Perfectly Mentored with Jason Portnoy

On this episode, Nick joins us to talk about how to properly grow an ecomm business in today's noisy world. We talk about branding, sales and lessons all ecomm businesses can learn from.-----Nick is the Co-founder & creative director at WOLACO (www.wolaco.com). He is also the Manager of New Business at VaynerMedia.

On this episode, Chris Mercer joins us to talk about what numbers you should be tracking and how to use them in your marketing to unlock hidden revenues, instantly increase conversion rates and grow your profits.----Chris Mercer, who goes by “Mercer” is the co-owner of Measurement Marketing. Apart from training business owners how to measure and improve their sales funnels, he is a top contributor...

Rutger Thole, aka The Botfather" has been an advocate for messenger bots since they were first introduced. Seeing the impact it will have (and has) on marketing, he built a following (his active Facebook group called Bots and Beer) teaching people how to increase sales, leads and awareness using Messenger as a means of communication. NOTE: I apologize for the audio on this, it was a call betw...

Jason Swenk has literally written the book for growing an agency from nothing to an 8 figure agency. He is one of the most sought out advisors to agencies in the World, by showing them an 8 system framework that worked for growing his agency, working with brands like AT&T, Hitachi, Lotus Cars, and eventually lead to selling his agency.www.jasonswenk.com

On this episode, we talk investment strategies and ways that the new generation should be investing. We also address some of the top myths (including should you max out your 401k).-----David Leidel is an advisor in the firm Swaine & Leidel Wealth Services located in the middle of the Florida peninsula. Swaine & Leidel is a Registered Investment Advisory firm founded at a time when individu...

It's been said that the marketing of the future is built on communities. Cat Howell built her brand and business by building a community. Facebook Ad Hacks has over 77,000 members that put Cat on the map and on this podcast she shares with you how she did it, the impact, the tactics and everything needed to build your community.-----With over six years’ experience in social media marketing, C...

On this episode, we talk personal branding strategies, the importance of becoming a brand and how to make it all work for you.------Brittany Krystle is a personal brand & growth expert with almost a decade of experience in personal brand strategy & content development. She's worked with some of the biggest personal brands online to grow their influence – from founders and entrepreneur...

On this episode, Patrick and I talk about how to get (and manage) clients without being a shady marketer. PLUS we mix in some entrepreneurship talk.-------Patrick Kenney is a pragmatic marketer who focuses primarily on conversion event optimization. With his background in computer science and love of psychology, Patrick can diagnose and correct problematic marketing campaigns quickly, often in min...

Rachel Miller is a business strategist with a proven system to help others grow their customer and audience base that translates into engagement, traffic, and ultimately profit. She has been building pages for over a decade, some into multi-millions in fans, used those audiences to promote her book (selling over 100,000 copies), speak to large audiences and appeared on Good Morning America. But wh...

Quentin Allums was one of the first LinkedIn video storytellers & has since used the platform to accumulate millions of views, travel the world for speaking engagements, and launch his new company, Urban Misfit Ventures. Q, as he's often called, talks about the importance of LinkedIn and the need for brands, business owners and anyone trying to get exposure to learn how to become compelli...

EP8: Jasmine Star joins me and gives us her strategies and thoughts on putting yourself out there on Social Media to grow your brand and business.-------Jasmine left law school to be with her mom and follow her passion. She picked up a camera and began using social media to build a brand and following. With no professional experience, she was voted as Top 10 Wedding Photographers in the world and...

EP7: The E-commerce Roundtable with Andrew Foxwell, David Herrmann, Justin Marshall and myself. This is a listen in on a discussion of some great minds in the ecomm space. We chat about Facebook ads and other paid media strategies as well as important tips and tricks to really help ecomm owners and advertisers scale and increase their awareness and sales. Jason Portnoy, JPORT MediaAndrew Foxwell,...

Tim is a 23-year-old award-winning marketer and CMO who specializes in Social Media Marketing and Brand Strategy. As a business consultant focused on growth, product and viral marketing, Tim has pioneered the top 9 most engaged live streams, by a brand, ever. In the last year alone Tim has strategized and executed marketing plans for six and seven figure crowdfunding raises.------4:36: On how he g...

Claude Silver is the CHO (Chief Heart Officer) at VaynerMedia. She is responsible for the heartbeat of the company and all 800+ employees. If you run a business with employees, this is the podcast for you. Claude discusses how to create the environment that helps your business “crush it!”------1:36: On how she became the first ever in the world Chief Heart Officer.8:07: On why she hates the term “...

Manu “Swish” Goswami is a 21-year-old serial tech entrepreneur, LinkedIn Youth Editor, TEDx speaker, Fortune 500 consultant, venture capitalist and UN Youth Ambassador. Recipient of UN’s Outstanding Youth Leadership Award, Startup Canada’s Young Entrepreneur Award, and Plan Canada’s Top 20 under 20.---------------------------------2:07: On immigrating to Canada to Ted-X speaker/ Influencer/Disrupt...

Jordan Syatt is a strength & nutrition coach with several powerlifting world records. He's the personal trainer for Gary Vaynerchuk (GaryVee) and an entrepreneur who recently launched his own coffee brand (www.unicornmagiccoffee.com). He's hugely popular on Instagram (www.instagram.com/syattfitness) and has been featured in a variety of outlets like CNN and the Huffington Post.------...

On this episode we chat with Anna Shilina, CEO at Akuna Media and Author, Speaker, Coach at Annashilina.com. Anna discusses the hot buzzword: “Mindset” and how important it is to shift it for optimal performance. ---------------Key Time Stamps:2:50: “Mindset” is the hot topic and buzzword that’s been taking off, why do you think that is?4:58: How can people who can’t sit still and can’t turn off m...

On this episode we chat with Stan Way, founder of Peak Sales Results. Stan discusses sales tactics in 2018 and what everyone can do to become a better at selling!---------------Time Stamps:4:14: What’s the number one misconception people have about sales people7:42: Can great sales skills be taught or are you born with it?11:46: What’s the hardest part of the sales cycle. Is it really the close?15...