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Today on The Rise To The Top: She’s bacckkkkkkkkk. One of the most popular guests on The Rise To The Top, Marie Forleo, is back. In this interview, the multi-passionate high energy gal who “will turn you rich, happy and hot with a badass combo of marketing wisdom, spiritual power tools and irresistible booty moves” chimes in on a variety of topics – including how she was selected by Tony Robbins for his New Money Masters series, how she landed Russell Simmons to speak at her Rich, Happy & Hot LIVE event, Marie TV, the best and worst business advice she ever received, and so much more, including a sneak peak of her new Rich Happy & Hot B-School enrolling now (link below the video). Enjoy!

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Today on The Rise To The Top: So, you have a blog or web show. Awesome. How the heck do you build a thriving, passionate audience of amazingness who love you? Good question, and the answer is served up today by our special “guest professor” Corbett Barr. Enjoy this step-by-step game plan!

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Today on The Rise To The Top: The #1 Show For Mediapreneurs: (Holy wow! It is Episode #250!). Jonathan Mead from Illuminated Mind is here not only with a cool hat, but some awesome inside stories of how he has grown his blog from 0-22,000+ subscribers and much more in this “tell all” (or…err…at least a lot) conversation. Enjoy!

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Today on The Rise The Top: The #1 Show For Mediapreneurs: The creator of Nerd Fitness, Steve Kamb, is in the house (cue Revenge Of The Nerds music). And boy, oh, boy does he have some insights on his journey to become a successful mediapreneur. In this convo, we jump into everything from how he got started, his keys to building an audience, his biggest mistake, thoughts on his business, and much more. Enjoy!

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Today on The Rise To The Top: The #1 Show For Mediapreneurs: Pat Flynn from Smart Passive Income is in the house talking blogging, podcasting and his super unique site where he actually discloses his income every month. How about that for transparency?

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Today on The Rise To The Top: The #1 Show For Mediapreneurs: When it comes to mediapreneurship, nobody might be as successful at building an online media empire AND teaching others to do the same as today’s guest Brian Clark, creator of Copyblogger. In this chat, we discuss everything from “the state of the industry” to monetizing to how Brian went from simply running Copyblogger himself to creating a rock star team.

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Jonathan Fields is a trailblazer. Badass blogger. Creative entrepreneur. Amazing writer. Innovative marketer. His new book Uncertainty (affiliate) is just hitting shelves and besides being an absolutely fantastic book, there is a LOT to learn from Jonathan’s marketing efforts and perhaps an idea or 10 that you can steal for your business that we learn about in today’s conversation on The Rise To The Top.

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About Today’s Guest, Jonathan Fields:

What do you think of Jonathan’s marketing ideas that he is putting into practice for this book? Any ideas you can use for your business/blog/podcast/show?

Make sure to check out the book website at TheUncertaintyBook.com and watch the trailer we talked about in the show right here. You can check out Jonathan on Twitter @jonathanfields and his blog is at JonathanFields.com.

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When I heard about Nick Reese around a year ago, I knew I had to get him on the show. Why? Well for one thing, he is super successful (and humble): $1,000,000+ in sales over the past year. Secondly, he has a really interesting business model we can all learn from. Third is that he is extremely passionate. Fourth is that he is small…it is just him, a partner and a few contractors. Lastly, he is awesome at explaining things.

In this interview, Nick explains (super candidly) the ins and outs of his business and lots of advice for unconventional Internet entrepreneurs like all of us. Enjoy!

Oh, and if you need a solid primer on everything he has learned and want to give affiliate marketing a really good shot, I recommend his ebook How To Turn Traffic & Trust Into Sales (affiliate).

About Today’s Guest, Nick Reese:

Nick Reese is a strategic thinker, change maker, and over happy dude. He thoroughly enjoys challenging himself to new and unusual experiences. Some of his craziest experiences to date include, climbing Huayna Picchu (aka the hike of death) in the rain, experiencing a Kambo & Ayahuasca ritual in Peru, and being featured in the Austin American Statesman for sliding in the mud at ACL.

In 2010, NYT Best Seller, Chris Brogan approached Nick about writing a book on affiliate marketing. He jumped on board and Traffic and Trust is the end result. Traffic and Trust was written from the ground up to be the perfect beginners guide as it includes a planning guide and blue print to get even the most un-tech-savvy started online. If you are interested in learning more pickup the free chapter on mutual value.

Other projects of Nick’s include: Becoming Bold (on the back burner), Art of Blog, and Skip Winter Conference.

Connect With Nick (and tell him you saw him on RISE!):

On His Website
On Twitter
Pick Up a Copy of How To Turn Traffic & Trust Into Sales

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I don’t know about you, but I know I’m inspired by stories of people taking passions and turning them into businesses. And I bet you are too. Enter today’s guest, Brett McKay.

Brett, along with his wife Kate, created The Art of Manliness in 2008 all around the idea of reviving the lost art of manliness.

And now, the unique business is booming (six figures!) and Brett and Kate are doing passionate, meaningful work. In this interview, I pick Brett’s brain on all the aspects of the business – from starting it, to growing an audience, to mistakes, and much more.

Enjoy!

PS: If you are into the lost art of manliness (or know someone who is), pre-order Brett and Kate’s new book Manvotionals (affiliate). Looks to be awesome.

About Today’s Guest, Brett McKay:

In his own words:

My wife Kate and I are the main content creators on The Art of Manliness. We live in Tulsa, OK. I grew up in Edmond, OK, a suburb of Oklahoma City and I attended the University of Oklahoma. I took a break in college to live in Tijuana, Mexico for two years doing service. After graduating with a BA in Letters, I then went on to pursue my lifelong goal of going to law school. While attending the University of Tulsa College of Law, I started the Art of Manliness as something fun to do in my spare time. But the website really took off. Today I juggle working on the blog with working for a legal research company.

Connect With Brett (and tell him you saw him on RISE!):

On His Website
On Twitter: @brettmckay and @artofmanliness
Pre-order Brett and Kate’s new book, Manvotionals