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Video can be so daunting for most people today because of the editing and uploading and setup processes. It's tiring. However, video is a very good tool for building your brand and connecting with people. So, in this discussion, Adam talks with Augie Johnston who not only shares powerful tips for making videos and having them edited for Youtube or other channels so easily that anyone can do it BUT also how you can leverage a channel like youtube to build your email list. More About Augie Johnston Augie Johnston is a 33-year-old native to the central coast of California and a former professional Basketball player. He is currently making waves in the Video Editing Industry as a result of his promising start-up called Vidchops. Vidchops, the brainchild of Augie, aims to assist video creators and digital marketers by carrying out the grunt work of editing their videos. This allows them to focus more on the “content” side of their productions to therefore create more engaging videos that their fans

No matter what stage of business someone is in they get stuck. And there are 3 core reasons that people get stuck. In this episode, Adam shares those 3 reasons and dives deep into the 1 most powerful reason to help you on your journey forward. More About Adam As a father and entrepreneur with 20 years of professional business experience, Adam is an expert in branding, storytelling, and online sales. After working 10 years at WebMD as Director of Strategic Marketing Adam started his second business, Change Creator, supporting social entrepreneurs with premium branding & high-converting websites, the Change Creator Podcast with 230+ expert interviews, and 30+ editions of Change Creator Magazine reaching over 140+ countries including exclusive interviews from the most impactful entrepreneurs on the planet such as Seth Godin, Arianna Huffington, and Richard Branson. Want More? Visit us at https://changecreator.com/ (https://changecreator.com) Ready to Grow Your Brand Authority and Revenues? Book a call to ch

Are you leaving a ton of money on the table? If you misunderstand branding and don't have a real brand strategy, then you probably are. In this episode Change Creator founder, Adam G. Force, explains what branding really is and how it actually generates revenue for your business. More About Adam As a father and entrepreneur with 20 years of professional business experience, Adam is an expert in branding, storytelling, and online sales. After working 10 years at WebMD as Director of Strategic Marketing Adam started his second business, Change Creator, supporting social entrepreneurs with premium branding & high-converting websites, the Change Creator Podcast with 230+ expert interviews, and 30+ editions of Change Creator Magazine reaching over 140+ countries including exclusive interviews from the most impactful entrepreneurs on the planet such as Seth Godin, Arianna Huffington, and Richard Branson. Want More? Visit us at https://changecreator.com/ (https://changecreator.com) Ready to Grow Your Brand Autho

What does it take to create authentic engagement with your audience that drives true brand affinity? We connected with brand expert Chris Kneeland who is the founder of the agency, Cult, where they focus on creating organic brand engagement that turns everyday customers into brand advocates. More About Chris Chris Kneeland is the CEO of Cult Collective, one of North America’s premier engagement marketing firms. His overriding professional passion is helping brands accelerate growth by reimagining how they engage consumers and employees. He’s committed to helping courageous brand leaders embrace proven marketing principles he’s discovered while working with the most iconic, “cult-like” brands on the planet. Chris held marketing roles at the world headquarters of John Deere and The Home Depot. He was also formerly the Head of Retail Marketing at RAPP, Omnicom’s preeminent relationship marketing agency. He co-founded Cult in 2010 and has consulted with Harley Davidson, Canadian Tire, Mark’s, Zappos, Best Buy,

Building a media brand today is not an easy task. This is very different than other business models and requires a big money many times. Sam Adams and his cofounder Spencer Rascoff (cofounder of Zillow), teamed up to create dot.LA, which is a media company focused on shining a light on innovative projects within national and L.A. specific tech and start-up space. We talk to Sam about their journey so far and learn how they are growing the brand but also what they did to raise $4m of funding. More About Sam Adams Sam Adams serves as chief executive of dot.LA. A former financial journalist for Bloomberg and Reuters, Adams moved to the business side of media as a strategy consultant at Activate, helping legacy companies develop new digital strategies. Adams holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard College and an MBA from the University of Southern California. A Santa Monica native, he can most often be found at Bay Cities deli with a Godmother sub or at McCabe's with a 12-string guitar. His favorite colors ar

He was on the first cover of Change Creator Magazine and we are bringing him back to talk on this show to catch up on where things are now. His name is Jake Orak and he's the founder of an incredible 7 figure e-commerce brand called Ethnotek Bags where each product sold helps preserve cultures around the world. One minute Jake was rubbing shoulders with chemists, thermodynamic experts, and mechanical engineers in the bustling metropolis of Minnesota (USA), and the next he was discussing business terms with the Hmong people up in the northern highlands of Vietnam. It’s not quite a tale of rags to riches, but Jake is on a mission to make the world a better place, one hand-made textile at a time. https://changecreator.com/ep01-how-jake-orak-found-his-passion-off-the-beaten-track-interview/ (For more check out jakes first interview and cover story here )

Should you spend time trying to make guest appearances on other people's podcasts? Personally, we love this marketing channel. So, we hooked up with the founder of Interview Valet, Tom Schwab. He shares a ton of valuable insights to help you on your marketing journey. More About Tom: Tom Schwab believes the best things in life come from conversations. It’s these powerful, sometimes awkward conversations that propel us from where we are personally and professionally to where we dream of being. As an engineer, a Navy Veteran, and Nuclear Propulsion Plant Operator Tom thinks differently “Tough Minded, Skeptical, Sometimes Even Cantankerous, but always technically competent, always thinking -”What if” is how the head of the Nuclear Navy described it. As a small business owner and entrepreneur he understands the unique challenges of business owners. This led him to be an early pioneer of using inbound marketing for ecommerce and targeted podcast interviews for marketing that connects. Tom is the author of two b

Building a brand that flourishes is not easy. But it doesn't mean you have to work yourself to the point of poor health. Actually, what if the four-day workweek boosts creativity and productivity? Author and entrepreneur, Joe Sanok, talks with me about his studies around the benefits of the four-day work week and why it's something you should consider for better results. More About Joe: (From Joe) In 2012 I launched Practice of the Practice to blog about what I was learning about business, marketing, and private practice. Since then, my income has gone up over 2,000%. In the beginning, I was making around $1000 per month. In 2015, I grossed over $200k! In 2019, I sold my private practice. I’m a keynote and TEDx speaker, business consultant, and podcaster. I have the #1 podcast for counselors, The Practice of the Practice Podcast. With interviews with Pat Flynn, John Lee Dumas, and Lewis Howes. I am also a writer for PsychCentral, and have been featured on the Huffington Post, Forbes, GOOD Magazine, Read

We're doing something different for this episode. Brandon is a Change Creator Brand Studio client. We worked on his brand strategy, rebranded his site and he's now in our Brand Accelerator. Now, you get to hear firsthand about the challenges he was facing, why he took these steps with us and his first $30,000 month. Brandon comes from a family of rocket scientists and has a service business that creates incredible market-ready prototypes. It was a really interesting journey working through the brand strategy, identity, and site development. Find more strategies and advice at https://changecreator.com (https://changecreator.com)

We all want more sales but sometimes is really tough in the e-commerce world when you don't have relationships with big distributors. But what if someone else already does and can help you scale through new platforms like Amazon, Walmart and more? I spoke with the CEO of Kaspien, Kunal Chopra, who has extensive leadership, retail and tech expertise acquired from years at tech giants Microsoft and Amazon - and now as CEO, he continues his passion for helping brands drive online growth. More About Kunal xPublic Company CEO, Growth Diver and Strategist with sustained record of success maximizing topline and operating results (Revenues and EBITDA) and skyrocketing portfolio value. Kunal grew up in Mumbai, India and after finishing his Bachelors in Computer Engineering from The University of Mumbai, came to the United States to do his Masters in Computer Science from Clemson University. Kunal was recruited from there to Microsoft as an individual contributor and from there he grew his career to becoming the Chief

What steps do we need to take with our startups? What if we don't? Does it have to be so painful and expensive? We spoke with the founder of Better Legal, Chad Sakonchick, who loves automation and is making the legal part of your business MUCH EASIER. Having started many businesses of his own, the one thing that always bothered him was how overly complex and expensive the process was. His passion is helping people create and one of the inspirations for his latest venture, BetterLegal. More About Chad: Chad Sakonchick is the founder and creator of BetterLegal, a company that provides a one-stop-shop for business and entity formation in all 50 states. If there is one thing Chad knows, it is how to start a business. He was bitten by the entrepreneurial bug early on in his life and has been the brains behind successful and not so successful start-ups within the tech space. The thread that has been present in all of his business ventures is automation. Chad is on an automation mission, and his latest venture, Be

You might wonder how you can land some bigger opportunities or boost the visibility of your brand to gain more traction. This is an important question and to dig into that conversation we connected with brand strategist Claire Bahn who is the founder of Clarie Bahn Group. More About Claire: Claire Bahn is a serial entrepreneur and currently the CEO and Founder of Claire Bahn Group. For over ten years, she has been helping high-achieving CEOs, executives, investors, and founders maximize their authority and influence to accelerate business growth and gain the recognition they deserve. As an entrepreneur and influencer with over 70k+ followers, she learned the importance of creating and curating a personal brand that magnetizes opportunities and boosts visibility. Her mission is to help others leverage their personal brand to develop the authority, influence, and trust they need to exceed their career and life goals. Visit us at https://changecreator.com (https://changecreator.com)

When is the best time to start thinking about your exit plan as a business owner? What if you just started the business? The answer might surprise you. We connected with expert, Jessica Fialkovich to discuss business exits and dig into what you need to know for your business. This will change how you operate right now! More about Jessica: Jessica became a first-time entrepreneur at the age of 25 and since has been able to successfully establish, develop and sell multiple small businesses in a number of different industries. In the last eight years, Jessica has been able to build her business brokerage firm from a two-person team to one of the top firms in the country. Under her leadership, the office has been the number one Transworld Business Advisors franchise location in the world for the last five years, has made the Inc 5000 list for the last three, and been recognized by the Financial Times, the Denver Business Journal and others. Jessica is also the Founder of Exit Factor, which teaches business owner

What is category design? In the branding world at Change Creator Brand Studio we talk about category ladders and to learn more about category design, we connected with expert, Kevin Maney. His master journalist who now runs a company helping CEOs create their stories and carve out their category. An essential part of business success. More About Kevin: Kevin Maney is a founding partner of Category Design Advisors (CDA), a bestselling author, award-winning columnist and TV commentator. Kevin is co-author of the book Play Bigger, which has sold more than 100,000 copies globally and created a category design movement among entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and CEOs. Using the category design process Kevin co-created, CDA has helped more than 50 companies discover, define and get on track to dominate new markets. Kevin has been writing about technology for 30 years, and has interviewed most of the tech pioneers you can name. He wrote a column for Newsweek, and has been a contributor to Fortune, The Atlantic, W

Why do some people make it and some people don't? Not only did Uyi Abraham go from having $100 in his pocket to building an 8 figure company, but he built a company that helps other entrepreneurs create their dreams. In this interview, he shares what made it possible for him and offers critical strategies that you can adopt today.  More about Uyi: Uyi Abraham is an award-winning business coach, serial entrepreneur, investor, strategist and best-selling author. He is an African immigrant who relocated to America with only $100 in his pocket and a suitcase of clothes. He has been educating people on business and success principles for over 20 years. Despite his humble beginnings, he has attained entrepreneurial success and is devoted to helping others become successful entrepreneurs. He is the founder of Vonza.com – a SaaS company that makes it easy for entrepreneurs to start and grow a profitable online business, Higher Place Christian University, and Uplevel Enterprises – a marketing and consulting servi

As entrepreneurs, our businesses must be visible to the right audiences to actually make sales. While there are infinite ways to accomplish that, timing is always key. So when is the right time to run a press release and how should it work? Mickie Kennedy has been doing it for over 20 years and shares a ton of valuable insights to help you on your decision-making journey in this episode. More About Mickie Kennedy Mickie Kennedy is the Founder and President of eReleases, the small business leader for press release distribution, now celebrating 22 years in business. He is an expert at helping small businesses increase their visibility and credibility and he’s here today to share some valuable insights. Mickie Kennedy is an expert at helping small businesses, authors, and startups increase their visibility and credibility. 22 years ago, Mickie founded eReleases after realizing that small businesses desperately need a press release service they can afford. While working in PR. Mickie came face to face with cust

It's incredible how big of a role culture can play in the success of a business. But, how do we shape culture today when we just have virtual teams and virtual assistants? We spoke with an expert on the topic of Human Resources and Culture, Rita Sever, who is also the author of Leading for Justice (release date August 3, 2021). More About Rita: Growing up the youngest of six kids in a low-income family, Rita Sever often had the experience of feeling unseen and unheard. She became very focused on hearing and seeing others—as individuals and within the groups that we live and work in. This led her to recognize the uneven playing field that the world calls “equal.” This awareness has been part of her unified approach to human resources and organizational development for over twenty years. She worked as a staff member for nine years at an AIDS organization and another nine years at a community action agency. In her consulting practice, she works with social justice organizations throughout the United States. Rit

How do you know if you have a valid business or that you even could be a coach that actually helps people? We spoke to an expert, Michael Unbroken, who had no intention of being a coach but saw a ton of signs that led him in that direction. Today, he helps people who have dealt with childhood trauma live better lives and now runs a small successful team that is continuing to grow more and more. So much so, that he even got investment from Grant Cardone. Listen in for a ton of great tips and advice that will change the game for you and your journey whether your a coach or not. About Michael and Unbroken - in his own words: "I didn’t sign up to be the spokesman for survivors of child abuse. In fact, this job sucks. I mean that. The truth is that the universe chose me for this role. I have been gifted the ability to navigate the most harsh and vicious child abuse to come out on the other side seemingly whole. I say seemingly because there will always be a part of me that was stolen. I cannot get that back. Non

What makes a compelling story and how can I use it in my marketing today? In this interview, we talk with a master storyteller who has over 1 billion views on youtube and millions of followers. He was on the Ellen Show, was the host of HuffPost Daily, and on the Forbes 30 under 30 list. His name is Jay Shetty and he is going to share his strategies for impactful storytelling.

As a social entrepreneur, you might need connections in foreign governments, help with navigating policy, or funding to grow your impact. But how can you make that stuff happen without having a powerhouse roladex? You find someone that already has the connections. And that is what Joanne Sonenshine, Founder & CEO, of Connective Impact does for you. We talk to Joanne about how she helps connect business to the right people and what that means to your success. Don't miss this high-impact interview packed with solid advice. About Connective Impact: Since 2014, Connective Impact has been the go-to connection builder for international nonprofits, social businesses, and funders seeking inroads to new and diverse partners and collaborators. Building a comprehensive membership network, we use the power of matchmaking to connect “doers” with the resources they need to make change happen. Joanne advises mission-driven companies and purpose-oriented organizations in creating more effective partnerships and collabo