See Life Different

In this episode of the See Life Different podcast, host Zaakirah returns from a hiatus to focus on empowering Black, Indigenous women of color and individuals with disabilities. Zaakirah shares updates about her life changes, including a move from Oklahoma and her involvement in NPR Oklahoma. The episode coincides with Disability Employment Awareness Month and World Blindness Awareness Month. Special guest, Valyncia M. Wilson, a program manager from Oklahoma's Department of Rehabilitation Services (OKDRS), discusses resources for individuals with disabilities, including employment support and Social Security benefits. Zaakirah emphasizes storytelling, cultural heritage, and personal experiences as a journalist and advocate, aiming to inspire and educate listeners on overcoming adversity and embracing diverse identities. 00:00 Welcome to See Life Different Podcast 00:43 Podcast Hiatus and Updates 01:06 Disability Employment Awareness Month 01:28 Repurposing Radio Show and Podcast Episodes 02:28 Life Changes and New Focus 03:35 Limited Series and NPR Correspondent 05:32 Empowering Through Storytelling 12:21 Guest Introduction: Valyncia M. Wilson 13:55 Valyncia's Passion and Advocacy 15:24 Resources for Job Seekers with Disabilities 18:16 Transition Services for Youth 19:25 Social Security Disability Benefits 21:05 Valyncia's Legacy and Contact Information   Empowering Women of Color and Disability Advocacy on the See Life Different Podcast. Connect on Social:

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Links Mentioned: https://www.zaakirahnayyar.com Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services: https://www.okdrs.gov   Focus Black Oklahoma, an affiliate of NPR Oklahoma where Zaakirah is a correspondent: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfcNRP1vQg5VxAjP0nTokZTxT9E5i4ito&si=XBGodqYdOapcrWuz

In this special edition podcast episode, Zaakirah Muhammad shares insights into what it's like to be a TEDx speaker. Reflecting on her journey from a childhood eye cancer survivor to a brand cultivating strategist, Zaakirah discusses the path that led her to become a TEDx speaker. She emphasizes the importance of setting intentions and shares three key factors that contributed to her TEDx experience. Tune in for an informative discussion on the behind-the-scenes of being a TEDx speaker.

Today, I'm excited to share the behind-the-scenes journey of becoming a TEDx speaker. Discover the insights into TEDx talks, the application process, rehearsals, and final preparations. 

[00:02:18] Becoming a TEDx speaker.

[00:05:40] TEDx speaker script changes.

[00:10:39] TEDx speaker application process.

[00:13:41] Overcoming challenges to inspire others.

[00:16:14] Prepare for your own talk.

Three tips: Dig deep into your passion, connect with like-minded individuals, and focus on developing your personal brand. Look up your favorite influencers who have been on the TEDx stage - there's always something to learn from their journey, especially what happened after the talk went live.

Transform into a storyteller by digging deep into your passion, connecting with like-minded individuals, and focusing on personal brand development.

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Zaakirah is a retinoblastoma childhood eye cancer survivor, brand strategist, and TEDx speaker.

In this episode, Zaakirah discusses the importance of email marketing, why entrepreneurs should be taking advantage of it, and how it can help entrepreneurs grow their brands, and build relationships with their customers. She explains that email marketing is a form of direct marketing that keeps customers informed about the latest offerings and helps to convert social media followers into loyal customers. Zaakirah then shares her personal journey of starting her own marketing agency and realizing the need for effective email marketing to convert social media followers into loyal customers. Tune in to learn more about the power of email marketing and how to implement it in your own business. You will learn more about the what, why, and how of email marketing and about the strategies and benefits.

00:06:30 Email marketing builds relationships and drives conversions.

[00:07:12] Zaakirah as a social media manager. 

[00:12:25] Growing your email list. 

00:13:47 Utilize email sequence for engagement.

[00:16:33] Lead magnets and giveaways. 

[00:20:17] Automating email sequences. 

00:23:27 Segment and automate your email marketing.

00:23:35 Email marketing tips for success.

[00:24:19] Revu as a newsletter. 

[00:28:16] MailChimp's e-commerce integration.

 [00:30:45] Resending emails for better open rates. 

00:31:41 Email automation is important for engagement.

00:35:32 Focus on action, not replies.

[00:36:30] Converting subject lines for emails.

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Clarene Mitchell is a full-time solopreneur in Tulsa, Oklahoma. With 30 years of experience in the area of or in the communications and media sector, she changes the trajectory of lives and businesses one LinkedIn profile at a time, whether through results-driven, one-on-one coaching, corporate training, ghostwriting services, or speaking engagements.

Zaakirah and Clarene share their expertise in brand strategy and LinkedIn training, respectively. They share their passion for empowering marginalized voices, particularly disabled and differently abled black and indigenous women of color. With a combined experience of over 40 years in the media industry, they discuss the importance of storytelling and how it can be effectively utilized on LinkedIn. They also share their own journey, their experiences, and the importance of storytelling in the ever-changing digital marketing landscape. Join them as they dive into the strategies and techniques for leveraging LinkedIn as a media expert.

[00:08:23] How they met. [00:10:17] LinkedIn's misconception as a job platform. [00:14:22] Creator Mode features. [00:20:08] Power of storytelling on LinkedIn. [00:24:27] Leaning into LinkedIn's features. [00:26:01] LinkedIn Audio Events vs LinkedIn Live. [00:32:57] LinkedIn's Creator Accelerator program. [00:33:55] Endorsements and LinkedIn engagement. [00:39:17] LinkedIn News Digest and Insights. [00:42:11] Building authentic networking relationships.

Connect with Clarene on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clarenemitchell/

Connect with Zaakirah on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zaakirahmuhammad/

 

Music: Saturday Night by Producer Northern Lights

In this episode of the See Life Different podcast, we welcome Tai Goodwin, CEO of That Marketing Team and creator of the Liberated CEO Accelerator. Tai, with over 20 years of experience, shares her insights on marketing, technology, and lead generation. She emphasizes the importance of implementing strategies and not being hindered by fear or excuses. This episode is perfect for creative entrepreneurs who want to take their business to the next level. Tune in for an inspiring conversation on marketing and stepping outside of your comfort zone.

Tai Goodwin is the CEO of That Marketing Team. She's an award-winning instructional designer with 20+ years of experience creating learning experiences and content for Fortune 500 companies like Barnes & Noble and tech start-ups like Leadpages. A former teacher turned corporate trainer, turned entrepreneur, and author, Tai is passionate about marketing technology and lead generation. After coaching and teaching hundreds of entrepreneurs on social media, marketing, and business strategy, it became clear that the biggest challenge her client faces is implementation. Coaches, consultants, and course creators work with Tai when they are tired of trying to figure out how to do marketing on their own. They get the strategy, training, and implementation support that allows them to create a marketing system that works.

[00:02:10] Teacher background and leaving.

[00:04:19] Realizing corporate life wasn't for her.

[00:07:12] Focusing on quiz marketing.

[00:10:19] Being permissionless.

[00:14:02] Permissionless in my life.

[00:17:30] Using quizzes for lead generation.

• 00:02:47 - "And so I left and before I was a teacher, I did two years with AmeriCorps."

• 00:05:50 - "...get their marketing together, get the word out about who they are."

• 00:09:03 - "But the better quizzes are things that are really going to help people figure out what their [business/marketing] problem is or give them some insight."

• 00:10:19 - "I want my legacy to be around helping more women become permissionless."

• 00:13:58 - "I want to be permissionless in my life. I want to see more women be permissionless so that we can change the world."

• 00:15:46 - "There are people who can't step into their purpose until you step into yours."

• 00:18:38 - "You're opening a platform for women and that's just incredible."

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Zaakirah is a cancer survivor, author, and creative strategist. She helps entrepreneurs to confidently and consistently grow their brands through digital media and events. At six months old, a camera saved her life. At nine months old, she was taken into surgery to remove her right eye due to a rare childhood eye cancer tumor detected by a photo her mom took. Her hearing slowly declined as she got older, but her other three senses kicked in and functioned well. She never strayed too far from her purpose in life. Later, she moved to Washington D.C. to expand her education in professional photography and videography. She has traveled to 11 countries and 21 states. Others viewed her work as if they were on a trip and had traveled with her the way she beautifully captured sceneries and personalities. Connect on social:

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Khadirah Muhammad is a Marketing Automation & Systems Engineer, and CEO of Omnipotent Consulting with two decades of experience in entrepreneurship with the goal of empowering you to fall in love with systems and automation.

She helps her digital marketing clients, coaches, consultants and service providers leverage systems and automation so they can gain back 500 hours of their time without feeling overwhelmed with tech.

This episode is an excerpt from the See Life DIfferent Virtual Summit.

To get access to the full video visit: zaakirahnayyar.com/seelifedifferent

In this episode she shares:

Two of the 4 C's in her 4C framework: Create and Clarity

How to diagnose your own business so you are not creating a band-aid solution for a prescription problem.

How to set the GPS is your own business

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My name is Zaakirah Muhammad and I am an author of seeing life through a different lens. I am a childhood eye cancer survivor of a big childhood, eye cancer called retinoblastoma, and the host and producer of the See Life Different podcast and the See Life Different Summit.

The See Life Different Podcast is for marginalized women to hear stories and be empowered in their personal and professional life around mindfulness, creativity, and entrepreneurship.

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Yaqutullah Ibraheem Muhammad is the founder and owner of Nutrition Prescriptions, a nutrition consulting practice that specializes in recipe development and analysis, Nutrition education and women's wellness. YaQutullah has almost two decades of experience in dietetics and nutrition. She works with patients and clients to improve their health related to chronic illness. And she offers healthy recipes and interactive nutrition education. She's so powerful and passionate about nutrition. She empowers you to learn and apply evidence based nutrition to every aspect of your life, including understanding the connection between faith, health and wellness.

In this episode, She breaks down

• Her story and why she's so passionate about it
• The importance of staying focused and consistent on your goals
• The importance of having a nutrition strategy that is personalized for you
• The most important thing to keep in mind when it comes to gut health
• Meal Prepping
• The importance of fasting during Ramadan

This episode is an excerpt from the See Life DIfferent Virtual Summit

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My name is Zaakirah Muhammad and I am an author of seeing life through a different lens. I am a childhood eye cancer survivor of a big childhood, eye cancer called retinoblastoma, but I'm the host and the producer, producer of the See Life Different podcast and the See Life Different Summit.

The See Life Different Podcast is for marginalized women to hear stories and be empowered in their personal and professional life around mindfulness, creativity, and entrepreneurship.

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Women's History Month and a lot has been going on. And I think what happens is, it can deflect and reflect and show so we're going to talk about how the See Life different virtual summit went, and some little tidbits, some tidbits, and points for you to take away from, especially as you're going through the remainder of the month of March.

For show notes and tanscript: https://zaakirahnayyar.com/pivoting-2023-see-life-different-summit-impact-weekend-live-recap-rebranding-media-group/

go to https://www.Zaakirahnayyar.com/seelifedifferent so that you can get this information because what happens is these speaker resources are so good that you really got to purchase the replay in order to get access

Speakers Include: Pamela D. Marshall of the Art of Forgiveness YaQutullah Muhammad of Nutrition Prescriptions Khadirah Muhammad of Omnipotent Consulting

Impact Weekend Live by Maya Elious is a 3 day business conference for women of faith to master their message and build their digital brand, based in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Links mentioned: Pop Up and Create coworking and event space in Marietta, Georgia by Lashana West https://www.popupandcreate.com/

Takeaways:

• Don’t be booked and busy, be productive and paid
• Follow your intuition
• Choose Your Why
• Show gratitude
• Build Trust
• The power of the community in networking
• Lessons are going to be there until you actually learn it
• What’s next for the See Life Different Brand?
• What do you want your legacy to be? What do you want to be known for?

My name is Zaakirah Muhammad and I am an author of seeing life through a different lens. I am a childhood eye cancer survivor of a big childhood, eye cancer called retinoblastoma, but I'm the host and the producer, producer of the See Life Different podcast and the See Life Different Summit.

The See Life Different Podcast is for marginalized women to hear stories and be empowered in their personal and professional life around mindfulness, creativity, and entrepreneurship.

How do you get your message online? How do you tell your story? We're going to incorporate technology to make things easy. Get clarity, become more confident, and be less overwhelmed with your health and nutrition goals, your business and creative side hustle, and your marketing automation system. Today's episode is all about See Life different Summit, what it is, why you should attend, and who's going to be there. The See Life Different Summit is a one day workshop for marginalized women of color to start, grow and scale their businesses. Start with your mindset with a piece of mindfulness and then go into storytelling. The See Life Different Summit is based on the podcast, for women, by women. If you are used to coming to work, you're an entrepreneur, and you're definitely abled, whether it is visible or invisible, the Summit is for you. You have a community of other creatives and entrepreneurs on the same pathway.

Listen as guest speakers YaQutullah I. Muhammad, Khadirah S. Muhammad, Zaakirah N. Muhammad, and Pamela D. Marshall give you a sense of the event.

Watch on Youtube: https://youtube.com/live/IPYRUofTS8Y

Your purpose will be knocking on your door until you take action, network, and you attend the See Life Different Summit. Be sure to get your tickets in Atlanta. It's going to be an intensive day. The See Life Different Summit is that safe space for you if you identify as a marginalized woman, or chronically ill, you've always taken the unbeaten pathway, you are a woman of faith, and you've always wanted a safe environment to be creative and be yourself. Get your tickets now! https://zaakirahnayyar.com/seelifedifferent

Today we celebrate another year of podcasting, sisterhood, and advocacy for accessibility and diversity. Stephanie Michele Bolton bka Phoenix Michele is a Dallas Based Photographer, Videographer, and Content Strategist.

My name is Zaakirah and I'm your host of the See Life Different podcast. This Podcast is about women of purpose sharing stories of resilience! They all have one thing in common: the need to create and serve! The mission of the show is to provide episodes that: · Inspire · Empower · Educate

We talk about

• How we met
• the challenges of podcasting
• How we got started in photography and on social media
• What we learn about technology from being an auntie
• Why we advocate for accessibility for military veterans and autism
• Why Stephanie wants to go to the Maldives and the Pacific Northwestern United States

Previous episode mentioned: Creative Coaching with Adedoyin

Listen to our very first episode: https://bit.ly/2NRfMAi

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Seeing Life Through a Different Lens: A Survivor’s Guide to Overcoming Adversity with Resilience. Now available on Amazon as Kindle, paperback, and audiobook. Purchase here: http://bit.ly/seeinglifedifferentlens 

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