Breakthrough Success

One thing I love about hosting my podcast is when I get to interview people who helped me for so much of my journey. Kim Garst is one of those people. She's a live video pro who taught me much of what I know about social media. I read her blog posts, engaged with her tweets, and now have a big audience of my own.  For this episode, Kim shares her insights on live video. Kim got attracted to live v...

Preston Pysh is the founder of BuffettsBooks.com which deeply analyzes Warren's favorite books. Preston's journey began when he wanted to invest some of his earnings. He had no idea how to invest, and this was total  guesswork for him. So he studied Warren Buffett.  Studying Warren allowed Preston to become successful, and now he analyzes billionaires. He shared a few insights with us about how bi...

Ray Edwards is the best copywriting expert I know. He's written the copy for several million dollar sales pages and has had clients like Tony Robbins, Jeff Walker, Michael Hyatt, Jack Canfield, and many others. He created the Copywriting Academy course which he filled up with his deepest and most powerful copywriting secrets. I got to squeeze some secrets out of him in the latest episode of Breakt...

Anthony Iannarino is the author of The Only Sales Guide You'll Ever Need . His book combines mindset and methods into the sales guide that will boost your sales.  Anthony started as a musician in LA and is now an expert on generating sales. Anthony hosts a daily show on his YouTube channel where he shares some nuggets of wisdom to his audience. We start our discussion by exploring the successful s...

Erin Chase is the mastermind behind $5 Dinner Mom, a brand that educates people on how they can get a tasty dinner for just $5. Her blog generates a massive amount of traffic, and Erin has turned that source of traffic into a source of recurring revenue for her products and services.  Erin continues to monitor her traffic, members, and pages to optimize them for more growth. In this episode, she d...

  In this episode, I interview Mary Fernandez to discuss what makes a brilliant content marketing strategy, and more importantly, how you actually implement the strategy. Mary is a blogger, visibility strategist, the content marketing manager of Opt-In Monster, and host of the Persuasion Nation Series Podcast. Her blogging journey began as a teacher who wrote blog posts about ballet. The idea behi...

Mark Podolsky, the Land Geek, has several podcasts including the Best Passive Income Model podcast which I was recently a guest on. Now the tables have turned and he was the latest guest on my Breakthrough Success podcast. In this episode, we talked about how Mark operates several podcasts and uses them to build a passive income. Mark uses his podcast to generate income in the same way I use socia...

Wondering how you can live your ideal life? In this podcast episode, you'll learn exactly how! Our guest for this episode is Jim Palmer, the bestselling author of several books including Decide: The Ultimate Success Trigger and he's the founder of the Dream Business Academy. Jim sent me a copy of his book and I was quickly blown away by it's value and Jim's story.  When Jim started his business, i...

Jasmine Star is an Instagram expert, public speaker, and business strategist. She goes wherever her camera takes her and uses Instagram to tell stories of her life. The visual storyteller turned her curiosity into creativity, and this creativity budded into a passion.  She gave up law at UCLA to marry sooner so her mother (suffering from cancer at the time) would live to be there for her wedding....

Chandler Bolt is the CEO of Self-Publishing School and 5-time bestselling author. He believes that there's a book inside of everyone, and Chandler teaches you how to find that book within so you can start writing.  In this episode, Chandler reveals how you can identify your first book topic and turn it into a bestseller. He goes over keyword optimization, content creation, and the other parts of w...

Richard Rieman used his experience as an NBC broadcaster to narrate audiobooks as an Audible Approved Narrator. In this episode of Breakthrough Success, we talk about the Audiobook Revolution that's taking over the consumer space. Richard discusses how to narrate an audiobook and get your audiobook published in the ACX marketplace. He also shares some insights on how to rank your audiobooks higher...

David Jenyns is the founder of Melbourne SEO services and the author of Authority Content. David helps business owners get their marketing messages heard.    I first came across David's work during my Christmas shopping bonanza (I ended up with 20 books). His book's description grabbed me from the start, I did some more research, and I knew that I needed to have David on the show.      Key Links f...

When a corporate rockstar turns into an entrepreneurial coach with more than an 80% success rate with his mastermind groups, you need that guy on your podcast. That's exactly what I was thinking when I first came across Ellory Wells.    Ellory was the exact person I needed to talk to because I'm currently a part of a mastermind group and am considering creating a mastermind group. With all of this...

Adam Houge is an author and a beacon of hope for self-published authors. The status quo view of self-publishing is that it's hard to make money and sell books. Adam proved both of this myths wrong by selling 2 million of his self-published book.   Adam's initial motivation wasn't to make money. He was more focused on spreading his valuable content and getting his books into the hands of as many re...

Aaron is an online writer, contributor, publisher and guest blogger. I first learned about Aaron in a funny but awesome way. Aaron was looking for teens to feature in a SUCCESS Magazine article. My friend Ulyses  Osuna tagged me and I learned about the opportunity. I submitted my story in a powerful way, Aaron and I got to talk a while afterward, and the rest is history. He's now the latest guest...

I've known Joe Parys for a while, so I was delighted when I learned he agreed to be a guest on my podcast. Joe and I created two Udemy courses together and have been interacting with each other ever since. I've viewed him as a mentor on Udemy and I've asked him questions throughout my journey on that platform. For anyone curious (and eager to get a big discount), these are the two courses we creat...

In our latest episode, I am joined by Tom Corson-Knowles, an entrepreneur, publisher, and author of 20 bestselling books. Listen in as we discuss his career, and as Tom drops some super valuable information on success as a writer.   Tom had a different dream than his classmates, and wanted to be successful for his quality of life and to make a change in the world...rather than working crazy hours...

On today's episode, Ramon Ray and I discuss hosting a successful event. As someone who constantly wants to bring people together, Ramon has made a truly interesting career out of hosting events, that is if he isn't speaking at an event or running Smart Hustle Magazine.    Starting from the ground up, Ramon grew the size of his events depending on what he saw was appropriate, and has made good on h...

Seth Godin has been my role model since the very early stages of my entrepreneurial journey. I am privileged to have had the opportunity to interview him for my podcast.    In case you don't know him, he's a 18-time bestselling author ( Purple Cow and The Dip being my two favorites…it's too hard to even think about ranking them though) who founded many great companies like Yoyodyne and Squidoo. I...

On today's show, I chat with Rob Cubbon, a successful Amazon author, personal development guru, and entrepreneur. From being stuck in an office job in 2006, Rob now enjoys a happy, enjoyable lifestyle. In this episode, he takes us through how he got from the past to present day.  Rob joins Marc to discuss his unique take on business, and why he strives to make his life as interesting and enjoyable...

On today's episode, we are joined by Aaron Walker, a successful entrepreneur focused on personal development. From turning over stores, getting bought out by Fortune 500 Companies, and delving into construction, Aaron has led a career of variety before deciding to give back to others. Listen in to hear why he decided to give back.   Aaron and Marc sit down to discuss the interesting and insightful...

On today's show, I interview 4-time best selling author and super successful entrepreneur: Mike Michalowicz. As someone who was stuck in a job he hated, and a life that didn't quite work him, Mike strived to change his outcome. He suddenly left his job and pursued the path of entrepreneurship. With all that knowledge garnered over years of hard work, Mike gifts us serious nuggets of brilliant insi...

  On today's episode, Marc is joined by former studio executive, and writing instructor at NBC: Jen Grisanti. Having spent years working in the entertainment industry under some of the best names in the business, Jen transitioned to running her own consultancy to pass her knowledge on to others. Jen chats to Marc about how it all happened.   Listen in to hear Jen discuss why it wasn't as straight...

Lifestyle entrepreneur Matt Inglot is driven by his freedom to run his life as he wants. He built a business from the ground up and is now successfully pulling in $20K plus clients,  while having the freedom to work on his own terms.  Matt offers up great advice from breakthrough to scoring high paying and quality clients, and why he feels autonomy is so key to the success of his business. Matt te...

Join us on Episode 10 of the show, as Lise delivers some valuable insights on how to achieve success in the Kindle Marketplace FAST.  Lise is an established Kindle Author, having published over 20 books, and turning over $3-4K in her first 6 months alone.  We discuss why it's so great and also so important to do something you love, and how to be successful at it. Lise makes sure that people are aw...