20 Minutes of Influence

Dana Morgan Barnes is a Life Coach and Inspirational Keynote Speaker, Zumba Instructor, who speaks on empowerment, and life issues. She is life coach for those who are serious about living a lifestyle of overall wellness.

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Aimee Skillen of http://www.SociaLanguage.com grew up in Mexico City and is bilingual. She tried to convince me that she wasn’t weird, but Aimee is a unique individual. How cool is it to have your office / social media retreat center in a yurt?! You will enjoy hearing Aimee’s insights on how influencers use social media and why even those experienced with social media can benefit from having a coach.

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Valerie Morris grew up in chicago, but today lives in the country in Colorado in a log home.

For the past eight years she has helped position others as authorities in their respective fields with content marketing and social media marketing, and she’s done that for herself as well. Valerie likes to practice what she preaches, which means that she has focused on building a network that knows herself and her company as the go-to for help with digital marketing. She says that she has met some of my best clients through these tactics. Her superpower is consistency! And that is critical in marketing, as we discuss in this episode. 

Valerie says that a lot of people are perplexed by her entrepreneurial tendencies and are especially perplexed by her homesteading journey. She likes to weave her adventures on her homestead into stories and applications. She has a talk called “When S@#% Really Hits The Fan | Solving Unique Problems in Content Marketing” that talks about pivoting and solving new problems in marketing. This is based on her experience of discovering they had bats INSIDE their home and how we solved that unique problem. (I actually have a similar story!)

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Laura Pence Atencio is a Twitter powerhouse, with over 125,000 connections – talk about influence! She tweets as much as 50 times every day. Plus she has her own radio show and teaches other about social media marketing. Her superpower is immediately making connections and seeing solutions not obvious to others. Her radio show can be heard on Tuesday and Thursday mornings on KDMT1690 from 9:00am to 10:00am. Connect with Laura at:

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Continuing with yesterday’s theme of influence in the travel indusry, today I interview Bill Bruner.  Bill brings additional perspective to influencer marketing as a travel agent. His superpower is connecting with people. Connect with Bill at:

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The travel business is working hard to create niches and turn away from being considered a commodity. To do that hotels, cruise ships and tour operators are turning to celebrities and authors in entertainment, food, wine, sports and music to create a unique draw. That is influence marketing. To be different in his business, Mitch has made a point of meeting the CEOs of all the travel suppliers that he supports. That influence helps him to do as a travel expert what few others in the travel industry can do for clients. Connect with Mitch at:

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Carrie Gottschalk is a duel American / German citizen and that is where she gets her wanderlust from and why she enjoy so many different types of food. More importantly, in less than a year, she has rubbed shoulders with some of the biggest names in the industry and has become an expert at Facebook advertising. She shares with us some of her secrets in today’s podcast. Connect with Carrie at:

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Dr. RonRoss discusses how his marriage influenced his life and how you can apply the influence techniques he uses in his marriage counseling to your business. Ron can be reached at http://www.heartfeltmarriage.com

Ron’s superpower is that he can make people laugh and cry in the same sentance.

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In this episode, I talk with Debra Jason of the WriteDirection.com about copywriting and it’s effect on influencer marketing.

Debra’s superpower is “a smile that others call sunshine.” You can reach Debra at:

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