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I Want To Know Josh Spector
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Where creative entrepreneurs get their questions answered.
I Want To Know is a no-fluff, 30-minute weekly podcast to help you grow your audience and business.
In each episode, host and For The Interested newsletter creator Josh Spector answers three questions from a creative entrepreneur to help them overcome their challenges and accomplish their goals.
Each answer becomes a 10-minute conversation in which Josh shares advice based on proven strategies he’s used to grow and monetize his audience.
If you’d like to be a guest on I Want To Know, apply at JoshSpector.com/Questions.
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How To Scale Your Expert-Based Business (Without Doing Everything Yourself)
This is a special “Flip the Script” episode! Instead of answering a guest’s questions, host Josh Spector brings on an expert he wants to learn from and asks them three questions.
Today’s guest is Ryan Deiss. Ryan is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and advisor. He started 17 companies and exited four. His portfolio of companies generated an excess of $200 million in revenue last year alone. But he's also an author, speaker, and creator, and he knows what it takes to scale from a one-person expert-based business into a scalable and even sellable enterprise.
How do you build an operating system for your business? Is it possible to scale a business based on your individual expertise? And how do you find the right people to hire or partner with?
You're about to find out.
Here are some of the most valuable moments in the conversation:
00:00 - Introduction
05:42 - How To Create A Business Process Map Using Post-It Notes
21:52 - Do You Want To Build A Business Beyond You?
28:40 - Personal Brand vs. Business Brand: Which Is Better?
36:15 - Who To Hire First
Show Notes
👉 Watch this episode on YouTube
To Connect with Ryan Deiss:
Free Book “Get Scalable”: https://www.getscalable.com/free/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ryandeiss
To connect with Josh Spector:
Newsletter: https://fortheinterested.com/subscribe/
Skill Sessions: https://joshspector.com/sessions/
Consulting: https://joshspector.com/consulting/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jspector
Apply to be a guest on the show: https://joshspector.com/questions/
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How To Use A Book To Grow Your Business (Without Selling Many Copies)
Today, my guest on the I Want To Know podcast is Andy Brown. Andy's an award-winning advisor and coach for people-based businesses, helping them grow and increase their value. He's also the author of “The Emotional Overdraft: 10 Simple Changes for Balancing Business Success and Wellbeing.” Published on January 22, 2024, “The Emotional Overdraft” identifies the 10 drivers of an emotional overdraft and the hidden cost line in many leaders' P&L statements. The book enables leaders to create healthier relationships with their businesses, loved ones, and themselves.
What's the best way to use a book to grow your business? Do you know when it makes sense to give your book away for free? And does your book need to sell a lot of copies in order for it to help you? Well, you're about to find out.
Here are some of the most valuable moments in our conversation:
00:00 - Introduction
09:19 - 3 Ways To Use Your Book To Create Value For Yourself (Without Being A Best-Seller)
17:37 - Give Away Your Book For Free (To These 8 People!)
35:10 - Are You An "Expert?" 3 Misconceptions You Likely Have About Authority
Show Notes
👉 Watch this episode on YouTube
To Connect with Andy Brown
Website: https://andybrown.coach/
Book: https://emotionaloverdraft.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/byandybrown
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andybrownprofile/
To connect with Josh Spector:
Newsletter: https://fortheinterested.com/subscribe/
Skill Sessions: https://joshspector.com/sessions/
Consulting: https://joshspector.com/consulting/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jspector
Apply to be a guest on the show: https://joshspector.com/questions/
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How To Fix 4 Annoying Newsletter Problems
How to improve your newsletter by getting more out of your archives, shortening your sales sequence, making it easier to publish frequently, and more.
Show Notes
👉 Watch this episode on YouTube
To connect with Josh Spector:
Newsletter: https://fortheinterested.com/subscribe/
Skill Sessions: https://joshspector.com/sessions/
Consulting: https://joshspector.com/consulting/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jspector
Apply to be a guest on the show: https://joshspector.com/questions/
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How To Get Your Community To Throw Their Money At You
Today, my guests on the I Want To Know podcast are Melanie Marsell and Kathleen Hall. They run Dive the Americas, a boutique ocean travel company that specializes in scuba diving travel experiences in Latin America. Their mission is simple: to inspire a love for the ocean and contribute to its protection through dive-focused travel. They have more than two decades of combined experience in travel planning and live locally in Mexico and Costa Rica.
Do you know how to build anticipation for your upcoming product launch or how to turn a free community into a moneymaker? And how do you decide when the right time is to launch a paid membership? Well, you're about to find out.
Here are some of the most valuable moments in our conversation:
00:00 - Introduction
14:31 - 5 Ways To Build Anticipation For Your Product
25:59 - How To Monetize A Free Community
36:49 - Don't Launch A Paid Community! (Until You Check These 4 Boxes)
Show Notes
👉 Watch this episode on YouTube
To Connect with Melanie and Kathleen:
Website: https://divetheamericas.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/divetheamericas/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@divetheamericas
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DivetheAmericas/
To connect with Josh Spector:
Newsletter: https://fortheinterested.com/subscribe/
Skill Sessions: https://joshspector.com/sessions/
Consulting: https://joshspector.com/consulting/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jspector
Apply to be a guest on the show: https://joshspector.com/questions/
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Tactics To Grow Your Coaching Business That No One Talks About
Today, my guest on the I Want To Know podcast is John Brewer. Jon assists high-performing individuals in transforming their success strategies, emphasizing the importance of well-being through his coaching venture, Authentically Led, and his newsletter, The High Performance Paradox.
You can find him on Twitter at @LeadAuthentic, where he shares insights related to performance, personal transformation, and his skill for selecting the ideal GIF. In addition to his coaching role, he's an executive in the mental health field, a practicing clinician, and an academic professor.
I pulled together my best tips for how to grow a coaching business and shared them in this episode - including how to get clients, use social media as a coach, and make sure you pick the right niche.
Here are some of the most valuable moments in our conversation:
00:00 - Introduction
07:04 - Hey Coaches! Avoid These 6 Social Media Mistakes
27:32 - 3 Clever Ways To Get Coaching Clients Without Spending A Dollar
36:57 - Should You Change Your Niche?
Show Notes
👉 Watch this episode on YouTube
How To Use A Newsletter To Get Clients: https://joshspector.com/newsletter-to-get-clients/
To Connect with John Brewer:
Website: https://johnbrewer.co/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadAuthentic
The High Performance Paradox Newsletter: https://highperformanceparadox.info/
To connect with Josh Spector:
Newsletter: https://fortheinterested.com/subscribe/
Skill Sessions: https://joshspector.com/sessions/
Consulting: https://joshspector.com/consulting/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jspector
Apply to be a guest on the show: https://joshspector.com/questions/
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Simple Ways To Use Email Automation (From The Expert Who Helped Justin Welsh Do So)
This is a special “Flip the Script” episode! Instead of answering a guest’s questions, host Josh Spector brings on an expert he wants to learn from and asks them three questions.
Email automation doesn't have to be complicated. In this episode, expert Brennan Dunn reveals simple ways you can use automation and segmentation to better serve your newsletter subscribers and drive more sales - including how he helped Justin Welsh do just that.
Brennan helps businesses better understand and individually sell to their audience at scale. He's the author of This is Personal. The founder of Right Message. He writes weekly at the Create & Sell newsletter and occasionally does a bit of consulting for partner clients, like Justin Welsh, Smart Passive Income, Dan Go, and others.
Here are some of the most valuable moments in our conversation:
00:00 - Introduction
03:58 - Steal This Welcome Email Sequence Template
09:19 - An Email Segmentation Expert Reveals His 3 Favorite Ways To Segment His List
16:45 - The Secret Sauce That Fuels Justin Welsh's Newsletter
Show Notes
👉 Watch this episode on YouTube
To Connect with Brennan:
Right Message: https://rightmessage.com/
This Is Personal: https://thisispersonalbook.com/
Create & Sell Newsletter: https://createandsell.co/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/brennandunn
To connect with Josh Spector:
Newsletter: https://fortheinterested.com/subscribe/
Skill Sessions: https://joshspector.com/sessions/
Consulting: https://joshspector.com/consulting/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jspector
Apply to be a guest on the show: https://joshspector.com/questions/
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Customer Reviews
Each episode gives practical value adds
I’ve been reading Josh’s newsletter For The Interested for 18 months and have learnt so much. Even as a fairly seasoned marketer, what I take away each week is huge from this podcast. I love the real world examples of creators posing challenges and how Josh debunks what’s worth trying and what’s probably not a value add. His course on How to Sell was worth its weight on gold. Someone mentioned an issue with production quality … I listen and don’t watch YT so don’t know about that but know where there’s value, glossy production carries little weight!
Useful advice at a price
Some really useful tips and things to consider as a creator, but let down by poor production quality and an emphasis on getting the episode out quickly for YouTube. Descript is a great tool but it’s being used by someone either with little experience or little time, which both amount to the same devaluing of the listener experience.
Definitely worth a listen for the tips. I just wouldn’t take any podcast advice from Josh.