Hi there, I’m Yann!

After getting my Master’s Degree in social sciences with a major in Media & Global Communication from the University of Helsinki (I did and obtained my Bachelor Degree of Science in Communications from Lugano’s USI – Università della Svizzera Italiana), and having worked as a journalist, I decided to take the leap and started my own online business.

I’m all about taking action and wanted to live life on my own terms, and that’s what led me to the decision to become a business owner and embrace the entrepreneurial space.

In my work (my company, 360 Entrepreneur, is part of Suomen Yrittäjät – the Federation Finnish Enterprises), I focus on helping coaches, consultants, entrepreneurs, business owners, authors, speakers, and independent podcasters get more exposure, generate leads and drive prospects into their pipeline with organic lead generation, podcasting, and podcast guesting.

Whether it’s planning and launching a lead generation campaign, helping a client record and publish a podcast in their niche, focusing on the podcast marketing side of things, implementing automated systems into your workflow or leveraging podcast guest interviews as an actual asset for your business, I always bring my A game and go out of my way to provide my clients and students with value and practical, no-nonsense advice.

Podcasting, something I’ve been doing since 2014 (with 400+ episodes published – including interviews with New York Times bestselling authors, Grammy Award-winning artists, academics, and top entrepreneurs) through a series of podcasts.

Additionally, I’ve been behind the mic also with the BEPSII Podcast, the official podcast of the BEPSII scientific network, Haaga-Helia Porvoo Stories, the official podcast of the Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences Porvoo Campus (Finland) and the interview series Communication Rights in the Digital Age (of the conference by Helsinki Media Policy Research Group, the University of Helsinki, the ECREA Communication Law and Policy Section and the Euromedia Research Group).

Furthermore, I’ve helped create and have served as the host of the interview series for the GMMP (Global Media Monitoring Project), the one for the Media Platformisation and Small Nations conference (by the University of Helsinki and Tampere University), and the Epistemic Rights Podcast (audio series for the book Epistemic Rights in the Era of Digital Disruption), which features contributions from professors from several institutes, including Oxford University, the University of Helsinki, and the University of Westminster.

Some may refer to me as one of the ‘Movers and Shakers’ of the podcasting industry – space I’ve been in since 2014 – for a couple of reasons.

In addition to being the creator of several podcasts, I’m the founder of what was the world’s BIGGEST digital conference for podcasters (the Podcast Success Summit).

Organized for the first time in 2016 (and then in 2017), the online conference has featured hundreds of speakers (80 in its first edition!) – including some of the best podcasters, podcasting experts and digital marketers around such as John Lee Dumas, Pamela Slim, Jordan Harbinger, Sue B. Zimmerman, and New York Times bestselling authors Jay Baer and Joel Comm.

Even though I really enjoy working and teaching online, I LOVE meeting people and share my knowledge in person.

As a speaker, I’ve had the pleasure to educate, inspire and entertain audiences internationally, from sunny Florida, Brisbane, Sydney, and Philadelphia all the way to Finland, the Netherlands, and even High Arctic Canada! The list of conferences, events, and workshops I have spoken at includes Podcast Movement, Podfest, Australia’s We Are Podcast, Podcast Italia, Digi Day, Amsterdam’s B. Business, and the Entrepreneur Speakers Network Sydney, only to mention a few.

From cycling across the Golden Gate bridge, driving Australia’s Great Ocean Road, California’s Pacific Coast Highway or by Ireland’s Atlantic coast, checking some of the world’s tallest buildings like the Burj Khalifa in Dubai or Toronto’s CN Tower, feeding kangaroos, riding waves (or trying to) in Byron Bay or in Nazarè (where they have recorded the world’s highest wave), snorkeling at the Great Barrier Reef or out off an Italian island, traveling around Europe, exploring Tokyo (one of my favorite cities in the world!), playing beach volleyball or chilling and enjoying breath-taking views of Locarno from the Cardada mount…I never have enough of traveling!

Hope to meet you in person one day!

– Yann