How I Got Here with Vincent Phamvan

Our guest today is Mike Volkin, an entrepreneur, consultant, and top-rated freelancer for Upwork. As a fractional CMO and entrepreneur coach Mike has consulted with more than 400 companies. He's also an Army veteran, speaker, and author of 6 books -one bestseller. As a serial entrepreneur, he has built and sold 6 of his own companies. Today on Destination CMO Mike explains the strategy that led him to becoming one of the top-rated freelancers on Upwork. Mike also shares his advice for how entrepreneurs can build their freelancing careers, increase their revenue, and create passive income streams. Stream new podcast episodes at https://destinationcmo.com/Follow Mike in LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikevolkin/Follow Vincent on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vphamvan/Join the Destination CMO community on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/destination-cmo/ Mike's website: https://mikevolkin.com/Mike's Freelancer Masterclass: https://www.udemy.com/user/mike-volkin/Mike's Upwork page: https://www.upwork.com/o/companies/~01af2160832b7a00eb/

With more than 20 years of executive experience, Lisa Joy Rosner is an expert at developing metrics-driven marketing solutions for public and start-up companies. In her current role as the Senior Vice President of Brand and Digital Marketing at Oracle, she passionately advocates for customers, teams, and revolutionary ideas. Throughout her senior marketing career, Lisa Joy's teams have included customer, sports, and industry marketing, as well as brand experience design and global advertising in B2B SaaS, MarTech, AutoTech, IoT, Security, Big Data Analytics, and E-Commerce. On today's episode of Destination CMO, Lisa shares her thoughts on how important it is to have a flexible career plan for yourself, and that her business and career philosophy is centered on resilience. On the podcast she tells us “you can always change the path you're on.” Stream new podcast episodes at https://destinationcmo.com/Follow Lisa Joy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisajoyrosner/Follow Vincent on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vphamvan/Join the Destination CMO community on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/destination-cmo/ 

From Capital One to Facebook, Framebridge, and now The Black Tux, Matt Sutton is a global performance marketing and brand leader with more than a decade of experience in consumer and business marketing across industries. Matt's recent work has been featured on CNBC, SharkTank, USAToday, Adweek, AdAge, The Drum, TechCrunch, Entrepreneur, People, and the NY Times. On today's episode of Destination CMO Matt talks with Vincent about his time at Capital One, and what led to him being recruited at Facebook. Matt shares his experience “wearing different hats” in his various roles as a marketer (including five roles in seven years at Facebook), and the importance of taking calculated risks, and making career moves to learn something new.Stream new podcast episodes at https://destinationcmo.comFollow Matt on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewsutton/Follow Vincent on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vphamvan/Join the Destination CMO community on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/destination-cmo/ 

Watch the video of this episode on LinkedIn Live: https://www.linkedin.com/video/live/urn:li:ugcPost:6765659157967327232/?actorCompanyId=3644786Follow Jack Kelly on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackkellywecruitr/Jack and Vincent discuss the economy, latest job's report, and the transformation in how QR codes and the pandemic are changing the way marketers transition from physical to digital marketing campaigns.Free Marketing Training: Vyten.com/free-training

Brendan Rogers is currently the Founder & Managing Partner of 2 a.m. [Ventures x Talent]. 2.a.m. is a pre-seed, industry-agnostic micro fund investing in ambitious founders from all over the world, as well as placing 10x talent in early-stage, high growth startups. Previously, Brendan Co-Founded Wag! the mobile dog walking app that disrupted the global pet service space. Wag! has raised over $360 million in venture capital, most recently $300 million from Softbank's Vision Fund.Brendan is an active advisor and mentors many companies, accelerators, and universities in the LA/Silicon Valley area. He is a frequent contributor to Forbes, a speaker at national conferences, and has appeared on some of the top podcasts in the industry. Show Notes & Transcript: http://vyten.us/high-brendanFollow Brendan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendan-rogers-4b1a02158/Join Vyten Student or Vyten Plus: https://vyten.com/membership-pricing/Free Marketing Training: http://vyten.com/free-trainingUS or Canada? Text Vincent: +1 615-667-8433 

How to foster career change in 5 easy stepsInstagram/ IGTV: @VytenCouncil FREE Marketing Training session: Vyten.com/free-trainingVyten Student: https://vyten.com/membership-pricingText Vincent: +1 615-667-8433Transcript: https://vyten.com/blogs/job-search-career-podcast/how-to-foster-career-change/

Alan first started working in the retail industry while in college being a full time student and working 25+ hours weekly. After graduating at UC Davis with double major in Economics and Sociology, Alan got promoted to being one of the store managers at Best Buy. After putting in 7 years of work in retail, he realized that this industry wasn't for him. Alan started from the bottom of the ladder in the tech recruiting industry at an agency called, Apex Systems. Fast forward 8 years later, Alan is now leading a technical recruiting team and working with Engineering & Product executives on hiring initiatives and recruiting strategies for Quip, a Salesforce Company.Show Notes & Transcript: http://vyten.us/high-alanFollow Alan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alancleung/Join Vyten Student or Vyten Plus: https://vyten.com/membership-pricing/"The Passionate Few" by Omar Elattar (https://thepassionatefew.libsyn.com/)Free Marketing Training: http://vyten.com/free-trainingUS or Canada? Text Vincent: +1 615-667-8433 

This week we welcome Maura Kennedy to Vyten Council Live. Maura is a former TV Reporter and News Anchor and is currently the Director of Marketing and Public Relations at law firm, Pond Lehocky. She is also a Forbes contributing writer on the Communications Council.Accomplished in 12 years of PR, content, and communications, reporting for CBS and ABC News as a Multimedia Journalist and Anchor. Career highlights include interviewing John McCain and Madeleine Albright as well as reporting live from the Boston Marathon bombing, Sandy Hook elementary shooting, Whitey Bulger trial, and Barack Obama's presidential campaign tour.Watch the video of this episode on LinkedIn Live: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6760324657414598656Watch on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=424266382357466&ref=watch_permalinkFollow Maura Kennedy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mauramkennedy/Join our FREE Marketing Training session THURSDAY at 3:00pm (CT) to learn the top 3 secrets from CMOs! Hear former CMO Vincent Phamvan share the insight from the inner circle that will get you ahead in leveling up your career! Free Marketing Training: Vyten.com/free-training

This podcast talks about how to deal with imposter syndrome, different types of imposter syndrome and ways to battle each one, imposter syndrome and social anxiety, feel like a fraud, overcoming imposter syndrome, the reality of imposter syndrome and doubt.FREE Marketing Training session: Vyten.com/free-trainingInstagram/ IGTV: @VytenCouncilText Vincent: +1 615-667-8433Blog: https://vyten.com/blogs/job-search-career-podcast/quick-tip-how-to-combat-impostor-syndrome/YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/kHP7O3RDfnk

Casey is a father, a husband, a coach, a friend, a speaker, and a business leader who is the same person in and out of work. Casey works to empower people to achieve more than they think they are capable. Giving back is a huge part of his life. He loves changing perception, and thoroughly enjoys opportunities to educate customers – showing them how he can truly help them achieve their business goals.His book titled, "Win The Relationship; Not the Deal" came out in January 2020 and you can listen to his podcast for fathers, which is called The QB Dad Cast. Follow his podcast on Twitter.Show Notes & Transcript: http://vyten.us/high-casey-2Free Marketing Training: http://vyten.com/free-trainingUS or Canada? Text Vincent: +1 615-667-8433 Contact Casey via email at casey@caseyjacox.com

Host Vincent Phamvan welcomes VCL guests Gloria Chou, PR expert, Nina Guttierrez, Former CMO and cause-based marketing consultant, and Jessica Gutierrez, VP and cause-based marketing consultant. They discuss branding, consumer engagement, loyalty, PR strategy, and how cause-based marketing is very important in the current and future business market. Join our FREE Marketing Training session THURSDAY at 3:00pm (CT) to learn the top 3 secrets from CMOs! Hear former CMO Vincent Phamvan share the insight from the inner circle that will get you ahead in leveling up your career! Free Marketing Training: Vyten.com/free-training

Quick Tip: #ForYourselfEvery year brings about new goals and time to reflect on what kind of life you want to live. In this Quick Tip Tuesday episode, Vincent talks about taking a moment to think about the things you do for yourself to better yourself.Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/B5v0hqhlZxETranscript: http://vyten.us/quick-tip-for-yourselfFREE Marketing Training session: Vyten.com/free-trainingInstagram/ IGTV: @VytenCouncilText Vincent: +1 615-667-8433

Casey is a father, a husband, a coach, a friend, a speaker, and a business leader who is the same person in and out of work. Casey works to empower people to achieve more than they think they are capable of. Giving back is a huge part of his life. He loves changing perception, and thoroughly enjoys opportunities to educate customers – showing them how he can truly help them achieve their business goals. His book titled, "Win The Relationship; Not the Deal" came out in January 2020 (https://amzn.to/3ek4Rqn) and you can listen to his podcast for fathers, which is called The QB Dad Cast (http://www.buzzsprout.com/766853)Show Notes & Transcript: http://vyten.us/high-caseyFree Marketing Training: http://vyten.com/free-trainingUS or Canada? Text Vincent: +1 615-667-8433 Day One Journal: ios appDay One Journal: android app

Host Vincent Phamvan welcomes VCL guest Maya Grossman, a marketing executive with fifteen years of experience taking products to market and driving growth for Fortune 500 companies like Microsoft and Google, as well as fast-growing startups. She is a speaker, a career coach, and most recently the author of Invaluable: Master the 10 Skills You Need to Skyrocket Your Career, an unconventional business book for employees who want to deliver exceptional results.Join our FREE Marketing Training session THURSDAY at 3:30pm (CT) to learn the top 3 secrets from CMOs! Hear former CMO Vincent Phamvan share the insight from the inner circle that will get you ahead in leveling up your career! Free Marketing Training: Vyten.com/free-training

When thinking about what you'd like to change and accomplish this year, how do you start taking steps towards these goals? In this Quick Tip Friday episode, Vincent shares his method for getting started towards building and maintaining your goals for this new year.Watch Video on YouTubeShow Notes & Transcript: http://vyten.us/quick-tip-new-year-new-youJoin Vyten : http://vyten.comUS or Canada? Text Vincent: +1 615-667-8433 

Kelly Franco has been recruiting in the tech industry for the last 5 years creating meaningful relationships between companies and individuals. She is also a 2-time published children's book author and enjoys bringing smiles to the faces of kids and adults alike.Show Notes & Transcript: http://vyten.us/high-kelly-francoJoin Vyten: http://vyten.comUS or Canada? Text Vincent: +1 615-667-8433 

Vincent Phamvan is joined by VCL guest, Tim Busa, who has had a 15-year career in sales and marketing, working across the email marketing, security, and e-commerce industries.  He's currently running marketing at Loop Returns, and prior to that held marketing leadership roles at Zaius, Continuum, and Constant Contact. Join the discussion:https://council.vyten.com/c/live/3-career-lessons-from-15-years-in-sales-marketing

When you see positive changes in your life. Many of these happen throughout defining moments, where you're forced out of your comfort zone and you're forced to make a decision. Although this can seem challenging while you're in the middle of it, sometimes the best changes in life come out of these defining moments.Show Notes & Transcript: http://vyten.us/high-defining-moments Join Vyten Insider (free forever): http://vyten.com/insider US or Canada? Text Vincent: +1 615-667-8433 

Christian Zani is an Assistant Director and Lead Talent Advisor at Ernst & Young’s People Advisory Practice. He’s responsible for strategic efforts in identifying, qualifying and attracting Executive Directors and Directors at EY. Christian talks in this episode about career paths at The Big Four and how to break into a career in consulting and finding mentors in your career.Show Notes & Transcript: http://vyten.us/high-christian Join Vyten Insider (free forever): http://vyten.com/insider US or Canada? Text Vincent: +1 615-667-8433 

When setting a goal or vision for the future, how do you establish this vision? In this Quick Tip Friday episode, Vincent shares his method for getting started towards building your future or a new habit. Show Notes & Transcript: http://vyten.us/high-first-steps Join Vyten Insider (free forever): http://vyten.com/insider US or Canada? Text Vincent: +1 615-667-8433  

Scott Barker is the head of strategic engagement at Outreach, a tech startup valued at $1.33B and backed by the top tech VC firms. Outreach is ranked #4 on Deloitte's 2019 list of the fastest-growing technology companies in North America. In this episode, Scott shares how he pivoted into a career in tech without any tech experience or even a college degree. He also shares step-by-step how he'd reach out cold to hiring managers and recruiters to get his foot in the door. Show notes & transcript: https://vyten.us/high-scott Join Vyten Insider (free forever): http://vyten.com/insider US or Canada? Text Vincent: +1 615-667-8433 

What if there was one thing you could do daily that made you happier? What if it also helped you reduce stress and anxiety? What if it made you a better, kinder person? Would you make the change?In this episode, Vincent talks about this one simple routine that takes just a few minutes a day. Join Vyten Insider (free forever): http://vyten.com/insider US or Canada? Text Vincent: +1 615-667-8433 

Carrie Zhou grew up in various communities where she never felt like she was part of the majority. She took the non-traditional path, pivoting out of her career into a role in tech. Today, Carrie is a Talent Acquisition Lead at Facebook, and in this episode, Carrie explains how to bring your authentic self to your professional life by having real conversations instead of feeling the need to say "the right answer." Also, Carrie talks about who is the best to reach out to when networking, and the answer may surprise you.Show Notes & Transcript: http://vyten.us/high-carrie Join Vyten Insider (free forever): http://vyten.com/insider US or Canada? Text Vincent: +1 615-667-8433 

Devna Shukla is an Emmy award-winning producer. In college, Devna interned for—then—Senator Barack Obama. After graduating from UCLA, she joined CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360, where she was promoted to become an editorial producer on the show. Her career has taken her into big tech, spending time at both Amazon and Microsoft, where she is now a business development manager working on monetization and strategy for Microsoft News.Full Show Notes & Transcript: http://vyten.us/high-devna Join Vyten Insider (free forever): http://vyten.com/insider US or Canada? Text Vincent: +1 615-667-8433 

The economy added fewer jobs than expected during September, which economists see as another sign that the rebound from the recessing could be slowing. Many job seekers are pivoting industries and job functions, but it raises a question—how do I know if this job is right for me? To answer that question, we share a recent story from our blog. Join Vyten Insider (free forever): http://vyten.com/insider US or Canada? Text Vincent: +1 615-667-8433

LinkedIn automatically generates a new headline when you update your current position, but should you accept the default suggestion? No way. In this episode, I share the simple framework for writing the perfect LinkedIn headline that'll drive more visibility to your profile. You never know when you may catch the eye of someone who works at your next employer. Full show notes & transcript: http://vyten.us/high-headlineJoin Vyten Insider (free forever): http://vyten.com/insider US or Canada? Text Vincent: +1 615-667-8433 

Yesterday, I shared my new Community number and the response has been wild. I got hundreds of texts from all of you within minutes. If you haven't reached out yet... text me at +1 615-667-8433. From time to time, I'll share my career strategies, mindsets, and tips—but I want to hear from you and how you're doing, so send me a text.There were a lot of questions I received and I may not be able to reply to everyone, so I wanted to share answers here to the most common questions.- What should I have in my LinkedIn headline?- Should I use hashtags for skills in my About Me section?- Are companies hiring contractors? Does this save employers money?- How can I make sure an employer sees a slide presentation I made for them?- How do I start a career in Process Improvement?- What resources should I use if I'm pivoting careers?- How do I learn new skills to help with my job transition?- How do you keep your spirits up and avoid burnout in a job or job search?- How do I answer recruiter questions about salary requirements?To ask a question for a future episode, leave a voicemail for Vincent at (866) VYTEN-60 or text your question to 615-667-8433. Full show notes & transcript: http://vyten.us/high-ama-sept29Join Vyten Insider (free forever): http://vyten.com/insider US or Canada? Text Vincent: +1 615-667-8433

Marie Norman is the Director of Global Diversity Talent Acquisition at Adobe. She has been building and scaling talent acquisition teams for over 20 years in software, technology, cloud networking, financial services, and management consulting. In this episode, which is a replay of her keynote session at #HopeSummit, she talks about having an open mindset (or growth mindset) and how that helps job seekers in the midst of adversity. She shares her own journey pivoting away from what she thought would be her career path. Show notes & transcript: https://vyten.us/high-marie Join Vyten Insider (free forever): http://vyten.com/insider US or Canada? Text Vincent: +1 615-667-8433

Across the country, city migration patterns have been redefined in recent months. Has COVID-19 made you reconsider where you live? This week, initial jobless claims for the week ending September 19th came in at 870,000. Warren Buffett says 4 choices in life separate the doers from the dreamers. All that and more in this Sunday summary. Full Show Notes & Transcript: https://vyten.us/high-exodusJoin Vyten Insider (free forever): http://vyten.com/insider US or Canada? Text Vincent: +1 615-667-8433

Amazon recently hosted their annual Career Day that was fully virtual with over 1,000 recruiters helping job seekers. The company announced 33,000 open job positions with corporate and tech workers having an average salary of $150,000. In this quick tip episode, I cover the top three takeaways from the day: how job seekers are currently feeling, how to stand out as an applicant, and optimizing your resume for the Applicant Tracking System (ATS). Full Show Notes & Transcript: http://vyten.us/high-career-dayJoin Vyten Insider (free forever): http://vyten.com/insider US or Canada? Text Vincent: +1 615-667-8433

Sarah has worked for Tesla for 3.5 years and specifically focuses her efforts on workforce development & the skilled trades. Growing up, the messaging was always: go to school, get accepted into a 4-year college, get your degree, and there will be a fantastic job waiting for you. Upon exiting college as the Great Recession was wrapping up, this was no longer the case and led to a rude awakening. Sarah had multiple industry changes that eventually led to her Tesla. Today's conversation talks about this journey, her career moves, and how failure isn't always a bad thing. Show notes @ https://vyten.us/high-sarahJoin Vyten Insider (free forever): http://vyten.com/insider US or Canada? Text Vincent: +1 615-667-8433

Sarah has worked for Tesla for 3.5 years and specifically focuses her efforts on workforce development & the skilled trades. Growing up, the messaging was always: go to school, get accepted into a 4-year college, get your degree, and there will be a fantastic job waiting for you. Upon exiting college as the Great Recession was wrapping up, this was no longer the case and led to a rude awakening. Sarah had multiple industry changes that eventually led to her Tesla. Today's conversation talks about this journey, her career moves, and how failure isn't always a bad thing. Show notes @ https://vyten.us/high-sarahJoin Vyten Insider (free forever): http://vyten.com/insider US or Canada? Text Vincent: +1 615-667-8433

When he graduated from college, Edward Gorbis thought his school wasn't prestigious enough to land a job at a top tech startup. He credits his immigrant parents' work ethic as the reason that he had the traits that employers liked, and his personal network led to his role at WeWork. Today's conversation talks about research roles in different industries, how to communicate your skills to employers, and unexpected career moves. Show notes & transcript: http://vyten.us/high-edwardJoin Vyten Insider (free forever): http://vyten.com/insider US or Canada? Text Vincent: +1 615-667-8433

When Chantel Bonneau graduated from UCLA, she had job interviews lined up after her family vacation. Crisis struck when her return flight home was canceled due to a volcano eruption and she had to cancel her interviews. Fast forward 10 years, her journey has led to an incredible career in wealth management and a Top Women in Business nomination from the Los Angeles Business Journal. Today's conversation includes networking to get a job and what employers are looking for in candidates. Show notes & Transcript: http://vyten.us/high-chantelJoin Vyten Insider (free forever): http://vyten.com/insider US or Canada? Text Vincent: +1 615-667-8433

During college, Kelly Breslin Wright carried a 25-pound backpack door-to-door selling educational products. She had doors slammed in her face, dogs let loose on her, and even the police got involved. This adversity was the character building that later allowed her to grow Tableau from $0 into a multi-billion dollar company. Today's conversation talks about how to find mentors, leverage your network to get your next job, and being in the driver's seat of your career. Show notes & transcript: http://vyten.us/high-kellyJoin Vyten Insider (free forever): http://vyten.com/insider US or Canada? Text Vincent: +1 615-667-8433