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TBP Podcast 042: Women Empowerment through Podcasting and Self-Confidence…

Sheena Yap Chan is an author, speaker, blogger, podcaster, and self-confidence consultant. Her passion, drive, and purpose is to help women live better lives. Through her podcast “The Tao of Self-Confidence,” she interviews different women about their journey to self-confidence.

The self-confessed lover of red also teaches women how to create a business and live their lives by design. She also aims to build a robust support system and a stronger representation for all women especially Asian women.

If you’re interested in podcasting and your self-confidence can use some work, you owe it to yourself not to miss today’s episode!

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  • How long she’s been podcasting
  • Who introduced her to podcasting
  • On John Lee Dumas
  • Why she chose to name her show “The Tao of Self Confidence”
  • How a podcaster gains listeners
  • What a podcast is all about
  • How she uses her copy appropriately
  • Building a brand online
  • Podcasting responsibility
  • How confidence works
  • Her podcasting journey
  • What prompted her to start her podcast
  • Her podcasting transformation
  • Affirmations
  • What her plans are for her podcast
  • Podcasting groups
  • On whether or not she considers herself successful

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TBP Podcast 041: How to Build a 7-Figure Business…

In today’s show of The Big Picture Podcast, Dave and Jo interviewed Kenjie De Guzman, the brilliant entrepreneur and marketing and sales expert who built a 7-figure business in just 9 months!

In today’s show, Kenjie candidly talked about his humble beginnings working as a waiter in a restaurant to running his own digital agency. He also talked about the importance of giving exceptional customer service, how he markets himself, the business fundamentals he lives by, and many others.

If you envision running your own successful 7-figure business someday, this is one episode you can’t afford to miss!

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  • Kenjie’s backstory
  • His motivation to give good service
  • Difference between him and other people when it comes to hustle
  • What happened after he read the books of his heroes
  • On customer satisfaction
  • On working at a BPO company
  • Setting up his own digital agency
  • How he markets himself to clients
  • Business fundamentals he lives by
    • Lead generation
    • Lead conversion
    • Lead retention
  • How it went when he first started his digital agency
  • Calculated risk
  • Customer acquisition
  • Lifetime value
  • How much it costs him to get one client and how soon he can get the returns
  • Sending clients that are not a fit for him to his competitors
  • What’s next for him
  • His intention of creating a podcast
  • What they learned from the interview

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TBP Podcast 040: Learn How to Build Successful Brands…

In today’s show of The Big Picture Podcast, Dave and Jo interviewed the chairman and chief executive officer of Pages Holdings, Inc., Bunny Pages. Once hailed the Grand Chamber Entrepreneur of the Year, Bunny started his entrepreneurial journey at the age of 49.

To date, Pages Holdings has established 17 brands including Lantaw, Cafe Racer, Mooon Cafe, and Thirsty. Bunny also owns and operates My Playroom Kids Care Center, Guitar World, Play House Preschool, and B.R.I.G.H.T. Academy.

If you’re a budding entrepreneur who wants to know Bunny’s entrepreneurial strategy and how he was able to successfully run so many thriving ventures at the same time, you can’t miss today’s episode!

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  • Bunny’s backstory
  • How his entrepreneurial journey started
  • What he’s good at
  • His definition of an entrepreneur
  • His advice for budding entrepreneurs
  • His failures and what he learned from it
  • People he looks up to
  • Challenge every entrepreneur experiences when they start a business
  • Challenge encountered when growing an organization
  • Manila’s challenging market
  • On running a business with family
  • How he manages a downturn
  • His thoughts on people who want to succeed but don’t want to work hard
  • How he makes things easy
  • What he’ll do first if he only has P10,000 and a month’s supply of food and a place to stay
  • The concept of closing open loops
  • How to close an open loop
  • 3 Things that will help you succeed in life
    • You need to solve your problems
    • You need to take the opportunities when they come
    • You need to practice Kaizen
  • The key things budding entrepreneurs should do
  • How to read a financial statement
  • The role of the wife in one’s success

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TBP Podcast 039: How to Inspire People to Tell…

In today’s show of The Big Picture Podcast, Dave and Jo interviewed Mugstoria host, Ben Salise. Mugstoria aims to bring visual, short, shareable, inspirational, and hyperlocal stories to individual readers as well as entire communities. Banking on the notion that there is a storyteller in each person, Mugstoria also aims to encourage and inspire people to share their own stories.

In today’s episode, Ben shared how he started Mugstoria, his video that went viral, and the things he learned from running the show. Not only that, he also dished out advice for people who want to become influencers, why confidence is important, and the projects he’s working on, among many others. You’d surely enjoy this episode, so don’t forget to tune in!

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  • What Mugstoria is
  • How he felt when a video he created went viral
  • How are they generate revenue
  • The new Facebook algorithm that affected Mugstoria
  • What their proposal is when they meet up with prospective clients
  • How they got 1.8 million follows
  • How he creates his content
  • How business influencers like him can help business owners
  • What an influencer is
  • His advice to people who would like to become influencers
  • On maintaining popularity
  • How he would walk a person a budding influencer through
  • How business owners reach out to Mugstoria
  • His projects
  • The importance of being confident
  • How always looking at their phones can affect children
  • His tips for parents

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TBP Podcast 038: Creating your own solutions with Sheryl…

In today’s show of The Big Picture Podcast, Dave and Jo interviewed Sheryl and Kareen Satorre, the brilliant founders of BOSINA STUDIOS. BOSINA STUDIOS is a smart, unconventional, fun, and free-spirited consulting firm that aims to facilitate, educate, and inspire businesses and organisations. The company also offers diverse services designed to help clients create a creative and strategic innovation.

In this episode, Sheryl and Kareen gave us an insight into what BOSINA STUDIOS really is, why they are targeting MSMEs, and the pitch they give when meeting clients for the first time, among others. If you’d like to make your mark in the business world, this is one episode you shouldn’t miss!

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  • What BOSINA STUDIOS is
  • Who they’re working with
  • How they ended up doing what they’re doing now
  • Why their thrust is to help MSMEs
  • How they help MSMEs
  • Example of what clients come up with after going through the process
  • How they sell their strategy to clients
  • The possible pitch they give when meeting with a client for the first time
  • Their inspiration
  • What community builders are and what they do
  • Reason people cannot achieve their goals
  • Bias for action
  • Their takeaways

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TBP Podcast 037: How to Be an “Overnight Success”…

In today’s show of The Big Picture Podcast, Dave and Jo interviewed 23-year-old Australian-born and Filipino pride Karencitta, Karen Ann Cabrera in real life. The lyricist, actress, and Internet sensation is also the brilliant musician behind the runaway hit “Cebuana.” The song became really massive that it snagged the Top Most Viral Music honors on Spotify after it was uploaded. It also got a staggering one million views on YouTube in just 24 hours!

So how exactly did the talented Cebuana created a name for herself in the highly competitive entertainment world? How did she handle failures? How has her life changed? You’ll find the answers to all those questions and more in today’s episode so don’t forget to tune in!

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  • How her music career started
  • When did she realize music is going to be her career
  • Why she auditioned for X Factor and other competitions
  • What makes her stand up and try again after experiencing failures
  • Her comedy skits
  • The things that transpired when “Cebuana” was released
  • Her definition of hip-hop
  • Her biggest influencer
  • How her day has changed
  • Her music role models
  • Her brand’s purpose
  • What she plans to do next

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TBP Podcast 036: Why Running a Business is More…

In today’s show of The Big Picture Podcast, Dave and Jo interviewed Jude Crisostomo, the cool guy who playfully refers to himself as the chief troublemaker of his company, White Brick Creative Studio.

Jude dished out on a lot of topics many entrepreneurs would find interesting—business practices he follows, the kind of people he hires, and how he markets his business. He also shared other beneficial insights like the importance of taking a sabbatical leave and giving back to the community through talks, workshops, and events.

Today’s episode is truly a treat for those who want to be their own boss as opposed to working for others. If that’s the path you are considering, this is one episode you shouldn’t miss!

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  • On creating White Brick Creative Studio
  • What happened to his business November Creative Studio
  • On taking a sabbatical leave with his wife
  • The main purpose of their sabbatical leave
  • What White Brick Creative Studio does
  • His thoughts on giving back to the community
  • How he markets his business
  • Number of people in his team
  • How the business sense works
  • Three best business practices he follows
    • Trust
    • Competence
    • Enthusiasm
  • How he makes things fun and enjoyable for his team
  • Kind of people he wants to hire
  • How he encourages people to stay in his team
  • On having a good understanding of people
  • His big vision for White Brick Creative Studio

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TBP Podcast 035: How a Young Entrepreneur Successfully Created…

In today’s show of The Big Picture Podcast, Jo and Dave interviewed Fibo Lim, an entrepreneur who was able to create an 8-figure online business. He now travels the country to teach others how to do the same.

Aside from sharing his interesting entrepreneurial journey, Fibo also shared his view on a lot of things—his guiding principle when looking for a mentor, what he learned from his failures, his take on the shiny object syndrome, and many more. You’d surely discover a lot of helpful life and business insights in this episode, so don’t miss it!

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  • On his dream of becoming successful
  • Trying network marketing and traditional business and failing
  • Learning from your experience and that of other people
  • His guiding principle when it comes to finding a mentor
  • What “going all in” means for him
  • On one of his mentors
  • The total money he paid for the mentoring he’s getting
  • Reinvesting a portion of his savings to his education
  • His business
  • His source of income
  • The shiny object syndrome
  • His own digital product
  • When he started conducting seminars
  • Seminar pricing
  • Organising the seminar
  • His team
  • How he measures success
  • How he chooses friends he wants to be surrounded by

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TBP Podcast 034: How to Successfully Juggle Blogging, Podcasting,…

In today’s show of The Big Picture Podcast, Jo and Dave interviewed Issa Perez, also known as issaplease online. Issa is a blogger, vlogger, podcaster, streamer, and company owner. In today’s episode, she shared how she first started blogging and the number of years she’s been running her blog. Issa also talked about podcasting and the strategy she uses to get people to tune in and listen. And that’s not all, she also shared how she successfully manages the family business in between.

If you’re looking for tips and ideas on how you can effectively juggle blogging, podcasting, and running a business and excel at all 3, you can’t miss this episode!

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  • How long she’s been blogging
  • Her strategy to get people to listen to her podcast
  • Podcast feedbacks that excite her
  • Her fear when she first started blogging professionally
  • How the business side works
  • Number of hours in a day she spends blogging
  • Her take on paid reviews
  • Number of clients she has in a month
  • Her primary source of income
  • When she first got involved in the family business
  • How she positions her brand
  • What she’s struggling with the most right now
  • The reaction of employees when she took over the family business
  • Her mentors

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TBP Podcast 033: Start Writing Your Book with Leony…

In today’s show of The Big Picture Podcast, Jo and Dave interviewed Leony Tan-Seng, a book coach and consultant, public speaker, corporate trainer, personal and life coach, and published author. She has published 2 books so far and has more in the works including one for “The Big Picture Podcast.”

If you’re looking for tips, guidance, and inspiration on how to write your first (or nth) book, today’s episode is for you!

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  • Leony’s background
  • On having a job many people want
  • How she realised something needed to change
  • How she started writing books
  • Making a shift and getting married
  • On millennials having a quarter-life crisis
  • On her vocation and avocation
  • What hindered her from pursuing the things she loved
  • What executive coaching is
  • How someone who’s not a CEO and have not started a company can coach
  • How one can become a coach
  • The awesome thing about the group she’s currently a part of
  • The kind of people she expects to see in her workshops
  • Benefits of having authored and published a book
  • On convincing aspiring authors to write their book right away
  • Her take on interdependence

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