No Sleep Startup is a podcast made for creatives. We give tips and insight on the world of business, entrepreneurship, and overall practices in the creative world. Hosted by Dominick Montgomery, this podcast is perfect for entrepreneurs, solopreneurs, those looking to leave their current jobs and start something new, and those who have just started an agency. This podcast provides no fluff and all of the advice given and stories told are from experience only. The hope is that you can take aw ...
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Episode 48 - Everything Changes
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In Episode 48, Dominick Montgomery does over ways your industry can change over the years and some tips on how to stay up to date with what's happening. Don't let innovation scare you. Basically become Will Smith from iRobot.Door Dominick Montgomery
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Episode 47 - Damage Control
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In Episode 47, Dominick Montgomery goes over some specific cases where he has had to do some damage control. Communication is key when it comes to righting a wrong.Door Dominick Montgomery
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Episode 46 - Spotting An Amateur
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In episode 46, Dominick Montgomery goes over things he has seen people do and say that lets him know they are in the amateur phase of their business. Also, if you're making a video to promote your barbershop, don't do it in a bathroom.Door Dominick Montgomery
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Episode 45 - Having The Right Conversation
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In Episode 45, Dominick Montgomery goes over some of the techniques he uses to have to right conversations with new potential clients. Most times, sliding them a booklet of packages isn't enough. Sometimes you have to show your work.Door Dominick Montgomery
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Episode 44 - 3 Week Usain
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In Episode 44, Dominick Montgomery shares the plan behind his 3 Week Sprint to rebrand his personal brand. He covers the reasons why, the goals, and the tools he plans to use to make this happen.https://www.nss.themontgomerygroup.us/https://www.themontgomerygroup.us/https://www.audiencerent.com/Door Dominick Montgomery
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Episode 43 - Selling Is Hard
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In Episode 42, Dominick Montgomery goes over hurdles you might face when selling your product or service. Experience with people plays a large role when selling, and most of the time, selling yourself is most important. https://www.nss.themontgomerygroup.us/https://themontgomerygroup.us/https://audiencerent.com/…
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Episode 42 - Time To Leave
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In Episode 42, Dominick Montgomery points out some signs you should look for that tell you it may be time to leave the job you're in and either find a new job or start your own business. If your CEO isn't CEOing you should be GOing....I can't believe I just typed that.Door Dominick Montgomery
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Episode 41 - We Gotta Help
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In Episode 41, Dominick Montgomery discusses people who need our help in the creative community. From booking speaking engagements to just giving advice online, there are ways to help people in need of direction.Door Dominick Montgomery
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Episode 40 - Power In No
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In Episode 40, Dominick Montgomery talks about the power of saying NO in business and shares three experiences where he had to nope the heck out of some shady situations. https://www.nss.themontgomerygroup.usDoor Dominick Montgomery
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In Episode 39, Dominick Montgomery talks about the important of focus and how you as an entrepreneur can frame your days to help maintain clear focus. He also covers ways to make sure your work and life balance together as one.Door Dominick Montgomery
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Episode 38 - Building Your Crew
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In Episode 38, Dominick Montgomery chats about the importance of building or involving yourself with a solid team, how to gain insight into pricing, and how to position yourself to make room for bigger contracts. You can always hit Dominick up on Twitter: @dominick_tmgORat https://www.themontgomerygroup.us…
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Episode 37 - There's No Secret
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In Episode 37, Dominick Montgomery goes over pitfalls people may encounter when trying to find the secret to success. Can you find it in courses, lunch meetings with CEOs, or from networking groups? Listen to find out!https://www.nss.themontgomerygroup.usDoor Dominick Montgomery
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Episode 36 - Legitimizing Your Business
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In Episode 36, Dominick Montgomery goes over some much needed steps to take to legitimize your business. He also discusses how quickly your business cards end up 4 miles from where you left it. Our website: www.nss.themontgomerygroup.us/Door Dominick Montgomery
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Episode 35 - Good Offline Reviews
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In Episode 35, Dominick Montgomery discusses Finland, failed pitch meetings, and the importance of making sure you have good offline reviews.Our website: www.nss.themontgomerygroup.us/Door Dominick Montgomery
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Episode 34 - I Started A Business
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This is episode 34 and it's been a minute! Catch up with Dominick Montgomery as he walks you through the reasoning behind starting a new business while still maintaining his digital agency.Our website: www.nss.themontgomerygroup.us/Door Dominick Montgomery
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Episode 33 - Don't Believe The Hype
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In Episode 33, Dominick Montgomery shares how to not get goofed by self-proclaimed "successful" entrepreneurs.Our website: www.nss.themontgomerygroup.us/Door Dominick Montgomery
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Episode 32 - Forward Thinking
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In Episode 32, Dominick stresses the importance of being forward thinking in your career. Becoming complacent leaves you stuck, and becoming stuck will kill everything you've worked for. Our website: https://www.nss.themontgomerygroup.us/Door Dominick Montgomery
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Episode 31 - Know-It-Alls
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In Episode 31, Dominick talks about people who go to conventions, airs some frustrations, and talks about those know-it-alls that none of us can stand. Visit our site: https://nss.themontgomerygroup.usDoor Dominick Montgomery
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Episode 30 - Negotiating
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In Episode 30, Dominick covers when and when not to negotiate your pricing. Also covered; when and how to price out your services, how to not anchor yourself to a low price, and simply how bad Panera Bread's food tastes.Door Dominick Montgomery
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Episode 29 - Securing A Long-Term Contract
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In Episode 29, Dominick covers some strategic methods of securing a long-term contract from your clients. If you're a month-to-month kind of entrepreneur/agency, this is the episode for you!Website: https://www.nss.themontgomerygroup.us/Door Dominick Montgomery
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Episode 28 - Outsmarting Competitors
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*WARNING* This Episode gets pretty technical. In Episode 28, Dominick covers 3 avenues that you can use to get the advantage over your competitors online and effectively outsmart them. Because let's face it, most competitors suck and they don't deserve to li...to get the business that should be yours.…
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Episode 27 - Holding On Too Long
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In Episode 27, Dominick covers what it feels like and how to overcome Holding On Too Long. Whether holding onto an idea, or simply holding on the feeling secure within your position at work. What does it take to break free and let go? Also, we have an important announcement for The No Sleep Startup community! Listen until the end!…
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Episode 26 - I'm A Business, Man
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The No Sleep Startup Podcast is BACK!! Video podcast released a day after the audio podcast every week! In this episode, Dominick covers where he's been, and why he still has a problem with people misunderstanding what the term "business" really is. Check, check, check it out.Door Dominick Montgomery
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Episode 25 - Scratch My Back
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In Episode 25, Dominick discusses the seemingly harmless, potentially productive relationships of those who want to "scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours". If you don't know why this statement is a red flag you need to listen to this episode.Door Dominick Montgomery
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Episode 24 - Get A Budget
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In Episode 24, Dominick apologizes for missing a week then slams you in the head with some advice on pricing out your services and not under valuing yourself. Enjoy!@dominick_tmgDoor Dominick Montgomery
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Episode 23 - There's More To It
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In Episode 23, Dominick delves into the challenges that arise when dealing with a client's expectancies vs. the reality of the job they hired you for. This bleeds into areas such as ecommerce, design, PPC, and so on. Hope you enjoy!Twitter: @dominick_tmgDoor Dominick Montgomery
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Episode 22 - The Age Shift
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In episode 22, Dominick discusses the lightbulb moment that occurs when you realize your expertise has surpassed your low pricing. And your value is something you can build a business on. Tune in every Wednesday for a new No Sleep Startup Podcast episode!Door Dominick Montgomery
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Episode 21 - What Makes You So Special?
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In episode 21, Dominick asks the question "What Makes You Special?" to you and to our clients. This episode includes a special announcement, some killer tips, and some soul-searching type insight. Enjoy! Rate and review!Door Dominick Montgomery
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Episode 20 - Q&A From The r/entrepreneur Subreddit
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We made it to Episode 20! In this episode, Dominick gets help from the lovely Liz and answers questions from the entrepreneur subreddit. We cover a lot here: content creation, email marketing, face cream, and dating tips. Enjoy!Door Dominick Montgomery
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In Episode 19, Dominick drops some jewels on how to defeat brokeness both mentally and practically. Should you be an entrepreneur or should you work at Chic-Fil-A? Listen to this episode to find out.Door Dominick Montgomery
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Episode 18 - Making A Profit
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Happy 4th of July! In this episode, Dominick attempts to explain the meaning of profit to creatives and entrepreneurs. Sometimes profit is more than just dollar figures.Door Dominick Montgomery
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Episode 17 - Stop Talking About Yourself
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In this episode, Dominick talks about the value of being a creative and being yourself opposed to just being a guy in a suit who only talks about what he's done.Door Dominick Montgomery
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Episode 16 - Oh Crap, It Worked
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And we're back! In this episode, Dominick talks about preparing for success as well as over-preparing for success. Confused? Give it a listen and you'll see what he means.Door Dominick Montgomery
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In Episode 15, Dominick discusses some of the fears we all face as entrepreneurs. In a world where everybody acts like everything is all good, sometimes you have to talk about the uncomfortable things.Door Dominick Montgomery
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Episode 14 - Distractions
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In today's episode Dominick discusses the many distractions we face as entrepreneurs and how to determine which are good and which can be detrimental to your business. Enjoy!Door Dominick Montgomery
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Episode 13 - The Angry Client
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In this episode, Dominick navigates the various ways of dealing with an angry client. First step...don't make clients mad. Second...don't deal with angry clients in an emotional way. And so on and so forth. Enjoy!Door Dominick Montgomery
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Episode 12 - A Marketing Mindset
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In Episode 12, Dominick discusses the need to have a marketing mindset when you're just starting your new business. There are great tips and insights in this episode for all new entrepreneurs.Door Dominick Montgomery
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Episode 11 - Your Proposal
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In this episode Dominick compares Pacino to Proposals. Are your proposals hurting or helping you? This episode breaks down the process.Door Dominick Montgomery
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Episode 10 - Anxiety & Depression
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We made it to Episode 10!!! In this episode, Dominick gets real and talks about stress, anxiety, & depression. The 10th episode is real and raw. Hope you enjoy!Door Dominick Montgomery
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Episode 9 - Your Next Deal
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In this episode, Dominick discusses why it's necessary to be great at sales even if you don't want to.Door Dominick Montgomery
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In this episode, Dominick begs the question, "Why grow?". Are you growing your business just to grow it, or are you growing it because you have to?Door Dominick Montgomery
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Episode 7 - You're Not Don Draper
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In Episode freakin' Seven, Dominick lets you know why Don Draper is not the man to look up to. Also, why we should stop pitching to clients.Door Dominick Montgomery
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Episode 6 - But Everyone Else Does It
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In episode 6, Dominick asks the question, "Why are we not doing what people aren't doing?". Great golden nuggets in this one!Door Dominick Montgomery
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Episode 5 - Being Unreliable
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In today's episode, Dominick talks about being unreliable. How to get past your own unreliability and how to teach your clients how to be reliable for you.Door Dominick Montgomery
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Episode 4 - The Hard Truth
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In this episode, Dominick hits you with "The Hard Truth". (It's not really that hard of a truth.) From Daniel Day Lewis to the art of stalking, Episode 4 has it all.Door Dominick Montgomery
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Episode 3 - Personal Branding The Right Way
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In this episode, Dominick covers some DOs and DON'Ts when it comes to personal branding. From your logo to your approach to a target demographic, there are simple ways to make sure your brand gets in front of the right people.Door Dominick Montgomery
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Episode 2 - Valuing Your Time
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In this episode, Dominick discusses Time as a concept as it pertains to a creative's work day. Time is valuable af guys.Door Dominick Montgomery
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Episode 1 - Just Ship It
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In the first episode of No Sleep Startup, Dominick Montgomery discusses the thought behind "just ship it" and explains the theory behind No Sleep Startup.Door Dominick Montgomery
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