Free Ideas
Free Ideas is your ultimate resource for entrepreneurial inspiration and actionable strategies. Follow along as I document the journey of building a digital marketing agency from the ground up, leveraging the power of my own company, Penji, to test and refine real-world business practices.
Episodes
Your name sets the tone. It’s the first impression, the identity, the hook that makes people pay attention (or forget you instantly).
- What makes a great business name
- Why the name needs to make sense and feel true to what you do
- How to avoid overthinking and still make progress
- Real-world advice for choosing something memorable and meaningful
Don’t let naming your business slow you down—but don’t treat it like an afterthoug...
In this episode, we cover:
- Why clarity beats complexity when choosing your services
- How to narrow down your offers based on what you’re confident and comfortable doing
- Why your service should be the exact answer to one clear problem
- How to position yourself as the obvious solution to your prospect’s #1 question
Whether it’s digital marketing, consulting, content creation, or anything else—you don’t need to be everything to...
. In this episode, we break down how to:
- Choose a niche without overcomplicating the process
- Identify your ideal demographic using real customer data
- Focus on what you’re actually good at (not what’s trending)
- Let your current audience guide your future growth
Whether you’re just starting out or refining your business model, this episode will help you cut through the noise and make smart, grounded decisions. Your niche doesn...
In this episode of Free Ideas, we break down everything you need to know to build a successful agency from the ground up.
- Understand your service—know what you’re truly good at.
- Define your offerings—don’t try to do everything, specialize.
- Focus on solving problems, not just chasing money.
The key to long-term success? Deliver real value and scale smart. When it’s time to grow, use Penji for unlimited, high-quality graphic design...
In this video, I’m pulling back the curtain to show you exactly how projects are posted within Penji and the work that goes into optimizing client websites. This is a raw, behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to build an agency from the ground up. The website? Not perfect. The pricing? Still evolving. The process? Always improving. But waiting for perfection = waiting forever. The real goal is to start getting customers, refine ...
This isn’t just a podcast, a business experiment, or a creative outlet—it’s the beginning of something bigger than just numbers, profits, or views. It’s about exploring ideas without limits, testing what works (and what doesn’t), and sharing the raw, unfiltered process of building something from the ground up.
In this episode, I dive deeper into:
- The lessons learned from growing Penji
- The first steps toward launching new ventu...
For the past 15 years, I’ve dedicated myself to making world-class creative services accessible to small businesses, entrepreneurs, and marketing teams.
Now, on Valentine’s Day, I’m launching my love letter to that very same mission—while also creating a space where I can share my journey, my lessons, and the raw, unfiltered reality of my life. Not just as an entrepreneur, but especially as a new father.
My Purpose for This Channel...
Dan Martell is an award-winning Canadian entrepreneur, at 25, Dan formed his first start-up, Spheric Technologies Inc., and watched it grow by an average of 152% per year before he sold the company 4 years later in mid-2008. As an informal angel investor, he is active in advising entrepreneurs using lean startup methodology and metrics based marketing to gain market adoption.
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Always innovating on his life, Captain Hoff has tried more professions than cats have lives, including serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist, angel investor, studio head, computer engineer, filmmaker, Hollywood TV exec, published author, coder, game designer, manga rewriter, animator and voice actor.
Hoffman was the Founder and Chairman of the Producers Guild Silicon Valley Chapter, Board of Governors of the New Media Council, and...
Learn a new talent, stay relevant, reinvent yourself, and adapt to whatever the workplace throws your way. Ultralearning offers nine principles to master hard skills quickly. This is the essential guide to future-proof your career and maximize your competitive advantage through self-education.
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Website: https://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/ultralearning/
Book: https://www.amazon.com...
DIY is a fantastic way to grow your business if you are on a budget. If you are on a budget or if you just want to save money, enjoy the episode and take out your note pad, pen, and paper.
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Website: DIYMarketers.com
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This is the most selfish episode I’ve launched to date. Do you know how many times you get to speak with the CEO of a $500 million dollar company? Before this conversation, I probably had about 20 questions written out, we only got to about 7 of them. I wish there was more time!
Some of the things we will go over are:
- Preparing for growth
- Customer on-boarding
- The customer experience
- Mission based companies
- Great customer service
Her work and words have been featured in books, magazines, podcasts, webinars, newspaper columns, and events and conferences, and she's given keynote talks and presentations on instincts and human behavior.
Her Signature Program has an unheard of 95.6% success rate, and the average time it takes her clients to see measurable results in areas they've been stuck in for years... is just 10 days.
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Moving to the US as a teenager was a recipe for major change, but also gave Sillie the ability to write her own story; one that would lead her to discovering her passion for Abstract Art and teaching other creatives how to start and grow their own business.
Sillie’s Activate Your Purpose program teaches creative entrepreneurs how to connect with their audience through storytelling, compelling content and how to use their gifts and t...
LeadMD is based on a set of core values that focuses on enabling uncommon talent and a set of marketing principles designed to create catalyst moments within our clients.
Justin is also an angel investor.
Now, if you want to hear a well polished entrepreneur, this is your episode. Everything about Justin is just clean. He’s the type of leader that everyone should aspire to be and he’s done it all without receiving an ounce of funding...
Something I’ve come to appreciate is when a person does their homework. Both literally and figuratively. Grant’s answers are well thought out and have purpose. His goal of helping others is real and I’m excited to hear more about the future of OnlineDegree. The best companies come from founders who see a problem and find a way to fix it.
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/grant-aldri...
Conversion Optimization And Why You Need To Apply It Your Business TODAY! with Raphael Paulin-Daigle
During the interview we talk about the Testing Trifecta. Interesting concept. If you sell online, this is going to be a great episode for you.
For everyone else, you get the luxury of learning from a young founder. He’s won a ton of awards and been doing this since he was 15! Congrats Rapheal and enjoy the episode.
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https://splitbase.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphaelpaulind...
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Penji helps businesses by making graphic design simple, fast, and affordable for all. By delivering unlimited graphic design, Penji’s customers are able to shif...
How To Conquer Cashflow - 24 million Americans - a group larger than the population of Florida - say they want to work for themselves by 2021. For many, the risks associated with such a massive change is the only thing keeping them from making their dream a reality. Matt can shed a light on overcoming these obstacles, as well as provide practical tips to overcome them.
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I’ve known about Chris for years. In fact, one of the early blogs I’ve read was Chris’. Chris’ soothing voice is paired with his expertise and understanding of how business and life works.
I wanted to tackle the idea of being you. Easy in concept, hard in execution. People to people relationships is important and regardless of where you are in the world or where they are in the world, treating people like family is a must.
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