Market Engage Thrive With Sam Picarello

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In this episode, I cover a few steps you can take to organize your digital marketing files.  Tune in to hear a run down of each step and process we use to organize our marketing assets to leverage time and make repurposing content easy.  For the post accompanying this episode, head over to www.sampicarello.com/12 where you will find details and the template I mention in this episode.  To visit the direct download page of them template mentioned in this episode, visit www.sampicarello.com/download12 I really appreciate your feedback. If you'd like to leave a review visit http://sampicarello.com/itunes-review and you will redirect to the iTunes review section. 

Yet more often than not, we're usually committed to the project for the few days, months, or weeks it takes for our excitement to lull. Often proceeded by heel-dragging, soul searching, and idea tweaking. Which ends with resentment, a sense of failure, and a lot of time invested into an unfinished project. Not following through is a waste of time. I have done it and it took me a few years to control my creative impulses and put a value on my time investment. If you do have a collection of projects, ideas, or products waiting to be finished, this is for you. Here are a few tips I covered in this episode. 1: Remember creation is hard work 2: The project will take you a lot longer than you estimate 3: Have a validation process 4: Be your own CEO and objectively assess the viability and investment the project will require 5: List resources required - time or money 6: Be brutally honest and ask how effective you are with your time - Are you focused? Are you disciplined? 7: Ask a friend for feedback 8: Ask your aud

In this episode, I cover how to motivate yourself by turning your SHOULDs into WANTS with the goal to boost your productivity and focus. A lot of your motivation or productivity stumbles can be directly related to your level of conviction around what you do. So much of our behavior is shaped by "the shoulds" that we often completely forget about what we WANT. In business, you are exposed to many mentors, gurus and experts who are all telling your their version of what you should be doing. But that doesn't mean you're doing what you know must be done. First: Stop 'shoulding' all over yourself. Second: I will take you through a process that I use when I know what I should be doing but somehow can't find the motivation to get it done. The process is about unearthing why you've decided that you SHOULD be doing that thing and how to dig deeper to find the outcomes you desire from the activity. This boils down to finding ways to motivate yourself to do what you want to do that is also in alignment with your long-te

Tune in to hear Jessica Rodriguez share her entrepreneurial journey and her daily routine for success. Jessica Rodriguez is a Business and Visibility Strategist for driven female entrepreneurs who are looking to maximize their time in order to increase their income and impact in their online business. Through her one on one and self-study programs, she helps women break free from the 9-5 life and leverage their strengths in a way that allows them to live out life on their own terms. Within the first year of her business, she was able to walk away from her full-time job to become an entrepreneur, began a mission to become debt free that has allowed her to pay over $60k in six months and knows first hand just what's possible when a woman makes the decision to succeed. When she's not helping people create massive growth in their online business, you can find her curled up on the couch with her husband and furbabies Netflix binging or traveling to the next adventure life brings. Jessica can be found at http://the

In this episode I share my podcast creation workflow and the tools/equipment I use. You can read the blog post and download the resource list here: http://sampicarello.com/podcastsetup

Have you ever heard the phrase, "drinking from a fire hose?" Well, that's what it's like when you are a brand new entrepreneur or a recent entrepreneur. You are inundated with how-to's, books, programs, and social media advice. While you're also overwhelmed with trying to get everything you want done and see this business venture succeed. Add to that the endless list of new tools, social media trends, new platform (live video anyone?). If you're not keeping everything in check you will be doomed. No, really, you will. You will burn out as you jump from one Add to that the endless list of new tools, social media trends, new platform (live video anyone?). If you're not keeping everything in check you will be doomed. No, really, you will. You will burn out as you jump from one trick to another, one course to the next, one guru's blog to the next, free webinars, free downloads, free everything… and you're going to guarantee that you'll drown in information overload. In this episode I will share a few steps and st

Have you ever felt like giving up on your goal after months (or years) of pursuing it with no results? In this episode, we cover a few mindset shift and tricks to manage failure and maintain your motivation.    Ask any successful entrepreneur in any industry and they will tell you they've failed more than they've succeeded.    Often times we are seduced by others highlight reels, their successes, the ease at which success SEEMS to have happened. But we forget that all we see if their highlight reel, just the good stuff,  only what's on the outside, but we have no idea what goes on behind the scenes. Dig a little deeper and you will find many small and massive failures that played an important part in shaping their current success.    Another motivation killer is comparing your current situation, income, list size, growth, progress, audience, to someone else's. Consider someone who is just learning to play the guitar comparing themselves to Princ

Systems will scale your business and set you free to pursue growth strategies and profit generating activities within your business.    Starting, building and growing a business is exciting. It's what entrepreneurs like you and I thrive on.    Some business owners find themselves working longer hours than they ever did when they worked for someone else and the money they take home is often not much better either. Luckily there is a better way of doing this:   Systems can be defined as a workflow or an automation you use to leverage your time.   Products or services make you money, systems make you a fortune.   Here are the 6 systems you should use in your business: Outreach or platform building: Sales & Marketing Scheduling Bookkeeping / Money management Content creation Nurture system Join the Facebook Community: www.sampicarello.com/group Learn more: www.sampicarello.com

In this episode we will cover a few small but impactful steps you can take at the end of your workday to boost your productivity. I will share with you a simple routine that only takes a few minutes to implement but will set you on the path to save hours each week.    Read the companion blog post here: http://www.sampicarello.com/night-routine   Join our thriving Facebook community here Suggest topics or provide feedback here.

A content strategy is not just a nice thing to have, it is essential to your online marketing. Sales funnels are a buzzword right now, but small business owners are not making the connection between sales funnels and content strategy.   In this episode, we cover the essential questions, and foundational steps to develop an effective {and relevant} content strategy.  For a visual of the content plan process, visit: sampicarello.com/content-strategy Join our thriving Facebook community here Suggest topics or provide feedback here.

In this episode of the Market Engage Thrive podcast we will cover using themes to boost your productivity. Theming, sometimes referred to as batching, is an ingenious way to do more in less time by leveraging your focused action. In this episode I will walk you through:   Defining theming How to theme your days How to define your activity themes An overview of the difference between the Scrum method and theming And examples of theming in action     Resources mentioned in this episode:   GTD blog post Trello: http://trello.com Context-switching/multi-tasking: http://www.apa.org/research/action/multitask.aspx   Sam has a free gift for you here: Join the Digital Detox Challenge  Connect with Sam Picarello here: http://twitter.com/sampicarello Join the community here: http://sampicarello.com/group

Welcome to the Market Engage Thrive Podcast with Sam Picarello. To suggest a topic or ask a question visit: sampicarello.com/contact To check out our community, stop by the Facebook group.