Igniting Souls Podcast With Kary Oberbrunner

People remember 90% of what they see on video vs. 10% of what they read. People engage with videos. Video helps you relate to your audience.  So the fact is all Authors, Coaches, Entrepreneurs and Speakers should be using video in their marketing and branding strategies. My videographer Kelsey Domeny and I pull back the curtain and share how I’m using video in my marketing and branding strategy and how and and why we recently stepped up our game. In this podcast, you'll get tips like: When should you do selfie videos and when should you get a videographer involved? How you can make your video better right now. What if you can only do one video?  Find out more at http://www.kelseydomeny.com/ 

Have you ever heard about Captain Sully and The Miracle on the Hudson? When the plane he was piloting hit geese and stopped the thrusters of both engines, Captain Sully maintained "positive optimism" and focused on the one thing that was most important at the time — landing the plane safely. Let's look at how we can all do the same. Here are 8 steps that will help you. #6 is my favorite. Check it out and see if you can figure out why. To get more helpful tips like this, go to https://ignitingsouls.com 

Igniting Souls Conference 21 (October 24-26) offers a powerful opportunity to connect with your purpose, passion, and peers. Take advantage of the early bird period while you still can. You can save over $200 on your ticket if you get it TODAY, 7-14-21. If you're still not sure, check out one author entrepreneur's story. Simret, author of Beyond Grief, shares her story of grief and loss and how having a community can help you work through it to something amazing. Remember: you can get your ticket today and save and wait until later to decide if you will attend virtually or in person. Find out more at https://ignitingsoulsconference.com/

This guide provides hope, moving you from fear to FREEDOM. Giving up your car keys and credit cards and moving into a home doesn’t have to be your life as you grow older. Technology can give you the freedom to age where you want, with a higher quality of life! In her book, Boom, Lisa M. Cini not only reveals the best tools and strategies, but helps you know whatyou should use when. Get a look into why Lisa wrote the book in the first place, why she has recently updated it and the incredibly creative mansion she is outfitting with all the technology she talks about in the book so folks can come and experience it first hand. Get Lisa's book on Amazon here https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1636800157/

Whether you're a solopreneur or have a team of hundreds, productivity and efficiency is at the top of your list. As Nick Sonnenberg, author of the soon-to-be-released book Come Up For Air, says when you're feeling under water or out of bandwidth, the answer most of us go to, hiring someone to the team, may not be the best one. Get some tips on how to save 5 hours per week per person and develop a culture and a system that makes employees not only more efficient but happier. This is a preview of Nick's presentation to the Igniting Souls Conference in October. He'll be diving even deeper and sharing systems and processes that will make all the difference in your business. If you’re not sure yet whether you’ll be ready to travel in October, no worries! Go ahead and get your ticket now. You don’t have to decide whether you’re going in person or virtually until September 1st. Whether you decide to attend in person or virtually, Nick's presentation is one you won't want to miss. Find out more and get your

I have two amazing guests joining me today: Vivian King, author of When the Words Suddenly Stopped, truly experienced a transformation at the Igniting Souls Conference a few years ago. Hear her story and find out why she's going VIP this year along with a few reasons you might want to consider as well, including our Mini Book Bonus. PLUS Dr. Brandt Gibson, author of several books, shares why 2021 will be his fourth Igniting Souls Conference in a row and why he invested to bring his family with him as well. Get your ticket now for early bird pricing at https://ignitingsoulsconference.com

Writing a children's book is quite a bit different than writing other books. But it can not only be a great opportunity for you as an author, it can also help us teach our kids some of the big lessons in life. Rhonda Bolling, author of the children's book Can a Cookie Change the World and the leader of our Author Academy Elite monthly coaching call specifically for children's authors, shares some of her experiences with her book, that donates money to help find a cure for ALS. We also share some experiences of some other great children's book authors like Pam Brown with Sophie Finds Her Family; Karen Giles Clark with Big Changes for Little Bugs; Beth Barnhill with The Havealots and Chrissy Maier with The Too tall Giraffe. If you have a children's book on your heart, now is the time. Find out how we can help you get it going and get it published at https://authoracademyelite.com . This interview inspired me to write a children's book as well. Watch for more on this in the coming months.

How can you become someone people want to connect with?   Here are 8 simple steps to get you started:   1. Help others get what they want.   2. Allow other people to share their needs.   3. Ask curious questions.   4. Focus on serving others.   5. Believe good things will happen to you.   6. Remember that less is more.   7. Focus on being valuable and you will become visible.   8. Allow these steps to become a way of life.   To find out more, get my new book Show Up Filled Up: How To Get What You Want Out of People and Life here: https://karyoberbrunner.com/showup

Have you ever wondered why some people are super-achievers and seem to go from success to success while others never seem to get out of the starting blocks? In Dan Sullivan's 40 years of coaching high-achieving entrepreneurs, he has noticed that they all go through a process to help them break through to the next level of success. Dan calls this process The 4 C’s Formula. The 4 C’s Formula is a universal process that can be used by anyone who wants to achieve greater success in any part of their life: Commitment, Courage, Capability and Confidence. Find out more from Dan Sullivan of Strategic Coach in my interview with him here. You can get a copy of his new book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Cs-Formula-commitment-capability-confidence/dp/1636800351

Debra Brown, author of Governing in Scary Times: The Board’s Roadmap for Governing Through and Beyond and Emergency, offers a plan for boards and leadership teams to navigate through adversity. For more you can find her book on Amazon at https://amzn.to/3gbz6nh PLUS you can get Debra's free tool for board members here: https://bit.ly/3qjSzFA

We're all using photography. But do you know how to make it work for you in building your brand and your business? My brand photographer joins me to share some tips and our secret playbook, including:  * What you should tell your photographer to be sure you get what you want. * How to choose the right photographer? * How to use photography on various social media channels (Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, Pinterest and more) * Should you stage photos or not? * What should wear to a photoshoot? * How do you choose a location for your photoshoot? To find out more from Mark and Shelly Photography go to https://www.markandshellyphotography.com/.

Most authors are poor because they don't know how to position their books into the marketplace. They believe their book is just a business card. Big mistake! What do people do with business cards? They throw them in the trash. Books are meant to change lives. Books should be businesses, not business cards. Smart authors turn their books into 18 streams of income. Watch the video to learn them. My favorites stream of income are #16 and #17. What are yours? Please share in the comments below. To find out more visit https://ignitingsouls.com 

It's easy to get discouraged and think you're not making an impact with your message. But when we all pull our numbers together, we are actually making a huge impact on the world. Join Mike Domeny, Renee Vidor, Betty Slater, Travis White, Lynn Baber and the Igniting Souls Tribe in our first ever Ignite-a-Thon as we kick off the goal to ignite 100 million souls by 2030. Hear from some people who are igniting souls and find out how you can get involved. Our goal for our this first quarterly ignite-a-thon was 15 million souls. Listen and find out if we made it. To add your numbers for our next Ignite-a-Thon, go to http://bit.ly/Ignite-a-thon. Remember, every number has a name and every name has a story.

Forget the days of bearing incredible risk and rolling the dice with shaky ad spend in order to generate sales. Take a deep breath, and feel at peace again. You no longer need to forfeit control, hoping your marketing platform won’t change its algorithm, block your page, or deny your ads. Get ready to enter a brand new world that puts people and partnerships front and center. This proven system makes work fun again by letting you experience what got you into business in the first place. Introducing Infinite Partnership System http://InfinitePartnershipSystem.com 

What if you knew the hidden reason why people think what they think and do what they do? For those with noble motives, this secret can be leveraged to create wisdom and wealth, benefiting humanity for generations to come. But when used by people with selfish motives, this secret can be leveraged to manipulate others with the purpose of securing money, sex, and power. For reasons of potential abuses, some dismiss the secret altogether, claiming it’s simply too dangerous. Just like the gift of fire, with this secret, we can light the world or burn down a forest. It’s in everyone’s best interest to use it intelligently and for creating good. That outcome is completely up to you. In Show Up Filled Up, I share my secret to success, a proven process that helped me partner with Hollywood celebrities from Shawshank Redemption, share the stage with Olympic and NCAA Champions, turn a young adult novel into a seven-figure empire, collaborate with global leaders in multiple industries, and help solve some of the wor

You become the ultimate outlier by showing up filled up. Here's some examples of what that means in our daily lives and businesses. Be sure to get a sample chapter at http://bit.ly/SUFUsample and join us for the Global Livestream Book Launch Party tomorrow.

Our new future is all about you. We're not only rebranding to now be called Igniting Souls Publishing Agency, we're also expanding our services to include both a "done with you" model in Author Academy Elite and a "done for you" model in Ethos Collective. With this new framework in place, we have some amazing new services, events and milestones over the next few months and we're eager for you to be a part of them, including: * Amazon focused services to help you make the best-seller lists like clients Don Wenner and Justin Donald * Book Launch Party options for the budget-conscious author * New developments for Author Elite Awards, most notably a way you can refer them to your friends and make an affiliate commission. * A new Infinite Partnership Course * Our new One-Days, including a Show Up Filled Up One Day on July 10 and an Ignite Your Business One Day on July 17 * Our new Igniting Souls Professional Network - monthly collaboration and learning opportunities. * New opportunities to amplify your message

I wish I had seen this interview years ago. Gino Wickman, best-selling author of the book Entrepreneurial Leap, shares some great insights and free tools to help you determine if you were cut out to be an entpreneur or not. He has a new podcast called Leap Lessons with Gino Wickman. Click here to find it, subscribe and rate and review. https://audioboom.com/channels/5046098

With COVID, the economy, loss of jobs and businesses, many of you feel like you have no control. You feel like you're cursed. But you are not forsaken. God has a new name for you. God has given each of us great gifts and superpowers, but we have to give them back to to Him to use them. You have to stop pretending. Need help? Join us for the Your Secret Name One-Day Event on May 22nd. Today is your day of VICTORY. Do you know your Secret Name? http://bit.ly/YSN1Day

Your book can be so much more than a business card. You can actually develop 18 different streams of income around your book. Let's look at all 18. Which one are you going to do first? Get the full list as a free download at https://www.AuthorAcademyElite.com/gift