As we wind down for the holidays I thought I'd try to avoid some Netflix and ice cream and try to share something with you (carb-free!).   If I think back over the year, here is the idea that strikes me the most:   in 2018 I figured out our biggest...

This new season of the Chancebending podcast is going so well! Chancebending has taken off. We've done record numbers the last two weeks.  And it's been interesting--- I wanted to walk you through some of the challenges everybody goes through when getting a podcast...

I love functional beauty. The iPod click wheel is a thing of beauty. Apple got so many things right in the early 2000s, and the click wheel was arguably the biggest of all. Chaim Gartenberg recently wrote: "The click wheel was the pinnacle of iPod design....my...

Because you probably don't have enough content in your life, I'm asking my fellow friends, entrepreneurs, and entertainers one really good question, and I'll share with you the answer I get here. While I can't make any promises, I'll try to get the smartest, hippest,...

I saw the other day that Facebook is quietly developing 'soft robotics' - flexible robots that move and act like living organisms. It struck me that flexible robots that act like living organisms is fairly far away from Facebook's stated mission: Facebook's mission is...

I inhale content. I get through more content in a day then most people do in a month. But I'm meticulous about who I allow to be my content filter. I’m constantly refining my sources, and I do not hesitate to drop sources quickly. My strategy: I use Feedly to do a...

I'm obsessed with Ninja. That's right, Ninja is the guy making $6m a year playing video games. In 2018, Ninja is more widely mentioned than nearly any other "athlete" on the planet. In April of this year he had more social interactions than Ronaldo, LeBron, and Shaq....

Crazy busy week around here at Chancebending. We're in the middle of on-boarding some new clients (boom!). We've also been building our own video brand strategy, and working out the details. I have no idea if we're on the right track, but I keep thinking about these...

Amazon is juicing the ball now! Last night around 3am I couldn't sleep, so I naturally looked at my Linkedin feed in the dark (isn't that what you do too?) I happy saw this post: When playing around with emerging trends, it pays to track the smartest people in the...

I'm not one of those crazy Elon Musk fan boys. Sure I "like" Elon, but I'm not some kind of Elon fan zombie. But I do think it's worth following him. Mostly because being a "real entrepreneur" involves having giant nerves of steel. And Elon has gigantic nerves of...

We interviewed the guy feeding 300 pro athletes and celebrities a year yesterday for our podcast. His big business secret? He said: just answer the phone. When the phone rings, take it. Talk to people. Give them a face. Keep giving them a face. Bending chance can be...

Do you realize a shocking 52% of people still listen to podcasts through iTunes? Yuck. As a podcaster and a podcast junkie, I’m always shocked by how many people use Apple Podcasts to listen to podcasts. I suppose it’s the way most people get started, and then build...

      Hello everybody!! I wanted to write as so many good things have been going on over the last few weeks.  As you may have noticed Voice Entrepreneur is now called "Chancebending"! Based on all of your incredible feedback, I wanted to broaden the...

Is Voice really happening or not? 5 reasons yes and 5 reasons no.   I got an email from a listener named Shelby the other day. Shelby asked: "Ben, is voice really happening as fast we all expect?" Well, Shelby. GREAT question. Let's discuss.   Please hit the...

Voice technology for real estate | Interview with the AgentMarketer.com   KILLER interview I did for Chelsea Peitz and Jason Frazier of The Agent Marketer on how voice technology is changing the real estate game. Real Estate & Mortgage professionals have an...

Your voice skills won’t market themselves (but here are 5 ways you can!)   I've noticed that people making new voice skills are relying on Amazon and Google to magically deliver audience and users. It's NOT working. Not even a little bit. Voice skills won't...

The Sonos IPO means the smart speaker war is ON   The battle royale with smart speakers has just BEGUN. These big tech companies see the next ten years and they see how important voice technology and voice enabled hardware is to winning the game. To be clear this...

Set this goal for the next 6 months   Ok now that we have the 4th of July out of the way, I wanted to bring up that we’re halfway through the year. Just like you I can’t believe how quickly everything seems to be moving. It’s a great time to check back in on the...

Are you a real entrepreneur? Here is one simple test to find out.    I got a question last night over Instagram:   Q: How do I know if I'm a real entrepreneur? (from Jared H, Ohio)   A: I think this is a great question because in this day and age it’s...

The small hack I use to win deals away from my competitors   For over 10 years now I’ve been winning deals away from my competitors with the simplest trick ever. I'm bringing this up because we just wrestled away a pretty giant deal away from our #1 competitor...