Stine Bustillo was always interested in marketing, and landed her first high-level sales job on what was practically a fluke. She cultivated over a decade of experience, and realized on a trip to Paris that she wasn’t headed on the life path she wanted. Now, through her membership , she helps predominantly female entrepreneurs in Norway build their social media, create content that actually converts, and use the newest digital marketing strategies to grow their businesses. Today, Stine joins the...
Oct 20, 2020•28 min•Ep 95•Transcript available on Metacast Cheryl Engelhardt made a career for herself scoring documentaries, writing jingles, and working with social justice choirs. Eventually, she found herself being asked to speak to others about what it meant to have a successful career as an independent musician, and needed to learn how to answer her fellow musicians’ tough questions about life and business. Now, at Amplify, she provides a monthly membership and environment designed for optimal on-going success. She provides coaching, content, cros...
Oct 08, 2020•22 min•Ep 94•Transcript available on Metacast When Faye Cornhill discovered that a career in media would involve years spent making no money, she worked for a series of totally unglamorous technology and logistics companies in sales. Along the way, she mastered the art of corporate selling and storytelling. Now, at The Wedding Business Club, Faye helps her fellow wedding business owners regularly attract and book big ticket wedding clients. She helps people embrace an abundant mindset, raise their rates without losing business, and get answ...
Oct 06, 2020•22 min•Ep 93•Transcript available on Metacast Ashley Ebert went to school with a plan to become a marriage and family therapist, but quickly discovered that being an employee in someone else’s small business wasn’t for her. When her grandmother had a stroke, Ashley took her home and stepped up to become her caregiver, and soon after launched and scaled a wedding planning company. Now, at The Abundance Group, Ashley helps wedding professionals build thriving businesses of their own. She provides personalized coaching, weekly teachings, and a...
Sep 29, 2020•22 min•Ep 92•Transcript available on Metacast Lisa Breitenfeldt launched a business selling geocaching equipment in 2005. Ten years later, she had a line of products and some success, but lots of competition. Instead of continuing to chase sales and new products, she asked her mailing list what they might want out of a box subscription - and got the feedback that transformed her business. Now, at Cache Advance , Lisa sends her members a fun box of geocaching and awesome outdoor gear each month. She’s scaled her business to nurture her very ...
Sep 22, 2020•20 min•Ep 91•Transcript available on Metacast Rachel Davis grew up playing the piano, writing songs, and loving music, but was steered away from pursuing a career in it. She spent 20 years in corporate sales, advertising, and online marketing to great success, but found herself anxious and unhappy in her work. She walked away from the corporate world to teach music classes that went beyond the noisy offerings full of exhausted parents she took her young children to. However, she soon discovered that she needed to take her business online to...
Sep 15, 2020•25 min•Ep 90•Transcript available on Metacast Candace D’Agnolo left her corporate job at a big ad agency and spent over 15 years running brick-and-mortar businesses, including a pet supply store and a doggy daycare. She launched her own pet spas, and by the age of 28 had three retail locations in Chicago and 30 employees. However, she also had a massive amount of bank debt and SBA loans, and her husband wanted to take a job in New York. Now, at Pet Boss Club , Candace provides business coaching and mentorship for entrepreneurs in the pet in...
Sep 08, 2020•29 min•Ep 89•Transcript available on Metacast Strengths coach Lindell Pereira started her own consultancy but found that she had created a job more than she had achieved freedom. She wanted to create a membership to scale her reach and serve people at a greater level. Meanwhile, she grew a dedicated following on an Instagram account she created to keep herself accountable as she worked to lose weight. Now, at Fast Mama, Lindell helps women between the ages of 35 and 55 escape the weight loss yo-yo wheel and ensure they’ll never need another...
Sep 01, 2020•19 min•Ep 88•Transcript available on Metacast While backpacking around Australia, Ginny Gane discovered the law of attraction. She discovered the vibrational components of life and human interaction, and as her life became easier, she found others calling her their law of attraction coach. Now, at LOA Skills Camp, Ginny helps her students truly leverage the law of attraction in their lives and live their dreams. She’s built a unique funnel that gives people the fundamentals to manifest everything they want in life, and uses the membership m...
Aug 25, 2020•23 min•Ep 87•Transcript available on Metacast Tasha Cochran had no idea how she was going to afford college, so she joined the US Marine Corps. She became a mother as a teenager, and, while serving as a full-time Marine, took night classes at a community college, then attended Yale Law School. She got a great job, but also found herself posting YouTube videos about hair and personal finance, which led her to realize that she needed to sell products and services to grow her side business. Now, at One Big Happy Life, Tasha helps people create...
Aug 18, 2020•21 min•Ep 86•Transcript available on Metacast After Lindsay Mustain’s father was laid off from his job after 25 years, his family lost everything. His suffering and his experiences being told time and time again that he was overqualified led Lindsay to a career in recruiting to help people. Her gift for connection, finding talent, and highlighting it led her to work for 25 Fortune 100 companies and ultimately to becoming Amazon’s most visible employee on LinkedIn. When her time at Amazon had run its course, Lindsay walked away to pursue the...
Aug 11, 2020•24 min•Ep 85•Transcript available on Metacast Beeta Hashempour was on track to study law, but a trip to France to visit a friend changed her life. As her French food blog grew, she discovered Francophiles all over the world who read her writing, loved her photography, and wanted a deeper connection with the French lifestyle. Now, at Everyday France, she provides her members with recipes, ideas, and a sense of community. They embrace their love of France and French living through on-demand content, recipes, fun challenges, and conversations....
Aug 04, 2020•23 min•Ep 84•Transcript available on Metacast Zayna Rose studied neuropsychology but decided not to become a therapist. Instead, she built her career helping people with self-presentation. She empowers her clients to build businesses connected to their personalities, improve their interpersonal communication, and find their charm. Now, at Profit In Style, Zayna provides members with accelerated personal branding, public image development, and styling. She helps people attract ideal clients, find collaborators, and create opportunities so th...
Jul 28, 2020•26 min•Ep 83•Transcript available on Metacast At 19, J. Nichole Smith adopted a Great Dane and soon found herself knee deep in the world of pet photography. After a trademark licensing agreement left her with over $50,000 in debt and the brand she partnered with never delivered, she moved into the world of retail. She opened physical brands in Los Angeles and London, but soon discovered that her dream businesses didn’t make her happy. Now, at Working with Dog, she helps other “petrepreneurs” find their why and build niche brands. She guides...
Jul 21, 2020•23 min•Ep 82•Transcript available on Metacast In college, artist Justin DeMers had an “aha” moment that unlocked his creativity. That breakthrough allowed him to help large networks, companies, and brands find the extraordinary in the ordinary and produce powerful human interest videos. Now, at Live Lab, Justin helps entrepreneurs cut through the noise, eliminate distractions, and create powerful live videos to empower their brands and forge meaningful connections. Within that membership is a smaller membership, called Seen and Heard, where...
Jul 14, 2020•25 min•Ep 81•Transcript available on Metacast Sharon Gaskin’s first job was in human resources. When she got asked by a coworker to help run a training course, she discovered that she really loved it, and it changed the course of her life. Soon, other trainers wanted help, and she started running events where trainers could come together, talk, and share the issues and challenges they face in life and business. Now, at Trainer Talk , Sharon provides freelance trainers with resources to grow their business and feel connected. She gives train...
Jul 07, 2020•21 min•Ep 80•Transcript available on Metacast Blogger Gwen Lane studied business and got a job in entertainment, but discovered that she wasn’t serving people in the way she wanted or making the most of her gifts. As she built her own blog and cultivated a dedicated following, she realized she was answering the same questions from other aspiring influencers and entrepreneurs over and over again - and that she had something powerful to share with the world. Now, at The Spark School for Influencers , Gwen teaches influencers and entrepreneurs...
Jun 30, 2020•21 min•Ep 79•Transcript available on Metacast Jackie Grundberg worked all over the world as a wildlife biologist before settling down and becoming a biology teacher. When she needed to work in a Montessori grade school to practice the style of teaching she loved, she made a breakthrough discovery: she could effectively teach high school-level science to 4th-6th graders by incorporating experiential learning. Now, at Backpack Sciences , Jackie helps educators earning their Montessori credentials overcome the overwhelm of teaching science. Ho...
Jun 23, 2020•25 min•Ep 78•Transcript available on Metacast Angel Santos landed what she thought was her dream job working in television. However, she soon discovered that her true love was stories, not news, and she felt like her creative side was dying. She started a nonprofit to produce Christan films and introduce kids to media production, but earned only $535 in three years. She took a day job as a marketer and began learning about business, and soon had a revelatory experience at a conference. She was told she had an “expensive hobby” - not a busin...
Jun 16, 2020•21 min•Ep 77•Transcript available on Metacast For 11 years, Cody Burch was the engineer in the back of the room, handling every aspect of his company’s digital marketing efforts. When he started to work for a number of coaching clients he really admired, he got inspired and started his own agency. However, after an infamous Facebook outage left him running ad campaigns all day on Thanksgiving, he decided that his successful business needed to change. Now, at One Hour Funnel , Cody offers a coaching business and a membership, empowering entr...
Jun 09, 2020•22 min•Ep 76•Transcript available on Metacast Belinda Weaver pursued a “safe” career in IT and worked as a computer programmer, but soon discovered that things were much more fun in her company’s marketing department. She got bored in her niche and was looking for a new opportunity when she discovered freelance copywriting. She soon built a business that gave her newfound freedom and the opportunity to quit her job. Now, at Confident Copywriting Membership, Belinda teaches other copywriters how to build thriving businesses, express themselv...
Jun 02, 2020•23 min•Ep 75•Transcript available on Metacast Matt Tommey has been an artist for his entire life. After several years in the ministry and a career in marketing that was cut short by the Great Recession of 2008, Matt had a dream in which he raised a generation of artists. He acted on it by writing his first book, Unlocking the Heart of the Artist . Soon, he was on the road all the time doing events, and he worried that he had become a creative who never had any time to create. Now, at Matt Tommey Mentoring , he helps his fellow Christians ma...
May 26, 2020•18 min•Ep 74•Transcript available on Metacast Kathy Terrill is a New York City-based actor who has appeared in a number of off-Broadway and regional theater productions, as well as a number of episodes of All My Children . Because her acting work was largely seasonal, she took on a side gig as a product presenter for QVC. However, when her mother fell ill and she needed to stay in Manhattan to be there for her, she found herself decluttering her life on eBay. Her deep understanding of sales from QVC helped her rapidly grow her business, and...
May 19, 2020•29 min•Ep 73•Transcript available on Metacast When Tracy Henning entered the real estate industry at the age of 21, she found herself up against extraordinarily stiff competition. The early rejections and harsh criticism showed her how much more effective she could be if she started to think outside the box, and she soon became one of the leading realtors in her market. However, after she adopted her newborn daughter, she knew she wanted to spend more time at home. Now, at PorchLyte Social Academy , Tracy passes on her experience and learni...
May 12, 2020•22 min•Ep 72•Transcript available on Metacast When Karen Cinnamon got engaged, she found herself unable to find anything that spoke to her when it came to planning a modern Jewish wedding. When she couldn’t find anyone providing the inspiration, advice, or guidance she was looking for, she realized that there was a hole in the market and a massive opportunity. She started a blog to showcase innovative Jewish weddings, and it became her full-time job within a year. Now, at Brides Club , she provides Jewish brides with a community that minimi...
May 05, 2020•23 min•Ep 71•Transcript available on Metacast After 10 years of working as a school counselor, a faith-based counseling course changed Melissa Bezotte’s life forever. She launched her Christian counseling practice 10 years ago, and despite having never done any marketing, she and her team of therapists have always had a full schedule. However, Melissa’s huge waiting list for new clients meant that she was always at capacity and unable to give more of herself to people. After working with a business coach who had a membership site of their o...
Apr 28, 2020•25 min•Ep 70•Transcript available on Metacast Brandie Bracy always had the entrepreneurial bug, but pursued a career in law to keep her family happy. When she realized it wasn’t the right fit for her, she left to start an all-female cabinet painting company in a male-dominated industry in Nashville. While there, she realized she was an even better marketer than she was a painter, and found her life moving in a new direction yet again. Now, at Salon Business Academy , Brandie helps salon owners grow their businesses while building lives they...
Apr 21, 2020•17 min•Ep 69•Transcript available on Metacast Laurel Chiten was an independent filmmaker who regularly won highly competitive grants, got distribution deals, and had her work shown on national television. However, when she tried to make a movie about homeopathy and couldn’t get a dollar of grant money, she discovered that she had extraordinary skills as a community builder and fundraiser - and found her life moving in a new direction. Now, at Dinner Mates , Laurel gives lonely people the opportunity to come together over dinner. Her members...
Apr 14, 2020•24 min•Ep 68•Transcript available on Metacast During the Great Recession of 2009, Lisa Bedford’s husband’s construction company went from getting 50-60 client calls a day to zero. To distract herself from her fear of going bankrupt, she started building emergency preparation kits. Soon, she started blogging about prepping and survival from a uniquely female perspective, using her background in education to help others feel empowered and in control even during times of crisis. Now, at Survival Mom Sisterhood , she teaches women vital preppin...
Apr 07, 2020•22 min•Ep 67•Transcript available on Metacast Ali Manning took up bookbinding as a hobby after her daughter was born. By the time her daughter was in elementary school, Ali had started blogging, teaching bookbinding classes, and selling her books in galleries, studios, and on Etsy. However, her business wasn’t scalable, her income wasn’t where she wanted it to be, and her teaching obligations were getting in the way of being able to visit family back in the United Kingdom. Now, at Handmade Book Club , Ali simplifies traditional bookbinding ...
Mar 31, 2020•19 min•Ep 66•Transcript available on Metacast