1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,200 Please, Paul, tell me about your vision. 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:03,600 Oh, thanks so much. 3 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:09,680 So I have been working in developing my main website, Powells.com for over 25 4 00:00:09,680 --> 00:00:13,960 years, and through that I've learned some, I've learned a lot through the changes 5 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:17,040 and all the stuff that's going on with social media and Google and all of that. 6 00:00:17,340 --> 00:00:20,600 And so now I just want to help other business owners figure out how to 7 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:25,740 navigate some of this, especially with building community, using email marketing 8 00:00:25,740 --> 00:00:31,140 to really build an audience and followers and people who really want to engage with 9 00:00:31,140 --> 00:00:31,820 your content. 10 00:00:32,420 --> 00:00:34,180 Email has been so important for my business. 11 00:00:34,180 --> 00:00:35,340 So I'm loving it. 12 00:00:35,380 --> 00:00:39,220 I'm really enjoying helping other, you know, solo entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs 13 00:00:39,220 --> 00:00:42,860 that just feel overwhelmed with all the tools and options out there to see 14 00:00:42,860 --> 00:00:43,900 success in their business. 15 00:00:45,060 --> 00:00:45,340 Wow. 16 00:00:45,340 --> 00:00:45,940 I love that. 17 00:00:45,980 --> 00:00:47,460 Just trying to help out the little man, huh? 18 00:00:47,620 --> 00:00:48,140 Yeah. 19 00:00:50,060 --> 00:00:53,740 Well, I was gonna say, when I started you 20 something years ago, I mean, there 20 00:00:53,740 --> 00:00:56,140 wasn't podcasts and YouTube videos and all this. 21 00:00:56,140 --> 00:00:57,860 So, I mean, it was very overwhelming. 22 00:00:57,860 --> 00:01:03,260 And, uh, just because you didn't know nowadays, I think there's so much noise 23 00:01:03,260 --> 00:01:05,660 out there and these things are changing so quick. 24 00:01:05,980 --> 00:01:09,300 I want to be that person that gives people really actionable things that 25 00:01:09,300 --> 00:01:10,700 they can do to make a difference. 26 00:01:11,740 --> 00:01:12,780 Absolutely, man. 27 00:01:13,020 --> 00:01:14,580 So where did your vision come from? 28 00:01:14,620 --> 00:01:17,420 Like whenever, is it just whenever you were starting up, there wasn't all of 29 00:01:17,420 --> 00:01:20,020 these podcasts, like you said, or was there something else behind the 30 00:01:20,140 --> 00:01:21,100 origination of it? 31 00:01:21,100 --> 00:01:24,580 So, I mean, I was very hesitant to get into, you know, the, the business 32 00:01:24,580 --> 00:01:28,660 coaching and building courses and those kinds of things and doing this one-on-one 33 00:01:28,660 --> 00:01:32,020 mentoring, that is not something I ever saw myself doing. 34 00:01:32,060 --> 00:01:36,060 It was probably five years ago or so when I started working with a business 35 00:01:36,060 --> 00:01:41,260 coach myself, and he kept saying, you know, Paul, you, you have some value to 36 00:01:41,260 --> 00:01:45,860 give people, um, I spoke at a couple of conferences and again, he's in my ear 37 00:01:45,860 --> 00:01:47,980 saying, people like what you're saying. 38 00:01:47,980 --> 00:01:49,060 You're helping people. 39 00:01:49,060 --> 00:01:51,660 It's time to make some offerings and get yourself out there. 40 00:01:51,660 --> 00:01:55,500 So I was reluctant to do it and still I feel the imposter syndrome sometimes. 41 00:01:55,900 --> 00:01:58,420 Um, but it, I love it. 42 00:01:58,420 --> 00:02:01,460 I love seeing, making people's light bulbs go off and helping them make 43 00:02:01,460 --> 00:02:05,580 connections and figuring out, you know, ways that they can use these tools or 44 00:02:05,580 --> 00:02:08,340 whatever out there to really help their businesses. 45 00:02:09,380 --> 00:02:09,900 All right. 46 00:02:10,540 --> 00:02:13,540 So let me see, what's the next one. 47 00:02:13,980 --> 00:02:16,020 I have a whole list of questions and I'm like, cool. 48 00:02:16,020 --> 00:02:17,660 He's answering them before I even ask them. 49 00:02:17,660 --> 00:02:19,100 You're fucking phenomenal at this. 50 00:02:19,100 --> 00:02:20,100 Pardon my French. 51 00:02:20,140 --> 00:02:24,980 I swear I curse a handful, but I try to dial it back whenever I'm podcasting. 52 00:02:26,180 --> 00:02:28,580 Uh, so what's your goal with this vision? 53 00:02:28,580 --> 00:02:29,540 Where are you trying to go? 54 00:02:29,540 --> 00:02:31,580 What's your, what's your end goal? 55 00:02:33,500 --> 00:02:39,780 You know, I would love for this to be, um, something that I can kind of move into more. 56 00:02:39,820 --> 00:02:44,380 Um, I've been working on my main business, like I said, for more than 20 years. 57 00:02:44,380 --> 00:02:48,460 And I don't plan on leaving that anytime soon, but I would love for, maybe if I do 58 00:02:48,460 --> 00:02:53,780 retire from powwows.com eventually, or maybe I can, you know, give more 59 00:02:53,780 --> 00:02:57,860 responsibilities away, this is kind of something maybe I could do in the second 60 00:02:57,860 --> 00:03:03,860 half here as I look to, I retired from a full-time job, but as I kind of step back 61 00:03:03,860 --> 00:03:07,460 and we want to do more traveling and things like that, maybe this is a way 62 00:03:07,460 --> 00:03:12,700 that I can do that, um, for me though, I try not to do that, but I do want to 63 00:03:12,700 --> 00:03:17,260 do more of that, but I do want to do more of that, but it's a good way to do it. 64 00:03:17,260 --> 00:03:18,260 I think it's a good way to do it. 65 00:03:18,260 --> 00:03:19,780 So, yeah, I'm excited about that. 66 00:03:19,780 --> 00:03:20,820 I think it's a good way to do it. 67 00:03:20,820 --> 00:03:22,540 I think that's the, the big thing though. 68 00:03:23,020 --> 00:03:25,020 I try not to set too many business goals. 69 00:03:25,020 --> 00:03:29,740 We're we set more lifestyle goals and we then we figure out business wise, how we 70 00:03:29,740 --> 00:03:31,220 get ourselves to those lifetime goals. 71 00:03:31,220 --> 00:03:36,180 So right now our big lifestyle goal is we, uh, we want to move to Florida and our 72 00:03:36,180 --> 00:03:39,160 daughter's living down there now, so we want to be closer to her and kind of 73 00:03:39,180 --> 00:03:42,460 start over down there and, uh, experience what Florida has to offer. 74 00:03:42,460 --> 00:03:43,660 More and more fun. 75 00:03:43,700 --> 00:03:45,540 We'll have more and more engagement as well. 76 00:03:45,540 --> 00:03:48,980 We'll invite people to participate in the show and thank you for giving us 77 00:03:48,980 --> 00:03:49,940 your time and attention. 78 00:03:49,940 --> 00:04:12,820 Have an excellent time building out your vision and becoming a vision for yourself.