7-Figure Small with Brian Clark
Business & Economics Podcasts
Brian Clark is a serial digital entrepreneur who's started several 7-figure businesses -- and one 8-figure business that was recently acquired. Drawing upon his own 20-year evolution from solo to CEO (and back again), Brian provides compelling stories and actionable strategies for ambitious freelancers and creative entrepreneurs looking to live the "7-Figure Small" lifestyle.
Notable guests include Seth Godin, Dan Pink, Jenny Blake, Tim Ferriss, Henry Rollins, Laura Roeder, Michael Stelzner, Chris Brogan, Emily Thompson, Darren Rowse, Andrew Warner, John Lee Dumas, Kathleen Shannon, and Gary Vaynerchuk.
Location:
United States
Description:
Brian Clark is a serial digital entrepreneur who's started several 7-figure businesses -- and one 8-figure business that was recently acquired. Drawing upon his own 20-year evolution from solo to CEO (and back again), Brian provides compelling stories and actionable strategies for ambitious freelancers and creative entrepreneurs looking to live the "7-Figure Small" lifestyle. Notable guests include Seth Godin, Dan Pink, Jenny Blake, Tim Ferriss, Henry Rollins, Laura Roeder, Michael Stelzner, Chris Brogan, Emily Thompson, Darren Rowse, Andrew Warner, John Lee Dumas, Kathleen Shannon, and Gary Vaynerchuk.
Language:
English
Episodes
Jim MacLeod's Unique Strategy for Differentiating His Curated Newsletter
2/23/2022
Jim MacLeod has spent his career helping companies design effective and goal-oriented digital experiences. He did it as a freelancer, and he does it today as the VP of Marketing for Digital Experience and Design for EBSCO.
Now he is using that experience and wisdom to turn the traditional curated email newsletter on its head.
We don't often think about design as an area ripe with differentiation possibilities for the curated newsletter, and yet Jim is proving that it absolutely can be.
In...
Duration:00:51:31
Lessons From the Married Couple That Built a Hyperlocal Powerhouse
2/16/2022
This week Jerod is joined by Scott Ellis and Wendi McGowan-Ellis, the husband-and-wife team that built one of the most successful hyperlocal websites of all time: Lifestyle Frisco.
And they’re not just 7-Figure Small powerhouses together, they’ve both launched impressive projects on their own as well – Wendi with a productized podcast and strategy service for successful female entrepreneurs, and Scott with a software product for doctors and his own newsletter for online entrepreneurs.
In...
Duration:01:13:21
How Kelly Berry Melds Old School Tactics with Cutting Edge Strategies
2/9/2022
Kelly Berry is a serial entrepreneur whose list of credentials and accomplishments is impressive:
She is the founder of ResourceAbility and Learn Start Grow, a trained and licensed CEO peer group facilitator, and was named Western Wisconsin Businesswoman of the Year in 2018.
She’s also a mom of two kids — a role which turned out to be pivotal in convincing her to leave the corporate world to start her own online business for the freedom and flexibility she desired. (Sound familiar?)
Kelly...
Duration:01:01:38
The Inside Story of Creator Economy Expo (CEX)
12/13/2021
Let's talk about CEX.
Last week, Brian Clark and Joe Pulizzi announced that they are joining forces to host a first-of-its-kind event for creators and content entrepreneurs. It's called Creator Economy Expo (CEX), and it will take place May 2-4 at the Arizona Grand Resort in Phoenix, Arizona.
This week on 7-Figure Small, Joe is back. You may recall his last appearance on the show, which included a discussion about his creator coin $TILT that helped spur us in a similar direction, launching...
Duration:00:49:42
Why Being 'Unemployable' Does Not Mean Being Unattached
12/8/2021
When we think about and discuss the concept of being “unemployable,” it’s easy to conflate that with being alone.
Consider the title of Paul Jarvis’ seminal book on the subject: Company of One.
Even the headline on the unemployable homepage right now – "No Investors, No Employees, Big Profits" – can be taken, at a quick glance, to suggest building on your own.
But the reality is that for the vast majority of unemployables, trying to navigate an increasingly complex web of tools,...
Duration:00:58:29
7 Essential Do's & Don'ts for a Successful Web 3.0 Experience
12/1/2021
We’ve spent a lot of time on the podcast over the last few months discussing the emergence of web 3.0.
This includes analyzing the technologies that are enabling web 3.0 and analyzing what they mean for the future of audience building, community building, and the kind of content entrepreneurship and personal enterprise building that so many 7-Figure Small listeners are working toward.
This week, Jerod shares some advice that will be useful to anyone involved in web 3.0, whether you’re just...
Duration:01:15:48
The Enduring Power of Being Helpful
11/17/2021
We launched the 7-Figure Small podcast last year as a natural evolution of the unemployable concept. The big idea, as stated right there in the podcast description, was to share compelling stories and actionable strategies for creative freelancers and entrepreneurs looking to live the "7-Figure Small" lifestyle.
And we’ve done that.
But things in our world have changed quite a bit over the last 18-24 months, and that change has been reflected in the content here on the podcast.
Web 3.0...
Duration:01:05:01
How to Prepare Your Mind for the Metaverse
11/10/2021
We’ve spent a lot of time over the last few months discussing web 3.0, the emerging and converging technologies that are creating it, and how these trends will impact the strategies and tactics we choose as audience-building entrepreneurs.
If you missed any of our recent podcasts episodes on web 3.0, make sure you to dip into the recent archive to get caught up.
And if you want to go deeper on the keys to succeeding in the creator economy and web 3.0, go to futurefreedom.com and sign up...
Duration:00:54:53
What It's Really Like to Be a Digital Nomad
11/3/2021
What exactly is a “digital nomad?”
Here’s one potential definition:
Explorer, Traffic & Website Builder, Always Striving to Be & Do Better. Driven by continuous exploration. Personally, professionally, and as a full-time nomad. At home in Canada & the USA but consider myself a citizen of the world.
That’s the headline and description from one of our member profiles inside of the Unemployable Initiative — a member who certainly considers herself to be a digital nomad.
It’s a concept we’ve...
Duration:00:53:43
Jack Butcher on Web 3.0 Courses, Commerce, and Community
10/27/2021
Jack Butcher is proof that new voices can come along and quickly build a 7-figure small business with an online audience. And then also parlay that initial success into the next iteration of their own personal enterprise.
Of course, people only see the so-called “overnight success” and not the longer path that made it possible. Like so many others, Jack didn’t just jump into online courses.
He paid his dues developing industry expertise, worked one-on-one with clients to test his ideas,...
Duration:00:56:37
Web 3.0 is People
10/20/2021
Technology is driving change and the evolution of the web.
That's what we discussed in recent episodes about blockchain, creator coins, NFTs, and smart contracts and DAOs. But what really matters, beyond the shiny newness and seemingly infinite possibilities of the tech, is the people.
Specifically, how the unchanging fundamentals of human nature operate in the context this new technology creates.
Because as Brian is fond of saying, “Technology doesn’t change human nature, it amplifies...
Duration:00:53:59
CryptoDads Case Study: NFTs as the Catalyst for Community Commerce and Beyond
10/6/2021
As we discussed on a recent episode of 7-Figure Small, the use cases and utility for NFTs go so far beyond just getting a cartoon image to use as a profile picture.
This is actually the biggest mistake that many people new to learning about NFTs make when they see the exorbitant amounts of money that projects like Crypto Punks and the Bored Ape Yacht Club sell for. They assume it’s about the artwork, when that’s merely the top layer.
What really matters is everything going on beneath the...
Duration:00:52:25
Smart Contracts and DAOs: The Collaboration Code
9/22/2021
We began this series by talking about blockchain, then followed it up with two episodes on emerging applications built on top of blockchains — creator coins and NFTs.
This week, we discuss the intermediate layer between the blockchain and those applications, which make them possible: smart contracts.
• What a smart contract is and does
• The legalities of smart contracts
• Examples of smart contracts
• How smart contracts led to the rise of Ethereum
• How smart contracts can...
Duration:00:56:16
NFTs: What They Are, Where They’re At, and Where They’re Going
9/15/2021
This is the second episode in our series on the applications that will be built on top of blockchains and change the way we live, work, and interact.
Last we discussed creator coins. This week, we're discussing the other kind of social token: NFTs.
By now you've probably heard of NFTs. You may even know that NFT stands for Non-Fungible Token. But if you're like most people, you're still trying to figure out exactly what that means … and why on earth people would spend thousands (even...
Duration:01:03:42
Creator Coins: A Value Multiplier for Community Commerce
9/8/2021
Last week, we returned with a discussion about blockchain and decentralization. That episode set the stage for the series of episodes we're beginning this week, which dive deep into what really matters: the useful applications that will be built on top of blockchains and change the way we live, work, and interact.
Let's start with creator coins -- of which we have our own, $MOVE (http://movecoin.net)
If you've been paying attention, you probably understand creator coins in broad strokes....
Duration:00:47:48
Blockchain: The Foundation of Web 3.0
9/1/2021
These days, blockchain and cryptocurrencies are most often referenced when the decentralized web is discussed. But blockchain is really only one aspect of Web 3.0 (although a really important foundational one).
Web 3.0 will involve the convergence of:
• Spatial technologies like augmented reality and virtual reality
• Physical access points via the internet of things, wearables, and robotics
• Cognitive aspects such as machine learning and artificial intelligence, and
• Distributed...
Duration:00:47:03
How Nerd Fitness Succeeds with Intersectional Positioning
5/21/2021
We’ve talked a lot about positioning on this show. In a crowded content ecosystem, you can’t just publish general content for a general audience and expect any response other than general indifference.
You have to position yourself and your content so that you matter in a particular way to a particular group of people.
And as the Internet landscape gets more advanced, with more content options available, even a single level of positioning isn’t enough. For example, you can’t just be...
Duration:01:04:19
Joe Pulizzi on NFTs and Building Your Personal Content Empire
5/13/2021
With Joe Pulizzi in the house, could we be talking about anything other than content? Come on. This is the founder of Content Marketing Institute and author of the soon-to-be-rereleased Content, Inc. that we're talking about here. Content is Joe’s brand.
But not content for content’s sake. If you are still clinging to the idea that “content is king,” you need to disabuse yourself of that notion immediately.
Content is not king. The right content, in the right context, for the right people,...
Duration:01:15:51
Paul Jarvis on Building a Personal Enterprise While Ditching the Personal Brand
5/6/2021
This week, we continue with the themes from the past couple of weeks: building a personal enterprise and the growing trend of unretirement.
The question is: where does building a personal brand play into all of this?
Do you need to build a personal brand to build a personal enterprise? Are they the same thing? (No.)
Do you need it at the beginning in our social media-conscious world, but are you then able to ditch it later once the demands of a personal brand are no longer necessary to...
Duration:01:06:56
What’s Your Unretirement Plan?
4/28/2021
The "unretirement" trend started with bored retired people going back to work.
Then it became a planning mechanism for those nearing retirement to set up their next thing.
Now, it’s applied to anyone who thinks it's ridiculous to do something you hate just so you can retire by a predetermined age. Why not just start living the life you want now ... and then keep going with it?
That is the topic of this week's discussion on 7-Figure Small. Brian Clark delves into what unretirement is, the...
Duration:00:35:55