The Builders

To we are rejoined by Joe Matz.  Joe had a light bulb moment, a campfire, an ah-ha…!  And he wanted to share that with us.  This new focus is what our conversation revolved around.  If you do guesting on podcasts or want to, THIS is your episode. He runs some groups where podcasters and guests come together to ‘mingle’.  From that he himself has learned a lot.  He sha...

In our 100th episode I’m rejoined by Doland White!  He was my first guest that took a chance on me.  This is his 4th time back!  As always, we had a ton of fun.  I don’t think I laughed so much on an episode.  But through that we dove into some really great topics and he dropped gold. We start by talking about the company he works for, Brave Thinking Institute .  Thei...

Today we are joined by Irina Poddubnaia.  Irina is a SAAS founder and a business consultant who specializes in Operations and Processes Optimization. She has over 8 years of experience in eCommerce with its different challenges and obstacles, from running a fulfillment center in China where she was living for over 2 years to launching her own software TrackMage. We, of course, start by talkin...

Today we are joined by Per "The Price Whisperer" Sjofors. I think as businesses we can all agree that pricing is one of those things that can make or break your business. If you don't price yourself right, it could lead to all sorts of problems. Per is THE pricing expert and it was a real pleasure talking with him! We start, of course, by diving into his story. He's helped build or grow multi-mill...

Bob Hunter is back! 2nd episode with Bob was just as awesome as the first. We start off by touching base on his quest to be a guest on a 100 podcasts. This was his 14th .. so we've contributed twice to this endeavor! And I asked him what his biggest lesson or takeaway was so far and you'll love his answer! From there we did a bit of a recap of what he does and the subjects we covered in the previo...

In this solo episode I talk about the launch of Unified Toolkit.  A WordPress framework to build custom themes and websites.  This is something I've been dreaming about for over 2 and a half years.  Step by step while building my agency I developed the plan and products.  Today it consists of a WordPress Full-site Editing block theme and 3 plugins.  But there's much more t...

In this solo episode I talk about something that incredibly important in my agency and with my team - quality assurance.  As always, I speak to it from the trenches.  This is how I think about it and how our team applies it daily to ensure everyone involved in a project has less stress. Our first stop is 'Why it Exists' in the first place.  Why is it so important to make sure you ha...

In this solo episode I talk to a topic that is near and dear to my businesses heart.  Retention.  I follow along with an article I found, using it as a framework and injecting my own experiences from the trenches.  I share how I deeply think about this topic and deploy it in my business.  I have clients and partnerships that have lasted years.. even to the very beginning of my...

Today I’m joined by Kristi Spencer.  She is an etiquette consultant helping a range of people and organizations get better in this department.  As our focus is business in this context, we talked about it from a businesses perspective (mostly.. personal can influence the other).  Of course, in true The Builders' fashion we also dug into her story a bit and her ‘why’.  Why is sh...

In this episode I am joined by Bob Hunter.  Bob is the founder of Oxford Pierpont and MyBusinessCredit .com. Oxford Pierpont is designed for larger corporations and My Business Credit for smaller businesses needing funding under a million dollars. The conversation starts things off by talking about his background and journey.  Bob was diagnosed with Sickle Cell Disease which took his rig...

In this episode I’m joined by Ozan Bilgen.  He is the founder & CEO of Base64.ai Inc, the fastest-growing artificial intelligence startup in New York.  Like always, we first dive into his story and what his journey looked like as an entrepreneur.  From Turkey to the US.. from working for Microsoft, Paypal and Uber.  He’s got a fascinating story! We talk about his business....

In this episode I am joined by Michelle Nedelec and her cat Dolores.  As I like to do, I asked her about her journey and we explored her path from her first businesses, building websites to what she does today.  Today she’s an international speaker and helps entrepreneurs be as successful as possible by taking the tech stuff off their plate. How can you partner with others to help you do...

In today’s episode I am joined by Matt Bailey.  Matt Bailey teaches Digital Marketing to the world's biggest brands and prestigious universities.  Microsoft, Google, Hilton, Orange, Nationwide, P&G, Disney, and HP are just a few of his training clients. We start with his personal journey and story and what lead him to ‘education’ as a focus.  Why molded him  and what were t...

In this episode I’m joined by Nicky Billou.  He’s a best-selling author, an in-demand and highly inspirational speaker, an advisor and confidante to some of the most successful and dynamic entrepreneurs in Canada and co-founder of eCircle Academy.  He’s really passionate about helping entrepreneurs which shines through in this episode! First he shares his story and message about how prec...

In this episode we are joined again by AJ Saunders.  AJ and I dive deeper into the topic of building great niche content that is constructed in a way that gets results.  Learn what type of blogs he has.. we talk about how to manage content - DIY vs hiring others. We then talk about what makes good content.. how to choose topics.  I share my experience with the conversational writing...

In this episode I am joined by Melane Mullings.  Melane has an incredible story.  When she was just 17 she was diagnosed with cancer.  While she did beat cancer, the experience she had had a real impact on her and was a catalyst as to what she did with the rest of her life. One of the things I noted is she doesn’t just identify problems and endure through them.. once she has endured...

In this solo episode, I share my own business journey.  We've just completed the development of our last 2 plugins (total of 3) and the release is planned.  Then I talk Unified Toolkit and how these will be added there and what else we're doing.  And I reveal for the first time the new niche/vertical we are preparing to launch into. What does this all mean in the context of Unified...

In this solo episode I talk about my absolute FAVORITE topic.  WordPress!  This one is inspired by a Twitter post..  someone was asking if any of ‘us’ were experiencing people moving away from WordPress.  Of course, that's anecdotal right?  But it’s a great spring board into talking about why continuing to use, build sites with WordPress or move to WordPress is still a GRE...

In this weeks episode we are joined by Michael DeLon.  He is a marketing strategist focused on helping business owners develop their message, write (speak to write) their book and market it via his marketing systems.  We begin by taking a bit of a dive into his story and journey.  How he ended up where he is today helping businesses as a consultant. From there we have a great conver...

On this episode we are joined by AJ Saunders.  AJ is the founder of AJS Digital Group and has been doing digital marketing for over a decade.  We start by chatting about his background and some things we have in common.  We both were members of the Warrior forum. I go back a little further.. early 2000s on that forum.  He joined around 2010.  But we both have similar exper...

In this solo episode, I talk about the very real problem of all these money opportunities online that distract us from what we should be doing.  This is not a new problem.  I first started seeking opportunities online around 2003.  And through the last few decades I’ve seen a lot of trends and opportunities come and go. But I’ve enjoyed success in a number of arenas.  And a BIG...

Today I’m joined by Roland Pokornyik, the founder of Chamaileon.io .  Roland decided to become an entrepreneur at age 16 and has been on a journey building software products online ever since.  While riding a train one day, he looked at his email.. and it dawned on him that they look pretty bad on mobile devices.  And that’s when he decided to enter the ‘email builder’ market and de...

In this episode I’m joined by Cristina Samoila.   She’s unBEElievable ( her website is beeproductive.eu .. see what I did there? ) at what she does for her clients.  She helps businesses create scalable automations, systems and processes inside their business to help them run a smoother, more efficient business that is set to grow faster and smarter. I have her start telling her sto...

In this episode I’m joined by Atiba De Souza.  Atiba has been around a long time on the web!  He started building websites in the mid-90s .  And in fact, they did something really, really innovative for that time.  They built website search engines!  BEFORE GOOGLE!  That story alone is so fascinating. We’re taken through the evolution of the web in this one..  In...

In this episode, I’m joined by Christina Hooper.  Today she helps those that have fallen out of love with the business.. helping entrepreneurs take things to the next level via consulting and speaking at events.  While she’ll tell you her entrepreneurial story isn’t anything special, I’ll beg to differ.  While it’s not flashy, it’s certainly inspiring none the less.  We all arr...