Growth Experts with Dennis Brown

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E22 - Get Free PR and "Make it Rain" New Customers with Areva Martin Mar 22, 2018

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Areva Martin is an author, multi-award winning civil rights attorney, TV talk show host, media personality, philanthropist and rainmaker. Known as "America's Advocate," she is a CNN Legal Analyst and a regular contributor on Good Morning America, ABC World News and Dr. Phil. And is also the author of a NEW book called, "Make It Rain!: How to Use the Media to Revolutionize Your Business & Brand"...which is going to be the focus of today's interview.

During our interview we discuss:

- Why it's easier than ever to get free PR.

- 3 Steps entrepreneurs can take to make it rain using the media?

- Great sources of free PR beyond TV, newspapers and magazine.

- She shares a few of the biggest mistakes she sees people making when it comes to getting media exposure.

- Areva shares what she would do differently to grow her personal brand faster if she had to start all over again.

- Areva shares her favorite growth tools/software?

Areva's websites:

Get her NEW book "Make It Rain!: How to Use the Media to Revolutionize Your Business & Brand" at www.Arevamartin.com

E21 - Growth Hacking LinkedIn & Facebook to Grow Your Business with Josh Fechter Mar 19, 2018

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Josh Fechter is the founder and CEO of BAMF media, a growth hacker, a LinkedIn influencer and has been featured in Reuters, Forbes, Entrepreneur as well as others. He is also the author of the #1 book to ever launch on Product Hunt called the BAMF Bible.

During our interview we discuss...

- What is growth hacking?

- Josh shares his top growth hack for both LinkedIn and Facebook.

- He shares how he landed his first client for his growth agency, BAMF media.

- We also dive into the #1 strategy Josh uses today to get new clients.

- Josh shares what he would do differently to grow faster if given the chance to do it all over again.

- LinkedIn recently changed it's algorithm and Josh talks about how he changed his approach to continue to grow his following.

- We talk about his favorite growth tool/software.

- Josh also shares his favorite business book.

Josh's websites:

Josh@bamf.media

www.facebook.com/groups/growthmarketers/

E20 - 4 Steps to Scaling Your Business without Burning Out by Mike Giannulus Mar 15, 2018

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Mike Giannulus is a serial entrepreneur who develops systems to help other entrepreneurs run multiple companies without having to be there. His companies are on track to do over $25 million in gross revenues in 2018. He was also on a popular ABC reality show called Extreme Weight Loss where he lost over 255 lbs.

During the interview we discuss:

- Mike unpacks the exact system he uses and teaches for growing and scaling successful 7 and 8 figure businesses.

- Mike talks about the biggest mistakes he sees people making when trying to scale a business.

- He shares his favorite growth tool/software

- Mike also recommends 2 of his favorites books.

Connect with Mike and get your FREE GIFT below..

www.onlyonemike.com/growthexperts

E19 - How to Grow Your Digital Agency to 7 Figures and Beyond with Jason Swenk Mar 12, 2018

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Jason Swenk is a digital marketer that grew his agency to over 100 people and 7 figures in revenue. He later sold that agency and his now the host of The Smart Agency Masterclass podcast. Jason also runs Jasonswenk.com, where helping marketing agencies grow & scale their faster by applying the framework that he used to grow, scale and eventually sell his agency. He has helped over 20,000 agencies in 42 countries meet or exceed their business goals.

During my interview with Jason we discuss:

- Jason shares the hurdles he ran into being an early digital agency starting back in 1999.

- Jason also shares what he have done differently to grow faster given the chance to do it all over again.

- Jason shares the 3 tips/strategies to scaling a digital agency from a small business to a 7 or 8 figure business.

- He also shares #1 strategy to get new digital agency clients

- Jason shares his favorite growth tool/software.

Jason's website:

www.JasonSwenk.com

www.swenkit.com

E18 - "The Rapid Growth Formula" PLUS Winning Sales Strategies for Introverts with Matthew Pollard Mar 08, 2018

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Matthew Pollard is known as the Rapid Growth Guy! He's a serial entrepreneur w/ 5 million dollar plus startups under his belt. He's also a published author and international coach and consultant. Plus Matthew just recently launched a book called "The Introverts Edge" which we will talk a little about today.

During our interview Matthew and I discuss...

Matthew shares his 3 prong "Rapid Growth Formula" that any business can use to see significant growth in their business.

We talk about why he decided to write "The Introvert's Edge" and what makes it different than your typical sales books.

Matthew shares a few success stories where his clients have been able to see rapid growth.
He also shares his storytelling hack that allows sales people to sell more...faster.

Matthew shares favorite growth tool/software these days?

Matthew's websites:

www.matthewpollard.com/growth

www.theintrovertsedge.com

E17 - How to Hack Instagram and Get 4.5 Million Followers with Josue Pena Mar 05, 2018

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Josue Pena is a social media growth hacker and founder of Online CEO's. He is an Instagram influencers and regularly speaks on how to build your brand as well as getting and ROI from your Instagram marketing.

In this episode Josue and I talk about

How he pivoted from wanting to be a professional soccer player into a social media growth hacker.
Josue talks about 3 different businesses he has grown all with his Instagram strategies.
He shares his 4 pillars of growing a successful Instagram following.
Josue tells me his top Instagram growth hacks that allowed him to go from grow a 4.5 million Instagram followers in less than 1.5 years.
The proper way to research and use Instagram hashtags on Instagram.
We talk about a couple of Josue's Instagram consulting clients including their results.
He shares his secret to how he generated over 2,500 webinar registrations all from Instagram with NO adverting.
What are the biggest mistakes people make when it comes to building an Instagram following?
Given the chance what you would do differently in order to grow ever faster?
He also shares his favorite growth tool / software?

Josue Pena's websites...

www.crushinginstagram.com

www.facebook.com/josuepena

E16 - How to Use LinkedIn Video to Grow Your Brand w/ String Story Mar 01, 2018

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For the last three years, String has been pioneering videos on social media. Recently she was recognised as a "Top Voice" on LinkedIn. She was also a Top 20 Meerkat Power User, produced the award-winning Snapchat channel "Women In Tech", and amassed over 300 Facebook Live Interviews with entrepreneurs and startup founders, like Gary Vaynerchuk, Holly Liu (Kabam) and Hugh Forrest (SXSW).

During our interview String and I talk about...

How/why you need to create your own LinkedIn video channel in 2018.
She explains her 4 V's strategy of video marketing on LinkedIn.
How often should you publish LinkedIn videos?
We discuss String's LinkedIn video strategy and how she uses it to generate inbound leads.
String shares what she would have done differently to grow her business faster given the chance to start over.
She saves her favorite growth tool/software?

String's website

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stringstory/

https://stringstory.co

E15 - How to Use Storytelling to Attract Your Target Market with Joe Lazauskus Feb 26, 2018

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Joe Lazauskas is a marketing and technology journalist as well as a Content marketing and native advertising expert. He Regular speaker at ContentMarketing World, Web Summit, Collision, and other major industry conferences. He about to launch a book called "The Storytelling Edge: How to Transform Your Business, Stop Screaming into the Void, and Make People Love You"

In this episode Joe and I cover a lot of ground about storytelling content marketing and more.

- How/why does storytelling work?

- Joe shares his "universal storytelling framework" that anyone can use to tell more compelling and effective stories.

- He also shares some storytelling tips to stand out from the crowd.

- We talk about Joe's new book, "The Storytelling Edge: How to Transform Your Business, Stop Screaming into the Void, and Make People Love You"

- Joe shares two of his favorite growth/marketing tools/software.

Joe's websites

www.thestorytellingedge.com

Get the book on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/Storytelling-Edge-Transform-Business-Screaming/dp/1119483352

www.contently.com

Joe Lazauskus email lazer@contently.com

E14 - The Power of Masterminds with Aaron Walker Feb 22, 2018

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Aaron Walker is a veteran entrepreneur for over 30 years. He started his first business at 18, later selling it to a Fortune 500 company. He started, bought, and sold eight successful companies over the past 36 years. Today, he spends the majority of his time helping men grow in Success and Significance as President and Founder of View from the Top, a premier life and business coaching resource.

In this episode Aaron shares...

- What is a mastermind group and why they are so powerful?

- How he went from $0 to over $40k per month with his coaching business in just 18 months.

- Aaron even shares his top 2 strategies for getting new mastermind clients.

- What would Aaron do differently to grow faster if he could start all over again today?

- He shares his favorite growth tools/software?

The best way to connect with Aaron Walker

www.viewfromthetop.com/growthexperts

E13 - How to Leverage LinkedIn to Get FREE PR For Your Business Feb 19, 2018

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In this solo episode I share how I connect with a writer from Inc.com which then turns into him asking to write for his blog. Plus I share 7 LinkedIn tips to help you get FREE PR to help grow your business.

The exact strategy I teach has helped me to become a contributing writer for major publications and blogs as well as appear on 30+ podcast.

Let's connect on LinkedIn.

www.LinkedIn.com/in/askdennisbrown

www.Twitter.com/askdennisbrown

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