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“With psilocybin slowing down the thought to allow for the feeling, it gives more choice around the action.”
— Kathleen Oh
This episode of Captivate + Convert is going to take you on a journey.
Or should I say “trip?”
My guest is Kathleen Oh, an integration coach, breathwork facilitator, and psychedelic guide.
Full disclosure: I’ve been working with her for a while now and she is PHENOMENAL at what she does!
And part of what she does is help her clients unpack their limiting beliefs, connect with their inner landscape, and develop greater clarity... through microdosing psilocybin mushrooms.
“What psilocybin does is it works on receptors in the brain that are the emotional receptors, the serotonin receptors, similar to what an antidepressant is,” Kathleen explains. “But an antidepressant is actually capping those receptors so that the emotion doesn’t become too out of unbalance. What psilocybin is doing is pushing into new space, new thought, and new experience.”
Why am I talking about microdosing on a podcast about entrepreneurship? Because when it comes to the stressful reality of running your own business, conversations about self care, mental health, and emotional wellbeing are just as legit as conversations about social selling and marketing strategy.
So hop into the episode, keep an open mind, and get ready to learn everything you ever wanted to know about magic mushrooms!
Hit play and find a new way to work! In this episode, you’ll learn:
NOTE: this podcast episode is for educational purposes only.
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About Kathleen Oh: Kathleen Oh is an internal family systems informed integration coach, breathwork facilitator, and psychedelic educator and guide. She helps her clients peel away the layers that keep their inner landscapes unfamiliar and strange.
Highlights:
00:33 Intro
02:43 Meet Kathleen Oh
05:24 Trauma, near death + awakenings
08:37 History + politics behind psychedelic messaging
15:27 How microdosing works
19:25 Trauma in the body
22:20 Microdosing + guidance
29:18 It’s an ongoing process
31:36 About Part 2
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Kathleen Oh
https://coachkathleenoh.com
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@coachkathleenoh
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/4quyosivqob8qhr9cqqhj657w (@CoachKathleenOh)
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therealcoachoh
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“Always keep your ear to the ground, so that you are aware of how people are responding to your brand.”
— Tiffany Ingle
You can’t scroll your Instagram or Facebook feed for more than a minute without running into an entrepreneur posting about their signature, 4-step framework that’s going to transform your biz — or even your life!
What IS a signature framework?? And should you create one for your own business?
My guest for this episode, brand voice strategist Tiffany Ingle, is here to spill the beans on exactly what a signature framework is, how to develop a sellable one, and why building an aligned framework will set you and your offers apart from your competition.
Sounds great, right? But there’s more — creating your signature framework will actually simplify EVERYTHING about your brand strategy, from marketing to offer creation!
“When you’re thinking about creating a framework, you first want to consider what you’re doing right now,” Tiffany says. “Think about what’s working for you internally, and then figure out what’s working well for your existing clients. Get on the phone with them — find out what parts of the process are really resonating with them.”
In this episode, Tiffany shares how to build a framework, when to roll it out, and whether you should share it publicly!
Hit play and find a new way to work! In this episode, you’ll learn:
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About Tiffany Ingle: Tiffany Ingle is a brand voice strategist and conversion copywriter, a mom of three young kids, and host of the Authenticity is Addictive podcast.
Highlights:
00:33 Intro
01:22 Meet Tiffany Ingle
03:43 The MLM intro
06:13 Shift to freelance writing
08:12 Entrepreneurship & motherhood
10:35 Pandemic & online courses
12:25 What is a framework & why have one?
14:22 How do you develop a framework?
17:30 Be flexible & responsive
18:44 Process or outcomes?
20:34 Share it publicly?
23:28 Lead magnets & templates
24:36 Tiffany's CRAVE Framework
30:42 Outsourcing with a framework
32:15 The Christy Questions
37:01 Find Tiffany
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Tiffany Ingle
https://tiffanyaingle.com
https://tiffanyaingle.com/aia
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tiffanyaingle
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiffanyaingle
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“Your FAQ is going to arm you with talking points. It establishes a foundation of who you are, how you work, what your expectations are, and what people’s expectations of you should be.”
— Cathlyn Melvin
How much time do you spend thinking about your FAQs? Or, how about this: do you even have an FAQ section on your website?
After my interview with copywriter and editor Cathlyn Melvin, I will be adding one ASAP!
For many of us, FAQs are a totally overlooked element of our websites. But when handled correctly, your FAQs can become a secret weapon that will vet your prospects BEFORE your discovery calls and help you manage challenging client interactions with ease!
I bet that got your attention!
FAQs used to be a simple way to get ahead of customer service questions, but they’ve begun to take on new roles. “Recently, it’s switched to being really sales-focused, where we’re getting ahead of objections and we’re increasing the Know, Like, and Trust before people get on the call with us,” Cathlyn says. They can also be used to shape the provider-client relationship!
Cathlyn uses her FAQs to give potential clients the opportunity to understand her process, services, and working relationships right off the bat, so that prospects that aren’t a good fit can opt out of booking a call — and prospects that ARE can get even more excited about working with her!
By outlining who you are, how you work and how you expect to be treated BEFORE your discovery calls, you set up the foundation for your biz relationships on YOUR terms.
And that is priceless!
Hit play and find a new way to work! In this episode, you’ll learn:
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About Cathlyn Melvin: Cathlyn Melvin is a copywriter, editor, and advocate for mission-driven businesses. She specializes in copywriting and editing websites, e-newsletters and other email sequences, blogs/articles, and ebooks.
Highlights:
00:33 Intro
01:19 Meet Cathlyn Melvin
03:26 Prepping clients with FAQS
06:32 Where to keep FAQs
07:30 FAQ objectives
08:49 Setting ground rules
11:55 Contracts v. FAQs
14:33 Why Cathlyn started using FAQs
16:34 Christy’s client story
19:45 How many FAQs?
24:33 FAQ tips
29:52 The Christy Questions
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Cathlyn Melvin
https://www.rightcatcreative.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cathlynmelvin
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cathlynmelvin
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“We get to make our own rules.”
— Deanna Seymour
You started your biz with the goal of building a better, more fulfilling life for yourself, based on what YOU want. So why would you put up with anything less while growing your empire?
Deanna Seymour is a graphic designer who’s ditched all the blueprints and traditional advice and built up her business her way, on her own terms (check out her website to see what I mean!). Example: Deanna just finished a six-week long sabbatical from social media — widely considered a no-no when it comes to building your biz!
Deanna doesn’t just march to the beat of her own drum, she built that drum from scratch!
In this episode, Deanna talks about how to be authentic online with integrity, how to effectively promote your business on social media without burning out, and how she’s become a successful entrepreneur with ADHD.
This conversation is frank, candid, and 100% no-holds-barred, so if you’re looking for real-deal advice on how to build a business that works for you, you’ll want to dig right in!
Hit play and find a new way to work! In this episode, you’ll learn:
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About Deanna Seymour: Deanna Seymour is a graphic designer, wife, mom of two, and a recovering perfectionist. She hosts the Imperfect Party podcast and creates fully custom, scroll-stopping, on-brand graphics for her clients’ social media.
Highlights:
00:34 Intro
02:07 Meet Deanna Seymour
05:46 What she’s doing differently
11:10 Online courses + their marketing
17:56 Authenticity
21:57 Keeping it “real”
28:16 Instagram Stories
29:26 Social media expectations
32:41 Facebook groups
34:25 Happy hours + content mapping
36:11 Stay connected to your own socials
39:24 What feels good for you?
42:00 Emotional labor + comparisons
47:32 Marketing Made Un-Sleazy
50:46 The Christy Questions
1:03:27 Find Deanna
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Deanna Seymour
https://deannaseymour.com
https://deannaseymour.com/sleazy
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/imperfectparty
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“The VIP offer has revolutionized my business... It has helped me take control over my calendar.”
— Kristin Macintyre
Have you been noticing a LOT of online service providers offering up fabulous-sounding VIP Days lately? Are you thinking about getting in on it and offering your own VIP offer — but aren’t sure what to include or how to sell it?
Then you’re going to want to listen to this episode!
My guest, Kristin Macintyre, is the reigning queen of VIP days. In fact, Kristin has actually discontinued most of her services and switched her copywriting business to a VIP-offer-only model!
And she is THRIVING.
“What is a VIP Day? It really is just a service that has three particular qualities to it,” Krisitin says. “Then you can take those qualities and create an offer that meets those qualities, but it can look like SO many different things!”
What are those three qualities? You’re going to have to tune in to find out!
In this episode, Kristin talks about the key ingredients of a VIP offer, her journey from teaching composition to college students to writing copy, and how the VIP Intensive offer changed Kristin’s business!
Hit play and find a new way to work! In this episode, you’ll learn:
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About Kristin Macintyre: Kristin Macintyre is an entrepreneur and conversion copywriter. She whips up copy that connects, communicates, and converts, with a whole lotta strategy and a pinch of personality — aka the good stuff.
Highlights:
00:35 Intro
02:20 Meet Kristin Macintyre
03:30 From English teacher to copywriter
08:44 Learning v. taking action
10:30 The MFA experience
11:50 3 qualities of a VIP offer
14:23 VIP Day v. VIP Intensive
16:53 Done-in-a-Day
18:25 High-ticket or entry point?
20:37 VIP Intensive impacts
21:59 Goodbye, proposals + discovery calls!
23:48 Talking money, honey!
27:52 Find what works for you
28:51 Demonstrate value
30:02 Non-service VIP Days
33:40 VIP Day repeat clients + Disney
38:16 Delivering the final product
40:09 The Christy Questions
48:12 Find Kristin
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Kristin Macintyre
https://macintyrecopy.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristin.macintyre
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“Most of us who’ve been in business have 8 to 10 people we know that we could get into a group.”
— Jessica Terzakis
Have you been thinking about creating and selling an online course? Then you’re going to want to meet Jessica Terzakis.
Jessica helps service-based entrepreneurs of all kinds monetize their expertise through creating fabulous online courses and group programs, letting them smash their 1:1 revenue ceiling and make a bigger impact.
Jessica is a firm believer that you should definitely consider launching a group program before you even think about creating an online course.
“I think the marketing for online courses is glittery, it’s sparkly — it’s really sexy, isn’t it? It’s like ‘create your course, launch it, and make seven figures’” Jessica says. “I’m not bashing online courses… I think it’s just that they’re a very advanced solution for a business owner.”
This episode takes an honest look at everything you need to know about launching your digital program — from pricing to saturation to marketing.
If you want to learn all about the good, the bad, and the ugly about online courses and get the goods on how (and when) to build out your successful group coaching program, then this episode is for you!
Hit play and find a new way to work! In this episode, you’ll learn:
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About Jessica Terzakis: Jessica Terzakis is a curriculum creator, small business advisor, and the program director for Terzakis And Associates. She loves collaborating with entrepreneurs that are experts in their field and transforming their knowledge into value-packed, exciting content.
Highlights:
00:33 Intro
01:43 Meet Jessica Terzakis
05:03 Courses v. group programs
06:55 High-ticket pricing v. volume
08:22 Find your 8-10
12:02 ‘Set it & forget it’ myth
13:25 When to launch
17:18 How to be unique
24:05 Unique touch examples
25:25 Embrace beta launches
29:02 Freebie
31:56 Transparency
33:33 Setting your pricing
39:28 The Christy Questions
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Jessica Terzakis
https://terzakisandassociates.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessica_terzakis, https://www.instagram.com/terzakis_associates
Twitter: https://twitter.com/terzakissmbiz
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HOW MUCH CAN YOU GET DONE-IN-A-DAY? You might be surprised! Work with me for a Done-In-a-Day session + walk away with a brand new, optimized email sequence or landing page! Let’s take your copy from ho-hum to HELL YES!
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Today's episode is a little different...
When I started sharing that I was working with someone to heal some of the hormonal and metabolic issues I'd been struggling with (and my results) I got a lot of questions about what I was doing, how it worked, and why.
So, I thought, what better way to address all the questions than to dedicate an entire podcast episode to the subject? And of course, I had to interview the woman who's helping to change my life and my health!
As it turned out, we had so much to talk about, I ended up dedicating TWO entire podcast
episodes to the subject!
Last week's episode was all about Meghann's own incredible 'behind the business' story of healing from food and exercise addiction, recovering from a traumatic brain injury that ended her career, and how she became a health coach.
If you haven't listened to Part One, seriously - go back! It's an unbelievable journey she's been on!
In today's episode (Part Two) we're talking about how my life has changed since I cut out sugar and switched to a high-fat, low-carb diet.
I'm sharing my personal experience, what it's like to work with Meghann and complete her program, and of course, my results (so far.)
We also dive into some common FAQs around keto and specific questions people asked me on Instagram, like:
✓ What the ketogenic lifestyle is and isn’t — and who can get the most benefits from a low-carb, high-fat diet
✓ What it means to deal with Leaky Gut Syndrome, what it can lead to, and how to treat it
✓ The huge role that mindset and accountability play in successfully reaching your health goals
Subscribe now and never miss a single episode!
About Meghann Hempel: Meghann Hempel is a certified health coach and personal trainer who specializes in low-carb, high-fat nutrition and the ketogenic lifestyle. She firmly believes that we have the ability to heal ourselves through food, wellness, and lifestyle changes.
Highlights:
00:32 Intro
02:03 Benefits & results
03:57 Why does it work?
06:26 Leaky gut syndrome
09:01 Biggest ketogenic misconceptions
13:00 Sticking with it & results
19:09 Will you miss foods?
23:47 Accountability & mindset
31:04 The Christy Questions
34:50 Challenging clients
39:46 Find Meghann
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https://www.brainbodyandbeyondllc.com
https://linktr.ee/brainbodybeyond
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Meghann.Alice
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brainbodybeyond
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“I’m in the clear now. I’m feeling like a human and I’m ready to take on the world.”
— Meghann Hempel
Certified health and lifestyle coach and personal trainer Meghann Hempel has the kind of inspiring ‘behind the business’ story that could be turned into a bestselling book.
And we’re going to explore it all on the Captivate + Convert podcast!
Prior to changing the lives of her clients (including me!), Meghann dealt with her own unhealthy relationship to food — which started at the age of just nine years old, when she was prescribed psychiatric medications which led to major weight gain, increased appetite, and food obsessions.
At 16, she became a fitness addict, binging on food and then over-exercising.
It wasn’t until she weaned herself off of her prescription meds that she was able to find the clarity and energy to start building her career….
… and that’s when her eating disorder got truly serious.
This episode is the first of a two-part interview with Meghann. This chapter explores Meghann’s journey from overmedicated child to zombified young mom to healed healer. From rock-bottom bulimia to traumatic brain injury, Meghann has overcome some serious challenges — tune in now to hear her incredible story!
Hit play and find a new way to work! In this episode, you’ll learn:
Subscribe now and never miss a single episode!
About Meghann Hempel: Meghann Hempel is a certified health coach and personal trainer who specializes in low-carb, high-fat nutrition and the ketogenic lifestyle. She firmly believes that we have the ability to heal ourselves through food, wellness, and lifestyle changes.
Highlights:
00:33 Introduction
04:22 Meet Meghann Hempel
05:55 Meds & bulimia
07:53 Pregnancy & depression
09:21 Getting off the meds
10:37 Finding her path... & getting derailed
13:34 Discovering the ketogenic lifestyle
15:42 TBI
19:18 Triggers & food sobriety
22:45 Working with clients
26:27 Why we eat
27:21 Food addiction
29:41 Sick of diets
33:57 Why keto & primal?
38:00 Food choices
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Meghann Hempel
https://linktr.ee/brainbodybeyond
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Meghann.Alice
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/189611/anatomy-of-an-epidemic-by-robert-whitaker
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“My business is my activism, because it’s a legacy that I’ll leave for my children.”
— Tamika Auwai
We’ve made it to the first anniversary of the Captivate + Convert podcast!
Over the past year, I’ve had the opportunity to talk to some amazing guests who have shared some legit tips and biz-building strategies across a range of disciplines, including brand building, copywriting, SEO, and more.
Honestly? When I first launched the podcast, I wasn’t sure how long it would last.
Let me tell you — producing a weekly show isn’t easy, especially for someone with no prior background in podcasting.
But despite all the uncertainty and overwhelm… Captivate + Convert has managed to consistently rank in the top 5% of business podcasts! (Thank you to everyone who has left a review or a five-star rating!)
Along with the juicy tidbits shared by my super interesting guests, many of you have told me that you love the Christy Questions segment.
In this episode, I share the history behind The Christy Questions, along with some of the top Christy Questions highlights from the last year.
You’ll hear about how copywriter Licia Morelli rocks her multi-passionate approach to writing...
You’ll learn why entrepreneur Kaley Sparling didn’t leverage her platform as a former Mrs World when launching her biz...
You’ll discover how a family tragedy led Sara Vartanian to go full-time in her business...
… and much more.
Hit play and find a new way to work! In this episode, you’ll learn:
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Highlights:
00:33 Happy anniversary!
02:06 About The Christy Questions
04:04 Licia Morelli & doing all the things
10:51 Kaley Sparling & the right story
17:10 Cara Alwill & privacy
21:47 Rob Marsh & Kira Hug on the spot
33:42 Sara Vartanian & leaving her job
39:10 Tamika Auwai & activism
43:50 Outro
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https://www.instagram.com/liciamorelli
https://www.instagram.com/kaleysparling
https://www.instagram.com/thechampagnediet
https://www.instagram.com/thecopywriterclub
https://www.instagram.com/saravartanian
https://www.instagram.com/orishacreative
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“We have to do a lot of showing in our stories, with examples… not just telling people.”
— Brenna McGowan
We all know the importance of having a strong call-to-action… but everything that comes before your CTA needs to be just as powerful!
This week’s episode is a blast from the past — it’s an episode that covers a pretty important topic when it comes to copywriting and marketing: storytelling.
My guest for this episode, Brenna McGowan, is a legit genius when it comes to transitioning from your story to your sell — the one step that so many marketers seem to stumble on.
Brenna and I have a great conversation about what happens when you niche down (it’s not what you’d expect!), what *really* connects you with your ideal clients, and how to effectively weave storytelling into the copy you write for your biz website and emails.
As a major bonus, we also answer the age-old question when it comes to nurturing emails: quantity or quality?
Hit play and find a new way to work! In this episode, you’ll learn:
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About Brenna McGowan: Brenna McGowan is an award-winning email copywriter and content strategist who helps the words that sounded so good in your head come out even better on the page. She has worked alongside some of the biggest names in the space and has a knack for helping clients tell everyday stories that fill up their programs and jack up their open rates...to over 50%!
Highlights:
00:33 Introduction
03:24 Meet Brenna McGowan
08:38 The copywriter journey
09:33 Niching down
12:27 Biggest copy mistakes
15:45 Share the right story
17:21 Story transitions
18:48 Choosing your stories
23:30 The Segue framework
27:15 Segue example
29:10 Illustrations + preempting objections
33:38 Injecting personality
34:37 Quality or quantity?
41:46 Repurposing content
43:07 Dream assignment & challenges
48:59 Boundaries
51:07 Imposter syndrome
54:07 Anxiety
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https://brennamcgowan.co/resources
https://www.instagram.com/brennamcgowanco
https://www.facebook.com/brennamcgowanco
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