In The Trenches with Tom Morkes provides behind-the-scenes look into the life and work of entrepreneurs, writers, artists, warriors, and leaders.
Episodes
Monday Jun 01, 2015
Monday Jun 01, 2015
Elena Kazakova is a professional photographer and founded of Between Contrast. She was born in Russia and has lived all over the world, including South Korea and most recently the United States to pursue her dream work as a photographer. We explore what it’s like to be a professional photographer and the projects that she’s taking part in (and why they matter). What Elena and I talk about in this broadcast:
- How Elena got started with photography
- What Between Contrasts is all about and why it matters
- What impact Elena wants to make through her photography
- The most difficult part of her photography (and the most rewarding part of her work)
- How Elena is combining art and business to spread an important message
How to connect with Elena online:
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Friday May 29, 2015
Friday May 29, 2015
Hani Mourra is the founder of SimpleVideoPress.com and SimplePodcastPress.com. Hani is a software engineer, online marketing coach, and father of two beautiful girls. His passion is showing small business owners how easy video marketing and podcasting can be. What Hani Mourra and I talk about in today's broadcast:
- How Hani Mourra combined his passions to create his first business product
- The process Hani took to develop Simple Video Press and how that led to his most recent business, Simple Podcast Press
- How he is scaling his business
- What Hani Mourra is managing the maintenance of two simultaneous software products
- How Hani is building an audience and finding new customers (while bootstrapping everything)
You can find Hani Mourra online:
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Monday May 25, 2015
Monday May 25, 2015
Scott Barlow is the founder of Happen to Your Career (HTYC), a company that helps you stop doing work that doesn’t fit, figuring out what does and then teaching you to make it happen! He has been helping people develop their careers and businesses for over 10 years as a Human Resources Leader, Business Development Expert, and Career Coach. With over 2000 interviews experience from his HR career, Scott interviews others telling their story of finding work they love on the Happen to Your Career Podcast. What Scott Barlow and I talk about in today's broadcast:
- How Scott started his own business and then transitioned into a traditional job
- How Scott started Happen to Your Career and what he would have done differently
- How having more help would have helped HTYC early on
- How a failed Indiegogo campaign helped him change his focus to helping individuals
- Advice on how to find new clients as a new service-based business
You can find Scott Barlow online:
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Friday May 22, 2015
Friday May 22, 2015
Joshua Rivers is the founder and creator of the Creative Studio Academy, a website and podcast dedicated to helping people with online content creation. He has developed websites for several years, as well as helped others start blogging and podcasting. What Joshua Rivers and I talk about in today's broadcast:
- The process of starting Creative Studio Academy
- How Joshua is pivoting with Creative Studio Academy
- The strategy Joshua is using to find new clients while lacking traditional sales skills
- The struggles Joshua has had building this side business while balancing a full-time job and family
- How Joshua is working to set up the lifestyle he desires
- How Joshua handles the day to day aspects of building a side business
You can find Joshua Rivers online:
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Friday May 15, 2015
Friday May 15, 2015
Tammy Helfrich is a blogger, podcaster, and author of Becoming a Life Changer: Move Away From Ordinary. Tammy originally started in sales at a corporate job, but after a full career and 20 years, moved on to start her own venture. Writing and podcasting have become her passions, and she has been fortunate to connect with some incredible readers and writers in the process. What Tammy Helfrich and I talk about in today's broadcast:
- Why she continues to push herself beyond her comfort zone
- How she is growing her hobby into a business
- The steps Tammy is taking to build the coaching aspect of her business
- Her process for writing a book and publishing on Amazon
- The most difficult thing that Tammy's worked on
- Tammy's goals moving forward, including rebranding
You can find Tammy Helfrich online:
- Website: tammyhelfrich.com
- Twitter: @tammyhelfrich
- Instagram: instagram.com/tammyhelfrich
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Friday May 15, 2015
Friday May 15, 2015
Danny Iny is the founder of Firepole Marketing, the author of the best selling Amazon book Engagement from Scratch, and the creator of the Audience Business Training Master Class program. In today's broadcast, Danny Iny takes us through his journey, from a quarter million in debt, to millions in revenue from his own bootstrapped startup. What Danny Iny and I talk about in today's broadcast:
- How Danny went from $250,000 in debt to a 7-figure business
- Why Danny chose the online marketing business
- Looking back over his business, what Danny would do differently
- Danny's strategy behind building an e-mail list to build a business
- Where writing a book fit into Danny's business strategy and how it doubled his e-mail subscribers overnight
- Danny's strategy behind building an e-mail list instead of focusing on Amazon sales
- How he created his business systems and processes
You can find Danny Iny online:
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Friday May 08, 2015
Friday May 08, 2015
Nick Gentle is the co-founder of iFindProperty. Born in New Zealand, Nick lived and worked in Japan for 11 years before he began investing in rental properties. To get started investing, he used iFindProperty, a company that helps investors find and invest in real estate in New Zealand. After Nick became a professional investor, he and a friend built an investment company to help others do the same. Most suprisingly, Nick was able to build this company while still living in Japan. As fate would have it, a few years later they ended up merging with iFindProperty, and have built it to a leading investment company in New Zealand. What Nick Gentle and I talk about in today's broadcast:
- How he started his investment company
- The issues he faced working with a partner
- Differences and hurdles of investing between New Zealand and the United States
- The balance between the company as another job and being an investment
- Struggles of running a New Zealand-based company while living in Japan
Where you can find Nick Gentle online:
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Monday May 04, 2015
Monday May 04, 2015
Matt Miller is a former Air Force pilot, advertising executive, and full-time serial entrepreneur. He is currently focusing on school fundraising. After 9 years in the Air Force, Matt decided to branch off to build his own business. He hasn't looked back since. Matt started in the vending industry when a friend from church talked about buying gumball machines to put in local businesses. After some reading and research, he decided to give the bulk candy industry a shot, and built a large route in the San Antonio area. After the recession in 2008, several kids knocked on his door selling items to raise money for a school project. That visit turned into an idea to use vending machines for school fundraising, and now Matt has nationwide distribution and is continuing to expand and grow his business. What Matt Miller and I talk about in today's broadcast:
- The cost of production for the vending business (and why these margins work for fundraising)
- How Matt developed his business model from scratch
- How Matt is scaling his business into a franchise and the pros and cons of doing so
- The time investment to train and bring in new distributors as a franchise founder
- How Matt has started several other businesses after streamlining his vending business
- How Matt can manage so many projects and business at one time (hint: it's not easy)
- The role that Rich Dad, Poor Dad played in his life
Powerful quote from today's broadcast:
“Live like no one else now, so that later you can live like no one else.” - Dave Ramsey
You can find Matt Miller online:
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Friday May 01, 2015
Friday May 01, 2015
Dr. Lee Warren is the author of No Place to Hide, a memoir recounting his experience as a military brain surgeon in a combat zone. Dr. Warren went to medical school on scholarship from the Air Force. Just after finishing school, he joined active duty in August 2001. He deployed immediately after. Later, in 2005, he was deployed again to Iraq, this time to the busiest theater hospital in the country. Because this was one of the most heavily attacked base, he saw a high volume of patients. After getting home from Iraq, Dr. Warren struggled reintegrating. He admits that for five years he battled with PTSD, until finally embracing writing as his outlet out of the darkness. What Dr. Lee Warren and I discuss in today's broadcast:
- How writing created a path for Dr. Warren to deal with his struggles
- How Dr. Warren was able to go from writing about his experiences for family, to self-publishing, to landing a lucrative traditional publishing deal
- How much impact publishing through a traditional publisher had on the book and its reception
- Whether new authors should self-publish or go the traditional publishing route (Dr. Warren has done both)
- How Dr. Warren has been able to expand speaking and media engagements
- The process Dr. Warren went through going from non-fiction to fiction
Where you can connect with Dr. Lee Warren:
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Monday Apr 20, 2015
Monday Apr 20, 2015
Today’s guest is Anfernee Chansamooth, the founder of Confidentpreneur.com. Anfernee is also a philanthropist, executive coach, business consultant, and writer. He has trained over 1,000 business leaders across 14 countries to work better and more effectively together. He has become the National Partnerships and Content Manager at Hub Australia, a co-working space in downtown Sydney. What Anfernee Chansamooth and I talk about in today's broadcast:
- How a headache which led to a hospital visit changed Anfernee's outlook and life
- How he started Confidentpreneur.com from scratch
- How Anfernee has leveraged the negative times in his life to help inspire others
- How anyone can make money by connecting people
- The future of work and collaboration
- Why collaboration and interaction matters
- How an introvert can benefit from co-working spaces
Killer Quotes:
"If you're multi-talented, find a way to make your talents work together”
You can find Anfernee Chansamooth online:
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