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Net Positive with Blake Emal

Net Positive with Blake Emal

By Blake Emal

Net Positive follows the inner thoughts and trajectory of work-in-progress, 20-something Blake Emal.

On this show, you'll get a mix of documentation and interviews. Look, I have big dreams just like the next gal or guy.

The only difference? I'm not going to pretend that I'm a millionaire with all the answers (because I'm not and I don't).

I want to document the EXPERIENCE of growing in my career and skillset, rather than acting like something I'm not.

This podcast goes out to all the solopreneurs, entrepreneurs, and wantrepreneurs that keep it 100.

No fluff, just cool stuff.
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Net Positive with Blake EmalJul 02, 2018

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Differentiators: My #1 Tip for Succeeding in Any Channel
May 21, 201909:11
Cory Warfield: Start a Business from Nothing and Grow It w/ Social Media

Cory Warfield: Start a Business from Nothing and Grow It w/ Social Media

Have you long contemplated the possibility of starting your own company, but don't know where to start?

Cory Warfield can relate to that. In fact, there was a point where Cory didn't even know he wanted to start a business. He found himself without a home and without any resources, and had to decide what he was going to make of himself.

In this interview, Cory provides relatable and actionable advice for starting a company and growing it through social media.
Sep 06, 201835:12
Build an Unstoppable Personal Brand with LinkedIn Expert Natalia Wiechowski

Build an Unstoppable Personal Brand with LinkedIn Expert Natalia Wiechowski

Are you stuck in a career that doesn't fulfill you?

Are you silently begging for a new opportunity to present itself so you can move on?

Many people across the world are faced with this dilemma, but they have no idea how to escape it.

Dr. Natalia Wiechowski was one of them.

She gained an impressive education, and began an impressive career.

And yet, it didn't speak to what she truly wanted to accomplish with her life. She determined that it was time to make a change.

After a 9-month sabbatical and intense thought, Natalia moved on to the next chapter of her life.

She is now an award-winning personal branding strategist, Instagram influencer, and LinkedIn expert.

In this interview, she gives highly actionable tips and methods for getting to a place in your life that you'll absolutely love.
Aug 30, 201837:37
The Do NOTs of Instagram

The Do NOTs of Instagram

There are a lot of great things to do on Instagram, and a whole lot more DO NOTS.

Here is an episode for you Insta-lovers out there.

This is based off of my own experiments on the platform.
Aug 23, 201811:22
Is Social Media Bad or Good?

Is Social Media Bad or Good?

Have you ever truly wondered if social media is bad or good?

There are so many factors at play for this question, but I attempt to do my best job at dissecting the good and the bad aspects of social media in this video.

There are no perfect answers here, but I believe that ultimately social media platforms are good when used genuinely.

You'll learn more about that explanation in the video, as well as why some people think social media is ruining our lives!

Make sure to SUBSCRIBE and hit the BELL so you never miss my videos again!
Aug 13, 201806:07
How to Be Creative on Social Media

How to Be Creative on Social Media

Want to know how to be creative and interesting on social media?

One of the most daunting tasks for content creators is knowing what content to post.

And even then, actually executing and making a creative video or post is extremely difficult.

In this episode, I share my own tips that have worked exceptionally well for my social media accounts.

Make sure to subscribe and comment letting me know what your social media questions are. I would love to be a resource for you!
Aug 08, 201806:57
Go from Idea to Successful Social Media Account

Go from Idea to Successful Social Media Account

Ever had a great idea for an Instagram account or YouTube channel? How do you take it from just an idea to a successful reality?
Jul 30, 201811:30
6 Easy Steps To Create a Great LinkedIn Profile

6 Easy Steps To Create a Great LinkedIn Profile

Now is the time to start catching the wave of professional networking online, and there is no better place to do so than LinkedIn.

But the simple fact of having a profile is not enough. You need to transform your account into a lead gen and recruiting machine.

What determines LinkedIn profile strength?

Ultimately, the impact of your LinkedIn account comes down to 6 simple, yet essential, elements:

Headshot
Banner Image
Headline
Summary
Endorsements
Experience
Jul 09, 201812:35
How to Choose Keywords without Any Tools

How to Choose Keywords without Any Tools

What on earth is a keyword? And how am I supposed to choose good ones if I'm a total noob to SEO?

In this episode, I give you a method for finding and selecting keywords that will crush it online, without having to learn to use any new online tools.

Remember to subscribe to the show on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts.
Jul 02, 201809:28
How to Build a Following on Instagram

How to Build a Following on Instagram

Over the past 2 months, I have used my personal Instagram as a guinea pig to find out what works and doesn't on the app in terms of gaining a bigger following.

Here is what I've found so far:

1. What not to do:
- Follow/Unfollow
- Buy followers
- Misuse hashtags
- Post random content
- set up automatic DMs
- set up automatic comments and likes
- post at random times


2. What to do:
- Post at the right times according to cold-hard data
- Follow only people in your niche
- Using the right hashtags (100K-500K posts)
- Spend at least 30 minutes a day commenting on those relevant hashtags
- Post consistent content (both in style and in substance)
- Use DM groups to connect with up to 15 people in your niche at a time, come to an agreement to like each other's content when it goes live)
- Use Stories properly (hashtags, polls, mentions, locations)
-Create IGTV videos NOW
Jun 29, 201821:01
Becoming a LinkedIn Zealot & Storyteller with Jacob Lebovits

Becoming a LinkedIn Zealot & Storyteller with Jacob Lebovits

Want to start crushing it on LinkedIn?

Take some tips from one of the best content creators on the professional network, Jacob Lebovits.
Jun 27, 201831:25
How to Get Featured on Men's Health (or other big publications) w/ Jordan Paris
Jun 25, 201827:55
How-To: IGTV (Instagram TV) and Why You MUST Create Videos
Jun 22, 201809:48
Getting More Customers from your Website with Carol J. Dunlop
Jun 20, 201824:06
How to Make Way More $$$ on your Website with CRO

How to Make Way More $$$ on your Website with CRO

If you have traffic coming in to your website, but the sales just aren't reflecting any success, you need to try out some CRO tips.

Lucky for you, I have a bunch right here in this episode.

CRO (Conversion Rate Optimization) is highly important, and often overlooked. It basically deals with all elements of your website that are trying to get users to buy your product or service.

How well is your website set up to succeed?
Jun 18, 201812:09
8 Social Media Engagement Tips: Explode Your Likes & Comments
Jun 13, 201820:29
How to Make Money Off of Your Hobbies and Passions through Social Media

How to Make Money Off of Your Hobbies and Passions through Social Media

There is so much opportunity out there for you to take your idea from an interest to a money-making machine.

Here are my expert tips based on my own personal experience.

Get started on your journey today!
Jun 11, 201815:23
What is Email Marketing and How Do I Get Started?

What is Email Marketing and How Do I Get Started?

Do you use email marketing for your business? Well if you don't, or need a primer, take a listen here.
Jun 07, 201813:21
How Can Social Media Marketing Really Help My Business?

How Can Social Media Marketing Really Help My Business?

What is SMM? How can I make it work for my business or brand? What platform(s) should I use and which should I avoid?

Get the answers to these questions and more, right here.
Jun 05, 201811:51
Pro's Guide to the Best Free Marketing Tools for Your Biz

Pro's Guide to the Best Free Marketing Tools for Your Biz

A Pro's Guide to the Best Free Online Marketing Tools for Your Small Biz or Brand Getting better keyword ideas: UberSuggest neilpatel.com/ubersuggest Website SEO Analysis: Neil Patel's SEO Analysis neilpatel.com/seo-analyzer/ Collecting Emails: SUMO https://sumo.com/ Email Marketing and Automation: Mailchimp.com Finding viral content to post: Google Trends trends.google.com & Buzzsumo buzzsumo.com Finding what your customers want to know: Quora.com Getting your ideal leads: Hunter Hunter.io
Jun 04, 201807:45
How can I learn how to make money in online marketing?

How can I learn how to make money in online marketing?

Want to learn how to make money in online marketing?

This episode explains the tools and resources you need to succeed, as well as winning marketing methodologies that will drive success to your online presence.
Jun 01, 201810:29
How to Start a Blog (for free and for businesses)

How to Start a Blog (for free and for businesses)

Need to start blogging? I have some tips for you based off 5 years of experience.
May 30, 201812:15
The Most Impactful Digital Marketing Tactics to Implement

The Most Impactful Digital Marketing Tactics to Implement

Looking for quick wins and the most important things you could start out doing in digital marketing? I’ve got you covered.
May 28, 201814:14
Uncovering Digital Marketing Trends for 2018 and Beyond

Uncovering Digital Marketing Trends for 2018 and Beyond

- SEO: Writing and making media more human. In an age of automation, the key trend for 2018 is true engagement between human beings. If you can master this, you can master Google in 2018.

- Content Marketing: Creating native video for each platform and engaging directly with your audience. The big trend here is going for a smaller, high quality audience. This opposes thoughts in the past of getting as many people in front of your content as possible. Instead, relationships with the right people and promote to them.

- Voice Marketing: Perhaps the biggest trend of the past year that will continue to boom in popularity is that of voice marketing. Think about it: podcasts are bigger than ever, Alexa and Google are taking over our homes, and Spotify just launched their audio ad platform. Take advantage of this by starting a podcast where you provide real value. Create an Alexa briefing skill and update it daily. Try your hand at Spotify ads (they do most of the work for you, after all)
May 25, 201815:41
Is Digital the New Marketing?
May 23, 201809:55
Intro to Sparketing: Learn Digital Marketing for Free!
May 22, 201805:30
How to Start Working from Home in 2018 (and How to Crush It)

How to Start Working from Home in 2018 (and How to Crush It)

The #1 question I get from people considering a switch to freelance work or starting their own business is:
What is it like working from home?

If you are considering a similar change in your life, you may be wondering:
- Is working from home easier or harder?
- Won't I get distracted all the time?
- How do I remain focused on my work?
- How do I set up a productive home office?

I will answer all of these questions and more right here, right now.
May 16, 201820:15
6 Things You Need to Crush It As a Solopreneur

6 Things You Need to Crush It As a Solopreneur

Go out there and crush it as a solopreneur with these 6 actionable tips:

1. Play to your passions, not just your strengths

2. Narrow down your niche that makes you stand out like a unicorn in a sea of donkeys (Larry Kim)

3. Find likeminded people on social media and cater to them, not to the masses

4. Be authentically YOU, 100% of the time. People don't like boring pretenders, and if you get mocked for being you then hey: you've still got their attention

5. Make mistakes every single day. Just don't make the same ones tomorrow.

6. Ask for what you are worth based on results and experience. Don't charge less because you think clients want that. Charge your authentic worth per project
May 14, 201809:36
5 Tips for Turning Your Website into a Money-Making Machine

5 Tips for Turning Your Website into a Money-Making Machine

Do you have a website?

Of course you do. You're listening to this episode, after all!

Here are 5 great tips on conversion optimization for your website. You will learn the importance of:
- Goals
- Great content
- Meaningful design
- Starting a blog
- Using videos to engage
May 11, 201807:41
Why Your Competitors Are Beating You & How to Stop It

Why Your Competitors Are Beating You & How to Stop It

You may have noticed your competitors beating you at your own game. The question must then be asked: are you playing the wrong game?
May 08, 201807:34
Podcasting 101: How to Start, Build, and Succeed

Podcasting 101: How to Start, Build, and Succeed

It took me 25 years to realize that I thoroughly enjoyed sitting in an empty room, talking to myself.

No, I’m not insane. I’m the next closest thing: an avid podcaster.

I wish it hadn’t taken me so long to find the right medium for capturing my voice and telling the stories I actually care about telling.

I know that you might be thinking podcasts are sort of boring. You are dead wrong.
May 03, 201840:46
Get Sales Booming by Niching Down and Making a Nest

Get Sales Booming by Niching Down and Making a Nest

The word "niche" in French means to make a nest.

This is what niches should be for our business: a safe zone carefully constructed for us from which we never deviate.

Niching down is the single most effective strategy for increasing sales and improving morale in your business.
Apr 28, 201805:30
Grow Your Social Media w/ 6 Insanely Actionable Tips

Grow Your Social Media w/ 6 Insanely Actionable Tips

Here are 6 tips to make your social media approach far more productive:
1. Identify the platforms that work for your brand or business
2. Know your goal for each platform and write it down in a permanent place. Sticky notes!
3. Create a posting schedule and content calendar
4. Try to spend an hour per day per platform engaging with your audience
5. If you must market, avoid AdWords and stick with Facebook ads
6. Don't forget that your audience is already bigger than you think
Apr 27, 201811:31
Self-Love, Trials, & Overcoming w/ the Amazing Faith Meyers

Self-Love, Trials, & Overcoming w/ the Amazing Faith Meyers

Faith is basically my new hero. She has been through so much, but listen to the power and poise with which she speaks. Trials do not need to define us in any way other than by showing our strength to overcome.
Apr 26, 201811:39
Finding what makes your heart sing & chasing it 😍

Finding what makes your heart sing & chasing it 😍

What makes your heart sing?

How can you be or become a better self-starter?

Hint: You are already doing a great job, not just tweak it.
Apr 26, 201808:08
How to Do Onsite Optimizations and Change Your Pages Forever

How to Do Onsite Optimizations and Change Your Pages Forever

Your website will thank you later.
Apr 23, 201805:32
Why Your Business Will Fail Without Digital Marketing

Why Your Business Will Fail Without Digital Marketing

Your business cannot succeed without it. Take your competitive advantage and run with it.
Apr 20, 201804:24
What agencies won't tell you about SEO

What agencies won't tell you about SEO

What is SEO?

What are agencies not telling you about it?

I will give you a couple of actionable tips to avoid the agency.
Apr 19, 201807:24
The free digital marketing tools you will need to succeed on your own

The free digital marketing tools you will need to succeed on your own

TOOLS FOR MEASURING SUCCESS
Google Analytics
Google Search Console

TOOLS FOR KEYWORD RESEARCH
Google Keyword Planner
Reddit
Wikipedia
Google Trends
Twitter
Competitor websites

TOOLS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn
Pinterest
Snapchat
YouTube
Instagram
Pocket
Buffer

TOOLS FOR AUTOMATION
IFTTT
Buffer

TOOLS FOR DESIGN
Canva
Unsplash

TOOLS FOR YOUR WEBSITE
Wordpress
Grammarly
Yoast SEO plugin
Google pagespeed insights

TOOLS FOR EMAIL MARKETING
Mailchimp

TOOLS FOR PPC
Google AdWords
Facebook Ads Manager
Apr 18, 201814:29
What Are the Different Categories of Digital Marketing?

What Are the Different Categories of Digital Marketing?

Today we go through the seven (7) categories of digital marketing that you will become a master at in the coming weeks.

They are as follows:
Search engine optimization
Search engine marketing
Content marketing
Social Media Marketing
Pay-per-click advertising
Affiliate marketing
Email marketing
Apr 17, 201804:45
How Do Search Engines Work?

How Do Search Engines Work?

Let's build on our foundations and learn about search engines.
Apr 16, 201804:42
The Basics of Digital Marketing: Building a Foundation

The Basics of Digital Marketing: Building a Foundation

Before you learn the deep details of digital marketing, you need a base upon which to build. Let's start there.
Apr 15, 201802:42
If You Had to Pick One Social Media Platform and Scrap the Rest

If You Had to Pick One Social Media Platform and Scrap the Rest

Which one would you pick and why? Keep in mind, you have to scrap the rest.
Apr 14, 201803:36
#1 - Intro to Concept

#1 - Intro to Concept

Self-explanatory, right?
Apr 13, 201801:12