Katherine Ramirez, Founder and CEO With nearly three decades of career and entrepreneurial experience focused in Marketing, Advertising & Sales Management, Kat offers expertise as a sought-after Consultant, Mentor, Sales Trainer, Podcaster, Speaker and Community Leader. Kat's Key Take Aways: Over Communicate It's Ok LinkedIn vs Facebook Go where your tribe lives How often should I be posting on Watch out for Scammers Kat currently serves as CEO of adBidtise , which she founded in 2014. adBid...
Mar 24, 2020•32 min•Ep. 79
Julie Anne Eason helps business people write and publish world-changing books that Inspire, Educate, and Sell. She is an author, speaker, and CEO of Thanet House Books—a boutique book production company that helps people through the entire process from early book development through writing, publishing, and distribution. She has ghostwritten multimillion-dollar books for thought leaders and influencers in a wide variety of industries, including New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today ...
Mar 19, 2020•34 min•Ep. 78
Sheri St Marie 🎤🔥Entrepreneur - Real Estate Broker/Owner - Professional Speaker - Disruptor of Human Behavior Storylane Properties - where a priceless life takes place - 16 years experience in residential real estate, especially new construction in Middleton, Madison, Waunakee and Verona. Other areas by personal request. About to provide worldwide brokerage services through eXP. I use my voice on behalf of millions who are too unsafe to do so in order to change societies’ perception of abuse, ...
Mar 17, 2020•34 min•Ep. 77
Nathan Sroor is the current Sales/Business Development Lead at Interflight Parking , which manages and maintains all of the on-sight parking at MKE airport. While still in high school, Nathan began with Interflight, working a full-time role at the inception of its valet service, where he was recognized by upper-level management for his hard work ethic and outspoken nature. Feeling his skills could benefit the company in a bigger role, the Executive Vice President gave Nathan an opportunity of a ...
Mar 12, 2020•33 min•Ep. 76
Hey, it's Jeff Van Kampen (#JeffVKay ❤️), and I want to “officially” welcome you to my world. About 7 years ago, I started my first online business while I was in college (selling clothes), and this little hobby I picked up quickly became my obsession. I started selling all sorts of things online and have become what I like to call a student of marketing. My other business ventures are where I test and try stuff out… And my Facebook Group (Chiropractic Marketing Secrets) is where I share what I’...
Mar 10, 2020•25 min•Ep. 75
B2B Sales and Marketing professional. Enabling companies to build brand awareness, generate leads and nurture opportunities by navigating the complexities of digital marketing and web design. Strengths lie in helping industrial firms understand their customers, their buying process & driving customer engagement that generates a high return on investment. Experienced ice hockey Head Coach. Passionate about player and team development. Educating, training, and coaching players from development...
Mar 05, 2020•38 min•Ep. 74
Pat Helmers is an international business consultant and technology startup coach. He is the author of the Selling With Confidence sales system and host of the award winning Sales Babble sales podcast. Pat has been in the tech world his entire professional career. Key Take Ways: Know how to ask the right questions Fact tell Stories Sell How to connect on LinkedIn and Build relationships How to build relationships on LinkedIn How to leverage a podcast to promote your business The power of podcasti...
Mar 03, 2020•33 min•Ep. 86
Meet Jorge Benavente I believe that everything in an organization rises and falls on the quality of its leadership. Whether its a household, sports team, business, or boy scout troop, the leader dictates the success of the organization. I've worked diligently to fine-tune and hone this skill. Although I am a work in progress, I have been fortunate to lead great people and great teams in both sports and business. I would love to share my insights and hopefully be of value to your listeners....
Feb 25, 2020•35 min•Ep. 73
Have you ever thought about how important your personal brand is? Stacy Kaat is a personal brand coach, author, and photographer, and I am excited to share my conversation with her. In this episode, Stacy shares her personal journey from cosmetologists to how she fell in love with photography, and what she has learned along the way that has made her a coach to help others with their personal brands. She is also a number one best-selling business author who has been published in Brilliant Breakth...
Feb 20, 2020•36 min•Ep. 72
David J.P. Fisher, AKA D. Fish , is a sales and entrepreneurial professional, author, speaker, and coach, and has owned his own consulting firm, Rock Star Consulting, for over 14 years. David got his start by selling Cutco Knives, which helped him pay his way through college, and worked his way up to running the Chicago office and training over 1,500 salespeople. In our conversation, we focus on LinkedIn as a way to network and how to get the most out of it. Using LinkedIn is an important way to...
Feb 18, 2020•39 min•Ep. 71
Feb 13, 2020•43 min•Ep. 70
Ariel Kopac is a high endurance coach for business owners and sales professionals created Harness Your Hindrance coaching as a way to help clients break through mental barriers and increase their awareness of mental patterns, in order to see what it is that doesn’t serve them. Ariel Kopac and I had an insightful conversation in which she shares powerful tools to overcome the fear of failure, our internal dialogue that holds us back, and one of the top five people she wants to meet that has creat...
Feb 06, 2020•29 min•Ep. 69
Ken Young is Milwaukee’s very own Don Draper, as the owner of Young Creative Works, helping personal brands and small businesses grow their brand through advertising. He shares how he started drawing at school as the graphic editor of the school paper. After graduating, he was thrown into the advertising world and has spent his career building a wealth of knowledge that he now uses in his own business, which he opened in 2007. In our conversation, he shares some of his favorite client stories, t...
Feb 04, 2020•34 min•Ep. 68
Jan 30, 2020•25 min•Ep. 67
I’m excited to share my latest conversation with you that I had with Allison Orlovsky, relationship and intimacy coach and owner of For the Love of You. In our conversation, she shares her personal journey from working in finance for 20 years and the shift she made to coaching. She also gives an update of For the Love of You and details why she enjoys long-term relationship coaching and feels suited to help others create healthy priorities and relationships. To hear our earlier conversation in e...
Jan 28, 2020•29 min•Ep. 66
Young Guns inspires, motivates, and encourages professionals to become the best possible versions of themselves and realize that they are capable of more than they ever dreamed. Young Guns realizes it’s extremely difficult for our future leaders to keep up with the speed of innovation with respect to personal branding, social media, business creation, and differentiation, among many other important topics. Young Guns speakers are all literally changing the rules of the game. Who better to ignite...
Jan 23, 2020•28 min•Ep. 65
I’m excited to introduce you to one of my great friends and mentor, Tony Jalan, and share our recent conversation about his three questions. In this episode, Tony shares what the three questions are, life lessons he’s learned from them, and why the order of them is so important. For the last 20 years, Tony has been a successful leader and business owner. He is a top sales leader for the past five years for a Fortune 500 company, and he uses three questions as a tool to be successful and achieve ...
Jan 16, 2020•40 min•Ep. 64
Sit back and enjoy this episode. I learned some much about energy drinks and what works for me. I cut out the sugar and no longer have the afternoon crash. Meet Danielle Danielle Robertson Rath a biochemist and author of “Are You a Monster or a Rock Star: A Guide to Energy Drinks - How They Work, Why They Work, and How to Use Them Safely”. In 2003, Monster energy drinks hit this US markets, and at that time she was studying for her undergraduate degree, while also maintaining two part-time jobs....
Nov 28, 2019•32 min•Ep. 63
Welcome to Local First Podcast Connecting your community to your local businesses. Because every local business is a great story that needs to be shared. Hi, I'm your host Rob Kochanski, owner of Local First Podcast and Local First Podcast Productions. Every Thursday, I Spotlight a local business where they share their Journey why they started their business, how they overcome their challenges of running a business, we celebrate their successes and talk about how they impact your community. We a...
Nov 23, 2019•48 sec
Summary: #DWYD Toy & Book Drive: Milwaukee couple making a difference in the lives of children in the Milwaukee area. A husband and wife team that in their spare time (outside of full-time careers) create positive change. This is the season of giving, and I am excited to bring you a conversation I had with Josh Scarver of DWYD Gives, Toy and Book Drive. The toy and book drive got its start eight years ago when he and his wife hosted a party and asked the attendees to bring toys. At that even...
Nov 21, 2019•25 min•Ep. 62
Summary: Elmer Moore never saw himself and his family staying in Milwaukee for long. But now that they’re here, they just might be here to stay. He shares some of his first impressions and how different parts of his background perfectly prepared him for life the life that he and his wife created here. He now works with Scale Up Milwaukee, helping teach businesses and other participants in the Milwaukee ecosystem, through programs such as an accelerator, how to grow and how that growth then works...
Nov 15, 2019•47 min•Ep. 61
Summary Leticia Munoz first started working in restaurants at the age of 15. One of the jobs she had was at Michael’s Family Restaurant, which opened in 1985. And when there came a time for Michael’s to close for good, she decided to buy the restaurant. She now owns Michael’s and the recently opened Orenda Cafe. Letica shares the path she took to restaurant ownership, what it’s like to own two restaurants, and answers my rapid-fire questions. Hot Topics in this episode: What inspired her to own ...
Nov 08, 2019•24 min•Ep. 60
Summary Spreading body positivity and education through art is the mission of Mara and Gloria of Artery Inks. In this conversation with them, we catch up on how things have changed for them personally and for Artery Inks since our last conversation in Episode 21. They also share the impact business coaching has had for them and how they received the Certified SPEARity Business Award for 2019. We finish our conversation with their plans for 2019 and how they want to grow and expand in the next ye...
Nov 01, 2019•30 min•Ep. 59
Summary The Book in Three Sentences Rich Dad Poor Dad is about Robert Kiyosaki and his two dads—his real father (poor dad) and the father of his best friend (rich dad)—and the ways in which both men shaped his thoughts about money and investing. You don’t need to earn a high income to be rich. Rich people make money work for them. The Five Big Ideas The poor and the middle-class work for money. The rich have money work for them. It’s not how much money you make that matters. It’s how much money ...
Oct 26, 2019•18 min
Summary: Martin and I talk about how the podcast industry has changed over the years, the people who inspire us, and Martin’s tips on branding and marketing. Martin Moore is a commercial and lifestyle photographer, filmmaker, and local vlogger, who now has a radio show on 620 WTMJ on Tuesdays. Martin is a repeat guest, and in this conversation, we spend some time catching up. We talk about how the podcast industry has changed over the years, the people who inspire us, and Martin’s tips on brandi...
Oct 24, 2019•36 min•Ep. 58
Summary Mark Concannon is a figure and local legend in Milwaukee, and I am excited to share our conversation with you in this episode. Mark has worked in the Milwaukee market for a long time, first starting as a weekend sportscaster on Channel 6, before transitioning to the Wake Up News morning show, which he did for 20 years. After his time at Channel 6, he worked for Fox Sports Wisconsin. Nine years ago, he transitioned from broadcasting to starting his own company, Concannon Communications, a...
Oct 18, 2019•29 min•Ep. 57
Summary Life after the Olympics for Katherine Adamek was difficult, filled with injuries and setbacks. But through those hard times, she was able to take control of her life, largely through her mindset. In part one ( https://www.localfirstpodcast.com/katherine-adamek/ ) she shared the journey of what it took to get to the Olympics. In this episode, she details her life after the Olympics, which included surgery and rehab, overcoming resentment and unhappiness, to now coaching and speaking on mi...
Oct 10, 2019•30 min
Summary Part 1 of 2 Katherine Adamek is an American short-track speed skater, two-time Olympic medalist, one silver and one bronze, in the 2010 winter Olympics. She’s also the owner of Fix Your Mindset performance mindset and coaching. In part one of this two-part series, she shares her journey of becoming an Olympic athlete, starting with the memory of the first time she was on the ice. She details the time and sacrifices she invested in order to become a n elite athlete, and the lessons she ha...
Oct 02, 2019•23 min•Ep. 54
Summary: Book Beer & Networking September Book The Art Of Happiness My favorite takeaways from this week’s episode: You don’t have to be religious, to be spiritual. The only constant thing is change. Know your limits. The Dalai Lama says it doesn’t matter which religion you belong to, or whether you belong to any, for that matter. Ask yourself: What does being spiritual mean to you? And then don’t let anyone tell you you’re wrong . Suffering is a part of life, he says, but by rejecting that ...
Sep 27, 2019•16 min
Summary Jackson discusses how he has been able to grow his insurance business by helping others in the community. He explains why and how he volunteers at several local charities. “At Elevated Insurance, we believe that our community is the heart of our mission, and we want to make sure our heart beats strong! That is why we make a commitment to help it grow! ” My favorite takeaways from this week’s episode: It all started with a vison then creating the process The One Thing – Having Goals Monda...
Sep 26, 2019•23 min
