#605 What happens if your business idea takes off, but you still don?t get the lifestyle you want? Many people quit traditional 9-to-5 jobs and start their entrepreneurial journey to have more freedom. But if we?re not baking that into our businesses from the start, will we ever get there? That's what my special guest and I talk about today. I had to have Richie Norton back on the show because his new book, Anti-Time Management, could be a game-changer for many of us. We get into the false promise of time management, its history, and what it was originally designed for. Richie talks about and shares the tools to help us start our business with our ultimate purpose in mind and build around it. This is a deep conversation that hits at the core of how and why we work. Listen in for some valuable insights and a new perspective on time management. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session605.

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#604 There are many tools out there that could make our lives easier as entrepreneurs. But how do you know which ones are right for you? This is something I used to struggle with. I would buy software or equipment before I had any concrete use for it. Little by little the costs would add up. It got to the point where I was almost afraid to keep track of my spending. So I have a challenge for you today. I?d like you to run an audit of the tools you?re paying for right now and think about which ones are vital for your business. The ones that aren?t? Consider cutting them out for the time being. Ask yourself ? "Do I need this right now? Is this going to help me, or is it just distracting me?" Listen in on today?s episode to hear about how I was finally able to tackle this issue. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session604.

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#603 One of my favorite things is to invite people on the show who have special access to information we can?t get from anywhere else. I?m talking about analytics and strategies we can all use. My guest shares all of that with us today and more! I?m interviewing Drew Dillon, the founder of Burb, in this episode. If you have an online community, you can use Burb to understand more about what's happening in that community, and create data-backed systems to improve the experience your members have. So how do you engage folks, and what are the rituals that keep people coming back? Drew gives us an inside look at what works and what doesn?t. He shares the strategies that many of his most successful clients use, and we dive deep into things like onboarding and events. This is a perfect companion episode to my interview with Jillian Benbow, our Community Experience Director at SPI Pro. By the way, we?re putting a cap on SPI Pro. If you?re not in already, now is the time to apply. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session603.

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#602 Today I'm spilling some truth and sharing things that are going to upset a few people. We'll be discussing three things that people, friends, and even mentors and coaches told me to do. This is common advice that you might hear as well and that I decided to ignore. We?ll talk about the push-back I received when I first started the podcast and wanted to have John Melley, the awesome voice-over guy, read a fun fact about me in each episode. We?re also going to discuss focusing on one thing and one thing only in business. This is advice that I followed for the longest time, but have since come up with a different rule that works better for me. Finally, I'll share the advice I got about content creation and how following it led me to burnout. You?ll hear all about what I?m doing now instead. And yes, ironically, I?m sharing lots of advice in this episode. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session602.

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#601 How do you build trust with someone who?s just visiting your website? How do you connect and convert them into paying customers right then and there? In business, we often have so many big ideas that we forget to go back to the tried and true fundamentals, like gathering testimonials from our audience. Today I?m chatting with Casey Hill, the Head of Growth at Bonjoro. They've created a testimonial tool that I think is absolutely revolutionary. Imagine this, you send a link to a customer of yours, and it then prompts them with the exact questions that lead to the most fruitful text or video testimonials and case studies that you could ever ask for. But what does a good testimonial even look like? When is the best time to ask for testimonials, and what are the precise questions you should ask? Casey shares all of this along with some massive tips you can use in your business, no matter which tools you use. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session601.

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#600 Episode 600. Wow! I really appreciate all of you and a big thank you for helping me get here! We usually like to do something big for these milestone episodes, but I?m flying solo today. I have a fishing story for you that's actually a business analogy because that?s what I do. I'll get into a hobby because I enjoy it. And then I take my business experience and lay it over on top. So, there are going to be days when you do everything right. You have the right line, you have the right bait, you have the right location. You're doing all the same motions that everybody else is doing. And you're getting nothing. Why is that? What can we do about it? Well, I have some tips for you today, so join me for this milestone episode. Again, a huge thank you to all of you, and Team Flynn for the win! Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session600.

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#599 How do you keep getting back up after being knocked down again and again? Natasha was hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt and living in a hostel with her son, but everything changed for her when she started serving others. This is an incredible survival story and we?re going to hear the whole thing today from Natasha Graziano. If you need motivation, I guarantee this episode will help you overcome whatever challenges you?re facing. Natasha helps people realize their full potential. She is a bestselling author, mindset coach, and the Forbes #1 Female Motivational Speaker Under 40. We covered a lot of ground in this interview, everything from neuroscience to overcoming impostor syndrome and taking the woo-woo out of the law of attraction. We also get some of the valuable lessons Natasha has learned while growing her Instagram page to eleven million followers! Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session599.

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#598 It?s becoming more common to see couples not just starting a family but also starting businesses together. But is going into business with your spouse or partner a good idea? Finley Robinson is taking over the show today to talk about his experience working with his wife, Brooke. They run B?TRIBAL?FIT together, and Finley has come up with a three-point process for couples considering this kind of lifestyle: simplifying your priorities, having the discipline to stay in your lane, and finding your own balancing act. You?ll get an in-depth exploration of each of these points in this episode. Finely also shares how he and his wife handle the ?wow? and the ?how? that have made their business a success. These Teaching Friday episodes, hosted by members of SPI Pro, are jam-packed with actionable tips. This one is no exception. Listen in to find out how to run a business as a couple while preserving your relationship. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session598.

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#597 When I was at Social Media Marketing World earlier this year, I heard something that just blew me away. It was the story of a 10-year-old who started his first business and sold it for $15,000 three months later. Today on the show, we get the complete story and a heavy dose of inspiration from Ryland Dixon himself. Ryland is now twelve years old, and he joins me on the show to give us a wonderful inside look at his membership site, Bible Builds. You?ll get to hear how Ryland came up with his business idea, and we talk about the challenges and lessons learned along the way. That?s not all, though. We also get a first look at Ryland?s new venture, Kid Business Club. He already has something else in the works, and the way he?s thinking about promoting this new business is insanely creative. Ryland is a super smart kid and this is an inspiring interview for us all! Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session597.

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#596 What if you had an offer people just couldn?t refuse? And no, I don?t mean going all The Godfather on your audience. I?m talking about making your products and services irresistible. Karthik Vijayakumar is talking over the show today to teach us his simple three-step copywriting process. He is the host of the Launch Plan podcast, creator of the Sales Copy Mastery series, and the founder of Design Your Thinking. Karthik will walk you through the exact steps you need to take to craft an irresistible offer. This is another installment in our Teaching Friday series, where we invite members of the SPI Pro community to share their expertise with our listeners. By the end of the episode, you'll be able to apply what you?ve learned to websites, sales pages, email campaigns, social media posts, and wherever else you connect with your audience. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session596.

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#595 There?s no shortage of business strategies out there. But what if you?ve tried everything and nothing seems to stick? The key is adapting these tactics to your niche, your business, your audience. When Matt Giovanisci finally did that, his business skyrocketed. Now he?s the absolute authority in his niche and he?s bringing in hundreds of new subscribers per day. So what?s the business? Pool maintenance. Yes, pool maintenance! We always say the riches are in the niches. Matt is a classic example of that, and today we get to hear his whole story. We talk about the simple strategy that changed everything for him, selling digital and physical products, opting out of new trends, and much more. It was a fascinating chat with loads of actionable advice for us. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session595.

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#594 As an entrepreneur, you?re creating something special and carving your own path. That isn?t always easy. You?re likely putting a lot of pressure on yourself and likely setting yourself up to experience some degree of burnout. Valerie Hamaker is a professional counselor, private practice owner, and host of the Generation Xhausted podcast. She?s taking over the show today to share her fantastic eight-step process for healing and managing burnout. These Teaching Friday episodes, hosted by members of SPI Pro, are jam-packed with actionable tips and this one is no exception. Valerie sees burnout as a symptom of being estranged from where we're supposed to be in our lives. We?re very lucky to have her walk us through every step we need to take to begin the healing process and come out on the other end with a new perspective. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session594.

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#593 College is expensive. Shoker, I know. But did you know that the ?four-year degree? is basically a myth at this point? Fewer than 40% of students graduate in four years. For most, it takes six years to earn a bachelor?s degree. College Flight Plan helps students discover their strengths, values, and goals and save between $50K and $160K. Greg Langston is on the show today to walk us through how the program works and to give us an inside look at the business behind it. He tells us about the process of getting high-school students to plan ahead and the surprising transformations that have often shocked parents. These are steps you can take at any stage of your life to set and achieve goals. Greg also talks about how SPI Pro has helped him develop his pitch to students and parents, and he gives us some great marketing tips. The way he gets effective testimonials that paint a picture of what it?s like to work with him is pure genius! I just had to bring Greg on SPI to learn more about his business and amply his message! Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session593.

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# 592 Ever feel like your marketing is too salesy? The question is, can you stay true to yourself and still attract customers? You can! In fact, being upfront will likely lead to better results. That?s why Daphne Gomez is taking over the show today to talk about mindful marketing. This is another installment in our Teaching Friday series, where we invite members of SPI Pro to share their expertise with our listeners. Daphne has mindful marketing down to a three-step process: creating your brand values, developing a brand tone of voice, and auditing your current approach with your core values in mind. These practices will help you attract the people you can best serve, the ones who will become your supefans and help you have a bigger impact. Show notes and more at smartpassiveincome.com/session592.

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#591 How do people go from first discovering our businesses to investing thousands of dollars with us? You might think that's impossible, but today we talk about the funnels that can get you there. Rick Mulready, from The Art of Online Business Podcast, returns to the show and we go deep on creating relationships with your audience. We start at the moment people first come across your content and go all the way to the ultimate level: high-ticket items your superfans would go nuts for! You're likely serving your audience through courses, but what about the students who want to go deeper with you? You need to go beyond the norm and come up with unique experiences they'd love. We geek out on funnels and pricing and come up with exercises you can use to move your business forward at any level. Show notes and more at smartpassiveincome.com/session591.

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#590 In the early days, as Smart Passive Income began to grow, people started asking me if they could guest blog on the site, or guest host on the podcast, and I said no. It took me some time to realize that I was being selfish and actually hurting my brand by closing it to other creators. Your platform doesn't exist for you. It exists to serve your audience. And there are so many people out there with skills and knowledge you don't have, who can help your audience. So you owe it to your audience to share your platform. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session590.

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#589 On today?s episode I interview the other Pat Flynn, owner of Chronicles of Strength. I like to call him Kettlebell Pat Flynn. Why did I bring Pat on? Because we wanted to connect and understand what it was like in this world to share the same name as business owners and entrepreneurs, and help those of you who might be struggling with something similar. In this episode Pat and I have some deep philosophical conversations about our approach to business, our approach to generalism and focus, growing too much, and all that kind of stuff. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session589.

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#588 I was thinking about something the other day: that success as an entrepreneur is largely a game of energy management. You may remember when we had Jim Collins on the show to talk about his idea of the ?20-mile march,? from his book Great by Choice. In the book, Jim talks about the idea of going 20 miles a day, no more and no less, and it's that consistency that'll get you to your goal. Even if you feel like you can do more, you don't because you want to manage that energy and establish a habitual rhythm or cadence. But what about the days when you just don't have the energy? Let's dig in today and talk about what that might look like. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session588.

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#587 Today I?m talking with Keenya Kelly about short-form video platforms. Things like Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, and specifically TikTok, and how you can use short-form videos to grow your business. Keenya?s been on the podcast before to talk about the environment of short-form video. Many businesses are using them to get more leads and make more money. I ask Keenya some very specific questions about how we can use these platforms?even if you?re just starting from scratch, even if you have zero subscribers?to get in front of new audiences. This is the new form of organic reach, and Keenya?s here to break it down for us. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session587.

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#586 In the 14 years I've been an entrepreneur, I still create excuses about why I can't do certain things or why something I attempt won't work out. So today I want to cover some of the more common excuses that hold back entrepreneurs. This is going to be a great exercise in understanding how people think and how they gut stuck. Because guess what? Your audience, your potential customers or students, may also share the same objections or excuses that are stopping them from working with you or buying from you. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session586.

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#585 Today I?m talking with Caleb Wojcik. Caleb and I go way back, and he?s been on the show a couple of times. A while back he talked about creating videos and getting started on YouTube. More recently he came on to talk about SwitchPod, the physical product that we co-invented and co-launched on Kickstarter to the tune of $438,000 from backers. I wanted Caleb to come on the show today for a few reasons. Number one, to give you an update on that company, where it?s at, how it?s doing, and how it?s performing. But more than that, Caleb has another update to share. Recently he and his wife have given birth to twins. They also have a toddler, so parenting has definitely affected Caleb?s work in many different ways. Caleb is here to share honest and real insights on what it's like to be an entrepreneur while raising small children, to give us an update on SwitchPod, and to talk about our new course, YouTube From Scratch. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session585.

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#584 Writing a book and getting it out into the world is one of the hardest things you can do?and one of the most fulfilling. I'm currently working on my next book, titled The Lean Learner. After self-publishing three books, I want to try to get this one in the hands of a traditional publisher. If it works out, it could be an amazing way of expanding my reach into areas I haven't explored yet. And if it doesn't work out? There will still be a lot to learn from having tried. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session584.

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#583 Did you know you can actually increase your productivity, creativity, and happiness simply by having plants in your office or around your house? We spend so much time and money on applications, devices, and other things to help us produce more. Why not simply add a plant? This isn?t just a feng shui situation, if that?s what you?re thinking. There are actual studies and data that prove this. I?m really excited because on today?s show we have Maria Failla. We?re going to talk about her book, her community, her business, and the parallels between growing a garden and growing your business. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session583.

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#582 Today I want to share what can happen when you combine your superpowers and implement them elsewhere. One of the things I've been doing in the online video space with my new YouTube channel, Deep Pocket Monster, is building relationships. As a result, I've recently had the opportunity to become an advisor and investor in a brand new company. I'm really excited about it?and really excited for you. Why? Because this is the sort of opportunity that might await you as you progress in your business journey. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session582.

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#581 For the last year and a half I?ve been talking about my new side hustle. It?s called Deep Pocket Monster, and it?s a YouTube channel in the Pokemon hobby collection space. It?s doing amazingly well, and today I?d like to do a deep dive into how it got started. My special guest on the show is Dan Patrick Norton. Dan is my producer and editor for Deep Pocket Monster. He?s been a part of the SPI community for a very, very long time, and has an incredible story of how he got here and started working with me. I?ll also give you some practical tips for creating and growing a successful YouTube channel. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session581.

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#580 Benjamin is a business and transformation coach who has realized that the foundation your business is built on is often as important as?if not more important than?how you execute on things. In today's episode, he'll be covering three topics: why your intuition matters, how to follow it, and the action steps that will help you create the outcomes you desire with the help of your intuition. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session580.

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#579 On today?s show I talk with Graham Cochrane. When he was in college Graham was set on becoming a musician. Unfortunately, things didn?t go as planned. He had to get a job that he didn?t like, and even started living off of food stamps for a while. In this episode you?re going to hear how Graham turned things around, and also how he became successful using YouTube and selling online courses. Now Graham teaches others how to do business. He?s going to give us some of his best business advice. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session579.

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#578 In today's Teaching Friday episode, you're going to learn how to think mythically, to see how ancient stories can reflect your journey through life and business, and gain some insights to help you on your way. Daniel Allison is a bestselling author and oral storyteller. He's going to share a simple yet profound story from Borneo, and along the way he'll stop to discuss how it might apply to your life, your hero's journey. And he'll give you some tools you can use when looking at other stories. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session578.

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#577 One of the most common questions I get is, ?Pat, do you have a business coach? You coach a lot of people. You have a podcast. You help tens of thousands of people. Do you get help, too?? Absolutely. I think it?s massively important, and today you get to hear from somebody I get weekly coaching from. His name is James Schramko, from SuperFastBusiness. Today we talk about simplification. We talk about lifestyle design, and using your business as the mechanism to design the life you want. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session577.

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#576 This episode is another Teaching Friday, where we bring in members of our SPI Pro community to teach us about a topic in their area of genius! Today, Dr. Michael Gerharz of Leaders Light the Path shares why it's so important to ?light the path? for your audience, so you're not trying to persuade harder, but instead resonating stronger. He shares the three steps you need to take to do that: getting clarity about what you want to be known for, answering the three questions any audience wants answered, and understanding why anyone would want to follow us along the path we've lit for them. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session576.

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#575 Today I?m joined by Donald C. Kelly. Donald is known as The Sales Evangelist, and his new book Sell It Like a Mango is going to teach us how to close more deals. When I asked why it?s called Sell It Like a Mango, Donald told me about how his parents used to sell mangoes in Jamaica, and how everybody else was also selling mangoes. If everyone?s selling the same thing, how do you succeed? How do you stand out? We?re gonna dive into that today and learn exactly how to become a salesperson whether you have a unique product or not. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session575.

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#574 In the return of our Teaching Friday series, we welcome Rose Griffin, a speech therapist with her own business at ABA SPEECH, as well as a podcast. Rose loves using and optimizing social media to reach her ideal clients, and she's here today to talk about getting started with using TikTok for your small business. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session574.

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#573 Today we?re talking all about community. Leaning into building communities has paid huge dividends for Smart Passive Income. Our guest is Andy Guttormsen, Co-Founder of Circle. Andy has access to 5,000-plus communities, so he knows what?s working and what?s not working for communities in 2022. We?re going to talk about launching and price points. We?re also going to talk about who communities are for, and compare paid communities with free communities. If you have an online business in 2022, and you are thinking about building a community, this is the episode for you. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session573.

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#572 Someone told me the other day, ?Pat, everything you touch just seems to turn to gold.? Typically, I would deflect this question, but instead I said, ?Well, I only touch things that can turn into gold.? I want to unpack this for you today, by sharing the five-step process I use to make sure I'm only working on things I know have a great chance of succeeding. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session572.

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#571 Today?s show is probably the most mind blowing, and likely one of the most valuable podcast episodes that you will ever hear. I?m very happy to have Tim Soulo back on the show. Tim is the CMO at Ahrefs, an industry leading search engine optimization (SEO) toolset. If you haven't heard of Ahrefs, it?s software you can use to audit your website and get all kinds of data to help you improve your Google search rankings. Ahrefs is Google Search Console times a hundred. This episode is about simplifying SEO and taking the right approach. You?re going to actually get excited about search engine optimization, and learn how to rank higher and get more search engine traffic to your website. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session571.

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#570 Have you ever "matrixed" yourself? If you've seen the movie The Matrix, you know what I mean. It's like waking up to the reality of what's happening out there, and you're able to see things in a different way. And you can apply this idea to the world of marketing! It'll help you understand when you're being sold to, and why marketers do what they do. It's fun?and over the long haul, it'll help you strengthen your own marketing chops. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session570.

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#569 It always amazes me when I discover new ways people are generating an income. On today's show we will discover a new pocket of the entrepreneurial world. It?s one a lot of us are familiar with, but didn?t know it was a way to make money. Out of all the forms of passive income that I?ve discovered over time, this may be one of the most?if not the most?passive of them all. I?m really excited to introduce this world to you on today?s episode of the Smart Passive Income Podcast. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session569.

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#568 This past week, I interviewed Samir from Colin and Samir, an awesome podcast duo you can find on YouTube. I love the approach Colin and Samir take with their podcast, and their goal and mission of helping creators by interviewing other creators. In fact, I love it so much that I want to spend some time today talking organically about why I love it, because I think it's really important to do this exercise with things that you enjoy. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session568.

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#567 On today?s episode I?m talking with Samir, from Colin and Samir. Their show is my absolute favorite podcast. Colin and Samir have an amazing story. In this episode we unpack their journey, and discover a bunch of new things about how their show came to be. Besides the story behind their success, Samir has some really amazing tips for you. If you are a creator of any type, this episode is definitely one you'll want to pay attention to. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session567

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#566 On Wednesday I spoke with Jaspreet from Minority Mindset, one of my favorite YouTube channels. I stumbled onto the channel via a YouTube recommendation, watched the video, and got a quick win from some of Jaspreet's helpful mortgage refinancing formulas. That quick win was so helpful that I dove right into everything else the channel had to offer. That's the power of the small, quick win?it can help quickly lock attention to your brand. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session566.

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#565 Today we are talking about different ways to earn passive income. Our special guest on the show is Jaspreet Singh. Jaspreet shares his knowledge about how he started his YouTube channel, Minority Mindset. He?s turned it into an empire, not just through ad revenue, but also by creating a newsletter called Market Briefs, creating products, and selling ad spots in his newsletter. Jaspreet has some amazing words of wisdom for you, especially if you are brand new to the creator economy in 2022. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session 565.

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#564 I'm here today with major news. That news is? that you should go check your calendar. To be honest, I'm not that great at this April Fool's thing, so let's just get into the real topic of today's show, shall we? This marketing thing?what would it look like if it were simple, as Tim Ferriss likes to ask? I think it would look like telling stories. If you've helped someone with your product or service, then tell their story. Better yet, let them tell their story. Story and storytelling are so, so important. They're the key to great marketing. We're going to talk about creating a StoryBrand (Donald Miller), telling great stories on TikTok, how to find the ?heroes of the story? in your audience, and more. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session564.

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#563 Today we?re speaking with Josh Hall, from JoshHall.co. He?s a web designer and web developer. He teaches and coaches people how to create businesses as web designers. Josh was last on the program in episode 456. Since then he?s turned his full-time business into a 2X full-time business, meaning he doubled his revenue. When you think about doubling your business, you think of doubling your conversions or 2X-ing your traffic. That?s not what we?re talking about today. Josh gives us a very specific three-phase approach he used to achieve this. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session563.

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#562 Today, I wanted to give you an update on my side hobby/side hustle at Deep Pocket Monster, my Pokémon YouTube channel. Some incredible milestones have happened recently! We passed 100,000 subscribers, I got invited to my first live Pokémon event, and the Pokémon International Company even sent me some cards! But it hasn't been all roses, and so I'm here today to talk about the good and the bad of the journey so far. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session562.

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#561 Today we?re going back in time with Neil Patel. Neil?s been on the show once before, but that was six years ago. A lot?s happened since then. It?s not really an interview, but more of a conversation about how business has changed, how marketing has changed, why what worked before doesn?t work anymore, and where are things going. We finish the conversation with probably the most epic piece of advice you could ask for when it comes to starting something new and seeing results. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session561

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#560 This is a really special episode, because we have something very fun to announce! As you probably know, community has been the biggest thing for SPI in the past couple years, especially with the July 2020 launch of SPI Pro, which was a massive positive shift for our entire business and our audience. With that in mind, I want to share an exciting event we're hosting alongside Circle, the company that created the platform we use to host SPI Pro and our SPI Academy for course students. The event is called CX Day, and it's happening on Wednesday, March 23. Community experts on our team and from Circle will be there to share what they know about creating and running a thriving community today. You can sign up at SmartPassiveIncome.com/CXDay. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session560.

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#559 Free time. It?s something we all want more of. Unfortunately, whenever we get more free time we end up filling that free time with more things to do. That keeps us busy, overworked, and overburdened. It can also lead to burnout. That?s the worst thing in the world. When we can?t do our work we can?t serve our audience, let alone the relationships around us. Today we?re speaking with Jenny Blake. Jenny?s been studying and writing about getting more free time in a way that doesn?t hurt us or the businesses we?ve created. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session559

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#558 I want to talk about one of the best things?maybe the best thing?you can do if you want to build a business. Having conversations. Everybody talks about creating a minimum viable product, an MVP, but often they forget about the "viable" part. If you want to know if your idea is viable, you need to ask people. You need to have conversations with your target audience. And if you've already started your business and you're not having conversations, why not? They'll help you understand what's working so you don't have to waste your time on stuff that isn't. They'll help you see what else you can do to serve your audience, where to put your time and effort. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session558.

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#557 We?re definitely talking about passive income today with our friend, Hiten Shah. We talk about his new business, and how he?s applied his secrets to his business. If you?re an entrepreneur and you?re thinking about starting a business, or you want to make sure your business idea is validated and it?s a perfect product market fit, we?re going to remove the guesswork for you today in this episode. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session557

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#556 The world works in incredible ways. When you open yourself up to the idea of something, maybe you don't believe it 100% yet, but you at least open yourself up to it, exciting things start coming your way. Many people are talking about things like NFTs and crypto similarly to how we talked about the internet in the early 1990s. And of course, the internet is now an inextricable part of our everyday lives. Today I want to talk a little bit about some things that might seem ?out there.? Not because SPI is about to dive headfirst into any of this stuff?but because I think it's important and exciting to be open to what might be possible. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session556.

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