Silas “Brutha War” Clark joins the show to share the vision behind his music and overall mission to spread God’s message.
Public Relations Professional Simone McDowell stops by the show to discuss the business of storytelling through PR and growing your brand.
Gratitude Plus App creator & developer Daniel Shaffer joins SOB to discuss his app project and how Gratitude Plus can help you cultivate a daily practice of gratitude.
Quest FM’s Roy Washington drops in to talk about his radio show, new album & passion for promoting others — and why he enjoys what he does. A military veteran, Roy features a variety of talented individuals on his Milwaukee based music/talk show which airs weekly on Spreaker.com
Genecia joins the podcast to discuss the mission of her online community Soul Rich Woman. Helping women to embrace the “F” words: Fabulous, Freedom & Finance – Genecia is changing lives. An international empowerment platform for women entrepreneurs SRW has helped countless women take their business online.
Ex-NBA player, entrepreneur, actor & producer Kenyon Glover talks about his battle with depression and how he’s been able to manage it. Kenyon’s foundation Fitness Beats Depression is geared towards creating awareness and helping those who are suffering in silence.
In this episode we visit with Kerry Walsh of Fitness4U and Diet Terminator to discuss the importance of having a healthy relationship with food and incorporating fitness into our daily lives.
Episode Highlights:
- Brittanie is a musician, storyteller, and creative – she spent a lot of her life in education and how it intersects in other spaces.
- How Brittanie came up with the concept for Happily Better After – to help women get out of toxic relationships.
- About the quarterly events that Happily Better After hosts themed – health and wellness, financial, creativity, and education.
- The core topics Happily Better After touches on during mentoring and their events.
- Sharing stories and progress gives people the momentum to keep going.
- How Brittanie feels about practical, hands-on experience.
- About the Creatives on Campus program and how it’s a cultivation hub for people.
- What the mentoring process looks like with Happily Better After.
- Brittanie is inspired by her own story and journey to keep going and growing.
- When Brittanie finally decided to take the leap of faith to get her business off the ground.
- About Brittanie’s musical endeavors and how they intersect with HBA.
- The challenges Brittanie is up against fine-tuning or finalizing her concepts – three classifications:
- The Building Process
- The Creating Process
- Working from the Inside Out
- Good stewardship over whatever you have allows support and resources to be attracted to you.
3 Key Points:
- Happily Better After exists to help people in every aspect of their life, promoting coaching and celebrating progress.
- There’s nothing wrong with not wanting to do a traditional college or even a trade school experience.
- Education becomes valuable when you can actually see how it applies.
Tweetable Quotes:
- “I started a movement for something I was still struggling in, and it was my saving grace.” – Brittanie Thomas
- “We pull from within our network the expertise, stories, and strengths.” – Brittanie Thomas
- “We’re constantly engaging our students to support our teams.” – Brittanie Thomas
- “As I see growth in myself, there’s a teaching and learning exchange that I feel responsible to.” – Brittanie Thomas
Resources Mentioned:
- Check out Brittanie’s website happilybetter.com
- Find Brittanie on Instagram @HappilyBetter or @CreativesonCampus
Simone Vincenzi is the owner of three companies which do training and investing and they have just acquired their first company. Simon’s background is in the catering industry, he has resilience and won’t take “no” for an answer. Simone talks to your host Keetria about new projects he’s working on and new tips that will help you in your own business. Simone will give you some helpful resources you can use today!
Episode Highlights:
- Simone was working in the catering industry at age 14 and went full time around 16 – he left home at 18 years old.
- Simone knew college wasn’t for him and he needed to forge his own path.
- Simone moved to the U.K. to develop himself and learn what he wanted to do.
- Simone built his experience on the ground, not in books.
- How Simone is able to tap into his audience as an entrepreneur and get people on board.
- How to create a deeper connection with your audience online.
- Tips for leveraging LinkedIn for maximum visibility and audience reach.
- Why someone might want to connect with you on LinkedIn.
- The highlights of LinkedIn mastery and how you can get more information.
3 Key Points:
- It’s extremely difficult to change if you stay in the same environment.
- You need to let people get to know who you are on a deeper level to develop a better connection with your audience.
- Relationships come before business.
Tweetable Quotes:
- “Everything we build, we have to work for it. We all have this one thing in common – we’re hungry to create a better life.” – Simone Vincenzi
- “When you’re surrounded by the same people you’re more likely to stay the same person.” – Simone Vincenzi
- “The most important thing to understand is that LinkedIn is a relationship game.” – Simone Vincenzi
Resources Mentioned:
- Get LinkedIn Master for $297 and get the first module for free!
- Subscribe to the Explode Your Expert Business Show
- Connect with Simone in his Facebook group Explode Your Expert Biz
Summary:
Today on SOB, Madeleine Lambert, the Co-founder and CEO of Content Refined, a content marketing agency located in Collingwood, Ontario, Canada shares her path to building Content Refined with her partner. Get a better understanding of how Madeleine was able to scale the business, build a team, provide marketing value to clients, and add flexibility into her lifestyle.
Show Notes:
- Madeleine Lambert introduces herself
- What makes a great content marketer
- How did Madeleine gain her experience in content marketing
- How does Content Refined’s process work for clients
- How does the Google algorithm affect her content marketing service
- When did Madeleine know it was time to scale Content Refined
- What did it take to work up to $50,000 in reoccurring revenue
- Why does Madeleine define success as freedom
- What lessons has Madeleine learned from Content Refined
- Don’t be afraid to hire people smarter than you in vital areas
- What does Madeleine love about entrepreneurship
- What keeps Madeleine going in order to overcome adversity
- Are their current promotions that Content Refined has to offer
- What advice would Madeleine Lambert give to up-and-coming entrepreneurs
3 Key Points:
- Business and finding niches to expand in are Madeleine’s passion.
- Madeleine was able to make her first hire in the first 10 months.
- Madeleine’s definition of success is freedom to do what she loves and to explore other avenues of life.
Helpful/Tweetable Quotes:
- “We have access to a bunch of really, really powerful official marketing tools that allow us access to the big data around keyword research.” – Madeleine Lambert
- “We have 6 team pods that handle their own sub-set of clients. That’s how we have organized the business.” – Madeleine Lambert
Resources Mentioned:
- Website: contentrefined.com
- Linkedin: Madeleine Lambert
- Email: Maddie@contentrefined.com