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The other day RISE viewer Paula sent me this question:

“David, is there a specific personality type/characteristics that works best for someone that wants to create their own online talk show interviews people like you do?”

Very good question. Because, like everything worth doing…it isn’t for everyone. That being said after 275+ episodes and 600+ interviews in all kinds of mediums, let me tell what I believe it takes to be a successful online talk show host NOW in 2012 (and beyond).

A Quick History Lesson:

Times have changed. Pre-Internet days, the way (super simplified for the sake of illustration) to become a talk show host was to work your butt off doing lower level jobs in TV production or … Read More »

Boom. What do you think?… Read More »

Examples: How to passively earn $1,000 a month or how to market and promote your book/ebook or how to position yourself online as an expert in your industry or how to grow traffic to your blog (without spending $) or how to get media coverage and turn that into sales/leverage…or…?

Working on a super-special-ultra-cool-fluff-free-project to help you out … Read More »

So, have you?

And if you have thought about it, what is holding you back from creating your show?… Read More »

The feedback to this post on the interview course I’ve been working on behind-the-scenes has been absolutely RIDICULOUSLY huge.

The course is going to launch in early 2012 and is going to teach you the exact “The Rise To The Top” methods that you can use on your blog/website to land interviews with amazing people, turn your interviews into a traffic magnet and much more.

I’ll be sharing step-by-step how I landed interviews with hard-to-reach folks such as Seth Godin, Tim Ferris, Tucker Max and The “Millionaire Matchmaker” Patti Stanger, behind-the-scenes on how I grew the audience from 0-100,000 and then 100,000-200,000 and more no-fluff-bs.

Two quick things:

#1: If you want to hear about the course FIRST, you can … Read More »

I use RISE partner Wistia for video hosting because they rock. Check ‘em out.

Audio Only Player:

Click here to download the audio file.… Read More »

I use RISE partner Wistia for video hosting because they rock. Check ‘em out.

Audio Only Player:

Click here to download the audio file.… Read More »

I was at the gym the other day around 11 AM and an older gentleman was working out next to me. He looked over at me and said, “Shouldn’t you be working right now? I didn’t get to come to the gym in the middle of the day until I was retired.”

Yikes.

Just like some people think their religion and political views are “correct” and everyone else must be wrong., some folks seem to think their view of what work and life should be (or can be) is the right one…and everyone else is a dumb-dumb.

The big lesson here, I believe, is what works for you works for you. What works for me works for me. And what … Read More »

What is your take? Has this every happened to you? Are you confident with yourself?… Read More »

Yes, this was an actual invoice I sent to a client.

Lesson: Even the most boring things in business don’t have to be that way.

I can’t wait for the championship belt and to go with the Derek and his awesome wife Melanie to the Blues vs. Capitals game at the end of the month (and because of their connections…meeting the players!).

And if you are in the Washington DC area on Wednesday, November 30th make sure to come out to Cadre’s Un-Networking event. It is going to be first class and I’ll be doing a live interview with the Executive Director of the NFL Players Association DeMaurice Smith.… Read More »