Antonia Van Becker and Greg Lee: From Procrastination to Profit
Antonia Van Becker and Greg Lee are the founders of Self Health Institute, Inc. and their mission is to empower clients by healing the energetic blocks that are holding them back.
We discuss:
- Health as a passion [3:25]
- Reasons why you can’t move forward [6:28]
- The first step to getting what you want [8:43]
- How to talk to your body [14:25]
- What to do when fear is running the show [16:54]
- The ultimate safe healing system [20:00]
- The empowering effect of being in a community that openly shares various experiences and issues [21:25]
- Helping millions of people through self-healing mastery [24:18]
For 24 years they’ve been working with entrepreneurs and business owners using their signature CoreTalk therapy to ask simple questions and get life-changing answers that help people go from procrastination to profit. They love helping clients get past overwhelm, procrastination, self-doubt, and chronic health issues so they can be a powerful presence and have the success they’ve dreamed of.
Together since 1979, their 40-year relationship imbues their healing practice with self-love, body/mind consciousness, and emotional/energetic balance and awareness.
Learn more about Greg and Antonia at http://www.SelfHealthInstitute.com, LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
Brief Description of Gift
3 Power Ways To Tap Into Your Body’s Wisdom: Short, “how-to” discussions about Breath, Meditation and Muscle Testing
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Lorianne Vaughan Speaks: Getting Paid as an Author and Speaker
Lorianne Speaks is an expert in the area of Speaker/Author support. She amplifies the visibility of Authors/Speakers/Messengers.
We discuss:
- How to chart your own path when you’re 60 years old and out in the market looking for a job [3:02]
- Things to take off your plate as you grow your own business [5:44]
- The benefit of having a greater sense of yourself [8:11]
- Useful resources and outside help that make Lorianne’s work easier and more efficient [10:22]
- Do what you do best and hire the others to do the rest [12:18]
- Why great speakers cannot be great salespersons [13:13]
- When speakers need to bring in a VA [16:33]
- The common challenge for most creative types and what would help them to move the needle [18:44]
- They did it, we can do it [21:57]
Lorianne has helped spearhead multiple best-selling book campaigns – editing, proofing, through to launch and social media marketing to help authors create buzz and momentum throughout the social media platforms and increasing their message worldwide. Lorianne and her team have made it their mission to empower speakers to deliver their message by handling the rest of the details!
Prior to starting her own Virtual Assistance company, Lorianne had over 15 years supporting a Top 100 Thought Leader as she built her businesses. When her boss decided to sell her company, Lorianne found herself laid off at 60 years of age.
Learn more about Lorianne Vaughn Speaks at http://www.LVSConsultingServices.com, LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
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Top Ten Way to Create Massive Growth in Your Speaking Business
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Sophie Howard: 6 and 7 Figure Brands on Amazon
Sophie has started and sold six and seven figure brands on Amazon. She specializes in product sourcing around the world to build premium brands.
We discuss:
- A mix of being lucrative, good for lifestyle and lots of learning opportunities [2:04]
- What the Amazon model is and the best way to use it is [6:13]
- Real richness of life [11:03]
- Why a product based business is good for introverts [15:19]
- Traveling as a way to diversify your consistent revenue flow [16:45]
- A straight shooter that’s good at sticking to the same thing for years [22:14]
- What product sourcing in Vietnam looks like [25:20]
- How to find the perfect Amazon product [27:41]
Learn more about Sophie at http://www.aspiringentreprenuers.com, LinkedIn and Facebook.
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Free guide to product sourcing – top criteria to find bestsellers
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Belanie Dishong: Business and Life Success Through Mindset
Belanie Dishong is a mindset success strategist, international speaker and international bestselling author. She is an expert in the field of personal and professional development serving an international audience.
We discuss:
- Walking through life with blindfolds [2:00]
- You are the common denominator of it all [4:23]
- Why being a positive thinker is insufficient to reach the results you want [8:28]
- The magic little piece that breaks the plateau [14:29]
- The moment when you are face-to-face with the source of inconsistency [18:08]
- Signs that show you have repeating patterns in a certain area of your life [23:00]
- How many of 350,000 choices a day we actually make consciously [26:00]
Belanie has had the honor of speaking at Harvard Business School, PayPal, Gallaudet University in Washington D.C. and various TV interviews. Through Belanie’s own personal trials and successes she has developed unique programs that have afforded thousands of people the opportunity to live more abundant lives both personally and professionally. For over 24 years, Belanie has provided programs that have helped thousands of people have greater and more loving relationships, career and business growth, and financial breakthroughs.
Those who know Belanie and her incredible work fondly refer to her as Keeper of the Heart.
Learn more about Belanie at https://liveatchoice.com/, LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
Brief Description of Gift
A webinar on positive thinking
URL for Free Gift
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Atara Malach: Turn Guilt and Overwhelm into Successful Management
Atara Malach is a renowned parenting expert, therapist and author. Blending professional expertise with her real-life experience as a working mom raising her six children, she has developed a proven parenting system (GPS) to provide working moms with the skills and confidence they need to succeed both at home and at work.
We discuss:
- Why work-life balance is a [dangerous] myth [2:51]
- The three components of love necessary to make it all work and stay present wherever you are [5:40]
- How to gain time by using a traffic light system [7:47]
- It sounds too good to be true [13:28]
- Results are always the best convincers [14:55]
- How to be free, comfortable and in control [17:20]
- An array of choices for working parents [19:56]
- How overstressed moms negatively impact workplace environments [22:52]
Atara holds several advanced degrees and is considered a pioneer in the field of parenting, by using mommy guilt as a roadmap to success instead of allowing it to frustrate the parent/child relationship. She is a dynamic keynote speaker who has served thousands of professional women around the world through lectures and online courses. Her new book is A Working Mother’s GPS: A Guide to Parenting Success for The Modern Working Mom.
Learn more about Atara at www.themommyguiltexpert.com, www.ataramalach.com, LinkedIn and Facebook.
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The one-minute mother, sneak preview of Atara’s book
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Corey Kupfer: Deals-The Fuel of Being Open to Opportunities
Corey Kupfer is an expert strategist, negotiator and dealmaker with more than 30 years of professional deal-making and negotiating experience as a successful entrepreneur, attorney, consultant, author and professional speaker.
We discuss:
- An unordinary way to generate revenue [1:50]
- How easy it is to make a deal [4:50]
- The most underappreciated area in mergers and acquisitions [6:18]
- When and where to ask questions about the potential pitfalls and financial outcome of the integration [9:55]
- How to start seeing opportunities [13:01]
- How to generate consistent revenue flow based on a model where everybody wins [16:12]
- The biggest mistakes of business owners on their road to success [20:33]
- [23:51]
He is the founder and principal of Kupfer & Associates, PLLC, a leading corporate and deal law firm; the founder and CEO of Authentic Enterprises, LLC, a speaking, training and consulting company committed to inspiring authenticity in business; the author of Authentic Negotiating: Clarity, Detachment & Equilibrium – The Three Keys To True Negotiating Success & How To Achieve Them. He is also the creator and host of the Fueling Deals Podcast, which launched in February, 2019.
Learn more about Corey at http://www.coreykupfer.com, LinkedIn and Facebook.
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Jim Beach: Having Fun and Being Profitable
Jim has started businesses and has taught entrepreneurship around the world. At the age of 25, he founded American Computer Experience and grew the company to $12 million in annual revenue and to over 700 employees, operating in 39 states and in three countries.
We discuss:
- How to make an unhappy child smile for the first time [1:56]
- The worst/best thing an entrepreneur can do at the beginning of their business [5:51]
- A policy to deal with fun [and broken legs] in the middle of the night [7:59]
- Be there but be ready to get out [11:55]
- The connection between risk mitigating, the Shiny Ball Syndrome and consistent revenue flow [14:41]
- How to get a great amount of work done for 20 minutes [18:04]
- I hope you get fired [21:44]
- How teenagers smash the plateau [25:25]
Jim taught entrepreneurship at Georgia State University for nine years and ranked number one in the business school for 12 straight semesters. Jim Beach’s first book, School for Startups, was published by McGraw-Hill. He has been featured in a UPS commercial, CNN called him the “Simon Cowell of small business,” and corporations like Wells Fargo, Toshiba, UPS, and SunTrust have hired him as a speaker and consultant. His award winning radio show is nationally syndicated on 24 stations.
Learn more about Jim at http://jimbeach.com/, LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
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Access to a list of shows in your industry to promote your product on
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Tabitha Laser: From Failure to Success through Culture
Tabitha Laser is a multi-faceted professional with over 25 years of leadership experience in a wide variety of industries ranging from oil and gas, energy, manufacturing, agriculture, construction and many more.
We discuss:
- Some of the things that really kill culture [1:38]
- How to set a clear expectation of success [3:55]
- The three P’s: questions to ask when going through a management change process [7:50]
- What a clear and transparent decision-making process actually means [12:22]
- The architecture of getting successful feedback from the foundation to the top [13:34]
- Why best practices don’t exist [17:45]
- Onboarding quickly for existing and future leaders [22:45]
Tabitha’s diverse background has provided her with numerous opportunities to work with government agencies and some of the world’s largest companies, including Fortune 500 companies like BP, 3M, and General Mills. Tabitha is the author of Organization Culture Killers. This is the first in a series of leadership books she calls “The Deadly Practices.”
Learn more about Tabitha at https://www.talaser.com/about-talaser, LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
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Ron Kaiser: Aging with Financial, Physical, Social and Intellectual Health
Dr. Ron Kaiser is a positive health psychologist and author. At age 81, he works as Director of Psychology in one of the world’s leading headache centers, and he is also the founder of Goal-Achieving Psychology.
We discuss:
- How to achieve a remarkable lifestyle at the age of 81 [3:00]
- The expectations that prevent us from redefining the second century of our life as an active time [5:12]
- Seven keys for rejuvenaging [6:57]
- Small steps in the right direction [11:49]
- A successful combination you can share with the world [14:36]
- How to smoothly transition to online business [17:52]
- It is never too early to start thinking about rejuvenaging [20:52]
- A business model to help you stand out in your marketplace [25:30]
In recent years, Ron has directed many of his efforts to helping our growing population of older adults to age in a physically, socially, and intellectually active manner. His own lifestyle serves as a positive role model for this approach. Ron’s recently published book, “REJUVENAGING: The art and Science of Growing Older with Enthusiasm” has been an Amazon Best Seller.
Learn more about Ron at http://www.TheMentalHealthGym.com, LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
Brief Description of Gift
A pdf of Dr. Ron Kaiser’s older book (a revised copy will be available for purchase this year): WHAT CAN GO RIGHT? The Thinking Person’s Guide to Making Good Things Happen
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Devi Adea: Presence Prepares You for Profits
Devi Adea is a “soul-full” speaker, author, coach, and conscious business strategist.
She is the host of the top-ranked Spiritual Entrepreneur Podcast and creator of the popular Podcast on Purpose Online Academy.
We discuss:
- What is a spiritual entrepreneur? [2:04]
- Mistakes people make when they want to do the right thing [4:23]
- A great intersection to start a business [6:33]
- How accountability helps to overcome fears that hold us back [8:16]
- Tools to set you up on the path of becoming a spiritual entrepreneur [12:54]
- How Devi has built stable growing revenue streams in her own business [18:30]
- Getting on a helicopter to shift your perspective [26:57]
Devi moves entrepreneurs and leaders to embrace their soul’s purpose and to share their message with the world so they can experience elevated freedom, fulfillment and results in work and life. Devi has been featured three times as an Icon of Influence at the New Media Summit, and interviews today’s top podcasters and influencers on her brand-new show, Podcasters on Purpose and shares her spiritual entrepreneurial insights on Devi TV – The Podcast. (both now available on iTunes!).
Learn more about Devi at https://deviadea.com, LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
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A free software equipment and studio guide to help you get started with your podcast
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http://podcastingonpurpose.com
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Joshua Spodek: Taking Initiative in Business
Joshua Spodek, wrote the bestselling book, Leadership Step by Step, hosts the award-winning Leadership and the Environment podcast, is a professor at NYU, and blogs daily at joshuaspodek.com.
We discuss:
- Entrepreneurship as a way out [3:46]
- The main hurdles and the main support to make things happen [7:38]
- What skills are missing in today’s market and generations [9:45]
- A set of exercises that will help you develop as an effective initiator [11:20]
- Inspiring stories of people who uncovered a passion of theirs and acted upon it [13:16]
- The results of people [not] acting on their environmental values [17:30]
- Opportunities to speak to a lot more people [23:10]
- Why competing with price is a losing strategy [26:20]
Josh holds five Ivy League degrees, including a PhD in astrophysics and an MBA, and studied under a Nobel Laureate. He left academia to found several ventures that operated globally. He teaches and coaches leadership and entrepreneurship at NYU and Columbia. He has spoken at TEDx, Harvard, West Point, BCG, and more. He visited North Korea twice, swam across the Hudson, has done burpees daily since 2011 (130,000+), takes 16 months to produce one load of garbage, and hasn’t flown (by choice) since March 2016.
His next book, Initiative, launched in May.
Learn more about Josh at http://joshuaspodek.com, LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
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Carey Rome: Making Growth Plans Happen
Carey is the CEO of Cypress Resources. He is a recovering CPA who somehow can manage both left and right brain activities. Admittedly, right brain activities are where Carey thrives.
We discuss:
- What happens when one starts to do things that are outside of other people’s comfort zone [1:48]
- The burn in your gut that keeps you restless until you smash the plateau [5:02]
- The difference between working on problems and working on opportunities [7:05]
- How a 113-year-old company embraces a brand-new path of doing business [10:03]
- A gift from a client: How to create a longer lasting value [13:13]
- The moment when you decide to create something technology based [15:44]
- Why most business strategies fail [17:55]
An admirer of smart ideas, Carey is an avid (or maybe addicted) podcast and audio book listener. So, if you see him with earbuds in, he’s not being rude, he’s trying to figure out how to better your business.
Learn more about Carey at http://www.cypressresources.com, LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
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Esther Weinberg: Dignity, Leadership and Personal Power in the Workplace
Esther Weinberg is the founder of MindLight Group. She and her team help mid to large media companies, their employees and their executive leadership teams to find and mentor dignity, leadership and personal power in the workplace.
We discuss:
- The boundaries you need to stay positive and relevant [3:16]
- Things to break and things to accelerate [7:32]
- The three pillars necessary to build a culture of dignity, leadership and personal power [9:17]
- How to create a degree of certainty when going through organizational change [12:30]
- The equation you need to solve to get a sustainable change [16:40]
- If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there [20:53]
- Why having a system of ongoing communication is vital to your revenue flow [21:48]
- How to create value with a resonating focus [27:41]
Esther is a powerhouse game changer who has successfully transformed organizations, executive leaders and teams for over 20 years. Esther creates breakthrough strategies for such companies as Netflix, Disney, Warner Bros., Universal Pictures, Microsoft, CNN and Imax. Esther has held executive positions at Disney and Fox.
Learn more about Esther at https://mindlightgroup.com/, https://thereadyzone.com/podcast/, LinkedIn and Twitter.
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Sean McKay: Awareness Reputation and Conversion
Sean McKay is the CEO of Site Hub, a Rochester company he started in his mom’s basement and turned it into a well-established web and marketing agency.
We discuss:
- The biggest plateau in Sean’s solopreneur career [1:47]
- Why charging more doesn’t scare people [3:15]
- What happens when you raise the cost of your service from $2,000 to $5,000 [6:06]
- The bigger problem you can solve, the more important you are [7:42]
- The future of digital marketing [9:05]
- The ARC of business [10:40]
- The advantages to outsourcing a digital marketing agency [13:07]
- Going above and beyond one-time service to earn ongoing business [16:56]
- Why pretty much everyone has an SEO problem [21:30]
- Ways to improve the conversion rate of your website [25:32]
Sean McKay has logged his 10,000 hours (and more) working with clients to perfect their digital marketing. Site Hub has served over 300+ clients in just a few years and recently won the Best in Digital Marketing Award by High Tech Rochester.
Learn more about Sean at https://yoursitehub.com/, LinkedIn and Facebook.
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A checklist of 10 things you can do to improve the conversion rate of your website
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Mari Ryan: Creating a Thriving Workplace
Mari Ryan is the CEO and founder of AdvancingWellness. She is an expert in workplace well-being and leverages over 30 years of business experience in various marketing, consulting and executive roles across a variety of different industries.
We discuss:
- What a thriving workplace is [2:52]
- Differences in creating a thriving workplace at the macro and micro business level [4:37]
- Why surrounding yourself with a supportive network is critical for the success of solopreneurs [8:45]
- Ways people in larger organizations can gain support for creating a thriving workplace [12:23]
- Consulting projects as long-term arrangements that provide consistent revenue flow [17:30]
- Why the day in, day out approach is not so useful when developing a revenue model in the well-being consultancy field [20:04]
- The right questions to ask yourself in order to create a persona for your target audience [23:48]
For the past decade, Ms. Ryan has been creating thriving workplaces, through her consulting work and speaking on worksite well-being. Mari earned a Bachelor Degree from Lesley University, an MBA from Boston University, a Master’s degree in Health Promotion from Nebraska Methodist College, and is a certified Worksite Wellness Consultant. Mari is an active member of the National Speakers Association. Mari is the author of award-winning book The Thriving Hive: How People-Centric Organizations Ignite Engagement and Fuel Results.
Learn more about Mari at http://www.advwellness.com, LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
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A copy of Mari Ryan’s award-winning book
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Please, write an email to mari@advwellness.comto receive your free copy of the book.
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Stand Out and Get Noticed: NAWBO NYC Small Business Bootcamp
In today’s special episode of Smashing The Plateau, we’re sharing some of the highlights of NAWBO NYC’s Small Business Bootcamp on how to make your business stand out and get noticed. We talk to an incredible group of women, and they reveal some of the event’s biggest takeaways.
The National Association of Women Business Owners is the voice of more than 10 million women-owned businesses in the United States. Since 1975, NAWBO has helped women grow their businesses by sharing resources and providing a collective viewpoint to help shape economic and public policy. It is the only dues-based national organization representing the interests of all women entrepreneurs across all industries.
Learn more about the NAWBO NYC Small Business Bootcamp at www.nawbonyc.org, LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
Interviewees:
- [1:19] Helping small agencies win new business
Jody Sutter
Owner
The Sutter Company
- [2:03] Speaking and developing new relationships
Petia Abdur-Razzaaq
@thestylistagroup
- [2:44] The motivational benefits of attending a bootcamp
MarriLyn Gibbs
- [3:23] The value of being at a venue where the mission is all about supporting your audience
Hayley Foster
Chief Fostering Officer
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hayleybfoster/
https://twitter.com/fostering101?lang=en
- [3:58] The benefits of learning and networking with like-minded people
Alyssa Peek
Peek Photography
Alyssa@peekphotography.nyc
- [4:40] Humanizing brands that create curiosity-provoking experiences
Connie Chi
The Chi Group
- [6:04] Who makes things pretty when they are visually ugly
Gabrielle Napolitano
- [6:47] Why continuing self-development is so important to your product business
Irinel Stegaru-MacLaughlin
- [8:27] How to build your community early on at an event
Nicole Centeno
Founder and CEO
Splendid Spoon
Instagram: @niccent
- [9:47] How solopreneurs can get out of their shell and expand their universe
Donna Fullerton
DMF Communications
donna@dmfcominc.com
212-529-8105
- [11:21] The more internal work you do, the more successful you will be
Stéphanie Virchaux
Founder SV Empowerment, LLC
Empowerment Coach + Energy Healer
Instagram: @stephanievirchaux
- [12:45] One idea can change someone’s life
Jeannette Bridoux
Jeannette Bridoux Coaching
https://www.linkedin.com/in/marketingbride/
Instagram: @Jeannettebridoux
- [14:58] Own your voice, speak your truth and live your life your way
Noreen Sumpter
Live Life Your Way
Beyond Potential – Live Life your Way Radio Show
noreen@noreensumptercoach.com
- [17:12] How visualizations help audience stay engaged and remember the presentation content
Cathy Nolan
Cathy Nolan Art
cathy@cathynolan.com
Instagram: @cathynolanart
- [20:20] How to build a collective brand from a disparate team
Rebecca Maxwell
Asentiv New York
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-maxwell-657aa581
- [23:37] A match-maker that solves the number one hiring problem for small business
Elizabeth Eiss
Results Resourcing
- [25:31] Why branding is so important
Donna Olah-Reiken
Preferred Small Business Solutions
donna@preferredsbs.com
- [27:27] A system that helps people get in contact with their golden pot at the end of the rainbow
Susie Verde
- [29:24] The benefits of refining your pitch and your brand
Paula Oleska
Brain Upgrade Systems
- [31:48] How to capitalize on your own unique value
Fatima Campbell
- [33:37] The benefits of clarifying your target market
Tricia Taitt
- [36:50] An interesting twist on perceptions
Topaz Smith
Enoble
Topazamanda22@gmail.com
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Melanie Benson: Revenue You Can Count On
Melanie Benson is a Profit Amplifier, and has a gift for guiding fast-paced, mission-driven entrepreneurs to thrive financially in their work. Whether it’s achieving a bold goal or scaling the reach of your business, Melanie has a proven track record of accelerating results.
We discuss:
- The key to generating sales and long-term profit you can count on [2:44]
- How to stretch what you think is possible and restructure your business process [6:44]
- The role of business coaches: You can never solve a problem with the same level of thinking that created it [10:26]
- Profit amplifying, profit optimizing [12:08]
- A dare-to-dream moment [16:32]
- Melanie’s first secret sauce that set her trajectory in a fast-paced growth [18:54]
- Which factors help balance delivering solutions to clients and maintaining consistent revenue [21:03]
- The success story around mental vision boards [22:50]
- Own Your Bold [24:00]
- How to smash through the digital chaos [26:41]
Melanie hosts the weekly podcast, Amplify Your Success, is author of Rewired for Wealth, co-author of Entrepreneur.com’s Start Up Guide to Starting an Information Marketing Business and has her success tips featured in magazines such as American Express OPEN Forum, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Woman’s Day, Parenting Magazine, and University of Phoenix Alumni Magazine. She is on the Executive Team for the Women Speaker’s Association and is a member of the Association of Transformational Leaders.
Melanie is a proud lifestyle enthusiast and spends her free time in search of the best spas and beaches in the world.
Learn more about Melanie at http://melaniebenson.com, LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
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A free five-day Own Your Bold challenge
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Natalie Nagele: Get Your Business to Work for You
Natalie is the co-founder and CEO of Wildbit, the company behind Postmark, Beanstalk and Conveyor.
We discuss:
- Two opposites which have built a “legal” business [1:35]
- Growth strategies: why small is more powerful [3:03]
- Core elements of how to take care of your core business relationships [8:45]
- How to become comfortable with saying “no” [10:13]
- How to carve out time for deep strategic thinking [12:28]
- The importance for your brain to have space to think [15:10]
- The beast lives for us and not the other way around [16:36]
- Turning around things when you hit the wall [21:00]
With 29 team members across 5 countries working on multimillion-dollar products for developers, she’s proving that you can grow an extremely profitable business while focusing on shorter work days, an enjoyable work-from-anywhere environment, and staying small.
Learn more about Natalie at https://wildbit.com/, LinkedIn and Twitter.
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a free month of Wildbit’s transactional email delivery service, Postmark
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Robbie Samuels: Turn Relationships into Cash
Robbie Samuels helps his clients shift their mindsets around relationship building so they discover new connections and business opportunities in the world around them and know how to act on them.
We discuss:
- The biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make when it comes to networking [01:35]
- What strategy to use when planning to attend a conference or meetup [03:35]
- How to make serendipity happen more frequently [05:30]
- Sales advice: If you believe in what you’re doing, you have to be in it for the long haul [08:06]
- Why are you not asking them to pay you? [13:21]
- How to pay attention to potential niches right around you [16:44]
- How to improve on a quarterly basis and generate recurring revenue [19:14]
Robbie is recognized as a networking expert by Inc. magazine and Lifehacker, and the author of the bestselling business book, Croissants vs Bagels: Strategic, Effective and Inclusive Networking at Conferences. A professional member of the National Speakers Association, Robbie has been speaking on the topic of inclusive networking for over a decade. As a consultant and coach, he shares how to create more inclusive and engaging conversations.
Learn more about Robbie at http://www.RobbieSamuels.com, LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
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Ten Tips for Conference Connections
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Tom Morkes: Getting Noticed in a Sea of Digital Chaos
Tom Morkes is the founder and CEO of Insurgent Publishing, host of In The Trenches, and author of The Art of Instigating.
We discuss:
- Getting the best of the military and the creative worlds to open the doors to unexpected opportunities [1:28]
- What time has to do with creating a location independent lifestyle [7:16]
- How do you get noticed in a sea of digital chaos? [11:40]
- Scary [and creative] leaps of self-confidence [16:08]
- Providence: how to keep yourself surprised by what’s on the horizon when working on projects [22:35]
Tom is a sought-after marketing and growth consultant, whose A-list clientele include high-profile influencers, NYT and WSJ bestsellers, and fast growth companies looking to scale to 8 and 9-figures. You can get inside Tom’s brain by reading his blog at tommorkes.com.
Learn more about Tom at https://tommorkes.com/, LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
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Tammy Gooler Loeb: Engaging in Fulfilling, Meaningful And Satisfying Work
In her 20 years as an executive career and executive coach, facilitator and speaker, Tammy Gooler Loeb has inspired people to engage in work that is fulfilling, meaningful and satisfying.
We discuss:
- Why are transitions so difficult? [1:45]
- The biggest mistake people make when trying to change career direction [3:05]
- How to find the interim step when you are in a toxic, unhealthy situation [4:50]
- Job trends that represent challenges for both companies and employees [8:04]
- What organizations and employees need to do to deal with the challenges in today’s workplace and workforce [11:48]
- How to invite your boss’s boss’s boss to a lunch [14:31]
- Top suggestions to a CEO who wants to make a difference and build a cutting-edge workforce [16:33]
- How to bring luck on yourself and guarantee a consistent revenue flow [18:33]
- The many sides of a wildly successful person who’s moved through various plateaus [23:48]
Tammy provides a variety of services to her individual and organizational clients in a wide range of sectors and industries, including executive and career coaching, group facilitation, training and speaking. This work focuses primarily on workplace communication, leadership strategies, and team development. Tammy hosts a podcast, Work From The Inside Out, which showcases the inspiring stories and practical lessons from people who have transitioned to more satisfying and meaningful work.
Tammy holds an M.B.A. from Boston University and is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach by the Coaches Training Institute.
Learn more about Tammy at http://tammygoolerloeb.com/, LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
Brief Description of Gift
7 Top Tips for Professional Transitions (pdf)
URL for Free Gift
http://tammygoolerloeb.com/7toptips
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NAWBO NYC’s Laura Allen: The Power of the 15-Second Pitch
In today’s special episode of Smashing The Plateau, we’re talking to one of the speakers from NAWBO NYC’s upcoming Small Business Bootcamp. Laura Allen is the founder of ThePitchGirl.com and 15-SecondPitch.com. She has 20+ years of experience in advertising, online marketing, and sales.
We discuss:
- Why it’s so hard to explain who you are and what you do in 15 seconds [3:04]
- The secret to building engagement with others at networking events [5:01]
- What you need to do to prepare your 15-second pitch [8:06]
- What outcomes you can expect when you get your pitch down to 15 seconds [10:34]
- The 4-step process that Laura will be teaching at the NAWBO NYC Small Business BootCamp [13:04]
- What to expect at the NAWBO NYC Small Business Bootcamp [18:13]
- How Laura has grown her own business [20:10]
- How to be protected from the down times in business [21:15]
Laura created a unique 4-step process to help people explain who they are and what they do in just 15 seconds. Laura leads her popular The Power of the 15-SecondPitchworkshop online and in person. She has been a guest speaker for: NYU, Columbia, The Wharton School of Business and Cornell. Laura has been featured in: Adweek, The Financial Times, Crain’s New York Business, The Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. She has also appeared on ABC News and NY1 News.
Learn more about Laura at www.thepitchgirl.com, LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
NAWBO NYC Small Business Bootcamp
Learn how can you tell your story to make your business stand out and get noticed. Register here.
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P. Brendon Lundberg: How to Create a Movement that Propels a Radical Business Idea
P. Brendon Lundberg, a previous chronic pain suffer, co-founded Radiant Pain Relief Centers, along with David Farley, MD, a Harvard-MIT trained physician, with a vision to build the safest, most consistently effective and appealing solution to the epidemic of chronic pain.
We discuss:
- What combination of factors would support a pain sufferer to become a co-founder [1:26]
- The safest, most consistently effective solution to chronic pain [3:30]
- What the physical location of a treatment center has to do with the solution it offers [5:47]
- How to become an expert at clinical delivery and bring back joy into people’s lives [8:30]
- Changing industry: It sounds too good to be true [11:32]
- An epic example of how to create a movement [13:17]
- The apple’s seed has the same potential to become an apple tree as an apple tree does [18:00]
- The snowball effect of investing locally [22:58]
Combining a mission to change the way chronic pain is understood treated with deep experience in healthcare management, marketing, business development and sales, Brendon and Dr. David Farley opened Radiant Pain Relief Centers in Portland, Oregon, USA, in February 2014. Following the success of the first center, they are laying out a plan for expansion to open new centers in new markets nationally and internationally.
Their story and vision for the future of pain management can be understood by reading their Amazon Bestselling book, Radiant Relief – A Case For A Better Solution To Chronic Pain. Inc. Magazine called the book, “A Manifesto” and “an epic example of how to create a movement”.
Learn more about P. Brendon Lundberg at http://www.radiantrelief.com, LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
Brief Description of Gift
Free digital download of my book: Radiant Relief, A Case For A Better Solution to Chronic Pain
URL for Free Gift
https://radiantpainrelief.com/smashing
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Michael Levitt: How to Learn Boundaries in Your Work and Life
Michael Levitt is the CEO of Breakfast Leadership Inc. He is a public speaker and his book 369 Days: How To Survive A Year of Worst-Case Scenarios brings people back to life.
We discuss:
- 369 days of worst-case scenarios [1:25]
- Biggest mistakes people make when they face a downturn and techniques on how to avoid them [4:00]
- Why being able to set boundaries is a skill every leader should have [7:32]
- What is a good course of action when you are feeling overwhelmed [11:08]
- The C-word that might scare clients in coaching [15:44]
- A deep transformation: taking the opportunity to rebuild and help other people do the same [17:42]
- There is no shortage of things entrepreneurs can do [20:28]
- When the health care industry is not crazy enough [24:15]
Michael focuses on helping individuals and leaders within corporations (Re)Learn BOUNDARIES in their work and personal lives so that they can accomplish more, by doing less, which will save their careers and possibly their lives.
Michael lost his health, his job, his car, and his home all in 369 days. Michael teaches people on how that happened to him, so that they can make the crucial changes in their lives to prevent those losses from happening to them.
Learn more about Michael at https://www.breakfastleadership.com/, LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
Brief Description of Gift
A free consulting call on burnout
URL for Free Gift
https://calendly.com/breakfastleadership/15min
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Sarah Santacroce: Turn LinkedIn into a Sales Magnet
Sarah is an internationally recognized LinkedIn Specialist & Online Presence Mentor who has personally coached over 1,900 entrepreneurs. She helps them position themselves as experts on LinkedIn so they get clients with ease.
We discuss:
- The biggest mistake that solopreneurs make when using LinkedIn [1:30]
- Three questions entrepreneurs should be answering in their LinkedIn headline [5:37]
- How to organize the content in the summary and the experience section on LinkedIn [7:58]
- The second biggest mistake that entrepreneurs make when using LinkedIn [11:13]
- Why LinkedIn is a great platform for people who struggle with self-promotion [13:34]
- A different kind of mindset entrepreneurs should adopt to ease the discomfort when handling LinkedIn [16:40]
- What recurring revenue actually means and how Sarah manages the flow of it [19:22]
- Six ways to customize your LinkedIn invitations [22:05]
In addition, Sarah is known for helping fellow introverts market their business authentically and anxiety-free, sell their services and make a difference. She’s also the host of the “Introvert Biz Growth” podcast where she has conversations with introverts who have grown their business using their introverted super powers.
When she’s not working, she loves adventure and traveling, yoga and nature walks or hanging out with her three boys.
Learn more about Sarah at https://sarahsantacroce.com/, LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
Brief Description of Gift
6 LinkedIn Invitation Messages to EASILY add the Right Connections!
URL for Free Gift
https://sarahsantacroce.com/invitation-templates/
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