Rocky Mountain Marketing- Digital Marketing for Entrepreneurs

In this episode of Rocky Mountain Marketing, Katie is joined by Margot Zaher. She holds a Master's in psychology and is a certified life coach, Enneagram coach, and hypnotherapist. She is also a life empowerment and relationship coach that specializes in helping women break free of unhealthy patterns and helps them by shifting their fear into confidence. So if you're feeling stuck and frustrated because you're not seeing the results you want in your business, then this episode is for you! 

It was a fantastic conversation with Margot as we discussed the following points:

1. All about Enneagrams — its origins, and all of the nine types
2. Understanding each Enneagram’s subconscious motivations and self-sabotaging behaviors
3. How knowing your Enneagram type can be beneficial to your relationships: with yourself, your family, and in your business

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In this week’s episode, the business bestie, Kendra Swells, joins Katie as they discuss how to grow your social media presence. She discusses the downside of comparing and focusing on follower counts. They also share their tips on using highlight reels and building a community with your followers.

In this conversation with Kendra, we discussed the following topics:

1. Impressions, Anxiety, and Follower counts on Instagram
2. Building communities with your followers
3. Utilizing highlight reels for audience engagements
4. Not all advice is good advice
5. How to maximize your social media platform

Want to grow your Social media presence? tune in to this week’s episode, because Kendra Swells shared a lot of tips and tricks you shouldn’t miss!

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kendramacmackin/ 

Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/kendralwalls/ 

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In this week's episode, the founder of a podcasting agency and podcaster himself, Mark Savant, joins us to share his journey in building his network through podcasting. He also pointed out some tips that could help those who want to start and establish their career in the podcast industry.

In this episode, Mark shares how he discovered many business opportunities, and build relationships not only with his target audience but also with other business owners whom he collaborated with. Podcasting helped hime switch careers from being an employee to being an entrepreneur and full-time podcaster.

In this conversation, we discussed the following topics:

1. How to turn a podcast into an income machine

2. The power of voice in podcasting

3. Tips for launching a successful podcast

4. Strategies that will help grow your network in podcasting

5. Podcasting as today's modern radio

So if you are an aspiring podcaster, tune in to this week’s episode because Mark Savant shared a lot of insightful information that you shouldn't miss!

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-savant-ba777145/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marksavantmedia/?hl=en

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In this week's episode, we are joined by Tonia Martinez. She is the founder of Career Transformations, a recruiting firm and outplacement provider that partners with organizations to hire the best possible talent. In this episode, we talked about the power of delegating tasks through great potential candidates that will help us save about 80% of our time.

It was an amazing conversation with Tonia as we covered the following points:

1. Starting a business right before the pandemic struck
2. The key to writing brief and concise job descriptions
3. Why HR Departments are important
4. How should companies take care of their employees?
5. Reach out to Tonia

So if you’re an entrepreneur who wants to learn more about delegation and how to find the right people and make them stay for your business, tune in to this week’s episode because Tonia Martinez shared a lot of valuable insights you shouldn’t miss!

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Visit Tonia’s website: https://careertransformationsdenver.com/

Email: [email protected]

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In this week’s episode, we are joined by Rich Brooks, the founder, and president of Flyte New Media, a digital agency in Portland, Maine. He has been in business for nearly 25 years. He's a nationally recognized speaker on entrepreneurship, digital marketing, and social media. Like Katie, he also hosts a podcast himself called The Agents of Change and has a conference with the same name.

It was a fantastic conversation with Rich as we discussed the following points:

1. A brand’s online presence, then vs now
2. The Remarkability Formula: attracting the right clientele
3. Rich’s Four Lenses - Find, Focus, Forge, and Frame

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LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/therichbrooks/ 

Podcast - Agents of Change Podcast (theagentsofchange.com)

Website - Digital Marketing + Web Design in Portland, Maine | flyte new media (takeflyte.com)

Read his book - The Lead Machine: A Small Business Guide to Digital Marketing

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In this week's episode, we welcome our newest podcast feature where we invite my business bestie, Kendra Swells, into the podcast once a month.

As you all know, Kendra is our mompreneur and a strong advocate of helping women transition from survival to success mode. In this episode, she shares how batching your social media content helps alleviate pressure for social media managers who feel like they have to hop on every single trend on the web.

It was an amazing conversation with Kendra as we covered the following points:

1. Pillars for a successful batching system
2. Developing problem-solving skills through analytics
3. “Look at your past posts”
4. The importance of social listening
5. Using line breaks on captions

So if you want to learn more about social media batching, tune in to this week’s episode because Kendra Swalls shared a lot of valuable insights you shouldn’t miss!

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In this week's episode, we welcome our newest podcast feature where we invite my business bestie, Kendra Swells, into the podcast once a month.

As you all know, Kendra is our mompreneur and a strong advocate of helping women transition from survival to success mode. In this episode, she shares how batching your social media content helps alleviate pressure for social media managers who feel like they have to hop on every single trend on the web.

It was an amazing conversation with Kendra as we covered the following points:

1. Pillars for a successful batching system
2. Developing problem-solving skills through analytics
3. “Look at your past posts”
4. The importance of social listening
5. Using line breaks on captions

So if you want to learn more about social media batching, tune in to this week’s episode because Kendra Swalls shared a lot of valuable insights you shouldn’t miss!

Like the show? Keep Katie running and show her your support!

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Visit Kendra's website: https://girlmeansbusiness.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/girlmeansbusiness/

Learn more about Katie and Next Step Social Communications:

Clubhouse: clubhouse.com/@katiebrinkley

https://www.nextstepsocialcommunications.com

linkedin.com/in/katiebrinkley

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In this week’s episode, Michelle Tennant Nicholson. Being an award-winning writer with 32 years of experience with public relations, she talks about how Twitter has become the new spot for Public Relations and how businesses should invest in a PR team. She is an award winning writer and storyteller to the media. In over 30 years in the field, she has seen PR transition from typewriters to Twitter. 

It was an amazing conversation with Michelle Tennant Nicholson as we discussed the following points:

1. 32 years of experience in PR
2. The facts about broadcast faxing and traditional PR
3. Theater, typewriters and transitions
4. Humanizing PR efforts
5. “What’s in it for my audience?”
6. Reach out to Michelle

So if you’re an entrepreneur who wants to learn more about personal branding for your business, tune in to this week’s episode because Michelle Tannant shared a lot of valuable insights you shouldn’t miss!

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Visit Michelle’s website: https://wasabipublicity.com/contact-us/ 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelletennant/

https://wasabipublicity.com/Choosing-Publicity/

https://bit.ly/PRActionGuide

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In this week's episode, we are joined by Kabrina Budwell. She is the business innovation and communication strategist and the founder of Kabrina Budwell Consulting, which is a consulting firm that focuses on helping people in the service-based industry, create, capture, and enhance their brand through marketing, social media messaging, frameworks, and corporate training.

It was an amazing conversation with Kabrina as we covered the following points:

1. Disney, dreams, and a daughter
2. Pivot from being an employee to an entrepreneur
3. Creating content and connections from a personal brand standpoint
4. Emphasis on the “social” in social media marketing
5. Taking the first step to entrepreneurship
6. Video ads work best 
7. Reach out to Kabrina

So if you’re an entrepreneur who wants to learn more about personal branding for your business, tune in to this week’s episode because Kabrina Budwell shared a lot of valuable insights you shouldn’t miss!

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LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/kabrina-budwell/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Kabrina-Budwell-Consulting-109174291643702

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emailmarketingguru/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMwTfelDNam7hrC9JOn3lEw

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In this week's episode, we hear from Diana Howles, an award-winning speaker, author, and international virtual trainer with 25 years of experience in the industry. She has trained about 100 and 500 companies and facilitated virtual programs in more than a dozen countries. 

She is currently the CEO of Howles Associates and her book, “Next Level Virtual Training: Advance Your Facilitation”, was just released back in May of 2022 over on Amazon.

It was an amazing conversation with Diana Howles as we discussed the following points:

1. Diana’s background
2. Zoom call tips for introverts
3. Video literacy
4. BLEACH - Background, Lighting, Expressions, Angle, Clothing, Headroom

So if you’re looking to appear better when you attend business meetings and present yourself better when pitching an idea, Diana’s tips and tricks for this episode are perfect for you!

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dianahowles/

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