WHY COLD CALLING IS STILL AN EFFECTIVE SALES STRATEGY with Jeremy Chen Jeremy Chen is the owner of Answerfone, a start-up that provides virtual receptionist and virtual assistance services to companies. Jeremy is a young entrepreneur from Winnipeg, Canada who has quickly discovered that he had exceptional skills with regards to talking with a prospective or current client on the phone. In this episode, we will learn about: how he decided to launch his own business the principles of effective col...
Jun 09, 2020•46 min
HOW TO SELL 1.5B$ IN REAL ESTATE WHILE USING GARY VEE's CONTENT MODEL Jas Takhar is a natural born salesman and entrepreneur. He made 1.5 billions worth of deals in his real estate career. He has co-founded REC, which is a real estate agency based in Toronto. Jas uses the Gary Vee's content model to repurpose the content that he creates and that leads to him producting about 20 pieces of content every day. In this episode, you will learn: how Jas started in sales why he uses Gary Vee's content m...
Jun 01, 2020•44 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Consulting Lifestyle episode #39 - INCREASE VALUE AND REACH PEAK PERFORMANCE Alan Lazaros is a peak performance coach, entrepreneur and podcaster. He is a proven track record of helping individuals and companies increase their value. He lives his life by two of the "5 regrets of the dying" mentioned by Bronnie Ware. There are many more principles that he applies in his business that you as a consultant can be inspired by to become a peak performer. In this episode, you will learn: his life story...
May 25, 2020•39 min
Ruth Fernandez is an arts and journalism who ended up having more than 2 decades of a global consulting career. Her passion for gaining and sharing knowledge led her to a successful career as a change management leader in many big SAP implementations around the world. She also fosters social collaborative behaviors in company. She is a change agent in the STEM fields, where she advocates for having more women involved in those industries. In this episode, we talk about: Ruth's career story chang...
May 18, 2020•48 min•Season 1Ep. 38
Michael I Reeder owns two businesses: an accounting & tax company called Swartz & Reeder as well as a business franchise brokerage called BizFranHub. Michael took only 5 years to grew from college graduate into a shrewd entrepreneur. His companies are based in the greater Chicago area and serve companies nationwide. In this episode, we will talk about: how mentorship helped Michael to progress so fast how to grow your business through acquisitions how to negotiate "seller financed deals"...
May 11, 2020•54 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Jacqueline Grant is the owner of the Management Academy and the Women in Consulting Summit. She started her entrepreneurial journey in 2005 after having been laid off from her marketing leadership role. She managed to succesfully reinvent herself and build a business. She also launches 2 podcasts in May 2020. In this episode, you will learn: how to reinvent yourself how to deploy more of your gifts and abilities the Women in Consulting summit (several dates coming soon!) how Jacqueline started t...
May 04, 2020•54 min•Season 1Ep. 36
Jasmine Gercke is a woman who always strived to realize her dreams. She first came to Canada from England in 2001, 2 weeks after 9/11. She started in finance & B2B consulting at Ernst&Young, to then become a yoga teacher and open up her own yoga school on 10/10/2010. She had a regular TV Show on the MaTV channel (based in Montreal). In this episode you'll learn: what led her to open up a yoga school how she developed a Jazz Yoga method on MAtv channel show (2016-17) her current dream of ...
Apr 27, 2020•51 min•Season 1Ep. 35
#034 - How a poet built a software company with peacemaking values with Chitra Lele Chitra Lele is the young founder of Chitra Lele & Associates, a software consulting company. She managers her company with ethically aligned design principles. Poetry, writing, peace and ethics influence her persona and her business. She is also doing a PhD in emerging technologies (AI, Machine Learning, etc). She is the world-record holder in In this episode, You will learn: Chitra started Chitra Lele and as...
Apr 20, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 34
#033 - How top class vendor maintenance can save millions in your business with Debra Richardson Debra Richardson is an Accounts Payable consultant who has worked in various industries. She is "Putting the AP in Happy" for companies. In this episode, you will learn about: Debra's career story What does account payable and vendor maintenance mean The added value of having proper accounts payable process Human resource skills required to manage a team The future of the industry after the covid-19 ...
Apr 16, 2020•41 min•Season 1Ep. 33
In this episode, I do 3 things: I detailed special offerings from tech giants Microsoft, Google, SAP, Salesforce, Dropbox, Hellosign and Asana for their clients during this difficult time. I do a recap on the past podcast episodes in 6 topics: Building a consulting firm Solo consulting Leadership Government contracting Virtual business Diversity and inclusion The future of the podcast, mostly in Q2 2020. Call-to-action: leave your e-mail for our brand new newsletter send your comments about what...
Apr 13, 2020•58 min
#031 - How his love for branding led him from wrestling to digital marketing with Neil Haley Neil Haley is moved by his love for branding. He is an ex-professional wrestler, currently a radio host while running a digital marketing and tutoring services company. In this interview, we will go over: His past as a professional wrestler His business model The impact COVID-19 will have on sales & marketing How he has built his team His time management philosophy http://neilhaley.com/ Support the s...
Apr 09, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 32
Kelly Bron Johnson is the founder of Completely Inclusive, an accessibility and inclusion consulting company based in Montreal, Canada In the past, she was a professional who was diagnosed late with autism. She has now a mission to make sure that no one will face the struggles she endured during her work and voice her message for anyone who has a form of handicap or disadvantage that could impact their professional lives. Today, she shares her message and services with start-ups and established ...
Apr 06, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 30
#029 - How a Doctor in neurology built a 7-figures virtual events business with Dr Mark T Wade Dr Mark T Wade holds 2 doctorates in postural neurology as well as more than 30 certificates. However, he is a serial entrepreneur who built multiple 6 and 7-figures businesses. He is the founder of Virtual Summit, a virtual software and events organization company. While we are living this coronavirus crisis, Dr Mark T Wade is an example on how to reinvent yourself and run a virtual company. There is ...
Apr 02, 2020•30 min•Season 1Ep. 29
#028 - How to use crowdsourcing to build an on-demand ERP consultancy with Osar Iyamu Osar Iyamu is a San Francisco-based French-Canadian entrepreneur who founded On-Demand Experts Cloud in 2015, commonly called "OdeCloud". ODE stands for On-Demand Experts and it illustrates the particular way in which Osar changed his business model from a pure enterprise service to a mixture of SaaS and service model. Throughout his career and in his business, Osar constantly used his inner creativity to make ...
Mar 30, 2020•46 min•Season 1Ep. 28
#027 - How to scale a family-owned insurance agency with Lorena Tomasini Lorena Tomasini is the co-owner of MALMIN, a health & life insurance agency that she runs with her mother. Created in 2006 and based in Miami, her business is helping both individuals and businesses in their need for insurance protection. In this episode, you will learn: how Lorena started in the industry the specifics of working with her mom how did she transition from serving clients face-to-face to online her 3-D pro...
Mar 26, 2020•33 min•Season 1Ep. 27
This is a bonus episode in which I share three actions that B2B consultants can take during this crisis and that will have positive long-term effects on their well-being, their business and society. 1. Your expertise and your voice are not in quarantine, share it! 2. Use your skills to help a not-for-profit organization or an organization involved in solving the health crisis 3. Build your own program, products and services What do you think about those 3 ideas: You can let me know what you thin...
Mar 24, 2020•16 min
#026 - How to build your Linkedin Profile: a Masterclass with Shawn Hill Shawn Hill is a Linkedin coach who focuses on helping midlife job seekers. Whether you fall into that demographic or not, his expertise on Linkedin is crucial for anyone who want to enhance their Linkedin Profile. We will literally have a mini-course on how to enhance your Linkedin profile, content and etiquette during this episode. In this episode, you will learn: why Shawn started to develop his expertise on Linkedin why ...
Mar 23, 2020•43 min•Season 1Ep. 26
#025 - From top expert to US government consulting business owner with Judy Bradt Judy Bradt is a Canadian woman with a huge experience working with the US Government. She has been a top expert for Canadian companies doing business with the United States. In 2003, she decided to create her own consulting firm. In this episode, you will learn how: Judy transitioned from top expert to consultant how her business model evolved over time what type of businesses can benefit of her services her vision...
Mar 19, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 25
#024 - How Clarity, Commitment and Consistency help you to get results with Conni Medina Conni Medina is the owner of Clarity Consulting Inc, an executive consultancy company that she started in the fall of 2019. Conni explains us why she decided to start a business after a long successful corporate career and how it will help her having the time and location freedom that she wants. In this episode, you will learn about: her decision to open up a consulting firm how clarity, commitment and consi...
Mar 16, 2020•54 min•Season 1Ep. 24
This episode is a solo show in which I will share my experience of the Podfest festival 2020 which happened in Orlando from 6th until 8th of March 2020. In this episode, I will talk about the type of conferences I attended during the festival, my opinion on the location and 3 things I learned from organizing live events. Do not hesitate to write a review on Apple podcasts or to let us know what you think about the episode and the show at info@consultinglifestyle.fm! Support the show To get in to...
Mar 12, 2020•27 min•Season 1Ep. 23
#022 - How to build world-class resumes in any industry with Akeem Branford Support the show To get in touch with Diogene Ntirandekura, the host of the show: Linkedin Profile community page for coaching Instagram profile...
Mar 10, 2020•51 min•Season 1Ep. 22
#021 - Why you can have it all as a consultant with Wendy Maynard Wenday Maynard is a business strategist and marketer. She has co-founded a multi-million dollar marketing company in 2000 and exited it in 2017. She successfully rebuilt her own solo practice and guides a lot of entrepreneurs and consultants to obtain business results in a short period of time. She has built thriving communities on both Facebook and Linkedin, with almost 4000 Facebook group members and almost 10,000 Linkedin follo...
Mar 05, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 21
#020 - How this founder created two Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning startups Frank Mendoza is a consultant and business owner. His passion for data and storytelling led him to founded and run 2 startups: Catalytics Consulting and Detecting Talents. Frank is multidisciplinary and has 2 degrees: Engineering: which helped him to figure out how to solve problems MBA: which helped him to identify which problems to solve He went from intrapreneurship to entrepreneurship pretty quickly and...
Mar 02, 2020•44 min•Season 1Ep. 20
#019 - Create your own opportunity to meet your drive with Brandividuation owner Amber Brooks https://consultinglifestyle.fm/19 Amber Brooks is a fast learner, faster pivot who after only 8 months of experience working for another employer, created Brandividuation. She helps both copywriters and their clients into defining and executing on their brand identity in a holistic way. Her company differentiates herself through how deep they work on company’s foundations regarding their brand identity ...
Feb 27, 2020•41 min•Season 1Ep. 19
#018 - How to run a successful events sponsorship business from home with Sheila Farragher-Gemma https://consultinglifestyle.fm/18 A lot of working parents, before getting their first child, decide to take a step back in their career while the child is still very young. @Sheila Farragher-Gemma, somehow did the opposite by starting a business. She has started different businesses in the digital marketing and real estate industries. She now runs a thriving events sponsorship business from home. In...
Feb 24, 2020•43 min•Season 1Ep. 18
#017 - Get 10,000+ views on Linkedin videos using your natural talent with Jonathan Palmar @ Jonathan Palmar is a Linkedin content creator who has lately created a few viral Linkedin videos. While he is having a career as a certified fraud examiner, Jonathan is deploying his natural ability as a Linkedin video creator and gives back a lot to the Linkedin community. When you will hear the episode, you will think that we are longtime friends with all the laughter, but no it was really our very fir...
Feb 20, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 17
#016 - How a TikTok phenomenon grows her business with social media with Maayan Gordon https://consultinglifestyle.fm/16 Maayan Gordon is a serial entrepreneur that uses social media to grow her businesses. She is active on Instagram, Linkedin and TikTok. For her glass blowing company "World of Glass", she started to create content on TikTok and quickly grew her account to 1.7 million followers and more than 35 million likes on her TikTok posts. Though in this conversation we will focus more on ...
Feb 17, 2020•31 min•Season 1Ep. 16
#015 - Principles of success in consulting and in running a million-dollar business with "Your Agile Lady" Lizzy Morris https://consultinglifestyle.fm/15 Consulting Lifestyle is a podcast mainly aimed at B2B consultants and Lizzy is a great example of a consultant who started to work as an employee and then created her own company, Bearded Eagle, with a co-founder. Bearded Eagle today delivers management training all over the world (United States, India, etc) on the agile and scrum principles fo...
Feb 13, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 15
#014 - Why Diversity and inclusion marketing matters with Fionna Wright https://consultinglifestyle.fm/15 Fionna Wright started in marketing "by accident". She has experience in the entertainment and not-for-profit industries and is an self-taught omnichannel marketer. We will talk at length about diversity and inclusion marketing during the episode. Being a bicultural woman, this subject is particularly important for her. We also talk about her public speaking activity and how she conquered her...
Feb 10, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 14
#013 - She speaks across the globe, runs 2 biz & get more African women in tech with Rachael Orumor https://consultinglifestyle.fm/13 Rachael Orumor is a serial entrepreneur who is changing the world of technology. Born in Nigeria, living in Benin, she runs 2 companies in both countries. When she studied technology at school, there were only 2 women in class compared to 40 men. It prompted her to get more women in IT and also to start businesses with a boldness that only a few people have. S...
Feb 06, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 13
