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Show Topics:

• From lawyer to world traveling foodie
• Traveling the world on savings and freelancing
• Following through on dreams

Jodi Ettenberg is a former lawyer from Montreal and New York, now traveling and eating her way around the world.

After becoming a lawyer Jodi worked in New York, all the while paying off her college debt and preparing to travel. She started a blog with a friend, then took it on as her own.

Everyone has a dream, but I asked Jodi if she could pinpoint what lead her to follow through with hers. First two years she lived on savings. Now she freelances as a writer to fund her travel. Listen to hear why she doesn’t directly monetize her website.

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• First speaking engagements
• Creating a life plan for clients
• Business idea for website themes
• How to find customers in 30 days

Jimmy: I purchased and read your book “Become a Coach”. Great book. I launched my financial coaching business a few months ago and I’m searching for my first client. I am doing everything I can to get clients. I write weekly articles, pass out business cards, and tell everyone I know, even strangers. The good news is I landed the opportunity to talk in front of the Financial Peace University class at my church on Dec 11^th. The only issue is I’m kind of nervous and don’t know exactly what to say. Can you give me a few pointers on what I should and should not say to the group. The instructor told me there are 10 couples in the class. I Love the advice you give and the blog, thanks in advance for any help.

Pick a few points and don’t try to pack too much information in. They want hope, inspiration, and motivation more than anything. They already know what to do, so don’t teach, just lead. Open your talk up to Q&A.

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Show Topics:

• Traveling the world as a photographer
• Documentaries through photos
• Freelancing and not settling

Suzette Munson created Love 41 as an online retail business with a mission to give 100% of profits to orphans, widows, and street kids in Africa.

After traveling to Rwanda about one year ago, Suzette couldn’t sleep at night thinking about the people she met. It was so overwhelming that she had to do something abou it.

Instead of creating another non-profit, Suzette created a business that would give not 1% or 10%, but a full 100% of profits back to people who could benefit from the money.

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Show Topics:

• How to Become a Storywriter
• Create a membership website
• Computer business for 55+ year olds

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Michael: You’ve no doubt been asked many times why you use the word ‘storywriter’ as a kind of tag line. But why do you use that? Is there a blog or podcast where you cover that question? I have a pretty good idea why but I’d be interested in hearing how you articulate that.

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Show Topics:

• Traveling the world as a photographer
• Documentaries through photos
• Freelancing and not settling

Charlie Grosso is a world-traveling photographer and has been a commercial photographer for over 10 years. She grew up in Taipei which inspired a current project called Wok the Dog. It’s lead her to 22 countries and she has 19 left before she finishes the project.

Charlie used to be advertising focused and now focuses more on documentaries.

At 18 years old, Charlie got herself into photography and hasn’t settled for doing anything she doesn’t love.

“Freelancing is not the thing for you if you’re not ok with uncertainty.” – Charlie Grosso

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Show Topics:

• Get your own board of directors
• Converting readers to subscriber to customers
• Creating your own seminar
• Working with seniors
• Create a separate website for speaking
• Best auto responder service

I’m officially launching a Board of Directors group. As soon as I did, five of the eight spots were immediately taken. There may or may not be a spot open, but complete the application if you’re interested in joining a future group.

Randy: I know I’m getting a fair number of readers to my website, but I can’t figure out how to convert those readers to subscribers, and even more importantly to me, convert subscribers to commenters/participants. I get very few comments, but I really want it to be more interactive and engaging. Do you have any suggestions on how I can do that? I believe that the more engaged people are, the more it will benefit them, and the more likely they are to spread the word. While we’re at it, do you have any other thoughts about the content, layout, readability, or anything else you might be able to share? Thank you! Keep up the great podcasts!

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• Creating a podcast network with 2 million page views per month
• Landing promo on Oprah, CNN, and more
• Partnering to grow a business

Mignon Fogarty created the Quick and Dirty Tips network and hosts an online show called Grammar Girl since starting in 2006. It was early in the podcasting world but Mignon still thought she missed her golden window of opportunity.

Mignon started the Grammar Girl podcast because it was her hobby. It was so popular that she expanded the network and brought on other experts to create their own quick and dirty tips shows.

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Show Topics:

• Update on my Board of Directors groups
• Working nights and weekends
• How to create a financial forecast
• Get interviewed on a podcast
• Shortening a URL and QR codes

A friend and client recently went full time and asked me what to do about someone who wanted to work with him on Mondays. He usually reserves those days for family and other projects. I told him he needs to rearrange his schedule to meet with the guy.

Jason: It’s hard to pin down a good financial estimate for non-traditional businesses.  Even your coaching model, it’s almost like speculation or panning for Gold.  But Free Agent Academy HAD to have had a financial model in order to recruit good talent, so there must be a way of estimating these kinds of endeavors.  How to go about it?  Customer surveys? Experience?  Demand?

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