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Ray Edwards is a sought-after Copywriter, Author, Speaker, and Communications Strategist. His clients include Tony Robbins, Jack Canfield, Jeff Walker, Robert Allen, and more. On this show, Ray helps you start, run, and grow their Internet-based businesses. The show includes interviews with well-known experts like Michael Hyatt, Jeff Goins, Dan Miller, Cliff Ravenscraft, Michael Stelzner, Amy Porterfield, Don Miller, and many others.

Most people have heard of a mastermind, but they don’t truly understand the power masterminds produce or how to correctly participate in one.

Even fewer people know the five reasons you need a mastermind…that and more will be revealed in this week’s episode.


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Peter Drucker is famous for asking these two questions: “What business are you in?”  and, “How's business?”

Business is good.

I’m not talking about having more customers or how fat your bottom line is…I mean business is morally good.

Business is not morally neutral…it is inherently good.

If you read through the Gospels, you'll notice that Jesus uses business and wealth as a method for teaching the principles of the Kingdom to His followers more than He uses any other subject.

In this episode we’re going to show you what it really means to be about your Father’s business.

Tip of the Week

Before I can serve my business, I have to serve you…my audience. I have to produce valuable content that you find interesting and valuable, and that’s exactly what I’m doing on my YouTube channel.

There's a ton of great content there and more to come. What would be awesome is if you subscribe to the channel. When you subscribe, you'll see a little bell icon. You want to click on that. That way you'll get a notification when I put out a new video. I welcome you to leave comments there and let me know what other stuff you'd like to hear about or see on that channel.

I want to give a shout out to my new friend, Nick Nimmin. I watched his stuff for quite some time and decided, “I want to engage this guy to help me grow our channel,” so I did. I brought him in to do a little coaching and consulting, and he's really been helpful. If you are interested in building a YouTube channel, definitely check out Nick's channel.

Feature Presentation: “5 Reasons You Need A Mastermind”

A little over a week ago, we hosted our affiliate mastermind meeting in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, at the Coeur d'Alene Resort. This was a meeting of our top affiliate partners from our launch of the Copywriting Academy earlier this year and it included:

  • Mike Kim: Branding Strategist Extraordinaire
  • John Nemo: LinkedIn Expert
  • Mark Timm: Leader of Ziglar Family
  • Ernie Svenson: Master of Paperless Productivity
  • Jeff Bullas: The World’s #1 Business Blogger

Why am I telling you about our affiliate mastermind? Because it really underlined for me the value of mastermind meetings.

Here are the Five Reasons You Need A Mastermind:

  1. Clarity
  2. Collaboration
  3. Critique
  4. Caution
  5. Confidence

Here are some snippets from our conversation:

  • The brilliance of mutual benefit – What a mastermind actually is and how it harnesses the power of the third mind (15:40)
  • Speaking their language – The surprising ancient origins of the mastermind…you’ve never heard this before (16:35)
  • You’re inside the bottle – Why you need others to help you avoid pitfalls caused by your blind spots (18:51)
  • I can see clearly now – How you can ignite the fuel of ambition in your life and business (20:19)
  • Many hands make light work – How working together makes your yoke easy and your burden light (22:16)
  • Brutal compassion – Why vulnerability and the creation of a “safe space” lead to answers you would never find on your own (22:37)
  • Running east in search of a sunset – How a mastermind can save you from the peril of unrealistic optimism and keep your business from running off the tracks (24:55)
  • Your most important asset as an entrepreneur – Why you must protect your confidence at all costs (25:52)
  • Keep it real – Why authenticity is your biggest advantage in the marketplace (27:08)
  • The Impact Factor – Why sharpening your critical thinking skills can be the difference between running a business and making an impact (27:57)
  • Who are you hanging around with? – How to avoid the extreme danger of staying confined to your own universe and thinking you've got it figured out (28:51)
  • The power of generosity – Poor minds compete with one another, rich minds empower each other (30:38)
  • Birds of a feather – If you want to fly like an eagle don't hang out with turkeys (31:16)
  • Become an action figure – Why education without endeavor won’t get you very far (31:30)

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This is a special “Bonus Episode” of the show, which consists exclusively of my interview with author Frank Viola, discussing his new book, There Must Be More.


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Buy a copy of Frank's book, There Must Be More, by clicking here.

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Have you ever felt guilty about the amount of stuff you have? This is something Christian entrepreneurs deal with all the time. It goes something like this, “If you were a real Christian you would sell your stuff and give the money to the poor.”  This mindset has led to some really messed up thinking like affluenza…the “sickness” of having too much stuff.

This week I’m going to introduce my own term…Maximalism…and show you not only why this is a good thing, but why it may be the very thing that saves us from ourselves.


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Spiritual Foundations

I recently took a trip to Hong Kong and suffered some awful jet lag in the process. I figured that because I only sleep a few hours a night as it is and because I was there to do God’s work I could just struggle through the time difference and be right as rain.

That got me thinking about this whole issue of, “What does God cause, what does He allow, and is there a difference?”

One of the verses in the Bible that gets brought up to point out that God does cause bad things to happen to people for His own glory, is the story of the blind man who was blind from birth. The disciples come to Jesus and they say, “Who sinned that this man is blind? Was it him or was it his parents?” That was their belief system in that culture. If you were born with a handicap, it was because of somebody’s sin. You get punished for someone else’s sin…man that is twisted!

In this episode I’ll share the answer Jesus gave and reveal to you the proper context so you’ll finally be able to understand what He was really saying.

This will set you free.

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I just got a drone, the DJI Mavic Pro. Right away I discovered two things about owning a drone. First of all, when you set the thing on the ground and you turn the engines on, the props spin up, and you realize you’re about to send a lot of money hurtling into the sky. That’s a little scary. The second thing I discovered is there are a lot of places you're not allowed to fly your drone. Funny thing is they don’t mention that when you buy it.

The FAA, municipalities, state and federal parks, and even private property owners all have something to say about where you can fly your magical new device. It’s all very confusing…or at least it was.

Now there’s an app for that. It's called airmap.io and it incorporates all the available information and it marries it together with Google Maps. You pop up a map on your iOS or Android device and it shows you all the different airspaces, and who controls them.

By using this app all drone owners, or Droners as they’re called, can now safely and responsibly fly without fear.

Feature Presentation: “Is Affluenza A Thing? In Defense of Maximalism”

I was recently listening to a Cliff Ravencraft podcast episode entitled, “Do I really need all this stuff?” In this podcast he was discussing an email he received from a listener chiding him for buying all the expensive podcast equipment he uses when, in their opinion, he should have given that money to the poor.

Cliff made a very impassioned argument about how that was not true, and I think he is right. It makes me want to spend a little more time on this topic this week because Cliff touched on something that I think is really important to understand.

Conventional wisdom says that either you have affluenza, the disease of accumulating too much stuff, or you are a minimalist. This week I would like to present a third option, Maximalism.

Here are a few snippets from our conversation:

  • Words mean things – Sean’s latest Rant of the Week (20:32)
  • The living system – Why the correct definition of a concept matters so much and the high calling of trading value for value (23:19)
  • The wealth of selection – Why it doesn’t matter how much stuff you have, but instead it matters about making your stuff meaningful to you (23:43)
  • Think for yourself – You, yes you, get to decide how much is too much and how much is not enough (24:45)
  • You’re asking the wrong question – Why putting an arbitrary limit on how many items you can have is completely ridiculous and shows that you don't understand why you have things (26:07)
  • The intentional decision – How to determine whether you own things, or things own you (26:35)
  • You wasted your money on that – The truth about items you hardly use and how they amplify your creative process (27:29)
  • I just want that – How to turn any purchase into your own personal R&D experiment (29:39)
  • Wanting what you want – How to leave behind a world of justification and scarcity and enter a world of abundance and creativity where you're always free to want what you want (31:09)
  • You have permission to prosper – Discover the massive difference between want and need when it comes to being successful (32:51)
  • The mic drop moment – The shocking truth that Jesus did not make the ultimate sacrifice, and what really happened (36:14)
  • Business is good – Here’s what you’re really doing when you buy stuff (37:07)
  • The way to great wealth – How capitalism made it possible to become wealthy by serving your fellow man (39:55)
  • Know your own mind – Why Maximalism is the key to enjoying wealth while making a difference (41:32)

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This is our time. It’s time for the writers, the scribblers, the storytellers and teachers to take out those manuscripts, those Moleskins full of ideas, and those dreams of making a living as a writer and finally bring them to fruition.

If you’ve followed me for very long, you know that I believe that the end result of our creative efforts is to become wealthy…and in this episode I will begin laying down a path to prosperity specifically for writers, or for those whose primary calling involves utilizing the written word.


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Spiritual Foundations

There's this bizarre story in the Old Testament where the prophet Elijah pronounced a drought over the land because of the sin of Ahab and the nation of Israel. There was only one problem…Elijah had to live in the same land as Ahab, so he was going to suffer the same consequences.

What's my point in telling this story? Well, if you think about it, the provision that Elijah received from God was the only form of wealth that was available to him in that situation and in that time.

In this episode I’m going to introduce you to a simple question that could change your life, and put forth the controversial idea that God uses money to confirm direction in our lives.

Tip of the Week

Our tip of the week is yet another photo tip. One of the things that I have not felt like I had a good handle on was backing up my photos, because really the only backup I had was through iPhoto or iCloud.

Enter Google Photos.

Google Photos is a photo sharing and storage service developed by Google. It was announced in May 2015 and spun out from Google+, the company's social network. Google Photos gives users free, unlimited storage for photos up to 16 megapixels and videos up to 1080p resolution.

It works with your iPhone and it works with Android…you just get the app from the appropriate app store and give it permission to grab your photos. Easy peasy.

Feature Presentation: “How To Become Wealthy As An Unknown Writer”

I'm giving you the roadmap to becoming a high-income writer, instead struggling as a starving artist. I started this journey a couple of weeks ago by writing a blog post entitled, “How I Work as a Million Dollar Writer” and it has taken on a life of its own.

In this episode, I cover the 5 Fundamentals of building a million-dollar Copywriting Business (this one) and some thoughts on how you can ethically copy me.

If you are determined to be one of The 12 at our upcoming workshop, you can get all the details on the Copywriting As a Million Dollar Business Workshop when you click here.

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So here's the deal…you have a podcast and now you need listeners. By now you’ve discovered that it takes more than putting your show up on iTunes and expecting subscribers to just come out of the woodwork and become raving fans.

One of the easiest ways to get those listeners is to have Apple, Google, Overcast, Stitcher, and other giant media platforms send you listeners for free…listeners who want EXACTLY what you have to offer on your show.

This week my guest Daniel J. Lewis is going to show you exactly how to do that very thing.


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Spiritual Foundations

Peace Is a Weapon

“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” (2 Timothy 1:7)

Fear is the enemy of faith. Fear is slavery, the Un-Maker, the Adversary, and the Resistance. Fear wants us to live in bondage to the past (guilt and shame) and even the future (depression and anxiety) – but God wants us to live in the freedom of His love and power in the present.

Paul wrote, “For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, ‘Abba, Father.'” (Romans 8:15)

To be the person God calls us to be, we must conquer fear. But what weapon can empower us to do that? This is a spiritual battle, and it can only be won with spiritual weapons.

Peace is the weapon that defeats fear.

Jesus told His followers, “These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33)

The apostle Paul told the persecuted Christians in Rome, “The God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly.” (Romans 16:20) The peace of God is our weapon against fear and Satan.

Before going to the cross, Jesus told His disciples, “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” (John 14:27).

Fear is a natural response to adversity. Peace is the supernatural response that God gives us by His grace.

Just as Jesus has authority over the wind and waves, He has authority over the storms in our lives. He has authority over our doubts, fears, and shame.

“…as He is, so are we in this world.” (1 John 4:17)

And Jesus is now “seated … in the heavenly places, far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.” (Ephesians 1:20-23)

Doubts, depression, anxiety, fear, and shame are the weapons of the Great Enemy.

Take hold of the peace God has already provided for you today.

Tip of the Week

I've been doing a lot of photography and post-photographic processing of late. And I just rediscovered something that's been around for a while…Adobe Lightroom for mobile.

It allows you to access, edit, organize, and share photos on your iPad, iPhone, or Android device.

Changes sync seamlessly, so updates are available from the Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC desktop app, or from your Lightroom account on the web.

Note: Syncing to Lightroom CC on the desktop and the web requires a Lightroom CC trial or a paid Adobe Creative Cloud membership.

Feature Presentation: “How To Get Free Podcast Listeners From Apple and Other Media Giants: An interview with Daniel J. Lewis

As an award-winning podcaster, Daniel J. Lewis helps others share their passions and find success by improving their own podcasts.

He creates training resources (SEO for Podcasters) and podcasting tools (My Podcast Reviews) and he does one-on-one consulting and group training.

Daniel is a sought-after keynote speaker on podcasting and social media, and he hosts a network of award-nominated shows covering how to podcastclean comedy, and the #1 unofficial podcast for ABC's hit drama “Once Upon a Time.”

He also writes about technology, productivity, and entrepreneurship on his personal blog.

Here are some snippets from our conversation:

  • The most intimate medium – How podcasting literally allows you to get inside people’s heads (9:52)
  • How do you know that? – The not-so-secret way to create community with your podcast (10:57)
  • Sandpaper on the ears – If you want to have a successful podcast, never do these things (12:03)
  • The sound of silence – How to interview a podcast guest without irritating them (14:30)
  • The SEO puzzle – How to get the right content in front of the right people at the right time (15:49)
  • The strategy behind SEO – The hidden way to create high quality, consumable content that draws listeners like a magnet (19:01)
  • Search engines are creepy – Why your ranking in the search engines improves by being of greater service to your audience (20:32)
  • I wouldn’t do that if I were you – The lazy person’s guide to bad show notes (21:35)
  • Kissing cousins – Why treating your podcast like a blog can be the key to attracting new subscribers (22:50)
  • It’s all in the name – Why understanding copywriting can make your podcast stand out and lead the field (23:29)
  • Dude, where’s my audience? – How to leverage media giants to attract listeners for free (30:15)
  • Even LeBron James has a coach – Why “airchecks” are a valuable tool for podcasters, and where to go to get one (33:15)
  • Quantum leap podcasting – The fastest way to get your listeners the information they want most (37:30)

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