Ambitious Entrepreneur Show

Topic: How To Grow a Successful Online Business Even If No-one Has Ever Heard of You Struggling to build your online business because no-one knows about you? Yet despite all of your marketing efforts and the number of networking events you attend, you just feel invisible. Joining me today is Prosper Taruvinga. Prosper was born [...] The post [Ep #214] How To Grow a Successful Online Business Even...

Topic: How to Write Your Book in Just 30-minutes a Day Welcome to Ambitious Entrepreneur Show - this is episode 213, I’m your host Annemarie Cross - the podcasting queen. If I asked you whether you thought printed books, ebooks or audio books were the highest sellers – which do you think? According to a recent [...] The post [Ep #213] How to Write Your Book in Just 30-minutes a Day appeared first...

Topic:  A Tech Entrepreneur’s Small Business War Story Joining me today is Pablo Fuentes. Pablo started his company Proven.com when he was in business school at Stanford in 2009. He tried eight different business models before finding growth and profitability as a small business hiring software tool. He is the host of Small Business War Stories [...] The post [Ep #212] A Tech Entrepreneur’s Small...

Topic: Why Australian Manufacturing is NOT dead Have you heard it said that Australian manufacuring is dead? According to a recent article published on Successful.com.au – the manufacturing industry here in Australia is anything but dead. In fact, it’s been growing strongly over the past 2 years. And in the past 12 months was the [...] The post [Ep #211] Why Australian Manufacturing is NOT dead ap...

Topic: How to confront challenges as a black entrepreneur/minority in the business world Welcome - this is episode 207, I’m your host Annemarie Cross - the podcasting queen. Joining me today is Tariku Bogale. He was raised in Ethiopia as one of 13 siblings and worked his way out of poverty to fund his own education, [...] The post [Ep #210] How to confront challenges as a black entrepreneur/minori...

Topic: How to Stop the Financial & Emotional Roller Coaster Do you sometimes feel as if you’re on a financial and emotional roller coaster? Some days everything is going really well and you think: “Thank goodness, I have finally got things working,” only for the next day, or week, or month, to have everything come [...] The post [Ep #209] How to Stop the Financial & Emotional Roller Coaster appear...

Welcome - this is episode 208, I’m your host Annemarie Cross - the podcasting queen. As an ambitious entrepreneur do you often find yourself trying to burn the candle at both ends? You’re just so busy that sleep and looking after your health and wellness is not something you’re really focused on? According to my [...] The post [Ep #208] Why the ‘Hustling-at-all-costs’ model is working backward app...

How to Uncover Your Own Writer's Voice. Are you struggling to stand out? Is your message not cutting through all of the noise? According to my guest today: "Don’t manufacture your stories. The truth, no matter how ordinary it may seem, is always more interesting." Joining me today is Jo Johnson. She is a coastal-dwelling, [...] The post [Ep #207] How to Uncover Your Own Writer’s Voice appeared fir...

Welcome - this is episode 206, I’m your host Annemarie Cross - the podcasting queen. According to my guest: “The enemy of entrepreneurial success is invisibility.” It can feel disheartening to see your competition get the headlines and interviews when you have a better track record, more experience, and greater understanding of your community’s needs. [...] The post [Ep #206] Four Secrets to Attra...

According to the 2016 Symantec Internet Security Threat Report – cyber attacks again small business has increased from 18 percent in 2011 to 43 percent – a significant increase that should have small businesses on alert. Joining me on today’s show is Damien Battersby. He is the founder and managing director of Proactive IT Solutions, [...] The post [Ep #205] Protect Your Business from Cyber Crime...

Now, one way to imagine, you're sitting at a negotiating table and you've got to validate why you believe you need to be paid a specific amount of money. Now, is that something you love to do, or maybe it's something you dislike and get really nervous about? And I'm sure if we were able [...] The post [Ep #203a] Increase Your Self-Confidence for Better Negotiations & Results appeared first on The...

Did you know there are currently over 500 million profiles registered on LinkedIn with 2 new people joining every second? And, according to an article on Be Businessed.com - whether you’re advertising your personal homepage or your company’s website, you’re better off focusing your marketing efforts on LinkedIn. When it comes to direct traffic to [...] The post [Ep #203] 7 Mistakes on Linkedin You...

49% of smartphone users say they’ve tried new brands after seeing them in search results. Let me ask you a question: if one of your potential customers were searching for your product or service on Google – would they find our business in the search? Or would they find one of your competitors? Joining me [...] The post [Ep #202a] SEO & How Google Ranks Your Business Online appeared first on The Am...

Sales (and the topic of selling) is something that sadly many service-based ambitious entrepreneurs struggle with. The thought of having to sell yourself, or receiving a NO to your offer and feeling somewhat rejected is something I think we can all relate to. However, imagine if you could follow a breakthrough sales system that took [...] The post [Ep #202] How to Achieve a Sales Conversion Rate o...

Businesses need sales and sales people, but most businesses haven’t prepared their businesses to be salesperson ready. Joining me on today’s show is Frances Pratt. Frances is a sales success architect. With 20 years in direct sales and business experience, coupled with an MBA, Frances delivers this vital missing ingredient into your business. So you [...] The post [Ep #201] Key Recruitment Insight...

How to Stand Out, Be Heard & Become an Influential Voice with a Podcast Today’s show has a different format. I’ll be spending time with you today to speak about some exciting things in the world of podcasting and how a podcast, when produced with purpose and intention can help you cut through the noise, [...] The post [Ep #200] How to Stand Out, Be Heard & Become an Influential Voice with a Podcas...

Are you still using feature-benefit marketing and solution-based selling to promote and sell your products and services? According to my guest today - feature-benefit marketing and solution-based selling worked well in a world with tightly controlled information, high barrier to entry and sales-led selling cycles. However in today’s reality of information commoditization and buyer led [...] The po...

Cyber Security: How to Avoid Falling Victim to Black Hat Hackers. What we are actively and passively sharing on the internet is very easy to attain by Black Hat Hackers. We have an inherent trust in people and systems. And, because of that – we are leaving ourselves wide open to cyber-attacks. In fact, when [...] The post [Ep #198] Cyber Security: How to Avoid Falling Victim to Black Hat Hackers a...

How to 'Think Digital' to Improve Your Business Processes to Deliver Exceptional Customer Experience Joining me today to share his journey is Logan Nathan. He's a Digital Transformation Influencer, Digital Strategist, Thought Leader, Social Selling Specialist, Consultant and Author. With a strong drive for innovation and disrupting present work silos, Logan believes in empowering SMEs [...] The po...

How to Setup, Scale and Sustain Your Business Joining me today to share his journey is Dr Ross McKenzie. He helps Entrepreneurs, Startups, Founders, SMB's & SME’s to setup, scale and sustain their businesses in this age of the global entrepreneur, so they can focus on dreaming big and making a difference. This is achieved through [...] The post [Ep #195] How to Setup, Scale and Sustain Your Busine...

How to Fill Up Your Live Events We all know that webinars are a great way to build visibility for your business. However, imagine running a webinar and almost breaking the world record for the most number of people who attended your webinar. Think it’s impossible? Well, you are in for a treat because today, [...] The post [Ep #194] How to Fill Up Your Live Events appeared first on The Ambitious En...

How to Get in Front of Your Ideal Client with Linkedin Ads Did you know that 72% of Fortune 500 companies are B2B? While B2B may not be sexy, according to my guest – it’s where they money’s at. And, he’s going to show you HOW you can get in front of key decision makers [...] The post [Ep #193] How to Get in Front of Your Ideal Client with Linkedin Ads appeared first on The Ambitious Entrepreneur P...

How to Start an Ecommerce Business with your phone and Instagram (with little to no money) The life of an entrepreneur, being your own boss, working your own hours and being in control of your days is something many people dream about. Imagine being able to start an ecommerce business with your phone and Instagram. [...] The post [Ep #192] How to Start an Ecommerce Business with your phone and Ins...

How to make good money from Facebook (from someone who has) Did you know that Australia’s Gross Domestic Product was up by $1.56 trillion dollars in 2013 and down to $1.33 trillion in 2015, and up slightly in 2016. And, according to my guest NONE of this macro economy matters one bit to Australia’s SME [...] The post [Ep #191] How to make good money from Facebook (from someone who has) appeared fi...

How Google Will Rank Your Brand Online According to my guest today, there are over 200 signals that Google looks for to rank a brand online, and most SEO companies will tell you about 10 and act on about 5. No wonder our websites are not getting found online. We’re not only trying to compete [...] The post [Ep #190] How Google Will Rank Your Brand Online appeared first on The Ambitious Entrepreneu...