Builders of Authority

A few weeks ago I got a comment on Facebook from someone saying that we should connect.  I can’t even remember the context.  Usually I’m skeptical with those types of things, but I went and looked at his profile and saw a lot of mutual connections.  Then we both realized that we are local to the St. Louis area.  After a few messages back and forth hearing about his story, I said that’s a guy I wan...

We’re live here at Adventure Unknown in Fenton, MO. Today we are joined by the man himself, the person who is the genius responsible for making AU a reality.  I’m joined by Scott Schuessler.  Scott is also a fellow Vianney Griffin graduate, and someone that loves business, networking, and of course travel.  Scott’s Bio: Scott Schuessler is a serial entrepreneur and visionary community builder with...

Due to a last minute cancellation, I ended up doing a solo episode this week. I wasn’t prepared for this, so I decided to just talk about what first came to my mind.  And that was how personal branding can help you attract top talent.  Everything thinks personal branding is about getting more clients (and it is), but it’s also so much more than that.  Over the last 90 days we have gone from 7 empl...

We are coming to you live from Adventure Unknown here in Fenton, MO. Today I’m joined by our new Operations Manager, Jessica Cochran. Jessica and I have known each other for a few years, belong to the same parish of SMMA, and have a lot of mutual connections.  A little over a month ago she posted about wanting to find a new role, and I immediately reached out to her.  We had a conversation at the...

I started my first official business when I was 27. It was a side hustle in the digital marketing space.  I went full-time at 28 back in 2020. I always wonder what life and business would have been like if I started earlier.  Today’s guest is someone that’s done just that.  He’s someone who I highly respect for his hustle and work ethic at such a young age.  I’ve had the opportunity to coach and m...

Today I’m joined by fellow AU member, Zach Fagas.  Zach and I actually went to grade school together. I was a year older.  We have been connected online probably since Facebook was even a thing.  It wasn’t until a few years ago that we started interacting and having conversations.  About a year ago I was actually on his podcast (also hosted here at AU), called the Zach & Pat Show.  Zach is a r...

I’ll start by saying that I strongly dislike financials, accounting, taxes, etc.  Today’s guest is truly an authority and subject matter expert in this space.  He and I connected online over a year ago.  Then he came to our 2nd BOA event last June.  Since then we have had the opportunity to get to know each other even better, and we are in the process of launching his new website.  He is someone t...

One of my favorite FB groups is Blue Collar Millionaire.  If you’re a home services company or contractor and you’re not in the group, go join it right now.  I’ve been in the group for almost 2 years now, and met some incredible people along the way.  Today I’ll be interviewing one of those individuals.  While this will actually be the first time talking, I feel like I’ve known this person for awh...

Being a member up here at Adventure Unknown has given me the opportunity to meet some incredible people. If you’re here in St. Louis and haven’t come up to visit, let’s get you up here ASAP.  Today’s guest is someone I met here a few months ago.  Over the last few months we have gotten the opportunity to chat a lot about business and life.  A lot of people tell me that I have a lot going on, and t...

Description:  I’ve been investing in masterminds and self development since 2020.  Along the way I’ve met some amazing people. It’s even better when you meet those people and they are local to you.  Today I’m joined by Dr. Danny Roach of Cornerstone Chiropractic of Warrenton. A few years ago we got connected through the Arete Syndicate, and ended up grabbing dinner.  Since then it’s amazing watchi...

We are live here from Adventure Unknown in Fenton, MO thanks to the amazing folks at Punchline Productions.  Today I’m joined by someone I met through being a member here at AU.  We had been meaning to meet up for awhile after I joined in August, and the timing never worked. At the AU Christmas Party, we got the chance to connect, sing some karaoke and talk about business.  Then we went to a Blues...

Welcome back, everyone!  Due to a guest cancellation, I’ve decided to role with a solo episode.  The timing is great, because we just ended an incredible Q1.  I’m making a YouTube video about the quarter itself right now.  But today, I want to dive into what I’ve learned over the last 6 months since re-launching my digital marketing agency.  6 Lessons is what I’ll call it.  1. Always do the right...

Today’s episode is with someone who is a client of our digital marketing agency, and has been since October.  And the way that it all came about was the perfect storm of personal branding gone right.  Nearly a year prior I added him on Facebook, and I didn’t cold DM or pitch him ever. I simply said if he ever needed help with digital marketing to let me know.  He reached out, and we had a conversa...

Today I’m joined by someone that I met over 3 years ago. We connected on LinkedIn and ended up grabbing coffee a few different times.  He & I talked a lot about life and business and realized we knew a lot of the same people. St. Louis is a small town at the core where everyone knows everyone.  One of the times we met, he had been telling me about a new idea for a business venture that he and...

Back in 2011, I took my first business class in college.  I had heard about this professor who had a really innovative way of teaching inside of the business school at Columbia After taking that class, I ended up having quite a few classes with him and he ended up becoming my Advisor for a little while.  It was in 2012 during my junior where I took my first entrepreneurial class with him, created...

Today’s episode is with a guest who I’ve known for about 4 years now. We met in a digital marketing mastermind that I was a part of previously.  He’s someone that I highly respect because of his track record in the digital marketing agency and SEO, and his results and expertise speak for themselves.  I now have a pretty good detector as to who is real and who is fake.  Today’s guest is as real as...

Today we have a virtual episode coming to you via Zoom. This guest and I had the opportunity to meet back in June of last year at The Thing in Nashville. We shared the stage speaking at that event, and then also The Thing in Orlando back in November.  She is someone that always lights up the room and leaves the stage impacting the audience by providing education and strategies to help you win at l...

Today’s episode is with a guest whom I met at The Thing in Orlando back in November. There’s been a lot of recent guests who I met at that event and they’ve all been amazing episodes, and I know today will be just the same. I will probably not do this guest justice by introducing her and her practice and how it helps business owners, so I will let her do it.  My guest today is Chrisy Waters Forsyt...

I don’t know how it took us this long to schedule this episodes, but I’m grateful we are doing this today.  About a year and a half ago, I got connected to this individual.  Since then, he has joined our BOA Mastermind, became a digital marketing client, and one of my biggest supporters. He’s a friend, someone I can go to and get advice from, and someone I look up to. A few weeks ago we had the ch...

Today is going to be a great episode. I have known this individual for over 5 years now.  He and I met in a group where we were learning digital marketing way back in the day.  Since then, we have been active in Apex together, and now he is a 1-1 coaching client of mine and a member of our BOA Mastermind.   My guest today is Lewis Vandervalk. He is the Owner & CEO at Blue Crocus Solutions. He...

It’s been a minute since we had an in person episode. And today’s episode has an interesting back story, that I’m really excited to dive into.  On New Years Eve I was scrolling social media and saw this individual posting about his daily life in college. I like following trends and seeing what’s working, and it was clear that this was. Then I realized he had 25,000 followers on IG. Then I realized...

Today is going to be a great episode. I recently met today’s guest at the end of last year through a mutual connection. We had the opportunity to hop on a zoom call and get to know each other and learn more about what we were up to in business.  We both quickly realized that we knew a lot of the same people, and had both done some pretty incredible things in the digital marketing agency space.  Fi...

Today I’m excited about the opportunity to interview someone I had the chance to meet back in June of last year while speaking at event with him. Since then we have spoken at multiple events together, and I’ve just really enjoyed having this person in my support system. He may not know it, but I’m a huge of fan of his, constantly learning from him, and respect the heck out of him. Recently I had t...

Today is going to be a great episode. I’m interviewing someone I’ve only briefly talked back and forth over messenger with, but I know that she’s going to be an incredible guest.  She and I are alumni of the Coach to Coaches program with Ben Newman, and when I saw her bio and started consuming some of her content, I knew she would be a perfect fit for this show.  My guest today is Kristy Kuhl. Kri...

Today is an episode that I’ve been looking forward to for quite some time now.  I’ve been following this person since I went full-time with my agency back in 2020.  We have been connected online for a few years and I’ve consumed so much of his content, but it wasn’t until April 2024 that I got to meet him in person when we shared the stage at SEO Spring Training. He is someone that I look up to, n...