The Jeremy Ryan Slate Show

Preston Smiles has lived a lot of life in his 35 years, and it has made him into person wanting not just to share his journey but share the love. Preston grew up in Compton, and was influenced by gangs at a young age, and was made to believe he was stupid. He father wanted better for him and sent him to live with a friend in Pennsylvania, where he became like the real-life Fresh Prince of Belair, this started a series of realizations for him, and set him off on path to find what was missing from the word. Preston found that real love was the thing missing from the world, and his on a mission to teach others to “Love Louder.” In This Episode: Dealing with being singled out. Having a second chance at life. Realizing that social groups can be the same. Finding your passion accidentally. What makes a speaker. Funding your passion until it funds itself. Becoming a motivational speaker. Preston’s Favorite Quote: “Love will find a way, everything else will find an excuse.” Preston’s Book and Favorite Book: Links From Today’s Show: www.prestonsmiles.com www.jeremyryanslate.com/strategy Today’s Sponsor: www.iboommedia.com

Kiri Masters is the founder of Bobsled Marketing, and a self-identified Amazon Junkie! She started her first bootstrapped product business, I Like That Lamp, in 2013. Launching the products on Amazon had such a transformative effect on the business that she left her job as a commercial banker in New York in early 2015. Kiri founded Bobsled Marketing after recognizing that many product businesses would benefit greatly from being Amazon, but have neither the time or experience to properly launch their products there. She developed a comprehensive process to launch and optimize product listings on Amazon to drive maximum revenue through the channel. This same process has now been replicated by the Bobsled Marketing team for over 150 products across most product categories on Amazon. Originally from Australia, Kiri lives in Brooklyn, NY with her husband. In This Episode: The benefits of Amazon over Ebay Why business should move to sell on Amazon What is Amazon FBA and how can it benefit established companies? What companies need to understand about the Amazon platform. Optimizing your product and listing for higher views. Breaking down Amazon’s search algorithm.  Why giveaway’s aren’t worth it. What every new brand needs to know.   Kiri’s Favorite Quote: “Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” –Napoleon Hill   Kiri’s Favorite Books: The Four Hour Work Week - Tim Ferriss Links From Today’s Show:www.jeremyryanslate.com/strategy www.bobseldmarketing.com Today’s Sponsor: www.iboommedia.com

Why People Can’t Say No:People seem to lack the ability to tell others no. It comes off as rude, and they make the other wrong for continually reaching out to them. Communication:When people are having personal or business issues, as of recently, they seem to lack the ability to communicate. I tell my team always if you communicate to me I can help you, but if you don’t its not helping anyone. In this episode, why explore why that happens and also look at ways that as a salesperson, you can be responsible for both sides of the conversation.  

Justin Matthew has very quickly made himself the name in social media. For many of us, social media can be a very confusing thing to consider. However, in this episode, just takes you through exactly what you need to do when you get started, what resources to find, what tools to get and even what the best platform for ROI is in his opinion; this episode is sure to be educational for the digital brander or the hesitant digital brander. You may not be active on every single platform, but you need to be there — the space is not going away, so here’s you chance to not only learn some of the rules but also how to excel in the social space. In This Episode: Figure out your marketing and who is important Look at your Twitter Analytics Use “Bulk Engage” on Manage Flitter How to EFFECTIVELY use Twitter Direct Messages The value of Google +1’s in SEO The value in extensive research Developing your social voice and sticking to it The Importance of headlines and images Why Facebook is the best network to concentrate on Getting started with Facebook Ads the RIGHT Way Tools to Check Out Twitter Analytics Mange Flitter Crowd Fire Jon Loomer’s FB Ad Blog   Links From Today’s Show:www.iboommedia.com www.jonloomer.com www.manageflitter.com www.crowdfireapp.com Today’s Sponsor:

Jason Bay is the founder of Gen Y success, it started as a podcast, but now its become so much more. Jason originally started school and intended to be a CSI, but then he learned that it wasn’t quite like the 47 minute TV show, and he wouldn’t be on many crime scenes. Once things changed for Jason, he wasn’t quite sure what he would do, then he happened onto an internship at school. He then was catapulted into rapid business training and quickly became an expert in his field. He sought to fill the vacuum left by a lack of Gen Y entrepreneurial experience, and thats why he started Gen Y Success. In This Episode: Hiring your first employee. The value in an internship. Learning to deal with rejection. What you have to do to really be successful. Using freelancing to build your business. How to break your goals down.  

Ryan Stewman, first and foremost is a salesman. Ryan has not had a salaried job his entire life. By mastering the art of being a super effective communicator, Ryan has closed more transactions than he has time to add up. Besides, no one likes looking at super inflated numbers that are just a guess. With his no BS approach to making things happen, Ryan has been able to help high income, and high net worth performers make adjustments in their businesses that have led to windfalls of profits for them. Ryan’s background is in the mortgage industry. He was a loan officer in Dallas, Texas for almost 10 years. During his time as a LO Ryan closed 1000s of loans for people across the country. Ryan has been the top producing salesman at every sales job he’s had. Doesnt’ matter if you are selling cars, homes, financial services, or consulting, Ryan can help you generate more leads with higher quality, increase your closing ratios and show you how to charge premium fees for the items you sell. Ryan was born and raised in Dallas, Tx and is probably the proudest Texan you will ever meet. He’s also a father to the future greatest salesman in the world aka Mr Jax. Lastly, Ryan would like me to tell you to hire him. You can check his LONG track record of helping top producers hit a level in business they never before imagined. You won’t find any negative reviews from any of his paying clients, past and present, anywhere. He ALWAYS delivers what he says, and his track record proves it.   In This Episode: Inspiration starts with Zig Ziglar. Getting started in sales young. Rebuilding your career after a prison sentence. How did the Dodd-Frank Act affect securities? Why blue-haired ladies are Hardcore Closers How permission-based selling can work for you. Why 99% of salespeople fail at followup. What to hire first when you scale your business.   Ryan’s Favorite Quote: “Elevate them to the top”   Ryan’s Favorite Books: Ultimate Sales Machine - Chet Holmes Links From Today’s Show:www.clyxo.com/closer hardcorecloser.com Today’s Sponsor:

We have all been there, we were all young. I cannot help but to wonder have times really changed that much? In speaking with friends I think back, and yes, I was not that engaged as an individual. However, did I ever reach this level I am not really sure. It seems its not just a lack of engagement, but a total lack of effort. The youth today seems to totally lack any motivation. I say this not just about students, but at 27, I am also speaking about those of my own generation. I seem to know so many my age that not only do not work, but really seem to have no motivation for life. What has happened to us? I say this not as the old codger, but rather I say it just as an observer. This is not to say that all millennials are bad, because in fact they have been a huge source of innovation. However, the generation below myself is quite concerning to me. It seems that many things can be pointed to as part of the issue, not only the welfare state, but also technology as well. As a people we have little patience; social media has rewired our brains in such a way that we cannot wait for anything. People just do not even complete simple tasks, as simple as not even cleaning up garbage. Its always pushed aside and blamed on someone else, but what can be seen in garbage can be seen in many things. We have a total lack of accountability, everyone seems to be looking for the next person that they can shift the blame upon. There in lies the problem: the situation cannot be solved if there is no one to take the blame for it. Just like the first step of AA, someone needs to admit that a problem exists. If there is no admitted problem, then there is no one to readily accept a solution; if something is not wrong then a solution is not needed. I saw a political cartoon just the other day that made this real for me. In the cartoon, there are two images of parents reactions now and parents before the 1960’s. In the earlier picture, the parents are questioning the student about his grades and why they are so poor. In the second, the parents are angrily questioning the teacher why the student’s grades are poor. Its simple, but its a good explanation of just where the problem starts. I have never been a parent, though I hope to one day be, so I cannot profess to be an expert. I am left with an essential question: “Do we love our kids too much?” We all love our kids, and want them to succeed, but do we do too much for them? We have to hold them responsible and teach the accountability; that is where it starts. Think of it like a ripple, it starts in the home, and it starts with the baby boomers, the generation after World War II. Their parents spoiled them with the new idea of American wealth. They loved them so very much and wanted to give them the world that they never had; that’s a wonderful thing. The problem is, that they never learned self-sufficiency, and from that started a cycle. Each successive generation spoiled their youth, and less and less was expected. I’ll admit it, my parents spoiled me, but they did teach me the responsibility to be an adult. That is the problem, we are not showing our kids we love them by not teaching them that life is not fair. However, that being said, I think Gen Y actually has an amazing mind for entrepreneurialism. They have differing views than the rest of a society that has not kept up with the shifting tides, one that in a few years, will totally be in their court. They have different core values, which are tied to freedom and not long, hard hours. Rather, they want a business that can scale quickly and produce income that is not tied to their hours; they understand their hours are limited. These are the growing pains of society, tied to a generation that has learned from observing their parents.

The Millennial generation I feel like gets a raw deal, there’s a lot of hustle there, but its a different type than a lot of people are used to, and because of that, they’re not sure how to react to it. I wanted to get to the hear of the matter, and bring in some that I saw with a lot of hustle, so today, we have 5 minutes from 18-year-old Jared Dykas. He has helped to put together a really active group in RECN and managed to not only meet Gary Vaynerchuk, but also run an even with him. I’ll let Jared tell you in his own words the different type of hustle that he sees from his generation; this is shot, but strap yourself in.   Links From Today’s Show: www.jeremyryanslate.com @JaredDykas RECN Facebook Group  

Laura Coe is an entrepreneur, author, and mom. At 24, she co-founded a healthcare tech business and later sold it to a Fortune 500 where she stayed on as an executive. After 11 years of success in business, she found herself very successful, and very unfulfilled. So, she tried yoga, alternative medicine, and anything she thought would help me feel fulfilled. But nothing worked. Obsessed with the idea of fulfillment, she dove into its philosophical roots and discovered that she was "emotionally obese"-- she had layers upon layers of assumptions, fears, and negative thoughts that had piled on over the years like "emotional fat" and in order to lose them, she had to learn to shed the "emotional weight." In This Episode: Organizing Information can be profitable. Figuring out purpose in work. Understanding who you surround yourself with. How to understand what people are really saying. The value in mentorship. Learning when and how to delegate. Understanding the difficulty in being an entrepreneur.   Laura's Favorite Quote: "The still point in the turning world." — T.S. Elliott Laura's Favorite Book: T.S. Elliott Anthology Links From Today's Show: www.emotionalobesity.com www.lauracoe.com Today's Sponsor:  

Nate Smith recently built an info product business in the music niche - at The8020Drummer.com - to high 4-figures monthly passive income. Now he's helping other entrepreneurs do the same. He's applied the Pareto Principle to marketing in a way that other didn't think was possible. Last year, at a conference called DCBKK, He listened to a speaker named Jake Puhl talk about mindset. If you're making less than 250k/year, he said, your problem is probably mindset. He started asking himself framing questions to reveal where he was on his own way. In the end, it all boiled down to assuming things were impossible just because he hadn't seen them succeed yet. He then went on journey, which initially, was not a profitable one, but succeeded in creating freedom for himself; here's his story. In This Episode: Transitioning from employee to full-time entrepreneur. The highs and lows of being an entrepreneur. What happens when cognitive dissidence occurs with you day job? Creating the entrepreneur mindset. Re-evaluating after your first product fails. Surveying your audience to find what they'll buy and how much they'll pay. Where to start out when writing copy. Learning what your customers want? Getting your list to be more engaged. Going where your audience is.   Nate's Favorite Quote: "If you're making less than 250k/year, he said, your problem is probably mindset." — Jake Puhl Nate's Favorite Book: The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich Links From Today's Show: The Adweek Copywriting Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Writing Powerful Advertising and Marketing Copy from One of America's Top Copywriters www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com www.8020marketingguy.com www.taylorpearson.me Today's Sponsor: