Want to know how you can turn your life around? Are you in charge of your own destiny? Are you interested in becoming a successful entrepreneur? What does your next level look like? We all need to be able to touch our own next level! We all need to take that next step towards becoming a successful entrepreneur. Sometimes we overestimate that we can do everything and accomplish everything on our own- 76% of people think mentors are important, however, only 37% of people currently have one. Only 14% of mentor relationships started by asking someone to be their mentor. 61% of those relationships developed naturally. People with mentors are happier at their current jobs than those without.

Welcome to The Entrepreneurial You podcast, hosted by Heneka Watkis-Porter, the Jamaican podcast Queen, Author, international speaker, coach, and entrepreneur. Each week I feature a global, high-impact entrepreneur and leader to motivate, inspire and educate peak performers about international best practices to help their business scale and grow.

The Entrepreneurial You was recently named among the “Top 30 Entrepreneurship Podcast You Must Follow” by Feedspot.

This week my guest is Lisa Nichols and this episode was taped with a live audience a few weeks ago. Want to unleash the entrepreneur within you? Keep listening! When you are through listening, head over to henekawatkisporter.com for more episodes, blogs, and other useful content.

In this episode, we are joined by Lisa Nichols, the world’s most requested transformational speaker, to discuss how shining your light sets you apart from others. From a struggling mom on government plans to a multimillionaire entrepreneur, Lisa shares her story on how she had to give herself permission to heal so that her light could shine.Click To Tweet She speaks about growing up being a part of the Black community but no feeling as though she was good enough and how she had “climbed over” the belief system that something was wrong with her after going out into the world.   

Tune in to this episode to learn how to create a successful business and life as someone who is self-employed!

Here are three reasons why you should listen to the full episode:

Find out how you can stop limiting yourself from achieving greatness. 
Learn effective strategies on how you can feel more confident about yourself. 
Learn how to touch your own next level. 

 
Episode Highlights
Lisa’s Breakthrough- Giving Herself Permission

Lisa speaks about giving herself permission to heal from being a struggling single mom and having to be on government systems. 
She speaks about her journey from weighing over 200 pounds.
Lisa also speaks about her journey from not feeling comfortable in her own skin

 
Understanding What Your Next Level Looks Like-

Lisa shares that sometimes we won’t always have the capacity to see the version of ourselves that is yet to come so we have to accept that we won’t have the whole plan right away. 
You have to take advantage of all the online resources available to you as online learning has become quite popular.
Trust yourself to implement and then find the right coach for yourself.  
Touch Your Own Next Level
Even without clarity, I’m ready for it

Adjusting and Working On Your Light- 

We need to recognize when it is time for us to start learning something new. 
If you want to take yourself somewhere you’ve never gone, you will need someone else- sometimes we have to accept that we have taken ourselves as far as we can get on our own. 
Work with someone that is 10 to 20 steps ahead of you, someone you can study and learn from. 
Lisa points out that you should “Hook your caboose” t…

Have you ever wanted to ask a CEO and Harvard MBA all your burning business questions?  What about spending an hour with the smartest person you know?  April interviews Ahron Oddman, CEO of PSS, a former colleague, and client, and gets to do both! You don’t want to miss all the gems from the man who inspired April to start her company and introduced her to the term “Pouring In”.  

This week I am pleased to be partnering with my very good friend April Shprintz of the Pouring Into Your Business podcast for an episode swap. April has   been a guest on The Entrepreneurial You Podcast and I have also been a guest on her Pouring Into Your Business podcast.  When we first spoke I fell in love with her story of generosity which is what episode199 of The Entrepreneurial You podcast was all about.

In this episode, April speaks with Ahron Oddman about Harvard Secrets for Purchasing a Business.
In this episode, you’ll discover—

The most powerful way for you to impact 2021 personally and in business
How to research and buy a successful business to grow
Why your gut sometimes trumps all the data in the world

Resources
Think Big Buy Small available on Amazon!

 
Pouring Into Yourself & Your Business Highlights
Ahron Shares What He Learned In Business School About Acquiring a Business-

Ahron shares that he went to business school with no real expectations in it otherwise from technology. 
He pointed out that during grad school he had two professors, one of which yelled for over 20 minutes that “You guys are all supposed to be smart because you’re here in grad school but you guys are chasing the dumbest opportunities possible. What are the odds that any one of you will invent any one of these unicorn type companies.”
He shared that based on that discussion he stopped and reflected 
Ahron also points out that 75% of the battle is won or lost in what company you buy along with what price you pay for it. 
He also highlights that in buying a business, the closing process can take up to six months; the buyer and seller have to come to mutual terms and agreements.
Ahron shares that with COVID-19 came a massive amount of opportunities for business growth. He speaks that obstacles/challenges that come your way can present opportunities for your business to thrive in new ways. 

Criteria for What Type Of Business To Look For When Buying-

Look for businesses that are profitable
Look at the financial benchmarks; learn about the businesses’ finances
Establish customer base
Take into consideration whether there is a future market for the product/service that the company provides. 
Consider where and how that business impacts the world

 
Having The Right Mindset In Business-

Focus on self-development
Map out your goals both short and long-term
Create a mission worth spending your life on
Accept challenges
Be proactive
Be passionate about your business
You don’t need permission to be an entrepreneur

Business Advice from Ahron Oddman 
Guard your mindset; Now your rather our responsibility as leaders and those who know better is to go out and inspire others to take stock of their mindset and for us to influence with really positive ideas and impact other peoples’…Click To Tweet
3 Powerful Quotes from This Episode
“Take a stop and look back at the mountains that got you where you are,  because in some ways they helped to define who you are today”

“Being a great leader isn’t something we should take for granted”

“75% of the battle is won or lost in what company you buy along with what price you pay for it.”

Welcome to The Entrepreneurial You podcast, hosted by Heneka Watkis-Porter, the Jamaican podcast Queen, Author, international speaker, coach, and entrepreneur. Each week I feature a global, high-impact entrepreneur and leader to motivate, inspire and educate peak performers about international best practices to help their business scale and grow. Want to unleash the entrepreneur within you? Keep listening! When you are through listening, head over to henekawatkisporter.com for more episodes, blogs, and other useful content.

In this episode, we are joined by Matthew Woodard to discuss using search engine optimization to drive traffic and have massive growth.

Users trust search engines and having a presence in the top positions for the keywords the user is searching, increases the website’s trust. SEO is good for the social promotion of your website. SEO is important for the smooth running of a big website. The majority of search engine users, more than 70% are more likely to click on one of the top 5 suggestions in the search engine results pages (SERPS).Click To Tweet

Tune in to this episode to learn how to increase your website traffic and your sales!
Here are three reasons why you should listen to the full episode: 

Learn how to increase your website traffic and sales. 
Discover what problems your website has and how you can fix them. 
Learn about what is missing from your website. 

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To find out if your website has issues with low speed, check out this website at https://batchspeed.com/
If you are ready to take the next step to fix the problem you identified, check out this website at https://nitropack.io/
If you want to learn how to increase traffic to your website check out Matthew’s website at https://www.matthewwoodward.co.uk/quick-win-seo/ – you’ll get a free copy of his internal SEO tool and step by step tutorial videos.
Want to learn a  strategy that Matthew has been using to build links, traffic, and authority with great success across the past 18 months check out his website at https://www.matthewwoodward.co.uk/seo/link-building/podcast-jacking/. 
If you want to learn how to automate podcast bookings, check out this website at (provide the link that was sent in the chat during this episode)

Episode Highlights
Matthew Shares His Story- 
Matthews shares that he was always that kid that was trying to sell you something that you didn’t want. He mentions that he’s always had that entrepreneurial spirit, from washing cars to selling candy at school at high prices. All throughout his school years, he was naturally interested in the internet and building websites. He mentioned that at the age of 11 years old he did not have the full vision to build Youtube. Then he moved to jobs where he did supermarket and warehouse works. He ended up in the corporate world where he mentions that he had some great successes- where he was able to utilize all of his skills he acquired growing up. He shares that he was lucky to step into the corporate world with his level of web knowledge as that had been a continuous advantage for him. 
How Can I Increase My Website Traffic and Increase my Sales(Identify The Problem)-

The first thing you need to is to find out if I have a problem- what you will need to focus on is web speed- how fast your website loads. 
If your website is slow, it then leads to lower conversion rates, lower average order values, and lower revenue per visitor. However if your website is fast, higher conversion values and higher values for revenue generated per visitor. 
Matthew shares that for about three years Google has made site speed a ranking factor and will improve on that in May with what is called “core web vitals update”- in other words,

Are you feeling stuck in a rut? Feeling like you don’t know which direction to take? Want to learn how your business can maximize its profits? If you’ve ever felt “stuck,” you are not alone. Many of us experience this feeling at some point in our lives and for different reasons. 

A recent study has found that 69% of people feel trapped in the same old routine, and only 3 out of 10 people are happy with their lives. People are feeling stuck. Click To Tweet

Welcome to The Entrepreneurial You podcast, hosted by Heneka Watkis-Porter, the Jamaican podcast Queen, Author, international speaker, coach, and entrepreneur. Each week I feature a global, high-impact entrepreneur and leader to motivate, inspire and educate peak performers about international best practices to help their business scale and grow. This week, The Entrepreneurial You podcast invites Laura Noel to share about “Bridging The Gap Between Feeling Stuck And Finding Fulfillment.”

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Tune in to this episode to learn how to create a successful business and life!
Here are three reasons why you should listen to the full episode: 

Learn how you can break away from old habitual ways of thinking.
Find out how you can tune out those negative thoughts and start focusing more on the positive.  
Learn effective strategies on how you can find fulfillment in what you are doing. 

Resources
Laura has a special welcome page for us at www.stretchintosuccess.com/tey where she has provided on the page a few Giveaways, namely:

Free download of PDF-6 Mindset techniques for a more fulfilling life. 
Free access to 5-day (1 hour each day) Breakthrough Your “Busy” B.S. (Blind Spots) Workshop.
Want to get more insights on what your paradigms might be? Get a free 15-min coaching consultation call with Laura Noel.

Episode Highlights
Laura’s Life as A Veteran- 

Laura speaks about being very grateful that she had the opportunity to serve in the military. 
She pointed out that from the time she started her journey in college she wanted to learn as much as possible about the military and from that she later enlisted.
What she thought was only going to be four years in college, turned into almost 28 years of service. 
Laura highlighted that she retired in 2017 but the journey was incredible. 

Laura Speaks About Her Purpose-

She points out that her purpose is to share what she has learned and what she now knows to be true in terms of the inner power that we all possess and are capable of unleashing. 
To help people connect with the “awesomeness that is already inside of them. 
Connect with the answers and also to discover their purpose; to understand that the answers are already inside of ourselves but sometimes we have to look outside of ourselves for the direction and getting them connected. 

 
How Do We Cultivate An Environment Where We Can Slow Down and Live?- 

Laura points out that we should start small; start from where we are at. Your quiet time doesn’t have to be sitting in silence, it can also be going for a walk, without music, that way you are able to listen and become more aware and present in the sounds of nature. 
Find out what works best for you. 
It is very important when checking in with yourself to ask yourself the following questions:

What am I thinking right now?
How do I feel right now?
How do I feel in my body right now?

Dylan Ogline is a high school dropout from a small country town in Pennsylvania. He started his first business when he was 14 selling cell phones. In 2016 he scrapped 10+ business projects and started focusing on one single thing, digital marketing. Tired from struggling getting no progress and working from his freezing basement, not to mention nearly a Million dollars in debt – it was an uphill climb. Turns out, focus was the key. 4 short years later he has built Ogline Digital into a 7-figure agency generating over a million in sales three years running. Dylan is now a leading expert in direct response advertising and business growth. He has now turned his focus to helping other people start and grow their own hyper profitable digital agency.  

Show Notes

“In the world of Internet Customer Service, it’s important to remember your competitor is only one mouse click away.” – Doug Warner

It seems we are so easily distracted by bright shiny objects. We never give ourselves enough time on one project before we move to another. 

This week, The Entrepreneurial You podcast invites Dylan Ogline to share about his experience  on “The Secret To Success: Focus.”

Here is a snippet of what Dylan shared:

“If you own a business your true number one priority should be providing your product or service to your customer, but I don’t like to mention that because that’s like telling you to breathe. I shouldn’t need to tell you to do that beyond that if you talk about growing your business, your number one focus should be on making the cash register ring bringing in customers and actually getting them to pay you. So just work backwards from there and look at like what is the most simple single thing I can do to bring on more customers all these extra things a website a logo, you know wasting your time trying to get you know, public relations or whatever are all of these things necessary or that they just help that one single thing.”

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The founder of The CEO Partner®, a systems driven, profits-obsessed, Digital Implementation agency that helps smart CEOs grow their business and meet their goals. Sonaya started her Digital Implementation Agency in November of 2011 while still working full-time as a Senior Financial Systems Analyst at TD Ameritrade. Since then, she has built a multi six-figure consulting agency and learned a ton of good and bad lessons along the way.

Show Notes

“If I had one hour to save the world, I would spend fifty-five minutes defining the problem and only five minutes finding the solution.” – Albert Einstein

Are you crumbling under the weight of your business? It may be a lack of system that is weighing you down.

This week, The Entrepreneurial You podcast invites Sonaya WIlliams to share her experience and expertise on “Business Process Management: How To Do It Effectively.”

Here is a snippet of what Sonaya shared:

“A lot of people create businesses because they don’t want to be in the corporate grind. They don’t want to have to live to that 9 to 5 or they want to create their own schedule. Some people wanted to be away and do what they enjoy and not have to come back and be like at a nine-to-five. Maybe they want to work a couple hours a day or a couple hours a week. The only way you can do that is if you have the processes in place because the business still needs to run. Things still need to happen and you don’t necessarily have to be the one to do that. If you have the system in place, they allow you the time freedom. They allow you to keep money on the table. Having processes and systems in place allows you to identify the support that you truly need because once you have the process down, you know what it’s going to take to execute it. And you know, what kind of skills that person, whether it’s a virtual assistant project manager, a launch manager, whoever, you know the skills that they need to execute.

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Frustrated in his corporate job and struggling in his marriage, parenting and finances, Seth started with a single dime, with a dream that if he kept doubling it, he could leave his corporate job and create margin for him and his family. Today, Seth is a full time Amazon seller and is the founder of Just One Dime, a coaching company for Amazon FBA sellers. Seth has students in over 100 countries, was flown to Amazon’s headquarters to be consulted for improving Amazon’s third party platform, was asked by a company owned by a shark 

from Shark Tank to run their online Amazon and ecommerce division, run a sourcing team in China, and was requested by two countries to train their top businesses.

Show Notes

“Life’s too short to hang out with people who aren’t resourceful.” – Jeff Bezos

It is pivot season! Thanks to COVID-19. Perhaps you’ve turned to having a digital business and particularly an Amazon store. But how much do you know about how to do it really well?

This week, The Entrepreneurial You podcast invites Seth Kniep to share his wealth of knowledge on “How to Launch a New Business When All You Have Is A Dime.”

Here is a snippet of what  Seth shared:

“First you find a product that is solving a problem and you make sure that the top competitors for that product that are selling it at least five of them have fewer than 100 reviews, which means if someone with less than a hundred reviews is selling really well, then you can launch a new product and probably sell it very well. Also, then you make sure it’s selling at least 12 to 15 times a day. That’s a general rule profit is more important than how many times it sells but that always ways indicates if between 12 and 15 minimum indicates, very strong demand for a product you find that product you make sure there aren’t too many reviews as using the criteria I mentioned and then you start reading the critical reviews and you ask yourself a simple question when I look at all the critical reviews or I should say the top-ranking critical reviews for the top competitor What are the customer saying that they don’t like about this product?”

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Eric is the CEO and co-founder of Open Influence and a key authority in the influencer marketing space. Eric is a Forbes 30 Under 30 recipient and his company has been recognized as one of Inc’s 5000 list of Fastest Growing Companies in America for two years in a row (2018 & 2019). His company’s clients include Disney, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Intuit, SoFi, Unilever, P&G, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, L’Oreal, and Under Armour just to name a few. 

Show Notes

“Influencers — they’re the best thing since sliced bread. But forget bread; they’re selling like hotcakes. They’re creating huge returns, and they’re only set to keep growing!” – Emily Warna

There is a line from a very popular Jamaica artiste that says, “dweet fi di love, mi nuh dweet fi di likes.” This is talking about popularity on social media. Sadly, many people are misguided into thinking that likes and followers on social media is an end-all and be all. 

This week, The Entrepreneurial You podcast invites Eric Dahan to share on “Influencer Marketing: What’s In It For My Business?”

Here is a snippet of what Eric shared:

“I think it’s really important to note that popularity is not influence. Having a lot of followers does not mean you have any influence it sounds a bit counterintuitive, but when you look at influence, you have to look at it in a relative lens. So, what are you influential in? What kind of topic do you know? One of my favourite examples, I would trust my hairstylist for advice on hairstyles and trends. I won’t necessarily trust my lawyer to give me that same advice but I will trust my lawyers to give me advice on legal matters.  It works in a very sort of similar way. Trust is really relative and trust is what drives influence”

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Tom Schwab knows how to build an online business. He’s done it successfully several times, and now helps others find online success with podcast interview marketing. As a Navy veteran who ran nuclear power plants, and an inbound marketing engineer, Tom Schwab has a refreshingly unique approach. Tom helps thought leaders (coaches, authors, speakers, consultants, emerging brands) get featured on leading podcasts their ideal prospects are already listening to. The Interview Valet system then helps them to turn listeners into customers. 

Show Notes

“Human beings love to buy stuff. But we hate being sold to through the old paradigm. So consider that when you podcast because at the end of the day, you should be selling.“ – Glen Carlson

There are so many benefits that are available through podcast guesting. Yet, it is one of the most underutilized areas of marketing for thought leaders.

This week, The Entrepreneurial You podcast invites Tom Schwab to share about his expertise on “Using Podcast Interview Marketing To Turn Listeners Into Customers.”

Here is a snippet of what Tom shared:

“I get pitched to be on my podcast probably two to three times a day. Everyone says the same thing: Tom I love your podcast and would love to be a guest. There’s only one problem: Heneka I don’t have a podcast. They’re just Robo pitching. That’s not being a guest, that’s being slimy. That’s being spammy. That’s everything that people hate. If you want to be introduced to somebody’s audience or somebody’s friends, and somebody’s tribe, you need to learn that.  Gary Vaynerchuk always talks about jab jab jab right hook and I probably missed a couple Jabs in there. I look at it as serve, serve, serve, serve, ask right so serve.”

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