Grow Your Influence Tree: Recent Episodes
Leonard Kim
Want to become an Influencer? Listen as Leonard Kim shares how his guests rose up from ordinary to extraordinary. Leonard’s guests include experts who have built successful personal brands for themselves, or have amazing stories, but expect the unexpected! Growing Your Influence Tree shouldn’t just be a methodical exercise and neither is the show. Get ready for some fun as Leonard brings on successful people from all walks of life and maybe some that will simply successfully entertain you. Don't miss an episode. Join Leonard Kim every Thursday at 1 PM Pacific Time on the VoiceAmerica Influencers Channel and get ready to Grow Your Influence Tree.
Serial entrepreneur & business investor, Danny Cortenraede shares his secrets to getting digital success and have 1 billion views per week!
Danny is the President and Managing Partner of Wannahaves, a first-class digital media agency, and their platform 433, the biggest digital sports content brand globally! The companies have over 55 million followers.
Considered “the home of football (soccer),” Wannahaves & 433 have long term relationships working across digital campaigns for the most established brands in the sports world and the biggest sports clubs.
Danny shares his journey from the corporate world to becoming a serial entrepreneur and investor. He will give insight into have his companies have become such huge influential players in a relatively short time and provide tips to how you can become more influential.
Ann Marie Van Den Hurk is a cyber risk communicator who has worked in the IT space for 25 years. Her website was hacked in 2003 and afterwards, she made it her mission to inform and help others protect their data from intruders and hackers online.
Ann Marie shares her insights and tips on how to prevent outside organizations and predatory people online from accessing your information through some easy steps that anyone could implement to go out there and protect their data from not just large corporations using it, but from being sold on the dark web or being utilized by hackers to access each piece of information that we hold dear to ourselves.
Listen to this episode to learn how to protect your data and keep your financial information, your banking information, your emails, your personal health information, your identifying data and your social media profiles out of the hands of hackers and start to protect what information you're sharing with big companies.
Amanda Sellers is a voice over actress who is building a new business in the meditation space. She wants to build out an entire new business but isn't sure how to do it as all of her prior marketing efforts have been for her voice over acting, voice over coaching and her school, teaching students how to become voice actors.
Since the guided meditation space is completely new to her and doesn't really integrate fully into the voiceover acting she already does, Amanda needs help on figuring out how to integrate the new business into her personal brand seamlessly, as she doesn't want to work towards marketing multiple things as it could become quite cumbersome.
Leonard Kim provides Amanda Sellers with deep insights on how to tie all of her businesses together and operate a personal brand under one central hub that automatically markets all of the businesses that Amanda does, from voiceover acting to meditation and everything in between.
Learn how to build a diverse personal brand.
Freelance Photojournalist/Public Relations enthusiast Derrius Edwards seeks personal brand development insight from renowned marketing specialist Leonard Kim.
Derrius Edwards is a well-versed photojournalist based in North Carolina that serves as a vital source of news-gathering in the field of music, culture and event photography.
I expect to develop a further understanding behind how to better position myself at the forefront of a relatively over-saturated market that caters to such a broad demographic.
It's difficult starting a new website that encompasses all that you are and do and hope to be, what you want to put out into the world, and what you hope to attract in return. I've thought a lot about this website, and I've put a lot into the blogs I've done in the past that have become a part of it, as well as into the book I've written, the books that are being written and the books that are still to be written, all of which become a part of this living, breathing website. I need help making this website reflect all of those things.
Sandeep Parikh is the founder of EffinFunny, a soup-to-nuts production company that creates, develops and produces high-quality, hilarious content for partners including Comedy Central, FX, TBS, Red Hour, and ABC digital. EffinFunny projects have garnered over 500 million views around the world and multiple Webby, Streamy and Telly Awards. Their pioneering Comedy Central web series Legend of Neil broke 10 million views and blazed a trail for the web series format. The award-winning series That Moment When broke ground with its comedic treatment of emerging interactive media formats. Parikh started by hosting underground stand up shows where surprise big names were known to drop-in, and continues to support a diverse roster of career comedians through their YouTube channel.
His latest show, Wizard School Dropout, premiered last week on interactive content platform, eko. In this episode, Parikh will talk about the future of entertainment, influence, and choice-driven content.
Joe Santone is a Risk Assurance professional at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) who is passionate about helping financial services companies better understand business processes, identify key risks, and implement opportunities for improvement. Developing impactful relationships and maximizing value delivery are his priorities.
When Joe is not serving his clients, he enjoys playing golf, collecting vinlys, and trying new restaurants. Joe grew up in Somerdale, New Jersey and currently resides in Philadelphia, PA.
Leonard Kim does a personal brand consult to help Joe take his business and career to the next level.
Shantelle Peltier is a lifestyle transformation specialist, Optavia coach and personal development warrior leading the fight against mediocrity. She has helped thousands get healthy, stay healthy and create a life designed around what matters most to them. Originally from California, Seattle now calls Central Washington home
Currently interested in real estate investing and all things related to creating financial freedom! Leonard Kim does a personal brand consult to help Shantelle take her business and career to the next level.
Becoming great at your craft is one thing. Taking it a step further and building an audience on social media and getting media features in a completely different thing that propels you even further in your career.
Meet Steven Dux. In High School, Steven came to America from China barely knowing the language. When college came around, job opportunities were slim because of the lack of opportunities that an immigrant with an h1b visa are able to take advantage of. The only job that really made sense for Steven was to work overnight letting students into the dorms.
During his time working, he was so bored that he took a deep dive into the stock market. He studied every single resource imaginable and gathered up the courage and made his first trade. He lost half of the $27,000 he invested within two months and turned to his friend for a loan of $10,000. He said that if he couldn't pay it back, he would sell off his car to make the payment up.
One of the most important things you need to build influence is to have the resources to spend on building out your personal brand. Most people work at jobs, operate startups or provide services to generate their income. But what if there was a better way?
Many find the stock market or trading scary because so many people just do not have any clue how to trade. There are so many minute details and one small mistake could cause massive losses. There aren't many people who understand the full statistical analysis and psychology behind how charts move and what ways to trade. There are even fewer people who use technology to manage their trades.
Quant trading is when you are able to combine coding and trading together, to maximize your returns with the least amount of work. Matti Owens (TriForce) has been studying markets over the past 14 years and has been trading for 4 years. Combined with his programming skills in python and easy language to create systems that trade for him.
ZeU Crypto Networks capitalizes on the adoption of distributed ledger technology and creates solutions across diverse industries tackling the challenges associated with big data, security, transparency, and tokenomics.
Within the next decade, distributed ledger technology will pervade daily life. ZeU is positioned to integrate DLT into market solutions for day-to-day life through the use of patented technologies. With its strategic partners, ZeU is committed to creating a flexible ecosystem to nurture innovation with a practical edge.
Jean-Philippe Beaudet is ZeUs Chief Technology Officer. He shares why he joined the team, what’s so special about ZeU, and how ZeU is going to impact the future of blockchain. JP also discusses a few of ZeUs upcoming projects, including MulaMail and a social networking app.
In this episode I talk with Michael Roderick of Small Pond Enterprises about how to create a referable brand. We'll discuss the three main elements needed to make your messaging memorable and your ideas unforgettable. We'll also discuss the best tools for building great relationships and more.
Sarah Ramsingh is a machine learning engineer based in Petaluma, California. While she may understand the backend of the internet, the art of social media is completely lost on her. Her SOS to Leonard has been answered! Sarah wants a personal branding consult to go beyond building her brand, but to effectively communicate on each platform and grow her audience. Leonard Kim deep dives into Sarah’s online presence and shines a light on what can finally rocket her to Mars.
Tara Jaye Frank is a leadership speaker and inclusion consultant who has a decade of experience in diversity, multicultural markets, and women's leadership and is a former Vice President of Hallmark. In 2015, she published her first book called Say Yes: A Woman's Guide to Advancing Her Professional Purpose - a practical tool to help women envision and achieve their professional high grounds.
As a successful speaker on leadership and culture, Tara wants to translate the business wins she's experienced onto her digital platforms. Leonard Kim does an audit on Tara's personal brand to not only reinforce what she is doing right, but what she can do to move the needle in order to propel her personal brand and business to the next level.
Gigi Peterkin is an intentional Business Coach who has 20+ years of experience in Communications, Marketing and Public Relations. She has shattered goals and exceeded expectations for more than 20 years as an Associate Director of Online Media (AstraZeneca) launching the 1st moderated corporate Social Media channels, Vice President Digital Health (Edelman) building a Digital Health Practice & Global Marketing Director (NKI) elevating the nonprofit's brand to the press & donors. She's also an international public speaker.
Gigi realized that the golden thread running through her success is her ability to coach teams and individuals, and create processes to accomplish the impossible. She pivoted her brand to full-time coaching, and wants to scale quickly in the upcoming year.
Leonard Kim does an audit on Gigi's personal brand to not only reinforce what she is doing right, but what she can do to move the needle in order to propel her personal brand and business to the next level.
Dr. Linda F. Williams, DSW discusses what is at the core of influence and how to avoid the pitfalls that drain the resources of too many entrepreneurs. Join this powerful live broadcast, hosted by the inimitable Leonard Kim.
Dr. Arthur P. Ciaramicoli is a licensed clinical psychologist who has been treating clients for more than 35 years.
He has been on many television networks, including CNN, CNNfn, Fox News Boston, Comcast TV, New England Cable News, Good Morning America Weekend, The O’Reilly Report, and other shows.
He is the author of many books, the latest being The Soulful Leader: Success with Authenticity, Integrity and Empathy.
Dr. Ciaramicoli lives in a suburb of Boston with his wife of 35 years.
His website is http://www.balanceyoursuccess.com/. His twitter handle is docapc.
Dr.Ciaramicoli enjoys cycling, spinning, and other sports and his favorite activity is spending time with his wife, daughters, son-in-laws and beautiful grandchild Carmela along the southern coast of Maine.
Jodi Tingling is a Licenced Social Worker and Career Coach at Creating New Steps. She is passionate about helping people who face barriers take the next steps within their career.
Jodi has recently launched her business this year and is looking for insights into how to build and scale it. She has a website, but she wants to go further. Leonard Kim audits Jodi's personal brand and provides a consult on what she can do to take her personal brand to the next level.
Alissa Carpenter is a multigenerational workplace expert and owner of Everything’s Not Ok and That’s OK, where she provides training, consulting, and speaking services to organizations all over the world. She lives in PA with her husband and two kids and when she has free time loves to binge watch tv.
She worked in higher education for 13 years and made the shift to a full-time business owner a little over two years ago. With an upcoming book, TEDx talk, and speaking engagements she wants to go further. Leonard Kim audits Alissa's personal brand and provides a consult on what she can do to take her personal brand to the next level.
Suzanne Brown has spent 20 years working in marketing at marketing agencies or as a consultant. She is also a work-life balance speaker, strategist, and award-winning and bestselling author. Her brand is Mompowerment and caters to working moms interested in creating more work-life balance in their lives.
She is especially challenged by creating a personal brand while running two brands that are not related.
Suzanne is looking to elevate her brand and become more of an influencer in the categories of work-life balance for professional working moms and on better managing your marketing agency or engaging your first marketing agency as a seasoned entrepreneur.
Much like many renowned experts who have achieved accomplishments internationally, their reach can always expand further. Leonard Kim does an audit on Suzanne Brown's digital profiles and personal brand, then provides actionable advice that will help her move the needle to get to the next phase with her personal brand.
James Ellsmoor has spent the last 5 years working in sustainability and is an award-winning serial entrepreneur and writer. He founded a nonprofit called Solar Head of State that works with governments worldwide to promote access to renewable energy. He also founded Island Innovation, a sustainability communications agency. In 2017, he was recognized on Forbes Magazine's 30 Under 30 List. James works remotely as a digital nomad, spending most of his time in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Much like many renowned experts who have achieved a unique set of accomplishments, their reach can always expand further. Leonard Kim does an audit on James Ellsmoor's digital profiles and personal brand, then provides actionable advice that will help his move the needle to get to the next phase with her personal brand.
Leonard Kim Performs a Personal Brand Audit and Consultation with Ai Addyson-Zhang
Ai Addyson-Zhang is a college professor and an entrepreneur. She coaches education professionals to learn how to use social media to transform teaching and learning; she also coaches entrepreneurs to apply her 3-C system to gain Clarity, Credibility, and Community.
Ai has been featured on Forbes, Entrepreneur, Mark Schaefer's book (The Tao of Twitter), Inside Higher Education, etc. Ai is also a contributor to HubSpot's Social Media Certification by developing a 35-page Social Media Workbook. Ai is a guest on numerous podcasts and is the host of a weekly Facebook live show.
As a fan of Leonard Kim, Ai is excited to have her brand critiqued by an industry expert and improve her branding message.
Ruth Lordan is a successful full time professional psychic with 50 years of experience. She has written a book, her own insight cards and has time and time been way ahead of the trends. In 1975, she innocently blended essential oils into what she called Body Spirits. When she first presented this to head shops, they laughed at her, but they sold at Henri Bendel and now essential oils are a huge part of most people's everyday lives.
Psychic Ruth Lordan has generated all of her business through word of mouth. She has been under the radar, except for newspaper exposure and local tv and radio. Much like many successful self employed business owners who can be considered experts in their field, the digital age has changed the way business is done. They used to be able to focus solely on their craft and achieve success, but now many have to begin to understand the way the Internet works, and how to implement marketing tactics to increase their business. Leonard Kim does an audit on Ruth Lordan's digital profiles and personal brand, then provides actionable advice that will help her move the needle to achieve the renowned success she deserves for her 50 years of expertise in her industry — in this new digital age we have entered.
Anna Slyusareva has worked on marketing campaigns for both multinational and small boutique businesses and one day aspires to launch her own marketing agency. As a marketer, Anna understands the importance of having a strong public image and constantly seeks new ways to improve her online presence. She is looking to build a strong personal brand that she can leverage to advance her career and achieve a dream of running a marketing agency.
As someone who is years into building his personal brand, Leonard Kim does an audit on Anna Slyusareva's digital profiles and personal brand, then provides actionable advice that will help her move the needle to get to her personal brand to help Anna reach her goals.
Much like many renowned experts who have achieved accomplishments internationally, their reach can always expand further. Leonard Kim does an audit on Dr. Kristie Holmes' digital profiles and personal brand, then provides actionable advice that will help her move the needle to get to the next phase with her personal brand.
Molly Blakeley is an Alaskan resident who recently started a cookie business called Molly B's Bingerz that is taking off like a rocket! She is experiencing more success than she ever imagined, but knows that in order to propel her Booze infused cookies to a household name, she needs to build a powerful personal brand and become a renowned expert in nation sales and packaging. She is a single mom who went through a tough go and is coming out smelling like a fantastic bakery! There's not much she hasn't done and is fearless to keep on going strong! As a successful business owner, Molly wants what many entrepreneurs want, an even more successful business. Leonard Kim does an audit on Molly's business to not only reinforce what she is doing right, but what she can do to move the needle in order to propel her personal brand and business to the next level.
Most experts focus on their craft until they perfect it.
That's exactly what Dan Bennett did when it came to Authentic Story Development and putting together videos. The only problem is that when you perfect your craft, it doesn't mean that you automatically have clients coming to you for your services. Over a year ago, Dan met Ryan Foland, a communications expert who specializes in a method called the 3-1-3, Dan really figured out the problem he was solving, the solution and the market he caters to. After seeing the resounding success that a personal brand yielded for Ryan, Dan knew that he wanted to duplicate that for himself.
But to really move the needle and get Dan's personal brand off the ground, he knows that he needs to have a personal brand audit and consultation from an expert. Leonard Kim takes a close look at all the tactics and content that Dan has already created, then lays out a plan for Dan to truly grow his personal brand causing inbound clients to come to him.
Paul Haury is a coach and evangelist for heart based leadership and culture, along with workplace happiness. He operates in two companies, GoCoach, where he grows a caring coaching tribe to help people use their strengths to increase their human & economic value, adding worth to their organizations; Heart Based Leading, where he helps people get unstuck, find their promised land & live their values in belonging in pursuit. He lives in Seattle with his better half, Alizah & sweet yellow lab Gracie. He loves to celebrate the wins in life we tend to overlook, with most anyone!
Paul’s been operating a digital business for the last 2 years and as an owner as in any field, it’s easy to get stuck in the weeds. When stuck in the weeds, sometimes it’s not obvious what steps to take to significantly move the needle. Even though Paul’s learned a lot by observing Leonard’s stuff, he’s excited for the opportunity to learn key business insights straight from the source, Leonard himself!
Seema Dhawan is a veteran journalist with over 10 years of experience and the founder of Content Celebrity, a company that focuses on helping clients connect with their audience and get noticed by editors. She works with creative entrepreneurs, writers and authors and helps them launch and maintain businesses. By telling their stories better, she helps clients build credibility and increase revenue. Seema is a widely published author whose content has been in Mic.com, PostMedia News, USA Today and The Huffington Post, where she was also an editor.
Every successful expert understands that at times, getting help to see what is missing from an outside perspective can be critical in propelling a business to the next level. Leonard Kim does a live personal branding consultation with Seema to discuss how she can discover where to find her target audience.
In this episode, Leonard Kim will interview Best-Selling Author, Consultant and Speaker, Maleeka T. Hollaway who established her personal brand on and offline in less than five years.
Since launching out into entrepreneurship, Maleeka has learned how to brand herself and others in a manner that allows for flexibility in messaging approach, audience reach and personability.
She has served clients, been interviewed and traveled on four continents including North America, Asia, Africa and Europe. And today, she is knowing for one of the nation's most influential and inspirational Millennial leaders.
NYT bestselling author Sara Bliss talks about the struggle she faced 10 years ago, when she presented an idea to her literary agent, and was told it was a magazine article
For 10 entire years, the words spoken by her agent held her down from wanting to pursue her dreams, but she knew deep inside that it was an idea that would resonate with a lot of people and needed to be out in the world.
Even though those words held her down, she decided to take the leap and get it published
Book is Take the Leap: Change Your Career, Change Your Life
Personal brand is writer, brand advisor, New Yorker, Chief Motivator
Zoe Thurston and Jackie Grover are both Certified Health Coaches that are passionate about what they do. Today, they are here to explain how to live your best life by making changes to your daily habits. They strive to guide others though a transformation into a healthier, happier you.
Global Strategist and Business Continuity Expert, Rochelle Clarke, discusses the importance of family businesses on the economy and how her company, Succession Strength, helps businesses transition from generation to generation.
With family owned businesses accounting for 90% of the revenue in the US alone, their survival is imperative. However, without proper communication and preparation, 70% of businesses never survive long enough to make it to the next generation. Rochelle discusses the fundamentals around business continuity, and how she and her team help businesses of all sizes around the globe.
Rochelle has an MBA from the Wharton School of Business and has worked with Fortune 500 companies such as Heineken, IBM, and Accenture.
Her book The 5 Critical Succession Conversations: A Comprehensive Guide for the Family Business debuted this month.
Let's talk about startup ecosystems, emerging marketings, innovation and being a positive impactful influence.
Today we sit down with Social Media & Community Manager, Rob Balasabas, to discuss how you can grow your Influence through online courses, as well as reach more people in less time!
Today we sit down with Pr strategist Ulyses Osuna to discuss how you can sky rocket your Influence through strategic media placement and association.
Join Leonard Kim and Divya Parekh as they explore the nuts and bolts of what to do before you can become the go-to expert in your niche. Once you get positioned as the authority in the field, how do you sustain the trust and inspire, influence and impact your community.
When growing businesses and brands, most people who try to do it like everyone else never find the success they are looking for. Typically there are 3 reasons why this happens... And this is what you probably do instead...
After relocating to a new major city, Krystal Covington founder herself in need of a network. Finding it challenging to build strong connections at existing networking events, she decided to build her own.
While Denver is full of membership organizations, meetups and industry groups, she was able to succeed in bringing together thousands of women who share her vision for a a connected, developmental environment for women that inspires them to help each other earn their worth.
On this episode Krystal will share how she built a sustainable membership model that consistently gets results for her members.
Alissa Carpenter, Owner of Everything's Not OK and That's OK, gives us some insight into the future of work, how it impacts employees, managers and organizations and why it's essential to lean into fear and not run from it.
Jeremy Knauff explains how he rebuilt his company after a health crisis almost killed him, by developing influence to build a powerful brand, name recognition, and expert status. He also shares how the challenges he faced when he was younger, both voluntarily and involuntarily, helped to prepare him for his recent challenges.
In this episode Leonard Kim speaks with Vikram Chopra, CEO & co-founder of Gift Jeenie. Vikram shares his entrepreneurial journey as a self-confessed, self-unemployed entrepreneur. Everyone likes the sound of being an entrepreneur, but how many have what it takes to persevere, hustle and grind it out? Tune in as Vikram shares his story about about climbing the Start-up mountain!
In this episode, we chat with Social Marketing Solutions Founder and Inc. Magazine Columnist, John White. We will be asking John to tell us about his journey from an abusive boss in the corporate world to becoming an entrepreneur and social media influencer.
When Dr. Sher Downing began her career in higher education, it was based on brick and mortar locations until a new tool, the Internet, came forward. This opportunity began a career of learning, research, teaching, and identifying technology trends.
Now Dr. Downing uses her experience to help guide EdTech professionals and businesses through mentoring, consults with companies and higher education institutions regarding EdTech issues, and creates online learning initiatives for global and national online programs. She identifies with her clients and enjoys assisting them towards success.
Her extensive experience in leading online learning and technology initiatives for public, private, and profit higher education institutions and proficiency in creating powerful training and educational programs while being cost effective and cutting edge in technological advancement has led to partnering with EdTech startups to assist in growth and alignment for today's industry needs.
You may know effective leadership doesn't come from telling people what to do.
It turns out that leading people without relying on authority usually works more effectively than with it.
Using authority provokes most people to undermine your authority, even if they comply -- the opposite of your goal.
Joshua Spodek's bestselling book, Leadership Step by Step, is used nationwide to teach leadership.
He will reveal effective techniques few people know and how to develop them.
Leading people you don't have authority over -- bosses, managers, clients, customers, husbands, wives, girlfriends, boyfriends, children, and so on -- builds on social and emotional skills with a goal of revealing and using existing emotions and motivations, not compliance.
It's also more fun.
In this episode, Leonard Kim talks to longtime journalist and digital strategist John Boitnott about living in Silicon Valley, covering the startup and entrepreneurial landscape, as well as some of the common mistakes people make when pitching stories to journalists.
Named a top marketer by Forbes and Entrepreneur and lauded by Inc Magazine for “cracking the code for going viral,” Jon Youshaei is a YouTube marketing guru, business writer and creator of Every Vowel, a popular workplace cartoon series called “the Dilbert for millennials.” As YouTube’s Head of Creator Product Marketing, Jon works with the platform’s influencers to help them grow their communities to millions of subscribers. Known for his unique insights and a strong stage presence, Jon was also ranked by NPR as “one of the best commencement speakers since 1774” alongside Sheryl Sandberg, Steve Jobs and JFK. In this episode, Youshaei provides the blueprint for how to break through and reach millions of people with your message.
Dr. Aviva Legatt shares the story of her evolution into three professional roles -- Ivy League professor, business owner, and Forbes writer. Through the many facets of her work, Dr. Legatt helps others to discover their core authentic personal values and to leverage them to achieve desired results. Dr. Legatt loves helping her clients, students and readers become more self-aware, and to align their actions with their goals.
For micro-influencers who want to monetize moderate followings, here's how to craft thoughtful campaigns that will attract the right sponsors while bolstering influence.
Consistent, measurable business growth doesn't require radical overhauls, massive investments or huge transformations. It simply requires riding the momentum of small 10% Wins in seven key areas of your business.
In this episode entrepreneur and advisor Pete Williams's shares, the framework embraced by entrepreneurs around the world as, The 7 Levers of Business.
A Southern Region Finalist in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Program, a Small Business ICON (Best-in-Class) Recipient, and an Australian Business Award Winner for Marketing Excellence, Pete Williams is the co-founder of numerous businesses across varying industries—from telecommunications services to e-commerce.
His upcoming book, Cadence: a tale of fast business growth (2018 Axiom Business Book Awards - Silver Medalist) also shares this 7 Levers Framework.
Leonard Kim chats with Justin Wu (@Hackapreneur), the founder of Growth.ly and Head of Growth at CoinCircle. He is a growth marketer and information architect, who takes a systems approach to his work by finding ways to utilize technology to either build or optimize business needs.
Ben Walker takes us through his journey of how he went from selling mortgages to finding his own transcription company.
Leonard and Shlomo will discuss his personal journey and experience as an influencer, sales trainer, professional marketer, personal branding expert, and business attorney ~ and the lessons others can take to grow their own influence and maximize their potential.
Dmitry single-handedly grew a startup from zero to 40 million page views through PR and got acquired by Google in 2014.
In the last 10 years he has published 1400+ articles (not an exaggeration, they're bookmarked on his site).
In this interview he opens up and talks about the hacks, tips and tricks he uses daily to get in featured in some of the biggest publications on autopilot.
This is stuff you've never heard before.
Dmitry now runs a PR coaching program PRThatConverts.com and a software app JustReachOut.io which is used by 5,000+ professionals and entrepreneurs to pitch relevant influencers and bloggers to gain exposure and traffic.
In his spare time he documents his PR experiments on his blog CriminallyProlific.com
In this episode, we will explore how to transform the lives of others by using your own story of challenges faced and overcome for yourself and for others, becoming a thought leader and authority in the process.
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In this episode Leonard Kim talks to Michael Dermer about his journey from corporate lawyer to healthcare pioneer and how his company was almost destroyed by the financial crisis of 2008. That experience led Michael to his mission to help entrepreneurs worldwide turn their passion into success with The Lonely Entrepreneur.
Some key topics we will run through are;
- Building a Brand (Personal Brand & Business Brand)
- INNOUND vs. OUTBOUND Marketing
- How to Fast Track Your Career (T-Shaped Marketers)
- How to Measure Your Marketing (Content vs. Channels)
- Etc
Want to become an Influencer? Listen as Leonard Kim shares how his guests rose up from ordinary to extraordinary.
Leonard’s guests include experts who have built successful personal brands for themselves, or have amazing stories, but expect the unexpected! Growing Your Influence Tree shouldn’t just be a methodical exercise and neither is the show.
Get ready for some fun as Leonard brings on successful people from all walks of life and maybe some that will simply successfully entertain you. Don't miss an episode. Join Leonard Kim every Thursday at 1 PM Pacific Time on the VoiceAmerica Influencers Channel and get ready to Grow Your Influence Tree.
What if you could ditch your 9-5 job, travel, and still make money online? That's what Mimi Zheng (today's co-host) and Raghav Haran (guest) have been able to do. They are digital nomads who can work anywhere in the world as long as they have their laptop and good wifi.
In the first part of this episode, Raghav shares how he got started with building his freelancing business while traveling the world. He's been featured in Forbes, Business Insider, Linkedin (800,000+ views), Huffington Post, etc.
Then, in the second part of the episode, Raghav goes more in depth about expanding consciousness, and the potential role of psychedelics in professional life.
Tune in to find out how you can also become a digital nomad too!
Do you listen to that little voice within you? Do you follow it? Do you trust it? Christina Rader, owner of Rethink Marketing, has learned to trust the voice within her, even when logic dictates otherwise.
It may make your path to success more difficult, but you'll be happier on the journey.
Do you ever feel stuck in your business? Do you struggle with feeling like you're frozen, not sure what to do or how to take action to get the results you want? You're not alone! It's tempting to fall into complacency or manufacture excuses as to why you're not reaching your goals.
I don't have enough time.
I don't have enough money.
I don't know how to do what it takes.
Pretty soon you're in a funk and thinking things like:
Maybe I'm not cut out for this.
Maybe I can't do this.
Maybe I don't have what it takes.
Sound like you? If it does, then it's time wake up and realize that you're dangerously close to becoming exactly what you don't want to be - your own worst enemy!
Christa Nichols knows a thing or two about how harmful self-sabotage and self-doubt can be, and she'll share some heartfelt and hilarious tips on how to go from being your own worst enemy to daring to go after your dreams.
We will talk about to reach Success you must be able to Sacrifice, have discipline and be able to persevere when it gets tough.
Have you ever wondered why your sales are down, your stress is up and you're running on empty?
Sometimes, your career can get away from you, and you end up in a place that you don't remember being in.
But there's a way out.
Wes Schaeffer, the sales whisperer, goes in detail about how to overcome this mentality and breakthrough to success.
Today's guest is Goldie Chan. Not only is her hair green, but people know her as the LinkedIn queen.
I've been on LinkedIn for a long time. LinkedIn hates me. When I write an article, I get 30 views. When I put the same article on Medium, it gets hundreds of views. But on Quora, it gets 10,000+.
I've tried many things to really go out there and increase my numbers on LinkedIn, like posting daily inspirational messages and status updates linking off to my articles, but nothing worked.
That's until I did a long form status update. Then with the launch of video, the game has been changing for influencers (except me. LinkedIn won't give me video. Boo!).
Goldie Chan has been crushing it with LinkedIn video, status updates and networking with others. Tune in to find out exactly how she is doing it and how you can crush it on LinkedIn too.
Magic. Words. Instagram. They seem like three completely different things, but are they?
Magic. You've seen it. Maybe you've been left skeptical. Or maybe you've been awestruck.
If you're anything like me, you've probably taken a trip to the Magic Castle in Hollywood, had dinner, a few drinks and stayed for a few shows. But what does magic have to do with influence?
Magic, much like words, creates that sense of mystique that draws you in and gets you to take action.
Dave Allen discusses how his career in magic led him to become a professional copywriter and skyrocket revenues for companies.
Instagram. Everyone's on it. But is there a way to maximize your influence on the platform?
Social engineer Raymond Ahn gets into the dark side of Instagram and shares how to grow your audience quickly, by following a simple formula.
Tune in to find out how magic, words and Instagram will make you an influencer.
Leonard Kim's first episode of Grow Your Influence Tree features two individuals who have done something unique with their life:
Blake Jamieson quit his high paying day job to go pursue art. And now his work hangs in some of the most prestigious offices across the United States, from VaynerMedia to Hint Water.
Through unique storytelling through the visual works of his art, Blake has created a massive social media following and cult-like audience that craves his work.
Sachet Gagwani was that awkward kid in school who was always picked on and bullied. No one really liked him but he thought he was the coolest guy ever. So he made a network where all the kids who got picked on could be anonymous and talk about what they want all day.
Both guests will reveal their secrets that got them to where they are today, while Leonard sits around and eats cookies and listens intently to their stories. Unless they bore him to death (Sachet, I'm looking at you!).