Drop and Give Me 20

In the Drop and Give Me 20 season finale, Lindsey Germono and Bobbie Anne Williams walk listeners through the steps on running a podcast!

In part 1, Lindsey discusses the steps leading up to the recording.  Then Bobbie Anne Williams, our Marketing Assistant, shares her steps in communicating the podcast out.

Highlights:

• [01:15] Things to think about before starting a podcast
• [02:20] Steps in recording a podcast
• [02:32] Finding a guest
• [04:20] Recording and editing
• [05:40] Publishing
• [07:00] Marketing
• [07:17] Distributing to all social media channels
• [08:09] Making sure to tag guests on every platforms
• [08:30] Partnering the podcast themes with the marketing themes
• [08:50] Repurposing the podcast episodes

Quote:

• [02:32] "The very first step is to find a guest. I have toyed with a couple different formats, a couple different themes over the course of the years and I think that that's a great thing to do as well. I was very nervous about changing the format in season 2 but every single seasons, I've done them a little bit different."

Links:

Zoom Google Forms WordPress Libsyn

Profile:

Drop and Give Me 20 Facebook Group Germono Advertising Company Facebook Page Germono Advertising Company on Instagram Germono Advertising Company on Twitter Germono Advertising Company on LinkedIn Drop and Give Me 20 Podcast on LinkedIn Germono Advertising Company Youtube Channel Drop and Give Me 20 on Spotify

In this episode of Drop and Give Me 20 Season 4, Lindsey interviews Amanda Huffman. Amanda is a veteran, author, and speaker. She is also the creator of Airman to Mom and the host of Women of the Military Podcast.

Amanda served in the Air Force for six years as a civil engineer and was deployed to Afghanistan as part of a provincial reconstruction team. She traded in her combat boots for a diaper bag and stayed at home with her two boys.

Women of the Military podcast started out of the idea that women want to tell their military stories. And while there are podcasts that focus on military stories, she felt there was a missing piece as most people don’t know what it’s like to be a woman in the military.

Amanda interviews women who have served in the military or are currently serving in the military. She also shares certain aspects of her military experience as an Air Force officer, military spouse, veteran, and mom.

Highlights:

• [01:34] How Amanda transitioned from blogging to podcasting
• [02:10] What her blog and podcast are all about
• [02:35] Women of the military story
• [03:38] Categorizing her topics by different themes
• [04:58] One of the many challenges she faced after transitioning from active duty to military spouse
• [06:58] Opportunities that came her way because of podcasting
• [08:25] How Amanda approached a major television station with her story
• [09:47] Amanda's process for podcasting
• [17:20] Amanda's advice to those who want to try podcasting

Quote:

• [09:09] "What's the worst that will happen though? They'll say NO or they don't respond? It just takes a little bit of your time and so I just try and look at it that way."

Links:

Squadcast Calendly Anchor.fm

Profile:

Women of the Military Podcast Airman to Mom Amanda on Instagram Amanda on Twitter Amanda on Facebook Amanda on LinkedIn Women of the Military: A Compilation of Stories from American Women Service Members by Amanda Huffman

In this episode of Drop and Give Me 20 Season 4, Lindsey interviews Pam Chavez. She is a military spouse and a certified holistic nutrition consultant.

Pam Chavez is an award-winning Certified Holistic Nutritionist who helps military spouses lose weight and uncover their deeper purpose. Her signature, down to earth approach teaches them how to prioritize themselves, discover their own personal mission, and break through the loneliness that can accompany military life.

She is the founder of Health On the Homefront, an online media and publications site which aims to help military spouses learn how to prioritize themselves, discover their own personal missions, and break through the loneliness of military life.

Highlights:

• [1:39] Who Pam Chavez is
• [2:30] How she started her business
• [3:45] The gap she bridged in South Korea
• [5:08] How she brought a group of military spouses together
• [5:20] The impacts of a healthy diet
• [8:03] On the concept of quality over quantity
• [9:33] Her target audience or clientele
• [9:59] The social media applications she uses for her business
• [12:21] How she treats business competition

Quote:

• [6:24] "I jut wanna empower them step up and take their health as a priority as well because I know how easy it is to just put everybody else first because the lifestyle demands us to do that.”

Links:

Military Spouse Success Facebook group Health on the Homefront Pam on Instagram Pam on Pinterest

In this episode of Drop and Give Me 20 Season 4, Lindsey interviews Raymond "The Marine Rapper" Lott. He is a U.S. Marine Corps combat veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Raymond's music has been featured in different music platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, Range 15 Movie Soundtrack, VET TV, and the Oscar Mike TV series on the Go90 network.

He also has 10 years experience in public affairs, marketing and advertising, community relations, entertainment business, and social media. In this episode, Raymond talks about how that experience led him towards influencer marketing and how to be authentic as an influencer.

Ninja Punch Music, founded by TMR, is an online media platform that promotes projects created by military veteran recording artists of all music genres from around the world.

Highlights:

• [02:10] Who Raymond "The Marine Rapper" is
• [03:00] On realizing the power of social media
• [03:33] How Raymond started going viral
• [05:14] Raymond started to make rap videos and decided to enroll in a music school
• [06:52] The authenticity of his music and how people start to gravitate towards it
• [08:15] Applied for Bunker Labs and started to have a business-mindset
• [09:27] On influencer marketing
• [10:35] Difference between real versus fake influencers
• [13:00] On the validity built by different relationships
• [14:41] Finding who you are in the business community
• [15:42] Sharing your authentic self

Quote:

• [23:43] "If you live your passion and you go for it, all the followers, all the influence, all the connections in the community and all the smiles will come."

Links:

Raymond Lott on LinkedIn The Marine Rapper on Facebook The Marine Rapper on Twitter The Marine Rapper on YouTube The Marine Rapper on Instagram Ninja Punch Music

Gems Collins is a business strategist, entrepreneur, and military spouse. Her husband is an American service member. Gems is originally from the UK but moved to the US when she became a military spouse.

Gems helps military spouses discover their purpose and create their own businesses. In this episode, Lindsey and Gems talked about authenticity and entrepreneurship. Gems also shared her experiences dealing with authenticity in entrepreneurship, finding one's why, and many more.

Highlights:

• [01:32] Who Gems Collins is and what her business is all about
• [02:32] How she started her business of helping other people
• [04:42] Her thoughts on authenticity and entrepreneurship
• [05:35] Gem's past experience struggling with authenticity and entrepreneurship
• [08:33] What authenticity means
• [09:06] On focusing more on the message that you are giving people and how you want to help them
• [11:02] Difference between being relatable and trying to change who you are
• [12:02] On finding your tribe
• [15:12] Learning how to cut out the noise
• [18:30] Finding and understanding your WHY

Quote:

• [08:35] "Authenticity to me is showing and being your true self without any concern or repercussion for what other people see than us. So, it is being comfortable in knowing who you are and sharing that with people regardless of how you think they may think about it."

Links:

Gems on Instagram Gems on Facebook Gems on LinkedIn Gems Collins website 

In this episode of Drop and Give Me 20 Season 4, Lindsey interviews Katelyn Tinsley of Homefront Room Revival.

Katelyn Tinsley is an Air Force veteran and the founder of Homefront Room Revival. This nonprofit was created to help enhance the military life cycle by creating home comfort. Katelyn is also a military spouse at Seymour Johnson AFB. She was awarded the AFI Air Force Spouse of the Year in 2019.

Homefront Room Revival is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with a mission to provide military families with creative outlets to improve resiliency and enrich the military life cycle. In this episode, Katelyn talks about the purpose and mission of their organization and how they built a community of volunteers.

Highlights:

• [02:27] Katelyn's background and how she started her organization
• [04:05] Dec’ the Deployment Program
• [06:55] Importance of having a presence on base
• [09:30] Building a community of volunteers and showing appreciation
• [12:20] The reason she created the organization
• [13:00] How Katelyn got key leadership spouses to support her

Quote:

• [11:20] “ . . . it’s the sisterhood, the brotherhood, and camaraderie that comes out of the studio and out of the collaboration of the projects . . . ”

Links:

Homefront Room Revival Homefront Room Revival on Facebook  Homefront Room Revival on Instagram Email Address: [email protected]

In this episode of Drop and Give Me 20 Season 4, Lindsey interviews Lacey Langford of The Military Money Show.

Lacey Langford is a U.S. Air Force veteran, military spouse, financial coach, speaker, and writer. Lacey is an accredited financial counselor with over 15 years of experience in financial planning, counseling, and coaching.

Lacey is also the military money expert and the founder of LaceyLangford.com, a personal finance blog specializing in the unique world of the U.S. military. She is the creator and host of “The Military Money Show,” a podcast dedicated to helping the military community with personal finance.

In this episode, Lacey shared how her interest and passion for personal finance developed, how she got frustrated and felt like she has lost her identity, and how she saves time and plans ahead.

Highlights:

• [02:24] Why Lacey started her business
• [03:13] On feeling like losing her own identity as a military spouse
• [04:49] On figuring out her business and learning to blog and podcast
• [05:53] The importance of saving time and planning ahead
• [09:00] The process of setting goals
• [18:35] On creating strategic partnerships

Quote:

• [07: 35] "To get it in your budget, you need to get in their budget."

Link:

Airtable

Profile:

Lacey's website Military Money Show by Lacey Langford Lacey on Twitter 

In this episode of Drop and Give Me 20 Season 4, Lindsey interviews Becky Hoy of Brave Crate.

Becky Hoy is an Army spouse and the founder of Brave Crate. She believes that deployment is one of the best things that has ever happened for the growth of her marriage and her own personal development. Brave Crate is a deployment care package for military spouses.

In this episode, Becky shared the top 3 apps that has helped her run and organize her business. She also shares how others can use the apps effectively.

Highlights:

• [03:44] Creating systems and being efficient and productive
• [04:21] How she got the idea for Brave Crate
• [05:30] What the packages contain
• [07:15] Apps that can help you run your business and stay organized
• [08:00] On Asana, a project management and task scheduling app
• [10:44] On RescueTime, a time management software that helps you figure out where you are spending time on the Internet
• [13:11] On Toggl, a productivity tool and simple time tracker with powerful reports
• [15:10] On Planoly, an app that can help users manage, plan, and schedule Instagram posts from their computers and mobile phones
• [18:00] Platforms that provide analytics
• [20:52] On Tiktok, a social media app that lets you watch, create, and share videos

Quote:

• [08:50] "And I think the real gold in Asana, Trello, or any of the project management tool really is being able to pseudo-automate your tasks."

Links:

Asana Trello RescueTime Toggl Planoly Stories edit Coschedule Later Hootsuite Facebook for Creators  Canva Tiktok

Profile:

Brave Crates Brave Crate on Facebook Brave Crate on Instagram

Drop and Give Me 20 is in it's 4th season!

Today, I am very excited to be joined by Adam Bird. Adam is an Army veteran of 9 years and now an entrepreneur. He started his company, Heroes Media Group, about 4 years ago.

Heroes Media Group (HMG) is a digital media, branding and publishing platform committed to providing a voice for our community heroes and those who support them. HMG is dedicated to providing education, entertainment, and empowerment to active duty service members, veterans, firefighters, first responders, law enforcement, educators, medical professionals, and the clergy.

Highlights:

• [02:54] On starting podcasting and making a book
• [04:45] On meeting new people at events
• [05:37] On feeling reserved and being in the army
• [08:59] Tips to those people who might be introverted
• [14:05] Veteran community versus the military spouse community on entrepreneurship
• [18:35] On not being afraid to ask for help
• [19:20] On worrying about the business and not worrying about other things
• [22:00] Determining people who should be in your network
• [26:29] On growing your business through LinkedIn

Quote:

• [05:13] "When you go to an event, step out of your box and get to know as many people as you possibly can. It's not always what you know but who you know.”

Links:

Heroes Media Group LinkedIn Adam on LinkedIn Adam on Facebook Adam on Instagram

In this episode of Drop and Give Me 20 Season 3, Lindsey invited Jessica Bertsch, founder of Powerhouse Planning.

Jessica gave us updates on what's going on with her business right now. You will also hear some messages from people she has made an impact on.

Highlights:

• [02:06] What's new with Jessica
• [03:18] The testament to being a business owner
• [04:56] The other element for this podcast
• [05:30] First letter for Jessica
• [07:13] Who Randy is
• [07:59] Second letter for Jessica
• [08:27] The top 10 things that the messenger love about Jessica
• [12:03] Third letter for Jessica

Quote:

• "Non-profit certainly need help."

Links:

014: Powerhouse Planning  Powerhouse Planning