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Brad Costanzo
"Sizzling Hot Business Advice Guaranteed To Make You Fat...PROFITS!"
How do you know if this show is right for you? You own a business or you're in charge of growing it. You're a startup or looking for an exit and improving your profits is priority #1.
You love hot new ideas, proven marketing campaigns, expert advice and out of the box thinking almost as much as you love a plate of hot bacon.
Brad Costanzo, entrepreneur, business owner, digital marketing consultant, bacon-lover and business growth geek shares his insights and invites other world-class business minds to share their best bacon-wrapped business strategies with you.
Send an email to AskBrad@BaconWrappedBusiness.com and give him your toughest business challenges... he and his guest hosts will wrap-em-in-bacon and deliver you a piping hot plate of profits
How do you know if this show is right for you? You own a business or you're in charge of growing it. You're a startup or looking for an exit and improving your profits is priority #1.
You love hot new ideas, proven marketing campaigns, expert advice and out of the box thinking almost as much as you love a plate of hot bacon.
Brad Costanzo, entrepreneur, business owner, digital marketing consultant, bacon-lover and business growth geek shares his insights and invites other world-class business minds to share their best bacon-wrapped business strategies with you.
Send an email to AskBrad@BaconWrappedBusiness.com and give him your toughest business challenges... he and his guest hosts will wrap-em-in-bacon and deliver you a piping hot plate of profits
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Jun 20, 2018 • 1h 13min
High Ticket Dropshipping Done Right With Anton Kraly
Dropshipping is one of the quickest ways for many retailers to get started without spending a ridiculously large amount of money on startup costs. However, for those who are still new in the world of online marketing, specifically in eCommerce, getting your hands into this retail fulfillment method can be daunting just as it is disastrous.
In this episode, Brad Costanzo sits down with Anton Kraly of Drop Ship Lifestyle to serve you sizzling hot advice on how to do drop shipping the right way, most especially if it concerns high ticket products. Anton shares how you can build relationships with manufacturers, identify pricing, market online, and more so you can serve up those products to your customers without missing a heartbeat.
Some Topics We Discussed Include:
What dropshipping actually means and why it is one of the quickest ways to get started in eCommerce
The right way to do dropshipping
Anton’s business model for dropshipping
Higher-ticket dropship stuff versus $50 and under
Manufacturer versus distributors – who to go straight to
Dropshipping from the US versus dropshipping from China or somewhere else
How to make people choose you over your competition
The best way to get your dropshipping business off the ground and running
To learn more about Anton Kraly and get some sizzling hot advice on how to do drop shipping the right way, visit https://baconwrappedbusiness.com/dropshipping/
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Jun 19, 2018 • 1h 3min
The Michelangelo Of Offer Creation: Adil Amarsi
Adil Amarsi is one of the best copywriters in the world, he's known as the Michelangelo of Offer Creation for his ability to sculpt an offer into a compelling "must have" product or service.
You'll discover his 15 point sales copy formula as well as his mindset going into an existing or a brand new offer.
You'll also hear how he survived an attempted suicide jump from a 7 story building and landed on his head.
Visit AdilAmarsi.com
And StorySellingEmails.com

Jun 11, 2018 • 48min
The Art Of Giving Gifts In Business with John Ruhlin
The world is filled with broken entrepreneurs, salespeople, and professionals because they have not mastered the concepts of access and influence. When dealing with people in the business world, it is often through the relationships we foster with them that takes us to a much higher platform.
Access and influence are two great tools to use because figuring out how to access your audience can you create the kind of influence you want. Brad Costanzo interviews John Ruhlin of the Ruhlin Group who utilizes gifts to get access and influence with people.
As an expert Gift Giver, he explains to us the value of using Giftology or the art of giving gifts to our business relations as well as how we can get started on it. There is so much to gain from showing gratitude, and by gift-giving, you can get more referrals, drive more results, and ultimately grow your business.
Some Topics We Discussed Include:
What Giftology is all about
How John got Cameron Herold to refer him and open up doors for him
The art of picking the right gift and how you can make an impact with that
Using gifts to open doors, stay relevant, and keep the deal moving forward
How John built a relationship with the Cubs and other high net worth clients
The worst gifts to avoid
Free gift for you from John: http://giftologybook.com/bacon.
Learn more about John and get the full shownotes at https://baconwrappedbusiness.com/giftology/
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Apr 30, 2018 • 38min
How FreeeUp Gives You An Easier & More Efficient Way To Outsource Featuring Nathan Hirsch
Nathan Hirsch is a serial entrepreneur and expert in remote hiring and eCommerce. He started his first eCommerce business out of his college dorm room and has sold over $30 million online. He is now the co-founder and CEO of FreeeUp.com, a marketplace that connects businesses with pre-vetted freelancers in eCommerce, digital marketing, and much more. He regularly appears on leading podcasts, such as Entrepreneur on Fire, and speaks at live events about online hiring tactics.
Bullet Points
How Nathan started selling textbooks online in college which turned into a $30mm dropshipping business selling baby products.
How a hiring spree almost caused him to fail
The problems with traditional outsourcing
The gap in the market that FreeeUp.com fills for entrepreneurs
360 Delegation https://www.profitfactory.com/360delegation/
What's working to grow FreeeUp.com in a competitive marketplace
Visit FreeeUp.com for more info

Apr 18, 2018 • 51min
Making Things Happen For the World's Most Important People with Bluefishing Author Steve Sims
Imagine if you could pick up the phone and ask the person on the other end for anything you want… like visiting the Titanic, or playing with the band Journey.
Maybe you want to have dinner with your favorite movie star, or walk the runway at New York’s Fashion week? Or get married at the Vatican by the Pope himself.
Well anything your heart desires is possible if you know Steve Simms.
Steve is the Founder of Bluefish… An exclusive, high end concierge service he created to bring people’s wildest dreams to life.
Steve is going to share the key to his success, which is how to network with the world’s most successful people.
And if he's a perfect example of using Access & Influence to achieve anything.
More than though, he's a down to earth, straight shooting guy with zero pretense and pomp. You're going to love it.
Check Steve out at Bluefish or SteveDSims.com

Apr 16, 2018 • 55min
How To Leverage Publicity To Build Your Brand Without Hiring A PR Agency
Geeta wants to live in a world filled with innovative businesses, books that come bundled with extra dark chocolate and a force field around her keyboard that repels cats and sticky-fingered toddlers.
As a journalist with more than 20 years of experience, she’s worked for the CBC, CNN, Reader’s Digest, the Montreal Gazette, Asia Pacific Broadcasting (and more) producing print, TV, radio and new media. She is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post and Entrepreneur.com. She was voted “Best TV Personality” by the readers of the Montreal Mirror and has been featured in the Montreal Book of Everything.
When she’s not writing or creating courses to help small business owners get better media coverage, you can find her whipping up a delicious gluten-free treat, running barefoot or answering the question “why” for the eleventy-bajillionth time.
Her first book, working title “Baby Got Booked: Learn to speak in sound bytes, write a killer press release, woo journalists and become a media magnet” is slated for release this fall.
Get (free) practical, doable tips on how to tell your story in a way that makes people (and the press) want to listen at http://geetanadkarni.com or http://babygotbooked.com

Apr 9, 2018 • 41min
How Nathan Latka Uses His Podcast To Become An Investor In Tech Companies
When acquiring big clients, you need to let everybody hear your voice and let them know that you are worth their time. This is exactly what The Top Podcast executive producer, Nathan Latka, has been applying in his business. He shares how he gains attention from his clients through access and influence in the marketplace. He talks about ways on approaching deal structures and how he strategizes his podcast into influencing tech entrepreneurs and creating his distribution channel.
Nathan is definitely a powerhouse, and even with his numerous businesses, he runs his investments even without full-time employees. He reveals his secrets on how he handles his investments from hiring to having hires execute tasks. There is so much to be learned from Nathan so don't miss this episode.
Some Topics We Discussed Include:
How to use your podcast strategically to build access and influence to some of the top tech entrepreneurs out there
The Heyo story – what the software did and how the company was launched
Where to go to raise millions in funding
How to think outside of the box and put together lucrative deals using nonlinear strategies
Why building momentum is king to making good things happen
Why giving up on some business ideas is okay
The lessons and business strategies to be learned from Walt Disney
What Nathan’s new book is going to be about
To learn more about Nathan and his secret on how he handles his investments from hiring to having hires execute tasks, visit https://baconwrappedbusiness.com/nathanlatka/
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Apr 6, 2018 • 41min
How To Get Massive Exposure and Media Coverage with Deb Cole
Deb Cole is a social media pioneer, author, and powerhouse consultant known affectionately by her clients and fans as @CoachDeb since Twitter was born.
She was dubbed “The Twitter Queen” by her friends when she predicted the mainstream use of Twitter by celebrities and even presidents.
Now she’s known as the CEO’s secret weapon when it comes to influencing marketing with her social media campaigns that get phenomenal results.
Combining her formal education in Psychology with her underground education in influence and persuasion, she is one dangerous woman when it comes to creating marketing campaigns that go viral online.
Today, she joins us to share some industry secrets to getting massive media coverage to build your brand.
Learn more about Deb and get the full shownotes at https://baconwrappedbusiness.com/debcole/
Here’s What We’ll Cover in Today’s Episode:
The insider secrets to help you get noticed by those who matter to your business
The steps to owning the media and making yourself irresistible to the most influential people in it
Why it’s important to be on both new media - the online stuff – and television
How to get mass exposure on television or leverage your exposure on social media
Integrating old media an new media
How Deb got to work with one of Oprah's producers
How to get invited to guest on TV shows and become a regular
Producing your own show versus trying to be on other people's shows – the pros and cons
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Apr 5, 2018 • 1h 20min
Marketing Master David Reiss Reveals How To Compete At The Highest Level By Thinking Differently
Being unique in your niche will always bring you to greater heights, especially in the world of marketing. David Reiss, the CEO of TouchCR and The Marketing Mastery Group, walks us through how his career evolved and gladly shares his secret to his marketing success. He talks about his marketing style and how making yourself as your competition can sometimes work, especially when others copy you. In today's show, learn how to compete at the highest level as David shows how you can eliminate ego and bias in your business and break negative marketing patterns to pave the way for better and fresher ideas. Prepare to know more about David’s amazing marketing strategies in this episode.
If you enjoy peering into the mind of an entrepreneurial powerhouse and marketing master like this, you might qualify to attend one of David's private Mastermind groups at http://themarketingmasterygroup.com
Some Topics We Discussed Include:
How David started off as a 13 year old marketing consultant and saving a family friend's company
His "hot seat" strategy used at a speech that catapulted his credibility at a very young age with big time CEO's
Unique ways to increase a company's Valuation
How O.C.D. = Higher Valuations
How a 200 page spiral bound notebook saved David $1million on a software company acquisition
A masterful marketing strategy David used with a home-battery client who was competing with Tesla. (Remarkable!)
The Biggest Secret In Marketing is ______
How a simple Sold Tag on a sofa helped turn around a furniture company's sales
Why and how to create your own competition
What he thinks about Jeff Bezo's strategies
How to use "Time Travel" to prevent disasters and open doors of opportunity in planning your business
And much more
Learn more about David and get the full shownotes at https://baconwrappedbusiness.com/davidreiss/
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Apr 3, 2018 • 1h 24min
How To Use Leverage To Find Bigger Opportunities with Roland Frasier
Starting and running your own business can be a headache. However, it doesn’t have to be detrimental, especially when you can reap great rewards.
Roland Frasier, the Managing Partner at DigitalMarketer, talks about buying a company with zero money and getting other people to pay you for the privilege of running it.
Sharing the experiences that led him to his success today, he lends some advice for those who are starting their business aiming to buy a company or negotiating on getting one.
Discover how you can leverage relationship-building techniques as well as technologies and apps to find bigger opportunities to grow your business in today' show.
Here’s What We’ll Cover in Today’s Episode:
Why sometimes it’s necessary to bifurcate your job and carve out the part that you don’t like doing and pay someone else to do it for you
Thinking bigger and looking for the most highly leveraged opportunities
Some of Roland’s favorite business wins and deals
Finding ways to add value to companies and to people and make yourself indispensable to them - to a point where they ask you to stay on board!
Positioning yourself either directly or indirectly with the people that you ultimately want to do business with
How to have a business without paying for it – finding funding for your business or ventures
Messaging platforms and how people are using automation within those
Learn more about Roland and get the full shownotes at https://baconwrappedbusiness.com/rolandfrasier/.
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