INTENT Podcast 004: Ben Poggemiller

May 15, 2020May 14, 2020

When Ben was younger he always had a creative side to him. He also always thought of ways to make money from this creative side of his. In elementary school, he drew comics books with the idea of selling them to friends. This mindset carried over into high school where he and his locker partner sold food, drinks and candy out of their locker. They happen to be business partners today in his local brick and mortar business. Ben later went on to work for a family that owned 5 branches of the Tim Hortons Canadian restaurant chain.

He handled the equipment maintenance for the chains.

He soon realised this wasn’t his dream knowing he always wanted to get involved in education and be an academic. After deciding NOT to pursue a PhD, he chose to do something that will utilise all the skills he had picked up from university.

Today, we find out what got Ben into Facebook ads, How he went from an employee to decide I’m going to start a local business.

“Just doing one thing every day that’ll grow each business is very important” – Ben Poggemiller

Some topics that were discussed include:

What made him become an entrepreneur
What got him into Facebook ads
How long it took him to get his first client
How he decided to become a businessman
Going from being your own boss into being in a partnership
Difficulty in finding people to do jobs in a small town
Dealing with customer demands and prospect demands as the owner
Still running ads for clients
How he managed running ads for clients and his own business
Sales calls
Skills built over the course of his career
How to manage not having control
Shifting focus on the businesses he owns
Marketing growth plan for both businesses
Advice to people wanting to be an entrepreneur

References & links mentioned:

www.intentpodcast.com

Contact Ben:

Ben Poggemiller
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INTENT Podcast 002: Damien Fogg

Damian used to be into finance and financial advising, trading and property. He managed to retire at a reasonably early stage. Damian has an obsession with property as his career started over a decade ago when he decided to go full time into the property after working as a financial advisor (CeFA) at the time.

With his combination of perfectionism and love of qualifications, he went back to university to obtain a Masters Degree (MSc) in Commercial Building Surveying which led to him becoming a chartered building surveyor (MRICS). He’s currently focused his mission to helping other people gain more time and reduce their stress by managing their finances and investing for their long-term future.

Today, we cover his move from the financial sector to property, a comparison between his day to day life, then and now. We also cover what work entails under the freedom setting working for himself has provided and how he helps others.

“It’s better to make the wrong decision than no decision” – Damien Fogg