  Story:   Listen to this episode to hear about how Sabah and Dan are focusing on their main career goals and how this podcast is coming to an end!   A few highlights of what you will hear:   Sabah and Dan’s future goals. Focusing on what you are really passionate about. Holding off on DRTOCR. Change is always good.   Impactful Quotes:   “When something isn’t working out you need to pivot in order to keep succeeding.” -Dan   “I had an ABC 5 interview this morning and it was scary but also exciting!” -Sabah   “We want to dive into something head first and give it our all.” -Dan   “You need to focus on what you are really passionate about.” -Sabah   “It’s been really growing really fast so I am spending a lot of my time focusing on that.” -Dan   “Even though we are putting this on a pause, we have the skill set to continue doing something else in the podcast field in the future.” -Sabah   Start now!   Connect with us! Sabah Ali and Dan Tieman. Follow us on Instagram: @Sabah.ali14 & @Dtieman1 Our Snapchats: @Sabahh14 & @Tieman - Snap us! 

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EP 072 Onto A New Journey

Story:   Listen to this episode to hear about how Sabah and Dan are utilizing different platforms in order to broaden their networks, because as you have heard us say before, you are the average of the 5 people you surround yourself with.   A few highlights of what you will hear:   Sabah and Dan’s tips on how to network on different media platforms. Joining Facebook Groups. Utilizing the live feature on Facebook and Instagram. Doing daily reach outs on Facebook. Steps to take in order to connect with someone. Reach out. Start a conversation. Get to know what they are working on. Add value. Offer your service/ product. Go into a conversation to make a relationship not a sale.   Impactful Quotes:   “Your network is your networth.” -Dan   “Just by doing a 30 minute Facebook Live in a group I got so many connections.” -Sabah   “Facebook lives are still super hot right now because they get the best organic reach.” -Dan   “I honestly just start a conversation to get to know about them and what they do.” -Sabah   “Don’t start selling your product right away, make a genuine connection first.” -Dan   “At the end of the day if that conversation doesn’t convert into a sale it probably will in the future.” -Sabah   “Start a conversation, be a person; people don’t want to be sold to 24/7.” -Dan   “It’s such a great way to connect because everyone is online.” -Sabah   “Don’t view your friends as transactions.” -Dan Start now!   Connect with us! Sabah Ali and Dan Tieman. Follow us on Instagram: @Sabah.ali14 & @Dtieman1 Our Snapchats: @Sabahh14 & @Tieman - Snap us! 

EP 071 New Ways to Network

Story:   Listen to this episode to hear about how Sabah and Dan balance their life’s with school, work, while still making time to see their friends and family. .   A few highlights of what you will hear:   Sabah and Dan’s tips on how to balance life. Different platforms to schedule out your day. Planner Google Calendars Calendly How to stay on task throughout the day. 45 minute power sessions Batching your work How to make time for friends and family. Why it’s important to step away from work.   Impactful Quotes:   “Write all of your due dates for assignments, goals, work in your planner so you don’t miss anything.” -Sabah   “Going to and from the train I schedule out calls with clients.” -Dan   “There are so many deadlines that you need to be aware of that you can easily forget about them.” -Sabah   “Making time for other people is something you need to schedule out otherwise you will miss time with them.” -Dan   “At the end of the day, they don’t see the hard work that goes into the success that we want.” -Sabah   “It is what it is, that’s what you have to do in the short term to have success in the long term.” -Dan Start now!   Connect with us! Sabah Ali and Dan Tieman. Follow us on Instagram: @Sabah.ali14 & @Dtieman1 Our Snapchats: @Sabahh14 & @Tieman - Snap us! 

EP 070 Balancing Your Life

Title: Focusing On Your Main Goal   Story:   Listen to this episode to hear about how Sabah and Dan focus on one main goal that will help them for their future endeavors .   A few highlights of what you will hear:   Updates about Sabah and Dan. Sabah’s experience at a mastermind. How you need to connect with people on a business and personal level. Sabah’s new journey of launching a t-shirt line. How to choose the best opportunities to go with.   Impactful Quotes:   “This mastermind was a lot different than what I was actually expecting it to be.” -Sabah   “There's always so many shiny opportunities around you that it’s hard to focus on one thing.” -Dan   “I finally had that motivation and push to start doing it because I’ve been thinking about it for such a long time.” -Sabah   “That’s what builds relationships, building an actual connection with that person.” -Dan   “We were disconnected from wifi so we were forced to make that in person connection with the people that were there.” -Sabah Start now!   Connect with us! Sabah Ali and Dan Tieman. Follow us on Instagram: @Sabah.ali14 & @Dtieman1 Our Snapchats: @Sabahh14 & @Tieman - Snap us! 

EP 069 Focusing On Your Main Goal

Story:   Listen to this episode to hear about Sabah and Dan’s updates about life and what they see in the future with Dorm Rooms to Conference Rooms.   A few highlights of what you will hear:   Sabah is starting her senior year of college. Dan working on major things in the making. Why you should always push yourself. Shifting your mindset on things. Books mentioned: Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie How failures help you succeed. Stepping back and having fun throughout your journey. Where we see DRTOCR in the next couple of years.   Impactful Quotes:   “It’s kind of a milestone, looking back and everything that I’ve done in my 21 years of life.” -Sabah   “I don’t want to see instant gratification, I want to see hard work pay off.” -Dan   “You can’t do anything yourself, always surround yourself with people that are going to help you and push you to reach those goals at the end of the day.” -Sabah   “You gotta start thinking a lot bigger, if you shoot for 5 sales a day you will probably only get three, you always gotta make that goal bigger.” -Dan   “You're not going to see overnight success, it takes a lot of hard work to see results.” -Sabah   “You took a chance, and you took more of a chance than 99% of the population won’t ever take.” -Dan   “We love what we do, but there comes a time where you have to step back from your work and spend time with family and friends.” -Sabah   Start now!   Connect with us! Sabah Ali and Dan Tieman. Follow us on Instagram: @Sabah.ali14 & @Dtieman1 Our Snapchats: @Sabahh14 & @Tieman - Snap us! 

EP 068 Looking into the Future

Story:   Instagram is becoming super popular nowadays as it has surpassed 700 million users just recently. You can post images, videos, do lives, a great amount of content that you can use to your advantage.   Listen to this episode to hear about why Sabah and Dan use Instagram and how that has benefited them with their brands.   A few highlights of what you will hear:   Why Sabah and Dan use Instagram to grow their brands. How to use Instagram effectively. Things to post on Instagram. Quotes. Promotional items. (Promote a blog or podcast) Pictures of experiences. Benefits of using Instagram influencers to drive traffic to your business. How to utilize your hashtags. Only 30 hashtags per post. Using the Instagram Live feature. FOLLOW US! @Sabah.ali14 & @Dtieman1   Impactful Quotes:   “I took old pictures of myself and put inspirational quotes on them to make it easy and fun.” -Sabah   “I’ve been shaping a plan to go about it-- and I know that Instagram is going to be a strongly utilized platform.” -Dan   “In order to gain a following on Instagram you have to be consistent and have great content.” -Sabah   “You can literally pay an influencer who has thousands of followers to comment or post something of yours.” -Dan   “I use all 30 hashtags so I can reach more of an audience and gain a following that way.” -Sabah   “It shows that your information is actually important and people want to see it.” -Dan   Start now!   Connect with us! Sabah Ali and Dan Tieman. Follow us on Instagram: @Sabah.ali14 & @Dtieman1 Our Snapchats: @Sabahh14 & @Tieman - Snap us! 

EP 067 How to Utilize Instagram Effectively

Our Guest:   Case Kenny is the founder of the online publication Prsuit.com and co-founder of Trep Media Group. Not only that but he also still works a full time 9-5 job that he is proud of doing while working on his side hustle. Case shares with us the truth about entrepreneurship and why he is still working a job, learning from it, and applying it to his own businesses. Story:   Working a full time 9-5 job while still hustling on the side and creating a epic publication company , today we have our guest Case Kenny.   A few highlights of what you will hear:   Case’s journey from where he started. He founded Prsuit.com publication. How he met Matt Gottesman, his partner (Check out Matt’s Interview!). How he co-founded Trep Media Group. Working a 9-5 while still being an entrepreneur. Balancing a full time job and creating a side hustle. Tips on how to start and grow a publication. How to monetize a publication. Different ways to build up an email list. Creating an ecommerce store. Impactful Quotes from Case:   “It made sense to come together and create a larger company from there.”   “It’s a cool thing to say- but I think sometimes you need to be a realist, financially wise it’s not always the easiest thing to do.”   “I get so many consulting offers, because of this marketable of myself of a entrepreneur and a 9-5er.   “It’s made me so much stronger, and has increased my network.”   “I’ve gotten sat down before and asked why I am working a side hustle as well- when you’re working a 9-5 you have to be respectable to them.”   “It all started on social media and then from there things started to take off.”   “Don’t create a company just to create it, have a vision and meaning to it.”   “Test, test, test, and then learn from the best.”   Connect with Case!   Prsuit Instagram   Start now!   Connect with us! Sabah Ali and Dan Tieman. Follow us on Instagram: @Sabah.ali14 & @Dtieman1 Our Snapchats: @Sabahh14 & @Tieman - Snap us! 

EP 066 Working a 9-5 While Being a Killer Entrepreneur with Case Kenny

Story:   Video is the most powerful thing that we have right now in order to grow your business or brand. We see video everywhere from Facebook to our stories on Snapchat, if you aren’t utilizing it you are leaving out HUGE opportunities.   Listen to this episode to hear about why Sabah and Dan use video on a daily basis to grow their brands and attract more clients.   A few highlights of what you will hear:   Why Sabah and Dan use video. How video is 10x more powerful than a written article. How you can make viral videos to gain a following. Types of video to utilize. Facebook lives. Pre-recorded videos (vlogs). Instagram lives. Snapchat stories. How to come up with topics for your videos. (For beginners)   Impactful Quotes:   “With live video your organic growth is like 135% or something nuts, because Facebook throws is up on the top in the feed.” -Dan   “You can connect with your audience, they aren't just listening to your voice, they can actually hear and see what you are doing.” -Sabah   “On my lives I do quick 2-3 talks, add value with stuff they can utilize.” -Dan   “If you are doing vlogs, I recommend doing short ones so your audience will get through the entire video.” -Sabah   “Find what you like and then it will be a lot easier.” -Dan   “People like entertainment so even do a Facebook live with just an update in your life or something random and fun.” -Sabah   “Just hit the record button, jump in, and just go with it.” -Dan Featured Quotes:   “We’re operating in a world where one good video can lead to a massive social following.” -Mike Henry   Start now!   Connect with us! Sabah Ali and Dan Tieman. Follow us on Instagram: @Sabah.ali14 & @Dtieman1 Our Snapchats: @Sabahh14 & @Tieman - Snap us! 

EP 065 Why Video is Dominating

Our Guest:   Anthony Mann, CEO and Founder of AM Open House, has been in real estate for nearly a decade. During his tenure as an agent, he has sold more than 250 REO and short sale properties in Long Island. He was able to get into a niche field within the industry, where there are less than 15 active REO agents and was the youngest by nearly 20 years. Anthony has seen many markets and new technology emerge without any real benefit to agents, so he decided to make a change in the industry and launched AM Open House in July of 2014. Since inception, Anthony has dedicated his entire focus on the AM Open House app and management platform and making the lives of agents easier, while supplying them with technology they actually want and can benefit from using. Story:   From creating a business at a young age to dropping out of college and founding a real estate company, today we have our guest Anthony Mann.   A few highlights of what you will hear:   Anthony’s journey from where he started. How he built a unlocking phone business in college and sold it. Why he dropped out of college. What he learned from starting a business at a young age. Why school and learning are two different areas. Skills you need to be a phenomenal sales person. How he got into real estate. Process of building an app. Founded the company, AM Open House. Impactful Quotes from Anthony:   “We’ve grown that company to over 110,000 active users over the past couple of years.”   “It’s been quite the adventure over the past 12 years.”   “I love learning in general, but school was one of those things for me that just never worked.”   “I realized that it didn’t matter, it was the relationships and networking that made my college experience successful.”   “You don’t need capital to do anything.”   “I am a tech guy at heart -- it’s allowed me to stay in the real estate world but live through my passion of being a tech guy.”   “If you’re not comfortable going to a party by yourself, you are not going to succeed as a salesperson.”   “My best advice it to just go for it.”   Connect with Anthony!   AM Open House   Start now!   Connect with us! Sabah Ali and Dan Tieman. Follow us on Instagram: @Sabah.ali14 & @Dtieman1 Our Snapchats: @Sabahh14 & @Tieman - Snap us! 

EP 064 College Dropout to Real Estate Rockstar with Anthony Mann

Story:   We all love to see progress and how far we’ve come from starting something small to seeing it grow successfully.   Listen to this episode to hear about why Sabah and Dan always track their progress on everything they do and why you should be doing the same.   A few highlights of what you will hear:   Why Sabah and Dan always track their progress. Why it's important to track it when wanting to become an influencer. How to track your progress. Google Analytics for websites. Taking pictures. Track using an excel sheet. How small things add up to big results. Why success drives you to keep going.   Impactful Quotes:   “People only see the end result of things and they don’t ever see the hard work that goes into it.” -Sabah   “It’s the make sure of doing the cold outreach but also doing your social media.” -Dan   “Every small little thing does add up.” -Sabah   “It may seem mediocre to do these small things but it's what you need to pay attention to, to make sales.” -Dan   “When you see the successes after doing months and months of work that just drives you to keep going.” -Sabah   “When you start out doing anything you have to remember that you will start out at the bottom level.” -Dan   “If you don’t measure how do you know if the things you are doing are converting for you?” -Sabah   “I did that by showing up everyday --  you constantly have to keep going.” -Dan Featured Quotes:   “Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out.”   “You can’t manage what you don’t measure.”   Start now!   Connect with us! Sabah Ali and Dan Tieman. Follow us on Instagram: @Sabah.ali14 & @Dtieman1 Our Snapchats: @Sabahh14 & @Tieman - Snap us! 

EP 063 Tracking Your Progress

Our Guest:   Matt Gottesman is an entrepreneur, international brand strategist, social media influencer, and podcaster. He is the co-founder of Trep Media, founder of HDFMagazine.com (Hustle & Deal Flow), and the co-founder of the Forbes featured podcast, the Hustle Sold Separately.  As of today, his company has reached over 400,000 Social Media followers, garner half a million monthly visits to their sites, reach roughly 10.5 million people across all their digital channels, have surpassed 1 million plays on their podcast. Matt inspires nearly 150K people through social media every day with his personal conversations with his audience.   Story:   From getting his MBA in international business to dominating the social media space with over 400,000 follower, today we have our guest Matt Gottesman.   A few highlights of what you will hear:   Matt’s journey from where he started. Got his MBA in International Business. How he has worked with big brands. (Louis Vuitton, Moet Hennessy) How he emerged into the digital space. Stories that lead him to success. Tips on how to become a better writer. Where he sees the digital space 5-10 years from now.   Impactful Quotes from Matt:   “It was several years in the making.”   “Is the MBA needed? No it’s not needed,”   “You know by trial and error, basically failing along the way to see what works and doesn’t work.”   “The first time I attempted a business was at the age of 6.”   “I knew digital was the way to go, but because of the timing I was swimming uphill for awhile.”   “Everything that ended up happening, I had no clue that it was going to happen.”   “We wanted to bring the human experience to entrepreneurship-- to show the that they are normal people too.”   “Write with your voice, people want to hear you- I'm sharing my thoughts and feeling to the world.”   “You always want to think about the reader, getting them into the journey and mindset, and then giving away value so they can take it away to apply it to themselves.”   Connect with Matt!   HDFMagazine.com Hustle Sold Separately Instagram Facebook   Start now!   Connect with us! Sabah Ali and Dan Tieman. Follow us on Instagram: @Sabah.ali14 & @Dtieman1 Our Snapchats: @Sabahh14 & @Tieman - Snap us! 

EP 062 The Founder of Hustle & Deal Flow with Matt Gottesman

Story:   You may have that one last email, text, blog to get done, but do you do it?   Listen to this episode to hear about why Sabah and Dan always end the day strong by doing that one last thing that is on their to-do list.   A few highlights of what you will hear:   Why Sabah and Dan always push themselves to do that one last thing. How it teaches you discipline. Sabah’s story about her blog. How to push yourself to finish the day strong. Why you should batch your work. Never have regrets on not doing something.   Impactful Quotes:   “The day went by and I got even more busy -- but that didn’t stop me from publishing my blog at 8 o'clock at night.” -Sabah   “There are so many times that I think I am done for the day but really there's always a couple more things I have to get done.” -Dan   “I’ve done it every single week ever since I started so I just had to do it.” -Sabah   “Until night falls and you are in bed, the day is still going.” -Dan   “Blogs, Instagram posts, stuff like that is so small that anyone can really fit that into their schedule no matter how busy they are.” -Sabah   “It all comes back to that content creation, when you are building your brand.” -Dan   “That Monday was rare for me when I wrote my blog and put it out within 30 minutes.” -Sabah   “You shouldn’t be satisfied until you hit all of your goals for the day.” -Dan   “You don’t want to let your audience down if you don’t put out that blog or do that video that you’ve been doing.” -Sabah   Featured Quotes:   “I know it's hard. Just keep going anyway. You’ll thank yourself after 30 minutes.”   Start now!   Connect with us! Sabah Ali and Dan Tieman. Follow us on Instagram: @Sabah.ali14 & @Dtieman1 Our Snapchats: @Sabahh14 & @Tieman - Snap us! 

EP 061 Do That One Last Thing

Our Guest:   Born and raised in Virginia, Mia Rocks is a typical teenager who is wanting to change the world with her music. As comfortable writing and performing her music as she is hanging with her friends, her experience in grade school has impacted her view of the world. Regularly teased and bullied to the point that she begged to skip school, Mia made the conscious decision at a young age to embrace her individuality. Now she is a singer, songwriter and soldier, taking a stance against bullying with her lyrics, rhythms, and commitment to reaching teens and tweens struggling to find their place in the world. Mia also just launched her crowdfunding campaign that is helping her fund her first album.   Story:   From constantly being bullied in school to embracing her individuality and creating a movement through music, today we have our guest Mia Rocks.   A few highlights of what you will hear:   Mia’s journey from where she started. How she is creating a message with her music. Antibullying. A story that sparked her to make a stand. When she realized she wanted to spread her message through music. Her current project of crowdfunding her first album. Her plans after graduating high school. Where Mia see’s herself 5-10 years from now.   Impactful Quotes from Mia:   “A big theme to my music is antibullying.”   “One day I had the realization that I had to change myself to I could stop caring about the bullies.”   “After I tripped it was the most mortifying experience ever- the entire cafeteria was staring at me.”   “You know who you really are in the inside and the best parts about you.”   “This project is not for me it's for everyone out there who listens to my music.”   “People have gotten more mature and that bullying is not the right way to solve your problems.”   “Everyday I do Facebook Lives so people can see me as a real person- not an unattainable person.”   “My biggest goal is to spread my message of anti bullying as far as it will go to as many people as I can.”   Connect with Mia!   Instagram Facebook Twitter Crowdfunding Campaign for Mia’s first album!   Start now!   Connect with us! Sabah Ali and Dan Tieman. Follow us on Instagram: @Sabah.ali14 & @Dtieman1 Our Snapchats: @Sabahh14 & @Tieman - Snap us! 

EP 060 15 Year Old Singer- Creating Music and a Message with Mia Rocks

Story:   Rejection is tough when you are trying something new with your business. You need more clients but every time you hear the word ‘no’ it kills you.   Listen to this episode to hear about how Sabah and Dan deal with rejection and how the word ‘no’ is more of a motivation to them rather than a failure.   A few highlights of what you will hear:   How Sabah and Dan deal with rejection. Different experience where rejection took place. How to deal with hard times in your business. Different ways to push yourself to keep going. Why you shouldn’t give up.   Impactful Quotes:   “My favorite part in sales is the rejection part-- said no one ever.” -Dan   “If you talk to them on a daily basis eventually they will buy from you.” -Sabah   “If you're not willing to deal with 100 no’s before you get to a yes then you're going to be out of business before you know it.” -Dan   “I kept getting rejected, either I was too young or I didn’t have enough experience.” -Sabah   “You can’t dwell on the no’s you gotta keep moving forward.” -Dan   “Keep pushing because eventually you will get that big yes that you’re looking for.” -Sabah   Featured Quotes:   “A rejection is nothing more than a necessary step in the pursuit of success.” -Bo Bennett   “Trust that when the answer is no, there's a better yes down the road.” Start now!   Connect with us! Sabah Ali and Dan Tieman. Follow us on Instagram: @Sabah.ali14 & @Dtieman1 Our Snapchats: @Sabahh14 & @Tieman - Snap us! 

EP 059 Dealing with Rejection

Our Guest:   Chelsea Lee Rock is a voice actor who created an academy "The actor in you, acting secrets that help you land any business venture." She is eligible for Screen Actors Guild and has voiced over 30 books for kindle and audible. She has also created a program that helps women in business find their creative outlet by using skills she had learned as an actor. Professionally, she has been in film and tv for 7 years and in voice acting for 4 years. She has been featured in magazines such as Magic Image Hollywood Magazine, American Fitness, FINE magazine, and many more.   Story:   From taking a big step of leaving the midwest to pursuing her dream of acting in California, today we have our guest Chelsea Lee Rock.   A few highlights of what you will hear:   Chelsea’s journey from where she started. How she moved from the midwest to California. How she found her passion of voice overs. Chelsea’s routine on a day to day basis. She is in the process of writing a book. Chelsea’s Academy. "The actor in you, acting secrets that help you land any business venture.” How she stays consistent with everything. Where she sees herself in the future.   Impactful Quotes from Chelsea:   “I loved acting but I realized that I really love to help people.”   “Take skills that I learned as an actor to turn it into some sort of business.”   “I’ve always wanted to be an actor since I was 6.”   “Voice overs are my bread and butter.”   “Building that clientele, I have a lot of things in the work.”   “Be okay with not getting the job right away.”   “There's no such thing as a creative person, it's about you figuring out your creativity.”   “The quicker you fail the faster you win.”   Featured Quotes:   “One person with a dream is equal to 99 with just an interest.” Connect with Chelsea!   Instagram- @chelsealeerockfit Website Facebook   Start now!   Connect with us! Sabah Ali and Dan Tieman. Follow us on Instagram: @Sabah.ali14 & @Dtieman1 Our Snapchats: @Sabahh14 & @Tieman - Snap us! 

EP 058 The Voice Over Queen with Chelsea Lee Rock

Sabah Ali and Dan Tieman two college students who are ready to talk to you guys about business and lifestyle from our personal experiences. We will bring on successful entrepreneur who from this millennial generation and talk about how they got started in college. They will provide you tips and strategies to go through college as an entrepreneur.