SPI 861: How to Make People See You as the Authority (Even If You’re Not Famous Yet)

#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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

6 Apr 202253min

#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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

1 Apr 202215min

#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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

30 Mars 202249min

#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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

25 Mars 202223min

#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/session561See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

23 Mars 202240min

#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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

18 Mars 20227min

#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/session559See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

16 Mars 202243min

#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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

11 Mars 202212min