Bigger and better changes are coming for season 3. And if you want your business to blow up in a big way, come and join us! This season is all for you.

Get ready for 20 minutes bursting with cutting edge business tips and awesomeness.

Kent Lloyd talks with Aurora Winter, an incredible copywriter and Founder of Same Page Publishing. Together they discuss how to network and get results without working too hard, who your best mentor is, and why you might want a ghostwriter.

Kent Lloyd talks with Seth Greene, the CEO of Market Domination. He’s an expert in his field and author of the Ultimate Guide to Growing Your Business. Together they discuss how to fulfill growing demand, how to enjoy the problems in your company, and how to be a better learner.

Kent Lloyd talks with John Munn, the managing director of Zero Smart. His goal is to help companies reduce their carbon footprint, which is easier than most people think. Together they discuss how psychology helps with marketing, simple ways to reduce your carbon footprint, and why branding is overrated. 

Benton Crane talks with Katherine Homuth, the CEO of Sheertex and one of our most recent clients. Together they discuss how to build a good product, not just a good feature, how to overcome the trials in creating new technology, and how to build confidence in investors.

Kent Lloyd talks with Lorianne Isaacson, Founder of Achieve Stability. Together they discuss how to turn your ideas to a results-based reality, how to build a productive office culture, and some HR tips. 

Kent Lloyd talks with Alina Timofeeva, a TEDx speaker and multi-award winning professional in Cloud Data and Digital. Together they discuss how Alina broke out of the domestic mold she was raised in, how to adapt to new work cultures, and how Cloud Data can help you.

Kent Lloyd talks with Dr. Ivan Misner, the Founder and CVO of the business networking organization, BNI. Together they discuss the fatal flaws in new hires and how to overcome them, how to increase your retention rate, and the data behind weekly team meetings.

Kent Lloyd talks with Brandon Hayes, the CEO of Kalos Consulting. Together they discuss how to set the right expectations for team members, why your hiring process isn’t ideal, how to employ the right people, and the unexpected secret to getting more sales.

Benton Crane talks with Derek Halpern, the Co-Founder of Truvani. Together they discuss how to build customer loyalty, starting a business vs scaling a business, how to make people care about your product, the power of transparency and more.

Kent Lloyd talks with Matthew Guffey, the owner and athlete coach of Victory High Performance. Together they chat about how to inspire people to change, how to find the flaw in your sales flow, how Matthew’s hockey career survived COVID-19, and more.

Kent Lloyd talks with Brian Johnson, the CEO of Main & Johnson Inc. Together they chat about how to delegate, how to communicate with clients in the most efficient way, and how to grow your customer base by shifting strategies.

Kent Lloyd talks with James Nowlin, an expert on purpose and elevation in the workplace. Together they discuss how James rebuilt his life after a brain injury, networking tips for introverts, and a strategy James stole from Oprah. 

Alain Hunkins helps high achieving people become high achieving leaders. Over his twenty-year career, Alain has worked with over 2,000 groups of leaders in 25 countries. Clients include Wal-Mart, Pfizer, Citigroup, General Electric, State Farm Insurance, IBM, General Motors, and Microsoft. In addition to being a leadership speaker, consultant, trainer, and coach, Alain is the author of CRACKING THE LEADERSHIP CODE: Three Secrets to Building Strong Leaders.

Joshua Hughes is the CEO at Blacksheep Regenerative Resource Management a company dedicated towards reclaiming global sovereignty from extractive industries and corporations through open-sourced partnership systems built on the regeneration of natural capital.

Through Blacksheep, Joshua and his team are scaling their agroforestry and their regenerative business to compete and replace extractive and toxic business practices.

After another year of incredible guests and stories on Poop to Gold, we’ve reached the end of Season 2! But that’s not all we have to say. As the world of marketing and our businesses continue to evolve, so does the Poop to Gold podcast. Season 3 will be packed with more entrepreneurial insights and stories of turning poop to gold, we’ll be taking the next several weeks to prepare great new content that will benefit and inspire you on your journey!

Our Funny Business segment is still up and running during the break and we’ll be keeping you updated on those episodes as well as a few exclusives from our own clients and their poop to gold journey.

Jill McAbe is the bestselling author of It’s Go Time: Build the Business and Life You Really Want and the Founder of BOOM-U, an online school offering training that helps experts and coaches build businesses that leave room for life.

Through her school BOOM U, Jill helps small business owners succeed with her proprietary, 4-step, B.E.S.T. system for building successful businesses faster. She holds a Master of Arts in Leadership from Royal Roads University and has trained over 20,000 students online.

Benton Crane talks with Janet Fouts, a TedX speaker, coach, and author of When Life Hits The Fan. Together they discuss how to microdose mindfulness in your everyday life, how to combat work anxiety, and how to be completely present as you move from task to task.

Raul is a business strategist. He's trained hundreds of entrepreneurs through live seminars, online programs, and private masterminds. His work positively impacts the lives of his clients and their teams.

Benton Crane talks with Laura Kriska, the CEO and founder of WE-Building, as well as the author of The Accidental Office Lady and The Business of WE. Together they discuss one way companies waste their money, the schism between in-work employees vs at-home employees and how to bridge the gap, as well as some practical tips to build company culture.

Jaclyn Willms is a Certified Personal Trainer & Posture Therapist. With over 12 years of experience Jaclyn guides her clients to move better & live stronger through mobility & strengthening exercises. Balance, alignment & posture are the foundation of Jaclyn’s method to serve her clients at the highest level possible to live a healthy, happy & pain free life.

Benton Crane talks with Mickie Kennedy, the CEO of eReleases. Together they discuss how to turn $269 into millions of dollars with tried and true PR practices, the type of PR strategy that serves small businesses, and the difference between empowering employees versus micromanaging employees.

Have you ever heard of resting grumpy face?

When John van der Put started doing professional magic, he quickly discovered that he was naturally "too grumpy" to be a magician. He just couldn’t keep himself from insulting his audience. This was a huge problem until he made one simple discovery ...

He was a dragon.

Benton Crane talks with Noah St John, the CEO and Founder of Success Clinic. He’s been featured on CBS, ABC, NBC and Entrepreneur. Together they discuss the key to choosing the right success coach, why finding your purpose is so important, and the importance of helping your company make the world a better place.

Todd Palmer is an executive coach, keynote speaker, renowned thought leader, author, and CEO who is committed to helping business owners tackle their obstacles and clear their path to success. As an entrepreneur and active CEO, Todd knows the struggles business owners face regarding people, cash, strategy, and execution. He took his company from being $600,000 in debt, to making INC 5,000 as one of America's fastest-growing companies (an astounding 6 times!)

Benton Crane talks with Nick Stagge and Levi Lindsay, the co-founders of Mind, a mental health awareness company. Together they discuss how one LinkedIn post kickstarted an entire business, how to talk about mental health issues in the workplace, and how to fight the stigma that mentally unhealthy people can’t be successful.

Emily Vavra is a worldwide keynote speaker and purposeful entrepreneur whose calling is guiding other purposeful entrepreneurs in achieving their prestige, grace, and zone of genius. She is a top Network Marketing Professional who to this day built a 9-figure organization from the ground up that includes over 145,000 individuals.

She is also an internationally recognized entrepreneur who packs arenas and events with thousands of people, speaking on strategic business coaching, breaking through people’s plateaued mindsets, sharing inspirational stories, and more. 

Keith Grover, the producer of From Poop To Gold, talks with Joshua Chin, the CEO of Chronos Agency. Together they discuss some good hiring advice, why emails are still powerful marketing tools, how to measure your email success after IOS 15 updates, and 3 copywriting tips. 

Andy Andrews is the author of more than 25 books that have been translated into more than 40 languages. Among those books are several New York Times bestsellers including,The Traveler’s Gift and The Noticer. The Traveler’s Gift was named one of the “Five Books You Must Read In Your Lifetime" on ABC’s Good Morning America.

Andy coached our nation’s Special Operations Command for eight years and has been a part of nine College Football National Championship teams in a row. He works as a consultant to Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, and sometimes, entire communities who hire him to create a starting point for extraordinary results.

Benton Crane talks with Adam Vibe Gunton, the CEO of Recovered Purpose. His company’s mission is to end addiction through storytelling. Together they discuss the importance of healing addiction with connection instead of isolation, how Adam’s worst moment changed his life, and why empowering yourself is so important.

Sheila has an entrepreneurial spirit which has led her to the world of marketing consulting. Some of her successful business ventures include Scalliwags, a children’s indoor playground and sought after birthday party venue, Foreclosuresmass.com and Government Deal Funding – both Real Estate Investing education companies, and Affiliate Mastermind Group - an association bringing structure, innovation and collaboration to businesses in need, and Connected Sponsors where she secures amazing sponsors for her clients and teaches others how to do the same. She was in Bill Glazers mastermind for several years and attributes a lot of her success to all that she learned through GKIC.  

Benton Crane talks with Arjun Rai, the CEO of HelloWoofy. His company helps small companies focus on an effective digital marketing strategy. Together they discuss why COVID helped big businesses but harmed small companies, how small companies can improve their digital marketing strategy, why persistence pays off, and what Arjun learned from Shark Tank.  

Rob Oliver is the host of the Learning From Smart People podcast. At 21 years old, Rob sustained a spinal cord injury while body surfing on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The injury left him paralyzed from the chest down with limited use of his arms and hands.

These limitations forced Rob to take a long hard look at life, relationships and success. The insights that he gained during that experience and through the ensuing years of living with quadriplegia are invaluable, practical, powerful and applicable to all humanity. 

Benton Crane talks with Howard Tiersky, the CEO of FROM, The Digital Transformation Agency. Together they discuss why CEOs need to be persuasive, how to successfully make big changes to your company, and the fatal flaw of Blockbuster.

AJ Wilcox is a LinkedIn Ads pro who founded B2Linked.com, a LinkedIn Ads-specific ad agency, in 2014. As official LinkedIn partners, they manage among the world’s most sophisticated advertising accounts worldwide. He's a ginger & triathlete. He & his wife live in Utah, with their 4 kids, and his company car is a wicked-fast go-kart. 

Benton Crane talks with Brian Gregory, the founder and CEO of ADMANITY. Together they discuss why small businesses have a hard time advertising, why emotions will always sell better than facts, and the 5 minute test that tells small businesses what messages will resonate with their audience.

Cristian Gudino is the Director of Operations at Crated with Love, a date night box company. He handles a large part of the day-to-day operations of the company, as well as most of the marketing and customer acquisition for the company.

Benton Crane talks with Emily Lassiter, the founder of the Wealth Edit. Together they discuss how tragedy can lead to growth, the role finances play in your personal goals, and how to better understand the customers you’re serving.

Jan Steiner is a heartfelt leader who made her mark in a male dominated world. As the CEO of Thoro Packaging, Jan scaled the company from $1 million to just under $40 million dollars in revenue, proving you can turn your power as a woman into purposeful profit. Today, Jan speaks and leads other driven women by sharing her core principles of success and passion for business.

Benton Crane talks with Zach Atherton about Harmon Brothers latest initiative, the Writer’s Room. Together they discuss how Harmon Brothers is growing their brand to include world-class writing along with world class videos, how the Writer’s Room earned $14M with 3 scripts, what humor can do for your sales copy, and more.

Ryan is the CMO and co-founder of Tru Earth® which is based in Port Moody, B.C. and began operations in April of 2019. He is a father of three and is passionate about making sure the future of the world is healthy for all of our children. He is passionate about marketing, health, fitness, futurism, and biotech.

Benton Crane talks with Jason Hewlett, a performer, leader expert, and Hall of Fame Speaker. Together they discuss the importance of making career choices that match your lifelong goals, how to create your own legacy, and one daily habit that will improve anyone’s chance at success.

William S. Matthews is a modern-day renaissance man. Named one of Houston Business Journal 2019's 40 under 40 honorees, Will's unique blend of skills and characteristics makes for a powerful offering to his clientele, business associates, and community. He is soon releasing his third book, "Everything I Needed to Know About Corporate America," on succeeding in corporate America geared towards young professionals. Previously, Matthews has written guides to personal finance and event planning..

Benton Crane talks with Jay Samit, an entrepreneur and best-selling author of Disrupt You and Future-Proofing You. Together they discuss how Jay gave a man with no home the tools to become a millionaire, the secret to making huge profits, and the only way to really become the best at your craft.

Anthony Orisses is the Founder and CEO of RARE CUT, the first-ever pocket square designed with proprietary memory metal to ensure no matter how you twist, bend or fold it, it always holds its shape. After noticing pocket square fails firsthand at work, events and weddings for years, he was inspired to solve the problem himself. Anthony received his Bachelor's from Hofstra University in Business & Business Marketing and is based in Queens, New York. 

Benton Crane talks with Monte Deere, the CEO of the hands-free shoe company, Kizik, as well as one of Harmon Brother’s clients. Together they discuss when innovation is necessary, the difficulty of choosing between retail or ecommerce, how to make hard decisions, and what it’s like to be a Harmon Brothers client. 

Matt and Casey are partners at Gravity Digital, a video ad agency that provides marketing and growth solutions for businesses of all shapes and sizes in just about every industry.

For twenty-one years, Gravity Digital has produced amazingly clever content assets and has empowered teams through training and in-person coaching. Together, Matt and Casey work to each other’s strengths to deliver results that are obvious to their clients.

Benton Crane talks with David Jay, the founder of Warm Welcome. Together they discuss how to build trust with your customers online, how to get a company off the ground, and why videos are the future for everyone’s business.

The founder of FunnySalesVideos.com, Joseph Wilkins has twenty years of experience creating persuasive content that drives sales. While he cut his teeth in the business producing infomercials and TV spots, he is now laser focused on creating stories that entertain customers and spur them to take action. He loves nothing more than to brainstorm and surprise clients with the unexpected. Creativity is, after all, in his genes!

Benton talks with Jeffrey Shaw, a portrait photographer turned business coach. Together they discuss how Jeffrey transitioned from a photographer to a business coach, why businesses need to spend more time understanding their customers, and how empathy for your customers can make you money. 

Announcing the launch of our new podcast segment, Funny Business!

Join us Thursday for our very first guest, Joseph Wilkins, the CEO of Funny Sales Videos. Learn about his creative process, how he stole HBU teachings to formulate his whole business, and how he’s adapted his life career over the years from graphic design to infomercials to social media ads.

Benton Crane talks with Molly Mahoney, the founder of The Prepared Performer. Together they discuss how to practice positivity, how every entrepreneur can improve their personal branding, and what your customers need to believe before they will buy from you.

Benton Crane talks with Billy Gene, the owner of Billy Gene Is Marketing Inc. Together they discuss the future of story-telling in advertising, how being a dad can impact your working habits for the better, and what simplification really means for business marketing.

Benton Crane talks with Michelle Seiler Tucker, the founder and owner of Seiler Tucker Inc. Together they discuss the biggest mistake most businesses make, what a good exit strategy looks like, and what every business needs to plan for.

Benton meets with Theron Harmon and Chris Stroud, the head honchos of HB’s Consulting Team. They discuss how consulting can expand and empower some companies to go from $0 to $2 Million in 9 months, as well as the importance of taking on dirty jobs, and why “slow and steady wins the race.” 

Benton Crane talks with the two comedians hosting the podcast, The Book Pile. Kellen Erskine is a stand-up comedian known for his work on Conan and Drybar. Dave Vance has written for many well-known projects including Studio C and Freelancers. Listen and learn about their strategies for reaching success.

Benton Crane talks with Dre Baldwin, a 9 year professional basketball player, author, and CEO of Work On Your Game Inc. Together they discuss the importance of back-up plans, what happens when you fight against your reality, and how Dre shifted from a professional basketball career to an influential author and entrepreneur.

Benton Crane talks with Chris Guerriero, an entrepreneur that has helped build many multi-million dollar businesses. Together they discuss the motivational power of fear, what every struggling business needs, and why relationships are every business’s ticket to success.

Benton Crane talks to Matt Johnson, the host of the MicroFamous podcast. Together they discuss the most embarrassing job to get fired from, the best way for introverts to network, and how building relationships will build your company.

Daniel Harmon talks with Shaun McBride, or as you might know him, Shonduras. Together they discuss how Shaun built positive long-term relationships with clients, how entrepreneurs can learn to be more positive, how positivity can improve a business, and why everyone should overpay their employees. 

Benton Crane talks with Todd Lamb, the Co-Founder of PureLife Organics Inc. They discuss why health is more important than any success, one important health tip for entrepreneurs, how Todd discovered his business, and how to build a community around your product.

Benton Crane talks with Victoria Kennedy, the CEO of Victorious PR. They discuss how businesses can differentiate in a sea of competitors, the power of reinventing yourself, and the opportunities that come from working hard at jobs you don’t like.

Harmon Brother’s partner, James Dayton, talks with Nathan Hirsch, a successful serial entrepreneur. They discuss the cheapest way to grow your business, the necessity of diversification, and how every entrepreneur can maximize their success with Virtual Assistants.

Benton Crane talks with Dusty Weis, the President and Founder of Podcamp Media, the branded podcast production agency for businesses. Together they discuss how quality podcasts can generate good leads, the importance of taking accountability for your mistakes, and how giving second chances to the right people can completely change their trajectory.

Benton Crane talks with Cody Sperber, the owner of Clever Investing. They discuss why diversifying your income is so important, how to recover after a business partner takes more than their share, and the type of education that books can’t teach you.

Benton Crane talks with Bryan Clayton, the CEO of GreenPal. They discuss how to bring a company together in tough times, why every company should simplify their messaging, and how new products can compete with the status quo and win. 

Benton Crane talks with Cody Butler, the #1 Best Selling Author of “Got Attitude” and “The 90 Day Marketing Plan”. They talk about Cody’s ultimate marketing philosophy, how to stop “sweating the small stuff,” why marketing is crucial, and how to see the worst moments of your life as feedback instead of failure.

Benton talks to Michelle Hon, the founder and CEO of MomBoss Academy. They discuss how to create an opportunity-driven mindset, how to get over your imposter syndrome, and how being a mom can hone your business skills.

Benton talks to Tommy Mello, the owner of A1 Garage Services. They discuss why good employees matter more than good leads, how to keep a grip on your business finances, when direct response ads aren’t the best choice.

Benton Crane talks with Greg McKeown, the New York Times Best-Selling Author of Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less. They discuss why staying busy doesn’t mean you’re any closer to success, how to know when your actions and values are conflicting, and what concrete questions you need to ask yourself to legitimately change your behavior. 

This week our CEO, Benton Crane, talks to Cassandra Shuck, an intuitive business coach for females. Cassandra shares her turbulent life journey, where our limiting beliefs come from, how she leveraged her past trauma to find success, and how every entrepreneur can do the same thing.

Happy holidays, we will see you on January 5th. 

This week the producer of Poop to Gold, Keith Grover, talks to Jill McAbe, the best-selling author of It’s Go Time and founder of BOOMU. Jill discusses how facing death changed her life, what drove her to spend 100K in life-coaching, why reaching your goals has to involve all your senses, and how to tweak your mindset so tedious goals feel genuinely exciting. 

This week the producer of our Poop to Gold Podcast, Keith Grover, chats with the founder of Yonder, Chris Thomas. A country boy and a city boy, Chris shares all the different careers he’s found himself in, before he found digital marketing, the toll freelancing takes on relationships, and how googling stuff is a surprisingly good career move. 

Benton Crane talks to Casey Zeman, a YouTube course creator and the founder of Easy Webinars. Casey talks about how authenticity is increasingly crucial in webinars, how automated systems improved his work, and how the constant stress of mortgage he couldn’t afford pushed Casey to create new software he didn’t know how to make.

Benton Crane talks to Chad Collins, an entrepreneur with a World Guinness Record, and a love of Legos. Chad shares how the crucial role Legos played in his engineering career, how the credibility of his Lego Youtube videos spiraled into live events, the emotionally raw experience of letting employees go due to Covid, and how he recovered from the virus’s impact on his work.

James Dayton, Creative Director at Harmon Brothers, chats with Dan Fleyshman, a wildly successful angel investor with lot’s to give. Dan Fleyshman shares his definition of a viable investment, why you should sign contracts with everyone—even your mom—& what it takes to be charitable when it means losing everything.

In our inaugural episode of Poop to Gold Season 2,  Benton Crane talks to JC Hite, Founder and CEO of Hite Digital. JC explores the challenges of moving up in an uncomfortable work environment, the importance of branding yourself as intelligent, and the benefits of your goals aligning with your company.

This week Benton Crane talks to Doug Morneau, a serial entrepreneur and host of the podcast Real Marketing Real Fast. Doug shares how he broke his workaholic habits, how he can afford to spend more time with his family, some lesser known monetary benefits from hosting a podcast, and some relevant tips for anyone growing a business.

Benton Crane chats with Anthony Ambriz, a Youtube Certified Growth and Content Strategist who has attracted over a billion views. Anthony reminisces on his early days working with Devin Graham, his first job offer from Twitter, the pit of debt he dug himself out of, and how he made 70K in a few hours. 

This week Benton Crane chats with Jeff Lotman, the author of Invisible Marketing and CEO of the company Global Icons. Jeff explains why sometimes you really shouldn’t take no as an answer, how brands like Crock-Pot stay relevant after they’ve been established, and how smaller companies can use brand licensing to their advantage.  

This week Benton Crane talks with Calvin Correli, the mastermind behind Simplero, a software company that helps coaches and mentors effectively sell their courses. Calvin shares what led him to integrate business with spirituality, how he stopped comparing himself to Bill Gates, and why exploring his emotions reshaped his career.

This week Benton Crane talks with Stefan Georgi, a copywriter who has garnered $700 million with his words. Stefan explains how true love led him to copywriting, the heartbreaks of cancer, and how he created one of the most efficient copywriting methods.

Lawrence J Peter said simply “if you don’t know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else.” Benton Crane interviews Best-Selling Author David Neagle. David tells us how a near-tragic experience taught him how to change his mindset in order to achieve success.

Cortney baker, Texas Business Woman of the Year and CEO of KidsCare Home Health, tells us how she has overcome insurmountable obstacles on her journey to building an 8 figure offline healthcare business. Cortney tells us why you don’t know what you don’t know and why she started a healthcare company with only $15,000 in her bank account.

Timothy Sykes tells us how Penny Stocks have given him the life he wants and why he spends more time teaching then he does trading. He also gives advice to others who want to get into penny stock trading and shows people how it is different from trading on Wall Street. 

Have you ever noticed that sometimes the biggest changes in our life can happen so slowly that you don’t even recognize them? Michelle Miles directs the short film, How I Got Here to visually display that experience.

Have you ever seen a popular YouTube family and wondered what it was like at home behind the scenes? For this episode, Benton Crane sits down with Ruby Frankie, founder of the popular YouTube channel, 8 passengers. Ruby tells us how her YouTube channel has helped her family grow and how letting go of control is what ultimately helped her family grow.

Daniel Harmon talks to Viveka Von Rosen, a Linkedin expert and author of Linkedin Marketing: An Hour A Day and LinkedIn: 101 Ways to Rock Your Personal Brand!. Viveka shares three ways to spruce up your linkedin profile, some LinkedIn influencers everyone should follow, and how shedding an unhealthy relationship will often lead to better opportunities.

This week Daniel Harmon talks to Rachel Pedersen, a social media extraordinaire. Rachel shares how she learned to utilize all platforms of social media, how she uses Tik Tok to funnel her fans to her other platforms, and how her responsibility as a mother motivated her to reach new heights in her career.

Ever wondered how to get your product in the news? For this episode, we sat down with Industry Dive editor, Natalie Koltun. She tells us what she looks for when deciding whether or not to write an article for a company. She also shares with us her strategy for ethically marketing a product that won’t be released for another 4 years. 

“Business is not who you are, it’s what you do.” Sonya Keenan shares with us how she handles business failures and keeps an eye on the most important things in life. She also tells us why implementation is the key to business learning and grown and what she does to network in a non traditional way.

Ever wondered how social media can impact the perception of your brand? For this episode, Benton Crane sits down with Sarah Parker, Content Marketing Manager at Cision. Sarah shares the “do’s” and “don'ts” of social media marketing. She also tells us about her daily “from POOP to GOLD” moment and teaches us her 3 keys to success in social media marketing. 

Ever wonder how a porta potty cleaner could become a YouTube star? For this episode, Daniel Harmon sits down with YouTube star, Stuart Edge. Stuart tells us how an internship with OraBrush and a meeting with Devin Graham helped Stuart garner over 500M views of his videos online. He also shares with us the lessons he has learned on his way to the top.