Basic Audio and Marketing Tips for Artists & Entrepreneurs


Bjorgvin Benediktsson

Björgvin Benediktsson helps musicians and producers make a greater impact with their music by teaching them how to produce and engineer themselves.

He’s worked in live sound doing huge concerts back home in his native Iceland (that’s where the name is from), recorded bands in Madrid, Spain (where he went to audio engineering school) and now produces, records and mixes local bands in Tucson, Arizona (He gets around a lot…).

He has written over 1,000 articles on audio and taught thousands of up and coming home studio producers how to make an impact with their music through Audio Issues since 2011.​

As a musician:
I teach artists and music professionals to increase their income and improve their web presence through Musicpreneurship 101 (www.musicpreneurship101.com) and the www.1000dollarmusician.com. I also play guitar, bass and sing in various bands.

As an audio Engineer:
I help independent musicians sound their best in my home studio, Icelandic Embassy Studios. Since 2009, I’ve taught audio production and home recording to home studio producers through www.audio-issues.com. In addition, I volunteer as a broadcast engineer for local bands at KXCI Community Radio.

As an entrepreneur:
I help other artists and entrepreneurs make an impact with their art. I use my website knowledge, copywriting skills, email marketing techniques and Facebook advertising tips I’ve learned in last 7 years of business to create online businesses and help other entrepreneurs create content marketing plans.

Some things we talked about:

  • Rockable Press
  • Tutorial marketplace
  • Dynamic microphones hear less surrounding noise
  • Condenser mikes would increase echo
  • ATR-2100 by Audio-Technica is a great mic
  • Software options: Logic Pro, Grage band if you have a Mac, Audacity, Call Recorder- use with Skype records both sides
  • Zoom.us
  • It takes 2-3 times as long as the podcast to do a good podcast edit

Here’s a great post on monetization: http://www.bbenediktsson.com/10-ways-monetize-website-right-away/

Website URL: www.BBenediktsson.com and Audio Issues
Twitter Handle: @audioissues
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/audioissues/

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Love My Detour TEDx Speaker

Amy Oestreicher

Amy-OestreicherAmy Oestreicher is a PTSD peer-to-peer specialist, artist, author, writer for Huffington Post, speaker for TEDx and RAINN, health advocate, survivor, award-winning actress, and playwright. As the creator of “Gutless & Grateful,” her BroadwayWorld-nominated one-woman autobiographical musical, she’s toured theatres nationwide, along with a program combining mental health advocacy, sexual assault awareness and Broadway Theatre for college campuses and international conferences. To celebrate her own “beautiful detour”, Amy created the #LoveMyDetour campaign, to help others cope in the face of unexpected events. “Detourism” is also the subject of her TEDx and upcoming book, My Beautiful Detour, available December 2017. She’s contributed to over 70 notable online and print publications, and her story has appeared on NBC’s TODAY, CBS, Cosmopolitan, among others.

Here’s some of what we talked about:

  • Was molested at age 15
  • Had her stomach deteriorate by age 18
  • Learned to make her own hope
  • 27 surgeries
  • Focus on being present
  • Gratitude
  • Started a caulk board to express feelings after her coma
  • Set goals even in the hospital
  • Looked to come out of the darkness transformed
  • Surround yourself with positive stories
  • Sexual assault prevention show
  • How she got her first speaking gig
  • started sending letters to colleges to offer to speak
  • Tell them what you have to offer
  • The power of your story
  • How to create your speaking presentations

Special offers: Listeners can pick up a copy of her free creativity ebook at amyoes.com/create as well as her free ebook on speaking tips/how to get a tedx talk at amyoes.com/discover.

Website URL: https://amyoes.com

Twitter Handle: @amyoes

Facebook Page: facebook.com/amyoestr

facebook.com/lovemydetour

Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/amyoes

G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/106058010956085677457/posts

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/amyoes70/allspice-acrylics-a-celebration-of-life-and-beauti/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/AmyOes70

Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/amyoes

stumbleupon: http://www.stumbleupon.com/stumbler/amyoes700

Bloglovin: https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/amyoes-14356407

Instagram: @amyoes70

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Conversation marketing: The next BIG trend is thinking small


Katelyn Bourgoin, Founder and CEO Squads

Katelyn BourgoinKatelyn Bourgoin gets shit done. As a serial entrepreneur, Forbes Influencer, and sought-after speaker, Katelyn is on a mission: to change the way women do business online.

After busting her ass for 5 years to build her first company—a marketing agency where she reeled in clients like Target and Holiday Inn—Katelyn did something surprising. She walked away from her safe, growing business to launch a high risk tech startup.

Several pivots later, Squads is a mastermind community for women entrepreneurs. Hailed as the “LinkedIn for women entrepreneurs” by Inc. Magazine, Katelyn pushes the limit, breaks the rules and dedicates every waking hour to empowering female entrepreneurs to build better businesses by working together.

  • Here is some of what we talked about:
    • Women sell by helping
    • Upcoming changes in Social media
    • Content shock
    • Tells about a blog that showed their behind the scenes efforts to grow
    • What Conversation marketing is
    • Facebook groups- create value, be of service
    • Facebook ads offer the opportunity to message the business
    • Rapid integration
    • Live Streaming Video
    • What is the #1 problem you are trying to solve
    • The Ask Method – creates funnels
    • Talk to your customers to find out what needs you are meeting
    • Understand the customers pain points
    • Engineered referrals
    • Squads is a membership site for business women to work together
    • Sustainable business
    • Balance vs. 18 hour days
    • 5 minute journal
    • Cell phone off by 9 p.m.
    • Power in objectivity

Website URL: https://squads.vip/

Twitter Handle: @vendevecom

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/vendevecom/

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Networking Ooh La La!

Dan Lyon

danLionDanny Lyon grew up in Barons, Alberta, a small town of about 200 people, which was Lyon’s learning grounds for commerce, networking and teamwork.

Danny has 3 children, Tommy (24), Davey (23) and Maggie (21).
Lyon loves sports, especially curling and baseball, and has completed 65 marathons.

After 20+ years in telecommunications, Lyon owned and operated a very successful Mail Boxes Etc./The UPS Store franchise in Lethbridge, Alberta from 1996 to 2007. He has been introducing, supporting and contributing expertise to people to get into business for themselves since 1998. Along with his partners, Lyon mentors, coaches, trains and supports over 100 The UPS Store Franchises in Alberta and Ontario, Canada. And, as well, Lyon provides coaching, training, support and workshops to different small business groups and individual small business owners.

In Lyon’s experience, people leverage, is the fastest road to success.

His book, The Colour of My Underwear is Blue, is about the support, answers, possibilities, opportunities and experience, already existing in anyone’s network, and how to recognize them and utilize them for maximum success.

Here is some of what we talked about:

  • Simple marketing plan
  • Missing the invitation to the party
  • Visited local businesses 3 times before they opened
  • Networking vs Marketing
  • Be concerned about the other persons pain points
  • Acknowledge how busy they are
  • Don’t sell with the focus of selling
  • What are some of the biggest mistakes when networking?
  • If I have never networked before, how do I get started?
  • By taking two hours to go out and network, people he coaches come back having gotten orders without selling
  • Consider the contribution that you offer someone else
  • Sometimes just the connection that you can offer helps someone else
  • Leave the fears in the car
  • Be interested in others, inquire about them
  • Don’t hand out business cards unless they ask
  • Who do I know that can help you?
  • Look for the person that invited you and typically they will introduce you to at least two others
  • After they ask about you, go back to being interested in them by asking questions
  • People are interested in people who are interested in them!
  • All of life is based in relationships
  • Givers gain
  • Give first, give often
  • Dan donates all proceeds from his book and coaching to build Kenyan schools and other charitable groups
  • His underwear is blue…
  • And so much more!

Dan’s best selling book is The Colour of My Underwear is Blue – Expose Yourself for Success and can be purchased at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca or through him directly at danlyon@telus.net.

Anyone that contacts him directly to buy a book for $20, the proceeds of which go to the kids and their education in Kenya, will receive a one hour coaching call with Dan, should they choose to.

Note that anyone can buy as many books as they would like – from Amazon.com, amazon.ca, or through him directly – and they do not have to book a coaching call. And, one free coaching call is being offered per book purchased.

If you are interested in speaking engagements and workshops, those can be booked directly through him by phone or email.

Website URL: http://www.networkingfuel.com

Twitter Handle: https://twitter.com/danny_lyon

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/The-Colour-of-My-Underwear-is-Blue-Expose-Yourself-For-Success-106682279367747/?

Skype ID: danlyon@telus.net

Gmail: exposedsuccess@gmail.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danny-lyon-0a879211?trk=hp-identity-name

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Do Not Be Mad at People When They Do Not Show Up


Donna Windi

Donna WindiA digital nomad who spends time between two continents and enjoy to write, sip wine, cook and eat good food. Content creator of Donnasmelange and digital nomad.

Here is some of what we talked about:

  • How to recognize someone who won’t show up
  • How to have a healthy relationship
  • What to do if someone doesn’t show up
  • How to live somewhere for 6 months without working-by being a digital nomad with residual income coming in.
  • Invest! Treasury bills or bonds with fixed interest rates
  • Travel
  • Going off peak you can get great discounts
  • Every relationship needs to be nurtured like the grass needs to be watered
  • Takers often won’t show up for you
  • You teach people how to treat you
  • You can be stronger without the wrong people in your life
  • Death is a part of living

Donna is offering a 1 hour consultation for $60 (a 40% discount) for the next 60 days.

Website URL: www.donnasmelange.com
Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/donnasmelange
Instagram: @donnasmelange
Twitter: @donnasmelange
Pinterest: @donnasmelange

For more information about the Princess Power Program or Chanson Water, visit Princess Power or Chanson Water USA.

Mindful Eating: The Seduction of Eating Slow

Jenny Berk

JennyBerkJenny is the founder and owner of Jenny Eden Coaching – a coaching practice devoted to help men, women and teens create a more healthy and sustainable relationship with food and their body image. She is an Eating Psychology Coach, a mindful eating instructor and health and wellness blogger. She specializes in kind and gentle weight loss, unique binge eating cessation techniques and mindful eating practices.

Jenny received her Masters from the University of Pennsylvania in Psychological Services from the School of Education and was a Health Educator at Health Management Resources for thirteen years prior to launching her practice. She earned her certificate from the Institute for the Psychology of Eating in 2015 and her MB-Eat certificate in 2016.

Here is some of what we talked about:

  • Input days vs Output days with a hard stop
  • How she started her business
  • What mindful eating is
  • Why to lose weight in a kind and gentle way
  • Mindless eating book
  • Love and acceptance first
  • How to have a better body image
  • Hang out with people who are accepting of you
  • Mirror work
  • Eating rhythm
  • Eat every couple of hours
  • Macro nutrient balance to reduce cravings
  • You can be full but not satisfied
  • Own your decision of what you choose to eat
  • Stop, look & listen: Are you bored, are you stressed…?
  • Is this a physical hunger or an emotional hunger?
  • Unhinge the binge

Jenny’s 12-week course called Unhinge the Binge is all about binge, emotional and stress eating cessation techniques and kind and gentle weight loss. Read below for a more detailed description of the course. Here is the sales page to enroll: http://bit.ly/unhinge


Are you sick and tired of the binge-remorse-restrict feedback loop that has defined your relationship with food for so many years? Are you exhausted from thinking about food all the time, worrying about overeating and definitely over the whole stress and emotional eating thing?

You know emotional eating works short-term but leaves you angst-ridden and unhealthy in the long run. Are you ready to “unhinge this binge” and start embracing a healthy relationship with food and your body? Then you need to enroll in my course today, like right now: http://bit.ly/unhinge

How do I know this will work? Because the program I’ve developed has been the very process that completely ended the pain, regret and anxiety I had about food, about my appetite, about eating and about my body image.

Despite dieting my whole life and my extensive career with weight loss, I was stymied time and again until I adopted the strategies and techniques I’m will teach you in this course.

In the 12 modules you will discover:

  1. Mindful eating techniques and exercises to have you slow down and tune in before eating.
  2. How to befriend your binge to learn more about it and ultimately kick it for good.
  3. How to create a joyful and effective movement and exercise routine that makes you feel strong, healthy, and empowered.
  4. How to stop bullying your body into weight loss and take a more kind, respectful, and gentle approach.
  5. How to truly savor and enjoy every bite of food you decide to eat.
  6. Learn what truly drives your cravings and inability to stop bingeing and/or overeating and how to upend them, the gentle way.
  7. How to become intimately aware of your bodily cues about when to eat and when to stop, naturally!
  8. And learn basic macro nutrient information to learn which combinations of food truly make you feel full AND satisfied.

You’ll receive a complete workbook, resource guide, handouts, exclusive interviews, homework assignments, cheat sheets and downloadable guided meditations to support you on this journey.

I’m ready to be your partner and guide in helping you completely overhaul your relationship with food, drop the behaviors around food that don’t serve you and learn to love the body you are in yesterday, today and the rest of your life.

Are you ready to “Unhinge the Binge?” Jenny would be happy to extend to your audience a 20% discount off of the course.

The sales page for the course can be found here: http://bit.ly/unhinge

Jenny will also offer a 20% discount on her one-on-one coaching services for our audience (her regular rate is $115 an hour)

Website URL: www.jennyedencoaching.com
Twitter Handle: @coachjennyeden
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/jennyedencoaching/?fref=ts

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Connecting to Your Inner Princess

Sarah Wall

Sarah WallSarah is the owner of Body Mind Spirit Business & Life Coaching. She supports people in breaking through fear and limiting beliefs by clearing the clutter of the mind using simple techniques that have immediate and powerful impact.

She is also the creator of Shanti Yoga, and co-founder of Yoga Vacations which provide a safe space for people to explore their inner world through yoga while traveling to beautiful destinations.

Sarah’s own journey into yoga began twenty years ago and has taken her around the world many times and sparked her passion to give back. She’s a proud board member of Helping Hands for India which was formed by a group of yoga teachers. Together they have built a school in northern India which has provided free education to almost 300 children.

Incorporating mindfulness and meditation into her own life has been essential to her well-being when navigating life’s events. She’s sharing her story to inspire others who are craving something more out of life in her free e-book Life Reboot – Start Living a Life of Passion and Purpose Through Your Inner Wisdom.

To connect with Sarah, visit http://body-mind-spirit-coach.com and http://shantiyogapeace.com/

Here is some of what we talked about:

  • Trusting your inner wisdom for guidance, and slowing down to connect to your soul to follow your passions and purpose.
  • Slowing down to connect rather than just going through the motions
  • When getting requests, pause, consider, and listen to yourself before accepting.
  • Coaching vs. Counseling
  • Keep out of the state of the problem
  • Why to let go of negative feelings
  • Networking works well to grow a business
  • Be involved with projects that invoke your passions
  • Belly Breathing

Special offer: Click here for a free copy of Sarah’s e-book!

Website URL: http://body-mind-spirit-coach.com/
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/bodymindspiritcoach/
https://www.facebook.com/yogaadventurevacations/

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Making Life Less Taxing


Donna Merrill

DonnaMerrill

Donna Merrill started three successful businesses all the same way

  • Inspired by her love of business.
  • Gained a mentor.
  • Became an expert in her field.
  • Created a referral network.

– Believes everyone should have the business of their dreams.
– Having your own business is one of the best tax strategies that works for most people.
– Can show you how to save $300-$700 a month with business tax deductions by owning your own business.
– Mileage is one of the most improperly calculated deduction.
– LLC’s are not a recognized entity by the IRS for tax purposes and can be taxed 4 different ways!

Recommendations to business owners:

  • Get a mentor!
  • Learn areas where you are “bleeding money” and how to stop it.
  • Develop your business systems to fit with your lifestyle.
  • Don’t leave it all in the CPA’s hands, take responsibility for your own financial health as it can mean thousands or tens of thousands of dollars to your bottom line!

Here is some of what we talked about:

  • How she started a successful business
  • Inspired by a love of business
  • Gained a mentor
  • Became an expert in her field
  • Created a referral network
  • Recommends developing bookkeeping systems that fit with your lifestyle
  • What bleeding money looks like and how to stop it
  • Watch utility bills
  • Implement new systems
  • Keep track of mileage
  • Can show you how to save $300-$700 a month with business tax deductions

There is lots of free stuff and valuable resources on Donna’s web site. They will also find the registration for her webinar, “Take Your Dreams To The Bank” and at the closing there is a Code for $100 off her “Making Life Less Taxing” education.

Website URL: www.businessuntangled.com
Twitter Handle: @BizUntangled
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Business-Untangled-Donna-Merrill-1622239494704354
Linked In:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/donna-merrill-14588427

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7 Steps to Total Confidence and Success

Madeleine Morgan

Madeleine

Over the last 17 years, Madeleine Morgan has used powerful personal, business and professional development tools, knowledge and experience to help women business owners, managers and professionals. She has taught them how to create all the good things in life – career, personal and business success, confidence, fulfillment, great working and personal relationships, quality time, wealth, creativity and so much more.

Here is some of what we talked about:

  • Clarify what you are working for
  • Focus on the goal
  • Challenges only arrive when you take your eye off the goal
  • Risk analysis
  • Set you goals and add to it…”and have fun at the same time.”
  • Be the solution to the problem
  • Value system – what actions do I prioritize to meet that goal?
  • Beliefs can energize or de-energize us. Frame our beliefs positively.
  • No failure – only results or feedback
  • Build rapport with doubters by saying “I can understand why you might think that way. I thought that way too and then I did some research and found it’s possible.”
  • Getting the skills and knowledge to achieve your goals
  • Behavior, habits, language – use language that empowers. Example: Is it a challenge or an adventure?
  • Create around you an environment filled with resources that inspire

Special offer: Free 60 minute Coaching Discovery Session. To apply for a complimentary Coaching Discovery Session to find out how to make this your most confident and successful year yet, simply email me at madeleine@GrowU.co.uk.
We can meet on Skype or face-to-face at my coaching room in Cambridge UK.

Twitter Handle: @madeleinecoach

Skype name: MadeleineMagnet

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Success as a Freelancer and How to pay off $22,000 in Debt

J.R. Duren

J.R. Duren

J.R. Duren is a personal finance expert at Highya.com, which means he writes in-depth articles about personal finance topics as well as reviews about various products like credit cards and lending services. In his own life, he and his wife have paid off $22,000 in credit card debt.

 

 

Here is some of what we talked about:

  • Writing professionally since 2008
  • Paid off $22,000 in credit card debt
  • Write down your debts and interest rates to keep track and attack it
  • Have a time line for debt repayment or you are running a race without a finish line
  • Starting phase of freelancing lasts about 2 years
  • How to keep track of hours when freelancing
  • How to find customers for your freelance work
  • Craigslist, upwork.com, LinkdIn, word of mouth
  • When you have a portfolio built up, you can reach out to web sites to see if they are hiring
  • Started out earning $15 an hour but can make $40,000 to $80,000 per year and up
  • Need an anchor account you can get most of your work from
  • Supports a family of three
  • Freelancing is a mobile endeavor that can be preformed from anywhere in the world
  • The discipline of working from home
  • Turn off distractions, stay away from Facebook and turn on the coffee pot

Website URL: www.highya.com
Twitter Handle: @highyareviews
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/highyareviews
Skype ID: jamesduren
e-mail: james.duren@highya.com

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