The Savvy Millennial

JT Barnett - How to crush it in social media & business

Meet JT Barnett, an influencer & creator, social media strategist and founder of BarnettMedia. After a 6 year professional hockey career, he went on to become a serial entrepreneur starting multiple brands and businesses, as well as becoming co-founder of The Honey House - TikTok’s most popular millennial creator house with over 1.1M followers. Recently, he has been on a journey to help brands and creators connect and produce incredible content. During this episode JT shares how to crush it on social media, debunks multiple myths and provides a ton of advice for everyone starting out. JT Barnett: How to crush it in social media & business 1:15 - JT's Journey 5:45 - Trends & Businesses 11:55 - Advice for Brands without a Big Budget 14:23 - Creating Content Tips & Tricks 15:46 - Content Creation Strategies, Trends & Sounds 20:10 - Myths about Timing, Amount and Lengths 25:22 - #Shadowbaned 29:42 - Texting Community Explained 34:14 - IG & TikTok Strategies Same or Different? 38:16 - JT's #2 Fav Platform 42:10 - How much do Creators make? 46:41 - Advice for Creators who are just Starting out 52:38 - A millennial is 52:23 - A millennial should be 53:44 - A millennial is not 55:57 - Connect with JT Connect with JT: TikTok: @JTBarnett IG: @JTBarnett Youtube: @JTBarnett Website: https://barnettx.com/jt

Aja - CEO & Queen Bee of Drizzle Honey, Creating Buzz with the Sweetest Story

Meet the Queen Bee behind Drizzle Honey who has a fascinating journey to starting her own business. When she started her company, she combined her background in Environmental Science and Urban Agriculture development with passion for sustainable food production. Now Drizzle Honey is sold in retail locations across North America and online. Aja is continuously enthusiastic about bringing innovation to market and bolstering female entrepreneurship. In this episode we discuss her path to staring Drizzle, challenges, successes and lessons learned along the way. 1:19 - Aja's Story 2:44 - Secret to Creating a Great Product 5:23 - E-commerce Journey 7:33 - Secrets to Scaling 9:33 - Challenges to watch out for as a small business 11:50 - Lessons Learned during COVID 13:11 - Growing your Business from Home 16:00 - Advice for Anyone Starting Out 19:11 - Choosing the Right People for the Team 25:44 - Secret to Getting into an Accelerator 26:37 - Trends in The Food Industry 28:39 - Plans to Grow Drizzle 29:45 - Suggestion for People Looking to Switch 26.   What’s your process when you come up with a new idea? (31:07) 32:43 - Staying on Top of Trends 35:35 - How to Finance your Business 44:06 - A Millennial is? 44:28 - A Millennial Should be? 44:44 - A Millennial is Not? 45:29 - Connect with Aja

Andrey Zhuravlev - Bootstrapped E-commerce Amazon Business to 7-figures

Meet Andrey, e-commerce entrepreneur, successfully bootstrapped his Amazon Private Label business from $10k to 7-figures USD in under 3 years while keeping a full-time job during the first year of operations. If you want to learn how the industry works, or want to start your own store, this episode provides a step-by-step action plan. During this episode we discuss everything about Andrey's business and breaking down the resources and tools you need to succeed. He shares with us his tips for scaling his business, as well as everything you need to know to successfully start your own amazon store. Andrey has also launched his mentoring program, so if you need more coaching, advice and support, he will be happy to help. See the details below on how to connect with him. Andrey Zhuravlev: Bootstrapped E-commerce Amazon Business to 7-figures 1:17 - Meet Andrey & Learn his Story 5:16 - Lessons Learned the Hard way 6:57 - Product Andrey Sells 8:09 - Andrey's recommended Tools 12:35 - Everything You Need to Know about Delivery, Packaging & Fulfillment 14:51 - Managing Your Supply Chain 17:53 - Secret to Getting on the First Page 19:05 - Setting up Product Prices 20:13 - Working with Influencers & Growing on Social Media 24:37 - Advice for Someone Starting Out 24:54 - Mistakes Made Early in the Process 29:05 - The Golden Rule to Follow when You Start Out 31:10 - Should you Build a Brand First 44:50 - Resources Andrey Recommends 49:10 - A Millennial is 49:16 - A Millennial Should Be 49:22 - A Millennial Is Not 51:57 - Connect with Andrey Connect with Andrey: For mentorship & Q's Website: https://www.azamazon.ca/

Kelly Keurzoneff - Tech Solopreneur & Founder of Givelist, Empowering a Gift of Giving

Meet Kelly Keurzoneff who is the founder of Givelist, a universal wish list, an all-purpose online gift registry, allowing users to connect & contribute to one another’s lives simply & easily. It makes gift-giving frictionless, and serves as a tool for transparent giving to those in need and non-profit organizations. Kelly is a first-time founder and solopreneur looking to encourage giving, foster kindness, and build social capital by creating a tool that makes gift-giving easy and fun. During this episode we discuss what motivated Kelly to start her own tech company and how she persevered through multiple challenges of creating a platform from scratch. She also shares her tips and advice on how to turn your dream into reality, succeed in building your vision and find the right people to support you on your entrepreneurship journey. Kelly Keurzoneff: Tech Solopreneur & Founder of Givelist, Empowering a Gift of Giving 1:12 - Meet Kelly & Learn about Givelist 8:04 - Challenges of Becoming a Tech Founder 16:46 - How the Platform Works 23:24 - How to Deal with the Negative Feedback 27:10 - Advice for Females in Tech 29:08 - Advice to a Younger Self 31:33 - The Biggest Lessons Learned on Her Journey 33:06 - Advice for People Trying to Figure Things Out 43:47 - Kelly's Secret for Reaching out to People 44:58 - Resources Kelly Consumes 47:42 - A Millennial Is... 48:12 - A Millennial Should Be... 49:04 - A Millennial is Not... 50:39 - Connect with Kelly 52:12 - Closing Notes Connect with Kelly: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/givelist/ Website: https://givelist.com/

Organic Marketing Secrets from Nick Silva

Nick Silva is a Digital Entrepreneur, Organic Marketer, and host of the Under The Influence Live Broadcast. He is also the founder of Funnel Factory, a leading digital marketing agency specializing in sales funnel design and organic marketing. Silva’s company has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs, coaches, and influencers master the art of sales funnels through his online trainings and coaching programs. This episode is filled with realness. Nick will be sharing his growth tips and secrets on scaling your business. We will discuss mindset, goals and his documentary where he wants to showcase it all, and provide real world perspective on the amazing benefits of social media ( people he meets, influencer marketing deals he brokers, travel hacking methods, social impact), as well as what it actually takes to accomplish these goals ( the everyday sacrifices, the challenges of entrepreneurship, the failures, the backend strategies behind successful online sales). Organic Marketing Secrets from Nick Silva: 01:54 - Meet Nick & Learn His Story 03:53 - What is organic marketing and how do funnels actually work? 09:50 - How to scale on LinkedIn? 21:37 - How to figure out your ideal customer? 26:15 - How to create great content that scales all the time? 29:52 - The difference between a live broadcast and a vlog 39:12 - What are the tips, advice, struggles that you didn't think that were gonna happen, but happened? 49:01 - Learn more about Nick's show 54:40 - When do you start your plan, is there a deadline? 56:36 - Connect with Nick 57:49 - Millennial is, should be and not... Connect with Nick: IG @nicksilva.co