Zen Business - Mindfulness, Hustle and Fulfillment

Caitlin Spears, a leader in holistic health through her unique method "CAIT", joins Jonathan on the show to continue her quest helping others relearn nutrition & in the process, discover who they really are - Beyond merely the physical, but into the mental and spiritual realms. Caitlin is a certified health & nutrition coach who recently launched her course "Look Good, Feel...

What if you knew where your closest friends were, before they even got there? Eric Creekmore joins Jonathan for a second time on this Zen Business episode, to relive the journey of how he got his app, THR, to the finish line. In this episode, they explore the "Whatever It Takes" mentality, offering advice to other founders, and give insight into building the bridge between where you are...

Geoffrey Campbell, a partner at Praxis Engineering, comes on the show to talk about how data is shaping the way content is made today. Campbell & Zen Business host, Jonathan Maxim, have worked together before for Universal Music Group, representing major artists like Taylor Swift, Migos, and Billy Eilish, among others. Big data is changing how content is being created from large scale producti...

Jonathan Maxim of K&J Growth Hackers sits down to speak with brand-building extraordinaire, Santi Pereira. With a business degree from the Wharton School and a job working for online sports and games betting platform, Lucra Sports, Santi has an enormous amount of experience building audiences online and promoting businesses with branded content. On this episode of the Zen Business podcast, Per...

From a young age, we're conditioned to believe that achieving various milestones is the path to happiness. We chase accomplishments, continually striving for the next big win, hoping that it will validate our existence. Yet, many of us find ourselves in a paradoxical situation: We've checked off the boxes for family, career, and social life but still feel a void when it comes to personal f...

Are you considering entering the world of app development? In the latest Zen Business Podcast episode, Logan Fields, CEO of The App Guys, joins Jonathan to share valuable insights into what it takes to succeed in app development. The conversation focused on unlocking a treasure chest of knowledge accumulated through scores of app builds. Listen in for an inside scoop on the secrets to conquering t...

In our latest podcast episode, Jonathan had the privilege of chatting with David Gull, an entrepreneur whose journey is nothing short of remarkable. He made the leap from the world of architecture to the crossroads of technology and mindfulness. David's story is a testament to transformation, fueled by unshakable passion and an unwavering commitment to creating a positive impact on the world....

How’s your pitch deck doing? This episode of the Zen Business podcast could be a game changer for your fundraising efforts, or show you what to do if you’re just getting started. In the last episode, KJ Growth Hackers’ Jonathan Maxim took listeners on a journey through referral campaign hacks that boost app subscriptions on the cheap and by the bootstrap. Today’s episode is the fifth in a series o...

We’re back with another episode of the Zen Business podcast to continue a multi-part series connecting the dots that ALL successful viral growth campaigns take to monetize & scale an app. In the last episode, your app marketing guru, Jonathan Maxim broke down A/B testing, mobile app monetization, and ad campaign optimization. With those crucial set-up strategies in your rearview, here’s the su...

We’re back with another episode of ZBP, continuing a five-part series connecting our patented steps for a successful viral growth campaign for app. It's time to take monetization seriously and begin scaling the app with precisely tested ads. In the first two episodes in the series, Jonathan broke down the pre-launch & beta testing phases for the listeners. Now, with these critical set-up a...

The viral app user growth company behind our podcast, K&J Growth Hackers, shook up digital marketing, having worked with clients such as TikTok in 2018, Triller in 2020, and Universal Music Group in 2021. Guest Cameron Labrecque, a serial entrepreneur, app designer, startup founder, and creator of the Rememery app sits down with Zen Business host Jonathan Maxim and discusses his path of entrep...

This episode of Zen Business is the second part of a series teaching the basics of our best viral app launch strategies. We’re especially excited to bring you this program! Our viral app growth marketing company, K&J Growth Hackers, changed the game with big clients like TikTok in 2018, Triller in 2020, and Universal Music Group in 2021. Zen Business host Jonathan Maxim breaks down how we A/B...

The latest episode of Zen Business is the first of a five-part series teaching the fundamentals of our most effective strategies for launching apps into virality . We are thrilled to present this program to you. Host Jonathan Maxim breaks down everything our marketing company did to make TikTok the app stores’ biggest hit of 2019. We repeated that success with Triller in 2020 and Universal Music G...

In this episode, Zen Business Podcast welcomes Brian Murphy, the founder and CEO of Living Prana, an organic food business. Brian shares with Jonathan and the Zen Business audience some issues plaguing the American Food system today. Discussing topics such as artificial chemicals, the super-abundance of sugar, and all the preservatives that are making Americans obese. It's clear that eating he...

In this episode of the Zen Business podcast, host Jonathan Maxim gets to sit down and speak with Inc. 500 Entrepreneur and 40 Under 40 2023 winner Brian D. Evans. He started his first business on eBay, selling car parts. Intent on expanding his business, Brian found ways to get other traffic online using strategies like SEO and affiliate marketing. He wound up selling other products, and eventuall...

On this episode of the Zen Business podcast, yours truly got a chance to sit down with a great ally and even better friend, Chris Cunningham. Cunningham is a founding member of ClickUp, as well as its Head of Brand Strategy & Influencer Marketing. ClickUp, if you don't know about it, is a software/app that has reimagined team productivity and collaboration. K&J Growth Hackers has had a...

Make your mobile app launch go viral using our proven strategy! In this podcast, I teach you how to plan your mobile app launch strategy so you are set up to go viral. If you're investing your time into designing an app & listing it on the app store, it's essential to align the right factors and drive growth. Increasing the adoption of your app is critical. This episode is for mobile a...

In this episode we’re going to be Funnel Hacking! I’m going to teach you the exact marketing strategy that we used to get HeyPal over a million downloads in six months, to get TikTok 24,000 downloads in 24-hours, and to get Triller 400% better marketing results from their  user acquisition marketing. These are the actual funnels, the tactics and strategies that we use to make apps go viral. This e...

Investing your extra wealth for passive income producing businesses can yield big returns! The money printer passive income seeking entrepreneurs want, however, is not an opaque and mysterious black box. Neither is it an instrument of e-commerce that works without some sophisticated initial setup and routine management. There are the necessary refinements of a business plan to serve an ultra-niche...

Are your advertising campaigns really getting the fattest part of the fish? If your ad spend is returning $0.50, $0.25, or even as bad as $0.10 profit for every $1 you put into your campaign, your business might be leaving big monthly income on the table! Using our proprietary A/B testing methods at our digital marketing firm, K&G Growth Hackers, we are used to getting campaigns to yield at le...

After a multi-million dollar exit, this laptop entrepreneur won’t quit making businesses! Alan Howard is a search engine optimization and digital marketing extraordinaire. He grew his digital marketing business from scratch to serve Fortune 500 companies, Fortune 200 companies, and many large corporate clients. Then, after reaching a high-flying level of success with this business, Alan exited wit...

Launching an app is no small-feat but these two entrepreneurs are living the vision. Jonathan sits down with Chris Harder to discuss Frello, a new peer-to-peer lending app that brings people & opportunities together. These philanthropic visionaries have been leading their teams, collaborating on this project for over a year now. Here, they've sat down to co-create a co-episode, going in-de...

Want a Matrix-style download on five life hacks? 1) Modern applications of classic stoic wisdom 2) How to utilize your mind & network to assemble the ultimate vortex 3) How to take better care of your body by breathing differently 4) How to jumpstart healthy blood flow and recirculation, and 5) How to fight your way up from the bottom to accomplish your dreams. Boom, there you have it. Here ar...

These AI Tools Are Primed For Business-Use Breakthroughs. AI is one of the hottest topics globally. The thrilling global conversation about chat AI that OpenAI’s ChatGPT launched last November has resounded. The chatter about AI has risen to such volumes that some commentators are warning that we’re already in an AI bubble. But, I believe there’s more to it than just hype. AI, as a class of tools...

We’re almost a full quarter into the new year and markets are chaotic, to say the least. There’s so much going on, positive and negative, and that means there are opportunities and threats on the landscape. Smart investors are holding their cash close. If you are in the same boat, taking a wait and see approach, this podcast is for you. I’ve had success with K&J Growth Hackers over the years,...