96: Elevate Your Communication Skills To Grow Your Business
Elevate your communication skills to grow your business from this 2-in-1 episode with the founder MasterTalk, Brenden Kumarasamy.
Elevate your communication skills with this 2-in-1 episode!
Today we’re joined by Brenden Kumarasamy founder of MasterTalk, a coaching business he started to help executives and business owners become top communicators in their industries.
How is it 2-in-1?
Not only does Brenden provide insights, tips, and exercises on how to elevate your communication skills, but since MasterTalk started as a side hustle, he also shares how you can leverage these skills to grow your business as he has done.
Brenden has a combined social media following of over 150,000, and in 2024 received a LinkedIn Top Voice badge which is awarded by invitation only to senior-level experts and leaders.
He shares,
- specific exercises you can start doing today to level up your communication skills,
- tips to improve both your in-person and online presentations,
- strategies he’s used to grow his business, and
- the one technique he attributes to jump starting his career.
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What You’ll Hear:
02:36 part of Brenden’s strategy was to live with mom
03:48 tell everyone about your product or service - not just to your assumed niche
04:48 interview your first group of paid customers to clarify your niche
10:13 what’s a top 1% communicator, and how to become one in your industry
11:11 the benefits of the random word exercise
11:46 check out Toastmasters to practice your communication skills
13:30 three differences between online and in-person presenting
15:30 standing up vs sitting during your online presentation
16:38 don’t be a constant “pacer”
17:30 focus on improving these most important things - eye contact, smiling, story telling, and flow of content
18:28 practice the “question drill” to improve sales
20:28 Brenden’s perspective on why many people fear public speaking
28:50 he’s a believer in having max two main revenue streams and get really good at working those
30:45 future plans are to 10x his coaching business
33:22 LinkedIn is the platform where he has made the most money
36:44 what we should be starting today to improve our communication skills
37:48 video messages and the “stupid birthday hat”
38:39 it’s so easy to be extraordinary
39:50 Brenden’s best tip to start and grow your side hustle
Wrap-Up
41:32 don’t just listen to this as information
42:22 what pushed Joan to get involved in Toastmasters
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