Man Versus Brand

Find Your Joy. w/ Spiritual Mentor & Transformation Guide Naranjan Nota

Giving Tuesday happened a week ago and of all yearly observances, Giving Tuesday speaks to my soul. It is when we help causes and non-profits that help others. We support people who are living in their purpose. So, for this episode, I wanted to discuss life purpose and our soul. On this episode of The Man Versus Brand podcast, we speak to CEO, spiritual mentor, transformation guide and coach Naranjan Nota. Naranjan accesses knowledge and learning in the mental, emotional, scientific and physical  disciplines to help her clients breakthrough to find themselves. Through her own experiences, Naranjan tapped into the power of building meaningful coaching, serving also as a podcaster, writer and source for published media. During this episode, we talk about discovering our purpose.. We discuss vibrational energies, karma, reincarnation and how soul experiences create life experiences. Can’t wait for you guys to hear from Naranjan. She is an entrepreneur who is discussing spiritual journeys and the learning to be uncovered through that journey. Naranjan Nota is the coach that you need to hear from now! Quote of the Episode: “Ultimately what we know for sure is that in a space of vulnerability, you’ve gotten to a place of courage. And it’s only through vulnerability and courage, that there is growth.” Naranjan Nota on growth through life experience as reflected in her coaching.  Topics Covered:  * Tap into your soul self * Understand karma and karmic balance * Discovering your life’s purpose * How we connect emotionally and spiritually * Embracing your life spiritual journey  * Heal and find joy  Guest: Naranjan Nota  Website: www.brightshininglight.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BrightShiningLight1/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bright._shining._light/ LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/naranjannota Top Picks referenced in podcast:  Guest watch/read/listen recommendation: Gratitude and Mindfulness  Gratitude Journal: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=gratitude+journal&hvadid=241594478383 Guest secret watch/read/listen: Theme Park Rides https://www.themeparkinsider.com/attractions/ Host: Deeon Brown  Website: deeonbrown.com  Website: projectbigbrand.com/  Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/deeon-brown-6b747b43/  Instagram: instagram.com/bestdeeonever/   Man Versus Brand: Website: manversusbrand.com  Instagram: instagram.com/manversusbrand/

Gratitude is Wealth. w/ CEO & Author Brandon Barnum

On this episode of Man Versus Brand, we speak with Brandon Barnum. Brandon is the CEO of HOA.com. HOA, or the Home Owner Alliance, is a referral network for home service professionals. Brandon is also the author of “Raving Referrals,” a step-by-step guide to attracting profitable prospects and engaging those prospects into being super advocates for you and your business. The episode focuses on how showing appreciation in your relationships can better your life and your business:chronicling your legacy. Mentored by Mark Victor Hansen, author, and co-founder of “Chicken Soup For The Soul,” Brandon has learned much about pouring into people and receiving fantastic results from that work. We talk about building solid, healthy relationships of value where others will want to send you referrals, resources, and genuine support. This system isn’t only applicable in sales but in every aspect of our lives. How much bigger could your life be if you grew your network into one that genuinely wanted to see you succeed and wanted to be active in that growth? If building mutually beneficial relationships of worth is something you would like to explore, delve deeper into, or scale, this will be the episode for you. Your legacy will be counted by the lives you have touched. Quote of the Episode: “When you are a business owner or leader, people are watching everything you do and say. That becomes your legacy.” Brandon Barnum on professional legacy Topics Covered:  - Finding Your Network - Garnering Referrals - Being A Self-Advocate  - Creating Value Based Relationships  Guest: Brandon Barnum  Author Website: https://ravingreferrals.com/brandonbarnum/ Author Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/raving_referrals [https://www.instagram.com/raving_referrals] Author LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandonbarnum Company Website: www.hoa.com Company Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HomeOwnerAlliance Company Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehomeowneralliance/ Company LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thehomeowneralliance  Top Picks referenced in podcast:  Guest watch/read/listen recommendation: The Makings of A Millionaire Mind by Daniel Gomez https://www.amazon.com/Makings-Millionaire-MInd-Building-Abundance/dp/B09X4PSCB6 Guest secret watch/read/listen: Scuba Diving  https://www.youtube.com/@DALLMYD Host: Deeon Brown  Website: deeonbrown.com  Website: projectbigbrand.com/  Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/deeon-brown-6b747b43/  Instagram: instagram.com/bestdeeonever/   Man Versus Brand: Website: manversusbrand.com  Instagram: instagram.com/manversusbrand/

You Can Be A Coach Right Now. w/ CEO, Coach & Podcaster Erin Marcus

The holiday season has began and Thanksgiving has just occurred. While we sit in lines for Black Friday, I want to remind us of everything we felt on Thanksgiving - connection to each other as humans and loved ones. On this episode of Man Versus Brand, we speak with Erin Marcus. Erin is the founder and CEO of Conquer Your Business, an international company helping driven entrepreneurs and small business owners get the financial and emotional freedom they need to build a business and a life they're proud of. Erin empowers her clients with practical skills and strategies to excel in their business, industry, and markets. Having made the successful leap from corporate executive to entrepreneur, Erin uses that experience, her MBA education, and street-smart upbringing to help her clients reach heights they never dreamed possible. It is this leap that we uncover in the episode. We discuss how can you use the skills you have built to become a full-time coach. Erin speaks about her journey into entrepreneurship and coaching. We also discuss the mindset, pricing, strategy, client acquisition necessary for you to be successful in the coaching space. Erin also hosts the podcast "Ready Yet?!" which features experts, entrepreneurs, and thought leaders across multiple disciplines discussing various topics to help entrepreneurs successfully launch and scale their businesses.  Quote of the Episode: "This is something I watch over and over again. It breaks my heart too because I have seen great people fall into this trap. This goes back to my conversation about insta-tactics. Why the insta-tactics don't work. One of the very well marketed tactics is speaking. They are amazing coaches out there, doing amazing things teaching you how to speak and how to sell from the stage. There's an art to it, I personally use this skill, so I'm not saying the tactic is wrong. But I have watched several really great human beings get really good selling from the stage. However, not to great on delivering on their promise." - Erin Marcus on relying on sales but not follow-up Topics Covered:  - Discovering Your Inner Coach - Being Productive As A Coach - Using Your Life Experience  - Coaching Skills  Guest: Website: www.conqueryourbusiness.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ErinMarcusConquerYourBusiness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erinmarcusconqueryourbusiness/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erinmarcusconqueryourbusiness/ Top Picks referenced in podcast:  Guest watch/read/listen recommendation: When They Say No: The Definitive Guide for Handling Rejection in Sales  by Richard Fenton https://www.amazon.com/When-They-Say-Definitive-Rejection/dp/1947814303 Guest secret watch/read/listen: Competitive Weight Lifting www.verywellfit.com Figure Skating   https://www.usfigureskating.org/skate/skating-opportunities/adult-skating Aerial Fabric Acrobatics https://aerialfabric.com/ Host: Deeon Brown  Website: deeonbrown.com  Website: projectbigbrand.com/  Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/deeon-brown-6b747b43/  Instagram: instagram.com/bestdeeonever/   Man Versus Brand: Website: manversusbrand.com  Instagram: instagram.com/manversusbrand/

Be Happy. w/ Transformational Coach Will Samson

In Celebration of my 75th Episode, I have three episodes on earning money and being happy while podcasting dropping this week. I will drop one episode every other day.  As a part of our “Start a Business. Make Money Online. Be Happy” creators series, on this episode of The Man Versus Brand podcast, we speak to coach, speaker, podcast host of A Revolution of Interdependence and author Will Samson. We discuss how you can overcome adversity and find the strength to start over. Will is on a mission to disrupt the self-help industry and possibly alter the human operating system as a transformative coach. We discuss his transformational mindset and change practices, using the same strategies he uses to coach who guide tech companies, C-Suite executives, and entrepreneurs to amazing levels of growth. Will is the brains behind the T3 ecosystem, a collection of hackers, thinkers, activists, and dreamers who are sprouting new ideas, stories, and products based on the idea of interdependence. His story of rebooting his life was told to the TEDx audience in 2021. If you want to discover how to change your life course and embrace happiness, this is the episode for you.  Quote of the Episode: "Eventually I think most of those false identities, attempts at identity deconstruct and fall apart on their own. Now there are some people who carry out cons, long cons and fake identities for decades but generally speaking those things tend to fall apart and I think because….there is this strong link between who say we are and what we are able to do, eventually if who we sat we are, isn’t consistent with who we say we are, then our habits are and who we say we are will eventually fall apart." - Will  Samson on performative identity Topics Covered:  -  Discovering Happiness  - Being Productive  - Recovery  - Life Skills  Guest: Website: willsamson.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/willsamsonchangecoach Instagram: instagram.com/willsamsonchangecoach Youtube: youtube.com/willsamsonchangecoach Top Picks referenced in podcast:  Guest watch/read/listen recommendation: Rich Roll featuring Ari Wallach: The Long Path: Becoming The Great Ancestors Our Future Needs  https://www.richroll.com/podcast/ari-wallach-698/ Guest secret watch/read/listen:Christopher Guest movies: Best In Show  https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.1ea9f7b5-d8c7-8430-533e-00d32ec66241?autoplay=0&ref_=atv_cf_strg_wb Host: Deeon Brown  Website: deeonbrown.com  Website: projectbigbrand.com/  Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/deeon-brown-6b747b43/  Instagram: instagram.com/bestdeeonever/   Man Versus Brand: Website: manversusbrand.com  Instagram: instagram.com/manversusbrand/

Make Money Online. w/ Amazon E-Commerce Consultancy Co-Founder Lesley Hensell

In Celebration of my 75th Episode, I have three episodes on earning money and being happy while podcasting dropping this week. I will drop one episode every other day.  As a part of our “Start a Business. Make Money Online. Be Happy” creators series, on this episode of The Man Versus Brand podcast, we speak to Lesley Hensell, the co-founder and co-owner of Riverbend Consulting, where she oversees the firm's client services team. We discuss how you can take control of your life, lead your family and grow your business selling one product at a time. She has personally helped hundreds of third-party Amazon sellers get their accounts and ASINs back up and running. Lesley leverages two decades as a small business consultant to advise clients on profitability and operational performance. She has been an Amazon seller for more than a decade, thanks to her boys (20 and 14) who do most of the heavy lifting. Lesley is the perfect person to dive into the possibilities of how you can make money online, not only with your podcast but with merchandise and products. If you want to learn how you can go from your current life to producing revenue streams online, this is the episode for you.   “Your margins are anywhere from 15 to 30 percent. You are looking for something where you have repeated sales over time and then you launch a second product, a third product. You don’t have to sell 100 units a day to have a really nice income stream and some nice margin. You just need regular sales where you are ordering every three to four months.” - Lesley Hensell on starting a business with marketplaces, particularly Amazon.  Topics Covered:  - E-commerce - Amazon Selling - Family Wealth and Participation  - Consulting Guest:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lesleyhensell/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RiverbendConsultingLLC Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/riverbendconsulting Twitter: https://twitter.com/RiverbendConsul (@RiverbendConsul) Top Picks referenced in podcast: Guest watch/read/listen recommendation: Classic Movies: Carey Grant  https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.dea9f7a3-0e0d-a6e0-8ec0-f9464dc947d5?autoplay=0&ref_=atv_cf_strg_wb Guest secret watch/read/listen: True Crime Podcasts https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/ Host: Deeon Brown  Website: deeonbrown.com  Website: projectbigbrand.com/  Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/deeon-brown-6b747b43/  Instagram: instagram.com/bestdeeonever/   Man Versus Brand: Website: manversusbrand.com  Instagram: instagram.com/manversusbrand/