Business & Lifestyle LEGENDS Podcast

"Most people do not realize the power of their thoughts. Every single person has a part of their brain called the Reticular Activating System. And this part of the brain, RAS, is a matchmaker. Whatever you’re thinking about, whatever you’re talking about, it’s sifting through the world, and it’s looking for THAT." - Dana Wilde, founder and CEO of The Mind Aware In this episode, Ben Schne...

"I believe that out of all the components on marketing which you should still be creating, all the different assets, all the different platforms, all the different things that you can do in the marketing world, to drive demand and drive interest and to get eyeballs looking in to your product. # 1 thing you should do is to become a content marketing machine, become a media company, be that com...

"Now that the profile of Africa is rising, people are starting to come back. They are coming back to start businesses here, they are coming back with a lot of experience from the West, they are coming back with a lot of money, some people are coming back for retirement, and some are relocating. So, just imagine what the impact of that would be." - John-Paul Iwuoha, Smallstarter Africa, F...

"Start a business where you know there’s gonna be a market for it, where you know there’s  gonna be people paying you for that. You may want to be selling Smurfs, but you may be a  great coder and you might say you’re great at coding apps and helping people to do that and  you know people will pay you for that. Start with that first, build that, and then you can build  another on the side.&qu...

"If you truly wanna beat these guys, sometimes, you may have to raise money. And that is just an option that you need to be thinking about yourself: what do you want for your company? What do you want your goal to be? Because to be #1, it’s just a different type of company, it’s something different." –Kevin Urrutia, Founder of Voy Media and Host of the Digital Marketing Fastlane podcast...

"An avatar is your ideal customer. So whatever product, course, or service you’re selling, imagine your ideal customer. And don’t just imagine it, actually create them as if you’re writing a character for a movie." –Mike Jacques, Founder and CEO of NewSpark Group In this episode, Ben Schneider and Mike Jacques discuss how he got fired from his 30-year stint in software sales and now uses...

"Once you experience success, it drives you to experience it again." –Gary Brackett, Former Super Bowl Champion and host of the “Success Leaves Clues” podcast In this episode, Ben Schneider and Gary Brackett discuss his journey to professional sports (NFL), his transition from professional sports to entrepreneurship and consultancy, the long-term priorities of a former NFL player, and an...

"How can you inspire yourself to develop this path if you don’t see yourself in the marketing materials, in the website, and all other materials about career and having a good life? So, this is one of the issues that we have among education, among opportunities, and also having role models for these people to feel inspired.” –Lisiane Lemos, New Business Manager at Google In this episode, Ben...

"The companies that know what matters to their constituencies or consumers are able to tap in to that particular motivation and align their products and services to help enhance or fill a gap that is needed to be basically filled that is missing in a person’s life because their services are facilitating that need.” –Cleophus "Cleo" Franklin, CEO and Founder of Franklin Strategic Sol...

"All of those bad thoughts are not serving you and they’re driving actions that are creating a result in your life that is undesirable." –Kevin Aillaud, host of The Alpha Male Coach Podcast Have you ever felt limited by negative thoughts? In this episode, Ben Schneider and Kevin Aillaud answer the question, “How can thinking positive thoughts combat the negative?” They also discuss how n...

"One of the good signs that you’re on the right path is that when you’re doing it, it’s not so hard. It’s something that feels natural and easy or something that you’re comfortable with. You’re not moving the boulder uphill for miles." –Omar Zenhom, Co-Founder and CEO of WebinarNinja Join Ben Schneider and Omar Zenhom as they discuss how Omar Zenhom started his SaaS business, the challen...

"When you get your first 5 or 10 customers, don’t focus on getting the next 10. First focus on working with those 5. Get their feedback, make things better, improve, and, only then, continue to grow. Because those 5 will stay and they will be the biggest proponents of your service because you engaged them, you serviced them, you focused on them. To me, that’s a recipe for 'viral growth.&...

"I had to plan ahead in terms of if I will be selling this business. I need to make sure that my business is not only on Etsy and Amazon because I don’t believe it looks good if you want to sell a business to only have online stores and you don’t own the customers, you don’t have their email, it’s not your customer base. It’s Etsy’s or Amazon’s customers. I wanna grow my customer base so that...

"If we do a really good job consistently, and very frequently communicating these critical elements–like vision, mission, core values, goals, and feedback–then we’re gonna set ourselves up for success and we’re gonna be much more productive and effective, and, quite frankly, differentiated in the marketplace."   –Jeff Hunt, CEO of GoalSpan and Host of the Human Capital podcast In this ep...

"People don’t always like what I have to say, but you know what? I keep it real. I’m not here to make friends, I’m here to give you advice and give you value." –David "Vegas Dave" Oancea, Expert Elite Sports Handicapper In this episode, Vegas Dave tells the REAL story behind his 19 FELONY charges and how big casinos have not yet paid for HALF of his well-deserved EARNINGS, the...

"People who reach out to my podcast always ask, ‘How do I do this?’ I always say, ‘Find someone who is actually doing it and is successful. Don’t get advice from someone who’s never done it.’ And that’s what I did. I joined a team in Houston when I first started in real estate. They showed me all the ropes." –Chris Bello, Real Estate Expert and Host of the Entrepreneur Motivation Podcast...

"People are now only just realizing that social media and an online presence is absolutely vital and has been for quite a long time. Lockdown has made people realize that they need to keep up their online presence rather than just have the Instagram or the Twitter handle for the sake of having it. They need to really post on social media and take advantage of an online presence." –Connor...

"It takes consistent blogging or Youtube videos. A blog weekly is totally fine. With social media, really daily is the cadence because people are there all the time. If you’re looking for a great place to start building infrastructure or building a team using overseas employees, empowering your marketing to be more consistent is a great scenario especially with social media." –Neal Schaf...

"Being very good at one’s craft would help them create really high-quality courses, which, in turn, will add value to the people, which, in turn, will get more people on board. That means more revenue, more profit, more cash flow." –Keshav Rathnavel a.k.a. Kesh, Founder of Kesh Art Join Ben Schneider and Keshav Rathnavel as they discuss how Kesh turned his passion into a business, how to...

"The first thing companies should do is not focus on Google; they should focus on the user experience and make it the best page for the user. Then after you make it the best page for the user, of course you should still think about SEO–from your URL to having the keywords to using H1s to alt tags. All those things are important." – Neil Patel, Co-founder of Neil Patel Digital and Co-host...

"One thing I’ve learned with SaaS is that a lot of the urgency methods that might work for selling online courses don’t always translate to selling softwares. A lot of it needs to be people signing up months potentially down the road after learning about the thing that you do when getting your weekly emails." – Brennan Dunn, Founder of Double Your Freelancing and Co-Founder of RightMessa...

"If you surround yourself with Yes-men, you’re only gonna ever do what you want with the business, your opinions are the only ones that count, and you have people around your table just agreeing with you, and that’s the worst thing ever." – Ian Farrar, Host of the Industry Angel Business Podcast and Founder of Far North Sales & Marketing How important really is leadership? Join Ben S...

"Most people don’t know if something works for them until they try it. You just have to take a leap of faith and try it." – John Jonas, Founder of OnlineJobs. PH Join Ben Schneider and John Jonas as John walks us through how he discovered and built one of the pioneer job search platforms called OnlineJobs PH, the team behind OnlineJobs. PH, and why outsourcing is better for your business...

"For me, it’s a lot of trial and error, and making sure my team understands the expectations because we bring forth a very high quality that is just honestly unheard of." – Emily Elizabeth, host of What Fulfills You? podcast and Founder of Elite Skate Wear and Loshattan Co. Join Ben Schneider and Emily Elizabeth as they talk about Emily’s journey from figure skating to coaching and creat...

"You don’t always need to have the perfect idea, but if you could be the best solution to a real problem out there in the world, you’ll win." – John Lee Dumas, Host and Founder of the Entrepreneurs on Fire Join Ben Schneider and John Lee Dumas as JLD teaches us the best practice in launching a podcast in 2021, listening to what your audience's NEEDS, and addressing that need through...