EP 54: Networking That Puts People First with Julie Fry
11/19/2024
EP 54: Networking That Puts People First with Julie Fry
I'm really excited to speak with our guest in this episode, Julie Fry, owner of Your Expert Guest, a podcast guest booking agency for women business owners, thought leaders, and authors who want to increase their visibility on podcasts. We talked about the significance of authentic, relationship-ba
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EP 53: Your Audience Wants You to Succeed with Erin Duffy
11/05/2024
EP 53: Your Audience Wants You to Succeed with Erin Duffy
If you've been listening for a while, you know that we've been talking about building business by creating curiosity, connection, and community. I also know that there are devils living in your head that might be getting in your way. And so that's what this interview is about. One of probably many
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EP 52: Ignite Your Trade Show
10/29/2024
EP 52: Ignite Your Trade Show
In the previous episode, I started sharing ways you can ignite your community, starting with your networking groups. If you missed it, you can follow this link to catch up: https://traffic.libsyn.com/champions/Ep51-IgniteYourNetworkingGroups.mp3 This next installment is about how you can ignite yo
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EP 51: Ignite Your Networking Groups
10/22/2024
EP 51: Ignite Your Networking Groups
Could this be you? You faithfully attend a networking group– or maybe a couple. I know a lot of groups call themselves a community or a family. Have you ever felt like your group was more about proximity relationships? That when you're in the room, you are part of something, but that doesn't extend
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EP 50: Unshame Your Life and Business with Karen C.L. Anderson
10/01/2024
EP 50: Unshame Your Life and Business with Karen C.L. Anderson
Before we get started, allow me to interrupt for just one moment to share something I'm super excited about…Your Engagement Lab(!) is a membership community where you can connect with other business owners, get ideas for your own content, share stories, and learn how to drive engagement and communit
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EP 49: The Key to Your True Genius with Leslie Zemenek
09/27/2024
EP 49: The Key to Your True Genius with Leslie Zemenek
Before we get started, allow me to interrupt for just one moment to share something I'm super excited about…Your Engagement Lab is a membership community where you can connect with other business owners, get ideas for your own content, share stories, and learn how to drive engagement and community f
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EP 48: Introducing Priscilla Poopypants
09/17/2024
EP 48: Introducing Priscilla Poopypants
Up until now, our interviews have been centered on people who have built businesses based on community, curiosity, and connection, among other things. In the upcoming episodes, you will hear something a little different and some new voices as well. But first, in this episode, let me introduce you t
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EP 47 - Creating Connections: The Heart of Sales with Kim Fredrich
09/10/2024
EP 47 - Creating Connections: The Heart of Sales with Kim Fredrich
Before we get started, allow me to interrupt for just one moment to share something I'm super excited about… Your Engagement Lab(!) is a membership community where you can connect with other business owners, get ideas for your own content, share stories, and learn how to drive engagement and commun
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EP 46: Empathy is Not a Weakness with Maria Ross
09/03/2024
EP 46: Empathy is Not a Weakness with Maria Ross
Before we get started, allow me to interrupt for just one moment to share something I'm super excited about… Your Engagement Lab(!) is a membership community where you can connect with other business owners, get ideas for your own content, share stories, and learn how to drive engagement and commun
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EP 45: Is Social Media Hurting Your Business?
08/13/2024
EP 45: Is Social Media Hurting Your Business?
In this episode, I’m addressing the question: Is social media hurting your business? This topic seems especially relevant given events that have happened this summer of 2024, and considering the election is coming up in November. Let’s discuss how emotionally charged platforms like Facebook can le
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EP 44: Experiments in Meaningful Business Connections with Conrad Ruiz
07/30/2024
EP 44: Experiments in Meaningful Business Connections with Conrad Ruiz
I'm thrilled to chat with Conrad Ruiz, Founder of Well Aware Incorporated, a time management agency. We met months ago at a networking event, and I was immediately impressed by his understanding of connection and community. Conrad shares his insights on buying back people's time through his team of
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EP 43: Creating Curiosity in Your Business with Sales Maven Nikki Rausch
07/23/2024
EP 43: Creating Curiosity in Your Business with Sales Maven Nikki Rausch
I'm super excited to chat with Nikki Rausch, the brains behind The Sales Maven Society in this episode. We talked about how to create curiosity in your business, and how her Sales Maven Society has grown into a supportive community, which has been a huge part of her business success. It was a fun an
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EP 42: Intentional Connections
07/16/2024
EP 42: Intentional Connections
What if you looked at all of your marketing as relationship-building? What if we looked at our social media as an experiment? Because it really is. And what if it could all be a little bit more fun and a whole lot easier? Believe me, it can. Jump right into this episode and hear me share three idea
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EP 41: The Art of Cultivating Community for Success with Stephanie Bonte-Lebair
07/02/2024
EP 41: The Art of Cultivating Community for Success with Stephanie Bonte-Lebair
“I've just always built upon that idea [that] anything I want to do by myself, I can probably do with someone else and it will have a bigger impact on the world.” - Stephanie Bonte-Lebair Singer, entrepreneur, and founder of Empowered Business Networking, Stephanie’s journey is all about mixing her
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EP 40: Equipping Young Women Through Networking and Community Building with RaeAnn Hall
06/25/2024
EP 40: Equipping Young Women Through Networking and Community Building with RaeAnn Hall
I'm so excited to talk to RaeAnn Hall in this episode. She is a beautiful soul who founded this incredible non-profit networking group, NOW Networking, but it's not your run-of-the-mill networking stuff. It is a professional organization where women help each other succeed in business while also mak
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EP 39: Four Things to Stop Doing
06/18/2024
EP 39: Four Things to Stop Doing
Growing your engagement and creating community are the two main goals of this podcast. So in this episode, I’m talking about four things to stop doing right now to grow your engagement and community. You will not only boost your engagement, but you will also have a chance to nurture relationships, f
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EP 38: How Mari Wuellner is Building Community Authentically and Transparently
06/11/2024
EP 38: How Mari Wuellner is Building Community Authentically and Transparently
Welcome back to another episode of the Ignite Your Champions podcast, where we talk about building business by creating connection and community. I’m so excited to be chatting with my first-ever guest on the podcast, Mari Wuellner, about the power of building community and staying true to yourself i
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EP 37: Doing It Imperfectly
06/04/2024
EP 37: Doing It Imperfectly
Hey there, listeners. I haven't been here on the podcast in a bit…for all sorts of reasons. But I am so excited to be back. And I'm ready to do things imperfectly. In preparing to get into the swing of things, I made a few exciting changes which I will be telling you about in this episode. Honestly
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EP 36: More Engagement Tips
08/22/2023
EP 36: More Engagement Tips
I am so glad you are back to hear about ten things that you could be doing to increase your engagement.  This is part 2, so if you didn't listen to 1 through 5, I would invite you to go back and do that by following this link: https://traffic.libsyn.com/champions/Ep35-TopEngagementTips.mp3 Don’t w
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EP 35: Top Engagement Tips
08/15/2023
EP 35: Top Engagement Tips
It's been a minute, but on this show, I talk about building your business by creating connection and community online and off. I firmly believe that by consistently doing so, you'll experience more ease and happiness in your marketing endeavors. And who doesn't want more of that? Anyway, I’m talki
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EP 34: Creating Curiosity
07/11/2023
EP 34: Creating Curiosity
It's been a weird few weeks trying to heal my voice, which has meant that I haven't been as consistent, but here I am still helping you build your business by creating connection and community online and off. I often talk about creating curiosity, and in this episode, I just wanted to clear the air
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EP 33: My Story
06/13/2023
EP 33: My Story
In this episode, I’m sharing a little more about myself and why I do what I do. You see, I started my first social media company about 13 years ago. Like many other new businesses, before I knew it, I started hustling. I was going to all the networking events, scheduling lots of coffee meetings wit
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EP 32: Answering Your Questions Part 2
05/30/2023
EP 32: Answering Your Questions Part 2
I’m back answering more of your questions. I answered 3 of them in the previous episode, and I have 5 more in this one. Where do I even begin? If I can only do one post where and what. ( I love this because so many people I know have this question.) What is building community? What do you say to th
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EP 31: Answering Your Questions Part 1
05/23/2023
EP 31: Answering Your Questions Part 1
I asked on social media what questions people had that I could cover in my podcast, and I got some really great responses. So I thought I would answer some of them in an episode or two because you too might have some of the same questions. In this episode I respond to the following questions; “Do
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