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David Nevogt is a Co-founder of Hubstaff.com, a SaaS time tracking, project management, and employee development platform. David co-founded Hubstaff in 2012 out of a personal pain and a need to be free. He runs the day-to-day marketing, operations, and support for the company as there are over 34,000 companies that trust Hubstaff, including companies like Groupon. Instacart, Ring Doorbell, ClickFunnels, and many more. In this episode… You’d be hard-pressed to find an entrepreneur who wouldn’t wish for more hours in a day just so they can finish everything that they want to do in order to scale their business. But the problem isn’t in how much time they have but on how they spend their time. See, a lot of entrepreneurs don’t really know where their time goes, let alone that of their team members and this gray area is where the opportunity to focus on high-value activities that can help scale any business gets lost. David Nevogt knows firsthand how difficult it is to keep track of everything that’s going on in

Oren Klaff is one of the world's leading experts on sales, raising capital, and negotiation, and has raised over $2 billion in investments for his companies. He is the best-selling author of Pitch Anything: An Innovative Method for Presenting, Persuading, and Winning the Deal, and Flip the Script: Getting People to Think Your Idea Is Their Idea.  Oren also helps companies worldwide to craft and deliver a pitch that will help them raise funds that will change their company. In this episode… If you're looking to raise millions in capital or you’re wanting to close B2B deals worth millions and you're struggling to lock down the second or third meetings, Oren Klaff says it’s most probably because you're going about it the wrong way. He says that when your pitch is only about your product's features, benefits, and the clients you currently serve with nothing else but the price to talk about, what is to say that those you're pitching to won't go with your competitors?  According to Oren, no one will get into a dea

Kim Walsh Phillips is a multi seven-figure business entrepreneur with no business degree and she has put more than a billion dollars in her clients’ pockets through direct response, social media marketing.  Kim is also the Founder of Powerful Professionals, where she empowers entrepreneurs to stop relying on word-of-mouth marketing and start scaling quickly online. She is the best selling author of the book No B.S. Guide to Direct Response Social Media Marketing which she co-authored with Dan S. Kennedy. She’s also a renowned public speaker who has spoken at different conferences all over the world and has shared the stage with the likes of Tony Robbins and Gary Vaynerchuk. In this episode… The entrepreneurial journey has many hustle moments. These are moments when even if you’re lacking in resources or have no idea what your next move will be, you just can’t say no. So what do you do? You get resourceful. And that’s exactly what Kim Walsh did when she encountered her very first hustle moment. In this episod

Dave Woodward is the Chief Revenue Officer and Partner of ClickFunnels. The platform helps businesses quickly create beautiful sales funnels that convert their visitors into leads and then into customers. ClickFunnels has over 100,000 users and has helped people build over 6 million funnels generating over $4 billion. Before ClickFunnels, Dave started his company Monopolized 17 years ago and has been helping businesses grow in different industries from insurance, investments, real estate, and much more. Dave is also the host of the Funnel Hacker Radio podcast. In this episode… The current business climate isn’t the best of time for many entrepreneurs around the world because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Businesses have had to let go of some members of their team because they weren’t generating the same revenue due to a decrease in revenue. But according to Dave Woodward of ClickFunnels, every loss is a learning opportunity and it helps define who you are as an entrepreneur. So what can you do to not only attract

Oren Klaff is one of the world's leading experts on sales, raising capital, and negotiation, and he has raised over $2 billion in investments for his companies. He is the best-selling author of Pitch Anything: An Innovative Method for Presenting, Persuading, and Winning the Deal, and Flip the Script: Getting People to Think Your Idea Is Their Idea.  Oren helps companies worldwide to craft and deliver a pitch that will help them raise funds that will change their company. In this episode… There are low and high points in business and life, but how quickly you come back from a low point determines how you can flip things around for the better. For Oren Klaff, there are just four words that he uses to motivate himself in order to come back up after reaching a low point in business. Tune in to this episode of INspired INsider, as Oren Klaff shares with Dr. Jeremy Weisz how he gets back up after reaching a low point in business and how a seemingly innocent exchange made him realize the importance of messaging.  

Johnathan Dane is the CEO and Founder of KlientBoost, a hybrid PPC SEO agency that has grown from zero to eight figures in just the past few years. KlientBoost is a creative pay-per-click and paid social and landing page conversion rate optimization agency pushing the boundaries of ROI and profit potential for over 200 active clients in SaaS, eCommerce, and lead generation.  Johnathan is also the Co-Founder of GrowthComet, a training platform that assists agencies, consultants, and freelancers looking to 10x their service business through a community and 12-month training course. In this episode… Many marketing agencies, ironically, don’t know how to market themselves. Marketing agencies play in a very saturated market where they have to compete against other marketers to attract potential clients to sign on with them. For Johnathan Dane of KlientBoost, succeeding at marketing as an agency and not having to depend on referrals for the next client requires a deliberate focus on differentiation.  How do you dif

Ian Garlic is a top video marketing and content expert. He is the founder of StoryCrews, a company that helps businesses connect with top-rated videographers to help businesses market and expand their brand through powerful stories captured on video. He is also the CEO of authenticWEB, a top-rated SEO company that helps businesses grow by sharing authentic stories online through a combination of videos, animations, websites, and SEO. Ian also runs and hosts his own podcast, the Garlic Marketing Show podcast, where he has featured some amazing guests such as Gary Vaynerchuk, Neil Patel, Ryan Deiss, and many more. In this episode… Did you know that testimonials are actually hurting your business? Customer testimonials provide a huge ego boost in business but it doesn’t really leave much of an impact to future potential customers. So how can you share client feedback in a way that not only catches people’s eyes but sticks? You create case stories.  But not everyone knows how to tell a story and not a lot of peop

Nick Araco is the Chairman and CEO of AchieveNEXT, a company that helps introduce disruptive knowledge sharing to the c-suite, the Finance, and the HR communities in North America. Considered as one of the nation’s most prominent business, career, and life Connector, as well as the ‘Voice of the Middle Market CFO, Nick has spent over 20 years educating, inspiring, and empowering his ever-growing c-suite and professional network. In this episode… Entrepreneurial decisions are tough calls to make. And these days, it’s even more difficult to make financial decisions because the repercussions can lead to a domino effect within your business and outside of it. This is why for Nick Araco, it’s crucial to have a support system and a network that can help you study your decisions so that you can get to the most optimal solution and get to an informed decision. And that is exactly what Nick has been up to with AchieveNEXT and his CFO Alliance Community In this episode of INspired INsider, Dr. Jeremy Weisz interviews N

Johnathan Dane is the CEO and Founder of KlientBoost, a hybrid PPC SEO agency that has grown from zero to eight figures in just the past few years. KlientBoost is a creative pay-per-click and paid social and landing page conversion rate optimization agency pushing the boundaries of ROI and profit potential for over 200 active clients in SaaS, eCommerce, and lead generation.  Johnathan is also the Co-Founder of GrowthComet, a training platform that assists agencies, consultants, and freelancers looking to 10x their service business through a community and 12-month training course. In this episode… Becoming a professional basketball player and even winning the MVP award at a training camp in Denmark were certainly not what Johnathan Dane thought would happen when he got into a fight with his dad and was sent back to his mom in Denmark. Johnathan was still in high school at the time, and when he thought he could get comfortable at his mom’s, she pulled the rug from under him and sent him out of the house to go b

Ross Hudgens is the founder of Siege Media, an agency that helps great brands scale with SEO-focused content marketing. Ross founded Siege Media in 2012 and they have continued to grow since then and have made it to the Inc. 5000 list these past three years and they were also recognized as Inc.’s Best Workplaces. Their past and current clients include Airbnb, TripAdvisor, Shutterfly, Zillow, Intuit, Audible, and many more.  Ross also runs GrowthComet, a training course of record for agencies, freelancers, and consultants looking to 10x their growth. He runs GrowthComet with his partner, Johnathan Dane, CEO of $10M ARR CRO/PPC agency KlientBoost.  In this episode… No other marketing channel offers immediate and long term value like content marketing. But many brands still continue to struggle to gain a strong foothold in the world of content which means they’re unable to generate the optimal ROI for their business. And this is why it’s a good idea to hire a team who knows what they’re doing and can get the res

Dr. Erica Miller is an inspirational speaker, entrepreneur, and international best-selling author who survived the Holocaust and was in the Israeli Air Force. She opened a chain of mental health clinics with over 40 clinicians. She also ran a nonprofit and is a highly sought-after guest speaker all over the world. Dr. Miller oversees her family’s real estate in Austin, Texas. She’s the author of three books: Dr. Erica Miller’s Story: From Trauma to Triumph, Don’t Tell Me I Can’t Do It, and the international bestseller, Chronologically Gifted: Aging with Gusto: A Practical Guide for Healthy Living to Age 123. In this episode… People and businesses continue to suffer the effects of COVID-19 with no definite end in sight and yet, Dr. Erica Miller believes that it is possible to not just survive but thrive despite the challenging times. She should know what it means to be resilient and have grit in the face of challenges because she’s a Holocaust survivor. At 7 years old, she was herded in a cattle car and brough

David Gonzalez is the founder of one of the leading joint venture partnership agencies, Simply The Coolest Affiliate Management Agency, which helps its business clients to generate more traffic and sales.  He is also the founder of the Austin-based Internet Marketing Party, which is a monthly business networking event for online marketers which has been held regularly since 2008. He runs other businesses including a licensing company, a beauty brand, and a health marketing company.  In this episode… Is a world where everyone wins possible? David Gonzalez believes so but only if everyone changes how they think about the world and the people in it. He says the era where people seek to eviscerate the competition or exploit others to get ahead in business and life needs to be over. But it’s no easy task and it would actually require people to be more inclined to giving and doing business that’s beyond themselves. That’s why he is inspired by people such as Nikola Tesla and Manoj Bhargava, whom he considers to be

Josh Fonger is the CEO of Work the System Enterprises, a consulting firm that has attracted over 100,000 business owners from over 50 countries. He has personally consulted or coached over 500 business owners from more than 100 industries ranging from small startup businesses to large $500M enterprises. Josh has the unique ability to develop and implement systematic solutions to complex problems and he has also been recognized as the authority in Business Performance Architecture. In this episode… Most people are confined in their homes these days due to the COVID-19 pandemic. People are suddenly thrust with the need to adjust their lives around their current reality, and this includes homeschooling kids. While homeschooling isn’t the easiest thing to do, it can lead to unimaginable growth and opportunity-seeking skills in children. Josh Fonger admits that homeschooling isn’t made for everyone, but the ability to observe, adapt, and adjust that it fosters are values that business owners should have in order t

Rand Fishkin is the co-founder and CEO of SparkToro, a company that helps marketers, PR folks, entrepreneurs, and product builders to get audience intelligence without the need for expensive, time-consuming, inaccurate surveys. Before co-founding SparkToro, Rand is also the co-founder and former CEO of Moz, a company he founded with his mother after dropping out of the University of Washington 2 classes away from completing his degree. The company, which started as a blog called SEOmoz, attracted 30 million visitors annually and grew into a consulting business and now a software company.  He is the author of the book Lost and Founder: A Painfully Honest Field Guide to the Startup World. In this episode… When the name Rand Fishkin comes up, many are quick to think him as the co-founder and former CEO of Moz, the multimillion-dollar software business. But what you may not be too familiar with is that Moz was built during a recession. Having come through the trenches, Rand knows all too well what it’s like to gr

Paul Jarrett is the Co-Founder and CEO of Bulu, a company in the business of creating private-label subscription box businesses for some of the world's biggest brands such as Disney, Clorox, GNC, and Discovery Channel. Paul and his Co-Founder and wife, Stephanie, launched Bulu Box, Bulu's flagship program in 2012 as the 6th subscription box to the market.  Bulu pioneered taking subscription boxes from concept to creation and now they ship millions of boxes to happy subscribers nationwide. They specialize in working with multibillion-dollar retail brands by offering innovative solutions to go to consumers and they also offer ecommerce brands turnkey services such as customer service and fulfillment. Paul quickly gained recognition as a trailblazer and has been featured in the Entrepreneur Magazine, Forbes, PBS, Inc., CBS News, and many other major media outlets. In this episode… Everyone has their own story about growing up and their journey to business success. But not everyone moves from a trailer park in Li

James Thomson is an entrepreneur, eCommerce expert, and he is the founder of Buy Box Experts, a digital agency that provides executive-level advisory services and full-service management for brands selling online. They help businesses establish their brand and become unbeatable on Amazon. James was the former Business Head of Selling on Amazon and he developed the initial Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA), a nudge program that helped Amazon sellers generate an extra billion dollars in annual sales. In this episode… With social distancing becoming the new normal, more and more people are preferring to have their needs delivered to their doorsteps. Amazon’s foothold in the retail industry is growing as brands are starting to realize just how vital the platform can be in bringing sellers and consumers together. The caveat is that Amazon is going through some changes that will affect sellers, both old and new. Join Dr. Jeremy Weisz as he talks with certified Amazon experts and one of co-founders of Buy Box Experts, Jam

Chris Mursau is the President of Topgrading, an agency that helps companies and individual managers hire top talents since 2001. Chris has conducted over 2,500 in-depth top rating assessments and has helped numerous people achieve their best potential. Chris’ list of clients include Bank of America, Red Bull, and lots more. They serve fortune 500 companies, small to medium-sized businesses, and nonprofit organizations. In this episode… A company is only as good as the performance of its people but many businesses struggle with hiring A-players. Why? Because weeding them out from a list of applicants takes time and retaining them can also be a challenge. But according to Chris Mursau, President of Topgrading, the cost of hiring a person who isn’t an A-player is so much higher than the extra pay you have to shell out when you actually hire one. So how can you attract and retain A-players into your company and how exactly can they help take your business to the next level? In this episode of InspiredInsider, Dr.

Bill Esteb is a legend in the chiropractic marketing education world. He has been helping chiropractors since 1987 to break down complex things in very simple ways to improve the way they communicate with clients.  He is the founder of Patient Media, and Perfect Patients, where he renders custom websites and digital marketing services to chiropractors. Bill is also the co-founder of Smile Marketing, a company that focuses on providing the same website customization and digital marketing services to dentists. In this episode… When facing a crisis as unprecedented as the COVID-19 pandemic, how do you adapt your business? What safeguards can you put in place to ensure that your business will still run smoothly while following the rigors of the new norm that your business has been thrust into?  According to Bill Esteb, a legend in the chiropractic marketing education world says that the first step is to amp up your communication with clients and then you need to shift your point of view about how to tackle the cr

Bill Esteb is a legend in the chiropractic marketing education world. He has been helping chiropractors since 1987 to break down complex things in very simple ways to improve the way they communicate with clients.  He is the founder of Patient Media, and Perfect Patients, where he renders custom websites and digital marketing services to chiropractors. Bill is also the co-founder of Smile Marketing, a company that focuses on providing the same website customization and digital marketing services to dentists. In this episode… Every entrepreneur wants to get more clients, sell more products, grow their business. But what’s more important than just growing a business is leaving a legacy behind. And this is exactly what drives Bill Esteb in doing his business - helping people and giving them the service they truly deserve. In this teaser episode of InspiredInsider, Bill talks to Dr. Jeremy Weisz about how his late friend, Dr. James Milliron, impacted his life and the lesson he got from Dr. Milliron that he will n

David Dulany is the Founder and CEO of Tenbound, a research and advisory firm focused and dedicated to sales development, performance, and improvement. They provide cutting edge research, high-quality events, consulting, training, and coaching for all levels of the sales development team.   David also provides sales training to sales people, and his company’s tagline is, “More Appointments, More Pipelines, More Sales.” In this episode… When you want to make a sale, it’s vital to uncover the pain points of your prospective client and then use this to showcase how your product or service can make things better for them. According to David Dulany of Tenbound, this is the fundamental principle of sale that people need to be aware of but the only way for you to find out what these pain points are is to have a relationship with your client.   The question now is, how do you cultivate a professional yet trusting relationship with your clients and how can you encourage your sales development representatives to build