Hello Monetization Nation. Today I want to share with you a poem that has a lot of meaning to me on multiple levels. This poem is titled “The Race”, attributed to Dr. D.H. “Dee” Groberg. Here are some of my key takeaways from this episode: Winning isn’t a matter of crossing the finish line first; it is our ability to get back up each time we fall. Read more at: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/getting-up-each-time-we-fall/

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Getting Up Each Time We Fall

Before Walt Disney created one of the best-known motion-picture production companies in the world, his editor fired him from the newspaper because he “lacked creativity.” Now, Disney is worth $122.18 billion (Source: Global Rankings) and has 12 amusement parks around the world, including Florida, California, Paris, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Tokyo. The Magic Kingdom is the most visited theme park in the entire world and is estimated to have welcomed nearly 30 million guests in 2019 (Source: Blog Mickey).  Disney also has more than 25 Resort Hotels in the world (Source: Disney World) and the Disney Cruise Line currently operates four ships, with three more planned to come within the next couple of years (Source: Disney Cruise).  Read more at https://monetizationnation.com/blog/how-walt-disney-started-a-120-billion-dollar-company-after-being-fired-and-told-he-lacked-creativity/

How Walt Disney Started a $120 Billion Dollar Company After Being Fired and Told He “Lacked Creativity”

Welcome back to another episode with Erik Deckers. In the first episode, we discussed two ways to gain credibility through knowledge, Erik’s career, and the importance of checking our work and pricing ourselves appropriately. In today’s episode, we’ll discuss personal branding strategies from Erik’s book Branding Yourself.  Branding Yourself is about how to use social media to invent or reinvent ourselves. The book discusses how to use Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, blogging, public speaking, publishing, and networking to share information, build a social media presence, interact and engage with people, and measure how well we're doing with each of these things. Read more at https://monetizationnation.com/blog/how-to-build-a-personal-brand/

How to Build a Personal Brand

Erik Deckers is a professional blogger and co-author of Branding Yourself and No BS Social Media. Erik has been blogging since 1997. He’s also been a newspaper humor columnist since 1994.  In today’s episode, we’re going to discuss two ways to gain credibility through knowledge. We’ll also discuss Erik’s career and the importance of checking our work and pricing ourselves appropriately. Read more at: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/how-to-build-business-credibility-through-knowledge/

How to Build Business Credibility Through Knowledge

Welcome back to another episode with Danny Levin. In the last episode, we discussed Danny’s journey and how we can do better at listening to ourselves and others.  Today, we’re going to discuss the four practices of connection in Danny’s book, The Mosaic.  Read more at: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/4-ways-to-create-our-mosaic-through-nurturing-diverse-connections/

4 Ways to Create our Mosaic through Nurturing Diverse Connections

Danny Levin walked away from running a billion dollar company to find happiness and inner peace by living as a monk in a monastery for 10 years. He later helped lead Hay House grow from $3 million to $100 million a year in revenue. He is also the author of The Mosaic, which introduces the Four Practices of Connection, a completely new innovative strategy to re-connect people and help companies work together to innovate and achieve more. In today’s episode, we’re going to discuss Danny’s journey and how we can do better at listening.  Read more at: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/lessons-from-a-monk-learning-to-listen/

Lessons from a Monk: Learning to Listen

Mike Lamborne is an artist, motorcyclist, and business owner. He and his wife started a trucking business, where he was first introduced to motorcycle rallies. But, when the recession hit, they lost everything. However, as one door closed, another door opened, and they started traveling for nine months of the year, working on a motorcycle circuit as “The Mountainman.” They are currently in their 36th year of traveling and run a very successful motorcycle art business.  Mike is also the co-author of the book, Faith Into Abundance: 30 Stories from Successful Christian Entrepreneurs. In today’s episode, we’re going to discuss Mike’s journey of faith through hardships and how we can apply the lessons he learned to our own entrepreneurial journeys.  Read more at https://monetizationnation.com/blog/how-to-rely-on-god-during-the-storms-of-life/

How to Rely on God During the Storms of Life

Max Branstetter is the founder & podcast producer at MaxPodcasting. His podcast is called the Wild Business Growth Podcast, where he interviews a new entrepreneur who’s turning wild ideas into wild growth every Wednesday morning. It was listed in Podcast Magazine’s “Hot 50” and has featured over 150 creative entrepreneurs.  In today’s episode, we’re going to discuss Max’s journey, the benefits of podcasting, and how to grow a podcast’s reach.  

3 Benefits of Podcasting that Can Help Your Business

In the last episode with Jason Falls, we discussed why and how we should reframe the way we think about influencer marketing. In today’s episode, we’ll dive deeper into principles from Jason’s book Winfluence. Specifically, we’ll look at purposes, principles, and applications of influencer marketing. 4 Purposes of Influence As we discussed in the last episode, influencer marketing can be a great way to increase brand awareness, build credibility, and ultimately, increase our sales. However, the purpose of influence typically comes down to these four reasons:    Read more at: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/how-to-use-influencer-marketing/

How to Use Influencer Marketing

Jason Falls is an author, speaker, and podcast host. He is the senior influence strategist for Cornett, a full-service advertising agency, where he leads digital strategy and hosts two marketing podcasts, Digging Deeper and Winfluence. Over his career, his projects have been recognized with several national and regional awards such as a 2020 Shorty Award for his influencer marketing work.  Read more at: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/how-to-reframe-influencer-marketing/

How to Reframe Influencer Marketing

When I was a kid, we only had four TV stations. When we wanted to watch something on television, because there were only those four stations, we didn't have a lot of choices. In fact, I remember when the fifth TV station came out. It was such a big deal because we had a fifth show to choose from when we wanted to watch TV. Read more at: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/why-passion-marketing/

Why Passion Marketing

Welcome back to another episode with Erik Qualman. In the last episode, we discussed Erik’s book Socialnomics, Erik’s journey and lessons he learned in his career, and leveraging voice to text. In today’s episode, we’re going to discuss another one of Erik’s books, The Focus Project, and how we can better focus on the most important things. There is so much going on in the world; it pulls our attention this way and that, and we often have trouble focusing on the things that are important because we are constantly bombarded with notifications. Read more at: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/how-to-improve-our-focus/ 

How to Improve Our Focus

Erik Qualman is a five-time best-selling author and keynote speaker who has performed in over 55 countries and reached 50 million people. He is the host of the popular Super U Podcast, and his work has been used by the National Guard to NBC Universal to NASA.  In today’s episode, we’re going to discuss Erik’s book Socialnomics, Erik’s journey and lessons he learned in his career, and leveraging voice to text. Read more at: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/what-is-socialnomics/

What is Socialnomics?

This is Entrepreneurs of Faith, a Sunday episode of Monetization Nation. In today’s episode, we’re going to discuss prayer and how we can harness the power of prayer in our lives and in our businesses. About 24 years ago, I was a college student without a lot of money, and I was starting my first business. One week our cash flow was really bad.  Read more at: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/how-to-harness-the-power-of-prayer/

How to Harness the Power of Prayer

Steve Woodruff is a consultant, author, and speaker. He is the president of Impactiviti/Clarity Fuel, where he is known as the King of Clarity and offers life sciences training, consulting, and workshops. In a world full of noise and distraction, Steve helps businesses craft a clear message so they can be heard, remembered, and referred. In today’s episode, we'll discuss the principles in Steve’s book Clarity Wins and how we can create a clear brand message that will help us stand out against our competitors. Read more at: https://monetizationnation.com/blog/how-to-create-a-clear-brand-message/ 

How to Create a Clear Brand Message

Host Nathan Gwilliam and expert guests help digital marketers transform into better digital monetizers with revolutionary marketing and monetization strategies, stories, and secrets.

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