I'd get up at 4am every single day regardless of the weather. Believe me, Chicago is damn cold and I delivered papers for 10 years until 14 years old (when I went into fast food). Rain, sleet, powerful winds, snow, raining ice...it didn't matter. I delivered the papers every day...And every week when I got paid, all the money went to my parents to help support me.
We were 6 kids (all boys) and only my dad worked. My mom ran the house. I think I remember when I was somewhere around 5-7 years old that I heard that my dad only made $75 a week. I didn't know what that was like. I knew he needed more and hoped my few dollars a week helped...I know that when my dad retired he was making somewhere over $100 a week. The highest figure I heard was like $110 or so, but I don't know the final.
My dad took a bus to work every day, getting up at 6am himself...and he would walk the final 2-3 miles instead of paying 5 cents for a bus transfer...I could never understand that...It made no sense...Only after my dad passed away, did it ever occur to me that he paid for my oldest brother to live in the hospital for 7 years as a result of a horrible bus accident where he was run over...He said he had over 100 operations to save his leg...I can't imagine the anguish he went through, and I can't imagine how my dad paid for him back then as we had no insurance...Life was different then...So I am very glad that my few dollars a week helped somewhat...I am glad I did my part.
I had my own lead generation and marketing business since 2007. In Fall 2015 I tried my hand at this strange word "podcasting" which I heard here and there. I studied everything I could find out about it and launched Revenue Chat Radio. I focused on interviewing successful entrepreneurs who gave their insight and best advice to the audience. In the first year I hit 500,000 downloads!
In June 2016 I was invited to start a 2nd show with VoiceAmerica. I launched The Spotlight with Tony Durso on their Influencers Channel...I became their number one show in 4-5 months! By Fall 2017 I hit 2 million downloads total on both shows!
Now, with 2 great talk shows, I'm doing what anyone would expect as the next step: I'm combining both shows into The Tony DUrso Show and continue to broadcast on the VoiceAmerica Platform.
By my 3rd year in podcasting/radio, I hit 3 million downloads. Woo hoo...And I'm working on my TV show, which has two successful shows so far, and more to come.
Availability to discuss, train and mentor on: leadership, management, lead generation, The Vision Map™, podcast/radio, sales and book writing.
- Group Consulting or Speaking - Half day $3,000. Full day $5,000.
- 1:1 Consulting - $3,000 month.
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- Want to get on a Ton of Quality Podcasts? - I can book you on a number of good podcasts so that you can promote yourself, along with your products and services.
