Womenpreneur Success

Welcome! My guest today is David Nihill, the author of Do

It started with a friend’s spinal cord injury, and I ended up

Storytelling is the key, and it’s what stand-up comics do best.

Yes! You can connect with people immediately and open up

I don’t recommend trying to memorize them word for word. That

The most powerful thing you say will be right after something

It DOES matter. If you are funny already, just within your

You need for your personality to come through without being

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Welcome! My guest today is Fabienne Raphael, who is an online business coach, speaker, best-selling author, and podcaster of “Marketing to Crush Your Competitors.” She helps women cash in on their expertise and build their online businesses the right way, focusing on profitability and automation. Fabienne lives by the mantra “Connect, Build, Automate.” Let’s jump right in with Fabienne!

My story as a woman entrepreneur is not like what I thought it would be. After obtaining my college degree in Physical Therapy, I always thought I would work a traditional job. My business and life partner introduced me to seminars, personal development, and the idea of “What if you had your own business?” My mind slowly opened to the idea of entrepreneurship. We started several businesses together before entering the world of online marketing.

Where I worked previously was where I first became a consultant. Most of my contacts at first came through word of mouth advertising, but I did try some direct mail and marketing to offer my at-home physical therapy services.

No, I used letters, sent in three intervals over a six-week time period. I wanted to introduce myself to potential clients and build my credibility and rapport within the community. Within two months, I started getting new clients as a result of the letters.

There are certain websites that have addresses and Facebook lists allow you to refine your search criteria to target your audience. I can use those searches to get guests that I want to have on my podcast. I think the personal action of mailing letters gets attention and speaks to people.

Well, the letter will differ as to whether or not you have had contact with the person before. You may have some first mailings that are cold, but some come from previous contact.

I’m an online business coach for service-based businesses. I help them learn to automate processes to increase revenue and free up their time through automation.

Ask yourself the following: Is there a market for what I’m passionate about?

    How can I target a specific audience and not just everyone?

Don’t be afraid to reach out for help!

If the niche is popular, you shouldn’t be scared. You can go for a different audience, like targeting the beginners in that niche who know less and have less experience. Every voice can be unique.

Influencers are people who are well-known in their market and have huge followings. Find common ground with them and be sincere in following them and giving them feedback. Find a way to stand out to them and they will usually respond when you reach out to them. See how you can share their message and help them shine.

I focused on following them and being active on their blogs. I like to send personal emails on reviews. Support them and dig into their work. At major events, let them know you are attending. The more you humanize the process, the greater results you will have.

Welcome! Today’s guest is Kim Ades, who designed The Frame of Mind coaching program to provide executive coaching clients with a powerful infrastructure to help them achieve higher levels of success. Kim is here to help us understand emotional resilience, overcoming self-doubt, and mindset shifts. Join us!

I was the salad bar girl at a Subway shop in Montreal.

I am really a serial entrepreneur; I owned a company and found that a higher degree of emotional resilience is the determinant in success. This is what led me to coaching.

We all know that life experiences knock us down sometimes. Those who can get back up will have a higher level of success than others.

Yes, failure is important to success. Failure helps you get better, sharper, and tougher. You have to be aware of your strengths and weaknesses.

We ask our coaching clients to journal in an online journal that goes to a coach for a response. This allows the client to write down the story about their failure. We want to teach people to reinterpret the events that lead to failure.

We want to see how their thinking affects their outcomes and see where the self-limiting beliefs impact them. We are looking at how you respond to what happens to you.

One exercise is to write down, in paragraph form, your answers to the following questions:

What do I really, really want?

Why don’t I currently have what I really, really want?

After writing these down, challenge every reason you’ve listed; this tells you where your thinking isn’t aligned with your goals.

Absolutely! When the negative occurs, we shut down and close in. We teach clients to examine the negative and use those experiences as a contrast to gain clarity on what they really want instead.

We all experience some form of self-doubt, even the most successful people. People with a high degree of emotional resilience recognize the self-doubt, but don’t allow it to paralyze them. A mindset shift takes place. It’s about understanding the risk and mitigating it.

Many entrepreneurs are doing too many things! Identify and focus on core strengths. Work hard to eliminate and outsource the rest. Start to believe that you can find the resources you need.

I have two tips: Try things out before going full-fledged. Take care of the way you think.

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My guest today is Liz O’Donnell, a wannabe mogul, busy working mom, and (sometimes) maid. She is the founder of Hello Ladies, an award-winning website for smart, busy women. It was named one of the Top 100 Websites for Women by Forbes. She has written the book, Mogul, Mom, and Maid, which looks at the choices, options, and the impact of women’s decisions on them, their families, and their careers. Let’s explore the following questions with Liz:

I signed up with a temp agency, thinking I would be doing office work. They stuck me at an Adult Day Health Center, which was NOT what I expected. I was so intimidated, working with the elderly people, but I ended up LOVING it!

My girlfriends and I get together occasionally for “Wine and Whine” sessions. A good friend was sharing about her busy mom schedule and her husband’s involvement and irritation when the house was messy. It occurred to me that women face these challenges with gender roles, juggling so many aspects of their lives. Even though, in my case, my husband stays home while I’m the breadwinner, I know that many women face the same struggles.

The key is that we all strive for something different and define success differently. The biggest mindblock to success is understanding that women have different ideals. Women do 67% more of the housework and childcare than men in the average home. Don’t compare yourself to others. Women also fall into the “We do it BEST” trap and don’t allow their husbands to do certain tasks. Also, women tend to assign superlatives to every action. We forget something and think, “Oh, I’m the WORST mom ever!” A dad can forget the same thing and thinks, “Oh, I forgot.”

Yes, that is absolutely a mindblock. We have to remember that the whole gender role shift is a relatively new thing that has occurred in recent years. Gender norms are ingrained in our heads based on how we grew up. We now have different roles than our parents did, but still feel the guilt and the pull when we aren’t the mothers that we grew up with.

I use the metaphor, “Put down the mop!” I mean that we should prioritize our lives over our laundry. We all want to be good wives, good moms, and good employees. What are the things that we do because we feel like we “should” be doing them? If we stop doing all those things, then it creates space to do other things that we WANT to do. Don’t compare yourself to others; get off social media!

Sometimes. Social media is a powerful tool that can lead to great business connections, relationships, and networking opportunities. It’s not all bad, but there are times to shut it down. A strategy I recommend is to define 3-5 non-negotiables that absolutely matter to me:

*Being home at least 3 nights/week with my family

*Finding time to write every week

*Making sure I do a great job at my PR firm

*Finding time to exercise enough to maintain my sanity

If I do these four things, then that’s a WIN. It’s my definition of success.

Absolutely. I have goals around my writing and career goals. My job has to be something that I say YES to.

Being a working mother means never having to say you’re sorry.

Never feeling guilty about providing for my family

Never feeling guilty for putting my family first

Natalie Cutler-Welsh is a Author, Speaker, Podcaster, Social Media coach and ‘Impact Entrepreneur’ and she's on a mission to help women in business to do and be more than they ever thought possible.  It’s not really about ‘Social Media’, it’s about helping you to shine and have more fun & flow in your business.  You won't want to miss this interview!

Find out more about Natalie and read the full show notes at http://womenpreneursuccess.com/natalie

Maggie Patterson has 15 years’ experience working in the trenches of companies of all sizes. She focuses on content and communication strategies with proven success for her clients. Maggie works with entrepreneurs to use marketing, storytelling, content strategy, copy that converts, and promotional strategies to get business results. A native Canadian, she now makes her home near Ottawa. Join us the discussion.

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Welcome! Today’s guest is Denise Thomas, a Money Mindset Mentor for the new wave of online female entrepreneurs. She has written Lucky Bitch and Get Rich, Lucky Bitch, which are fresh, funny roadmaps to create an outrageously successful life in business. Denise helps women take control of their finances. Join us and learn how Denise can change your mindset about MONEY!

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Mimika Cooney is a Visibility Specialist. She teaches entrepreneurs how to brand themselves and build their audiences using video. Mimika has always been drawn to media. From learning photography, writing 2 books about building photography businesses and then even hosting her own TV show, to sharing her media knowledge with others, she’s completely saturated in media.

Mimika is originally from South Africa, but spent some time living in England and finally in the UK. She started her own business and re-started her business with each move. She’s become an expert at rebranding herself, and allowing her businesses to grow with her through each iteration. Mimika’s here today to share some of her best tips to bring us out of the shadows and in front of the camera - it freaks me out just thinking about it!

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Tess Vigeland is a veteran journalist and a well-known voice to millions of American radio listeners. She is the CEO of Tess Vigeland Productions, a Los Angeles based multi-media company. Her first book "LEAP" Leaving a Job With No Plan B to Find the Career and Life You Really Want", was published by Random House in August 2015.

From our conversation today learn what you need to do when you want to leave your job with no Plan B to find the career and life you really want. 

Log onto www.womenpreneursuccess.com/tess to read the show notes and get the contact information for Tess. 

In this special episode learn the exact system I use to achieve my goals and vision. This is an amalgamation of the 12-Week Year by Brian Moran and The Getting Things Done system by David Allen. 

Use this strategy and techniques to create your vision, goals and tactics. This is the most effective process that helps you be focused, committed and skyrocket your productivity. 

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