
The Influential Personal Brand Podcast
Build and monetize your personal brand. This show is full of some of the best marketing tips for (aspiring) influencers, entrepreneurs, speakers, authors, coaches, executives, and anyone who wants to get their message out to more people. You’ll learn the strategies and tactics that any service-minded messenger can use to find their uniqueness and separate from all the noise to create more impact, influence, and income. Each episode is hosted by New York Times bestselling author and Hall of Fame Speaker Rory Vaden, and his wife, business partner and CEO of Brand Builders Group, AJ Vaden. Brand Builders Group is trusted by people like Lewis Howes (School of Greatness Podcast), Julie Solomon (The Influencer Podcast), and Chalene Johnson (Build Your Tribe Podcast) to provide personal branding expertise for themselves and/or their audiences.
Latest episodes

Apr 23, 2024 • 47min
How to Become a Great Writer with Bill Blankschaen
Joining us on this episode is Bill Blankschaen, a best-selling author, as he shares insights on what it takes to become a great writer. From timing your book writing to embracing technology and collaborative writing, Bill provides valuable tips to elevate your storytelling game. Learn how StoryBuilders can help bring your dreams to life and connect with Bill to enhance your writing journey.

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Apr 19, 2024 • 14min
3 Tips for Awkward-less Networking
Learn how to navigate the discomfort of networking with three key strategies: compliments, questions, and offering value. Discover the art of authentic interactions, building relationships, and networking tips for various settings.

Apr 16, 2024 • 30min
Small Business Success Secrets with April Garcia
Expert April Garcia shares secrets for small business success by applying big business principles, emphasizing the importance of processes, focusing on serving the right clients, and redefining SMART goals. She discusses the balance between craft perfection and sales, highlighting the need for market feedback and embracing imperfection. Listeners are encouraged to scale appropriately, manage expenses, and align goals with mindset for success.

Apr 12, 2024 • 13min
Entrepreneur Mindset
Learn about the key characteristics needed for an entrepreneurial mindset, importance of quality over size, serving the community and hiring the best talent for sustainable growth in business

Apr 9, 2024 • 20min
How to Go From 0 to 8 Figures in 5 Years
Learn key strategies for achieving eight-figure success in five years, from sales and revenue to hiring the right talent. Discover the advantages of customer feedback, delivering exceptional value, building a trustworthy team, and putting spirituality first. Get valuable insights on navigating change and building for long-term growth in startups.

Apr 5, 2024 • 0sec
6 Tips to Scale the Profits of Your Personal Brand | Jeremie Kubicek Episode Recap
A key principle we teach at Brand Builder’s Group is the idea that the depth of your impact is far more important than the width of your reach because, ultimately, new customers are the most expensive and returning customers are the most profitable! Today on the Influential Personal Brand Podcast, we delve into six tips to help you scale the profits of your personal brand. Tuning in, you’ll hear all about the Fractal Math Concept, why new customers are the most expensive kind, and how our community can serve you and your personal brand for life. We even break down key questions we always ask ourselves to increase monetization by providing better services to our customers. This episode is jam-packed with pearls of wisdom that will help you scale your personal brand to new heights, so be sure to press play now!

Apr 2, 2024 • 32min
How To Build a Personal Brand That Has Enterprise Value with Jeremie Kubicek
Most personal brands you may come across often do not have associated businesses. Creating a personal brand you can leverage for an enterprise requires a vastly different approach. In this episode, we sit down with Jeremie Kubicek to discuss how to turn your personal brand into a business with enterprise value. Jeremie is one of the best in the personal brand space and is a globally recognized keynote speaker, author, and relational intelligence expert who has been transforming leaders and teams since 2013. He is also the CEO and co-founder of GiANT Worldwide, a global media and content development company. In our conversation, we unpack the steps needed to build a scalable enterprise and the main takeaways of his new book, The Communication Code. We discuss his experience in the enterprise space, how he closed a significant sponsorship deal, and his entrepreneurial roots in events. Hear about the gap he saw in the content space and how it led to a scalable business. Discover how he is helping build businesses and communities through his brand while generating revenue. Explore how he cultivated his brand into a SaaS company, built a growing and recurring revenue, and his alternative partnership-centric approach to business. Gain insights into effective communication, unlocking The Communication Code, the five code words of communication, and much more! Tune in now!

Mar 29, 2024 • 10min
How to Know When You Are Ready to Launch | Melanie Ann Layer Episode Recap
Discover the key to knowing when you're ready to launch your business, focusing on simplicity and genuine assistance rather than perfection. Explore the journey from doubt to inner conviction, emphasizing faith, action, and helping others. Learn the importance of audience engagement, reviews, and sharing for building a strong business reputation.

Mar 26, 2024 • 42min
Building a Huge Business Without Having a Huge Audience with Melanie Ann Layer
Melanie Ann Layer, CEO of Alpha Femme, shares how she built a multi-million dollar business without a huge audience, focusing on authenticity, personal storytelling, and client transformation. She made her first million with less than 10,000 Instagram followers, emphasizing excellence, impact, and constant personal growth in business strategies. The podcast encourages audience engagement and highlights the value of building a personal reputation in the podcasting world.

Mar 22, 2024 • 18min
4 Techniques to Make Your Content Go Viral
Building a sustainable business, focusing on systems, and developing people is far more profitable in the long run than any viral marketing campaign could ever be. That being said, a successfully viral social media post can have the reach of a major game-day commercial for a fraction of the cost, so it’s certainly a tool worth having in your toolkit! In this episode, we share four techniques to make your content go viral. From trends to watch for to the anatomy of a ‘hook’, how to create one, and much more, this podcast is jam-packed with tips and strategies to help you cut through the digital clutter, command attention, and transform your content into a viral sensation, so be sure to tune in today!