Breakthrough Success

Nathan Hirsch has bootstrapped two multi-million dollar businesses which he runs to this day. Nathan's first business, Portlight, an Amazon store with over $20 million worth of product sales, emerged from his college dorm room. At Portlight's peak, Nathan and his team were managing over 500,000 products on the Portlight Amazon store from over 1,000 drop ship suppliers. Nathan's second business,  F...

Joe Pulizzi is the founder of Content Marketing Institute, a UBM company and the leading education and training organization for content marketing. CMI is responsible for producing Content Marketing World, the largest content marketing event in the world. He's also the author of five books including his latest, Killing Marketing . His third book, Epic Content Marketing was named one of the "Five M...

Mark Schaefer is a globally-recognized KeyNote speaker, educator, business consultant, and author who blogs at {grow}, one of the top marketing blogs in the world. He specializes in marketing strategy and social media workshops. He's consulted a combination of start-ups and global brands such as Adidas, Johnson & Johnson, Dell, Pfizer, The U.S. Air Force, and the UK government. He's also the autho...

Introduction: Dwayne Klassen is known as THE Coach for Men. He's an engaging and entertaining transformational speaker, author coach, and relationship expert. As the creator of The Remarkable Man Coaching Program, Dwayne teaches that no matter how hard life can get, you can rise up, make a difference, and win.   Quotes To Remember: "We all know who we want to be inside, you've already met that ind...

Introduction: Debbie Drum is a full-time marketer, content creator, and author. She has self-published several of her books on Amazon under various pen names but recently published the book Read Better Faster under her pen name, and the insights in that book will be the focus of today's episode.   Quotes To Remember: "If you can't do something good, or you're mediocre at it, there's always somethi...

Introduction: Anne Rainbow is the content editor and creator behind Scrivener Virgin where she takes us through her journey of mastering the popular writing tool while providing insights into the realms of self-publishing and marketing. Anne also created the Red Pen course where she teaches writers how to self-edit and enjoy the process.   Quotes To Remember: "That's what makes it so compelling, y...

Jamie Stenhouse is an entrepreneur and marketer who specializes in assisting business owners and clients to generate customers online—in any industry. Jamie founded his first business, JCP Creations, as a 19 year old. That business specializes in website design and online marketing. Since then he has helped customers online across over 70 industries and has personally worked 1-on-1 with over 150 b...

Amy Morse is a restless authorpreneur and the protagonist in the story of her business. She helps authors turn their business book dreams into realities. Amy equips these authors with the tools and confidence to tell the stories of their businesses. Her range of services includes eBooks and advice guides, 1 to 1 support, workshops, and copy editing. With her help, businesses can be better at writi...

Liane R. Grant has a knack for finding the most efficient way to accomplish a task with excellence. Her experience in fulfilling the responsibilities of multiple roles has helped her hone her planning and productivity skills into a highly efficient personal time management system. She just recently published her new book Schedule Your Dream: 8 Steps To Maximizing Your Time And Mobilizing Your Visi...

Jeff Goins is a blogger, speaker, and the author of multiple bestselling books such as The Art Of Work and his latest book Real Artists Don't Starve . He believes that great ideas can change the world and creates content that allows us to tap into our inner creativity. He has trained tens of thousands of communicators to tell their stories online.   Quotes To Remember: "Books don't get written, wo...

Ryan Grant worked in the accounting field for a little over a year and a half before he decided to quit so he could create his own future. Ryan walked away from a $50K/yr job and now crushes it with Amazon FBA and other platforms. Ryan trains other people how to do the same, and everyone who has been in Ryan's program for more than one year made at least $100,000 in sales in 2016 with the top clie...

Gary Szenderski is an author, speaker, teacher, and branding specialist. He specializes in helping people and organizations to navigate change, and frequently speaks and writes on the topic of emerging brands, personal branding, and companies in transition. Gary is an award-winning writer, author of the Book of Szen, often quoted marketing expert, and recipient of the Distinguished Instructor Awar...

  Hamilton Perkins is the founder and CEO of Hamilton Perkins Collection, a brand that focuses on creating affordable designer bags that look good, perform well, and make a difference. With a sea of options, HPC sets itself apart with the level of care it puts into each product. Hamilton sees philanthropy and giving as an essential part of running a business today.   Quotes To Remember: "We starte...

Nitin Chhoda is an immigrant who arrived in the U.S. penniless in 2002. He started by delivering pizza, sleeping in his car, and not having enough money to afford winter clothing. However, his hustling mentality allowed him to transcend the grip of poverty to become a licensed physical therapist, entrepreneur, author, and public speaker. Now he owns and runs several multi-million dollar companies...

Jonathan David Lewis is an engaging and authoritative speaker who shares how to survive and thrive in today's uncertain world. He is the author of several books including Brand VS Wild which will be the focus of this episode. In addition to writing books, Jonathan has also written several articles on places like Forbes, DigiDay, and Advertising Age where he explores that factors that lead to stall...

Timothy Pychyl is a passionate teacher at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. He has researched and written about procrastination for over 20 years which he has published on procrastination.ca . Timothy has culminated this research into his book Solving The Procrastination Puzzle: A Concise Guide To Strategies For Change which is available on Amazon.   Quotes To Remember: "Procrastination is a...

For the first time ever, I'm interviewing a duo for the Breakthrough Success Podcast! Ivy LaClair and Blake Brandes are the Co-founders of Motivational Millennial. Ivy is a personal motivation coach and Blake is a TEDx Speaker. In this episode, we'll discuss why the duo started the Motivational Millennial Podcast which highlights successful millennials. Within this episode will be several highligh...

Wondering how to get more sales as an affiliate marketer and how recruiters get the affiliates in the first place? Those are two of the many topics we explore in this episode. Matt is the guy who people like Ray Edwards, Michael Hyatt, Chandler Bolt, Brian Tracy, Jeff Goins, and many more. He's been the mastermind of several six and seven figure affiliate launches that have transformed businesses....

Shopify is a site with great revenue potential in the ecommerce . For this episode, Dan Rusu and I discuss how people can get started with their very own Shopify stores. Dan is the owner of Lighting Shoes, an E-commerce site that uses Shopify.   Google AdWords has been the ignitor to Dan's successful business. We discuss how he uses AdWords, some of the challenges he faced along the way, and how t...

Our motivation fuels our ability to accomplish our biggest goals. So how do we fuel that motivation as much as possible? That's what Trevor Oldham and I discuss in today's episode. Trevor started as an entrepreneur before he was 10 years old. He's now an ambitious young entrepreneur and host of the Become The Lion podcast show. He inspires others to pursue their dreams.   Learn: —How to motivate y...

Wondering how to make a big profit from webinars…regardless of the size of your email list? This podcast episode will shed the light to those questions.   For this episode, I got to interview Jon Schumacher. Jon is a Webinar specialist and webinar consultant. He is the founder of Webinar Mastery Academy , and was the co-host of the Webinar Mastery Summit.   After creating thousands of webinars and...

If you get into a conversation about starting your own podcast, it won't take long before JLD gets mentioned. John Lee Dumas, otherwise known by his cool nickname, is one of the most successful podcasters on the planet. He regularly brings in six figures from his podcast… every month! And he took some time to share his secrets. We talked about growing your podcast to a seven figure revenue generat...

The Go-Giver reveals the unconventional secrets to success that are all based on five special laws. Interested in learning more? That's what this episode is all about! For Episode 37, Bob Burg was nice enough to stop by and talk about his book The Go-Giver . Bob has sold over 500,000 copies of his book Go-Giver which provides valuable insights on how to become successful by following the unconvent...

Want to know how to grow a targeted Instagram audience that will expand your brand's reach. In this episode, Ksenia Avdulova shares the insights you need to take your Instagram account to the next level. Ksenia is the mastermind behind Breakfast Criminals, a global movement  with a goal to inspire people in every part of the globe to start every day with love, one acai bowl at a time. Her life mis...

How does a deaf child make it in the NBA and go on to be a KeyNote motivational speaker with a TEDx under his belt? For this episode, I had the privilege of interviewing Lance Allred, the first deaf NBA player, KeyNote motivational speaker, and bestselling author.  Hearing Lance's story will make you question the gravity of any obstacle set in front of you. Lance was told at an early age that bein...