Meron Bareket

IIP039: New Year Resolutions and 12-Minute Athlete

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Herb gardens… New Year resolutions… getting fit…and …

Making things happen in 2014!

It’s our last episode for 2013, so it’s time for some good ol’ new year’s resolutions …

Or is it?

A New Angle On New Year Resolutions

Today’s episode starts with unexpected lessons learned from… my herb garden.

Wait, what?

Julie and I always wanted to have a herb garden. We imagined ourselves making peppermint and lemon grass tea, using rosemarie, sage and green onion for cooking, the whole sha-bang. So we finally planted one in 2013 (I know, you probably can’t contain the excitement! Read on 🙂 .)

So on today’s episode you will find out what our garden taught us about life, and why it made me revisit the way I do my new year resolutions. You’d be surprised what mother nature can show you :).

The episode goes on to some reflections on the year that’s ending; What worked? What were my shortcomings? What to do when your year ends up so far away from your original plan that the seem ridiculous?

Then I share my plans for the first three months of 2014, which I’d love your input on, and I’d love to hear YOUR PLANS! Let’s keep each other accountable. (Come to think of it, it’s one thing I forgot to mention in this episode – the accountability factor.)

And of course, as always, we are joined by a very interesting guest.

Today’s Guest: The 12-Minute Athlete – Krista Stryker, HIIT Superhero

My guest today has a lot to celebrate as this year comes to a close.

Krista Stryker is the founder and creator of ’12-Minute Athlete’, which started as a website filled with effective workouts you can do at home that take….12 minutes! (Hence, the 12-minute athlete.)

Krista Stryker - The 12 Minute Athlete — Krista Stryker – The 12 Minute Athlete

Instead of spending hours in the gym with all the fancy equipment, Krista claims you can be just as fit by doing high intensity interval training (abbreviated HIIT) from your own home. Stressing on the phrase: “Don’t waste life in a gym,” Krista shows us why we don’t really need to go to the gym to workout, and why our workout doesn’t need to take so much of our time.

She launched her business in October 2012, and 2013 was a major year of growth for her. I think she’s the perfect guest to end 2013 with, and here’s why:

If you’re anything like me – you probably have “Getting into shape” or something similar in your bucket list for the coming year. If you’re much like me – you’re already dreading the idea of signing up to that gym, or of making the time needed to accomplish this goal.
Which is why Krista is the perfect guest. Following her motto – “Don’t waste life in a gym” – her training regime only requires 12 minutes of hard work, every couple of days. Sounds like a sweet proposition to me!
I think that new year’s eve is the best time to celebrate one’s achievements, and just completing her first year with 12-Minute Athlete, Krista has a lot to share and celebrate!
Having only completing her first year, she has a lot of fresh lessons and tips to share, that I hope will help you make 2014 YOUR ENTREPRENEURIAL YEAR!

The different struggles and choices she had to make are familiar and very relatable to any entrepreneur. Listen to today’s episode to find out:

Episode Highlights

What can a herb garden teach you about business?
Why I ditched new year resolutions.
How did Krista get started once she had her idea?
Krista’s tips from her first year as online fitness entrepreneur.
The power of a mastermind, and how can you get into one?
How to start networking.
Our do’s and don’ts for those attending NMX (or any conference for that matter)

Items mentioned in this episode include

My interview on the fantastic Habit Chef Podcast
IIP031: How To Grow Your Own Giant Pumpkin, And Become A Successful Entrepreneur
Krista Stryker on Twitter: @12minuteathlete
12 Minute Athlete
12 Minute Athlete App on iTunes
Nathan Barry
NMX
Chris Guillebeau
$100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau

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Meron

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IIP038: Leaving Corporate at 46 To A Coaching Career Supercharged By New Media

“I need independence. You can’t have independence if you’re an employee.”

The only way to be really, truly independent – is to become an entrepreneur.

However, it’s not hard to quit the 9-5 job and become one, not to mention – a successful one! And more so when there are bills to pay and mouths to feed. It seems that the longer you wait, the harder, up to impossible, it becomes.

One Questions That I Keep Getting That Today’s Interview Tries To Answer

I’ve received several comments from Inspiring Innovation VIP Members that said: “All the stories on the show are so inspiring, but I’m almost 50, have a wife, a dog, and 4 kids – I don’t have the time to start something, nor the ability to handle the decrease of income!”

I get that. Which is why I’m so happy to have Bernd Geropp on the show today.

Leaving Corporate at 46 To An Entrepreneurship Career Supercharged By New Media

How did Bernd, an electrical engineer from Germany, leave his position at the corporate he’s been serving for almost ten years, and became a market leading leadership coach?

Turns out it IS possible to become an entrepreneur at any age, no matter how many liabilities you have. Especially if you can supercharge your marketing with the latest new media tools.

Listen to today’s episode for all the details, including:

Episode Highlights

How one of Bernd’s early entrepreneurship ventures almost led him to bankruptcy, and how that affected him in leaving the corporate life at an older age. How it affected his planning, willingness and tolerance to risk, and attitude? (You’d be surprised! It’s not the common, “I’ve been there once so I know there’s nothing to fear from”!)
How he bridged the gap between 9-5 job and entrepreneurship – with the support of the company he was about to leave.
Finding the balance between moonlighting in order to start your own business, and burning the ships at shore and taking more risk than you’re ready to take.
How Bernd used new media like blogs, YouTube, and especially podcasting to build a name, a brand, and most important – a business. He doesn’t have to cold-call anymore, and it’s all because of new media!

Today’s episode is a reminder that it doesn’t matter how late in life you decide to enter (or re-enter) entrepreneurship, it’s always possible.

Have Questions For Bernd?

If you have any questions to Bernd, leave them as comments to this post, and I guarantee he will answer!

Items mentioned in this episode include:

Inspiring Innovation Tribe
Bernd’s English website
His German website
His Podcast on iTunes: Führung auf den Punkt gebracht
His YouTube channel
Twitter: @MoreLeadership and @BerndGeropp
His Facebook account
His LinkedIn account
His book: Ist die Katze aus dem Haus …

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IIP037: How To Make Money From Your Blog, Even If You Don’t Have A Lot Of Traffic

The Bottom Line

Even if your blog has little traffic, you still have a lot of influence. Bloggers are the celebrities of today and tomorrow, and brands are willing to pay you for your influence. And now, there’s an easy way to have them find you.

Blog Monetization In 2014

This week we are joined by Dino Dogan, CEO of Triberr. On Dino’s previous appearance on the show, he managed to mention Hitler and Steve Jobs in the same sentence and sparked a lot of attention. That was episode 11: How To Get More Attention To Your Blog And Make Your Fans Insanely Loyal

Now, Dino is back to share a lot of very interesting bits that will be a part of his session for the upcoming NMX 2014 in Las Vegas this January, and I wanted you to be the first to know.

What’s Today’s Session All About?

For more than two years, Dino and his team at Triberr have gone through lengths in discovering and sharing new ways and strategies to help bloggers create powerful content distribution by closely collaborating with other bloggers, sharing each others content, and building tribes that scale quickly and massively.

For example: I’m a member of a tribe that has 12 members, but the compound audience reach is over 362,000 people. This has been an incredibly powerful tool for many bloggers, and now Triberr have taken it to the next step.

From the big brands’ point of view, a single blogger with a moderate-to-low audience doesn’t make much of a difference. His reach is not big enough. But what happened when you put 10, 20, 50 or a 100 in one tribe, with specific goals and milestones to achieve? Suddenly these bloggers — together — can move the needle even for Nike!

And that’s the future that just went live on Triberr: Brand campaigns. It’s kind of like Kickstarter in reverse; instead of raising money, brands are raising awareness by building a campaign tribe of bloggers, podcasts, YouTubers, etc. that will be their brand ambassadors and create word of mouth for them.

While a single blogger previously had no chance of getting paid by brands like Godiva’s, Cottonelle, TOMS Shoes or Almay — when he creates his bargaining power by collaborating with other bloggers — he gets attention, AND money. This is not wishful thinking; this is what has been happening on Triberr over the last few months, according to Dogan.

The Best Part (A.K.A. Episode Highlights)

You can start getting paid for your blog even if you don’t have massive traffic numbers
It doesn’t cost you a penny.
Not only do you get paid, but you also get tons of shares and social media boost from all your other tribe-mates.
You get the social proof of being a paid brand ambassador. That’s great both for shushing your family, but also for how your blog is perceived by other bloggers, your readership, and future sponsors.
It’s FREE!! Have I mentioned that? 🙂

How Can You Start?

To know more, tune in to this week’s exciting episode (the play button is at the top). After you learn all the details, join the Inspiring Innovation Tribe and introduce yourself. Dino & I are looking forward to see you there. 🙂

Yours,
Meron

Items Mentioned:

Inspiring Innovation Tribe
Dino Dogan Twitter: @dinodogan
NMX 2014
Triberr
Tribber Twitter: @Triberr
Gary Vaynerchuk
Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook by Gary Vaynerchuk

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IIP036: 15 Best Takeaways From Over 100 Interviews With Top Entrepreneurs

After 35 interviews done so far for Inspiring Innovation Podcast (a cool milestone — if I may add), I have dissected and collated fifteen of the most valuable tips and advice we’ve received from top entrepreneurs sharing their story so far.

Why Stop From Normal Scheduling And Do This Episode?

Actually, it was triggered by a challenge from one of the VIP members who posed a question, asking for a list of the ‘top 10 completely unnecessary mistakes which can make a business fall’.

I thought it was a great idea and came up with another one: highlight the best pieces of advice that all these amazing entrepreneurs whom I interviewed in the show had shared with us so far.

I’ve also been playing with the idea of producing an additional weekly episode — a shorter one apart from the weekly interview — that’ll be showcased on a Monday perhaps (with a co-host or someone). We’ll talk about and dissect the interview episode, extract lessons and talk about it for about 20 minutes or so.

For this episode, it’s going to be a compilation of all those golden nuggets that I also find myself giving to VIP members, to people who email me and friends. I realized that it would be much helpful to list them all down in one place.

So, here are the top 15 take away from 35 interviews:

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IIP035: When The Worst Thing Happens… What Do You Do?

When The Worst Thing Happens… What Do You Do?

What happens if you really do hit rock-bottom? Can you still rebuild? Would you still be able to lead an amazing life, finding a way to finally combine everything that you love doing into one, life changing, business? For today’s guest, Ann Lavi, founder of the Dalloway English Boutique School, the answer is a resounding ‘YES!’

“Do what you love and what you’re good at.”

Those are the wise words from Ann Lavi, the founder of Dalloway English Boutique School. Today’s episode chronicles Ann’s journey; from a young woman arriving at a foreign country with no knowledge of the local language, rising to the challenge through sheer perseverance to finally making it, and lead a good life while doing what she loves.

Ann Lavi - Founder of Dalloway English Boutique School — Ann Lavi – Founder of Dalloway English Boutique School

Episode highlights:

How daring in one field allows you to dare in others
How Ann handles the fear from hitting rock bottom
The ups and downs – from penniless foreigner and abused teacher, to rich employee, start-up founder, being penniless again, to the successful founding of Dalloway.
The most important people skill teachers need, and most of them lack (or the secret sauce to become an amazing teacher, guide, coach, or just a much better person)
Happy Thanksgiving America!

Ann’s Story

Ann has been a factory worker at a young age and then a waitress later on, learning bits and pieces of Hebrew during coffee breaks through her co-workers. Then, after earning a degree in English Literature, her path towards becoming an educator and teaching kids how to communicate cemented her goal in teaching languages to other people.

Before Dalloway’s inception, Ann had been up and down a couple of times, but she never allowed depression or fears keep her down. Her determination to live a good life and her love for people and conversations finally made her think of something that would allow her having a free schedule and be a boss to herself.

And that’s what the (incredibly unique) Dalloway English Boutique School gave her.

Unlike any other language schools, Dalloway is housed in a swanky apartment (instead of a classroom) that encourages adults who want to learn foreign languages in a different way. The unconventional setup employs a really unique way of teaching a foreign language, which starts with the premise: a living room is turned into a classroom (so to speak), which is equipped with a comfy sofa that gives off a relaxing ambiance and is conducive for a conversation-type meeting over food and wine.

To know more of Ann’s entrepreneurial journey and how the words from Virginia Woolf encouraged her to get to where she’s at now with her business, listen to this week’s episode and take away great inspirational lessons to live by and more — only here at Inspiring Innovation — your weekly backstage to success.

Items mentioned in this episode include:

Dalloway Boutique English School
Dalloway Boutique English School Facebook
Ann Lavi’s Facebook
For inquiries, leave a message HERE
Berlitz Language School
Extra Plastic Ltd.
Ulpan
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

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Direct access to the show’s guests. You ask them anything you want – they answer on the interview.
Exclusive episodes, content and tools
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Meron

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