Brands that gain huge followings don’t ways do it by watching what the big guns are doing, but have their ears to the ground listening to their own customer’s wants, needs, and pain points!

Serial entrepreneur Natalie Mackey created Winky Lux, the cult-favorite beauty brand with an emphasis on clean ingredients & colorful whimsy in 2015 with her best friend. Since its humble beginnings, Winky Lux has grown to a multi-million-dollar revenue company, becoming the fastest-growing single-brand launch in Target stores, and available in over 3,000 retailers & e-tailers throughout the United States! Today, Winky Lux utilizes consumer feedback & data into all of its launches - resulting in products that resonate with its target demographic and stay on top of the latest trends.

Let’s dive into today’s episode with Natalie and get an inside look at how she took her company viral by building a brand that captivates the customer.

Things you will learn in this episode:

[00:01 - 04:43] Opening Segment 

[04:44 - 14:28] Going Viral by Building a Brand that Captivates the Customer

[15:30 - 23:43] Personalizing Your Customer’s Experience

[23:44 - 29:52] Closing Segment 

Tweetable Quotes: 

“The key trait for entrepreneurship is not necessarily being the smartest person in the room, it’s like grit and perhaps even with a curiosity that’s attainable.” - Natalie Mackey

“We’re always trying to be where the customer is. We’re always trying to make sure she feels seen and delighted and heard, and that’s the filter we put all our marketing initiatives through.” - Natalie Mackey

“We want to be the bright spot in our customer’s day!” - Natalie Mackey

You can connect with Natalie on LinkedIn and Instagram. Get the perfect gift for yourself or the women in your life at https://www.winkylux.com/. 

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“The answers to these two questions will have the biggest impact on your personal and professional success or failure: Can I trust you? And, can you trust me?”

Dr. Yoram Solomon is the author of The Book of Trust and host of The Trust Show podcast. He’s published 14 books, 22 patents, and more than 300 articles in several well-known magazines. Dr. Solomon has founded several startup companies and has held several positions from General Manager to Vice President, all the way to CEO. He is now a professional member of the National Speakers Association and was a TEDx speaker and host. As if that wasn’t enough, Dr. Solomon also has experience as a marksman, serving in the IDF 35th Airborne Paratrooper brigade, and as a U.S. Air Force CAP pilot!

If you want to build the bedrock and foundation of success then tune in with Dr. Solomon and let’s learn how to build and cultivate trust.

Things you will learn in this episode:

[00:01 - 05:53] Opening Segment 

[05:54 - 17:43] Trust: The Bedrock of Success



[17:44 - 25:42] Using Trust to Build Relationships

[25:43 - 36:00] Closing Segment 

Tweetable Quotes: 

“People will always tend to pull you into their comfort zone rather than push you away from yours.” - Dr. Yoram Solomon 

“You have to start by thinking, how do I become more trusted… but also you have to ask yourself by whom, not everybody is going to trust you.” - Dr. Yoram Solomon

“You don’t have less value if you’re not a leader.” - Dr. Yoram Solomon 

You can connect with Dr. Solomon on LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube. Go to https://www.yoramsolomon.com/ if you want to learn how to build trust and be trusted.

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Behind every fashion piece is a real human with their own individual identity. No one understands this more than creative geniuses, Drew Ginsburg and Robbin Choi.

Drew is Founder and ‘Chief Creative Everything’, while Robbin Choi is the Co-Founder and Fashion Retail Merchandising Consultant for the iconic fashion and jewelry line seen amongst today's celebs - DYLANLEX. They currently have over 420k+ Instagram followers and have a wide spanning reach of influence. Some of their celebrity clients include: Beyonce, Madonna, Cardi B, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Jessica Alba, Alicia Keys, Khloe Kardashian, Gigi Hadid, Dua Lipa, Usher, Jennifer Lopez, Kendall Jenner to name a few! 

Get yourself some much needed inspiration and dive into the episode to learn more about blending business with the creative space. 

Things you will learn in this episode:

[00:01 - 05:13] Opening Segment 

[05:14 - 14:25] Blending Business with Creative

[14:26 - 25:20] Giving People a More Human Experience

[25:21 - 36:00] Closing Segment 

Tweetable Quotes: 

“You don’t always want to communicate with your words, I think that’s the cool thing about dressing and fashion and accessories: you’re choosing this thing that is immediately telling people what you’re about.” - Robbin Choi

“Truly, you’re not going to work with somebody who you don’t value their opinion or don’t inspire you, you are going to people that you trust and then they connect you with other people that they trust.” - Drew Ginsburg

You can connect with Drew and Robbin’s work DYLAN LEX on Instagram. Check out the collection on https://dylanlex.com/: made from artisans from all across the globe. 

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It’s time to co-create your company’s purpose with your employees and your customers! Simon Mainwaring is the Founder and CEO of We First, a strategic consultancy that turns companies into movements by empowering their brands to lead with a purpose larger than themselves.

In his book LEAD WITH WE: The Business Revolution That Will Save Our Future, he shows how all of us—from the CEOs of the biggest corporations to exciting entrepreneurs to the everyday consumer—can make more environmentally friendly, purpose-driven, and positively impactful choices in service of everyone’s future.

The future of profit is purpose, so jump right in and learn how Simon creates culture, vision and purpose in every brand he works with. 

Things you will learn in this episode:

[00:01 - 03:09] Opening Segment 

[03:10 - 14:47] The Future of Profit is Purpose

[14:48- 21:17] Creating Culture and Buy-In

[21:18 - 28:39] Closing Segment 

Tweetable Quotes: 

“What if we took the power of storytelling across to business to help it do less bad and more good.” - Simon Mainwaring

“Define your purpose and then with your employees and your customers co-create the impact in the world that you want that is an expression of that purpose.” - Simon Mainwaring 

“If you approach things with gratitude you’ll never feel like you’re missing out.” - Simon Mainwaring

Resources Mentioned: 

Want to connect with Simon? You can follow him on LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram. Discover a radical new vision for business and our future at https://www.leadwithwe.com/.

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Can you see a world that exists without your product or service in it? If the answer is no, then nothing should stop you from building it. Ankur Jain is the founder and CEO of Kairos HQ, a startup studio aimed at building businesses that make life better and more affordable.

Growing up in an entrepreneurial family in the tech space, Ankur went on to be called the best-connected 21-year old in the world by Inc! Ankur found his calling while working on a project for VIP customers at Tinder, when he became excited about how normal people used the platform and about the potential of tech solutions to majorly impact their lives. Tired of watching Silicon Valley venture capitalists blow money into $700 juicers and moon shots instead of solving the actual, real-world problems; Ankur has dedicated his life to solving them himself.

Do yourself a huge favor - dive into the episode and find out what Ankur’s real world experience has taught him how to solve real world problems. 

Things you will learn in this episode:

[00:01 - 05:21] Opening Segment 

[05:22 - 18:47] How to Solve Real World Problems

[19:48 - 31:20] Relentless Persistence is the Path to Success

[31:21 - 35:41] Closing Segment 

Tweetable Quotes: 

“That’s the key to building startups, to building companies. It’s having a vision, but it's relentless persistence… Never accepting no for an answer is what led me to create my first company at 11.” - Ankur Jain

“Love, money and happiness are the three things that if you chase directly, you never find.” - Ankur Jain

“Now that you see in the world with this vision, a world with your product in existence, can you live in a world without it? If the answer is yes, stop wasting your time; and if the answer is no, then nothing should stop you from going out and building it.” - Ankur Jain

Want to connect with Ankur? You can follow him on Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn. Check out https://kairoshq.com/ if you want to start making life more affordable.

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To create real, sustainable, competitive advantage you can’t just rely on satisfying the people you work with. You need to impress them.

Jon Picoult is the founder of Watermark Consulting, a leading customer experience advisory firm that helps companies impress customers and inspire employees, creating raving fans that drive business growth. Princeton-trained in cognitive science, Jon has advised C-suite leaders at some of the world’s top companies, spanning Allstate to AT&T to Becton Dickinson. His insights have been featured by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, The Economist, Inc., NBC News and Forbes.com(where he’s a regular contributor). His landmark study on the ROI of customer experience is one of the most widely cited pieces of research in his industry. 

Join in on today’s episode if you want to learn how to take your customers and clients from impressed to obsessed. 

Things you will learn in this episode:

[00:01 - 06:35] Opening Segment 

[06:36 - 22:05] Take Customers from Impressed to Obsessed

[22:06 - 25:52] Aspire to Inspire - Creating Memorable Impressions

[25:53 - 30:48] Closing Segment 

Tweetable Quotes: 

“Ultimately, people’s purchase behaviors and referral behaviors are going to be largely influenced not by a logical, rational experience that they’re getting from a business - they’re really going to be influenced by how they feel.” - Jon Picoult

“You have a tremendous opportunity to show people what ‘right’ looks like…” - Jon Picoult

“If you are aspiring to satisfy your customers, then you are aspiring to mediocrity… to create real, sustainable, competitive advantage you can’t just rely on satisfying the people you work with. You need to impress them.” - Jon Picoult

Resources Mentioned: 

• From Impressed to Obsessed

Want to connect with Jon? You can follow him on Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Check out https://watermarkconsult.net/ if you want to impress your customers, and inspire your employees.

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Known as 'The Girl Who Made Elon Musk Cry', Niyc Pidgeon is a leader with a high level network of clients and business friends. Niyc supports coaches to grow 6 & 7- figure Coaching Businesses Online and her clients have generated over $22 million dollars in the last five years alone.

Niyc is a best selling Hay House author, award winning positive psychologist, twice certified high performance coach, and investor! She is founder of the multi million dollar brand Unstoppable Success, creator of The Positive Psychology Coach Academy Certification, and her mission is to help millions of people change their lives through positive psychology and entrepreneurship.

Dive back into the show and let’s learn from the master herself how to become unstoppable. 

Things you will learn in this episode:

[00:01 - 07:07] Opening Segment 

[07:08 - 20:37] Everything Happens to Serve Your Growth

[20:38 - 40:37] How to Become Unstoppable 

[40:38 - 45:02] Closing Segment 

Tweetable Quotes: 

“Whether it’s good or bad at the time, it’s always serving our growth. So, one of my favorite phrases, ‘It is what it is.’ We are at - where we are at and it’s perfection… There’s no point in regretting anything.” - Niyc Pidgeon

“Even if you’re taking a side step, as long as it’s serving the main goal, then it’s ok.” - Niyc Pidgeon

“If you’re just in it for the money, or you’re just in it to do it as quickly as possible, then it’s either never going to happen or it’s never going to last.” - Niyc Pidgeon

Resources Mentioned: 

Want to connect with Niyc? You can follow her on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Visit https://www.niycpidgeon.com if you want to become an unstoppable coach.

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It’s so bittersweet to be here announcing that this will be the final episode of the Build Your Network Podcast; but bigger and better things are in the making. 

I can’t thank you all enough for doing this journey with us and hopefully you gained a TON of value from listening in! 

Be sure to tune into this episode as we wrap things up, share a bit about the experience we gained along the way, and talk about where we’re heading next and what you can look forward to in the near future!

Things you will learn in this episode:

[00:01 - 02:30] Opening Segment 

[02:31 - 12:21] Just Get Started

[12:22 - 20:44] What’s Next?



[20:45 - 22:33] Closing Segment - Thank You

Tweetable Quotes: 

“If you really just put your mind to something, stick to the long game, do the right things, treat people the right way and keep that goal in mind - then you can accomplish a lot more things than you think that you can.” - Travis Chappell

“We’re basically rebranding the show to become the ‘Travis Interviews Show…’ The conversations will be able to be a little bit of a deeper dive, a little bit more in depth.” - Travis Chappell

“Thank you so much for tuning in and for the last time: You have been listening to the Build Your Network Podcast.” - Travis Chappell

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When your natural reaction to falling is to immediately get back up, eventually the win will come. Kelly Gunther is an American speed skater who participated most recently in the 2014 Winter Olympics.

After a devastating injury, Kelly was able to return to skating and set two personal best times in November 2011. She is now a coach who believes everyone has a chance at achieving their dreams by discovering their own strengths. Kelly embodies the ideals of building a network by constantly surrounding herself with inspiring people who push her to be her best. 

Let’s dive into Kelly’s story and learn how pushing through with fearless determination brought her success even when she was discounted.

Things you will learn in this episode:

[00:01 - 05:18] Opening Segment 

[05:19 - 22:33] Pushing Through with Fearless Determination

[22:34 - 34:26] Kelly Gunther on Building Your Network

[34:27 - 37:56] Closing Segment 

Tweetable Quotes: 

“I'm not the best skater, and I'm not the worst skater, but I'm going to be there no matter what, and I'm gonna work hard.” - Kelly Gunther

“I was just used to it - that if you get knocked down you get back up again.” - Kelly Gunther

“What's so important to me is that I want to be bigger than the Olympics, because that's who I am. I'm just ‘Kelly’ that made one dream come true.” - Kelly Gunther

You can connect with Kelly on Instagram and Twitter. Go to https://www.kellyguntherspeaker.com/ for even more inspiration. 

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