634 – Achieving Sustainable Balance with Clean & Balanced’s Jen Wirtz

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The guest today is Jen Wirtz, Author and Speaker at Clean & Balanced, and author of the book Recalibrate. She has given us a sneak peek into the Intro and Chapter I of her book, as well as a Personal Wellness Guide to use. 

Jen is an eternal seeker of fun and is passionate about leading by example. Her words offer a fresh outlook on how to recalibrate energy and allow clarity and momentum to lead the way to true happiness. Clean and Balanced has actually been revolutionized in the last five years. She has a different perspective from her business in the last five years since she first opened, and pivoted to meditation and tensional work and how to shift your perspective to improve your business. 

Learn more about Jen Wirtz and her journey to becoming a speaker on this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur. 

633 – Communication and Paying Attention with Matias Obludzyner

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With us today is Matias Obludzyner, Independent Executive Coach at Gap International, and author of The Expanding Circle: How Genuine Leaders Connect with Themselves, Connect with Others, and Make a Difference. Matias grew up in Argentina and is an English-Spanish bilingual leadership and communications professional with 20 years of experience in the United States and Latin America. He has an extensive track record in the investment and finance industry, supporting both leaders and high-potential professionals. 

Learn more about Matias and his story of becoming an executive coach and much more on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur. 

632 – A Different Kind of CPA Firm with WCG Inc’s Jason Watson

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Jason Watson is the Managing Partner for WCG Inc., a progressive Colorado Springs tax, accounting and consultation firm. Aside from carrying the one in accounting class, his desire is speaking with small business owners and creating a dynamic map for the future. Jason enjoys talking about business planning, corporate structures, S Corp vs LLC concepts, self-employment taxes, health insurance issues and retirement planning.

Learn more about Jason’s work at WCG Inc. and more about his entrepreneurial journey on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur. 

631 – Removing Time From the ‘Success Equation’ with Vikki Louise

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The guest today is Vikki Louise, the Founder and CEO of VikkiLouise.com, and host of the Podcast Fuck Anxiety and Get Shit Done.

Vikki coaches clients to achieve results fast and live life better. She emphasizes that you are more capable than your brain wants you to know and helps others with anxiety to become more open and happy with life. 

Learn more about how Vikki helps others with anxiety and more on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur. 

630 – Morals and Ethics in Business with San Diego Brokerage’s Danny Davis

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The guest for today is Danny Davis, Owner and Broker at San Diego Brokerage.

Danny has two decades of real estate brokerage experience. He loves to focus on customer service and his clients. San Diego Brokerage thrives on authenticity and their mindset of putting the client first. Business is booming for them and the market is hot in San Diego with low property interest rates. 

Learn more about the real estate experience Danny has and much more on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur. 

629 – Seeing the Unseen with The Mosaic’s Daniel Levin

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On the show today is Daniel Levin, the CEO of The Mosaic Online.

Daniel is pushing for the power of listening in business. He believes that human beings talk more than they truly listen to a person but believes that we’re in a societal shift that will change that. He is creating the Listening Revolution. Daniel is also an author of the book The Mosaic. 

Learn more about the potential of listening in business and more on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur. 

628 – Redefining Yourself with The Fearless Factor @ Work’s Jacqueline Wales

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The guest on the show is Jacqueline Wales, the Founder of The Fearless Factor @ Work.

Jacqueline is a coach and facilitates growth and development in leaders. She deals with outlying fears and limiting beliefs to get people out of their own way and comfort zone. She also has a series of two books that emphasizes on becoming the best version of yourself. Her company also does scientific behavioral assessments and self-awareness trainings.

Learn more about how you can be fearless at work and more on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur.

627 – Promotional Products for Your Brand with Garuda Promotion and Branding Solutions’ Swire Ho

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Joined with us today is Swine Ho, the Co-Founder of Garuda Promotion & Branding Solutions.

Garuda Promo specializes in branded and promotional products. Swire helps companies build better relationships with their target audience and build promotional campaigns. They make sure to ask the client a lot of questions to determine the best way to reach the target audience for the products.

Learn more about how Swire helps companies reach target audiences and more on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur. 

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626 – Growing Your Traffic and Online Sales with Custom Creatives’ Rahul Alim

Josh Elledge - CEO, UpMyInfluence

Today we’re joined with Rahul Alim, the Founder of Custom Creatives.

Rahul has been doing digital marketing for the past 15 years. He worked for Realtor.com and found they were lacking key marketing tools and wanted to fill that need in the market. At Custom Creatives, they have client relationships with real depth and development to help other businesses secure better marketing strategies.

Learn more about the Custom Creatives grows traffic and sales online and more on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur. 

625 – Building a Successful Business Requires Discipline with Live Lingua’s Raymond Blakney

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The guest for today is Raymond Blakney, the CEO of Live Lingua.

Live Lingua is a 7-figure online language school. They teach the world’s top 11 spoken languages to students in a one-on-one teaching setting. Live Lingua has around 150 employees and are the 3rd largest online language school on the web. When their business began, they offered online courses as an alternative to in-person learning during the swine flu. The online version quickly became more profitable than their other in-person options.

Learn more about the language classes available at Live Lingua and more on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur. 

624 – Improving Your Business’s Online SEO Ranking with Big Fin SEO’s Michael Fleischner

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On the show on this episode of Michael Fleischner, the Founder and CEO of Big Fin SEO, and host of The Digital Freelancers Podcast.

Big Fin is a ten year old SEO company. Michael used to be a risk averse corporate employee before he got bit by the entrepreneur bug. He’s gone on to publish multiple books on SEO. Building an online reputation is an important topic to him, and a great business strategy. 

Learn more about the different SEO services Big Fin provides and more about Michael on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur. 

623 – Franchising for Millennials with MaidThis Franchise’s Neel Parekh

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The guest for today is Neel Parekh, the CEO of MaidThis Franchise.

MaidThis Franchise began 7 years ago as a side hustle. They are based in CA offering cleaning services for vacation rentals like Air BnBs. They are selling franchises to entrepreneurs nationwide. Aimed at millenials, their remote new-age marketing tactics work. Neel is very lifestyle driven and enjoys the perk of being able to travel while working remotely.

Learn more about the franchise opportunities offered at MaidThis and more on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur. 

622 – Business Growth and SEO Solutions with Alejandro Rioja

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Today on the show is Alejandro Rioja, CEO of AlejandroRioja.com.

Alejandro has built 12 websites. Some are meant to serve each other, and some are standalones, like TotalGirlBoss.com, he built for his partner for empowering female entrepreneurs. His personal website with his main blog about growth marketing techniques has over 200k page views annually. All of his websites vary from SEO, to LeadGen, to Girl Power, and he has a team of freelancers to assist him. 

Learn more about Alejandro’s website work and much more on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur. 

621 – You Can Always Improve with Better Never Stops’ Adrian Peck

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On the show is Adrian Peck, the Owner and Founder of Better Never Stops.

Better Never Stops is based in the UK, with a mission to inspire and empower entrepreneurs to build successful and sustainable businesses to make a meaningful impact in the world. Adrian provides business advice and coaching programs to business owners who are predominantly 45+ years old and run more technical businesses. He has a system known as an Impact Pyramid to improve business and increase growth.

Learn more about the coaching programs Adrian offers and more on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur. 

620 – Optimizing Selling on Amazon with Marketplace Superheroes’ Stephen Somers

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On the show with us is Stephen Somers, the Co-Founder of Marketplace Superheroes/Superhero Freight.

Marketplace Superheroes is an Amazon e-commerce business to sell your own branded products. They focus on building a brand and are a personal freight company so clients don’t have to outsource with a third-party company to ship products. Stephen partners with clients and teaches them to help build their business and invest in long-term success. 

Learn more about selling your own products with Marketplace Superheroes on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur. 

619 – Delivering Exceptional Customer Service with Dr. Kelly Henry

Josh Elledge - CEO, UpMyInfluence

Joined with us today is Dr. Kelly Henry, Executive Coach, Business Coach, Consultant, and Chiropractor.

Dr. Kelly Henry is a coach and consultant. He began coaching chiropractors specifically, but a year ago he pivoted and to coaching in the customer service realm as well. Kelly has developed a program that identifies five key areas for businesses to improve to boost retention, profits, and growth. He specifies the use of retention; getting clients to keep coming back, as one of the best strategies for business owners.

Learn more about Dr. Henry’s five key areas to boost retention, profits, and growth on this episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur.