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Episode 164: What to do After Attending a Live Event with Dana & NJ Feb 08, 2017

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How to Leverage a Live Event with Dana & NJ. In this episode, Dana and NJ share what to do after you attend a live event. This episode is sponsored by Biz Chix Podcast.

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In this episode you'll hear:

If you want to leverage the event, follow these steps.
- Follow up with others
- Plan time to make the most of the notes you took during the event
- Log all of your expenses, catalog your receipts and handle bookkeeping
- Make money goals surrounding the event
- Budget for more events
- Create space to relax and give yourself space to process
Tips for event hosts and attendees on selling after the retreat.
Be open and flexible with your scheduling.
How to decide what kind of conferences you should attend.

Cover photo by CJ Thomas Photography.

Our Podcast Sponsor: Biz Chix Podcast

BizChix.com encourages, educates, and promotes entrepreneurial women with educational content and training, a community support system, masterminding, coaching, and events.

Natalie Eckdahl, MBA, is a business coach, professional facilitator, keynote speaker and host of the Biz Chix Podcast which iTunes featured as a top New Business Podcast in March 2014.

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A business card is useless unless you use it. - NJ

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NJ : Website / Instagram (her total happy place)

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Episode 163: The Breakdown & Transition of Batching Your Days with Dana Feb 05, 2017

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This is a Nurture Your Business segment with Dana. Dana shares her productivity secrets on how to create batching habits in your calendar that save you time and help get more done. This show is sponsored by Pierce Social.

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In this episode you'll hear:

Time batching is an evolution.
What it looks like to create a batching schedule when you've got young children.
How Dana currently batches now.
Knowing yourself and your schedule for batching your own time.
Batching from a daily basis and a monthly basis.
Options for batching your own work.
Know what you are batching before you batch.

Our Podcast Sponsor: Pierce Social

Is social media management a huge time suck for you? Pierce Social's free 5 Day Challenge is designed to help you reduce the time spent on your social media marketing tasks & create a system for managing it. This challenge includes a free Trello board. Get her free challenge NOW!

Pierce Social is also sharing the love and offering the Boss Mom listeners a 40% discount on her NEW workbook through February 10th. They can use the discount code BOSSMOM.

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I found out what worked for me with the amount of time I had. - Dana
Batching is all about getting into the mode, being productive and getting what needs to be done, done. - Dana

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Episode 162: Taking Lifes Bumps and Turning Them into Success with Mary Kathryn Johnson Feb 03, 2017

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Taking Lifes Bumps and Turning Them into Success with Mary Kathryn Johnson. In this episode of the Boss Mom Podcast, Mary Kathryn shares how she's created business through bumps in the road. This episode is sponsored by Thinkific.

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In this episode you'll hear:

Mary Kathryn's journey through miscarriage, pregnancy and motherhood.
How her store, Mommy Loves, started.
The lessons that Mary Kathryn has learned as a business owner.
The birth of her blog and podcast, Parent Entrepreneur Power.
Her new business venture, Beauty Tech Tools.
How she decided what businesses she enjoys and her entrepreneurial identity.
Creating passive income and systems that work.

Sponsor: Thinkific

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I decided that if I could get through all of this, if I can do this, I can do anything. - Mary Katherine
The part of business I love, I call that my entrepreneurial identity. - Mary Katherine

More about our guest, Mary Kathryn Johnson.

As an Author, Entrepreneur and Mom, Mary Kathryn Johnson has created online success since 2003. A fall while pregnant with her second son landed her with two broken legs, her first book, and her first business. Mary is now using that 13 years of roller coaster family and business success to help parents uncover their entrepreneurial identity so they can create family freedom, and she is now building her fourth business helping health and beauty professionals do the same.

Uncover your Entrepreneurial Identity to Create Family and Financial Freedom Stop chasing the next dollar, and start embracing your unique power to serve your clients and create your business freedom. Join my free 7 day email video guide to uncover this for yourself.

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Beauty Tech Tools social media: Facebook / Instagram / Twitter

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Episode 161: All Things Sales Funnels with Dana and Expert Dawn Marrs Feb 01, 2017

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All Things Sales Funnels with Dana & Expert Dawn Marrs. In this episode, Dana and guest Dawn Marrs talk about sales funnels and passive income. This episode is sponsored by Biz Chix Podcast.

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In this episode you'll hear:

How to use sales funnels to build relationships and passive income.
Creating a great thank you page.
Walking through the Boss Mom funnel.
Defining and creating a funnel.
Putting focused effort into one thing that you're really good at.
Writing great blogs that feed into your funnel.

Our Podcast Sponsor: Biz Chix Podcast

BizChix.com encourages, educates, and promotes entrepreneurial women with educational content and training, a community support system, masterminding, coaching, and events.

Natalie Eckdahl, MBA, is a business coach, professional facilitator, keynote speaker and host of the Biz Chix Podcast which iTunes featured as a top New Business Podcast in March 2014.

Listen to the podcast here.

Recommended links and resources:

*Affiliate links present

Can I quote you on that?

Until someone understands the problem they are facing, you won't sell anything. - Dana
Get really clear on the services you offer before you create your funnel. - Dawn

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Dawn: Website (her total happy place)

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Episode 160: Focus, Focus, Focus...Squirrel with Dana Jan 27, 2017

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How to deal with distractions while working from home

I'm super excited to talk about something so many of us moms struggle with—how to work from home without distractions. If you're trying to juggle your business, kids, household, and all the other things life throws at you, it can be hard to stay focused. Today, we're going to dive deep into strategies to help you manage your workday and your home life without constantly feeling pulled in a million directions.

Whether you're trying to handle client calls with a toddler running around or responding to emails while folding laundry, I've got you covered. So let's talk about focus and how to get things done!

Episode 159: Master Your Own PR with Christina Nicholson Jan 26, 2017

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Master Your Own PR with Christina Nicholson. In this episode of the Boss Mom Podcast, Christina gives practical tips for growing your own media presence and growing your business. This episode is sponsored by Pierce Social.

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In this episode you'll hear:

How TV isn't as glamorous as it seems and how being a TV mom changed her life.
Being a mom entrepreneur and having her own schedule.
Taking time for self-care in the midst of a busy business.
When it's right to hire public relations help and when someone can do it themselves.
How important it is to get media coverage.
Why it's important to promote your story.

Sponsor: Pierce Social

Pierce Social is also sharing the love and offering the Boss Mom listeners a 40% discount on her NEW workbook through February 10th. They can use the discount code BOSSMOM.

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Boss Mom Facebook Community

Can I quote you on that?

Success isn't defined by what happens between 9-5. - Christina

More about our guest, Christina Nicholson.

Christina Nicholson is a former TV reporter and anchor who now owns a public relations firm, Media Maven. She helps small business owners earn exposure through media relations, video production, writing, and blogging. She also recently launched Master your PR - an online course that teaches solopreneurs how to handle public relations on their own.

The e-course, (Dana's affiliate link) Master your PR, is designed for small business owners and solopreneurs who want to earn media exposure for their business, but do not have a budget to hire a firm.

I also offer a free mini-version via email. For Boss Moms, Christina has her special link here.

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Episode 158: How to Leverage a Live Event with Dana & NJ Jan 24, 2017

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How to Leverage a Live Event with Dana & NJ. In this episode, Dana and NJ share the basics of live events and how to leverage them. This episode is sponsored by My Proxy Fox.

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In this episode you'll hear:

Creating a live event strategy.
Decide who you're looking to connect with and decide what you're going to do with them once you meet them.
Facebook hacks for live events.
Businesses are numbers and people.
Clearing space on your phone.
Taking action immediately when you make a connection.
Taking notes in a way that is effective.
What to wear to a conference or live event.
Advice for pitching podcasts or other things you want.
Being helpful is better for getting clients.

Cover photo by Let's Frolic Together.

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Giving a business card isn't enough, you have to connect more. - Dana
Have an appearance that is worth of the price you paid for the ticket. - NJ

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NJ : Website / Instagram (her total happy place)

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Episode 157: Everything You Should be doing to show your community you love them - with Dana Jan 20, 2017

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This is a Nurture Your Business segment with Dana. Dana tells you what you should be doing to show your community love and how she shows it through her community.

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In this episode you'll hear:

Staying authentic and connected in community.
Love is everything in business.
How you can create an action out of love for community:
- Listen to your community - show them they are valued
- Give them things - give them things that make their lives easier
- Elevate others
Growing pains of raising a growing community.
Creating larger groups is a way to leverage your value and show others at a larger scale.

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Can I quote you on that?

Love is how I run my business. - Dana
You want to show someone you care? Listen to them. - Dana
By giving up power, you gain power. - Dana

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Episode 156: The Housewife Revolution and little NLP with Vanessa Matthews Jan 20, 2017

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The Housewife Revolution and little NLP with Vanessa Matthews. In this episode of the Boss Mom Podcast, Vanessa talks about her journey from housewife to entrepreneur and her passion for changing the brains neuro-linguistic programming for her coaching clients. This episode is sponsored by the Boss Mom Retreat.

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In this episode you'll hear:

Vanessa's story of becoming a mother.
How entrepreneurship was engrained into her from a young age.
What changed with wanting to buy a pair of expensive boots.
How being an entrepreneur helps with creativity and makes us better moms.
How she found fulfillment in starting in her own business.
NLP - Neuro-linguistic programming and how Vanessa uses it in her coaching practice.

Sponsor: The Boss Mom Retreat

We want to make this a fun AND impactful event for you. So we are going to make sure the event is easy to get to, fun to attend, comfortable, interesting, exciting, invigorating, relaxing, amazing, and so much more. (Maybe not all at once)

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Can I quote you on that?

The linchpin of work is the mindset part of work. That's where I focus. - Vanessa

More about our guest, Vanessa Matthews.

Vanessa is a Mindset, Business & Life Coach, author, public speaker and founder of The Housewife Revolution. I help wifepreneurs and mompreneurs find passion, purpose and fulfilment and grow businesses that make a serious contribution to the family finances.

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Episode 155: Social Media Smorgasbord - Dana & NJ Jan 17, 2017

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Social Media Smorgasbord - Dana & NJ. In this episode, Dana and NJ go deep into the basics of social media, what platforms to live on and tools they use for scheduling posts. This episode is sponsored by Pierce Social.

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In this episode you'll hear:

Facebook from a business angle.
If This Than That recipe.
Tools that you can use to schedule.
API access and what it is.
How to decide what social media platforms to be on.
Algorithms changes and how it's changing what we see on social media.
Getting people on your list and why it's important.
The Boss Mom Facebook group.
Hashtags defined by Dana.

Our Podcast Sponsor: Pierce Social

Pierce Social is also sharing the love and offering the Boss Mom listeners a 40% discount on her NEW workbook through February 10th. They can use the discount code BOSSMOM.

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*Affiliate links present