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Join Nick Lamagna on The A Game Podcast with the return of guest John "The Manimal" Beneduce!  John is a professional MMA fighter and 2nd degree Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt who is an entrepreneur and business owner who has had an incredible journey going from almost 300 pounds to fighting at Madison Square Garden for Bellator at 145 lbs and winning! He has a master's degree in History & Forensic Psychology, he runs The Manimal Training camp and is the Host of The Manimal Zone Podcast .  He is a native of Brooklyn New York and has overcome obstacles and experienced all the pro's and cons of life and always kept a great attitude and never let life defeat him. He joins us for the second time for a fun discussion. Topics In This Episode Include: ✅ The consequences of improperly dealing with stress ✅ The dangers of fake info on social media  ✅ The myth of self limitations ✅ Why Being protective of your time is NOT selfish ✅ Why less options in Jiu Jitsu and life allow you to make necessary quick decisions ✅The styles of Renzo Gracie lineage BJJ schools ✅ Fighting at MSG for Bellator, Combat jj worlds ➡️ MORE! See show notes for all the ways to connect with The Manimal and make sure to contact Nick to start doing some real estate deals together!   Go to www.NickNickNick.com/Links and check out our affiliate Naked Warrior Recovery CBD and get 20% off with promo code "A Game" or Click Here ~ Connect with John: www.manimaltrainingcamp.com Manimal Training Camp On Instagram John In Instagram John on Youtube The Manimal Zone Podcast --- Connect with Nick Lamagna ☎️ 630.384.9443 www.NickNickNick.com Find all social media connections at Social media Links  Subscribe & Find on All Platforms by Clicking Here To Subscribe Free Checklist On How To Add Value To Your Buyers Like what you hear? Leave a rating & review by clicking here 

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“Jesus, Repentance, and Things Christians Should Never Say” To What End? Why Being the Church Matters: Good News Rev. Phillip Blackburn Sanctuary Worship 5-23-21

To What End? Why Being the Church Matters part six: proclaiming the gospel for the salvation of the world

“Jubilees” To What End? Why Being the Church Matters: Outstretched Hands Rev. Phillip Blackburn Sanctuary Worship 5-16-21

This episode does not hold back. From one working Mom to another, this episode rips apart the myth that working Moms don't make good employees. Like all myths and prejudices, the opposite is true.  Working Moms are often highly skilled in many areas (from conflict resolution to productivity) that bring incredible value to the workplace.   Show Notes:  Why Being a Parent Makes You a Better EmployeeGrab free downloadables - Sign up for the free resource library Join the Facebook community group for a regular dose of support and encouragement.The study mentioned in the episode.Connect with Rina:Blog - balancedworkingmoms.comCommunity - balancedworkingmomscommunityFacebook - balancedworkingmomsInstagram - @rinameushawPinterest - rinameushaw 

To What End? Why Being the Church Matters. This episode looks at the Church's calling to have outstretched hands to the world: participating in justice, loving mercy, and doing both with humility

“Theophanies” To What End? Why Being the Church Matters: Heaven's Worship Rev. Phillip Blackburn Sanctuary Worship 5-9-21

To What End? Why Being the Church Matters: Joining Heaven's Worship

Did you know that the Church has relics from the crown of thorns that Jesus wore? Timmerie shares the story of a priest who risked his life to save the Passion relics and what this reveals about masculinity. Patrick Coffin joins Trending with Timmerie to discuss how to be bold in sharing the faith, why […] All show notes at Holy Boldness & Why Being a Mom Matters - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio

It’s amazing when small town gals make big waves in the big city. Becca Petersen is a fellow Carmel, Indiana native who is pursuing her passions and making it big on Broadway. Listen as she shares her journey from Carmel to Broadway and we chat about ways she has set herself apart from the crowd. Becca is one of the kindest people I know and it was fantastic getting to chat with her in this two-part interview. Listen in to learn all about the inner workings of Broadway and the path she is on toward her dreams. After you listen, will you message me on social and let me know your thoughts? Use the hashtag #workingitoutwithJV so I know you’re part of my podcast community! In this episode: [02:34] Welcome Becca Petersen [07:01] Carmel to Broadway [10:06] The Moment She Knew She Wanted to Perform [14:43] She Lived and Breathed Show Choir [19:40] Then Came Out of College with an Agent [24:57] Intuition, Listening to Your Gut & Taking the Risk [30:12] The Prom [36:47] Then it Went Live [38:31] … and Led to Her Role in Mean Girls [41:36] What It Was Like Watching the Movie Rendition [43:31] A Quick Rundown of Becca’s Timeline [48:51] Why Being a Swing Was the Perfect Way to Learn Broadway Links and Resources: Connect with Becca Petersen: Becca on Broadway World Becca on Instagram Connect with Julie: Julie’s Website Connect on Instagram | Facebook | Pinterest | YouTube

Support Topic Lords on Patreon and get episodes a week early! (https://www.patreon.com/topiclords) Lords: * Elena * Quil Topics: * Some people put on music and then just talk over it instead of singing along?? Why * Being the only person in a movie theater/concert * A Spirograph but for your butt * Daniel asks "Legacy board games such as Pandemic Legacy or Gloomhaven." * Weird sleeping apparatuses * "House Special Live Frog in Hot Stone Pot" on the delivery menu Microtopics: * A girl who is raised as a boy in pre-revolutionary France and becomes Marie Antoinette's guard. * Turn of the millennium club music. * Finding out that Itsy Bitsy Spider has been about perseverance all this time. * Having to restrain yourself from singing along when you're at the opera. * Trying to eat dinner but you can't eat because you need to sing along to your sea shanty playlist. * Trying to eat bites of dinner during the verses because you keep having to sing along to the choruses. * Properties of sea shanties. * Having a different song for every task. * Everybody performing music before recorded music was a thing, because that was how you had music in your life. * The horrible historical handwriting that historians never show you. * Celebrating the new decade with Cats (2019) and when you walk out of the theater you're the only person in the building. * Seeing Pitch Perfect 3 at 10pm on Christmas Eve and probably ruining a bunch of theater employees plans to have a party in that empty theater. * When you're the only person in the theater, asking the projectionist to pause the movie while you go to the bathroom. * Being the last person seeing an awful live band because everyone else walked out, and realizing that if you too walk out, they'll be playing to an empty room. * A drummer and a guitarist who are both playing too loud to hear each other. * The only live performance you've ever walked out on. * Pooping in a spiral. * Nature's sharpie. * The origin of topics. * A disc that you sit on. * A combination nausea inducer and butt spirograph. * Cake icing videos. * Asking your son what his life is a commentary on. * A shark embedded in a formaldehyde solution. * Work that aggressively annoys the art community. * Ironic cocaine. * Sneaking into the museum to hang up your own work. * Taking photos of a painting and then destroying the original and then taking photos of the photos and destroying the original artist. * Modifying the rules as you play the game. * Opening up more and more of your board game every time you play, like an Advent calendar. * A board game that you learn like a video game. * Memorizing a dozen page book before you can start playing a game. * Copyrighting the concept of a legacy. * Proposing to your wife by intentionally losing a board game over and over again. * The thing you were working towards screwing you over and now you have to undo it. * Trying to think of a board game you've played more than a few times. * Really looking forward to a board game and finally getting it and deciding to just watch your friends play. * Whether it's apparati or apparatodes. * The doublet of apparat. * Wanting to be hyper correct in everything you do. * Buying a tent to go over your bed because your blackout curtains aren't cutting it. * Buying a bunch of weird pillows to compensate for the position your arms automatically get into when you sleep. * How CPAP machines all have a SIM card and phone home with your sleep behavior and there's no way to turn it off. * Nasal pillows. * Sleeping with a weird contraption blowing air into your face constantly. * Discovering that it is much easier to fall asleep when you are very tired at the end of the day. * Ranking your morningness and eveningness. * Sleeping in a hammock. * Making a nest of pillows around you. * Putting on your velcro pajamas and jumping onto the velcro wall to fall asleep. * Your velcro bed waking you up with a loud ripping sound every time you switch positions. * Time-release velcro. * Ice velcro. * Making a salt igloo at the salt flats. * A weighted blanket that is so heavy you can't get up until a crane rescues you. * Sleeping under a chainmail sheet. * A quilt made out of beanbags. * The first thing you searched for when you got on the internet. * Youtube videos about your idealized farm life. * Ordering a pet frog from your Szechuan delivery menu. * Getting Hot Pot delivered and the Pot arrives cold. * Ordering Chicken 65 because there are no other numbered items on the menu. * Not wanting to eat animals whole because there's poop in there. * Frog Fractions 65. * If Chicken 6 was so good, why isn't there a Chicken 6 5? * A Kidz Bop version of Ocean's 11.

Being a guest on other peoples' podcasts is a great way to build your audience - and your authority. But most podcast hosts get far more pitches than they can handle - which means they can afford to be choosy about who guests on their show. So what's the best way to pitch yourself as a podcast guest? And how can you make sure your pitch stands out from the rest? In this podcast episode, you'll learn how to craft the perfect email pitch for a podcast and how to increase your chances of getting a ‘yes' from the host. You'll also find out what podcast hosts are looking for in a guest and the common mistakes to avoid in your pitch.  {Click on the player above to listen to the podcast episode and/or read on for a detailed overview. Scroll down to the bottom to read the show notes including all the links mentioned in this episode.} Why it's worth being a podcast guest Why Being a podcast guest is a great way to get in front of your ideal customers/clients - and build your audience - fast.  It's much quicker than writing a guest blog post. Most podcast interviews last between 30-60 mins. This means you can potentially do several a week.  It's also a great way to build trust quickly.  There's something about being in someone's earbuds that's much more intimate than the written word. Which means that by the end of a 30 minute interview, people often feel they know, like and trust you enough to visit your website, download your free resources and/or even buy your products/services.  And the best thing is, every time you appear on someone else's podcast, you're getting in front of a brand new audience - an audience you haven't had to build yourself. So if you set yourself a target to do three interviews a week, you could potentially build your audience by thousands - in a relatively short space of time. But before you get too excited…let's back up a bit.  Most podcast hosts - particularly on popular shows - get dozens of pitches each week. So competition for guest spots can be pretty tough.  So how do you write a pitch for a podcast host that really stands out? Read on and find out. And why not check out my YouTube video about pitching yourself as a podcast guest as well:- 1. Focus on how you can help the podcast host (not yourself) As a podcast host, this is what I'm looking for in a guest: Someone who can provide great content for my audience. In my case, this is practical ‘how to' advice on listeners can apply in their business on social media marketing, content marketing and email marketing. On another podcast, great content might simply be entertainment or providing information about a specific topic.  Someone who has an established online presence in the form of a blog, vlog, podcast and/or has written a book. Not only does this mean they have an audience they can share our podcast interview with, but it also means I can serve my listeners by directing them towards more useful content.  Sadly, most of the pitches I get are focused on what the person doing the pitching hopes to get out of the interview rather than how they can help my audience.  In many cases, it's clear they haven't even listened to the show (or even scrolled through previous episode titles) to get a feel for the kind of content I offer. I think my experience is pretty typical - which is why I say 'no' to most pitches I receive. If you can focus on how you can help the podcast host - rather than yourself - you'll have a much better chance of getting a 'yes'. 2. Label the subject header of your email Most podcast hosts are actively looking for great content, so label the subject line of your email and they're far more likely to pay attention. 3.Use the subject header to summarise your idea  A concise subject header that summarises your story (ideally in ten words or less) is far more likely to get a podcast host's attention. Resist the temptation to use puns or clever wordplay though; an obscure headline that doesn't mean anything may get ignored.If you're pitching an interview about how to get more conversions from a Facebook Ad, how to recover from postnatal depression or how to wear beige in winter...that's exactly what you should say. 4. Keep your introduction brief If you're pitching cold, it's a good idea to 'introduce' yourself (a slightly different approach to pitching to journalists). But do keep it brief - or you could lose the podcast host's attention before you've even got started. 5. Show you've actually listened to the podcast  Most of the pitches I get are from people who either haven't listened to my podcast and/or haven't given any thought to the kind of content I generally run. Say something that shows you've taken the time and trouble to actually listen to the podcast, and you'll stand out a mile. 6. Show you can add value for their audience  Many of the pitches I receive offer a series of vague topics the interviewee might cover. When what I'm really looking for is a killer episode idea. And I'm literally looking for a title that will fit right in with previous titles on my podcast app. 7. Show the podcast host how you can help them grow their audience If you want to increase your chances of getting a ‘yes', you need to show how you can help them grow their audience - by promoting the podcast interview to yours.  So do include any relevant stats, like the size of your email list and numbers of social media followers. But don't let not having a big email list or social media following put you off;  personally, I'd rather get in front of 500 people who are exactly the kind of people I love to work than 50,000 people who ‘sort of' fit. So if you target the right kind of content at the right kind of people, you can usually make a strong case – as long as you're focused on how you can help the podcast host rather than yourself. Although I have a decent-sized email list (around 15k at the time of writing) it's tiny compared to some of the big podcast hosts I've pitched to. But that's still a significant number of people - and I have specialist knowledge and experience - which makes me a valuable podcast guest. 'Selling' this in my pitches has helped me get on some pretty Big Deal podcasts. If you're just starting out and your email list is small (or non-existent), focus on the value of the content you can offer.     8. Show that other people value your content  If you've contributed guest content elsewhere, do mention it in your pitch. Seeing that others value your content - particularly well-established podcasters - should provide reassurance that you know what you're talking about.   9. Make it as easy as possible for the podcast host to say 'yes'  For most podcast hosts, the interview is the enjoyable bit. Chasing people up for photos, biogs and social media handles can be a pain. So make it as easy for them as possible by providing all of that info in your pitch.   10. Don't forget to follow up  Getting half an hour or longer on a call with someone you admire - or would love to work with in the future - is a great opportunity to start building a business relationship.  I've kept in contact with many of the people I've interviewed for my podcast - and many who've interviewed me for theirs, including Chris Ducker, Natalie Sisson and Amanda Cook. So when your interview goes live, don't forget to email the host to thank them for the interview...and get out there and promote it. Email your list, share it on all your social media networks and keep on doing it (I'm still sharing podcast interviews I did years ago on social media now). Remember you haven't just given a podcast interview - you've co-created a piece of evergreen content - which is hugely valuable. You might also enjoy: how to use guest content to grow your audience.  Find this post useful? Download my FREE podcast pitch template here.    Podcast Shownotes Why understanding the audience is key to pitching for a podcast (03:30) Where you might be going wrong with your podcast guest pitch (06:39) How much it costs to make a podcast and why it matters (07:10) What you need to remember when you pitch to a podcast host (07:50) A common mistake people make when pitching to guest on a podcast (10:02) My top tip for pitching yourself as a podcast guest (12:05) Why authority is just as important as expertise  (13:50) How to approach your pitch if you haven't got a huge online audience (17:43) Why you must do your research before you pitch to be a guest on a podcast (19:41) What to write in your email pitch and how to stand out (20:21) Why you shouldn't pretend you've listened to a podcast when you pitch (22:09) How to demonstrate the value that you can add as a podcast guest (and what you need to avoid) (23:15) Why podcasts hosts aren't always looking for Big Name Guests (26:40) What podcasts guests are looking for in a podcast guest (27:25) How to make it easy for a podcast host to say ‘yes' to you (30:21) Why creating a one-sheet that includes photos and bio and social media handles can make it easier to get booked as a podcast guest (31:30) Why it's worth keeping in touch with podcast hosts after the interview (32:13) Other resources Join my Courageous Content mini-courseJoin my Instagram Success Academy Other useful podcasts [Bonus] Should you join Janet Murray's Build Your Online Audience Programme? (podcast) [424] How to build an audience on YouTube with Justin Brown (podcast)[400] How to build a large audience for your blog, vlog or podcast (podcast)[383] How to get your podcast live in 60 days (podcast)[376] Lessons learned from 1 millions downloads of my podcast (podcast)[253] How to land a guest appearance on podcasts with Nicole Holland (podcast) Connect with me on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn

  Do you go with the flow, or do you like a little more control? Find out why adaptability is a great skill for insurance agents to master.   Read the text version.   Mentioned in this episode:   Adaptability in the Workplace: Benefits and Importance Adaptability skills and why you need it Coping strategies to overcome personal and professional challenges Learn More About Medicareful Guiding Your Agency Through COVID-19 Navigating Insurance Sales During the Medicare AEP & COVID See How the Ritter Platform Works The Ritter Platform Launches 3 New Tools and Shared Client Records Tips on Dealing with a Difficult Client What’s New in the 2020 Medicare Communications and Marketing Guidelines? Why Being a Likable Agent Is Good for Your Business   More episodes you’ll like:   January 29, 2021 | The Friday Five The Friday Five for January 29, 2021: Ritter Insurance Marketing & Quick Insured Brokerage, Online Medical Accounts & COVID-19 Vaccine Registration, Do’s and Don’ts of the COVID-19 Vaccine, PPP Loan Tax Information for Small Businesses, and Blackstone & Allstate Life Insurance.  Guiding Your Agency Through COVID-19 It's an unprecedented time. COVID-19 has shut down businesses small and large, and if you're wondering how to run your business during a pandemic, you are not alone. How can your insurance agency continue to help clients and stay productive amidst the coronavirus pandemic? We've got some insight that might help. How to Get Started in Medicare Sales New to the Medicare insurance industry? Welcome, and congratulations! We packed this episode with all the agent essentials - training, tools, enrollment periods and more! Basically, everything you want to know when starting out! Navigating Insurance Sales During the Medicare AEP & COVID AEP is coming and COVID-19 is still here. What does that mean for your Medicare sales and commissions this year? Learn how to pivot your sales strategy and adapt your business to sell Medicare Advantage, Med Supp, and Medicare Part D Prescription plans compliantly during AEP and the pandemic. We're here to help you do it! The Top 5 Products to Sell During Medicare’s Lock-In Period Looking for insurance products to sell during the Medicare lock-in period? In this episode, we highlight the top 5 products insurance agents should include in their portfolio all year round!   Articles to Share with Your Clients:   5 Ways to Warm Up Quickly in the Winter Nobody likes being cold, and sometimes, it can even be dangerous. Beat the cold this winter with a few effective ways to warm up quickly! Finding a Purpose Makes You Happier, Healthier Having a purpose or guiding passion in your life can help you deal with stress, be happier, and even live longer. Here are all the ways living with a purpose benefits you and how you can find yours! When Can I Get a COVID-19 Vaccination? There are many questions surrounding the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccination. When can you get one? Where? Is it safe? We're giving you some answers and resources where you can find additional information!   The latest from Ritter’s Blog:   Best Practices for Writing an Email to Your Insurance Clients A professional and effective business email takes some thought and care to construct. This is true across all industries — and even for insurance agents writing marketing or follow-up emails to their clients. How to Be an Adaptable Insurance Agent In today’s ever-changing world, being adaptable is not only good for business, it’s a necessity. As an insurance agent, you need this skill to keep up with the times and your clients’ unique needs. How to Take on an Upset Client in the Insurance Industry At least once in your sales career, you may meet an insurance client who had a negative experience with another agent, plan, or insurance in general. While these bad experiences were out of your control, you have the ability to make their next experience a positive one!   Subscribe & Follow:   Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Podbean Spotify Stitcher   Connect on social:   Facebook Twitter YouTube LinkedIn  

We recorded this podcast close to the end of last year. Meet Dr. Pervis Taylor, a Celebrity Coach, whose mantra to you is "Be Amazing!" Dr. Taylor doesn't just preach about this mantra to others, but breaks down why when you allow trauma to become your identity this is surviving and thriving. He teaches how to surthrive instead. Dr. Taylor has been a Coaching and Wellness Advocate for over 10 years. Celebrities seek him out and he has a special affinity for men to learn how to channel their anger and indifference in a healthy way. Some of the highlights of this interview include: Mark 2:20 - Meet Dr. Taylor Mark 3:15 - How to Not Allow Trauma to Become Your Identity Mark 4:47 What is the difference between anger and indifference? And Why We Often Feel More Comfortable with Expressing Anger? Mark 8:15 - The Importance of Introspection and Mental Health Management Mark 12:40 - Why Being the Victim is Romanticized Mark 16:25 - How to Empower Yourself and Break Free of Self-Limiting Beliefs Mark 19:30 - Why Success Can Be A Trauma Response? Learning from Quincy Jones, Mariah Carey, and Oprah Winfrey. Mark 21:00 - Learn How to Manage Your Self-Narrative Mark 23:00 - Defining Surthrival Mark 28:00 - Emotional Regulation Mark 31:02- Why Oprah Winfrey is Successful Mark 34:00 - The Power of Vulnerability This is a powerful and emotionally charged discussion. You will leave it feeling different and understanding more about what you need to be to become more of what you need and want to be happier, healthier and empowered. Listen in and share your comments with me. Please remember to subscribe to future episodes of the Bedtalks Podcast on the Anchor App, Itunes, Google Podcasts, and Spotify. Until next time, XoXo

What is mindset? Mindset is different from attitude, personality, and positive thinking. In Jarrod Haning’s world, mindset is a strategy. Mindset is a specific way of thinking that generates a specific result. If you can access different levels of your brain on-demand, it shifts levels of resourcefulness and innovation when it comes to solving problems. You think at a higher level and come up with more effective solutions.  So how can you leverage your mindset to access different parts of your brain? How do you change the results you’re seeing in your every-day life? Jarrod is a performance coach that specializes in a Nobel-nominated process that allows you to access different parts of your brain on-demand.  Jarrod is an award-winning speaker who’s been featured on ABC Nightline, spoken on stages all across the country, and has clients around the world. He’s also delivered 4 TEDx talks related to Mindset Performance. To get a glimpse into his process, listen to this episode of the Wingnut Social podcast! What You’ll Hear On This Episode of Wingnut Social [1:02] A tribute to MacDuff [4:12] TikTok Teams Up With Shopify [6:40] All about Jarrod Haning [8:31] Why Jarrod’s an expert about Mindset [12:04] Why Jarrod hates “work smarter—not harder” [25:20] Mind Pushups: an exercise to rewire your mind [35:00] How is it different than looking outside of the box [35:53] Why to-do lists are the enemy.  [41:09] The What up Wingnut! Round [44:38] How to connect with Jarrod [51:51] Blooper Reel! Connect with Jarrod Haning The Mindset Performance Website The Mindset Performance Podcast Connect on LinkedIn Follow on Twitter Resources & People Mentioned The War of Art by Steven Pressfield Why Jarrod hates “work smarter—not harder” Jarrod believes “work smarter—not harder” is deceptively dangerous and misleading advice. It’s like praising your kids for being smart or getting good grades. That is kneecapping your own children. Why? Being smart is something that you have no control over. It’s why kids who are praised for being smart grow up to be quitters. Why? Because the first time they try something that doesn’t come naturally, they give up. It’s why you should say, “I’m proud of you, I can tell you worked really hard.” Because you can always work harder at something.  There are almost always 3 reasons that you’re stuck in the situation you are (that work smarter not harder is NOT the answer to): You don’t have enough time. You don’t have enough money. You don’t have the support you need.  You’re doing everything you know to do. Working harder wouldn’t make a difference or it would have by now. It’s likely that everything you’re doing is logical, rational, well thought out, etc. So working smarter won’t make a difference—or it would have by now. A breakthrough in your situation will not make sense to you. Because you’ve done everything that does make sense. You have to get out of your head.  If something isn’t working, Jarrod notes that your gut reaction is to do more of it faster. But if you’re driving and get lost, driving faster doesn’t get you back on track. You have to stop and look at a map. Rather than run faster in a corn maze to get to the end faster, stand on a ladder, and look at the maze. In a split second, you have an “aha moment” and everything clicks. You need to change your altitude of perspective.  In the work that Jarrod does, they map out your thinking patterns. Once they do that, it will get you out of your head and unto the paper. You can see your blind spots. A blind spot makes sense on the surface, but the fact that it makes sense is why you keep running into obstacles. Jarrod walks through his powerful mind pushups method that can rewire the way you think. To walk through the exercise with him, listen to the whole episode.  Why to-do lists are the enemy Why does Jarrod hate to-do lists? He believes that checking things off of your to-do list actually lowers your income. A to-do list builds on the belief that getting things done is what matters. It’s the belief that more action leads to more results and more success. But coal miners work hard and all they get in the end is emphysema!  Working hard causes the brain to look for more work to do. It’s why you can make a to-do list in the morning and by afternoon it’s just as long. The brain gets a hit of dopamine and takes pleasure in getting things done—when your brain is wired that way.  Here’s why Jarrod believes it doesn’t work: doing something doesn’t address the reason it needs to be done to start with. Returning emails today doesn’t prevent you from returning emails tomorrow. The dopamine hit you get from crossing something off your list is the distraction that keeps you stuck. On the surface it makes sense. The problem is that it doesn’t move the ball forward in a meaningful way.  What should you do instead? Jarrod emphasizes “Instead of looking for more things to do, cause more things to be done. Consequently, when you are working you’re working on things that scale and produce free time as a byproduct.” It’s a totally different way of thinking. He shares a simple yet practical way to demonstrate his point in this episode. To learn more about Jarrod’s mind-boggling strategies, listen to the whole episode!  Connect With Darla & Wingnut Social www.WingnutSocial.com On Facebook On Twitter: @WingnutSocial On Instagram: @WingnutSocial Darla’s Interior Design Website Check out the Wingnut Social Media Lab Facebook Group! 1-877-WINGNUT (connect with us for your social media marketing needs)   Subscribe to The Wingnut Social Podcast on iTunes, Google Podcasts, or TuneIn Audio Production and Show notes byPODCAST FAST TRACKhttps://www.podcastfasttrack.com

On Today's Episode we have the incredible Ms. Dana Dobrota who is a Kizomba and Semba Dancer and Instructor.   Born in Sydney, Australia and Currently lives in Brisbane Australia.   She is a body Psychotherapist and the owner of Body Mind In Bloom. Which offers Body psychotherapy, Kizomba dance sessions and workshops for people who are open to using movement as part of their healing and growth.   In this episode we talk about:    - Her Time in Italy – 14:00  - Intro into kizomba  - 21:50  - What is body Psychotherapy? 24:34  - Ground through the floor  26:24  - kizomba vs urban kiz. 31:43  - Teachers cannot teach you everything  39:10  - Release tension in tummy 40:45   - How to learn Kizomba  48:25  - Why Being grounded in Kizomba?  51:30  - Discerning your dance partner  1:06:21  - Time in Lisbon 1:11:25  - Kizomba is a cultural dance  1:14:00  - Difference in dancers Lisbon vs Australia  1:19:34  - Beginners rut  1:23:25  - What is Musicality?  1:24:18  - How do you Improve your Musicality 1:25:27  - Intermediate to Advanced  1:27:17   (How to walk  in Kizomba)  - One tip to become a better dancer 1:27:17  - How leads be better follows 1:31:39   ...: Social Media Links :...   https://www.facebook.com/BodyMindinBloom/ https://www.facebook.com/dana.dobrota https://www.bodymindinbloom.com/ https://www.instagram.com/bodymindinbloom/ https://www.instagram.com/dana.dobrota/   2LF Links    _______________________________________________   Twitter: @Tw0LeftFeet Instagram: tw0_left_feet Website: https://2leftfeet.blog/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2171874589599779/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoLeftFeetPodcast/ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/two-left-feet-podcast/id1454425997 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5bQSnwKDmHbDQdgnZ0OrC3 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Twoleftfeet Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR109vJ4Pbl146Ok1u5vSuA Anchor:  https://anchor.fm/twoleftfeetpodcast

“Who you already are is your unique gift.” - Noelle Cordeaux “Life is a journey”- sounds so overrated. But for us who are still along the way and understanding life, having a guide is absolutely a lifesaver. But with the choices laid before us, how do we know which one serves our needs? In this episode, Kim and Noelle Cordeaux talk about the subtle differences between a coach, a mentor, and a therapist so you can save yourself a lot of trouble before you hire one. Noelle also shares the benefits of being authentic rather than humanizing just so one can appear “perfect”, especially those who are seen as “leaders” of their own company. Your hesitations and what ifs are slowly stealing away your future! Tune in and discover how to hack your brain so you can make decisions better!   Check out my website for shownotes Follow Kim on: Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Highlights: 04:26 Fake It Till You Make It 10:37 Heart-Centered Business 17:07 The ICF (International Coaching Federation) 23:19 With Or Without Accreditation? 25:56 Therapy versus Coaching versus Mentors 35:06 Community Building For Each Other 40:15 Why Being in Middle Age is Awesome

  How can you shield your Medicare clients from the rising cost of a hospital stay? With hospital indemnity insurance! Discover why this plan is a must-have for your selling portfolio.    Read the text version.   Mentioned in this episode:   A Dozen Facts About Medicare Advantage in 2020 Boost Business Selling Hospital Indemnity Insurance Defining the True Value of $0 Premium for Medicare Advantage Plans Overview of U.S. Hospital Stays in 2016: Variation by Geographic Region Medicare Advantage Versus the Traditional Medicare Program: Costs of Inpatient Stays, 2009-2017 Sweeten the Deal with Hospital Indemnity Insurance Top 10 Podcast Apps for Insurance Agents   More episodes you’ll like:   4 Ancillary Cross-Sales to Show Clients You Care Ready to get started cross-selling? What products can you cross-sell with Medicare? Build up your insurance portfolio with our list of must-have ancillary products! 5 Tips for Selling Medicare Advantage Plans Rock your Medicare Advantage sales goals this AEP! Learn five ways you can make this Annual Enrollment Period your most successful yet. Our tips can help you grow your commissions and your book of business. Boost Business Selling Hospital Indemnity Insurance Want to grow your insurance business? Learn more about hospital indemnity insurance, a powerful ancillary tool for your portfolio. We cover what you need to know, from the basics to closing the sale! Learn How to Cross-Sell Ancillary Insurance with Medicare Products Ready to boost your Medicare business? Increase your sales commissions and improve client retention at the same time, all without additional certifications. Learn about the power of cross-selling and how you can get started today! Medicare MSA Plans & Hospital Indemnity Insurance: The Perfect Pair Learn how Medicare MSA and hospital indemnity insurance pair up to create a dynamic duo! Trust us, you don’t want to leave these plans out of your portfolio this AEP!   The latest from Ritter’s Blog:   The Ritter Platform Launches New Drug Cost Estimator and Prefilled Applications Two brand-new features have been added to our comprehensive agent dashboard. Say “hello” to the Drug Cost Estimator and prefilled applications! 5 Tips for Using Medicareful to Sell More Medicare Plans Medicareful gives agents the potential to double or triple their capacity to safely engage prospects and enroll clients! How can you maximize your site and Medicare sales? To start, request your free Medicareful page here! Why Being a Likable Agent Is Good for Your Business How you present yourself as an agent can make or break your business. You may think, “It doesn’t matter what other people think of me,” which in some ways is true. But when it comes to how people view you professionally, their opinions do matter.   Subscribe & Follow:   Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Podbean Spotify Stitcher   Connect on social:   Facebook Twitter YouTube LinkedIn  

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  Learn how Medicare MSA and hospital indemnity insurance pair up to create a dynamic duo! Trust us, you don’t want to leave these plans out of your portfolio this AEP!   Read the text version.   Contact the Sales Team at Ritter Insurance Marketing   Mentioned in this episode:   7 Powerful Practices for Selling Prescription Drug Plans Boost Business Selling Hospital Indemnity Insurance Cover Those Copays with Hospital Indemnity Plans From HSA to MSA: Facts for a Smooth Switch How to Follow Up with Medicare Clients Compliantly How to Pitch Medicare Medical Savings Accounts (MSAs) Medicare Medical Savings Account (MSA) Plans Medicare MSA Plan costs & financial considerations Qualified medical expenses Selling Hospital Indemnity with Medicare Advantage: Is It Worth It? Standard Medicare Supplement Plans & Benefits [Infographic] What is a Medicare MSA Plan? Why Am I in Observation Status for Medicare?   More episodes you’ll like:   Boost Business Selling Hospital Indemnity Insurance Want to grow your insurance business? Learn more about hospital indemnity insurance, a powerful ancillary tool for your portfolio. We cover what you need to know, from the basics to closing the sale! How to Pitch Medicare Savings Accounts (MSAs) Start selling Medicare Savings Accounts with help from the Agent Survival Guide. Learn more about MSA, including who they're meant for, some common concerns your clients might have about this product, and more! Secure a Bigger, Better Business with Ancillary Products Ready to branch out from Medicare Advantage or Medicare Supplement sales? Learn how ancillary products can help you expand your reach and add more value to your portfolio. Selling Hospital Indemnity with Medicare Advantage: Is It Worth It? Pairing hospital indemnity with Medicare Advantage does so much more than generating additional sales. This cross-sale helps shield your clients from the rising costs of a hospital stay. Discover why hospital indemnity could be just the plan your portfolio has been missing! Learn How to Cross-Sell Ancillary Insurance with Medicare Products Get ready to boost your Medicare business! Increase your sales commissions and improve client retention at the same time, all without additional certifications. Learn about the power of cross-selling and how you can get started today!   The latest from Ritter’s Blog:   The Ritter Platform Launches New Drug Cost Estimator and Prefilled Applications Two brand-new features have been added to our comprehensive agent dashboard. Say “hello” to the Drug Cost Estimator and prefilled applications! 5 Tips for Using Medicareful to Sell More Medicare Plans Medicareful gives agents the potential to double or triple their capacity to safely engage prospects and enroll clients! How can you maximize your site and Medicare sales? To start, request your free Medicareful page here! Why Being a Likable Agent Is Good for Your Business How you present yourself as an agent can make or break your business. You may think, “It doesn’t matter what other people think of me,” which in some ways is true. But when it comes to how people view you professionally, their opinions do matter.   Subscribe & Follow:   Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Podbean Spotify Stitcher   Connect on social:   Facebook Twitter YouTube LinkedIn  

  Ready to get started cross-selling? What products can you cross-sell with Medicare? Build up your insurance portfolio with our list of must-have ancillary products!   Read the text version.   Download the FREE Guide: Cross-Selling Ancillary Insurance with Medicare Products   Mentioned in this episode:   16 Stats That Prove You Should Put Your Clients First Boost Business Selling Hospital Indemnity Insurance Ritter’s Newest Guide: Cross-Selling Ancillary Insurance with Medicare Products Sense Success with Dental, Vision, and Hearing Plans Short-Term Care Insurance: A Top LTCi Alternative for Clients These Plans Are Critical to Your Business Strategy   More episodes you’ll like:   4 Steps to Selling Dental, Vision, and Hearing Insurance Not sure how to show your clients the benefits of dental, vision, and hearing insurance products? In this episode of the ASG Podcast, we walk you through the process of selling DVH insurance plans from start to finish. Don’t forget to visit the show notes for a full list of Ritter's free DVH sales resources. Boost Business Selling Hospital Indemnity Insurance Ready to grow your insurance business? Learn more about hospital indemnity insurance, a powerful ancillary tool for your portfolio. We cover what you need to know, from the basics to closing the sale! How Client Retention Boosts Insurance Sales Master the art of treating your client as the renewal, not their policy. Learn why building relationships with your current clients is more beneficial (and cost effective!) than courting new ones. Short-Term Care Insurance – An LTCi Alternative for Clients Think LTCi is your client’s only option? Explore Short-Term Care Insurance and its benefits. Why Critical Illness Insurance Can Breathe New Life Into Your Business Grow your business with Critical Illness plans. Discover why it's never been a better time to offer this kind of coverage.   The latest from Ritter’s Blog:   The Ritter Platform Launches New Drug Cost Estimator and Prefilled Applications Two brand-new features have been added to our comprehensive agent dashboard. Say “hello” to the Drug Cost Estimator and prefilled applications! 5 Tips for Using Medicareful to Sell More Medicare Plans Medicareful gives agents the potential to double or triple their capacity to safely engage prospects and enroll clients! How can you maximize your site and Medicare sales? To start, request your free Medicareful page here! Why Being a Likable Agent Is Good for Your Business How you present yourself as an agent can make or break your business. You may think, “It doesn’t matter what other people think of me,” which in some ways is true. But when it comes to how people view you professionally, their opinions do matter.   Subscribe & Follow:   Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Podbean Spotify Stitcher   Connect on social:   Facebook Twitter YouTube LinkedIn  

  Ready to boost your Medicare business? Increase your sales commissions and improve client retention at the same time, all without additional certifications. Learn about the power of cross-selling and how you can get started today!   Get Your FREE Copy – A Quick Guide to Cross-Selling Ancillary Insurance with Medicare Products   More episodes you’ll like:   How to Cross-Sell Insurance: The Advisor Approach Want to improve your cross-selling technique? Not sure where to start? We recommend using the advisor approach, a simple method any agent can use for insurance cross-sales. Secure a Bigger, Better Business with Ancillary Products Ready to branch out from Medicare Advantage or Medicare Supplement sales? Learn how ancillary products can help you expand your reach and add more value to your portfolio. Methods to Boost Your Medicare Business Optimize your Medicare insurance business with help from our FMO – Ritter Insurance Marketing! Our strategies generate leads and sales. Find out how you can apply these tips just in time for AEP success.   The latest from Ritter’s Blog:   Join Us at the Summits! Each summer, Ritter Insurance Marketing hosts the annual Summits, where insurance agents can receive an exclusive first look at the next year’s Medicare Advantage and Part D plan offerings. This year, we’re hosting our Summits a little differently. 5 Tips for Using Medicareful to Sell More Medicare Plans Medicareful gives agents the potential to double or triple their capacity to safely engage prospects and enroll clients! How can you maximize your site and Medicare sales? To start, request your free Medicareful page here! Why Being a Likable Agent Is Good for Your Business How you present yourself as an agent can make or break your business. You may think, “It doesn’t matter what other people think of me,” which in some ways is true. But when it comes to how people view you professionally, their opinions do matter.   Subscribe & Follow:   Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Podbean Spotify Stitcher   Connect on social:   Facebook Twitter YouTube LinkedIn  

  Maintaining CMS compliance while selling Medicare is crucial to the success of your insurance business. But why? In this episode, we're answering that question a few different ways as we look at the "why" behind running a compliant insurance agency.   Read the text version.   Email Van Your Compliance Questions   Register with Ritter Insurance Marketing   Mentioned in this episode:   5 Myths About Selling Medicare… Debunked! Building Client Loyalty: More than Just a Plan Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Official Website CMS 2019 Medicare Communications and Marketing Guidelines Do’s and Don’ts of Medicare Compliance Ritter Insurance Marketing Official Website What’s New in the 2020 Medicare Communications and Marketing Guidelines?   More episodes you’ll like:   Do’s and Don’ts of Medicare Compliance Need a recap on Medicare compliance before AEP? We break down the CMS Medicare Communications and Marketing Guidelines for insurance agents, including new compliance rules for 2020. We’ll go over what’s allowed — and what’s not — in this can’t-miss episode of the ASG Podcast. Rules for Hosting a Compliant Medicare Educational Event If you want to host a Medicare educational event, listen to this episode first! We cover how to plan, promote, and present your next event, including how to make sure you're compliant with the CMS Medicare Communications and Marketing Guidelines! We've also got details on a guide that outlines the whole process! Rules for Hosting a Compliant Medicare Sales Event Ready to hold a Medicare sales event? Check out this updated episode! You'll learn best practices for planning, promoting, and presenting your sales event while staying compliant with the 2020 CMS Medicare Communications and Marketing Guidelines! What Agents Can’t Say During Medicare Sales Appointments Not sure what you can or can't say during a Medicare sales appointment? CMS has a lot of rules regarding marketing Medicare, but they're not always simple to understand. We sifted through the MCMG to bring you 9 examples of what NOT to say the next time you make a Medicare sales pitch. Are Your Medicare Marketing Materials Compliant? Are you following the rules for marketing Medicare plans? We're sharing the answers to frequently asked compliance questions to help you ensure you stay on good terms with CMS.   The latest from Ritter’s Blog:   The Ritter Platform Launches New Drug Cost Estimator and Prefilled Applications Two brand-new features have been added to our comprehensive agent dashboard. Say “hello” to the Drug Cost Estimator and prefilled applications! 5 Tips for Using Medicareful to Sell More Medicare Plans Medicareful gives agents the potential to double or triple their capacity to safely engage prospects and enroll clients! How can you maximize your site and Medicare sales? To start, request your free Medicareful page here! Why Being a Likable Agent Is Good for Your Business >How you present yourself as an agent can make or break your business. You may think, “It doesn’t matter what other people think of me,” which in some ways is true. But when it comes to how people view you professionally, their opinions do matter.   Subscribe & Follow:   Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Podbean Spotify Stitcher   Connect on social:   Facebook Twitter YouTube LinkedIn  

Why? "Being the Church is Important" Hebrews 10: 24-25 Scripture tells us we are each important when it comes to the church as a whole. In Hebrews, it tells us to consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another-and all the more as you see the Day approaching. This is so true looking at these past few months.

  Ready to rock your Medicare Advantage sales goals this AEP? Learn five ways you can make this Annual Enrollment Period your most successful yet. Our tips can help you grow your commissions and your book of business.   Read the text version.   Join our FMO! Register with Ritter Insurance Marketing   Reach Out! Find Your Representative at Ritter Insurance Marketing   Compliance-related Medicare Advantage episodes:   Do’s and Don’ts of Medicare Compliance Need a recap on Medicare compliance before AEP? We break down the CMS Medicare Communications and Marketing Guidelines for insurance agents, including new compliance rules for 2020. We’ll go over what’s allowed — and what’s not — in this can’t-miss episode of the ASG Podcast. Rules for Hosting a Compliant Medicare Educational Event If you want to host a Medicare educational event, listen to this episode first! We cover how to plan, promote, and present your next event, including how to make sure you're compliant with the CMS Medicare Communications and Marketing Guidelines! We've also got details on a guide that outlines the whole process! Rules for Hosting a Compliant Medicare Sales Event Ready to hold a Medicare sales event? Check out this updated episode! You'll learn best practices for planning, promoting, and presenting your sales event while staying compliant with the 2020 CMS Medicare Communications and Marketing Guidelines! What Agents Can’t Say During Medicare Sales Appointments Not sure what you can or can't say during a Medicare sales appointment? CMS has a lot of rules regarding marketing Medicare, but they're not always simple to understand. We sifted through the MCMG to bring you 9 examples of what NOT to say the next time you make a Medicare sales pitch. Are Your Medicare Marketing Materials Compliant? Are you following the rules for marketing Medicare plans? We're sharing the answers to frequently asked compliance questions to help you ensure you stay on good terms with CMS.   Mentioned in this episode:   2021 Medicare Advantage and Part D Certification Info 3 Easy Ways to Build Your Insurance Sales Territory 5 Tips to Make the Most of AEP AHIP Medicare Training Portal CDC: About Chronic Diseases CMS Medicare Communications and Marketing Guidelines Are Your Medicare Marketing Materials Compliant? Do’s and Don’ts of Medicare Compliance Download the eBook: The Complete Guide on How to Sell Medicare Advantage Plans How to Check for Your First Looks How to Get Your Medicare Enrollment Kits on Time How to Pitch Medicare Medical Savings Accounts (MSAs) Request Your Medicareful Marketing Pieces Rules for Hosting a Compliant Medicare Educational Event Rules for Hosting a Compliant Medicare Sales Event See How Medicareful Works (and get your FREE site!) Should You Sell D-SNPs? The Beginner’s Guide to C-SNPs The Ritter Platform Launches New Drug Cost Estimator and Prefilled Applications Tips on How to Stay Productive When Working From Home What Agents Can’t Say During Medicare Sales Appointments What is AHIP and Why Do You Need It? What’s the Difference Between an HMO and a PPO?   More episodes you’ll like:   August 28, 2020 | The Friday Five The Friday Five for August 28, 2020: Closing the Sale & Managing Rejection; CDC Changes Travel Quarantine Guidance; Teams vs. Zoom; Pandemic Relief for Small Businesses; and Client Conversation Starters. Methods to Boost Your Medicare Business Optimize your Medicare insurance business with help from our FMO – Ritter Insurance Marketing! Our strategies generate leads and sales. Find out how you can apply these tips just in time for AEP success. What Agents Forget to Do When Preparing for Appointments Do you have everything you need for a full day of Medicare sales appointments? What about the client who wants to talk Med Supp but lives an hour away? This small list of actionable to-dos will make a big impact on keeping you organized and stress-free this AEP.   The latest from Ritter’s Blog:   The Ritter Platform Launches New Drug Cost Estimator and Prefilled Applications Two brand-new features have been added to our comprehensive agent dashboard. Say “hello” to the Drug Cost Estimator and prefilled applications! 5 Tips for Using Medicareful to Sell More Medicare Plans Medicareful gives agents the potential to double or triple their capacity to safely engage prospects and enroll clients! How can you maximize your site and Medicare sales? To start, request your free Medicareful page here! Why Being a Likable Agent Is Good for Your Business How you present yourself as an agent can make or break your business. You may think, “It doesn’t matter what other people think of me,” which in some ways is true. But when it comes to how people view you professionally, their opinions do matter.   Subscribe & Follow:   Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Podbean Spotify Stitcher   Connect on social:   Facebook Twitter YouTube LinkedIn  

  AEP is about more than just Medicare Advantage. Don't miss out on sales because you're missing the product your client wants. Learn why Med Supps make a crucial addition to your insurance portfolio, whether it's Annual Enrollment or not.   Read the text version.   Get the Top Med Supp Products in Your Market   Mentioned in this episode:   2020 Medicare Supplement Changes Will Introduce Two New Eligibility Groups Contact the Team at Ritter Insurance Marketing Cure Your Clients’ Needs with a PDP Defining the True Value of $0 Premium for Medicare Advantage Plans Download our eBook – The Complete Guide on How to Sell Medicare Supplements Finish Work Faster Using e-Apps Get a Free Medicareful Site Guaranteed issue rights How Medicareful Helps You Sell Ancillary Products How to Save Your Clients Money on Prescription Drugs Learn about Ritter’s 100K Giveaway! Medicare for Snowbirds, Sunbirds, & Travel Enthusiasts Medicare Supplements Fill the Gaps in Your Portfolio Med Supp Underwriting Fast Facts PDF Part D late enrollment penalty Prepare for Upcoming Medicare Supplement Changes What is a Medicare Select Plan?   More episodes you’ll like:   2020 Medicare Supplement Changes Will Introduce Two New Eligibility Groups Med Supp changes are coming for 2020. Get all the facts about the two new Med Supp eligibility groups here, like what they are, who falls into each group, which plans you can sell to clients in each group, and more, in this can't-miss episode. Getting Started Selling Medicare Supplements Take your insurance sales to the next level with Medicare Supplements! Discover why Medigap plans make such a great addition to your selling portfolio.  How to Write a Medicare Supplement Call Script That Really Works Selling Medicare Supplements over the phone? Now is a great time to rework your current Med Supp call script! We outline the best practices to follow while working Medigap leads. What to Know When Replacing Existing Med Supp Plans for Clients Learn how to switch your client's Medigap plans. We unpack it all, from why your clients might want to switch Med Supps, to the free look period and everything in between. Read the text version. When Do Med Supp Plans K, L, M, & N Make Sense? Take a closer look at Medicare Supplement Plans K, L, M, and N. Learn more about how these specific Medigap plans work and the ideal clients for each type.   The latest from Ritter’s Blog:   Join Us at the Summits! Each summer, Ritter Insurance Marketing hosts the annual Summits, where insurance agents can receive an exclusive first look at the next year’s Medicare Advantage and Part D plan offerings. This year, we’re hosting our Summits a little differently. 5 Tips for Using Medicareful to Sell More Medicare Plans Medicareful gives agents the potential to double or triple their capacity to safely engage prospects and enroll clients! How can you maximize your site and Medicare sales? To start, request your free Medicareful page here! Why Being a Likable Agent Is Good for Your Business How you present yourself as an agent can make or break your business. You may think, “It doesn’t matter what other people think of me,” which in some ways is true. But when it comes to how people view you professionally, their opinions do matter.   Subscribe & Follow:   Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Podbean Spotify Stitcher   Connect on social:   Facebook Twitter YouTube LinkedIn  

  The Friday Five for August 28, 2020: Closing the Sale & Managing Rejection CDC Changes Travel Quarantine Guidance Teams vs. Zoom Pandemic Relief for Small Businesses Client Conversation Starters   Mentioned in this episode:   4 Mistakes You’re Probably Making If You’re Struggling to Close a Sale 4 Post-PPP Coronavirus Relief Programs for Small Biz 5 Ways to Keep Moving Ahead After a Rejected Pitch 9 Reasons to Call Your Client Right Now CDC drops 14-day self-quarantine recommendation for out-of-state, international travelers Microsoft Teams Issues New Blow to Zoom With These Superb Features What’s New to Stream in September on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, Disney+, and More   More episodes you’ll like:   August 21, 2020 | The Friday Five The Friday Five for August 21, 2020: USPS and Insurance Mail; Underwriting & COVID-19; Food insecurity in Medicaid beneficiaries; Order of coronavirus symptoms; Ritter's Virtual Summits for Insurance Agents The Ritter Platform Launches New Drug Cost Estimator and Prefilled Applications Big News! We've added two brand-new features to The Ritter Platform - a Prescription Drug Cost Estimator and Prefilled Applications! Learn more about these new additions and how they can simplify your selling process this AEP. Tips for Becoming a Top-Producing Agency Becoming a top-producing insurance agency is a great goal. But how do you get there? In this episode of our ASG Podcast, we've got some tips to help you get started. We've also got a link to a FREE guide that takes a deep dive on starting and developing your agency. What Agents Forget to Do When Preparing for Appointments Do you have everything you need for a full day of Medicare sales appointments? What about the client who wants to talk Med Supp but lives an hour away? This small list of actionable to-dos will make a big impact on keeping you organized and stress-free this AEP. What is the Ritter Platform? The Ritter Platform is a CRM for insurance agents selling Medicare and other senior market products! Consolidate client info, analyze prescription drug costs, access carrier resources, get info on commissions and more. What could you be saving time on?!?   The latest from Ritter’s Blog:   The Ritter Platform Launches New Drug Cost Estimator and Prefilled Applications Two brand-new features have been added to our comprehensive agent dashboard. Say “hello” to the Drug Cost Estimator and prefilled applications! 5 Tips for Using Medicareful to Sell More Medicare Plans Medicareful gives agents the potential to double or triple their capacity to safely engage prospects and enroll clients! How can you maximize your site and Medicare sales? To start, request your free Medicareful page here! Why Being a Likable Agent Is Good for Your Business How you present yourself as an agent can make or break your business. You may think, “It doesn’t matter what other people think of me,” which in some ways is true. But when it comes to how people view you professionally, their opinions do matter.   Subscribe & Follow:   Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Podbean Spotify Stitcher   Connect on social:   Facebook Twitter YouTube LinkedIn  

  Big News! We've added two brand-new features to The Ritter Platform - a Prescription Drug Cost Estimator and Prefilled Applications! Learn more about these new additions and how they can simplify your selling process this AEP.   Read the text version.   Register with Ritter Insurance Marketing   Mentioned in this episode:   Learn More About The Ritter Platform See How Medicareful Works Ritter Platform: August 21, 2020 Release Notes Ritter Platform: Drug Cost Estimator for Clients Ritter Platform: Prefilled Submissions for Clients The Ritter Platform Launches 3 New Tools and Shared Client Records Video: The Platform | Agent Drug Cost Estimator Video: The Platform | Sending Prefilled Submissions   More episodes you’ll like:   August 21, 2020 | The Friday Five The Friday Five for August 21, 2020: USPS and Insurance Mail; Underwriting & COVID-19; Food insecurity in Medicaid beneficiaries; Order of coronavirus symptoms; and Ritter's Virtual Summits for Insurance Agents. Are Your Medicare Marketing Materials Compliant? Are you following the rules for marketing Medicare plans? We're sharing the answers to frequently asked compliance questions to help you ensure you stay on good terms with CMS. Methods to Boost Your Medicare Business Optimize your Medicare insurance business with help from our FMO – Ritter Insurance Marketing! Our strategies generate leads and sales. Find out how you can apply these tips just in time for AEP success. Tips for Becoming a Top-Producing Insurance Agency Becoming a top-producing insurance agency is a great goal. But how do you get there? In this episode of our ASG Podcast, we've got some tips to help you get started. We've also got a link to a FREE guide that takes a deep dive on starting and developing your agency. What Agents Forget to Do When Preparing for Appointments Do you have everything you need for a full day of Medicare sales appointments? What about the client who wants to talk Med Supp but lives an hour away? This small list of actionable to-dos will make a big impact on keeping you organized and stress-free this AEP.   The latest from Ritter’s Blog:   Join Us at the Summits! Each summer, Ritter Insurance Marketing hosts the annual Summits, where insurance agents can receive an exclusive first look at the next year’s Medicare Advantage and Part D plan offerings. This year, we’re hosting our Summits a little differently. 5 Tips for Using Medicareful to Sell More Medicare Plans Medicareful gives agents the potential to double or triple their capacity to safely engage prospects and enroll clients! How can you maximize your site and Medicare sales? To start, request your free Medicareful page here! Why Being a Likable Agent Is Good for Your Business How you present yourself as an agent can make or break your business. You may think, “It doesn’t matter what other people think of me,” which in some ways is true. But when it comes to how people view you professionally, their opinions do matter.   Subscribe & Follow:   Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Podbean Spotify Stitcher   Connect on social:   Facebook Twitter YouTube LinkedIn  

  The Ritter Platform is a CRM for insurance agents selling Medicare and other senior market products! Consolidate client info, analyze prescription drug costs, access carrier resources, get info on commissions and more. What could you be saving time on?!?   Learn more about the Ritter Platform TODAY!   More episodes you’ll like:   August 21, 2020 | The Friday Five The Friday Five for August 21, 2020: USPS and Insurance Mail; Underwriting & COVID-19; Food insecurity in Medicaid beneficiaries; Order of coronavirus symptoms; and Ritter's Virtual Summits for Insurance Agents. Are Your Medicare Marketing Materials Compliant? Are you following the rules for marketing Medicare plans? We're sharing the answers to frequently asked compliance questions to help you ensure you stay on good terms with CMS. Methods to Boost Your Medicare Business Optimize your Medicare insurance business with help from our FMO – Ritter Insurance Marketing! Our strategies generate leads and sales. Find out how you can apply these tips just in time for AEP success. Tips for Becoming a Top-Producing Insurance Agency Becoming a top-producing insurance agency is a great goal. But how do you get there? In this episode of our ASG Podcast, we've got some tips to help you get started. We've also got a link to a FREE guide that takes a deep dive on starting and developing your agency. What Agents Forget to Do When Preparing for Appointments Do you have everything you need for a full day of Medicare sales appointments? What about the client who wants to talk Med Supp but lives an hour away? This small list of actionable to-dos will make a big impact on keeping you organized and stress-free this AEP.   The latest from Ritter’s Blog:   Join Us at the Summits! Each summer, Ritter Insurance Marketing hosts the annual Summits, where insurance agents can receive an exclusive first look at the next year’s Medicare Advantage and Part D plan offerings. This year, we’re hosting our Summits a little differently. 5 Tips for Using Medicareful to Sell More Medicare Plans Medicareful gives agents the potential to double or triple their capacity to safely engage prospects and enroll clients! How can you maximize your site and Medicare sales? To start, request your free Medicareful page here! Why Being a Likable Agent Is Good for Your Business How you present yourself as an agent can make or break your business. You may think, “It doesn’t matter what other people think of me,” which in some ways is true. But when it comes to how people view you professionally, their opinions do matter.   Subscribe & Follow:   Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Podbean Spotify Stitcher   Connect on social:   Facebook Twitter YouTube LinkedIn  

  Take a closer look at Medicare Supplement Plans K, L, M, and N. Learn more about how these specific Medigap plans work and the ideal clients for each type.   Read the text version.   Get the Top Med Supp Products in Your Market   Mentioned in this episode:   2020 Medicare Part A and Part B Premiums and Deductibles Contact the Team at Ritter Insurance Marketing Get a FREE Demo of Ritter’s Medicare Quote Engine How to compare Medigap policies   More episodes you’ll like:   How to Write a Medicare Supplement Call Script That Really Works Selling Medicare Supplements over the phone? Now is a great time to rework your current Med Supp call script! We outline the best practices to follow while working Medigap leads. Methods to Boost Your Medicare Business Optimize your Medicare insurance business with help from our FMO – Ritter Insurance Marketing! Our strategies generate leads and sales. Find out how you can apply these tips just in time for AEP success. What to Know When Replacing Existing Med Supp Plans for Clients Learn how to switch your client's Medigap plans. We unpack it all, from why your clients might want to switch Med Supps, to the free look period and everything in between.    The latest from Ritter’s Blog:   Join Us at the Summits! Each summer, Ritter Insurance Marketing hosts the annual Summits, where insurance agents can receive an exclusive first look at the next year’s Medicare Advantage and Part D plan offerings. This year, we’re hosting our Summits a little differently. 5 Tips for Using Medicareful to Sell More Medicare Plans Medicareful gives agents the potential to double or triple their capacity to safely engage prospects and enroll clients! How can you maximize your site and Medicare sales? To start, request your free Medicareful page here! Why Being a Likable Agent Is Good for Your Business How you present yourself as an agent can make or break your business. You may think, “It doesn’t matter what other people think of me,” which in some ways is true. But when it comes to how people view you professionally, their opinions do matter.   Subscribe & Follow:   Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Podbean Spotify Stitcher   Connect on social:   Facebook Twitter YouTube LinkedIn  

  Are you following the rules for marketing Medicare plans? We're sharing the answers to frequently asked compliance questions to help you ensure you stay on good terms with CMS.   Read the text version.   Mentioned in this episode:   CMS 2019 Medicare Communications and Marketing Guidelines CMS Memo [8/16/2019]: Medicare Communications and Marketing Guidelines Ritter’s Certification Center Social Security Act: Section 1140   More episodes you’ll like:   Do’s and Don’ts of Medicare Compliance Need a recap on Medicare compliance before AEP? We break down the CMS Medicare Communications and Marketing Guidelines for insurance agents, including new compliance rules for 2020. We’ll go over what’s allowed — and what’s not — in this can’t-miss episode of the ASG Podcast. How to Follow up with Medicare Clients Compliantly Think your job as an agent is complete after the sale? Not so fast. We whole-heartedly believe that the fortune is found in the follow-up! If you’re not sure how to follow up with your clients, listening to this episode is a great place to start. Insurance Agents & CMS Compliance | Social Media 101 Stay compliant with the CMS Medicare Communications and Marketing Guidelines — even while on social media. We outline the best practices for insurance agents to follow while using social media. Rules for Hosting a Compliant Medicare Educational Event If you want to host a Medicare educational event, listen to this episode first! We cover how to plan, promote, and present your next event, including how to make sure you're compliant with the CMS Medicare Communications and Marketing Guidelines! We've also got details on a guide that outlines the whole process!  Rules for Hosting a Compliant Medicare Sales Event Ready to hold a Medicare sales event? Check out this updated episode! You'll learn best practices for planning, promoting, and presenting your sales event while staying compliant with the 2020 CMS Medicare Communications and Marketing Guidelines! Social Media Privacy Tips for Insurance Agents | Social Media 101 Online privacy is a big deal. You want to use social media to market your insurance business. How do you protect yourself and your clients? We've got some best practices and a link to a very informative eBook that’s free to download. Listen to find out more!   The latest from Ritter’s Blog:   5 Tips for Using Medicareful to Sell More Medicare Plans Medicareful gives agents the potential to double or triple their capacity to safely engage prospects and enroll clients! How can you maximize your site and Medicare sales? Why Being a Likable Agent Is Good for Your Business How you present yourself as an agent can make or break your business. You may think, “It doesn’t matter what other people think of me,” which in some ways is true. But when it comes to how people view you professionally, their opinions do matter. Tips for Becoming a Top-Producing Insurance Agency Becoming a top producing agency isn’t something that happens overnight. It will take work and maybe a bit of trial and error to see what will work best for your business and sales flow.   Subscribe & Follow:   Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Podbean Spotify Stitcher   Connect on social:   Facebook Twitter YouTube LinkedIn  

  The Friday Five for August 7, 2020: Healthy Hacks for the Drive-Thru Large Coffee, Hold the Calories Pandemic Productivity Hacks How to Ask For Referrals Self-Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic   Mentioned in this episode:   5 Productivity Techniques To Keep In Mind During COVID-19 13 Healthy Starbucks Drinks That Aren’t Total Sugar Bombs, According to Dieticians Dalgona Coffee Healthy Starbucks Drinks Under 200 Calories Here Are 10 of the Healthiest Things to Order at Fast Food Restaurants How to Ask for a Referral to a Potential Client [+ Free Email Templates] How You Can Counter The Pandemic’s Productivity Decline Meditation, sleep and more: 6 self-care apps to try right now Register for Ritter’s Virtual Summits! Share your screen on Facebook Messenger for iPhone and Android. Here’s how Smiling Mind The #1 Healthiest Menu Option at 80 Popular Restaurants The 29 Healthiest Fast Food Orders You Can Get at Every Chain The 30 Healthiest Drinks You Can Order At Dunkin’   More episodes you’ll like:   July 31, 2020 | The Friday Five The Friday Five for July 31, 2020: Trump’s Executive Orders on Drug Pricing; Movement on Next Stimulus Bill; 2021 Medicare Part B Premium Proposal; Humana & Heal; and Kaiser Family Foundation Study on COVID-19 and Kids Tips on How to Stay Productive While Working From Home Maximize your productivity - even as you work from home! Let's face it, WFH is lasting longer than most of us thought. If you're struggling to stay productive right now, we get it! Try out our list of productivity hacks to get back on track. 5 Must-Haves for Every Insurance Agent This AEP Are these must-haves part of your strategy for this Annual Enrollment Period? They should be! Listen as we highlight five essentials to simplify your Medicare sales this AEP.   The latest from Ritter’s Blog:   5 Tips for Using Medicareful to Sell More Medicare Plans Medicareful gives agents the potential to double or triple their capacity to safely engage prospects and enroll clients! How can you maximize your site and Medicare sales? Why Being a Likable Agent Is Good for Your Business How you present yourself as an agent can make or break your business. You may think, “It doesn’t matter what other people think of me,” which in some ways is true. But when it comes to how people view you professionally, their opinions do matter. Tips for Becoming a Top-Producing Insurance Agency Becoming a top producing agency isn’t something that happens overnight. It will take work and maybe a bit of trial and error to see what will work best for your business and sales flow.   Subscribe & Follow:   Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Podbean Spotify Stitcher   Connect on social:   Facebook Twitter YouTube LinkedIn  

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“For me, I believe that Black lives matter. That’s what I said. Anyone with a functioning brain understands that all lives matter. Anybody. But right now there is a portion of our community that is frustrated, and they are suffering, and they are hurting. So, as an empathetic Christian I’m gonna go and say I agree with the statement Black lives do matter. But I was glad some people disagreed with me, because I kept saying, do Black lives matter yes or no? yes but…I’m like there is no but. We disagree. Those are the same type of people that would have interrupted Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus would have been like, blessed are the poor…no Jesus blessed are all people. Since when does highlighting one issue disparage another? Are we not secure enough to be able to sit here and go issue by issue and talk about one without disparaging another? Of course all lives matter, but it’s okay to say Black lives matter. What’s wrong with you? This is not rocket science. All lives matter. No kidding. That’s why Black lives matter, because until all lives matter equally, we need to focus on this.” -Carl Lentz, 2016   This is the most important episode I will ever release. I hope you approach it with an open heart.   Just recently: George Floyd was murdered by a police officer while three other police officers stood by and did nothing. Breonna Taylor was in her home in the middle of the night when police broke in, unannounced, and shot her to death. Ahmaud Arbery was out for a run when two men chased him and shot him to death. Christian Cooper was bird watching in Central Park when a woman threatened to call the police and say that an African American man was threatening her life. He was not.   It doesn’t stop there. The following Black men and women have been murdered by police: Philando Castile Atatiana Jefferson Eric Reason Natasha McKenna Botham Jean Walter Scott Bettie Jones Tamir Rice Michael Brown Dominique Clayton Eric Garner Trayvon Martin  Tanisha Anderson Sandra Bland Freddie Gray   THESE ARE JUST THE NAMES WE KNOW. Do you know how hard it is to find a full list of Black people who have been murdered at the hands of police brutality?    Here’s a brief history of the Black lives lost in our country over the past few years along with the #Blacklivesmatter gaining momentum:   ·      2013: #Blacklivesmatter first appears on twitter ·      7/17/14: Eric Garner dies in NY after being arrested ·      8/9/14: Michael Brown is killed during an encounter with police officer in Ferguson, MO. ·      11/22/14: Tamir Rice is killed by police in Cleveland while playing with a toy gun ·      11/24/14: Announcement that there will be no indictment in Michael Brown case ·      4/19/15: Freddie Gray dies in Baltimore while in police custody ·      6/17/15: Charleston church shooting kills 9 people ·      7/13/15: Sandra Bland is found hung in Texas jail cell   STATS ·      99% of killings by police from 2013-2019 have not resulted in officers being charged with crime. ·      Unarmed Black people were killed by police at 5x the rate of unarmed white people in 2015. ·      Police killed at least 104 unarmed Black people in 2015— nearly 2x a week. ·      1 in 3 young Black men will be incarcerated in their life (compared to 1 in 17 white men). ·      13TH DOC: “The film’s premise is that while the 13th Amendment to the Constitution eliminated slavery and involuntary servitude, it in effect had an unintentional loophole that asserted “except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted.”” ·      Black people make up 6.5% of the American population but make up 40.2% of the prison population. ·      Our prison population went from less than 200k in 1970 to 2.3m today. This is what we refer to when we talk about mass incarceration.   THERE ARE PROVEN STRATEGIES that significantly reduce police killings, but very few Police Departments have adopted them. These are: Requirements that officers use all means other than shooting (decreases death by 25%) Requires all use of force be reported (decreases death by 25%) Bans chokeholds + strangleholds (decreases death by 22%) Has use of force continuum (decreases death by 19%) Requires de-escalation (decreases death by 15%) Duty to intervene if another officer uses excessive force (decreases death by 9%) Restricts shooting at moving vehicles (decreases death by 8%) Requires warning before shooting (decreases death by 5%) *You can call your local representatives and demand these 8 things be instituted with your local law enforcement. Want to learn more? Click here: https://8cantwait.org   WHY DO BLACK LIVES MATTER? My Personal Reckoning: 2016 ·      I didn’t realize my own white privilege for a long time. I felt better than the other white people when it came to bias and racism because I grew up in a broken home filled with drugs, addiction, affairs, and even lived in a town where I was a minority. The reality is I have loved Black culture for most of my life, but I have done very little to be an advocate for justice for my Black brothers and sisters. I’m so sorry for this. ·      I received a DM from a Black woman who encouraged me to diversify who I was interviewing on The Refined Woman. Almost all of my collaborations and interviews for the first few years of The Refined Woman were with white women. I was a white girl blogger. ·      In 2016 I also wrote an All Lives Matter blog post that fortunately never went live. I didn’t understand what it meant that Black Lives Matter. As a Christian I assumed didn’t all lives matter? Thank God I have a team, and thank God I didn’t go live with that painful article. I was very, very wrong.    Black Lives Matter, and here’s why:   Jesus was a 1st Century Palestinian Jewish man. He had brown skin and was hated by the religious, and beaten and killed by law enforcement. If he was alive today in America, he’d be a minority immigrant who probably wouldn’t step foot inside white evangelical churches except to flip over tables. The Western Evangelical Church in America has become a religion for rich, advantaged, and privileged white people—which is the exact opposite of the roots of Christianity and the life of Jesus. Jesus hung out with the oppressed people of society, those ostracized, those who didn’t feel safe in the church—those who were judged and cast off. He fought for justice, restored dignity and humanity from the woman at the well, woman caught in adultery, to touching people with contagious diseases and engaging with people outside of the Jewish law which would have made him unclean in Jewish circles. But he didn’t care, because He was on a mission to do God’s work.   Friend, if you are a follower of Jesus and do not have a heart for justice, racial reconciliation and to see the systemic walls, pillars, and foundations of racism in our country to be dismantled, you are out of alignment with the heart of God.   Who does Jesus care about?   -       Prodigal Son returns: the jealous brother instead of the father rejoicing over the return + safety of his son. But don’t I matter—OF COURSE YOU MATTER, BUT YOUR BROTHER WAS LOST + NOW IS FOUND.    -       Luke 15: Jesus leaves the 99 to go after the one sheep. He cares about the individual.   It’s time to get back in touch with the heart of Jesus. Do all lives matter? YES. But until Black lives matter—we better go after that. Jesus went after the one.   What can you do?    #1: Acknowledge If we don’t heal our past, it will follow us. And ours is HAUNTING US. -Kat Harris   1.     Until we acknowledge the experience of what it means to be a Black person in America there is no chance at healing. 2.     When someone dies, you show up. 3.     “I don’t know the full story.” You don’t have to. 4.     “People are just reposting for attention…not for the right reasons.” You don’t know their hearts. And so what? Does that mean you get to stay silent? 5.     Here’s what’s true: in 1619 was when the first wave of Black people were kidnapped from Africa to become slaves in Jamestown. July 4th isn’t a celebration of independence for Black people. They weren’t free when those freedom bells rang. America was built on the backs of terrorism and genocide and slavery of Black people, people of color and indigenous people. 6.     If we don’t heal our past, it will follow us. And ours is HAUNTING US. 7.     We have to look back before we can move forward. 8.     One of the first things we can do is acknowledge our white privilege. What is white privilege and how do you know if you have it? Go through these statements.   #2: Get Curious I STARTED NOTICING + GETTING CURIOUS: ·      Why did I have so few Black friends? ·      Why were there some Black people and people of color at my church but none on staff or leadership or in the decision-making rooms? ·      I changed churches because I wanted to be a part of a community with women in leadership, then I noticed almost every week at church I could count on one hand the number of Black people at my church…why? ·      Why were influential Black Christian people like Lecrae + Andre Henry leaving the church? ·      How come at my favorite salad place every single person in line buying was white and all the people working in the buffet are Black? ·      How come the expensive gym I had a membership to had mostly white members, and yet almost every single one of the people working there from front desk to maintenance are Black? ·      This started making me very uncomfortable. I didn’t know what to do—so I’d talk with my friends about it…but really I didn’t do much about it. I deeply regret this. #3: PRAY + REPENT: ·      When have you been complicit, silent, and chosen ignorance out of comfort and convenience? Write it down, say it out loud, pray, and repent. ·      Psalm 13 is great to walk through lament. ·      Psalm 51 is great to walk through repentance. #4: ACTIVATE: ·      Sign petitions for racial justice. change.org is a great start for this! ·      Talk with friends and family. ·      When you see racism, call it out. ·      Post on your platforms. ·      Call your local representatives and demand justice. ·      Support Black-owned businesses. ·      Donate to Historically Black Colleges and Universities. ·      Go to https://www.grassrootslaw.org to find out how you can support policing and justice in America. ·      Read this: 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice by Corinne Shutack    #5: ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT: ·      Equal Justice Initiative (Bryan Stevenson) ·      Be the Bridge (Latasha Morrison) and her wonderful resource page, “Where Do I Start?” ·      WhereChangeStarted.com has a great anti-racism starter kit ·      The Innocence Project ·      To help pay bail for protestors in NYC, money can be Venmo’ed to @bailoutnycmay.  ·      City-specific bailouts. ·      ACLU ·      NAACP ·      UNCF   #6: READ: “Stop asking us to give you books. Stop asking us to do research. Listen y’all were able to do mathematic equations through some Black women and then your own stuff and to be able to go to the moon, and put a flag in it and dance around and do the west coast strut. How in the world can you go from the earth to the moon and you can’t do research on the racial history that we need to fight in this country. I don’t want to be traumatized by teaching you history. I want you to grow up in your spiritual maturity, and grow up in your faith, and go on the sanctifying journey of overriding the patriotic way that we’ve learned history in America.” - Pastor Eric Mason   1.     White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo 2.     So You Want to Take About Race by Ijeoma Oluo 3.     The Person You Mean to Be by Dolly Chugh 4.     We Were Eight Years in Power by Ta-Nehisi Coates 5.     How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi 6.     I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown 7.     Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates 8.     Woke Church by Eric Mason 9.     The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander 10.  Jesus and the Disinherited by Howard Thurman 11.  Great Speeches by Frederick Douglass 12.  Waking up White and Finding Myself in the Story of Race by Debby Irving 13.  Ghetto by Mitchell Duneier 14.  More than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the Inner City by William Julius Wilson 15.  Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi 16.  A Testament of Hope by Martin Luther King Jr. 17.  Prejudice and Racism by James M. Jones 18.  Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People by Mahzarin R. Banaji 19.  Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America by Dr. Michael Eric Dyson 20.  I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou 21.  All About Love by Bell Hooks 22.  Well-Read Black Girl by Glory Edim 23.  Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin 24.  Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon 25.  There Will Be No Miracles Here by Casey Gerald 26.  Paradise by Toni Morrison 27.  Healing Racial Trauma by Sheila Wise Rowe 28.  Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston 29.  The Lies that Bind: Rethinking Identity by Kwame Anthony Appiah 30.  The Very Good Gospel by Lisa Sharon Harper 31.  The Prophetic Imagination by Walter Brueggemann 32.  Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times by Dr. Soong-Chan Rah 33.  Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America by Michael O. Emerson and Christian Smith 34.  Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson 35.  The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein 36.  Human(Kind) by Ashlee Eiland 37.  A Day Late and a Dollar Short by Terry McMillan 38.  Kindred by Octavia E. Butler 39.  Beloved by Toni Morrison 40.  White Teeth by Zadie Smith 41.  Discerning the Voice of God by Priscilla Shirer 42.  Detours: The Unpredictable Path to Your Destiny by Tony Evans 43.  Unashamed by Lecrae 44.  Believe Bigger by Marshawn Evans Daniels   ARTICLE + WEBSITES 1.     Code Switch: Race in Your Face 2.     White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh 3.     NYTimes An Antiracist Reading List compiled by Ibram X. Kendi 4.     Goodgooodgood.co Anti-racism resources compiled by Sarah Sophie Flicker and Alyssa Klein 5.     Buzzfeed’s An Essential Reading Guide for Fighting Racism by Arianna Rebolini 6.     1619 Project (NY Times) – an article series on the history and legacy of slavery in America (also a podcast below). There is a book project in the works to expand on what they’ve started. 7.     The America We Need (NY Times) – a NYT Opinion series that touches on justice in the midst of the pandemic. 8.     “Walking While Black” by Garnette Cadogan   WATCH: 1.     Pastor Eric Mason: Don’t Lose Heart: Why It’s Worth It to Fight for Racial Harmony Even When We Don’t See Progress 2.     Pastor Carl Lentz: I said, “Black Lives Matter” 3.     Dr. Robin DiAngelo’s talk on White Fragility at the University of Washington 4.     How to Deconstruct Racism One Headline at a Time, TEDtalk, Baratunde Thurston  5.     How Racism Makes Us Sick, TEDtalk, David R. Williams  6.     Racial Reconciliation, Latasha Morrison’s sermon, National Community Church  7.     The Privilege Walk   8.     Jon Tyson and David Bailey, class, race, reconciliation, and the Kingdom of God   9.     Becoming Brave: Reconciliation Rooted in Prayer – “why do we need the church?” by Rev. Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil     Movies to watch on Netflix: 1.     13th 2.     American Son 3.     Dear White People 4.     See You Yesterday 5.     When They See Us   Movies to watch on Hulu: 1.     If Beale Street Could Talk 2.     The Hate U Give   Movies to rent: 1.     Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 2.     Clemency 3.     Fruitvale Station 4.     I am Not Your Negro 5.     Just Mercy 6.     Selma 7.     The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution 8.     BlacKkKlansman 9.     Burden 10.  The Color of Fear   Listen to these podcasts: 1.     NPR’s Code Switch 2.     Season 2 of In the Dark 3.     Hope & Hard Pills with Andre Henry 4.     Her with Amena Brown 5.     Truth’s Table Podcast 6.     Fights and Feelings with Joseph Solomon 7.     Anti-Racism with Andre Henry on The Liturgists 8.     Pod Save the People 9.     1619 Project Podcast 10.  Scene on Radio’s “Seeing White” 11.  Why Tho   The Refined Collective episodes on race: 1.     Anxiety, Race, and Healing Community with Nikia Phoenix 2.     I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness with Austin Channing Brown 3.     Why Being a ‘Good Person’ Prevents You From Being Better with Jeana Marinelli   People to follow: 1.     @austinchanning 2.     @theconsciouskid 3.     @blackcoffeewithwhitefriends 4.     @theandrehenry 5.     @colorofchange 6.     @rachel.cargle 7.     @ibramxk 8.     @mspackyetti 9.     @blklivesmatter 10.  @osopepatrisse 11.  @reformlajails 12.  @akilahh 13.  @showingupforracialjustice 14.  @tyalexander 15.  @tiffanybluhm 16.  @natashaannmiller 17.  @thefaithfeast 18.  @louisa.wells 19.  @abigaileernisse 20.  @jessicamalatyrivera 21.  @thegreatunlearn 22.  @laylafsaad 23.  @luvvie 24.  @pastorgabbycwilkes 25.  @elevateny 26.  @pastoremase 27.  @lecrae 28.  @whatisjoedoing 29.  @sarahjakesroberts 30.  @bishopjakes 31.  @devonfranklin 32.  @iammiketodd 33.  @amenabee 34.  @shaunking   You don’t have to read all 44 books in one day. You don’t have to start a non-profit. BUT YOU DO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. I have not read every single one of these resources, but am making my way through them one by one. I am with you on the journey.   What are you committed to? How are you going to ensure that you are no longer silent? It’s time for white people to do something.   We are co-creators with God; it’s time to get to work.

Intro 0:04 Welcome to The Blogger Genius Podcast brought to you by MiloTree. Here's your host, Jillian Leslie. Jillian Leslie 0:11 Hello friends. Welcome back to the show. I hope you are staying safe and healthy during this unusual time. Before I start with today's episode, I wanted to announce that on May 26 we are starting our next coaching group. Join Our 6-Week MiloTree Entrepreneur Coaching Group Starting May 26th It's a six-week coaching group. It is for new bloggers and experienced bloggers where we dig in, get to know you and your business, and teach you really how to grow an online business today. Especially, during this time. There's a lot. There's a lot that's the same and a lot that's different, and we break it down piece by piece. In fact, don't take my word for it. I'm going to read what Clara said about our coaching group. Coaching Group Review She said, "Being part of the group was such a great experience. Jillian and David provided so much valuable information, tips, ideas and help. They shared all their expertise and that is a lot. I strongly recommend anyone join. It's empowering. It's helpful, dynamic and fun. Every session with them opened my mind and gave me fantastic insights and support for my own business. It's totally worth it." Well, Clara, thank you for saying that. Clara has continued on with us in our monthly membership. This is just a great way to get some momentum. That's what I would say. And we'd love to have you. If you want to learn more, head to MiloTree.com/group. Email me at Jillian@MiloTree.com. If you want to get on a call to talk about your business and how I think we can help you, I would love it so please reach out. In today's episode, I have David as my guest. He is, of course, my husband, my partner. He is a technologist. He is really insightful. I learn from him every day. What we are talking about is how to look at your blog with fresh eyes. Show Notes MiloTree Entrepreneur Coaching Group MiloTree Pop-Up App—30 Days Free MiloTree BlogStart MiloTree Downloadable Blog Checklist MiloTree Mastermind Facebook Group Episode #110:Why Site Speed can hurt your blog and How to Fix it GTmetrix Google Site Speed How to Look at Your Blog With Fresh Eyes We get really comfortable with our own blogs and we almost become blind to that. So what I've been doing in my Facebook group, my MiloTree Mastermind Facebook group, (If you're not a member, please go to Facebook and join.) is I will ask people and say, "Hey, do you have something you want us to review?" And people will say, "Yeah, will you look at my blog?" So, what I'm doing in this podcast is outlining how David and I take a look at your blog. What's great is we've got fresh eyes, but we also have a systematic way of looking at the pieces of your blog to see if you are making good choices to help move your business forward. I'm going to give you some insights into how we think about it. If you want a free download, a checklist of what we're talking about, please head to MiloTree.com/blogchecklist. You can go through this and hopefully see your blog in a new way. And if you want help doing this, that's where David and I come in. Please join our coaching group. What's great about it is that David is there to give technical and design help. If for example, you look at your blog and you go, "Oh my God, I really need to change this or whatever." We're here! Reach out at jillian@milotree.com and we will help you. That's what we are here for. So, without further delay, here is my interview with David. David, welcome back to the show. David 4:05 I'm glad to be back. Jillian Leslie 4:06 It's fun. It's funny because we're sitting here close together, talking. David 4:10 Sharing a mic. Jillian Leslie 4:11 Sharing a mic. Thinking about whether we should have two mics but realizing that it's probably logistically somewhat difficult. David 4:19 I don't want to have to Skype from another room. Jillian Leslie 4:21 It's cute. It's like we're all cuddled up here next to the mic. Okay. We just finished our first coaching group. And it was really fun, wasn't it? David 4:32 It was good. Jillian Leslie 4:32 What was cool about it was getting to know the bloggers and entrepreneurs in the group and really getting to understand their businesses and they are our friends. David 4:41 Yeah, especially during the time we're quarantined and not seeing anybody. It's kind of nice to meet new people and talk to them. Jillian Leslie 4:49 Yeah. And that you have this ongoing relationship. It's funny, we started the group before quarantine, and then all of a sudden the world shut down around us. And it was something that I started to really look forward to not just because it's fun, and we want to help people succeed, but it was like, "Hey, we could just show up with this group of people." Because the truth is we've been hanging out a lot together for a while. So it was really nice. So anyway, we are starting our second coaching group on May 26th. And what's cool is that we have really been able to take this time to synthesize how we teach, and what we think is really important. Has Your Blog Gotten Cluttered? We thought about doing this episode and sharing how we look at blogs, especially you David because you have such a technical foundation. Our blog is kind of like your home, which is you move into your home with your stuff and you put everything in place and it looks really nice, let's say. And then over time, you start to bring in more stuff. You might bring in a tchotchke or a decoration. David 5:59 Some souvenirs from the vacation trip. Jillian Leslie 6:01 Exactly. And then there's the stuff that is kind of functional, but you don't really have a place for it. Like the big mixer ends up on your countertop in your kitchen. And then, the pile of papers. And at a certain point, you step back, and you go, "Oh my God, my house is so cluttered, and it used to not be cluttered." David 6:25 Or you never step back and you never realize it. Jillian Leslie 6:27 Exactly, yes. David 6:29 But when your friends come to visit, they might go, "Hmm." Like, "How do I get to the kitchen behind that pile of books?" Jillian Leslie 6:37 And in fact, I think a blog can be somewhat similar, which is, it's really easy to add stuff. I think that we get used to our blogs and how they work and we forget to take stuff off, or we forget to pare it down. In our Facebook group, the MiloTree Mastermind Group, and we just did this recently. I'll say, "Hey, do you want feedback on your blog?" And somebody will give me their blog URL. We're always happy to do this. What I do behind the scenes is I say to David, I go, "Hey, David, look at this blog with me." And so, usually we sit by your computer and you call it up and you start looking and kind of how… If I were to think like you, what are your first thoughts of when you're evaluating somebody's blog? David 7:18 Right? Well, the advantage we have is we may not have seen the blog before, so we can really bring fresh eyes. Jillian Leslie 7:23 And we've seen hundreds and thousands of blogs. David 7:26 Right. So I think as we give this advice to you, having you lived in your blog. The main thing I would say is you're trying to bring fresh eyes. Bring your own eyes in a fresh way looking at your own site. Putting yourself in the position, a new visitor coming in for the first time. People Don't Start on Your Homepage Anymore As content creators, we are intimately familiar with our blogs or sites. I think inherently you kind of think of it hierarchically, right. Imagine you're putting up your blog. Start with what is my homepage going to look like? And then, what are my sections? And then, I'll put the blog post in the sections. But, you know, in the world today, it's the opposite. Right? Someone's out on the internet, they're on Google searching for a recipe. They're on Pinterest looking for a cool photo of some home decor. Hopefully, your site comes up and they're going to click on it and they're landing deep in your site, like they're in a blog post. Ninety percent of the time they're not coming to your homepage and looking at the cool hierarchy you set up, they're landing in it, on your content. How Does Your Blog Feel Overall? So, the very first thing is, like really the feel. A lot of that is about performance, page speed. Not like in like, you have your stopwatch out, but just when you go to your page, what does it feel like like? Are things loading in blocks and shifting around? If I'm starting to see your content and want to scroll down, can I? I don't know if you've been to sites that are loading really slowly you can't move the page. That can be super frustrating. That can be like an automatic… Jillian Leslie 9:13 Bounce. David 9:14 Yeah, people back out because you know, they're not even confident that the content they want is going to be there. So, go for that feel first. Jillian Leslie 9:24 Okay, wait. We did a podcast episode, David and me, about site speed. I will link to that where we talked about certain tools. But what is the URL or where do you go to detect people's site speed where they can just put their URL in? David 9:39 Google PageSpeed. So, I was just saying like, don't think to spot stopwatch. First, go for the feel. But also after that, especially if you think there's a problem, go to Google PageSpeed. I think that's an important metric to have, because a lot of the performance we're doing is in the hopes that Google will reward us or not penalize us for PageSpeed. And there's another site called GTmetrix. I like GTmetrix if you're going to sit down and try to optimize your site performance because I think that some of the feedback it gives are a little more clear than what you get from Google PageSpeed. Jillian Leslie 10:17 Let's talk about orientation, because you talk a lot about that. David 10:21 Right. So, once someone's there, like they're in your recipe post… Jillian Leslie 10:27 Kind of like in the bowels of your blog. David 10:29 Yes. They haven't come to your homepage, they haven't gone through this. It's not the museum tour, or they come at the front front desk and get the map and there's the desk going, "Okay, we're going to start here. We're going to go into the east wing first. We're going to learn about deserts, and then move into…" Actually, maybe start with appetizers, end up in deserts. But they're deep in your blog. So, I think these days on the internet, like one question every time you arrive at a new site, maybe someplace you haven't been before is like, "Is this place legit?" Jillian Leslie 11:01 Right. There's like a moment of skepticism because we all know that there are people out there wanting to scam us or somehow there's like this underbelly. And also if it's a recipe, like do I trust this person? David 11:16 Yeah, exactly. I'm sure anyone who uses Pinterest. Sometimes you'll go to a pin and like, "Okay, that's a great photo. I want to get more information." And then you'll click and then like, who knows where you'd end up. Nothing related to it. They're just kind of spamming that photo out trying to get a click to something unrelated. Jillian Leslie 11:33 They probably stolen that photo. David 11:35 Stolen that photo. Reused it. Bought an unrelated stock photo. So, one thing is like when you're pinning, like hopefully, there's a easily mental connection that the person can make between the photo you're pinning from your post and the content that's in your post. And it doesn't have to be the same photo. I know you can do like custom pin photos, kind of the tall with a label. You may not have it in your post but as long as you just want to be able to, like the gut reaction should be okay. How to Orient Your Visitor When They Come to Your Site Jillian Leslie 12:12 Oh, I'm here and this is right where I'm supposed to be. David 12:15 Right. Because that's your first hurdle The second one is like they might go like, "Okay. Before I invest, like more than two seconds here, start scrolling. Like, what is it this place?" Jillian Leslie 12:26 Who are you? David 12:27 Who are you? Jillian Leslie 12:28 Why should I trust you? David 12:29 Like one thing we recommend is having the little mini bio. If you're an individual blogger, your photo could just be like a sentence or two, your mission statement, who you are. Jillian Leslie 12:42 Right. And you can click to another page that has much more information about you. Have Your About Section on Every Page David 12:46 Yep, by all means have an About Page if you're comfortable with that, but with more of it too because you don't know where people are coming, what page they are going to view first. Assume that on every page, you want to have something about yourself to let people know, "Hey, I'm a real person. I have a real mission here with my site." Jillian Leslie 13:08 Right. I like that. So you would have a photo, preferably a few, like a liner to about you. And if you can put your mission in there of like, so it's not just I'm a mom of three and I live in Colorado. David 13:22 Right. I'm a budget baker. I could say it should be on the first page that people view but you don't know what that page is. So, you blanket it on every page. Jillian Leslie 13:31 And then also, let's talk about nav because your nav should be on every page. David 13:37 Absolutely. I think the question around nav is once someone has arrived, like you've done all this work pinning images and optimizing for Google search results and someone clicks to your page, like, asked what do you want from that person? What do you want them to do? Jillian Leslie 13:56 Yeah, this is a really interesting question because I think as bloggers, especially if we started 10 years ago, we didn't think about that. It wasn't about building a business. It was like I was creating a blog. And look, I can put ads up. What Do You Want Your Visitor to Do on Your Site? It was almost like you backed into a business. And today, I think it is all about what do you want this visitor to do. And how does that help you grow community, make money, build your brand, but very clearly, do you want this person to read this post? Do you want this person to sign up for your list? Do you want this person to download something? Do you want this person to buy something? Do you want this person to click on five different pages of your site? David 14:44 The gut reaction, I'm sure of everyone, is yes. Right? I want all those things. Read the recipe. Print it. Make it view five more pages. Pin stuff. Draw on my list. Click my affiliate links. Jillian Leslie 14:57 And follow me on Instagram. David 14:58 Exactly. Jillian Leslie 14:59 With your MiloTree pop-up. David 15:02 The truth is you want to be optimizing for one thing. Jillian Leslie 15:06 Right. And this is so hard. It's so hard. David 15:08 You got someone on your site. Is your goal to get them on your email list? Is your goal to get them to buy something? Is your goal to get them to view more pages because you've got great content? Jillian Leslie 15:21 Yes. Yeah, I want it all. You're right. But there should be a hierarchy in terms of what is most important for your business. And again, how many times do you come to a blog and then lots of things are popping out at you? I mean, this goes back to MiloTree. When we created it, our feeling is really one ask. Now, people will have multiple pop-ups on their sites in addition to MiloTree, but really our thinking is always funneling people to make it so easy for them to do what you want them to do. And not confusing them. It's the kind of thing where again, this is one of those moments where when you step back and you think about it that way, you want to find that journey. And kind of put road signs pointing going, "Do this. Go here." I like actually, when blog say start here in the nav, because guess what I do? David 16:21 Start there. Jillian Leslie 16:21 I start there! You just told me what to do. 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How Does Your Site Look on Mobile? David 18:10 I think it's also a good time to bring in mobile. Again, as content creators, we're spending a lot of time at our desk on our desktops, laptops with big screens. Jillian Leslie 18:26 Yeah, you should see what our office looks like right now with our big screens. David 18:32 You have to always remember that we have the bulk of our audience on mobile. Jillian Leslie 18:40 Yes. David 18:41 It could be 60. It could be 80. It could be higher, 80% or higher of people coming on their phones. That means there's a lot less on their screen when they visit your site than on your screen when you're designing and creating your blog posts. Jillian Leslie 18:59 And the other thing I would say is if you came to our house and watched us at night, let's say watching a baking show or so, which we love, we will be on two screens. I'm going to admit it. You're sitting there. The show is on in the background. I've got my phone out, and I'm scrolling, which just means not only am I seeing a smaller screen, but I'm also distracted. That's why you want any way that you can direct people to do what you want. You need to be doing that because you're not only getting small real estate, but then also, like in terms of people's mindshare, they can only devote 15% of their attention, 30%, hopefully 60%, but chances are, it's not 100%. David 19:46 Yeah. One very specific point is your logo. Jillian Leslie 19:52 Let's talk about that. David 19:53 So again, we love our own brand. Jillian Leslie 19:57 We do. How to Optimize Your Blog Logo David 19:58 We want a nice big logo to show off. And again, on a desktop, you know, you can sacrifice a fair amount of space to your logo. It's not that big a deal. I'd say, I don't know, maybe half the blogs I go to, like between the logo and the nav, you can't even see the title of the post on the first page without scrolling down. So, you're already forcing the user to commit to your site, wait for it to load to scroll to even start to see your content. Jillian Leslie 20:31 What do you recommend for somebody's logo? David 20:35 Simple, wide, and short. Jillian Leslie 20:39 And we were talking about this, how many pixels tall would you? David 20:42 Under 100 pixels tall if possible because it's that short. That's why simple, easy to read. Jillian Leslie 20:50 Yep. All right, let's talk then. So, you want to have a small logo or a short logo, especially on mobile, and then also a short nav? Just in terms of height. David 21:02 Yes. Jillian Leslie 21:03 Okay. So again, like we fall in love with our own designs and our own… David 21:08 I mean navs are things that typically take up too much space because they're tall, but they might take up too much space, because there are too many options in them. Jillian Leslie 21:17 Let's talk about that. How to Optimize Your Nav Bar David 21:17 And again, that ties right back to what is the ask. Right? Someone's come to your site and they're not bouncing off but maybe they've read a lot of your content but now want to go somewhere, maybe see some more content in their choosing to use your nav. How many things are you going to put up there to give them a reasonable choice of making a quick decision? Jillian Leslie 21:43 What is the kind of conventional wisdom? David 21:46 Rule of thumb is when you're presented choices, five or fewer? Jillian Leslie 21:50 Do you have a home? Does it say home or does it not say home and you just link your logo to your homepage? David 22:01 It's okay. Your logo should always link to your homepage. Jillian Leslie 22:03 Okay, regardless. David 22:04 Regardless. I think it's okay to have a home in your nav but you don't need it. Jillian Leslie 22:09 Okay. So, you need space get rid of that. David 22:12 If you have six things in your nav and one of them is home, I would definitely get rid of it. Jillian Leslie 22:16 Okay. Okay. And therefore would you do, let's say that I am a travel DIY recipe blogger. I know it's a lot. It's honestly not what we recommend. We recommend go figure out which one of those is your most popular where people are really connecting with you and go that way. But let's say I've got a part that says recipes and DIYs and travel, and then I'm not going to have home but then am I going to have like an about us and maybe a shop? Are you feeling overwhelmed? You look overwhelmed. David 22:49 I'm starting to feel overwhelmed. Jillian Leslie 22:52 Okay. David 22:54 I might drop the about first. Jillian Leslie 22:56 Just put it in the footer? David 22:58 In the footer and you potentially have a about module somewhere. If it's on desktop, it's going to be at the top of the right rail. When you drop into a mobile view that'll typically drop below your content, which isn't as accessible but is still there. How Many Fonts to Have on Your Blog Jillian Leslie 23:14 Okay, let's talk about fonts. David 23:18 Definitely. I think a lot of people are attracted to many fonts. Jillian Leslie 23:24 Why don't you want many fonts? David 23:26 Starting with performance. Each specialty font, non-system font means everyone who views the page doesn't have to load the font before they can start reading the text in that font. Jillian Leslie 23:42 Okay. David 23:44 So, typically, I would say no more than two fonts. Jillian Leslie 23:47 Really? David 23:49 The main thing is you want like a typeface that's very simple, easy to read. Maybe a Sarah Font for your titles and asante sarah font for the body of your post, your content. Jillian Leslie 24:05 Do you really think that's enough? I think that we love fonts and they're pretty. We love photos, we love it. David 24:16 If you're trying to evoke something friendly and homey, you're going to be attracted to like a script type face but think about that those can be much harder to read. Especially at a glance. Someone's scanning the page and you just want something as clear as possible. Jillian Leslie 24:36 Okay. That's okay. David 24:39 Along the same lines, I think there's a disproportionate amount of time spent on WordPress themes. Jillian Leslie 24:48 Can we talk about that? David 24:49 And all these like getting the right background. I mean, the truth is, you want people to see your content first. Right? And to a degree, the type face and your theme and background image, those are helpful and kind of like setting the stage and creating like a feel for what kind of site it is. But the truth is what you want people to see right away is the title of your post, the content, the key photo from your post. You don't want the background color of your theme to distract people from the content. Jillian Leslie 25:26 Right and clash with your content, let's say. David 25:28 Yes. Can You Get Rid of Your Slider? Jillian Leslie 25:29 Okay, let's talk about then sliders. People love sliders. David 25:35 Yes, I would say sliders are emblematic of indecision. Right. I have limited space but I want to do multiple things with that space so I'm going to use a slider to put a bunch of things in that limited amount of space. Jillian Leslie 25:53 I like what you're saying because it is a little bit like this: "You're a visitor. I'm going to serve you up a whole host of choices and you decide." It sounds really good. I'm going to let my visitor decide. And we would say, "No, no, no. You decide. You as the content creator, as the blogger, you decide." David 26:11 Right. Welcome to our restaurant. Here are our three menus. Which one do you want to order from tonight? Jillian Leslie 26:15 Right. Right. David 26:17 Honestly, there's a lot of data around sliders too that people tend not to interact with them. Let's say you've got a slider with three pieces of key content. And typically, I would say people use sliders on their homepage, not in their hosts. If you think all three pieces of content are important, break them out of the slider and let people scroll vertically down. It's much easier to scroll vertically and scan through three pieces of content than to wait for a slider to load and wait for these transitions. Most sliders, I would say, are pretty poorly designed. Like, are my arrow keys going to move the photos? I don't know. Like, how big is the target to shift to the next slide? Can I go backwards? Like all the million little pain points, then I think most people have had enough painful experiences with sliders, they tend not to interact with them. Jillian Leslie 27:15 Yes. David 27:16 If you have a slider on your homepage, I would say, "Okay, look what's in it, and decide if you really want to promote all that content, and either get rid of it or break it out." Jillian Leslie 27:28 Got it. One thing that you've always taught me from like, I don't know, I feel like the last 20 years is this idea that when you make people click, they drop off. No matter what. Always. And therefore, you don't want to necessarily be giving your audience so many choices, kind of a little bit like the about page. We were just on somebody's site yesterday, evaluating it. The woman had a beautiful photo of herself and there was no text underneath it. You could click on it and end up on her about page. We were saying just even having a little bit of text right up, like pulling it up, will give people much more information about her than assuming somebody is going to look at that photo, click on it, and then go read about her. David 28:16 Guaranteed. That is true, right? Fewer people are going to click through, then we'll see it. So, if you want people to see it, put it there. Jillian Leslie 28:26 So, always think about what are you serving up? If you want people to see those, like if you're hiding stuff behind sliders, it's kind of a similar concept. David 28:37 Yes. If you imagine, the prime real estate on your blog homepage is a slider. It's going to get less interaction guaranteed than if you just had a piece of content that you were focusing on and featuring. Jillian Leslie 28:53 Yeah, I agree. And I think that that speaks to kind of what you've always said. You don't want to be hiding stuff, assuming people are going to happily click because every time you click, it's a little bit like you're opening a door. You don't know what's on the other side. It's like a commitment. It feels kind of uncomfortable. David 29:12 And weirdly, you present people with choices, the easiest one. Jillian Leslie 29:15 Is that true? David 29:17 Sure. Jillian Leslie 29:18 Okay. All right. As we're kind of wrapping this up, as I'm looking at my checklist of things, one last thing which I just wanted to mention is that something that you always look at and we talked about this in our previous podcast is, do they have a caching plugin? Do they have a photo optimizing plugin? I feel like when you just look at a site after you've kind of looked at it… David 29:41 I throw those into the page speed. How quickly does it load? How quickly can I interact with it? Just how does that initial feel? Jillian Leslie 29:49 Okay. So a lot of, I think, what we are sharing… And by the way, if you like how we are thinking about this, if this is resonating, please sign up. Join our next six-week coaching group because what we do is we do deep dives into your site and we give you thoughts and ways to figure out what kind of niche you're in, how to make money in your niche, how to create content that will get you to where you want to be, and how to be really intentional. I feel like that's a word that is coming out of our conversation today. Instead of saying, I'm going to push it on the visitor. It's like, I need to do all that thinking up front. And it's hard. David 30:32 It can be hard. You have to make, you have to choose. Jillian Leslie 30:36 You kind of have to like… David 30:37 Pick your favorite child. Jillian Leslie 30:38 Yes. And by the way, in our coaching group, we're there to help you make those choices. Look at your analytics, figure out who you are, what your what your mission is, what your message is. Why Analytics Are Important for Making Decisions David 30:51 In reality, data is a really powerful tool. Let's say you've put tons of stuff on your pages and you're trying to figure out what to take off. Looking at your data analytics to see what people have been engaging with is a great guide. Jillian Leslie 31:06 Right. And one thing we talk about a lot is this idea of you put it out there. And then you're co-creating with your visitors, with your audience. Like, it's not just the Jill show. It's how does the combination of something I put out there mixed with people, and their questions, and their interactions with me, and me going further. It becomes this kind of beautiful soup. And then, using analytics to go what vegetables in the soup do people like and how do I make another soup that's similar to this soup? And so, there's a lot of… as I like to call it, like emergent building and that's really how we think about building businesses on the internet. It's fun because you get to touch people, don't you think? David 31:56 Absolutely. Jillian Leslie 31:57 That's what I think I liked the most about it. David 32:01 If anyone's new here and… Jillian Leslie 32:05 You mean to the podcast? David 32:06 New to blogging. And maybe they've been thinking about it. So, I would caution them against spending like a ton of time designing a custom theme. Jillian Leslie 32:16 Yes, hiring somebody and spending thousands of dollars. David 32:19 Designing your nav. It will get something up that's quick, easy, simple, that looks good, start putting content in. And then, as Jill says, things will become obvious as you go. Jillian Leslie 32:37 As you go, you learn. And by the way, remember, we can help set up your blog with our BlogStart Program and we're happy to do it for that very reason, which is we want to get you going. We want to get you started. David 32:50 You might think when you start that you're going to have a desert blog and the nav is going to be candy, chocolate, and cookies, and cake. And then, you're going to put up two or three posts. And you know, "Oh my God. I didn't know this but people just love my cupcakes." So throw out your nav. Jillian Leslie 33:17 Yeah, exactly. David 33:18 Now it's like chocolate cupcakes, vanilla cupcakes, whatever, a frosting. That's the nav that's going to work for you. We don't know until you try it. Jillian Leslie 33:28 Yes. You want to right. You want to be really nimble. And this is where B- work comes in. Why Being a Nimble Blogger Is So Important David 33:34 Be nimble and not therefore invested into kind of designing yourself into something that's hard to change or expensive to change. Jillian Leslie 33:44 Absolutely. David 33:45 Like spending $1,000 for a custom theme that you're going to have to or want to totally redo after two or three months. Jillian Leslie 33:52 Absolutely. Yes, nimble, nimble, nimble. Fast, meaning get it up. Be embarrassed, do B- work. And then, see, and then reach out, and then listen, and then make decisions for your visitors. David 34:07 Yes. Jillian Leslie 34:07 Based on what you know, based on you as an expert, based on what you want from them. David 34:14 Maybe people want your email list. Maybe people want to follow you on Instagram because they're more interested in your photos. Jillian Leslie 34:22 Absolutely. David 34:22 So, you're going to try focusing on different asks. Jillian Leslie 34:27 Absolutely. David 34:28 Like, follow me on Instagram or join my mailing list. Jillian Leslie 34:30 Yep. Yeah, you don't know. And a lot of times you get to be surprised. But it is how you set yourself up as an influencer, as an expert. Do you want people to feel comfortable with you and to feel like you can solve their problems? So, that's what I would say. Okay, what we are going to do is have a checklist for you, so that you can do this for yourself. Like how you walk into your house that one day after you've lived there for a couple years and you've kind of potentially see it in a new light go, "Oh my God, how did all this clutter show up?" We want to help you walk into your blog. Take a look. Notice. By the way, one thing we've just looked at, when we were just recently reviewing somebody's blog, are all these things jumping out at you and doing all of this animated stuff. Like simple, simple, simple. Take stuff off. Get rid of things. Think about how much you've added to your blog. What Can You Remove from Your Blog? David 35:33 Think about anything that moves is going draw the eye. Okay, so how many times do you want people's eyes drawn off your content? And are you one at most? Jillian Leslie 35:45 Right. So think about again, it's that trite saying that less is more. I think it is. I think intention, focus, and simplicity, and going. Got up. Like go write stuff. That's how you learn. That's how you start connecting. It's not about waiting too much your blog until your designer has done everything for you. Waiting until you've gotten that one perfect blog post written, and then launching the site. David 36:17 Right. Until your friend from college finishes your perfect logo. Jillian Leslie 36:19 Exactly. David 36:20 Go ahead and use a stock logo. Jillian Leslie 36:21 Yeah, go make your own. Yeah, go to Canva. Like, just go is really, I think our recommendation. David, I have loved having you on the show again. David 36:31 Thank you for having me. I enjoyed it. Jillian Leslie 36:33 And we'll do it again. David 36:33 Of course. Jillian Leslie 36:34 I hope this episode gave you a new way of looking at your blog. And if you want our free PDF download, head to milotree.com/blogchecklist and you can look through all of these items that we have highlighted. If this sounds interesting to you and you want to work with us, reach out to me at Jillian@MiloTree.com. Our coaching group is starting on May 26th. We would love for you to join. And in fact, I was going to read what somebody else wrote. Jenny Deremer said, "David and Jillian immediately came in, took a huge piece of that stress off me, and followed up with weekly small site fixes and suggestions. I've never been so proud of my site. David and Jillian are Energizer. Plus, David is a tech genius who's help to me has been in valuable." So, please reach out. We're here and we're really excited to work with you. The other thing that I didn't mention is it becomes a community of like-minded entrepreneurs and bloggers especially during this time when we are isolated. It can feel like you're almost like yelling into the abyss. Is anybody out there really caring what I'm doing or listening? Well, the truth is people are and we are. We're there to help you, support you, hold you accountable, encourage you, and teach you, push you, get you over those humps and get you really growing your business. So, please head to MiloTree.com/group and we would love to have you. And I will see you here again next week. Imagine a world where growing your social media followers and email list was easy… It can be with MiloTree! Try the MiloTree pop-up app on your blog for 30 days risk-free! Let your MiloTree pop-ups help you get to that next level by turning your visitors into email subscribers and social media followers on Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook, and YouTube. Sign up today! Install your MiloTree pop-ups on your site in under two minutes. Sign up for MiloTree now and get your first 30 DAYS FREE!

EP 52 X AMANDA NORGAARD   Amanda is back for her third time, and I could not be more thrilled! You can check out her other episodes linked below. Amanda is a Kundalini Yoga Teacher, Model, Poet, and Entrepreneur to name just a few. She's a light being on this earth who is making massive shifts through her teachings, presence, gifts, and love she simply radiates from every facet of her Being.  We really dig into the current state of affairs (aka Pandemic), and soften into the power of practice, stillness, simplicity, money as a tool, just Being, prosperity, and coming back to Self. It's loaded with golden nuggets, tools, and beautiful teachings.    In this episode we talk about:   -How Amanda has been navigating this Pandemic  - The power of stillness  -Why it was important for her to get off social media for a few weeks  -Her creativity  -Why Being, is just as important as Doing  -Money!!!  -Navigating prosperity right now  -One of her most powerful tools  -Finding a practice to get grounded in  -The simplicity of existence  -Her 40 day practice  -Getting over / releasing fear, and self doubt to take the next step  -Finding beauty during Unknown times  -Knowing your financial numbers, and getting honest with yourself  -Kundalini yoga  -Reaching a new level of awareness, and sensitivity  -Facing Yourself  -Owning your worth  +++ SO MUCH MORE    AMANDA'S LINKS | AMANDANORGAARD.COM AMANDA'S INSTAGRAM 40 Day Practice  EP 02 X Amanda Norgaard on GD EP 29 X The V (Amanda Norgaard on GD)    LISA'S LINKS | A RADIANT LIFE.CA  INSTAGRAM Work with me (1:1 Sessions)  Reimagining Wellness Course (4 Week Self-Guided)    

If you’ve struggled with the idea of going vegan because you can’t imagine life without some of your favorite foods, perhaps trying out part-time veganism is the thing for you!   In this episode of the podcast, we interview Siovonne Smith, author of The 3-Day Vegan.   In our interview, Siovonne discusses how an experiment … The post Why Being a Part-Time Vegan is Better Than Nothing with Siovonne Smith (VZ 356) appeared first on Vegetarian Zen.

To what degree does your organization demonstrate service to others? As part of my consulting work with senior leadership teams, I help them define their company’s servant purpose - a concise statement of what their company does, for whom, and “to what end.” The “to what end” piece is critical because it describes how what their company does improves customers’ quality of life. It formalizes the company’s desire to serve others. Demonstrating service to others definitely brings benefits. In her excellent 2018 article, “Why Being of Service Improves Happiness,” Dr. Barbara Edwards describes how serving others boosts human satisfaction. The same benefits she describes for individuals occur when organizations make service to others a foundation of their work cultures.   In this three-minute episode of my Culture Leadership Charge video series, I share three tangible benefits that employees enjoy when your company engages in proactive, face-to-face community service. This is episode seventy-nine of my Culture Leadership Charge video & podcast series. In these concise episodes, I presents the best practices for creating and maintaining a purposeful, positive, productive culture - at work, at home, and in your community. This content was released in video format on my website, http://DrivingResultsThroughCulture.com, on December 16, 2019. Check out my YouTube channel to view all of my 3-minute Culture Leadership Charge video episodes.

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Stories from Franchisees & Founders    In this episode, we're with Alan Soukup of Bluefrog Plumbing + Drain of North Dallas, and president of Texas Pride Home Solutions Inc. in North Texas. Coming from Corporate America, Alan started checking into different businesses he could build and realized the effort, time and resources it takes trying to find and decide on your own what kind of business to start. Not to mention actually building it from the ground up.  It was then that he was introduced into acquiring a franchise.  He used what he had learned and who he had become from his experiences and still continues to learn more along the way. This helped his business into a good level of success and growth even in its starting stage. So come on and let's listen to Brian, Erik, and Alan as they talk about the things we need to do even from the beginning of our business journey so we can enjoy the success it will bring as it grows.   What we talk about: Alan Soukop's background in Corporate America Training people right Taking any opportunity to learn from people Don't be good TO people, be good FOR the people Alan's transition experience Looking for business opportunities takes a lot of time and resources Building the team in the business The franchise business model Building other's business versus your own business Keep growing and re-investing What makes a bad hire Family in the business Always give the “Why” Being goal-oriented Not growing is dying Really doing the work and getting the job done The safety in having more of anything in the business Making decisions fast    What we mention: Bluefrog Plumbing + Drain of North Dallas www.talkwitherik.com  https://www.thefranchisestory.com/

On Tuesday, April 30, 2019, Trey and Thaddeus talked about parenting styles, stemming from an article titled Why Being an Authoritative Parent is the Best Approach. Trey started with the Catechism's teachings on the duties of parents and children then moved on to go through the 4 styles of parenting: authoritarian, permissive, un-involved, and authoritative. He made the point that limits are fundamental to mathematics and physics—laws—and if they did not exist and interact as they do, there could not be life. Authoritarian parenting shows that the family exists for the parents; permissive parenting models that the family is for the pleasure and enjoyment of the child. Un-involved parenting is the worst of four because it tells the child they matter not at all and they rob the child of even a warped version of love. The best solution is the authoritative parenting style which is closest to the purposeful parenting that Trey and Stephanie advocate. Enjoy the episode, take a moment to like us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter. And remember to pray, parent with a purpose, and prepare for God to amaze you!

This week on the Way of Champions Podcast, we have a discussion with Lindsey Wilson from Positive Performance Training about the importance of the mental game for athletes of all ages. Lindsey works with athletes and coaches to unlock player and team potential through mental performance training. As an athlete, Lindsey had the privilege to play on many successful teams and collect an impressive athletic resume along the way. As a mental training coach, Lindsey has developed mental performance training tools and techniques for universities, teams, and organizations across the globe.   Highlights from the Podcast: Min 06: Why Lindsey starting a mental coaching business Min 13: Why Being called "Relentless” was important to Lindsey  Min 17: Playing professional, or being liked? Min 21: Recognizing the shift towards accepting mental training in sports Min 24: What Lindsey teaches for mental training (and how to get coaches to “buy in”  Min 31: What to say to a an athlete that just failed? Min 43: How do coaches recognize when a problem is a mental health issue, not a "optimizing performance" issue Min 50: The power of visualization Min 59: Learn to be a mindset coach   As the Co-Founder and Product/Program guru for Positive Performance, founded in 2008, Lindsey felt a strong call to help other athletes optimize their mindset and fulfill their potential. Today, the Positive Performance team provides athletes and teams with high-quality, easy-to-digest, complete mental training programs, as well as resources for coaches, parents, and athletes to help them maximize their potential.   Resources Mentioned “Is there a difference between Coaching Girls and Coaching Boys?” with Dr. Kristen Dieffenbach [podcast] 7 Steps for developing tougher, resilient, more focused athletes [Link] Mindset [book] by Carol Dweck What Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of an All-American Teen [book] by Kate Fagan Honoring the life of Penn student-athlete Madison Holleran and continuing to 'Talk for Maddy’ [article] by Kate Fagan Everyone Is Going Through Something [article] by Kevin Love via The Players Tribune Resources for Coaches: positiveperformancetraining.com   Some of Lindsey’s accolades include two Big 12 Women’s Basketball Conference Tournament Championships while at Iowa State, won a regular season Championship, and made it to the Sweet Sixteen twice. Playing on three NCAA tournament teams, Lindsey was an honorable mention All-American, an Academic All-American, and was a three-time All-Big 12 conference player selection. In 2003, Lindsey graduated with honors as the second All-time leading scorer and All-time assist leader for the Iowa State Cyclones. Lindsey was drafted by the WNBA Connecticut Sun, and played professionally in Europe and the Middle East for 8 years. She has been described more than once as ‘relentless’ by opposing coaches- something that makes her far more proud than any official accolade.   Connect with Lindsey Wilson Website: positiveperformancetraining.com Blog: https://www.positiveperformancetraining.com/blog/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lindseywilson13 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/positiveperformance/ -----   Announcements for Changing The Game Project:   CONFERENCE Way of Champions Conference will be in Denver, CO on August 2-4. Visit https://changingthegameproject.com/wocconference for more information!    SUPPORT THE PODCAST! Become a Podcast Champion! …and get FREE access to ALL of our online courses.   We are now offering you the ability to contribute as a Podcast Champion, (https://www.patreon.com/wayofchampions)for as little as a cup of coffee per month (OK its a Venti Mocha), to help us up the ante and provide even better interviews, better sound, and an overall enhanced experience. Plus, as a $10 per month Podcast Super-Champion, you will have access to never before released and bonus material, including: Downloadable transcripts of the podcasts, so you don't have to crash your car trying to take notes! A monthly discussion with John, James, Jerry, and other special guests talking about the previous month's episodes and answering some of the FAQs we received that month A code to get free access to our online course called "Coaching Mastery," usually a $97 course, but yours for free for becoming a patron.  Access to an online community of coaches like you who are dedicated listeners of the podcast, and will be able to answer your questions and share their coaching experiences. Thank you for all your support these past two years, and a special big thank you to all of you who become part of our inner circle, our patrons, who will enable us to take our podcast to the next level. https://www.patreon.com/wayofchampions   Visit us on: Web: https://changingthegameproject.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ctgprojecthq Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChangingTheGameProject/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ctgprojecthq/ iTunes: http://bit.ly/wocpodcast

If you are needing to turnaround how you feel about money, our guest Lakesha Brown will come to your rescue.   She prides herself in being a student of life and you will see how that gave her a huge advantage in moving forward in her financial journey.    What you'll learn about in today's episode: How being a life student helped her on her financial journey Money games she loves and the one money game her mom still does to this day Her biggest money challenge and what she did about it For the complete set of show notes for this episode go to http://www.jenhemphill.com/170   Be sure to continue to join us in more money conversations in our FREE community over here: http://www.jenhemphill.com/community   Enjoy this episode and want more?  Be sure to subscribe and leave us a review on iTunes:  https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/her-money-matters-money-talk/id1006403754    By doing that will help us reach more women like you.  It’s easy, here is how:  http://jenhemphill.com/how-to-subscribe-and-leave-a-review-on-itunes/    The post Why Being a Student of Life Improved her Financial Odds with Lakesha Brown | HMM 170 appeared first on the Her Money Matters Podcast.   Have you not grabbed my book? You can do so by searching Her Money Matters on Amazon OR  using this link: https://www.jenhemphill.com/book 

If you are needing to turnaround how you feel about money, our guest Lakesha Brown will come to your rescue.   She prides herself in being a student of life and you will see how that gave her a huge advantage in moving forward in her financial journey.    What you'll learn about in today's episode: How being a life student helped her on her financial journey Money games she loves and the one money game her mom still does to this day Her biggest money challenge and what she did about it For the complete set of show notes for this episode go to http://www.jenhemphill.com/170   Be sure to continue to join us in more money conversations in our FREE community over here: http://www.jenhemphill.com/community   Enjoy this episode and want more?  Be sure to subscribe and leave us a review on iTunes:  https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/her-money-matters-money-talk/id1006403754    By doing that will help us reach more women like you.  It’s easy, here is how:  http://jenhemphill.com/how-to-subscribe-and-leave-a-review-on-itunes/    The post Why Being a Student of Life Improved her Financial Odds with Lakesha Brown | HMM 170 appeared first on the Her Money Matters Podcast.   Have you not grabbed my book? You can do so by searching Her Money Matters on Amazon OR  using this link: https://www.jenhemphill.com/book 

Missional Monday "Why Being an Authentic Church Leader Is Important and How to Become One"   Join us Monday, February 11th for a great conversation on what's happening in the world of Christianity and the local church as we discuss this great article.    "Why Being an Authentic Church Leader Is Important and How to Become One" https://churchleaders.com/pastors/pastor-articles/344374-why-being-an-authentic-church-leader-is-importnat-and-how-to-become-one.html The link for today's show is  The conversation starts at 7PM, don't miss it. Taking The Limits Off Radio", A non-traditional radio show with a vision to spread the Truth of God's Word; that inspires and encourages you to have a meaningful relationship with Christ, through biblical teaching and relevant information. A talk show that "breaks the chains off the norm" to promote a realistic conversation with God and his people. You can also watch the simulcast on Facebook Live on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/TTLORADIO/ Twitter @TTLORadio INSTAGRAM, follow us TTLORadio  WE DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO MUSIC PLAYED ON OUR SHOW

Do you feel relieved when things are flowing in your life and then feel anxious when conflicts and challenges arise? Find out why “the flow” is over-rated and how it can be a misperception that is keeping you stuck in life. EPISODE 61: Why Being in the “Flow” Can Be Keeping You Stuck In this episode, … Continue reading Why Being in the “Flow” Can Be Keeping You Stuck →

Do you feel relieved when things are flowing in your life and then feel anxious when conflicts and challenges arise? Find out why “the flow” is over-rated and how it can be a misperception that is keeping you stuck in life. EPISODE 61: Why Being in the “Flow” Can Be Keeping You Stuck In this episode, … Continue reading Why Being in the “Flow” Can Be Keeping You Stuck →

I should do a blog post. I am going to NYC for a winter holiday. Every other time I have been to NYC was also during a winter holiday. I was freezing, shivering, and distinctly remember my beautiful cashmere long (heavy) coat DID NOTHING to help me from the cold. So, fully acknowledging my inability to retain heat and my living in Texas for over 90% of my life, this time around to avoid cold and/or soggy feet, shivering, and walking forever in heavy clothing: I decided to be super proactive. I really wanted to make the items in my closet work for me BUT I had been contacting friends from the NE US (who have been experiencing unusually harsh weather recently) and asked other Texans who have traveled recently or during winter and decided my clothing would either not be satisfactory OR in order to be satisfactory I would be bringing a lot. I want to minimize the amount of what I bring and also not wear too many layers that add weight. Walking around with 10lbs+ on the back gets exhausting. I did that in school. #NeverAgain if I can intentionally avoid it. Long story short: shopping my closet didn't work. As a native Texan who rarely goes somewhere with an ACTUAL winter I didn't have clothing with appropriate tech. My cold clothing works for Texas cold. I spent money upfront (and A LOT OF TIME for the boots) but I am at peace with my decisions. Why? Being miserable during a trip is terrible and fucks it up for everyone else, too. Like the time I lost my phone in Japan. Yea. You spend more time trying to find the thing(s) to make you comfortable, or that you lost, instead of fully enjoying the trip. Like extra shoes if yours break or get soaked or a waterproof jacket if it starts pouring. I will create a post on what I bought in hopes of helping other southern gals, but yea. My thermals as thin as they are, even rolled up, still take room. So I decided to buy a thicker (but lightweight jacket) that is warm, waterproof, has a hood, and has the pockets I originally hunted for even though it was a bit steeper than I would have liked. I don't have to do more layering this way. I plan on wearing two long sleeved base layers over a UNIQLO heattech bra top. I am all about eliminating a garment when I can! Bras take up a lot of space. The jacket doesn't explicitly say it is windproof... lol so we will see.

First impressions. It should be no surprise to you that you get only one chance to make a first impression. That applies to anywhere in life: meeting a friend for the first time, a blind date, an interview with a new recruiter, or company.   You will learn how to find awesome tactics and techniques that leave a lasting, award-winning impression. What to do to salvage your handshake Why Being the Alpha isn't always the best practice How some Asian cultures have mastered the art of impressions.

Full show notes at: https://www.pencilkings.com/podcast/ Ready to get your career as an artist started, or feeling stuck that you just can't seem to land your first art job? Today, we talk with Shane Madden from Illustration Lighthouse on how he is working with artists to shortcut the time it takes to start earning money with your creative skills. Interview Chapters 00:00-03:15 Introduction and Career Overview Your host, Mitch Bowler, introduces today's guest, Shane Madden, who talks about his varied career so far as an artist and the many different projects he's been involved in. 04:24-09:27 Why Being a Rockstar Concept Artist Isn't Your Only Career Option Many artists have dreams of becoming a rockstar concept artist like the ones you see on big art portfolio sites. But this certainly isn't the only option for you as an artist. There are so many areas where you can use your creative skills and still get paid....and in this chapter, Shane outlines what some of those areas are. 09:55-15:25 What is Illustration Lighthouse All About? Shane set up Illustration Lighthouse as a way to help artists produce the kind of portfolios employers are looking for and to help them find work in a wide range of creative fields. In this chapter, he explains what it's all about in detail and shares some super-useful tips to help you get your art career started. 16:27-22:16 What are Some of the Biggest Sticking Points for Artists So many people leave art school and never pick up a pencil again. In this chapter, we look into why this is, and Shane explains why he thinks so many promising art careers fall by the wayside. If you want to get ahead in your art career - but don't know what's holding you back - you might just find out in this chapter. 22:41-25:21 What Makes a Perfect Portfolio? Many artists think their portfolio should show a wide range of different styles, but this isn't necessarily what's going to get you hired. In this chapter, Shane draws on his own experiences as an artist to help explain what employers are looking for...and why tailoring the work in your portfolio to a specific audience can often be much more beneficial to your career. 25:50-31:04 But What if You Don't Know Which Kind of Artist You Are Yet? It can take a long time for an artist to find their niche and start producing work in their own unique style. In this chapter, Shane explains why this is a natural part of the creative process and shares some tried and tested techniques to help you discover what really interests and motivates you as an artist. 33:15-35:51 What Career Options are Available for Artists? We often think artists have a limited range of career options, but there are lots of 'hidden' opportunities out there that you may not have discovered yet. In this chapter, Shane runs through the wide and varied options you can get involved in as an artist, and explains why the demand for creatives is probably stronger now than it's ever been. 37:10-46:08 How Will Illustration Lighthouse Help You Create a Better Portfolio? Even though art is often a subjective thing, there are still some basic rules you can apply to help you get the results you want in your creative career. In this chapter, Shane explains how he helps artists create better portfolios and focus on their target audience to help them get noticed. You'll also learn how to go out there and make things happen...rather than wait around forever for those opportunities to come to you. 46:10-47:59 Where Can You Find Out More About Illustration Lighthouse? Ready to take action with your art career? In this section, you'll discover how to find out more about Illustration Lighthouse and how this effective program can help you finally get the opportunities you've been looking for as an artist. 48:00-50:00 Conclusion and Where to Find Shane Online Mitch wraps up today's interview and lets you know where to find Shane online.  

Why Being a Rebel is Hurting Your Business

In the first half hour Patricia will be interviewing Jen Julius who is a Life Coach for Leaders. Jen will explore the importance of leading with integrity, respect, and authenticity (her 3 core values) and help you align with your own values so you can step further into your personal power as a leader in your field. They will discuss: Why Being a Leader Means You're a Role Model (and you better take it seriously!) Being a leader is a privilege and it comes with great responsibility - what impact (good or bad) are you making? In the second half hour Patricia will interview Thembi Buthelezi who is a money confidence coach, author, and international speaker. After retiring as a Wall Street trader, Thembi now works to help individuals reach their full financial potential, eliminate money anxiety and allow a divine flow of financial abundance.

In the first half hour Patricia will be interviewing Jen Julius who is a Life Coach for Leaders. Jen will explore the importance of leading with integrity, respect, and authenticity (her 3 core values) and help you align with your own values so you can step further into your personal power as a leader in your field. They will discuss: Why Being a Leader Means You're a Role Model (and you better take it seriously!) Being a leader is a privilege and it comes with great responsibility - what impact (good or bad) are you making? In the second half hour Patricia will interview Thembi Buthelezi who is a money confidence coach, author, and international speaker. After retiring as a Wall Street trader, Thembi now works to help individuals reach their full financial potential, eliminate money anxiety and allow a divine flow of financial abundance.