[Special] Helping Creators Monetize and Grow Their Audience — Sachit on the Passion In Progress Podcast with Javier Mercedes

Here are the show notes from Javier, make sure to check out his podcast - Passion in Progress! 

One episode I'd recommend is with Zach Horvath of Live a Great Story, someone who's going to be on here soon too! 

Here are the show notes: 

03:34 - Catalyst to entrepreneur journey after corporate job

04:07 - A year of cold e-mailing people

04:27 - Getting his first marketing client

05:18 - Sachit gets in an accident out of country with no insurance, intro into negotiating with his medical expenses

08:29 - Working with Andrew Warner Founder of Mixergy

08:57 - work for free so people can see your skill set

10:04 - Working with Tim Ferriss

11:32 - Recommends reading "Recession Proof Graduate" because of the e-mail script

12:24 - Working with Tim ferriss

14:25 - working with Seth Godin

15:30 - Does working for free ever a bad idea?

17:10 - "It takes a lifetime to build a reputation and it takes 5 minutes to ruin it” - Warren Buffett

17:43 - How do you get better at selling if all you want to do is create

18:55 - Breaking down my streams of revenue

22:14 - Marketing to people with an audience do you want to have a few clients and charge them a lot or have a lot of clients and charge them less?

26:52 - Describing how a podcast syndication service works

28:01 - How do you get sponsorships for you podcast?

28:18 - How Sachit does sponsorships pricing for bigger podcasts like Mixergy

30:23 - How to price sponsorships for small podcast

33:57 - How to find a good sponsor for your specific show

35:46 - Book Recommendation "Social Proof the Psychology of Persuasion"

36:55 - How do you say no to people

37:55 - How to focus on the actual thing that is going to drive money

39:12 - How has the transition been from behind the scenes to being in front of the camera

40:38 - How have your first couple podcasts been?

41:35 - Interview process and not using bullet points on a guest

43:48 - How reading books and listening to other podcasts helps you in being a better podcaster

45:11 - Curiosity is important

46:06 - Emailing Mark Cuban

47:30 - Is Responding to every E-mail important?

48:09 - Focus on meeting the people who help famous people, that will lead you to working with the famous person

49:22 - Marketing boils down to really understanding who you are talking to

50:07 - Call people in your audience and actually talk to them

51:27 - Talking in person vs dm

53:06 - How cultivating relationships has paid off

53:28 - How to get into conferences that you can't afford