Episodes
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
Ep.473 ~ Does Your Freedom Limit You? ~ Natalie Sisson
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
Natalie Sisson ~ Creator The Suitcase Entrepreneur
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers
“I worked so hard to get all this freedom, and….it was paralyzing.” Natalie Sisson
Today listeners, we have the founder and CEO of The Suitcase Entrepreneur, Natalie Sisson on the show. The Suitcase Entrepreneur is one of the largest blogs in the digital nomad world. Natalie has been traveling the world almost non-stop for years while building The Suitcase Entrepreneur and helping thousands of people become location independent and redefine their lives.
On this episode, we talk about a few of the strategies that Natalie uses to build her business and travel the world. We will talk about how she became a featured author for Forbes, and Business Insider. Also, how she landed a TedTalk. Lastly, Natalie and I talk about an interesting idea about how chasing freedom can actually entrap you.
“Freedom to me was the ability to drop anything at any moment to be with the ones I love.” Natalie Sisson
01:35: Natalie’s Story
08:20: How Natalie Became a Featured Author for Forbes
11:10: Pitching to Get on Large Platforms i.e. Business Insider and Forbes
13:05: Getting a Ted Talk
17:00: Is Chasing Freedom Limiting You?
24:40: Natalie’s Sabbatical
“Chasing freedom, or always putting freedom first, had in many ways become debilitating.” Natalie Sisson speaking about her podcast with Conni Biesalski
Honorable Mentions:
'Is Freedom Really Free?'- Podcast with Conni Biesalski and Natalie Sisson
http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-suitcase-entrepreneur
Tony Robbins
Natalie’s Ted Talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNNCMu1OjRQ
Contact Info:
The Suitcase Entrepreneur
http://suitcaseentrepreneur.com
Personal Website
https://www.nataliesisson.com/
Social Media
https://www.instagram.com/nataliesisson/
https://www.facebook.com/suitcaseentrepreneur/
https://www.youtube.com/user/NatalieSisson/videos
Website:
https://www.thebusinessmethod.com/natalie-sisson
Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-business-method-podcast/id1069958541?mt=2
Google Podcasts:
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/2q8Q9t78sCL6kNkWlnV1Po
Wednesday Sep 23, 2020
Wednesday Sep 23, 2020
Ka Sundance ~ Creator Freedom as Family Challenge
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers
What are the pictures in your mind that come up when you think of traveling the world with children? Most people think of the challenges, the fears, the lack of support and the money. Of course, you would need to be very rich to make this happen, right?
Our guest today has been traveling the world almost non-stop with his wife for nearly 20 years and everywhere they go, their kids come along. And guess what? They don’t just have one or two kids. Not three or four...they have six! Yes, six and they are one of the few truly nomadic/location independent entrepreneurs of the world that travel long term as a family and without a home base. On top of that, they are very successful in business, but they didn’t start out that way.
They started out as poor backpackers in their early years trying to get by while traveling the world, and they forged a life of their own when the world told them they were wrong. Now, people can’t wait to ask them how they did it! They are The Sundance Family and today the father, Ka Sundance, joins us from Slovakia to share about how he and his wife Katie made this dream a reality.
“I felt like a lot of people, and I still feel a lot of people are living lies. Lies toward themselves, trying to live a life that is supposedly normal, but is making them unhappy.” Ka Sundance
01:38: The Sundance Family
05:26: The Sundance Family as Entrepreneurs
06:32: The Sundance Family’s Decision to Go Raw Food and Vegan to Save Their Son’s Life
14:22: Finding Out a Baby is On the Way in South America, and Deciding to Keep Traveling
20:21: Ka’s Family Reaction to World Travel with Small Children
22:52: Ka On Making the Leap to Travel with Kids
26:57: How Ka and Katie Define Security for Their Family
31:40: Maintaining Healthy Long-Term Intimate Relationships while Traveling
38:37: Ka’s Dream for His Children
45:55: Tips on Growing a 7-Figure Location Independent Business
“True security comes from within!” Ka Sundance
Honorable Mentions:
The Sundance Family YouTube Channel
Cultiva.org
Days for Girls
Contact Info:
http://www.thesundancefamily.com/
https://www.facebook.com/SundanceFamily/
Website:
https://www.thebusinessmethod.com/ka-sundance
Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-business-method-podcast/id1069958541?mt=2
Google Podcasts:
Spotify:
Wednesday Sep 16, 2020
Ep.471 ~ A 7-figure SEO Location-Independent Business in 4 Years ~ Matt Diggity
Wednesday Sep 16, 2020
Wednesday Sep 16, 2020
Matt Diggity~ Founder of Diggity Marketing
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers
“Just start tracking everything. Just gather all the data you can in whatever activity you do.” Matt Diggity
Today Matt Diggity joins us to share how he built a 7-figure SEO Location Independent business in four years. Matt is the founder of Diggity Marketing a very well respected SEO company that gets their clients ranked ASAP to catapult their business.
On this episode, Matt and I chat about a few things that hit home for location-independent entrepreneurs. We talk about the home-based/travel life balance and Matt shares why he prefers a 60/40 split. Matt digs into the science of building and maintaining a 7-figure business with plenty of travel involved. Lastly, he shares about where SEO is headed and ways you can manage your SEO to get better results.
01:31: Why Matt Loves Chiang Mai?
02:50: Who is Matt Diggity?
06:15: What Diggity Marketing and Lead Spring Offer
09:19: Mastering Tracking and Testing
11:06: Tracking SEO
13:35: The Future of SEO vs. Google
15:39: Will Google Ever Fill Search Results with Only Advertisements?
16:09: What’s the 80/20 of SEO vs Google Ads?
18:07: Balance Work/Travel with a 7-Figure Location-Independent Business
Honorable Mentions:
'The 4-Hour Work Week' by Tim Ferriss
Contact Info:
http://diggitymarketing.com/chiang-mai-seo-conference/
Website:
https://www.thebusinessmethod.com/matt-diggity
Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-business-method-podcast/id1069958541?mt=2
Google Podcasts:
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/2q8Q9t78sCL6kNkWlnV1Po
Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
Ep.470 ~ Squatty Potty, $30 Million w/ 17 Employees ~ Bobby Edwards
Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
Bobby Edwards ~ Founder of Squatty Potty
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers
On this episode, we are joined by the CEO and founder of the legendary and so incredibly viral poop stool Squatty Potty. His name is Bobby Edwards and back in 2012, Bobby’s mother was having some troubles pooping. So, Bobby did what any good-hearted son would do, he got creative and designed a stool that would help her poop, and it worked! His Mom (Judy) deemed the magic stool to be called Squatty Potty and now they are running a corporation that had $30 million in sales in 2016.
Bobby is an incredibly warm-hearted guy and you will be able to tell from the show that he is humbled and flattered from the success. Squatty Potty has literally changed the way people poop. The family receives ‘thank you’ messages all the time, and Squatty Potty has been featured on Oprah, CNBC, Shark Tank, Forbes, Inc, Entrepreneur Magazine, Dr. Oz, Howard Stern, The View, and has a YouTube video that cleared over 150 million views complete with a unicorn pooping rainbow ice cream.
Today we will get behind this ingenious entrepreneurial mind and chat with Bobby about the growth of Squatty Potty. He shares some ups and downs, some essential elements to the business's growth, and some tips for fellow entrepreneurs out there about the difference between the 7-figure and 8-figure mentalities in business.
“People responded to toilet posture….and that’s when we started getting a response.” Bobby Edwards
03:55: How Squatty Potty Started
11:30: Getting Traffic in Year 1
14:33: Mistakes from Year 1
17:01: The Turning Point of Squatty Potty’s Messaging
20:14: Inspiring Stories About Squatty Potty
23:03: What’s Life Like for Bobby Edwards These Days?
23:30: A Team of 17 Running a Company that Produced $30 Million in Revenue Last Year
24:51: The Squatty Potty Video That Went Viral
27:12: Growth and Sales From a Viral Video
32:43: The Future of Squatty Potty
33:49: Bobby Edwards on The Difference Between the 7 & 8-Figure Mentalities
Contact Info:
Website:
https://www.thebusinessmethod.com/squatty-potty
Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-business-method-podcast/id1069958541?mt=2
Google Podcasts:
Spotify:
Wednesday Sep 02, 2020
Ep.469 ~ The Content Marketing Godfather ~ Joe Pulizzi
Wednesday Sep 02, 2020
Wednesday Sep 02, 2020
Joe Pulizzi ~ Author of Killing Marketing, Content Inc.
~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers
Today, we have the man who is known as the "Godfather of Content Marketing", Joe Pulizzi on our show! Joe started Content Marketing Institute back in 2007 and later started Chief Content Officer Magazine and Content Marketing World. These have become the leading education and training organizations for content marketing as well as the largest in-person content marketing event in the world. There are few people in the content marketing field that haven’t heard about Joe and today we get to pick his mind for almost an hour.
Joe will share with us what it is like after selling his business that he built for nine years. We talk about why it might be a bad idea to fall in love with your products and services. Joe shares about how he would build a community in today's world, and some practical tips about being a major influencer.
02:00: Joe’s Taking His First Vacation Completely Offline
02:41: Joe On Balancing His Life Never Taking Time Offline for 10 Years
06:47: How Joe Became the Godfather of Content Marketing
15:56: Should You Fall in Love With Your Products/Services?
20:54: Building a Community in Today’s World
23:58: The Future of Content Marketing
33:22: Changing From the Idea of an Office Space Business to a Location-Independent Business
35:53: 6-Figure Mentality vs. 7-Figure Mentality
38:06: Joe on Hitting Monetary Goals
41:40: Life After Selling a 9-Year Business
Contact Info:
Twitter: @joepulizzi
“Media companies have been doing this for 200 years. They focus on building one property on one content platform they do it really well. They build an audience, and then they diversify.” Joe Pulizzi
Website:
https://www.thebusinessmethod.com/joe-pulizzi
Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-business-method-podcast/id1069958541?mt=2
Google Podcasts:
Spotify: