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Max Branstetter is the founder of MaxPodcasting, a service that offers podcast production. We connected through Podcast Movement Virtual 2020. In addition to podcast production, Max also hosts the Wild Business Growth Podcast, where he interviews entrepreneurs and innovators to discover the creative and unusual ways they grow their businesses.

In this conversation we talk about:

• Max's company and podcast
• His connections to family business Hippo Direct
• Tips for podcasters who self-edit
• How his podcast and network is helping his business
• His favorite topics from Podcast Movement Virtual 2020

Hopefully you can tell from our conversation that Max has great energy and whimsy, qualities he uses effortlessly in his business pursuits.

• MaxPodcasting
• Wild Business Growth Podcast
• Podcast Movement Conferences
• RODECaster Pro Podcast Production Studio

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In August 2011, André van Hall suddenly and unexpectedly lost his eyesight. When it would have been easy to fall into depression and frustration over such a life change, André chose to embrace curiosity as a key to move forward with a positive attitude.

A native Argentinian, André discovered hospitality during his military service. This sparked a passion that sent him to Hamburg, Paris and finally onto Cornell University to study Hotel Administration. A demanding sector, hospitality is what grounded André in the core belief that hard work and curiosity can take you anywhere.

In this invigorating conversation we discuss how curiosity can decrease your stress, spark a new direction and build initiative in your life and career.

We begin the episode by discussing André’s introduction into the hospitality sector from humble beginnings as a pot washer and go on to discuss:

• Volunteering as a positive way to integrate into new communities
• Adapting to new cultures
• How losing his eyesight shifted his career focus
• Creating a unique lane in professional speaking
• The acceleration of change and how we can embrace it
• Why adversity warrants humility

• Don’t judge - assess.
• You can choose pity or you can choose curiosity.
• Take responsibility for your life. Take initiative.

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John Faisandier of Thrive Under Fire (TUF) is an emotional intelligence expert. He and his team specialize in helping teams, managers and frontline staff to better deal with customers both internal and external. We talk about what emotional intelligence is, how it works, and why it’s so important in the workplace. John shares with us how psychodrama and neuroscience feed into the running of a business, how leaders support their teams, the impact it has on the end customer and more.

Episode Highlights

We start by talking about John’s new book, Thriving Under Fire, and go on to discuss:

• Mind mapping as a form of working on your business
• Psychodrama therapy to help work through challenges
• How to support staff who are customer-facing
• Tools for leaders to manage their emotions
• The long-lasting value of internal rewards

Key Points

• Take the necessary time to think about your business (not doing tasks).
• Good relationships in the workplace are rooted in internal rewards and clear purpose.

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Angie K Love has just published her first novel "Awakening Hearts, A Tale Of Love Across Lifetimes." Angie and I have been acquainted for about ten years. We recently reconnected by way of an accidental email. I did that thing where you inadvertently allow your email service provider to send an email to all contacts. Oops. Our accidental reconnection turned out to be a twist of good fortune. Angie was about to publish her first book when she received my email. We decided it was an opportune time for a conversation on the podcast. It was in fact a great opportunity to hear about the journey leading to her first novel, "Awakening Hearts, A Tale Of Love Across Lifetimes." As the title implies, it does touch on the subject of love. You can read a synopsis and find video readings by Angie on her website AngieKLove.com.

In this conversation we talk about Angie's writing journey, the many things she learned about writing a novel, the people she met along the way, her move to writing full time, what she plans after publishing this novel and more. I think Angie is digging her heals in on this writing thing. She's already working on her next book and hopes to publish next year in 2022. No pressure Angie. You got this.

Find all of Angie's work, including her new novel "Awakening Hearts, A Tale Of Love Across Lifetimes," at AngieKLove.com.

Please enjoy my conversation with Angie K Love.

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David KilKelly and his company BlinkBack have become experts using video for LinkedIn. The story leading up to this point in BlinkBack’s history is a good one. He and his wife left their high paying salary gigs in corporate and academia to move their family to the country. David had enjoyed teaching media at the University of Sussex for over ten years. He ultimately realized that he wanted to get into a smaller community where he could build and manage his own business.

With this realization, David and his wife decided to move their family to a southern part of England for a warmer climate and a better quality of life. The thriller part of this is that they had no business experience and no network awaiting them.

Our conversation begins with how David became acquainted with mutual friend Chris Ducker, founder of The Youpreneur Academy. The discussion continues with insights on the following.

• David talks about moving his family to the country and starting a business with no “plan b” or what he calls, burning the boats
• How BlinkBack got started, it’s original vision, and what it’s becoming as a company
• Creating an online business with an educational slant
• The challenges that starting anew with no network and the need to generate income quickly
• Building a new network and obtaining video work locally
• How increased income is allowing David to come back to the educational component of his business plan
• The thought process behind BlinkBack’s new course on video for LinkedIn
• Providing cost effective video services to smaller businesses
• Why LinkedIn video makes sense right now
• What David loves about LinkedIn
• The beauty and the challenge of globalization and the internet (approaches that no longer work)
• Who the video for LinkedIn course by BlinkBack is for
• David compares different video platforms for business
• The most challenging part of David’s 5-year business journey
• David describes his work from home routine and setup
• We talk Youpreneur Summit 2019 and other U.S. based conferences

1. Lots of agencies say their great, but today you have to prove it by showing and demonstrating your expertise up front
2. The internet is an extremely crowded space, making many social marketing practices obsolete
3. LinkedIn video is in it’s prime, making a perfect place for businesses to share their expertise

• BlinkBack Media YouTube Channel
• BlinkBack.com
• @BlinkBackVideo on Twitter
• Youpreneur
• @BlinkBackVideo on Facebook
• Philip VanDusen – Sharing Years of Brand Design Expertise on YouTube
• Author, Teacher, Entrepreneur–Dr. Margaret Meloni

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