Happy Marketer Connection

Ken Lempit, President of Austin Lawrence Group, joins the final Happy Marketer Connection to discuss Business Manifestation. Hear how to manifest success in your business and life, lower your churn rate, the most common mistakes CEOs make, how to grow as a SaaS company, and Ken’s transition from the corporate world to his family business. Connect with Ken at AustinLawrence.com and on LinkedIn. Thank you for listening to Happy Marketer Connection! Stay tuned for our new podcast which will focus on Community Powered Marketing – coming in Q1 2021

Michael Neuendorff, Executive Coach, Trainer, and President of Build and Balance, joins Happy Marketer Connection to discuss Connection. Hear how to connect with your audience, tips for optimizing your LinkedIn profile, how businesspeople connected before LinkedIn, how to stay dedicated to your work, and how Michael has kept his entrepreneurial spirit. Connect with Michael on LinkedIn, YouTube, and BuildAndBalance.com

Jay Wong, Founder of Podcast Your Brand, joins Happy Marketer Connection to discuss Progress over Perfection. Hear how to decide the theme of your podcast, whether a podcast is right for your brand, how to build a community with your podcast, the triangle effect from a strong podcast, email list, and private group, and how Jay takes an agency approach to podcasting. Connect with Jay at DoneForYouPodcast.co and on Instagram at @TheJayWong 

Erica Solomon, Beauty Director, Customer Experience Partnerships at Brandshare, joins Happy Marketer Connection to discuss Beauty Trends. Hear the top beauty trends and how changing consumer habits are impacting development, the vital role product sampling has in driving trial and loyalty, alternatives to in-store sampling, and some growing beauty brands to keep your eye on. Connect with Erica at Brandshare.US

April Martini, Co-Founder of Forthright People, joins Happy Marketer Connection to discuss Personal Branding. Hear the key essentials for building your personal brand and steps to get started, ways to balance the focus on your personal brand vs. the company brand, how to approach finding the right business partner, moving projects forward without delays, and the benefits of working with small businesses. Connect with April at Forthright-People.com and on LinkedIn

Jessica Lauria, a skilled Marketing Consultant with experience on the client- and agency-side, joins Happy Marketer Connection to discuss Relationships. Hear how to build strong relationships with your agency partners, how the client-agency dynamic has changed, what to look for in a marketing agency, how to give helpful feedback, and Jessica’s lessons from both client-side and agency-side. Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn

Emma Isaacs, Founder and Global CEO of Business Chicks, joins Happy Marketer Connection to discuss Winging It. Hear the importance of becoming an expert at failing, the why and ways to avoid overplanning, how to pivot and pivot again, create an organization that inspires, and how Emma has grown her business while raising a “half dozen” kids. Connect with Emma on Instagram at @BusinessChicks and @EmmaIsaacs, and at BusinessChicks.com and EmmaIsaacs.com

Craig Dubitsky, Founder of hello products and Chief Innovation Strategist at Colgate, joins Happy Marketer Connection for an epically positive episode about the benefits of being friendly. Hear how to make friendliness your business game-changer, why FOMO is changing the retail landscape, how to create a brand that makes people smile and a company culture that fosters creativity and happiness, and Craig’s journey from starting hello products to it being acquired by Colgate-Palmolive. Connect with Craig at hello-products.com and on LinkedIn

Julie Levi, President and Founder of Progressive Promotions, joins Happy Marketer Connection to discuss Passion, Patience, and Persistence. Hear what it takes to succeed as a Salesperson and Entrepreneur, what true persistence looks like and why it's worth it, the ways Sales has changed over the years, how to hire and support your business development team, and the Sales lessons Julie’s family shares with each generation. Connect with Julie at ProgressivePromotions.com or on LinkedIn

Pia Marquez, Digital Marketing Sr. Manager at Del Monte, joins Happy Marketer Connection to discuss building your Personal Brand. Hear why it's important to develop your personal brand, the benefits of working for small and large companies, why marketers should take a page from designers by building their own websites, how to add skills at each stop of your career, cultivating mentors, and finding what you’re truly passionate about. Connect with Pia at PiaMarquez.com