In 2001, Julie Broad was getting ready to go back to school to earn an MBA, but she didn’t want to end up deeper in debt upon graduating. She decided to invest the money that was supposed to go towards tuition into purchasing two real estate properties with her then boyfriend, now husband. They ended up buying 2-5 properties a year until taking the leap to become a full-time real estate investor and starting a real estate newsletter in 2008. The newsletter led to an education business teaching others how to invest in real estate using Julie’s marketing and business background and her husband’s mortgage lending background. Today, Julie has transitioned her business out of the real estate realm and focused on speaking engagements and continuing her newsletter on http://havemoreinfluence.com/
Learning to Communicate Beyond Words and Talking
I once read that the difference between activities that cool kids do and uncool kids do is that uncool kids’ activities tend to be based in rules and cool kids’ less so. I don’t know how you’d verify the idea, but I found exploring it told me about myself. Uncool kids play chess, which has clear rules. You can count the…
Podcasting in Creating a Network
Podcasting has opened the world up to anyone with the proper equipment, welcoming communication and brand positioning. When I started podcasting in November of 2015, I had nothing to show for my business ventures but a series of things that didn’t quite work out for me, other than some income and valuable experience. Since then, I have connected and created…
Are Limiting Beliefs Holding You Back?
Imagine, for a moment, that we live in a world of Limitless potential and Limitless opportunities. In this world that you live in, whatever anybody else can accomplish, so can you. Mark Zuckerberg Elon Musk Bill Gates For a moment, imagine that you’re already the person who is capable of doing anything you set out to accomplish and nothing is…
9 Apps Any Entrepreneur Must Use
The way we do and manage businesses in today’s world is certainly different than the way we used to do it 20, 10 or even 5 years ago. Desktop and mobile apps are without a doubt one of the fastest growing industries of the past decade and have impacted both our daily lives and businesses. Having apps for almost anything we’ve…
Secret Academy Episode – Peter Beattie
Peter Beattie was working as an architectural designer when the recession hit. After having his hours cut, he decided that he needed to explore alternative methods of income. He quit his job and started designing websites for local businesses. About a year into making websites, he stumbled upon a marketing forum and realized that there was a market for digital products teaching others the ins and outs of local marketing. Peter found great success selling digital products and started VideoRevolver selling video templates to help other online marketers strengthen their own businesses.
Do You Think Success Just Happens to People?
If you answered this question with a “Yes”, think again. Successful people all seem to follow the same patterns and philosophies in life. Now, successful people aren’t all robots and the formula isn’t necessarily something you can clone from person to person, however there are three traits that keep arising. Before we get into those three traits you have to…