Try it out for yourself. Get 6 months of a QUIP TEAM PLAN for FREE when you visit quip.com/mba! The post MBA698 How Much Time Does it Take to Be Profitable? appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.