Episode 341 – What’s New With Digital Publishing with Michael Schmidlen

Michael E. Schmidlen is a serial solo entrepreneur (aka “Solopreneur”) who has successfully run his multi-million dollar, home-based business for over 24 years. An Angel Investor and Published Collaborative Author, Michael is currently “working” on finishing his own first book, “THE Underwear Entrepreneur” – “The Definitive Guide To Working From Home”, where he shares his many business experiences and unique stories. The book is designed to be a blueprint for other small business owners, would-be entrepreneurs and start-ups to beat the overwhelming odds to create a successful, thriving small business model. He is also currently publishing two new business-themed magazines: CRUSHING IT Magazine and VIRTUAL COMPANY Magazine, in addition to running his home-based business.

He is also building a new B-2-B Hybrid Digital Marketing Agency, “Old Bulls Marketing”, where he will provide a vast library of tools, software apps/programs & resources to his fellow marketing partners.

Episode 328 – 5 Things That Can Get In The Way Of Thought Leadership

Thought leaders are defined as the informed opinion leaders and the go-to people in their field of expertise. They are trusted sources who move and inspire people with innovative ideas; turn ideas into reality, and know and show how to replicate their success. But becoming a Thought Leader is harder today than ever before.

In this podcast, we will take a look at what new challenges face people who are trying to become Thought Leaders or working with others (creating content) use to bring them to the forefront of the collective consciousness of the internet. These include:

Voice Enabled Devices and Search Results
Live Video Overload
Fake News
Tribal Divisions
Overcoming The Noise
Each of these issues poses their own problems, but often it a combination or all of them that can hinder getting found and becoming a trusted source on yout specific topic or niche.

Thought leaders are defined as the informed opinion leaders and the go-to people in their field of expertise. They are trusted sources who move and inspire people with innovative ideas; turn ideas into reality, and know and show how to replicate their success. But becoming a Thought Leader is harder today than ever before.

In this podcast, we will take a look at what new challenges face people who are trying to become Thought Leaders or working with others (creating content) use to bring them to the forefront of the collective consciousness of the internet. These include:

Voice Enabled Devices and Search Results
Live Video Overload
Fake News
Tribal Divisions
Overcoming The Noise
Each of these issues poses their own problems, but often it a combination or all of them that can hinder getting found and becoming a trusted source on yout specific topic or niche.

Thought leaders are defined as the informed opinion leaders and the go-to people in their field of expertise. They are trusted sources who move and inspire people with innovative ideas; turn ideas into reality, and know and show how to replicate their success. But becoming a Thought Leader is harder today than ever before.

In this podcast, we will take a look at what new challenges face people who are trying to become Thought Leaders or working with others (creating content) use to bring them to the forefront of the collective consciousness of the internet. These include:

Voice Enabled Devices and Search Results
Live Video Overload
Fake News
Tribal Divisions
Overcoming The Noise
Each of these issues poses their own problems, but often it a combination or all of them that can hinder getting found and becoming a trusted source on yout specific topic or niche.

Thought leaders are defined as the informed opinion leaders and the go-to people in their field of expertise. They are trusted sources who move and inspire people with innovative ideas; turn ideas into reality, and know and show how to replicate their success. But becoming a Thought Leader is harder today than ever before.

In this podcast, we will take a look at what new challenges face people who are trying to become Thought Leaders or working with others (creating content) use to bring them to the forefront of the collective consciousness of the internet. These include:

Voice Enabled Devices and Search Results
Live Video Overload
Fake News
Tribal Divisions
Overcoming The Noise
Each of these issues poses their own problems, but often it a combination or all of them that can hinder getting found and becoming a trusted source on yout specific topic or niche.

Thought leaders are defined as the informed opinion leaders and the go-to people in their field of expertise. They are trusted sources who move and inspire people with innovative ideas; turn ideas into reality, and know and show how to replicate their success. But becoming a Thought Leader is harder today than ever before.

In this podcast, we will take a look at what new challenges face people who are trying to become Thought Leaders or working with others (creating content) use to bring them to the forefront of the collective consciousness of the internet. These include:

Voice Enabled Devices and Search Results
Live Video Overload
Fake News
Tribal Divisions
Overcoming The Noise
Each of these issues poses their own problems, but often it a combination or all of them that can hinder getting found and becoming a trusted source on yout specific topic or niche.

Thought leaders are defined as the informed opinion leaders and the go-to people in their field of expertise. They are trusted sources who move and inspire people with innovative ideas; turn ideas into reality, and know and show how to replicate their success. But becoming a Thought Leader is harder today than ever before.

In this podcast, we will take a look at what new challenges face people who are trying to become Thought Leaders or working with others (creating content) use to bring them to the forefront of the collective consciousness of the internet. These include:

Voice Enabled Devices and Search Results
Live Video Overload
Fake News
Tribal Divisions
Overcoming The Noise
Each of these issues poses their own problems, but often it a combination or all of them that can hinder getting found and becoming a trusted source on yout specific topic or niche.

Thought leaders are defined as the informed opinion leaders and the go-to people in their field of expertise. They are trusted sources who move and inspire people with innovative ideas; turn ideas into reality, and know and show how to replicate their success. But becoming a Thought Leader is harder today than ever before.

In this podcast, we will take a look at what new challenges face people who are trying to become Thought Leaders or working with others (creating content) use to bring them to the forefront of the collective consciousness of the internet. These include:

Voice Enabled Devices and Search Results
Live Video Overload
Fake News
Tribal Divisions
Overcoming The Noise
Each of these issues poses their own problems, but often it a combination or all of them that can hinder getting found and becoming a trusted source on yout specific topic or niche.

Episode 320 – How Can Tools, Technology, And Techniques Impact Your Messages?

Getting your messages out and heard is my main business. There are many aspects of creating your brand and your messages, but this post is about the Tools, Technology, And Techniques we all use to get our messages created and distributed. Tools Computers Tables Cell Phones Technology Platforms Browsers Applications Search Engines Techniques Blogs Podcasts Videos…

Episode 256 – 5 Ways How To NOT Get Customer Engagement On Social Media

  Remember Farmville on Facebook? How about all of those other social games that people would send you to engage with them. I really don’t know if I just blocked them all, or if people just got tired of my rejection, but I don’t see them anymore. Whatever happened to all those quizzes like “What animal…

Episode 224 – Happy 10th Birthday iPhone – How It’s Revolutionized Your Life!

Hard to believe it’s been 10 years since the 1st iPhone was announced. I remembered the excitement, and then in June standing in line to get my hands on that 1st of it’s kind of device. Since then we have all kinds of copycat devices like Samsung, Google, and others that have tried to copy…

Episode 222 – 5 Online Business Marketing Trends To Watch In The Coming Year

Each year, we try to predict what is going to happen in our businesses. Some do business plans and marketing plans but do you spend any time looking at future trends that could affect your business? In this episode, I am going to explore some things that you should pay attention to as this year evolves. These…

Episode 214 – How-To Create A Targeted Online Content Marketing Ecosystem

Last week, I taught a class at Aurora University this week (actually two) for a masters degree program. They were both trying to create a campaign for a luxury travel company that provides experiences. What I did is outline the keys to success. By the time I was done, they started to understand how to create…

Episode 194 – How-To Turn Disruption & Chaos Into Calm & Clarity

There is this great book called “Blue Ocean Strategy” that talks about not being in the space where all the sharks are feeding but go to the ‘Blue Ocean’ where the water is clear and there is less competition for food (clients). What you have to do is be disruptive, or become different enough so people will…

Episode 186 – How To Maximize New Social Media Tools For Your Audience?

The only constant, in the social media world, is change. Platforms come and go and then the remaining ones start to morph. Instagram is starting to morph info Snapchat. Facebook is the new hot go-to tool for live video. Google Hangouts is no more but Google is adding live video chatting like Apple Facetime. So how…

Episode 154 – How-To Get People To Listen To Your Message (WIIFM) What’s In It For Me

Back in the day… we only had 4-5 TV stations and a few radio stations that had our favorite programs or music. Today, we have dozens (if not thousands of choices) to consume media and content! Now you can watch or listen on demand and even program your own radio stations or TV channels. With…