About Me

Who am I?

Twenty-year old who ran into the new media world quite accidentally. When I first heard about this world and had it explained to me, it piqued my interest immediately. Oddly enough, the person who spoke on it only knew a little bit and was by no means an expert in it. The way he talked about it coupled with his own excitement told me that this would be something BIG. That was March of 2006. Fast forward to today. That is the world I live in now. Gen Y Entrepreneur passionate about this whole world, social media included, and if you want to hear the passion and excitement in my voice when I talk about it, just mention about the fact that Old Media is dying.

If I could explain myself and my interests in one sentence paragraph(?), it would be this:

I am a person with a clearly diverse set of interests but when it comes down to the nuts and bolts, I am a Christ-focused individual passionate about entrepreneurship, new media/social media, politics, technology,  arts, and nature.

An entrepreneurial spirit dwells within my DNA as I am always uncovering new ideas and bringing them to fruition. I am also a great fan of politics, which I make evident through the numerous debates and speeches I have written and the books that I have read. Technology and New Media also hold a special place in my heart as I am an avid fan, specifically of podcasting. You might even come across my name in Facebook and Twitter as I believe in the power that social media contains and the relationships that can be built because of it. Serious stuff doesn’t make up all my interests though. I am an avid bookworm, a dragon fanatic, a lover of the arts, and owner of a Brittany Spaniel. I also love nature, and spend more time outdoors than anything else. Activities involving the outdoors always excite me especially when it has anything to do with my favorite sport, Ultimate Frisbee!

Disclosure Policy

Note for FTC Regulations: I’ve had this policy up since I started this blog in April of 2006. It hasn’t changed. *hint*

I may talk about my website or other websites/services/products that help pay my bills.
Often, I am the provider (and/or business owner) of the products and/or services I recommend.
Occasionally, I am compensated by the aforementioned products and services.
*If I am, I will let you know whether I am an affiliate or if its my own product.
If this offends you, no problems, this site is not for you.
I will only recommend products I use and or believe in.

About this Blog/Podcast

I started this Blog in April 2006 after attending the Effective Communications Conference in March of that same year. The Effective Communications Conference basically taught me how to communicate effectively, as well as the many mediums in which to do so. A speaker by the name of Ken Pierpont talked about blogging and podcasting during the last speech, and it got me thinking. I decided to go with my name and blog about the things in my life, rather than be anonymous. I bought the domain name and hosting and launched it on my spiritual birthday. Here is the first post and movie I ever posted on my blog.

I was fine in my little world of blogging, looking at Yaro Starak’s tips as well as getting a larger understanding of the new media revolution, when something happened. I ran across my first podcast by Dave Jackson, The School of Podcasting Morning Announcements. I very quickly started broadening the podcasts I listened to through my own research and Dave’s tips. Soon after, I was hooking up with some of the big names in podcasting, Paul Colligan, Gary Leland, Leesa Barnes, Rob Walch, Jason Van Orden, Penny Hayes, Todd Cochrane, Tim and Emile Bourquin, and others (If I forgot you in this list, let me know). I started consuming their shows and decided I would start my own.

I had it planned on August 1 that the first episode would go out, but a couple issues made me push it forward a week. I thought long and hard what I would talk about, what it would be called and such and happened to run across this article talking about Donald Trump having a podcast where he had a business tip, commented on a real life event, and upcoming plans. I decided to follow in like form. I loved all three topics dearly, so I decided to use all three of them, Finances, Business, and Technology. I also coined the phrase “3-in-1 podcast” in the process. On August 8, 2006, I fired up my headset mic and recorded my first episode. I already knew from listening to the experts all the behind the scenes work on recording, producing, and promoting your podcast. I followed the advice that was given and started the manual task of making sure my podcast was in every blog/podcast directory available. It took me roughly 6 months to get it all said and done, and by that time I had a pretty good handle on my podcast. Thats when the Fun began…

I had been posting on the RichDad.com Forums alot, and just so happened to run across someone looking for help teaching a JA class to some kids at their school in Arizona. I responded by giving him some tips as well as wanting to know how things went afterwards. Things went very well, but little did I know behind the scenes that he talked with the JA chapter down there about my podcast that he happened to listen to. That resulted in them contacting the JA chapter here where I live, which in turn resulted in a phone call and an interview for their JA Newsletter. Thats when my name started moving around….

Soon thereafter, Leesa Barnes contacted me directly. She had been referred to my site, read the content, and liked what she saw. She wanted to interview me for the book she was writing, “Podcasting for Profit”. I gladly accepted. During that time period, I also started connecting with more people prominent in the Internet Realm. I ran across Jeff Mills site, interviewed him for my podcast, and became good friends with him. I also started forming relationships with fellow bloggers such as Comedy4Cast, Barely Podcasting, Today in Podcasting, Startup BizCast, SmallBizPod, Managing the Gray, The WordPress Podcast, etc.

I started accepting sponsorships of my podcast in December 2006 with E-Web Computers sponsoring the first one. After that followed GoDaddy, as well as GoToMyPC.

2008 shows that I have been involved in some dramatic changes in my life. I celebrated my two year anniversary of this podcast/blog. Shortly thereafter I headed to Las Vegas for the New Media Expo. I had an absolute blast! The people I met and the things I saw really impressed me, Gary Vaynerchuk in particular. If only I had recorded all the conversations and people I talked to, I had such a good time there. It’s too good for words to explain it all, you HAVE to be there to see it. While I was there, I finally met Paul Colligan, Leesa Barnes, Geoff Smith, Barely, and many others face to face for the first time.

What am I up to now? Well, this blog mirrors my own life as made evident by the layout and the posts. I am in the process of attaining a Bachelors Degree in Communications and Marketing at Verity Institute, which I will obtain in two years rather than four. I am also in the process of making this blog and my entire online presence into a full online business.

I’m living what I love to do,
loving what I have,
and crushing it to the utmost.

This is My Passion.

Welcome to my world.