The Entrepreneurial You

Are you interested in becoming a successful self-employed business owner? Are you ready to start controlling your destiny? Statistics have shown that there are 582 million entrepreneurs across the world and there is room for more. Click To Tweet Welcome to The Entrepreneurial You podcast, hosted by yours truly, Heneka Watkis-Porter, the Jamaican podcast Queen, Author, international speaker, coach, and entrepreneur. Each week I feature a global, high-impact entrepreneur and leader to motivate, inspire and educate peak performers about international best practices to help their business scale and grow via this business podcast - the podcast for entrepreneurs in 2021 and beyond. This week, The Entrepreneurial You podcast invites Jeffrey Shaw to share business strategies that work for self-employed business owners and the personal development they need to increase their capacity for success. Tune in to this episode to learn how to create a successful business and life as someone who is self-employed! Here are

Want to know how you can turn your life around? Are you in charge of your own destiny? Are you interested in becoming a successful entrepreneur? What does your next level look like? We all need to be able to touch our own next level! We all need to take that next step towards becoming a successful entrepreneur. Sometimes we overestimate that we can do everything and accomplish everything on our own- 76% of people think mentors are important, however, only 37% of people currently have one. Only 14% of mentor relationships started by asking someone to be their mentor. 61% of those relationships developed naturally. People with mentors are happier at their current jobs than those without. Welcome to The Entrepreneurial You podcast, hosted by Heneka Watkis-Porter, the Jamaican podcast Queen, Author, international speaker, coach, and entrepreneur. Each week I feature a global, high-impact entrepreneur and leader to motivate, inspire and educate peak performers about international best practices to help their busi

Have you ever wanted to ask a CEO and Harvard MBA all your burning business questions?  What about spending an hour with the smartest person you know?  April interviews Ahron Oddman, CEO of PSS, a former colleague, and client, and gets to do both! You don’t want to miss all the gems from the man who inspired April to start her company and introduced her to the term “Pouring In”.   This week I am pleased to be partnering with my very good friend April Shprintz of the Pouring Into Your Business podcast for an episode swap. April has   been a guest on The Entrepreneurial You Podcast and I have also been a guest on her Pouring Into Your Business podcast.  When we first spoke I fell in love with her story of generosity which is what episode199 of The Entrepreneurial You podcast was all about. In this episode, April speaks with Ahron Oddman about Harvard Secrets for Purchasing a Business. In this episode, you’ll discover— The most powerful way for you to impact 2021 personally and in business How to research

Welcome to The Entrepreneurial You podcast, hosted by Heneka Watkis-Porter, the Jamaican podcast Queen, Author, international speaker, coach, and entrepreneur. Each week I feature a global, high-impact entrepreneur and leader to motivate, inspire and educate peak performers about international best practices to help their business scale and grow. Want to unleash the entrepreneur within you? Keep listening! When you are through listening, head over to henekawatkisporter.com for more episodes, blogs, and other useful content.   In this episode, we are joined by Matthew Woodard to discuss using search engine optimization to drive traffic and have massive growth.   Users trust search engines and having a presence in the top positions for the keywords the user is searching, increases the website’s trust. SEO is good for the social promotion of your website. SEO is important for the smooth running of a big website. The majority of search engine users, more than 70% are more likely to click on one of the top 5 s

Are you feeling stuck in a rut? Feeling like you don’t know which direction to take? Want to learn how your business can maximize its profits? If you’ve ever felt “stuck,” you are not alone. Many of us experience this feeling at some point in our lives and for different reasons.    A recent study has found that 69% of people feel trapped in the same old routine, and only 3 out of 10 people are happy with their lives. People are feeling stuck. Click To Tweet   Welcome to The Entrepreneurial You podcast, hosted by Heneka Watkis-Porter, the Jamaican podcast Queen, Author, international speaker, coach, and entrepreneur. Each week I feature a global, high-impact entrepreneur and leader to motivate, inspire and educate peak performers about international best practices to help their business scale and grow. This week, The Entrepreneurial You podcast invites Laura Noel to share about “Bridging The Gap Between Feeling Stuck And Finding Fulfillment.”   Keep listening! When you are through, head over to henekawat

Dylan Ogline is a high school dropout from a small country town in Pennsylvania. He started his first business when he was 14 selling cell phones. In 2016 he scrapped 10+ business projects and started focusing on one single thing, digital marketing. Tired from struggling getting no progress and working from his freezing basement, not to mention nearly a Million dollars in debt - it was an uphill climb. Turns out, focus was the key. 4 short years later he has built Ogline Digital into a 7-figure agency generating over a million in sales three years running. Dylan is now a leading expert in direct response advertising and business growth. He has now turned his focus to helping other people start and grow their own hyper profitable digital agency.     Show Notes “In the world of Internet Customer Service, it’s important to remember your competitor is only one mouse click away.” – Doug Warner   It seems we are so easily distracted by bright shiny objects. We never give ourselves enough time on one project be

The founder of The CEO Partner®, a systems driven, profits-obsessed, Digital Implementation agency that helps smart CEOs grow their business and meet their goals. Sonaya started her Digital Implementation Agency in November of 2011 while still working full-time as a Senior Financial Systems Analyst at TD Ameritrade. Since then, she has built a multi six-figure consulting agency and learned a ton of good and bad lessons along the way.   Show Notes “If I had one hour to save the world, I would spend fifty-five minutes defining the problem and only five minutes finding the solution." - Albert Einstein   Are you crumbling under the weight of your business? It may be a lack of system that is weighing you down.   This week, The Entrepreneurial You podcast invites Sonaya WIlliams to share her experience and expertise on “Business Process Management: How To Do It Effectively.”   Here is a snippet of what Sonaya shared: “A lot of people create businesses because they don't want to be in the corporate grind.

Frustrated in his corporate job and struggling in his marriage, parenting and finances, Seth started with a single dime, with a dream that if he kept doubling it, he could leave his corporate job and create margin for him and his family. Today, Seth is a full time Amazon seller and is the founder of Just One Dime, a coaching company for Amazon FBA sellers. Seth has students in over 100 countries, was flown to Amazon’s headquarters to be consulted for improving Amazon’s third party platform, was asked by a company owned by a shark  from Shark Tank to run their online Amazon and ecommerce division, run a sourcing team in China, and was requested by two countries to train their top businesses.   Show Notes “Life’s too short to hang out with people who aren’t resourceful.” – Jeff Bezos   It is pivot season! Thanks to COVID-19. Perhaps you’ve turned to having a digital business and particularly an Amazon store. But how much do you know about how to do it really well?   This week, The Entrepreneurial You po

Eric is the CEO and co-founder of Open Influence and a key authority in the influencer marketing space. Eric is a Forbes 30 Under 30 recipient and his company has been recognized as one of Inc’s 5000 list of Fastest Growing Companies in America for two years in a row (2018 & 2019). His company’s clients include Disney, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Intuit, SoFi, Unilever, P&G, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, L’Oreal, and Under Armour just to name a few.    Show Notes “Influencers — they’re the best thing since sliced bread. But forget bread; they’re selling like hotcakes. They’re creating huge returns, and they’re only set to keep growing!” - Emily Warna   There is a line from a very popular Jamaica artiste that says, “dweet fi di love, mi nuh dweet fi di likes.” This is talking about popularity on social media. Sadly, many people are misguided into thinking that likes and followers on social media is an end-all and be all.    This week, The Entrepreneurial You podcast invites Eric Dahan to share on “Influencer Marketin

Tom Schwab knows how to build an online business. He’s done it successfully several times, and now helps others find online success with podcast interview marketing. As a Navy veteran who ran nuclear power plants, and an inbound marketing engineer, Tom Schwab has a refreshingly unique approach. Tom helps thought leaders (coaches, authors, speakers, consultants, emerging brands) get featured on leading podcasts their ideal prospects are already listening to. The Interview Valet system then helps them to turn listeners into customers.    Show Notes "Human beings love to buy stuff. But we hate being sold to through the old paradigm. So consider that when you podcast because at the end of the day, you should be selling.“ - Glen Carlson   There are so many benefits that are available through podcast guesting. Yet, it is one of the most underutilized areas of marketing for thought leaders.   This week, The Entrepreneurial You podcast invites Tom Schwab to share about his expertise on “Using Podcast Interview

Hello and welcome to episode 201 of The Entrepreneurial you podcast. I’m your host Heneka Watkis-Porter. I am still reeling from the excitement of last week when I reached the milestone of 200 episodes. To celebrate I interviewed Seth Godin live and what a time that was! If you haven’t listened to it yet, go check it out. Seth is just such a wealth of inspiration.  This week, I am doing a solo episode chronicling my 2020 experience. It is interesting because while this journey makes the COVID-19 pandemic seem like a walkinthe park, it was then that I truly leant how to live (literally and physically). HERE ARE THREE REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE: I elaborate on my top 3 lessons learnt in 2020. Learn about my worst 2020 moment Hear what my 2020 high points are EPISODE SOUND BITE Back to 2019... In order to go forward, let me go back a little to 2019. If you were listening to episode 147 which was published on January 7, 2020, you will recall it was titled “The Highs and Lows of 202

This week, The Entrepreneurial You podcast celebrates 200 episodes and Seth Godin joins Host, Heneka Watkis-Porter for a second appearance to celebrate. Seth is the embodiment of ruckus, generosity and creativity. Listen to this powerful conversation surrounding how to ‘just do it.’ You don’t need the approval of anyone to create your ‘ruckus’ but you must start. Doing the LIVE conversation was super amazing. Thanks to all who joined us live and to you who will listen after.   HERE ARE THREE REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE: Find out what the most Jamaican thing Seth ever did. Discover how to "pick yourself." Learn what it means to do the "practice." EPISODE SOUND BITE Every Blog Starts With Fewer Than 100 Readers "It's easy for somebody to say you can do X Y or Z because you're your Seth. But they weren't around when I got 800 rejection letters in a row and was eating black beans and rice every day because I wasn't Seth. And when my blog started, the first 200 posts had fewer than

April has spent two decades driving growth for companies by giving. She started her career in the Air Force and then specialized in sales, operations, and marketing, supporting Fortune 500 clients. April generated over $1 billion in combined additional revenue for clients based on the principles of The Generosity Culture.    Show Notes   “Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.” Frank Howard Clark   In this era where everyone is seemingly tuned to WIIFM (what’s in it for me), we welcome any move to foster generosity.    This week, The Entrepreneurial You podcast invites April Shprintz to share about her experience with generosity as a child and how it has impacted her life's work.   Here is a snippet of what April shared: “I credit One individual with the generosity culture. She was the impetus for it. Even if I didn't understand it at the time, when I was nine years old. My mother had to go to rehab. She was given the option from her head of Human Resources whe

Jessica is an eCommerce strategy expert and support for female entrepreneurs. 20+ years of retail & eCommerce experience gives Jessica the ability to support female entrepreneurs in creating the right strategy for their business. After 20+ years in retail and 3 years as the only employee of a 7-figure eCommerce business, now she is working with the top experts in eCommerce, SEO, web development, and digital marketing.    Show Notes   “Marketing is like sex: everyone thinks they’re good at it.” ― Steve Tobak   We are bombarded with marketing videos on a daily basis encouraging us to sign up to this school or that. But have we considered what goes into setting up one?   This week, The Entrepreneurial You podcast invites Jessica Coster to talk about email automations best practices to make money.   Here is a snippet of what Jessica shared:   “You as a small business, your main focus should be creating a relationship with the customer. So speak to them how you would if you were in a store with them wh

Grant founded OnlineDegree.com with a purpose-driven mission: make college more accessible and affordable for everyone. After graduating college with an overwhelming amount of debt, he was determined to change how students embark on their college education. Grant has spent his entire career working in startups with nearly 15 years of experience and 2 prior exits to a publicly traded company. He has been a board member and donor to a number of nonprofits, an advisor to many publicly traded companies and a guest speaker at seminars and graduate school courses.    Show Notes    “With guns, you can kill terrorists, with education you can kill terrorism.” ― Malala Yousafzai   We are bombarded with marketing videos on a daily basis encouraging us to sign up to this school or that. But have we considered what goes into setting up one?   This week, The Entrepreneurial You podcast invites Grant Aldrich to take us through the ins and out of setting up an online school.   Here is a snippet of what Grant shared

Lee LeFever is the co-founder of Common Craft and author of two books: The Art of Explanation and Big Enough. Since 2007, Common Craft has won numerous awards, worked with the world’s most respected brands and created original explainer videos that have earned over 50 million online video views.    Today, Common Craft produces animated videos and digital visuals that are used by educators in over 50 countries. Lee and his partner Sachi are Common Craft’s only employees and work from their home off the coast of Washington State.   Show Notes   “You are not your resume, you are your work. - Seth Godin   Balance? What is that? Whilst it may be difficult to achieve this, it is certain that we can work towards harmony with every area of our lives. As you contemplate scaling your business, the ideal is to have it do so as your own life scales.   This week, The Entrepreneurial You podcast invites Lee LeFever to talk about building a business that scales with your life.   Here is a snippet of what Lee sha

So if there is some sort of a natural disaster or a hurricane in Jamaica you know that your data is safe in a data centre in Minnesota or something and your backups need to be encrypted and it needs to be audited once every quarter…Click To Tweet Brian is a computer scientist, angel investor and entrepreneur. Brian has started or co-founded five successful companies, been a part of successful exits, has been successful in VC/angel fundraising on both sides of the table. He currently is chairman and CEO of Gillware which provides emergency IT services to clients suffering from data related disasters, and offers advice and consulting to avoid corporate data disasters. BEFORE YOU GO ANY FURTHER: The #1 cause of bad sleep Show Notes “Passwords are like underwear: don’t let people see it, change it very often, and you shouldn’t share it with strangers.” – Chris Pirillo   Undoubtedly this pandemic has created a myriad of opportunities to be leveraged, most of which are online. Equally available, are the incre

Robert Scott is the President of StartTradeJamaica, a firm dedicated to assisting companies achieve their market entry and market development goals. Currently represented by an expanding network of affiliates in Central America (El Salvador, Guatemala, Costa Rica), Australia, Asia (Vietnam, United Arab Emirates) the Caribbean (Dominican Republic, Cuba, Grand Cayman), Ireland and the USA. StartTrade Jamaica represents manufacturers and provides export coaching for selected SME clients. English as a Second language is also offered by an International TEFL and TESOL certified affiliate.   BEFORE YOU GO ANY FURTHER: The #1 cause of bad sleep   Show Notes   Globalization has changed us into a company that searches the world, not just to sell or to source, but to find intellectual capital - the world's best talents and greatest ideas. –Jack Welch   You have probably heard the term, export or die. This probably gives an indication of how much of a life line it can be for businesses who dare to venture past t

Mo Elkhamissy spent twenty years training to be a professional soccer player, only to find that his dream was not possible. Graduating college right as 9/11 struck, no one would even look at his CV because his name was Mohammed. Later on, he was given the opportunity to run a company generating over $1 billion in sales while his one-year-old daughter was diagnosed with an “incurable” form of cancer. Because of his path, MK views success as a means of helping others. He regards success and winning as a moral duty that enables people to help others. He believes that being humble makes you strong and that being strong makes you happy. MK’s accomplishments came despite the fact that he is an average person--which means that by following his advice anyone can achieve success.   Show Notes   “Quitting because you don't want to be uncomfortable will prevent you from growing." - Amy Morin You probably already know that what lies between your ears has the greatest capacity to impact your life. Everything begins w

Beck Power is a nomadic entrepreneur from New Zealand and now based in Toronto. Her agency “Power Creative Media” creates and posts thousands of pieces of microcontent every month for clients. She also shows entrepreneurs how to be more strategic and effective using content to grow their influence, impact and income online. She's been featured in Forbes, Yahoo, Entrepreneur and NY Mag.   BEFORE YOU GO ANY FURTHER: The #1 cause of bad sleep   Show Notes   "Personally, I am very fond of strawberries and cream, but I have found that for some strange reason, fish prefer worms." - Dale Carnegie   How do you stand out from the crow and allow your voice to be at one with your target audience? It definitely takes focus and intentionality.   This week, The Entrepreneurial You podcast invites Beck Power to talk about how we can amplify our voice amidst the pandemic.   Here is a snippet of what Beck shared:   “It doesn't matter how great your content is if no one is seeing it. You have to be really consist