141: Small Business Finance – Joan Sotkin

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Joan Sotkin – Small Business Finance

Small business finance is no easy matter. In fact, there are many who believe as my guest today, that unless you get your emotional relationship with money under control, you will never find the success you want in business.

Joan Sotkin is THE expert when it comes to understanding how emotions learned in early childhood can affect a person’s earning capacity as an adult. For over 25 years she has helped entrepreneurs and practitioners experience freedom from struggle personally, professionally, and financially. Thousands have benefitted from Joan’s groundbreaking book Build Your Money Muscles:Nine Simple Exercises for Improving Your Relationship with Money and her ongoing support programs. Joan is a dynamic, inspiring speaker and coach who brings a depth of knowledge plus a huge dose of empathy and compassion to her work.

Small Business Finance – Joan Sotkin

140: Social Media for Business- Gary Loper

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Gary Loper – Social Media Coach

You’re using social media for business but haven’t ventured onto Twitter yet? Shame on you! Twitter is my favorite of the social media platforms. I know it’s confusing, even a little scary but don’t let that stop you from giving a it a try. I have an expert here to help.

Known as a Twitter expert, Gary Loper uses his passion for social media to make a difference 140 characters at a time. He shares powerful ways he has used social media and particularly Twitter to share motivational messages, spread his mission, as well as building better relationships and connections.

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Social Media for Business – Gary Loper

138: Kindle Direct Publishing – Ty Cohen

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Ty Cohen- Kindle Direct Publishing

Ty Cohen is an accomplished publishing expert, internet marketer, personal development coach, mentor, internationally known speaker, former morning talk show radio personality (WCLY 1150 Raleigh, NC) and author who over a decade ago, took a major gamble with his life financially by quitting his corporate job and starting a business of his own.

That business soon became both an offline and online success generating millions of dollars in sales and totally transforming Ty’s life as well as the lives’ of countless others in just a few short years. Over the last 11 years, Ty has taught tens of thousands of individuals how to successfully market, promote & sell their books on Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing Platform using the very same system that allows him to generate upwards of $50,000.00 a month with KDP publishing.

You’ll learn his simple formula for turning life’s obstacles into life’s financial opportunities that will enable you to effectively reach your personal and/or business goals.

Using a unique combination of tested and proven methods and resources, Ty’s goal is to educate and empower individuals just like you with the tools needed to operate a successful business both on and offline.

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Kindle Direct Publishing – Ty Cohen

137: Content Marketing Strategies -Tom Schwab

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Tom Schwab -Content Marketing Strategies

Content marketing strategies are abundant but do you know what works best for your business? Welcome Tom Schwab to the rescue!

Tom Schwab knows how to build an online business with an Inbound Strategy. He led the growth of Goodbye Crutches, a Direct to Patient Private Pay eCommerce Business, from a regional player to a national leader in under 3 years. An expert in Inbound Marketing, Tom helps high potential small companies sell better than Amazon by using an Inbound Strategy.

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Content Marketing Strategies with Tom Schwab

136: Salsa Crazy – Evan Margolin

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Evan Margolin – Salsa Crazy

Evan Margolin isn’t crazy, he’s Salsa Crazy! A true entrepreneur with a unique approach to Amazon selling is my guest on this episode of ACT LOCAL Marketing for Small Business.

Evan Margolin, host of the Sellers Gone Wild podcast, is a serial entrepreneur with over 20 years experience in Internet marketing, online selling and salsa dancing! Evan completed law school 20 years ago and started a video game company, which he then sold and became the company’s Director of Development for the next 10 years. When he decided to break free from his golden handcuffs in 2001, he put his entrepreneurial hat on once again! Evan now has several highly successful businesses. He sells dozens of products on Amazon, he’s the founder and CEO of Salsa Crazy Inc. and Dance Crazy, where he creates and sells dance DVDs online. Salsa Crazy Inc. is the parent company to several local brick and mortar businesses in San Francisco, including a nightclub and a dance school. Evan even continues to teach a Monday night salsa class at his school to about 400 students! Evan is also a co-founder of Online Sellers Law where he is flexing his attorney muscles once again to help online entrepreneurs stay legal.

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Salsa Crazy – Evan Margolin

131: The Membership Economy – Robbie Kellman Baxter

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Robbie Kellman Baxter – The Membership Economy

Robbie Kellman Baxter is the founder of Peninsula Strategies LLC, a management consulting firm, as well as the author of the Amazon Hot New Release in Sales & Selling, The Membership Economy. She coined the popular business term “Membership Economy”, which is now being used by organizations and journalists around the country and beyond.

Her clients have included large organizations like Netflix, SurveyMonkey and Yahoo!, as well as dozens of smaller venture-backed companies. Over the course of her career, Robbie has worked in or consulted to clients in more than twenty industries.

Before starting Peninsula Strategies in 2001, Robbie served as a New York City Urban Fellow, a consultant at Booz Allen & Hamilton, and a Silicon Valley product marketer.

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Author of The Membership Economy – Robbie Kellman Baxter