The Jasmine Star Show

Do you want to learn how to hire, train, and retain high-performing team members? Then trust me when I tell you that you NEED the wisdom Natalie Dawson is dropping in this episode! She reveals the secret sauce to building a dream team that will skyrocket your business to new heights and breaks down exactly how you can align your team members' goals with your business goals in a way that makes...

Lemme tell you: it has been A YEAR. I recently took some time to reflect on the lessons I’ve learned over the past 12 months and, as I did, I noted the mindset shifts that I embraced along the way. These shifts were powerful tools in enabling me to move forward and grow, (regardless of how I FELT in any given moment), and I’m excited to share them with you today. Click play to hear about these min...

If you’ve struggled with addiction to work and placing your value in the success of your business, this episode is for you. My amazing co-host, Lori Harder, connected me with the magical, mythical creature that is Chalene Johson. In this episode, we're lucky enough to hear Chalene's candid and fascinating entrepreneurship journey. From flipping cars as a teenager to navigating her husban...

Y’all, I’m getting real honest in this episode/audio diary. That’s right - you’re going to hear six real-time voice memos I recorded during my week as a way of documenting the (many) unexpected “flops” that happen in life and business. I hope it encourages you that these moments are VERY normal. Click play to hear all this and… [00:00:40] Why setbacks and challenges are neither good nor bad. [00:0...

Are you ready to let go of the thoughts that are no longer serving you and confidently move towards your full potential in business and life? ( yes or yasss? ) Grab your favorite beverage and settle in - the wisdom and insights shared on this episode just might change your life. In this episode, Lori Harder (my resident co-host) and I chat with Kathrin Zenkina, aka The Manifestation Babe, and hear...

I might be going out on a limb here… But I’m going to say you’ve evolved since first starting your business. And since evolving, you might have noticed yourself getting pulled back down to who you once were or who people WISH you were. (Because it feels safe and cushy!) But holding yourself back to those previous versions of yourself is playing small which serves… Well, absolutely no one. What DOE...

If you’ve been thinking I’m ready for my next thing, but I don’t know what it is… well, buckle your seatbelts and hang on tight. Brit Driscoll is about to come in HOT with advice and guidance just for you! If you haven’t heard of Brittany Driscoll, you’re in for a treat. She’s a friend of Lori Harder’s (my co-host for this episode) and spent years learning business and marketing as a key leader at...

I’m thrilled to share the latest episode of the Jasmine Star Show with you! Not only did I have the pleasure of sitting down with my dear friend and fellow entrepreneur, Lori Harder, I also had the privilege of introducing her as my co-host in a series of upcoming episodes. Over the coming weeks, we’ll be dropping new episodes with several other powerhouse female entrepreneurs that I can’t wait fo...

“Jasmine, should I start a podcast?” Ahh, a question I’ve gotten countless times since I started The Jasmine Star Show in 2019. And this might come as a surprise (since I’m pro-long-form content) … but the answer isn’t always yes. In fact, depending on your business goals, sometimes it can distract you from your most urgent business needs (meaning it isn’t always the best use of your time/energy/e...

Can you imagine Beyoncé wanting to be a part of your marketing campaign? (Yes, THAT Beyoncé!) This actually happened to a client of Denise Lamberstson (aka the “Godmother of Influencer Marketing” and founder of the LMS Agency and Constellation Capital ). But before Denise started her own influencer agency, she was Madonna’s right-hand woman where she learned what made really GREAT partnerships bet...

I REALLY don't want to share this story… But I think it's important that we normalize failures in business. So, here I go… In October of 2022, the Social Curator team and I hosted a week-long social media challenge…and we shut it down within the first 48-72 hours. We knew very quickly it wasn’t going to work. We’ve hosted very successful challenges in the past, but this time we did thing...

She sold the proposal of her book… and then changed the title. She bought a domain… and then decided not to use it. She spent hours creating her book’s outline… and then she scratched it.  And it was the absolute BEST use of her time. Sounds crazy? Lemme explain… When Jen Gottlieb , co-founder of Super Connector Media decided she was going to write her book, Be Seen , she took immediate action. Sh...

Have you ever felt stagnant in your business? Like no matter how much you do/give/teach/share things just… don’t move. And even though this is so common in business, it doesn’t make it any less frustrating. Does it, friend? And before anything else, I want you to know that YOU are not the problem. But there are things you can do to jump over your revenue hurdles - which is why I had to bring Dan M...

“Serve, serve, serve.” “Serve before you sell.” “Just give value.” Sound familiar? We hear a lot about WHY we need to give value, but when it comes to the HOW - the only thing really taught is to post educational content (totally fine by the way!) But in a world where information is SO easily accessible, you must lean into the other ways to serve your audience as well. Not sure where to start? I g...

“Jasmine, they're selling for me…” That’s what my brilliant speaker/author/master community builder of a friend replied when I asked her questions about her ad spend, list-building, and marketing tactics. The answer to her wildly successful business wasn’t more marketing…  It was that her community was selling for her. You see, when you make people feel like they are contributors to the commu...

I wasn’t born a determined person…  And I definitely wasn’t born a patient person (oldest siblings, stand up.) These are skills I became aware of, practiced, measured, and eventually developed. But some of my favorite skills are the underrated ones… why you ask? You see, the only thing I love more than underrated skills is being underrated. There's something about walking into a room and havi...

Lemme tell you one of the best gifts I’ve gotten this year… The opportunity to rediscover who I am and what kind of business I want to have. And this started because of something my team said… “Let us run the operations”.  You see, the business had reached a point where we had a strong team in place, and they generously offered to handle the day-to-day, giving me the freedom to focus on casting th...

‘You're not doing enough.’  ‘Couldn’t you have avoided this? I'm sure you could have avoided this.’ ‘Why couldn't you see this coming six months ago?’ I came across these words I journaled last year and cringed. Now that I’m in a place where I’m able to reflect without being so self-critical, I realize that I did do the best I could with what I had and what I knew at the time. The t...

Have you ever had one of those big lightbulb moments when creating an offer? One of those moments where the pieces all seem to fall into place and you’re figuring out how a new revenue stream is about to make a big impact for your people? This is exactly what happened on one of my consulting calls with a client when she hashed out the details of her new membership program (including a six-week lau...

Do you ever feel like it's difficult to stand out online?  If so, I feel you. The online space can feel…well, crowded. But, I often hear entrepreneurs say the reason they aren’t getting the results they WANT and DESERVE is because of the over-saturation in their industry… And I don’t think that’s the case. So, what is? Business owners don’t know how to identify the deepest needs and desires o...

Have I told you about the time someone tried to copy Social Curator? I’m talkin’ they were stealing our content, resources, Action Plans, the whole nine-yards… AND I even think they called it something like “Socially Curated.” I felt angry. Disheartened. The team and I had poured so much time, energy, and money into making Social Curator something that was truly magical… and someone was COPYING it...

Is it necessary for me to be in that meeting? Is it necessary that I'm in that Slack channel? Is it necessary I’m cc’d on that email? These are some of the questions I’ve been asking myself lately… but it took me a long time to even know to ask these questions. (Like years and years!) Why? These are questions you learn to ask when you know you’re in the stability phase of a business project....

“Jasmine, you need to take a break…” JD (my husband and business partner) said these words to me a few weeks ago. I immediately replied, “No. I need to work more. I need to do more.” (Can you relate?) It was while recording this podcast series with my co-host Marcus Murphy , I realized it wasn’t the work that was keeping me from stepping away, it was the pressure of coming back and people asking w...

I’m a little skeptical when someone wants to sell me something. Back in college, I served tables at a steak and rib house and lemme tell you: I could rack up a receipt. Oh, I could not only sell you on the best steak, but I could have you upsize it, add on a loaded baked potato, and convince you that you couldn’t leave without trying the famous banana cream pie, served in a mason jar.  I knew exac...

He dropped out of college without a clear sense of direction. Then one day, while working in the “dish pit” at a restaurant, he received a call that Usher Raymond wanted to collaborate with him (cue the lyrics to Let It Burn ). It was a 7-year journey of financial struggles, latte-making shifts, and uncertainty that ultimately led to exhibitions across the globe – from the USA to Australia, Hong K...