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At Think Digital, we don't want to deliver something good to our audience; we want to deliver something great. Which is why this week, we bring you the last episode of the Think Digital Podcast. But hey, it's not good-bye forever. We'll be back with a new format later this year. Stay tuned!

This week we get deep on the Think Digital Podcast. We talk about creativity, mental and spiritual wellness, and the essence of beauty. Put your thinking cap on for this one. Don't worry, there's also a fair amount of potty humor and some Willy Wonka references. So it's also good for a laugh.

Doing business = selling something, right? Whatever you're offering (products, services), you need an efficient sales funnel to turn leads into conversions. My sales funnel wasn't as rockin' as I wanted it to be, so I developed a 4-step method to eliminate leads that are never going to actually convert. It will help you out like it's helped me.

It gets so exhausting working your tail off, especially when you don't know if you're headed for success. We've all been there; it's tough to keep pushing forward. This week, Mari Smith reminds us that even the most successful folks didn't just pop up over night. They were there, quietly pursuing their passions, long before anyone noticed them. Keep it up; that could be you!

If you're an entrepreneur, chances are good you're a road warrior, like me. It takes a lot of travel to make connections, grow your business, and hone your craft. This week, I'm pulling from the pages of my own travel pain to get you where you need to go in one piece.

20% of your effort is responsible for 80% of your results. To increase results, you have to do more of that killer 20%, right? Great...So, how do you do that? Step #1: Get yourself set up with some digital hacks that are gonna keep your online life in line.

A car is a system of systems—maybe the electrical system is working, but if there's a problem with the brake system, you better believe that car needs to go to the shop! A business operates the same way: ALL the systems need to be working to run smoothly. Pop the hood on your business to make sure all of these systems are working for you.

It's taken me 19 months to cultivate this checklist of hacks for entrepreneurs. Regardless of your business focus, put this list to use and reap the benefits. I wish I'd had it when I started. It would've saved me a lot of time and heartache.

Dropping $10,000 on my first business coach wasn't easy. In fact, I opened a company credit card just to do it. But I made the commitment, and it has made all the difference to my business. Even if you're broke like I was, you will benefit from hiring a business coach.

You've run into this: You email, text, call, etc.—you reach out and you don't hear back. Don't get frustrated; get schooled in the art of following up.

The World Wide Web is 25 years old this year. In its short life, it has changed the very way we communicate as individuals and communities. How? What other changes are occurring? These are huge questions that are as important to answer as they are difficult. And as digital technology continues to pick up speed, so will the necessity to keep track of its evolution.

Even though social media has come a long way from being "just for teenagers," there are still companies that feel they don't have time for it. But how can you not make time for building relationships with your customers?

We're always rushing around to get content out to our audiences. Produce! Produce! Produce! is all we've been hearing for a while now. How do we keep it up? We straight-up DON'T. We have to STOP and take the time to think about our goals, our audience, and how to reach them. Without strategy, we're just creating more work for ourselves with NO RESULTS. Ain't nobody got time for that.

A brand isn't just a cool logo and the colors on your website. Yeah, design is incredibly important, but even more important is knowing and projecting who you really are as a company. What do you believe? What do want? What's your culture? Until you can answer those questions, you're brand isn't going to truly shine.

We all know we need to be on social media to connect with our audiences. Duh. But how do you start that connection in the first place? Social media interaction (and interaction in general as a business in today’s digital world) is all about authenticity. If you don’t come off as real and human, you’re seen as pandering or cliché and no one wants to interact with you.

You’re working hard, you’re producing great content, you’re in it to win it, but how do you let other people know that? How can you grow your audience? Whether you write a blog, host a podcast, speak at conferences, run a business, or whatever it is you’re doing, you need to have an audience, right? Otherwise you’re just shouting into the void. So you work hard on your business, whatever that is, and look for the right people to share it with. How do you get them to listen and to keep coming back for more? It’s so hard to rise above the noise and be heard in the bustling digital world we live in.

Social media marketers are always going to be asked to come up with the numbers to support their social media campaigns. The higher-ups want to know: How much did that $1000 spent on a campaign actually bring in? They don?t want to hear how something ?went viral? or ?increased engagement?; they want data about cold, hard cash. How do we do that?

We agonize over taking our businesses to the “next level”, whether that’s as simple as increasing qualified leads or streamlining operations. In a digital world with so many choices for consumers, how do we get our businesses to stand out? And even more importantly, how do we do it without breaking the bank or spending every waking moment working?   These are questions that are always on my mind, and I know it won’t get easier any time soon. That’s why I’m so psyched to talk to our guest this week: Jason Swenk. He’s been blowing up my Facebook feed with amazing content, and I am thrilled to pick his brain about how he does what he does. 

There is a lot of noise out there about social media marketing. How do you cut through the rest and deliver the best? Everyone is on social media these days, including people who probably shouldn’t be (like our older relatives). Social media is an amazing tool to connect with others, foster relationships, and even build a business, but when there’s so much boring, spammy junk out there, using social media tools for impact can be extremely overwhelming. So, how can you listen and be heard with the cacophony of social media mayhem that’s going on around us? With Jason Keath and his social media education company, Social Fresh. That’s how.

When email marketing is done correctly, the results are second-to-none. No amount of Twitter followers or Facebook fans can match the effectiveness of a rock-solid email list. The email inbox is still the best place to get a one-to-one connection with the people in your community. Building a list takes time. Creating trust with your list takes time. Selling products to your list takes time. But what if you could put your list-building efforts on autopilot? What if you could build trust with your list while you were hanging out with your kids? What if you could sell to your list while you were asleep? Fortunately, good news like this is possible and attainable. It just takes a little bit of work and the right email auto-responder sequence to get the ball rolling. My guest on this week’s episode is John McIntyre, a.k.a. the Autoresponder Guy. John’s an Aussie living in Thailand and he’s one of the best auto responder experts I’ve ever come across.  How do I know? He got me to spend $100 on his products in less than 30 seconds, all from the right Facebook ads and a solid autoresponder sequence.  He can do it. YOU can do it. We’ll show you how in this episode. Take a listen now and start growing your list, increasing trust, and generating real results.