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A few weeks ago a dear friend shared with me about her screen-free family Sundays with her twin nine-year-olds, 14-year-old and 16-year-old. When Jamie started Screen-Free Sundays, they planned to just try it out for a month so she wouldn't feel overwhelmed by the experiment.  I also talk with a mom in Alaska who prioritized reading in her family in all sorts of ways —  and keeping screens at bay when they read.  Hear how the experiments have gone in this week's podcast.

We're so excited to bring you this interview Jamie Otis - it's honestly one of our favourite episodes we've ever recorded! When Jamie had us on her podcast a couple years ago, she told us her story and we had so many questions for her. Now, we're finally getting to ask them all. In this episode, Jamie openly and optimistically shares all about her past and how it's made her who she is is today. Listen in and be inspired by Jamie's resiliency and perspective as she tells story after story, each ending with such a positive outlook and life lesson. She's a role model for the world and we think this episode is going to resonate with so many!Tune in for new #MOMTRUTHS episodes every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday!Find out how you can help bring joy to moms and kids this summer: https://give.unityvalues.com/41oVl1?ref=ab_09MQM8_ab_7AFrGbBecome a member of The Common Parent for the parenting resources and support you need for just $5.99/month or $59.99/year: https://www.thecommonparent.comFollow The Common Parent over on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecommonparentCome see us LIVE on tour!! To see a full list of cities and dates, go to https://www.catandnattour.com.Make sure you subscribe to our YouTube channel for #momtruths, recipes and more: https://www.bitly.com/catnatyoutubeCheck out our Amazon Lives here: https://www.bitly.com/catnatamazonliveCheck out our business courses here: https://www.bitly.com/socialcommoncollectiveFollow Social Common Collective over on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/socialcommoncollectiveOrder TAYLIVI here: https://www.taylivi.comGet personalized videos from us on Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/catandnatCome hang with us over on https://www.instagram.com/catandnat all day long.And follow us on https://www.tiktok.com/@catandnatofficial! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 133: In this episode, Alisha is sharing her conversation with Rebekah Modrak and Jamie Vander Broek on their book Radical Humility: Essays on Ordinary Acts. Episode 133 Notes: Radical HumilityOur Sponsor: Abbey Gibb and The MVA! Calling all purpose-driven female entrepreneurs with stories to share with this world. Meet my friend Abbey Gibb, who also happens to be an Emmy award-winning journalist turned business and media mentor.She’s helped women like you build million-dollar businesses around your personal story, become best-selling authors, and land TED talks in months.She's currently offering a special for my community on her #1 Media Marketing Course, the Media Visibility Accelerator. A 6 module course for purpose-driven entrepreneurs who want to scale their businesses to $25k+ per month and scale their message into a global movement.This is the program your soul craves and your bank account deserves. CTA: MVAPricing options: Pay in full discount of $1497 ($5,000) or 6 monthly payments of $497NOTES:Radical Humility: https://www.scuppernongbooks.com/book/9781948742962After visiting rural Iowa Rebekah was struck by how people were not leading with how important they are.There was a culture of humility she didn’t have in her work. Jamie was learning what it meant to work with art professionals and was a brand-new parent. When Jamie signed up her daughter for daycare the daycare wanted to know what her daughter's (a 3 months old) preferences were. Jamie was concerned with a culture that was socializing people to care so much about individual preferences and didn’t teach from an early age about community. Humility can help you be a better friend. We can shift our mindset to be a better friend and centers othersYou before me. It’s so important to decenter yourself and become aware of other people’s pullAttributes that help to center others would be: being raised in an environment where we feel loved. There are times there are things we are powerless to change and that’s important in developing a sense of humility. When you realize that there are things that are bigger then, you can accept and move on instead of fighting the problem the whole way. Humility is Servant leadershipLibraries are about sharingIn the Library you, any you have as much right to that institution as any other human. There is no transaction necessary. Guides for humility. Humility and humiliation, not all communities are perceived the same, so humility looks different in different communitiesYou go in and out of a state of humility. Think about humility, but don’t make it the next juice cleanse. Seek to take up the space that we are owed as humans. Some of us need to take up more space and some of us need to take up less space. There are times when we need to let someone else take up the spotlight. It’s ok to be ordinary and strive for ordinary. We are one of many.Do you have questions you want me to answer on the show? Email me at awielfaert@yokeandabundance.comIf you love the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast Consider Supporting us through Patreon.

#180: If you had a life-changing event that compels you to stay at home or pushes you to find another income stream, what would you do? How do you envision the process of sorting out your finances, priorities, and actions? These are some of the questions that will be discussed in today’s episode with Jamie O’Brien, a member of the https://wwws.link/inner-circle-sign-up (IBC Inner Circle). Jamie has a full-time job as a Medical Device Sales professional and a Real Estate Investor. He discovered the Infinite Banking Concept (IBC) and worked with Joey to learn about the potentials of IBC to gain wealth. Stay tuned and learn more about the things you can do with IBC and why it’s important to move forward even if you have failed several times over.  Top 3 Things You'll Learn: Why it’s essential to have a mentor and a business partner How to use IBC to finance your business  Learning from your failures and taking action   About Our Guest: “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will. – Vince Lombardi” Jamie O’Brien lives and invests in the Birmingham, Alabama market. He is a Medical Device Sales professional and Real Estate Investor. When Jamie and his wife, Blair, found out they were having twins, Jamie knew he had to do something other than relying on his W2 to provide the life he wanted for his family. In the last 4 years, Jamie has successfully invested in 7 Tax Certificates, bought and flipped 8 houses including 1 Turnkey Rental flip, and built his rental portfolio to 11 doors. At heart, Jamie is a rehabber who loves forced appreciation and bringing homes back to life. This journey led him to discover the Infinite Banking Concept and began working with Joey to change the trajectory of his family’s future. Through IBC, Jamie has been able to access cash to invest in an apartment partnership and several private lending opportunities. Jamie just funded his 4th policy and couldn’t be more excited to teach his daughters the power of financial education as they grow. Jamie enjoys spending time with his family, the great outdoors, college football, and struggling to break 100 in golf in his spare time. Connect with Jamie: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Iamjamieo/ (https://www.facebook.com/Iamjamieo) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamieob/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamieob)

You may be really good at what you do, but do you actually love every second of it? Jamie Slough, the owner of The Brand Therapist shares her story of being really amazing at her career in Real Estate but realizing she needed something more. She was tired, burnt out, and lacking any boundaries. When Jamie had her son, she quickly realized that grinding 24/7 wasn’t building a life she loved. Jamie took the plunge in January of 2019 and launched The Brand Therapist, a marketing company that helps small businesses. In this episode, Jamie breaks down the following: 1. How to be your best self 2. How you are your own brand 3. The importance of visualization 4. What work-life balance actually means 5. How to be more present 6. Setting boundaries 7. The importance of owning your life 8. The importance of loving your life Connect with Jamie Slough Instagram: @the.brand.therapist Website: thebrandtherapist.com

In the next of Your Future in Sales & Marketing Podcast, Mick Dickson talks to Jamie Eastley, General Manager of Sales for FMCG giant Primo Foods.When Jamie started out in Coles Tasmania 30 years ago he didn't see the pathway he's taken through some of Australia's leading FMCG organizations. He talks about how he uses the negotiating model, getting to yes, not just to help him with customers but to make great career decisions.

Jamie took her last drink April 16, 2019. With 485 days away from alcohol, (at the time of recording) this is her story of living alcohol free (AF).   Odette’s weekly installment of: Finding Your Better You   She is currently re-reading The Compound Effect. The general idea is that baby steps add up into large rewards. Change is hard. Gaining momentum on a decision is hard. This applies to our alcohol-free journey: turning down drinks, one at a time. Once we reframe the idea of this being a sacrifice and think of it as an opportunity instead, the trajectory changes. We must think of all the things we can add into our lives without alcohol. Odette makes a list of the things she has room for in her life now. Why don’t you make one too?   [7:00] Odette introduces Jamie   Jamie is 35 years old and lives on Long Island, NY. Her immediate family lives close and she lives with her 2 black cats. Jamie is a social worker. For fun she likes to run, go kayaking, reading, cooking and hanging out with friends. Being in nature is the best, it’s where she finds her higher power.   [9:57] Can you give listeners some background on your drinking?   Jamie said she started drinking at the end of high school. In college her drinking seemed normal. She found there were hills and valleys with her drinking. When Jamie lost her mother at the age of 22 she remembers she was in a club in Greece and she identifies the synergy with that happening. The last 3-4 years her drinking escalated. She was blacking out and making poor choices. Looking back she can see the pattern of co-dependency.     [12:57] Did you notice after your mother passed that you used alcohol to deal with your grief?   Jamie said at first, she was so busy taking care of her father and making sure he was ok that alcohol was a secondary thought. But once she had some time away and time with her own feelings, she could see she was using alcohol the same as her mother, to numb down any emotions.     [18:05] Tell me about the first couple weeks of your journey?   Jamie said this was really the first time she honestly tried to get stop drinking. She had been living on the river of denial before this. Growing up her family didn’t express feelings, they drank or got angry. So, the first few weeks were new. She started a 12-step program and therapy. Jamie only knew 2 sober people at the time and she spoke to them a lot.   [23:49] What did you do initially when you had a craving?   Jamie said she didn’t really have a craving for the drink, but it was an emotional craving instead. She used a new found self-awareness to explore the feelings. She would pause and ask herself some questions about why she was feeling that way.       [28:18] After making the decision to not drinking, did you talk to your friends and family about it?   Jamie said she told people very quickly. She said the safe sentence “I’m not drinking right now”. After about a month, she started to see how this could be a lifestyle for her. 5-6 months in she began to share very openly on social media.     [30:48] What’s been the hardest part of this journey for you?   Jamie said feeling her feelings and not fighting them. Allowing the feelings to just be there.      [34:27] What’s your morning routine?   Wakes up at 6am, feeds cats, reads and then moves her body. For the last 81 days (at the time of recording) Jamie has been running every morning. New Fashioned Sobriety and their Zero Proof Run Club hosted and a streaker challenge that she completed. Initially it was 41 days, which she completed. And now her pledge to herself is to move her body daily. She also makes sure to meditate daily.     [37:01] Did you used to have a witching hour?   Jamie said right after work, 5-7pm when before she would be at happy hour and now she fills the time with new routines. A fun mocktail, some tea, go for a walk, walk with a friend.     [40:13] Rapid Fire Round    What are you excited about right now?   Have her first sober healthy relationship.   What books are you reading right now?   Good Morning, Destroyer of Men's Souls: A Memoir of Women, Addiction, and Love   What is a lightbulb moment you’ve had in this journey?   I can do almost anything sober that I did drunk.   If you could talk to day 1 Jamie, what would you say?   Jamie you are a warrior, you are a force you have no idea what this is going to bring you. You can be a light for other people.   What is your favorite ice cream flavor?   Anything with chocolate or peanut butter in it and even together!   What are some of your favorite resources in recovery?   Café RE, Podcasts- Recovery Elevator, Recovery Happy Hour, Seltzer Squad, yoga, walking, running, kayaking and This Naked Mind and Sober Curious.   What parting piece of guidance can you give people thinking about ditching the booze?   You are a brave, gentle soul and I applaud you. I wish you so much fun on your journey. It’s about taking that pain and making it fun. Tell somebody.     You may have to say adios to booze...    You drank so much while living in your parents basement and you couldn’t make it upstairs to the bathroom, so you throw up in the washing machine.    Odette’s weekly challenge:   Think about your AF journey. How much have you been trying to hold onto things you think this journey will take from you? Is that realistic? Make a shift, start thinking about what you want to set out of this. About what you want to add to your life? Open your eyes, beauty is all around us. Choose you, stay sober, you’re also subscribing to abundance.    Upcoming events, retreats and courses: You can find more information about our events here.     Affiliate Link for Endourage: For 10% off your first CBD order with Endourage visit this link and use the promo code elevator at checkout.    Affiliate Link for Amazon: Shop via Amazon using this link.   The book, Alcohol is SH!T, is out. Pick up your paperback copy on Amazon here! You can get the Audible version here!     Resources:  Connect with Cafe RE - Use the promo code OPPORTUNITY to waive the set-up fee. Recovery Elevator YouTube - Subscribe here! 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Jamie is the owner of Jamie Young Swag & Strategy Jamie is going to share her tips on 3 Ways to boost your business with Generosity PLUS a couple of free gifts for you, you can find those links at the bottom of the show notes. Connect with Jamie : https://uptownscreenprinting.com/ https://www.facebook.com/uptownscreenprinting More of our marketing tips and strategies at https://vickywu.us/blog 00:50 Gift marketing - what's the right item to give 01:10 An accidental entrepreneur ... Jamie did her job for free for six years - here's why 01:45 How my own hobby turned into a secondary accidental income 03:15 How Jamie's business has changed and grown 04:12 How Jamie got started doing this business on the side 05:30 When Jamie quit her full-time job 07:35 The promo product I'm ordering ... message me to ask me for one ;) 08:30 The switch to virtual trade shows - how do you handle swag? 09:10 Why do trade shows do swag bags and how you can use this same strategy for virtual events 10:15 How virtual events can actually get better results 11:00 How far in advance you need to plan for swag 13:50 The biggest marketing issue when she started her business 15:15 How an entrepreneur should marketing their business 16:10 Why doing a Google search for marketing advice is frustrating 17:00 Why FOCUS in your marketing strategy is so important 17:35 Do you have to do any specific marketing strategy? The answer ... 18:10 Jamie's very first live video - she was terrified! 19:15 Planning video content - you can use our strategy at https://vickywu.us/guru-course/video-marketing-planning-how-to-quickly-plan-and-create-up-to-one-year-of-video-marketing-content/ ... use code HOLIDATE to access this course for free through 12/24/20 20:10 What I tell people who are hesitant to do a video or live video 21:00 Jamie's biggest marketing issue now, Covid impact 24:10 One of Jamie's best ways to send a gift 25:30 Jamie's big launch that is happening - what would be the most strategic way to announce a new business? 26:20 Marketing to launch a new business 27:00 One piece of my advice when marketing any local brick & mortar 27:45 My ebook on Facebook groups has a whole section on this strategy - https://vickywu.us/downloads/facebook-group-marketing-guidebook/ ... use code HOLIDATE to get this free through 12/24/20 28:10 Help drive customers in the door ... #shoplocal 29:20 Running ads that you don't have to pay for 31:05 A marketing strategy for once they get in your shop 31:50 Before they walk out of the store 32:25 Another marketing strategy after they have left the store 33:00 How to get people to do marketing for you 34:10 Why people trust THIS strategy more than you paying for an ad 34:45 My reasoning for having a podcast, and how it's so beneficial 36:35 What Jamie wishes someone had told her about being an entrepreneur before she started 39:45 When starting your entrepreneurship journey you need to start with this 40:30 One of the funniest questions I ever received at 2am when I was on call 44:30 I made the jump to entrepreneurship with no safety net and no source of income 45:00 What's scary about starting entrepreneurship 46:30 Jamie's 3 step system to boost your business with generosity 48:20 "Lumpy mail" 50:00 Top 10 list and how to use it 51:00 Non-sales sales 51:30 Jamie Gift #1 -- The Top 100 Gifts to Give - download at https://dg3eg7kc.pages.infusionsoft.net/ 51:50 Gift #2 -- The 3-Part Strategy to get your gift strategy started - download this at https://gbc5i1pl.pages.infusionsoft.net/ #marketing #digitalmarketing #swag #marketinggift #entrepreneurship #socialmediamarketing #usergeneratedcontent

When Jamie lost her son Jack to an accidental overdose, she met her devastating grief with fierce faith. By adding meditation to her spiritual practice she has found a reliable path to inner peace. She now shares her experience and example with other parents - using her story to inspire hope.

Jamie O’Brien lives and invests in the Birmingham, Alabama market. He is a Medical Device Sales professional and Real Estate Investor. When Jamie and his wife, Blair, found out they were having twins, Jamie knew he had to do something other than rely on his W2 to provide the life he wanted for his family. In the last 3 years, Jamie has successfully invested in 7 Tax Certificates, bought and flipped 4 houses including 1 Turnkey Rental flip, and built his rental portfolio to 13 doors. At heart Jamie is a rehabber who loves forced appreciation and bringing homes back to life. In this episode we talk about: Forced appreciation Build rapport Cash sale Inspections Private money Infinite return BRRRR   Subscribe to my Youtube Channel for more great content. Download my Free Deal Calculator Spreadsheet!   Links from the show: O'Brien Homes Website Talie Investments Facebook Page Talie Investments Instagram Join our Facebook Group South Florida Multifamily & More Talie Investments Resources   Please leave us a 5-Star rating and a review in iTunes. Each review helps us reach more people.  

John took the night off and sent his wife as a replacement. When Jamie found out she wanted to join in on the fun. We mostly discuss all the craziness in the world and what we've been doing to help out. For Brooks its lots of crying and drinking. Thanks for listening.

The Dueling Decades crew took a trip down to Malibu and picked up the most wanted judge in Southern California! No.....not Judge Ito. It's the star of such cinematic classics as Scream, Three Kings, Malibu's Most Wanted, and The Jamie Kennedy experience, it's Jamie Kennedy! Fresh off his new stand up comedy special "Stoopid Smart" on Tubi, Jamie joins us poolside with his gavel in hand to tackle this "worst of" June showdown! We're also excited to welcome back Hysteria 51's Brent Hand! Being the gentleman that he is, Brent brought the very worst of June 1999 along with him. Brent's first opponent is coming off some tough defeats as of late, and he's armed with a plate of turd sandwiches from June 1976, it's Mancrush! But wait, there's more! Marc James is back to make this contest complete, with some disgusting, flat non-alcoholic beer from June 1983. Thanks, Marc! When Jamie's not chilling at Usher's house, he likes to sit back, and reminisce about the days of old! So here are some of the things you might find in this episode, Jamie will take us back to his childhood, comics that James Gunn suggests, paying your boyfriends way through medical school, stars that enjoy wearing their girlfriend's knickers, more annoying songs, Michael Douglas pulls a power move, a comic love triangle that results in death, Jamie digs Anthony Spinelli's work, the most annoying character in the world, Jamie is a product of Yoda, filthy funeral escapades, BBC, Publisher's Clearinghouse, fists in random places, spelling bees, horrible sequels, Will Smith's biggest blunder, computer viruses, Hollywood rumors, the worst gift to buy your girlfriend, the most honest celebrity in the world, Randy Meeks lives, ass blasters, graboids, and how did Jamie end up doing stand up in the back of a bowling alley? All that, and a bunch more! Do you agree with Jamie's rulings? Play at home and judge for yourself! While you're at it, send your rulings to our Facebook and pick up 20 points on the Dueling Decades Leaderboard!  Please don't forget to subscribe and review! Want to share some of your own 1980s & 1990s memories? Join the other thousands of people in our Facebook group and get more original nostalgic content every day! If you're into the 1960s & 1970s, join our new group! Links below: https://www.duelingdecades.com https://www.facebook.com/duelingdecades https://www.twitter.com/duelingdecades https://www.instagram.com/duelingdecades https://www.facebook.com/groups/duelingdecades/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/duelingdecades60s70s/

When Jamie and Sam asked the aliens to help them against big bad Buckstop, they laughed. So now they’re returning to Planet Earth to take him on themselves … but they quickly discover things have changed. A lot!

The Insurance Dudes: Craig Pretzinger & Jason FeltmanThe World Famous Insurance Dudes chat with Jamie AldertonFrom serving in the British Army to running a successful personal training business and working with some of the top supplement brands in the world. Jamie’s succeeded with dedication, military discipline, and consistency.Known for his lean physique and hard work ethic, Jamie’s a model not only in the magazines, he’s also a model of inspiration for anyone wanting to achieve greatness.When Jamie left the army he entered his first bodybuilding competition and came in second place. In 2010 Jamie signed up for his second competition where he took first prize and walked away with the winning title.Tasting the victory of his previous competition, and enjoying the feeling of competing, Jamie entered the WBFF European championships in Iceland, he again walked away with first place where he won his pro card in 2012.Apart from competing on stage, Jamie also works as a body transformation coach. He’s also very active on social media where he shares hints and tips on how to perform exercises along with nutrition insights to his masses of followers.Found on : https://www.greatestphysiques.com/male-physiques/jamie-alderton/Like us on Facebook: @greatestphysiquesSubscribe to The Insurance Dudes:Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart | Listen NotesJamie's Website: HEREBooks:Meltdown by Jamie AldertonMindset With Muscle by Jamie Alderton>>>>JOIN THE INSURANCE DUDES GROUP TO WIN SWAG!

Three generations of women. Three heartbreaking choices. One unforgettable story. 1969: Free-spirited hippie Jess James has no intention of falling for a soldier ... but perhaps some things are not in our power to stop. 1989: Jess's daughter, Jamie, dreams of a simple life - marriage, children, stability - then she meets a struggling musician and suddenly the future becomes wilder and complex. 2017: When Jamie's daughter, CJ, brings home trouble in the form of the coolest boy at school, the worlds of these three women turn upside down ... and the past returns to haunt them. Spanning the trauma of the Vietnam War to the bright lights of Nashville, the epidemic of teenage self-harm to the tragedy of incurable illness, Love and Other Battles is the heart-wrenching story of three generations of Australian women, who learn that true love is not always where you seek it. If you loved The Notebook, this is the novel for you.

This episode is with soon to be black belt wielding, wedding singer Jamie Reeves from The Best Singing Waiters.  So,who is Jamie? Jamie started out as a DJ when he was just 16 years old and travelled around Europe at the age of 20 as a singer. After establishing himself as a Robbie Williams tribute act, he set up his own entertainment agency and started managing various different tribute acts including Take That, Meatloaf and Amy Winehouse. Jamies’ entertainment agency was primarily aimed at the wedding market, and that is where the idea for “’The Singing Waiters’ come along.   Jamie is also a keen singer songwriter and has even had his own top ten hit on itunes. He has written and worked with people whose credits include Beyonce, Take That and Sir Paul McCartney.  You might also have seen Jamie in several episodes of Eastenders, riding a moped through Albert Square. But not if you blinked… What is a singing waiter? Everybody has probably been to a wedding, corporate event, birthday etc and typically you will have an idea of how the day will run.  This is where The Best Singing Waiters come in, they take the ordinary and make it more extraordinary. After dessert has been served, they spring into action, suddenly breaking with their “waiter” character, and bursting out into song, getting everyone singing along and essentially break every type of rule you can think of when it comes to party etiquette. They literally get the party started!  The “reveal” is something that you simply have to see to believe (They have more than 900 videos on their YouTube channel), and it’s this magic moment that wedding guests talk about for years to come. What does an Ambitious Lifestyle Business look like for Jamie? Jamie is a married proud dad of three, so for him it’s all about being with the family. Two of the three children are sports minded and love football, karate and dance and the two-and-a-half-year-old is just into everything!!   For Jamie, working from home is a must – he has no desire to have an office (his office at home does look pretty smart though – check it out in the video!), however that doesn’t mean he is a one man band – Jamie has a team of staff, and has built robust systems and processes which enable him to have the freedom to work from home.   He also still does some gigs, performing between six and ten gigs per year. Clearly, Jamie’s company do a LOT more gigs than that – more like 200 a year. But again, Jamie has no desire to be racing up and down the motorways of Britain on a daily basis, doing back-to-back weddings, and spending every weekend away from his family.   How did Jamie design his business to deliver his ambitious lifestyle business? As with most guests on the ALB podcast, it was a bit of design, and a bit of luck!  As a literal one-man-band, Jamie started to get more and more offers of gigs, that with the best will in the world he simply couldn’t keep up with, so he brought on some singers to lighten the load.  Before he knew it, that turned into a team of six singers.  Similar to how Jon Monks told us back in ALB44 that he was “the conductor of the orchestra”, Jamie directs his team, and designs the systems and processes from his home office, so that multiple weddings can all happen at the same time, at opposite ends of the country, and all whilst Jamie is sat at a football match with his family.  Whilst he did reference Jon Monk’s “conductor of the orchestra” comment though, Jamie explained that his version was a bit more like “waving your arms about and blagging it!”  Jamie firmly believes that the key to running any business is down to the processes and systems that are in place. (If you want to go deep on systems and processes, have another listen to ALB14, where we look at the story of Ray Kroc, and McDonalds, through the lens of the movie The Founder.  For Jamie, admin was the first to go – as a creative person, this was something he just did not enjoy, so he was very quick to get someone else doing the paperwork.  Every single thing that he does within the business is fully documented, so that a team member can follow the exact processes to the letter.  Jamie also likes to record videos of himself on zoom performing key tasks and pop it into a shared dropbox folder, so it is accessible to all of his team, and they can all see visually, exactly what Jamie wants to happen – every time. Is Jamie a Routine Machine?  When Jamie started a family, all of his routines changed. He now feels extremely lucky that he works for himself, being able to pick and choose his own hours.   He doesn’t have to miss a sports day, he can take his son to football and his daughter to dance classes, and he believes that it is all thanks to putting those routines, systems and processes in place.   As an ambitious, lifestyle business owner, Jamie can dictate life on his own terms.  Routine plays a really important part of this for Jamie. If you want to become a Routine Machine, then you can now grab a free chapter of John’s latest bestselling book of the same name. How has the One Percent Club helped Jamie? Jamie’s main reason for joining the One Percent Club was to align himself with like minded people who all have similar values. He read John’s first book (Big Ideas… for Small Businesses), and he wanted a platform that enabled him to be closer to John and Jason to copy their model.   As John says in Big Ideas… “Who you hang around with REALLY matters. We’ve all heard it said that ‘you are the sum of the five people closest to you’, or ‘your network is your net worth’.   Well, this is one cliché that is true. That immediate environment around you sculpts who you are.  Your best chance of becoming a millionaire is to hang around with five millionaires – their habits, routines, ways of thinking, ability to spot an opportunity, the language they use, the networks they have access to.  This will all rub off on you via osmosis, and before you know it, you’re millionaire number six.” 3 Grades away from a Black Belt Health and well-being are important to Jamie and he is currently only 3 grades away from obtaining his black belt in Karate.   Jamie believes that the skills learnt from Karate can be transferred into his business life and his own personal development.  He feels they are similar in the sense of continual repetition, for example making his kicks sharper and harder, learning how to block faster and be more in touch, becoming more flexible.  He’s also not afraid of groundhog day, he embraces the boring repetition, repetition, repetition that ultimately leads to success, whether in martial arts, or in business.  Top ten hit on iTunes Jamie wrote a song for his wife when they got married in Jamaica. The song was called ‘Let’s get married’ and it hit the top ten reggae chart on iTunes, up there with alongside legendary Bob Marley, Shaggy and Kevin Little. How long did Jamie hold his spot in the top ten?   You’ll have to listen to the podcast to find out! For links to everything we talk about, including the video recording of the episode and transcription of everything we talked about, head over to the show notes at bigidea.co.uk/podcast. And to watch the LIVE recording of each episode of the Ambitious. Lifestyle. Business. Podcast, join our Facebook Group for FREE - you can then watch our ugly mugs in glorious technicolour every month, as well as get BONUS in-between-isodes, and direct access to both of us to ask any questions about this, or any other episode.

Blended families are more common than ever, but that doesn’t make them any easier to navigate. When Jamie joined Match.com she wasn’t looking for the 40-year-old virgin, she knew odds were most men would have children. When Tim got matched with Jamie, her 4 kids didn’t scare him in the least. Today they discuss how, through trial and error, understanding and communication, they were able to blend their families. Do you want to be among other top shelf podcasters like myself? Click on the link below to learn more about what it takes to start your own podcast. Learn more NOW - - > http://www.topshelfpodcasters.com/ecm

Jamie has been good at putting in notes for each episode.Angela's boyfriend is all about social media and Jamie thinks she should use her teenage sons to post for herThe Huffington Post printed one of Jamie's tweetsJennivee's Bakery makes delicious baked goods Here's a link to her Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/jennivees/Angela is watching the Netflix series YouJamie kind of wants a stalker. If you'd like to...Jamie talks about a Death, Sex and Money episode on NPRSTI's are on the riseWhy don't millennials use protection?!?Lori Laughlin's daughter is boring (according to Angela)HPV is dangerous because it doesn't show up in boys like it does girlsJamie won't go down on a woman and Angela thinks this is why he's single. He clarifies that if he's in a relationship, he will.If you're gonna cheat, use protection!Women are fertile in a 2-3 day window...Use protection!!Jamie knows several people who have herpes and dated a girl with herpes.Jamie's speech students don't know that herpes is forever! Use protection!!Angela's boyfriend as a cold sore and Jamie hates cold sores so he's going to have Angela's boyfriend investigated.Jamie quotes Beverly Hills CopAIDS spread because people thought is was a gay disease. Use protection!!When Jamie and Angela we kids, they used to say that "When you sleep with someone, you sleep with everyone they've slept with." They don't say that anymore. Use protection!!Follow us Twitter, Instagram, FacebookRate and Review us on iTunessend us feedback or stories to ickylousyjunky@gmail.com

Happy Saturday Night Everyone! Angela Bowen here, the host of She's A Small Wonder: A Small Wonder Podcast. Tonight, I'm covering S1E3: The Sitter which aired on September 21, 1985. In this episode In need of a sitter for son Jamie, Ted and Joan decide to give Vicky the job for the evening. But can Jamie be trusted to not take advantage of a useful robot? And is Vicky ready to be a sitter? Also in the episode we get cool special effects with Vicki from her head turning around to her lifting Jamie into the air. Also Jamie does the Moonwalk and Vicki dances to Michael Jackson. We get some product placement an Alvin & the Chipmunks stuffed animal on Jamie’s nightstand, a Smurfs See n’ Say, Jamie reading a Captain America comic book. I really enjoyed this episode I rated it 5/5 Robots Join me next week or S1E4: The Suitor, which aired on September 28, 1985. In this episode When Jamie's classmate Warren stops by the house, he becomes smitten with Vicky. But when Jamie tries to interfere in the relationship by programming Vicky with insults, Warren's feelings are hurt.

When Jamie tried to build a team the first time, she made some big mistakes that led to massive, expensive and stressful failure. She shares what went wrong and, in detail, what it really takes to build a powerful and efficient team, like she does now.   Need a Personal Brand Photographer? Check out Jamie's list of personally vetted photographers. Go to personalbrandphotographers.com!   If you enjoyed this episode, please follow Jamie: Subscribe to this podcast & leave a review! Sign up for Email Updates about the Podcast Follow her on Instagram Like the FB Page Join the Facebook Group   Mentioned in this episode: James Wedmore

When Jamie tried to build a team the first time, she made some big mistakes that led to massive, expensive and stressful failure. She shares what went wrong and, in detail, what it really takes to build a powerful and efficient team, like she does now.   Need a Personal Brand Photographer? Check out Jamie's list of personally vetted photographers. Go to personalbrandphotographers.com!   If you enjoyed this episode, please follow Jamie: Subscribe to this podcast & leave a review! Sign up for Email Updates about the Podcast Follow her on Instagram Like the FB Page Join the Facebook Group   Mentioned in this episode: James Wedmore

Watch the video of this podcast here. A Brief Intro to Jamie Hill Jamie Hill considers himself a dad (to three kids, two dogs, and two cats) first and a business owner second. He and his wife partnered together six years ago to purchase and operate iNovate Marketing, a web design and marketing agency. While it’s seen lots of success in that time, it wasn’t allowing Jamie to focus on his top priority very well. Before the Blueprint Like the influencers he follows (Gary Vaynerchuk and Grant Cardone), Jamie was all about the grind before signing up for the Blueprint course. As you can imagine, 16 hours of work a day, 3 hours of sleep every night, and making time for the family in between can only lead to one thing: Burnout. When Jamie first encountered WP Elevation, he worried that his business wasn’t the target audience as many of the webinars seemed to be geared towards freelancers and small agencies. His company, on the other hand, was well-established, had 20 or so employees, and was quite profitable at the time. But something had to change. After consulting with his wife, she wholeheartedly encouraged him to sign up for WP Elevation. Four years later, Jamie is now in a position where he’s able to slow down, step back from running the business, and take time to focus on his family… all while the company continues to be profitable. 100% Completion of the Blueprint Upon joining the Blueprint course, Jamie realized how complex all of the processes in his company were. Throughout the six-week program and with the help of the coaches, he was able to quickly implement about half of the material and bring major changes to the way his company was run. He then took time to complete the course and work with his team of designers to implement the changes that would drastically improve their workflows. As he explains in the podcast, the self-pacing of Blueprint is one of the best parts of the program. It allows you to take what you need from it at the right time. And, once you realise how beneficial the processes, organisational tips, and tools are, you’ll save a ton of time and money while making your life exponentially easier. A Valuable Lesson Learned One of the most common WordPress consultant fears is: “What will happen if I get sick or injured and I can’t work for some time?” Jamie says that a Mastermind workshop led by Troy helped him through this particular situation a year-and-a-half ago when he became too ill to work. He stepped away from the business for three months and left it in the hands of his team who effectively managed it on their own. Years ago, however, Jamie never would have been able to do this as he exerted tight control over his company and was too afraid to give his team the freedom to work on their own. As Troy explained, it’s important to let go and allow them to fail. If you can’t trust that they’ll pick themselves back up and fix their errors, how will they ever learn? The Community Jamie is one of our members who really thrives in the WP Elevation community. Not only is it a resource he trusts greatly and continues to learn from on a regular basis, but he actively seeks out opportunities to mentor freelancers trying to make big moves with their own businesses. Jamie’s Favorite Tools There are a number of tools from the program that have made a big impact on Jamie’s business. The bonus content dripped out during the course was immensely helpful (and a welcome addition since he found himself impatiently waiting for the next modules to arrive). He’s a big fan of the web auditing system for his marketing work. His wife and design team have adopted Beaver Builder as their go-to WordPress tool (having previously relied on Genesis and Divi). Wrap-Up As Troy often explains, it’s best to hire people who are smarter than you, rather than waste your time trying to learn something you’re not very good at. As such, Jamie has recently hired someone to manage the day-to-day of iNovate MarketingMarketing for him. It’s saved him money, time, and unnecessary headaches while enabling the company to provide better quality work to clients. With this free time, he aims to launch a white label process for small agency partners who need help delivering on marketing and SEO services to clients. We always love seeing what sort of passion projects the Blueprint has enabled our members to get involved in. This one, in particular, is very exciting as it will help many others in the WordPress community do better work and make more money in the process! P.S. We've created a 10% discount code for the listeners of the WPE podcast. Simply add the code GOELEVATE upon payment of the Blueprint course. The deal is valid until the 21st September 2018.

When Jamie hacks into the bank mainframe and steals a valuable diamond, the police come after him and his family. Oh no! Written and read by Onyeka Edited by Matt Hill

On Episode 66 of The Tennis Files Podcast, I spoke with WTA world #164 Jamie Loeb about her rise from the juniors to playing the biggest tournaments in the world. Jamie developed into a top junior, had a championship run at the University of North Carolina, and qualified for the US Open while still in college before turning pro full-time. Jamie is grinding it out on the tour and living the dream of traveling the world as a professional tennis player. I first met Jamie at the Player's Party at the Citi Open last month, along with her former teammate and friend Tessa. I remembered that my former assistant coach and teammate Ale Pedergnana is close friends with Jamie, and after a friendly chat and compliments on her dance moves, Jamie was nice enough to come onto the podcast. We chat about her keys to success on the pro tour, how she overcame the toughest moment in her career, how tough it is to survive financially as a pro, what racquets and strings she uses, tips for pros on how to improve your Instagram game, some great insights into how you can improve your tennis game, and much more. I've also added something new for the first time: a transcript of the interview. See below or click here to read the transcript! It was a pleasure speaking with Denis on the podcast, and I wish him all the best in his career. Let us know what you think about this episode in the comments below! Please let me know what you think about whether I should keep doing transcripts for the podcast! Based on your feedback, I'll decide whether to keep doing the transcripts or scrap it. It's an added cost (obviously), and I actually had this one automatically transcribed then fixed it up myself and it took a ton of time, so I'll have to figure out a better way if you want me to keep doing the transcripts. Thanks for your feedback! Time-Stamped Show Notes: [1:57] Jamie’s incredible dance moves [4:09] Breaking the myth about Jamie’s mom being her coach [5:43] How her family influenced her game growing up [7:25] When Jamie knew she wanted to turn pro [8:35] How Jamie’s sister Jenna won a state championship on a broken ankle [8:59] Her tennis role models [9:37] Three things that most of the world doesn’t know about Jamie Loeb [12:03] When Jamie started seriously training for tournaments [13:14] How many tournaments she played as a junior [14:02] Was burnout ever an issue as a junior player? [15:37] The decision to finish up high school online [17:30] Is high school tennis is a good training ground for serious junior tournament players, and potential improvements [19:30] Jamie’s experience training at the John McEnroe Tennis Academy [20:29] A typical day like at JMTA [21:30] Practice matches with John McEnroe and why he never does mini-tennis [24:45] Playing at the US Open in 2015 vs. Wozniacki after winning the American Collegiate Invitational College Tennis at UNC [27:23] Deciding to attend UNC instead of going pro full-time [30:47] What is your first memory of your college tennis career? [32:03] Elements of Jamie’s game she improved the most while at UNC [33:42] How to develop maximal focus and tunnel vision [36:57] The most important piece of advice her coach Brian gave her at UNC [39:51] How many days a week the team trained fitness vs on-court practice in the fall season, and how that changed in the spring [41:31] Deciding to leave school early to turn pro [42:30] Big differences between college tennis and the pro tour [43:59] Focusing on the dynamic warm-up [45:27] A typical day of training while on the tour [46:18] How much weight training is part of her fitness? [47:28] Traveling with a coach, and how frequently her coach joins her at tournaments Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Affiliate marketing is a powerful channel that reaches and influences consumers worldwide. On this episode, Steve introduces a special guest, Jamie Birch. Jamie is a world class expert in digital and affiliate marketing. He founded JEBCommerce and is constantly negotiating long-term profitable relationships inside and outside of the affiliate channel. Here are more awesome tidbits on today’s episode: How the book E-Myth Revisited influenced his entrepreneurship journey. Why affiliate marketing is not dead. What is a cash flow statement, how to fill it out and what is a P&L. The biggest thing Jamie learned in his business and how it has helped him grow his company. There are a lot of amazing lessons on this episode, so be sure to listen to know more about affiliate marketing and how it can help your business. Welcome to the Awesomers.com podcast. If you love to learn and if you're motivated to expand your mind and heck if you desire to break through those traditional paradigms and find your own version of success, you are in the right place. Awesomers around the world are on a journey to improve their lives and the lives of those around them. We believe in paying it forward and we fundamentally try to live up to the great Zig Ziglar quote where he said, "You can have everything in your life you want if you help enough other people get what they want." It doesn't matter where you came from. It only matters where you're going. My name is Steve Simonson and I hope that you will join me on this Awesomer journey. SPONSOR ADVERTISEMENT If you're launching a new product manufactured in China, you will need professional high-resolution Amazon ready photographs. Because Symo Global has a team of professionals in China, you will oftentimes receive your listing photographs before your product even leaves the country. This streamlined process will save you the time money and energy needed to concentrate on marketing and other creative content strategies before your item is in stock and ready for sale. Visit SymoGlobal.com to learn more. Because a picture should be worth one thousand keywords. You're listening to the Awesomers podcast. 01:15 (Steve introduces today’s guest, Jamie Birch) Steve: You are listening to Episode number 44 of the Awesomers.com podcast and, as always, you can just go to Awesomers.com/44 to find relevant show notes, details and even, sometimes, a link or two. Now, today, my very special guest is Jamie Birch and he is an absolute professional in digital marketing. I've known Jamie for a long, long time and we get into some of that story and his origin story in today's episode. But a little bit about Jamie is really, he describes himself as a father, a teacher and an entrepreneur. He's also kind of an affiliate manager at heart. That's kind of how we got a start. But he founded over time a company called, JEBCommerce, and that has led him into all kinds of activities. When Jamie first started at Coldwater Creek, which is a top five national women's apparel retailer, he took it to an affiliate channel, was doing several thousand dollars a month to a thirty-five million dollar a year channel for them. That's how powerful affiliate marketing can be when it's done right. Over time, as the Manager for SEO and SEM campaigns, he pioneered performance-based relationship outside of even affiliate marketing and he's always been about negotiating long-term profitable relationships inside and outside of the affiliate channel; and, that basis of philosophy and experience is what he built JEBCommerce. Now, he's all about helping his clients and building the company. You're going to find out lots of fun, facts and details about how that channel works. I can't wait for you to get a listen to this episode. Thanks for joining us today! Steve: Hey Awesomers! Welcome back. It’s Steve Simonson and guess what?

For any Catholic parish, a Fish Fry cooks up fun and some revenue during the season of Lent. At Holy Redeemer in the St. Louis suburb of Webster Groves, a portion of that green potential is being invested in Green education-by-example, led by two Moms.                Jamie Hasemeier, Earthworms guest (pictured right, photo by Dave Leuking), came to "Holy" with strong personal environmental values. She wants to contribute in every way to a healthy world for her four children - and for her fellow humans everywhere. When Jamie teamed with fellow Mom Lisa Reed, who runs the church's annual Fish Fry, she worked through several cycles of Lent to cook sustainability into those events. Students educate guests about low-waste eating as they direct diners to correctly recycle and compost. Results of these efforts included less than 2 bags of landfill trash from each of 2017's Fish Fry evenings - that each served over 750. Green efforts continue growing! Features in the St. Louis Review, an archdiocesan publication, and the St. Louis Green Dining Alliance blog helped boost attendance in 2017, when these dinners went Compostable. Trays going into yellow Compost bins are not Styrofoam - they are plastics made from plants. Other parishes are acting on the Holy Redeemer Green example, set by Mothers who love Earth - and act on their faith. Music: Rearview, performed live at KDHX by Belle Star THANKS to Anna Holland, Earthworms skillful, tasteful engineer Related Earthworms Conversations: Laudato Si, understanding Care for Our Common Home, with Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help (January 2016) Dr. Peter Raven, science advisor to Pope Francis' Climate Change encyclical (June 2015)

Jamie Manning is an Unbundled Attorney out of Columbus, OH who has a background working with the Legal Aid Society. When working with her legal aid clients she often only had a limited amount of time to help them with their case. As a result, she developed unique and creative teaching tools that would simply the court process for her clients and were very effective at helping them understand how to properly handle their case. When Jamie launched her own practice, she implemented many of these strategies during her client consultations and when providing unbundled legal services. Today she joins us to share the fundamentals of effective legal coaching. She provides guidelines for how to structure and bill for your coaching calls, tips to help clients remember and apply your advice, and the important points to include during each coaching session. Jamie is also a Christian lawyer and discusses how to communicate with Christian clients and people of faith to help them overcome their apprehension about filing for divorce.

Oh Friends, I’ve been dying to share this episode with you! Today on the show I’m pleased to welcome Jamie Clinard, who owns the shop Saturday Morning Pancakes. She creates adorable t-shirts for moms and kids inspired by 90s hip hop. You’ll have to head to the show notes to check out Jamie’s hilarious and so adorable shirts. What makes this interview so exciting and so incredible is that by digging into Facebook and Instagram ads last summer, Jamie has taken her business from being a nice hobby ($500-$1,000 a month in income) to hitting $1 Million in sales in March of 2017! She told me she’s on track to do $2.6 Million for her business this year(!!!) Listen Now And, no, Jamie didn’t start teaching others how to grow a business to get these amazing results. She doesn’t have all these hidden revenue streams or $1,000 products she’s selling. She just dug deep and focused on her t-shirt shop. Jamie got busy serving her customers well, finding new customers, creating ads, testing audiences, and scaling what’s working. That’s all she’s done, and she’s hit $1M in sales! When Jamie reached out to me to tell me what a difference Facebook ads have made in her business, I was seriously stunned!!   Now I KNOW Facebook ads work, but to go from a hobby biz to a 7-figure biz in less than a year?! They’re even more powerful than I realized! I hope you will listen to this interview with an open mind. Don’t set up barriers for yourself and think, “well, Jamie must have something special that I don’t.” Or “Jamie just got lucky.” Or “Great for Jamie, but this won’t work for me.” I want you to know Jamie is a SAHM, just like me and just like you. She grew her business in the margins. She was tinkering with ads during naptime and bedtime, and her business started taking off! In fact, after the first month when business really exploded, she had to turn her ads off because she was getting SO much business. She took the time to hire the right employees, set up the right systems, and then she turned the ads back on for massive growth! I hope hearing from Jamie will get you excited at what’s possible when you use Facebook ads to grow your business! 4:00 - A Shop That Started...Thanks To Pancakes! Jamie is also a mom of two kids, a 4-year-old girl and 18-month-old little boy. She worked in gang prevention before she got pregnant. She loved her work, but when she was expecting her daughter, her family decided it was time to pursue something different. There’s so much negativity in the world that Jamie wanted to find an outlet to bring more light and laughter to people. Jamie has always been a fan of 90’s rap and hip hop. In college she created a playlist called ‘Saturday Morning Pancakes’ to crank up every Saturday morning while she made pancakes for her roommates. They were the kinds of songs you just HAD to dance to! So when she thought about a company name, that was the first thing that popped into her mind. She thought about how funny it would be to incorporate hip hop phrases into kids clothing… turning something “tough” into something funny and cute. And it worked! People loved it. Saturday Morning Pancakes has taken off. (Just wait until you hear the behind the scenes!) 7:24 - Best Seller From The Beginning Jamie’s first tee design is actually still her best seller -‘Regulators Mount Up’. The song is so popular and well-known, but the twist of the kid tricycle is just so funny. That’s why Jamie thinks the tee has sold well. 8:40 - Crazy Business Growth...Thanks to Facebook Ads! We’ve been hinting a lot about Jamie’s crazy growth, let’s get to it! Until the summer of 2016, Jamie was doing everything for her business -- from the screen printing and shipping, to the marketing and designing, in her garage - with two kids in the house! Something snapped in Jamie and she wanted more from her business. With that motivation, she started researching Facebook ads, Instagram marketing, and email newsletters. It was pretty overwhelming to tackle all at once! So Jamie decided to pick one method and roll with it. It was around this time that Jamie found FB Brilliance. She was in a PR-focused group called Cupcake Magazine. She asked if anyone knew anything about Facebook Ads, and a member directed her to Brilliant Business Moms! She found us thanks to that group, and joined our course. It took Jamie two months to get through the content with two little ones at home, but it was exciting! She kept pushing past the tech hurdles and tougher parts of mastering ads, and she finally got her ads up and running! Jamie’s first ads were okay, but once she sat down and thought about her customer, it all started to come together. Jamie started thinking about all of the websites she would visit online, and all the interests she had, and she used that to narrow in on her targeting and show her ads to the right people. She started testing a few audiences at once, and things really started snowballing! As Jamie’s sales started to grow in a big way, her husband finally told her, “You need to turn off the ads!” She got so many orders that it was almost scary! She knew she couldn’t continue to run the business on her own. Jamie and her husband sat down together to refocus, and make a plan. Jamie hired a fantastic college girl to help her with shipping, and the business kept growing the more she scaled her ads. It was really fun...and addicting! After a few growth spurts, Jamie was able to get some warehouse space and hire even more staff to handle fulfillment and shipping. With all this growth, Jamie is still really involved in her business. She does all her Facebook ads and product design herself, but she has a team that helps her ship, and a company that helps her screenprint her tees. 13:20 - Nobody Can Nail The Heart Of Your Brand Like You Can Jamie tried hiring an ad agency to help with Facebook ads, because she thought there might be a lot of information she didn’t know. But… the ad agency totally bombed! They were targeting all sorts of strange interests and creating ads that just didn’t resonate with Jamie’s ideal customers. This experience helped Jamie realize she REALLY was the person who knew her business best! At the end of the day, a big fancy ad agency can’t capture what makes your business unique as much as you can. No one else has that special sauce! In our case Ellen, our team member, is perfect at making ads exactly how I envision them. Jamie also has an awesome team member  Carli, who is their Social Media Manager and always hits the nail on the head with her funny posts. Jamie’s first hire was her General Manager, Jenn, who is in charge of all operations. (To meet her entire, awesome team, just visit their about page!) It is scary to let go, but oftentimes letting go in some areas will allow you to grow! Isn’t it hard to be a mom and CEO? 16:00 - Tips For Hiring A Team We always recommend hiring for personality. That really matters! Jamie has found that her customers really connect with her team! They love getting to see them in action. Her team shares hilarious videos on Instagram stories, and Jamie loves it when fans write to her saying, ‘Your Team Is So Cute!’. 16:50 - Just HOW Big Did She Grow? To give you a sense of how much Jamie’s business has grown: she has 9 employees, a shared warehouse with an aftermarket company, and a shared space with a non-profit. Her business is bringing in six figures each month. “I never thought this was possible in my LIFE! I didn’t even think six figures in a YEAR was achievable!” 18:14 - Crushing Business Goals at SMP Okay, so I have to go on a little rant here. A lot of us mompreneurs receive patronizing comments on a regular basis: ‘“Oh honey, your cute little business” - that kind of thing. And it’s so frustrating! All of us are capable of six figure years and more!! We need to ignore the patronizers who think we just have a cute hobby. Our businesses can be so much more than that if we want them to be! In fact, Saturday Morning Pancakes is already a seven-figure company! (That’s still a goal of ours here at Brilliant Business Moms!) When Jamie hit a million in sales for the year, she was so in the grind trying to make sure everything was working, that she almost missed the milestone! (It happened in March of this year!) Once she realized that her company had surpassed seven figures, she and her husband did have a celebratory beer on the couch, and kept on working hard. “I would say to myself, ‘It’s working! It’s working! I hope it keeps working!’ I kept thinking I would wake up one morning and the ads would suddenly not work.” So far, Jamie’s business just keeps on growing, and now, she’s got a huge base of happy customers who will continue to come back and buy from her again and again! 21:00 - Why You Shouldn’t Set an Ads Budget So you ladies might freak when you hear how much Jamie is spending on ads, but stick with us to hear her ROI! Jamie determines how much to put into a given ad set (a particular audience that she’s showing a particular ad to) based on whether she’s getting sales for $6 or less from that ad set. If a couple of days go by and Jamie’s cost per sale is much higher than $6, she’ll turn off that ad set. And if she’s getting sales conversions for as little as $1 to $2 each, she will scale those ads aggressively! At first, Jamie started with ads for 2 t-shirt designs, and tested 5 different audiences per shirt. These days, she’ll often have 7 different ads going to 7-10 ad sets (audiences) inside each campaign. Jamie never caps her budget. If your ads are doing well, and earning you profitable sales, don’t limit your success by capping! Early on Jamie and her husband DID experience some moments of panic: “Oh my gosh! We’re spending $500 a day on ads!” In March, when they hit 7 figures, they probably spent $1,000 a day - and made $5,000 or more back in sales on that same day. Again, she always bases her spend off of her conversion metric:  $6 sales conversions or less = scale up baby! You might have some growing pains at first, but if you’re making profitable sales and can fill your orders, keep scaling! Hint: This is EXACTLY how we do things here at Brilliant Business Moms too, and I never would have hit six figures so quickly without this strategy! (And, yes, Jamie checks on her ads at least 3 times a day to make sure they’re still profitable :) 24:05 - A Great Big Ads Mistake Since Jamie is earning such a great profit from her ads already, one day of having a loss with her ads would be a bummer, but it wouldn’t end her business or anything! And of course, Jamie has setbacks or days when the ads perform less well than others. Jamie told me about the time when she meant to increase an ad set budget to $50 a day, but accidentally changed it to $5,000 per day! She didn’t catch the mistake for almost 3 hours!!! Eeek!!! Sales went through the roof, but she DOES NOT recommend this method! Her cost per sales  conversion was $30 each, so Jamie was losing a bit of money on each sale. Thankfully she caught her mistake quickly enough and didn’t spend the entire $5,000! It was more like $300, with some sales thrown in to recoup most of those costs. Jamie’s story totally cracks me up, because it sounds like something I would do! We all have goof-ups, but usually they’re just opportunities for growth and knowing what not to do next time :) 25:30 - Why Spending Big Can Mean Big Profits It’s easy to spend $1,000 a day when you’re getting profitable sales. In Jamie’s case, if she’s spent $30,000 on ads in a month, she’s made about $100,000 in sales that month - or more! Jamie says she’s getting back 3x her Facebook ad investment. If for every dollar I give Facebook they give me back three or four dollars in return? Well, I’ll keep giving them dollars all day long! Cause here’s the thing:  You can decide not to spend money on ads and work your buns off to earn $10,000 month all on your own. And I know you can do it!   But think about all the extra cash Jamie gets in the door from ads. She’s working the same amount as that solopreneur bringing in $10,000/month, but in Jamie’s case, she’s bringing in $70,000/month after she accounts for her ad spend. Even if you then factor in her growing team and say, half of those profits go to expenses, Jamie’s still coming out way ahead at $35,000/month in her pocket.  (This is just a general example for you to see why ads can be amazing for your business!) “It felt like magic,” Jamie said. Scaling Facebook ads for massive sales can be easy when you have a great product and you know your target market really well. And the more ads you run, the better you get at knowing what your customers will respond to! 26:50 - Campaign Structure Most of Jamie’s campaigns are optimized for conversions and then she chooses the purchase event. Facebook is so good at optimizing whatever action you tell them to! I’ve started optimizing for purchases with my $15 mini classes. I can show my ads to a cold audience, get super affordable purchases, and get a 2-3x ROI on my ad spend. And here’s a quick tip! Facebook has a neat resource called Facebook Blueprint. Sometimes they’ll do mini classes to help your ads experience. The teaching style is a bit robotic, but sometimes the instructors will totally nerd out and give you insider info! This is a recent tip I learned inside a Facebook Blueprint class:  People who are strong clickers are different than strong converters. Some people assume a traffic campaign will be enough -- just to get clicks and eyes on their site. But there’s way more competition for those clickers. And the clickers aren’t necessarily the same people who will convert into a customer. Just something to keep in mind as you run ads. 29:10 - Getting Started With Facebook Ads So what did Jamie’s first ad look like and how did it do? Her first ad was...also her worst ad! The very first ad Jamie ran was a promo saying they hit 10,000 followers on Instagram. She had 30 Facebook followers at the time. Needless to say, the results weren’t great! After taking our course, Jamie’s first ‘real’ ad was for one of her adult tee shirts that read ‘But First Gangsta Rap’ with a selfie of her wearing it. She was targeting cold audiences as she hadn’t quite figured out lookalike audiences just yet. But her sales were profitable! Jamie says she tried targeting from every angle to narrow in on her ideal customers, and probably 90% of the audiences she tested were not successful, but the 10% that were she threw everything at them and made massive sales! Jamie’s purchase pixel was already in place to track those sales and measure exactly how much it was costing her per sale for a given audience she was targeting. 31:05 - How Much Should You Spend to Know if it’s Working? Some of Jamie’s audiences convert immediately, low and quickly. Those are the ones she pushes money towards. Some audiences have no sales for 3 days, but all of a sudden they take off like wildfire. Jamie gives each ad set about 3 days at $5 a day before calling it quits. And if she has a gut feeling to push one audience a bit further, she’ll go with it! The more you run ads, the more you’ll get a feel for what’s worth hanging onto and what you can stop on day 1 because you just KNOW it’s not going to work out! 32:33 - First Month Ad Results Jamie can describe her results best by growth. She started advertising after finishing FB Brilliance in August. She experienced an immediate growth in sales of 500%. It was fast! And she instantly became a crazy person with Facebook ads. She really wanted to push things off the ground. She was researching audiences and checking her ads every 6 hours. “You can’t give up right away if it doesn’t go well,” Jamie cautions. She went through about 20 audiences before one worked. But once it worked, it REALLY WORKED. I still remember Jamie emailing me at the end of last August telling me about her month of 17k in sales! Things took off for her really quickly because she was constantly testing and tweaking her ads strategy! The selfie with her tee shirt was her only ad she was running at the time, but then she created ads for her ‘Regulators’ kid tee. Facebook tends to like women’s shirts better than their kids’ shirts, which is interesting! 34:40 - Way to go Facebook! I see Jamie’s ads in my Instagram feed all the time! I’m someone who sees a product I love, and I will buy it right away! Way to go Facebook, very smart with the targeting ;) The Facebook pixel is seriously awesome, you guys. They will go out and find people who will give you sales at the most affordable rate! 35:50 - Mind Blown With Lookalike Audiences Delving into Lookalike audiences really blew Jamie away. She did a lookalike audience based on her website visitors at first. Then she created an audience based on people who watched a marketing video SMP produced. Jamie has created lookalikes of people who have visited certain pages on her website, and a lookalike of her customers. You can get really deep with it! It’s amazing what Facebook can do! 36:31 - So Many Lookalike Options! I, Beth Anne, am currently running ads to build my email list. Let me give you an idea of how many lookalike audiences I’m leveraging: I have a lookalike of everyone on my email list I have lookalikes of people who have visited certain blog posts I have a value-based lookalike (which is a new feature Facebook rolled out where they take all your customer data and try to find people who will spend the most with you!) I have general customer lookalikes I have lookalikes of webinar signups You can do so many things with lookalikes, and the coolest part is, no one else’s lookalike will be just like yours - so you’ve got all these killer audiences of millions of people that only you can really target to! (Ok not exactly but… you won’t be competing person-for-person the way you would with an interest-based  audience!) 37:20 - Are Lookalikes the Best Performers? Or Interest-Based Audiences? Cold traffic sometimes will perform better than lookalikes for Jamie! If the shirt she’s advertising has been around a while, then cold traffic audiences are better. If it’s a new shirt she’s introducing to her audience, lookalikes or retargeting ads are best. One caveat:  sometimes Jamie finds that her ads will suddenly stop performing. What she’ll have to do then is change up a new picture and post text for the same shirt, reset the ad, and the sales turn back on. This is all part of being a savvy business owner! 38:36 - Jamie’s Best Ads Let’s have a look at some of the best ads Jamie has run. The first ‘But First Gangster Rap’ Tee, featuring her daughter’s preschool teacher! Image: Selfie type of photo that moms relate to. It’s totally cool, casual mom style! Copy: Coffee is great, but for reals, though. Nothing gets our day started quite like a little Biggie Smalls, am I right? Get free shipping with promo code → GRFreeShip Grab yours here -> Bitly Link 40:20 - Talking To Your Audience Like a Friend I love how conversational, casual, and fun Jamie’s ad is! This is how you would share about t-shirt you really like with a friend. That’s why it resonates so much with people. Jamie says she doesn’t want her company to feel like a big name brand. Saturday Morning Pancakes include gifs and memes in all of her emails. Jamie responds best when she can laugh with someone and, let’s be honest, who doesn’t!? 41:11 - Another Winning Ad Copy: First Gansta Rap. Then Coffee. Then I do the things. Grab this super soft gangster rap tee and turn your cold, cozy mornings into hip hop awesomeness. Get your free shipping code here → GRFreeShip And if you remember back to Melissa Kaiserman’s episode, she also said her customers don’t often use her free shipping codes! They just love the product!  It’s nice to include coupon codes, but don’t be surprised if most of your new customers don’t use them! 42:57 - Pricing Tees Jamie charges $31 for an adult tee and $21 for her kids sizes. So again, people aren’t coming to her for cheap tees, but they are coming to her for these hilarious and fabulous products that tell the world what they’re all about! Another factor in pricing the tees is that they’re sourced with high quality fabric, which makes her costs higher. Don’t be afraid to charge what you’re worth, and of course, leave enough wiggle room so you can afford to pay to acquire a new customer.  THAT’S how you scale up a business! 44:00 - Has Manufacturing Changed? Does Jamie screenprint her own shirts? SMP does work with a screenprinter now, due to the quantity. There’s just too many to do on her own! But Jamie does still screenprint a few of her shirts. During Christmas of 2016, Jamie was still screenprinting 60% of her tees, and her heating element went out! She was desperate for a solution, and even tried baking her tees in her oven! Jamie says she was desperate to make things work and not keep her customers waiting! 45:46 - Another Ad This ad is a flat lay of a t-shirt that says ‘You're The Wu To my Tang’ with a cute pair of sunglasses and cut-off jean shorts. Copy: GREAT NEWS! We are now offering our Wu Tang tees in another color! Woot woot for Wu Tang! Grab yours here: (bitly link to the shop page) Get 10% OFF with the code WuTang. (And shocker again! Not a lot of people are using the 10% off coupon!) 46:22 - What’s Working For Jamie Right Now Jamie has a great product that appeals to a specific niche. She’s always testing marketing. What else is working for her right now? “Build a community! People know when they're being sold to,” Jamie says. “I love my customers, and I’m sure we’d all be best friends if we had the chance!” I know just like Jamie, you and your customers are passionate about all the same things. You all have a story. Jamie has extended her branding and connection to her customers all the way down to the packaging of her products! Everything she does is light and fun! If you’re just trying to make a quick buck, people will know. Your business should be community-oriented. 48:00 - Loyal Customers Jamie says she’s always had a strong, loyal customer base. About 70% of her customers are new this year because she’s just growing like crazy. But once she earns a customer, they ARE repurchasing! This is why even if you can just break even on ads but get a bunch of loyal customers for years to come, it's worth it! 50:04 - Jamie’s Adorable Mom Moment You’ll have to listen for this adorable burn from Jamie’s 4-year-old daughter! I was cracking up! 51:20 - FB Brilliance is Opening its Doors Again! Was that not incredible hearing from Jamie!? Here’s the exciting news: If you’re ready to dig into Facebook and Instagram just like Jamie did and explode your business growth, I’m opening the doors to my course on Facebook advertising, FB Brilliance, this month! The doors will open Thursday, September 21st and they will ONLY be open for a week. I will close the doors Wednesday, September 27th - and that’s it, friends! I won’t re-open the course til next April. But I don’t want you to wait 7 months to learn a strategy that will get you the biggest bang for your buck and help you scale your business like Jamie did. In the meantime, I’m running a scholarship program from Tuesday, September 12th - Saturday, September 16th. This scholarship will be hosted inside my new Facebook group FB Ads For Brilliant Mamas. Five motivated ladies who submit their answers to all 5 assignments I give during my lessons will receive lifetime access to FB Brilliance, for free! You want to be in this group, and you WANT to be eligible for this scholarship by completing our totally doable assignments. And if you’re not sure about FB Brilliance, you still want to be in the group because you’ll learn a lot from my live sessions! (Jamie is also going to make a surprise appearance in the group towards the end of September!) Don’t hold yourself back! I know you can do it! Even if you have doubts that you can succeed, we will all be there to rally around you and help! And you can still grab our cheat sheet, 10 Things You Need to Know Before You Run Your First Ad right here: brilliantbusinessmoms.com/facebookadscheatsheet Keep In Touch With Jamie SaturdayMorningPancakes.com  

On Wednesday of this week, I joined host Jamie Liddell (Editor in Chief at Outsource Magazine) and fellow panelists Kate Vitasek (Vested) and Don Ryan (KPMG) on this month’s Outsource Talks Q&A webinar. During the webinar, I answered questions from Jamie related to the current challenges that CPO’s are facing, and the evolution (and future) of procurement outsourcing.  My favorite was a question on how I would structure the sourcing organization if a Fortune 50 company with a huge budget came knocking at my door! When Jamie approached me to be a panelist on Outsourcing Talks, I thought it would be fun if we continued the discussion on the Art of Procurement.  So in today’s show, I turn the tables on Jamie and put him in the hot seat!  In the webinar, it was suggested that technological change will lead to a revolution in the way organizations access business services.  I ask Jamie if this is hype, or reality.  We also discuss the ongoing implications of Brexit, and I ask Jamie if his perspective has changed since he wrote passionately against Brexit the morning after the vote. For more information, visit: http://artofprocurement.com/outsourcetalks 

From the minute you start chatting with Jamie Samples, one thing is clear: she is one-of-a-kind! Jamie truly stands out in a world that tells us all to be the same. She's a country girl at heart, an animal lover, and a firm believer that we'd all be better off if we did business like our grandpa's!  Jamie has tons of wisdom to share on setting yourself apart with both the niche you choose and the way you choose to market. She has such a crystal clear understanding not just of what her target market needs from her, but how they need for her to reach them. You won't want to miss hearing from this brilliant lady - she's full of wisdom, kindness, and wit! On The Podcast 01:05 - Get To Know Jamie02:50 - Niche Down, Niche Down!05:27 - Understanding The Horsing Industry06:24 - Rebranding, Risk Taking, And Diving In09:22 - Failing Forward, Jamie’s Personal ‘Learning Opportunity’13:36 - Affiliate Marketing And Authenticity15:58 - Thinking Like A General Contractor18:39 - Facebook or Twitter? Depends On Your Goals21:08 - Send Out Cards, A Brilliant Tip!25:26 - Social Media Advice For Business Beginners26:52 - Jamie’s Little Cowboy Press Play on the Podcast Player Below to Hear from Jamie Samples of Yellow Barn Media Get To Know Jamie Jamie lives in Michigan with her husband, Eddie, and son, Edison, whom they adopted through the foster care system. As you might expect, Jamie’s family also includes many four-legged friends: a horse, a miniature donkey, two dogs, and a handful of indoor cats! In 2008 Jamie started her “little, bitty business”, unsure of where it would go. Today, Yellow Barn Media is a solid source of income and provides for her family. Niche Down, Niche Down! Jamie considers herself a bit of a social butterfly, which made the advent of Facebook and social media especially exciting for her. Having a background in network marketing, Jamie wondered how social media could enhance her work. She started playing around with Facebook, then began to strategically use Facebook in her business. Jamie casually coached others on how to use Facebook for business, and she did it for free. Friends noticed that Jamie lit up when talking about social media marketing and suggested that she should start charging for her coaching sessions. She took their advice and formed a business. For a while, Jamie worked a full time job and did social media coaching as a side gig. Another wise mentor told her that if she wanted to bring her passion to the next level, she should niche down. He asked her, “What could you see yourself doing for the rest of your life? What do you have a ton of knowledge about?” For Jamie, it’s horses. Jamie rebranded her business to Yellow Barn Media and ramped up to take the equestrian world by social media storm. Understanding The Horsing Industry You Brilliant Business Moms already know that businesses offer one of two things: Products Services The equestrian industry is no different. In the equestrian world, you might see services like horse trainers or products like saddles. (Though Jamie notes in the horse industry, most businesses are product based and use e-commerce platforms.)  Once you’ve immersed yourself in a given industry, the number of products and services are endless. This is a great perspective to keep in mind when creating a niche business model! Rebranding, Risk Taking, And Diving In Focusing exclusively on the horse industry was scary for Jamie. But after much thought and prayer, she knew it was the right thing to do. She admits that changing anything in business is a risk. But what greatness comes from playing it safe? Jamie had a great strategy for breaking into a new niche: Get face-to-face. Knowing her marketing dollars were limited, Jamie focused exclusively on getting face-to-face with horse industry businesses. Attend industry events. In the time before she became a mom, she traveled to horse expos in order to make a strong first impression. Dressed to impress, Jamie would visit the different booths and talk to business owners about their needs and her services. Offer to speak and resource share. Jamie offered to speak for free at these events and provided a wealth of free information; a brilliant move! Be gutsy! Jamie’s marketing model was simply to dive in headfirst, getting in front of as many people as possible. She did her best and prayed clients would hire her. And it worked! Jamie hasn’t gained clients herself via social media, as she’s observed the majority of the horse industry doesn’t know they need the help! We think it’s very astute of Jamie to know her target market so well. Failing Forward, Jamie’s Personal ‘Learning Opportunity’ Over the last couple of months, Jamie has hit a second crossroad in her business. Once again, it's time for her to reevaluate her business model and make some adjustments. Talking about failures - or perceived failures - is admittedly uncomfortable. But Jamie is a firm believer that our would-be failures are actually marvelous learning opportunities. Whether you’ve been in business for 6 months or 16 years, Jamie says solopreneurs need to understand that failures are nothing to be ashamed of. Jamie shares a very personal example of a business ‘learning opportunity’ she recently experienced. She developed a marketing course for her business - complete with 9 videos, and targeted the course for the horse industry. She invested resources to hire a videographer and produced a snazzy, informative, killer piece of content. This video marketing series was exactly the resource that the horse industry needed! Jamie launched the course at an affordable rate of $47 and waited. The response was dismal. Jamie only sold 2 courses, which didn’t come close to paying for her investment. Jamie so believed in the importance of this piece of content she produced, that she was still committed to getting it in front of as many people as possible. She decided to give away the course, completely free. Jamie stretched her dollars and paid $600 to advertise on the cover of a top industry magazine reaching 6,000 subscribers. You would think her opt-ins would have skyrocketed, right? Wrong. Only 12 people picked up Jamie’s course. Jamie was beyond disappointed. She was actually angry! Jamie knew without a doubt that this course was desperately needed by her target market, but she couldn’t even give this valuable information away. After talking with her wise business mentor, Jamie realized that the horse industry just wasn’t ready for the social media services she was providing. So she has begun to brainstorm a new niche where her social media marketing savvy might be more welcome. What about the video course? Jamie was so proud of the content that she wanted others to be able to use it. As part of that testing the waters to see what’s next, Jamie decided to continue giving away her video-based social media course. Brilliant Business Moms can access it right here. (Isn't Jamie so nice?!) Affiliate Marketing And Authenticity Jamie is confident that a new niche for her business will appear soon. She has an excellent customer base already, and is excited to see what comes next. Personally, we think Jamie should try more affiliate marketing! She’s a killer affiliate partner for the Brilliant Business Planner. Her networking skills are crazy good and she has a knack for authentically recommending products. Jamie’s dad gave her this piece of advice: “Connect yourself with the right people for the right reasons.” When Jamie shares a product with her audience, they know she’s not trying to be salesy; she’s simply trying to connect them with a good tool. That authenticity and integrity is an invaluable combination, if you ask us. Thinking Like A General Contractor In her consulting meetings, Jamie found that what her clients needed wasn’t necessarily help with social media, they needed a complete marketing overhaul. Poorly designed websites, crummy logos, and zero marketing collateral was sinking their businesses. Jamie knew she didn’t have the skill set to help clients in each of those areas. And so rather than hurry around trying to learn each skill herself, she brought on others who were experts in these fields. Jamie has connected with a team of amazing people who all work together to help her clients succeed. Jamie has found the analogy of a general contractor to be helpful. Like a contractor, she partners with experts who are smarter than her to build different pieces of a customer’s proverbial marketing ‘building’. Thanks to the nimbleness of online work, Jamie was able to build out a virtual team and doesn’t necessarily need to see her employees face-to-face. Facebook or Twitter? Depends On Your Goals What’s the most powerful social media platform according to this social media expert? Facebook. For most business owners, Jamie says Facebook is an incredibly powerful tool. Perfect to get the job done. Though the days of organic reach are gone, with the right strategy Facebook is the tool to help business owners reach their intended audience. But what about for Jamie’s business? Is it the same story? Reaching her target market with Yellow Barn Media, Jamie has actually found that more personal connections have been the most successful way to build her B2B company. Because the horse industry isn’t quite as in tune with online connections, she has had great success using physical mail to reach her clients that don’t spend a lot of time on social media. The old fashioned call and card has done the trick. Jamie’s goals are unique, though. She needs to both find clients and get social media influencers to recognize her work. To get in front of those influencers, Jamie has found Twitter to be her secret weapon. Send Out Cards, A Brilliant Tip! Handwritten notes are decidedly Old School, but that personal touch is seriously lacking in today’s business. Jamie’s brilliant tip is to use a service called Send Out Cards. Perfect for busy business moms, Send Out Cards is an online platform that allows you to mail physical cards with personalized messages to customers. They offer thousands of cards to choose from, and many personalization options. Jamie says she could share numerous success stories of wowing clients with a personal card and a box of brownies, all for under $4 and done in 2 minutes time. Absolutely brilliant! While social media and email marketing are Jamie’s passions, she understands the power of doing business the old way. In fact, she thinks businesses may experience more success if they were to learn from our grandparents’ generation. Jamie is planning on experimenting with mailing a physical newsletter to clients. She wants to test the strategy and see if it sets her apart, especially when marketing to business clients who aren’t as active as they should be on social media. (Reminds Sarah of Amy Dacyczyn and The Tightwad Gazette!) Social Media Advice For Business Beginners Jamie has two simple pieces of advice for business beginners: Be Consistent Be Yourself The number of social platforms and tools are endless, but to be compelling on any of them you must have a clear sense of who you are and use those platforms consistently. Test and measure to see what works and what doesn’t, then adjust accordingly. Jamie’s Little Cowboy Jamie’s son Edison is 20 months old and already showing an interest in the equestrian life, much to mom’s delight! Jamie thinks it’s absolutely adorable that her son will run through the house with treats in his hand asking for ‘Bubba’, the family’s horse, all day long. Could Edison be saddling up to the life of a cowboy? Maybe so! Find Jamie Online! Site: YellowBarnMedia.comFacebook: Yellow Barn MediaTwitter: @joyfuljamiePinterest: Yellow Barn MediaInstagram: Yellow Barn Media

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Both Mike and Jamie are part of the Olympus Visionary Program. Aside from their photographic works Mike and Jamie run a weekly podcast and blog called Mirrorless Minutes. As you may have guessed Mirrorless Minutes is a photographers online resource specifically focused on the use of Mirrorless cameras. As the Mirrorless camera gains more attention so does the need to learn better photography with it and that is where Mike and Jamie come in providing their visitors with information and inspiration. Jamie: Olympus Trailblazer Jamie MacDonald is a nature and stock photographer living in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. Jamie is the founder of the Mirrorless Minutes website and podcast, as well as a contributor the several popular photography blogs such as the Borrowlenses.com blog and SteveHuffPhoto.com. Jamie’s work has been featured in several international ad campaigns for Olympus Imaging North America, and can be seen on popular websites such as Phobolographer.com and the 500px blog. When Jamie is not out shooting he can often be found camping with his wife and two sons, or leading photography workshops and photowalks throughout Michigan. Jamie says that he is, “motivated to teach people capture what they see, and to see what others do not.” Mike: Mike commonly finds his inspiration on the streets of his hometown, Detroit, Michigan, specializing in street and urban photography. As the newest Olympus Trailblazer in the Olympus Visionary Program, Mike first caught the eye of Olympus through his work with Out of Chicago and his “Shoot Light, Shoot Often” philosophy. Over the last five years, he has worked with the Detroit Metro Convention Bureau, covering events and taking headshots for a Fortune 500 company, and shooting sports photography. Mike has shared his love of street photography by teaching and leading groups on urban photography in the Detroit area as well as out of state. When Mike isn’t behind a camera, he is in front of the camera serving as co-host of the biweekly video podcast, Mirrorless Minutes. Mike is passionate about what can be accomplished with the Olympus Micro Four Thirds systems, using the OM-D E-M1 for his outdoor shooting exploits.

Welcome the newest episode of Dark Discussions, your place for the discussion of horror film, fiction, and all that’s fantastic. Festival circuits have brought numerous independent and foreign films to the attention of both genre fans and in some cases distribution companies. Some movies that got incredible buzz in the past were You're Next, The Lords of Salem, and Red, White, and Blue to just name a handful. Last year there were two films that were overwhelmingly given fantastic reviews before the masses were even able to see them. One was the Australian film Babadook and the other was a small Michigan made film entitled It Follows. When Jamie, a young woman, decides to consummate her relationship with her boyfriend, she suddenly discovers that something or someone is following her. No matter where she goes, she isn't able to escape from the ever present "it". Soon she recruits her friends and sister to help her flee from this unwanted threat. Yet she begins to wonder if she will ever be safe again. Written and directed by David Robert Mitchell, It Follows was to get a limited release on Friday the 13th in March 2015 but after it made over six figures in four theaters, the film's VOD release was dropped and eventually the film has expanded to over 1,600 theaters in the US alone. It Follows, one of the most highly anticipated horror films in years, is now reviewed by Dark Discussions. Will they agree with what author Kristi Petersen Schoonover says is "the best thing I've seen in years"? Listen and find out. As always we welcome your comments: darkdiscussions@aol.com (written email or attached mp3 files) WWW.DARKDISCUSSIONS.COM

This week Marie and Eric welcome Author Jamie Davis and Co-Author Sam Queen to discuss some of our favorite places we'd love to visit and investigate. Haunted Asylums, Prisons and Sanitoriums. We'll be talking about their book and discussing some of the more famous haunted locations like Alcatraz, Moundsville, Mandsfield Reformatory, Waverly Hills and more. It's sure to be a hair raising adventure as we get set to explore these buildings that were host to tragedy and negative history. "Haunted Asylums, Prisons and Sanitoriums" Explore frightening ghost stories and true paranormal encounters at ten well-known, haunted institutions across the United States. This unique collection of investigations is filled with terrifying photos, spooky highlights from on-site tours, and historical information about each location. Jamie Davis is a writer, traveler, and investigator of lost things. She lives in Savannah, Georgia. Sam Queen is a lifelong traveler and paranormal enthusiast. He had watched paranormal shows on television for years, but always wanted to know if what they presented as evidence was real. When Jamie presented him with the opportunity to go on a public ghost hunt, he jumped at the chance. They both became hooked after their initial ghost hunting experience. Sam received the validation that he was looking for from this (and subsequent investigations), that ghosts are real. Sam spends his free time jogging and hiking in the great outdoors. Haunted Asylums, Prisons, and Sanatoriums explores the country’s scariest institutions, including the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, West Virginia Penitentiary, and St. Albans Sanatorium. Discover creepy conversations between the authors and restless spirits, interviews with facility staff and knowledgeable ghost hunters, and helpful tips gathered from each investigation. You’ll also enjoy an introduction to basic ghost hunting equipment and detailed information about organizing your own visits to these haunted establishments. To learn more about Jamie visit her website www.jamiedaviswrites.com.

Jamie Boudreau’s bar, Canon, has a much longer full name: Canon: Whiskey and Bitters Emporium. When Jamie decided to develop a signature cocktail for the award winning bar, he wanted it to epitomize the bar’s full title. Thus, he came up with a recipe that features his favorite spirit, whiskey, topped with a Cointreau foam and a touch of aromatic bitters in the form of a stenciled Canon logo.

This week's episode will be about horses! Jamie works with rescue horses and other animals. He will talk about his background with horses and the work he’s doing with these wonderful animals.  Suzy and Jamie will talk about the tools they use to facilitate animals and share ideas and questions. When Jamie works with animals he experiences an expansive awareness and wonderful connection with the energy of the animals. He will talk about this and more. Join this engaging conversation!