Focus & Freedom for Entrepreneurs

In this episode, Val Low shares about Fortifying Your Castle. What does it take to build something that's solid and strong and serves you in your business and life. A castle is a great image of this. Whether it's your business, your life, your team or your relationships. Fortify your castle and be the Queen or King that serves in a greater way.

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Learn more: Connect with Val Low

More About Val Low

Val Low is a MAP IT Creator & Brand Strategist and takes entrepreneurs to their next level of growth and impact. Through visual business mapping, Val works with entrepreneurs to take their dreams and business ideas out of their head and bring them to life. Val provides strategy on creating a message and brand to stand out in a noisy marketplace and implements the strategy so the entrepreneur can make bigger revenue and bigger impact in their expertise.

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Barry Moulsdale joins us to chat about building leaders to learn the tools to a compelling environment that leads to employees feeling appreciated, be engaged and can't wait to get back to the office and feel that energy that's been missing in their lives. Barry formed Anfield Business Consultants to bring joy to people's work lives and guide them on their journey to reach the pinnacle of leadership.

Highlights From This Episode:

• We call it business culture and it really is compelling environments
• Ultimately the environment is the responsibility of leadership
• The shift in jobs recently and the shortage of service and skilled labour
• Magic happens when leaders learn the tools to a compelling environment that leads to employees feeling appreciated
• The best-case scenario to measure using a different mindset and creating a better environment is … sales and profits go up, employee engagement goes up exponentially and turnover almost entirely goes away

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Learn more: Contact Barry Moulsdale

Resources: 'Good to Great' Jim Collins

More About Barry Moulsdale

Barry Moulsdale is the Founder and Managing Partner of Anfield Business Consultants, one of the most professional organizations in the leadership development, career coaching and strategic business consulting fields.

Barry has 25+ years of leadership experience heading many divisions of multi-national consumer goods and manufacturing companies in North America. Having undergone his own successful leadership journey, Barry formed Anfield 16 years ago to bring joy to people's work lives and guide them on their journey to reach the pinnacle of leadership.

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Val Low is a MAP IT Master & Brand Strategist and takes entrepreneurs to their next level of growth and impact. Through visual business mapping, Val works with entrepreneurs to take their dreams and business ideas out of their head and bring them to life. Val provides strategy on creating a message and brand to stand out in a noisy marketplace that people love to talk about.

Visit Val's Website: https://vallow.me/

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#entrepreneur #business #culture #business environment #leadership #job shift #engagement #strategy #communication

Jennifer Neal joins us to share how we can hack the Facebook algorithms to get more leads. Jennifer believes that activating the content you already have is the key to your online success as well as having things that show up when people go searching for you.

Highlights From This Episode:

• Algorithms penalize you when you try to take traffic away from the platform
• The Traffic Trifecta and getting the perfect traffic
• Have things that are going to show up when people go search for you
• When you combine organic SEO content with organic, social and paid, they all work together
• Route everything to one boosted post and boost it for 5 bucks a week

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Learn more: Formula Done

More About Jennifer Neal

I'm Jennifer (Jenn) Neal – the CEO and Founder of Formula Done, creator of Content Activation, tech geek, marketing expert, wife, and Formula 1 racing fan all bunched up into one!

Over the last several years, I have developed, tested and successfully launched products in and around content repurposing using my own method called Content Activation. I believe that activating content you already have is the key to your online success, using my perfect combination of free traffic through the Traffic Trifecta. I currently reside in Boise, Idaho with my husband, dog and two cats and have an insatiable thirst for life. I'm an adventurer who loves to travel, certified scuba diver, car fanatic, animal lover, and HUGE Formula 1 racing fan.

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Val Low is a MAP IT Master & Brand Strategist and takes entrepreneurs to their next level of growth and impact. Through visual business mapping, Val works with entrepreneurs to take their dreams and business ideas out of their head and bring them to life. Val provides strategy on creating a message and brand to stand out in a noisy marketplace that people love to talk about.

Visit Val's Website: https://vallow.me/

Connect with Val on Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/val-low

#entrepreneur #business #branding #marketing #content #algorithms #paid advertising #organic traffic #repurposing #strategy #leads

Sophie Lechner joins us to deep dive into LinkedIn. She shares how posting leads to engagement, which leads to conversations about their challenges and then to if you are a good fit for them. Sophie works with mission-driven solopreneurs to help them find their audience and engage with them so they can share their message and grow their business.

Highlights From This Episode:

• You have a lot of things coming into your feed that you can customize it to follow the people that are interesting
• When you post people will engage on your content and this engagement is what leads you to have conversations
• Get into a conversation about their challenges to see if you're a good fit as a solution for them
• The biggest mistake is that people make with LinkedIn is they treat it like a to-do list
• Really know who your audience is and talk to them. LinkedIn can really help you in zero in on your audience.
• Centre on your why. Bring your heart into it. Engage with people. Be a solution for their challenges.

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Learn more: Sophie Lechner LinkedIn

More About Sophie Lechner

After a 20+ year career in global marketing Sophie Lechner founded The Global Growth Experience to help mid-size companies do business globally. She now works with mission-driven solopreneurs to help them find their audience and engage with them so they can share their message and grow their business.

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Val Low is a MAP IT Master & Brand Strategist and takes entrepreneurs to their next level of growth and impact. Through visual business mapping, Val works with entrepreneurs to take their dreams and business ideas out of their head and bring them to life. Val provides strategy on creating a message and brand to stand out in a noisy marketplace that people love to talk about.

Visit Val's Website: https://vallow.me/

Connect with Val on Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/val-low

#entrepreneur #business #conversations #success #your why #LinkedIn #content #strategy #communication

Nancy Giere joins us to share all about turning your expertise into high profit courses. Create something that holds people's attention and gets them results.

Highlights From This Episode:

• Turn your expertise into profitable courses.
• One of the problems with all of these recordings is they can be kind of flat. They're boring. They're too long.
• What can you do when you're producing something so that people are going to want to continue with you in some form or fashion.
• So by the end of this course what is my client going to be able to do that they couldn't do before.
• Start with the outcome rather than the introduction and write your introduction last

Links & Resources From This Episode:

Read more: 'Bundle Your Brilliance' with Nancy Giere

Learn more: Nancy Giere.com

Quote: Steven Covey 'Begin with the end in mind'

More About Nancy Giere

Nancy Giere is a course creation expert. She works with businesses of all sizes from solopreneurs to Fortune 100 companies turn their expertise into high profit courses. She creates engaging, fun, and interactive programs that get results.

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Power of 3 Daily Planner A one-page daily planner to keep you on track to reaching your goals and taking action on the important things in your business and life.

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Val Low is a MAP IT Master & Brand Strategist and takes entrepreneurs to their next level of growth and impact. Through visual business mapping, Val works with entrepreneurs to take their dreams and business ideas out of their head and bring them to life. Val provides strategy on creating a message and brand to stand out in a noisy marketplace that people love to talk about.

Visit Val's Website: https://vallow.me/

Connect with Val on Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/val-low

#entrepreneur #business #outcome #webinar #expertise #content #courses #communication #videos #program #methodology

Phyllis Nielsen, Certified World Class Speaking Coach, gives us many nuggets for creating a presentation that is effective and will make a lasting impression on your audience. Phyllis also shares her surprising story which led to Speech911.

Highlights From This Episode:

• Phyllis shares her surprising background which led to Speech911
• Nailing down the content that's essential and getting rid of all the fluff.
• Never turn down an opportunity to speak.
• 7 seconds for your audience to decide if they like you. Start with a bang. Get their attention. Be memorable.
• The first thing to write is your introduction and ask yourself one question, what do you want your audience to think, feel, or do?

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Learn more: Connect with Phyllis Nielsen Speech911 - Rescue Your Speech

Resources: Toastmasters International

More About Phyllis Nielsen

Phyllis Nielsen, Certified World Class Speaking Coach, promises immediate relief for anyone who is required to speak in public.

In her transformational program "Speech911 - Rescue Your Speech" Phyllis comes to your aid by helping you both craft and deliver a memorable presentation that you can be proud of. Speech911 will take years off your learning curve allowing you to focus on other priorities.

Phyllis has many techniques that will increase the effectiveness of your next presentation and that will make a lasting impression on your audience.

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Val Low is a MAP IT Master & Brand Strategist and takes entrepreneurs to their next level of growth and impact. Through visual business mapping, Val works with entrepreneurs to take their dreams and business ideas out of their head and bring them to life. Val provides strategy on creating a message and brand to stand out in a noisy marketplace that people love to talk about.

Visit Val's Website: https://vallow.me/

Connect with Val on Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/val-low

#entrepreneur #business #success #leadership #speaking #speaches #toastmasters #communication #presentations

Meredith Taylor is the founding coach of Redbird Coaching, an executive coaching firm for individuals looking for an outside partner to help them raise their self-awareness and reach their potential. As a lawyer, Meredith spent 20 years with Walmart in Ethics & Compliance. We have a fun chat about ethics, paying attention to your intuition and having a trusted outside partner.

Highlights From This Episode:

• Meredith shares the interesting story of why she calls her business Red Bird Coaching
• Ethics is about behavior and encouraging good integrity, good business behavior
• It's really about teaching people how to think and giving them options
• Figuring out how to not get triggered and really pay attention to that first half a second and have that space to make a decision you choose to make versus just kind of reacting
• A trusted outside partner and the importance of confidentiality

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Learn more: Red Bird Coaching

More About Meredith Taylor

Meredith Taylor is the founding coach of Redbird Coaching, an executive coaching firm for individuals looking for an outside partner to help them define their goals, raise self-awareness, and reach their potential. Before founding Redbird Coaching, Meredith spent over 20 years at Walmart, Inc. building and developing high-performing teams within Walmart Legal and Global Ethics & Compliance divisions.

Additionally, Meredith teaches Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility at the University of Arkansas Walton College of Business. Meredith graduated with a B.A. in Biology, holds a Juris Doctorate from the University of Arkansas School of Law and is a member of the Arkansas Bar. She is also a certified Hudson Institute of Coaching coach and is an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) from the International Coaching Federation.

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Val Low is a MAP IT Master & Brand Strategist and takes entrepreneurs to their next level of growth and impact. Through visual business mapping, Val works with entrepreneurs to take their dreams and business ideas out of their head and bring them to life. Val provides strategy on creating a message and brand to stand out in a noisy marketplace that people love to talk about.

Visit Val's Website: https://vallow.me/

Connect with Val on Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/val-low

#entrepreneur #business #good business behaviour #integrity #leadership #intuition #conduct #ethics #communication

Marshal Stern, Leadership Coach, joins us for the first podcast of the new year. Marshall shares his 'Why and What' and what it takes to be a successful leader. We discuss leadership and just showing up being of service. And, of course, we are ringing in the new year with excitement and lessons learned from the past few years.

Highlights From This Episode:

• I think we're better prepared this time around.
• There's a huge opportunity for small business owners to really do something special.
• And then one day you're going to start to reap the rewards of these consistent daily actions.
• Why don't we try to have a to be a list? Know your Why and the What.
• Sometimes we think too much with our head, not enough with our heart.

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Read more: 'The Compound Effect' Darren Hardy

Learn more: MarshallStern.net

More About Marshall Stern

Marshall Stern is a husband and father of 2 teenagers. Over the past 35 years he has started and led several small businesses and even had time to write and publish a business book in 2009 titled 'Now Is The Time'. In 2011 he partnered with Leadership Expert John C. Maxwell and became one of his certified Leadership Coaches, Speakers and Teachers.

Currently CEO & Founder of both Sandbox Sign Group and Marshall Stern Leadership, Marshall believes that leadership is the key to business and life success and fulfillment. He is passionate about helping Business Operators become Business Leaders so that they can have a business of freedom and joy … one that serves their life.

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Val Low is a MAP IT Master & Brand Strategist and takes entrepreneurs to their next level of growth and impact. Through visual business mapping, Val works with entrepreneurs to take their dreams and business ideas out of their head and bring them to life. Val provides strategy on creating a message and brand to stand out in a noisy marketplace that people love to talk about.

Visit Val's Website: https://vallow.me/

Connect with Val on Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/val-low

#entrepreneur #business #incremental steps #vision #mindset #success #leadership #your why and what #new year #strategy #communication

Shannon Peel has brought together all her skills, talents, and passions to create a brand storytelling platform under the MarketAPeel umbrella. She works closely with her clients to tell their stories to their audiences on various platforms.

Highlights From This Episode:

• Create an appealing story and an appealing brand.
• Engage with your audience where they are.
• Put people in their problem. Shine a light on the thing that they're scared of.
• Understanding which stories you tell.
• Choose 5 key words you want to associate with your brand.

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Learn more: ShannonPeel.com

Resources: Creating MarketAPeel

More About Shannon Peel

Shannon Peel has brought together all her skills, talents, and passions to create a brand storytelling platform called MarketAPeel. Under the MarketAPeel umbrella she publishes a monthly digital magazine called APeeling, a blog called UnPeeled, and a podcast called BrandAPeel. She works closely with her clients to tell their stories to their audiences on various platforms.

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Val Low is a MAP IT Master & Brand Strategist and takes entrepreneurs to their next level of growth and impact. Through visual business mapping, Val works with entrepreneurs to take their dreams and business ideas out of their head and bring them to life. Val provides strategy on creating a message and brand to stand out in a noisy marketplace that people love to talk about.

Visit Val's Website: https://vallow.me/

Connect with Val on Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/val-low

#entrepreneur #business #branding #marketing #define your story #success #objective #result #content #story #communication

Zack A Knight, of Be A Tactical Leader, focuses on leadership and service in his business. Zack joins us to share his story of trauma, healing and learning. He began his career as a metro-Atlanta police officer then infantry leader in the Army. Zack uses his experiences to help others know that they aren't alone and can heal from their own traumas and become a stronger person who can look in the mirror and confidently say "I LOVE YOU".

Highlights From This Episode:

• Making a shift … My mind is broken. I can fix it.
• The tactics to create a leader.
• The journey to self mastery first step is awareness. Look in the mirror.
• I realized the only person that beat myself up enough to say you couldn't do it was the guy looking in the mirror.
• Get the awareness and challenge yourself to do the thing you think you can't do because, guess what, you surely will.

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Read more: 'Legacy of Love' A Journey of Self-Mastery by Zack A Knight

Learn more: Be A Tactical Leader

More About Zack A Knight

Zack's primary focus is supporting the "why" behind everything people do. He guides people to aligning with their "why" through leadership tactics and content creation. Zack started Knightly Productions to help clients get their "why" out there in amazing ways. He also started Be a Tactical Leader and the Tactical Leadership Podcast in an effort to share lessons from business leaders as well as his own lessons from the battlefield to the boardroom. His goal in the next year is to publish a book detailing these experiences titled "The Legacy of Leadership".

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Val Low is a MAP IT Master & Brand Strategist and takes entrepreneurs to their next level of growth and impact. Through visual business mapping, Val works with entrepreneurs to take their dreams and business ideas out of their head and bring them to life. Val provides strategy on creating a message and brand to stand out in a noisy marketplace that people love to talk about.

Visit Val's Website: https://vallow.me/

Connect with Val on Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/val-low

#entrepreneur #business #mindset #success #growth #coaching #content #consulting #leadership #trauma #healing