Author to Authority

One of the key elements of becoming an Authority is the people you surround yourself with. In 2020 four women, Kim Thompson-Pinder, Samantha King, Carol Boston, and Krystle Dookoo all met at an online networking meeting and found that not only did they all really like each other but had valuable skills, talents, and abilities that could help each other grow their businesses faster.

In October they decided to become the Authority Gang and over the next year, they have dedicated themselves to become a force to be reckoned with as they teach, train, and support entrepreneurs in the seven key business building blocks: Authority Marketing, Sales, Communication, Networking, Social Media, Promotion, and Leadership. You will be seeing the four of them all over social media and once a month featured here on the podcast.

In today's episode, they will introduce themselves and we talk about what is Authority and who you have to become to obtain it.

Carol Boston

I am known as the Queen of Reframe, for I can reframe almost any challenge and give you a new way of viewing it and a strategic plan to take you in a new direction. I help women business owners to know their value, own their power and advocate for themselves, so they can rise up and become the Lioness Leaders they were created to be! My clients describe me as "relentless" in making sure they get amazing results and many of them double or triple their income!

www.CarolBoston.com

Samantha King

Fempire Builders founder and CEO, Samantha King, has balanced multiple roles and careers in her life – and succeeded in every single one. Her ability to see and encourage the potential in others has led to the success of Fempire Builders.

Now Samantha’s aim is to motivate and plant the seeds of success in other female entrepreneurs across Canada!

www.fempirebuilders.com

Krystle Dookoo

My company, Imagerie Mentors was established in 2015 as a way to help individuals, entrepreneurs and small businesses build and maintain an online presence while sharing their passion with their targeted audience. My goal is to take my client’s passions and ensure that their brand, their mission, and their message are vividly and beautifully reflected in their various social media platforms. I am a firm believer in community building and I enjoy creating a space where people can come together and connect with one another. The goal is to encourage support and to bring together entrepreneurs and professionals alike.

www.linkedin.com/in/krystledookoo/ 

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In the second part of this two-part series, Ryan and Kim talk about how to grow your business intentionally and successfully. In this episode, they cover why you need to grow yourself to grow your company and figuring successful habits, and what are the essential tasks to do in a day.

Ryan is a High-Performance Coach, Author, and Speaker who guides people to reach their full potential in their lives, businesses, and teams through my proven method of intentional growth.

As a former ESPN Academic All-American, he decided to channel his competitiveness from baseball to business by founding a startup company in Silicon Valley. After a few years of iterations and modest growth, he became a statistic when he had to shut down the company.

As he reflected on that experience, he realized that in the same way he developed himself as an athlete–to be a high performer on the baseball field, he must apply that same method to become a high performer in business. Unfortunately, it took a failed business to figure that out. From that experience, he developed a formula for growth called the Intentional Growth Model™️.

Around that same time, He was asked to be a founding team member of a tech startup company again. He applied all that he learned from my previous experience to help make this company a success. Over 7 years, they intentionally built the company from just an idea into a successful, venture-backed brand with Fortune 500 clients.

Taking what he learned about high-performance intentional growth, he wrote a book based upon the growth formula and now gets to coach people on how to reach their full potential to teams, businesses, and people across the Country.

www.TheIntentionalDay.com

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In this episode, Kim continues to talk about the Author To Authority concept and one of the key foundational pieces which is your core marketing message. Once you have this piece in place, it makes growing your business easier and faster.

Have you ever looked at a blank computer screen in frustration because the words will not come because you are afraid it won’t sound right? Or worse, that it will not be received well?

Kim spent many years feeling that way after a teacher told Kim that she was, “No good at writing and should stop.”  Discouraged, Kim put writing aside. Then, she came to a crossroads in her life and let those hurtful words go. She set her words free and let her voice sound out once more. Since then, Kim has gone on to author five books (with three more on the way), two planners and even a collection of Sudoku books. Plus she is the host of the Author To Authority podcast. Most importantly, Kim started RTI Publishing and has helped over one 150 entrepreneurs to become authors and taught them how to use their books to become authorities in their niche and open doors to build their business faster.

Kim understands the power of words and can’t wait to share them with you and your audience on this podcast. 

Get your free excerpt of Kim's newest book coming out Jan 2021 by going to www.AuthorToAuthority.com/get-the-book 

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On today's episode, Kim shares a training that she did for Staples on how to use Authorship and Authority Marketing to build a strong business fast.

She shares on the 6 Key Building Blocks, what model is best, and an introduction that you can use in most situations to generate curiosity and make the person want to learn more about you.

Have you ever looked at a blank computer screen in frustration because the words will not come because you are afraid it won’t sound right? Or worse, that it will not be received well?

Kim spent many years feeling that way after a teacher told Kim that she was, “No good at writing and should stop.”  Discouraged, Kim put writing aside. Then, she came to a crossroads in her life and let those hurtful words go. She set her words free and let her voice sound out once more. Since then, Kim has gone on to author five books (with three more on the way), two planners and even a collection of Sudoku books. Plus she is the host of the Author To Authority podcast. Most importantly, Kim started RTI Publishing and has helped over one 150 entrepreneurs to become authors and taught them how to use their books to become authorities in their niche and open doors to build their business faster.

Kim understands the power of words and can’t wait to share them with you and your audience on her podcast. www.AuthorToAuthority.com/podcast

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Shari Lueck joins Kim on this special day - the launch of her new book My Skeletons Have Names. They talk about the years of abuse, how Shari cheated death more times than a cat has lives, and how she has successfully left that behind to publish this book and make a difference in the lives of others. Shari also shares her experiences in using a team of people to help her bring this book to life.

Homeless twice before the age of 19, Shari lived a life sprinkled with extraordinary events and unbelievable circumstances. After trying to commit suicide at 18, she had a dream to help ordinary people that were suffering so that nobody ever had to feel alone. Pre-pandemic 2020, Shari hung up her hat as a highly sought-after sales expert and dedicated her life to fulfilling her dreams. She has coached hundreds of people over the past eight years and is an award-winning breakthrough life coach and emotional healing facilitator, and the founder of Bridges2Bravery. Shari has 3 grown children, a beloved Australian Shepherd, and lives with her husband surrounded by nature.

Get your copy of the book this week only for $.99 on Amazon.

www.amazon.com/My-Skeletons-Have-Names-Victim-ebook/dp/B08LSYWH43/

 

www.ShariLueck.com

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Ryan joins Kim for the first of a two part series to talk about how to grow your business intentionally and successfully. In this first episode they cover important topics like having board meetings with yourself, proper boundaries as a leader, and the importance of your tribe/community.

Kim & Juanita talk today about ways to advertise and get your book out there, so that it builds your business instead of boxes of books sitting in your garage. The share about changing the way you see the book into one where it is a tool that use. They also talked about how to use free promo sites, Facebook groups, your email signature Goodreads groups and an Amazon Idea List to gain attention for your book.

Have you ever looked at a blank computer screen in frustration because the words won’t come because you are afraid it won’t sound right? Or worse, that it won’t be received well?

Kim spent many years feeling that way after a teacher told Kim that she was, “No good at writing and should stop.”  Discouraged, Kim put writing aside. Then, she came to a crossroads in her life and let those painful words go. She set her words free and let her voice to be heard once more. Since then, she has gone on to author five books (with three more on the way this year), two planners and even a collection of Sudoku books. Most importantly, Kim started RTI Publishing and has helped over one hundred entrepreneurs to become authors and taught them how to use their books to become authorities in their niche and open doors to build their business faster.

Kim understands the power of words and can’t wait to share them with you on the podcast.

If you love the podcast, and consider yourself an Entrepreneur, Expert, Authority in your niche and would like to be on the show, go to https://go.oncehub.com/AuthorToAuthorityPodcast and book a 15 minute potential guest call with Kim to see if you are a good fit for the show.

 

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Kim does a workshop on the power of podcasting in your business and how it positions you as the expert in your niche and builds and audience at the same time.

On today’s Writer’s Workshop episode, Juanita shares how to make your writing interesting and so delicious that readers can’t help but finish it.

Juanita Wootton-Radko is an enthusiastic reader, writer, and collector of books. When not at the library, she can often be found lurking about “used book” stores. Her lifelong passion for words has led to an equal passion for the structure of language and the grammatical tools we use to communicate.

Juanita works at RTI Publishing as the Book Project Manager and resident “Grammar Guru”. She is the recurring co-host on the Author to Authority Podcast with Kim Thompson-Pinder and hosts the Writer’s Workshop episodes.

Want a free sample of Kim’s newest book Author To Authority coming out in 2020? Go to www.AuthorToAuthority.com/get-the-book

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Coach Cameron Campbell joins Kim on the show to share about his journey into ecommerce and how his book played a part.

Coach Cam landed his first industry job in Houston, his hometown with The Houston Texans in the marketing department. From there, he hit the ground running, taking the skills and knowledge he gained with him to the athletic construction industry, working in sales and marketing. Answering his entrepreneurial calling, he soon launched 5 Star Academy where he began his speaking career, writing curriculums, and consulting. His success lead him to his first coaching post. Developing a diverse skillset Coach Cam entered into the NPO space initially as a contract trainer, but eventually as a lead trainer. In addition to speaking across the country in this role, he developed a Corp of trainers, managed events and programming and oversaw grant execution for the Houston Chapter of the Positive Coaching Alliance. Again missing the sideline, he was called to KIPP Houston High School where he served as head coach and athletic director. Finding instant success, Coach Cam propelled 8 of the 10 varsity sports into post season tournaments and left as the school’s all time winningest coach. Having checked off a major milestone, Coach Cam launched the company Coach Cam and sought to become a highly touted public speaker.

In 2019 Coach Cam published his first book, Alpha:REDEFINED 12 Servant Leadership Principles of Legendary Leaders. 2020 finds Cam at the helm of Texas Athletic Construction and Coach Cam. As far as current projects, mid year Coach Cam released the E-Course Win the 1st Quarter of Your Day: Playbook for Wealth, Health, and Success. What started as a passion project grew into a full fledged digital magazine. Crown and Glory, an aesthetic based luxury lifestyle magazine boasts more than 1,000 subscribers.

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