Speaking Of Wealth with Jason Hartman (podcast)

Matthew Mather is the best-selling author of "CyberStorm" and a leading member of the world’s cybersecurity community. He joins the show to discuss a "Third Path" to publishing that winds between the traditional publishing and self-publishing models.

 

Mather was rejected by more than 100 agents and publishers. He never believed that self-publishing would make you so much money, but he's now sold nearly 200,000 books in the past 18 months and sold the film rights of his latest novel, "CyberStorm," to 20th Century Fox Walk. Mather explains the process he used to make a lot of money and market his books.

 

Find out more about Matthew Mather at www.matthewmather.com.

 

Matthew is the best-selling author of CyberStorm and the six-part hit series Atopia Chronicles. He is also a leading member of the world's cybersecurity community who started out his career working at the McGill Center for Intelligent Machines. He went on to found one of the first tactile interface companies, which became the world leader in its field, as well as creating a major award-winning brain training video game. In between he's worked in a variety of start-ups,everything from computational nanotechnology to electronic health records, weather prediction systems to genomics, and even social intelligence research. His writing credits include #1 best-selling Atopia Chronicles and CyberStorm novels. He spends his time between Charlotte, NC, and Montreal, QC, hanging out with his bright and beautiful girlfriend Julie and their three dogs and a cat.

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Category:Podcast -- posted at: 7:42pm EDT

Julia Herz is Publisher of CraftBeer.com and the Craft Beer Program Director at the Brewers Association. She joins the show to discuss an array of topics dealing with beer.

The fourth quarter been the biggest annual sales period for the craft beer market over the last five years, largely because of the holidays. Herz explains the correlation.

Herz also discusses some of the best "hometown" beers available, how people can go about getting access to these beers, and pairing tips to make the beers taste delicious. She thinks people should switch to craft beer ASAP! 

There are several international beer events that Herz is involved with. She describes each one's features. 

As publisher of CraftBeer.com, Herz talks about her strategy in running and marketing the site. 

Visit Craft Beer at www.CraftBeer.com.  

Find out more about the Brewers Association at www.brewersassociation.org.

Direct download: sow-133-JuliaHerz.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 5:31pm EDT

Paul Tobey is a digital marketing, data mining, SEO and social media expert. He's the CEO of Training Business Pros, which coaches executives in public speaking and consultation marketing. He's also a renowned jazz pianist, producer, arranger, composer, and director. 

Tobey discusses his key hypnotic marketing concepts that will increase online conversions. He explains how people can leverage the Internet and social media to grow their reputations.

Tobey believes everyone should follow his basic rules of marketing, whether marketing a business or oneself. He shares some advanced Internet marketing techniques.

Find out more about Paul Tobey at www.paultobey.com. Visit Training Business Pros at www.trainingbusinesspros.com.

Direct download: sow-132-PaulTobey.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 5:29pm EDT

Justin Sachs is the Publisher of Motivational Press and Chairman of the Board of Justin Sachs Companies, a group of companies that provide high-level services to business owners, entrepreneurs, and corporations world-wide.

Justin joins the show to tell us about Motivational Press and its successes in 2013.

Find out more about Justin Sachs at www.justinsachscompanies.com

Visit Motivational Press at www.motivationalpress.com.

Justin's work has been acknowledged by Presidents, Congressmen, World-Renowned Business Leaders, Non-Profit Executives, Authors, and Entrepreneurs alike for his ability to achieve extraordinary results.

Having advised and trained hundreds of thousands of people internationally, Justin is a highly regarded business expert on effectiveness, peak-performance, and marketing tactics. Justin has produced three movies including his best-selling Achieve Your Ultimate Success. He has written 6 books, including 5 international best sellers, on topics ranging from leadership to business growth. He has been featured in hundreds of media outlets throughout the world including MSNBC, CNBC, Fox News, and Yahoo Finance. Justin has been featured alongside world-renowned business experts including Brian Tracy, John Assaraf, Mark Victor Hansen, Loral Langemeier and many others.

Justin's philanthropic endeavors have won him many awards and accolades including the Prudential Spirit of Community Award, and Distinguished Recognition from the California Department of Education. Justin started a non-profit organization when he was 16 to inspire youth to engage in community service. More recently, he has been honored to partner with organizations like Kiva, Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Foundation, and The Illumination Foundation.

Justin's books and DVDs have been read by hundreds of thousands worldwide.

Direct download: sow-131-JustinSachs.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 1:21pm EDT

Chuck Gallagher is the Chief Operating Officer at American Funeral Financial and Founder and CEO at Ethics Resource Group. He's the author of "SECOND CHANCES: Transforming Adversity into Opportunity."

Chuck is a Prostate Cancer Survivor. He discusses the emotional journey from diagnosis to treatment and what happens after the treatment is over and how the side effects changed his life.

The topic then shifts to politics as Chuck discusses whether the government shutdown was ethical.

Find out more about Chuck Gallagher at www.chuckgallagher.com.

Direct download: sow-130-ChuckGallagher.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 10:26am EDT

Nir Zohar is the President of Wix. He joins the show to give us an overview of the Wix platform and capabilities and the impact Wix has on SMB's and content publishers. Zohar also tells us which Wix products specifically help publishers of content and the unique analytical capabilities Wix has.

Visit Wix at www.wix.com.

Direct download: sow-129-NirZohar.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 10:46am EDT

Donald Katz is the founder & CEO of Audible. He successfully built the world's largest seller and publisher of audiobooks. He joins the show to discuss how he built his company. 

Audible isn't just a successful company. It also impacts local communities. Katz believes companies should do more social work to revitalize its surroundings. He thinks "do-good" helps businesses and their goodwill assets. 

Amazon recently announced that it has launched some upgrades to its Whispersync for Voice technology to make it easier for people reading Kindle books to switch between reading and listening to the Audible audiobook version on a smartphone or tablet. Katz explains this new feature. 

Audible just launched a creative partnership with Playtone, the

celebrated television, film and music production company founded

by Academy Award-winning actor-director Tom Hanks. Katz tells us more about this partnership.

Visit Audible at www.audible.com.

Direct download: sow-128-DonKatz.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 10:57am EDT

Trace Cohen is the founder of Launch.it. He joins the show to tell us how Launch.It works.

Launch.it is essentially a self-publishing platform. Anyone can publish news on the site. Trace explains how he envisions Launch.it changing PR. 

Trace also discusses entrepreneurship in general and how he got started with Brand Yourself under his father's mentorship. 

Visit Launch.it at www.launch.it.


Direct download: sow-127-TraceCohen.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 11:21am EDT

Adam Dince is the Head of Organic Search (SEO) at Deluxe Corp. He joins the show to discuss what small online businesses can offer that big businesses can't and how to better optimize keyword search. 

He also explains what teenagers can teach businesses about social media and why young shoppers are flocking to boutiques. Dince thinks Millennials are extremely important demographics for all businesses. He shares how businesses can reach and retain them. 

Find out more about Adam Dince at www.adamdince.com. Visit Deluxe Corp. at www2.deluxe.com.

Direct download: sow-126-AdamDince.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 11:07am EDT

Jason Hartman talks with professional book editor Barbara McNichol, and gives tips on several things such as grammer, and spelling. 

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Category:Podcast -- posted at: 4:40pm EDT