Music is an art form that has lived the longest and has connected the most people. It’s also a crowded industry that never fails to attract new young artists, and for NewReleaseToday president Kevin McNeese, it has been his mission and business to find an audience for these new voices.
Starting his site NewRelease Today back in 2002, it has grown to be one of the largest Christian music platforms with over 400,000 monthly visitors and 167,000 subscribers to its newsletter. Working with dozens of mostly independent artists, he shares with us how much of the music industry has changed and what it takes to get an audience.
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Website: https://www.newreleasetoday.com/
Fresh off watching the Seaspiracy documentary, software engineer and Ardor SEO founder Kris Reid was thinking of making a donation to the Sea Shepherd organization to help the environment but he understood that there was more he could do.
Following the lessons learned from 80/20: Sales and Marketing by Perry Marshall, Kris notes that all transactions involve risks, and taking away that risk through a well-designed strategy has increased their sales significantly. He simplifies this strategy to three parts that we can start right now.
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For those who want to stay in touch with him, Kris says to search “the coolest guy in SEO” and if you don't see his face, Google is broken.
Giveaway
For those in the field of real estate or interested in investing, Kris is giving away a ticket for the largest real estate summit ever, hosted by Tony Potts with famous speakers such as CBRE Vice President Jim Kirkpatrick and StroyBrand CEO Donald Miller. Those interested can get access to the 7-day event through https://www.realestatemasters.com
Also, business owners can go to ardorseo.com/unconventional where Kris will personally make a video presentation for you and point out changes you can make to improve your website traffic.
Like many kids, Rich didn’t know much about other diseases and didn’t quite yet understand why a hospital can’t cure his brother, Terry. He's one of the 30 million who are impacted and there's a number of rare diseases out there, Duchenne is one of them, there are still over 7000 others.
Sharing his story with us, Rich explains that growing up, he would watch other kids play and run around while his brother was growing weaker and weaker, and every doctor they went to would give them the same answer, that there was no treatment.
As he got older and started asking bigger questions, the brutal reality dawned on him.
More from Rich and Cure Rare Disease
Website: https://cureraredisease.org
IG: @cureraredisease
FB: @CureRareDisease
Giveaway
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Rich will be giving a 30-minute session where you can openly talk to him about your experience with a rare disease and he will try to help out.
In our talk with Certified Nutritionist and Hypnotherapist Melissa Kathryn, she takes us for a quick meditation session and guides us to “let the answers in” as our conscious thoughts step back and we ask our bodies about how to solve our fears.
Melissa shares with us the MK method which she has been following and teaching people in order to change their lives, whether it be an issue with weight, diet, or general emotional and trauma healing.
She shares that the beauty of her work is when she gets to empower women through her coaching and her story of surviving cancer, but she notes that people also need to realize that they can look within to find their own answers and be their own inspiration.
More from Melissa
Website: melissakathryn.com
Podcast: Wholeness with Melissa Kathryn
Instagram: @melissa.kathryn
Facebook: Wholeness with Melissa Kathryn
For certified life coach and Contagious Love author Carla Romo, the field of Love isn’t as pretty as Hollywood makes it and often it requires a lot of self-work. To find it, one needs to not only “get over” emotional scars but also be empowered in loving themselves.
Learning from experience, she now empowers lots of hopeful romantics to put themselves first and not go down this path of self-sabotage in hopes of being loved. Carla shares with us three tips that we can use to start loving ourselves more and not settle for toxic relationships.
More from Carla
Website: www.iamcarlaromo.com
Instagram: @iamcarlaromo
Podcast: The Love Fix
Giveaway
Carla will be giving away a coaching session worth $250 for free, and can be done virtually anywhere around the world.
At an early age, he was exposed to the topic of mental health and conditions particularly ADHD. He witnessed how his two siblings were examined by their father, and how much they rejected the medication that he gave them. As research in neuroscience expanded over the decades and therapy improved, Aziz now finds himself as the CEO of Myndlift, and building on the breakthrough that is Neurofeedback.
Even though they have made treatment for mental health more accessible, Aziz acknowledges that the stigma of mental health treatment is still there. Many countries and parts of our communities are still associating it with disability and jumping to uneducated conclusions on the topic of mental conditions, but there are noticeable signs of acceptance in more areas.
He says that during this time of COVID-19 where many of us are stuck at home, many are starting to see the importance of mental health.
More from Aziz and Myndlift
Follow them at their Instagram page @myndlift
Visit their website at myndlift.com
Giveaway
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Aziz will be giving away a one-month free trial of Myndlift including the kit.
Under all the fancy suits and business trips, the pains of growing a company from scratch take a tremendous toll on one's physical and mental health, and for Naked Underwear to become what it is today, Joel went through stress and fatigue that resulted in his hospitalization, and nearly ended his marriage as well hurting his relationship with his daughter.
Joel describes that his current path for growth isn’t about acquiring more but rather stepping back and letting go.
Though he is still chasing success and still not straying far from the business field, he is now being more cautious and is encouraging people not to divide themselves between work and life.
More from Joel
Get his book and follow him at his blow: https://joelprimus.com/
Follow him on IG @joel.primus
Facebook Joel Primus
Giveaway
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Joel is giving away a copy of his book Getting Naked: The Bare Necessities of Entrepreneurship and StartUps, and his 21 Day Personal Transformation online course where he takes you through a series of videos and worksheets for 21 sessions.
“Love and gratitude are the same frequency; they're just labelled differently by the human mind,” that is according to influencer and Angel Coach Emily Rivera. Having met her first master at the age of five, she is constantly visited by Divine manifestations who show her visions and messages that she shares with others. She is now teaching others to listen to the guides—she refers to as the Saints of Light—to see beyond the panic and experience clarity in their life.
Using her platform, Awakened Superhuman, she collaborates with other educators and teaches others to listen to their guides and be more comfortable in saying “Yes” because as it was told to her, “You are inevitable.”
Despite how dark these past days may have been, Emily still encourages people to constantly be grateful, listen to their guides, and trust what they feel is right.
More From Emily
Angel Coach: https://theangelcoach.com/contact/
Awakened Superhuman: https://awakenedsuperhuman.com/
Instagram: @theangelcoach @awakenedsuperhuman
Club House: @theangelcoach
Youtube is one of the many strange places on the internet where you find yourself spending hours upon hours, jumping from algebra lessons to cat videos, to a crash course in philosophy, and to videos about a dance group carrying a coffin. It entertains, educates, but as Aleric Heck of AdOutreach found out, it can also make millions.
Aleric, before being the president of his own company, made his first exploits on Youtube through a review channel called AppFind which impressed the heck out of a client. So much so that they invited him to work for them.
He understood that there was more to Youtube than cat videos and Top 10 countdowns which is why he is encouraging everyone to dive into this new era of content advertising.
He also encourages businesses to diversify their online presence in multiple platforms—omnipresence as Aleric put it—where he spends at least $50 a day, testing new platforms.
More from Aleric
Get his program and services: https://www.adoutreach.com/home
Follow him on:
Instagram: @alericheck
Facebook: Aleric Heck
Facebook Group: Youtube Ads for Entrepreneurs
Youtube: AppFind
Youtube: Aleric Heck
Giveaway
Aleric will be giving away two hour-long training sessions -Youtube Ads and Omnipresent Retargeting
For Australian record holder Adam Stern, freediving isn’t just a sport. Sharing with us his passion and love of everything it has taught him, Adam has taken the competition out of the water and made it his way of life.
One day in Koh Tao, Thailand, he came across a sign that offered freediving lessons which then led to the athlete and Youtuber who we know now as Adam Freediver.
For him, the unconventional life means to always be in control of himself—liberating freedom wherein he can choose to do what he is passionate about, and he is also wishing that people also have the courage to take that brave step of taking control and make the most of that one breath we all have.
More from Adam
Follow his work at www.adamfreediver.com
Follow him on:
Instagram: @adamfreediver
Youtube: Adam Freediver
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/adamfreediver
Facebook: Adam Stern Freediver
Giveaway
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Adam will be giving away a digital beginner course on freediving to a lucky listener where he will walk you through the fundamentals of freediving in 53 video sessions.
Before Jeremy Ryan Slate was dubbed a Top Influencer by Forbes, the young Oxford graduate made money through some handy-man jobs, before teaching at a high school. Now he hosts the Create Your Own Life podcast that studies people of excellence, and the Command Your Brand Media that helps businesses optimize their PR strategy. Here are three tricks he shared with us to increase your reach and audience.
It was this consistency and dedication to the show that earned Jeremy his place in iTunes Top 100 and the number spot in the business category. Jeremy noted that even American entrepreneur Dave Asprey found time for his show after half a year of follow-ups.
This intense dedication to the show’s subscribers is also reflecting in Jeremy’s ad campaign strategy, which he shares with us, that utilizes Retargeting Ads, a formula for making viral 30-second videos, and even noting the relevance of LinkedIn—a relatively smaller social media site with a more professional audience—to extend his reach and promotion of the show.
More from Jeremy
Check out his work at https://www.jeremyryanslate.com
Boost your reach with his help through https://commandyourbrand.com
Follow him on:
FB https://www.facebook.com/jeremy.slate
Twitter https://twitter.com/jeremyryanslate
Instagram @jeremyryanslate
Giveaway
Jeremy will be giving away the “7 Reasons that You’re Not Getting Booked in Your Favourite Podcast” blueprint to a lucky listener.
Even before the word COVID-19 was carved into our minds, entrepreneur, writer, influencer and surfer Kristin Wilson has been working from home and advocating remote work for the past 18 years.
Now, Wilson is lending her knowledge to help people, relocate and live better lives without being stuck in an office space. An “advocate” of WFH years before the pandemic, she has worked as a digital nomad and has preached its benefits through her writing in Medium, and Quora, as well as her YouTube channel Traveling with Kristin, and podcast, Badass Digital Nomads.
“I'm just on this path to share everything I've learned about creating your own job, working remotely or living in foreign countries, and just living life on your own terms.”
More from Kristin
Follow her work at: https://medium.com/@kristinmwilson
Subscribe to her weekly remote work and travel podcast, Badass Digital Nomads: http://bit.ly/DigitalNomadPodcast
Subscribe on YouTube at:
Traveling with Kristin: https://youtube.com/travelingwithkristin
Digital Nomad TV: https://www.youtube.com/digitalnomad
Follow her on:
Twitter @WheresKristin
Giveaway
Kristin will be giving away a private coaching call for one hour, worth $350, to a lucky winner. And for those people who want to get some of her free content, she advises them to check out www.digitalnomadbootcamp.com
They say experience is the best teacher, but they never tell you how often cruel the teaching method is of this metaphorical professor. As we spin this thread of life we are on, we’re constantly caught off guard no matter how much we prepare, but how we deal with these setbacks and surprises is what shapes us as people.
For Lawyer and School of Love NYC founder, Monica Parikh, her unexpected divorce with her husband was a dark time in her life but it was also the spark that started her journey to guide professionals and young people through the confusing world of intimate relationships.
She shares with us three tools that you may add to better your relationships, not just in love but in life, holistically.
More from Monica
Visit her website www.schooloflovenyc.com
Giveaway
Monica gives coaching sessions to high-profile individuals and CEOs for up to $500 a session, but she will be giving away a one-on-one coaching session to a lucky listener for free.
The golf's attention to detail sparked the inspiring vision of Development Coach Thane Marcus.
He says golf and personal development invoke similar ideas, as the outcome is solely dependent on the individual. Golf requires training and being aware of his needs and strengths -- which he says is necessary for our lives.
"Being a good leader always starts with being a good leader of yourself."
For Thane, the best way to take charge of your life was to let go of what you can't control, and instead, change how you perceive yourself in that situation.
More from Thane
Visit his website thanemarcus.com
Follow him on:
IG @thanemarcus
Twitter @thanemarcus
Facebook @thanemarcus
Giveaway
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Thane is giving away one of his two new online courses to a lucky listener. A class on growing self-awareness while the other is an eight-week course on developing self-discipline.
Brought up by Palestinian Muslim immigrants CEO Lawyer Ali Awad shares his culture, religion, and how his parents made sure that he stays true to his roots as a young man living in Dalton, Georgia.
Ali described how the years of the pressure he got from poverty shaped his views.
"If all you're exposed to is the highlight reels of everyone else, then you're never going to have time to create your own highlight reel. You're just going to look around and see that everyone else is excellent and that you're not. [But] that excellence comes from just working a little bit at a time, day by day, piece by piece month by month."
Ali Awad is continuously providing support to professionals and people who are starting in business through consultations and coaching sessions.
More from Ali
@ceolawyer - Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn, TikTok & Snapchat
Visit his website at aliawadlaw.com
Giveaway
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A free consultation session! Message him on Instagram - @ceolawyer, about what you've learned from this episode. Best answer wins!
Mike is a Marine Biology graduate turned award-winning filmmaker, host of Fearless & Far YouTube channel and BBC Travel Show. Mike crafts his compelling story with entertaining action and cinematic flair, but his greatest strength is breaking down cultural barriers and connecting with locals worldwide.
"The more you learn about something, the less scary it is."
He has been travelling the world for eight years on a global quest to challenge fear by seeking unique experiences in weird and beautiful destinations worldwide. Mike aims to inspire others to fight their fears by plunging headfirst into beautiful, unknown locations and participating in undocumented cultural celebrations.
happiness, and changed him for the better.
Topics Discussed in this Episode
More from Mike
Follow his adventures as he chases his fears -
Instagram @fearlessandfar
YouTube Fearless & Far
Facebook Mike Corey
Twitter @fearlessandfar
Website fearlessandfar.com
Join his War on Fear Bootcamp
Giveaway
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A 15 minute War on Fear Bootcamp Course
Feeling tired lately that couldn't be remedied by sleep? Are you feeling demotivated even after taking a great vacation? This episode could be the answer to that.
Elizabeth Gaines is a Functional Health Practitioner and Burnout Recovery Expert that specializes in understanding how stress and disempowerment lead the body out of balance and into a disease.
“Getting in touch with our health is actually the highest form of self-love.”
Topics Discussed in this Episode
More of Elizabeth
Visit her website at breakthruburnout.com for a free consultation.
Follow her on Instagram at @_your_health_detective
Giveaway
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Free test to check your current health.
In this week's episode, our guest is the founder of GetClients.com and the author of The Wall Street Journal & USA Today Bestselling book "Digital Millionaire Secrets".
Dan Henry has sold over $10 million of his digital products and has been instrumental in creating several internet millionaires.
“That's how I've scaled my business by getting good at one thing and not always chasing the new.”
Topics Discussed in this Episode
Giveaway
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A copy of the bestselling Digital Millionaire Secrets
I highly recommend heading straight to our website at unconventionallifeshow.com to see our guest's incredible work for this week's episode.
Albena Petrova, born in Bulgaria, was raised in a family of artists. Her passion for cakes began after she got her diploma from Pearson School of Culinary Arts in Montreal, specializing in Pastry Making.
She uses her unique artistic vision to bring cakes to life and cakes with a message. Attention to details is a vital part of her work. And as her skills progressed, she can design cakes according to her customers' visions and dreams.
Topics Discussed in this Episode
More from Albena
Follow her on Facebook at Albena Petrova
Follow her Instagram @albenacakedesign
Visit her website at albenacakedesign.com
Resources Mentioned
Makena Sage is the co-founder & CEO of Follow Your Aliveness® – a global training & coaching organization dedicated to inspiring and empowering 10 million World Changers to elevate the consciousness of the planet. (P.S. Everyone is a World Changer.)
"I understand that most people don't have that believer in their family, they don't have that believer in their life, and I love being that person for people."
Topics Discussed in this Episode
Resources Mentioned in this Episode
World Changer Quiz. Discover what kind of world changer you are.
More from Makena
Learn more at www.FollowYourAliveness.com
Get certified at Aliveness Mastery
Follow her on Instagram @makenasage
Follow her on Facebook at Makena Sage
Giveaway
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90min Deep-Dive Clarity Session with Makena Sage
Cherokee Jackson, also known as Cherry Dollface, has spent a decade travelling the world, transforming women into beautiful vintage pinups. She is now a licensed esthetician and owns her skincare studio in Glendale, CA.
Topics Discussed in this Episode
More from Cherokee
You can check out her podcast, The Unconventional Gal: Forging Your Own Path
Follow her on Instagram @thecherrydollface
Check out her video tutorials on her Youtube Channel Cherry Dollface
Check out her TikTok @cherry.dollface
Follow her Facebook Cherry Dollface
Check out her Skincare Studio @skinbycherokee
Giveaway
Click here for a chance to win a Cherry Dollface giveaway!
A $100 worth of beauty goodies straight from Cherokee’s giant drawer.
Natalie is an Emmy Award-winning media entrepreneur and founder of The Embodiment Coaching Institute. She was listed on the Levo 100 as a "Transformer of Our Generation" and featured by Inc. as one of "27 Women Leaders Changing the World." She has also written five books; The Rituals: Simple Practices to Cultivate Well-Being, Deepen Relationships, and Discover Your True Purpose, She Takes on the World, The Conquer Kit: A Creative Business Planner for Women Entrepreneurs, Conquer Your Year: The Ultimate Planner to Get More Done, Grow Your Business, and Achieve Your Dreams and The Conquer Kit.
"Everything was going to be burned away. That for me to live from my highest potential, for me to to be living in the truth of who I am, that the life that I was living at that moment was all going to be burned away and what was going to be created was something very, very different."
More from Natalie
Visit her website at nataliemacneil.com
Be a certified professional coach at nataliemacneil.com/coachcertification
Follow her on Instagram @nataliemacneil
Follow her on Facebook at Natalie MacNeil
Get a copy of her books
Giveaways
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A package of her two best-selling books: The Conquer Kit: A Creative Business Planner and The Rituals: Simple Practices to Cultivate Well-Being, Deepen Relationships, and Discover Your True Purpose
Fashion expert, mommy influencer and mompreneur Ali Levine got real and raw with us in this week's episode.
Born and raised in New York, Ali has worked for some of the biggest names in the Fashion Industry. She relocated to Los Angeles, California and became a household name as a celebrity stylist. Ali makes regular appearances on local to national television including Bravo's hit show, "Stripped" along with her husband.
Mother to two girls, Amelia and Arley, motherhood made Ali see things on a whole new level. It brought her the realization that there are much bigger things in life past the glitz and glamour of fashion. It peeled off all the layers of who she was and revealed her authenticity; an Ali version 2.0: A more vulnerable, better and empowered woman.
Topics Discussed in this Episode
More from Ali
Instagram @alilevinedesign
Twitter @alilevinedesign
Facebook @alilevinedesign
Pinterest @alilevinedesign
EVERYTHING with Ali Levine podcast
Check out her website at alilevine.com
Alisa Chumachenko is the leading female expert in online and social gaming. In 2010, she founded and was the CEO of "Game Insight", a company that creates free-to-play games for Android, iOS, Facebook, and the web, until she stepped down in 2015. And in 2017, she founded GOSU.ai Data Lab, a company using machine learning to provide data to gamers and game companies. By 2018, GOSU Data Lab had raised $2.3 million.
Topics Discussed in this Episode
More from Alisa
Check out GOSU.ai
Follow her Facebook Alisa Chumachenko
Resources Mentioned
Forbes Top 50 Women in Technology
GDC London
Giveaway
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A year subscription for GOSU.ai
Access to a private club of professional eSport gamers in Discord
Mat and Savanna Shaw are a daddy-daughter duo from Utah that rose to prominence during the COVID-19 quarantine. Savanna, eager to keep in touch with her music friends, started a music social media account. Usually, a shy and private teenager, she was nervous about singing her first song by herself, so she asked her dad to join her in singing "The Prayer."
Their video went viral, and the duo continued releasing duets on social media and streaming platforms, charting in both the US and UK. They have since appeared on Good Morning America, Inside Edition, The Kelly Clarkson Show, and more.
Mat and Savanna's uplifting song choices and harmonies have inspired people all over the world. Intending to share hope and spread joy through their music, they released their first album last October 23 called Picture This.
More from Mat & Savanna
The Prayer Cover - Daddy-Daughter Duet
Subscribe to Mat and Savanna Shaw Youtube Channel
Follow them on Instagram @matandsavanna
Follow them on Facebook Mat and Savanna Shaw
Be a patron on Mat & Savanna
Get your Picture This CD
New Christmas album coming out on November 20.
Giveaway
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Mat & Savanna Shaw’s first album, Picture This.