Corporate work can have many benefits, but an increasing number of women are deciding that it's worth shifting to entrepreneurship in order to follow their passions. In such cases, where does one begin, and how does one create a business that thrives?

In this episode, Lorraine is joined by an accomplished corporate leader who made the switch to entrepreneurship. Her name is Debra "Deb" Boulanger. She is an inspirational leader/speaker, a launch expert, and host of "The Life After Corporate" podcast. Deb works with intelligent, accomplished female leaders, helping them make the leap from corporate worker to entrepreneur and teaching them how to regain that 6-figure paycheck. Over the last 20 years, Deb has launched dozens of services that generated hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue for her clients. She also launched and grew a single division from $0 to $32 Million in a mere 30 months.

Deb is on a mission to close the revenue gap with women business owners. She shares stories about the good and not-so-good aspects of corporate life that influenced her decision to build her own business. She reveals how revenue discrepancies between genders inspired her to help businesswomen close the gap by identifying and responding to market needs. She explains how she collaborates with her clients to grow their businesses and charge what their work is worth. She talks about the process of building her own team and the value of having a great support system.

You'll enjoy listening to Deb as she drops wise and inspiring words. Whether you're thinking of making the leap from corporate life to entrepreneurship or just looking for insights about the business you're already running, this episode of The Prosper Project delivers content that can help lead you further down your path to success!

Website: https://thegreatdoover.com/ 

IG: @deb_boulanger

Facebook Group: Life After Corporate Facebook Group

LinkedIn: Deb Boulanger

Podcast: Life After Corporate Podcast

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What goals do you want to accomplish by the end of this year? How can you use marketing to achieve these goals?

In this episode, Lorraine shares the three best marketing strategies to help skyrocket your business growth. Her marketing tips focus on non-paid, all organic strategies. She shares how to use these strategies properly and provides some relatable examples.

If you want to grow the visibility of your business and have a greater reach without breaking the bank by paying for expensive advertising, then this episode is for you!

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Is it possible to create a business that incorporates a purpose into a seemingly unrelated field?

In this episode, Lorraine is joined by an inspiring entrepreneur, Hope Caldwell. Hope spent over a decade working various roles in the luxury event industry, including logistics/transportation, destination management, and event design/production. She is also passionate about serving the underserved and leads annual medical missionary trips to Africa with One World Health.

In 2018, Hope was honored by Local Choice with their Social Impact Award for launching her company, KLH Group, which connects clients to the social causes they care about most through high-end service events. Hope also founded Doors to Dream, a 501C-3 that is working to mentor and employ underserved high school students, and she co-founded The Spokes Group, a 501C-3 whose mission is to put deserving children on bicycles to promote health and wellness in their communities. In addition to founding two nonprofit organizations, she has successfully produced luxury corporate events for many Fortune 500 companies.

Hope shares her incredible story of how she built a business that incorporates social impact into luxury events. She reveals the beautiful meaning behind the KLH Group name, and she explains how her event business survived the pandemic and grew to be the success that it is today.

Website: http://klhgroup.co/ 

IG: @klhgroup

Facebook: @KLHGroup

LinkedIn: KLH Group

YouTube: KLH Group

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When starting a business, entrepreneurs understand that they need a plan for growth. However, after a few months–or perhaps a few years–they tend to hit a plateau. If/when this happens to you, what are the things you need to concentrate on to resume your business's upward trajectory?

In this episode, Lorraine shares four key areas to focus on as you scale your business. She also shares some strategies she has learned over the past nine years as she built her agency. At the end of the episode, she leaves you with important questions to ask in order to assess where you are in your business now and what you need to zero in on to get to where you want to be.

If you're ready to take your business beyond the plateau and on to new heights, then this episode is for you!

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Why do we often see women struggle with the hustle and grind in order to achieve prosperity and success? How can owning your feminine energy make a positive difference for your business?

In this episode, Lorraine interviews Allyson Chavez, an energetic prosperity and success coach for ambitious, God-centered women and bestselling author of The Prosperity Approach. Her work has been featured on CBS, NBC, ABC and FOX, as well as in hundreds of other television shows, newspapers and magazine outlets. Allyson teaches women how to create phenomenal results with ease by bending time and space to reshape their reality using feminine energy and achieve their goals without the hustle and grind. She is also a sought-after speaker on mindset, prosperity, universal laws, and success strategies.

Allyson shares how she started her business and the lessons she has learned from her struggles. This episode is loaded with beautiful energy, and Allyson tops it with an interesting analogy regarding feminine and masculine energy. Keep listening until the end to learn how you can prosper without the struggle!

Website: allysonchavez.com

IG: @allysonchavez_

Facebook: @simplyallyson

Podcast: The Prosperity Approach

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How do you grow your business and brand visibility with public relations (PR)? What are the steps you can take to become the go-to authority in your industry?

In this episode, Lorraine talks about PR and why it's important for your business. She discusses the differences between earned media and paid media. She also shares a simple four-step process to help you grow your own PR outreach, build your brand credibility, and become the go-to expert in your field. Finally, she gives you some tips on how you can track and measure your brand outreach.

Listen until the end to receive a special invitation for an opportunity to transition from virtually unknown to verified expert with the power of publicity!

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How can you be ahead of your time and create an impact in the world? How do you shape and evolve your business according to your purpose?

In this episode, Lorraine interviews an exceptional entrepreneur who embraced her purpose and created a huge impact through her tiny business. Sharon Rowe is a social entrepreneur, artist, and speaker, and she is the founder of ECOBAGS. She also authored the book "The Magic of Tiny Business", in which she discusses the importance of living an intentional life and how tiny businesses can be built on maintaining a laser focus on what is essential. Sharon explains what inspired her to write her book and how she thinks business can be used to solve environmental problems.

Sharon has been featured in Time, The Wall street journal, NPR, Entrepreneur, Forbes, and numerous podcasts. She shares with listeners how she came up with her idea for a reusable bag business and how her passion for change helped her develop ECOBAGS. She also talks about the challenges of producing reusable bags and how she successfully markets her products.

Sharon's Website: SharonRowe.com

Eco-Bags Website: ECOBAGS

Sharon's Facebook: @sharonfeldmanrowe

Eco-Bags Facebook: @ECOBAGSdotcom

Sharon's IG: sharonrowe_

Eco-Bags IG: ecobags_us

Sharon's LinkedIn: Sharon Rowe

Get Sharon's book, "The Magic of a Tiny Business", here: https://www.amazon.com/Magic-Tiny-Business-Great-Living/dp/1523094788/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1510077554&sr=8-1&keywords=magic+of+tiny+business 

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When you started your business, what was the first thing that you worked on? Was it your brand colors, website, branding, or did you get straight to how you can make a profit?

According to Dr. Milton Friedman, the "real purpose of a business is to increase its profit"…but is this still true for today's businesses? It is a theory that Lorraine used to believe in, but as she discovered her brand's true purpose, she learned that it is not all about the money. In this episode, Lorraine shares what "brand on purpose" really means.

Learn Lorraine's simple definition of brand purpose and why it is a key component in building your business. She explains how being clear on your purpose can help you attract the right employees and clients. She also dives into brand positioning and shares the importance of writing, sharing, and embodying your purpose statement. Listen at the end for a fun exercise intended to help you define your brand purpose!

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How do you follow your childhood dream and create a career and a business that helps other entrepreneurs gain brand authority? How can you get booked from sharing your story through writing lead-generating publications?

In the second episode of The Prosper Project, Lorraine is thrilled to have Hailey Paige, owner of Award-Winning Notebook Publishing, Black Cherry Publications, and Emmie Press Best Seller marketing Cover Creation Code© Notebook Academy. She has recently penned, "Entrepreneur. Book. Success: How to Attract Ideal Clients as Paying Leads while Positioning Yourself as an Authority in Your Niche". When she is not busy with business expansion and creativity and book publication, Hailey spends her days coaching business owners and entrepreneurs and writing and publishing for the purposes of achieving lead generation and greater authority in their status and niche.

Hailey shares her incredible story, what inspired her as a little girl to get into books and publishing, and where she is based today. She talks about how she built her business, who she typically works with, and her process when working with entrepreneurs. She also discusses hybrid publishing, what makes it better than traditional and self-publishing, and how it can help entrepreneurs gain brand authority. Finally, Hailey shares some words of wisdom about consistency, helping people despite being uncomfortable, and what it means to live a prosperous life.

The Notebook Publishing Website: Notebook Publishing

Onyx Publishing Website: Onyx Publishing

Hailey Paige International Website: Hailey Paige International

IG: @hayleypaigeinternational

Facebook: @haileypaige

Twitter: @hayleypaigeprof

LinkedIn: Hayley Paige Publisher, Book Coach and Ghostwriter 

Join her Powerhouse Women: Book to Booked Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/booktobooked 

Check Hailey's latest book "Entrepreneur. Book. Success.: How to Attract Ideal Clients as Paying Leads while Positioning Yourself as an Authority in Your Niche" here: https://www.amazon.com/Entrepreneur-Book-Success-Positioning-Authority/dp/191320622X

Welcome to The Prosper Project–a podcast committed to sharing purpose-driven strategies, actionable steps and expert insights to help your business prosper!

Your host, Lorraine Schuchart, is Founder and CEO of Prosper for Purpose, a hybrid agency that designs disruptive brand strategies for courageous change-makers using branding, public relations and marketing to impact the world and the bottom line.

In this, her first episode, Lorraine shares her story and how it impacts the who, what and why of The Prosper Project. She discusses how your purpose can make a difference and how doing good is good for business. She also busts the biggest myth about success and talks about what you can expect from future episodes. So join Lorraine...and if you like what you hear, share this episode with more entrepreneurs!

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