Business Owners Freedom Formula With Paul Maskill

Mark Podolsky, also known as The Land Geek and is widely considered the Country's most trusted and foremost authority on buying and selling raw, undeveloped land within the United States. Mark has achieved high levels of success largely due to his core business philosophy- 'Happy Customers Gauranteed.' Mark is also the host of podcasts; The Best Passive Income Model and the Art of Passive Income. One of his interview topics is how to create a plan to create freedom and flexibility and fire your boss! In our interview, Mark rewinds back to the beginning of how he even got into investing into raw land in the first place (spoiler alert: his wife was not happy!). As you grow any business, the goal is to re-invest your profits into other income producing assets (i.e. either growing your business or another business). In Mark's case, he helps folks create a passive stream of revenue from raw land within 30 days...without owning the land or dealing with tenants, repairs or any other real estate headache.

Today's FAQ is: When's the best time to start systematizing and automating my business? My answer: The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago and the second best time is now. Just. Get. Started! www.paulmaskill.com/

Don't you just hate going back and forth via email or text message trying to schedule a time that works for you and others to meet? And by the time you find a time, the time no longer works for one of the parties? Online schedulers are here to make your life much easier! www.paulmaskill.com/

Jimena Cortes is a marketing consultant specializing in LinkedIn lead generation. She is a published author, international speaker and entrepreneur and the founder of Wizard Media and Linked Blueprint. Wizard Media helps businesses leverage search engines and LinkedIn to get more clients. Jimena has taught over 4,000 people world wide how she gets multi-million dollar companies as her clients by using LinkedIn. She has helped several companies add an additional 6 figures to their bottom line using her marketing strategies. She has been mentioned on Inc. com, Entrepreneur.com and Forbes to name a few. In my chat with Jimena, we gain a TON of valuable insight on the power of LinkedIn. If you are trying to target specific decision makers in your business, there's a 99.9% chance that they are on LinkedIn. Taking what she learned from her own experience in connecting with leaders, she now helps business owners across the world do the same!

  Today's FAQ is: What comes first, processes or people? Learn why it's so imperative to have sufficient systematic processes in place before adding to your team. AND don't make the #1 mistake business owners make. www.paulmaskill.com

The average person receives 122 emails per day...PER DAY! If your inbox is a nightmare and you spend more than 5 minutes per day "cleaning it up" then this is for you.   Unroll.me is a great tool to keep only what you want in your inbox, subscribe from all of those annoying lists and "roll up" the rest.    www.paulmaskill.com

Andrea Waltz is co-owner of Courage Crafters, Inc. and the creators of a ground breaking business building strategy called, Go for No! Along with her husband and business partner Richard, they have made it their mission to spread the power of no. Their philosophies have been embraced by people in a wide variety of industries and businesses to rave reviews and amazing results. In our interview today, Andrea hits home on the power of going for no. If you're too scared to ask for something or take action on something then the answer is already a big fat NO. So why not at least take action and see what happens (i.e. Going for No!). The only way you learn and improve is by making mistakes. Every "No" puts you one step closer to a "Yes". Get out there and make it happen!

Today's FAQ is: How should I deal with an upset customer? My #1 answer is DON'T do what most business owners do: a) Ignore it or b) Blame someone else. Instead, look at it as the best opportunity of the day. www.paulmaskill.com

Are you afraid to get on video? Don't think you have the guts? Or maybe you don't think you have the right equipment. You've got a very powerful camera in your pocket...your phone! What if I told you that you could get people to watch your video for less than $0.01 on Facebook? Would that change things?

Jeff McManus grows things. As the Director of Landscape Services at the University of Mississippi, he grows plants, he grows people, he grows ideas. Jeff is a problem-solver, understanding that doing more with less is a 21st century mandate. Faced with a multi-million dollar landscaping beautification project, a demand for excellence, and a stagnant budget, Jeff knew that growing the people was critical to growing the plants. Understanding that everyone has or strives for the innate elements of Greatness, Resiliency, Opportunity and Wisdom, Jeff developed his GROW-theory into an impactful management and professional development leadership program for his staff. Taking his grounds employees, affectionately known as weeders, and developing them into leaders has been a joyous challenge that reaped acres of rewards in the form of national recognition by the Princeton Review, PGMS, Newsweek and faculty, staff, students and visitors who walk onto the Ole Miss Campus. Jeff's message rings true for any industry leade

Today's FAQ is: When and how do I hire my first employee? I'm not sure I can afford it and I don't think I have enough work for them. My answer is the best kept secret for small business owners. www.paulmaskill.com

Do you have every customers email address? What about potential customers? If not, start collecting! And once you have those email addresses, check out ActiveCampaign. It's the jam! Check it out: www.activecampaign.com

Over the past two decades, Doug Parker has led multiple companies to success including a financial services company where it went from a small sole proprietorship in 1997 to its 2008, 2009 and 2010 selection by Inc. Magazine as one of the fastest-growing private companies in America. Ranked No. 408 in ’08 on the Inc. 5000 list, that company has risen to become a major employer in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and is recognized nationally as a leader in the financial services industry. After a major accident, he soon experienced the financial strain that occurs when faced with growing expenses and worsening credit. He came to understand – via his firsthand experience – that anyone in today’s society, regardless of income or education, can come to financial ruin without an understanding of our credit system and knowledge of how to make it work for them rather than against them. With resolve and attention to detail, Doug carefully investigated the ways to improve his credit score and, most importantly, educated him

Today's FAQ is: I’m struggling with my business. Should I shut it down, sell it or give it another go? www.paulmaskill.com

Have you heard about Slack yet? It's the best way (in my opinion) to communicate with your team. No more email, no more text messages, no more phone calls...just Slack! Check it out: www.slack.com

Michael is the founder and CEO of jumbleThink. He is also the CEO of Woodward Design Group. He and his team have built over 400 website for small businesses to large customer portals for Fortune 100 corporations. He has also consulted with hundreds of businesses through the Small Business Development Council in Butte County, Ca (http://www.buttecollegesbdc.com) along with teaching courses on web design / development and marketing strategies. His passion is to help individuals and businesses make their dreams attainable through creative thinking / idea formation and strategy. In today's interview, we go back to when Michael first started his business and how we scaled it by putting the right people in place. After a few strategic decisions, he decided to move across the country, down-size and really focus on his ideal client. In doing so, it also allowed him to start jumbleThink which has big plans...including summer camp for adults, say what?!?! Sign me up!

Courtney Foster-Donahue is an Atlanta-based four-time entrepreneur as well as a business, branding, and social media strategist who specializes in video content creation and Facebook marketing and advertising. She helps entrepreneurs of all kinds through a variety of online programs and content, including her acclaimed her signature program, FB Everything™. Leveraging a 20-year career as a professional stage and screen actress and singer, Courtney also synthesizes her talents and skills as a performer to help others build their brands using both strategy and storytelling. In our fancy conversation, Courtney provides VALUE galore on the importance of taking the time to provide consistent value to your ideal customer through Facebook...and not just Facebook Ads! Organic reach is not dead; you just have to understand that Facebook is a SOCIAL platform and not a sales platform. The proof that it works? Courtney has used Facebook to scale four businesses to 6-figures. And then we dive into the importance of system

Top business growth expert Yoon Cannon helps entrepreneurs boost your sales, productivity and profits so you can create thriving 6, 7 and 8 figure businesses. Since 1992 Yoon has started, turn keyed and sold three other businesses and has been featured in CNN, Money magazine, Inc, Entrepreneur, Fortune magazine, The Wall Street Journal and more. Yoon is also a wife and mother of three teenagers. She lives outside Philadelphia. In my chat with Yoon, she discusses how she got her start in the business world, all of the obstacles that she faced and then how she put the right systems, processes and people in place to scale and sell the businesses. With immense experience in the business world, she now helps other business owners in all different industries do the same.

Aaron Walker is without question a veteran entrepreneur. Starting his first business at 18 and selling to a Fortune 500 company nine short years later demonstrates Aaron’s passion for succeeding. Unwilling to rest on past success Aaron started, bought and sold eight successful companies over the past 37 years. Having a strong desire for personal development has kept Aaron in a weekly mastermind group for more than a decade with Dave Ramsey, Dan Miller, Ken Abraham and seven other notable Nashvillians. Aaron has enjoyed a 36-year marriage with his beautiful wife, Robin. Today Aaron spends the majority of his time HELPING MEN GROW IN SUCCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE as President and Founder of VIEW FROM THE TOP, a premier life and business coaching resource. Aaron's new book, View From The Top is guaranteed to motivate and inspire you to live a successful and significant life. In today's interview, we go deep with Big A on his journey from working his first job at 13 all the way through to where he is today. While acco

Matt Miller spent the first 9 years of his career as an Air Force pilot, before entering the corporate world to work at both Abbott Laboratories and Valassis. While a top performer for both companies, his long term desire was to start a business and be his own boss. A good friend one day mentioned the gum ball machines he and his young daughters owned, and that conversation began a 10 year business quest that has brought Matt's franchise company, School Spirit Vending, to the cutting edge of both the vending and school fundraising industries. Today, the School Spirit Vending franchise is helping professionals across the country develop more freedom and security, while supporting local schools at the same time. In today's interview, Matt Miller walks us through his journey from his first "ah-ha" moment to scaling his vending business to heights he never could have imagined. From the Air Force to Corporate America to now one of the fastest growing franchise systems, Matt Miller has seen and done it all...and it