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Suppers & SoiréesThe 3 Lessons I Learned from Martha StewartJoin Michelle Mize, founder of Sun Cookery, as she unpacks three surprising lessons learned from her ultimate hosting inspiration, Martha Stewart. Moving beyond the pursuit of perfection, Michelle shares how Martha's influence shaped her approach to generous hospitality - from crafting pecan garlands with her grandfather to understanding the power of "always bringing cookies." Discover how to channel your own hosting inspiration while staying true to yourself, and learn why even Martha's occasionally flawed recipes can lead to inspiring every kind of host. This heartwarming episode reminds us that hosting is about connection, no...2024-12-1122 min
Hypothetically IntentionalFinding Your Voice Beyond the Bricks with Martha KartaouiMichelle and Martha Kartaoui talk about Martha's book launch and they don't stay surface level very long. Join them as they discuss the healing journey and so much more! Send us a textThis podcast is provided for educational, informational, and entertainment purposes only and does not constitute providing professional medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, or professional healthcare services. --------------------------------------------------------------Want more from Michelle? Visit ChooseYourself.comFind us on Social Media Facebook: facebook.com/michelleaalbers/ Instagram: @michelleaalbersFacebook: facebook.com/JaiDeeWellness/Instagram: @jaideestudio2024-05-2644 min
Hope, Health and HealingEpisode 0004 - Interview with Martha Hodnett on GriefIn this episode, my guest Martha Hodnett shares about walking through grief and how we sometimes don't really process or heal from our grief until years later. If you're currently walking through a season of grief, allow her words to encourage you.
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Fight Club 4 BusinessEp 155 Drew LarisonDrew Larison is the Founder and CEO of Larison Media. Drew founded The Larison Company in 2015 and merged the company into Larison Media in early 2017. Drew is a husband, a dad and a true believer that hard work and kindness is the true key to success. He truly believes a good, creative marketing strategy is one of the things that can turn a small business into a great business and is on a mission to help as many small businesses as he can.Time Stamps:📌[7:05]Marketing: What has changed in the marketing world this year?2023-09-181h 10
Fight Club 4 BusinessEp 154 Ray MalaskiRay Malaski formally owned a residential cleaning business in Lapeer, MI, but his expertise lies in the marketing space.Ray is Agency coach at Seven Figure Agency and President at Get Cleaning ClicksTheir specialty is optimizing you’re business for leads and driving traffic to your brand!How you say???Google Ads —There is no better way to get highly targeted traffic through paid marketing channels like Google AdWords, with a properly optimized funnel it’s like flicking a switch to quick leads, and scaleable sales.Time St...2023-09-041h 04
Fight Club 4 BusinessEp 153 Riley PototschnikRiley Pototschnik is a 21-year-old entrepreneur who started his first business at 16. After his Freshman year of high school, he left the traditional school system entirely to craft a completely custom curriculum online with a focus on the skills he would need to build businesses. That ultimately led to him starting a website design and optimization service called RocketThruster at 18 years old, which served home service businesses. That business quickly exceeded every expectation he had (honestly surprising him a bit by the results), as it generated 6-figures in profit in just over a year. Now, at 21, he’s the foun...2023-08-2158 min
Peace and Parenting: How to Parent without PunishmentsMeet Martha One of Our New Connected Parent Mastermind TeachersMartha faced challenges in deciding how to parent her children, struggling to choose between using punishment and rewards or being permissive. However, after discovering this podcast and going through my coaching she discovered the benefits of connective parenting, which allowed her to empathize with her kids and drastically improve their relationship. And now, Martha is leading one of my Connected Parent Mastermind groups.Join my new Connected Parent Mastermind designed for parents who want to strengthen their connection with their children, experience more love, and reduce frustration. Space is limited, so be sure to...2023-07-1120 min
Fight Club 4 BusinessEp. 149 Cassie Bethea & Haley NanglecTime Stamps:[01:00]Hey Nicole Flanagan! Please give it another shot. I have confirmed the code is still active! [14:28]Biggest tool/takeaway...[14:43]Haley completely changed her call flow[16:04]Cassie changed her greeting[17:39]How to build out a "company dashboard" with Michelle[20:41]Haley used Trello before bootcamp. And she learned how to use it better...[21:53]Tay gives you 1 year of pre-populated social media content that you can quickly & easily customize for your company[28:30]Admin Bootcamp Adventure -> https://www.adminbootcampadventure.com/las-vegas-training2023-07-0357 min
Fight Club 4 BusinessJoin us for an old school session of Fight Club!Time Stamps:[7:22]What are we working on?![7:26]Tay is decorating a nursery![17:54]Ashley Matuska I’m having Amanda Powell answer your question you posted in the QDS user group[22:33]Michelle is gearing up for @the Huge Convention and is excited about some upcoming opportunities to educate the industry around ai and traction...[32:47]Say what you CAN do not what you CAN'T[33:02]"Here's what we can do..."[33:12]"Here's what I want to do...."[44:17]Next LIVE Admin Bootcamp Adventure in Las Vegas 7/26 - 7/28[45:59]Tay...2023-06-051h 01
Fight Club 4 BusinessEp . 144 Jonathan WhistmanJonathan Porter-Whistman, author of the Sales Boss, a new friend from last week's Vertical Track is on Fight Club 4 Business talking all about recruiting good team members and humans. He is CEO of Perception Predict - an AI tool designed to help recruit a sales team that's guaranteed to win... We rarely talk sales on Fight Club and I can't wait for this episode!Time Stamp:📌[15:07]When looking to attract others - be authentic.📌[15:37]"Just be yourself, there's someone for everyone!"📌[16:23]With sales you're always solving a problem...📌[16:51]The "Ah Ha" momen...2023-05-291h 08
Fight Club 4 BusinessEp . 143 Daniel & JustinDaniel RayDaniel grew up with a passion for pushing the limits, whether it was skateboarding, BMX, or drag racing motorcycles. Shortly after high school, he learned a trade and stayed in the construction industry for two decades.Justin KohnsJustin grew up playing sports and spending as much time outside as possible. His first summer job was mowing grass and he’s always enjoyed active work. He excelled in school, especially math, and has always been inclined towards problem-solving.Time Stamp📌[10:10]Do you really understand your ideal client's probl...2023-05-2259 min
Fight Club 4 BusinessEp. 140 Ryan ReddingBusiness consultant & marketing strategist with experience in multiple industries and market sectors. Owns a digital marketing company that provides Web Design, SEO, PPC, & Social Media Management to Tier 2 companies. Also has extensive experience in non profit sector. Ryan is an experienced strategist. From change management to leadership development, he has led organizations large and small solve complicated challenges, and exceed goals.Time Stamps:📍[6:40]Marketing in the wild...📍[7:36]What Ryan learned from the ad agency life to his full service marketing company📍[8:14]How we match advertising to revenue?📍[9:24]The role of brand ide...2023-04-2458 min
Fight Club 4 BusinessEp. 139 Join us in the Fight Club as we go OLD SCHOOL!How have 3 years gone by so quickly?? Let's get together and see how fun it's all been!Time Stamps:📍[3:21]Fight Club Origin Story📍[16:46]https://www.myofficeoutfitter.com/abc-adventure-lasvegas📍[22:52]Sending you some LOVE @lee baker!📍[42:47]1st RULE: TALK about FIGHT CLUB.2nd RULE: Share FIGHT CLUB with a Friend.3rd RULE: If someone says "stop" or goes limp or taps out… we’re here to pick you up and to prop you back up.4th RULE: Everyone is Welcome to Fight Club.5th RULE: No Limi...2023-04-171h 03
Fight Club 4 BusinessEp 136 JC ChanowskyAs a successful business owner with over 7 figures in revenue generated by both my companies, I am passionate about helping others achieve their goals both personally and professionally. My expertise in building and scaling businesses has given me a unique perspective on what it takes to be successful. In recent years, my passion for helping others has led me to focus on working with other business owners to develop their company culture. I believe that a strong culture is the foundation for long-term success and I enjoy helping others create a culture that will set them apart and drive...2023-03-2759 min
Fight Club 4 BusinessEp 131 Andrew MillerAndrew Miller is an entrepreneur and tech enthusiast. He is the co-founder of Service Ally, a done-for-you program designed to help home service businesses build recurring revenue. In addition, Andrew is also the founder of Blue Renegade, a no-code development agency that specializes in integrating and automating small business tech stacks while also building MVPs for startups. Andrew's passion for helping others create meaningful and automated systems is rooted in his belief that it can lead to more fulfilling and impactful lives. He is particularly interested in experimenting with A.I. tools and is always eager to learn about...2023-02-201h 09
Fight Club 4 BusinessEp 130 Jeff WraleyJeff Wraley is passionate about technology in the trades. Bringing innovation to small business owners and seeing them gain efficiency and improve their profitability lights me up. Many of the stereotypes of the construction industry are simply no longer true. And homeowners’ expectations of what it looks like “buy” home improvement or maintenance service have also changed radically. I lead a team that is helping contractors adapt to these changes and quickly bring value to their customers.Time Stamps:📌[3:04]https://www.hellogroundwork.com/📌[5:43]we love you danit!📌[7:35]How are they getting clients to send...2023-02-061h 02
Field NotesEp. 42: Michelle Kamigaki-Baron on Pidgin & Secwepemctsín Language ResearchThis month's very special episode is with Michelle Kamigaki-Baron. Michelle is a PhD student in the department of Linguistics at the University of British Columbia. She was born and raised in Hawai’i into a family of coffee plantation laborers from Honaunau, Hawai’i. Her research primarily involves speech production and perception, how these processes are changed in the context of bilingualism or bidialectalism of languages that exist in diglossia, and the continuous nature of language. She works primarily with the Secwepemc community in BC with speakers of the Secwepemctsín language and also with her own community in Hawai...2023-01-3149 min
Fight Club 4 BusinessEp 129 Join us in the Fight Club as we go OLD SCHOOL!You know it....it's the 4 founding members of Fight Club, going old school, and sharing some epic admin wins straight out of Admin Bootcamp Adventure!Time Stamps:📌[0:54]Amanda Powell - Director of Training at Power Selling Pros 📌[1:11]Helps home service companies win the moments and book more calls!📌[8:49]86% of consumers will pay more for better customer service📌[16:42]Say what you CAN do - not what you can't📌[27:04]Fast is Slow on the phone....📌[28:29]Call times get reduced once they consistently follow their call flow..📌[29:52]https://po...2023-01-3049 min
Fight Club 4 BusinessEp 124 Eric Sprague and Larry WilbertonEric Sprague and Larry Wilberton, college roommates turned business partners, built and successfully sold a cleaning and disaster restoration business. Taking the hard-knock lessons and experience they gained in the home services space, Eric and Larry founded Super Tech University, a system designed to train the most overlooked competitive advantage in the home services industry...soft skills. With a daily video training platform to help field service technicians navigate the parts of the service experience customers value most, Super Tech University is helping home service businesses worldwide win at the service game. In addition to Super Tech University, Larry...2022-11-2159 min
True Crimes and Story TimesTrue Crime 45: Martha MoxleyThis one is an older case. Martha Moxley was last seen with a boy "falling behind the fence" in his back yard. The next morning she was found. What happened to Martha? Did the boy have something to do with it?Check out our socials! : https://linktr.ee/TCSTpodcastSources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Martha_Moxley2022-10-2321 min
Pep Talk Podcast for SLPsDeveloping Fluency Goals and Choosing Activities for Children Who Stutter (Martha Horrocks M.Ed. CCC-SLP) Speech TherapyEarn CE credit here. This program has been approved for 1 clock hours of continuing education credit by the Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association (TSHA). TSHA approval does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedures. TSHA CEU hours can be used as professional development hours for the maintenance of your ASHA certificate of clinical competence (CCC).
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Fight Club 4 BusinessEp.119 Gabriel GutierrezGabe Gutierrez is the Founder of Gabe's Spotless Window Cleaning in Tucson, AZ They've been making windows spotless since 1999!Gabe is also a Moderator of "Into the Flow" Facebook group and host of the Into the Flow podcast dedicated to the education, safety, and philanthropy in the window cleaning community. Time Stamp📌[6:03]Why did you start posting on Instagram/social media?📌[7:37]Gabe shoots for one post per day on social media📌[9:29]Gabe is finding more interaction with TikTok than Instagram and Facebook📌[14:39]Gabe's Social Manager will take one video an...2022-10-171h 00
Fight Club 4 BusinessEp 113 Jahaira GracianiJahaira, also known by her team as Jay is a mother of 3 amazing children Ivy, Rani and Carson. She was born in Boston Massachusetts but now lives in Orlando Florida with her family. Although she was born in a big city Jay loves all things outdoors, from being at the Springs to the Beach and even riding four wheelers in the mud with her kiddos. She was brought on to TRT as the Office Manager November of 2021 and has since then became the General Manager and runs the day to day for the team since May 2022. While most of...2022-08-291h 07
Further Up and Further InMartha v. Mary. Round TwoThey've talked about it before and they're talking about it again. Turns out there is more to be discovered for both men and women in the story of Martha and Mary. Listen as Michelle and Amy discover some really encouraging and inspiring things.2022-08-0517 min
Fight Club 4 BusinessE.103 Join Tay, Meaghan, Michelle & Martha as we go old school style and talk all things business!Tay, Meaghan, Michelle & Martha as we go old school style and talk all things business!Time Stamps:[4:49]Tay is concentrating on upsells. Basic marketing is working, so she's not making marketing changes[14:29]Marketing: How to build out a part-time marketing position[15:49]Marketing: What do the accountabilities look like for a marketing position? # Posts, Post Engagement, Review Replies, FB Group Posts, Leads, etc..[23:53]Hey Paisley! We recommend having your CSR answering any of the lead messages from marketing. Michelle recommended a joint Trello board where you can share those leads...2022-06-0656 min
Fight Club 4 BusinessE. 101 Jonathan WhistmanIf you've ever been on the inside of a high-performing sales team you know that it looks like magic. The intricate dance between sales, product development, operations, marketing, and customer seeming almost effortless. The revenue builds, allowing the founders, employees, and their communities to flourish.But we know that it isn't magic, and it certainly isn't effortless! It is the result of a well-executed plan and talented hard-working humans.Jonathan Whistman has dedicated his efforts to helping people build high-performance sales organizations that people love to join, and that attract the best teams...2022-05-231h 05
Fight Club 4 BusinessE.95 Joey DonofrioJoey manages a growing property inspection business that services the DMV area. He oversees growth & development within his organization. Joey is also th founder of Inspection Pro Joe Podcast. Helping inspection businesses grow!Time Stamps:📍[7:13]Marketing: The power of networking at a conference📍[9:05]Your net worth is your network📍[10:21]How Joey grew from 600k to 1.5M in gross his first year after going to a conference📍[16:01]Working with Realtors, Mortgage Brokers, Movers, and others around your home service business📍[33:09]ACH payments versus credit card payments....📍[34:21]The importance of...2022-04-1159 min
Fight Club 4 BusinessE.94 Colin DeHannColin DeHaan launched his brick and mortar service business in 2016 as a first generation entrepreneur. This massive risk was taken with a 6 month old son and wife who stayed home, raising their son and supporting him! But also with a lot of Faith! Colins business did over $2M in sales last year, and is working their first merger and location launch this year to truly 10X the company. Pushing the limits is the fuel that keeps him from wandering into a million different business. In 2022 Colin was on boarded as a Conquer Coach with Automate Grow Sell and is...2022-04-041h 04
Fight Club 4 BusinessE.91 Caleb WiningerHere's a bit about Caleb: In the summer of 2019, Caleb was privileged to attend and graduate from the coveted Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program, where he was selected by my Cohort to serve as its Alumni Ambassador. In July of 2020, Caleb assumed the role of Basecamp Resource Director for the Conquer Program at AutomateGrowSell.com Conquer is the world's leading mentorship and coaching program specifically focused on helping home service businesses and their CEOs grow. In January of 2021 he became a Certified Conquer Business Coach, which has allowed him to work closely with small business CEOs in...2022-03-071h 06
Fight Club 4 BusinessE.90 Tonya BurkeTonya has made a career of sales and marketing since the young age of 18, and this is her passion and forte. After much consideration and many prayers later, she joined her husband in 2009 to grow their then very small exterior cleaning business in north Florida. In addition to being the Office Manager, she drove sales, account management and customer service for over 12 years, growing their annual revenue from 80K to more than 1M. Spray Wash was their regions’ largest and most recognized exterior cleaning company, specializing in commercial projects spanning many markets, until they sold in May 2021 to...2022-02-2855 min
Fight Club 4 BusinessE.88 Jeff LikesJeff started cleaning windows in 2007. He has grown a lot as a leader and owner in the past 15 years and still really LIKES clean windows. He won the window cleaning world championship in 2020. And after building an empowered leadership team is loving his new role as company cheerleader.ResourcesTay Meroni (Marketing) with Pure Pressure WashingMeaghan Likes (Finances) with Bookkeeping Academy Online, Likes Accounting Company & Jeff Likes Clean Windows & GuttersMichelle Myers (Systems) with Pink CallersMartha Woodward (People) with The Pay for Performance Expert, Quality Driven Software & Dusting Divas2022-02-1450 min
Make It Happen with Michelle McCullough116. What Does It Mean To Be Authentic? With Martha BeckToday I’m joined by bestselling author, life coach, and speaker, Martha Beck. We’re diving deep into a few different topics including life coaching, loving life, and integrity. Join us today for some of Martha’s juicy thoughts on how you can love life in the midst of challenges. Here are the links I promised: Martha’s Latest book, “The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True Self - https://amzn.to/3sJDa3f And here are a few links to my favorite things I mentioned in the epi...2022-02-0744 min
Fight Club 4 BusinessE.86 Gosia BaranAfter working in the corporate world for a few years, she was laid off after the events of 9/11. Having an 8-month-old son, Gosia chose not to go back to the corporate world but to open her own business. She had the desire of helping people; in the corporate world helping others was not the priority. In November 2001, Helping Hands was born. Today, Helping Hands is stronger than ever, employing over 50 cleaning technicians that includes 5 office staff, and 3 field supervisors servicing residential and commercial clients in the Chicagoland area. She also is a cofounder...2022-01-3151 min
Fight Club 4 BusinessE.84 Curt KemptonCurt got his start in the field owning and operating a window cleaning & pressure washing business. His passion for building systems had him working on and designing the early versions of ResponsiBid although he didn’t know it at the time. He has assembled a team of the most amazing people to join him on his crusade of creating the greatest selling tool for the home service industry. On this episode we get to discuss some of the new features ResponsiBid will be rolling out in 2022!Time Stamps📍[7:39]The difference between sales and marketing📍[8...2022-01-171h 09
Life is a TreasureMade Like Martha INTROHappy NEW Year 2022...Welcome NEW Season 3...Exciting NEW Series...Starting TODAY...In this EPISODE 88I was introduced to a book titled Made Like Martha https://www.amazon.com/Made-Like-Martha-Woman-Things/dp/0735291268 by Katie Reid from Crystal Paine. Crystal recorded a podcast with Katie and you can listen to it here: https://crystalpaine.com/142-worship-suffocates-worry-with-katie-reid/In this episode, I am sharing the INTRODUCTION of the book, Made Like Martha, and INVITING you to join me in a JOurneY as we read through the book together and meet each week virtually in th...2022-01-1219 min
Fight Club 4 BusinessE:78 Sean McCormickSean McCormick has over 10 years of experience leading teams building successful cloud and mobile software products. He started his first cloud software company while still in undergrad at Northwestern and hasn't looked back since. He's an odd combo of a tech nerd who loves the outdoors - fly fishing especially.Time Stamp📍[1:22]Sean with SingleOps is with us this week...📍[2:01]https://singleops.com/📍[6:06]Sean tells us about his Sales System📍[9:46]The faster you get an estimate in front of a customer, the more likely you will be able to sell them...2021-11-0859 min
Tried + TrulyT + T Ep 16 - Myth Busters! Martha + Mary of BethanyAre you familiar with the story of two sisters, Martha and Mary from the town of Bethany? If not, check it out in the Gospel of Luke 10:38-42 and then check out this episode. Mary’s wise choice to sit in the presence of Jesus, soaking up every word, serves as a great example of prioritizing time with God. But that’s not the only lesson in this famous true story. Her sister Martha all too often gets the bad rap as the frantic sister who becomes consumed by the busyness of lesser duties. Sound...2021-10-2617 min
Fight Club 4 BusinessE:75 Q3 Wrap up and Q4 goals with the Fight Club 4 Business"Wrap up and Q4 goals with the Fight Club 4 Business"Minuet Marker 📍[4:18]Marketing: Review Q3 and evaluate how things went and make tweaks for 2022. 📍[5:47]Marketing: Make sure you have a social media calendar set up 📍[24:55]Systems: Systems are constantly evolving... 📍[26:31]Systems: Random tasks - how to take the person out of the middle of technology systems... 📍[31:35]Create a Zap to automate your social media posts & quarterly reviews.... Pull out Start Date & Birth Date - First & Last Name - use a zap to trello or your calendar... 📍[49:22]Empl...2021-10-181h 01
Fight Club 4 BusinessE:71 Lindsey KirchnerLindsey is the Customer Experience Manager at the Contractor Sales Academy. She loves sharing her wisdom with contractors who she supports every day at CSA.Show Minute Markers:📍[8:25] Who has implemented Marcus Sheridan's "They Ask, You Answer" videos on their website?📍[10:13] On a scale 1-10, how good is your team at educating your client/lead on what to expect?📍[11:45] Oooh...5 step sales script role play. Who does something similar with their team?📍[18:29]Have consistent weekly meetings with your management team to decrease communication problems📍[20:57]How are you incentivizing y...2021-09-2035 min
Fight Club 4 BusinessE:70 Dan DowdyToday we welcome Dan Dowdy..... the owner of Built For The Trades, Dan's team of plumbing, HVAC, and electrical industry experts has come together to help you reach your business goals and achieve the success you’ve always dreamed of. We are proud to be tradesmen and women, we believe in hard work, we are committed to serving the members of our community, we are men and women of integrity, we hold ourselves accountable, and we always strive for progress.Show Minute Markers:📍[5:32] Where to start with Marketing?📍[5:39] How to focus on retention?📍[7:4...2021-09-1344 min
Fight Club 4 BusinessE:69 Ellen RohrEllen nearly sank her husband’s plumbing company after his partner died unexpectedly. Boy was she humbled! It seemed like lots of money was moving through the company, but at the end of the month there was never any money left. In desperation, Ellen figured out how to make lots of money and turned the business around. She inspires thousands, in workshops, presentations and online, to make business un-complicated and live life un-leashed. Ellen is also a successful franchisor, helping launch a plumbing franchise to 47 locations and $40 million in sales in under 2 years. Now, she is t...2021-09-061h 04