Fox Talks Business Podcast

Navigating the world of social media can be an ongoing struggle these days especially for the small business owner who is trying to wear all hats.  Finding a coach and partner who understands this and keeps up on navigating the waters of platforms is where Kim Free and her team come in. 

Kim Free is owner and CEO of Small Town Girl Promotions, a social media and online marketing agency focussed on helping small businesses. With a degree in Psychology, and years of elementary school teaching experience, Kim comes to us filled with passion for figuring out what makes people click that “like” button! She loves to think about what makes people react the way they do online, and she also loves sharing her expertise with others.  Her business, Small Town Girl Promotions, was founded 2.5 years ago and has grown exponentially since then… via social media marketing, networking, and word of mouth.

Above all else, Kim believes in the passion, hard work, and dedication of the small business owner! She loves to take social media off the busy business owner's to do list to free them up to spend more time with their passion.

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We all have a voice but for some using that voice can be difficult. Whether that be due to shyness, anxiety or even feeling like you overpower others in conversations.  Learning how to harness your voice can help from day to day interactions to the board rooms to stages in front of thousands. This is where my guest today can come in and help. 

Cynthia is a Voice Coach, Professional Speaker and Best-Selling Author. She’s also a TEDx speaker.

Cynthia has helped business professionals and professional speakers from 46 countries across 5 continents to speak with a powerful voice so they can be heard and respected as the authority.

Cynthia has been a professional speaker and coach for the past 18 years.  She has appeared on Singapore Radio Program 938Live 4 times, Hong Kong Radio 3, and Malaysia Business Radio Station BFM as a guest speaker on the subject of Voice. 

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Britt's climb to the top is in incredible story of perseverance, although we couldn't get to all the details what she does share is very inspirational.  Not to mention all the other tips and tricks she leaves us with for working your way to the top. 

Here is a little bit more about her.

Britt Bolnick is a successful biz owner and magic maker living a life she loves in Maine. She has traveled a path from financial scarcity to financial independence, building a 6-figure business she loves, as a single mama working less than full-time. 

Britt mentors women who are 100% committed to building thriving businesses that create visibility and wealth without compromising personal life OR sanity- teaching women to use authentic connections to build success, vs. high ad spend and common marketing hype. 

Fun fact:  She's used her tried and true magic time-management tool to start a non-profit pit bull rescue while also running her business, having three days off a week, and being an avid book-reader and beach-walker.

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His enthusiasm and energy is completely contagious. I was so honored to be able to sit and talk with him about how to be an authority in your field, what consumers are looking for, how considering if you had only 10% more authority how it can drastically change your business.  I had great laughs with him and gained so many great tips to change how I think of being an influencer in today's world.  Josh Elledge is U.S. Navy veteran and launched UpMyInfluence.com to help entrepreneurs attract the perfect audiences and grow their brands without the crazy costs associated with traditional PR companies.

UpMyInfluence’s purpose is to DEMOCRATIZE access to influence. Josh believes he has a moral imperative to help entrepreneurs serve the world with their collective messages while growing their revenue!

UpMyInfluence was the natural outgrowth of his first startup, SavingsAngel.com which has grossed more than $6 million in sales with less than $500 in advertising. He did it all through building authority and serving audiences in the media.

Josh is a weekly TV consumer expert in Orlando, writes a syndicated newspaper column to 1.1 million readers, and regularly appears on more than 75 TV stations across the country. All told, Josh has appeared in the media more than 2000 times.

Josh loves living in Orlando, FL with his wife and three children.

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Are you great with coming up with the big picture but actually breaking it down to work on it feels like such a struggle? Then my guest today is someone you will want to connect with! 

Amanda Lopes-Bregoli is the owner of Refocus On Being, providing growth solutions for the heart & soul of your business. Through her coaching programs and her business consulting work, she takes the guesswork and fear out of growing your business so you can grow and scale with confidence, put yourself first, and love your life again. She focuses on creating a business that supports your life, and thrives off of being able to use her expertise and knowledge to provide life-changing, highly personalized support to her clients.

A mom of 10 year old boy / girl twins, she got tired of the life-and-energy drain of being in corporate sales and business development for over 17 years, left that world, and has been running her own successful home business for the past 5+ years.

We have all heard of hitting the bottom but what about when you have a good job but still aren’t feeling fulfilled and passionate? Sallie Holder discovered this and wrote the book on it!  Hitting Rock Middle: The Roadmap From Empty Success To True Fulfillment. In today’s episode we spoke about how to know you are in Rock Middle, how it happened and ways to get out. 

Sallie Holder, acclaimed bestselling author of “Hitting Rock Middle: The Roadmap From Empty

Success To True Fulfillment” (Advantage 2020), podcast host, and founder of The BRIMM. She is a sought after coach, speaker, trainer, and guide to her clients breaking out of their silent scream in success and into true fulfillment.

As a nationally-recognized public speaker and business coach, Sallie has spent more than fifteen years helping businesses, entrepreneurs, and employees identify what’s getting in their way and then breaking down those barriers to success.

Sallie earned a degree in Human and Organizational Development from Vanderbilt University and followed that by earning her law degree. While spending more than ten years practicing labor and employment law, advising small companies as well as giants like FedEx and Michelin, she grew passionate about the growth of businesses. Moving beyond her law practice, she became an entrepreneur, starting her own business in coaching. Here she discovered her true passion: helping others make the bold choices that lead to lasting success and happiness.

Face the fact: Trying to break through the noise is not working. Most of us are just adding to the noise. Still if you want to grow your business you must be heard.  That is why the smartest authors, speakers, coaches, consultants and brands are getting in on the conversations that their ideal customers are already listening to. Tom tells us not only how to do that but how to be good at it. 

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Most business owners groan when they are faced with sitting down and working on the “books”. Lucky for most, there are people like Mike out there that have a passion for that type of thing.  Building a relationship with your accountant crucial for your business not only at tax time but year round. Are you using your accountant to their full potential? In today’s episode Mike and I talk about just that and more.   

Mike Jesowshek is a modern and innovative CPA taking a new age approach to accounting, tax savings, and growing your business.

Mike has spent the majority of his career as an entrepreneur.  He was CFO and co-founded several companies and has experience in all business stages. He set out on a mission to help businesses that have seen and lived the same experiences he did in business.  This is how JETRO was built. He has been in the shoes of many small business owners out there and his end goal is to help them in one area that most business owners are not familiar with, accounting and taxes. 

When you first start your business the last thing you are most likely thinking about is what your exit plan is. Most of the days are filled with keeping the lights on and growing. However it is something that's more and more important to think about. Knowing your exit strategy or even just having an outline, as it can change over time, can help for other things like if there was ever an accident. Which of course we never wish for but we still buy the insurance. This is the same for your business strategy. This is one of the ways where Michael and his company can help to get it all into place and just happens to be exactly what we talked about in this episode.