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Hosts Jessica Wright and Tracy Hornik are the co-founders of She’s on Top, a community of women entrepreneurs and change-makers. Their mission is to celebrate, elevate, and connect women of all ages and from all walks of life. From musicians, leaders in tech, actors, comedians, athletes to women-led businesses, they share their stories, believing that what we see in another may inspire us. What are their struggles? What gives them the most joy? How do we even define success and what does it look like? Their show is a combination of great information on how to succeed in business to a thoughtful and often humorous take on what it means to be a woman in today's world.
Getting tenure as a professor takes many years. It’s hard and intense work and men and women are equally skilled and ambitious about this. However there is a point in the process where women start to drop behind or out all together, usually in their 30’s when they start to have children. Men traditionally at this point have wives at home to take care of the childcare but women aren’t so lucky. As a result, as in many professions, we have lost brilliant women because they just don’t have the capacity to excel in two jobs. In fact only 20% of fully tenured professors in STEM today are women. And the effects of this on our lives and our economy are wide ranging. Most of the devices we use today, from our phones to cars to the airbags that deploy in an accident, were all designed by men, for men’s bodies and how men think.
Our guest today is a woman who is determined to change all this. Dr Carin Bondar is a Canadian biologist, writer, filmmaker, speaker and television personality and we are very proud to say, a recent She’s on Top member. She is also the visionary behind STEM Angels, a registered charity that supports women continuing in the science and technology sector of higher academia. The STEM Angels Foundation is the first of its kind in the world so we were thrilled to learn more about this subject and to be able to share this information with you.
Some of the questions we ask:
- What is STEM?
- How did you get into STEM and why?
- Let's talk about the crazy statistic on your website that only 20% of fully tenured professors in STEM subjects are women. Why is that?
- Why does it matter? Why do we need women in STEM?
- What can maternal perspectives in science achieve?
- How do we fix this?
- What is the STEM Angels foundation and how can we help?
- What have been some of your biggest struggles around getting recognition and having a seat at the table?
- Advice is there for women who want to get into this field
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Learn more about Dr Carin Bondar and STEM Angels:
STEM Angels Foundation https://stemangels.ca/
Dr Carin Bondar:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carinbondar/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carin.bondar
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carin-bondar-6860a233/
J.Kelly Hoey transformed her career through networking and in the process became an expert on the subject. Today she is a sought after keynote speaker, has a podcast on the topic and recently released a book ‘Build Your Dream Network: Forging Powerful Relationships in a Hyper-Connected World’. Business Insider exclaimed that Build Your Dream Network“completely changed the way I think about networking” and we do too.
Like many of us this is an area where we struggle, which is why we jumped at the chance to learn from her expertise. Kelly believes that there is no one-size-fits-all formula when it comes to networking but there are a few tips that can make you better at it. She offers a fresh approach to mastering this essential but timeworn skill in a world where “everyone is frantically posting, liking, and friending”; yet too many people are failing to successfully make the lasting, genuine connections their careers need.
Some of the topics we cover:
- How did you become a networking expert?
- Are there different networks for men and women?
- What should the structure of your network look like?
- Is it different networking online?
- What networks do women need?
- How can you leverage your male network to increase your female network/community?
- Research shows that successful women leverage their networks better than anyone else. How and why?
- Top tips for creating a network.
- How do you make networking more fun?
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Learn more about J.Kelly Hoey
Website: https://jkellyhoey.co/
Book: Build Your Dream Network. Forging Powerful Relationships In A Hyper-Connected World. https://jkellyhoey.co/books/book-build-your-dream-network/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellyhoey/
It’s our first podcast of 2022 and we are celebrating it with our first male podcast guest, Aloe Blacc. Aloe is a Grammy nominated musician, singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, and philanthropist. Aloe fell in love with hip-hop as a kid and started writing rap songs when he was nine. His illustrious career has focussed on love, good energy and positivity. “When I signed a major-label contract, I recognized the power of having a larger audience, and I promised myself that I’d use my voice for social change” he says. And that’s just one of the many things we admire about Aloe and why we wanted to share his philosophy and point of view with our audience.
Aloe also believes in empowering women so their voices can be heard too. Their perspective and point of view are needed in music and we chat with Aloe about how we can achieve this goal. We also talk about the importance of community, how we define success and what we can all do individually to be part of the change that needs to happen.
“When things happening in the world seem so terrible and dark, it’s so easy to get stuck in all the negative. But I try to do whatever I can to help people out of that. I want my music to be the light.”
Some of the questions we ask Aloe:
- How did you get into music?
- Did you always want to be a musician?
- You’ve had a very successful career so far - did you always want it to be about positivity?
- What were the influences on you that helped you create your music?
- Why is it harder for positive songs to break through?
- Why are positive songs so important?
- Why do you think it’s important to have more female voices heard?
- Why is it important for men to support female artists and producers?
- What do you see women bring to the music industry as producers and musicians that is different from men?
- What do you see as the change needed to get more women into the music industry?
- Advice for women to break into the music industry from a male point of view.
- How do we stay positive with all the bad news that’s thrown at us?
- Who are some of the women in your life that inspired you?
Learn more about Aloe Blacc
Website https://www.aloeblacc.com
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/aloeblacc/
Twitter https://twitter.com/aloeblacc
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aloeblacc
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/0id62QV2SZZfvBn9xpmuCl
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Today we’re chatting with Dana Hill, the founder of The Black Doll Affair.
On December 17, 2007, after witnessing a "Doll Test" on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Dana was inspired to create The Black Doll Affair. The infamous “Doll Tests” from the documentary “A Girl Like Me” showed that black children associated black dolls with being “bad” and “ugly” and made it clear that they preferred white dolls, which they deemed “pretty” and “good.”
The Black Doll Affair is a philanthropic organization and self-esteem movement for black girls and women to re-establish their self-esteem, self-image and worth in a society where black women are all too often the lowest on the totem pole.
Connecting your worthiness to the colour or shade of your skin is a huge problem that is ongoing today especially when it comes to black children. In our conversation with Dana you’ll hear why this issue is so complicated and what we can do to change it.
As Dana says, The Black Doll Affair is not just about the color of your skin, it’s about loving the color of your skin, no matter what shade of black. It’s about self-esteem in hue. It’s about feeling good the way you were born – dark or light. It’s about girls and women conquering self-defeating, self-limiting thought patterns of ‘I’m not good enough because I was born a black girl.' It’s about loving who you are!!!
Some of the topics we cover:
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What is The Black Doll Affair and what does it do?
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Why are black children still picking the white dolls?
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What happens when you give a black child a black doll? Why is it important?
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Is it making a difference?
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What more could we do?
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Where do you see progress?
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Why is it also important for white women to get involved?
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How do we get involved? How do we help?
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Learn more about Dana Hill and The Black Doll Affair
Website: https://blackdollaffair.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackdollaffair/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/blackdollaffair
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/dana-mama-doll-hill
Today we are sharing our conversation with Indiana (Indy) Greg who is a 5x founder and creative visionary, about her life and latest passion project, a new online platform called Wedo. In a career spanning over 20 years, Indy has led teams in the tech, fintech, real estate, fashion, music and cosmetic industries, and consulted show-stopping brands like LVMH, IKEA and Sony to name just a few. And she's also a rockstar (yes a real rockstar), who did it all while raising three children as a single mom.
Wedo is a new platform that will have officially launched by the time we release this podcast. It has the possibility of revolutionizing the world of freelancers and small business. It was developed as a solution to the high costs and complications involved in the early stages of starting a business. Wedo offers all the necessary tools entrepreneurs need on one convenient platform: chat, calendar, live streaming audio and video with in-stream payments & invoicing, plus global card accounts to make and receive cross-border and domestic payments instantly in multiple currencies.
It’s basically your one stop shop and you’re going to want to learn more about it.
Indy is so inspiring and her advice is priceless. She is a great example of how we are all multi-faceted and have the power to continuously reinvent ourselves. Indy shows us that when we dig deep we can find our natural power and manifest our deepest desires.
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About Indiana Gregg
https://www.instagram.com/indianagregg/
https://www.facebook.com/indianagregg
https://www.linkedin.com/in/indianagregg/
About Wedo
https://getwedo.today
Today we are speaking with someone near and dear to Jessica’s heart, her sister Tory. Jessica comes from a family of female entrepreneurs. Her mother opened a highly successful paper store in Yorkville in the 70’s called The Papery, which went on to be franchised in Ottawa and Victoria, BC. In the early 80’s her sister started a company called Paper E. Clips, a wholesale greeting card and paper products company, which distributed to retail stores across Canada. When she started out she was a small fry in the paper industry surrounded by larger, successful companies run by mostly men.
Most of the companies that were around back then have disbanded or gone under so we were curious to find out how Tory managed to survive and is still growing thirty years later. How did she adapt, grow and outlast her competition?
So many of our stories about success take place over 2-5 years so we were excited to talk to an entrepreneur about what it is like to build a business over multiple decades. What was it like operating before the digital age? How do you create a family atmosphere that keeps your employees growing with you? How do you define success?
Tory has some great insights that we hope you’ll enjoy.
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Learn more about Tory Wright:
Paper E. Clips:
Website: www.papereclips.com
Instagram/Facebook:@papereclips
Halfpenny Postage:
Website: www.halfpennypostage.com
Instagram/Facebook: @halfpennypostage
Contact: hello@halfpennypostage.com
Did you know that 99% of decisions are made by the subconscious brain? And that changing a key word or phrase can have a huge effect on your bottom line. It’s actually a science and there’s a name for it, “Behavioural Economics.”
Today we’re talking with Melinda Palmer who is the Founder and CEO of The Brainy Business. The Brainy Business provides behavioral economics consulting to businesses of all sizes from around the world. Melina also has a podcast of the same name in which she explores the psychology of why people buy. In May of this year her first book was published, What Your Customer Wants and Can’t Tell You. The book demonstrates how science can be used to unlock the secrets of consumer decisions for any number of businesses.
In this conversation we take a deep dive into what exactly behavioral economics is, how you can use it to increase sales in your business and why it is essential knowledge for any entrepreneur out there.
Some of the topics we cover:
- How to “hack your brain” to come up with innovative products and initiatives for your business.
- When pricing your products, ending in a 5, 7, 9 or 0 can make a big difference.
- The magic word that can increase your sales by 38%.
- The top 5 wording mistakes businesses make.
- If behavioural economics is different for men vs women.
- Behavioral baking - what it is and how it can help your business?
- How easy is it to change our behaviour?
- What motivates people to take action.
Melinda has kindly given She’s on Top Podcast listeners a free chapter to her new book as well as a free companion guide workbook.
Free Chapter: www.thebrainybusiness.com/shesontop
Free PDF Companion Workbook: https://be-thoughtful-revolution.mn.co/share/Pg3nbLXqOXyRiFZI?utm_source=manual
What Your Customer Wants And Can’t Tell You https://amzn.to/3iZMZFo
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Learn more about Melinda Palmer:
Website https://thebrainybusiness.com/
Podcast https://thebrainybusiness.com/podcast/
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thebrainybiz/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/melinarpalmer
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/thebrainybusiness
Amanda Clark and Kym Hannah are two incredible women who have changed the face of adoption. They are the founders of TEAMworks which is a non profit foundation that seeks to improve and enhance the lives of special needs children locally and internationally.
We first learned of their incredible story when we interviewed Emily Chang last season, the author of The Spare Room. If you haven’t already listened to that podcast we encourage you to check it out. The Spare Room is about creating your own personal legacy and Emily shared a number of powerful stories of women who had done just that. Amanda and Kym’s story in particular was so moving that we asked Emily to connect us with them.
We love this story because it demonstrates we all have the power to impact the lives of others. It doesn’t matter what it is, in this case it was hundreds of children, but it might be just one child or one person. What we learned is to say YES when something wakes you or moves you and to just take that first step. And how we all have the power to dramatically change the lives of others.
Topics we cover:
- How Amanda began the journey by adopting her two sons with cerebral palsy from an orphanage in the Ukraine.
- How did the first trip to the orphanage with a team of therapists come about?
- The conditions in the orphanage.
- Our different cultural biases in regards to special needs and orphaned children
- What were the changes they implemented and what have been the results.
- How can we as individuals make a difference?
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Learn more about TEAMworks here:
Teamworks - Non-profit
www.teamworksteam.com
Children's Team
www.childrensteam.com
Kym Hannah
https://www.instagram.com/kym_mccoy_hannah/
https://www.facebook.com/kym.hannah.9
Amanda Clark
https://www.instagram.com/amanda.b.clark/
https://www.facebook.com/amanda.b.clark
There is a lot of discussion these days around hormones and most of it is negative. We’re told how to “deal” with our hormones. How our hormones are causing mood swings. How our changing hormones are the source of a lot of misery and discomfort. But what if your hormones were actually your superpower? What if working with your hormones could lead to better success in your career or business?
In this podcast we chat with Dr Ashley Margeson, ND who is a naturopathic doctor, an entrepreneur and also has her own weekly podcast called the Superwoman Code. Dr Margeson will have you looking at your hormones in a whole new way. She feels that if you come to understand how they actually work, you will realize they are your own superpower, and the key to you becoming the person you were always meant to be.
This was a fascinating conversation where we learned how you can optimize your menstrual cycle, or lack of, for better business results as well as tips on how to avoid burnout. This interview was a game changer for us and we can pretty much guarantee it will be for you too.
Some of the topics we cover:
- Why she became a naturopath.
- Why our hormones are so fascinating.
- How do you cycle sync with self care?
- Why you should plan your work month around your hormones.
- What if you don’t have a period because you are in menopause? How important are your hormones then and how do you work with them?
- How are our hormones linked to burnout?
- Why do women burn out before men?
- What are the first signs of burnout?
- Is work life balance a myth?
- Why do we get sick when we take time off from work?
- If there was just one thing women should do to take charge of their hormones and work life what would it be?
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Learn more about Dr Ashley Margeson:
Website https://www.ashleymargeson.com/
Podcast The Superwoman Code https://www.ashleymargeson.com/podcast/
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/drashleymargeson/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/drashleymargeson/
This is our last podcast of Season One and we’d like to start by thanking you. We are so grateful for all our loyal listeners and the positive feedback we’ve received. Please keep sending us your comments and suggestions so we can make this podcast better and better.
Since this is the place where we share the stories of women entrepreneurs and change-makers, we thought it would make sense to share our story too. The story of She’s on Top, this community and why we created it. Our mission is to connect, elevate and celebrate as many women as possible. And by sharing all these wonderful stories we hope to do just that. Listen here as we interview each other on how and why She’s on Top was created and some insights we’ve had along the way.
Stay tuned for Season Two starting this September!!!
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Can you create a successful business while leading from the heart? What does leading with kindness look like and how do we implement it? In this interview we chat with Robin Kovitz, the CEO and Founder of Baskits Inc, about how having a more feminine approach to business is not only doable but profitable too.
Baskits Inc, is one of Canada’s fastest growing companies. Baskits designs, manufactures and delivers beautiful gift baskets across Canada and the US. It has over 40,000 customers from around the world and in 2020 was recognized as one of the Top Growing Companies in Canada by the Globe and Mail’s Report on Business Magazine.
Before acquiring Baskets Robin worked in private equity on the buyouts of mid-sized companies. She has an MBA degree from the Harvard Business School and a B. Comm. degree from Queen's University. And in 2017, she was recognized as a Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 award winner. She is a sought after speaker and frequently serves as a guest lecturer at both Yale School of Management and Harvard Business School.
Needless to say, Robin’s background is impressive. Her intentional approach to leading with kindness is inspiring. This interview will challenge you to see kindness as a legitimate business tool. We loved what Robin had to say because it is so in line with She’s on Top’s core beliefs. We hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did.
Some of the topics we cover:
- Why Robin bought Baskits Inc and what it’s about.
- Why she bought a company rather than starting from scratch.
- How has she changed the work ethic there.
- How effective can you be by leading with kindness.
- How are you perceived by others if you lead this way.
- What does leading with the feminine look like.
- How do you strike a balance between empathy and being firm so you get the job done.
- What does success look like to Robin.
- What women have inspired her.
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Learn more about Robin Kovitz:
Website www.baskits.com
Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/baskitsinc/
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/380219/admin/
Robin Kovitz https://www.linkedin.com/in/robin-kovitz-0a825b3/
Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/robinkovitz/
Do you have your own social legacy? Would you like to unlock the power to lead a more intentional life? Today we are talking about purpose. Whether it’s personally or professionally we are all looking for it. Why are we here? How can we make an impact? How can my business make an impact? If these are questions you are struggling with you are going to want to listen to our conversation with the incredible Emily Chang, Global CEO, Ted X speaker and author of the bestselling book, The Spare Room.
Emily is a seasoned executive who has worked with some of the world’s most renowned companies like Procter & Gamble, Apple and Starbucks. Over the last twenty-two years, her job has brought her and her family to eight different homes across the U.S. and China. Everywhere she has lived, life has served up young people who have been abused, neglected or marginalized, to find sanctuary in her spare room. In The Spare Room she shares her deeply personal accounts and heart-wrenching stories of an emotionally abused child bride, a dying baby boy born with hydrocephalus, and the abused daughter of a local prostitute.
With the sixteen young people she and her family have cared for, Emily has found that living her Social Legacy has not only deeply enriched her home life, it has also enabled her to become a more authentic and relatable leader in the workplace. Each time she opened the door to her spare room, Emily found herself in a front row seat, witnessing on of life’s incredible stories unfold before her. Integrating work and life, she introduces her spare room kids to colleagues and encourages her team members to invest in their own Social Legacies.
Every once in a while you have a conversation that changes you. That’s what this was for us. We were left excited, energized and inspired and we know you will be too.
Some of the topics we cover:
- What is socially purposed leadership?
- How to define your values?
- The evolution of writing The Spare Room
- The steps for discovering your purpose and how to act on it.
- Why is social impacted leadership so important?
- How does leading a more intentional life make you an effective leader?
- Can your purpose evolve or are you born with one’s purpose?
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Learn more about Emily Chang:
Website: https://social-legacy.com/
TEDx talk: https://social-legacy.com/the-past/
The Spare Room: https://amzn.to/3fN4NSj
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thespareroombook/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thespareroombook
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilychang8621/
How do you create a thriving community? Is there a secret or is it just luck?
In this podcast we chat with She’s On Top ambassadors, Erica Campbell and Jaime Dobbs, owners and operators of the very successful Society of Beer Drinking Ladies (SOBDL). The SOBDL began in late 2013 and is now North America’s largest organization for womxn and the beer community. As one of the leading organizations in the Ontario craft beer scene, the SOBDL is proud to offer womxn and those that identify, safe and inclusive event experiences. Their events boast music, entertainment, alcohol vendors, food vendors, an artisan marketplace and more! The SOBDL regularly partners with Ontario breweries to create small batch beers for charity, has a year-round rotating beer at the LCBO brewed at Henderson Brewing and a year-round rotating cider made at Shiny Ciders.
Erica and Jaime share their journey on building this amazing community. We also take a deep dive into their background: how they met, what they did before launching the Society of Beer Drinking Ladies, their struggles and growing pains as their brand and community has evolved. They share their personal definition of success and offer some great advice for other entrepreneurs wanting to launch a new community.
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We also have a fantastic membership program where you can connect with a highly engaged group of dynamic women entrepreneurs and change makers. Here you will be supported, have the ability to access free expert workshops as well as our private Facebook group, attend fun events and much more. Check out all the details here.
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The SOBDL https://ladiesdrinkbeer.com
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In this podcast we chat with the amazing Ann Shin. Ann is an award-winning filmmaker whose compelling films and series have aired on multiple networks. Her film My Enemy, My Brother, premiered at Tribeca Film Festival and was shortlisted for a 2016 Academy Award, and nominated for an Emmy.
Ann is also an award-winning poet and author as well as a principal at Fathom Film Group, a female-led production company.
Her first novel, The Last Exiles, was published this April and was inspired by her experience going undercover to make her film about defectors from North Korea. Her latest documentary, Artificial Immortality, was selected to be the Opening Night film for the Toronto Hot Docs Festival.
In this interview we chat with Ann about her incredible career, and the business side of being a writer and filmmaker.
We also discuss the challenges that are unique to being a woman in the film industry and why you need to be passionate about your projects. Ann also shares some great advice for women wanting to embark on a career in film as well as her thoughts around what success is.
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Why are only 2% of music producers women? How do we break down gender stereotypes when it comes to women in music? How do we give a platform to minorities in the audio industry? And how do we inspire more girls and women to go into technical industries?
In this episode we chat with the incredible Liina, who passionately answers these questions and more. Liina is a music producer, mixing engineer, musician, songwriter and educator. Basically she’s brilliant!!! Originally from Finland she now lives in England. She has a successful YouTube channel, LNA Does Audio Stuff and is the co-founder of Equalize Music Production.
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Our guest today is a guest we’ve had before on our YouTube channel. We were so impressed with her that we had to have her back.
Dr. Ebony Butler is a registered psychologist and food relationship strategist. She focusses on helping women heal from trauma and deal with diet and eating disorders. Recognizing that many women could not afford counselling or might be intimidated by it, lead to her newest career as an entrepreneur.
Last year at the beginning of Covid she launched, “My Therapy Cards,” a deck of cards designed to help women of colour grow and elevate in the areas of emotional and mental health.
They were so successful that she has now launched a second deck for teens and is also planning on launching a deck for men.
Talking with her was enlightening. We talked about why women of colour have been overlooked in the health field and why having a black therapist is so important.
Dr. Butler also shares her own struggles as an entrepreneur and passes on some great advice.
It’s an important conversation you won’t want to miss.
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Do you have a newsletter or are thinking about creating one? Are you curious about what a good newsletter looks like and how effective it can be for promoting your brand? Then you’ll want to listen to this weeks podcast with our friend and email marketing guru Joanna Track. As the Executive Publisher of The Bullet and Co-Founder and Chief Strategist of Newsworthy, Joanna knows firsthand how to create content that entertains, informs, and cuts through the noise. She gives us a step-by-step guide of how to create the perfect newsletter, how much you should pay to get subscribers, and best practices to keep your audience engaged and subscribed. She also lets us know how much she enjoys our newsletter which we took as a HUGE compliment. So if you haven’t done so already please subscribe to our newsletter here.
Key Takeaways:
[3:05] Email is literally the only channel where a person has full control over what comes in it.
[4:40] The very first thing to determine when putting together a newsletter is your business objective.
[6:00] Three things a newsletter should do: educate, entertain, and enlighten.
[8:44] Branding doesn’t have to mean fancy or full of graphics — it means being on your brand!
[9:42] Keep your newsletter clean and simple. Almost all of us are inundated with messages, and your audience needs to get the message quickly and succinctly.
[12:09] If you have a lot of content, you can give people the option to read on for more.
[13:25] How do you grow your newsletter? Gaining subscribers has become more and more competitive and expensive, but it still is possible. After determining your business objective, it’s important in thinking about how much money and time you want to spend growing the audience.
[15:44] The good thing about paid search and ads is that they are quantifiable, and you can clearly see the results.
[19:33] Joanna talks about how The Bullet has changed and adapted through the pandemic.
[21:02] Joanna talks about the number of subscribers you need for advertisers, and why a great open rate can often mean more than a big subscriber count.
[23:44] Authenticity plus consistent action is important for subscribers to trust you.
[25:10] Document your objective and always go back to it.
[28:18] Joanna discusses the recent acquisition of her business from mogul Arlene Dickinson. She couldn’t be happier!
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Quotes:
“What are you giving to people to make it interesting? Make it interesting to somebody else. Don’t just make it for yourself.” - Joanna
“Authenticity leads to trust.” - Joanna
Can we achieve anything we want? Are some people just lucky? How much of your success is determined by your attitude?
According to today’s guest, the “Unstoppable Tracy Schmitt,” we are all born limitless. Tracy is a decorated athlete in skiing, world cup sailing, and mountain climbing. She is a motivational speaker, an international humanitarian, and a global consultant to companies like Air Canada and Uber. Those would be incredible achievements for any woman but Tracy was born a four-way amputee. Faced with the challenges that come with this from birth, Tracy has had to try harder and persevere longer to get the opportunities that many of us take for granted. It has forced her to tap into an energy and resilience that she feels we all have.
She is living proof that the key to being unstoppable is perseverance, which means you fail, you start again, you adapt, and eventually, you will figure it out. This is a conversation you are going to want to hear because it might serve as the motivation you needed today to take that next step in your life.
Key Takeaways:
[2:34] Where does Tracy’s unstoppable attitude come from?
[3:10] Tracy shares what it was like growing up without arms and legs.
[3:53] How did Tracy’s mom manage raising her?
[5:00] Tracy shares the memorable experience of her first days at school.
[9:24] Tracy shares how she became a world-class sailor.
[12:22] How do you keep persisting through challenges?
[14:16] Everything is empty and meaningless, there lies the opportunity for you to take action.
[14:53] How does Tracy turn around a tough day?
[18:26] Tracy talks about those “why me?” days.
[22:35] The power of a mother’s courage.
[23:11] Tracy shares about an inspiring woman in her life.
[24:33] What brings Tracy joy?
[25:23] Tracy gives one piece of advice that keeps her going on tough days.
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Quotes:
“You were born limitless.”
“Sometimes success is just trying”
“We are all valuable contributors.”
“Everything is empty and meaningless, therefore you can make it into what you want it to be for you.”
“Sometimes we get defeated mostly by our self-talk.”
“When you live a life with no excuses, you get to live a life with no limits.”
Is self-love something you can cultivate or are you born with it? What is self-talk and how does that affect the people around you? In today’s episode, we chat with Raia ‘Coach’ Carey. Raia is a certified life coach and motivational speaker who is having an incredible impact. Her goal is to equip people with tangible tools they can use to steer themselves towards self-awareness, resilience, and sustainable success. In this enlightening interview, Raia talks with us about self-love, body shaming, confidence, and the importance of authenticity. Most importantly, she helps us tap into the self-confidence we didn’t know we had.
Key Takeaways:
[2:09] Raia shares her weight loss journey.
[4:03] Top tips from Raia about body shaming.
[5:42] How shifting your language can help you build your confidence.
[6:44] Where did Raia get her confidence from?
[8:14] Raia talks about teaching her parents how to treat her as a hybrid child.
[9:48] How can you build your self-confidence and self-trust?
[11:12] Build your own self-love toolbox.
[12:46] How is Raia approaching the increasing amount of depression in the general population?
[13:30] How to manage your negative and dark thoughts.
[16:15] Raia talks about gender fluidity.
[21:37] How does Raia stay true to herself in her role as an influencer?
[24:57] Raia shares her thoughts about energy.
[27:40] You are having an energetic conversation whether you are running it or not.
[28:13] How is Raia a gift to herself?
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Article on Gender Fluidity:
Gender and Pronouns: How You to Support Someone on an Identity Journey
Quotes:
“Be mindful of how you talk to yourself.”
“When one person is courageous enough to show vulnerability, others feel permission to be vulnerable too.”
“All bodies are different, all bodies are beautiful.”
“If you ever overcome something, it means you have tools.”
“Mindset means not being scared to shine a light on your own darkness.”
“Mindset often comes down to the language you are using to talk to yourself.”
“Masculinity and femininity do not belong to anyone gender, they are just traits and attributes that any gender can have.”
“Authenticity is priceless.”
Are you convinced you are not a natural salesperson? Do you struggle to connect with possible prospects and clients? Can anyone sell?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you’ll want to listen to this podcast.
Nikki Rausch is the CEO and founder of “Sales Maven”, an organization dedicated to “authentic selling.” With 25+ years of experience selling to prestigious organizations like The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and NASA, Nikki shattered sales records and received “top producer” awards along the way. Today, entrepreneurs and small business owners hire Nikki to show them how to sell successfully and authentically.
In this conversation, we unpack the reasons why many of us struggle with sales. And good news, they are all solvable. Listen to get some invaluable tips and tricks from an expert.
Key Takeaways:
[4:28] Can anybody sell?
[6:01] How do you get over worthiness issues when it comes to selling?
[8:03] Selling as “issuing an invitation.”
[9:31] How to get over unconscious bias.
[10:18] How to match “the style” of the person you are selling to.
[12:16] Nikki shares an example of how you can add flexibility to your behavior for successful selling.
[15:06] How to tailor your emails to the person you are selling to.
[19:05] How do you sell to a corporation vs an individual? Is it different selling a service vs a product?
[22:25] How do you deal with rejection?
[26:32] Nikki talks about her mentors.
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Nikki also has a podcast called Sales Maven which you can find on your favorite podcast platform. Sales Maven Podcast
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Nikki has generously provided our viewers with this free e-book. Closing The Sale e-book
Nikki’s Books:
The Selling Staircase: Mastering the Art of Relationship Selling, Nikki Rausch
Buying Signals: Turn Casual Conversations into Sales, Nikki Rausch
Quotes
“When you are selling it isn´t so much about you, but about the other person.”
“When you are selling you are issuing an invitation.”
“We buy from people we know we can trust.”
“Sales is about conversation, you need to talk with people, not at them.”
Hosts Jessica Wright and Tracy Hornik are the co-founders of She’s on Top, a community of women entrepreneurs and change-makers. Their show is a combination of great information on how to succeed in business to a thoughtful and often humorous take on what it means to be a woman in today's world.