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Welcome to The Creator’s Adventure, where host Bryan McAnulty interviews creators from all over the world to hear their stories and discover their secrets to success. Learn how these creative entrepreneurs turned their passion into successful online businesses. Listen to the success stories of creators and how they monetized their knowledge online with courses, community memberships, and coaching. The Creator’s Adventure is a place of learning and community: join us live every Tuesday!
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Mar 13, 2023 • 49min
#54: How Designers Can Partner with Top Brands: the Story of Cat Coquillette
Today Cat Coquillette shares her secrets to building a profitable brand and licensing her illustrations with major companies.
Cat travels the world full-time as a nomadic artist. Her illustrations are inspired by her firsthand observations and encounters around the world.
Whether Cat is painting florals found in the jungles of Vietnam, exotic wildlife from the Amazon Rainforest, or patterns inspired by Scandinavian textiles, her artwork brings a fresh and modern perspective.
Her artwork is licensed through brands like Target, Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie, HomeGoods, and more.
Her brand, CatCoq, aspires to not only provide an exhilarating aesthetic rooted in an appreciation for culture, travel and the outdoors but to inspire people to channel their natural curiosity by expanding their horizons to gain a deeper understanding of our world.
Learn more about Cat Coquillette: https://catcoq.com/

Feb 28, 2023 • 39min
#53: How to Create Meaningful Connections Online with Joshua B. Lee
Joshua B. Lee, also known as “The Dopamine Dealer of LinkedIn” is the founder of Standout Authority, where he helps business owners and professionals humanize their brands.
Over the last 20+ years, Joshua has he has built 16 businesses, focused on LinkedIn to build authentic relationships, written a book called ‘Balance is Bullsh*t,’ and raised a family with his wife and his two kids.
Learn more about Joshua: https://standoutauthority.com/

Feb 21, 2023 • 39min
#52: How Aunia Kahn Built Her Business Dealing With Chronic Illnesses
Aunia Kahn is a multi-faceted creative entrepreneur and a globally awarded, collected, and exhibited figurative artist/photographer, published author, instructor, and inspirational speaker. She is also the owner of Rise Visible a full-service creative digital marketing agency and Create for Healing.
Her work as an artist has been in over 300+ exhibitions in over ten countries. She has also been a guest on podcasts like Entrepreneur on Fire, with 70 million downloads & 1 million monthly listens.
Learn more about Aunia: https://risevisible.com/

Feb 14, 2023 • 53min
#51: How to Write a Best-Selling Book With Publishing Expert Azul Terronez
Today we are talking with Azul Terronez about how to write and publish a best-selling book, how he became a successful author and book coach fighting dyslexia and how publishing a book can help you grow a business.
Azul Terronez is a Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author and book coach who specializes in helping leaders write and publish books that elevate their brand.
As the CEO of the six-figure company Authors Who Lead, he has enabled Wall Street CEOs, professional athletes, and successful YouTubers to write and publish books. He has been a keynote speaker at international education conferences and his TEDx talk, “What Makes a Good Teacher Great”, has been viewed over 3.4 million times.
Learn more about Azul: https://authorswholead.com/

Feb 7, 2023 • 49min
#50: How to Achieve Financial Freedom with Dustin Serviss
Whether you want to get better at saving money or you want to diversify your portfolio, in today's episode Dustin Serviss will teach you how to manage your money the right way and prioritize what is important in your life.
Dustin Serviss is a successful business owner in the wealth and lifestyle design space and he is the founder of Serviss Wealth Management.
Learn more about Dustin: https://servisswealth.com/

Jan 31, 2023 • 35min
#49: How to Become a Team Leader with Maria Aguirre
Today we are talking with Maria Aguirre about how entrepreneurs of all sizes can become better at inspiring their teams and peers and how they can lead by example by delegating and motivating their team members.
Maria Aguirre is a bestselling author, thought leader and leadership online coach. She has been an Aviation Management Professional for the past 27 years, and In September 2022, Maria published her first book, The Square-Peg Leader Delusion, from her proven record of turning dysfunctional, low-performing teams, into consistent and engaged high performers.
Learn more about Maria: https://meaningfulleaders.com/

Jan 24, 2023 • 37min
#48: Master Public Speaking and Communication with Brenden Kumarasamy
Our guest today is an expert at public speaking and communication, and he is going to share his secrets on how to become better at sharing our message with the world.
Welcome to The Creator's Adventure where we interview creators from around the world, hearing their stories about growing a business.
Brenden Kumarasamy is the founder of MasterTalk. He coaches ambitious executives & entrepreneurs to become top 1% communicators in their industry. He also has a popular YouTube channel called @MasterTalks , with the goal of providing free access to communication tools for everyone in the world.
Learn more about Brenden: https://www.rockstarcommunicator.com/

Jan 17, 2023 • 41min
#47: Content Creation for Your Online Business with Melanie Deziel
Learn from leading branded content creator, Melanie Deziel, about crafting authentic content, focusing on quality over quantity, and building trust with your audience. Discover the shift from journalism to branded content, effective content creation strategies, and innovative marketing campaigns.

Dec 20, 2022 • 34min
#46: The Power of Habits with Erica Rooney
How can you change your life, improve your work ethic or get promoted in your job? Adding small but powerful and positive habits to your routine can have a huge impact on your day to day life!
Welcome to The Creator's Adventure where we interview creators from around the world, hearing their stories about growing a business.
Today we are talking with Erica Rooney about the power of setting up new habits and changing your mindset towards life and achievements.
Erica Rooney is an Executive Coach & Consultant, Chief People Officer at Blue Acorn iCi, wife, mom, entrepreneur, and fitness fanatic. She is on a mission to help anyone break out of their sticky floors, and bust through the glass ceiling, to live a life filled with purpose, passion, and peace.
Learn More About Erica Rooney: https://www.fromnowtonext.org/

Dec 13, 2022 • 42min
#45: Up Your Marketing Game and Messaging with Fabi Paolini
Today we are talking with Fabi Paolini about how to be clear on your marketing messaging, reach your ideal clients and position yourself as a premium brand.
Fabi Paolini is a Brand Strategist, Online Business Coach and premium brand designer helping coaches and experts position themselves as authorities online by upgrading their marketing through magnetic messaging that attracts weekly high-ticket sales.
Fabi is originally from Venezuela and arrived in the US in 2015, where she built her business and generated $2 Million over the past 4 years.
Learn more about Fabi Paolini: https://www.fabipaolini.com/