Nail your Brand

Michael O'Neal (@solohour)

Michael's own personal journey that led to the launch of this particular podcast started with the untimely and back-to-back loss of his parents, a transformational trip throughout Europe as part of his grieving process, and the creation and production of another high-profile podcast focused on personal transformation called "The KickAss Life." Professional drummer, car racer, competitive racquetball player, and former expert mountain bike racer with a penchant for stand up comedy, Michael likes to get out with his dog Dexter and live the life of time freedom, location freedom, and financial freedom.

Vroom Vroom through old Podcast

• There are two things you CANNOT VROOM by in podcasting
• 1) Nail your BRAND.
• 2) Nail the Audio.

Zoomies, Grunts, Jarheads, Squids

• Hurts Don't it (Donut)
• And the OK symbol game that military play

The old show wasn't a bad idea

• Again, the other podcast didn't fit me, I didn't nail it

The Pros are here (in podcasting)

• Films, TV, and Radio pros are in podcasting now
• They have experience in producing professional audio content.

Home based podcast have something different

• Nick Unsworth, John Lee Dumas, and Michael saw Natasha Leggero so some stand-up comedy (13:24)
• She could totally make bank doing a podcast...she has 300K twitter followers....HELLO!?!
• You don't need to be #1 in iTunes to make some really good money in podcasting.

What is Vroom Vroom Veer

• Vroom Vroom = Autopilot, groundhog day, sleepwalking
• Veer = Awakening...and event that demands attention
• A veer is something you must deal with...
• Talk about the one you feed podcast.

Michael lost his parents drill down

• Grief fueled a decision to commit to doing his own thing
• He struggled for 3 or 4 years doing his thing
• During this time he decided to say "yes" to almost everything.

Time Freedom, Location Freedom, Financial Freedom

• You are the sum of the five people you spend the most time with --- Jim Rohn
• Go to the nice part of town and work with your laptop in a fancy high-end spot...because successful people are there.
• Successful people will recognize your hustle and will help you out...you will make connections.

Four Hour Body and Protein Shakes

• We are both doing 4 hour body by Tim Ferris and Michael is using Protein Shakes
• I am veering toward weight loss after vroom vrooming my way to over 230 lbs (!) WOW!

Don't be stupid

• You need permission when you want to give advice
• Michael taught network marketers how to do permission marketing
• That's how solopreneur hour started.

Links

• Solohour.com
• Solohour.com/Group The Facebook Group
• Twitter.com/solohour