Biz Buds is value-packed weekly discussion from successful creative entrepreneurs Mike Janda and Tom Ross. They share their journeys from struggling freelancers to both running multi 7-figure businesses, and the lessons picked up along the way.
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Episode 63: Taking a Break
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In this week's episode, Mike and Tom will discuss all about taking a break. Sometimes it's good to step back and just take a break... Sometimes this is much needed to recharge your batteries so you can improve your business and content.
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Episode 62: Haters Gonna Hate
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In this week's episode, Mike and Tom talk about haters. How do you deal with them and should you really give them much importance?
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Episode 61: Tracking Your Business Data
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This week Tom and Mike are talking all about tracking your business data. This has the potential to be a transformational episode for your business as they'll discuss how important this subject is.
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Episode 60: How to Focus Your Business
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In today's episode, Mike and Tom are dropping some really value bombs on this topic. You can look at focus in many ways, and today we'll dig into them.
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Episode 59: Luck and Success in Business
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In this week's episode, Tom and Mike are diving into this subject and how a lot of people blame the success of people on luck. They'll be discussing how you can actually create your own luck to achieve success.
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Episode 58: Working Smart vs. Working Hard
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In today's episode, Mike and Tom are talking all about working hard and working smart. It's usual to start your career working hard but as you go further, you should aim to be working smarter.
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Episode 57: Finding Your Passion
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In today's episode, Mike and Tom are chatting all about how to find your passion. A lot of people struggle to find that thing they are passionate about in life... Our Biz Buds will give you some tips on how to achieve this.
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Episode 56: Marketing Mix
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Tom and Mike are talking all about marketing mix today. Where does this idea come from? They are diving into it and they will also discuss about the 4 P's of marketing.
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Episode 55: Our Biggest Failures
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In today's episode, Tom and Mike are sharing the biggest failures of their careers. Everybody goes through them and it's important to learn from them.
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Episode 54: How to Say No
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Mike and Tom are back today talking all about how to say no to your clients. A crucial and very important skill when it comes to the world of business.
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Episode 53: How to Increase Your Prices?
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Mike and Tom are back this week talking all about increasing your prices. When should you do it? How much can you increase them without hurting your business? And more importantly, how do you have that conversation with your clients? They'll talk all about it in this episode.
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Episode 52: Goals Setting
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Tom and Mike are talking all about goals setting today. It's that time of the year when everybody sets their goals, so we are going to dig into the best ways to plan them and achieve them.
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Episode 51: The Magic of Video
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In today's episode, Mike and Tom talk all about the magic of video. A very powerful tool in 2021, they'll dig into video creating tips and which steps you can take to improve the quality of your video content.
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Episode 50: Email Marketing
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In today's episode, Mike and Tom will discuss all about email marketing. Building an email newsletter, the importance of having an email audience and how to do it are just a few of the things they will dig into today.
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Episode 49: Book Publishing
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In today's episode, Tom and Mike are talking all about book publishing. We'll be picking Mike's brain as he has already gone through the process of getting his book published.
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Episode 48: SWOT Analysis
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This week Mike and Tom are bringing all their wisdom on these core principles of marketing that can help position your business, brand or product in the marketplace.
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Episode 47: Decision Fatigue
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In this week's episode, Tom and Mike will discuss how making many tiny decisions every day can have consequences on you.
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Episode 46: Making Authentic Content
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Mike and Tom are back this week and they are talking all about the importance of creating content that stands out. They'll discuss how it intrinsically ties to your personal brand and the message you share.
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Episode 45: Branding Exercises and How to Apply Them to Your Business
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Today Mike and Tom are picking up the conversation from last week and they will dig into how to apply those exercises in real life to make your business grow.
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Episode 44: Branding Excercises
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In this week's episode Mike and Tom will be digging into different exercises you can use when you are working on branding clients, your business or even yourself.
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Episode 43: Understanding Your Target Audience
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In this week's episode Tom and Mike are talking all about identifying who your customer is and how you need to understand who are you talking to.
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Episode 42: Marketing Fails
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In this episode Mike and Tom are discussing some epic marketing fails from big businesses while also dispelling some rumours that are largely believed about marketing fails that actually aren't true.
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Episode 41: Client Red Flags
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In today's episode, Tom and Mike are discussing some warning signs that clients have and that you should take into consideration before working with them.
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Episode 40: Misinformation in the Industry
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In today's episode Tom and Mike are talking all about those cliché business advices that are actually very bad advices if you follow them to the letter.
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Episode 39: How to Improve Your Website
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In this episode, Tom and Mike provide us with amazing golden nuggets to make our website better and taking our business to a higher level.
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Episode 38: Delivering Value to Your Audience
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In today's episode Tom and Mike discuss how to deliver value. They are both big proponents of the massive delivery of value to their audience and today they'll talk about how to do that.
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Episode 37: The Power of Storytelling
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In this week's episode, Mike and Tom dig in how important is storytelling. What makes a good story flow? They'll tell us all about it today!
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Episode 36: Managing Clients
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In today's episode, Tom and Mike are talking all about managing clients. This a big topic, and today they are going deep into it. The client is not your enemy, and your relationship with them should be a collaborative one.
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Episode 35: Stop Thinking, Start Doing!
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In today's episode, Tom and Mike discuss all about execution. You need to stop being a daydreamer and start being a doer.
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Episode 34: How to Sell?
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Tom and Mike love selling, and even though most people find it scary and intimidating, they are going to dig into that in this episode to show you why you shouldn't feel like that.
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Episode 33: Sacrifices
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In today's episode, Mike and Tom dig in on how business and sacrifices go hand in hand. Growing your business take sacrifices, especially in the early years so it's not all that easy and glamorous.
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Episode 32: Pricing Masterclass, Part 2
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As a continuation of last week's episode, Mike and Tom keep answering questions from our biz buddies regarding pricing your products and services.
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Episode 31: Pricing Masterclass, Part 1
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In this episode Tom and Mike are taking a variety of questions from our lovely biz buddies, as they'll be discussing all about pricing your products and services.
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Episode 30: Foundation to Pricing
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Tom and Mike are talking about pricing today, something that Mike is quite passionate about and has touched on quite a bit in the past. So if you want to know how to price yourself or your product, this episode is for you.
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Episode 29: People Skills 101
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In this week's episode, Tom and Mike talk about the importance of having people skills. They'll give you a core list of things that will help you improve your relationships with other people and your first reaction on them, whilst also becoming more likeable and charismatic.
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Episode 28: Big Ideas That Can Change Your Business
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In today's episode, Tom and Mike are sharing many things they've learned along the way that changed their lives as entrepreneurs.
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Episode 27: Side Hustle Income, Part II
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Tom and Mike continue where they left off in the previous episode, bringing more actionable advices to create more streams of income.
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Episode 26: Side Hustle Income
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Tom and Mike dig into different ways of earning income. You don't have to rely solely on your main income, you can have different income streams to help you build a foundation for your future...
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Episode 25: What to Do When Nothing Is Working with Your Business?
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Tom and Mike are digging into what to do when your business is just not taking off. You're trying things, you can't get unstuck, you can't get any traction and the experiments you are running don't seem to be working... So, what should you do next?
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Episode 24: Best Practices for Brainstorming
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Tom and Mike are talking all about brainstorming today. Where do ideas really come from? How to generate creative ideas? They are dissecting all of it in this episode!
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Episode 23: Finding Better Clients
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Tom and Mike discuss today a question they get asked a lot: How do they find better clients? They are going to dig into that and give the listeners some actionable strategies to do that.
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Episode 22: Personal Branding
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Tom and Mike are bringing the knowledge bombs about branding. Most people might think it's about creating a brand for an entity but first you have to figure out what your brand is.
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Episode 21: Scaling Your Business
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Tom and Mike dig into a very important subject: scaling your business. How do you hire? When to do it? And why it can help your business reach a whole new level.
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Episode 20: Cracking the Code to Ambition
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Today we are talking about the idea of cracking the code to ambition. There are people that have a relentless drive behind what they do and other people who simply don't put that much effort.... Can we figure out a way to coach people to feel more ambitious? Should we even try? Is it better to be ambitious?…
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Episode 19: How to Get in Front of a Wider Audience
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We are talking about distribution today. Once you have your product or service, how do you get it out there to the masses? Tom and Mike discuss today how to get a wider audience for your distribution.
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Episode 18: Enjoy the Journey
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Enjoying the journey is a constant struggle for entrepreneurs. Tom and Mike explore two different mindsets, the joy of reaching the summit and the joy of walking the path. Perspective, gratitude, and comparing yourself to others are all discussed in a deep dive about enjoying the journey of your life and career.…
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Episode 17: Product Market Fit
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Once you find your “Product Market Fit” your business will explode. Until then, keep tweaking the dials. In this episode, Mike and Tom discuss ways to help you understand the customer you are serving and ideate ways to improve your offering.
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Episode 16: How to Overcome Perfectionism
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Tom and Mike dig into one of creative entrepreneurs biggest challenges, perfectionism. In this episode, learn some actionable tips to help you find the balance between “done” and “perfect.”
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Episode 15: How to Nail the Interview
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Combined, Mike and Tom have hired hundreds of employees in their businesses. In this conversation they explore best tips to help you nail your next interview. (These tips can easily be converted to client meetings, as well.)
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Episode 14: Finding Your First Customer
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Mike and Tom answer the question everyone has asked at some point in their entrepreneurial journey, “How do I find my first customer?”
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