#dactalk - for entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs Dave Shrein

Attend any conference for entrepreneurs and online marketers and take note of how many people attend the breakout session on, "how to use video in your business."

Video is huge and the internet is being taken over by live streaming. As easy as it is to create video, it's much harder to create video that plays a role in your business and that's where you need direction.

What role does video play in a business?

In this episode of #dactalk, Dave Shrein and Holly Gillen talk specifically to that question: what role does video play in business? Discover some basic starting points if you've never used video before and learn how you can take what you already do and improve upon it for deeper impact.

Podcasts are an incredible way to get your message in front of your audience. There is a lot of freedom to network with others in your niche and grow your authority beyond what web and social allow. You may have considered launching a podcast but if you don't have a familiarity with all that's involved, the mystery alone may prevent you from giving it a shot. In this #dactalk Dave Shrein and Ryan Bilello discuss the launch of The Inside Scope, Ryan Bilello's podcast for Periscope broadcasters, and they share their experiences with podcasting equipment, software, scheduling and more!

Customers. Such an impersonal term. Okay, so let's call them clients. Better, but somehow it still misses the mark.

The reality is that no matter what you label those who choose to work with you there is a simple element you must remember... beyond the tasks, invoices, labels, etc.

Your customers are real people.

One of the most promising things about social media, when the term was coined, was an awareness being placed on the fact that these networks were socially based. Somehow marketing and sales have taken over and while you may still call it social media, we're not describing these networks as social - we are referring to them as social.

In this episode of #dactalk , +Dave Shrein and +Ahna Hendrix talk about the human element of online business. Is there a proper balance between money and relationship? How do you remember that those you are communicating with are real people with real lives and treat them as such? A conversation with two entrepreneurs sharing what they've heard, learned, seen and experience in their lives as online marketers.

You dream and dream and dream of that moment when you turn pro. When you can finally spend all day, every day working on your dream. It's liberating and freeing, but it's also overwhelming and scary.

So, what should you expect during your first 90 days after turning pro-entrepreneur or full-time freelancer? What resistance will you meet? What will continue to motivate you? How will you find work and expand your business? Maybe most of all, what do you do when those first 90 days don't work out like you intended?

In this episode of #dactalk,+Dave Shrein and +Bethany Jett talk about what those first 90 days were like. Dave is nearly a year into running his business full time and Bethany is just over 90 days from launching hers. Two perspectives, two experiences, one amazingly powerful episode for the entrepreneur or dreamer.

You may not have expected to become a freelancer - a friend knows you're good at something and recommends your work to someone. Next thing you know you're clocking out of your day job and going home to clock in at a side job - you just became a freelancer.

Not all freelancers want to leave their day jobs but all freelancers want to earn money working at the art they love. How do you achieve success at something you only give part of your time to? How do you find the right clients to work with - or more importantly, how do they find you? How do you know which clients to take on and which clients you tell to pound sand?

In this episode of #dactalk  +Dave Shrein and +Emily Carlton talk from their years of experience as successful freelancers revealing what it takes to achieve mad crazy success at freelancing. While every freelancer's priorities will vary this conversation will pull back the curtain on what successful freelancing can look like and you will discover tips and strategies that can help you take your freelancing work to the next level!

If the title doesn't say it all. You know exactly what this is all about. You have passion or a dream that burns inside of you and yet the majority of your time is spent at your 9-5 building someone else's business. It's not that you begrudge their business (after all, it's keeping food on the table and a roof over your head - and in some cases Apple products in your hands) but you know that you were meant for something different than the 9-5. 

In this episode of #dactalk Dave Shrein and John Meese talk all about how to manage the fine art of pursuing your dream while working a 9-5.

How do you focus on your paying job while you're clocked in yet give the necessary attention to your dream that is beating inside your heart?

How do you manage caring for your family and friends while using every spare moment outside of the 9-5 to build your dream?

How do you turn what you love doing into what generates meaningful and consistent income?

How do you build an audience to engage with along the journey?

If you've ever wondered, "is there a better way to make this happen?" then this is the episode for you. You'll find community, hope and encouragement from two entrepreneurs who are living it right along side you.