Bill Strand

S2 E10: Building an International Reptile Breeding Business with Justin Kobylka

Justin Kobylka has turned a personal breeding project into an international reptile breeding business. While he may be best known for his Ball Pythons, I wanted to learn about the entrepreneur behind the 20 year old business. In this interview Justins shares his perspective on the reptile community past, present and future. Join us as…

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S2 E9: Secure Your Instagram Account From Being Hacked

Losing your Instagram account to hackers is a horrible way to end an Instagram career. This episode is about securing your account against hacker attacks and what to do if one succeeds. Video Interview Podcast Instagram Account Recovery Example

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S2 E8: Making Educational Short Form Video

Today we talk about how we in the reptile community can work with the recent focus on short-form video across our social media outreach. Podcast Transcript (more or less) Today we talk about how we in the reptile community can work with the recent focus on short-form video across our social media outreach. This is…

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S2 E7: Creating a Virtual Zoo with Emma Lynne Sampson

Emma Lynne Sampson comes on the podcast and talks about her growth from a YouTuber to becoming the creator of a virtual zoo. She shares how she went from struggling to open a Google Docs to completing a membership website and shows that we can accomplish more than what we are today if we commit…

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S2 E6: Building the Tarantula Collective with Richard Stewart

Richard Stewart has built his passion for tarantulas into a content creation career. Utilizing monetization methods, the Tarantula Collective has become his primary source of income. In this interview, Richard joins me on the mic and we go over how he was able to make this happen. If you have thought about becoming a content creator…

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S2 E5: New Feed Options for Instagram

Breaking News episode! Instagram has announced that, in 2022,  we will be getting the choice between seeing three different versions of our home feed. Those are the posts that you see from other accounts on your Instagram app. All, well and good, but what are these new feeds and, more importantly, what do they mean…

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S2E4: Growth on Instagram

In this episode we are going to talk about tools for growth on Instagram. Instagram is a very diverse and complicated platform and it really takes some time to learn all the tools and features. Honestly, looking at all the available social media platforms, I truly believe that Instagram has the best blend of tools…

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S2E3: The Video Evolution of Instagram

Today I talk about how Instagram is evolving to become a video sharing platform. And, more importantly, what that means for us. This is a Thursday episode where I just speak my mind and have an unscripted conversation with you. I call them my meditations because that is all they are. I just tell you what…

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S2E2: The Value of Instagram Followers

Social media followers are the highest visibility measure of success. But it is an empty number in itself. The life blood of your account is the number of engaged followers.  Today I am talking about getting the right followers.  Podcast Transcript (More or Less) 60 Sec Introduction No matter what social media platform you use, the highest…

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S2E1: Optimizing Your Instagram Bio

In season 2 we have the goal to run through setting up a complete digital footprint for a standard business! And to start this off we will establish our digital home base on Instagram. In this kick off episode for season 2, we go over the strategies to set up your Instagram bio to attract…

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