SuperFast Business with James Schramko

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In the podcast: 01:31 - Why this episode? 03:39 - The situation at time of quitting 05:19 - Post-job nightmares 06:39 - Surprising success in speaking 08:03 - From workshop to forum 10:22 - Globe-spanning experiences 11:39 - Continued developments 13:59 - Shifting perspective 14:47 - A rewarding pursuit 16:31 - A life of choice 17:59 - Is it really important? 20:31 - The good of helping others 21:43 - It's up to you 23:08 - What can happen in a decade Pave your way to financial freedom with James’s personal coaching. Click HERE. Download the PDF transcription Transcription: James Schramko here. Welcome back to SuperFastBusiness.com. In today's episode, 593, it’s just me. I want to share with you a journey, a journey of a decade, and an important lesson that I've learned as a result of that journey. If I think back to Sunday nights when I still had a job, they sucked. I mean, they were better than a few years before that when I was working seven days a week, but on these Sunday nights, I'd had the da

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Interview highlights: 01:47 – Did growth just happen? 05:01 – When you hit 20 million… 07:32 – Why not spend more? 08:59 – Knowing how big your business is 11:16 – Triggers and reporting 14:42 – Does segmentation come into play? 17:26 – The impact of current events 21:46 – A CEO’s routine 24:53 – Growing pains to look out for 28:34 – Tool/technique recommendations 30:45 – Sources of business ideas 33:45 – An effect of success Plan the future of your business while relaxing in the Maldives. Click HERE Download the PDF transcription Transcript: James: James Schramko here. Welcome back to SuperFastBusiness.com. I’ve got a guest back for the second time. The last time I interviewed this guest, his business was doing around $5 million a year. We were talking about the comparison between direct response and ecommerce styles of marketing and how you can actually blend the two in what he does with his successful business called Survival

In the episode: 00:38 – It’s not about you 01:25 – Finding common ground 02:18 – How to treat big shots 03:22 – Beware of THIS 04:24 – When to approach a speaker 05:05 – Are you the person people want to be around? 05:59 – When invited to dinner… 06:53 – A big no-no 07:46 – What you can offer 08:39 – How to be recognized 09:17 – A way to bridge conversation Access the complete presentations from SuperFastBusiness Live 2017 inside SuperFastBusiness membership Download the PDF transcription and A Checklist For Meeting People At Live Events Transcription: James Schramko here. Welcome back to SuperFastBusiness.com. Today, I’m going to be talking about live events. I just ran my live event, SuperFastBusiness Live. All of the presenters there were fantastic. A lot of them I’ve met in person at other events, and quite often, in other countries. So today, I’m going to share with you some top tips on how to network better whe

In the podcast: 03:13 – Our biggest driver 05:35 – Can you be guided? 10:01 – The role of experience 12:33 – The mental side of physical sport 17:37 – That thing called flow 20:30 – Some effective anchors 28:52 – Protecting our emotional horsepower 30:35 – If others can do it… 32:56 – Do you want to be in, or out? 36:45 – Picking your board of directors 41:24 – A quick summary Get strategy and mindset tips to grow your business inside SuperFastBusiness membership Download the PDF Transcription and 12 Insights and Tips for Achieving Better Performance Through Mindset Transcription: James: James Schramko here. Welcome back to SuperFastBusiness.com. Today, I’m speaking with an expert in mindset. His name is Nam Baldwin from Equalize.com.au. Welcome to the call. Nam: Thanks, James. Great to be here. James: Now, we have a mutual friend. Someone who’s been on a previous episode or two on SuperFastBusiness, Brenton Ford. He’s a

In the episode: 00:50 – Accidental discovery 03:25 – How Wanderer Bracelets came about 04:57 – Fitting the product to a market 06:55 – The SCAMPER method 09:21 – The mindset that makes it work 10:59 – Building the team 13:07 – How important are live events? 16:23 – A couple of essential tools 19:13 – Working the system 21:55 – Some challenges of working remotely 25:35 – The layout of day-to-day 28:32 – A brief call recap 29:19 – Knowing who to hire next 32:19 – SuperFastBusiness Live from Ben’s viewpoint Ben and other world-class business experts will be sharing insights live on stage at SuperFastBusiness Live 2017 – Join  them Download the PDF transcription Transcription: James: James Schramko here. Welcome back to SuperFastBusiness.com. It’s my absolute pleasure to introduce our guest today, Ben Katzaman from WandererBracelets.com. Welcome to the call. Ben: Thanks, James. Excited to be here. James: The reason

In the video: 00:16 – Is this where you’re at? 00:55 – What OLB is 01:30 – The payoff of OLB Learn more about OLB when you join SuperFastBusiness membership Download the PDF Transcription Transcription: Hey, James here. I promised to make some videos this year. So today, I want to talk to you about the OLB strategy, which is going to help you a lot this year. So what does OLB stand for? I’ll get to that in just a minute. What’s your current situation? So the current situation that you may be in this is that you’re handling stuff like your emails, and your email broadcasts and stuff directly. Maybe you’re also editing and creating your content and then syndicating your content directly, maybe even running Facebook ads. Maybe you’re mucking around building your own website and leadpages. Maybe you’re handing customer support via inbox. What is OLB? If you’re doing all of these things, then you’re very, very direct. You’re going to find

Video highlights: 00:38 – Are you keeping track? 01:34 – Why you should have a project system 01:57 – Make your next year a great one 02:15 – Two programs to look at Train your mind to set and achieve your goals Click HERE Develop a mindset for success CLICK HERE Download the PDF transcription Transcription: Hey, James Schramko here, and we are filming at Manly where I live, and I wanted to show you this. This is my surfboard. This is a tractor, and it’s the brand of JS. It’s not my name, it’s just coincidental. Track your progress In front of the tractor, you’ll see these little bars. This relates to progress. Every time I surf this board, I put a notch on the board. I’m actually creating this progress bar. My goal is to get to the end of this board. Why is that important? It’s important because I need to surf this board a lot to get good on it. I tend to switch boards around a fair bit, and my coach said he’d rather I stay on one board f

In the video: 00:47 – Is .com still the best? 01:29 – Steer clear of THESE 02:00 – Making a serious offer 03:41 – Stay mindful of your manners 05:15 – When it’s time to buy 05:51 – What you can expect to pay Ready to grow your business? Let James give you a hand. Click HERE Download the PDF transcription Transcription: James Schramko here, and today I’m talking about how to buy a valuable domain. I’ve had lots of really good .coms in the past, a lot of two-word domains like SEOPartner, TrafficGrab, and KickingBack.com – some great domains that were already taken when I wanted to use them, so I bought them secondhand. “Be cool when you’re bidding.” CLICK TO TWEET Sometimes you’re lucky, you can pick them up at auction, and that’s great. You just got to remember to be cool when you’re bidding. Also, sometimes people have them for sale, and you’ll see a lot of these sites sitting on a broker’s site, where someo