Self Made Man

There are millions of people who are being forced or inspired to start their own business for the first time right now, and unfortunately, they’re walking into a jungle filled with landmines. The vast majority of them will spend the next 3-5 years trying to figure out what kind of business to start, what products to sell, how to create a marketing funnel, advertise online, and everything in between. The ones who keep going despite the failures and false starts, are the people who will eventually make it, and create a new life of freedom for themselves as a self-employed entrepreneur. With that in mind, what would I do if I had to start all over again? Well there is one business model that provides the best chance at replacing a 6 figure salary, and that is selling your product or service for a premium price of at least $3,000 to $5,000. For example, if you want to make $10,000 per month, then you only need to make two $5,000 sales to make that happen. But if you were trying to hit that same goal by selling a

A lot of business, products, and offers have been hit hard the past few months during this health crisis, but a few have taken off like a rocket. Show Her Off is one of them. A few months ago I started seeing ads for this product that teaches couples how to have a beginner’s dance night at home. But what really caught my attention, were the numbers of views, comments, and shares on these ads… They were higher than anything I’ve ever seen in my 15 years of online marketing. We’re talking about paid ads that are getting thousands of shares, and thousands of comments… And get this… 95% of the comments I read were all positive. I thought it would be awesome to dive into the details with the Founder of Show Her Off, so I reached out to Ryan Hunter Masters who joined us here today. Now what you’re also going to find a bit inspiring, is how simple Ryan has kept the funnel… It’s a single page checkout form on SamCart. There’s no sales video or long form copy… Just a headline, list of bullets, a bunch of testimonials

Is there such a thing as bad press, and what would you do if you were Bill Gates’ PR agent right now? Those are two questions I asked our guest today, Kristina Kennedy, who’s the Co-Founder of KickStand Public Relations. One of the most overlooked, and under-utilized resources that business owners can use to get attention and grow their businesses right now, is PR. The media is an insatiable machine that is always hungry for newsworthy stories, and if you learn how to feed them, you can turn their networks into a massive advertising channel for you and your business. But with that being said, PR has traditionally had a lot of weaknesses that have given modern marketers pause, like the inability to digitally track the results, and provide clear ROI data. Well Kristina and her team at KickStand have fixed that problem. They use modern data and tracking systems to help you increase the attention your stories get, and measure the return on your investment. Ultimately, they are one of the few PR companies in the w

Whether you already own a business or if you’re starting one from scratch, you’re going to find this interview incredibly valuable. Our guest today, is Dane Maxwell, and he just published one of the best books I’ve ever read when it comes to starting a business. It’s called Start From Zero, it’s unlike any other book I’ve ever read for business owners. Why? Because he tackles the most important part about entrepreneurship, that most books miss, and that’s mindset. And I’m not talking about the basic, “think positive and write down your goals” stuff… I’m talking about a full-blown dissection of your inner-dialog and subsconscious. It’s about identifying the personal beliefs and stories you’ve adopted about life, yourself, what you deserve or don’t deserve. These stories are ultimately what determine your success. They’re the difference between people who struggle and who just seem to make everything work. This is one of the few books I’ve found myself highlighting page after page in years. Now in today’s inter

If you’ve ever had an idea for a product that you’d just love to create and bring to life, but you just didn’t know where to start, then today’s episode is for you. We’re going to sit down with my good friend Ryan Moran who’s one of the best entrepreneurs and coaches I know of when it comes to this topic. He started down this path himself when he created a supplement company years ago for less than $1,000, and eventually sold that business for more than $10 million dollars a few years later. So how’d he do it? Well that’s exactly what we’re going to talk about today. Form how to come up with your product idea, to how to get your very first customers, and everything in between. If you want to develop and launch a physical product business, right now’s the best time in the world to do it, because everyone’s hungry for business, and every cost is negotiable. This is going to be a life-changing interview for some of you, so get ready to take some notes, and please help me welcome, Ryan Moran. Resources: Capitalis

The concept of community has made a dramatic shift over the past two months, hasn’t it? The sense of community we’d normally experience at work, or school, or simply going to the grocery store, or eating at a restaurant has been taken away. And they’ve been replaced with online communities. Work meetings have moved from boardrooms to zoom rooms. In many ways, as an online entrepreneur, things are largely the same. I still have a 20 foot commute to work every morning, and I still conduct business with my virtual team… Well virtually… But here’s what has changed… Micro communities have popped up online, and these communities are largely determined by your current mindset, mental state, goals, and sources of media consumption… For example, I’m in two private groups on WhatsApp… One group consists of entrepreneurs like Eben Pagan, Annie Lalla, Marie Forleo, Joe Polish, John Lee Dumas, Dean Gaziosi, etc… This group is focused on two things… Making sure everyone’s businesses are holding up, and the second, finding

Sooo… Are you in a relationship right now? Well if you are, you’re either closer than ever right now, or you’ve never been further apart. You’re now at home with someone 24/7. Your kids are there with you. The news is keeping everyone all fired up and in anger or fear. Everyone’s normal routines have gone out the window. You might have a friend or family member in the hospital, and there’s a good chance that you’re probably experiencing some financial stress to just add a nice little cherry on top. I can’t think of a situation that could put more stress on a couple than this crisis. Well if that’s the case, I’d encourage you to look at this as an opportunity to benefit from something I call, “forced change”. This is a time or experience in your life when you’re literally being forced to change who you are, how you act, what you think, and how you live your life. All of these stressors are going to magnify what was always present. If you were previously disconnected as a couple, then this crisis is going to ma

It’s no secret that businesses around the world are pivoting into online events as fast as possible right now out of pure necessity. But can you create the same kind of value, experience, and connection online, that you can offline in the real world? And what does an effective online meeting or event actual look and feel like? What do you say? How do you hold people’s attention? How do you convey value, and how do you turn a Zoom meeting into an unforgettable experience? I’ll be the first to admit that I haven’t thought about the answers to these questions until I had a chance to interview Baya Voce. Since 2010, Baya Voce has produced “magic touch” experiences ranging from two-person rituals to elaborate 1,000+-person immersive-theater productions (think “Sleep No More”). Whether 20-person Jeffersonian-style dinners or high-end finance conferences at Lincoln Center (and everything in between), Baya’s focus is engineering unforgettable moments. With more than 4 million views, her TEDx talk on loneliness is one

Michelle and Keith Norris are the founders of one of the most popular events in the United States, PaleoFX. For the past 8 years, more than 8,000 health, fitness, and biohacking experts including Ben Greenfield, Mark Sisson, Dr. Steven Gundry, and Jamie Wheal, descend upon Austin for a three day event that’s become a staple in the industry. But this year, that didn’t happen. As with every other major event in the country, PaleoFX was forced to cancel their event. Imagine this event was your entire business... That you’d spent the last 1.5 years planning, preparing, and investing money into a 3 day show that would produce the revenue needed to cover those expenses, and produce the profit required to keep it going the following year. Now imagine what it must have been like to find out that your event had been cancelled, and that you had no recourse. You’re still on the hook for all of the expenses, customers are wanting refunds, and if you don’t find a way to pivot and figure this out, bankruptcy is the only op

Hey everyone, the date is March 19th and at the current moment, the social distancing and stay at home programs have been in place for about 4 days. Retail stores and restaurants have been ordered to close, and we’re expecting to see mandatory home quarantines ordered in the next week for states like Washington, New York, and California. If you haven’t seen my video on the 7 things every entrepreneur needs to know during a crisis that I posted online this week, you need to watch it ASAP. These are lessons I’ve learned as a business owner after going through 9-11, the Iraq War, the Crash of 2008, and now the Corona Crash. You can watch that extremely important video right now at www.MikeDillardHelp.com. Alright, today we have the unique opportunity of sitting down with my physician, Dr. Ann Shippy. Ann is going to fill you in on the supplements that she’s taking and recommending to patients to help support their immune system, and she’s also going to give you a unique view into what it’s like being a doctor du

If you have a sales problem, you really have a communication problem. A lack of sales is the symptom of ineffective communication between you and prospects. To fix this kind of problem, you need to make sure you have your customer avatar clearly defined, and everything about you and your business, needs to shout to them, “I am the solution you’re looking for.” From the way you dress, to your website, to the words you use, and every step in between. At the end of the day, off of these efforts are designed to do one thing… Create a connection. Well today you’re going to learn how to do that from The Brand Doctor, Henry Kaminkski. Henry has an absolutely fantastic story of how he’s become one of the most successful band agencies in the online marketing industry, with clients that include Russell Brunson, and Kaelin Poulin from LadyBoss.com. Today he’s going to walk you through the 3-part branding framework he uses to help all of his clients become the go-to authorities in their niche. If you need some help and g

If you’re like most online entrepreneurs over the past few years, you’ve probably built your marketing funnel and webpages yourself using platforms like ClickFunnels or LeadPages. And while those platforms are absolutely fantastic, there’s two problems with them… It’s nearly impossible to make your final page look perfectly polished, and just the way you want them using those templates. And the second problem, is that you need to know how to export the code from those pages and host them as an HTML page onto your server. Why? Because if don’t, the pages are going to load much slower, and you’re not building your domain’s authority, reputation, or traffic by sending everyone to a page that’s hosted on the ClickFunnels domain. With that being said, I’ll bet there’s a very good chance you don’t know how to do that, because I don’t either. So what’s the solution? Well most people jump online and hire a web designer to make their webpages for them. But that’s when you run into the next big problem, because 99% of

I have to say that I truly love what I do. I love learning, I love creating, and I love sharing the knowledge and lessons I’ve learned in life so others can benefit from my experience. During the past 15 years, I’ve been able to help change the lives of over 1 million people, and it’s created a ripple that’s gone on to impact the lives of tens-of-millions of people thanks to my student’s work, and the impact they’re now having on the world. And personally, building an education business has allowed me to live a life of freedom and opportunity I could only dream of 20 years ago. But I never set out to build this kind of business. Back in 2005, I simply started sharing what I knew with others, and it just took on a life of its own. One day I was waiting tables, and three months later I was making over $50,000 per month selling a 50-page booklet that I wrote as a training manual for my team members. When you really think about it, this is an incredibly special kind of business because it’s the only one in the wo

Hey guys, I’m going to keep this intro short and sweet today because time is of the essence. A few weeks ago one of the smartest entrepreneurs I’ve ever met, gave me a ring to invite me out to a special meeting in Florida at Mark Ford’s house to talk about an initiative he’s put in place to try and save internet entrepreneurs. And I’m not the only one he invited… Ryan Deiss, Russell Brunson, Curt Mally, Todd Brown, Neil Patel, Dean Graziosi, John Lee Dumas, Mike Filsaime, Jeff Walker, and dozens of other leaders were invited to fly down to Florida today, right now to discuss the massive problems that are starting to arise for small business owners online, and what we can do about it. At the heart of the matter, is censorship. Facebook and Google own and control 90%+ of our communication lines these days. Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, YouTube, WhatsApp, Google Search, Gmail... These are the primary platforms all of us use to receive and send information between each other today, and these two companies are s

Making a living and supporting a family can be difficult and stressful even in the best of times and circumstances. Building a business can be infinitely more difficult because it’s all up to you, and there are no safety nets. And then the excuses start to come out… It’s too expensive to start a business… It doesn’t work… I don’t have the right personality… I’m not good at selling… And the list goes on and on. But at the end of the day, most people actually have it really easy because all of the stories and challenges are simply based on stories they’ve made up in their own minds. They’re wearing invisible handcuffs. Well I’ll tell you what’s tough and what’s difficult… Tough is spending five years in prison, and then walking out the gates with nothing. Tough is knowing that you have a felony record, and that no one is going to hire you. Tough is knowing that no matter how much you’ve changed, all of those opportunities that are ready and waiting for you and I to take advantage of, have a giant fence of judge

Have you ever wondered how some people get their videos to go viral on Facebook… Racking up millions, and even tens of millions of views for free? Well today we’re going to sit down with my friend Rob Dial who’s perfected this process over the years… In fact, Rob’s videos have been seen more than 1.5 billion times, and his podcast, The Mindset Mentor, routinely gets over 3 million downloads per month. If you head to his page on Facebook, you’ll find video after video with millions and millions of views. So it is luck? Is there some secret fraternity in Facebook that you have to get into to get this kind of reach, or is it something else? Well as you’re about to learn today, it’s really just psychology, combined with great storytelling, and Rob has perfected this process. What you’re about to learn today is almost never talked about publicly, let alone shared for free. This is a game-changing interview, so please help me welcome Rob Dial… Resources: Listen to the Mindset Mentor Podcast Follow Rob on Instagram

When it comes to starting a business from scratch that’s simple, inexpensive, and that can allow you to live life on your terms, there’s nothing more powerful than You, Inc. What do I mean by You, Inc? I’m referring to building a business and a brand that’s based on you… As Jay-Z says it, “I’m not a businessman, I’m a Business, man!” A You, Inc based business is extremely simple and it can be boiled down to three steps… Build an audience. Build a relationship with that audience. And then offer products and services to that audience. No employees, office space, overhead, or inventory required. But how do you turn your name into a brand? How do you break through the noise and actually build a following? And what are some of the risks and pitfalls that come with a business that’s dependent upon you? Well today you’re about to find out the answers to these questions and more with the help of Rory Vaden. Rory is the co-founder of BrandBuildersGroup.com They are a personal brand strategy firm for influencers and en

Would you like to know how to make more than 8-figures per year, with nothing more than an email newsletter? No information products, no coaching, no consulting… All you have is an email newsletter sent out daily, without any products for sale, and you’re making over $10 million dollars per year as a result. Sound too good to be true? Well today I’d like to introduce you to someone who’s done exactly that… His name is Sam Parr, and he’s the Founder of TheHustle.co… TheHustle.co produces a free daily email newsletter for entrepreneurs, investors, and tech fans that includes breaking industry news, insider stories, and valuable case-studies. But what sets them apart is their unabashed, tell-it-like-it-is, conversational writing style. Call it attitude or flare, their unique style has helped them amass a rabid readership of more than 1 million subscribers, and has helped them become one of the fastest growing media companies in the world as a result. So how did they gain such a cult following? How do they make t

We live in an incredibly rare and special period in history right now... Why? Because if you manage to stay alive for the next 20-25 years, there is a very good chance that you’ll have the opportunity to live forever. The advances that are taking place right now in the medical field including gene editing, organ cloning, nano-technology, bionics, and cellular age reversal are happening at such an exponential rate, that we will have the ability to dramatically extend our lives here in the near future. We are the first generation that will have the opportunity, but if you want to take advantage of it, you need to focus on keeping yourself as healthy as possible for the next 20 years. Well today we’re joined by one of the most famous and respected surgeons and physicians in the world, Dr. Steven Gundry. As you’re going to hear today, Dr. Gundry pioneered the discovery and reversal of cardiovascular disease, which is one of the top two killers in Americans today. At the age of 70, Dr. Gundry continues to push the

Today I have the absolute pleasure of introducing you to someone incredibly dear to me… My friend Kamal Ravikant. Kamal and I met at an event in Austin about two years ago and he has become a friend, a colleague, and a mentor, not because of what he has accomplished as an entrepreneur, (which is substantial), but because of what he has overcome, and how he chose to face those challenges. Every business owner will go through their long dark night of the soul… An event or period in their life when everything that can go wrong, does go wrong. A time that breaks your spirit, and that even can destroy you identity. During that period, everything you hold dear will be stripped away from you. Your business, your money, your security, your confidence, and your self-worth. In fact the only thing you’ll have left,is the reflection staring back at you in the mirror. It’s not the event or what went wrong that will define you, but what you choose to do in the moment, staring at yourself in the mirror, will. This is exactl