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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: 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: The #1 Non-Boring Business Show: Want to get more views on YouTube? Build a ridiculously awesome fan base? Become the go-to expert by building trust via video? Enter today’s guest, dating coach/consultant/web show host Vanae Tran, whose web show on YouTube has over 10,000,000 views (yes, 10,000,000!). In today’s show, Vanae reveals how she leveraged YouTube to create her dating empire (and how you can do the same for whatever topic you want to dominate).

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Today on The Rise To The Top: The #1 Non-Boring Business Show: A very special interview with the creator of IWearYourShirt.com’s Jason Sadler. So much to cover. We discuss how Jason is nabbing sponsors like hot cakes, his big plans for 2012, advice for personalitypreneurs and mediapreneurs, oh so much more.

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Today on The Rise To The Top: A little change up today on the show. Entrepreneur Mark Bland, creator of The Q Show, is in the house to pick my brain on how to build his audience and monetize his brand. Hope you enjoy the insights and pick up some ideas you can use for your delicious personality-based brand.

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Today on The Rise To The Top: The #1 Show For Mediapreneurs: Srinivas Rao from BlogcastFM is hanging out with us for a discussion on sponsorships, partnerships, engaging with your audience and much more. Srini just landed a MAJOR sponsor on his show (super props) and reveals many of the juicy details and oh so much more. Enjoy!

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Today on The Rise To The Top: The #1 Show For Mediapreneurs: The Podcast Answer Man, Cliff Ravenscraft, is in the house for a spirited conversation (to say the least)! We have a big time discussion on whether the term “podcast” sucks, and whether it is better to create/consume AUDIO podcasts or VIDEO podcasts and much more. Feel free to hop in below in the comments.

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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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I love how today’s guest, Ze Frank, describes what he does: He creates online play spaces.

He is the creator of zefrank.com, colorwars, The Show (one of the Internet’s earliest and most popular video blogs that inspired peeps like Gary Vaynerchuk), young me/now me, and many other online play spaces.

And he has a brand new project called Star.me.

And Ze has, to put this lightly, super fans. People that follow him (hopefully not in real life) and are seemingly down to participate in nearly everything he does. I wanted to know what the heck his magic sauce is and set to find out in this interview along with all the juicy details of Star.Me.

About Today’s Guest, Ze Frank:

Ze Frank (pronounced “Zay”) is one of the most influential online entertainers, turning out one online hit after another for years. He brings audiences an experience they will never forget, a truly entertaining and yet insightful look at how technology and creativity intersect, especially in web design, marketing and new forms of media.

He has frequently appeared at such annual technology events as Pop!Tech and the TED Conference and his online projects have attracted international attention. He created a series of video commentaries for Time.com entitled That Makes Me Think of …

Ze has unique experience doing new media design and marketing for important customers, helping them understand how to create contagious and viral media, how to leverage social media, and how to think about creative development in general.

He has filmed a pilot for the Discovery Channel and written a feature film script for Universal Studios. He was Artist in Residence at MSN, helping them develop strategies for creating and maintaining online community spaces – his specialty.

He serves on the advisory board of Bazaarvoice.com and Buzzfeed.com and consults to a wide range of clients on a wide range of issues, from the future of television to online marketing to social media.

Ze has been an adjunct at New York University, Parsons The New School for Design, SUNY-Purchase, and has guest lectured at Pratt Institute and the Royal College of Art in London.

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

On His Website
On Twitter
Check Out Star.me