The Renaissance Podcast

Send us Fan Mail What if the biggest opportunity for your business isn't reaching MORE people, but becoming known by the RIGHT people? This week on Renaissance Women: The Podcast , we're switching things up! I'm joined by our Renaissance Marketing Group Brand Manager, Christina Provenzano, who is putting ME in the hot seat for another ASK SYDNEY episode! We're catching up on ev...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when you stop waiting for opportunities and start putting yourself in the rooms where you can CREATE them? This week's guest on Renaissance Women: The Podcast is an incredible example of what happens when ambition, determination, relationships, and VISIBILITY come together. I'm joined by Dr. Korina Alevrogianni , a plastic surgery resident, medical researche...

Send us Fan Mail Short on time but still need your social media to WORK for your business? This episode is for you. This week, I'm taking you behind the scenes of one of our LIVE monthly coaching calls inside Renaissance Women , my visibility-forward community for women entrepreneurs who want to become known for what they do! Because here's something I know to be true after more than a d...

Send us Fan Mail Want to become known for what you do? Come join us inside Renaissance Women , our visibility-forward community for women entrepreneurs who want to build recognizable brands, grow their influence, and create more opportunities through showing up. With monthly group coaching, social media strategy, weekly content prompts, and a community of women building alongside you, we're m...

Send us Fan Mail There is a BIG difference between having a business that posts content and actually using your content to build a brand. You can have a full content calendar. You can post consistently. You can make Reels, follow trends, share educational carousels and have beautiful graphics. And still be completely forgettable. Because posting asks: “What are we putting up today?” Brand building...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Ask Sydney —where I answer real questions from women in our Renaissance Women community about social media, visibility, entrepreneurship, and building a business that actually supports the life you want to live. This week, we’re talking about something I know so many women wrestle with: being seen. What do you say when it feels like everything has already been said? How...

Send us Fan Mail We’re coming to you LIVE from the 2026 Renaissance Women’s Summit! On September 10th, more than 100 women entrepreneurs came together at Riverwood Mansion in Nashville for our seventh Renaissance Women’s Summit—and one of my favorite activations of the day was the podcast content creation pop-up with our Summit partner Amplify Boutique, founded by Cait Howard. So naturally, Cait p...

Send us Fan Mail For the first time in seven Renaissance Women’s Summits, I walked away feeling like this wasn’t the culmination of everything we had been building. It was the beginning. There is so much ahead. For years, I’ve continued moving forward with this vision even during seasons when I wasn’t completely sure where it was leading. And this year, something clicked. All of those years of mov...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to RENAISSANCE WOMEN. Today is officially the beginning of the 2.0 era of this show—and I genuinely cannot think of a better episode to launch it with. If you’ve been listening to this podcast before today, welcome back. And if this is your first episode, welcome to Renaissance Women: The Podcast —a show for women building businesses, brands, and lives that require them to...

Send us Fan Mail Something feels different about social media in 2026. The tone, the energy, the way people are consuming content—and if you’re a business owner, you’ve probably felt the shift too. I’ve been talking all year about why I believe the future of social is more human, more relational, and less dependent on perfectly polished content. But I wanted to know: does the research actually bac...

Send us Fan Mail What actually separates the people and brands who build something meaningful on social media from everyone else? In Part 1, we talked about sustainability—being willing to keep going long enough for social media to actually work—and why you have to stop letting the performance of individual posts determine whether you're willing to show up again tomorrow. Now, in Part 2, we&a...

Send us Fan Mail I’ve been working in social media since 2012, which basically means I’ve lived through multiple lifetimes of the internet. 😂 And after more than a decade in this industry, I’ve learned that exceptional content, a great strategy, and amazing metrics matter—but they’re not the only things that determine whether you’ll actually succeed on social media. There are certain mindsets and...

Send us Fan Mail Before we dive in... We'd absolutely love to have you in the room at the 2026 Renaissance Women's Summit on September 10th in Nashville! As part of our podcast community, you can use code RMG20 for 20% off your ticket. GET TICKETS! And one more thing... we're announcing something major at this year's summit that I genuinely can't wait to share with you. If...

Send us Fan Mail In Part Two of this special conversation, Christina and Sydney go deeper. After introducing the Renaissance Business framework in Part One, Sydney unpacks each of the four Ps—People, Profit, Process, and Perception—and shares why these are the pillars that have shaped every stage of Renaissance Marketing Group's growth over the past 11 years. This isn't theory. It's...

Send us Fan Mail This week, the tables are turned. For the first time on The Renaissance Podcast, Brand Manager and Renaissance Women's Summit co-creator Christina sits down to interview Sydney about the heart behind this year's Renaissance Women's Summit—and the lessons she's learned after more than a decade of building Renaissance Marketing Group. Together, they pull back the...

Send us Fan Mail We're officially just weeks away from the 7th Annual Renaissance Women's Summit on September 10, 2026 , at the beautiful Riverwood Mansion in Nashville, Tennessee—and if you've been thinking about joining us, now is the time. ✨  Tickets are on sale now, and I'd absolutely love to welcome you into a room filled with ambitious women entrepreneurs who are buildin...

Send us Fan Mail If you've been showing up consistently on social media but still aren't seeing the growth, engagement, or leads you were hoping for, this episode is for you. But first... We're officially in July, which means we're down to the final weeks before the 2026 Renaissance Women's Summit on September 10th in Nashville. 🎉 We have just a few VIP tickets remaining,...

Send us Fan Mail For the first time in 11 years since launching my business, I’m building something completely new. I’ll be launching it at the end of the summer. And because I believe deeply in the idea of building in public, I’m taking you along for the journey. Now… I’m not ready to tell you exactly what it is yet. But I am ready to let you behind the curtain on what it looks like to build some...

Send us Fan Mail A creator starts an Instagram account less than a year ago, grows it to hundreds of thousands of followers, and generates over $1.2 million in a single launch. This is a masterclass in 2026 social media marketing. In this solo episode, we're breaking down what Jessi Jean's viral growth and massive launch reveal about the future of social media, personal brands, and commu...

Send us Fan Mail What does it take to build a business known for excellence, trust, and an exceptional client experience? This week on The Renaissance Podcast , Sydney sits down with Megan Jernigan, Team Lead of The Jernigan Group at Compass, six-time Diamond Elite producer, and one of Middle Tennessee's top real estate professionals, for a conversation that goes far beyond real estate. Toget...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Renaissance Podcast , Sydney is joined by two members of the Renaissance team — Christina Provenzano, Brand Manager, and Maddie Miller, Senior Account Manager — for a fun, honest, and very relatable conversation about the generational differences they’ve noticed while working together in Renaissance’s new East Nashville office space. From Gen Z vs. Millennial work...

Send us Fan Mail Ready to elevate your social media presence? Learn more about working with the Renaissance Marketing Group team at www.renaissancemarketinggroup.com  Looking for support in your business? Our podcast partner NexusPoint will waive their $500 recruiting fee for Renaissance Podcast listeners when you book through go.nexuspt.io/rmg Kristin Oja is the CEO and Founder of STAT Wellness,...

Send us Fan Mail The line between creator and entrepreneur is disappearing… and it’s changing business as we know it. In this solo episode of The Renaissance Podcast , Sydney unpacks the rise of “building in public” and why the most successful founders today are no longer hiding behind their brands. They’re becoming the face of them. From documenting the journey and sharing behind-the-scenes momen...

Send us Fan Mail Here’s a polished version that feels a little more natural, elevated, and in your voice , while tightening the flow and strengthening the CTA: This week on The Renaissance Podcast , we’re doing something a little different. I’m sharing a recent conversation where I was a guest on the Impact Effect Podcast … and it’s one I knew I had to bring back to this community. In this episode...

Send us Fan Mail Anyone can post. But not everyone knows how to make someone click “add to cart.” In this solo episode of The Renaissance Podcast , I’m breaking down the difference between content and messaging —and why this distinction is the missing piece for so many business owners who feel like they’re doing “all the right things” on social media… but still not seeing sales. Your content is th...