Born To Influence: The Marketing Show (Episodes 122 & 123)
To listen to James’ interview on the Born To Influence PODCAST, click HERE.
To watch a little bit of James’ interview on VIDEO, click HERE. (coming soon)
In this interview, we talked with James about:
- How to streamline your to-do list and get focused
- The mistakes he made early on in his business
- How to filter to outsource non high-value activities
- How he prepares for his podcast recordings
- What running a car dealership taught him for his online business
- What his crazy maniac boss taught him about efficiency
- What he based his corporate culture on
- How he’s able to retain his customers year after year
- Why he stopped his affiliate programs
- Why he produces four different podcasts and how he manages it all
- How he can switch between genres across four different shows quickly
- His marketing strategy for his podcasts
- What he learned from mythology and how it helps his business
- How to deal with unsolicited feedback in your business
- How to get feedback from live events (NOT surveys!)
- How to tell great stories
- How to generate new stories to keep your audience for the long term
- What you should be aware of re motivational speakers
- His definition of selling
- The story he emailed that brought in $12,000 in sales
Tweetables:
- “I see podcasts as a traffic source rather than a product” Click To Tweet
- “If I work hard on solving problems then I don’t have to do a lot of selling” Click To Tweet
- “True stories are the only stories you should use… everyone has amazing stories” Click To Tweet
- “The stories are always there. we just have to pay attention to them” Click To Tweet
James’ Bio:
” James Schramko is proof positive that you can take solid offline business profit ideas and turn them into a powerful online business.
Leaving the safety of a $300k a year General Management Role running a Mercedes-Benz dealership in Sydney, James Started his online career with just one affiliate product earning $49.25 commission per sale.
James turned that business model into a six figure per year online business and then quickly developed his business well past the million dollar mark by starting and growing an online coaching community, a top level Mastermind, a website development business and traffic businesses.”
To learn more about James Schramko, go to: http://SuperFastBusiness.com
