Before The Bestseller
By Alex Strathdee
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Episodes: 186
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This show is for book lovers and creators who want to go behind the scenes with their favorite authors to hear about how they were able to not just write a book but create a movement.
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BTB135 | Book Series Episode 11: Podcast Guesting
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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BTB134 | Book Series Episode 10: Organic Social Media
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May 28, 2025 |
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BTB133 | Book Series Episode 9: Additional Pay-to-Play Strategies
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May 26, 2025 |
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BTB132 | Book Series Episode 8: Meta Ads
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May 21, 2025 |
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BTB131 | Book Series Episode 7: Amazon and Amazon Ads
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May 19, 2025 |
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BTB130 | Book Series Episode 6: FREE Reader Seeding
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May 14, 2025 |
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BTB129 | Book Series Episode 5: Email Lists for Authors
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May 12, 2025 |
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BTB128 | Book Series Episode 4: Your Author Twin and Time Hacks
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May 07, 2025 |
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BTB127 | Book Series Episode 3: Building your marketing team
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May 05, 2025 |
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BTB126 | Book Series Episode 2: Make marketing your book much easier
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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BTB125 | Book Series Episode 1: What you need to know before spending an hour or dollar on marketing your book
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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BTB124: LinkedIn in 2025: Why 90% of Your Best Leads Aren’t Liking Your Posts + The Role of AI with Content Strategist Chris Jordan
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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BTB123: Content Strategist Chris Jordan on Growing Your LinkedIn, Seeding Readers, and Driving Book Buzz
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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BTB122: Catherine Duncan's Author Milestones: Over 4,000 Books Sold, TV and Podcast Appearances, Book Signings, Social Media Growth, and a Feature at NPR and Mayo Clinic
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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BTB121: Everyday Awakening | Life, Love, and Spiritual Lessons with Catherine Duncan
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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BTB120: Over 1 Million Copies Sold and 20,000+ Reviews: Eric Jorgenson on How Viral Marketing, Self-Publishing, and Word of Mouth Made The Almanack of Naval Ravikant a Global Success
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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BTB119: The Almanack of Naval Ravikant | Eric Jorgensen on Wealth, Growth and Mental Models
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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BTB118: Over Half a Million Books Sold: Garrett Gunderson’s Journey to Becoming a Best-Selling Author with Winning Book Launch Strategies and Marketing Tips
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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BTB117: Killing Sacred Cows | Garrett Gunderson on Money, Myths, and Mindsets
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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BTB116: Building a Nonfiction Book Marketing Plan – Strategies Shared with Dr. Scott J. Vrzal
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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BTB115: Lessons Learned with Brad Stulberg: Marketed 2 Bestselling Books and Over 100,000 Copies Sold
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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BTB114: Master of Change | Brad Stulberg
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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BTB113: Mastering B2B SaaS Pricing: Niche Marketing, Content Strategy, and Harnessing Expertise for Business Growth with Ulrik Lehrskov-Schmidt
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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BTB112: The Pricing Roadmap | Ulrik Lehrskov-Schmidt
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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BTB111: Nir Eyal on Self-Publishing, Email Lists, and Organic Growth: Building an Audience and Marketing Strategies for Authors
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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BTB110: Hooked | Nir Eyal
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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BTB109: Growing 2 Million+ Followers: LinkedIn Content Creation and Marketing Strategies for Real Engagement with Award-winning AI and Automation Expert Pascal Bornet
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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BTB108: Irreplaceable | Thriving in an AI-Driven World with Pascal Bornet
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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BTB107: What is a Successful Book Funnel and what does it look like with Smart Author Media founder Chris Benetti
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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BTB106: Converting Readers Into Clients with Smart Author Media founder Chris Benetti
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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BTB105: Before The Bestseller | Friday Sessions: Insights on Amazon Ads, Systematized Book Marketing, and Influencer Connections
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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BTB104: Before The Bestseller | Friday Sessions: From Gathering Amazon Reviews to Building Author Communities
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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BTB103: Sourdough Success: Elaine Boddy’s Path from Food Blogger to Published Author—Mastering Sourdough, Navigating the Editing Process, and Authentic Community Engagement
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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BTB102: From the Wall Street Journal Discontinuation to Success Magazine's New Ecosystem, Sales Metrics, and Future Trends with Michael Drew—Author, Speaker, CEO, and Marketing and Promotion Expert
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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BTB101: Laura Russom on Pre-Launch Planning, Target Audience, Book Cover Design, Content Creation, Niche Influencers, and AI Tools
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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BTB100: AJ Crabill on Early Endorsements, Coaching, and Conference Deals to Amplify Book Impact and Audience Engagement
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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BTB99: Great On Their Behalf | AJ Crabill
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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BTB98: Get Out of Your Head | Brian Sachetta on Anxiety, Media Impact, Lead Magnets and Effective Book Marketing
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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BTB97: Insights from Areté’s 50,000-copy milestone in just 6 months with Brian Johnson
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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BTB96: Areté: Activate Your Heroic Potential | Brian Johnson
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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BTB95: A Year Without The Grocery Store: Karen Morris on publishing, reviews, and marketing
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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BTB94: Radical Candor: In-depth exploration into Kim Scott’s book promotion and writing process
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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BTB93: Banned Book Club: Ryan Estrada’s graphic novel journey and success with multiple demographics and post-viral book marketing
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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BTB92: PR Pitfalls and Triumphs with Book Publicist Master Scott Lorenz
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May 06, 2024 |
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BTB91: Bestseller formula and continuing success with Michael Drew - Marketing Expert, Promotion Specialist, Author, Speaker and Coach
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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BTB90: Book Marketing Mastery with Laura Briggs - Before The Bestseller Co-host and COO
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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BTB89: Navigating the freelance landscape with Laura Briggs, COO and Co-Host on Before The Bestseller
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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BTB88: Over 250,000 copies sold with Michael Lennington and The 12 Week Year impact
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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BTB87: The 12 Week Year | Michael Lennington
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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BTB86: 100k Followers: TikTok Quality Content and Book Promotion with Colton Dubell
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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BTB85: Blueprint for Podcasting Success with the Top 100 Podcast Strategist Chris Jordan
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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BTB84: Working behind the scenes with Lewis Howes, Daymond John, Dr. Benjamin Hardy - Chris Jordan
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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BTB83: Over 200,000 copies sold with 5,000+ Amazon ratings in just 1 year with Joseph Nguyen
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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BTB82: Don't Believe Everything You Think | Joseph Nguyen
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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BTB81: Navigating the New York Times List Criteria with Leading Book Marketer Michael Drew
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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BTB80: Behind the Scenes of Bestselling Books: Expertise from Michael Drew, Leading Book Marketer
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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BTB79: Dr. Michael Rucker’s Marketing Craft -- Selling over 10,000 copies with journalist engagement and book publishing deals
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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BTB78: The Fun Habit | Michael Rucker, Ph.D.
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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BTB77: Unlocking the Power of Goodreads: A Deep Dive for Authors with Steve Sarner, Former VP of Sales at Goodreads
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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Let's get Alex Hormozi on the show!
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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BTB76: Steve Sarner, Former VP of Sales at Goodreads, on Amazon's acquisition of Goodreads
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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BTB75: Getting Doctors to recommend her book with Dr. Katrina Ubell (10,000+ copies sold)
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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BTB74: How To Lose Weight for the Last Time | Katrina Ubell, MD
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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BTB73: Using masterminds to sell books and an effective press release with Anna David
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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BTB72: On Good Authority | Anna David
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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BTB71: Susan Friedmann, CSP | Author Marketing Mentor shares her expertise in publishing and marketing
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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BTB70: John Strelecky--author who sold 8 million copies of his books--shares his marketing strategy
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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BTB69: The Big Five For Life | John Strelecky
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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BTB68: Steve Harrison on promoting Rich Dad Poor Dad and Chicken Soup for the Soul
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May 29, 2023 |
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BTB67: Richard Fenton and Andrea Waltz on sending book order forms to executives...500,000 copies later
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May 22, 2023 |
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BTB66: Go for No! | Richard Fenton and Andrea Waltz
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May 15, 2023 |
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BTB65: Matt Treacey on generating millions of dollars for small businesses through email marketing
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May 08, 2023 |
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BTB64: Jotham Stein on how to write a book that sells itself
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May 01, 2023 |
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BTB63: Negotiate Like a CEO | Jotham Stein
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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BTB62: Leidy Klotz on getting an agent & selling 50,000 copies without a marketing background
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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BTB61: Subtract | Leidy Klotz
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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BTB60: How Doug Evans used Tik Tok and Social Media Networking to Sell Thousands of Copies
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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BTB59: The Sprout Book | Doug Evans
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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BTB58: Author of "Published" Chandler Bolt shares effective strategies for book launches
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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BTB57: Ricardo Fayet founder of Reedsy that helps 15,000 books to market each year
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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BTB56: How Bob Lung built his network which sells 1000's of copies for him each year
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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BTB55: How Jon Sherman sold 100,000 copies of his book in the first 6 months of release
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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BTB54: The Four Foundations Of Golf | Jon Sherman
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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BTB53: Quitting his consulting job to selling 8 million copies: John Strelecky
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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BTB52: The Cafe on the Edge of the World | John Strelecky
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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BTB51: How Thibaut Meurisse started with no following & went from a 9-5 to making a living as a full time author (step by step)
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Nov 20, 2022 |
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BTB50: Master Your Emotions | Thibaut Meurisse
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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BTB49: David Jenyns on how he sold thousands of copies and built a business around a concept
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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BTB48: SYSTEMology | David Jenyns
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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BTB47: Dorie Clark on blogging her way to a publishing deal
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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BTB46: The Long Game | Dorie Clark
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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BTB45: David Hancock on building Morgan James Publishing and which authors are having the most success with writing and marketing their books
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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BTB44: Performance Driven Giving | David Hancock
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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BTB43: Rob Fitzpatrick on making 6-figures as a self published author
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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BTB42: Write Useful Books | Rob Fitzpatrick
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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BTB41: Book marketing rapid-fire with Chad Littlefield
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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BTB40: Ask Powerful Questions | Chad Littlefield
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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BTB39: How Perry Marshall used 80/20 to spend less time selling more books
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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BTB38: 80/20 Sales & Marketing | Perry Marshall
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Jul 25, 2022 |
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BTB37: How Brendan Kane sold hundreds of thousands of copies of One Million Followers and Hook Point
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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BTB36: One Million Followers | Brendan Kane
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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BTB35: How Gay Hendricks built his author empire which led to clients like Michael Dell and how to write a book which sell more every year
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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BTB34: The Big Leap | Gay Hendricks
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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BTB33: The Qat Wanders Story, former circus performer turned author and 7-figure self-made businesswoman
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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BTB32: How Joanna Penn built her author career so she could quit her job in IT
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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BTB31: Successful Self-Publishing | Joanna Penn
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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BTB30: Allan Dib on how he marketed his book to sales of over $300,000 & got 5,000+ reviews
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May 30, 2022 |
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BTB29: The One Page Marketing Plan | Allan Dib
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May 23, 2022 |
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BTB28: Daniel Pink on book marketing and how he's built his author career
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May 16, 2022 |
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BTB27: The Power of Regret | Daniel Pink
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May 10, 2022 |
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BTB26: Literary agent to authors like Marie Kondo, Eckhart Tolle, Deepak Chopra - A Chat with Bill Gladstone
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May 02, 2022 |
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BTB25: How John Sonmez retired at 32, grew his Youtube Channel to 200,000, and became a WSJ Bestselling Author
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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BTB24: How Kary Oberbrunner made 1 million+ with the launch of Unhackable
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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BTB23: The Complete Software Developer's Career Guide | John Sonmez
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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BTB22: Tyler Wagner on How Authors Hit the WSJ Bestsellers List
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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BTB21: Unhackable | Kary Oberbrunner
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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BTB20: How Mike Cohen sold 10,000+ copies of Nuerofeedback 101
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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BTB19: Neurofeedback 101 | Mike Cohen
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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BTB18: The Body Keeps The Score | Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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BTB17: Book of Failures | Amy Lyle
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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BTB16: The 21 Day Miracle | Ed Rush
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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BTB15: The First 90 Days | Michael D. Watkins
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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BTB14: Dave Chesson on becoming the "Kindlepreneur"
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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BTB13: The Perfect Day Formula | Craig Ballantyne
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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BTB12: The Power of Creativity | Bryan Collins
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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BTB11: Make Your Mess Your Memoir | Anna David
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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BTB9: Skip The Flip | Hayden Crabtree
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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BTB8: The Bezos Letters | Steve Anderson
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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BTB10: Britfield and the Lost Crown | C. R. Stewart
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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BTB6: Marketing Outrageously | Jon Spoelstra
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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BTB7: A Radical Approach to the Akashic Records | Melissa Feick
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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BTB5: Lifestyle Entrepreneur | Jesse Krieger
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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BTB4: Brian Meeks | Fiction & Non-Fiction Authors
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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BTB3: The 100-Page Book | Mike Capuzzi
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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BTB1: Sell 100+ Homes A Year | Krista Mashore
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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BTB2: Profit First | Mike Michalowicz
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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Welcome to Before The Bestseller
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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Becoming George Washington: Hamilton's Tamar Greene
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Jan 16, 2020 |
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Dan Black, Head of Global Recruiting @ EY, How to WIN the Talent War
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Dec 16, 2019 |
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What's your excuse? Boxing Champion Antoine Douglas
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Nov 25, 2019 |
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Space travel, disappointing your parents, and being a billion dollar CTO, with Michael Beckley
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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How to ask your boss for more money with Rashqiue Mustahseen
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Nov 11, 2019 |
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Working for Someone Else to Start Your Own Business with Win Sheridan
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Nov 05, 2019 |
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Credit Card Points: Travel for FREE with Tim Henderson
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Oct 21, 2019 |
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Traveling the World with The World Nomads
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Oct 14, 2019 |
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Ski Instructor -> Serial Entrepreneur: The Bruce Thompson Story
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Oct 07, 2019 |
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How to save enough money to travel the world
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Sep 30, 2019 |
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Real Estate Millionaire Chris Craddock
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Sep 23, 2019 |
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2.88 GPA to $2.5 MIL in Sales at Microsoft
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Sep 16, 2019 |
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Mail Room to Super Bowl, Executive Producer (SNF & Super Bowl), Fred Gaudelli
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Sep 09, 2019 |
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The Global Citizen, Maury Peiperl
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Apr 29, 2019 |
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Building Personal Systems with Successful Entrepreneur & #1 Bestselling Author Christian Chasmer
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Apr 08, 2019 |
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Corporate to Coffee: All Around Young Professional, Ray Clatterbuck
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Mar 12, 2019 |
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Cracking the Case Study & Other Life Lessons: A Candid Conversation with Steven Skripak
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Mar 05, 2019 |
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President Mentoring: Jim Liddle of Champion Aerospace
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Feb 27, 2019 |
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Over 1 Million Listens on Spotify: Aspiring Music Professional Ryan Cam
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Feb 17, 2019 |
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How To Quit Your Job
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Feb 11, 2019 |
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Practical Mentoring: Ditch the Pitch
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Feb 04, 2019 |
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The One Way to Connect with Anyone from Air Force Veteran Michael Morales
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Jan 30, 2019 |
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Storytelling with Emmy Winning Journalist Bofta Yimam
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Jan 22, 2019 |
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A Recruiters Guide to Changing an Organization with Courtney Connolly
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Jan 15, 2019 |
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Barista, Bartender, Brave lifeguard to running a #1 podcast: Team GaryVees Seth Feingersh
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Jan 08, 2019 |
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New Years Resolutions Are Stupid - Do This Instead
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Jan 02, 2019 |
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Super Bowl Champion Ben Utecht on Winning in Life
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Dec 10, 2018 |
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How to Find a Job You Love and Tell A Story That You'll Get You There
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Dec 03, 2018 |
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CEO Mentoring: The Quickest Way to Break Into Any Industry from Brad Casper, CEO of OH Partners
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Nov 20, 2018 |
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Grit, Consistency & Jim Carrey in a Vending Machine
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Nov 12, 2018 |
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Bonus Episode - Practically Political
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Nov 06, 2018 |
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Owning Your Personal Finances
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Nov 05, 2018 |
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Breaking into the NFL/NBA with a First Generation College Student
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Oct 30, 2018 |
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Wine Talk From the Wine Man: John Boyer on Wine for Young Professionals
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Oct 23, 2018 |
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Branding Yourself Consistently with Donna Wertalik
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Oct 16, 2018 |
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Tackling the H1B Paperwork: Getting a Job in the U.S.
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Oct 09, 2018 |
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Microsoft With a 2.88 GPA
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Oct 02, 2018 |
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CEO Mentoring: A Conversation With Wes Bush, CEO of Northrop Grumman
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Sep 24, 2018 |
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Does Happiness Exist After College?
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Sep 18, 2018 |
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Changing Your Behavior: Extroverts vs. Introverts
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Sep 11, 2018 |
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Cattle Call of the Career Fair: Standing Out From the Herd
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Sep 04, 2018 |
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10 Terms to be Relevant in Business Today
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Aug 26, 2018 |
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7 Ways to Tackle Boredem
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Apr 25, 2018 |
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Negotiating Your Salary & the Power of Now
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Apr 18, 2018 |
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Owning the Internship/Job
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Apr 02, 2018 |
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The Triumphant Resume
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Feb 28, 2018 |
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Linked-In Your Way to a Job
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Feb 22, 2018 |
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Value-Based Networking
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Feb 19, 2018 |
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Knowing Your Stories
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Jan 31, 2018 |