Naresh Vissa is the Founder & CEO of Krish Media & Marketing – a full service e-commerce, technology, development, online, and digital media and marketing agency and solutions provider. He has worked with CNN Radio, Clear Channel Communications, J.P. Morgan Chase, EverBank, The Institute for Energy Research, Houston Rockets, Houston Astros, the American Junior Golf Association, Agora Financial, Agora Publishing, Stansberry Research, and TradeStops. He is the #1 bestselling author of FIFTY SHADES OF MARKETING.
What do you think the future of freelancing and small business is under this economy?
A college graduate they need to really be paying attention to this because the idea of having a job is it’s really kind of an older generational idea. And so they should not be thinking, Okay, how do I get a corporate job? How do I get a job? Because those jobs are starting to disappear in the freelance job. It’s all about value, or it’s all about value creation and skills. Skills are today’s currency in the workplace. So it’s about building up your skill set so that you can then promote your skills and utilize your skills to help a company’s bottom line.
What are examples of these skills?
Well, it can be anything it could be speaking, it could be the old school soft, soft skills. But I think the most important skills are the technology skills. And by technology skills, I mean, the ability to use a computer, a cell phone, a tablet, proficiently and efficiently, knowing how to use all the different applications and software and technologies within these technologies.
You’re also very into podcasting, so what drew you into podcasting? And do you have any tips to that novice podcastor?
The point of podcasting is building up a listenership and making money. Helping grow your business or selling your product, that’s really the point. There are three revenue drivers. The first revenue driver is advertising which is not the primary revenue driver. The second revenue driver, which is the most important revenue driver, is using the podcast as a lead generator or a loss leader. And then the third revenue drivers premium content. So that’s like a paid subscription type of podcasts.