Today on The Rise To The Top: I know I said we were wrapping up the “learn how to do cool stuff” series (which we are) and getting back to awesome interviews with successful peeps, but this was a topic I couldn’t pass up because it is SO valuable. Hiring a coach. There are amazing success stories and disaster stories. How do you do it right? Justin Lukasavige, President of Lukas Coaching, is in the house today for a discussion on what to do and what not to do. Enjoy!

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Today on The Rise To The Top: Welcome, my friends, to the new Rise To Success series on the show – by your popular request. Zach Even-Esh is here today to share his incredible story of entrepreneurial success in the most unlikely of industries (I’m not even going to spoil it right here, you just have to tune in below and watch). Get ready to be JOLTED into action and filled with ideas. Trust me. Enjoy.

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Today on The Rise To The Top: Wow, what a series it has been! The “Learn How To Do Cool Stuff” series is wrapping up on The Rise To The Top and you know darn well we are going to go out with a big one. Enter today’s guest, creator of Real Men Real Style Antonio Centeno, who is here to teach us how he created 200 quality videos in 200 days and scored over 1/2 a million views on a budget of 2K…and how you can do it too. Enjoy!

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Today on The Rise To The Top: Ready for a ball of energy? If you’re like me, you love learning from stories of success…in every industry. Today is a 360-degree-in-depth conversation with fitness entrepreneur and billion dollar host Forbes Riley. We discuss so many big topics, including the art of pitching, launching a product even when everyone says you are crazy, branding yourself, and so much more. And…a special tour at the end of the show. Get ready to get fired up.

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Today on The Rise To The Top: OK, so you need to reach someone big. How do you cold email them? Is there some kind of magic process? Enter today’s guest, Bryan Kreuzberger, creator of Breakthrough Email, who has solved this through incredible testing (I mean THOUSANDS of emails) and results that have equated into thousands of dollars income as a result of his cold emails/getting meetings with influencers. Enjoy his secrets today on The Rise To The Top!

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Greetings from San Diego. Made the trek here last night and gotta tell you this place rocks.

Anyhow…

You begged, you pleaded, you sent me love notes and I’m going to do it in honor of reaching episode #300 of The Rise To The Top and a passion to want to help the next generation of online talk show hosts. Of course I’m referring to do ANOTHER FREE HUGE JUICY WEBINAR for you on Thursday, May 3rd at 1 PM CST (2 PM EST, 11 AM PST). And put your right guard on because this webinar is turned up a degree.

I’m going to be covering the THREE (not 1, not 2) most requested topics from you guys:

• From athletes to celebrities to best-selling Authors: The secrets to getting ANYONE to agree to do an interview with you If they are alive, I’ll show you how to track them down.
• The super easy way to record online video interviews without a tech degree from the college of (insert something techy here…MIT?).
• And I will be going over the top ways to turn your online interviews into bling bling.

Register for the aptly named: 6-Figure Interview Empire: How To Land Amazing Guests, Shoot Video Interviews Easily & Turn Your Interviews Into Bling Bling right here. Seating is definitely limited.

Also…

1. If you know some aspiring online talk show hosts or folks that have started but are a bit stuck, please do pass on the webinar info.

2. Can’t make it? While nothing beats the live experience, I know you might have to take Scruffy to the vet or something on Thursday. Make sure to sign up anyway and I’ll get you a replay.

OK, gotta go outside, don’t want to waste the California weather while I’m here!

-David

Today on The Rise To The Top: How do you use Facebook Ads to get noticed, drive traffic and build your list? Fantastic question. Thanks for asking. Help is here my friend in the form of “The FB Ad Queen” Victoria Gibson, who shows us exactly how to get started, pitfalls to avoid and much much more. Enjoy!

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Today on The Rise To The Top: Should you want to become a celebrity in your niche? If you want to charge higher prices, become recognized for being awesome, build your personal brand by helping others (always cool), and other celeb-like benefits such as opportunities coming to you (as opposed to you hunting down opportunities all the darn time), the answer is YES. But, how do you go about it and tap into your celebrity? Enter today’s guest, founder of Born Celebrity and celebrity consultant, my friend Ingrid Elfver. She’s here with four secrets to get you on the right path. Listen up and grab the notepad as she knows what she is talking about!

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Today on The Rise To The Top: When someone asked Sir Richard Branson once about the key to happiness and productivity, he said “work out”. Honestly, that isn’t surprising. How you feel/look has a HUGE effect on your business. And for most of us working at a computer, it can be not-so-good for the ole fitness level. Enter today’s master, Liz DiAlto, who is not only an Internet Marketer but also a fitness/weight loss master (the ultimate combo). She is here with some simple tips to help you improve your fitness, nutrition, sleep and stress even with your crazy schedule. Enjoy!

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Today on The Rise To The Top: Is selling something you love or does it give you that ewwww feeling (and you’re picturing the used car salesman in the tweed coat)? For most of us creative Internet entrepreneurs, selling face-to-face isn’t the most fun thing in the world…whether it is going after a sponsor, speaking gig, partnership, whatever. Fear not my friends, as master of the “un-sale” Ian Altman is here today to teach us a new, non-pushy way to sell (upside down selling) step-by-step. Enjoy!

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