Happiness expert, Anthony Poponi, is passionate about spreading joy in our workplaces and communities. He is the CEO and founder of Focus on the 40, offering programs and resources which specialize in reducing suffering and increasing happiness in the workplace. He's also an energetic professional speaker and workplace consultant who knows how to captivate his audience and leave them buzzing with excitement. Anthony's workshops and presentations are designed to empower and inspire his audience t...
Apr 04, 2023•59 min•Ep. 163
Vicky Winkler has worked in the field of marketing for over 30 years. She has worked in various sectors including corporate, nonprofit, education, and even the Peace Corps! She owns two businesses – The Marketing Shop, a graphic design and printing business – and in 2022, she added a branding division to the business called Stillwater Branding & Design. She also teaches Marketing at Macomb College in Michigan. Show notes: http://momgeek.com/162 Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, & s...
Mar 28, 2023•56 min•Ep. 162
Steve Buzogany is a lifetime entrepreneur and the Founder and CEO of The Appreciation Advocate, a company that uses gift-giving to generate more referrals for small businesses. Steve made his business debut in real estate and was among the top 10% of real estate agents in the United States. Having personally sold nearly $100M worth of real estate, Steve has become a master of relationships and is well-known for leaving a unique and lasting positive impression on people. Steve’s signature quality...
Mar 21, 2023•51 min•Ep. 161
Emma Schermer Tamir transforms her insatiable curiosity into conversion-spiking copy. As co-founder of Marketing by Emma, she’s helped over 1,200 businesses from around the world boost their sales and build their brands through authentic, compelling copy. Her aim? Excite your dream clients and turn your websites, Amazon listings, and more into effective selling machines. Show notes: http://momgeek.com/160 Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, & share! https://gratitudegeek.com Follow us on...
Mar 14, 2023•57 min•Ep. 160
Liz spent 20 years working on big Hollywood films - she’s won an Emmy and her work is multi-Oscar nominated. Now, she's a business strategist and a Mastermind coach and KNOWS business can be ridiculously fun as well as highly effective. She's Irish, nomadic and as confused as everyone else as to why she speaks with an English accent. Show notes: http://kandasrodarte.com/159 Follow Liz: Rethink Central & Evil Coach Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, & share!...
Mar 07, 2023•48 min•Ep. 159
Michelle Slaney-Trovato is a special needs mom, avid shoe lover, legacy maker and host of the Living Your Legacy podcast. She divides her time between being a SuperMom and Living her own Legacy for and because of her children. Full show notes: http://momgeek.com/158 Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, & share! https://gratitudegeek.com Follow us on social and join the conversation! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@gratitudegeek Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gratitudegeek Facebook...
Feb 28, 2023•56 min•Ep. 158
David Baer is a wine geek, theater geek, marketing geek and host of the More Perfect Marketing podcast. He's been marketing since the 1990s, and these days works with marketing professionals to help them move from being tacticians to strategists. Show notes: http://momgeek.com/157-david-baer Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, & share! https://gratitudegeek.com Follow us on social and join the conversation! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@gratitudegeek Instagram: https://www.instagram....
Feb 21, 2023•59 min•Ep. 157
Sarah Varughese approaches both business and life with a unique perspective, believing in the impossible and recognizing that happiness is a state of mind. With her creative mind, she blends her background in graphic design, marketing, photography, branding, and education to offer a multi-faceted approach to coaching and mentorship. Also known as She-Rex, Sarah is the host of a weekly podcast and YouTube channel, and is the author of "The Yellow Brick Road to Self Discovery: Developing the Menta...
Feb 14, 2023•55 min•Ep. 156
Jeremy Poland is a seasoned marketer, with a backstory in church leadership & publishing. Struggling to support a growing family on one non-profit salary, he erected a digital agency from side hustle to family sustainer. With a specialization in SEO for Small Businesses, the proprietary “playbook” and data he developed led to the formation of DIY SEO! Show notes: http://momgeek.com/155-jeremy-poland Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, & share! https://gratitudegeek.com Follow us on s...
Feb 07, 2023•51 min•Ep. 155
Vinnie Potestivo is a media maverick who helps clients skyrocket their media exposure and make a lasting impact. He’s the mastermind behind I Have A Podcast and the go-to guy for discovering and boosting independent podcasters worldwide. With a track record of success as a network executive at MTV Networks, where he discovered and developed talent, he and his team at VPE.tv are taking content creation to the next level, pushing boundaries and delivering original and exciting content across all p...
Jan 31, 2023•51 min•Ep. 154
Maya Ford of FordMomentum is a pioneering marketing and communications professional who has over 20 years of experience in almost every major industry. Maya is passionate about integrating diverse perspectives into viable solutions that businesses and communities can implement together. She is a global cosmopolitan, creative, innovative and a master communicator with a strong listening ear, and a drive for measurable success. Ford Momentum used their Standard of Love system to help Houston, TX r...
Jan 24, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 153
Amy Stone is a certified life coach who helps stepparents and adults in blended families. Amy helps flustered and overwhelmed stepparents who want to reduce drama and go from chaos to calm and happiness. Complete show notes: http://momgeek.com/152-amy-stone Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, & share! https://gratitudegeek.com Follow us on social and join the conversation! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@gratitudegeek Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gratitudegeek Facebook: https:/...
Jan 17, 2023•54 min•Ep. 152
Corinna Bellizzi, MBA is an omega-3 expert who pioneered the growth of Nordic Naturals to over $100 million in annual sales. Given her concern for health of people and the planet, she shifted her focus from fish-sourced omegas to algae in 2016. Today she leads Örlö Nutrition, a new algae brand that features the world’s first carbon-negative omega-3s. Örlö Nutrition grows their algae in pristine water in Iceland, in a controlled environment, optimized with AI and principles of circularity. She ho...
Jan 10, 2023•52 min•Ep. 151
Today we are celebrating our 150th episode! 150 episodes is huge in the world of podcasting! How huge? I’ll share some statistics. A huge chunk of my conversation with start-up junkie Rob Broadhead was omitted from episode 149. Specifically, the part where we both share how cancer has affected our families. I’m going to share the excerpt here today AND catch y’all up on my own lived experience with metastatic breast cancer. Finally, I’ll share some gratitude for just a few of the folks who have ...
Dec 20, 2022•30 min•Ep. 150
Rob Broadhead is a life-long technical "geek" that has been part of numerous start-ups over the years and used those experiences to find out what brings him joy. Full Show Notes: http://momgeek.com/149-rob-broadhead Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, & share! https://gratitudegeek.com Follow us on social and join the conversation! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@gratitudegeek Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gratitudegeek Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gratitudegeek LinkedIn: ...
Dec 13, 2022•39 min•Ep. 149
Susanna Dussling is a deaf bilateral cochlear implant wearer living a meaningful and purposeful life with resilience and no regrets. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, & share! https://gratitudegeek.com Follow us on social and join the conversation! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@gratitudegeek Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gratitudegeek Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gratitudegeek LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gratitudegeek Support Gratitude Geek, a relationsh...
Dec 06, 2022•51 min•Ep. 148
International bestselling author, Michelle Nedelec is an expert in entrepreneurialism and the founder of Awareness Strategies. She’s run her own series of companies for over 22 years and for over 15 years has been helping Sales reps, Entrepreneurs, and Executives continually double their profits and revenues. She not only has what it takes to help her clients build a million-dollar business, but she does it time and time again. Michelle particularly loves to talk about Marketing Automation, Syst...
Nov 29, 2022•48 min•Ep. 147
Host Kandas Rodarte shares her thoughts on the Colorado Springs LGBTQ club shooting, reads a story about growth and gratitude and gives a brief health update.
Nov 22, 2022•20 min•Ep. 146
Conversion copywriter. Copy Coach. Wing Woman. Word slinger. No matter what you call her, Erin Ollila believes in the power of words and how a message can inform—and even transform—its intended audience. When she’s not working with big brands and small businesses to marry strategy, storytelling, and SEO, you can find her hosting the Talk Copy to Me podcast or exploring southeastern Massachusetts with her family and friends. In episode 144, The Next Right Thing, we chatted about neural diversity,...
Nov 15, 2022•35 min•Ep. 145
Conversion copywriter. Copy Coach. Wing Woman. Word slinger. No matter what you call her, Erin Ollila believes in the power of words and how a message can inform—and even transform—its intended audience. When she’s not working with big brands and small businesses to marry strategy, storytelling, and SEO, you can find her hosting the Talk Copy to Me podcast or exploring southeastern Massachusetts with her family and friends.
Nov 08, 2022•42 min•Ep. 144
Kevin Palmieri is the founder and co-host of the Next Level University podcast. Early in his life, Kevin found “success”, but after a brush with suicide he realized he wasn´t living the life he truly wanted. He became passionate about self improvement and decided to make it his life’s purpose to make a positive impact on as many people as possible whilst inspiring them to be better human beings. Today, his podcast is in the top 100 with over 1000 episodes and listeners in more than 125 countries...
Nov 01, 2022•53 min•Ep. 143
In September of 2013, I launched a YouTube talk show called Coffee, Cards and Conversations. Each week, I'd met with a guest at locally-owned coffee shop in Conroe, Texas to have a honest conversation about gratitude and marketing. My very first guests were Glenna Griffin and Tanya Bugbee. In episode 142 of Gratitude Geek, we catch up after 9 years. What's changed in those 9 years? Turns out a lot has changed, but not really.
Oct 25, 2022•34 min•Ep. 142
Dr. Ivan Misner is the Founder and Chief Visionary Officer of BNI. Today, the organization has over 10,700 chapters with more than 290,000 members throughout every populated continent of the world. He is a New York Times best selling author who has written 27 books. He has been featured in the L.A. Times, Wall Street Journal, and New York Times, as well as the BBC and The Today Show on NBC.
Oct 18, 2022•59 min•Ep. 141
Jason helps consultants, coaches, and authors turn their expertise into online courses and group programs so they can help more people and generate more income. Jason draws from more than eighteen years of experience, including creating multiple successful brands, launching over 60 online courses, teaching more than 10,000 entrepreneurs, earning seven figures in online course sales, and generating 8 million downloads of his podcasts. His mission is to help visionaries with impactful ideas to con...
Oct 11, 2022•56 min•Ep. 140
Deb Davis is Detroit’s premier headshot specialist. Her goal as your photographer is to connect and engage with you in order to bring out your very best, so you can showcase your personality and skill.
Oct 04, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 139
Melissa Myers, CFP® is a heart-centered, female financial planner, #1 best-selling author, speaker, owner of multiple financial services businesses and she is Going Rogue! Conventional wisdom about personal finance has a place, yet it isn’t always the place to start or end. Melissa’s unique approach to building and preserving wealth starts with mindset and ends with life-changing impact. The mission of Melisa and her team is to help their clients live with a Sun-kissed and Blessed state of mind....
Sep 27, 2022•51 min•Ep. 138
Susanne White was blessed with the opportunity to care for her parents and ventured out on a caregiving journey that would change her life. She blogs about this journey on her website, caregiverwarrior.com and shares her experience, strength and hope with others so that they too may survive caregiving with grace and empowerment. She outlines ways caregivers can replenish mind, body and spirit in her her latest book "Self Care for Caregivers". Full Show Notes: http://momgeek.com/137-susanne-white...
Sep 20, 2022•48 min•Ep. 137
Hannah Acosta is the passionate and purposeful leader of the Social Media Department at Ugly Mug Marketing. Over the past 4 years, Hannah’s grown her department by over 340%, working alongside hundreds of small business owners and entrepreneurs as they navigate the ever-changing digital marketing landscape. After launching more than 4,000 social media campaigns, Hannah has a front row seat to the challenges and rewards faced by marketers today. From private clients to social media masterclasses,...
Sep 13, 2022•55 min•Ep. 136
Jeff Clatterbaugh is vice president, mortgage sales manager. Been in business for 25years as a residential mortgage professional. He has a business degree from Central Michigan University and began his career as a portfolio (solution based financing) and new construction specialist. He has held many leadership positions in the industry including board or realtors and building association. He also founded the Toastmasters public speaking club for the Board of Realtors. Jeff has trained and develo...
Sep 06, 2022•48 min•Ep. 135
Michelle is a 2x International Bestselling Author, Speaker & Relationship coach helping you find the confidence to live and love life as you dream it can be through The Art of Relationshipping. Show Notes: http://momgeek.com/134-michelle-hoffman
Aug 30, 2022•50 min•Ep. 134
