Grow Now Marketing Podcast

Welcome to another great episode of Grow Now Podcast. Today we have an exciting episode lined up for you, and we have PJ joining us to help us talk about a juicy topic.

If you are into social media, by now, you have noticed how TikTok is trending. In today’s episode, we are grateful to have the king of TikTok on the show. He has over 1.2 million followers on the platform and 18.9 likes on TikTok. We’ll be talking about all things TikTok.

Take your seat and listen to this educative and informative episode

Key Talking Points of the Episode:

• Introducing the episode guest
• How did PJ get started with everything?
• What makes Tiktok stand out from the other social media platforms?
• The power of giveaways when it comes to building a following
• What is the future of Tiktok, according to PJ?
• Can we anticipate more social media channels coming up or will Tiktok keep dominating?
• The best game plan and strategy for promoting a brand or product on Tiktok
• What’s the future of esports?
• For anyone eye to become a professional gamer, who should they follow and who should they hang out with?
• How should a new person on TikTok go about creating content?
• A story from PJ for anybody wanting to be a content creator
• Have martial arts helped in shaping PJ into the person he is today?
• The future for PJ aka overflow
• Why is TikTok important?

Key Milestones of the Episode:

[00:29]Introducing the episode guest

[02:02]How did PJ get started with everything?

[05:10] What makes Tiktok stand out from the other social media platforms

[07:11] the power of giveaways when it comes to building a following

[08:41] What is the future of Tiktok according to PJ?

[10:03] Can we anticipate more social media channels coming up or will Tiktok keep dominating?

[11:17] The best game plan and strategy for promoting a brand or product on Tiktok

[17:23] What’s the future of Esports?

[20:00] For anyone's eye to become a professional gamer, who should they follow, and who should they hang out with?

[23:11] How should a new person on TikTok go about creating content?

[25:05] A story from PJ for anybody wanting to be a content creator

[28:43] Has martial arts helped in shaping PJ into the person he is today?

[30:18] What are future plans for PJ

[32:13] Why is Tiktok important?

Magical Quotes from the Episode:

“The secret to getting big on Tiktok is by creating shareable videos all the time.”

“If you want to grow on social media, it is like any other job. You need to show up and do the job.”

“Anybody could do it, but not everybody is willing to.”

“Nothing is ever perfect.”

“If it is not broke, don’t fix it.”

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Joshua Munoz

Derek Hurtado  

Welcome to The Grow Now Podcast. In today’s episode, Josh will talk about how to utilize organic social media in building your brand and grow business.

Josh is a social media blackbelt. He has a mastery of social media and understands every bit of these platforms. He shares helpful information on how brands can utilize organic social media to establish themselves without incurring ad costs.

Take your seat and listen to this educative and informative episode.

Key Talking Points of the Episode:

• Understanding what is organic social media
• How to evaluate your current social media
• Figuring out the move before the winning move with social media
• Steps of developing your brand story
• How to write up your brand story
• The four essential components of social media in brand storytelling
• Importance of collaborating and creating a team effort with the right people on social media
• The difference between timeline post and story post
• Tips for applying when creating a story post
• Two things that can improve your results dramatically while building your brand.
• How to use direct messages (DMs) in building connections on your social media

Key Milestones of the Episode:

[01:41] Understanding what is organic social media

[06:24] How to evaluate your current social media

[15:00] Figuring out the move before the winning move with social media

[22:38] Steps of developing your brand story

[27:44] How to write up your brand story

[30:49] The four essential components of social media in brand storytelling and what to share on them.

[36:47] Importance of collaborating and creating a team effort with the right people on social media

[43:59] The difference between timeline post and story post

[45:46] Tips to apply when creating a story post

[56:56] Two things that can improve your results dramatically while building your brand.

[01:08:03) How to use direct messages (DMs) in building connections on your social media

Magical Quotes from the Episode:

“Every person in business has the opportunity to not only post on social media but also highlight their business and bring in customers organically.”

“People are on social media, curious to not only buy from you but also learn more about you.”

“If you have social media that's tied to a common power phrase or a common emotion, a common feeling, then the brand will radiate that emotion to your audience, and your audience will feel it and connect with your brand.”

“If you want to win, you have to be consistent.”

“You have to be willing to give away your best advice for free to win in this new social media world.”

“We live in a society where we care about the opinions of others because we feel like that is the truth.”

“When you go live, all of your followers and your business page get notified, and this is why it's one of the most powerful ways to get quick recognition.”

“Don’t allow learning to lead to knowledge. Allow learning to lead to action.”

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Joshua Munoz

Derek Hurtado  

Welcome to The Grow Now Podcast. In today’s episode, we have FaZe Sensei joining us. Sensei will is here to talk to us about social media and e-sports.  

Sensei has a massive following on social media and participated in one of the largest YouTube live events ever. He is an animal and beast when it comes to just not only social media but life philosophy and all other things, especially karate. He is a martial artist and trainer best known for his association with the popular gaming team FaZe Clan. He launched FaZe Fitness, a fitness program for FaZe Clan members, in 2015, after working with Thomas Oliveira, AKA FaZe Temperrr.

Are you ready to learn and get inspired? Listen in.

Key Talking Points of the Episode:

• Getting to know our guests and how he became a martial artist.
• How does the Faze clan operate?
• Why have people been investing heavily in e-sports?
• Why did FaZe Sensei move in with the e-sport guys?
• Life in the FaZe house
• FaZe Sensei’s MMA fight and how it impacted him
• FaZe Sensei’s current audience base on different social channels
• How can you get the best out of social media?
• How to connect and get associated with the best people in your industry
• Importance of talent and being the best at what you do
• How does Sensei communicate and grow his fan base?
• What’s the future for e-sports?
• Sensei’s thoughts on Joshua!

Key Milestones of the Episode:

[01:07] Getting to know our guest and how he became a martial artist.

[04:21] How does the Faze clan operate.

[07:06] Why are people investing heavily in e-sports?

[08:34] Why did Sensei Move in with the Faze Clan?

[10:54] Sensei’s MMA fight and how it impacted him.

[12:47] FaZe Sensei’s current audience base on different social channels.

[13:46] How can you reap the best out of social media.

[16:29] How to connect and get associated with the best people in your industry.

[18:29] Importance of talent and being the best at what you do.

[25:41] How does Sensei communicate and grow his fan base?

[31:47] what’s the future for e-sports?

[39:02] Sensei’s thoughts on Joshua!

Magical Quotes from the Episode:

“If you have a craft and you’re really good at something. People want to give you money and want to watch you do that thing. It doesn’t matter what it is. “

“If you develop a fan base and you’re passionate, it can work itself out.”

“Talent is the best thing. When you are good at something, everything is easier.”

“Expression is constantly putting it out there and not being afraid to fail.”

“Always keep it simple.”

“If there is money in it, then everything in it grows.”

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FaZe Sensei

Derek Hurtado

Joshua Munoz

Joshua Munoz and Derek hurtado sit down and chat about the current trends with marketing.  Going digital is now a requirement and we breakdown the what, why and how.