Earn The Ask

Join Angela and frequent Earn The Ask guest, Brandon Souba, as they take on a new podcast together! The Engaging Life discusses using the principles of Engagement Equity to enhance your business and personal life. Check out The Engaging Life wherever you listen to podcasts!

In the final episode of our series, special guest Brandon Souba talks about how to make the transition into a new career and how to start building connections when you don't have any prior knowledge of or experience with the industry. Listen in for some great tips!

It can be difficult to practice The Platinum Rule upon first meeting someone. Special guest Brandon Souba talks about how to give instant value in a networking or corporate setting while still building connections and making strides toward your career goals.

My special guest Brandon Souba and I talk about how you can make connections that last by using Engagement Equity as well as how to set the tone rather than letting others set the tone for you. Tune in to learn how this master networker and connector continually gives value to those he meets.

What do your social media posts look like? Are you making enough valuable deposits that warrants your right to Earn The Ask? My special guest Maysie Scherer from the Pixel Fire Marketing team joins me to give you tips and tricks for developing social media content that follows the 80/20 rule.

What is empathic leadership and how can you put empathy into action to make your business a better place for all? In this episode, I'll explore what empathy in action looks like for leaders and give some tips on how you can use Power Players to make your employees feel valued and engaged. Bonus book recommendations for further reading!

What stories are your employees telling themselves? That they are a valued part of your company? Or that they are unappreciated and undervalued? Listen to this week's podcast to find out how to tell what story your employees have in their heads and how to make sure all your employees feel appreciated, valued, and important.

Your customers and clients all tell themselves stories about who they are and why they buy certain products or engage with specific businesses. Identifying what story they are telling themselves will help you solidify your brand and reach your target audience. Find out ways you can do this when you listen to this episode!

We all make up stories in our head about what's going on, how we're being treated (and why), and what it all means. Most of the time, these stories are based less on reality than on what we think of ourselves, our triggers, and other issues. In this episode, I talk about how and why we make up stories and how to be objective before our stories take over.

One of the best ways to practice the Radiating Outward concept is to stay true to yourself, stick to your own beliefs, and keep an inner sense of stability no matter what others are doing or how they are feeling. In this episode, I talk about how to do this by tuning into your own station!

My special guest Courtney Zych from the Pixel Fire team joins me in this podcast so we can discuss how Engagement Equity works when you're doing an online ad campaign. Learn about ways to give value in the midst of all the “asking” so your campaigns deliver better results!

One of my favorite pastimes is reading and I always love recommending books in my podcasts to help enrich your lives and improve your businesses. In this episode, I give some recommendations on business, non-fiction, and fiction books that have helped me create a more fulfilling world.

Employee engagement is a necessary component of any successful business. In this podcast, I talk about the 10 C's of employee engagement and tips on making sure you are creating the right environment in which your employees can thrive.

The ask is just as important as the deposits in the Engagement Equity world. Why is the ask important? How can you time your ask and make sure you've earned the right to it? And, most importantly, how can you recover from an ask being rejected? All this and more will be covered in this episode of the Earn the Ask podcast!

Engagement Equity is all about building solid relationships that are beneficial for everyone! In the third part of my Frequently Asked Questions About EE segment, I talk more about using the tips and tricks of Engagement Equity to build strong relationships with your networking partners, customers and clients, and those in your personal life.

How do you know when to establish an account with someone in your life? And what are the guidelines to closing an account that is no longer serving you and sapping your energy? Those are the topics discussed in this episode, along with a brand new concept not even mentioned in the book: The Universal Account! 

In this follow-up podcast, I talk about questions I frequently get asked about using Engagement Equity in marketing including how to use it when designing websites and creating social media content. I also talk about leading your customers through the sales cycle to develop raving fans and grow your business the right way.

Do you know what bids for attention are? Do you know how to respond to them in a way that strengthens relationships and helps your business grow? In this episode, I'll talk about the concept of ‘making the chili', or giving people what they want as a way to give value.

New to the Engagement Equity concept or just want a refresher? In this episode, I give a primer on the EE concept and answer some FAQs like “How is Engagement Equity different from other ways of building relationships?” and “What are Power Players?” I'll also talk about where EE can be used and how to practice “radiating outward.”

The ADHD DJ is back in part two of our podcast on networking. In this episode, we discuss how men and women are different when it comes to networking and how you can master any type of networking scenario by using the Engagement Equity Power Players. Tune in for some great tips and plenty of laughs.

On this episode, I welcome the ADHD DJ and networking guru Brandon Souba onto the show. We chat about how to make your networking groups successful, how to show up both physically and mentally, and how to turn those relationships into something deeper that will help you achieve your business goals.

We all want to be interesting to others, but if we don't get curious about our customers, we'll never grow our business to where it should be. In this episode, I talk about the Power Player of curiosity and how we can use it to learn more about those we currently do business with as well as those we want to do business with. Get curious because to be INTERESTING, you have to be INTERESTED! This episode tells you how. 

Do you know who you're selling to and how to talk to them to increase your chances of success? In this podcast, I give you more information on how to use the tools of Engagement Equity to figure out who your ideal clients is and the best way to market to them. Topics include making your marketing more cost-effective and the power of curiosity!

We all want to be better--more successful, more connected to those we love, more in tune with what we want and what we need. So what keeps us from doing what we need to do to achieve our goals? In this podcast, I talk about the multiple reasons why it's difficult for many of us to use the tools of Engagement Equity and how to get past our roadblocks.

Want to learn more about the Platinum Rule power player? This podcast is for you! In this episode, I discuss in depth about how treating people the way THEY want to be treated makes huge deposits and deepens relationships.

Want to learn more about how to use the 80/20 rule in social media? In this podcast, I'll go over a sample social media calendar for a realtor to demonstrate how Engagement Equity works when posting on Facebook.

In Part 1, I talked about some tips and tricks that will help you put Engagement Equity to work in your business and personal life. In Part 2, I talk about some more helpful tips that help you give value and build a deeper relationship with those who are important to you.

Learn how to use some of the major components of Engagement Equity in both your personal and business life with these tips and tricks! Make sure you listen to the follow up, part 2, to get even more ideas on putting Engagement Equity to work for you so you can earn the ask.

Have you been treating people according to the Golden Rule? Here's how to take it to the next level and Earn the Ask by using the Platinum Rule!