Speaking Of Wealth with Jason Hartman (general)

Phil Harvey is today’s guest, discussing his recent book and a few ways that tax dollars are distributed to some for questionable reasons. Phil shares everything from billionaires receiving million-dollar payouts for owning farmland to customers paying double the price of sugar in the local grocery store. 

Book:

Welfare for the Rich: How Your Tax Dollars End Up in Millionaires’ Pockets-And What You Can Do About It by Phil Harvey

Key Takeaways:

[1:40] How are taxpayers getting burned by welfare going to many of the wrong places?

[4:30] How are the well-to-do getting welfare?

[6:30] Jason and Phil discuss the bonuses received by owners of farmland for no apparent reason.

[11:30] Some coastal cities have zoned land in such a way that housing has become unaffordable.

[16:30] Is the open spaces argument, “you’ve already got yours, so you’re not going to share?”

[18:15] Everyone pays twice as much as they should have to pay for sugar, to benefit which sugar baron?

Websites:

WelfareForTheRich.com

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Kirky Galt, Founder, CEO and Creative Director of Creative Real Estate Copy, and Host of Real Estate Thought Leadership Podcast, joins Jason Hartman today, discussing marketing tactics in real estate. As well, how will developers reshape commercial real estate for the ever-growing need for real estate? Kirky iterates time and again to generate value in your content. 

Key Takeaways:

[2:00] There have been many concerns about commercial space, but many are looking into converting it to residential.

[3:00] More than likely, we will see more infill developments rather than new construction. 

[5:40] What kind of alternate uses can we expect to see with shopping malls?

[8:45] Companies should take this downtime in business to focus on marketing techniques such as podcasting. 

[10:00] Content length has gotten shorter, but valuable content still has strengths, specifically white-paper.

[12:20] How has the PR world change, and what’s working nowadays?

Websites:

creativerealestatecopy.com

JasonHartman.com/Asset

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Jason Hartman interviews Bob Bly, author of over 100 books. Today, Bob discusses how to get traffic to your website, convert people, and have a more successful business. Bob shares tips and tricks about SEO placement and different uses of marketing to build your multi-channel program. Bob and Jason also discuss the customer experience and the importance of building platforms designed around their thoughts. 

Key Takeaways:

[2:15] Bob opens with a quick explanation of the customer journey online. 

[3:30] What are some ways to drive traffic to your website?

[4:00] Explaining affiliate marketing for online traffic.

[7:45] Pros/Cons of long copy vs. a short copy. 

[10:45] Bob goes through credibility with web design. 

[14:00] SEO should be stronger set on the main site, and the sales aspect should be saved for the microsite.

[15:00] The best marketers have integrated multi-channel programs or campaigns to grow their visibility. 

[16:45] When a potential customer is on your site, they either buy the product or leave. Make sure you capture their name and email address. 

[18:30] Bob’s fundamental tips on how to be a good copywriter.

[21:15] Why are sales letters so long?

Websites:

bly.com

A GIFT FROM BOB BLY: www.bly.com/digital

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Dr. Bryan Taylor joins Jason Hartman as they rewind the clock 1,000 years to look at the history of interest rates and housing costs. The bubonic plague and the Spanish Flu have both had an impact on economics. How does this relate to Coronavirus? 

Living in urban areas has historically been out of necessity. Currently, technological advances have taken away the demand for living in highly populated areas. Taylor and Hartman discuss the change in housing costs as influenced by the bubonic plague 800 years ago, but how reliable is this information?

Key Takeaways:

[2:00] Are interest rates the lowest they’ve ever been in history?

[3:20] Government debt explained based on the influences surrounding World War II

[4:20] Did Paul Volcker make the right moves?

[5:30] Are interest rates too low? What’s the fallout?

[8:30] Prices are being controlled mainly by a lack of demand.

[12:00] Flashback 102 years to the Spanish Flu, what happened economically?

[16:00] Are we to face a repeat of the roaring ’20s?

[20:00] Technology has solved the necessity of living in urban areas.

[21:15] During the bubonic plague, 1/3 third of the population was wiped out, while the houses remained, causing the most significant housing price drop in history.

[25:25] How reliable is 800-year-old data?

Websites:

GlobalFinancialData.com

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Subscription services have become a regular facet of modern business. Robbie Kellman Baxter shares her expertise with Jason Hartman. Robbie discusses details of when a company should apply subscriptions, how a business model changes, and why the sale doesn’t end when a client subscribes. Over-complication is a sure way to detract potential clients. Keep it simple, and keep the client feeling valued with a model that is always up-to-date. 

Key Takeaways:

[2:30] Surprising subscription services from the unexpected business.

[4:30] The concept of having a subscription is that it’s a different way of the packaging value.

[9:00] How can a business optimize its services for a subscription-based model?

[11:00] Keep your customers by keeping your subscription simple. 

[12:45] Reasons for a free trial: I don’t understand it, or it’s too good to be true.

[17:00] When is a membership model good for your business?

[24:00] What are the best retention models?

[26:00] Everyone talks about tracking churn? 

Websites:

RobbieKellmanBaxter.com/audience

JasonHartman.com

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Dr. Richard D. Wolff, professor of economics and author of Understanding Marxismjoins Jason Hartman today, discussing the global economic meltdown. Wolff shares his interpretation of marxism and why he believes that is has been poorly applied. As well, Hartman and Wolff discuss capitalism in America, the perception and the reality. 

Wolff and Hartman discuss the disproportionate pay between CEO and workers. The CEO to worker compensation ratio has changed dramatically. Wolff states that a cooperative/directorship might work using the example of The Mondragon Corporation. 

Key Takeaways:

[2:15] Was Karl Marx's ideas applied wrong?

[8:45] "A liberal and a marxist are not the same things."

[10:30] What is a Marxist? 

[12:45] Capitalism didn't make the break from fatalism and slavery that it thought it did. 

[16:45] Did any country have genuine pure marxism?

[20:30] "There's a reason that a very small number of people are capitalists (entrepreneur) and a very large number of people are workers" - Wolff

[20:45] How do we solve the issue of disproportionate pay between boss/worker, redistribution? 

[24:00] How would a company run with a representative republic, cooperative, or directorship?

[25:10] Successful Co-op, The Mondragon Corporation. 

[31:45] What is the Yellow Vests Movement?

Websites:

Richard Wolff Youtube

www.democracyatwork.info

www.rdwolff.com

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Jason Hartman interviews best selling author Scott Turow. Jason and Scott discuss what changes to expect in the wake of coronavirus. They travel through a conversation of technology in legal settings and positive changes in the pharmaceutical industry. Will we see some constitutional changes? 

Scott Turow is a best-selling author, widely known for One L. He has recently published The Last Trial, a legal thriller about a criminal defense lawyer and a lifelong friend accused of murder. Now available everywhere.

Key Takeaways:

[2:45] Scott talks about The Last Trial, from where the characters came. 

[4:30] Speaking of coronavirus, everyone has an agenda. How can we tell heads from tails?

[7:00] Can we design a better system, one in which the government takes over the testing of pharmaceuticals?

[13:45] The law has always put tremendous weight on who is holding the records.

[18:45] Do you think that supreme court justices should still be lifelong appointments? 

[21:00] Has COVID-19 pushed the legal industry to use technology and stray away from primitive processes?

[26:45] What kind of constitutional challenges do you see coming from these changes?

Websites:

scottturow.com

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Ryan Moran, author of, 12 Months to $1 Million, joins Jason Hartman today to discuss some of his tactics that led to his success. Sometimes better business isn’t about what you sell, but more-so, how your business is focused. While we often think of the question, “what is the product,” the focus needs to be, “who is the audience?” As well, Ryan shares his views on real estate investing and the economy, post-pandemic. 

Books:

12 Months to $1 Million by Ryan Moran

Key Takeaways:

[4:20] “I’ve discovered that there are a lot of things not worth pursuing, but the pursuit is worth it.”

[10:15] “Minimum wage is an institution, something that you’re trying to force into society…”

[13:00] Moran, how did you get your career started, and what role did the early affiliate marketing role play in where you are today? 

[15:20] Your business is determined not by what you sell, but who you sell to.

[16:50] The game is about building to an audience quickly, and monetizing to that audience. 

[17:00] What Joe Rogan did for Spotify!

[20:10] What’s the extent of e-commerce beyond Amazon?

[21:00] Eventually we will drop the E in e-commerce.

[22:00] What goes on outside the Amazon world?

[26:00] Is the magic question, “what’s the product?”

[32:00] You can have two brands for the same product, and market them to two audiences. They can both be wildly successful. 

[42:00] Real estate trends post Coronavirus.

[46:00] Cocooning, from home theatre systems to home gyms.

[50:00] Considering the Federal Reserve the fourth branch of government.

Websites:

Capitalism.com

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Mike Robbins joins us for some important lessons in mental health and dealing with grief. We are all grieving together, for ourselves and for those that surround us. It’s time to stop, pause, and reflect. How can we focus on the moment?

Key Takeaways:

[1:30] Mike Robbins, the author of five books, Focus on the Good Stuff, Be Yourself Everyone Else is Already Taken, Nothing Changes Until You Do, and, Bring Your Whole Self to Work

[5:45] Perspective is important, and when we are in the middle of something, it’s difficult to have perspective on it

[7:30] Even though it may not seem like it right now, you have more than this requires

[8:15] If we are experiencing difficulty the common element is that we are focusing internally instead of externally

[11:30] The world has intervened in a way, and forced all of us to stop, pause, and reflect

[17:30] How do we focus on the moment?

[23:30] You can control your attitude and you can control your effort, everything else is some form of out of your control

Websites:

Mike-robbins.com

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Great news for investors, people are buying homes in the suburbs! Jason Hartman speaks about the importance of exact numbers. And as a prelude to our guest on public speaking, Jason answers some questions from our listeners. We thank you for your questions and always invite more JasonHartman.com/ask

James Rosebush, a former Deputy Assistant to President Reagan, is on the show to discuss his book, Winning Your Audience. He shares tips to sound more like Reagan, the great communicator. 

Key Takeaways:

[6:00] Knowing when your numbers need to be exact, and when they can be rough estimates for purposes of comparison. 

[8:20] Newly pending homes up almost 50%! Does this mean the housing market is already rebounding from Covid-19?

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[12:00] Answering questions for listeners

[20:30] Reagan, the great communicator, loved his audience. This was his secret to success as a speaker. 

[26:20] Speech abilities given to Reagan because of his history as an actor.

[30:00] Some tips to speak a little more like Reagan.

[32:00] Visualize what you want to give brilliance to your speech.

[36:00] The experience of being blessed by the Pope. 

[37:00] 65% of communication is non-verbal.

[41:00] If you speak from your heart, you will win.

[44:00] We need more speakers that are sherpas.

Websites:

ImpactSpeakerCoach.com

Winning Your Audience

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