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Talking Points: quick and to the point….

Talking Points: quick and to the point….

Talking Points: quick and to the point….

Talking Points: 1. What is branding, really? 2. Why does it matter? 3. OWN your difference 4. The power of authenticity Bio: Founder. Owner. Brand Boss. With more than 22 years experience working in public communications, including 16+ years in graphic design, Rachel’s passion is empowering business owners to rock YOUR brand like a Boss. “I’m tired of seeing business owners and entrepreneurs taken advantage of…or feeling pressured to keep up with every marketing trend out there…rather than being true to who you are as a company and bringing real solutions to the people you serve. At the end of the day, there’s nothing more powerful. Trust comes before transactions. When you can create that kind of experience for people, you build an unstoppable brand.”  Rachel’s off-the-beaten-path career journey has spanned multiple roles in various countries, four cities, and three states – including professional ballet, management, event production, business strategy, national and international public relations, graphic design, and marketing.  She’s had the opportunity to work with organizations of all sizes and industries to amplify the power of their brands through brand strategy, brand experience consulting, brand development, brand content, brand packaging, UI/UX brand strategy, brand design, multi-media, advertising, marketing, live event production, e-learning, 3D animation, video, photography, and art direction.  Rachel is also the host of The Brand Boss Show podcast and YouTube channel, an author, and an in-demand public speaker.  When not strategizing powerful brand experiences and coaching business owners, Rachel can be found off on an adventure or savoring the moment with those she loves – including her Studio Managers, Podcat and Lady Podcat. Links: Website: brandbossstudio.com email: rachel@brandbossstudio.com Facebook: @/thebrandbossshow LinkedIn: @thebrandboss YouTube: Watch here Instagram:  @thebrandbossshow The post EP. 160 | Rachel Jenks appeared first on mAke the grAde.

Talking Points: How our digital cards can grow business. Bio:   Gabe is known as the Godfather of the digital business card. He is a software developer who has built systems for Sony, Panasonic and Computer Associates. He was once introduced at a Tech Conference in Washington DC by Bill Gates, as he demonstrated his system that his team built for the DEA. Gabe now builds custom digital business cards for his clients that consistently brings in new business Whatever you think you know about digital cards you can forget, because Gabe’s cards are far more robust, and come with amenities that no other card has.   To get Gabe’s card simply text the word GABE to the number 321.421.5213. Links: Website: digitalaccelerant.com phone:404.210.6854 email: gabe@digitalaccelerant.com The post EP. 159 | Gabe O’neill appeared first on mAke the grAde.

Let me introduce you to Rena McGill, CEO of PodcastEZ. If you’re not yet familiar with this powerful marketing medium to leverage your brand, it’s time to ditch your fear of podcasting and use YOUR STORY to connect with YOUR AUDIENCE. But…before you can effectively market to your target listeners, you must first understand and define YOUR BRAND STORY. This is your year. What will you do with it? QUESTIONS: 1. What are some of the glaring mistakes that you see brands make? 2. Do you believe that a podcast is a great way to sell merchandise to a larger audience? 3. If you had to start all over again, what would you do? 4. What is the biggest lesson you have learned as the foundation for growing your business? Bio: Rena McGill, The CEO of PodcastEZ, has a 35+ yr. career in new product development, operations, management, and market strategy. She has: • Built an award-winning interior design and furnishings firm in the resort industry • Developed Corlinc and Corlinc University with ever-expanding resources & tools to deliver a greater customer experience AND now is • Partnered with Podcast Masters Rob Greenlee and Mike Bajrami. Creating and growing your own podcast has never been SO EASY now with full-service, in-depth quick-start training, pre and post-production, distribution and ongoing support. Just Speak!. Links: Website: podcastez.com phone: 855.765.3654 email: rena@podcastez.com Facebook: @podcastez LinkedIn: @rena-mcgill Twitter:  @podcastez.com The post EP. 158 | Rena McGill  appeared first on mAke the grAde.

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Talking Points: Lack of job passion is a worldwide problem that’s too big to ignore. Why finding a job you love is the single most important thing anyone can do to ensure lasting happiness in their life. The conventional career choice and job search models Bio: Ken Steven is an entrepreneur, consultant, author, speaker, coach, and former marketing and advertising executive for Fortune 500 companies. He envisions a world where everyone eagerly embraces their work, feeling passionate and purpose-driven by what they do. It is not only his passion but his life’s purpose, to help at least one million people get unstuck from a job they don’t enjoy and discover one that fuels their passion and inspires their purpose. Ken spent most of his career working in jobs that he disliked, simply chasing opportunities for bigger paychecks to fund a better lifestyle he ultimately became too miserable to enjoy. He desperately wanted to find a job he could feel deeply passionate about doing. But he had no clue what his passion was. Frustrated that the conventional passion discovery methods were fruitless for him, Ken spent 16 years researching, developing, and testing a better way. The result was his invention of the DreamJob Type Indicator (DJTI)™. It is the only professional online career assessment specifically designed to identify the type of work you’ll naturally feel passionate about doing, and the specific job titles to pursue to have joy, meaning, and fulfillment from your work. In August 2021, Ken published his book DREAM JOB DISCOVERY – How to Find a Job That Fuels Your Passion and Inspires Your Purpose (Even If You Don’t Know Your Passion or Purpose). It is available almost everywhere books are sold online, including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and Apple Books. Ken believes that when you find your job passion, you find your joy, and when you share your job passion, you find your purpose Links: Website: dreamjobdiscovery.com email: ken@growth-trend.com LinkedIn: @kennethsteven Twitter: @coachkensteven Instagram: @coachkensteven The post EP. 155 | Ken Steven appeared first on mAke the grAde.

Bio: Paula C Snyder, is a motivational speaker, who believes everyone needs, and has, a little bit of “creative genius”. She’s journeyed to recognize, then channel, her own version. Paula now inspires others to ignite and use their “hidden creative genius” for toppling roadblocks, gaining higher workplace satisfaction, and meeting everyday challenges. Also a vocalist, musician, writer, and functional artist, Paula’s enjoyed diverse adventures. From arts entrepreneurship (since age 15) to traditional team-based employment, she’s earned recognition and many references along the way. Fun fact: One summer she even hitchhiked alone across country with only $50 in her pocket! Links: Website: pcsnydercreativeoffices.com email: paula@paulacsnyder.com phone: (919) 787-7615 ____ Facebook: @pcsnyder LinkedIn:  @paulacsnyder Instagram: @lindsaymhanson Twitter: @SpeaksCrtvGeni YouTube: Watch Now The post EP. 154 | Paula Snyder appeared first on mAke the grAde.

Bio: Mark is the author of The Career Toolkit, Essential Skills for Success That No One Taught You. Educated at MIT, Mark has spent his career launching and fixing new ventures at startups, Fortune 500s, and academia. He’s developed new software languages, online marketplaces, new authentication systems, and tracked criminals and terrorists on the dark web. Mark helped create the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program, MIT’s “Career Success Accelerator”, where he’s taught for twenty years. Mark also serves on the boards of non-profits Techie Youth and Plant a Million Corals. Links: e-mail: hershey@thecareertoolkitbook.com Website: hecareertoolkitbook.com Instagram: @lindsaymhanson Facebook: @TheCareerToolkitBook Twitter: @CareerToolkitBk LINKedIN: @hershey The post EP. 153 | Mark Hershberg appeared first on mAke the grAde.

Talking Points: Small business owners and entrepreneurs wear many hats. Deciding the specific areas in which they provide the most unique value to their businesses, and have the most passion, is critical. For the “other hats”, invest in finding people with the right skill sets to thrive in those areas. There are fundamental differences between management, leadership, and coaching. It’s important for entrepreneurs to understand the different situations in which to apply each role within their companies. Disruptive Discovery, as a facilitation method, can make a positive difference for leaders, sales professionals, coaches, consultants, and advisers. How finding my WHY and the “Do Something” Principle lead to me writing a book, and how these concepts can help entrepreneurs in other ways. Bio: Disruptive Discovery is an experienced-based facilitation model involving a heavy emphasis on “The 10 Questions That Matter.” The mission of this first book is to create a community of disruptors—Facilitators of Betterment—and energize them to make their own positive difference in the lives of others by focusing on what really matters, not wasting time on the stuff that, you know, doesn’t. It’s a vehicle to share what’s on his mind in an attempt to help people help other people. Will it work? Will it be a difference-maker? He hopes so and is issuing a challenge to find out. Better yet, to get disruptive. Links: Phone: 301.452.3412 e-mail geoff@disruptivediscovery.com Website:  disruptivediscovery.com/ Instagram: @disruptivediscovery Facebook: @geoffsnavely LINKedIN: @geoffsnavelymillicare/ The post EP. 152 | Geoff Snavley appeared first on mAke the grAde.

Talking Points: The Entrepreneur Journey How Marketing has changed over the last 20 years What empathy leadership is and how it’s very much needed in today’s business world Bio: Ted Lau is the Owner and CEO of Ballistic Arts. Founded in 2002, Ballistic Arts is a high-touch award-winning Lead Generation Digital Marketing Agency that focuses on online lead generation and brand awareness for North America’s best known brands, B2B Professional Services Provider Companies, and Membership Based Associations. Ballistic Arts has full divisions in lead generation digital marketing, graphic design, video production, and web development. Their client roster includes Century 21, Tim Hortons,Vancity, Seaspan, Paladin Security (parent company to PalAmerican Security, and B2Gold, to name a few. By marrying compelling creative content with precise lead conversion data, Ballistic Arts has successfully increased clients leads by up to 500%, while beating industry standard ad buys by 30-80%. Named Top 100 Digital Agencies by Clutch as well as Business of the Year Winner (11-30 Employees) by the TriCities Chamber of Commerce, Ted is grateful to have built one of North America’s top Lead Generation Digital Marketing Agencies. He is also a host on national marketing podcast, Marketing News Canada, where he has interviewed former Bumble CMO Chelsea Cain-Mclain, Astronaut Col. Chris Hadfield, Unbounce Chief Strategy Officer Tamara Grominsky, Black Talent Initiative Founder Mark Harrison, and Freshbooks CMO Paul Cowan. He’s an avid NFL fan, loves to cook delicious plant-based meals, and lives on the West Coast with his wife and daughter. Links: Phone: 604.780.0050 e-mail: ted@ballisticarts.com Website: mplementingyourvision.com Instagram: @BallisticArts Facebook: @BallisticArts LINKedIN: @BallisticArts/ The post EP. 151 | Ted Lau appeared first on mAke the grAde.

Talking Points: Keys to solopreneur success Saying yes to the right programs and tools Take the solo out of solopreneur Success is in the details Bio: Christine Rothdeutsch is a speaker and systems design specialist and master implementer. She works with coaches and speakers who are serious about growing their business and know that having effective systems in place, leads to greater profit margins. Christine blends her unique Christine blends her unique skills of business operations management and precision automation implementation to give her clients the systems they need to run a highly efficient, highly profitable and highly impactful business. Her clients have even nick-named her the speaker and coach’s secret weapon! Christine believes that, with the right systems in place, anyone can achieve their dream of owning a 6 or 7 figure business! When she’s not working Christine enjoys creating fabulous dishes in the kitchen, enabling her plants to produce colorful blooms, enriching her mind with great books and taking adventurous trips.  Links: Phone: 610.349.9192 e-mail: Christine@ImplementingYourVision.com Website: implementingyourvision.com Facebook: @Implementing LINKedIN: @christinerothdeutsch YouTube: You Enjoy The post EP. 150 | Christine Rothdeutsch appeared first on mAke the grAde.

Talking Points: I have written a bookl I have a community, and  a “special skill” Automating your processes to strengthen the heartbeat of your business, reduce frustration, saving you both time and money. Being treated as normal and allowed to do what I wanted, never thinking I couldn’t do what I put my mind to. Keep growing yourself, you’re never too old to learn and grow Bio: Surviving open heart surgery in 1968 at the tender age of 16 months to living a normal life without any heart issues today – 54 years later. Realizing my parents did the best thing they could do for me, by not treating me as fragile. They let me do what I wanted without any restrictions. I never thought I was any different from the other “healthy” kids. Working on myself to become a better person, I realized I held myself back because I was told “I’m lucky to be alive” thinking I didn’t deserve any more – like abundance, happiness, love… Now I realize God kept me alive to serve my ideal clients, so they have more time and less stress to do more of what they love. Helping us all to make a difference in the world. Strengthening the heartbeat of your business – the things you need to do because you are in business – like accounting, reporting, tracking, and analyzing. Relieving the stress of running your business, by customizing your processes, to make them quick and accurate, and giving you the confidence to delegate them because you know they’ll be done correctly. Customization is key, your business is unique, your processes should be too. Repetitive processes can be automated, eliminating human errors, saving time, and reducing frustration. With the great resignation of employees, there’s no better time to automate your processes. One client’s monthly tax processing went from four hours per month to ten minutes, with no calculation errors. Links: Phone: 715.572.5556 e-mail: tina@excelingYourbusiness.com Website: www.ExcelingYourBusiness.com  Instagram: @lindsaymhanson Facebook: @ExcelingYourBusiness/ LINKedIN: @exceling-your-business-llc/ YOUtube: Enjoy The post EP. 149 | Tina Palmgren appeared first on mAke the grAde.

Talking Points: Creativity in education/learning Creativity in life Creativity in work Bio: Patrick Williams is a passionate and inspiring artist, writer, public speaker, consultant, independent scholar, and visionary educator. Patrick has 0ver 4 decades of experience teaching and facilitating deep learning to a wide range of audiences. He is an award winning artist and TEDx speaker. Patrick has exhibited art throughout the USA, Japan, and China. His art is in public and private collections and has been represented by galleries in Chicago, Seattle, Omaha, and Albuquerque. Patrick holds black belts in Karate-Dō and Aikidō with decades of experience training and teaching Budō. Patrick’s comprehension, experience, expertise, and synthesis of creativity and innovation is unparalleled. Patrick is the founder of Satori Innovation: A Consulting and Ideation Accelerator. Links: Phone: 720.717.3045 e-mail: patrick@patrickwilliams.com Website: patrickwilliamsstaycreative.com Instagram: @pmw_camera LINKedIN: @patrick-michael-williams/ The post EP. 148 | Patrick Willams appeared first on mAke the grAde.

Talking Points: IT Asset Management and Software Asset Management Taking an idea to a entrepreneurship ​Becoming an author How to find a good mentor Bio: My work in asset management started way back in 2000 fighting the Y2K bug. At that time, I set out to approach ITAM in a way no one had tried before: I began combining data theory with automation and self governance while consultants were answering tickets and running inventories when I began​. ​ The Pragmatic ITAM Method grew out of the success of ​my experiment and today, companies and organizations hire me to implement better solutions and coach their teams to ensure the positive results are permanent. ​The result is my book, “Rethinking Information Technology Asset Management,” now a best-seller on Amazon. I also tour the country, speaking at various technology conferences and symposiums. I’m on the Board of Advisors at Neocor, a startup which looks to leverage the benefits of blockchain technology in the software asset management space. My previous roles before starting Boerger Consulting include: Mercy Health, Atos, JPMorgan Chase, General Electric, and TriHealth.​ When I’m not traveling or staring at multiple monitors​, you’ll find me hanging out at home in Cincinnati with my wife, our kids, and our very large dog Links: Website: boergerconsulting.com LINKedIN: jeremyboerger Schedule a follow-up meeting   The post EP. 146 | Jeremy Boerger appeared first on mAke the grAde.

Talking Points: It means that you are simply being mindful of your own needs, so you are better able to support the people you care about. When you take care of yourself and are not stressed, you are better able to meet the needs of others. Self-care comes in a variety of forms. Bio: Wife and mother of two. As my customer, I will help you customize your ideal beauty routine. I offer one-on-one consultations (virtual or in person), skin care advice, makeup tips, & free samples. Register to sign up for e-mail news on new products and specials! Try before you buy. Shop online for convenience 24/7. Free deliveries to registered customers. Let’s talk! Links: Website:: beautywithclaudia.com/ Instagram: cswanik Claudia’s Beauty Escape The post MASTERCLASS | Self-Care with Claudia Swanik appeared first on mAke the grAde.

Talking Points: What lessons college baseball taught me I use in business Lesson learned from getting over 100,000 emails from Facebook ads in the baseball softball niche How to become an Amazon bestselling author Best ways to show up on the first page of Google. Bio: Joey Myers played 4-years of division one baseball at Fresno State. He’s been in the digital marketing space since 2008 starting with SEO and email marketing, and moving into optimizing Facebook ads, building sales funnels, and becoming an Amazon bestselling author. He started an SEO agency a couple years ago where he helps 6, 7, and 8 figure businesses with their organic lead generation strategies. Giv-a-way: SEO site audit at LeadGenerationSEOServices.com, Free zoom consultation to go over that site evaluation and we’ll fix any low hanging fruit. Links: Website: lindsayhanson.com Instagram: @lindsaymhanson Facebook Group Podcast: Quit Your Job, Sis Audio Course: What To Do When You Hate Your Job (they can listen to the first module free) The post EP. 145 | Joey Myers appeared first on mAke the grAde.

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Talking Points: How to Create Achievable Goals and Outcomes with NLP Super Brief intro on S.M.A.R.T. Goals and NLP and how it’s different from making resolutions or setting goals and not achieving them S specific and simplistic M measurable and meaningful to you A as if now in all areas of your life R responsible and ecological T timed and towards what you want Keys To an Achievable Outcome (Will provide worksheet ahead of time with specific questions for people to ask themselves so that they can think about and have a clear picture of their goal or outcome ) Help them write out the goal in a positive proper format Then I will walk them through a gui Bio: CEO of Reset Your Mind 1111, Lorie Wu is an Intensive Breakthrough and NLP Mindset Coach Master Certified in NLP, TimeLine Therapy, and Hypnotherapy who resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. Lorie is a heart-centered entrepreneur and a light worker who is highly intuitive, empathic and is passionate about fulfilling her life purpose of helping transform people’s lives all over the world. Lorie primarily helps self-sabotogers and over-thinkers who lack purpose break through the shackles of their past, leap forward with balance in body, mind, and spirit and gain the clarity and confidence to achieve what they truly want. With clients in the USA, UK, Canada, Philippines, and Australia who have gotten quick, long-lasting life-changing results in 1:1 breakthrough sessions, Lorie is excited about what the future holds as she believes everyone has the power to do what they set their mind to do and deserves to live a happy, fulfilled life where their past does not define them and the possibilities are endless. The post EP. 143 | Lorie Wu appeared first on mAke the grAde.