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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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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.

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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 … Read More »

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When it comes to running a successful virtual business, you really can’t go at it completely alone. No, this doesn’t mean you need a bunch of employees or any of that jazz. But you are going to need some kind of help at some point. I can tell you for sure that my business increased, stress decreased, and happiness also increased when I hired my two virtual assistants, Lisa and Jaimie, last year.

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About Today’s Guest, Kim Murgatroyd:

OK, so you are an unconventional entrepreneur. Running your business your way. Dominating the world. But, what the heck are you eating? The problem, as I see it, has always been you really only have a couple of options when it comes to eating:

1. Unhealthy, which is convenient, fast and makes you feel like crap.
2. Healthy, which takes forever to make and tastes like crap.

There has to be another way. Enter today’s guest, foodpreneur Kim Murgatroyd, … Read More »