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SharkPreneur

Welcome to the Sharkpreneur Podcast with Kevin Harrington and Seth Greene. Kevin Harrington is the inventor of the infomercial, one of the original sharks from the hit tv show shark tank, and has generated over 5 billion dollars in TV and digital direct response sales. Seth Greene is the world’s #1 trusted authority on cutting edge direct response , a best-selling author, the only 3x Marketer Of The Year Nominee, and the founder of http://www.MarketDominationLLC.com On the podcast, Kevin & Seth interview SharkPreneurs who share straight talk on what it takes to explode your business.

Latest Episodes:

525: Structured Notes with Craig Novorr Dec 24, 2020

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525: Structured Notes Craig Novorr, Paragon Capital

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 525 Craig Novorr

Craig Novorr was handpicked to join Paragon Capital after a highly successful 10-year period at UMB where he served as Vice President & Portfolio Manager. Craig’s success co-managing the UMB Scout Technology Fund and Scout Growth Fund demonstrated his unique abilities in identifying investment opportunities and – more importantly – building strong relationships.

Joining the firm in 2006, Craig immediately demonstrated the value his clients place in him, as several with whom he enjoyed longstanding relationships with followed him to Paragon. Since then he has been named Kansas City Magazine’s Best Personal Wealth Manager for six consecutive years and a 2010 Kansas City Business Magazine Rising Star.

Craig is a 1996 graduate of the University of Kansas, from which he earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. He is active in the business, religious and local community and is a member of the executive leadership team for the Walk for Wishes event, as well as a Cub Scout Den Leader and youth basketball coach. He currently sits on several boards or committees for the Overland Park Rotary Club, Kansas University Hillel House, Temple B’Nai Jehuda and the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Craig Novorr about structured notes.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

● How structured products protect clients while outperforming the market.

● How structured notes are uncapped allowing people to make more money.

● How structured notes mature at long term capital gain in a taxable account.

● How people are really struggling to generate money in their portfolios.

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@paragoncn

Facebook

facebook.com/Paragon-Capital-Management-llc-352968418169300

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/craig-novorr-1a8a822

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paragoncap.com

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524: Self-Esteem & Sales with Scott Love Dec 23, 2020

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524: Self-Esteem & Sales Scott Love, The Attorney Search Group

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 524 Scott Love

Scott Love helps those in involved in client development get better results in getting business. Scott speaks at business conferences, association conventions, sales meetings, and executive retreats on the topic of rainmaking and high-level selling. He is the producer of The Rainmaking Podcast, and is the founder of The Attorney Search Group, a legal recruiting firm that recruits rainmakers for large global law firms. Scott is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Scott Love about self-esteem and sales.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

● How people’s low self-image keeps them from reaching their full potential.

● Why people don’t feel like they deserve success during their lives.

● How money is nothing more than a representation of the exchange of value.

● How people create wealth by looking at how much value they can create.

● Why emotional intelligence is important when they are in the middle of adversity.

Connect with Scott:

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Twitter

@scottlove

Instagram

@watercoloraddict

Facebook

facebook.com/workplaceexpert

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/ScottTLove

Links Mentioned:

therainmakingpodcast.com

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523: The New Ground Floor of Podcasting with Jeffrey Hayzlett Dec 22, 2020

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523: The New Ground Floor of Podcasting Jeffrey Hayzlett, C-Suite Network

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 523 Jeffrey Hayzlett

Jeffrey Hayzlett is a primetime television host of C-Suite with Jeffrey Hayzlett and Executive Perspectives on C-Suite TV, and business podcast host The HERO Factor Podcaston C-Suite Radio. He is a global business celebrity, speaker, best-selling author, and Chairman of C-Suite Network, home of the world’s most trusted network of C-Suite leaders. Hayzlett is a well-traveled public speaker, former Fortune 100 CMO, and author of numerous best-selling business books including: The Hero Factor; How Great Leaders Transform Organizations and Create Winning Cultures, Think Big, Act Bigger: The Rewards of Being Relentless, Running the Gauntlet and The Mirror Test. Hayzlett is one of the most compelling figures in business today and is in five business hall of fames including Speaker Hall of Fame, Sales and Marketing Executives, Business Marketing Hall of Fame, Direct Marketing Hall of Fame, and the Industry Award of Distinction from the National Association of Quick Printers.

As a leading business expert, Hayzlett is frequently cited in Forbes, SUCCESS, Mashable, Marketing Week and Chief Executive, among many others. He shares his executive insight and commentary on television networks like Bloomberg, MSNBC, Fox Business, and C-Suite TV. Hayzlett is a former Bloomberg contributing editor and primetime host, and has appeared as a guest celebrity judge on NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice with Donald Trump for three seasons. He is a turnaround architect of the highest order, a maverick marketer and c-suite executive who delivers scalable campaigns, embraces traditional modes of customer engagement, and possesses a remarkable cachet of mentorship, corporate governance, and brand building.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Jeffrey Hayzlett about the new ground floor of podcasting.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

● How the C-Suite Network is currently seeing podcasts become very popular.

● How the market isn’t too saturated for you to start your podcast.

● How the spend on podcasting this year is between 400 and 600 million on advertising.

● How podcasting has not reached its full maturity yet.

Connect with Jeffrey:

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Twitter

@JeffreyHayzlett

Instagram

@jeffreyhayzlett

Facebook

facebook.com/JeffreyHayzlett

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/hayzlett

Links Mentioned:

c-suitenetwork.com

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522: Success Club with Tod “TJ” Johnson Dec 21, 2020

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522: Success Club Tod “TJ” Johnson, The Success Club

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 522 Tod “TJ” Johnson

Tod “TJ” Johnson works with folks to help them develop clarity and a vision that’s powerful enough to drive action in their daily life. TJ provides expert guidance that speeds growth by eliminating wasted time, unnecessary blunders and prevents entrepreneurs from getting stuck on decision-making, or with skill and resource gaps. For existing businesses, he helps them accelerate the growth of their business, so they truly have a business that works for them, as opposed to the other way around. The business should either lead them to an exit strategy of their choosing and, or, create a level of lifestyle freedom that is rich and fulfilling.

Throughout TJ’s 20+ years in business he’s created, built and grown different businesses across a variety of industries, turning them into profitable, sustainable ventures while helping others become wealthy and creating the life that he has always wanted. TJ doesn’t plan on stopping anytime soon. He loves what he does and regularly invest in tools, processes and resources to continue to help others build wealth by growing and creating businesses.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Tod “TJ” Johnson about The Success Club.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

● How people’s businesses should support their vision and their life.

● Why many people have plateaued or don’t know how to scale their businesses.

● How there are 5 golden rules to starting businesses and scaling businesses.

● Why keeping customers is as important as getting new customers.

Connect with TJ:

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Twitter

@tjmillionairementor

Instagram

@tjmillionairementor

Facebook

facebook.com/tjmillionairementor

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/tjmillionairementor

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Tjmillionairementor.com

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521: Shopify Made Easy with Veronica Jeans Dec 18, 2020

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521: Shopify Made Easy Veronica Jeans,

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 521 Veronica Jeans

Veronica Jeans built a very successful business supplying IT professionals to some of the United States largest and most successful companies like Verizon. In 2 years, she turned her initial investment into a very successful company. Her experiences in financial and corporate businesses has given her the answers to really adhere to her gold rule – keep your eye on the money.

Veronica has been coaching and teaching online ecommerce business owners to build and negotiate all the intricacies of running an online ecommerce store and growing their business to 6 figures and more.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Veronica Jeans about Shopify Made Easy.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

● How the foundations for business are the same for online and offline businesses.

● Why if you do one thing every day, in a year you will accomplish something.

● How business owners need to figure out where their customers are looking.

● Why you might need 12 to 21 touches before someone makes a purchase.

● How blogging is important and is another way to get in front of the customers.

Connect with Veronica:

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Instagram

@ecommerce.queen

Facebook

facebook.com/veronicaleejeans

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/veronicajeans

Links Mentioned:

veronicajeans.com

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520: A Fee-Only Family with Eden Bowen Dec 17, 2020

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520: A Fee-Only Family Eden Bowen, Fee-Only Financial Planning

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 520 Eden Bowen

Eden Bowen is a CFP and partner in the Roanoke, Virginia based fee-only RIA, Fee-Only Financial Planning, LC. Eden graduated from Bridgewater College in 2014 with a degree in business and worked in client service and marketing before joining the firm in 2016. She is a second-generation partner at Fee-Only Financial Planning, LC, a firm her family founded in 1981. Together they serve 140 client families in 18 states with $300m in AUM.

Eden wears many hats as one of three partners managing a firm of this size. She has direct management of their tech support, client relations, back office operations, marketing efforts, and engaging in new and existing client planning efforts. Eden is also passionate about financial education and literacy and reaches a wide demographic of readers with her blog and newsletter content. She is based out of Atlanta, GA and an active member of NAPFA, the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors. Eden is also an avid equestrian and regularly competes with her horse in the Greater Atlanta area, sharing common ground with some of her clientele.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Eden Bowen about being a second-generation partner at Fee-Only Financial Planning.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

● How relationship building is very important in financial planning.

● How technology has allowed expansion on traditional meetings.

● How virtual meetings allow financial planners to have clients from all over.

● Why providing outstanding services leads to organic growth.

Connect with Eden:

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Instagram

@edenbowen

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/m-eden-bowen-cfp

Links Mentioned:

feeonlyroanoake.com

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519: The Marketer’s Marketer with Eric Elliott Dec 16, 2020

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519: The Marketer’s Marketer Eric Elliott, VIP Marketing and Advertising

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 519 Eric Elliott

Eric Elliott has gained a wealth of industry knowledge after over a decade of providing marketing services. No matter the industry, every marketing campaign can break down to three things: budget, media, and message. While helping a wide range of businesses, he has honed in on his main areas of expertise. Eric provides his services across the United States for businesses in the auto, legal, and healthcare marketing industries. As a result, his agency, VIP Marketing, partners with businesses to market to the right people and capture their attention. Eric and his team get results with premium video production, design, media planning, and buying.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Eric Elliott about being the marketer’s marketer.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

● How marketing is missing the actual marketing by focusing on buying ads.

● Why businesses need to make lasting impressions with a unique selling position.

● How people advertise themselves so much they forget to market themselves.

● Why people need to do things in advance, so they don’t have to panic promote.

● How it’s important to strategize and then execute the planned approach.

Connect with Eric:

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Twitter

@EricMElliott

Instagram

@ericmelliott

Facebook

facebook.com/heyimeric

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/eric-elliot-45704745

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heyimeric.com

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518: Growing Your Business with Facebook Groups with Landon Stewart Dec 15, 2020

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518: Growing Your Business with Facebook Groups Landon Stewart, ClientsandCommunity.com

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 518 Landon Stewart

Landon Stewart has been building client-getting Facebook groups with Chris Stapleton for 4 years. They got their start by consulting with 7 and 8-gure brands - helping them build thriving communities around their programs and generate millions in additional revenue.Since then, they’ve branched out to focus on growing their own community and coaching programs. In the past 7 months, they’ve taken their brand new Facebook group from zero to a $4 million/ year run rate.

After building one of the most active and engaged Facebook groups in the coaching space, their group growth and monetization methodology is now gaining attention from industry leaders. Just recently, Tony Robbins and Dean Graziosi’s marketing team mentioned, “Landon and Chris are revolutionizing the way coaches market online.”

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Landon Stewart about growing your business with Facebook groups.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

● How to market Facebook groups so the right people join the group.

● Why growing Facebook groups organically might not be the best approach.

● How paid ads get people in your target audience to your Facebook group.

● Why you should send people to a landing page instead of a Facebook link.

● Why you shouldn’t provide too much information in your Facebook group.

Connect with Landon:

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Facebook

facebook.com/landon.stewart.37

Links Mentioned:

clientsandcommunity.com

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517: The Soul of Business with Blaine Bartlett Dec 14, 2020

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517: The Soul of Business Blaine Bartlett, Avatar Resources

The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 517 Blaine Bartlett

Blaine Bartlett coaches and consults worldwide and has personally delivered training programs to almost 300,000 individuals and has directly impacted over one million people. Blaine is CEO of Avatar Resources, an Adjunct Professor at Beijing University, Founder of the Institute for Compassionate Capitalism and a member of the Transformational Leadership Council. He sits on the Board of Directors of the Unstoppable Foundation and the World Business Academy and is a member of the Advisory Boards of the All Japan Management Coaching Association and the Asia Coaching and Mentoring Association. In 2012, Blaine was formally invested as a Knight of the Sovereign Order of St. John of Jerusalem Knights of Malta, the world’s oldest humanitarian organization.

The primary focus of what he does is built upon a foundation that focuses on returning to or regaining the “soul” of your business – that esprit that gives what we do meaning and vitality and that connects to everything a business touches. He calls this Compassionate Capitalism.

He defines this as an economic model for ensuring that the workplace of today and tomorrow allows individuals, organizations, society and the planet the opportunity to thrive in a generative and sustainable manner. Blaine believes that developing and leveraging this model is fundamental to our collective long-term survivability. Because business is the most pervasive force on the plane he believes that business has a unique and primary responsibility for uplifting the quality of all life on the planet.

Blaine is a best-selling author of five books including the #1 international best-seller Compassionate Capitalism: A Journey to the Soul of Business. Others include Discover Your Inner Strength (with Stephen Covey, Ken Blanchard and Brian Tracy), Three-Dimensional Coaching, and Tapping Into The Soul of Business: The Key to Employee Engagement. His latest book is The Leadership Mindset Weekly.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Blaine Bartlett about tapping into the soul of business.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

● Why it’s important to bring creativity and innovation back into the workplace.

● How people want to have meaning in their day to day work.

● How leadership is built from co-creation and coordinated movement.

● Why 87% of employees around the world are disengaged from their work.

● How breakthroughs come when employees are emotionally engaged.

Connect with Blaine:

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Twitter

@blainebartlett

Instagram

@blainebartlett

Facebook

facebook.com/OfficialBlaineBartlett

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/blainebartlett

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blainebartlett.com

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516: Double Revenue by Working Less with David Wood Dec 11, 2020

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516: Double Revenue by Working Less David Wood, Play for Real

– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 516 David Wood

David Wood is a former consulting actuary to Fortune 100 companies. He built the world’s largest coaching business, becoming #1 on Google for life coaching and coaching thousands of hours in 12 countries around the globe.

As well as helping others, David is no stranger to overcoming challenges himself, having survived a full collapse of his paraglider and a fractured spine, witnessing the death of his sister at age seven, anxiety and depression, and a national Gong Show!

He coaches high performing business owners to double revenue, and their time off, by focusing on less.

Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with David Wood about doubling your revenue while working less.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

● How having many possibilities is our greatest blessing and greatest curse.

● Why businesses owners need to figure out what to focus on to be more effective.

● How implementing a business plan is necessary to move a business forward.

● Why it’s important to have crystal clear messaging for clients to understand.

● How business owners need to have the correct lead magnet.

Connect with David:

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