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The term femvertising was coined by She Knows Media back in 2014, and recent years have seen more and more advertising campaigns champion female empowerment and challenge traditional gender norms, reshaping the marketing landscape.  But the emergence of femvertising has also led to a lot of scepticism, with some observers questioning whether the practice is actually a foe to the women's rights movement, rather than a friend. Do you have any notable examples of femvertising campaigns? What do women think about femvertising? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions! To listen to the last episodes, you can click here: Why is sugar bad for our memory? Does the law of attraction really work? How can I stay trendy buying only second hand clothes? A podcast written and realised by Joseph Chance. In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the "Secrets of #Fail," a new pod storm series hosted by Matt Brown. In this series of 2023, Matt dives deep into the world of failures and lessons learned along the way from high-net-worth individuals.  Join Matt as he dives into the world of failures and lessons.Series: Secret of #FailKurt has been the President & CEO of Freestar since January 2019. Prior to Freestar, Kurt was EVP, Corporate Development and General Counsel for YogaWorks where he helped the company complete the first IPO of a boutique fitness company. He previously held a similar role at SheKnows Media, where he cut his teeth in digital media leading a variety of teams, including business development, corporate development, audience development and legal. Kurt started his career at large law firms including Ballard Spahr and Jones Day. He graduated from Miami University with a BS and a MS in Accountancy and has a JD from the University of Virginia Law school. Get an interview on the Matt Brown Show: www.mattbrownshow.comSupport the show

“My junior year [of college], I was struggling with anxiety attacks, and [in] my senior year I had a major depressive episode,” says Caralena Peterson. The reason? “It's essentially this expectation that you're supposed to have the perfect grades, perfect body, perfect future plans, perfect everything,” she explains, “but of course, it doesn't take any visible effort.”  Peterson, knows this struggle is real for so many young college-aged women. At her alma mater, Duke University, the term “effortless perfection” was coined to describe the struggle that leads to these experiences.  Peterson decided this was such an important topic that she authored the new book, The Effortless Perfection Myth.   Peterson went on to research effortless perfection and interview countless young adults, pouring all of her findings into her new book. Listen to her conversation with CoveyClub founder Lesley Jane Seymour to understand how this race with perfection is causing a heartbreaking mental and emotional health struggle in our younger generations and how your daughter/niece/friend might be hiding it. Pass this conversation on to your peers, your daughters, your granddaughters, your sisters, and help end the effortless perfection cycle. JOIN US FOR A COMPANION CLASS WITH CARA PETERSON on October 27th at 6pm ET. Sign up here. FREE GIFT! Don't start your reinvention without downloading CoveyClub's starter guide called “31 Badass Tips for Launching Your Reinvention Without Fear!” Bio: Caralena Peterson is the author of the forthcoming book The Effortless Perfection Myth (release date September 20, 2022) about the gender issues today's women run into in college. She graduated from Duke University in 2015 with majors in Women's Studies and Public Policy. She has published articles with Inside Higher Ed, The Week, She Knows Media, Ms. Magazine, Rewire News, Bustle, Garnet News, Women's E-News, and Elite Daily. She is also a mixed-medium artist whose work has appeared in the New York Times and Washington Life Magazine. Check out more of her work and sign up for her newsletter at www.caralenapeterson.com. Follow her on Instagram at @effortlessperfectionmyth.   Book: The Effortless Perfection Myth: Debunking the Myth and Revealing the Path to Empowerment for Today's College Women Key links: Website Instagram LinkedIn Join CoveyClub: If you like what you hear, you can support the CoveyCast podcast with a five-star rating, and subscribe to CoveyClub for more inspiring conversations.  Social & Website CoveyClub website Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkedIn

Caralena Peterson is the author of The Effortless Perfection Myth (September 2022) about the gender issues today's women run into in college. She graduated from Duke University in 2015 with majors in Women's Studies and Public Policy. She has published articles with Inside Higher Ed, The Week, She Knows Media, Ms. Magazine, Rewire News, Bustle, Garnet News, Women's E-News and Elite Daily. She is also a mixed-medium artist whose work has appeared in The New York Times and Washington Life Magazine. "While experiencing the harmful and overwhelming effects of Effortless Perfection firsthand during college, Caralena added Women's Studies as a second major to get to the bottom of it all and started writing honestly about her experiences in a column for the student newspaper. After graduating from Duke University in 2015, she set out to educate as many college women and their parents as possible about what she uncovered and the importance of sharing our authentic selves with the world. Today she writes regularly on the topic and travels to high schools and colleges throughout the nation to speak about Effortless Perfection, mental health, hook-up culture, and disordered eating. Caralena is also a mixed-medium artist whose work has appeared in The New York Times and Washington Life Magazine. When she is not busy with all her side hustles, Caralena works full-time as an English teacher in New Orleans, Louisiana (though she will be stepping back the 2022-2023 school year to promote her book)." "Most women don't go off to college expecting a major drop in confidence; they're getting ready to have the best four years of their life. But the reality is that women leave college with less self-esteem than they came in with and are two times more likely to experience depression than their male counterparts. So, where is the disconnect happening? Drawing from a plethora of data and her own personal experience, Effortless Perfection expert Caralena Peterson shows us just how immense the Myth's impact can be and why women need to start talking about the ways it disadvantages them instead of hiding behind secrecy and comparison. Full of authentic reflection and heart, this talk invites undergraduate women to take an honest look at their state of mental health and learn ways to move into healing and empowerment." "We must show enough of our own vulnerabilities that others don't feel the need to hide their own," says Caralena. Caralena does just that. She notes that The Effortless Perfection Myth keeps us in isolation, and the feminist movement started because people started sharing their struggles. The Myth is a mental health and a gender issue that Caralena is helping us to combat. Caralena shares advice for women and their parents to help them appreciate the difference between pursuing an image and developing an identity, and learn how to pursue internal appreciation and love, as opposed to outside validation. You can check out her past work and sign up for her newsletter at www.caralenapeterson.com and follow her on Instagram at @effortlessperfectionmyth. Listen to and like her fantastic TEDx Duke talk: https://youtu.be/d8ZSQQSmZ8c. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/maria-leonard-olsen/support

We had a conversation with Jill Griffin. Jill will speak with us about how to balance work and life while living with a traumatic brain injury.  She has spoken at AdWeek, the Digital Media Summit, SheKnows Media event, The NY Times, Hearst and Conde Nest. She was listed as Advertising Agent's 25 Women to watch. Join us and learn more about doing mindset work to deal with a disability and work trauma, how to work through being fired and finding career joy again and so much more.

Digital publishers in every field are trying to figure out how to best monetize their website. Kurt Donnell, CEO of Freestar, shows them the way. Combining industry-leading tech, data, and scale, Freestar works with the leading online publishers to help them better personalize & increase their ad revenue. And they're onto something big… Freestar's been ranked as an Inc. 5000 company for 3 years in a row. That makes it one of that nation's fastest-growing companies. And it's backed by Abry Partners, one of the nation's leading Private Equity firms focused on media & communications. Prior to joining, Kurt served as General Counsel for YogaWorks and SheKnows Media. In this 20-minute conversation, Kurt shares how he's scaled the team to130 employees and how he's kept the culture intact during this unusual time.

Akinwole Garrett has been super successful in his education and career, having gone to the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, and leading divisions of ABC, CBS, SheKnows Media, and now Lenovo.  As a black man, Aki is no stranger to being the only one in the room. Today he talks about what that's like, the value of higher education, networking, what it's like to build a podcast network from scratch, and why if he had a magic wand with one wish, he'd choose to eliminate white privilege.The Donald Thompson Podcast is hosted by Walk West CEO, mentor, investor, and Diversity and Inclusion Consultant Donald Thompson.Music for this episode provided by Jensen Reed from his song, “You Can't Stop Me”.The Donald Thompson Podcast is edited and produced by Earfluence. For more on how to engage your community or build your personal brand through podcasting, visit Earfluence.com. High Octane Leadership is hosted by The Diversity Movement CEO and executive coach Donald Thompson and is a production of Earfluence. Order UNDERESTIMATED: A CEO'S UNLIKELY PATH TO SUCCESS, by Donald Thompson.

DEI Navigator offers access to our award-winning team of proven business leaders and certified diversity executives, along with expert curated content, how-to guides, specialized training, and a community of peers sharing their ideas and lessons learned — all at a fraction of the cost of hiring a full-service DEI consultancy.Akinwole Garrett has been super successful in his education and career, having gone to the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, and leading divisions of ABC, CBS, SheKnows Media, and now Lenovo.  As a black man, Aki is no stranger to being the only one in the room. Today he talks about what that's like, the value of higher education, networking, what it's like to build a podcast network from scratch, and why if he had a magic wand with one wish, he'd choose to eliminate white privilege.The Donald Thompson Podcast is hosted by Walk West CEO, mentor, investor, and Diversity and Inclusion Consultant Donald Thompson.Music for this episode provided by Jensen Reed from his song, “You Can't Stop Me”.The Donald Thompson Podcast is edited and produced by Earfluence. For more on how to engage your community or build your personal brand through podcasting, visit Earfluence.com.

If you love the Amerikan Therapy Podcast send us a text and join us on the couch. Text us at +1 (202) 800-2355 and let us know what topics you want us to cover. Be ready because we might ask you to be a guest on the show.The Amerikan Therapy team takes a brave new step and announces a major change in the show. While we will ALWAYS bring a uniquely black perspective, because that's just what we are, we have decided to expand our show to include "ALL" people. We are taking this important step because we see that our reach goes well outside of our own community and there is a need for our voices across the entirety of the mental health landscape. Knowing that we are bringing our brand of "Black Girl Magic" to help inspire healing for all peoples means we are going to go even "harder in the paint". That also means we are expanding the scope of our guests and topics. Now that said, America's persistent problem of racism will always be on our menu and at the forefront of our show. IF we can't speak about it and bring it out of the dark, then we certainly can't heal it. So this week's episode of Amerikan Therapy brought some new "white" voices to our virtual therapist couch. We connected with two woke white women (they hate that term by the way) to discuss being a white ally for social and racial justice. We talk about Karen and them and even get into what white people can do to begin their own healing. This is the first of many cross-community conversations. We know it wasn't perfect, but we think we are all trying to find our way in this work. We recognize that these are very difficult conversations and appreciate you all as listeners and guests for continuing to ride hard for us. Amanda Hambrick Ashcraft: A student of Anti-Racism and the works of BIPOC, the founder of Raising Imagination, a platform that encourages social change and civic engagement, and the Executive Minister of Justice and Movement Building at Middle Collegiate Church, an inclusive anti-Racist movement of love and justice in NYC. She's written and spoken about activism and raising three white kids on numerous platforms including CNN, the Wall Street Journal, Refinery29, SheKnows Media, Bust, the Revolutionary Love Conference, the Resistance Prays, and on the podcasts Parenting and Politics, Pray with Your Feet, and Existential. She and her husband Graham live in the East Village of Manhattan with their three children Zane (6) Levi (6) and Skyler (4). http://raisingimagination.com/Nicole Devereaux: After reading Ta-Nehisi Coates' "Between the World and Me" in 2017, Nicole realized that she had been complicit in white supremacist systems of oppression. Her Christian faith compelled her to begin an active anti-racism journey, where she strives to listen to, amplify, and financially support the wisdom from black, indigenous, and people of color communities while confronting racism in her own life. She is determined to make mistakes and show up anyway. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/AMERIKANTHERAPY)

HELPING WOMEN WRITE AND PUBLISH THEIR STORIES + BUILD BRANDS AROUND THEIR BOOK BEST-SELLING AUTHOR - MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER -ENTREPRENEUR Founder of Austin Ink Studio, Best Selling Author, Motivational Speaker, Entrepreneur and Certified Yoga Teacher of 13 years Denita is a proud partner and experience host of Airbnb, a proud contributor to Holistic Fashionista Magazine, SheKnows Media, Yogi Approved, and the extraordinary BlogHer platform. Throughout all her writing she holds an ambition to stimulate thought and self-inquiry, and evoke and reveal one’s life purpose. With more than 13 years of experience teaching yoga, Denita encourages women to support one another in their professional and personal lives. In this vein, Denita is also very proud to have served as a panelist for the Washington DC chapter of Oprah Winfrey's Belief project. If you want help with writing and publishing their book? Use the discount code: MELCHER to receive a $100 credit, toward the publishing package of your choice.AustinInkStudio.com https://www.austininkstudio.com/productsandservices/aspiring-author-publishing-package Instagram voice message Follow + listen anywhere you listen to podcasts. Leave a review and let us know how we are doing. If you want to support this podcast, Twitter Facebook

As one of the co-founders of BlogHer, Elisa Camahort Page had a guiding hand in the evolution of social influence and blogging. At the forefront of social web revolution, BlogHer was, in effect, one of the first groups to build value for women online through community, blogging, conferences, and commerce. Elisa describes the moment in 2005 when she and her co-founders decided to create a conference solely for women—in a time when social media wasn’t around, but online discussions and influence definitely were. This conference evolved into a massive women’s media company, and BlogHer was later acquired in 2014 by SheKnows Media.  In this episode, Elisa makes the case that having women in leadership at a social media platform keeps the toxicity down, and how tapping into the women and mom population helped to make blogging explode as a medium. Listen in as she describes why three co-founders is the ideal number for a new company, what it really feels like to be acquired, and how to approach your next request for funding or a promotion.  LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: BlogHer Elisa’s 2018 book Road Map for Revolutionaries: Resistance, Activism, and Advocacy for All Blogger/Author Heather Armstrong from Dooce.com Author Alice Bradley, aka Finslippy  Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All to You by Christopher Durang MUSICAL INSPIRATION FOR THIS EPISODE ON SPOTIFY: "Just A Girl" by No Doubt ABOUT THIS PODCAST Stayin' Alive in Tech is an oral history of Silicon Valley and technology. Melinda Byerley, the host, is a 20-year veteran of Silicon Valley and the founder of Timeshare CMO, a digital marketing intelligence firm, based in San Francisco. We really appreciate your reviews, shares on social media, and your recommendations for future guests. And check out our Spotify playlist for all the songs we refer to on our show. 

Are you an entrepreneur lacking the money and resources you need? Don't miss this expert VC line-up. Learn how to get connected to the mentors and advisors who want you to succeed. In this episode you'll get expert advice from the women who connect entrepreneurs to money and traction. They've done it and they share with you their strategies and experience on what works. Expert line-up: Nancy Hayes of Golden Seeds, Alicia Castillo Holley of Women Get Funded, and Jory Des Jardins, co-founder of BlogHer.   About Nancy Hayes: Nancy Hayes mentors women and men starting or growing small businesses, as well as those launching high growth technology-based firms. She is also an angel investor and member of Golden Seeds angel group. She is cofounder of MoolaHoop, a rewards-based crowdfunding site for women-led small businesses that launched in July 2013. Nancy left the IBM Corporation, where she was a senior executive to become CEO of a national nonprofit serving seriously ill children. She later was CEO of a nonprofit that served the elderly. She was then Dean of the College of Business at San Francisco State University, and later CFO and VP of the university. She has an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago.    About Alicia Castillo Holley: Alicia Castillo Holley is an angel investor, speaker and academic. Castillo Holley’s career started as a young scientist and professor on Agronomy before becoming involved in product development for a Bayer-Shell joint venture and eventually turning into an entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and angel investor. Along the way, she has authored numerous articles and books and taught at many universities worldwide. As an entrepreneur, she has started nine companies -successfully exiting from five of them- and two non-for-profit. She played a pivotal role in the Development for the Entrepreneurial Curriculum and the Venture Capital Industry in Chile, where she lived between 1996 and 2002 and founded the country’s first Seed Capital micro VC.   An avid traveler, she has lived in 6 countries and visited more than 100. Her latest initiative “Women Get Funded” seeks to demystify funding for women, and empower them to be in control of their funding process.   About Jory Des Jardins: Jory Des Jardins co-founded BlogHer, a venture-backed, category-defining women’s digital lifestyle company that was sold to SheKnows Media in late 2014. She spent 10 years on the founding team, enabling strategy from pre-venture funding through post-acquisition phase. While with BlogHer, Jory evangelized best practices in social and influencer marketing to Fortune 500 Marketing Leads and digital/media agency leadership. She served for six years on the Board of Directors of the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB). She started her career in print editorial, as an editor for Penguin Books, The New York Times Syndicate, and Time Inc. Custom Publishing. Jory is a tireless crusader for women entrepreneurs and business leaders, sharing her personal growth story, contacts, and insights learned from 10 years of growth hacking, digital community building, strategy development and fundraising. She sits on the boards of several female-led or founded startups.   Links:       Find Powerful Conversations on | | |

In this episode, Gloria and Vice President of Video Programming at SheKnows Media, Reshma Gopaldas, welcome a panel of guests to this edition of Virtual Happy Hour. Gloria and Reshma are joined by financial journalist, author and President and CEO of Mind Money Media, Inc., Stacey Tisdale, and financial expert, attorney and President and CEO of Financially Fierce, LLC., Sonya Smith-Valentine. Stacey and Sonya provide strategies and solutions to improve our financial well-being. They talk about the importance of managing our financial stress and planning for the future with the big picture in mind. Finally, Stacey and Sonya discuss practical steps we can take to enhance our wealth and achieve a green future in the process. Links Mentioned: Gloria Feldt’s Website – https://gloriafeldt.com/ Gloria Feldt’s Twitter – @GloriaFeldt https://twitter.com/GloriaFeldt Gloria Feldt’s Instagram – @gloriafeldt https://www.instagram.com/gloriafeldt/ Take The Lead Website – https://www.taketheleadwomen.com/ Take The Lead Twitter – @takeleadwomen https://twitter.com/takeleadwomen?lang=en Take The Lead Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/TakeTheLeadWomen/ Take The Lead LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/company/take-the-lead-women/ Take The Lead Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/takeleadwomen Reshma’s Twitter – @reshingbull https://twitter.com/reshingbull?lang=en Reshma’s Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/reshma.gopaldas Reshma’s Instagram – @reshmago https://www.instagram.com/reshmago/?hl=en Reshma’s Website – http://corporate.shemedia.com/ Reshma’s LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/reshma-gopaldas-04779b47/ Stacey’s Twitter – @STisdale1 https://twitter.com/stisdale1?lang=en Stacey’s Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/stacey.tisdale.10 Stacey’s Instagram – @staceytisdale1120 https://www.instagram.com/staceytisdale1120/?hl=en Stacey’s Website – https://mindmoneymedia.com/ Stacey’s LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacey-tisdale-2086097/ Sonya’s Twitter – @SonyaValentine https://twitter.com/SonyaValentine Sonya’s Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/sonyasmithvalentine Sonya’s Instagram – @financially_fierce https://www.instagram.com/financially_fierce/ Sonya’s Website – https://www.financiallyfierce.com/meet-sonya-smith-valentine/ Sonya’s LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonyasmithvalentine/?originalSubdomain=bo Apps Mentioned on the Podcast: https://www.acorns.com/ Books Mentioned on the Podcast: Stacey’s Book: The True Cost of Happiness: The Real Story Behind Managing Your Money

Show Topic: Healing Powers of Yoga with special guest Sasha Brown-Worsham Co-Hosts:  Judy Gaman, Walter Gaman, Mark Anderson Guest: Sasha Brown   Segment 1: Discuss the health benefits of yoga for both males and females. Sasha Brown Brown-Worsham, author of Namaste the Hard Way: A Daughter's Journey to Find Her Mother on the Yoga Mat is coming up and will be sharing her own healing story about yoga. Increased blood flow Increased flexibility – important as we age Muscle strength Doing yoga together is bonding Stress relief The dangers of more vigorous exercises and why yoga is popular for adults 30 and up Our own experiences with yoga Doc Shock I've said it before, and I'll say it again, energy drinks are DANGEROUS!  They are full caffeine, taurine, b-vitamins, and other stimulating substances and studies have shown time and time again that excessive use can lead to heart problems.  Energy drink producers know their how to target students and young adults.  They offer a quick fix after a late night's work. A drink every now and then can't hurt, right?  Well, think again.  A new study out of McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston found that even drinking a single energy drink can have a negative impact on blood vessel function.  Next time you need a quick fix, go the natural route with either a cup of coffee or tea. Read more! Check us out on the following: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/staying-young-show-2-0-entertaining-educational-health/id1008910015?mt=2 http://www.stayyoungamerica.com/ Call us at 844-well 100   Segment 2: Today's focus is on the healing powers of yoga.   Sasha Brown-Worsham, author of Namaste the Hard Way: A Daughter's Journey to Find Her Mother on the Yoga Mat will be joining us today.    Sasha Brown-Worsham is a writer, editor, and yoga teacher whose work has been featured in The New York Times, Cosmopolitan, Redbook, and countless other publications.  She was the lifestyle editor at both Café Mom and She Knows Media for many years and was also a staff writer at both publications.  She has written on everything from haunted corn fields to SUP Yoga.  Segment 3: The staying young show 2.0 podcast includes the shows you hear on the radio as well as the Stay Young Medical Minutes. Our downloads are just a few shy of 3 million. Go to any podcast directory and search Staying Young Show 2.0 to help push us over the 3 million mark!   Today we are visiting with Sasha Brown-Worsham, author of Namaste the Hard Way: A Daughter's Journey to Find Her Mother on the Yoga Mat   Website: https://sashabrownworsham.net/ Segment 4:  Medical Mania Trivia – Trivia @ 1:40 Janet Osteology is the study of? A. Lungs B. Brain C. Bones D. Hands (C. Bones) T or F. Leukemia is cancer of the bone. (False, cancer of the blood) Myocardium refers to muscle in the: A. Heart B. Lungs C. Brain D. Buttock (A. Heart) T or F. The H in ADHD stands for hypersensitivity.   (False, it stands for hyperactivity) The study of disease is also known as: A. Audiology B. Pathology C. Pharmacology D. Diseasology (B. Pathology)   LAST WEEKS RIDDLE WAS: I do not have any special powers, but I can predict the score of any football game before it begins. How can I do this? A: Well, the score before any football game is always zero to zero! This week's riddle: First, I threw away the outside and cooked the inside. Then I ate the outside and threw away the inside. What did I eat? Thank you for listening to the Staying Young Medical Minute! With all the mixed messages on health, you need information that you can use and that you can trust. Listen in as the experts discuss all topics health related. It's time to STAY YOUNG and stay healthy! Each week we tackle a topic and often with leading scientists, best-selling authors, and even your favorite celebrities! As a listener of our show, your input is important to us. Please take a moment to fill out this quick survey so we can serve you better - https://survey.libsyn.com/stayingyoung2 For more information on The Staying Young Show, please visit our website at www.StayYoungAmerica.com, and subscribe to the show in iTunes, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app. You can also reach out to our host, Judy Gaman on www.judygaman.com for book purchasing, and speaking opportunities in your area!  

Master community builder Elisa Camahort Page shares her insights and the ups and downs to starting and running a successful business that is built on community power. Can you make a career out of building online communities? Our guest today has done just that. Elisa Camahort Page has been at the forefront of the social web revolution. Elisa has built value for women online and is a model for how to build communities. She co-founded BlogHer Inc. in 2005, which was bootstrapped for two years before successfully raising four rounds of $20M in funding, eventually achieving exit by acquisition to She Knows Media. She is now the owner of ElisaCP. She’s a community builder, public speaker, board member, business catalyst, consultant and so much more. She’s also writing a book right now called Road Map for Revolutionaries: Resistance, Activism, and Advocacy for All. Question: You helped to build the biggest community of women bloggers in the world at the time. What gave you, Lisa Stone and Jory Des Jardins the idea for BlogHer? Answer: Back in 2005, there were a lot of conversations about having more women represented in tech, business and politics. Jory des Jardins, Lisa Stone and I came together somewhat serendipitously to start BlogHer. We were so tired of all the excuses for why women weren’t speaking and women weren’t being quoted. We had this idea to have a conference that was like any other tech or blogging conference, but all the experts would be women. There was always that kind of activist nature to what we were doing and we wanted to validate for these women who were finding a mode of expression. It turned out they were really good at building and influencing their community. The idea was to create opportunities for women to get their piece of exposure and community and at the same time, help them learn more about how to do it well and bring about some economic empowerment. A lot of the women were stay-at-home parents who were looking to contribute to their household income and do something that had meaning to them.  Question: BlogHer was acquired by She Knows Media in 2014. How did that come to be and what did you do afterward? Answer: We bootstrapped for two years and we grew organically, but in that two years, some traditional women’s media companies were starting to recognize there’s gold in women bloggers. They had deep pockets we didn’t have. Everything we were doing was really based on bootstrapping, bartering, going through our life savings and taking out personal debt. We realized that we could keep organically growing and have a nice business, but we didn’t want these folks to pay money to leapfrog over us. We worried that these newcomers didn’t come from the community and wouldn’t really serve the community. We had some fire in the belly, we wanted some world domination and we were thinking very big. That’s when we decided to go out and get venture funding. Every time you take outside investment, whoever is investing in you or giving you capital has expectations and an expectation of an outcome. You sign up for that when you take the money. Debt is not a dirty word. Most businesses fund themselves at some point through debt. The expectation for what you do to settle your debt is a lot different than the expectation of what you need to do if you take venture funding. Once you take venture funding, the expectation is you’re going to have an exit for that company that’s going to pay your investors back, and hopefully you, too. Ultimately what happened and why we eventually did sell was because we’d been doing it almost 10 years at that point. We had done four rounds of funding. The reason we ended up taking more funding is because of two macro things. In the beginning, we were a little cocky and a little naive. We thought we knew what was going to happen and we thought we had a plan. We saw a path to profitability and we didn’t want to give up more ownership than we needed to, so we didn’t take that much funding. Less than one year after we took our first round of funding, the bottom fell out of the economy and we had the recession and we didn’t control that. When we started BlogHer, the smartphone didn’t exist, there were no mobile websites, there was nothing. Think of all the things that happened in digital over the last 12 years and you could imagine that we had to reinvest in developing mobile solutions and video solutions. Those were macro dynamics of the market and the economy that affected us. After 10 years, we were looking at another point of inflection. We were creating video content when the sponsor was paying for it, but we weren’t set up to just be a video content company. We were looking at that point of inflection saying,  are we going to reinvest to do this or do we find a partner who’s already invested in this but doesn’t have what we have? We had a community and conferences in a distributed network, so we fit the pieces together and it made a lot of sense. After 10 years we said, let’s share the load a little bit, let’s join another company, let’s get more resources that will help the community and will help them continue to make money and help them continue to get exposure for their work. Not only did we sign up for finding an exit when we took the money, but at a certain point of time it made sense for where the business needed to go and where we needed to go as founders. Question:  You started ElisaCP and started working with entrepreneurs and with the NPR Podcast, How I Built This. You helped them build an online community and also organize an upcoming conference. How did that come to be? Answer: Our first executive hire at BlogHer, who opened up our New York office, was Gina Rubo who is now the President and CEO of National Public Media, which is the selling arm of NPR. She heard they were thinking of doing a conference and she recommended before they do anything they talk to me. So I was brought in for a one-day engagement to do a strategy session and then write a report with some best practices and recommendations. Then they hired me for a couple of months to do more due diligence, and scope out the budget and plan. I happened to know a whole team of amazing events, people from my career, and it was a win, win, win. NPR needed this help, my friend needed the contract, I needed the contract, so we all played together. That was just a couple months and then they came back and said they were pulling the trigger. What would it take for you guys to just help us produce this and build the program? BlogHer started as a conference and then we said, oh there’s a community. What else can we do for this community? How I Built This started as a podcast, but they began to get so much feedback from people sending in their own companies and that’s how they started having at the end of every episode, the How I Built This segment, where they feature some of their community.  Question:  You talk about harnessing the power of people as one of your skills. How have you done that to build successful online communities? Answer: People desperately want to connect, to feel a connection, to feel validated, to feel purposeful. The other thing is they want to feel a sense of consistency. They also want a sense of expectation meeting reality. And I think that’s where a lot of people go wrong. First of all, one of my cardinal rules of community isn’t about giving people a way to talk to you. I think that’s how people kind of interpret it. Not everyone’s going to get the answer they want, but they get an answer and they get some transparency about why things are the way they are. They can rationalize and say either, well, I understand I didn’t get what I wanted here, but I get why it is the way it is and I’m cool with that. So that’s sort of my cardinal rule number one is that you have to have some sense of call and response that they can talk to you and you answer even if the answer is no. But the other seemingly contradictory rule thing is that people don’t always want you chiming in. I see brands do this all the time. Like anytime someone mentions them online they have to chime in. And actually, that starts to feel a little like big brother or big sister like. You may think it’s stupid, but a lot of us feel like we’re having private conversations even in public social media threads. So if I’m talking to someone on Twitter or on a public thread on Facebook, it’s still a conversation and I find that too many brands or organizations interrupt the conversation and make it about them in a way we didn’t intend when we were having a conversation. So a lot of times the hardest part of managing an online community is controlling yourself, that your input is not always required or necessary or desirable. They’re allowed to have their feelings. They’re allowed to be disappointed in you. They’re allowed to be mad at you. They’re not asking you a question or they’re not asking you for action. And I think it’s really important to recognize when people are asking you for information or action and when are they not, what are they’re just expressing how they feel. Question:  What are your tips for those of us looking to grow an engaged online community to support our businesses? Answer: I would say be human. Talk about human things. Don’t be afraid to say feeling words. Be Responsive. Be Consistent. When you’re managing the community be transparent about why it’s managed the way it is. Really live that ethos of reciprocity, that nobody owes you. Community is not a fixed asset. It’s a constantly living organism and it needs tending. The last thing is to have a stated policy. What’s the code? What are the community guidelines? Then enforce it evenly and fairly. You can’t make everyone happy, but you can make everyone feel understood and heard even if in the end you agree to disagree. Some people are going to be nasty. That happens all the time, but that’s their prerogative. If someone is going to leave your community because they think you’re doing it wrong, in the long run, you’re probably better off. If you start to see an exodus of your community, that’s a problem you need to look into. What have you changed? What have you done to alienate the people who were your community? That’s a very important thing to figure out.  Tools, links and apps mentioned: She Knows Buys BlogHer, Expanding it’s Reach Among Women ElisaCP Road Map for Revolutionaries: Resistance, Activism, and Advocacy for All How I Built This How You Built That Facebook Community How to reach Elisa: Website: www.elisaCP.com Twitter: @ElisaC Instagram: @elisacp Take Action Join the How I Built This Community Buy Elisa’s book Pick an issue that most touches you and be a little braver and integrate civic participation into your brand How to reach Kami: If you’d like to learn more about Kami Huyse, visit her website at www.zoeticamedia.com. You can contact her by email at kami@zoeticamedia.com or tweet to @kamichat. How to reach Madalyn: If you’d like to learn more about Madalyn Sklar, visit her website at www.madalynsklar.com. You can contact her by email at madalyn@madalynsklar.com or tweet to @MadalynSklar. Join Our Community We have a new community on Facebook. We will extend the conversation from each episode and deliver bonus content. Sign up for our email list at http://bit.ly/CTCVIP to get an invitation to join or go to our Facebook group here (shhh. The codeword is ACTION)!

Elisa Camahort Page co-founded BlogHer, later became the CCO at SheKnows Media after they acquired BlogHer, and is now a writer and consultant. Entrepreneur, speaker, conference leader, and blogger, Elisa has the type of bird’s-eye view of work the rest of us can only dream of. Laurie and Elisa talk about the disconnected workforce, the gig economy, and the rise of those brave souls who are daring to be their whole selves at work. Elisa has a unique view of why work is broken. Have you ever noticed that the higher up someone gets in the management chain, the more disconnected they become from what they did before? That disconnect turns into a fundamental lack of empathy. But here’s the kicker – that lack of empathy goes in BOTH directions. Elisa has been at the top of the management chain, and she approached the problem of empathy directly. If you’re an aspiring entrepreneur who is looking for a partner or co-founder, you know it isn’t easy. Elisa has some very practical advice for finding the right person: date them. Not romantically, but work on a project together before you launch a company. You’ll thank her later. She shares the story of how she and someone she barely knew founded BlogHer. Many of the issues we’re discussing in this day and age (wage gaps, family leave, etc.) were front and center for BlogHer in 2008 – a decade ago. That fact alone makes the idea of change seem like a lost cause. But is it? Elisa shares what is disappointing for her, but also, where she has hope for the future. The first one might surprise you: working from home. Then, there’s the gig economy. With so many people working from home as contractors, what about benefits? How is automation affecting jobs? Why is wealth being concentrated in the hands of so few? Is it possible to outsource and globalize yourself out of having a workforce that is engaged? Elisa and Laurie pick apart what the future of work looks like. At BlogHer, Elisa and her crew were looking at how women can be fairly compensated and fairly heard in the workplace, and she brings some happy news. As side hustles become main hustles, there’s a lot more hope for marginalized groups to earn what they deserve. And there’s a hidden benefit to this as the gig economy allows us to bring our WHOLE selves to work, not the version of us that corporations want. Have you ever heard of a ‘work-life advocate?’ These people are coming from a place of not being politically engaged or familiar with social issues, but in recent years, they’ve become galvanized. To do what? Elisa explains what work-life advocates are… are you one of them? This is one of those cases where it might do a later generation well to learn from the younger ones. There are some companies out there who are doing it right. Take, for example, the company who makes Wordpress. They don’t even have a headquarters; they meet regularly, but everything they do is remote. People who can’t work in traditional settings flock to companies like this, and the flexibility they provide is incredible. We’ve covered the ideas of living wages, dividends, and universal basic income. Like many of our other guests, Elisa doesn’t see another option, especially with automation and globalism. Alaskans get a dividend from oil, but have you thought about the tech industry doing something similar? With automation and outsourcing, there ARE no jobs. In closing, Elisa tells the story of a boss who told her she needed to lower the expectations of her employees when they were upset they didn’t have the time or resources to do their jobs well. As you can imagine, that didn’t go over well with Elisa. You have to hear what she asked HIM to do instead. And the point of the story is this: do you understand the difference between satisfaction and happiness? The DIY HR Handbook Wouldn't you love to get your hands on Laurie's no-holds-barred, honest DIY HR Handbook for employees and pros alike? Download it for free! Elisa Camahort Page Website/Speaking Preorder Book: Road Map for Revolutionaries LinkedIn SheKnows Media Website LinkedIn Twitter Facebook

Welcome to episode 72 of the Sexology Podcast, today my guest is Alice Little who is the number one booking legal sex worker in the United States, she is 4ft 8 and works at the Moonlite Bunny Ranch.       Alice writes advice articles for She Knows Media and has been a guest on the Tim Ferriss Show. She has been interviewed and featured by CNN, ABC's Nightline, Re nery29, Quartz, Shane and Friends, and other podcasts and news outlets. She is a proponent of sex positivity and women's rights and has marched for equality. Alice is also one of the founders of the “Hookers for Healthcare” movement, petitioning the government for effective health care that works for everyone.    Alice frequently sees couples in and out of the bedroom, coaching them on how to enhance their relationships, increase the quality of their communication, and help bring intimacy back into their interactions. She hosts a weekly vidcast titled ‘Coffee with Alice,' where she discusses sex work, fields questions, and aims to inform on all things sensual. Alice has also presented at over 50 Kink and BDSM events nationwide.    In this episode, you will hear:   How Alice became involved in this profession  The pros and cons of being a legal sex worker  The difference between a legal sex worker and prostitution  Why communication is the key in this profession  Working with clients and their emotions  How Alice makes people comfortable if it's their first time with a legal sex worker  How couples who use legal sex workers can improve their sex lives afterwards  The common misconceptions and challenges legal sex workers face    Resources  https://thealicelittle.com   https://www.facebook.com/oasis2care   https://www.instagram.com/oasis2care   https://twitter.com/oasis2care   

Hall of Femme podcast: Samantha Skey, SheKnows Media by DMN One-on-One

In this episode, I sat down with Jory Des Jardins, an advisor to female founders and startups. An entrepreneur herself, Jory co-founded BlogHer, that grew into the largest conference and community for women content creators in the world and was eventually acquired by SheKnows Media. Jory shares insights about founding and funding from her own entrepreneurial experience and from advising others on their journeys. She closes with a challenge for us that applies to each of us and can be implemented at work tomorrow. Join us!

Michelle interviews the inspiring Lynn Johnson. Lynn is a visionary entrepreneur, speaker, girl advocate, and Co-Founder/CEO of Spotlight: Girls – a certified B Corp that inspires, educates, and activates girls & women to take center stage. A multi-media platform and summer camp, Spotlight: Girls gives girls the skills to step into their light and become the leaders we’ve all been waiting for.  In 2016, Lynn raised over $300,000 in capital to grow her business and prepare to franchise Go Girls! ™ - their popular summer camp - nationally.  A sought-after speaker and facilitator, her work has been recognized by Ashoka Changemakers, SheEO, and ICA Fund Good Jobs. Lynn is the very first recipient of the Force for Good Fund, an accelerator focused on women/people-of-color entrepreneurs growing best-for-the world businesses. Most recently, she became the winner of SheKnows Media’s #ThePitch – a platform and video series launched to elevate, connect and coach female entrepreneurs. Lynn works as a coach for Jenny Kassan Consulting and serves on the National Advisory Board of Teaching Artists Guild, the Board of Directors of the How Kids Learn Foundation, and the Alameda County Commission on the Status of Women.  She and her wife and co-founder, Allison Kenny, live and work in Oakland, CA with their yappy dogs and squirrely Go Girl!, playing theater games at the dinner table and fighting to see who can be the bossiest.

Hall of Femme podcast: Samantha Skey, SheKnows Media by DMN One-on-One

"I didn't want to act like a 'woman'. I wanted to act like a guy, and that meant being relentless. The years have taught me that winning your point is sometimes a circuitous route." Samantha talks about reading the room and delivering a strong message without alienating your audience. She also discusses how she supports women to combine family planning and career, and leads by example when it comes to taking care of herself and her family. Are you a MADWoman? Visit us at womeninwireless.org/podcasts where you can subscribe, nominate a MADWoman for an interview, sign up for the newsletter, find your local Women in Wireless chapter, and more. @samskey7, @SheKnowsMedia, linkedin.com/in/samanthaskey

Lisa Stone is Chief Community Officer at SheKnows Media, a leading cross-platform media company reaching 100 million unique visitors monthly and powered by a proprietary scalable technology platform.

I'm excited to share my new podcast with you guys, titled Just Connect, a short, 12 episode series that will focus on ideas on how you can build and grow your network. Please do subscribe to the podcast! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/just-connect/id1180382202?mt=2 This episode features the second episode from Just Connect, especially for my beloved LED listeners :) In this episode, you will hear from Maya Bisineer, a seasoned product executive in Silicon Valley (Founder & CEO Memetales, VP Product @BlogHer acquired by SheKnows Media in 2014). She shares her thoughts on how you can build a mentoring relationship with someone you respect and admire. Maya also touches upon the important difference between a Mentor and a Sponsor, and how it can help even more to have a Sponsor as opposed to a Mentor. Follow the show on Twitter @LED_Curator Website www.learneducatediscover.com/ Like us on FaceBook at www.facebook.com/learneducatediscover/ Email us at hello@learneducatediscover. We will reply!! Subscribe to the show on iTunes itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/learn…ver/id1049159321

Maya Bisineer, seasoned product executive in Silicon Valley (Founder & CEO Memetales, VP Product @BlogHer acquired by SheKnows Media in 2014), shares her thoughts on how you can build a mentoring relationship with someone you respect and admire. Maya also touches upon the important difference between a Mentor and a Sponsor, and how it can help even more to have a Sponsor as opposed to a Mentor. Follow the show on Twitter @LED_Curator Website www.learneducatediscover.com/ Like us on FaceBook at www.facebook.com/learneducatediscover/ Email us at hello@learneducatediscover. We will reply!!

Morra chats with Elisa Camahort Page, BlogHer co-Founder and Chief Community Officer at SheKnows Media, about how to take ownership of your professional expertise. It's not as hard as you think. They also breakdown mentorship, "the female tax," how to use your ego (even when you don't have one) and how women who say they're not feminists still act like feminists.

Educating ourselves on food labels, food information and the myths and truths of food marketing is imperative to deciding what foods are best for your body. My guest tonight, Amanda Morgan, is working to expose the fiction behind what we know about food and teach others that perfect nutrition is an individualized experience. You'll learn: You are your own best gauge of how healthy you are and feelOne diet will never be right for everyoneThis misleading information on food labels and food marketing Amanda Morgan is a rebel nutritionist and creator of the Food or Fiction Program, a 6-week group coaching program designed to help women learn the truth about their favorite foods and start eating healthy on their own terms. She’s not afraid to speak her mind about today’s most controversial nutrition topics, and has been praised by blogs such as MindBodyGreen, The Daily Meal, and SheKnows Media for her unique spin on healthy living. Amanda believes that health has nothing to do with diets, and instead places emphasis on happiness, fulfillment, and fun. In her spare time, you can find Amanda working on her new line of vegan protein bars and enjoying a glass or two of rosé while traveling the world with her husband Ryan.  Hosted by Dr. Lauren "Lo" Noel of Shine Natural Medicine.

Join host, Elisa Camahort-Page, Chief Community Officer at SheKnows Media, as she discusses the not-so-comfortable-topic of how to prepare for your online life after you pass. Guest Gail Dickinson, the blogger (now) behind the very popular chocolatechocolateandmore, is loaded with helpful insights. She shares her story of when her sister, the founder of chocolatechocolateandmore, Joan Hayes, died suddenly and unexpectedly, and why it's so important to be prepared. Guest: Gail Dickinson @chocchocandmore chocolatechocolateandmore.com Event coming up: #BlogHerFood16 registration: http://blogherfood16.eventbrite.com Get in touch: podcast@sheknows.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join host Elisa Camahort-Page, Chief Community Officer for SheKnows Media as she explores food justice issues in our country, like grocery store poor, but fast food rich neighborhoods, education, and access. Show notes: At about 1:12, Anupama Joshi, Co-author of the book, “Food Justice,” and Executive Director and Co-founder of the National Farm-to-School Network At about 22:18, Amber Stott, Founder of Food Literacy Center Guests: Anupama Joshi @FarmtoSchool Farmtoschool.org Amber Stott @FoodLitCenter Foodliteracycenter.org Mentioned in the podcast: Food Insecurity map: http://www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america/our-research/map-the-meal-gap/data-by-county-in-each-state.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/ Food Banks: http://www.feedingamerica.org/about-us/about-feeding-america/ Good and Cheap cookbook: http://www.leannebrown.com/ Event coming up: #BlogHerFood16 registration: http://blogherfood16.eventbrite.com Get in touch: podcast@sheknows.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Meghan Cross is the Managing Director @ Red Bear Angels which she joined with nearly a decade of operating experience launching and growing media & software companies in New York and Silicon Valley. As an early Director at StyleCaster Inc., Meghan led the digital media conglomerate’s marketing team through the business’ exit to She Knows Media. Before that, Meghan was in PR, helping to build Skype and Foursquare into household names. She also draws venture experience from working with Bowery Capital, Foundation Capital, Metamorphic Ventures, and StarVest Partners. Megan is also the founder of Cross Venture Services LLC, a launch advisor to such commerce platforms as Sailo (TechStars ’15), Shareswell, and Thursday Boot Co. Learning process In Today’s Show We Discuss: What angels really look for in VC partners? How Megan approached the learning process of becoming an angel investor? What were Meghan’s biggest takeaways in working with Foursquare and Skype as they entered hypergrowth mode? How does Meghan view investor value add? Is all money green? What would Meghan like to see more of in the early stage angel ecosystem in NYC? Learn more about SyndicateRoom: www.syndicateroom.com

Join host Elisa Camahort Page as she speaks to Samantha Skey, SheKnows Media's President about her brainchild, the Hatch Initiative for tweens and teens. And then chats with two teens who have been involved since the beginning, Sadie and CeCe, about what they've learned by participating. Show Notes: Starts at 0:00: Brief description of our Hatch initiative, which will have a dedicated track at the #BlogHer16 conference this week Starts at 0:45: Interview with Samantha Skey, SheKnows media President, and the initial creator of Hatch. Starts at 12:48: Interview with two teenage Hatch participants, Sadie and CeCe. Links: Samantha Skey http://corporate.sheknows.com/ @samskey7 More about the Hatch initiative: Hatch’s mission is to empower kids to use media and technology to express themselves in productive and positive ways. Emphasizing media literacy, digital storytelling, and social issues, Hatch enables kids to create content that is responsible and represents their unique... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join host Elisa Camahort Page and guests Sallie Krawcheck, Majora Carter, and Aihui Ong as they discuss entrepreneurism, crafting your perfect pitch, and the realities of being a woman running your own business and joining the investment and investor pipeline. Show Notes: Starts at 0:00: Introduction and description of the SheKnows Media initiative for women enttrepreneurs, #ThePitch. Starts at 0:40: Interview with Sallie Krawcheck, CEO and Founder of Ellevest. Also kicking off and serving as emcee/judge for #ThePitch Keynote at #BlogHer16 August 6th in L.A. Starts at 23:07: Interview with urban revitalization strategist, Majora Carter. Majora is also CEO and Founder of Startup Box, was the winner of #ThePitch competition at #BlogHer15, and is serving as a judge for #ThePitch at #BlogHer16. Starts at 41:33: Interview with Aihui Ong, Founder and CEO of Love With Food a food commerce company with a Buy One Give One social good element. Aihui, was the winner of #ThePitch competition at #BlogHerFood15... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In 2005, Lisa Stone consummated her transition from journalism to digital entrepreneurship with the co-founding of BlogHer. This business began as a conference for female bloggers, the first of which attracted 305 women bloggers and netted $60,000 in profit. BlogHer extended its awareness that social-media-activated women were an invaluable audience into an influencer network that reached 100 million women through a scalable technology company to monetize blogs and social communications. Lisa and her team sold BlogHer in 2014 to She Knows Media, and in this intimate conversation, Lisa talks about the import of women in media and her transition into chapter next. She reports that In the late 90s, people were saying women would never go online. She knew that was crazy. She now says "there is no media today without social media. There is only one customer you need to reach, and it’s the woman who is leading conversations in social media. She will not only bring female friends, she will also bring the men." Lisa is an authentic leader who build a company that traded on authenticity as a core value. This is a great window into Lisa's journey.

This week, Lisa Likes Night Shift, the Apple feature that automatically changes the color of your display to the warmer end of the color spectrum after dark with the intention of helping you get a better night's sleep. This week's guest is Elisa Camahort Page, cofounder of BlogHer and current executive of SheKnows Media. Elisa shares her journey as a founder and offers her perspective on taking risks, building teams, and much more. In this conversation, we cover: -How and why Elisa decided to forgo a steady paycheck to start BlogHer (she went 2 years without a salary!) -How Elisa approaches risk (and why she believes you should always take them) -The key lessons Elisa has learned about leadership and creating teams -Elisa's perspective on the current state of tech for women founders -Elisa's habits for success -More Show notes are available at http://bit.ly/elisacpage

On this episode of The Period Party, Nat & Nicole talk with Amanda Morgan, a rebel nutritionist and creator of the Food or Fiction Program, a 4-week group coaching program designed to help women learn the truth about their favorite foods and start eating healthy on their own terms. Here are the highlights of what we cover during this episode:  The misguided desire for women to want to associate with a diet label rather than understanding what true health means for them.Placing foods on “nice” and “naughty” lists and what this does to our mental health (both in terms of diet labels and food itself).Where the “food or fiction” concept came from and why it’s important to embrace the “f*ck it” mindset and not listen to anyone else but your own intuition.Why everyone and their mother should be angry with how inappropriate and deceptive food marketing has become and why it’s important to educate yourself.The future of the diet industry. Amanda is not afraid to speak her mind about today’s most controversial nutrition topics, and has been praised by blogs such as MindBodyGreen, The Daily Meal, and SheKnows Media for her unique spin on healthy living. She believes that health has nothing to do with diets, and instead places emphasis on happiness, fulfillment, and fun. You can find out more during her upcoming FREE webinar: 3 Trendy "Health" Foods That Aren't As Healthy As You Think. Sign up here. 

In this episode of #ThisOldMarketing, Joe and Robert discuss major decisions from Facebook around allowing for third-party branded content.  In addition, Medium offers "instaCMS" and goes into the software business.  Rented land?  We aren't quite sure.  Prevention drops all print ads and Mashable restructures.  Rants and raves include SheKnows Media and Audible offering podcasts.  This week's TOM Example: The General Magazine. This week's story links: Facebook Will Start Offering Branded Contenthttps://www.facebook.com/facebookmedia/get-started/branded-content?hc_location=ufipaired withhttp://digiday.com/publishers/publishers-just-saw-decline-facebook-traffic/Making Medium More Powerful For Publishershttps://medium.com/the-story/making-medium-more-powerful-for-publishers-39663413a904#.sehioahsdPaired With…. https://medium.com/newco/the-tech-story-is-over-2446fcd75087#.m0ybo2jgwPrevention Magazine Takes Radical Step: No Print Adshttp://www.wsj.com/articles/prevention-magazine-takes-radical-step-no-print-ads-1459714328paired withMashable Announces Personnel Shifts and Job Cutshttp://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/08/business/media/mashable-announces-personnel-shifts-and-job-cuts.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0This Week's Sponsor - GoToWebinarDownload "Targeting the Right Audience with Your Webinar" http://bit.ly/gotowebinar-attract-audienceRANTS AND RAVESRoberthttp://www.verticalmeasures.com/content-marketing-2/why-your-content-marketing-agency-is-failing-you-040716/http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/acquiring-helloflo-sheknows-media-getting-viral-content-machine-170527 Joehttp://brandsavant.com/brandsavant/the-beginning-of-the-end-for-podcasts THIS OLD MARKETINGThe General Magazinehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_General_(magazine)

This week we chat with Elisa Camahort Page who is the Chief Community Officer at SheKnows Media. Elisa is a leader in the content marketing space and was one of three co-founders of BlogHer, Inc, one of the first online publications and yearly conferences to focus on the hottest news and trends among women in social media. As a demographic truly driving the economy, Elisa and her colleagues were the first to recognize the power of the female blogger, and it's subset, the 'mommy blogger', as a viable content marketing engine. As part of the Blogher team, she was named Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Entrepreneur and Fast Company’s most influential women and all for good reason; Elisa expertise is around research and insights that lead to successful actions for brands. She's got information galore on how to connect and hit a home run online with content marketing and social media. You'll learn alot from listening to The Content Officer, Elisa Camahort Page and The Tech Cat.

Join Gail Davvis and Jaee Logan for LISTENGIVE/SAVOY sound bites about music, arts, culture, society, youth, education and giving back. Join us this week with return Special Guests from last week for PART II with Elisa Camahort Page, Senior Vice President, Community Content & Events of SheKnows Media and Co-Founder of Blogher, sharing her career journey, her thoughts on women in media, leadership, successes, failures and the lessons she has learned along the way; and Patrick Sciarratta, Advisor to the Office of H.E. Ambassador to Permanent Mission of Sao Tome and Principe to the United Nations, sharing his career journey, youth at the UN and making a difference. Visit ListenGive.com to learn more information.  Don't forget to LIKE our Facebook Page LISTENGIVE.

Join Gail Davvis and Jaee Logan for LISTENGIVE/SAVOY sound bites about music, arts, culture, society, youth, education and giving back. Join us this week with Special Guests, Elisa Camahort Page, Senior Vice President, Community Content & Events of SheKnows Media and Co-Founder of Blogher, sharing her career journey, her thoughts on women in media, leadership, successes, failures and the lessons she has learned along the way; and Well Respected Music Industry Veteran we must keep anonymous due to his position and company. Visit ListenGive.com to learn more information.  Don't forget to LIKE our Facebook Page LISTENGIVE.

The co-founders of BlogHer, the world's leading conference for women in social media are now on the leadership team for SheKnows.com She Knows Media facilitates influencers being able to pick and choose to work with brands that they feel aligned with. They are doing this with 75 million unique views per month! What do they have? Women Inspiring Women! http://fullmontyleadership.com http://FiercelyLoyalBook.com http://dovbaron.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.