Alpha Influence Media

Luke runs an incredible show called Loans on Demand and an even better business helping Loan Officers close more loans. I can talk Sales all day with Luke but that wasn’t the focus of the episode. We talked about building the business and being PRESENT.

Luke showed up to be Dad on Duty for his daughter's school. Once I saw that I had to ask him how he is able to be dialed in on the business side and with family. I have been doing a lot of research on being present because I’ve FAILED before

And I promised my family I won’t do that again

You’ll Learn:

• How to be present in life and business
• Why we should find what works for us
• Why we should trust the process
• How to build a foundation
• How to be PRESENT at HOME

“I think so many times people get that shiny object syndrome when they're getting started and they say, oh, well this is gonna work and this is gonna work at all.

Let me try that. And this didn't work. Let me try that. And,  so much of entrepreneurship is focused. But really I think the majority of it is just patience, right? It's just being patient to get the results and not giving up on strategies or tactics when you've tried it for a week or two weeks or a month or two months or three months, or like, Hey, you gotta at least put in six months, honestly, six months or more to a specific strategy or tactic” - Luke Shankula

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In this Episode, I speak with Daniel Felt, CEO & Founder of Kura Home Services.

Daniel and I dive deep into helping repeat clients in which he discusses how he is able to have one of the quickest booming companies in Minnesota simply by providing exceptional service to clients.

Daniel gives world-class tips on how you can build up your company culture

You’ll Learn:

• How you create a positive company culture
• What it looks like to take care of your people
• How to show up for your clients
• How you be present in life
• How to show up for yourself

“It's extremely important that you're, you're equipping everyone throughout, right? Like you're paying your vendors, you know, so they wanna, they wanna supply you with the things you need, you know, everyone did that to your end customer and everything in between.

You really need to treat your people right? And you need to treat them fairly. And if you say you're gonna do something, you really have to do it. Cause if you don't, I've noticed like people, there's been times when I say I'm gonna do something, I forget and that, that's on me a hundred percent” - Daniel Felt

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Website: https://kurahome.com/

If you want to hear the origin story of Erik Allen look up EPISODE 14 of THE WINNERS PARADIGM PODCAST

Erik and I are jamming on workload, having multiple podcasts, being intentional with our time, relationships, booking top guests, and so much more.

Erik even gives us insight on what he has going on now

You’ll Learn:

• How to be intentional with your time
• How to book you ideal guests
• Why we need to talk our purpose
• How you be present in our work
• What it means to serve

“I'm a guy who wakes up at 4:00 AM six days a week. You know, what is that habit for me, right? I mean, I know. Every day that I have to get up at for him, and I have to have my time very structured. I don't have time to fluff around on the internet, man. I'm like, boom, boom, there's no time wasted. It's every single minute of that morning I have to be doing something to help me get lined up for the day.

So talking about morning my you know, routines, the mindset. How we can as men you know, we have to realize that our past and other people's opinions don't define our future, right? And so once we decide that, that's when we can open up the door to massive opportunity to make an impact on other people's lives, but also our own” - Erik Allen

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Cristina Marcello and I are talking about how we can use our podcasts to build dominant brands/putting the best quality of our show out there. Cristina is a certified audio engineer with over 10 years in the industry, she has worked on radio and mastered the production side of the house

And now works with Podchaser connecting podcasters to their shows that resonate with them while elevating brands. Cristina and I break down tips on how to dominate in the podcast game long term!

You’ll Learn:

• How to improve sound quality
• How to write show notes
• Why SEO is important
• How to find out what structure works for you
• How to elevate your podcast

“I guess the last piece that I wanna say on this whole thing is, you know, when you're coming up with your podcast titles, Think about if you wanted to find it, it, put yourself in the audience member's shoes if you wanted to find this podcast” - Cristina Marcello

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12 Steps of Auditing your podcast while taking it to the next level!

You’ll Learn:

• How to find the right intro
• Where you are taking them
• Many problems podcasters face
• How to find out what structure works for you

“Growing, you're talking about this to people. You're kind of being like, Man, I used to think like this. Or maybe I'm challenging myself to be able to think a different way. Or maybe it's learning a different thing like video editing in the business side because I need to be able to get to that next point and this is what's gonna get me there and this is what's gonna allow me to be able to share that dream or whatever.

It's right. So, Always anchor it back to, you know, you sharing off your journey. You talking about point A to point B” - Alundas Havens

Shauna is the Founder, and Podcast host of SLG Impact where she uses her platform to maximize impact - evolving people and brands. Shauna and I talk about team building, aligning yourself to what you are passionate about, maximizing impact, and so much more

We give common solutions on how we can fix some problems that we have in marketing. We also dive deep into becoming a better leader for your company and brand.

You’ll Learn:

• How to enhance your team building skills
• Why you can take time for you
• How you can go all in in business
• How to make a bigger impact than yourself

“Theory of evolving, which is part of my FL trade impact platform, which is like as a brand, as a human, you want to evolve, you want to continue to improve, but at the same time, I kind of treat those filters like a rudder. So like not rudder on a boat kind of thing. So you can kind of come back to it and go, Okay, and.

If you actually find out that it's no longer that filter, those filters are no longer lining up with where you need to go or where you want to go, you can adjust those, but you're still coming back from that foundation. It's funny because this actually goes back to what we were talking about earlier. It all comes back to awareness” - Shauna Griffiths

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Callye is a legend/expert in product development and manufacturing. He has multiple companies where he has collaborated with the largest companies in the world. Callye was able to do so simply by perfecting how sales pitches and using his product manufacturing expertise to prove how ideas can be transformed into full fledged businesses.

Callye helps people succeed by teaching the power of collaborations and using leverage to promote and sell your products. The ability to sell value and show that you know who you are selling to is some of Callye's main points. I loved learning from him, in which he challenged me to level up my game. Callye and I talk about collaborations/partnerships, Knowing the ins and outs of your business, and how we can use a relationship-centric approach while not shoving your service down people's throats

You’ll Learn:

• How to focus on your people
• Why you need partnerships
• How collabs will take you further
• How to pitch who you want to work with

Favorite Quote:

“I've done this to get my products sold into the biggest companies on earth to a lot of government agencies. Uh, either one of those, you can't really knock on the door, get, you know, cold, call 'em, send 'em an email. They're not on Facebook. They're not looking at how cool my TikTok is or my reel. They're. So how do you sell to the unsellable you partner with who's already selling them? That's it. That easy” - Callye Keen

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We talk about building a supplement/apparel brand, self development, overcoming addiction, running marathons, and dialing in for your business.

You’ll Learn:

• How to build a dominate brand
• How to make health a priority
• How to take action for your personal brand
• Why we need to learn from mistakes/losses
• How can be better leaders

Favorite Quote:

“I hated running for, I'm 36 years old. I hated running for 20 plus years of my life. Like, dude, it's like, why do you wanna run whatever? What I've learned through this business is even if you don't do 75 hard or something, those guys are a hundred percent completely true. You have to do hard shit to kind of break that, that thing outta your mind” - Chad Smith

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Karla Singson is an award-winning writer, public speaker, and entrepreneur. Her strengths lie in sales, marketing, and growth. Some of her biggest (personal) business wins include turning her flower shop into a dealership / franchise, expanding her events company to Las Vegas, USA, and helping dozens of stay-at-home Filipina moms become first-time millionaires.

Currently, she leads Scalewind, a managed outsourcing company with offices in Las Vegas (USA) and Manila (Philippines). Scalewind’s biggest win is going from zero to a million dollar company in a year, over the pandemic, without spending anything on ads. 

This week on the AIM Podcast, We are diving into Using Your Personal Brand As Leverage, Effective Marketing Strategies, and Why/When you need to outsource for your business. Karla is phenomenal at what she does and uses her charismatic personality to show how she is able to build dominant brands.

You’ll Learn:

• Why you should use your personal brand
• When you should outsource
• Why we need to foster/cultivate relationships
• Why you need to be you
• How we can scale our business by focusing what we are good at

Favorite Quote:

“Yeah, a big part of my growth in business is always like relationship management. I think step one is being good, what you do, being actually able to solve the problems that you promised to solve. And that's why I said when that is taken care of, then you feel safe to be yourself and build your personal brand or even build a brand around your business.

So cuz the thing that people, you know Two differently is sometimes they are so concerned of their personal brand because they feel like they have to sell so much. Why? Because they're not competent enough. So why are you always trying to get new clients? It's because you can't keep the ones you have probably right.

So and that's why they find it very hard, cuz they always have, you know, they, they have to be the dancing monkey. That's what we say. They're dancing monkey in their business. The dancing monkey outside the circus, calling people to come in. But that gets super tiring. But, you know but that's what happens if you're not really that good at what you do” - Karla Singson

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John Wetmore is a Managing Partner at Integrity Marketing Group and VP of Family First Life Agent Force where he has 1500+ selling agents completing 10,000+ monthly policies. John learned at the School of Hard Knocks how he had to overcome adversity to be able to become a top performer.

John and I dive deep into what it means to be a high performer, being present with family, team building, and how to use tonality as a superpower. John will definitely be back in the future!

You’ll Learn:

• How to use tonality as a superpower
• When to turn the switch on or off
• How we can be more present
• How to dominate and show up for your family
• Why it’s important to find what works for you

Favorite Quote:

“Out did everything because in the long run I will, I won't stop dude. If me and you are on some kind of challenge, race, whatever it is, it don't matter if I'm be, I will not stop. I just won't stop. You'll tap out cuz you'll be like, Dude, this guy's never gonna stop. And that, that ability to just be insanely consistent became who I am” - John Wetmore

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Josh Mannucci is a Navy Veteran and St. Louis Artist that goes by the name Melen Kale'. He makes music for business owners for a job and personal music for therapy. He even created the banger intros for the AIM Podcast and The Winners Paradigm Podcast for me. Josh and I talk about how banger/anthems can contribute to businesses identity and could allow them to build off having dominate brand awareness. He even talks about what it's like making commercials with Joey Yak and helping business create the right advertisements to land them clients.

You’ll Learn:

• How to create banger for your podcast
• Why you need the right commercial for your business
• How to take your passion and use it to make money
• Why it's important to constantly evolve
• Why Josh will Emcee one of my events some day

Favorite Quote:

“I made one about, yeah, it was about insurance. I was like, I have no idea what I said in that thing, but it sounded good. You know what I mean? So, Yeah, it's, it's incredible. And like I'll just, you know, I like to take a lot of my inspiration for that individual song and stuff from the individual. Like, I like to know like, what is it about, like, what are you gonna talk about?” - Josh Mannucci

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Welcome to the Alpha Influence Media Podcast with your host Alundas Havens.

This podcast exclusively focuses on building dominate brand, maximizing your influence, and getting you in the right room with the people that will help you elevate your movement.

I am giving actionable steps on how to build your dominant brand, what it looks like when you have to learn everything on your own (Struggled A Ton after I got out the Marine Corps), and tools that will elevate you in life and business.

If you wanna learn about mindset go to my podcast, The Winners Paradigm

This podcast is different because we give people tools for building dominate brands, the things we wished we would have learned sooner

You’ll Learn:

• What is Alpha Influence Media
• What is My Core Mission
• Why is this podcast different than The Winners Paradigm Podcast

Favorite Quote:

“I needed to start figuring out, hey, what's gonna be the best thing? What's gonna allow me to be able to create this brand? traction was slow initially, so it was having a couple clients and building those relationships and referrals and, doing the work myself, you know. So this is on a podcast where you're gonna see every single thing, or it's gonna be me saying, Hey, this is how you build a podcast.” - Alundas Havens

Laci Blake is a Psychology Based Branding Expert, Business Coach and Life Coach. She utilizes applied psychology principles to help my clients take the reins in their life and propel them to the next level. As a certified NLP Practitioner, she teach my clients, easy to master and tangible strategies to reach their highest levels of success in all aspects of their lives!

Laci and I jam on the psychology of our branding and what we could do to influence our market.

You’ll Learn:

• How Our Color Scenes Can Trigger Responses From Buyers
• How we can you psychology in our branding
• How to Take your branding to the next level
• How to evolve branding
• What is required for dominate brands

Favorite Quote:

“I give free advice all the time, but it's all about value, right? So I don't mind it, but mostly what I encourage any business owner, entrepreneur to do is to establish a baseline for how they want their target, uh, target market to feel. And act when they see their branded materials and based on that, then they will know what colors they need to choose” - Laci Blake

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