Do you hate bragging? Join the club. Most -people hate bragging but you absolutely need to show up and advocate for yourself–let people know what you do. How do you do that in a way that feels right to you? A way that doesn't make you sick? Meredith Fineman, author of Brag Better, joins us with tips on how to reframe the concept of bragging and offers specific solutions for how to post a win on social media and how to showcase your accomplishments when networking. Did you love today’s episode? 1...
Nov 22, 2023•23 min
Want to know how to be a better leader and keep your employees? Workplace strategist and bestselling author of The Retention Revolution: 7 Surprising (and Very Human!) Ways to Keep Employees Connected to Your Company, Erica Keswin joins us. She covers questions like: How do you have hard conversations with your staff? How do you make your employees feel heard? How much in-person face-to-face time do you need? How do you craft and communicate your company values? What does professional developmen...
Nov 15, 2023•30 min
You want to speak more. But what’s that first step? Then what? How do you craft the speech? I’m synthesizing the brilliance advice from Barbara Barna Abel and heather Monahan from my recent articles for Fast Company to help you take that very needed Messy Action. Take 1 little step. You will learn: The first thing to do to land more speaking engagements How to reframe your mindset to feel confident to be a speaker How to build your speech or presentation Grab the Freebies! How to Get Speaking Gi...
Nov 10, 2023•5 min
Looking to get more speaking gigs? Heather Monahan shares how to get speaking engagements (savvy ways you may not have considered!), how to fine tune your topic and when to start (hint: start before you feel ready). She also reminds you–everyone’s nervous when they are speaking, even Beyonce! Heather Monahan has been named a Top 50 Keynote Speakers for 2022 by Real Leaders. She was a chief revenue officer in media and won awards like the Glass Ceiling Award and was named one of the most influent...
Nov 08, 2023•29 min
Amy Shoenthal, author of The Setback Cycle: How Defining Moments Can Move Us Forward merges science, anecdotes and interviews with some of the biggest names to help us understand how to turn setbacks into opportunities. And how about this irony– she got laid off 2 days after we originally spoke! Amy Shoenthal is a journalist, author and marketing executive. She shines the spotlight on small business owners, entrepreneurs and leaders who have been historically underestimated yet are doing the wor...
Nov 01, 2023•37 min
Community. The word is thrown around a lot. But what does it mean? Here’s what I’m learning and appreciating from leading group coaching - 2 cohorts simultaneously. And especially in these challenging times which leads to many sleepless nights, a bit about how students are helping each other out and supporting and encouraging each other. Grab the Freebies! FREE DOWNLOAD: How to Shine On Camera FREE DOWNLOAD: How to Pitch Yourself in 30 seconds Follow host Kim Rittberg on Instagram Fight Anti-Sem...
Oct 27, 2023•5 min
Are you doing “social selling”? Ever made a huge pivot or dream of it? Master networker Ali Levitan shifted from investment banking to TV to being a global growth executive driving multi-million B2B revenue deals. We're talking about the importance of social selling which means leveraging content to directly grow leads. Plus she shares her journey into thought leadership and building her personal brand through her podcast and LinkedIn executive interview series ‘Boss.’Ali offers awesome advice o...
Oct 25, 2023•27 min
Barbara Barna Abel is a multimedia communications coach, creative advisor, talent and executive development expert and will teach you how to craft an incredible presentation or speech, how to weave personal stories into a speech and how to express yourself authentically. Plus, she shares her story of building her own communications business. Barbara’s credits include Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, What Not to Wear, the RuPaul Show, and is the author of How to Get Your Foot In the Door: Televisi...
Oct 18, 2023•42 min
I did it! I saw the Taylor Swift Eras movie. While I was singing and dancing with my kids in the theater, I was also jotting down notes. There were several things that I loved about the concert film, but specifically I was thinking about how you can apply it to your business - both lessons for public speaking and also for making social media and video content! Improve your social media marketing with these lessons from Taylor Swift! In this special mini solo episode, I discuss: What Taylor Swift...
Oct 15, 2023•4 min
This one’s personal. As a Jew, witnessing the terror attack in Israel, and having family who lives there, I am sharing my perspective on how you can use your voice to condemn terrorism. Donate, fight terrorism and aid victims of terror: https://www.ujafedny.org/israel-emergency-fund https://www.jewishfederations.org/2023israel-emergency#donate https://afmda.org You can connect with me on Instagram . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.co...
Oct 13, 2023•4 min
Today you're going to hear from California based top 1% real estate agent Debbi DiMaggio, who is an author, philanthropist and true connector. She has trained hundreds of real estate agents and has been named in the 2023 RealTrends + Tom Ferry America’s Best Real Estate Professionals. Debbi will talk about the secrets to her success, fun stories about salvaging deals that were about to fall through, pickleball and her shaman! Debbi has also written four books including the Art of Real Estate, wh...
Oct 11, 2023•40 min
On my recent epic New York City singalong that is the Billy Joel residency at Madison Square Garden, in addition to noticing how many hits he has written, I realized: Wow, they really put a lot of thought into the visuals of the concert. In this special mini solo episode, I discuss: What I learned from the Billy Joel concert How you can elevate your videos with better visuals simply Kim Rittberg teaches business owners and professionals how to grow their incomes, leads & credibility with vid...
Oct 06, 2023•5 min
Top organizer Ría Safford dishes on how she first landed A-List celebrity clients, like Chrissy Teigen and Ciara– “I was like’ oh my god a famous person messaged me’.” Plus she shares her path of shifting out of real estate and growing a multimillion dollar organizing business, her tips to growing on social media (“I posted like i had a million followers even when I had just my mom.") Then she helps you control the ‘junk drawer’ and dishes tips to organize your home in just 5 minutes from her br...
Oct 04, 2023•37 min
Fresh off speaking at the Fast Company Innovation Festival to hundreds of business people in New York City, here are some lessons I learned and want to share: In this special mini solo episode, I discuss: How to prepare How to manage your energy for a large vent How to plan for marketing after the event Want to go from professional to THOUGHT LEADER? Kim Rittberg teaches business owners and professionals how to grow their incomes, leads & credibility with video and podcasts and how to be bet...
Sep 29, 2023•6 min
Liz Elting is truly a star of the business world: she’s one of Forbes’ Richest Self-Made Women, an entrepreneur and a philanthropist. She co-founded TransPerfect, the number one translation company in the world–starting it from an NYU dorm room and is going to share her tips on how to grow your business, the reality of what you need to give up and how she balanced growing the business with being a parent. Her book Dream Big and Win: Translating Passion into Purpose and Creating a Billion-Dollar ...
Sep 27, 2023•44 min
Take 1 peek at my graveyard of dead technical equipment for video and TV and you’ll see why I’m so passionate about this topic. Do. Not. Waste. Your. Money. On Certain. Items. In this special mini solo episode, I discuss: The tools you need to film high-quality video A tool you should not buy What type of editing equipment you should use. Check out this blog post with links to Video tools I use. I’ll be speaking about Social Media at the Fast Company Innovation Festival in NYC - will you be ther...
Sep 22, 2023•6 min
It is what you love AND more! In this episode I explain why we rebranded from Mom’s Exit Interview to be The Exit Interview with Kim Rittberg. And explain what you can expect of the podcast (all the good stuff from before and MORE of it!) Basically, so many people I’ve met who find this show valuable, relatable and feel connected to it–they want to create a balanced, successful life outside the traditional 9-to-5 and the challenges we face don’t require being a parent. This show is for all you f...
Sep 20, 2023•20 min
Do you work for yourself and want to supercharge your business? While still having fun? The Exit Interview with Kim Rittberg is your go-to podcast. Part MBA, part cheer squad, award-winning digital marketer Kim Rittberg is joined by top business owners who share their secrets to success. After Kim found herself working during childbirth (true story!), she quit her executive media job to bet on herself, fighting fear and imposter syndrome to eventually earn 6 awards, an in-demand speaking career ...
Sep 18, 2023•2 min
A press feature for your business or a podcast interview can bring you credibility, brand awareness, genuine promotion, and 15 minutes of fame. Congratulations on landing some publicity! But once you get that well-deserved and hard-earned press feature - NOW WHAT??? In this special mini solo episode, I discuss: What to do if you get featured in the press The best ways to leverage this press hit What to post on social media to draw attention to it Message Kim if you want some 1-on-1 feedback! Kim...
Sep 15, 2023•6 min
Jennifer Lemmert talks about turning a job loss into a launchpad, rolling out her communications consulting business at the height of the pandemic and being a military wife and mom to 3 kids under 6. Jennifer helps leaders and companies inspire action in their industries – through storytelling, executive branding and employee engagement. In this episode, Jennifer shares how she started investing in herself, and took my Video Boot Camp to grow her business! Jennifer offers tips on how executives ...
Sep 13, 2023•39 min
Can you really get clients directly from Social Video? Or is it just a box you’re checking? My students and clients always look at me with this dubious look - hey I was even distrustful too! In this special mini solo episode, I discuss: A real estate agent who got a multi-million dollar referral from YouTube Another client who got 3 discovery calls from 1 video That time I signed 3 clients from 1 LinkedIn live I’ll be speaking about Social Media at the Fast Company Innovation Festival in NYC - w...
Sep 08, 2023•8 min
Can you have your pricing right? Your business in order… but not really because you’re out of alignment? Growth and performance coach for high performing moms, Lindsay Roselle is on the podcast today to share her journey from corporate job to entrepreneurship, and her mission now is to help ambitious mothers find harmony between their career ambitions and their desire to be present for their children. Lindsay Roselle is a Growth + Performance Coach for high-performing mamas, host of the MotherLo...
Sep 06, 2023•29 min
Interested in becoming a social media manager? Or shifting into freelance? Emily A. Hay has advice and warnings about what to do and not to do as you shift into self-employment. She also talks about the lessons she learned about the imbalance of duties in her households after participating in the documentary FAIR PLAY, based off of Eve Rodsky’s hit book. Did you love today’s episode? 1. Take a screenshot and share it to your IG stories. Tag me @kimrittberg 2. Leave us a rating and review on Appl...
Aug 30, 2023•33 min
Do you shy away from making video or marketing yourself because you feel like you have nothing to say? Or worry people are judging you? In this quick bite-sized solo episode you will learn: -How to shift from Supermodel Mode to Teacher Mode… What does that mean? Listen to this bite-sized episode from Award-winning video coach Kim Rittberg! -How self-doubt shows up -How you can break through your own insecurities to get to the next level in your career! -How to crush it with social media marketin...
Aug 25, 2023•7 min
Lizzy Mathis is co-hosting the new Roku show Honest Renovations with her best friend Jessica Alba - and shares the craziest thing to happen on set, what it means to be a ‘cool mom,’ how to get out of that phase where and has some self-care tips that go farther than ‘light a candle.’ We have a blast and you will too! Lizzy Mathis started The Cool Mom Co. - an all inclusive, diversity driven hangout destination for moms. I was nervous - am I cool? Lizzy Mathis declares we are all cool by default (...
Aug 23, 2023•46 min
I’m not saying you’re long-winded but brevity is so important for video and public speaking. Short-form video the key is to get to the point in an engaging way and extra words is just an excuse for someone to scroll away. Tag me when you use these tips on Instagram or LinkedIn ! In this quick bite-sized bonus solo episode you will learn: -How to Craft a Social Media Video Script that Is the Right Length -1 Trick to Remove Unnecessary Words from Your Content -Learn how to do it yourself with this...
Aug 18, 2023•5 min
Are you expecting a baby or planning to conceive soon? Elizabeth Joy Presta is a doula and host of the podcast Morning Chava. She shares her passion for empowering women to feel seen and heard in birth and to know they have options. You'll learn about sperm health, cervix ripening, and more. Words I didn’t think I’d ever write! Plus, we have some great health and wellness tips from Lauren Kramer and a little nugget of career coaching from Ashley Alvillar. Thanks to our sponsor UPPAbaby! I’ve bee...
Aug 16, 2023•30 min
Attention spans are short! How do you grab their attention with an amazing headline? Or hook? In this short solo episode, you'll learn the keys to this! I teach business owners and professionals how to grow their incomes, leads & credibility with video and podcasts and how to be better on camera. I’ve won award for my video work, I launched Us Weekly’s video unit, was a TV news producer for a decade and was a video marketing executive at Netflix & PopSugar. In this special mini solo epis...
Aug 11, 2023•8 min
Jason Saft, the founder of the award-winning Staged to Sell Home, a boutique staging company, talks about shifting from being a real estate agent to founder, his doubts about becoming an entrepreneur and how he co-parents his daughter. Jason says he’s ‘finally found his purpose’ professionally and shares how he built it from the ground up. In this episode, you’ll hear from Jason: Tips to grow your social media presence successfully–which he’s done himself over many years! Tips to stage your home...
Aug 09, 2023•47 min
You have just seconds to make a first impression. No pressure! Here is how to make the most of that first opportunity - what to include in your pitch, why bragging the right way can work magic, and how to exude confidence right off the bat. Tag me when you use these tips on Instagram or LinkedIn ! In this quick bite-sized bonus solo episode you will learn: -How to Sell Yourself or Your Product in 30 Seconds -What to Include and What to Leave Out of Your Messaging & Pitch -How to Brag the Rig...
Aug 04, 2023•6 min
