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What does it mean to be a truly incredible leader? Unfortunately, just because someone holds a position of leadership, doesn't mean they should. Often times that leader has found themselves there because the leaders that put them there do not understand what actually makes a good leader, and they have been chosen for the wrong reasons. So how do we recognize great leaders, and more importantly, how do we ensure that we are leading well. Because the real question is not how to make someone else more effective through your leadership. The real question is are you able to effectively lead yourself first. Two-time martial arts Hall of Fame inductee and two time best-selling author, Dr. John Terry of the Black Belt Leader stops by to help us on this journey with his wisdom, humor, and amazing knowledge in this area. Guest Bio A two-time martial arts Hall of Fame inductee, Dr. John Terry brings years of black belt experience to helping people, young and old, discover and develop the Black Belt Leader within and lead themselves with Black Belt Excellence. They can then use their leadership and influence to create high-performance, people-centric, values-based, non-leader-dependent teams and make an impact right where they are. John is a 2-Time Best Selling Author and an in-demand international public speaker. He is the founder of Black Belt Leadership, the president of Real Life Management, and currently serves as a President's Advisory Council member with Maxwell Leadership. John is also a DISC-certified human behavior consultant and a CTAA-Accredited Emotional Intelligence Coach & Practitioner. Contact Info: Dr. John Terry The Black Belt Leader Email: john.terry@beablackbeltleader.com Website: www.beablackbeltleader.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/johnterry3/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/beablackbeltleader

Today we're talking about giving up your life for the life of your company. More specifically, we are talking about how to get out of the cycle of suck that can sometimes occur to lone business owners. We may be making a living, but our lives are paying a high price. You may have started off loving what you do. You may work really hard every day to move towards success, but in the end it might feel like you are just spinning your wheels. Sandy Rutherford with Inspired Destinies stops by Digital Connection to share her formula to cut the C.R.A.P. (Counterproductive Really Asinine Programming) to find real, lasting success not just in our businesses, but life in general. Guest Bio Sandy Rutherford is a Success Mindset Coach and Founder of Inspired Destinies. Taught and mentored by legendary Bob Proctor – the top success and prosperity teacher in the world – Sandy teaches you how to create an accelerated pathway to success through a proven, simple and powerfully effective roadmap in an environment of support, hands-on guidance and accountability. Through the innovative and life changing programs at Inspired Destinies, including its renowned Unstoppable Success System, entrepreneurs and professionals hungry for breakthrough success are able to cut the C.R.A.P. and dramatically accelerate their success. Contact Info: Sandy Rutherford Inspired Destinies Email: sandy@inspireddestinies.com Website: www.inspireddestinies.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandyrutherford/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InspiredDestinies

Sales and Marketing are par for the course in the success of any company. How they work well together can make or break your business, and one without the other is like the sand without the sea. Great marketing requires a great sales strategy. Lynn Whitbeck with Petite2Queen, also known as the "Queen of Sales", joins your host, Nancee Johnson, to help us sort through the noise and bring some clarity around what a great sales strategy looks like in conjunction with amazing marketing. Lynn also shares some secrets to help those of us who might feel a little queasy when we hear the word "sales," by coming from a place of authenticity, sincerity, and the ultimate in real relationship building. Guest Bio Business Owners and entrepreneurs hire Lynn Whitbeck and Petite2Queen to ignite winning sales teams, because most are chasing down clients, stuck in a chaotic sales cycle, and lacking client retention, conversions, and profits. Lynn helps transform thinking to the client's perspective, ending sales chaos with a robust strategic plan to harvest the hidden profits. Bottomline, Lynn will ignite your sales and unleash lasting profits. The powerful live programs delivered by Lynn and the Petite2Queen team create immediate results in easy shifts, shortening the sales cycle, building stronger relationships, and closing more profitable sales. Contact Info: Lynn Whitbeck Petite2Queen Business Success Solution Website: petite2queen.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/lynnwhitbeck Facebook: www.facebook.com/petite2queen/ Twitter: twitter.com/petite2queen/ Phone: (206) 498-5122

Any new business owner should have to be screened before they make a choice to open a business. The test should have one question: Do you love rollercoasters? If the answer is yes, than you meet the height requirement and you can be allowed on the ride. For most of us, though, the reality is that no one asked, and now we're on the ride. Will you survive, and is it possible to actually enjoy the ride? In this episode of Digital Connections, coach Marjika Kemble, founder of Marijke Ocean stops by to fill us in on a few secrets to help business owners improve the journey. Her method allows entrepreneurs to see the bigger picture and make lasting changes to a path of success in their businesses. Guest Bio Marijke Kemble is the founder of Marijke Ocean – a coaching practice guiding leaders who are committed to their work being a source of personal & professional growth. Marijke worked in corporate, executive leadership roles for over 15 years – first in financial services & then later as the President of a Sales & Marketing start up. In addition to being a Certified Wayfinder Coach, Marijke has a bachelor's degree from Harvard University where she took graduate level course work in organizational behavior, Buddhism, and public policy. She's also a Certified Mindfulness Meditation Mentor & Teacher – which she integrates into her coaching work whenever it is appropriate. She has an MBA, she's a mom to two young daughters (age 6 and 9), a recovering perfectionist, and an office supply connoisseur. Contact Info: Marijke Kemble Marijke Ocean Website: https://www.marijkeocean.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/lorenfogelman Email: marijke@marijkeocean.com

Patty Block, founder of the Block Group, teaches women business owners how to turn up their power to price, sell and run their business on their own terms. This means fine-tuning their operations and scaling their revenue for strategic growth. It means getting paid what they are worth. In her business, she has seen too many business owners that don't, and it becomes a losing cycle. Through a lifetime of learning and coaching, Patty has answers, and in this episode, she shares some of her secrets to break this cycle and generate more revenue with less stress. Guest Bio Patty Block teaches women business owners who are experts in their fields how to turn up their power to price, sell and run their business on their own terms. This means fine-tuning their operations and scaling their revenue for strategic growth. As their trusted advisor, she brings a unique perspective, having experienced and solved many of the same complex issues women face, as leaders, moms, daughters and sisters. Forming a partnership of unbiased accountability, she helps women position their companies--financially, operationally, technologically--for game-changing results. Patty raised three fantastic kids, all of whom are business owners and also work in Patty's company (she essentially raised her own workforce!) Contact Info: Patty Block The Block Group Website: https://www.theblockgroup.net/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pattyblock/ Email: pwblock@theblockgroup.net

One step away from what? That is the question we answer in this episode of Digital Connections. Are you one step away from business success, business failure, or somewhere in between? If you don't know, then you can't possible see where your next step should be to get to where you want to go. To find the freedom you seek in your business, you must have to a clear vision of what you and your company can achieve. You need to know where you're going and why you want to go there. It's also necessary to measure results. It's these things that are going to allow you to build a future that supports this dream. And, that vision feeds your mindset, which is a majority of your ultimate success. Larry Reines from Aaron Myer Consulting stops by to help us see the path and move along with great strategic planning. Guest Bio Larry Reines empowers the vision of many small businesses, from start-ups to companies looking to grow and even businesses in distress. Aaron Myer Consulting has a proven track record in establishing effective organizational structure and communication that create the foundation for growth and profitability. Larry inspires and motivates, so you can delegate and empower your team. They work on your mindset. The formula for success is developing and implementing strategies for finance, operations, and sales to structure your business to achieve financial stability, high sales volumes, reduced costs, and a work-life balance. With a short conversation, they will see if they can deliver similar results for you. Contact Info: Larry Reines Aaron Meyer Consulting Email: larry@aaron-myer.com Website: aaron-myer.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/larryreines/ Text message: (917) 776-0309

One of the biggest struggles small businesses have is an inability to clearly define their brand and their messaging. They want more clients, and they try to find them by building a new website or through online advertising or other marketing tactics. They expect that these tactics are the magic formula they've been looking for. To make these tactics successful, though, you must have the right message for your audience. Brand is everything that defines your business and it must come first. Otherwise your message is muddled and people have no idea if you're able to solve the problems they need answers to. When you have that clarity, it becomes so much easier for your clients and customers to find you. On this episode of Digital Connections, Gabriel Shields with Benu Creative joins your host Nancee Johnson as they discuss how to get clear on your messaging and your brand, and ultimately, how to attract the right client to scale your business. Guest Bio People hire Benu Creative to help develop authentic brands that create loyalty and trust with their audience and people. As a husband and wife team, owners Gabriel and Kelly Shields understand how a successful business is like a successful marriage -- it requires two very different people to discover their shared values in order to make healthy and beneficial decisions so they can better the life of the other person. Benu Creative helps businesses look beyond products and services so they market effectively and establish the perfect marriage between a successful brand and successful people. Contact Info: Benu Creative Gabriel Shields benucreative.com (541) 791-7998

April is Stress Awareness Month, and Digital Connections is celebrating with guest Taryn Laakso from Unlaaking Your Potential. Taryn brings in some amazing processes not just for controlling stress, but that will allow you to truly unlock the potential and creativity that lay just beyond the reach of stress. As a business owner, the success of your company is in your hands. This mere fact alone may be enough to raise your blood pressure, but you can find peace even in the most turbulent of challenges. This episode isn't just for your business, but for the entirety of your life's purpose, and could be the small piece of change that your business needs to find the right track. Guest Bio Taryn is passionate about igniting a spark in her clients to play a bigger game in their life. She speaks on topics such as positive mindset, mental well-being, leadership, and empowerment based on the Positive Intelligence ™ model. Prior to launching her coaching career, she had a 20+ year tenure in the corporate HR world. She boldly left her corporate job to launch her own coaching business days before the global pandemic shut everything down. However, with her resilient mindset, she was able to quickly pivot her plan. Taryn's commitment to herself and her vision has created a 6-figure coaching business within 18 months as a full-time business owner. This is empowered leadership! Taryn's superpower is inspiring and supporting professionals to strategically plan their next career shift. She helps clients move from a state of frustration to inspiration. Through group and private coaching, Taryn provides strategies to unlock her client's Superpowers. Discover your superpower! Contact Info: Taryn Laakso Unlaaking Your Potential tarynlaakso.com taryn@tarynlaakso.com (206) 310-9409

You've been working 12 hour days, burning the candle at both ends. You feel like you're spinning your wheels, and your business is paying the price. As business owners and entrepreneurs, business burnout is all too real. How do you recognize before it gets to this point? Can it be avoided? Once you're in it, how do you get out? On this episode of Digital Connections, host Nancee Johnson invites previous guest, Zovig Garboushain of Boldness Ablaze Coaching back to the show for some great tips to keep the train on the tracks, and continue building your company without the nasty side effects of business burnout. Guest Bio Zovig Garboushian, founder of Boldness Ablaze Coaching, is an executive, leadership, and career coach and she focuses on helping women go after what they want boldly and unapologetically. She works with high-performing women and partners with organizations to support and advance their women in leadership. She started her career with 15 years as a marketer after which she pivoted to career development, organizational effectiveness, and in 2019, launched her own coaching practice, Boldness Ablaze. Her certifications and training are multi-disciplined and range from communications to team dynamics, change management to personal development, psychology to yoga. Her clients say she has x-ray vision and can see through the muck to get right to the heart of the issue. The key to her success is that you can never have enough self-compassion. Contact Info: Zovig Garboushian Boldness Ablaze Coaching www.boldnessablazecoaching.com (917) 207-1765

Most small businesses spend an average of $7-10k on basic legal services every year. And these are businesses that that are paying for help. Other companies are losing even more because they believe hiring an attorney isn't worth the high cost they have to pay. Unfortunately, the truth is that most businesses cannot afford the legal ramifications that come without good legal advice and help. But your host, Nancee Johnson, has found a solution. Jane Lehman has been a trusted advisor working with LegalShield for over 13 years. She believes every American deserves to have access to qualified attorneys whenever they have questions or need help. Which is why she is with LegalShield, and why she is stopping by Digital Connections to help save you time and money in your business. As a bonus, Jane also shares one of the marketing strategies that she successfully leverages on LinkedIn to help connect people to her solutions and ideas. Guest Bio Jane Lehman has been a trusted advisor working with LegalShield for over 13 years. She believes every American deserves to have access to qualified attorneys whenever they have questions or need help. Which is why she is with LegalShield. LegalShield is celebrating its 50th Anniversary this year. The founder, Harland Stonecipher, believed every American deserved access to the legal system and their legal rights. Contact Info: Jane Lehman LegalShield Website: janerlehman.wearelegalshield.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/janelehman1/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/JaneLehman.LegalShield Twitter: www.twitter.com/janelehman

Do you know the feeling? "Maybe I'm not as capable as people seem to think I am." "When is the hammer going to fall. I'm sure they know that I'm not the real deal." For some it can be an almost paralyzing fear, although most people wouldn't even guess it about the people that are experience it. It is Imposter Syndrome, and for many people it's a very real thing that effects their daily lives and their businesses. It's a feeling that Paul Larsen with The Find Your V.O.I.C.E. as a Leader™ Institute is all too familiar with. As a survivor of this condition, and now a teacher and coach for those still in this place, Paul comes to the table with some amazing expert advice to help you find the other side while celebrating imposter syndrome, as impossible as that may sound. Guest Bio As an Impostor Syndrome survivor, Paul has learned to tame his fake and fraud voice and has successfully coached hundreds of leaders and teams to celebrate their Impostor and find their voice of confidence so that they can share their inspiration with others. His practical, and sometimes laughable, life experiences led him to author the award-winning coaching book, “Find Your VOICE as a Leader”™ Paul's portfolio includes working with the talented leaders at Twitter, Microsoft, SAP and Cisco along with many successful life entrepreneurs looking to make their mark on our world. A contributing author with Forbes & founder of The Find Your V.O.I.C.E. as a Leader™ Institute, Paul offers transformative coaching journeys to help you find your unique voice of strength and inspiration! Contact Info: Paul N Larsen The Find Your V.O.I.C.E. as a Leader™ Institute Website: paulnlarsen.com/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/paulnlarsen/ Facebook: facebook.com/paulnlarsen

Do you have an advisory board for your small business? Do you know the quickest way to build one? Mentoring is wonderful way to find those people that can help you build a successful business, providing guidance, learning, and direction. Upnotch is a mentorship app for executives, entrepreneurs and rising stars. With the rich data algorithms that Upnotch uses to attract top-notch mentors, they can help find the perfect match for you. Joining your host Nancee Johnson, Upnotch co-founder, Tatia Zulouga stops by to talk about the benefits of a great mentorship and how you can build successful relationships through this new app. Guest Bio Over the last 10 years at IntellectSpace, Tatia has been responsible for developing products that help organizations engage with customers, donors, alumni, and constituents. One of the pioneering solutions that Tatia is most proud of is LiveAlumni. They have over 800 Higher Education clients and have worked hard to ensure exponential growth year after year. Having worked closely with Universities, she saw an overwhelming interest in mentorships from the next wave of entrepreneurs and industry leaders looking for guidance as they step into new executive roles. As Co-Founder of Upnotch, her goal is to help individuals build their personal advisory boards of people they can trust. Contact Info: Upnotch Available in the App Store or Google Play www.upnotch.com

Your company is growing. Are your people? Do you worry that your key leaders may leave and join the great resignation? In this episode of Digital Connections your host Nancee Johnson speaks with David McGlennen, president of Impact Leadership Consulting. It is possible to play the infinite game of business while designing a culture that strengthens your people and improves the health of your organization. Investing in your people is also one of the best investments you can make into your brand. David stops by to share some the success strategies that help business owners create a growing company with a high performing team that no one ever wants to leave. Guest Bio David McGlennen is the president of Impact Leadership Consulting, which was created in 2015. He helps public and private companies alike to play the infinite game of business by creating culture by design and strengthening the bench of emerging leaders and improving their organizational health. The company built the Emerging Leader Inner Circle, which has now expanded to the Growing Leader and Executive Leader Inner Circles which impacts leaders from around the world. David is a business growth guide who helps leaders integrate their desire for high performance, achievement and growth while focusing on the things they value most. As an entrepreneur and family business owner for most of his life, he's made the mistakes and yet loves getting out of his comfort zone to learn and grow. He has coached and trained leaders around the world as far north as the Arctic Circle and has shared the stage with John C. Maxwell while training leaders in Paraguay, South America. Contact Info: David McGlennen Impact Leadership Consulting (412) 475-9288 Email: david@davidmcglennen.com Website: https://www.davidmcglennen.com In the Growth Space Podcast: https://www.davidmcglennen.com/podcast Starting commercial (record in-studio): Are you ready to hand the reins of your company to your next level leaders? Do you worry that your key leaders may leave and join the great resignation? David McGlennen with Impact Leadership Consulting helps company owners like you to create a growing company with a high performing team that no one ever wants to leave. To find out how we can help your team say "I love it here", go to about.davidmcglennen.com and book a discovery call.

The time constraints of building a successful business cannot be denied, but no matter the amount of time it takes, life outside of the business goes on! Most of us own businesses to improve our own lives and the lives of our families. Many times, though, our intimate relationships inadvertently pay the price. We may know the price to our relationships, but do we understand the cost to the bottom line of our businesses? In this episode of Digital Connections, we invite relationship expert, Staci Bartley to discuss some simple, but brilliant, ideas a that can help all of us create healthier relationships with those closest to us, and in turn, build the successful businesses we started out to create. Guest Bio Staci Bartley is an Integrated Therapist. She has a CHT in hypnotherapy, and is Trauma Therapy Certified, with Art Integration. She is a Certified Divorce Mediator, as well as a Certified Strategic Intervention Coach. She is also a Graduate of energy and intuitive science, Lifelong study of psychology, Human Sexuality, and universal principles. Additionally, she is speaker and workshop facilitator for medical and mental health professionals, and she contributes to two wellness programs for fortune 500 companies. Her radio show called Love Shack Live is a fun place to explore fresh perspectives, eavesdrop on juicy conversations, and uncover mysteries that no one else talks about, but that absolutely influence our relationships. Her show airs on 1150 AM KKNW, and can also be found on most major podcast apps. Contact Info: Staci Bartley Relationship Expert Website: www.stacibartley.com/ Radio Show/Podcast: https://1150kknw.com/podcasts/love-shack-live/

Doubt, anxiety, fear. Unfortunately, all too common among entrepreneurs and business owners. But with this negativity bias we are shut off from finding great solutions for our businesses and our clients. What if there was a way to strengthen the positive neural connections. Would this improve your business? Join your host, Nancee Johnson, in a conversation with ProAdvisorCoach, Joshua Greco. With the Mindscan assessment that his coaching practice employs, his clients get a view of their greatest cognitive abilities that are often hidden for various reasons, in turn leading to more immediate business results achieved. Through this understanding, Coach Josh helps folks build better neural connections through a combination of psychology and planning to achieve lasting transformation and accelerated results. Guest Bio Joshua Greco is a Mindscan-certified business coach for individuals and leadership teams. With over a decade of business development experience in the Logistics and Construction industries, Joshua brings a passion to develop people professionally, personally, and spiritually. He moved to Charlotte, NC in 2011 in pursuit of new perspectives after completing his formal education at SUNY Fredonia, and now splits his time between Charlotte and Western New York. His career path naturally led him to ProAdvisorCoach where he combines his business development background with his natural affinity to tap into the best of people even before they see it themselves. Contact Info: Joshua Greco ProAdvisorCoach Phone: (716) 523-9742 Email: joshua@proadvisorcoach.com Website: www.proadvisorcoach.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12357944/

You love you're clients. You don't want to charge them more. But expenses to run your business have changed. Your skill level has gone up. You're processes and systems have improved over the last year. You know your services are worth more than what you're charging. The thought of losing clients to raise your rates, though, is just not appealing. Loren Fogelman with Business Success Solution helps her clients successfully navigate this on a regular basis and she's chatting with your host, Nancee Johnson, to share this valuable information with the Digital Connections audience. Guest Bio From 2018 to 2021, Loren Fogelman has been recognized on HubSpot's annual list of the world's top 22 business coaches. As a keynote speaker, Loren delivers talks and workshops across the United States at events such as Inbound, one of the world's most esteemed content marketing events for entrepreneurs, as well as many niche accounting conferences. Loren is an expert in pricing strategy and sales. She coaches accounting professionals to shift away from the “dollars-per-hour” business model to a value-based model that reduces workload by as much as 50% all while doubling revenues. Contact Info: Loren Fogelman Business Success Solution Phone: (541) 708-3933 Website: www.businesssuccesssolution.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/lorenfogelman Facebook: www.facebook.com/BusinessSuccessSolution

Show Description: Looking for a great place to connect with your potential clients? Are you using LinkedIn? Now, are you using LinkedIn fully? Who should be on LinkedIn? Do you need a company page? How do you use your profile to connect with the right people? Who should you be connecting with? What are the common mistakes that people are making on LinkedIn? LinkedIn expert Bjarne Viken from ScaleUp joins your host, Nancee Johnson, for an entire episode dedicated to the vast opportunities available on this great platform. Guest Bio Bjarne Viken is the owner of ScaleUp helping business owners connect with the people they want to speak with on LinkedIn through targeted, personalized messages. Contact Info: Bjarne Viken ScaleUp Website: www.scaleup.com.au LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/bjarne-viken/

Have you ever done an online challenge? They can be game changers for some people. Helping them gain new skills, or make community connections. They help raise awareness and support for a cause. In sales and marketing, they can help you gain more clients, and then help you retain those clients. In this episode of Digital Connections, your host, Nancee Johnson, is joined by Kurt Von Ahnen of Mañana No Mas!, an expert in online challenges. With their tool, Challenge Connection, Mañana No Mas! can help you run an online challenge without all of the headaches that come with organizing, and tracking such an event. Kurt will also give you some great tips and tricks to making sure your event connects with the audience your looking for. Guest Bio Kurt Von Ahnen was raised on the east coast, outside of Philadelphia, and the product of a single-parent household, Kurt survived cancer and escaped to the West - settling in Colorado. After a few false starts and 13 years in Colorado, Kurt moved his family to New Mexico for seven years, where Mañana No Mas! was born. Serving a group of start-ups with digital marketing, and having authored a book in the automotive industry, Mañana No Mas! found Ducati North America as its cornerstone client. That led to a decade of corporate work, with Mañana No Mas! relaunching at the beginning of 2020. Contact Info: Kurt Von Ahnen Website: www.manananomas.com Email: kurt@manananomas.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/kurtvonahnen/ Phone: (323) 418-2377

With over 320 chapters throughout the U.S., SCORE is the nation's largest network of volunteer, expert business mentors dedicated to helping small businesses get off the ground, grow and achieve their goals. Since 1964, SCORE has provided education and mentorship, seminars, workshops, and subject matter expertise by industries and professional skills to more than 11 million entrepreneurs. Guest, Martha Osborn, a tech savvy Digital Marketing Project Manager, joins Digital Connections host, Nancee Johnson, on a deep dive into the mentorship program offered through SCORE. Learn how this amazing organization can help your business. Guest Bio SCORE is a national, nonprofit organization, established in 1964, under the U.S. Small Business Association (SBA). SCORE has helped over 11 millions entrepreneurs & small business owners. SCORE has volunteer business mentors who provide free business mentoring to small business owners and entrepreneurs. There are over 320 SCORE chapters. Martha Osborn is a Dallas, Texas SCORE mentor. Martha's expertise is in business management, integrated marketing, retail management, fashion merchandising, non-profits, project management, process improvement, networking and business/marketing strategy. Contact Info: SCORE Website: www.SCORE.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/SCOREMentors Twitter: twitter.com/SCOREMentors LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/score-mentors Phone: 1-800-634-0245

What is the gig economy and why does it matter to you as a small business owner? In many cases, it's because small businesses are the gig economy, or because it can be an affordable staffing solution, especially for new business owners. The basic definition comes down to temporary, and typically flexible jobs that are commonplace positions where a company can hire independent contractors and freelancers instead of full-time employees to fill these positions. At the moment, it's estimated that about one third of the working population already works in some sort of gig capacity. Today's guest, Lea Wold from Checkmark Project, could be considered one of these businesses. She provides fractional and scalable implementation for other small businesses. Her clients are tech firms and professional and financial service business owners who lack the internal resources to execute on their own. Join Lea, and your host, Nancee Johnson, for a discussion around what's working and what doesn't in the gig economy. Guest Bio Checkmark Projects provides companies with fractional and scalable implementation horsepower that allows you to easily prioritize, execute, and maintain new and existing initiatives. Their clients are tech firms, and professional and financial service small business owners who lack the internal resources to execute on their own. In short, Checkmark Projects provides perspective, objectivity, and horsepower to find blind spots and get measurable results for your projects and initiatives. Lea formed Checkmark Projects after grinding away for years as a Chief Operations Officer and Chief of Staff for multiple CEOs, studying ontology, and finally embracing her get-it-done ‘genius zone'. Contact Info: Lea Wold Checkmark Projects https://www.checkmarkprojects.com/ lea@checkmarkprojects.com (425) 232-2487

Do you believe that to be truly successful, you have to be happy? In his book The Get to Principle: How to Get Happy, Get Going, and Get to It in Life, author Ted Larkins gives his readers a "mindset makeover" helping them shift from a "have to" mentality to "get to!" Ted is also a successful business executive, as the former Senior VP of CPLG, one of the world's leading entertainment, sport and brand licensing agencies, and the current Global Head of Licensing at the Internet start-up, Brainbase. With Ted's business know-how and his unique view on life, he makes a perfect expert for Digital Connections. Join your host, Nancee Johnson as she and Ted have some excellent adventures discussing the role of happiness in creating the business of your dreams. Guest Bio Ted Larkins is an author, speaker, and accomplished business executive. Through his books and keynote talks, he shares the powerful Get To Principle, the ability to say "I Get To" as opposed to "I have to". Ted is currently Global Head of Licensing at the Internet start-up, Brainbase, and a guest lecturer for the UCLA Entertainment Studies and Performing Arts program and NYU's School of Business. Ted was also a co-developer of a leading entertainment licensing company in Tokyo, representing major movie studios that included Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, and 20th Century Fox. His company producing projects that included Jon Bon Jovi, Jack Nicklaus, Mariah Carey, and many other artists. Ted is also the former Senior Vice President of CPLG, one of the world's leading entertainment, sport and brand licensing agencies. He wrote the book, “Get To Be Happy: Stories and Secrets On Loving the Sh*t Out Life" in 2017, and his second book, "The Get To Principle" was released in March 2020. Contact Info: Ted Larkins https://www.tedlarkins.com/ ted@tedlarkins.com

Looking for a simple way to cut costs in your business? In this episode of Digital Connections, your host, Nancee Johnson, chats with Schooley Mitchell strategic partner, Rob Sullivan about their streamlined solution to help you cut costs while identifying billing errors, eliminating redundancies, and outsourcing a portion of the vendor management needed to run a business. Guest Bio Rob Sullivan is a strategic partner with Schooley Mitchell helping his clients get the best business services at the best price. With expertise in telecommunications, transportation, inventory management, manufacturing and supply chain management, Rob improves services and processes, growing revenues and enhancing the client experience. A dynamic leader and problem solver with excellent organizational skills, he implements new programs that reduce costs and increase productivity. Contact Info: Rob Sullivan 1-888-727-8559 Website: www.schooleymitchell.com/rsullivan/ Franchise Information: https://www.schooleymitchell.com/opportunity/

Show Description: The word success and our definition of this are engineered for us from a very early age. By the time we get out into the work force, we've built some pretty strong feelings on the subject. But how does that definition serve us, and is it the right definition. Zovig Garboushian with Boldness Ablaze Coaching makes a living helping people define this for themselves in order to find their purpose, passion, and personal freedom. Join Zovig and your host, Nancee Johnson, as they discuss the inner critic, a comfort zone crisis, and the next steps to finding success in business and entrepreneurship. Guest Bio Zovig Garboushian is a certified coach and expert in change and transitions. She's a first-generation Armenian woman born in the US and a former New Yorker now based in Washington. She has more than 20 years of holistic, multi-disciplinary training in coaching, change management, transitions, leadership, yoga, communication, energy work, and group dynamics. Success for her is about feeling at ease in her own skin and being on her own side no matter what. She is on a mission is to help every woman show up to her life knowing she is magic and doesn't need to prove it to anyone. Her practice, Boldness Ablaze Coaching centers around career and life coaching for powerful women who are doers and want to unlock more purpose, passion, & personal freedom so they can go after what they want boldly and unapologetically. Boldness Ablaze offers private and 1:1 coaching for women and workplace training programs that are gender-neutral, designed to help teams work better together. Contact Info: Zovig Garboushian Boldness Ablaze Coaching www.boldnessablazecoaching.com (917) 207-1765

John Knotts is called an Operational Success Incubator. He's a coach and consultant with over 30 years of experience in leadership coaching and consulting. John helps companies grow, scale, and improve in order to exponentially increase their profits. Join your host, Nancee Johnson, as she delves into a conversation with John about what it takes to personally and professionally succeed in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world. Guest Bio John is a coach and consultant with over 30 years of experience in military, non-profit, and commercial leadership coaching and consulting. He has an extensive background in strategy, change, process, leadership, management, human capital, training and education, innovation, design, and communication. John is a 21-year Air Force Veteran, a former consultant with Booz | Allen | Hamilton, and was a strategic business advisor with Fortune 100 company, USAA. John owns a personal and professional coaching and consulting business, Crosscutter Enterprises, and he and his wife own a 100-acre horse farm with 41 horses in Bulverde, Texas. Contact Info: John Knotts Crosscutter Enterprises www.crosscrt.com (210) 504-6175 Facebook: www.facebook.com/john.knotts1 Twitter: twitter.com/johnrknotts LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/successincubator/

Digital Connections is all about opportunities. Your host, Nancee Johnson, is joined by Vance Cast and Ed Gorman from The S&P 500 Trading Group with information to help you navigate the world of trading. Their group allows members to learn directly from the pros as they show you profitable trading strategies and techniques to develop a true understanding of the markets, providing strategies to help maximize profits. They also provide mentoring and continued support after the initial training has ended. Ultimately, it can be an amazing opportunity for the right entrepreneur, or someone looking for a lucrative side-hustle. Guest Bio S&P 500 Futures Trading Group was created by Vance Cast in 2009. He obtained his first securities license in 1986 and has been an investor ever since. Over the years he recognized that most of the public and common people didn't know how millionaires really traded. At the same time, he had a friend that was looking for a valid trading group. Vance has a deep desire to see people succeed. He didn't want to see his friend or average people taken advantage of, or see them spend thousands of dollars on a program that had no support. This is how S&P 500 Trading Group was inspired. Vance created a transparent online community of people who could learn and trade together. He developed a simple and effective method to help people understand how the market works and provided them a support system to help them profit from the various patterns & trends of the market. Contact Info: S&P 500 Futures Trading Group http://sp500trader.com/ 1-888-646-8787

Title: Episode 12: Let's Talk Beyond Wealth Show Description: How do you feel about managing the wealth that you have? Is it affecting your business? Believe it or not, financial independence and business ownership can go hand-in-hand. It starts with a great plan, and finding the right advisors. Randa Hoffman with Radiant Wealth Management joins Digital Connections to talk about how to do this. While Randa does serve women exclusively, the advice that she shares can help any business owner begin to manage their wealth effectively. Guest Bio Randa Hoffman is the owner, an independent financial planner, and fee-only fiduciary at Radiant Wealth Planning, a financial planning and investment management firm exclusively for women. She helps ease the uncertainty around retirement, tax planning, and transitioning wealth so that women can live a life they've always dreamt of. She holds an MBA and EA, and lives in Newport Beach, CA. Contact Info: Randa Hoffman www.radiantwealthplanning.com Randa@radiantwealthplanning.com (949) 229-2343

Do you do commercials for your business? Have you ever stopped to think about what kind of voice would best represent your business and help you better your brand? In this episode of Digital Connections, Seattle-based, voice over talent extraordinaire, Joshua Alexander explains the power of hiring the right voice over talent for your business. Joshua also shares his vast knowledge around the business of being a voice over actor, and voice over as a viable business opportunity that can be the perfect for the right entrepreneur. Guest Bio By his own admission, Joshua is super!? Here is a guy who takes his business seriously, but doesn't take himself too seriously.? Josh is a prolific blogger and author, maintaining "The Voice Actor Blog": a hilarious and Dave Barry-influenced satirical look at life through the eyes of a voiceover talent, and The Super Voiceover Artist Book Trilogy. This voiceover artist extraordinaire is no hassle, and with under an hour usual turnaround time depending on length of script, he's hard act to beat. Joshua has excellent pricing. He has broadcast-level home studio quality, and Voiceover experience with roots back to 1993. Contact Info: Joshua Alexander https://seattlevoiceactor.com/ (206) 557-6690

Statistics show that employees are far more likely to invest in their own personal and professional growth when their company includes mentoring as part of their culture. Leadership and coaching skills grow and staff morale, performance and motivation all improve. It's also a great indicator of how likely a company is to engage and retain staff. In this episode of Digital Connections, we talk to the folks with Global Mentorship Initiative, a non-profit providing guidance and business skills to underserved college students around the world through online mentorship. Our guests Jon Browning and Chad Fuller tell us how this unique program is changing lives for both the mentee and mentor. Global Mentor Initiative Jon Browning & Chad Fuller www.globalmentorship.org

Most people go on the journey of business ownership to build a better life, but without financial security while you're on that journey, it can be so stressful that it takes away any joy that you might have had in opening that dream business. In this episode of Digital Connections we talk to Doug Peterson from Get Priorities Straight (GPS) where their comprehensive processes and tools give you clarity and insight into your financial situation. Ultimately, your funds support the priorities and values that drive you. You gain control, reduce stress, and enjoy more of what life has to offer while keeping more of your hard-earned money. Get Priorities Straight (GPS) Doug Peterson getprioritiesstraight.com (206) 264-4424

As small business owners, the prevailing myth is that you never have enough time. People say things like, "I own my own business, so I will never have another day off" and "I never see my kids because I have to work nights and evening," or "we're a small business so we can't afford to hire to do it." Eventually this leads to a very bad place. Claire Jones, a consultant, strategist, and owner of Liminal Clarity has worked with small businesses for over 15 years. She know, firsthand, what it's like to struggle to build a sustainable business. In this episode, she discussed her 3-pillar system and 5-step approach to creating the right schedules, marketing strategies, processes, and systems to scale your dream business and avoid burn-out. Liminal Clarity Claire Jones https://www.liminalclarity.com/

Description: It's all connected. Your business with your health and your health with your business. Taking care of your health is just as important as calling back your customers, and paying your taxes. Because if you stop doing either, you're not going to have a business for long. It's also the cheapest alternative to expensive health care scenarios like extended hospital stays and overpriced doctor's visits, which your business has neither the time or money for. In this episode Nancee is joined by PJ Glassey owner of XGym, home of the 21-Minute Workout, done just twice a week for fast and safe fitness results. This technique helps lower stress and produces amazing results for busy people looking for brain and body fitness they can use in the real world to enjoy life more. XGym PJ Glassey https://xgym.com/ (425) 822-9496

How many businesses start out with a great financial outlook? Many do. And how many business owners have a solid personal financial plan? Unfortunately, not as many. In this episode, your host, Nancee Johnson, chats with the team from Mainsail Financial Group. Mainsail believes in goal-based planning. They know that proper planning is an ongoing process and a relationship driven activity. As the winds of life shift, a proactive approach is needed to maintain the correct heading and because your business depends it Not just the finances for your business, but your personal finances, too. One without the other is like sailing without a life jacket. You may not fall overboard, but why would take the chance? Mainsail Financial Group https://www.mainsailfg.com/ (425) 502-7693

According to Work For Good .org, 87% of businesses said corporate responsibility activity had a positive impact on their company's reputation and 64% of businesses reported a positive impact on customer engagement, and businesses with a clear ‘Brand Purpose', those seen as making lives better, grew three times faster in value on average over the past 12 years. These are just a few of the reasons to build a business based on contribution. In today's show, previous guest, mortgage broker, designer, founder and owner of Mortgage Triangle Software, founder of One-Time Your Business, a time and efficiency course, the owner of TM Media Agency, and, and a Business Network International support director, Tina Mitchell joins the show to explain how contribution has added to her overall success and well being as a serial entrepreneur. Tina Mitchell One-Time Your Business www.onetimeyourbusiness.com (425) 647-0205

Many businesses struggle to define their brand. Brand is a lot like a successful marriage -- it requires two very different people to discover their shared values in order to make healthy and beneficial decisions so they can better the life of the other person. As a husband and wife team, Gabriel and Kelly shields help businesses discover who they are to develop a brand that is authentic to them, creating loyalty and trust with their audience and people. Today they join your host, Nancee Johnson, on a journey to help you better define your brand. Benu Creative Gabriel & Kelly Shields https://benucreative.com (541) 791-7998

In this episode of Digital Connections, your host, Nancee Johnson interviews Career Ownership Coach, Jan Claesson from the Entrepreneur's Source. Jan shares his secrets to a great coaching relationship and information on his complimentary coaching sessions that will help you determine where you're at in your career, helping you find the career of your dreams. Jan Claesson jclaesson@esourcecoach.com (425) 246-8817

In this second episode of Digital Connections, your host, digital marketer, Nancee Johnson is joined by Tina Mitchell from One-Time Your Business to discuss the connections in Digital Connections. Tune in to get to get plugged in and help your business build strong connections with great resources from the experts who know. Tina Mitchell www.onetimeyourbusiness.com (425) 647-0205

What is Digital Connections? What kind of show is this and what can you expect to find? Who should be listening? Over the past year, our world has rapidly increased it's online presence. If you weren't already online, you probably are now. In this first episode of Digital Connections, your host, digital marketer, Nancee Johnson is joined by Ryan Kelly from WSI, one of the world's largest global network of digital marketing agencies. We'll talk about why digital marketing is so important to you and your business, and how to get started if you're not already there.

Digital Connections brings in expert advice to connect you with the services and resources to build a successful business, and ultimately to create the life of your dreams. The show is for entrepreneurs, business owners, and anyone interested in running a side hustle to their current career. One episode at a time, your host, Nancee Johnson, will help you build a successful business through amazing digital connections. https://digitalconnections.us/