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Today, we interview Brad Hart, entrepreneur, mastermind expert, and founder. With over 20 years of experience, Brad has built and managed successful businesses across multiple industries, including real estate, trading, and marketing.

In this episode, Brad shares his journey from achieving a remarkable 106% return with his hedge fund to launching and running over two dozen masterminds that help entrepreneurs scale their businesses and build thriving communities.

Today, we interview Sarah Williams, the Subscription Box Queen and founder of Launch Your Box, a thriving subscription box service that prioritizes self-care for women.

Recently recognized in the Inc 5000 list of the fastest-growing companies in America, Sarah has turned her dream into a reality by helping countless entrepreneurs launch their own subscription box businesses.

In this episode, you'll learn Sarah's proven strategies for building a successful subscription business and how to create compounding revenue, whether you offer physical or digital products.

Sarah shares her insights on overcoming the fear of getting started, the art of curation, and the key to retaining customers in a subscription model.

Learn more about Sarah Williams: https://www.launchyourboxwithsarah.com/

Lisa Lightner has been a Heights Platform creator for four years now, and today, she is here to share her story of how she started her online course business.

Lisa is a parent and award-winning special education advocate living in southeastern Pennsylvania.

Being a parent of a kid with disabilities, she turned adversities into opportunities and started a profitable business helping other parents who are going through the same hurdles of IEP.

Today, she shares how she got started with her online business, the struggles she faced and the freedom that comes with being a creator and entrepreneur.

What gets someone with no tech or social media experience over 400,000 followers in 2 years? Today I'm talking with Mia Soskic about how she grew her following and business teaching face fitness, and how she made an impact in a niche many people might not even know exists.

Mia is the Founder and Creator of FaceworkoutbyMia. She is an expert in face massage and she has been educating and inspiring clients in the practice of face exercise and massage since 2016.

Learn More About Mia Soskic: https://faceworkoutbymia.com/

Can you change your life by focusing on your passion and creating every day? Today we are talking with Mike Brennan about how to build consistency into your business and creative process, and the power of building a community.

Mike Brennan is a designer and illustrator. He is mostly known for his pop culture art, yoga art, live event sketching and graphic design. Mike helps fellow creatives leverage simple, practical steps for establishing a daily creative habit.

Learn more about Mike Brennan: http://www.mikebrennan.me

4:05 How art helped Mike get out of depression

13:50 Where Mike gets inspiration for his art

16:58 Creating an online course

23:26 The importance of community

26:59 Tips on how to grow an online community

31:50 A question for you

Today we are talking with D'Ana Joi Spencer about what it means to be a multi-passionate creative, how to realize what your passions are and how to integrate them in your business and how to thrive in business by prioritizing tasks and gaining clarity.

D'Ana Joi is a multi-passionate, educator, community builder, and content creator. She believes having many passions is a gift, not a burden and she’s on a mission to rewrite the narrative around “choosing one thing” being the only path to success. Through her e-book, signature course, and podcast, Joi teaches creatives how to make friends with focus, overcome overwhelm, and step into their Multi-Passionate Mastery™️.

Learn More about D'Ana Joi: https://joi-knows-how.com/

(9:40) Niching down as a multi-passionate

(17:59) Gaining the trust of an audience

(24:40) How to uncover your talents

(31:15) Framework to prioritize tasks

Today we are talking with Darran Bruce about how he's recorded over 2300 episodes of his podcast and how you can start your own podcast or show.

Darran Bruce is the executive producer of “The DJ Sessions”, a live podcast on Twitch where he interviews electronic DJs and leaders from the music industry. Darran built “The DJ Sessions” with his 30+ years of experience in the film/broadcast tv/internet distribution industry.

Learn more about Darran: https://www.thedjsessions.com

Today we are talking with Tarzan Kay about how to promote a business with email marketing, writing honest and transparent email copy that converts and how she helps entrepreneurs increase sales with email marketing strategies. Learn more about Tarzan: https://tarzankay.com/

(7:50) importance of heartfelt sales tactics

11:56 what kind of clients does Tarzan cater to

(15:13) email marketing tips for online course creators

(20:09) biggest mistakes online course creators make with email marketing

(22:08) email strategy for online course creators

(28:27) tips for creators who want to grow their email list

Today we are talking with Michael Johnson about how he took his experience as a professional ballroom dancer and applied it to sales and operations in order to help businesses create a more meaningful impact. Learn More About Michael Johnson: https://bizchoreo.com/bchome54570264

Today we are talking with Graham Cochrane about how he built a 7-figure online music business, going from $10,000 year working full time, to $1.6 million a year while working 6 hours a week through automation, delegation, and elimination.

Learn more about Graham: https://www.grahamcochrane.com/

Today we are talking with Cary Jack about how to enjoy the journey in your business, avoid burnout, and find balance in all areas of work and life. Learn more about Cary Jack: http://www.caryjack.com

Today we are talking with Chris Miles about how being over a million dollars in debt helped him gain the skills to build a thriving business, and how you can thrive in business during a recession.

Learn more about Chris: http://www.moneyripples.com

Today we are talking with Jeff Heggie about how to effectively set goals to guide you to success, and how to balance and manage time between your business, family, hobbies, and other areas of life.

Learn more about Jeff Heggie: https://jeffheggie.com/

SPECIAL EPISODE: Host and founder Bryan McAnulty offers insights into creators' evolving state and how to leverage new advancements in AI for creative growth.

What are the key strategies for success that creators need to leverage in 2024 and beyond?

Learn about Bryan's insights into helping thousands of creators launch their online knowledge businesses, his takeaways after building multiple AI tools, and take a closer look into Bryan's current plan to grow his business.

Today we are talking with Clara Baldwin about how to run a marketing agency, acquire and manage clients, and get out of your comfort zone.

Learn More about Clara Baldwin: https://linktr.ee/clarabaldwin

Today we are talking with Dr. Michael Gerharz about how to think, speak, and lead with clarity so you can have the impact and influence you deserve as a creator.

Learn More About Dr. Michael Gerharz: https://michaelgerharz.com/

Today we are talking with Jasmine Jonte about how to create an online course that gets results for your customers effectively, keeping your audience engaged in your course, and if course completion rate is really as important of a metric as some might think.

Learn More About Jasmine Jonte: https://www.jasminejonte.com/

Today we are talking with Zach Spuckler about how he's generated over $2.4 million dollars in online courses and coaching sales over the last 7 years, and how to build a successful membership site.

Learn more about Zach: http://www.heartsoulhustle.com/

Today we are talking with Brad Hart about his journey from Wall St. to entrepreneurship, how to run a successful mastermind, and help more people to make impact, earn more, and gain fulfillment in their businesses.

Learn more about Brad Hart: https://makemoremarbles.com/

8 Minute Mastermind: https://8minutemastermind.com/get-your-free-resources-and-claim-your-copy-of-the-8-minute-mastermind

Today we are talking with Barak Almog about automating processes in your business, selling on amazon, and unique ways to use online courses.

Learn more about Barak and his business: https://sellerframe.com/

Today we are about with Catherine Watkin on how creators can feel more comfortable selling themselves without compromising their values, and how practice in selling one-to-one makes it easier to sell online courses and memberships to many at once in the future.

Learn more about Catherine Watkin: https://catherinewatkin.com/

My name is Bryan McAnulty, I'm the founder of Heights Platform and today I'm talking with Jacob Cass about branding, traveling the world, and growing an online coaching business.

Learn more about Jacob: https://justcreative.com/

Today we are talking with Lisa Johnson about how she became successful with online courses and challenges, earning over $3 million dollars in a week in 2021 during one launch alone, and how facing adversity early on helped her grow to where she is today.

Lisa Johnson is a multi-seven-figure business strategist who makes 90% of her money through passive or semi-passive income streams.

Learn more about Lisa: https://www.lisajohnson.com/

Today we are talking with Barb McGrath about transitioning from the corporate world into building a business of her own, SEO strategy, and online courses.

Learn More About Barb and her online course: https://abovethefold.live/

Today we are interviewing Bryan Harris, the founder who has discovered a way to get over 1'000 leads in less than a month without having a big audience. Bryan calls this approach BOPA, meaning "borrow other people's audience", and he discovered this marketing strategy by accident, about 10 years ago, when Noah Kagan shared one of his blog posts with his audience, positioning Bryan's work in front of hundreds of thousands of people. Today we will share with you how you can replicate this strategy in your own business, and generate a consistent $10k/month in revenue! Bryan Harris is the founder and CEO of Growth Tools, an Inc. 500 company and monthly coaching service that makes it nearly impossible to fail at growing your online business and getting new coaching clients.

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Today we are talking with Andrew Warner about how to conduct an interview, learn from people you admire and turn this knowledge into a sustainable business.

Andrew Warner is the founder of Mixergy and a pioneering podcast interviewer who did over 2,000 interviews. In his book, Stop Asking Questions, he explains how to lead interviews and learn from people you admire.

Learn more about Mixergy: https://mixergy.com/

Get Andrew's Book: http://stopaskingquestions.co/

Today we are talking with Jasmine Williams about how she grew her copywriting business, how creators can tailor their writing to better speak to their customers, and lessons that she learned in online course creation.

Learn more about Jasmine Williams: https://jasminewilliams.ca/

Today we are talking with Jeremy Mura about how he built his youtube channel, how to craft a unique brand, and how he grew his course business, and built multiple income streams.

Learn More About Jeremy Mura : https://www.jeremymura.com/

Today we are talking with Jorge Hernandez about how he transitioned from music production to learning digital marketing, and how that journey led him to offer a "business in a box" service to real estate agencies, and now a passion for online course creation.

Learn More About Jorge Hernandez: https://marketingdigitalinmobiliario.com/

Today we are interviewing Nathan Lively about how to improve audio quality in your content creation, the constant evolution in the journey of a creator, and growing an online course business teaching live sound engineers.

Learn more about Nathan and his business: https://www.sounddesignlive.com/

Listen to Nathan's Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-design-live-career-building-interviews-on-live/id428175598

Today we are talking with Alex McCarthy about how her decision to quit her job and travel inspired her to start a business of her own, and how her coaching helps others grow their own sustainable businesses.

Learn more about Alex and her coaching business: https://www.alexmccarthycoaching.co/

Today we are talking with Kristy Campbell, founder of Pink Pony Creative and branding expert, about how a social media challenge kickstarted her branding business, how she began creating a community for her audience, and how creators can come up with content for their social media.

Learn more about Pink Pony Creative: https://www.pinkponycreative.com/

Follow Kristy Campbell on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pinkponycreative/

Today we are talking with Monique Muro about how she grew a business around proofreading online courses, overcoming imposter syndrome, and the importance of keeping your content consistent.

Learn more about Monique Muro and her business Proofmango: http://www.proofmango.com

Today we are talking with Jono Petrohilos about how to grow a successful Facebook group and how he built a 7 figure online course business in the fitness industry.

Learn More About Jono Petrohilos: https://coursecreatorcommunity.net/

Check out Jono’s Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/coursecreatorscommunity1

Today we're talking with Jaclyn Gallo about how to be more confident on camera, how to teach others using metaphors, and how to design a business around the life you want to live.

Learn More About Jaclyn Gallo: https://www.instagram.com/jaclyn__gallo

Check out Jaclyn's Podcast: https://sparkyourlight.libsyn.com/

Our guest today is Heather Morrison, and she is going to teach you how to become extremely confident at public speaking, or speaking in front of a camera - so you can better promote your business online, and show up confidently on social media.

Heather has more than 100,000 followers on her Instagram page where she teaches people about public speaking and attracts clients from all over the world.

Learn more about Heather: https://www.deliveryourbest.com/

Today we're talking with Miguel Hernandez about how to validate business ideas, how he built a video animation studio and successful youtube channel, and how to grow a successful online course business.   

Learn More About Miguel: https://grumo.com 

Check Out Miguel's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/grumomedia 

New episodes on Tuesdays. Tune in live when they premiere at https://www.facebook.com/heightsplatform to ask our guests questions in the comments.   

This show uncovers their journey, tips and tricks to success, failures and pitfalls — so you can learn from their examples and start your own online business following your passion.  

Listen to the stories of successful artists, musicians, online coaches, designers, course creators, digital experts, fitness gurus and much more. How did these creators manage to conquer their niche?  

Learn more at: http://www.thecreatorsadventure.com 

Welcome to The Creator's Adventure where we interview creators from around the world, hearing their stories about growing a business.

My name is Bryan McAnulty, I'm the founder of Heights Platform, and my goal with this show is to inspire and help you learn how these creative entrepreneurs transformed their passions into successful online businesses.

New episodes premiere Tuesdays on the Heights Platform youtube channel and facebook page.

If you want a chance to interact with our guests, show up during each episode's premiere where our guests will be responding live to questions in the comments.

For more info, check out www.thecreatorsadventure.com and subscribe to our free email newsletter for show updates.

Until then, I'll see you in the next episode!

Our guest today, Miriam Schulman, is an inspiring artist and business owner who traded Wall Street for a paintbrush.

Miriam is an artist, author, and host of The Inspiration Place podcast. She’s helped thousands of creatives around the world develop their skill sets and create more time and freedom to do what they love.

After witnessing 9/11, she abandoned a lucrative hedge fund to become a full-time, thriving working artist. Learn more about Miriam: https://www.schulmanart.com/

In today's episode, we interview Guinevere Stasio: a creator who transitioned from her 9 to 5 job to starting her affiliate marketing business, while amassing an astounding 250k Instagram followers in under a year.

Guinevere Stasio is a mom on a mission to empower women to reclaim their time and financial independence.

After experiencing a significant pay cut upon returning from maternity leave, Guinevere realized she needed to take control of her future and quit her day job.

Our guest today shares her journey as a business owner, which led her working in marketing to starting an interior design business, and how she overcame her fear of failure.

Jacqueline Green is the Founder, CEO, and Chief Strategist of - Behind the Design, a training and education company that provides interior designers and creative business owners with the tools they need to build profitable businesses.

Her mission is to build a stronger design community by reimagining how designers are educated, trained, and supported after college.

Learn more about Jacqueline: https://www.behindthedesignco.com/

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Today we are interviewing Neil Ateem, the Co-Founder of Multiplier, a marketing agency that specializes in helping companies achieve substantial revenue growth.

They have generated $300M+ in revenue for renowned brands like Mindvalley, Catcha Group, Jordan Peterson, Coaching.com, and many others.

With 10+ years of marketing experience, encompassing product launches, marketing strategies, subscription models, and digital product expertise, Neil is well-versed in a range of industries, including FinTech, real estate tech, SaaS, and online education.

Tune in to learn which marketing strategies and mindsets helped Neil gain millions of dollars for his clients and himself!

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Candice Denise reminds us that self-care is not just about pampering ourselves, but about making small, everyday decisions to improve our wellbeing. In the interview, we uncover how entrepreneurs and women in business can prioritize well-being and avoid burnout in today's digital world. And you'll learn the strategies that Candice used to gain over 100k Instagram followers in just one month! Candice Denise is a highly-rated motivational speaker with 3+ years of experience as a speaker, self-care coach, group facilitator, digital & content creator.

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Today, we interview Julie Parker, founder of the Beautiful You Coaching Academy. Julie, a former social worker turned self-made seven-figure business owner, reveals the path she took to becoming a successful coach and mentor.

We'll share Julie's 20-year journey in the coaching industry and how she slowly transformed her side hustle into a full-time business.

Today, we interview Natalie Palmer, a top Airbnb host, founder of a vacation rental management company, and host of the No Vacancy podcast, which is in the top 1% worldwide. Natalie has turned her self-proclaimed laziness into a thriving business, proving that working smarter is better than working harder. In this episode, you'll learn how Natalie built multiple income streams through real estate, personal branding, and podcasting. Discover how she manages to work only 18 hours a week while growing a successful business and podcast. Natalie shares her approach to optimizing tasks, outsourcing, and focusing on the 20% that drives 80% of results.

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What if you spot a great business opportunity but are not passionate about it? That might be ok!

In fact, it was more than "ok" for Elizabeth Chappel, who started a profitable online quilting business after spotting a gap in the market a few years ago.

Welcome to The Creator's Adventure where we interview creators from around the world, hearing their stories about growing a business.

Today, we're joined by Elizabeth Chappell, a successful entrepreneur in the quilting industry and the brains behind the 'Craft to Career' podcast.

Not originating from a passion for quilting, Elizabeth was instead drawn in by the potential and market opportunity she saw. Since diving in, she has turned this pursuit into a flourishing business, developing courses, writing books, and podcasts on the subject.

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Welcome to The Creator's Adventure, where we interview creators from around the world and hear their stories about growing a business.

In this episode, we are interviewing not one but two successful creators!

They are Angie Holden and Cori George, two bloggers and crafters who teamed up to build their course business, Crafting Camps.

Together, they host virtual educational events for hobby crafters, with an average of 35,000 attendees and multiple speakers. Both Angie and Cori also run YouTube channels with hundreds of thousands of subscribers - and today, they are here to share with us how they built a successful business around arts & crafts and how they launch virtual events that attract thousands of attendees.

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Today, we interview Shana Lynn, an expert at building thriving online communities and keeping engagement levels high. You'll learn how to create & sustain a community, how you can use AI to build and grow your community and the power of interacting one-on-one with your community members.

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Welcome to The Creator's Adventure where we interview creators from around the world, hearing their stories about growing a business.

Our guest today is Caitlin Bacher, the CEO of Scale with Success. In the interview, she shares her journey as an online course creator, and how she transitioned from launch models to an evergreen strategy, which brought her consistent revenue and business growth.

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► Get 15% off Riverside with code: " CREATORSADVENTURE " : https://creators.riverside.fm/creatorsadventure In this episode of The Creator's Adventure, we're delighted to welcome an extraordinary guest: Jerry Rosengarten. A true entrepreneur at heart, he shares his remarkable success story of inventing the popular 1970s fashion item - the leisure suit - how he founded one of New York's most popular hotels and even built a solar farm. Welcome to The Creator's Adventure where we interview creators from around the world, hearing their stories about growing a business. Gerald Rosengarten is a Brooklyn-born entrepreneur known for his knack of spotting opportunities in chaos. His business ventures range from developing dyslexia aid products to innovative real estate and early investments in solar energy. Rosengarten first gained fame in the 1970s with the leisure suit, leading to major New York City projects like the Lofts and The Bowery Hotel. Today, he owns a large solar farm in the Northeast and is dedicated to environmental stewardship and supporting those with learning disabilities.