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The thing with real estate is, how do you market your business? I don't believe we're in a sales business. I believe we're in a service business. Our guest today is gonna lay up what she's doing. One of the things that is her claim to fame is that she does things differently. She's not scared to put it out there. She's authentic. She's real. She's raw. She just tells it how it is, and that's what we need more of in this business. We don't want any more fake fake fake fake fake it till you make it type of brand new marketing and all that. We want real and authentic shit. So we're gonna let her school us today about secret to her success and how she's gotten over $700 million in sales.Maria is a real estate agent, executive and expert, innovative entrepreneur, investor, speaker, visionary, trainer, thought leader and philanthropist with over 25 years of experience.Three Things You'll Learn in This EpisodeHow to make your content stand outWhy being authentic is better for your businessWhat content you can offer your audienceResourcesLearn more about Marie QuattroneReal Estate Marketing DudeThe Listing Advocate (Earn more listings!)REMD on YouTubeREMD on InstagramTranscript:So how do you attract new business? You constantly don't have to chase. Hi, I'm Mike Cuevas a real estate marketing dude. And this podcast is all about building a strong personal brand people have come to know, like trust most importantly, refer. But remember it is not their job to remember what you do for a living. It's your job to remind them let's get startedWhat's up ladies and gentlemen, welcome to another episode of the real estate marketing dude, podcast. Folks what we're going to be doing today people have been asking me Hey, dude, why don't you have more women on once you have more women on? Why do you always have all these dudes? Why are you having a sausage party podcast? Well, we're gonna bring on a killer women today that is going to share with you her secrets of success. Not only is she own her own office right now, but she's been in real estate for 28 years, I thought I was the only person who could say I've been in this business for 20 years. Well, she's gotno 18 years of real estate 11 years in marketing. So marketing sales,love it. That will this is what we're gonna chat about is like, you know, the thing with real estate is like, how do you market your business? And I don't believe we're in a sales business. I believe we're in a service business. And I've always been known to like, do things differently, stand out, Chase attention, don't chase leads, stuff like that, man, she's gonna lay up what she's doing. One of the things that sort of has her claim to fame is that she does things differently. She's not scared to put it out there. She's authentic. She's real. She's raw. She just tells it how it is. And that's what we need more of in this business. We don't want any more fake fake fake fake fake it till you make it type of brand new marketing and all that. We want real and authentic shit. So we're gonna let her school us today about secret to her success and how she's gotten over $700 million in sales in her career. It's a lot of business guys. So without further ado, let's go ahead and introduce our guests. Mrs. Madea Quattrone did I say that correct?You did. So Italy, though? We would say quick, Joan,I was gonna ask you're either Italian or you're Hispanic. And I was gonna guess one or the other. But cut Oh, no. Okay, cut there. Oh, no. Tell us everybody. Tell everyone who you are, where you're askingme my slide here. Thanks for having me on the show today. I appreciate you and your time. So yeah, I mean, real estate is all about marketing, I don't care actually what business you're in people who need to know who you are. They need to know who you are, and what you do, and how you can help them. So first things are, you know, you start with the basic things, you can start with marketing, marketing yourself, just by picking up the phone and talking to people. Mark, this is how I started. I started by picking up the phone and talking to people, and going to networking events and marketing myself at networking events, doing the simple things consistently over and over and over again, following up with that person that you met the night before, at the at the networking event. Right, doing those putting those little touches, I always remember something special about that person. Whether is, hey, their kids go into Howard or, you know, they, whatever they do for for fun, they they got a lot or whatever it is, there's always something in the conversation. I remember and I always revert back to that, as I'm getting to know somebody. So the basic principles of marketing are get people to know who you are. And you can start simply by picking up the phone and by meeting people face to face. How can you do that now even more authentically, right now video? Getting on video giving. So what can we offer? I will just do real estate things. I talked about being inspirational.Everyone thinks we have to talk about real estate though. What do you mean? Do you mean I could do a video and not talk about interest rates houses are just sold or how many fucking houses I sold last month or how much money I made. I could actually do that and generate business and real estate you got to be kidding me.Right, so our core value one of our core values here at M QA is to be the solution. That's my personal core value and top of integrity and a lot of other things but for this talk today be the solution. And so I started this podcast called The the solution because here's why. It was March 20 2020 The governor shutdown boom, boom, boom real estate here. Couldn't go out of the house to go sell real estate or go to networking. So I'm like, Oh my gosh, what are we gonna do? Guess what everybody's eyes were social media. Yep. everybody's eyes were in social media. Social media went down from like, 20% like that during the day that 80% Everybody's on social. Yeah, guess what? All my colleagues around here. Nobody was on social say nothing. Yes. Well, I said it To be the leader, and I'm going to step up, and I'm going to be the solution. Because our clients have hired us over the years, especially, we sell expired listings. Why? Because we're the solution for them, because they haven't been successful in the past for a variety of reasons. And hey, y'all, it's not always the agent. And I don't actually blame anybody. But I come up with the solution on how we're going to do it. So it's March 20. I'm like, oh, no, F. At WTF. Freaking out. Yep. Soit's about that time really quick. Yeah. And I said it here on the show, we said the same thing we go listen, this is when you double down on brand, because this is when everyone's gonna be glued to social. And I'll be like, we lost a lot of our clients at that time, because we're creating videos, but the fear went through the industry so quick, that the truth is, is that all you guys who are still listening to my show that quit, you just made a major mistake, because you just lost a shitload of attention. Everyone who doubled down on video during that time, literally had a 4x from the year prior. Because it's all attention based guys. And you have to remain present. It's not about what you create. It's about that you're consistent in presence. And I agree with you, I agree that I think this whole business is just about having conversations, constantly and constantly reminding people where you're at and who you are. And when the networking goes away. How do you have those conversations, you go to social and you do it on video, because those videos are still playing while you're sleeping. And they're always working for you. But whether it's video or whether it's not what we're getting at, folks, is that you have to be present. Alright, look, if you Maria, are you married? I am if you stop talking to your significant other for the next month, what's going to happen to your relationship?Don't very much it's good.I have nothing at all. You know,you've been zero is gonna happen. So guys, what do you think go for like a debt? Not even like a half a day without talking? Maybe like a day? But no, I mean, come on. You have to talk to people. UntilWhy do agents agents stop talking to their databases? Like when I moved out to California five years ago, I was shocked at like the way that I saw some agents actually treat their clients and how they interact with them. And folks, like you don't spike the football on a transaction a day of the closing table, you spiked the football on the transaction, the day you get your third referral from that person you had at the closing table five years prior. And we're not playing the short game. We're playing the long game here. You have to remain present since like Maria, let me ask a couple questions. You have a bro, how many agents are in your brokerage? There's about 15. So 15. Besides you I know you're probably the top of your killer, who's the other top agent besides you? What's your volume like?So we run our office like a team. So we work together. So Dara is my listing partner. So she does a lot of the listings now. Probably, I'd say the lion's share. And then we're grooming some other agents to step up into the listing because we believe in listing listing listing listing, I get buyers organically. So I'm trying to focus on you know, we opened up another business, I'm also building that so and we're recruiting people into our company so that we can help them grow. So I've actually stepped in a little bit more of a sales manager role training. A little bit on the recruiting side, I have like a help on that actually. And we also have a scholarship program. So we're bringing new people that have never been in the real estate industry, we specifically look to bring in women and minorities. And we have a program for them. It's called the M QA scholarship program. And it is from the moment that they we agreed to we're going to be partnering up together until they finished the boot camp, we offer this entire package. So schooling mentorship during schooling. And then we have a two week program called rise in Real Estate Academy that is here on site that they go through. And then after that, they are position to have the basic knowledge in order to conduct the buyer Strategy Session, show houses and basically write the offer but to get the offer training is going on going because that takes a while to figure out so we we gear them up, they actually are making calls on day two. In our program, we used to do it a little bit later, but we found that quicker is better. We want people to get used to talking to people that's why I lead with you have to talk to people I we could do all the marketing in the world and if we didn't talk to anybody, right it's a waste of money, waste of time. So like going back for a moment to you know, 2020 the podcast was born be the solution because As I couldn't go anywhere, so I didn't see any people. I was heavily involved in sales at the time. And I was figuring out what we're going to do for who knows how long in our case, it was 10 weeks. And every day for No, three days a week, I went live on Facebook. And I never did that before in my life. And I had been interviewed over the last two years about 150 people, which, you know, for somebody who's not there, like full time gig, kind of a lot of good amount of people to get good at listening. Yeah, so there's more things that happened because of podcasts. So then what do we do with the videos, right? So I'll make a video about, hey, this week might be the solution messages. And during the times the hardship that we went through many people with being sick family members, sick people dying, people are really on a ledge, right? So I came up with every week with an inspirational thing to talk about, of it. And I talked about, you know, family, and I talked about perseverance and, you know, just continuing to go on, you know, to keep going keep going in all different topics, but like geared around being inspirational, andit's all based around. So a lot to unpack here, guys. Let me just so here's, here's what she's walking you through is you one creating content to have conversations. Okay, so we're talking about content creation, and being consistent with that. And even though someone might not necessarily be talking back to you, when you're creating videos, you're still having conversations, because someone on the other end of those is listening, even though you're not responding back. However, it's very hard to do anything in longevity consistently without first determining what the hell you're doing, or what your strategy is. So she comes up with a concept called be the solution be the solution be the solution. And basically, every bit of contact content that she creates, has a theme associated with based upon being a solution. So the problem that a lot of people have when they're coming up with their content strategy, as the real estate coach will tell them go out shoot videos, and then they'll go out shoot videos, but they don't really have any purpose or meaning, or do anything to enhance the brand. It's just a way to start a checkbox, check the box, because your coach told you to do. So she's taken it up a step, because the truth is, if you're going to create content you better well, we might as well make it impactful. And Maria, I'm guessing we just met about 20 minutes ago. So we haven't talked before. But I'm guessing that she's an avid reader of inspirational stories, she probably reads a bunch of biographies. But a bunch of different people have gone from zero to hero, my guess is that Maria probably was a zero back in the day. And now she's a hero. And she has a work ethic from somewhere some way shape, or form. I'm not sure where that came from. But you can tell by her personality today, it means something. And folks, each of you have the same thing. It might not be the solution. But it is something that makes you unique, because God's only made one of you. And that's very damn cool. Right? Everybody has a personal brand. The problem is that nobody's ever no one embraces it, because you're so worried about what everyone else is gonna say about you. Maria here doesn't give a shit what everyone else says about you. Maria knows how to inspire change. And she's marching to the tune of her own drum. And because of that fearless ability to create content, Marie, I'm gonna go out on a limb. People were probably reaching out to you at this time in 2020. Being like, these are the private messages you guys get when you start creating content. I got them. I've been getting them all week, I'll share with you what I'm doing now. But Maria, thanks for you know, I really needed to hear that today. Thank you so much for just sending that message over. Hey, Maria. Hey, guess what, you know what I was even thinking about my kids learning center and how I can improve that. But just because you did that video, thank you so much for for doing that video, you know, I'm stressed out, I'm worried about losing my time. So tell me what happened when you start creating these videosI got so what happens not only just creating the videos, but then we send them to not only post them on Facebook, and do the lives on Facebook, which are separate. That's different. Also sending it out to our database of 14,000 people or so. So what happens is the people, some of them may not respond, but I know who opened it. And a lot of people did respond to it, especially during that time saying, This is awesome. Thank you so much. You know, I'm inspired by you, and I can't you know, thank you for stepping up all kinds of things like that direct messages, text, put post on the Facebook, you know, video, but a lot of it. A lot of it was you know, privately, and even people telling me when I'm around and about like I see yourself, you're everywhere, blah, blah, blah. So one thing though, that I want to mention is really important. So one of the things that we talk about here at M QA is that the money's in the database all the time. All of it, it's a goldmine. And when people, agents join up company, they it's plug and play their plug in right in right into our database to follow up boss and all the other systems you use. And they're calling people that already know us. Because guess what they've gotten. If they'd been in a database for three years, or close to three years, they probably receive 140 ish videos from me. So what happens? Mike is, I'll be at my office, and there's people coming for settlements, and the really cool Maria. Yeah, I watched, I've seen all your videos.Are you like who? Who are you?I'm always I'm always very gracious. And I say thank you so much for the opportunity for us to work with you and your family. And so they know already the brand. So when anybody ever calls, I say 9.8 out of 10, maybe 9.9 out of 10 times that people are nice on the phone. Because they're like, oh, yeah, that's Marine, we're not ready yet. Or maybe we'll sell this or we got investors, you know, oh, did they have this or that or whatever. So you're using this as a platform to sell your brand without selling it by giving the community information. So it could be a market update monthly, it could be solution oriented, like these are be the solution podcasts and talking about motivational or inspirational either or both, by the way, not just as free servation as well,you were saying you guys is without a brand, you're just a salesperson chasing the next Chuck. And there's nothing different between you and somebody else. But the only way you could create a brand is through consistent communication to the same audience over time, because of Maria, when Mia, those same people that are having settlements in your office equally walk right past, you not know who the hell you are, the difference is in brand. And that brand brand brand brand brand is the only thing we have to compete against every everybody else. People aren't like in your market. They're not like hiring a real estate agent. They're hiring Maria Maria's team because of what her brand, or what they believe her brand can do for them, which is probably stress free real estate transactions. But she doesn't get the opportunity to have that conversation without first being top of mind or creating content. And you hit it right on the head. What she's telling about is the database, it she's 100%, right 10 to 15% of the people who see your content will be moving this year, and 100% of them have a referral for you. It's just a matter whether they're going to share your name or not. And the more memorable, the more authority you have, the more bigger your brand is, the more likely you are to be introduced to those conversations. And that's called attraction, guys, which is what it is, but you can't get there without first creating content. And content takes a lot of different shapes or forms. We're talking about video right now. But content creation has been around since the dinosaurs ruled the earth. Back then remember, back in the days, it was just direct mail, I started off with direct mail, I used to farm my database, I still do find my database. And I just say Don't forget to exist, it's not about the content that I care so much about, it's more about keeping my face in front of them. And a value added way that hey, don't forget I'm in real estate, oh, by the way, is something you can add value with to deduct your daily day.Indeed, so when the other thing that's really important when you are working within the database, and let's just say that's how you're working your business, is that you can create in most database, at least in our follow up campaigns. And the follow up campaigns in our case are mostly 80% video. So you may be a seller who's going to sell and three months from now. And we want to inform you of different things that you should think about maybe when selling your home or the marketing that we do or you know, how to increase your home's value for a little bit of money. Or if you're a buyer, you know why buying now is critical, versus you know, what's going on and also what's going on in the marketplace and what to expect over the next five years in regards to the market normalizing but it's still gonna grow over the next five years 19 20% which is a healthy growth after, you know, this year, which are probably more like 79. Who knows. But if we're at three to four, that's normal. But if you're not, if you're a renter, you're out of the game. So videos about all these different things and putting people on these proper, what we call action plans. And so here's another touch and another touch and you're educating them. And you were there's no ask involved. No, it's rare that we do an ask and the only answer usually that there is, is would you like an updated market analysis for your home? Yeah.Or do you know anyone else that needs my help?Yes, on the phone, we usually do that usually get on the phone. We ask that question,why through your guys's touchpoints and the different channels you guys are using overall. So let's just say I'm a new agent. I'm in the Philadelphia area. I'm like one to two years in business, but I'm only doing six to 12 sides a year and I can't break it up. I'm listening to one of the gurus, they're telling me that I need to pick up the phone and call a bunch of people I've never met before or go knock on some stranger's doors, or go buy very expensive leads. What do I do in your system?In our system, if you joined our company? Yeah,walk me through it. I'm gonna see all the touch points.While the campaign is happening, there's, we have about 20 different campaigns that run because they still in what type of opportunity, they are past client, active client. Buyer, short term buyer, long term investor, multifamily industrial buyer, commercial development buyer, commercial development seller. So that's we have a lot, a lot more than the normal people do. Because we do do commercial real estate as well.What about just past client, like stay in touch type stuff, let's pretend I'm not buying or selling? And because we got to be top of mind first, right? Otherwise, we don't get the tab that a conversations about being a commercial buyer and investor any that still have to remain present? How are they staying in front of their databases that are generating the calls to become and talk about commercial property or selling the listing or something like that?Well, we have we do inside sales. So we call into the database every day. And like I said, they get these weekly, those videos or weekly, they go to everybody. So that is an overall company message that goes out, then you have the action, then you have the action plan, segment it per the source of business. So those action plans are running. So every time we have a new person come in to our world in art, we put them in a database, and they go into a bucket. And the bucket works the opportunity until they're ready. And in the meantime, the agents will touch base when they're told to touch base for the action plans and tasks and follow up boss.And it's probably like a text, a phone call talks an email, what's the combo of touches Video,Video, an email, and then our text when we do texts? There's not there's no automatic, it's texting for specific reason. Like we'll have a day we'll do you know, we might do 50 tax to sellers saying Would you like an updated Mark analysis? But that's not we're not blasting anybody with anything like that. It's good one. It's yeah, you have to be careful with that kind of stuff.Yep. I like it. I like it a lot. So you're creating with your team, you're sort of creating the core content from the top and then syndicating it down to and then your agents are curating it to their networks and their databases, but you're centralizing the branding and the communication as a team, which is really smart. And that probably is what keeps them consistent.Yeah, so everybody uses everybody uses the same thing. So we have one buyer presentation, one listing presentation. Everything is the same. Everybody uses the same. That's why our agency runs as one big team office. I don't believe in having 50 different agents doing 50 different things. That's problematic.And I have a brand doing that. It'd be like McDonald's having 20 different types of cheeseburgers. People go there for some cheeseburger.You'll see some brokerage that has brokerages I won't name any names that have every person can have their own type ofsign 99.9% ofthem. Yeah, and but even though to the brands is x, x Yeah, initials. Yep. And then there's a pink one, a yellow one a black and white one was at least with REMAX right, we just have we do say brand specific and that's important. People know that REMAX brand even though we our own our own brand here in Philadelphia Maria Quattrone associates you know there's nothing not too bad to be on the back of a giant Yeah,I agree. What um, so let's go let's go what's coming down the pipe? I think you're 100% right on what's gonna happen with client generation going forward? There's a lot of changes happening Do you believe Yeah, let me second the young packs I see already dirty. What's gonna happen like how are agents gonna find their clients because before is more like there's so many different ways to find clients but remember guys What worked 10 years ago doesn't work anymore, or as good as it used to so probably Maria around same time we both got in I started oh two. I was told to cold call a lot and that's how I got my first few sales but cold calling today isn't quite what it was back then. At the same time, we didn't have text back then today you do. So what are gonna be the sources of business with all of this stuff coming down the pipe, you have ibuyers bleeding, the drowning the airwaves about how realtors are a big waste of money. You have commission compression that is for real, it's happening. You have a lot of alternatives and selling, depending on where you're at in the market, maybe not so much in Philly Metro, but the eye buyers, the open doors, offer pads and all of those these world, they're gonna be in every market guys, like trust me, we see all the shit coming down the pipe, and we know exactly what's coming. There's a reason why we're adapting now to be ready for those messages. So what what is an agent gonna do going forward? Where do they hang their hat?Build a personality brand? Yes, I agree. Feel content, build a personality brand. Make sure everybody knows what you do. Spend your money and time. Do you know what we call? Dedicated, dedicated, intentional, intentional content. So you're spending four hours, six hours a week, blocked out three could be three hours, where you're building intentional content, you're building an arsenal content, hire a VA, to edit your podcast, start a podcast, I could teach people how to do that. Starting a podcast. Right? What other things can you do to build your brand? Everybody who's an entrepreneur should have a podcast? Would you agree, Mike?Yeah, I think everyone needs to have content like it, whether if it's gonna be a podcast, it's gonna be a video series. It could be a blog, it could be a meme series, but you have to have content. If you don't have content. No one knows who the hell you are.It's so easy to do with so you don't even have to have original ideas anymore.No, you just you follow Maria's feed and just copy what she's doing and put your own spin on it guys, like,go into one of these large Facebook groups or with all the complainers and see what they're complaining about and do a video.That's actually probably that's how you get the solution content? No, because that's a good idea.You guys, not because it's like more thought. It's a little more thoughtful. And it's not real estate related. So it's for all humans, not just people in the industry. But we do produce content for agent attraction now as well as consumer attraction. Yep. So we have videos for both. And then we have videos just for everybody.Yep. You have to, and like, let's just get you like inspiration, we'll get out of your brain just we give some people some other things to think about. If you're like a health nut, like give me workout tips, like, you know, like, if you could be a lender and you can be super into fitness, well, you probably have a healthy way to finance a house. But you could still give like, give me your protein shake recipes in the morning, nobody cares. But you're always going to attract the same people. And that's where you have to build an audience. Because regardless of what you're talking about 10 to 15% of the people who do listen to what you're saying are moving, and all of them have referral for you. So it's just a numbers game. The guru's tell us to go out there though, and just chase like prospecting calls. And you guys, this is just a different way of looking at our business comes to you. So let's go with something everyone's familiar with. If I hire guru coach, they're gonna come up to me and say, You're one more know away from your next Yes, just keep hammering that phone, Mike, just keep hammering. And that's true. Like, if I throw enough shit at the wall, something's going to eventually stick. When you're talking about content creation, though there still is a number or mathematical formula there. And it's the numbers I've been saying earlier. If you're out and creating content, if you're creating a video, that means 10 to 15% of the people who see your video on your Facebook, feed your IG feed your LinkedIn feed your email list, your YouTube channel, whatever it is 10 to 15% of people who see that content they're moving this year. That's a mathematical fact, it's not nothing that we can change. Most don't know it yet. Some will die, some will be relocated some of this and we'll do that. We don't know when a move happens, life situation happens. And they raised their hand and 88% of the people who meet with the first agent, that's who they end up hiring. That's why this stuff matters. But that's not why I'm marketing it. I'm marketing my database because 100% of them have referral for me. So let me give you another example. I just onboarding an agent onto our team. Traditional sales agents, what I typically see always selling, selling, selling spending $2,000 A month sending postcards to a bunch of strangers. I'm like, bro, I would rather just gift 20 People $100 each have a gift and you'll end up with three or four deals. Why are we trying to talk to strangers? Why don't we just nurture the people you already have? And they'll give you direct business. But he goes, Mike, I don't want us. I'm not going to put these people on my email list or my direct mail list because they don't have any money. I go, Dude, you're missing the entire point. We're not staying in front of them for their direct business. We're staying in front of them for their referral business because everybody has a referral for us. You'll just happen to get their direct business as a byproduct of that and that is straight mindset. If I'm constantly messaging people with the intent of selling them something it's very hard to stay consistent with my messaging. But if I'm constantly messaging people adding value like Maria is, with the concept of I'll be the solution and giving friendly advice. It doesn't matter because of the audience that she's built. What she just told you guys was 14,000 people in her database. 1400 of them are moving each and every year 1400 1800 of them, and then probably about 20, well, all 14 of them have referral. So it's not about reaching and hitting masses and masses of people as much as it's about resonating. And really owning that core 200 250 people that you already know, like, trust and love you they invite to your wedding or funeral, or that you did say hello to the grocery store. Strangersyou want to do is to get to be the news to get in front of the news. So, you know, when the LA Times I think it was today or yesterday, there was some BS about the world's ending real estate's gonna crash blah, blah, blah,big bus script you could do right now is look is the Philadelphia real estate market going to crash?Right? So you want to get in front of it. You want to last week when the Feds announced a rate hike? Immediately, I did a video about it. The video was the Fed just announced the rate hike the first time and 22 years it's been half a point. What does this mean? Hey, it's we're in a courtroom with M QA blah, blah, blah. What does this mean to you? Well, guess what? The last time this happened was the.com. And it was 22 years ago. And you know what happened? Interest rates 3%. And you know what happened after that happened? Interest rates came down. Yep. So the part of the world went into recession, but the rest of it, real estate actually raised in value. Right. So I did this video, but I did it immediately. You have to be an action taker. You have to be an action taker, you cannot wait, you have to get on in front of it. So, uh, you know, you want to get your market update out, you could do a weekly minute update. About you could do it about whatever's going on. Open up the Wall Street Journal. Look down the page, look in the real estate section. For ideas. Put it in Google, you can go to answer the public.com. See what topics that they like that they want to know more information about. Go there. Do the video. If you use you can use big view. You put it right in the teleprompter. Write it up, put it in teleprompter, put it on your you can put it on your computer, you can put it on your iPhone or whatever phone he has. Put it up there, put your ring light on. That's it. You got a video done. Take it upload it you can either put it to Jarvis AI now or if you rev.com translate the thing make sure you got captions on. Because most people we know that 70% of people watch the video with the video with the sound off. We also know that one minute of video equals 1.8 million words. The impact of it is 1.8 million words. It has on somebody the 400 that 400% greater impact than 1.8 million words.I like it. Yes, folks. Dude, you guys got a great content. I mean, I don't know it's not a nice way to put it. You're in the best industry to create content in. Everyone's always interested in some way shape or form of it. It doesn't always have to be real estate either guys, like if you don't wanna talk about risk, they don't most of our clients don't ever talk about real estate. But you can if you want and it just matters on what you're passionate about. What matters is that you're passionate. If you're not passionate about whatever you're talking about, it doesn't work when you're on video and you're smiling it always works I don't care what damn business you're in. We're gonna Why don't you go ahead and tell everybody if they want to learn more where they can find you and all of that we'll get this thing laid up.Absolutely, they can find me at the the solution podcast or so by MQ on Instagram. And my name Maria Quattron on Facebook. And you can reach me if you want to give us a call 215-607-3535 for your Philadelphia Metro market connectionif you're a badass woman in the Philadelphia area because it sounds like this is a woman only team correctno we do have men to take on man wellif you're a man that can keep up with these women Okay? Which I don't think you can they're probably run fucking circles around you call her up and maybe she's looking for some more team members in that area and obviously she has 1400people so if you want to have business we have it for you. If you're hungry, you can easily turn your first year business year you can make six figures no doubt and I'll back that up with money.Love it, love it. Love it and thank you folks for listening another episode folks if you need help getting on video we script at it and distribute your content. Put you on the map tell you what to say teach you how to do it and then multipurpose it to your channel and everything else that you can imagine for it. This is not rocket Science I believe it's a popularity contest and if you want to create get more popular, start creating more content videos just the most impactful way that you can do that and we can certainly create a done for you for a solution for you on that just visit our website at real estate marketing do.com real estate marketing do.com and connect with those aren't channels. Thank you for leaving your reviews, keep them coming and reach out to us. If you have any interest about how any of this stuff works. Reach out to Maria, please feel free to reach out to us schedule a demo, visit my website. I'll follow you around the internet until you do and we'll go from there. Appreciate you guys listening. We will see you on next week's episode peace Thank you for watching another episode of the real estate marketing dude podcast. If you need help with video or finding out what your brand is, visit our website at WWW dot real estate marketing do.com We make branding and video content creation simple and do everything for you. So if you have any additional questions, visit the site, download the training, and then schedule time to speak with a dude and get you rolling into your local marketplace. Thanks for watching another episode of the podcast. We'll see you next time.

A crucial part of your clinician marketing strategy that most people don't talk about is the consultation call or in person meeting. Most clinicians are so busy focusing on getting referral sources and keeping up wiht clients, that the consultation call becomes an afterthought.  The truth is that this can be a powerful way to identify the right prospective patients or clients for you, as well as determining if you are the best person to help them. My guest Aisha Shabazz joins me on this episode to share how to make these calls the most successful. She divides the call into three parts: before, during and after. And she breaks down a step-by-step plan for how to handle each stage. Aisha generously shares her resources with my listeners here:    The Thriving Therapist Shop 20% Off Client Inquiry Form Template "SPARKR" https://aisharshabazz.com/shop  About Aisha: Aisha Shabazz (she/her/hers) is a private practice strategist and host of the Beyond the Session podcast. She teaches mental health therapists in solo private practice how to infuse time-saving strategies, solutions and tools into their businesses, so that it's easier to make space for life beyond the session.  Aisha guides therapists on how to ethically fill their caseload with ideal clients by helping them create a streamlined therapy consultation process that's not only value-based, but data-driven and informed by their customized strategic marketing plan. Aisha believes “it's unnecessary to sacrifice your health, well-being, and livelihood to offer high quality care” and encourages helping professionals to practice meeting their needs first and to nurture themselves as they nurture others. Aisha is also the founder of In Real Time Wellness, a solo private practice in the Philadelphia Metro area, serving socially conscious and creative teens, young adults, and human beings who are seeking to relieve anxiety, release insecurity, and rediscover their confidence. When Aisha is not helping others, you can find her writing, practicing yoga and meditation, and spending quality time in nature with her partner, Shad. You can find her pretty much everywhere: Facebook Pinterest Instagram LinkedIn   About Wendy: I help healthcare experts stand out by telling their story on websites, emails and social media. When it comes to marketing, the greatest waste is an idea that fails to connect to its audience – not because it wasn't a good idea but because it wasn't packaged as a great story. My goal is to help clinicians stand out with content marketing. I've worked in marketing communications for nearly 20 years and experienced firsthand the rapid pace of change in this space. I launched Sparkr Marketing to help you stay ahead in this age of information overload. I'll help you filter through the countless marketing tactics to find the right ones to reach your target market. Most importantly, I help your business stay true to your story. Follow me on Instagram and LinkedIn Want to talk strategy for your business? Be in touch! Let's talk.   Got a chance to leave me a review? I so appreciate reviews for the podcast on iTunes. It helps me build awareness for the show and help more people like you. It will also help me understand what is helpful and what matters the most to you so that I can constantly improve. If you got value from this episode, please take a moment to leave your honest rating and review. You can do that by clicking here.

In this episode, I make a case for "Small-Cap investing" and share a real estate horror story that leads up to my segment guest Ming Dai of Tigereye Investments LLC. Tiger Eye Investments LLC is a property management company that provides outstanding customer service to tenants in the Philadelphia Metro area. Here we sit down with an entrepreneur that retired from her the 9 to 5 by 40! She has navigated the Philadelphia Sheriff Sale process and has purchased dozens of properties in and around Philadelphia.tigereyebiz.comgalvanizedfinancial.com

https://www.alzheimersandthearts.com/ Watch the Trailer:  https://youtu.be/TWtdSFd6qh0 About Steve: Steve Ecclesine has produced over 700 TV shows and 16 movies and is the producer and director of this events documentary premier Have you Heard About Greg? A Journey through Alzheimer’s with Faith, Hope and Humor. As a working producer in Hollywood, Steve's most recent productions include: Justin Bieber’s 2020 Dance Videos, which received  80M views om You Tube in five months, Chasing Happiness: Jonas Brothers which can be seen on Amazon Prime, and the documentary Demi Lovato: My Truth. Steve's first Hollywood job was as an as an assistant editor on Roger & Gene Corman’s film, The Slams, which was followed by a 2.5 year stint as Orson Welles editor on The Other Side of The Wind that premiered last November on Netflix. He was only the second American to produce a TV series in Vancouver: Airwolf II for Universal/USA Network. A decade later, he produced the pilot and first season of the very successful Sliders TV series for FOX in Vancouver. Other TV Credits include producing Pacific Blue for USA Network, Mantis for Sam Raimi’s Renaissance Productions/ FOX; Scruples, a one-hour pilot for WB/ABC; The Amazing Live Sea Monkeys for Howie Mandel/CBS Saturday Morning; Slamball for Tollin-Robbins/ Spike TV and Black Sash for Tollin-Robbins/ CW; and Pacific Blue for USA Network. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands: War Within the Cartel, for Ubisoft that premiered on Amazon Prime. Steve's book, So You Wanna Be A Producer? being used in film schools. Steve produced five original Creature Features movies for HBO/Screen Gems: She Creature, Day the World Ended, How to Make a Monster, Earth vs. The Spider, and Teenage Caveman, with creatures by Academy Award winner Stan Winston. There were a trio of films for Warner Home Video: Rest Stop II, Otis, and Alien Raiders. and for Odd Lot Entertainment Organyzm and Wanted: Undead or Alive. The family film Space Warriors was produced in Huntsville Alabama. Zburbs is a micro-budget zombie comedy being distributed by Indican.   About Greg: Greg O’Brien, 70, is a career journalist, an old-salt-of-the-earth investigative reporter who’s written for many national and regional publications. He penned the international award-winning best seller, On Pluto: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer's which gives an inside look into his world as an person suffering from Alzheimer's Disease. Greg has more than 35 years of newspaper and magazine experience as a writer, editor, investigative reporter, and publisher. He has contributed over the years, among other publications, to the Associated Press, UPI, USA Today, The Arizona Republic, Boston Herald American, Boston Metro, New York Metro, Philadelphia Metro, The Providence Journal, Cape Cod Times, Boston Irish Reporter, and Boston Magazine where he was senior writer. The author/editor of several books, O’Brien has published 17 books by other writers, and was a founding managing director of Community Newspaper Company, established in Boston. He lives in West Brewster on Cape Cod with his wife, Mary Catherine. The couple has three children: Brendan, Colleen and Conor. O’Brien was diagnosed several years ago with Early Onset Alzheimer’s after a horrific head injury “unmasked” a disease in the making, as doctors note. His maternal grandfather and his mother died of the disease. O’Brien also carries a marker gene for Alzheimer’s.

Brian Bossuyt has been marketing the Pocono Mountains for the past 20 years. He was the Sales and Marketing Director for Camelback Mountain Resort for 18 years, and now serves as the EVP, and CMO of the Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau. Developing marketing campaigns that target two of the country’s largest DMA’s, New York Metro and Philadelphia Metro, has kept Brian on top of his game by forcing him to learn and evolve. Both markets are on the cutting edge of technology and have a lot of competition for their attention. With limited budgets and marketing resources, he learned to adapt quickly. Brian’s use of analytical data has helped him thrive when planning strategies and developing partnerships. He incorporates fun, engaging creative and is not afraid to make a mistake. Those are the key factors that drive successful campaigns. Brian loves family, being a husband, a dad, and playing in the outdoors as much as possible. He likes to keep things simple and to the point because he gets more done that way! Brian is pretty laid back and tries to look at everything with as much optimism as possible! In this episode of Destination on the Left, I am joined by Brian Bossuyt, Executive Vice President and CMO of the Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau. We discuss the benefits of building an in-house marketing team, their new approach to creative, and how they are leveraging data to break into new markets. What You Will Learn in This Episode: Brian Bossuyt’s journey into the role of EVP and CMO of Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau How Bossuyt adapts his marketing strategy to unexpected change What Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau is doing to set themselves apart How Bossuyt is using data to increase the effectiveness of their marketing How he built out an in-house marketing team The launch of their own television program How Bossuyt overcame the challenges associated with litter in the Poconos How DMOs collaborate and work with the local communities Bossuyt’s future plans for the organization Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau Brian Bossuyt started skiing at three years old, developing a passion for the mountains at a very early age. But growing up in the Poconos provided Bossuyt with more inspiration than hobbies. For him, it was a home, not a destination. And when you combine that notion with his background in hospitality, it is no surprise that he now serves as Executive Vice President and CMO of the Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau. Bossuyt paid his dues. And in college, he broke into the world of marketing as an intern for Hunter Mountain’s marketing team. During his internship, Bossuyt was immersed in the ski culture and was given significant responsibilities that involved him most of the resort’s daily operations. It was an opportunity that combined his passion for the mountains and experience in hospitality, laying the framework for his post-graduate career at Camelback and beyond. Adaptive Marketing in Travel and Tourism Weather and seasonality control the travel and tourism industry, so as a marketer you have to be innovative. Bossuyt’s first year as the Director of Marketing for Camelback posed the warmest winter they’d seen in decades. It created a myriad of new challenges and their initial strategy was pushed back to January. But, nonetheless, Bossuyt was able to adapt and redesigned his marketing program in real-time. Growing into a leadership role in marketing is a difficult task. However, by developing your versatility and managerial skills, your marketing efforts will start to yield impressive results no matter what is thrown your way. New Creative, New Team, New Tools In the last few years, Bossuyt and his team have focused on delivering top-notch creative. And a lot of their work starts with broadcast and stems into different mediums from there. By focusing on longer-form content for broadcast, they have more content to pull from. That enables them to create more impactful social media content and add depth as they repurpose it for a variety of other platforms. Bossuyt is determined to maintain the same message, but deliver it in a more strategic way by bringing all of their marketing efforts in-house. Because they brought all facets of their marketing process in-house, the Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau is able to use data to increase the effectiveness of their marketing efforts. Bossuyt analyzes data to determine what markets are the strongest, where they can grow in new markets, and what’s the best way to retarget those markets. Since they manage all of their own digital assets, they have access to metrics and analytics that will help them determine next steps. The Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau is largely responsible for the growth of their resort in recent years. And with a team of nine full-time marketing and PR professionals, the brand will continue to transform. Brian Bossuyt has done outstanding work at the helm of the marketing team and he is constantly re-evaluating their strategy. Even with the competitive nature of the travel and tourism industry, Bossuyt continues to drive traffic and find different ways to set their brand apart. Resources: Twitter: @poconotourism Website: https://www.poconomountains.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bbossuyt/

Greg McBride -- Chief Financial Analyst -- BankRate.com, talks to WDEL's Allan Loudell

Greg McBride -- Chief Financial Analyst -- BankRate.com, talks to WDEL's Allan Loudell

The challenge we face: The world of nonprofit fundraising is a place where uncomfortable realities surrounding sexual harassment and sexual violence need to be addressed. According to The Chronicle of Philanthropy, 1 in 4 women in nonprofit fundraising have experienced sexual harassment and 1 in 14 men have experienced sexual harassment. The complexity of these realities can be illustrated by the fact that two-thirds of these incidents are committed by donors, one-third are committed by staff and of the incidents reported 35% are committed by board members. In a world where the #MeToo movement has empowered people to speak about sexual harassment and violence more openly, Sarah Beaulieu discusses our need to make our workplaces safer for our employees and volunteers by engaging in conversations to be proactively protective and supportive to ensure that everyone entrusted to our organizations knows that their safety is our most important priority in fulfilling our missions.   In this episode we’ll discuss: How preventing sexual violence begins with having uncomfortable conversations. The effect the #MeToo has had in nonprofit fundraising How to change from an unsatisfying culture for your staff to a culture of safety and respect Scenarios in which your team members might find themselves and how to prepare for them. Steps you can take when someone comes to you with a report of sexual harassment or assault Where to find sample organizational policies relating to sexual harassment and violence Transparency about reporting and how confidentiality is handled. Five key ideas for framing before you train: know the facts, accept that conversations will be uncomfortable, see the whole picture, embrace the practical questions, get curious, not furious Who should intervene if a donor is harassing a fundraiser? The power of media if board members and organizations aren’t responsive to a fundraiser’s claim of sexual violence or a culture of ignorance How to shift power dynamics in concerning situations through bystander interventions What to do when you find yourself questioning your own behavior and if you have crossed a line? How to handle tough circumstances around resolving harassment issues that might impact the success of someone’s career. How to address issues with donors and/or board members who are committing sexual harassment.   How you can make your voice heard!   There will be two discussions in the Philanthropy Podcast Facebook group this week. The questions we’re asking are: What have you seen work well in a place where you worked for ensuring that your employees and volunteers knew that the workplace was safe, that harassment wasn’t welcome, or that you had their full support? What was the nugget of gold you heard in this conversation or that you realized while you were listening to our conversation with Sarah?   You can join our Philanthropy Podcast Facebook Group to share ideas, get advice, and simply enjoy the company of other listeners.   Learn more about this episode’s guest, Sarah Beaulieu: Sarah Beaulieu is an expert at engaging people in productive and meaningful conversations about sexual harassment and violence and founder of The Uncomfortable Conversation, a nonprofit that produces short-form videos that normalize conversations about consent, healthy relationships, advocacy and supporting survivors of sexual violence.Her 2016 TEDxBeaconStreet talk summarized five years of intensive research and over 100 interviews with men on sexual violence and harassment. Her opinion pieces have been published by Boston Business Journal, Providence Journal, Chronicle of Philanthropy. She has appeared on Fox News Providence, WHYY, Huffington Post Live, and Voice America. The Uncomfortable Conversation has been featured in the Philadelphia Metro, WHYY, NY Observer, AskMen and FoxNews, and at events like the Independent Television Festival, Civic Series, Calling All Crows 10th Anniversary Event, and an interactive screening event at HBO. Sarah frequently speaks with diverse audiences, including fraternity members, working professionals and students. Recent appearances include: Columbia University, Independent Television Festival, MIT, University of Massachusetts – Amherst, the Communications Network, SheGeeks Out, and Impact Hub NY.Sarah’s work reflects lessons she learned through an early foray into public conversations about sexual violence. Her graphic, The Truth About False Accusation, generated international discussion and debate after being featured (and critiqued) on The Guardian UK, Washington Post and Slate. Previously, Sarah held leadership roles in fundraising and communications at Brown University, Boston College, Be the Change and the GreenLight Fund. She is also a trained rape crisis counselor and served for five years on the board of the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center. She has a B.A. from Brown University and an MBA from Boston College.Links: The Philanthropy Podcast - Website The Philanthropy Podcast - Twitter The Philanthropy Podcast - Instagram The Philanthropy Podcast Facebook Group The Philanthropy Podcast User Survey Sarah’s Beaulieu - Website Sarah Beaulieu - Twitter The Uncomfortable Conversation Chronicle of Philanthropy - Survey of Sexual Harassment Article Chronicle of Philanthropy - What Every Nonprofit Leader Needs to Know About Sexual Violence 7 in 7 Challenge Skills You Can Practice to Prevent Sexual Harassment 1 of 2 Skills You Can Practice to Prevent Sexual Harassment 2 of 2 The Uncomfortable Conversation - Facebook The Uncomfortable Conversation - Twitter The Uncomfortable Conversation - Instagram The Uncomfortable Conversation - Tumblr Apple Podcasts Android Google Podcasts Spotify TuneIn Radio Stitcher Google Play Music RSS Feed Follow The Philanthropy Podcast on:

GREG O’BRIEN, Author, On Pluto: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer’s. Mr. O’Brien has more than 35 years of newspaper and magazine experience as a writer, editor, investigative reporter, and publisher. Over the years, he has contributed to the Huffington Post, Psychology Today, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Runner’s World, Time, Denver Post, Associated Press, UPI, USA Today, The Arizona Republic, Boston Herald American, Boston Metro, New York Metro, Philadelphia Metro, the Providence Journal, Cape Cod Times, Boston Irish Reporter, and Boston Magazine, where he was a senior writer

The future indeed looks bright when millennials like Italian-born Simonetta Lein, 34, share life on this planet with us. Those who have seen her on fashion magazine covers, and in the pages within them, may, at first glance, not realize the depths to which this fashion icon's heart and soul go. In her thus far short time in the world, Lein has graced big-name fashion publications — both as a model and as a writer — beginning with Vanity Fair Italy. Now she is a regular contributor to such fashion staple publications as The Italio Americano, Vogue Italia, Elle Italy, la Repubblica, Style Italy, Destination Luxury, Philadelphia Metro, Splash, Heaven Has Heels, and Pink Trotters. American fashion-philes may have come across Lein's fashion and lifestyle column in The Huffington Post. She is also part of the Forbes Under 30 contributors.

Kyree Terrell is the founder and CEO of MyNewPhilly.com, award winning director, editor and published content creator. He’s worked on projects for Comcast, Fuse TV, philly.com, Food Network, Kevin hart, Shaquille O’neal, Lisa Lampanelli, Tom Joyner, Mike Tyson, Don King, Black Enterprise plus much more.  In 2015, Kyree decided he HAD to launch an idea that he'd been holding onto for 2-3 years - that idea was MyNEWPhilly.com  MyNEWPhilly.com is a news media website that uses short-form video content and social media to highlight people places and projects that make Philadelphia a great place to live, work, play and visit. MyNewPhilly is the visual representation of the current millennial renaissance in Philadelphia yet Unlike traditional news the site does not cover crime or violence. MyNewPhilly has been featured in the Phila Business Journal, FYI Philly, Visions, the Philadelphia Metro, and Philly Current Learn how Kyree built a respected large scale news site in less than a year.

Jamar Nicholas wears a number of hats, as do many artists. He's a teacher -- he teaches narrative storywriting at Drexel and has taught at Moore College of Art and Design and Arcadia University; he is Fine Arts Curatorial and Administrative Assistant at Arcadia University Art Gallery, and he makes his art -- drawings of narratives that become comic books about superheroes, like the Hip Hop Cop Detective Boogaloo, which ran -- daily -- in the Philadelphia Metro in 2015.

Jamar Nicholas wears a number of hats, as do many artists. He's a teacher -- he teaches narrative storywriting at Drexel and has taught at Moore College of Art and Design and Arcadia University; he is Fine Arts Curatorial and Administrative Assistant at Arcadia University Art Gallery, and he makes his art -- drawings of narratives that become comic books about superheroes, like the Hip Hop Cop Detective Boogaloo, which ran -- daily -- in the Philadelphia Metro in 2015.

Philadelphia Metro writer Jeff McMenamin and ESPN TrueHoop's Michael Kaskey-Blomain talk about the Sixers 0-7 start and the latest on the injuries to Nerlens Noel, Robert Covington and Richaun Holmes. They also discuss the stellar play of rookie's Jahlil Okafor and T.J. McConnell to start the season and how the roster will change from the eventual return of Delaware 87ers assignees Tony Wroten and Kendall Marshall. As always, you can follow us on the app Stitcher along with all your other favorite podcasts! If you like what we do, feel free to rate us as well! http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/state-of-independence-sixers-podcast?refid=stpr Follow the show on Twitter @76ersreport.

About the book: Every day we relate stories about our highs and lows, relationships and jobs, heartaches and joys. But do we ever consider the choices we make about how to tell our story? In this groundbreaking book, Kim Schneiderman shows us that by choosing a different version we can redirect our energy and narrative toward our desires and goals. She presents character development workouts and life-affirming, liberating exercises for retelling our stories to find redemptive silver linings and reshape our lives. As both a therapist and a writer, Schneiderman knows the power of story. By employing the storytelling techniques she offers, you’ll learn to view your life as a work in progress and understand big-picture story lines in ways that allow you to easily steer your actions and relationships toward redefined — and realistic — “happy endings.” About the author: Kim Schneiderman, LCSW, MSW, is a psychotherapist, workshop facilitator, former journalist, and spiritual essayist who lives and works in New York City. She writes a psychological advice column for the New York, Boston, and Philadelphia Metro daily newspapers metro.us/newyork, which have an aggregate circulation of roughly 4,000,000 readers. She counsels adults through her private psychotherapy practice and has facilitated therapeutic writing groups at the 92nd Street Y, the JCC in Manhattan, FEGS Health and Human Services, the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services (JBFCS), the Association of Spirituality and Psychotherapy (ASP), Art Studio NY, Limmud New York, and various other venues. She has worked as an adjunct professor for the Long Island University’s School of Social Work and served as a Guest Lecturer for NYU’s Post-Graduate Social Work and Spiritual Care certificate program, a program she also completed. Ms. Schneiderman has written dozens of freelance articles, including cover stories, for major Jewish newspapers, including The Jewish Week, the Baltimore Jewish Times, the Northern California Jewish Bulletin, and Aish.com. Her blog, “The Novel Perspective,” is popular on the Psychology Today website. For more information, visit her website at stepoutofyourstory.com

For Life on Purpose Episode #26, my guest is psychotherapist, workshop facilitator, and former journalist Kim Schneiderman. Kim joins me to discuss her brand new book Step Out of Your Story: Writing Exercises to Reframe and Transform Your Life, a self-help writing program designed to help anyone who can compose a simple sentence get a fresh perspective on a familiar story— their own. As a psychotherapist and freelance journalist, Kim utilizes research-inspired methods to help people who are stuck — in a dead-end job, relationship, or stage of life — to imagine themselves as the star of their own stories with the power to reframe and reclaim their personal narratives. About: Kim Schneiderman, LCSW, MSW, is a psychotherapist, workshop facilitator, former journalist, and spiritual essayist who lives and works in New York City. She counsels adults through her private psychotherapy practice and has facilitated therapeutic writing groups at the 92nd Street Y, the JCC in Manhattan, FEGS Health and Human Services, the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services (JBFCS), Art Studio NY, Limmud New York, and various other venues. When she’s not seeing clients, Kim writes a psychological advice column for the New York, Boston, and Philadelphia Metro daily newspapers http://www.metro.us/newyork, which have an aggregate circulation of roughly 4,000,000 readers. She has also worked as an adjunct professor for the Long Island University’s School of Social Work and served as a Guest Lecturer for NYU’s Post-Graduate Social Work and Spiritual Care certificate program. She also completed a year-long certification at the Association for Spirituality and Psychotherapy in New York. Before pursuing her MSW at the University of Maryland, Kim worked as a journalist for a chain of weekly newspapers in the Bay Area. Subsequently, she has written dozens of freelance articles, including cover stories, for major Jewish newspapers, including The Jewish Week, the Baltimore Jewish Times, and the Northern California Jewish Bulletin. To learn more about Kim and her work, visit: www.stepoutofyourstory.com.

Tune into The Dedan Tolbert on Wed October 15th at 9pm as I welcome special guest, entrepraneur, Sirena Moore! At the age of seventeen, Sirena Moore, a self motivated, highly ambitious teenage mother entered the corporate world by working for industry leaders such as Williard, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Advest and Palm Inc. Her objectives were to obtain the skills necessary to fulfill her dream of becoming an entrepreneur. Ms. Moore has utilized her financial planning; marketing; organizational; and managerial skills, acquired from past employment experiences, to successfully grow a multi-million dollar business in under five years. Over the years, Sirena Moore has received a myriad of certifications and special recognitions identifying her exceptional proficiency in business planning and development, as well as recognition of her efforts in managing one of the up and coming small businesses in the region, specializing in construction field services support. Ms. Moore has been featured in Black Enterprise Magazine (Jan 09 Cover), Philadelphia Business Journal, Philadelphia Tribune, Philadelphia Metro, Construction Today Magazine (Nov. 08 Cover), Private Clubs Magazine, Urban Influence Magazine and many others. Sirena is the youngest board member on the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce Small Business Board of Directors. She is also a member of the Urban League Young Professionals Philadelphia Chapter. Her lifestyle and accomplishments have been an inspiration to her peers, and the young people she serves. Her innovative techniques and ideas are proven to be irreplaceable and invaluable assets to her business and her community. Sirena's Favorite Quote: “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men.” (Colossians 3:23 NIV) Listen to my interview with Sirena on Wed October 15th at 9pm by logging onto DedansPlace.net or calling 646-200-0366