In today's episode, I am giving it to you straight and telling you exactly why taking your brand serious is important if you want to build a successful business. I'll share my own brand experience from where I first began and how it has impacted my business growth along the years.

Also, I am inviting you to join me for my totally free branding workshop on June 6th, snag your spot at www.ginnykrauss.com/freeworkshop.

In today's episode, I am sitting down with my dear friend Jodi Brandon of Jodi Brandon Editorial. Jodi shares with us about what her journey of leaving her career at a traditional publishing house to starting her own business doing what she loves on her own terms. We talk about how book writing can make a huge impact on your brand. Jodi also shares with us the hardship she's endured through caring for her mom over the last two years as she battled a terminal illness. She shares with us what that looked like for her on a personal level and how she ran her business during that time. Jodi is such an inspiration and offers wonderful advice for anyone thinking of up-leveling their brand through book writing.

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In this episode, I am sharing with you why your story matters. Why we all have one, big or small, and how we shouldn't ever let other people's stories make ours seem less than. It's crucial that we show up and share our stories in our brand messaging.

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In this episode, I am chatting with Business Coach for the Savvy Female Entrepreneur, Heather Crabtree. Heather founded the wildly popular Savvy Business Owner Facebook group and went on to Found the Savvy Business Circle and Membership Community. Heather shares with us her journey with building a wildly successful online business, and being struck with a personal hardship within her family when her daughter London got diagnosed with childhood cancer. Heather was at the peak of her business when this happened, and we will be talking about how she navigated this tough season, both as a mother and a business owner. This episode is full of wonderful takeaways, if you find yourself in life altering stages of life and business.

Full episode show notes:

http://ginnykrauss.com/brave-new-you-ep-08-rising-up-with-heather-crabtree/

In this episode, I'm sharing with you my own recent rebranding journey and what it was like to go through my own process (hint, it wasn't easy). In it, I am also sharing tips for your own rebrand to ensure it's a success and that you won't find yourself in rebranding anytime in the near future if you do it right.

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In this episode, I am having a candid chat with my biz bestie turned real life bestie, Nevica Vazquez, founder of the Collaboration Catalyst Membership Community. The topics we cover are the importance of finding a biz bestie, and tips to find yours, as well as how to take your friendship from online to offline in order to have a deeper more meaningful connection. Nevica also shares the vulnerable parts of how she changed her entire business model this last year and the scary parts that come with that. 

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Resources in the episode:

Free Collaboration Roadmap

Connect with Nevica on Instagram

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Nevica's website

Ginny's website

In this episode, I am welcoming the Founder of Imperfect Boss, Ashley Beaudin to join me for a heart-to-heart all about being brave and sharing our imperfections in order to create a movement among women + the power of connecting with others. We also share about our difficulties living in places without Target + Chick-Fil-A. 

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Imperfect Boss

Today, I am sharing with you about how easy it can be to become unaligned, overwhelmed and burned out in our businesses. I’m sharing the first crucial step you can take to begin getting yourself and your business realigned.

In this episode, I am having a heart-to-heart with Creative Speaking Strategist, Jessica Rasdall about the importance of sharing our stories. That we all are capable of having a moment of impact. We also dig deep with a raw and emotional topic for the both of us, and share how our own stories intersect with personal tragedy + living for a higher purpose.

Highlights:

-Learn how Jessica turned her mess into a message and inspired women around the world to do the same.

-How you can get over your fear of public speaking by thinking about your own moment of impact that your story could have.

-Being called to live for a higher purpose after personal tragedy.

-Jess shares about her life as a new mom of two and what working full-time with her fiance, Chad is really like.

Episode Resources:

- Shattered, Jessica's book

- The Creatives Speaking Podcast

Today I’m welcoming you to the Brave New You podcast for the very first episode. In this episode, I am sharing with you about my own journey to discovering my greatness and a huge ah-ha moment that I had once I realized that feeling unaligned in my business was holding me back. 

Highlights:

-How your business affects your life, and being unaligned isn’t healthy for either.

-The power of being the bravest + boldest versions of ourselves.

-The importance of getting clear on who you are + how you communicate that.

Resources mentioned:

Kickass Mastermind Live

Jenna Gessay - Intuitive Wellness Coach