#90: Live Your Best Life with Zach Benson

JAYSON WALLER UNLEASHED

Jayson Waller

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🗓️ 9 September 2021

⏱️ 20 minutes

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In today’s episode of the True Underdog Podcast, Jayson Waller is joined by Founder and CEO of Assistagram, Zach Benson - A network of 220 million Instagram followers to drive brand awareness, leads, and sales! You’ll hear about his come-up story of being adopted and moving to the States from Korea when he was only 4 months old for greener pastures onto his journey of becoming an Entrepreneur, Social Media Guru, Dancer, and Traveller Influencer! Highlights: Adopted at an early age for a better life and life in Iowa Growing up and being a misfit Diagnosed with ADHD and speech impediment Being a successful dancer - “Teaching is my Passion” A life-changing injury that prevented him from dancing Finding and re-discovering his roots How he built up a successful business in social media Assistagram’s focus on guerilla marketing tactics and strategies to help the biggest brands monetize their products and services Setbacks and persevering through the hardships Being content and living with less - Life-changing social experiences Work Ethic - grinding without complaining by putting your mind into it to make it happen Legacy Mission, and much more! “Fail Forward….. Anything is Possible” - Zach Benson Sponsored‌ ‌by‌ ‌-‌ Sizz: FLOW Siiz’s new product Flow is a breakthrough new mouth spray made with a proprietary blend of All-Natural ingredients Made Specifically for Entrepreneurs. w: siiz.life/trueunderdog Social‌ ‌Media:‌ Follow‌ ‌True‌ ‌Underdog‌ ‌on‌ ‌IG:‌ ‌‌ https://www.instagram.com/true_underdog ‌ Follow‌ ‌Jayson‌ ‌on‌ ‌Linkedin:‌‌ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayson-waller-/ ‌ Follow‌ ‌Jayson‌ ‌on‌ ‌Instagram:‌ ‌‌ https://www.instagram.com/jaysonwallerbam/ ‌ Follow‌ ‌Jayson‌ ‌on‌ ‌Twitter:‌ ‌‌ https://twitter.com/JaysonWaller ‌ ‌ Follow‌ ‌Jayson‌ ‌on‌ ‌Clubhouse:‌ ‌ @Jaysonwaller‌ ‌ ‌ Follow‌ ‌Jayson‌ ‌on‌ ‌Facebook:‌ ‌‌ https://www.facebook.com/JaysonWallerBAM ‌ Check‌ ‌out‌ ‌The‌ ‌True‌ ‌Underdog‌ ‌website:‌ ‌‌ https://trueunderdog.com/‌ ‌ https://www.jaysonwaller.com/ ‌ Reach‌ ‌out‌ ‌to‌ ‌Jayson‌ ‌directly‌ :‌ ‌[email protected]‌ ‌ ‌ Timestamps:‌ ‌ 00:00:28 ‌-‌ ‌Introduction‌ ‌to Zach Benson 00:01:21 ‌-‌ ‌Younger Years / Being Adopted 00:02:30 ‌-‌ ‌Being Bullied as a Youngster 00:03:26 ‌-‌ ‌Turning bad grades in 6-figures 00:04:49 ‌-‌ ‌Meeting Birth Mother ‌back in Korea 00:08:00 ‌-‌ ‌Moving to LA to pursue a career in Dancing ‌ ‌ 00:09:55 ‌-‌ ‌SIZZ COMMERCIAL 00:10:58 ‌-‌ ‌Career Cut Short / Side Hustle 00:12:07 ‌-‌ ‌Brand Building on Instagram 00:13:01 ‌-‌ ‌Brand Portfolio / Working with Entrepreneurs and Tourism Boards ‌ 00:14:18 ‌-‌ ‌Assistagram Empire and Services 00:15:59 ‌-‌ ‌'Being Real’ Philosophy 00:17:10 ‌-‌ ‌The Future 00:18:18 ‌-‌ ‌Legacy / Final Words 00:19:30 ‌-‌ ‌Stay Connected…... ‌ Guest Social Handles / Links In The Episode: Website: www.zachbenson.life/ Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/zach-benson-368483119/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/zachvacay Twitter: www.twitter.com/zachtbenson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zachtbenson/ LOVE YOUR HATERS! BAM! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Jason Waller here, true underdog podcast and YouTube channel, listen, make sure you subscribe
0:06.1	today.
0:07.1	You can go to iHeartRadio, Spotify, Apple Podcast.
0:10.5	You can go to our YouTube channel, true underdog, or you can visit trueunderdog.com and subscribe
0:15.4	to all of it.
0:16.4	Jason Waller here, true underdog podcast, underdogs, I have got an amazing show for you today.
0:36.3	This gentleman here with us is an entrepreneur.
0:39.0	He's a social media strategist.
0:41.2	He is a media and travel influencer and he's a dance instructor.
0:45.6	He once appeared on season 10 of foxes.
0:48.8	So you think you can dance.
0:50.2	Now I know I can't dance, but he was on there so you think you can dance.
0:53.7	And he is the founder and CEO of assistagram, my man, Zach Benson, how you doing, man?
0:59.4	Oh, Jason, good to be here.
1:01.8	Thanks for having me.
1:03.2	Hopefully the intro was good.
1:04.6	I come in, bam, bring in energy every time I get on the show.
1:08.0	Yeah, yeah, yeah, perfect.
1:09.5	It's 5 a.m. here in Korea, but yeah, I'm ready to go.
1:13.4	Well, I'm glad that you're up and we can make this happen.
1:15.7	So welcome to the show.
1:16.7	Excited to get into your story and how you became, you know, you found one of the largest
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