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Michael Levin interviews Scott Poposki, the author of ‘Camera Focus: What Photography Teaches About Business, Life, and Success’. Scott created a very successful business around photography and marketing. In this podcast, he shared a lot of ideas and practices about hyper-focusing, measuring back, and most importantly, selling experiences.
In this episode,
“You will create a great experience and that's what people want. Enjoy of an experience that we're delivering.” – Scott Poposki
Contact Scott Poposki -
Website: www.camerafocus.com or www.photosinaminute.com
Michael Levin is a versatile and talented columnist, author, distance runner, and musical performer who has ghostwritten more than 700 books ranging from finance and entrepreneurship to health care and technology.
Jane Atkinson is the author of four best seller books including ‘The Wealthy Speaker 2.0’, ‘The Epic Keynote’, and ‘The Wealthy Speaker Daily Success Planner’. She’s also one of the top business managers for speakers establishing the famous, ‘Wealth Speaker University’. In this podcast, she shared a lot of tips and advice for emerging speakers and for people who are just getting started.
In this episode,
“You stand in front of 500 people, and now you're having richer, deeper conversations with a lot of people who may then want to use your services.” – Jane Atkinson
Contact Jane Atkinson -
Website: www.speakerlauncher.com
Michael Levin is a versatile and talented columnist, author, distance runner, and musical performer who has ghostwritten more than 700 books ranging from finance and entrepreneurship to health care and technology.
Michael Levin and Joe Marich highlight the importance of hiring marketers and advertisers. Joe Marich, one of the top publicists in the media industry and Marich Media Inc., shared a lot of best practices and current challenges present in the marketing and business world.
In this episode,
“You need somebody, a professional, to help you get your message out about your product or service because you might not know what you're doing.” – Joe Marich
Contact Joe Marich -
Email: joemarich@marichmedia.com Website: www.marichmedia.com
Michael Levin is a versatile and talented columnist, author, distance runner, and musical performer who has ghostwritten more than 700 books ranging from finance and entrepreneurship to health care and technology.
Michael Levin and Richard Manders had an insightful discussion on different current marketing strategies. With his background as a co-founder of Freescale Coaching Systems, Richard shared innovative and relevant practices based on actual experiences and various sources. He also gave a lot of pointers for those who are new to business.
In this episode,
“I think the first part of the marketing question is being really clear about who the core customer is, and what is the value you're bringing to them.” – Richard Manders
Contact Richard -
Website: www.freescalecoaching.com
Michael Levin is a versatile and talented columnist, author, distance runner, and musical performer who has ghostwritten more than 700 books ranging from finance and entrepreneurship to health care and technology.
Michael Levin interviewed the Founder and CEO of NextLevel Practice, Gary Kadi. Gary Kadi shared a lot of his best and most relevant practices in his business. He highlighted the beauty of analytics as a very helpful tool in scaling and maintaining possible trends and issues in business.
“Adopt the new methodology because if not, you're going to stay archaic, and if you don't communicate the way millennials want to be communicated to, you're not going to adopt new patients and certainly not adopt new team members.” – Gary Kadi
Crucial takeaways:
Contact Gary - Email: gary@nextlevelpractice.com Website: www.nextlevelpractice.com
Michael Levin is a versatile and talented columnist, author, distance runner, and musical performer who has ghostwritten more than 700 books ranging from finance and entrepreneurship to health care and technology.
“Getting those positive reviews and driving people to your Amazon (online) page is really where you as an author will see the most success, to begin with.” – Sara Stratton
In this episode,
Sara's story is inspirational. It also serves as a useful blueprint for anyone with a message or knowledge who wants to share it but doesn’t know where to start.
[Sara Stratton www.redwooddigitalpublishing.com Phone: (949) 829-BOOK (2665) Instagram: redwoodpublishing]
Michael Levin is a versatile and talented columnist, author, distance runner, and musical performer who has ghostwritten more than 700 books ranging from finance and entrepreneurship to health care and technology.
Wealth is not money. Money is simply the fuel. Wealth is discretionary time. The ability to do what you want, when you want is real wealth.
In this podcast, Alan enumerates on diverse tips and strategies that can be used to kick start your own journey as an advisor:
Alan Weiss is a renowned consultant, speaker, and author. His consulting firm, Summit Consulting Group, Inc. has clients of over 500 leading organizations.
He is an inductee into the Professional Speaking Hall of Fame® and the concurrent recipient of the National Speakers Association Council of Peers Award of Excellence, representing the top 1% of professional speakers in the world.
Michael Levin is a versatile and talented columnist, author, distance runner, and musical performer who has ghostwritten more than 700 books ranging from finance and entrepreneurship to health care and technology.
In this podcast, we discuss:
Bea Wray has dazzled audiences for 20 years speaking about entrepreneurship, leadership, and women in business.
Although she has been taught by the best minds in academics and business at Harvard Business School, motherhood was what really taught Bea how to negotiate, communicate in the business world, think on her feet and adapt to ever-changing circumstances. Raising three kids is undoubtedly the best training for understanding what it takes to succeed and thrive in the entrepreneurial universe. Those lessons traveled directly from the playroom to the boardroom.
Michael Levin is a versatile and talented columnist, author, distance runner, and musical performer who has ghostwritten more than 700 books ranging from finance and entrepreneurship to health care and technology.
For a change of pace, Michael puts Jeremiah Desmarais in the hot seat to talk about digital marketing. Jeremiah doesn’t disappoint and gives away tips you can start using immediately.
In this episode, Jeremiah takes you inside the world of Advisorist and helps jumpstart your digital marketing efforts:
Jeremiah Desmarais is an acclaimed digital marketer. He is the CEO of Advisorist, author of Shift: Digital Marketing Secrets of Insurance Agents and Financial Advisor, and a popular TED Talk speaker.
When it comes to marketing, Jeremiah practices what he teaches. He builds his own business using the same tools and strategies he shares with others. So you know that the strategies and techniques presented are up-to-date and well-proven.
Jeremiah, like so many of our podcast interviewees, talks about consistent persistence. Now you’ll discover how it pays off in your business.
Michael Levin is a versatile and talented columnist, author, distance runner, and musical performer who has ghostwritten more than 700 books ranging from finance and entrepreneurship to health care and technology.
Jim Silbernagel is more than a certified financial planner and insurance agent; he’s also a fighter. He is fighting to raise the financial literacy of people within the sound of his voice.
In this episode, Jim shares his ideas on diversification, collaboration and communication:
In the process of educating his audiences on financial topics, Jim Silbernagel is getting the word out about who he is and what he does. His vehicle is called Real Wealth Media.
If you have aspirations for reaching your audience, your market, to help raise their financial literacy and promote your practice, Jim shares advice to get you started.
Jim takes a very practical and common-sense approach to building a practice. His innovative strategies may help you find new ways to grow your own business.
Today Meridith Alexander is a best-selling author and top female motivational speaker. But that wasn’t always the case. In fact, she was terrified of public speaking. But one terrible event changed everything.
In this episode, Meridith shares her story and some of the resources that helped her along the way:
Her story is inspirational. It also serves as a useful blueprint for anyone with a message or knowledge who wants to share it but doesn’t know where to start.
Meridith Alexander built her platform from scratch with persistence not money. In other words, she built her public platform organically. And so you can you. All it takes is a deliberate mindset.
Michael Levin is a versatile and talented columnist, author, distance runner, and musical performer who has ghostwritten more than 700 books ranging from finance and entrepreneurship to health care and technology.
Growing Your Practice: Adam Maggio’s Secrets To Starting From Zero, Recruiting Advisors, And Absolutely Crushing It
In this episode, Adam shoots from the hip about:
Aside from Adam's massive success, he's committed to giving back, both to fellow advisors as well as the local community itself.
He saw his agency go literally underwater during Hurricane Sandy. But his drive brought him right back to the top.
Adam Maggio, CEO of Enrollmynt, began selling supplemental insurance for AFLAC at age 21. Within 3 years, he had placed 8th in production among over 68,000 reps.
After becoming a District Manager, he was named Rookie Manager Of The Year.
He's personally enrolled over $5 million in personal benefits premiums.
Want to be an influencer in your industry? Think a book will help you open doors? Then you want to listen to this first.
Max has a motto, it would have to be, “I’ll be funny.” After all, his career as a writer started as a lark. But what he discovered almost serendipitously about influence has become more powerful than even a platform for his ideas.
Max has gone from the celebrity, uber-gonzo, ultra-outrageous writer to the founder of Scribe Media, which provides writing, marketing and publishing services to aspiring authors.
In his journey, Max has effectively unlocked the mysteries associated with celebrity influencer status and systematized the process for generating attention. Today his company is helping organizations and individuals build audiences for business or cause.
Alcohol. Drugs. Sex. Food. Money. Addiction is all around us. Sometimes it’s in our family. Sometimes it lies within us. And yet it can take years to seek help, and in some cases never. Why?
In this episode, Michael takes us inside the addict’s challenging journey—from hitting bottom to recovery:
“I burned my life to the ground before I got there,” admits Michael Graubart (not his real name). In this gripping interview, Michael helps us understand addiction through the story of his 27-year journey of sobriety—from Al Anon to clarity to AA. Using his talents as author and songwriter, Michael brings to life the cold reality, the raw, personal consequences of addition.
He is the New York Times bestselling author of Sober Dad: The Manual for Perfectly Imperfect Parenting, and his fourth book, Morning Coffee, was just published.
If you do financial seminars, you probably know Frank Maselli. If you don’t, you’re in for a treat.
Frank’s philosophy is simple (and sound): Give people your value and wisdom, share as much of your energy as possible, and they will track you down to do business.
But before you can help solve people’s financial needs, you need to get them into the boat. And for that to happen, he first connects with them emotionally.
In this episode, Frank shows us why he is among the best in our industry:
Frank Maselli has spent the last 35 years in the financial services industry. Today he’s an author, industry consultant and highly sought-after speaker. But what pleases him most is giving back to the profession he loves. To date, he’s coached and trained literally tens of thousands of top financial advisors.
We all carry baggage--personal challenges, problems, and pain. But when disaster reduces our existence to a basic struggle to survive, we gain a new perspective on our issues and what really matters most.
In this episode, Dean shares his inspirational philosophy:
Dean Murinik—South African financial planner and business organizational speaker—surviving one of the worst tsunamis in recent history reduced his life to the most basic common denominator. It is “no time or space for egos,” he explains, “we are all on an equal footing.”
With a batting average of about 70%, Karl Wolf is an expert at generating new sales and clients with seminars. Here’s his outline for seminar success.
Karl Wolf shares expert seminar success tips directly from the front lines, including:
Karl Wolf is the founder of Atlantic Asset Management, and one of the most successful and talented speakers in the industry. He holds more than 50 workshops a year and regularly enjoys 70% conversion rates for new appointment generation - directly from his seminars.
In line with Ziglar legacy, business success all comes down to a few foundational principles and values. Here’s the path to winning sales and marketing, according to Tom Ziglar, on this episode of "All Eyes on You" with host Michael Levin.
In this episode Tom Ziglar shares:
Tom Ziglar is an author, speaker and podcaster as well as CEO of Ziglar, Inc - founded by his father, legendary sales expert Zig Ziglar. He co-wrote with Zig Ziglar ‘Born To Win’ and just released the brand new book, ‘Choose To Win’, which carries on the famous Ziglar philosophy: “You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help enough other people get what they want.”
The oldest and most reliable business building method isn’t dead - it’s just in disrepair. Bill Cates, The Referral Coach, teaches you how to rebuild and maintain a solid referral engine for constant growth without the endless chase.
Bill Cates is the undisputed industry expert on how to get more and better referral business as a financial advisor or insurance agent. He’s been featured on many prestigious outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, has published 3 widely loved and transformative books on building referral business, and has worked with top players in this sector, including Capital One and All State. Bill’s methods produce staggering growth results, as high as 60% in a single year, all without chasing down new, cold leads.
In this episode Bill will share the secrets you need to know if you want to stop chasing and start multiplying your best clients as well as your bottom line. You’ll discover:
There is one missing piece almost all financial advisors and insurance agents overlook when trying to be seen and heard by their prospects. In this episode of "All Eyes on You" with host Michael Levin, you'll hear what Michael Gerber, whose voice has global, best-selling, thought-movement creating power, says it is.
Here’s a quick look at what you’ll learn from Michael Levin and Michael Gerber in this episode:
Michael Gerber is the worldwide phenomenon and thought leader behind the ground-breaking “E-Myth” bestselling series of books. He is widely acknowledged as the World’s #1 Best Small Business Guru, and has helped millions of small business owners, entrepreneurs, and companies. Check out his “E-Myth” books specifically for Financial Advisors and Insurance Agents to rise above the ordinary and pursue the extraordinary in your practice today.
Hear Amy McIlwain’s top 3 secrets to getting affluent appointments from the most unexpected source. “People with money don’t waste their time scrolling through Facebook and other social networks.” You probably heard this from someone close to you. Luckily for us, this statement is nothing more than an opinion. A wrong opinion, for that matter.
Listen to today’s episode of the Advisorist podcast with Amy McIlwain and discover:
“Social Media Queen” Amy McIlwain is the former Global Industry Principal at Hootsuite, an Amazon Bestseller, and a regular contributor to prestigious outlets including The Wall Street Journal, where she uses her 15 years of immense industry experience to help financial professionals and other entrepreneurs drive revenue, decrease costs, and manage risks with social media.
Additional Info:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/amymcilwain/
http://amymcilwain.com/
https://twitter.com/amymcilwain
https://www.amazon.com/Social-Advisor-Secrets-Financial-Industry-ebook/dp/B00B8D8J1K
On the episode of "All Eyes on You" with host Michael Levin, you'll hear what you really need to succeed as a business owner in your insurance or financial practice, according to John Lee Dumas - and it’s not more complicated marketing.
John Lee Dumas is the founder and host of the award winning and hugely influential business podcast, “Entrepreneurs on Fire”, where more than a million entrepreneurs tune in every month to get the top business advice from John and his celebrity guests. He regularly interviews the likes of Tim Ferris, Seth Godin, and Gary Vaynerchuck. Listen to his podcast here.
There are some real differences between those that succeed and everybody else, but John Lee Dumas knows from personally interviewing thousands of ultra-successful entrepreneurs that those differences aren’t what people expect.
John Lee Dumas shares business secrets powering some of the most successful and influential entrepreneurs of our time, including:
Here’s how to revive dying seminar conversions and boost them to even higher heights - with one simple strategy switch.
Love giving seminars but not seeing the ROI you need, let alone the ROI you want? Industry expert and top financial advisor trainer Frank Maselli shares how financial professionals can give powerful, sales-generating seminars, including:
This is how you can get direct access to 90% of your best prospects, start conversations, and generate new appointments daily - in under 20 minutes - to stretch your dollar farther, less the cold-outreach stress.
In this episode you’ll discover the secrets behind:
A tool that allows you to get 61% more profitable leads
Here’s how insurance agents and financial advisors can build a personal “black box” that spits out 38 dollars for every one dollar input.
If you had a little black box you could slide a dollar into and 38 more dollars would pop out the other side, how many bills would you put into it?
Hit play to discover:
Throw out everything you’ve been told before. This is where you need to focus your efforts if you want great results with digital marketing in the insurance and financial services industries, according to veteran marketers in this space.
In the exciting, inaugural episode of the Advisorist podcast, you’ll learn: