The Lifestyle Business Podcast
By Dan Andrews
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Podcast Description
Don't let the palm trees fool you, Ian (@AnythingIan) and Dan (@TropicalMBA) are on track to do over $1,000,000 in sales in 2011 and they are taking you along on their journey. They are fast becoming known on the web for their straight talk, fast paced episodes, witty style, and resource packed content. This podcast is not a sales pitch. In just over 36 months, Ian and Dan have built a product design and manufacturing company with offices in 3 countries. They've recorded episodes from the Philippines, Thailand, San Diego California, New York City, Bali, Indonesia, just to name a few... The guys at the Lifestyle Business Podcast believe your business should serve you, not the other way around. Go ahead and subscribe, it couldn't hurt :)
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Episode #104 – The Right Side Of History and the Secrets of Offshore Corporations | This week Dan and Ian are acting like expatriot snitches, unleashing an Offshoring 101 course onto the listeners of the LBP community. Blasting through conversation ranging from why you should and shouldn’t incorporate your business in the US to Earned Income Exclusions & FBAR’s and all the juicy details in between, including some important things they’ve learned along the way, the guys are getting into some serious business discussion. This episode is definitely one to pull out the pen & paper/Evernote for! DISCLAIMER - Dan and Ian are not offering any of the following: Tax Advice Legal Advice Business Incorporation Advice Professional Advisorey Advice They’re just two guys with some businesses, talking about topic that they’ve had some experiences in. They’re by no means experts. In other words, don’t try this at home before seriously chatting with some people who offer the things listed above. Need some recommendations? Drop us an email and we’ll check the Rolodex (Like anyone uses a Rolodex anymore…) What Are The Top 3 Reasons To Offshore Your Corporation? Being on The Right Side Of History - The times they are a’changin’. Where will you fall on the issue? Asset & Legal Diversification - There’s a reason no one puts all their eggs in one basket…or something like that Less Red Tape & Logistic Overhead - In the future people will do business with the countries that meet their needs Stay tuned to the end to hear their picks for the Top 3 Jurisdictions for Offshoring your Corporation. Mentioned: Dynamite Circle How To Keep Your Money and Freedom (Flag Theory) by Harry D. Shultz Quick Tips, Tricks and Funny Jokes Youtube to MP3 conversions Getting Real by 37 Signals Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! Episode length: 31:39 Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the iTunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email: Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. | 24 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #103 – The Hero Skillset and Why No One Likes A Sell Out | Dan goes back to his roots tearing up Vietnam while Ian gets multi-cultural by voice-overing one of the funniest Italian accents in iTunes podcasting history. This week the guys got an email from an eager and ambitious listener, Skyler: I’m extremely passionate about entrepreneurship, however, I’ve found that it can be hard to find the right opportunities. So while I have the passion, I don’t think I have the necessary skills or experience at this point. One of my goals is to work for you guys at some point, so I just wanted to find out if there’s any one skill that I should try to develop over the next year or two? The guys chewed on the question for a couple days. What are they looking for in employees and contractors? What skill is any entrepreneur looking for in employees and contractors? At the end of all that thinking (and a bit of a Vietnamese food coma) they found 5 skillsets that will be vital to anyone looking to hustle their way to a life of freedom and opportunity. What Are The Top 5 Skillsets To Have In 2012? Writing – Honestly, it’s not hard to be a writer. Just ask anyone who says they are a writer. Developer with Design Sensibility - Having to go between two people to get this done is a total pain. Industrial Designer or Engineer - Those portable bars don’t just get thrown together in a factory somewhere! Internet Marketing - Not in the spammy “Make Money Teaching People To Make Money” way. The Hero Skillset - Your vision has to matter. Listener Questions/Comment: What about helpful locals? When are they being helpful and when are they looking for money? What about pretty girls? – Jonathan Roseland I have a serious hang up that is stopping me from being successful in my business, and I think its one that affects a ton of entrepreneurs. Its the belief that they or their product is not valuable and not worth people spending hard earned money on it. Kind of a belief that making money should be hard for me because it is hard for others. - Jake Mentioned: DCer Jon Myers Web Domination Podcast DriverlessCarHQ Limitless Mindset Podcast The Coming Meltdown in College Education & Why The Economy Won’t Get Better Any Time Soon by Mark Cuban Quick Tips, Tricks and Funny Jokes Beats by Dre Premium Pixels by Orman Clark Like the LBP iTunes subscription panel? Download your own .psd file here – just make sure to put your images on it! Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! Episode length: 33:28 Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the iTunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email: Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. | 17 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #102 – The Drama Denominator: Finding The Cause Of Your Biggest Business Problems | Yeah Buddy! Another week and another chance to talk biznass is always a good combo. Once again Ian and Dan are talking marriage in business, discussing partnerships and what matters and what doesn’t in the listener questions. Thankfully Dan doesn’t nag Ian on his greasy oil change habits. Much. With all the questions coming in and advice going out here at LBP, Ian and Dan realized that may of the questions fall into 4 general categories. What Are The Four Pieces of Advice Dan & Ian Dish Out Regularly? If You Have Limited Resources Get A Foothold In The Market You Have 3 Seconds To Tell People What To Do – Not 3 Minutes You Are The Common Denominator In The Drama In Your Life The Internet Is Not A Business – It’s A Tool Through Which You Operate Your Business Listener Questions/Comment: I feel like to really succeed and build or maintain any momentum I need to find a business partner. I want to have someone to help me stay accountable, discuss strategy and take on a fair share of the work load. My problem is finding that person and establishing a clearly laid out business agreement. My #1 concern is entering a business agreement or partnership on a project and the other person not fulfilling their end and then owning equity in the business. - Ryan How long should we wait to establish a business entity instead of receiving money in our personal account? – John Mentioned: Tommy Schultz Underwater Photography Mixergy with Andrew Warner – LivePerson: From A Founder’s Most Painful Moment In Business To $100 Million Dollar Year with Robert LoCascio Flag Theory DCer Francis Teo Spencer at Niche Pursuits Quick Tips, Tricks and Funny Jokes FlightGlobal & Airlines ByWord App Traffic Piggybacking – 10 Things You Need To Give Up To Be An Entrepreneur on TropicalMBA Just About Flying – Ask Captain Lim | 10 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #101 – The Insider’s Guide To Thinking Outside The Index | Coming off the euphoric high of 100th Episode bliss, Dan and Ian settled in this week to get back to business making money…for others. That’s right, they’re kicking around some angel investment ideas that would end with a qualified start-up getting some runway to make their lifestyle business dream a reality. Is an angel investment accelerator worth the time, resource, and money effort or should they just stop pansying around and make some real investments? In the Meat & Potatoes, Dan takes to the interview seat to chat with Matt Paulson, who has saved the LBP from a fate worse than death – Site Server Error. When Matt isn’t swooping in like a boss to save Dan and Ian, he’s running a web content company that focuses on various consumer and financial websites and newsletters. Matt has managed to build a devoted following that constantly increases with new readers and customers by NOT focusing on his SERP and SEO strategies. Instead, he thinks Outside the Index and uses unorthodox content oriented strategies to continue to build and grow. Some of his best Outside the Index strategies include: YouTube and Google image content Content Writers vs. Scraping Content Content Generating Sites like Bing and Yahoo Finance News Search Engines (Not Your Average SERP) DCers Making Biznass Happen in Berlin Listener Questions/Comment: Each week I recommend a different podcast to my Master’s students. I ran across your podcast a couple of months ago, and have become a loyal listener. I appreciate that fact that you talk about (and see as important) lifestyle ventures. The majority of entrepreneurship-related podcasts, as you know, focus primarily on technology and Web-based startups. As a result, I find your podcast to be refreshingly different. ..I find your podcast to be actually more relevant than most because you talk about ventures that are achievable for the majority of people. – Dr. Bruce Barringer, Spears School of Business (Oklahoma State University) Mentioned: Lifestyle Business Podcast is #1 on Flicker of Genius (Yeah Buddy!) – “This is my favorite. Not only is it filled with great information, but it’s like a show: a very funny show. It’s my weekly fix of entertainment.“ Quick Tips, Tricks and Funny Jokes NotVoIP Draw Something Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! Episode length: 27:06 Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the iTunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email: Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. | 3 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #100 – A Bunch Of Stuff We’ve Screwed Up In The Past 1000 Days | Seems like only yesterday Dan was calling Ian from a noisy cafe in the Philippines to do up another episode of the Lifestyle Business Podcast. Oh wait. That was yesterday! If sports teams have throwback uniforms, consider this special 100th Episode of the Lifestyle Business Podcast a throwback episode, complete with some of our favorite music, quotes, and outtakes from the past 1000 Days of broadcasting this podcast. In this episode, Dan and Ian get a little nostalgic. Remembering the times they’ve had here at LBP, remembering the times that they were away. Most importantly they are digging deep to share the things that worked for them, the things they’ve screwed up, and their hopes for the future of the biznass and LBP. So what are the Bunches of Stuff Dan & Ian Have Screwed Up In The Past 1000 Days? In no particular order… Perspective on What It Really Takes To Get Momentum One Thing: Shit Takes Forever Location is EVERYTHING and Location is Nothing (Same Goes For Money) You Don’t Need A VA (Gasp?! From the Original Outsourcing To The Philippines Guy?!) They Would Have Paid Themselves More Invest In A Good Tax and Money Guy Not to get too sentimental…but the LBP wouldn’t be hitting 100 Episodes without the balla support of our listeners. You guys make it fun to show up every week and talk freedom and opportunity for 20-30 minutes. Thanks for being so awesome! What are the plans for the upcoming 1000 Days/100 Episodes? Found a Disruptive Business Help 1000 Entrepreneurs Make A Switch To Running Their Own Business Help our Dynamite Circle Members Create an Extra $10K in Annual Income LEARN. IMPROVE. PLATFORM. LBP Logo Over The Years Listener Questions Answered: My partner and I are in the beginning stages of developing a very slim protective case for the Amazon Kindle. How [do I] go about finding a machine shop that will not only be able to build a prototype, but that will also be willing to work with me on the actual development? – Dave This summer my wife will be quitting a very well paying corporate job (that she hates) and we will be leaving a huge city that we dislike and moving back east to NC where we will be counting on our entrepreneurial pursuits to provide a living for us. It’s crazy and probably more than a little bit irresponsible (just ask my father in law) but it’s time for us to make the change for our family and have faith that ideas, passion, and a whole lot of hustle will be enough to make it happen! Whenever I start freaking out, I always turn to other entrepreneurs, including you guys, to remind me of the fact that a life and career that makes you truly happy is always worth it. – Sean Mentioned: The 1000 Day Rule – What Living The Dream Really Looks Like on Tropical MBA Quick Tips, Tricks and Funny Jokes Wufoo Forms Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! Episode length: 34:40 Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the iTunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email: Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. | 26 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #99 – Do You Know If You Are A Shooting Star? | Less than 72 hours after we launched The Tropical MBA program exclusively to members of Dynamite Circle and then our pre-sale listeners, we have already SOLD OUT these first two sessions. Thanks so much – blown away, humbled, and excited as hell barely begin to scrape the surface of how we feel about that! This week Dan & Ian get a little Starsky & Hutch, bringing 70′s yacht rock back in style with Bad Company’s “Shooting Star” as they look at what makes a person or business so successful you watch them burst across the sky like a shooting star, lighting up the night. Do You Know If You Are A Shooting Star? Understanding the shooting star mindset will help you fly through the stratosphere and beyond in your business success. People are often their own worst enemies in their trajectories. Why do some people succeed fast and others struggle for decades? They fail to: Pay Extraordinary Care To Their Craft - Don’t teach others to be the best copywriter in the world…work at becoming the best copywriter in the world Cultivate A Healthy Ego - That doesn’t mean you should carry around an obese obsession with your awesomeness. You shouldn’t be jealous of the success of others, you should enjoy seeing the success of others! Ice Pick Integrity - Act in accordance with your ideals, not your immediate feelings Self-Effacing Delivery Of Value To Others - Willing to do whatever it takes to show your worth Play Long Ball - Don’t focus on the small emotional wins – be in it to take the game Mentioned: 7 Best Podcasts on Yesmad (LBP is #2 baby!) Ego Depletion on You Are Not So Smart Quick Tips, Tricks and Funny Jokes: Google Apps for Business IAMA on Reddit Email Ian if you know a good maid/cleaning service in the San Diego area ;) Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! Episode length: 28:51 Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the iTunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email: Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. | 19 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #98 – 8 Lesser Recognized Forms Of The Resistance | As Dan and Ian gear up to launch their first Tropical MBA course to the masses, they’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about start-ups, marketing, and business practice in general. These are the things that the guys will be teaching small groups of entrepreneurs and aspiring start-ups this summer from beautiful Puerto Galera in the Philippines. If you have any real interest in being one of those 10 start-ups (and paying 2K for 8 weeks of instruction, guidance, and room / board in the Philippines) I’d like you to fill out the form below within 48 hours. This will sign you up for our exclusive pre-sale, before we launch the Tropical MBA officially to the public next Tuesday. Fill out my online form. var m7x3r3;(function(d, t) { var s = d.createElement(t), options = { 'userName':'dynamitecircle', 'formHash':'m7x3r3', 'autoResize':true, 'height':'453', 'async':true, 'header':'show'}; s.src = ('https:' == d.location.protocol ? 'https://' : 'http://') + 'wufoo.com/scripts/embed/form.js'; s.onload = s.onreadystatechange = function() { var rs = this.readyState; if (rs) if (rs != 'complete') if (rs != 'loaded') return; try { m7x3r3 = new WufooForm();m7x3r3.initialize(options);m7x3r3.display(); } catch (e) {}}; var scr = d.getElementsByTagName(t)[0], par = scr.parentNode; par.insertBefore(s, scr); })(document, 'script'); All this thinking has led to a higher-than-average consumption of wine and Bintang, a lot of power naps, Ian taking up hot yoga, and some epic brainstorming. Why are some ridiculous people successful? Why do otherwise brilliant ideas fail? Can you really source an entire business set-up buying gigs on Fiverr? The key, as outlined by Steven Pressfield in The Art of War, is resistance. Resistance is rarely obvious in it’s inception and even harder to identify once you are fully entrenched. That’s why it’s so important to keep an eye out for these 8 Lesser Recognized Forms Of The Resistance: Anything that prevents you from having the best product Being smart Rationalizing your job Doing SEO, tech, specialization that you aren’t specialized in Having people sign NDA’s Going to conferences to learn critical information Getting your friends to partner up Hiring interns, VA’s, and other employees without knowing what’s what? Is There a Better Place to Start a Business? Listener Questions Answered: It would be cool to see how you guys structure things to make the magic happen. What lessons did you learn in building your business organizationally? What positions in your company are critical? What positions did you hire for that you wouldn’t have hired for in retrospect, etc? - Matthew Paulson Mentioned: Chris Ducker’s internship at Tropical Workforce The War of Art by Steven Pressfield Quick Tips, Tricks and Funny Jokes Masterminds – If you want to create one and don’t have the platform, we’ll help! Tim Conley of Foolish Adventure Incipio iPhone cases Kickstarter Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! Episode length: 32:16 Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the iTunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email: Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. | 12 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #97 – Entrepreneurial ADD and Free Content For Hustlers | Who knew portable bars could be such a successful pursuit? Dan and Ian did, of course. And that’s where their time has been lately. Freestyling their content a bit this week, they take to their inboxes to answer some listener questions and discuss business strategy. Dishing out the free content for all the hustlers out there, ’cause it ain’t where you’ve been but where you’re about to go. Like a boss. Listener Questions Answered: Listener Bob Malloy Shares LBP With His College Campus On another note, I checked out portablebarcompany.com and you guys told us that you switched it from Shopify to WP, but didn’t say why. Curious – why are you no longer selling the bar on the site, but just accepting phone calls? – Joe Hughes I heard you guys talking about coconut oil. I am a massive fan, and wanted to mention that beyond the uses you said, you can cook with it and use it as a super moisturizer, I actually put it in my hair also. I dunno if guys give a shit about this, but it’s awesome for really dry hair and gives it a super nice shine. – Liz Froment You guys have your hands in a lot of pies, if you have a business up and running and are making some money, should you focus in like a laser on what is bringing you cash flow now or is it a better idea to have revenue streams from a lot of different places if you aren’t completely in love with your business or believe that there are other opportunities worth pursuing at the same time? How do you guys GTD and split up your time and effort between what is making money right now, future investments and projects that you genuinely love? – Matt K I know I’ve been pimpin’ you out for free bonus material, but I have one final question while it’s on my mind (before I finally pony up and join the DC). I’ve failed miserably with outsourced labor…We know it can be a pivotal part of our business, but we’ve just struck out. Do you think there would be a big benefit creating some dialogue with multiple firms in the Philippines, and then going and meeting them in person? We are a development and graphic design shop that can sell our asses off, but our labor is just too damn expensive. We’re having to dish out $1500- $3500 just to get fairly basic wordpress sites done. - A.J. Dunn I have an old affiliate website (3 years) that makes small passive income. What strategies do you recommend for taking it to the next level? Anything from link-building tips, blogging, or creating an awesome ning site (love that idea btw!) would be helpful! Also, I’m going through to change the content so I can offer some great value instead of simply trying to sell stuff. – Sam of WeightCritic.com Mentioned: Joe Hughes - Dynamic Life Portable Bar Company Bob Malloy Quick Tips, Tricks and Funny Jokes Speech To Text Services Justin Hayes – Superhuman Pursuits Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! Episode length: 23:21 Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the iTunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email: Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. | 6 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #96 – A Proposition : Start-Up August | Things are exciting in the TMBA / LBP world as Ian and Dan work to put together a unique experience for 10 aspiring entrepreneurs. Start-Up August isn’t just some make money quick conference – if they wanted to do that there’d be a lot more hugging and Dan would bring his guitar to strum out some Kum-Ba-Yah ditties. Though Dan IS an awfully good serenader... Instead, this will be an intense three month mastermind process culminating in a two-week all expense paid experience at a resort in the Philippines. You know, that place that Dan and Ian have been gallivanting around for the past month playing in mud-carts and sipping wine on the deck overlooking the ocean. (They’re so classy…) Start-Up August will hit on 4 Key Points To Getting Your Biz Off The Ground: Don’t Unnecessarily Spend Money (Philippines is one of the top baselining spots in the world) Have an Amazing Support Network. (DC, in-person, 10 start-ups take on the world) Clear Action Plan (Something you can excel at– we can help you, hold your feet to the fire) Work Your Ass Off (The 2-week experience offers a controlled environment, teamwork, healthy food, exercise, etc) Still in the planning stages, the guys are looking for input and feedback on the program. Mentioned: Lifestyle Business Podcast on Facebook Internship Opportunity with Chris Ducker of Virtual Business Lifestyle on Tropical Work Force Portable Bar Company Fringesport.com #Ogling Everywhere Lifestyle Business Podcast – Tao of The Hustle episode Quick Tips, Tricks and Funny Jokes Optimizely (h/t Dave Huss) GMail Shortcut – Shift + “?” (h/t DCer Simon Payne) | 29 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #95 – Hiring Interns Right From The Start | Sunsets On The Yacht Are Done...For Now With Ian back stateside and Dan back in Bali, the guys have said goodbye (for now) to their time in the Philippines and are back to biznass. This week, they are chatting about the re-launch of their lifestyle business site, Tropical Work Force. During their time chatting up colleagues and friends in the Philippines, they learned that many entrepreneurs were interested in hiring “interns” of their own to grow their businesses and share their knowledge with. Having been through this process ten times now, Dan & Ian have quite a bit of experience helping people become location independent while working to grow their companies. Some of the experience is great and some…well…let’s just say they learned a lot. Overall, they came up with 5 Tips To A Successful Internship Paid Vs. Unpaid – Put your money where your intern is Get a commitment – Make the gig full-time Give them space – Create opportunities for them to network and meet your peers (Apartment, Join you in your house, Dynamite Circle forums) Ride ‘em hard – These folks aren’t your average employee, challenge them and believe you have something to offer Touch base – No one likes to be micromanaged, but you need to have open communication with your interns Listener Questions: New Stuff Popping Up In Travel All The Time Bob Bradley from Wily Manager – My business partner and I at Wily Manager are both firmly middle aged (mid 40s). We both have wives and children (probably bona fide “REAL responsibility”). We both work hard, but we also work on our own terms, which means I can spend lots of time getting involved in my children’s lives and activities, and even travel and live in alternative places. Currently, I am running my business from Mexico for the next few months where my wife and son are with me. I’m sure there are lots of dreamers out there in the same demographic as me that listen to your podcast. Let them know that spouses and children are no reason NOT to do what you really want to do. Earl from Tail Pet Supply - My question is I have a large e-commerce and was wondering if you had any tips for SEO. It has many pet products and categories.. Should I try to optimize each category or pick some product pages. Manuel from ShowSpace - If I wanted to relocate to South East Asia (which I do, specifically Chiang Mai), where would be a good place to set up my company? How much would it cost and how much “hassle” is it (monthly reports etc.)? Are there trustworthy businesses that can help you with the setup? Mentioned: DCer Tom Mullaly Tropical Work Force How To Do SEO The Lazy Way – Tropical MBA Quick Tips, Tricks and Funny Jokes Stylebot GMail Customization – Replace Button Icons With Text Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! Episode length: 23:21 Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the iTunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email: Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. | 22 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #94 – 6 Financial Secrets of Lifestyle Business Ballers | Dan taking in the view after dirt biking into the jungle Even though Dan & Ian’s travel adventures in the Philippines are winding down for now, they’ll be back. The folks they’ve been able to hang out with the past few weeks are straight ballin’, entrepreneurs and business owners with at least six figures kicking around in an account or five. Whether they’re hobnobbing with the Vice President of the Philippines or dirt biking through the jungle, they’ve been absorbing all the advice these guys have to offer. It isn’t all yachts and big payout investments though. In this episode learn the 6 Financial Secrets that Dan & Ian have gathered from their conversations and observations. Things like: How To Handle Your Mindset Like a Poker Player Avoiding Itchy Feet and “I Finally Have Money” Euphoria Having a Solid Fall Back Position Supply, Demand, and Running Out of Stock What Should You Borrow Against? Dinari, Florida Swampland, and Other “No-Fail” Investments Listener Questions: Go-Carting Through The Mud George asks: You mention all the time about making cold calls to clients. How do you find these clients to make the cold calls to? I have a product that I know I can sell a decent amount of units a month on eBay and Amazon. com. Yet what I want to do is find companies who are willing to buy this product at a larger scale. How did you guys find the companies to talk with and is there a script that you used for cold calls. Ryan asks: If you were going to do a weekend project and build a brand new, easily scalable business model (that could be run from anywhere), what would be your first choice? Also, do you have any tips on how to cure shiny object syndrome? From last week, Benjamin from vLighthouse followed up with: One thing I was NOT expecting though was having my Google Analytics “traffic surge alert” triggered twice now. You sent a ton of traffic to my site! THANK YOU GUYS SO FREAKIN’ MUCH. <– no exclamation point necessary Scott Galbraith from Akaliko Skateboards asks: As I am starting to build contact lists of potential or past customers that come through my websites, I am wondering the best way to manage and market to these people are. Mentioned: Lifestyle Business Podcast – 6 Ways To Get Paid or Get Laid Gary Vaynerchuk – Want To Get Advertisers On Your Blog? The War of Art by Stephen Pressfield Google Analytics Traffic Surge Alerts AWeber, MailChimp & Constant Contact DCer Ed Stapleton, Jr. Quick Tips, Tricks and Funny Jokes Get Rich Slowly – How To Get Your Free Credit Report Nomadic Notes by DCer James Clark – The Perfect Travel Wallet Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! Episode length: 38:18 Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the iTunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email: Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. | 15 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode #93 – The Single Most Important Entrepreneurial Skillset | Ian look like he knows what he's doing What good is a location independent lifestyle business if you can’t enjoy it? Dan & Ian join us from the beach at Badladz Resort in Puerto Galera where they have been adventuring around the shooting range, playing with go-carts on the back roads, cutting deals and hustlin’ connections like a boss, and relaxing/karaokeing with friends in various cities across the Philippines. Taking a break from pounding the pavement, this week they’re talking about the most important entrepreneurial skillset one can possess. It isn’t a degree or marketing plan or venture capitalist in your back pocket. It’s all in your head. We’re talking mindset. Set against the lull of ocean waves and sea breeze, Dan & Ian break the entrepreneurial mindset down into 4 Basic Points: Don’t work with assholes How to handle “free work” Success time frames Johnny vs. Jeffie – A tale of two approaches to entrepreneurship and advice Listener Question: Benjamin from vLighthouse asks: A year ago, I started building a SaaS application in hopes of one day quitting my job. Problem is — I put up a front-facing website and made a cool video, AND… nothing. This is a huge fear of mine — that nobody wants it and a year’s worth of writing code late at night (after working a job I hate) is for naught. How were you able to overcome challenges like this? To do everything yourself, from writing code, to marketing, to whatever else is necessary. Mentioned: John McIntyre Justin & Joe from AdSense Flippers John Devries (new intern with the AdSense Flippers) Damian Thompson Dave Huss Matthew John Canty Quick Tips, Tricks and Funny Jokes Hot Corners from MacOSx Ultimate GMail Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet Back-Up Programs: Time Machine, Mozy, Carbonite Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! Episode length: 33:43 Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the iTunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email: Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. | 8 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #92 – Listener Questions: Manufacturing Advice, Biznass Models & Hacking Airport Lounges | Like the ballers that they are, Dan and Ian recorded this week’s podcast from the ballroom of the hotel they are staying at in Cebu City as they travel around SE Asia visiting with LBP listeners and members of the Dynamite Circle. With the popularity of their recent podcast which answered listener questions (and their overflowing in-boxes asking more questions) they decided to hunker down and discuss some answers. This was all after they nommed a killer gourmet cheese plate in the business lounge at the airport! Listener Questions How Does One Build A Blog Network? (from Josef Reznicek – Czech Republic) Any Recommendations About Finding An App Developer And Developing An App For The First Time? (From JimJ of AccentHelp.com) What Works And What Doesn’t When Trying To Separate The Middlemen From The Factories In Manufacturing? (From David Saxner) Do You Have Some Advice on Delivery, Audience Generation, and Monetization For An Electronics Review Site? (From Matt Kelly) How Does One Set Up A Service Based Business That Involves Lots Of Face-To-Face Interactions To Be Location Independent? (From Craig at MortgageGuru) Mentioned: Thanks to ALL our iTunes reviewers! After listening to one of Rob Walling’s recent podcasts we realized we weren’t seeing all the international reviews. Doing some quick digging we found that we have close to 200 5-star reviews. Thanks again! Johnathan Kennedy Chris Ducker Eric Foster from Oregon (That is a state in the USA, in case you forgot) On one of the most recent episodes that I listened to, it said if I sign up for the mailing list, that I would get the first 50 episodes for free! So I finally signed up, downloaded the first 50 episodes, and just put them on my iPod two days ago…Today I am at Taco Bell for my lunch break from the 9 to 5 job that I HATE!!! I pull up at Taco Bell and park my car, grab my iPod, and started playing episode #3 titled ” 10 Unexpected Benefits of Quitting Your Job”…After placing my order, (I got the $2 lunch box, that is a taco, bag of Doritos, and a drink… just in case Ian was wondering how much money I was wasting) and then went over to fill my drink cup, get some napkins, and some taco sauce. And look what I picked up! Listener Eric Foster with some Boo-Yah! hot sauce Quick Tips, Tricks and Funny Jokes MyModafinil.com – From DCer Ula Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! Episode length: 27:26 Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the iTunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email: Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. | 1 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #91 – Are You a Hustler or an Entrepreneur? | Ian landed in Bali last Saturday and it’s been all-biznass-all-the-time as we make the most out of his time here. No one should be surprised that they were able to do all their prep at Starbucks before. Good Chai, Ian? ;) This week Dan and Ian discuss two of the most misunderstood words in business: Hustler and Entrepreneur Listen to this episode and learn about: Entrepreneurs Writing Scripts, Hustlers Executing Scripts. Self Confidence vs.Product Confidence. Ego / Money Focus vs. Product / Customer Focus. Self Employed vs. Building Something Bigger. Short Term vs. Long Term Thinking. Some of Dan & Ian’s upcoming Dreamlines? Pay for personal assistants– sports massage therapist, business coach, nutritionist, personal assistnat. doctors and dentists. Get a book contract. Summit about hyper-internationalization and micro-multinationals with some of the world’s premier location independent entrepreneurs. Lead investments in disruptive platform style companies in our industries. 150+ spare, IE angel investor. Concretely help 100 people make the lifestyle transition and a significant portion of the DC make 10K. Business class on every flight. (how can we hack this???) Mentioned: Brie Anne Demkiw (@breezyskies) Karol Gajda Makerbot Tim Ferriss’ Ideal Lifestyle Costing Tim Ferriss’ Dreamlines <— When we went to create an LBP Dreamline spreadsheet we realized “Why fix what isn’t broken?! Use Tim’s Dreamline spreadsheets…they seem to be working well enough for him and us. Add the third cost that we consider at the bottom of the spreadsheet: Calculate the products/services/clients less expenses at scale Quick Tips, Tricks and Funny Jokes Updated file for David Crandall’s Server Sniffer program, mentioned in last week’s show Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! Episode length: 34:30 Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the iTunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email: Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. | 16 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #90 – Rip, Pivot, and Jam: The Strategy That Launched Our Newest Product Line | Ian managed to pick himself up from a nasty spin-out on the racetrack this week to join Dan as they reveal their most recent product launch and discuss the strategy that they used to find the niche and then dominate it. Additionally, with listener questions pouring in they take the time to chat about some real problems people have experienced and how they might be able to get back on track. Listen to this episode and learn about: Picking up some contract work to bankroll savings and pay down debt – is it a good path to entrepreneurship? Avoiding self-sabotage, inaction, and disbelief while building your lifestyle business. How to use online email marketing services and which are best for some slightly shady deals Also in this episode, Dan and Ian disclose for the FIRST time on Lifestyle Business Podcast one of their product businesses: Portable Bar Company. Using the Rip, Pivot, and Jam method they were able to find a niche, apply known business practices, and rock out a successful product line. Rip - Identify if others in the niche are making money from it Pivot - Bring it to a new market / new approach Jam - Crash the boards with 100% energy This is also how they have built the private blog network that will be available for a limited number of subscribers starting next week (email Dan for more information and pricing) Mentioned: Ribbonfarm - Down with Innovation, Up with Imitation Supremacy SEO Todd Giannattasio’s Computer Takeover Quick Tips, Tricks and Funny Jokes ManageWP WhatsApp TweetDeck for Chrome Feedler For RSS Kindle App for iPhone Speedtest App SEO for Chrome Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! Episode length: 33:17 Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the iTunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email: Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. Candall’s sniffer applet: Go to your bookmarks bar and hit “add page.” Then past this into the “page” field. File Search | 9 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #89 – The Institutions of Marriage and Business Partnerships | Dan and Ian invited the guys from AdSense Flippers on the show to chat entrepreneur to entrepreneur (to entrepreneur to entrepreneur!) about what it’s like to start a podcast, hire employees, and provide constructive criticism or feedback. Then they get into it and talk about the realities of business partnerships and what it’s like to build a life together. Listen to this episode and learn about: The high caliber of aspiring location independent interns and freelancers Why a business partnership can be so similar to a marriage Planning out your financial and life goals when you have someone else to consider Letting certain ships sail and still maintaining fundamental respect The critical junctures when your workflow should and should not overlap Why it is important to imagine the eventual successes as well as evaluating the day-to-day of your operation Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! Mentioned: AdSense Flippers (Joe & Justin) Tropical Work Force Quick Tips, Tricks and Funny Jokes MapQuest Mobile Solutions Bootie Mashup “Best of Bootie” collections (Thanks Lewis Q and Elisa for the find!) Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428. Episode length: 38:11 Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the iTunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email: Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. | 2 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #88 – Listener Questions Answered – Micro-Publishing, Business Strategy and More | Taking to the masses, Dan and Ian take a few questions from listeners on a broad range of topics vital to anyone looking to start, grow or expand their business. Listen to this episode and learn about: A closer look at micro-publishing and blogging with some convo about standing desks (Question from Justin Treptow of CubeSapien.com) The dirty little truth behind the 4-Hour Workweek and start-ups Whether to incorporate and some of the possible implications (Question from Jim Johnson of AccentHelp.com) How to get referrals and then act on them (Question from Ryan of SanAntonioSEO.com) Graduating college with a boatload of student loan debt and making career decisions with that in mind Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! Mentioned: iTunes 5 Star Reviews from Cam Collins and Dan from Marble Fitness Microconf – April 30th/May 1st in Las Vegas TechZing Tech Podcast w/Rob Walling from HitTail Quick Tips, Tricks and Funny Jokes Coconut Oil and other Brain Drugs/Supplements Bulletproof Executive WhatsApp for iPhone, Android, Blackberry & Nokia Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428. Episode length: 27:30 Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the iTunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email: Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. | 26 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode #87 – Post-Business School: The Things They Never Tell You | After waxing a little philosophic about education and career prospects, Dan and Ian dig into the things that no one ever taught them in any business class or course. Listen to this episode and learn about: Real risks involved in cash profit and how it flows like water The Art of Entrepreneurship and how not to go crazy in your niche A simple mathematic formula for getting the most out of your networking efforts The value you add to your business and your role in that value Universal truths about public opinion Make sure to listen thru to the end for the one GMail hack that changed Dan’s life Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! Mentioned: The Partially Examined Life Podcast Alfred App Time Scroller Ultimate GMail Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428. Episode length: 34:56 Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the iTunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email: Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. | 19 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #86 – 4 Online Business Trends That You Shouldn’t Miss in 2012 | After taking a Christmas break, Dan and Ian got together to discuss 4 online business trends that you shouldn’t miss in 2012. Listen to this episode and learn about: How small businesses can benefit from tax saving strategies that have been reserved to the big players until recently. Amazing opportunities to grow your business by hiring in 2012. The secret weapon that revolutionized Dan and Ian’s business. Why you should get onto the micropublishing bandwagon. Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! Mentioned: Get a gig working for an entrepreneur at Tropical Workforce The Adsense Flippers Ning Calibre Amazon Kindle Steven King – On Writing The Elements of Style Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428. Episode length: 28:16 Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the iTunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. | 12 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #85 – How To Get Started Sourcing Products From China | This week, Dan, Ian and special guest Matt Kowalak talk about how you can get started sourcing products from China. Matt has been living in China for almost a decade and specializes on sourcing. Listen to this podcast and learn: Why so many people are getting into selling physical products (instead of information) How to get started with sourcing products from China How to avoid getting ripped off Where to find manufacturers … and much more. Tip: Make sure to scroll down further to read some more advice from Matt after listening to the podcast. Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! Mentioned: Dynamite Circle Tropical Workforce Calibre AliBaba Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428. Episode length: 20:06 Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the iTunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. From Matt: This is a follow up article for the podcast, just to give you some basic tips on sourcing from China, where you should look for help and where you can do things by yourself. The China mindset is a bit different that just about anywhere else on the world, this place is busy, crowded and white hot with growth, development and manufacturing capabilities. Check your “western ego” at the door, humble yourself a bit, learn to listen and read between the lines a little bit, don’t rush through important things and you should do fine. Agents There is not really a rule of thumb for what you should be paying your agent, if they are good they know they are good and will charge you accordingly, either with what you pay them or by some arrangement they have made with the supplier. It really depends on the product, your order quantity and consistency on what you should pay a good agent. This backdoor commission is very difficult to detect unless you know your cost structure backwards, forwards and inside out. Agents in China can be very valuable and can help make sourcing easier, or they can add a layer between you and your suppliers making communication that much more difficult. Look for your agents to provide you with specific services, especially if they are invoicing you directly and you are not paying a supplier directly. Without being on the ground in China, it is almost impossible to independently verify your supplier properly. You should look for an Agent that can provide the following services: Walks you through the sampling process and uses several different suppliers Detailed Agreement structuring – Yes you can build a strong contract in China with a Chinese supplier, you just need to understand or find someone that understands Chinese law Long Term Negotiations – Real negotiations start immediately and never really end with a partner in China, the culture surrounding this is subtle and as long as you have any type of business relationship with a supplier, you should constantly be taking their temperature on things and bringing up information that supports your side of the discussion. This is especially important with regards to payment terms and orders. The following points are all factors in your price, product quality and production time: o Who paid for the tooling? o Who’s handling the shipping and logistics? o How strict are your QC requirements? o Exchange rate? What was it when you signed the contract? What is it when the order ships out? o Does the supplier know you aren’t in China? What will it cost for you to come and personally oversee a problem? Decent QC skills or hiring a 3rd party QC service – it is worth its weight in gold to have [...] | 15 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #84 – How To Live The “Four Hour Workweek” Dream And Make Money From Anywhere in the World | This week, Dan and Ian talk about how you can get started living the “Four Hour Workweek”-dream and make money from anywhere in the world. Listen to this podcast and learn: How to get started with your “Four Hour Workweek”-business How millionaires deal with their personal finances Why you should quit your job … and much more. Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! Mentioned: Dynamite Circle Tropical Workforce Travis from SupremacySEO Tropical Talk Radio Mr Money Mustache Early Retirement Extreme Pat Flynn – check out this podcast Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428. Episode length: 27:34 Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the iTunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. | 8 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #83 – A Business Failure Story (Our GoDaddy Account is the Boulevard of Broken Dreams) | This week, Dan and Ian talk about some news items and replay one of their most popular classic episodes. Listen to this weeks episode to learn of: A new project that Dan and Ian launched this week. An amazing TropicalMBA-style internship opportunity. One of Dan and Ian’s biggest business failures (it ended them costing $6k and Ian wasted one month in China because of it). Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! Mentioned: David Hehenberger Dynamite Circle Tropical Workforce Amazing internship opportunity from the Adsense Flippers Show notes from Episode #44 Sign up to our mailing list to get access to Episode #46 - How to Waste 20k on a Web Application Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428. Episode length: 36:41 Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the iTunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. Pics: | 1 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #82 – Podcasting, Launches, Bloggin’ about Bloggin’, and Chops – A Fireside Chat with Tim Conley | This week, Dan and Ian interview Tim Conley from the Foolish Adventure Podcast. Tim has been an internet entrepreneur for many years and focuses on information publishing and consulting. Listen to this episode and learn: How Tim got 7000 unique visitors on the day that he launched Foolish Adventure. Why more product launches fail than you think Why blogging and podcasting are still good businesses to get into, even though there are millions of competitors. Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! Mentioned: Foolish University Foolish Adventure Podcast, check out this Episode with Ian Dynamite Circle Tropical Talk Radio Pat Flynn Sovereign Man Matthew Paulson saved our WordPress installation from an attack. Thanks! Potatoe Head Bali Simon and David who stay at the TMBA house Travis from SupremacySEO Quick Tips: Alfred App Gmail keyboard shortcuts tutorial. Best way to get started is to incorporate 1-2 new shortcuts per day into your workflow. Also check out the official list of Gmail keyboard shortcuts. House mixes - Upbeat House Short, Upbeat House Short, Relaxing Insistent 1 Hour Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428. Episode length: 34:15 Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the iTunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. Pics: | 24 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #81 – 5 Things You Didn’t Know About Ranking #1 For Lucrative Keywords | This week, Dan and Ian interview SEO expert Travis Jamison from SupremacySEO.com. Travis isn’t your typical SEO consultant. He developed a product in a highly competitive niche (health) and had to figure out how to rank #1 for his keywords. Travis accomplished his goal and outranked health companies and government websites using grey hat SEO tactics. Listen to this episode and learn: Why you won’t read about the best SEO tactics out there on blogs like SEOMoz. How to use a grey hat blog network to increase your rankings. The most important part in ranking #1 in the post Google Panda world. Travis also shares his favorite SEO tools in the quick tips section. Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! Mentioned: Travis from SupremacySEO Joe Magnotti from Adsense Flippers. Check out their new podcast episode. Rand Fishkin from SEOMoz Dynamite Circle Pat Flynn from Smart Passive Income White Hat SEO Beginner’s Guide (by SEOMoz) Recommended SEO Products: Market Samurai (by through our affiliate link and get a recording of a DC-exclusive SEO webinar with Travis) SEO Hosting (Recommended by Travis) SERP Fox Quick Summary of SEO Strategy outlined: On-site optimization is key. Build plenty of white hat links (Squidoo, Ezine Articles, …. – White Hat SEO Beginner’s Guide) Get high PR backlinks from blog network. Now your site is an established authority. You can now use spammy grey hat ways of link-building – it won’t hurt your site, it will make it only stronger. Make sure to listen to the podcast for more details. Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428. Episode length: 27:49 Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the iTunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. Say hi to Rabies! Castin' in the dark... | 17 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #80 – How to Speed Up Your Learning by Years, Plus an Exciting New SEO Tool with Rob Walling | This week’s episode features Rob Walling from Software by Rob and Startups for the Rest of Us. Rob runs several online niche businesses (mostly software). Dan and Ian are huge fans of Rob and are super excited about having Rob on the show. Listen to this episode and learn: How you can speed-up your (entrepreneurial) learning by years Rob’s favorite books An exciting new SEO tool for bloggers and e-commerce store owners – get more traffic with little effort In the quick-tips you’ll learn of a Mac software tip, Ian’s favorite headphones, the best mic for audio recording and a plane-travel hack. Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! Mentioned: Rob bought Hit Tail Rob’s Micropreneur Academy Tropical Talk Radio Built to Sell by John Warrillow Yes!: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive by Cialdini The Ultimate Sales Letter by Dan Kennedy Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi Tommy Schultz David McKeegan from Greenback Taxes This American Life Josh Kaufman, author of the Personal MBA Quick Tips: Yeti Blue Mic OSX Lion Beats Studio by Dr. Dre – Hi-Def Noise-Canceling Over-Ear Headphones Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428. Episode length: 34:44 Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the iTunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. Pics: Dan and Timmy McKeegan Ian got a great seat on his flight | 10 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #79 – 5 Dirty SEO and Internet Marketing Tricks | Dan and Ian got together to talk about some grey hat SEO, internet marketing and business tricks. Topics discussed include How to get media/magazine mentions for your products. How to make Search Engines believe that your sites are being updated regularly (this is important for rankings). How to get more people to open e-mail blasts you send them. How (manufactured) drama can create a buzz around your product. And much more. In the quick-tips you’ll learn of a tool that makes you a better writer and how to make your audio sound better. This Sunday the price of DynamiteCircle, our community for entrepreneurs will go up forever. Join today and get locked in at the low price-level for life. Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! Mentioned: DynamiteCircle (DC) – Your last chance to join before the price increases. Join our mailing list (in the sidebar) to get the first 50 episodes for free. Tropical Talk Radio Wickedfire Fiverr Stack That Money – great blog for affiliates @davidhme (David Hehenberger) @aaronwall from SEOBook @randfish from SEOMoz BikeBandit @joelrunyon from the Blog of Impossible Things Yeti Blue Mic Quick Tips: OmmWriter > Writeroom or Darkroom Dan Lyons from How To Make Podcast Like A Pro Adobe Audition Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428. Episode length: 27:25 Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the iTunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. Dan just turned 30 Announcing Tropical Talk Radio | 3 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #78 – 5 Radical Strategies to Achieve Optimum Performance Levels | This week’s episode features a very special guest: Sebastian Marshall. Dan, Ian and Sebastian talk about how to hack performance and get more shit done. Topics discussed include Time tracking and how it works. Diet optimisation. Neural enhancer supplements. Putting a dolar value on your time. The equal odds theory (or: why Einstein was more successful than the average scientist) In the quick-tips section, Dan and Ian talk about caffeine and an excellent productivity blog. Do you want to take your business to the next level? Learn from other successful entrepreneurs and check out DynamiteCircle, our community for entrepreneurs. Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! Mentioned: DynamiteCircle (DC) Chris Tile - Heart in a cage Get on the mailing list. Daily Power Quotes iPhone App A total newbies guide to nootropics (smart drugs) Tim Ferriss has a 4 Hour Body – bonus chapter on Modafinil Steve Jobs Biography Sebastian Marshall on time tracking – check out “The Evolution of My Time/Habit/Life Tracking” and “Detailed Analysis of My Current Time/Habit/Life Tracking” and his time tracking video how-to Longecity <- for Neuro enhancements, anti aging, pro-longevity stuff Less Wrong Quick Tips: The Bullet Proof Executive Nasal spray Guayaki Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428. Episode length: 23:42 Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the iTunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. | 27 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #77 – If We Were to Start from Scratch, How We’d Do It | This week, Dan and Ian talk about what they would do if they were to start from scratch in 2011. The answer might surprise you. Dan and Ian also ask a bunch of listener questions, including How to increase your chances of success when applying for a job (or the Tropical MBA)? How to be persistent? What should I do if I have no time and ressources to start a business? In the quick-tips section, Dan and Ian talk about the latest iOS version and their favorite iPhone apps. Do you want to take your business to the next level? Learn from other successful entrepreneurs and check out DynamiteCircle, our community for entrepreneurs. Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! Mentioned: DynamiteCircle (DC) @elisadoucette, our new Tropical MBA Bali employee, check out “Pssst, Did You Hear? I Am Moving To Bali for the TMBA #9 Gig!“. @soloconsulting (Jeff), check out “How I Accidentally Became a Consultant (and how you can too…)“. Ning @adsenseflippers (Joe & Justin) those guys are super smart and super cool. Joe and Justin came to our Dynamite Circle meetup last week in Puerto Galera and wrote about it on their blog: “Crazy Philippines 2: Squatters Area And Boating Through A Typhoon“. Brendan Tully from the Search Engine Shop. Mr. Money Mustache, check out “The True Cost of Commuting“ Elisa from Eat Ur Veggies Amazon Kindle Audible Foolish Adventure, “The Breakup Episode” Quick Tips: Pro HDR iOS 5 Skype Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428. Episode length: 23:42 Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the iTunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. In Subic with John and David Subic Bay | 20 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #76 – Zero to Online Empire in 12 Months | This week, Dan sat down with DCers Joe and Justin from AdsenseFlippers (one of Dan’s favorite blogs) to talk BIZNASS. These guys have a ton of hard-won business experience, an incredible story, and a scalable, repeatable business model that you can quickly draw lessons and inspiration from. WE LOVE THIS BLOG. These guys are 100% legit, quality business guys with a great lifestyle biz. Go subscribe now, you won’t be disappointed. Do you want to take your business to the next level? Learn from other successful entrepreneurs and check out DynamiteCircle, our community for entrepreneurs. Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! Mentioned: Joel Runyon from ImpossibleHQ !!! and The Blog of Impossible Things, Check out “(3…2….1…Launch)” Spencer from Niche Pursuits, check out “What is a Long Tail Keyword.” Pat Flynn from SPI podcast and the Smart Passive Income blog, check out his September Income Report! Balla! DynamiteCircle (DC) Long Tail Pro Market Samurai Google Docs John McIntyre - New TMBA intern. Quick Tips: ZICO pure coconut water. Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428. Episode length: Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the iTunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. Dan, Joe, and Justin hanging at Badladz in Puerto Galera... Afternoon swim with some of the DC guys in Puerto Galera... Laptops in Paradise | 13 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #75 – Forget 80/20, Aim for 99/1 With Critical Non-Essentials | This week, Dan and Ian are joined by a special guest: Brendan Tully from the Search Engine Shop (Dynamite Circle member, SEO, e-commerce and conversion optimization specialist). Brendan, Dan and Ian discuss the concept of Critical Non-Essentials (CNEs). CNEs are small changes that you can make to your business that bring huge results. The results that CNEs bring are super effective – changing a couple of small things could account for 99% of your improvements (thus 99/1 principle – forget the 80/20 principle). This Episode is features 8 useful CNEs that you can implement immediately, no matter if you run a consulting, e-commerce, software or more traditional business. Do you want to take your business to the next level? Learn from other successful entrepreneurs and check out DynamiteCircle, our community for entrepreneurs. Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! Mentioned: Tropical MBA #9 DynamiteCircle (DC) @tullibo (Brendan Tully) from the Search Engine Shop This Week in Startups, check out the “Health and Fitness Special“ Startups for the Rest of Us, check out “Episode 52 – Getting Off The Hamster Wheel“ @ssstock (Simon Stock) @davidhme (David) Google Analytics Getting Things Done AMY Africa (research regarding cart abandonment) Quick Tips: Crazy Egg 4Q Survey Kiss Insights Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428. Episode length: 23:14 Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the iTunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. | 6 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #74 – 4 Content Business Blueprints for Fast Monetization | Are you interested in content businesses? Dan and Ian certainly are and plan to focus more heavily on web properties like blogs and niche communities in the future. In this episode Dan and Ian talk about 4 ways to monetize an existing content site starting today. If you don’t already have a site, you’ll get inspiration and information on what kind of projects you should tackle next. They don’t just talk theory, Dan and Ian also announce their latest content site (which is not related to lifestyle/business) to the world. Other topics discussed are the new Tropical MBA internship #9, Bali and an iPhone game that Ian is addicted to. Do you want to take your business to the next level? Check out DynamiteCircle, our community for entrepreneurs. Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! Mentioned: Tropical MBA #9 DynamiteCircle Tropical Workforce Badladz Party October 8-12, Puerto Galera Ning SportsAndRaceCars Thesis Aweber OutsourceToThePhilippines Shopify Location Rebel @davidhme (David) (Tropical MBA 2 and working with Dan. Dan and David need reinforcements on the info businesses-side, thus the TMBA #9) @seanogle, check out “IT’S ALL ABOUT THE ADVENTURE…“ @ssstock (Simon, Tropical MBA 7/8 and e-commerce store owner) @philhq from TakeTake Quick Tips: GoToMeeting / Webinar Stealth Seminar Tiny Tower App Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428. Episode length: 22:27 Click the button below to hear the free audio. Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the iTunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. | 29 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #73 – 3 Harmful Business Myths Learned from Big Biz | In this week’s episode, Dan and Ian talk about common small business myths. Learning about big, successful companies can be inspiring, but many entrepreneurs make the mistake of trying to copy their ways of doing business. The fact is that a company like Apple or Nike approaches marketing (and all other parts of running a business) entirely different than you should run your business. Listen to this episode to learn of the three most harmful myths. In the quick tips section radio DJ Dan Lyons gives podcasting advice. Furthermore, Ian recommends a podcast interview with “4 hour”-guru Tim Ferriss. Do you want to take your business to the next level? Check out DynamiteCircle, our community for entrepreneurs. Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! Mentioned: DynamiteCircle Tropical Workforce The first 50 episodes on sale @Ribbonfarm (Venkat), check out “Fixing the Game by Roger L. Martin“ @PodcastingPro (Dan Lyons), check out “Get Your Free 70 Page Podcasting Report!“ @tferriss, check out ‘Engineering a “Muse” – Volume 4: Case Studies of Successful Cash-Flow Businesses‘ @KarolGajda, check out “The No B.S. Truth About Popups“ Quick Tips: How To Podcast Like A Radio DJ <- download the free report on podcasting @joerogan from JoeRogan.net, check out Podcast #137, Interview with Tim Ferriss (Props to Joe for being blocked in Indonesia by Nawala DNS filter) Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428. Episode length: 22:11 Click the button below to hear the free audio. Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the iTunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. | 22 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #72 – 4 Things You Don’t Know About Hiring | This week, Dan and Ian answer a bunch of listener questions. Topics include An in depth discussion on hiring (including: how to delegate, how to find cheap talent, …) Trade show hacks that Dan and Ian use (hustling involved) How Dan and Ian first got started when they founded their business 4 years ago The quick tips section features Rob Walling’s (from Startups For the Rest of Us) top 3 sticky apps of 2011. We just launched DynamiteCircle, our community for entrepreneurs. Check it out. Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! Mentioned: @robwalling, check out “Lessons Learned from a Software Developer’s First Attempt at Launching a Startup“ @singlefounder (Mike Taber), check out “MicroConf: How it all went down“ Startups For the Rest of Us (Rob Walling’s and Mike Taber’s podcast), check out “Episode 50 – Home Office Do’s and Don’ts“ @sebastmarsh (Sebastian Marshall), check out ”Amazing. I just bought 32 audiobooks for $158.“ DynamiteCircle Cad Sourcing Episode # 64 – 6 Ways to Get Laid or Get Paid Hiring Staff: Elance Odesk Virtual Staff Finder (highly recommended!) Solvate Quick Tips: Instapaper Simplenote Slickrun Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428. Episode length: 26:34 Click the button below to hear the free audio. Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the iTunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. Ridin Dirty | 14 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #71 – How to Become a Blogging Superstar + the Entrepreneurial Leap | In this episode, Dan and Ian unveil their private community for entrepreneurs, DynamiteCircle. The “meat and potatoes” section features an interview with Sean Ogle who is launching his product Location Rebel. Check out Location Rebel if you want to quit your job and make the leap into location independence. Sean and Dan discuss 5 mindsets that will break or make your entrepreneurial ventures. They also discuss how Sean ended up becoming one of the top lifestyle design bloggers. In the quick tips section you’ll learn how Dan got 200 new subscribers to his RSS-feed overnight. We just launched DynamiteCircle, our forum for entrepreneurs. Check it out. Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! Mentioned: We launched DynamiteCircle @seanogle is launching LocationRebel The Search Engine Shop Quick Tips: FD Feeburner WP Plugin Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428. Episode length: 36:18 Click the button below to hear the free audio. Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the iTunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. Photos | 8 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #70 – 9 Tough Truths About Running a Business and Changing Your Life | In this episode, Dan and Ian talk about 9 tough truths about running or starting your business that bloggers won’t tell you about. Starting a business requires a lot of sweat, tears and sacrifices. You’ll feel lost or depressed every once in a while. You’ll have to stay at home while your friends go out and have expensive cocktails. Friends and family won’t understand or support what you’re doing. This episode is dedicated to these less glamourous parts of entrepreneurship. Dan and Ian also share their top 3 tips for people who are getting started with their business. In the quick tips section Dan and Ian talk about some of their favorite software and a really funny video. If you want to support the show, check out our first 50 episodes on sale. Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! Mentioned: Dynamite Circle, our private membership site. Check out my friend David’s lifestyle business, and get your US taxes done while you are at it…. He makes US tax returns for expats suck as little as possible, and does so at a flat rate of $329. BOOM How to Get Rich: One of the World’s Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets by Felix Dennis Tropical MBA Bali Pool Party @chrisguillebeau, check out his Gorilla trekking trip in Congo Quick Tips: Screenflow Dropbox Boomerang Louis C.K. on Conan Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428. Episode length: 29:39 Click the button below to hear the free audio. Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the iTunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. Ridin Dirty Pool Party Other Pics Thanks for the iTunes Reviews! Thanks to Joel Runyon for sending this over... | 1 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #69 – 6 Unorthodox Blog Content Strategies | After the successful sale of OutsourceToThePhilippines.com (and making more than $200 per post), Dan an Ian discuss content/blogging strategies. While they often make fun of blogging, providing high quality content to the right niche can be very lucrative. In this episode, you’ll learn how to identify a profitable niche how to come up with content one content strategy that caters loyal readers and long-tail search terms alike and a lot more In the quick tips section Dan and Ian recommend one of their favorite business books. There’s also a heads up for US citizens about an important upcoming IRS deadline. If you want to support the show, check out our first 50 episodes on sale. Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! Mentioned: @ChrisCDucker bought OutsourceToThePhilippines.com. Dynamite Circle, our private membership site. Market Samurai Check out my friend David’s lifestyle business, and get your US taxes done while you are at it…. He makes US tax returns for expats suck as little as possible, and does so at a flat rate of $329. BOOM Quick Tips: How to Get Rich: One of the World’s Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets by Felix Dennis Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428. Episode length: 27:51 Click the button below to hear the free audio. Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the iTunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. Photos | 25 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #68 – How We Sold A Blog For 5 Figures + Interview With Chris Ducker | In this Episode, Dan and Ian announce how the sale of their blog, OutsourceToThePhilippines.com, went. You will learn why they decided that it was time to sell this property and that Chris Ducker is the new owner. Chris is the only guy in the outsourcing industry whose products Dan and Ian have backed in the past (e.g. Virtual Staff Finder) so he’s the perfect buyer. This week’s meat & potatoes section consists of an interview with Chris Ducker. Dan and Chris talk about Chris’ future plans with OutsourceToThePhilippines. Outsourcing tips. How much you can expect to pay your home-based VA. What inspires Chris to keep working hard everyday in an environment (Philippines) where many other expats don’t have a similar drive. In the quick tips section you will learn of a piece of software that finally makes running and building membership sites both easy for the owner and usable for the customers. If you want to support the show, check out our first 50 episodes on sale. Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! Mentioned: @ChrisCDucker bought OutsourceToThePhilippines.com. Also check out Chris’ blog, he’s running a Niche Site Project. Check out Chris Ducker’s Virtual Staff Finder. Real ballas hire staff in the Philippines with Virtual Staff Finder. Dynamite Circle, our private membership site. @SeanOgle is a very handsome man. He also writes balla blog posts, e.g.: “10 WAYS YOU KNOW YOU’RE A FRUGAL TRAVELER“ @tferriss, check out “How to Bulletproof (or Unf*ck) Your Mac“ @chrisbrogan, check out “ANNOUNCING MY NEXT BOOK“ @zen_habits (Leo Babauta), check out “Exercises for the Terminally Busy“ Quick Tips: Ning Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428. Episode length: 34:04 Click the button below to hear the free audio. Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the iTunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. | 18 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #67 – Why Internet Business Owners Should Set Up in Hong Kong | This week, Dan and Ian answer a reader question about Hong Kong incorporation. You’ll learn What Dan and Ian’s HK incorporation experience was like. How much incorporating costs. Why internet business owners should set up a corporation in Hong Kong. Hong Kong vs. Singapore Hong Kong vs. the Philippines The quick tips will introduce you to a tool that makes your Mac even faster, a tool that makes using your computer at night easier on the eyes and some great podcasting advice from Dan Lyons. If you want to support the show, check out our first 50 episodes on sale. Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! Mentioned: @myeggnoodles (Chris) is hosting his Asian Sourcing Event on October 19th in Hong Kong (the day before the HK Mega Show.) – Use discount code “tropicalmba” for a $50 discount. @DavidCrandall, something is happening over at HeroicDestiny. @PodcastingPro (Dan Lyons) gave us podcasting advice and interviewed Dan. @davidhme (David Hehenberger), check out “Durian: the dodgy King of Fruits“. Jumpstart Hong Kong Check out the new Tropical MBA internship. Be one of the next 3 persons who buys our first 50 episodes and get a free membership to Dynamite Circle. Adobe Audition Quick Tips: Alfred App How to make podcasts like a pro + CoolVideoGift.com F.lux Repost of David Crandall’s tip: Tip from David Crandall, originally posted at Dynamite Circle, our private community for entrepreneurs. Remember when Dan & Ian made their list of things they’d “never” do? One of their “never do this” was searching competitors’ sites for any files they have laying around their domain. Customer lists, project plans, ebooks they are charging for elsewhere…that kind of thing. Since they would never do that, they would also never want to use this bookmarklet either. Clicking on it while on a site opens a new tab and Googles the entire domain (regardless of how deep you were into the site) for any of the following file types: PDF DOC TXT XLS MP3 ZIP I would also “never” do this and would never have a few HUNDRED megabytes of files from doing this. Nope, no sir. Never. Which means I didn’t rush right out and create this bookmarklet code or that I now use it multiple times a day every single day whenever I visit a new site (make sure to remove any line breaks that the forum might add): javascript:var domain=location.href.replace(/^.+\:\/\//,”);domain=domain.replace(/\/.*$/,”);domain=domain.replace(/^.*\.(?=.+\.)/,”);window.open(‘http://www.google.com/search?q=site:’+domain+’+filetype:pdf OR filetype:doc OR filetype:txt OR filetype:xls OR filetype:mp3 OR filetype:zip’); INSTRUCTIONS: I wish I could figure out how to just make this a draggable link, but alas…I could not; javascript does not like to play nice with HTML in forums. To use this code, right-click on your bookmark bar and select “Add page”. Give it a title (mine is called File Search) and paste all of the the above code in italics in the URL section. Then visit a site and give it a try…or rather don’t. Nope, you shouldn’t do that at all. Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428. Episode length: 26:44 Click the button below to hear the free audio. Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the iTunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. | 11 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #66 – The Tao of the Hustle | In this week’s episode, Dan and Ian talk about hustling. Most people are better at talking about hustling than actually getting it done. Tweeting that you are hustling doesn’t mean you’re hustlin’. Just sitting in front of your laptop for 60 hours/week is not enough. If you listen to this episode, “The Tao of the Hustle”, you’ll learn the character traits that make an authentic hustler. In the quick tips section you’ll learn of a tool that makes working at night less eye-straining. If you are a Reddit-fan you will also appreciate the Reddit enhancer that helps you waste even more time on Reddit. If you want to support the show, check out our first 50 episodes on sale. Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! Mentioned: Dan Norris – Strategies from small business podcasts I love @myeggnoodles (Chris) interviewed Dan about product design, sourcing in China and marketing. Chris is also hosting a conference on sourcing at the Hong Kong Mega Show. @sivers (Derek Sivers) on Mixergy @ribbonfarm (Venkatesh Rao) – check out “Houseboats, Containers, Guns and Garbage: the 2011 Ribbonfarm Field Trip“ Sites Outsource to the Philippines is for sale. Reddit 4Chan Quick Tips F.lux Reddit enhancer Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428. Episode length: 24:04 Click the button below to hear the free audio. Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the iTunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. Good times recording the Podcast | 4 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #65 – The Technique That Gets Us $100K Months and How And How You Can Use it In Your Business | This week, Dan is speaking to you from Bali while Ian is back in San Diego after a trip to Washington, DC. In order to stick to the promised weekly schedule, this is a re-publish of Episode #28 (Dan and Ian recorded a brand new 4-minute intro.) This episode is all about visualizing. Dan and Ian visualized their target revenue to be $100,000 a year ago. As of this month, this goal is reached. You will learn how to grow your business by having a clear vision. Dan and Ian also address the difference between wishful thinking and reaching your goals. If you want to support the show, check out our first 50 episodes on sale. Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! Mentioned: @ribbonfarm (Venkatesh Rao) – Tropical MBA is mentioned on the Ribbon Farm blog (Dan is a Ribbon Farm fanboy). @seanogle (Sean) – check out “How to be happy“ @myeggnoodles (Chris) – Chris’ great blog post about building a million dollar company, and Chris’ hot tip from Search Engine Land. Outsource to the Philippines is for sale. Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428. Episode length: 26:01 Click the button below to hear the free audio. Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the iTunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. Our house in Bali: | 28 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode # 64 – 6 Ways to Get Laid or Get Paid | Dan and Ian talk about 6 tips that both help you get a date and make more sales. Sales and seduction techniques are strikingly similar in many ways, studying one will also improve your success in the other area. If you want to support the show, check out our first 50 episodes on sale. Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! People @RobWalling and Mike Taber run the awesome “Startups for the rest of us” podcast. They also recently held their first conference, MicroConf 2011 in Las Vegas. Check out their wrap-up here. @LornaLi quit her job and is now successfully running her own business GreenMarketing. Tom the dentist approves Dan’s of glide floss – quick-tip. @DavidCrandall, check out “Elephants, pitchforks and confessions“ Links Drupal The Art of Seduction by Robert Greene The Ultimate Sales Machine The Game by Neil Strauss A new awesome podcast: The Partially Examined Life. Check out the Heidegger and Nietzche episodes. Quick Tips Tip from David Crandall, originally posted at Dynamite Circle, our private community for entrepreneurs.. Remember when Dan & Ian made their list of things they’d “never” do? One of their “never do this” was searching competitors’ sites for any files they have laying around their domain. Customer lists, project plans, ebooks they are charging for elsewhere…that kind of thing. Since they would never do that, they would also never want to use this bookmarklet either. Clicking on it while on a site opens a new tab and Googles the entire domain (regardless of how deep you were into the site) for any of the following file types: PDF DOC TXT XLS MP3 ZIP I would also “never” do this and would never have a few HUNDRED megabytes of files from doing this. Nope, no sir. Never. Which means I didn’t rush right out and create this bookmarklet code or that I now use it multiple times a day every single day whenever I visit a new site (make sure to remove any line breaks that the forum might add): javascript:var domain=location.href.replace(/^.+\:\/\//,”);domain=domain.replace(/\/.*$/,”);domain=domain.replace(/^.*\.(?=.+\.)/,”);window.open(‘http://www.google.com/search?q=site:’+domain+’+filetype:pdf OR filetype:doc OR filetype:txt OR filetype:xls OR filetype:mp3 OR filetype:zip’); INSTRUCTIONS: I wish I could figure out how to just make this a draggable link, but alas…I could not; javascript does not like to play nice with HTML in forums. To use this code, right-click on your bookmark bar and select “Add page”. Give it a title (mine is called File Search) and paste all of the the above code in italics in the URL section. Then visit a site and give it a try…or rather don’t. Nope, you shouldn’t do that at all. Follow us on Twitter @TropicalMBA (Dan) @AnythingIan (Ian) @DansPodcast (Show updates) Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428. Episode length: 31:16 Click the button below to hear the free audio. Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the itunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. | 21 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #63 – What We Believe, Plus a RE-INTRODUCTION to the Lifestyle Business Podcast | Dan and Ian just finalized their Hong Kong incorporation and announce a new publishing schedule for the Lifestyle Business Podcast. There has been an incredible explosion of new listeners to the podcast over the last few months. Therefore, Dan and Ian re-introduce themselves and their business beliefs in this episode. They talk about: How much money Dan and Ian are they making from this podcast Why there are too many solopreneurs out there Why you should avoid taking loans Why niche sites suck Why having real skills, not following a bullet-proof formula is going to make you successful How the technological revolution of the last decade created an incredible amount of opportunities for entrepreneurs In the quick tip section, Dan and Ian talk about the best e-commerce platform out there if you don’t wanna deal with technical hurdles and developers. Dan also provides a tip on dental health. If you want to support the show, check out our first 50 episodes on sale. Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! People @MikeStankavich rocks. @davidhme (David Hehenberger), check out his video post “Storming the Floating Bar“ @TimConley from Foolish Adventure @LewisQuartey, e-commerce expert that does contracting work for us, check out his website E-Commerce Nerds Links Dynamite Circle Jumpstart Offices in Hong Kong Quick Tips Shopify Floss your teeth. Dan swears on Glide Floss. Follow us on Twitter @TropicalMBA (Dan) @AnythingIan (Ian) @DansPodcast (Show updates) Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428. Episode length: 33:17 Click the button below to hear the free audio. Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the itunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. $530 for 7 days of accommodation in Hong Kong Hong Kong Incorporation | 14 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #62 – 5 Countries, 3 Companies, 1 Hell of a Party and Why Your Internet Business Should Be Based in Hong Kong | Dan and Ian travelled 5 different countries over the last few weeks. Each of these places comes with many reasons to do business or live. In this episode, you’ll find out why Dan and Ian travel, live and do business in the following locations: USA China Bali/Indonesia Philippines Hong Kong Besides that, we have a quick tip that will increase your email productivity and give you updates on what we’ve been up to (had a party in the Philippines, rented a house in Bali, ran a new internship.) You’ll also learn why Hong Kong is the best place to incorporate if you’re doing online business. If you want to support the show, check out our first 50 episodes on sale. Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! People Joel Runyon went Bungee jumping Sebastian Marshall, our favorite personal development blogger. Check out “The Single Most Important Difference Between Those Who Are Successful and Those Who Aren’t” David from GreenbackTaxServices Matt from highcappin.com Ula from ula.asia Mike from Shenzen – check out his adventures on his blog Michael from Project Getaway Chris Ducker, check out “How to Outsource… Understanding Cultural Differences when Working with Filipino VA’s“ Links Who/where TMBA Party Badladz Resort in Puerto Galera 17 free memberships for our mastermind community left Jumpstart Offices in Hong Kong Quick Tips Boomerang for Gmail Follow us on Twitter @TropicalMBA (Dan) @AnythingIan (Ian) @DansPodcast (Show updates) Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428. Episode length: 35:35 Click the button below to hear the free audio. Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the itunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. USA: Venice Beach China: Shanghai Image credit Bali: Quiet neighborhood in Seminyak Backyard of our compound Kuta Beach Philippines: Floating Bar in Subic Bay White Beach, Puerto Galera Hong Kong: Hong Kong The #TMBAParty (Summit): Memes: | 8 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #61 – 7 Reasons Why Your ‘Four Hour Work Week’ Business Is Failing | Did you read the Four Hour Work Week and are struggling to get your business off the ground? In this podcast episode, Dan and Ian discuss 7 common mistakes that aspiring entrepreneurs make. Building a business isn’t an easy undertaking. Listen to this podcast if you want to build a 4 Hour Work Week business, you may be making some of these deadly mistakes. If you want to support the show, check out our first 50 episodes on sale. Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! Pimpin an affiliate offer. Yeah Buddy! If you are involved in any kind of Search Engine Optimization activities (you should – search traffic means money), make sure to check out Market Samurai. Our in house SEO team uses Market Samurai and makes us five figures a month because of it. Try it for free. Blogs you should check out SebastianMarshall.com Personal development. MyEggNoodles.com Asian travel and entrepreneurship. RibbonFarm.com Awesome. FoolishAdventure.com My favorite content marketing podcast. RidiculouslyExtraordinary.com Straight talk marketing. Tynan.com One of my all time favorite personal development blogs. Sivers.org Philosophy + entrepreneurship. SovereignMan.com Makes you feel cool to read it. This Week in Startups Excellent start-up focused podcast. MicroISV on a Shoestring Super methodical software entrepreneur in writing. Start Ups for the Rest of Us Super methodical software entrepreneurs in audio. People @SeanOgle, check out “The Anti-Four Hour Workweek Movement“ @tferriss, check out “How to Use Philosophy as a Personal Operating System: From Seneca to Musashi“ David from Greenback US Expat Tax Services @Jason Calacanis @Tynan has a GREAT post on networking Websites/Other stuff Who/where Party at Badladz, the best Resort in Puerto Galera The Four Hour Work Week Charlie Hoehn at TEDxCMU – The new way to work Quick Tips Kindle Crocs Flip Flops Dan’s cheap Noise Canceling Headphones (Dan’s note: I suggest you get better ones if you can, the principle the headphones is what I’m pimpin’) North Face Surge Targus Laptop Bag Follow us on Twitter @TropicalMBA (Dan) @AnythingIan (Ian) @DansPodcast (Show updates) Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428. Episode length: 34:51 Click the button below to hear the free audio. Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the itunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. Bali | 26 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #60 – 2 Blogging Pitfalls and an Inside Look Into Our Membership Sites | Dan and Ian talk about common traps and mistakes that people make when building an information marketing business. They also reveal the architecture of their upcoming membership sites. In the quick-tips, you’ll learn of a potentially life-changing read. Enjoy! If you want to support the show, check out our first 50 episodes on sale. Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! Pimpin an affiliate offer. Yeah Buddy! If you are involved in any kind of Search Engine Optimization activities (you should – search traffic means money), make sure to check out Market Samurai. Our in house SEO team uses Market Samurai and makes us five figures a month because of it. Try it for free. People @myeggnoodles (Chris) is working on a good cause. Check out “Trying to figure out how to help the sick little Lao girl I met“ @SeanOgle, check out “Whatever You Do – Don’t Stop“ @Deccaden (Deano) from Deano.de Sean from Badladz @ClayCollins, check out “The Marketing Show Episode #2: “The Marketing Productivity (GASP!) Quadrant”“ @tferriss, check out “Built to Sell — Making Your Company Sellable“ @chrisguillebeau visited North Korea @SebastMarsh, check out “35 Page Summary of John Rockefeller’s Life“ Dave Ramsey Tony Robbins Dan Kennedy Websites/Other stuff Who/Where 35 Page Summary of John Rockefeller’s Life Outsource to the Philippines Membership site architecture Optimize Press WordPress Bluehost Vanilla Forums Amember Paypal Aweber Follow us on Twitter @TropicalMBA (Dan) @AnythingIan (Ian) @DansPodcast (Show updates) Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428. Episode length: 35:47 Click the button below to hear the free audio. Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the itunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. | 27 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #59 – 3 Forgotten Principles You Need To Know About Rule Breaking And Rule Making | In this episode, Dan and Ian talk about rule breaking and rule making. As an entrepreneur, you can’t always wait for somebody else to give you permission. You have to make your own rules. In the quick tips, a few useful iPhone apps are discussed. Enjoy! If you want to support the show, check out our first 50 episodes on sale. Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! Pimpin an affiliate offer. Yeah Buddy! If you are involved in any kind of Search Engine Optimization activities (you should – search traffic means money), make sure to check out Market Samurai. Our in house SEO team uses Market Samurai and makes us five figures a month because of it. Try it for free. People @myeggnoodles (Chris), check out “Driving through Lak Sao to Tham Kong Lo“ @ribbonfarm (Venkat) released his first book – Tempo @manvsdebt (Baker) from ManVsDebt and YouVsDebt @chazzbro – Chuck Brown from Professional Voice Talent @DavidCrandall got out of debt @ChrisCDucker from VirtualBusinessLifestyle Websites/Other stuff Kiva.org Lifestyle Entrepreneurs group Cold Water Kids Wetsuits The Anthropology of Business Outsource to the Philippines – Consulting with Dan iPhone Apps Hipstamatic Pro HDR Kindle for iPhone Follow us on Twitter @TropicalMBA (Dan) @AnythingIan (Ian) @DansPodcast (Show updates) Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428. Episode length: 34:42 Click the button below to hear the free audio. Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the itunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. Hipstamatic Photos San Diego | 10 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #58 – 9 Millionaire Success Principles | In this episode, Dan and Ian talk about character traits and principles that self-made millionaires have in common. Dan is currently hanging out with some multi millionaire friends in Subic Bay. These successful entrepreneurs think and act very different than the average working class person. You’ll learn of 9 millionaire principles that you can start implementing today. If you want to support the show, check out our first 50 episodes on sale. Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! Pimpin an affiliate offer. Yeah Buddy! If you are involved in any kind of Search Engine Optimization activities (you should – search traffic means money), make sure to check out Market Samurai. Our in house SEO team uses Market Samurai and makes us five figures a month because of it. Try it for free. People @NicheDash (David Berger). He’s giving away an awesome 71-page book on niche marketing. Check it out. @JoelRunyon took some sweet HDR photos on his iPhone using Pro HDR. Check them out here. @mcuban (Marc Cuban), check out “Did Amazon just save Over the Top Video with Prime and E-Books ?“ Robert Greene, check his books “The 48 Laws of Power” and “The 50th Law“ Malcolm Gladwell, check out his book “Outliers“ Dave Ramsey Philipp Glass Products/Services/Stuff/Sites Badladz Resort Pro HDR Campfire Propane for Mac Follow us on Twitter @TropicalMBA (Dan) @AnythingIan (Ian) @DansPodcast (Show updates) Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428. Episode length: 21:10 Click the play button to hear the free audio. Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the itunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. Photos Subic Bay Subic Bay | 27 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #57 – The Case Against Flying Solo | Today, Dan and Ian compare going solo to hiring people and building a team. Almost everybody in the “lifestyle business” niche thinks that not having a team is the road to more freedom, less hassle, location independence or a “4 hour work week”. Dan and Ian’s case is the exact opposite: having a team and hiring people gives you more freedom (and also increases your chances of success) than flying solo. If you want to support the show, check out our first 50 episodes on sale. Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! Pimpin an affiliate offer. Yeah Buddy! If you are involved in any kind of Search Engine Optimization activities (you should – search traffic means money), make sure to check out Market Samurai. Our in house SEO team uses Market Samurai and makes us five figures a month because of it. Check it out for free. People @TimConley from the Foolish Adventure Podcast, check out “The Future Of Online Business Is Paid Content“ @NicheDash (David Berger), check out “The Worst Valentine’s Date Ever“ @NicheThinkTank (Larry Clark), check out the interview he did with us “Dan Andrews @ Lifestyle Business Podcast – Podcast Interview #4“ @RobWalling, check out “The 80/20 Rule of Startup Founders“ @emiliewapnick from Puttylike, check out “You Cannot Fake What is Real“ @SeanOgle, check out his HDR websites “Daily HDR” and “HDR Software“ Products/Services/Stuff/Sites The first 50 episodes on sale Who/Where meme Episode #18 – A Crash Course in Article Marketing and How to Outrank Your Competition on Google Dropbox Hipmunk flight search HDR Pro Follow us on Twitter @TropicalMBA (Dan) @AnythingIan (Ian) @DansPodcast (Show updates) Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428. Episode length: 22:49 Click the play button to hear the free audio. Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the itunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. | 8 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #56 – How to Manufacture Products in Asia | Today, Dan and Ian discuss how to get started sourcing physical products from China. Furthermore, they discuss some of their own business failures. Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! This episode is sponsored by wordpress designers and developers, Gut Shot Studios. Thanks to our sponsor! GutShotStudios.com People @Vagabondians (Glenn Dixon), check out “Another day, another bed“ @NicheDash (David Berger), check out “The Worst Valentine’s Date Ever“ @RasmusL (Rasmus from My4Hours.com), check out his free ebook (+Wordpress plugins) on how to create a membership site @PatFlynn, check out “The Content Pyramid: Healthy Portions of Posts for Your Blog“ @MyEggNoodles (Chris), if you are interested in sourcing products from China, check out his Asian Sourcing Event @JoelRunyon, check out “The Fun Manifesto“ @sgblank (Steve Blank), check out “A Visitors Guide to Silicon Valley“ Products/Services/Stuff/Sites Get Paid to Travel the World – TMBA III uspto.gov – US Patent and Trademark Office Market Samurai AliBaba Hongkong Megashow Episode #44 – Biz Failures: Crashed Crotch Rockets, Blowing $6K, and 30 Days in China Last Pass Quora What are some stupid things smart people do? Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428. Episode length: 22:07 Click the play button to hear the free audio. Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the itunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. | 2 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #55 – 10 More Shady Business Tactics We Would Never Advocate or Tell Our Mom About | Today, Dan and Ian talk about 10 tactics that shady businessmen use. Dan and Ian DO NOT use or encourage any of these tactics, this episode is entirely hypothetical. Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! This episode is sponsored by wordpress designers and developers, Gut Shot Studios. Thanks to our sponsor! GutShotStudios.com People @seanogle, check out “To Blog or Not to Blog…“ @adamweitz from New Harbor Design @TimConley from the Foolish Adventure Podcast @JohnKDeVries from Moto Vagabond @MyEggNoodles (Chris), check out “Introducing the Asian Sourcing Network and Dinner Event“ @sproutingseed (Ian Borders), check out “The vCEO’s Guide to Labuan: Setting up Your Tax Free Offshore Business (free ebook)“ Frank Kern Products/Services/Stuff/Sites Market Samurai Our new meme – where are you listening to the show? Whois Facebook LinkedIn Manta Dun and Bradstreet Salty Droid SEM Rush Izzyvideo Quick Tips Keynote Podcasting Microphones Split Testing Ian Border’s software, recommended for salespages: Hello Sherpa optimizely.com, recommended for shopping cart/e-commerce sites Kiss Metrics The ultimate guide to A/B testing ABTests.com Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428. Episode length: 18:33 Click the play button to hear the free audio. Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the itunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. Ipanema, Brazil Camboriú Brazil Pretty cool scenery, Brazil Alaska Salmon Rolls. Mhmmm. | 22 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #54 – 7 Ways Location Independence Can Make You Cash | Today, Dan and Ian talk about 7 ways how you (and your business) can profit from going location independent. Thanks to the Internet, globalization and tools that weren’t available a couple of years ago (e.g. Skype), it’s easier than ever before to go location independent. Not only is it fun to be location independent, it also has the potential to make you a bunch of cash. Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! This episode is sponsored by wordpress designers and developers, Gut Shot Studios. Thanks to our sponsor! GutShotStudios.com News Our next live Podcast on Ustream will be Next Sunday evening: Feb 20th 7:15PM PST Check out the next Tropical MBA internship which is going down in Bali. People This post is a discussion based on an article I originally posted at Thrilling Heroics by @CodyMcKibb @dougfath from Investing in Cashflow @GreenbackTax: David from Greenback Tax Services @JosephRooks from JosephRooks.com. Joe produced a Transcript of Episode 53. John from Maverick Media @sgblank (Steve Blank), check out “What’s A Startup? First Principles“ @sproutingseed (Ian Borders), check out “The vCEO’s Guide to Labuan: Setting up Your Tax Free Offshore Business (free ebook)“ Products/Services/Stuff Focus Booster App Highrise Quickbooks Google Docs Skype Grasshopper Peachtree Foreign Earned Income Exclusion – Requirements (IRS) How Should I Incorporate My Business in the Philippines? Quick Tips Posterous and Dan’s Posterous Blog Mechanical Turk People in this episode: @anythingIan (Ian, CEO of the Company) @TropicalMBA (Dan, Partner and Web Guy) @DansPodcast (Show news and notes) Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428. Episode length: 22:49 Click the play button to hear the free audio. Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the itunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. Video Production Hack (Read this before hiring a production company for your online videos) by John from Maverick Media So I have a hack that might help folks looking to get quality video production at a reduced rate. The challenge with video production is two fold… 1) it tends to be kind of expensive and 2) you really need to find someone with real talent to shoot and edit a compelling piece about you and/or your business, particularly if it is going to have any viral equity to it. And you don’t necessarily want it to look like it was shot in your basement. I encourage those looking for compelling video to call up their local broadcast television stations and talk to either the production department or program director. Sometimes the production department will get a percentage for work they bring in themselves…so it is better if you can develop a relationship with these creative folks directly without sales department interference. Try to avoid the sales department if possible…It is likely a sales rep will not get a commission on a production only sale anyway. Do not bother calling the station and pitching them on a content idea in hopes they will air it for free…it will not work and they are approached all the time…start talking money with them and you will make progress. Ideally you want the station that does not necessarily get the highest ratings in the market because 1) you are not after viewer ratings in the local market for your on-line video 2) these “lower tier” stations tend to be more competitive in pricing 3) Local Television stations still tend to attract really talented video producers who probably have experience shooting real news segments and [...] | 15 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #53 – 5 Myths About Successful Internet Businesses (+Transcript) | Dan and Ian talk about 5 common myths about internet businesses. Other topics include using video to enhance your online presence, freight forwarders, how to never miss an international conference call again and a new invention that will revolutionize the world. Remember that this your last chance to get the first 2 Seasons for $47. The next ustream live podcast will be on Feb 20, 7:15 PM PST. Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! This episode is sponsored by wordpress designers and developers, Gut Shot Studios. Thanks to our sponsor! GutShotStudios.com People: Adam from New Harbor Design, check out his video skills. @CampingGearTV (Josh) from CampingGear TV Kate Benjamin from moderncat.net @garyvee from WineLibrary.tv @MatthewHooper, check out “Image SEO“ @seanogle, check out “11 Apps and Extensions for the Location Independent Entrepreneur“ @nichedash (David Berger), check out “The Day 5 Police Men With Shotguns Stormed A Karaoke Bar“ Frank Kern from Mass Control Stuff: Get the first 2 Seasons for $47. This is your last chance. CSL Freight My post “Dear Entepreneur, don’t start a blog“ Yelp Bluehost World Clock for Chrome Episode #42 – [Use at Your Own Risk] Develop a Revenue Stream with the PIVOT Method google “Spray-on liquid glass” We like to shoot videos: People in this episode: @anythingIan (Ian, CEO of the Company) @TropicalMBA (Dan, Partner and Web Guy) @DansPodcast (Show news and notes) Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428. Episode length: 27:52 Click the play button to hear the free audio. Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the itunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. Transcript @JosephRooks was kind enough to send us a transcript of this week’s episode. Make sure to check out his site at JosephRooks.com. Dan: Hey podcast listener. Even if you are alone in your entrepreneurial pursuit, know that today, right now in your earbuds, you are joined by thousands of entrepreneurs all around the globe, seeking to do the same thing you are. If you want to know more about this program or this podcast or want to get barraged by a lot of annoying popups, check out our web site, lifestylebusinesspodcast.com. Dan: Yeah buddy! Welcome to the Lifestyle Business Podcast, where we believe building a business is the ideal way to create more freedom, more opportunity, for you, your family, and those around you. Today I am joined, as per is the usual, by my cohost, my captain, a man who puts the cash in cash flow. Welcome to the program Ian. Dan: And if you stick around to the end of the program, I’ll give you a simple way to schedule worldwide phone calls without screwing up those time zones, a technology Ian believes will change the world, and a hot tip to win the affection and good graces with service providers everywhere. Today in the meat and potatoes, we’re going to talk about five huge myths about online businesses. But let’s get started with the news for a hot second. Dan: First, I want everybody to mark their calendars if you got ‘em. uStream date announced: February 20th. 7:15 PM, Pacific standard time. If you don’t know when that is, wait until the quick tip section is and we’ll let you know. Dan: If you want to know more information about our uStream events and you want to be reminded, be sure to get on our mailing list. If you hop to our web site and you get on our mailing list, you also get a free podcast that’s pretty cool. Or you can follow us on twitter, and our twitter accounts are on the blog. Dan: Another [...] | 8 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #52 – A Fail Proof Method For Success | In this episode, Dan and Ian have a special guest: @SeanOgle. Sean is a successful online entrepreneur who works with Dan and Ian. Together, they discuss a fail proof method for success (hint: it has to do with networking). Furthermore, they talk about new findings from the SEO trenches. Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! This episode is sponsored by wordpress designers and developers, Gut Shot Studios. Thanks to our sponsor! GutShotStudios.com People: @SeanOgle, check out his epic post “How to Become an SEO Freelancer in 48 Hours“ @NicheDash (David Berger), check out “The 9 Biggest SEO Myths Busted“ @JoelRunyon – “Impossible Update: January Snowpocalypse Edition“ @DavidCrandall – “Why I hate minimalism (yet am throwing stuff out)“ @JamieMarsden from Musetraffic @skooloflife (Srinivas Rao) from The School Of Life @chrisguillebeau – check out ”Always Get Back Up: Lessons From Muhammad Ali“ Stuff: Our Kiva.org group Harney Sushi in San Diego SpotHero.com ResortRebel.com Art of Manliness – Discussion on growing beards Quickbooks – Anybody knows a solution to our problem? GoDaddy.com namespro.ca Google Keyword Tool Yahoo Directory Outro music: The Black Keys – Tighten Up People in this episode: @anythingIan (Ian, CEO of the Company) @TropicalMBA (Dan, Partner and Web Guy) @DansPodcast (Show news and notes) @SeanOgle Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428 . Episode length: 30:44 Click the play button to hear the free audio. Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the itunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. | 1 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #51 – 5 Signs You Might be a Loser | In this episode, Dan and Ian talk about 5 signs why you might be a loser. These are 5 common issues that hinder entrepreneurial progress. The right mindset is one of the most important components if you want to crush it. In the quick tips section, Dan and Ian talk about how they lost 20 pounds in 8 week without exercise and how to never forget anything ever again. Our live podcast on Ustream last week was a big success. Thanks to everybody who tuned in. We’ll have a live podcast once a month from now on. Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! This episode is sponsored by wordpress designers and developers, Gut Shot Studios. Thanks to our sponsor! GutShotStudios.com People: We’re working on the “Expat’s guide to Bali” with Tommy Schultz @sproutingseed (Ian Borders) - Check out his excellent free guide “THE VCEO’S GUIDE TO LABUAN: SETTING UP YOUR TAX FREE OFFSHORE BUSINESS“ @PatFlynn – 4 Podcasts That You Should Be Listening To Andrew Dobson from HypnoticMP3.com – Does anybody know a way to integrate different affiliate programs into one shopping cart? Please comment below. @Deccaden (Deano) – check out “Life Style Business Travel Chiang Mai Style“ Paul Graham – Keep your identity small @tferriss (Tim Ferriss) – Real Mind Control: The 21-Day No-Complaint Experiment and How to Lose 20 lbs. of Fat in 30 Days… Without Doing Any Exercise Things Our Kiva Donation Group The Four Hour Body Google Calendar Music is Blur – Girls & Boys People in this episode: @anythingIan (Ian, CEO of the Company) @TropicalMBA (Dan, Partner and Web Guy) @DansPodcast (Show news and notes) Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428 . Episode length: 21:36 Click the play button to hear the free audio. Download options: If you want to download the audio, you can sync with the itunes store for free! Or right-click here for a direct download. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. Four Hour Body - Cheat day breakfast Four Hour Body Food Party ... without drinking too much alcohol Working on the podcast | 25 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #50 – A Naughty Way to Start Your Business for $300 – Part 2 | Listen to this episode. Today, Dan and Ian continue their discussion on how to finally get started with your business for $300 or less (part 1 here). After deciding on your product, you will learn how to line out your product in more detail, come up with a unique selling proposition and test your product without actually producing it. Dan & Ian also reveal a few naughty tricks that some of their friends used. Depending on your local laws, these tricks might be illegal. It’s your responsibility to check your laws. We do not encourage illegal activities. This is the 50th anniversary episode of the Lifestyle Business Podcast. Expect a lot more to come in 2011. Remember our upcoming live episodes. From now on, we will be live on Ustream.tv every Sunday from 8-9pm PST (11pm EST). Go to Ustream and search for “Lifestyle Business Podcast”. The first 30 minutes will be content. After that (at 8:30), we open for any questions from the audience. Check out our first live broadcast: Sunday, Jan 16, 8pm PST. Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! This episode is sponsored by wordpress designers and developers, Gut Shot Studios. Thanks to our sponsor! GutShotStudios.com People: @jamiemarsden – check out: Information product procrastination myths @seanogle – check out: Three Ways to Grow Your Business Right Now Stuff: Buy the THE FIRST TWO SEASONS, 30 EPISODES OF GOODNESSS ARE NOW FOR SALE<<<<!!!!<%$%%$# This Week In Startups WordPress (we recommend Thesis Theme and Bluehost) Yannik Silver’s Salesletter (use that as an inspiration) My eCover Maker Photoscape Adobe Photoshop Clickbank Google Adwords Jamie Marsden’s Adwords Hack Craigslist Peek plugin for Chrome Music is The Hives- Hate to Say I Told You so People in this episode: @anythingIan (Ian, CEO of the Company) @TropicalMBA (Dan, Partner and Web Guy) @DansPodcast (Show news and notes) Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428 . Episode length: 23:20 Listen to this episode. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. World Domination HQ | 13 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #49 – A Naughty Way to Start Your Business for $300 – Part 1 | Listen to this episode. A lot of people have been asking for more content focused on getting started with your online business. This is fun content for us to produce because I feel like we are always starting something new! We’ve got a lot of people around us doing the same so in this episode we start to talk about one slightly naughty approach you can take to getting started online. This is a long conversation so we’ll chunk it up into multiple episodes. Yeah buddy. We’re going to ramp up podcast production a bit and have live episodes. From now on, we will be live on Ustream.tv every Sunday from 8-9pm PST (11pm EST). Go to Ustream and search for “Lifestyle Business Podcast”. The first 30 minutes will be content. After that (at 8:30), we open for any questions from the audience. Check out our first live broadcast: Sunday, Jan 16, 8pm PST. Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! This episode is sponsored by wordpress designers and developers, Gut Shot Studios. Thanks to our sponsor! GutShotStudios.com People: Sebastian Marshall - check out “Your Journal Has Not Been Updated“ @joelrunyon – he is Announcing The 2011 BIT Border To Border Road Trip @jason (Jason Calacanis) – When the wife’s away Jason will play! @TimConley (Foolish Adventure Podcast) - Content Creators Unite! A Foolish Manifesto – FA033 Stuff: Buy the THE FIRST TWO SEASONS, 30 EPISODES OF GOODNESSS ARE NOW FOR SALE<<<<!!!!<%$%%$# Bluehost – our favorite webhost Thesis Theme – the best WordPress Theme Dragon Natural Speaking Software My other Podcast: Outsource to the Philippines Alibaba This Week in Startups Tweetdeck for Chrome Music is “Nice Guys” by We Are Scientists People in this episode: @anythingIan (Ian, CEO of the Company) @TropicalMBA (Dan, Partner and Web Guy) @DansPodcast (Show news and notes) Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428 . Episode length: 21:16 Listen to this episode. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. This is Ian. This is Dan. Working hard. | 11 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #48 – 4 Mistakes That Cost Us 5k in 2010 | Listen to this episode. Hey podcast listeners, we are back in a big way in 2011. We are going to see some incredible changes in 2011, most notably, Ian and I bought a company! In this episode we discuss 4 mistakes that we made in 2010 that cost us big time, and how we are aiming to solve those issues in 2011. Hope you all had a wonderful holiday season. Visit our sponsor to check out some great looking wordpress sites: This episode is sponsored by wordpress designers and developers, Gut Shot Studios. Thanks to our sponsor! GutShotStudios.com People Mentioned in this Episode: @MyEggNoodles (Chris) – Check out his post “2010 re cap“ http://www.daddydug.com/lifestyle-business-podcast-number/ @HYVAssistant (Owen McGab) from Hire your Virtual Assistant @DallasCarter from 808FIT http://josephrooks.com/blog/nowhere/ @NicheDash (David Berger) – Check out “Case Study: Ranking #2 in Google Means Being the First Loser (61.1% Less Traffic)“ Stuff Mentioned in this Episode: Buy the THE FIRST TWO SEASONS, 30 EPISODES OF GOODNESSS ARE NOW FOR SALE<<<<!!!!<%$%%$# Join Our Kiva Lending Group!!! Hire virtual staff with Virtual Staff Finder My other blog: Outsource to the Philippines The phone is the most important part of our business. We use Grasshopper. Pimp your Pomodoro: Focus Booster App and e.ggtimer Jing People in this episode: @anythingIan (Ian, CEO of the Company) @TropicalMBA (Dan, Partner and Web Guy) @DansPodcast (Show news and notes) Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428 . Episode length: 21:32 Listen to this episode. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. Baller! View from our HQ What does it mean? | 7 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #47 – How Being an Axeman Can Help Grow Your Business | Listen to this episode. To be honest, the days I’ve had to fire employees have been some of the most difficult in my entire life. Moving on these tough decisions is critical for growing your business. I’ve seen businesses struggle big time because of the inability of entrepreneurs’ to make tough personel decisions. In this episode Ian and I talk about the dirty business of firing people for the benefit of your business. Visit our sponsor to check out some great looking wordpress sites: This episode is sponsored by wordpress designers and developers, Gut Shot Studios. Thanks to our sponsor! GutShotStudios.com People Mentioned in this Episode: @MyEggNoodles (Chris) – Check out his great post “Answers to Open Questions“ Leo Laporte – Host of “This Week in Tech“ Kevin Kelly @JamieMarsden – As promised, here’s the adsense technique discussed by @Jamie Marsden from MuseTraffic.com, a killer new resource for muse creation. Click here to —>> DOWNLOAD THE PDF ! <– Stuff Mentioned in this Episode: Buy the THE FIRST TWO SEASONS, 30 EPISODES OF GOODNESSS ARE NOW FOR SALE<<<<!!!!<%$%%$# Join Our Kiva Lending Group!!! Hire virtual staff with Virtual Staff Finder Shantaram: A Novel What Technology Wants Dropbox Google Docs / GMAIL People in this episode: @anythingIan (Ian, CEO of the Company) @TropicalMBA (Dan, Partner and Web Guy) @DansPodcast (Show news and notes) Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428 . Episode length: 22:20 Listen to this episode. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. Doin' Some Biznass in Manila | 2 12 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #46 – How to Waste 20k on a Web Application | Listen to this episode. One of the most common questions I’m asked is about how to get a web application developed. Many people have great ideas for new web technologies and with Elance just a few clicks away the temptation is huge to throw some money at your idea and get it live to the world. I’m sure this can work for some people, but I’ve screwed it up royally a few times, and I can off the top of my head list 5 friends who have done the same. Hope my story can prevent you from making the same errors! Visit our sponsor to check out some great looking wordpress sites: This episode is sponsored by wordpress designers and developers, Gut Shot Studios. Thanks to our sponsor! GutShotStudios.com People: @MyEggNoodles (Chris) – Check out his great post “Lifestyle Design BS“ @SeanOgle – Check out “Five Winter Location Independent Destinations“ @brian_armstrong – Check out “Punishing Nigerian Scammers“ @josh_crocker – Check out How to get mentored by an online pro and fast-forward your learning … sort of @NicheDash (David Berger) – Check out The Time Of My Life: 6 Adventurous Months In Asia Things: Buy the THE FIRST TWO SEASONS, 30 EPISODES OF GOODNESSS ARE NOW FOR SALE<<<<!!!!<%$%%$# Join Our Kiva Lending Group!!! Virtual Staff Finder Iphone App: Pro HDR Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity Music is “We No Speak Americano” – Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup. Party time =) People in this episode: @anythingIan (Ian, CEO of the Company) @TropicalMBA (Dan, Partner and Web Guy) @DansPodcast (Show news and notes) Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428 . Episode length: 21:40 Listen to this episode. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. Pro HDR photos from David: Elephant Island, Palawan, Philippines. Ricefield in Palawan, Philippines. Rice terraces of Banaue, Philippines. Pro HDR photos from Dan: I swim here every day. The clouds look awesome in the Philippines. View from Badladz. Dan in all his HDR-enhanced glory. We saw a double rainbow: | 24 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #45 – 5 Ways to Ninja Kick Analysis Paralysis | Listen to this episode. We’ve got so many cool things coming up here on the podcast including my made in India software screw up mid next week, our internet marketing summit in Thailand, and our auto trading product launch (we’ll be sharing all the details!). That’s just the start! This episode is about a topic that has been destroying my inbox in the past 2 weeks. So many smart people are getting hung up on analysis paralysis, and trust me people, I feel ya. Here’s our best tips. We’ve beat it before and we’ll beat it again. Have fun. Leave a comment. Give us a ring. 888-554-8428. Go make it happen! This episode is sponsored by wordpress designers and developers, Gut Shot Studios. Thanks to our sponsor! GutShotStudios.com People: @MyEggNoodles – Check out his new video “Lifestyle Design BS“ @SproutingSeed – Ian Borders – Check out his great post “How Can Foreigners Start a Business in Singapore?“ @DavidCrandall – Cha ching! check out “My first topless interview: Taking your product to the next level“ @JoelRunyon check it: “Get Motivated“ @JamieMarsden – ROCKIN = “Mindset That Gets Your Muse Business Earning Money Fast“ Things: Buy the THE FIRST TWO SEASONS, 30 EPISODES OF GOODNESSS ARE NOW FOR SALE<<<<!!!!<%$%%$# Join Our Kiva Lending Group!!! Google Docs Dropbox yo! Music is “Not Sick” by the very, very sick Tokyo Police Club. Dig it! People in this episode: @anythingIan (Ian, CEO of the Company) @TropicalMBA (Dan, Partner and Web Guy) @DansPodcast (Show news and notes) Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428 . Episode length: 21:16 Listen to this episode. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. I Swim 400M Here Everyday. I got a new "Pro HDR" ap on my iPhone 3GS David (@NicheDash) and I Planning Deliverable Schedules for the Next 2 Weeks | 19 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #44 – Biz Failures: Crashed Crotch Rockets, Blowing $6K, and 30 Days in China | Listen to this episode. Ian and I have both been manufacturing products in China for over 5 years. In this episode we talk in detail about our plan to be a distributor of sport bike replacement fairings and why the whole thing fell apart. This episode is sponsored by wordpress designers and developers, Gut Shot Studios. Thanks to our sponsor! GutShotStudios.com People mentioned in this episode: @MyEggNoodles Gut Shot Studios, and Gave us a Call from Xiamen @DavidCrandall from Heroic Destiny does great Ustream stuff and wrote recently about HUSTLING. That's us! @Josh_Crocker wrote an iTunes review. Thank you sir! He recently wrote about online mentors. @ChrisCDucker ‘s Virtual Staff Finder was being used by listener Patrick to hire his first VA (we edited the call down a bit). Check out Chris’ recent post at the excellent VBL blog on some delegation tips. Thanks @kristofferR @ColinismyName – Thanks for the SHOUT! on eBookling.com, Colin. Check out all the stuff he owns (I love this kind of thing). @Biz KK.ORG Stuff mentioned in this episode: Kindle Ustream Fiver.com Global Sources Constant Contact Phoenix, 1901 ROCKIN!! Alibaba.com Hacker News Google Alerts HEYTEL iPhone AP! What Technology Wants by Kevin Kelly People in this episode: @anythingIan (Ian, CEO of the Company) @TropicalMBA (Dan, Partner and Web Guy) @DansPodcast (Show news and notes) Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428 . Episode length: 31:50 Listen to this episode. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. EPIC VIDEO! Oh hey there Manila! Good to be back... | 20 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #43 – 4 Weeks, $80,000 Dollars | Listen to this episode. Hey party people, I just stepped foot back in Manila and I’m catching up on mounds of email. This episode was recorded about a week ago. We have had tons more going on and a few more KILLER iTunes reviews since that time, thanks to everyone who takes the time to say nice things about the show there. Looking forward to recording another show this week! Mentioned in this episode: @Josh_Crocker – Josh Crocker’s new product is How to Motivate Yourself to Start Working Out @SeanOgle – Check out Are You Consuming or Creating? (I installed David’s site on my toolbar too). Also check out Overcoming Uncertainty, Sean’s first premium paid content. @JetSetLife – Wow some good looking people interviewed me! Rob seems like a really cool guy, check out our recorded interview: Dan Andrews Moves to the Philippines to Run His Empire From the Beach (EMPIRE!!!! YAR!) @GSPN – Cliff Ravenscraft is the MAN when it comes to podcasting and quality (you can tell Ian and I haven’t yet had a consulting session with him!), check out the PodcastAnswerMan.com this is a good one to get started with. @MyEggNoodles contributes cash to our Kiva group, is in the process of re-launching his wordpress web design company, and its an awesome blogger. What’s not to love? @JamieMarsden – Um… this blog is going to be incredible. Also thanks for the feedback love Jamie @JoelRunyon – The impossible blog post that got me thinking this week. The #1 Thing I Learned From 2nd Place in My First 10K Our very own PIVOT technique. Rockin. @StevePavlina – go get lost for a day at http://www.stevepavlina.com/ Wishlist membership software - http://member.wishlistproducts.com/ Dave Ramsey! Go to iTunes and check out his great podcast. http://www.daveramsey.com/ Closing track “Always Be” from the record Chase This Light by Jimmy Eat World People in this episode: @anythingIan (Ian, CEO of the Company) @TropicalMBA (Dan, Partner and Web Guy) @DansPodcast (Show news and notes) Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428 . Episode length: 46:10 Listen to this episode. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. Central PA Countryside God bless New Yorkers and their Brunch Even cool conference rooms are not cool, yoy! Nice week talking walks in Brooklyn Park Slope area | 13 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #42 – [Use at Your Own Risk] Develop a Revenue Stream with the PIVOT Method | Listen to this episode. YO! How are you? I’ve been back in the old USA for over one week now and I’m having tons of thoughts about it (its been over a year!) I hope to write a few blog posts about it. In this episode Ian and I discuss concepts that regular listeners of the show are probably pretty used to hearing from us. We currently have a lot of overhead in our business and we are exploring ways to efficiently deploy our staff to stuff that makes us money. Last month we had a nice little revenue hit from a new product we developed using what we call PIVOT: Position, Iterate, Volley, Outsource, and Time. If that sounds like a big fat put-on, it kind of is, but we had fun using it as a structure to talk about the way we got this done. Also there are lots of random little tidbits in this episode plus an impassioned rant during the quick tip section. Interested to hear your thoughts! I’ll be in NYC all next week doin’ some biznass and meeting old friends, if you are around LET ME KNOW HOMIES! Poolside with Fast WIFI! Weeeeeeeee Hello from the good old USA, I believe this is our first 100% USA ‘cast in over a year. Yeowwwza! This is a big long episode where we talk about a wide variety of topics. In particular, we talk about why I believe Virtual Staff Finder is currently the best way to get started hiring virtual assistants in the Philippines. Mentioned in this episode: Starbucks @ChrisCDucker – Read my review of Virtual Staff Finder, and check out Chris’ recent interview with internet marketing wizard ….@Viperchill OutsourcetothePhilippines / HIRE MUSE TRAFFIC LAUNCH, “Information Product Procrastination Myths.” Very fun stuff, very interested to hearing more from him and eventually we gotta get him on the show. BTW, here’s a GREAT interview with Chris Guillebeau on Mixergy.com (do you listen to this podcast !!!? @Mixergy) “Tips on World Domination from Chris Guillebeau.” www.ConstantContact.com/ – Email program that allows you to upload lists you create from outsourced folks from places like Odesk.com or Elance.com I mentioned a post by @ittybiz which I found great, you can start with this article… BUY A DAMN KINDLE. (No affiliate link too Lazy. Buy! enjoy! read! You’ll love it. Want some cool books to read???? Check out: Kitchen Confidential – I LOVE (word not strong enough.. hmm) Anthony Bourdain, check out the embedded video below. I’m reading this book now–> “The Ascent of Money” I’ve heard this book recommended by the likes of Richard Branson and other big hitters. Speaking of big hitters, lots of good business stories in Business Stripped Bare: Adventures of a Global Entrepreneur SYNC YOUR FAVORITE BLOG POSTS TO YOUR KINDLE!!! http://www.instapaper.com/u People in this episode: @anythingIan (Ian, CEO of the Company) @TropicalMBA (Dan, Partner and Web Guy) @DansPodcast (Show news and notes) Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428 . Episode length: 30:17 Listen to this episode. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. The Outer Banks in North Carolina USA | 26 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #41 – Two Four Hour Work Week Fallacies | Listen to this episode. Hello from the good old USA, I believe this is our first 100% USA ‘cast in over a year. Yeowwwza! This is a big long episode where we talk about a wide variety of topics. In particular, we talk about why I believe Virtual Staff Finder is currently the best way to get started hiring virtual assistants in the Philippines. Check out Virtual Staff Finder today and get a free copy of my 44,000 word book The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Outsourcing to the Philippines. It’s Friday night, I’m too tired to type more! Hope you all have a great weekend Mentioned in this episode: Bali vs. the Thai islands (@TropicalMBA) RESPONSE TO BALI VS. THAILAND BY @MyEggNoodles – “Where is the Perfect Place to Live in South East Asia?“ @CodyMckibb Check: “Change Your Life With a Change of Scenery” (be sure to watch the video!) @JoshBuisch – Check: Josh’s first fail photo. (congrats!) @MiltBaron – Check out Milt’s post on “7 Extraordinary Experiences Whilst Traveling the World.” @ViperChill – Check out Glen’s latest post regarding how affiliate sites are ranking for top market SEO terms. @UndoLifestyle – Check out Matt’s bucket list. @DavidCrandall – Check out David’s first e-product: How to Grow Your Blog Through Interviews Check out Larry’s income reports at the Niche Think Tank Matt from HighCappin.com – China sourcing @ChrisCDucker – Check out 6 Ideas for Online Money Making Success… also VirtualStaffFinder.com Bit.ly TweetStats Minimum Viable Product WordPress Themes Tweetdeck People in this episode: @anythingIan (Ian, CEO, Captain) @TropicalMBA (Dan, Nomadic Web Guy) @DansPodcast (Show news and notes) Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428 . Episode length: 36:40 Listen to this episode. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. We miss you Bali! | 17 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #40 – How to Create a 100 Dollar Information Product in 48 Hours | Hello from Bali! I really like it here. So far Bali is proving to be charming, sophisticated, and beautiful. Certainly a nice break from the Philippines which be a bit rough around the edges. It was great to record a podcast in the same room as @AnythingIan ! We’ve been getting a lot of work done this week, both on our core business and on a brand new information product we are cooking up. We are going to walk our listeners through the process of starting an internet based business from the ground up. We are hoping you find it entertaining and perhaps even useful. We are also newbies at a lot of this stuff, so we are hoping to get some help from you guys as well! Listen to this episode. Mentioned in this episode: Tommy Schultz, lifestyle designer, Bali resident… check out his incredible photography — >>> http://www.tommyschultz.com/ THAILAND VS. BALI! @YanikSilver – Check out: “8 Smart Ways to Name Your New Product or Service.” http://www.moonlightingontheinternet.com/ – Check out the sales letters. http://www.instantsalesletters.com/ – Check out the sales letters. This Episode is Brought to You By Beer @whereisnate - Check out http://www.natewalksamerica.com/ @Jason – This week in start-ups is awesome.www.thisweekin.com Fooled by Randomness by @nntaleb @JasonLBaptiste- Check out“Distribution, Distribution, Distribution.” @ExOfficio – Exofficio.com @bitly – Easy Twitter analytics like click-through stats. @Tweetadder2010 – http://tweetadder.com/ People in this episode: @anythingIan (Ian, CEO, Captain) @TropicalMBA (Dan, Nomadic Web Guy) @DansPodcast (Show news and notes) Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428 . Episode length: 30:04 Listen to this episode. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. Ribs and Martinis at Naughty Nuris in Ubud, Best Ribs in Asia, Easy Bali Deserves More Than My iPhone Pics Listener, Photographer, and Bali Resident Tom Showed us Some Killer Spots On the Road | 8 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #39 – 4 Tips for Deciding if a Market is Worth Attacking | Hello from Malaysia! Well everybody I’m almost ready to hop on to a plane to meet up with @anythingian in BALI of all places. We are both long overdue to un-plug from the daily duties of our current lifestyle business, and focus on launching a brand new site that has some really cool implications for our lifestyle and current business. We are looking forward to sharing all of that with you on the podcast, and I’m sure that if we can be more transparent with our stuff on this show the listeners would be a HUGE asset to making sure we do things right. Ahem, here’s a hint: Listen to this episode. In this episode we get a great follow up from @DallasCarter about his 808FIT.NET weight loss website. If you haven’t yet seen Dallas’ incredible story clicksie this link baby and check out how a guy drops 190 and turns into a sexy beast. Issaac Dudek (@isaacdudek) also called in to ask two questions about the mindset of outsourced employees (we focused on the Philippines exclusviely) and the kinds of technology is prevalent in the Philippines. For the meat and potatoes we discuss 4 tips for deciding if a market is worth attacking, these tips are once we recently implemented as we have in the past week chosen two new hot markets to attack (very excited about that!), in terms of execution we’ll be following similar steps we took to create a $6,000 site in 6 months (that site was the last niche we selected). For the quick tips we talk about screen capturing, webex, and how to create great ebook covers in under 10 minutes. Mentioned in this episode: @joelrunyon – Check out his recent “The Best Part of Your Favorite Blog” Aweber Mailchimp @jason, check out This Week in Start-ups #71‘ @DallasCarter We run our blog on Thesis theme @kimdoyal – Thanks for the shout on our itunes page! Want to know what’s coming up in WordPress V3.0? @vgr, A VERY IMPORTANT BUSINESS BLOG POST—> “DOWN WITH INNOVATION….” @SEMRUSH http://www.semrush.com/ PPC market intelligence. Nice Book! Dun & Bradstreet, get revenue figures for your competition : http://www.dnb.com/us/, also Hoovers.com @ChrisCDucker, Check out “5 Tool to Help You Build a Location Independent Lifestyle.” @Webex – http://www.webex.com WOW your clients (I’ve seen this done successfully from a hut in southern Thailand!) Google Trends Black Swan by @nntaleb “The Three Most Harmful Addictions are Herion, Carbohydrates, and a Monthly Salary” FREAKIN BALI MYEBOOKMAKER AWESOME! I made this cover in 5 minutes! Made in 5 Minutes! People in this episode: @anythingIan (Ian, CEO, Captain) @TropicalMBA (Dan, Nomadic Web Guy) @DansPodcast (Show news and notes) Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428 . Episode length: 27:30 Listen to this episode. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. | 30 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #38 – How to Lose Weight and Make Money Online | Yeah buddy welcome back to another episode of the Lifestyle Business Podcast, got a little hung up there on timing we’ve been doing a lot of traveling and have been VERY busy with visitors, investments, and having a little fun too! In this episode Ian and I break one of our social standards– in general we are very AGAINST unsolicited critical feedback (UCF!) but we had a nice discussion talking about Dallas Carter’s great website. None of this applies to Dallas necessarily because there are plenty of business reasons why he might be doing what he’s doing or he could just be busy like the rest of us, but we thought it was fun to discuss a website on air so we broke the rule. We love to receive UCF so if you wanna send us some lovin’ feel free to drop some bombs in the comments. We talk about tons of other stuff in this episode and plow through as many listener questions as we could and still get out under the 30 minute mark. If you want to ask us a question or have us take a peak at your website, don’t be shy we’ll probably get back to you! Good times:) Listen to this episode. Mentioned in this episode: @vgr Ribbonfarm.com be “slightly evil” and sign up for the mailing list, check out the brilliant recent post “Down with Innovation, Up with Imitation!” @ManvsDebt, “Bakers” blog is baller, check out his great resource “If You Don’t Ask, The Answer is Always No.” @IrishPolyGlog Benny=balla Check out “The One Thing that Will Ultimately Lead to Your Success” plus his newly launched Langauge Hacking Guide. This guy knows his stuff. DINAN BWM custom shop. SWEEEEEET Bali Ask HN: Recommend me a Good Podcast, LBP Is mentioned here thanks user “kristofferR.” Karma points your way! ***Check out my submission reposted below in this post. @DallasCarter LOST 190 POUNDS!!! http://www.808fit.net/site/Home.html, Check it out to see Dallas’ incredible story! We Take a Look at Dallas' Website (Very Handsome Listener!) AWEBER Mailing list software Thanks to all the great questions VIA EMAIL! DAN AT LIFESTYLE BUSINESS PODCAST DOT COM YEAH BUDDY David From GREENBACK TAX SERVICES.COM is very good looking. AIR BnB is Balla, per @anythingian Rapportive GMAIL Plugin is Baller Per Dan, so is GMAIL/Chrome browser. Go see Inception! You don’t need to stop at the Rotten Tomatoes Review Page, You should just go!!! People in this episode: @anythingIan (Ian, CEO, Captain) @TropicalMBA (Dan, Nomadic Web Guy) @DansPodcast (Show news and notes) Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428 . Episode length: 28:55 Listen to this episode. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. Ian Goes to Central Park, Looks Cool! Inspiration for All ***I also contributed to the “ASK HN” thread, here’s my response on my favorite podcast FYI: Love this thread found some new podcasts I haven’t heard of before. Ever since I started my own business podcasts have taken over completely from movies and tv as my primary source of entertainment. Here are my favorites: The Adam Carolla Podcast – Its not heavy material (this is my daily candy entertainment) but I marvel at how well Adam communicates and improvs– he’s been doing radio for over 10 years and he’s the most consistently funny improv guy I’ve ever heard– he constructs some pretty complicated comic maneuvers in real time, like call-backs and alliterative rhymes and stuff… anyway the guy is a mench This Week in Start-Ups – I think @jason ‘s podcast is the currently the best consistently produced business related entertainment on the web (second is now defunct UK version of Kitchen Nightmares by Gordon [...] | 9 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #37 – 5 Listener Questions about Location Independence and Business | I’ve been spending so much time responding to emails it finally dawned on me that I could respond with a podcast. WOW. Sometimes I am slow. That’s the new policy. In most cases we’ll answer questions that can benefit the whole community. Not only is this more valuable to everyone listening to the show, but I’m sure it will work out well for the person asking the question as well. I have opinions, but I’m absolutely certain that our collective audience knows way more about these issues than me alone. I just proofed parts of this episode and there are even things in there I could phrase a totally different way or see from a different angle– I’m sure there are some things in there we are just flat WRONG about… that’s gonna happen a lot. I’m cool with being wrong– its way better than not publishing a podcast. Enjoy the show ! We’ve made a lot of broad sweeping generalizations about entire countries in this episode. I’m interested to hear your opinions about some of these questions…. Listen to this episode. Big Pool Playing With Boats in Subic Bay Driving in the Philippines, Just North of Manila Mentioned in this episode: @joelrunyon “People are Awesome” we are pretty sure Joel is awesome. Kim the WordPress chick, ever wonder how to put a Facebook like button on your blog? Dumaguete, Philippines ! Bored? Waste your time @ reddit! Headway theme, Thesis Theme, Bluehost, Weebly Audacity, Podcasting plugin Dropbox baby. Dropbox. The Pomodoro Technique – 25 minutes on. 5 minutes off. Rinse, wash, repeat. E.ggTimer.com – An in-browser timer to keep you productive. People in this episode: @anythingIan (Ian, CEO, Captain) @TropicalMBA (Dan, Nomadic Web Guy) @DansPodcast (Show news and notes) Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428 . Episode length: 23:10 Listen to this episode. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. The Podcast Sounds Better with Beer. Its a fact. *I’m hoping this helps explain why this post might be extra hip, cool, and sleek. If not, srry for the typos@! | 29 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #36 – Offices are So Old School | Hey you guys are good for a lot of things but nobody stepped up to tell me getting an office was one big fat stupid idea! JOKE! Kidding…No, I think as entrepreneurs growing a new kind of business, there aren’t any hard and fast rules so we end up testing out a lot of new ideas to see if they stick. One of this year’s big experiements was starting a brick and mortar office here in the Philippines. I learned a TON from doing this but it wasn’t really creating the explosive growth we thought it had the potential to do. We’ve also decided that scaling into more “lifestyle” focused internships is a much more effective way to grow our business in the short term than radically increasing our overhead and support stuff (um… duh?) So its not that the office was outright BAD, its just that everyone made big sacrifices to make it happen, and most of them hit home where it hurt most. We were having less FUN and spending more time on stuff like commutes and pushing ourselves to work outside of our natural rhythms. The key thing here is going to bat. We change our minds about what is working in our business very often, and to me thats a sign that we are pushing in as many ways as possible to look for ways to grow our business and have more fun. Listen to this episode. Mentioned in this episode: Cody (@codymckibb) thinks this podcast is cool, I think Cody is cool. The world makes sense. Check out his sweet new blog design (BALLA!) and check out his recent great article “27 Tips for First Time Travelers to Thailand.” Pat (@patflynn) likes our podcast, well I like your podcast Pat and I’ve been bugging you about it for 7 months now and like everything you are doing, I’m sure you’ll be over delivering there, I’m stoked for the series. Thank you sir for rocking the audio format. Check out his first episode of the Smart Passive Income Podcast. Yaaah! Bored? Waste your time @ reddit! Dropbox baby. Dropbox. David Allen (@gtdguy) Listen for my revolutionary GTD DELETE technique. Awesome TIP, GLOBAL search Results in your Browser (great for travelers, expats, and digital nomads) with this great Chrome Plugin from Redfly Marketing. Google Incognito mode for running multiple GMAIL accounts within your Chrome browser: Thanks @davidcrandal, @joelrunyon USE GOOGLE CHROME ! People in this episode: @anythingIan (Ian, CEO, Captain) @TropicalMBA (Dan, Nomadic Web Guy) @DansPodcast (Show news and notes) Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428 . Episode length: 21:40 Listen to this episode. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. As promised, if you haven’t seen this gem yet enjoy! WHAT DOES IT MEAN!!!!??????? TOO MUCH!!!::::D | 21 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #35 – 4 Things You Should Never Do in Your Business | Heya everyone– I gotta say I feel I am SUPER qualified to talk about stuff that you shouldn’t do in your business. I’ve made a million mistakes, and some of the stuff we bring up in this episode is so damn tricky for me I still can’t get it right. I had a great time in Palawan this weekend– WOW what a place to visit, so quiet, so much to see and do and although there isn’t much of a tourism industry, its still very easy to make your way around. More on that on the next episode! Listen to this Episode. Mentioned in this episode: Jason (@JasonLBaptiste) tweeted that he listened to our show, Ian’s bummed he didn’t get tweeted back. Check out one of his latetests posts, “Email Newsletters are Still Serious Business.” Josh Crocker (@josh_crocker) things our crazy podcast is more valuable that stuff he’s paid for! Check out “Are You a Productivity Junkie?” David Crandall check out “The Strategy that More Than Quadrupled My Salary.” Nate (@whereisnate) from the Way you Wander Alan (@alanperlman) from the 9 to 5 Alternative, check out “Cycling Africa with Mark Lawrence.” Ben Cameron Nice travel tips on Palawan, thanks man! (see the photos below) Palawan as the inspiration for “The Beach Movie/Novel???” ——> Google geolocation keyboard shortcuts put &GL=US at the end of your queries. Hidemyass.com for US proxy IP addresses to see google search results and users from the US would. Should you kill your Alarm clock? Our question for you. Where are you listening to our show? People in this episode: @anythingIan (Ian, CEO, Captain) @TropicalMBA (Dan, Nomadic Web Guy) @DansPodcast (Show news and notes) Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428 . Episode length: 23:15 Listen to this Episode. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. Here’s some quick shots from my second 4 day weekend in a row. This time I went to (whisper it’s name!) Palawan. The View As I Wrote this Post Steve My Resort Owner Took Me on a Tour Exploring the Back Roads on Motorcycle Organic Sustainable Agriculture is Big in Palawan Of Course we Took a Dip | 12 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #34 – 5 Principles That Work for us That the Internet Marketing Gurus Can’t Sell | Part of the reason Ian and I love Gary Vee so much is that he talks about some basic business fundamentals that don’t get brought up by many online business gurus. The two biggest things that have made us money? Hustle, and getting on the damn phone. <—- watch this awesome Gary Vee cold call video. This episode is about the dirty side of building a lifestyle business– we bring up 5 more “alternative” principles that have helped us to get our business off the ground that you aren’t going to hear from the gurus. I briefly touch on an issue I want to flesh out a bit more in future episodes– “cost free travel.” I hate when my peanut brain tries to drag me in to an office in order to be productive or make some money. I want to be on planes, boats, and buses to exotic locations to meet with awesome people AND be making money while I’m doing it. I had an experience this weekend that makes me believe I’m getting there, more on that soon…. After that, we dedicate a full 7 minutes plus to Ian’s first run at a used car guide. For many entrepreneurs, transport makes up WAY TO MUCH of your yearly budget, and Ian is an absolute ninja at keeping those costs in line. If you are a car owner, we are hoping his guide to budget used car buying can be of some use. Enjoy! Get in touch if you have any questions on comments for the next Episode! Listen to this Episode. Mentioned in this episode: Chris’ (@MyEggNoodles) latest post 12 Things You Can Do When Your Web Earnings Decline Dan’s (@DanHaneveer) from Voyagner 5 Inspirational Travel Videos from Cambodia Tim Ferriss’ (@tferriss) How to Create Your Own Real World MBA Alan Pearlman’s (@AlanPerlman) No Regrets: Renaissance Living and a Bucket List Rob Burns (@RobBurnsBrain) I Declare Myself the World’s First Internet Marketing Un-Guru (I’m second Rob!) Via Nate (@whereisnate) (thanks!) http://www.parrotsecrets.com/ , also check out Nate’s blog Why I am Mad at Myself and How to Not Be Like Me Nate and I both suffer from entrepreneurial ADHD. (My solution is this podcast). People in this episode: @anythingIan (Ian, CEO, Captain) @TropicalMBA (Dan, Nomadic Web Guy) @DansPodcast (Show news and notes) Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428 . Episode length: 27:40 Listen to this Episode. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. Here’s some quick shots from my 4 day (!) cost-free “weekend.” | 6 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #33 – How to Pick a Niche that Makes Money, and Six Tips on How to Be a Millionaire in Three Years | Dan and Ian discuss a post by Jason L. Baptiste of Cloudomatic made on Hacker News on how to be a millionaire in three years (or a really short time). They talk extensively about six out of the thirty seven tips from Jason’s post, such as leveraging skills you already know. In this new format, they also answer two reader questions: choosing a niche that makes money, and how to go about purchasing a laptop. (Dan’s Tip: Buy a Mac). Listen to this Episode. Mentioned in this episode are: How to Become a Millionaire in Three Years by Jason L. Baptiste. Also check out his personal blog. Episode 66 of the Internet Business Mastery with outsourcing John Jonas. Also check out his outsourcing blog. Hacker News <– Read tips from other entrepreneurs and stay on the cutting edge of online business. Roambi <– New iPad/iPhone application that turns business statistics into beautiful but useful graphs. Kall8 <– Virtual phone system we use for the blog. Grasshopper <– Another virtual phone system that we use for our other businesses. Evernote <– A handy application that archives notes, pictures, and web clips, then syncs with your phone, your desktop, and their online archive. Great for capturing ideas on the go. Reddit IAMA <– Ask Me Anything is a category on Reddit where successful entrepreneurs will answer any and all your questions. Intova SP8 <– Awesome underwater digital camera. Here’s the specifications for the camera along with the waterproof housing. This little buggy makes videos like the one below. No housing required. Listener Shout-outs: @nichedash (David) @thewaythatyouwander (Nate) @myeggnoodles (Chris) @tonyruiz (Tony) @joelrunyon (Joel) @LifeExperimentP (Steve) @ADAMHOEKmusic (Adam) @AlanPerlman (Alan) @DavidCrandall (David) @ERIKEMZ Rob Also worth reading is his other blog, Start-ups for the Rest of Us People in this episode: @anythingIan (Ian, CEO, Captain) @TropicalMBA (Dan, Nomadic Web Guy) @DansPodcast (Show news and notes) Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428 . Episode length: 27:54 Listen to this Episode. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. | 28 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #32 – How to Create a $6000 Dollar a Month Site in 5 Months, and Tips on Niche Selection | Dan and Ian talk about how they built a site that generates $6000 in revenue in five months and some great tips on niche selection. They also discuss why it’s important to have a phone number on your site, a great service to sell products, and a rant on the limitations of Quickbooks. Listen to this Episode. Mentioned in this episode are: SEOmoz <– Premier SEO Resource Online Link Diagnosis <– Figure out How Strong Your Competition’s Links Are E-junkie <– 5 Minutes to Sell Digital Products Online @jamiemarsden <—SEO Guru Guy People in this episode: @anythingIan (Ian, CEO, Captain) @TropicalMBA (Dan, Nomadic Web Guy) @DansPodcast (Show news and notes) Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428 . Episode length: 34:33 Listen to this Episode. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. | 21 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #31 – 3 Tips for Profitable Networking | Dan and Ian discuss why you should become an expert in your industry, and ways you can become one. They also talk the importance of networking, and how being a part of a mastermind group will give you that social network, but also a support system. A critical part of an entrepreneurship. They also mention a couple of clever Gmail hacks, two SEO tips, and one file sharing software that has made their business easier. Listen to this Episode. Mentioned in this episode are: Gmail.com Gmail Labs Internet Business Mastery Academy Dropbox Forbes talks about Dropbox. @jamiemarsden People in this episode: @anythingIan (Ian) @TropicalMBA (Dan) @DansPodcast (Show news and notes) Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428 . Episode length: 28:21 Listen to this Episode. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. | 14 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #30 – How We Manage Our Finances and Minimize Taxes, Plus LLCs vs Corporations | Dan and Ian talk about how they manage their finances, the challenges of an LLC and how to hypothetically minimize your tax burden. Dan also briefly discusses three software tips while waxing on his new MacBook, while Ian reveals one program that could potentially change their business. Listen to Episode 30. Software and hardware mentioned in this episode: Skype Pamela Skype Call Recorder for Mac MacBook Pro Keyshot People in this episode: @anythingIan (Ian) @TropicalMBA (Dan) @DansPodcast (Show news and notes) Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428 . Episode length: 33:10 Listen to Episode 30. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. | 7 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #29 – Get To Know Your Team, 3 Internet Marketing Tips That Require Hustle, and Info on the Tropical MBA II | Dan and Sean talk about the importance of getting to know your team, old school marketing tips that will really get you to hustle, as well as Sean’s experience on the Tropical MBA and his first impression of the Philippines. Listen to Episode #29. Websites mentioned in this episode: Market Samurai Jigsaw People in this episode: @seanogle (Sean) @TropicalMBA (Dan) @DansPodcast (Show news and notes) Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428. Episode length: 33:21 Listen to Episode #29. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. | 25 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #28 – How to Visualize Your Target Revenue and Find Your Five Hours | Dan and Ian talk about visualization techniques and finding work that you’re passionate about. Listen to Episode #28. Websites mentioned in this episode: Chris’ great blog post about building a million dollar company. Chris’ hot tip from Search Engine Land. Tropical MBA is mentioned on the Ribbon Farm blog (Dan is a Ribbon Farm fanboy). People in this episode: @anythingIan (Ian) @ribbonfarm (Venkatesh Rao) @seanogle (Sean) @TropicalMBA (Dan) @myeggnoodles (Chris) @DansPodcast (Show news and notes) Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428. Episode length: 23:19 Listen to Episode #28. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. | 16 4 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #27 – How to Build a Membership Site, Pre-launch, and Virtual Relationships with Tyrone Shum | Dan and Tyrone Shum discuss how to build a membership site, how to execute a successful pre-launch, and how to cultivate online relationships with other entrepreneurs. Listen to Episode #27. Mentioned in this episode: Tyrone’s Site Mass Outsource 10 Training Videos if You Enter Your Email Folks on this episode: @TropicalMBA (Dan) @TyroneShum @DansPodcast (Show news and notes) Call us with your questions or comments at 888-554-8428. Episode length: 37:10 Listen to Episode #27. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. | 14 4 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #26 – Why I’m Not Publishing Another Podcast (Myself) | A housekeeping episode where Ian and I talk about the future of this show and how our business is evolving around it. Its a good one for you folks who have been around a while! Listen to Episode #26. Folks on this episode: @TropicalMBA (Dan) @AnythingIan (Ian) Episode length: 16:17 Listen to Episode #26. If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. | 9 4 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #25 – How to Make Money Online | Hey everyone, I think a lot about the make money online niche. I have tons of friends who are making BANK in that space and they are providing real value to the marketplace. There are so many folks talkin’ smack but I’m not really sure all that is necessary. I weight in here with my thoughts and a few quick announcements about the podcast. Listen to Episode #25. Folks on this episode: @TropicalMBA (Dan) Episode length: 9:36 Listen to Episode #25. Download options: If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. | 3 4 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #24 – Why Chris Ducker Wants to Manage 200 Employees from His Laptop, and What it Takes to Make It | The audio quality of this podcast starts off pretty rough and then improves around the 2:00 mark. Chris Ducker and I got together in Manila last week to talk about a broad range of sweeeet business goings ons, we turned on the tape recorder for some of it. Here I’ve published the parts pertaining to the lifestyle elements of running his business. Listen to Episode #24. Some of the topics we talk about: What’s its like being a Lifestyle Designer (Chris doesn’t use this term, but I do!) with 200 employees. Why Chris decided to become a ‘virtual CEO.’ How a 200 person business gets bootstrapped from nothing (with the help of some VA’s!). Why Chris launched VirtualBusinessLifestyle.com Why Chris hired 2 virtual assistants (even thought he has 200 employees). Mynimo.com – Where Chris hired his VA’s Why Chris came to Asia and the Philippines, and why he’s staying. Why Chris believes passion is the most important trait in an Entrepreneur. The highs and lows of being an Entrepreneur. Folks on this episode: @TropicalMBA (Dan) @ChriscDucker (Chris) Episode length: 14:51 Listen to Episode #24. Download options: If you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you know some ways we can make it better, please send us an email. Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. | 31 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #23 – One Way Out of the Rat Race, and a Killer Blog Success Story with Sean from Location180.com | Sean is the recipient of the first paid internship for aspiring digital nomads, The Tropical MBA. As you can tell from the interview, Sean is a super sharp guy and doesn’t need the Tropical MBA to achieve success. Ian and I are really fortunate to be able to work with him for the first semester of the program. Sean brings up tons of awesome principles in the interview. You can find Sean at Location180.com. Listen to Episode #23. Some of the topics we talk about: How Sean Quit His Job Remote Work Agreements How Sean Build a Popular Blog and Helpful Community What the scene is like in Bangkok What the Tropical MBA experience has been like How to find focus, time, passion, and excitement in Thailand What it feels like to earn your freedom of time and mobility The relationship between happiness and money How Sean thinks about his future security, retirement, and business prospects Folks on this episode: @TropicalMBA (Dan) @SeanOgle (Sean) Episode length: 22:02 Listen to Episode #23. Finally, if you’ve found the podcast at all helpful or entertaining, we’d love if you could click over to our iTunes page and give us a positive review. This will help us to get more listeners and invest more in the podcast! If you don’t like the podcast, please just send us an email instead! Dan at lifestyle business podcast . com. Finally, Sean and I recently wrote a blog post together about some of the highlights of living in Asia. If you liked this podcast, you might enjoy: 17 Reasons Why Living in Developing Areas of SE Asia Kicks the Crap Out of Living in the West | 30 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #22 – How We Got Milked for Thousands of Dollars Outsourcing, Our Only Automation Secret, and A Market Where Fortunes | This episode is in interview style. Ian thought it would be cool to dredge up the whole narrative of how we got inspired to start outsourcing and all the mistakes we made along the way. Listen to Episode #22. @TropicalMBA (Dan) @AnythingIan (Ian) Episode length: 32:39 Listen to Episode #22. | 14 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #21 – How We Are Making a Couple Hundred Thousand Dollars and the Most Exciting City in the World for Internet Busine | Heya everyone, this is the first episode where we get in to deal-making. We’ve been really busy as I’m sure you can tell if you listen to the episode! We are excited to touch base with everyone who is listening. It’s been so great to hear from everyone who’s contacted us. I really like this kind of content and I’m hoping we can do more high-level deal making stuff in the future. We also talk a lot about outsourcing opportunities in the Philippines. Listen to Episode #21. @TropicalMBA (Dan) @AnythingIan (Ian) Episode length: 13:46 Listen to Episode #21. | 22 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #20 – 3 Things on Our Mind – Selling, Passion, and Vision PLUS How Social Media Changed our Thailand Experience | This episode was recorded in the same room(!) in Phuket, Thailand, on one of our quarterly global meet-up brainstorming extravaganzas. Hope you’ll enjoy some ideas we are cooking up. You can connect with us on twitter, if you are in to that kind of thing. Listen to Episode #20. @TropicalMBA (Dan) @AnythingIan (Ian) Episode length: 21:28 Listen to Episode #20. | 30 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #19 – Season 2 is Here – 8 Business Principles We Wish We Knew Before Starting Our Business | Hiya podcast listeners, thanks for dropping by our site. Ian and I are currently on a goal-setting retreat in Krabi province, Thailand. On Saturday we are going to the famous (infamous?) Koh Phi Phi to have a blast, but for now we are busy setting goals and working on some big projects for 2010. Here on the podcast we’ve committed to producing at least 1 new episode every week. We’ll focus a lot more on content and try to step up our level of professionalism and usefulness. On your end, we hope our rapidly growing community will continue to weight in to the conversation by sharing with us your tips, your sticking points, and letting us know the specific ways we can help you grow your businesses (or get them off the ground!). We’d love to get to the 1,000 listener point sometime within the next 8-12 weeks, we hope you’ll continue to share the show with your like-minded friends. In this episode we are sharing 8 business principles we wish we would have known before we got our business off the ground. As we pulled the list together, we realized these principles are all things we need to constantly be reminding ourselves as well, so we hope it can be helpful no matter what stage you are at in the entrepreneurial journey. Listen to Episode #19. My email address is Dan@LifestyleBusinessPodcast.com. My main twitter account is @TropicalMBA. (Ian is still old school). You can subscribe to our iTunes feed, or help us out with a friendly review by clicking this link. We hope you enjoy the new season of episodes, and happy new year to you and your family! Listen to Episode #19. | 21 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #18 – A Crash Course in Article Marketing and How to Outrank Your Competition on Google | I gave a ring to my SEO expert and good friend Tom to give us that crash course in article marketing I promised in earlier. If you enjoy Tom’s advice, I’m sure I can hook him into more regular appearances, just let us know your SEO questions! As I said, this guy has 1000′s of dollars locked up in his head! We are not sending out emails for every episode, that means you need to pull our itunes feed or RSS feed (both links on sidebar and header) in order to get immediate updates. Twitter doesn’t hurt either! @TropicalMBA Listen to Episode 18. | 21 12 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #17 – 6 Shady Business Tactics We Use to Grow Our Business | Listen to this episode before our lawyer makes us take it down! I mentioned this interview from Mixergy: Thursday, Dec 17 @ 11 AM Pacific live on Mixergy.com(currently available via Mixergy feed on itunes). Colin Plamondon, Founder of Spreadsong Send us your questions: Dan@lifestylebusinesspodcast.com. Listen to Episode 17. | 20 12 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode #16 – Baselining and Creative Start-up Scenarios in Asia | I’m pullin’ in quick excerpt from Gary Vee about baselining. We’ll discuss creative start up scenarios in Asia, ask how hungry are you, introduce the concept of resort hopping, and the future of Asian lifestyle destinations as marquee locations for new online based entrepreneurs and start-ups. I’m on twitter, @TropicalMBA Listen to Episode 16. | 19 12 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode #15 – 4 Ways to Sustain Passion in Your Business | HINT: Stop F’ing Watching Lost. Thanks Gary Vee. We love you. We’ve also determined that there are two types of people in the world: those who are crushing it, and those who are not. Look around the room right now– see anybody who is crushing it? We know you are crushing it! Listen to Episode 15. | 18 12 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #14 – Our 4 Hour Work Week Success Story | We read the 4 Hour Work Week, wrote down some goals, and started a company. Over 2 years later, we’re here to tell you about it. Plus some other stuff. Enjoy! Listen to Episode 14. | 14 12 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #13 – Procrastination and a Task’s Entrepreneurial Lifespan | This is a pretty informal podcast that outlines 2 challenges I’ve faced in the past week when it comes to being effective and getting stuff done. I thought I’d share with one tactic and one mindset I’ve employed that’s helped me to get some tough stuff done and get on with growing my business. Listen to Episode 13. | 8 12 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #12 – 10 Great Software and Tech Services We Use to Help Run Our Business | Hey everybody, we are back with a list of 10 inexpensive online software services (and some other tools!) we use to help us run our businesses and stay productive. All of these services are either very inexpensive or free, and can be implemented in your business immediately. Hope you enjoy! Listen to Episode 12. | 27 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #11 – Travel Hacking, Flashpacking, and Super Lightweight Backpacking | In this episode I outline the one simple lightweight packing tip that changed my approach to traveling forever. Next week we’ll be back with more business. Some resources mentioned in this episode: Tynan.net 2009 Packing List Icebreaker Merino Wool T Shirts TropicalMBA.com I’m tweeting! Get in touch here…. @Danspodcast @TropicalMBA Listen to Episode 11. | 5 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #10 – An Insider’s Look at Outsourcing in the Philippines | This is the first episode recorded from two corners of the globe (the Philippines, and San Diego California). Today we take an insider’s look at outsourcing in the Philippines. We cover topics like: The best websites to hire outsourced professionals to help your business grow. Why the Philippines could be a HUGE opportunity for your business. The salary ranges you can expect for copywriters, web developers, and web marketers. We briefly mention a paid internship we’ll be launching later this week. It’s good to be back! Hope you enjoy the episode. Listen to Episode 10. | 22 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #9 – One Major Myth About Entrepreneurship (And More!) | In this episode we explore one major myth about entrepreneurship, how to program your brain, and why home owners give bad advice. We also give a parting shot with a definition of what lifestyle business is really all about. In other news, I am currently on a world class tropical island with very few tourists and great WIFI. I’m doing it for LESS than it costs me to live in California. Shortly I’ll be pulling together the economics of how living in paradise can actually save you money. I’ll be sending that information out to those on the mailing list… if you are interested just put your name into the opt-in form at the top of the page. If you have any topic requests, please shoot an email to Dan@lifestylebusinesspodcast.com. Listen to Episode 9. | 4 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #8 – How to Overcome Fear | I was really inspired by Frank Kern’s recent videos with Tony Robbins on how to overcome fear– I pulled out a fear-beating technique I’ve used on many occasions to take on difficult but valuable tasks. Listen to Episode 8. | 27 8 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #7 – Common Sources of Passive Income for Lifestyle Designers | Lifestyle designers need passive income, or at least sources of income that aren’t tied to time or location. Let’s call it “results based mobile income.” I’ve seen so many interesting ways to creative an incredible lifestyle, and in this episode I’ll share a few– each method of creating a passive income is inspired by actual people I’ve met along my travels. I am doing some tweeting at @Danspodcast, but the best way to reach me is via email, Dan@lifestylebusinesspodcast.com Listen to Episode 7. | 25 8 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #6 – What is the Fastest Way to Grow Your Business? | Thanks to everyone who wrote us great questions on the last podcast. This episode is about the single most important thing we think you can do to grow your business today. We hope you enjoy it. You can send your questions to Dan@Lifestyle-Business-Podcast.com or follow me on twitter @DansPodcast. Listen to Episode 6. | 21 8 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #5 – Flashpackers Travel the World While Running Their Businesses Part 2 | In this episode Ian and I finish up our discussion about 10 key differences between business flashpackers and more traditional backpackers. You can follow my updates on twitter @Danspodcast. See you next episode! Listen to Episode 5. | 15 8 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #4 – Flashpackers Travel the World While Running Their Businesses Part 1 | In this episode, we get started with our 2 part conversation about a select group of entrepreneurs who have decided to create businesses while they travel the world. They fall into a new group of travelers called flashpackers, and we discuss how this new group of mobile entrepreneurs travel differently than their backpacker brethren. Listen to Episode 4. | 9 8 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #3 – 10 Unexpected Benefits of Quitting Your Job | In this episode of the Lifestyle Business Podcast, my friend Ian drops by to discuss 10 unexpected benefits of quitting your job to start your own businesses. At the end of the episode, Ian shares a website he uses to get professional logos at bargain prices. If you’d like to ask some business or lifestyle related questions for inclusion in next week’s episode, please direct them to Dan@lifestylebusinesspodcast.com. Listen to Episode 3. | 4 8 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #2 – 10 Signs You Are a Lifestyle Entrepreneur, or Lifestyle Designer | First, thanks to everyone who signed up on the mailing list last week, and to those of you who have submitted questions for this week. You can ask your own questions by dropping an email to Dan@Lifestyle-Business-Podcast.com In this episode I’ll give you 10 signs you are a lifestyle entrepreneur or lifestyle designer, and answer a question from a listener about how to find a great mastermind group or mentor to jump start your progress. PS, you can follow me on twitter @DansPodcast Listen to Episode 2. | 2 8 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode #1 – How To Identify a Product | Fresh out of the oven, here is the first episode of the Lifestyle Business Podcast, I’m really excited to get things kicked off, and I’ve jumped right in to one of the techniques I use to help identify a new product. If you have any questions you’d like to ask for a future episode, you can drop a line @ Dan@lifestylebusinesspodcast.com. Listen to Episode 1. | 29 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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