Become a Media Maven

Jeneva Rose is the bestselling author of The Perfect Marriage, which has been translated into nearly a dozen languages and optioned for film. Originally from Wisconsin, she currently lives in Chicago with her husband and stubborn English bulldog. Her latest suspense novel, One of Us Is Dead, releases TODAY on April 26th from Blackstone Publishing. In the episode, Jeneva shares how she went from wr...

Kelly Reeves had a PR agency for 20 years. She specialized in technology, lifestyle, fashion, entertainment, and nonprofit organizations.  But a few years ago, she realized it no longer made her happy. So she made a shift. Today, she is a business coach, copywriter, and copy editor. She also co-founded a nonprofit animal rescue.  In this episode, Kelly is going to tell us how PR professionals and...

If you’re a book lover, you’ve probably fallen down the #bookstagram rabbit hole on Instagram. It’s where I get a lot of my book recommendations and it’s where some avid readers build quite a social media following.  In this podcast episode, I talk to the woman behind @BookcaseBeauty, Katelyn Cole. She talks about how and why she started her account on Instagram, her growth strategies, and when it...

No, you don’t need to spend loads of money to build your email list. In this podcast episode, Jessica Rodriguez shares the biggest myths around organic visibility (and how to leverage that to your advantage), how to choose an opt-in topic and type that aligns with your paid offers and attracts more of the right people, and what to have in place in order to create a memorable experience for those o...

Christina Scalera has turned her experience as founder of the 7-figure, award-winning digital download store, The Contract Shop®, into a series of courses and coaching. She helps booked-out service providers add and scale passive income with digital download products sold through an online storefront. In this episode, she talks about digital download products versus courses, what the future of dig...

Tatiana Muse is a mom, wife, and the CEO of The Stationery Muse, a lifestyle and paper goods company inspiring women to go after all the things. She is also a business coach and mentor for women wanting to start their own stationery businesses without overwhelm… and she just launched a planner! In this episode, she talks about her journey to where she is today with her business and how she didn’t...

Founder of SmartHustle.com and lover of small business success, Ramon Ray helps solo business owners scale and live the lives they want. In this episode, he is going to share some key principles that solopreneurs can use to grow beyond $100,000. Ramon will break down strategies like, Managing your time Building white space in your calendar Saying no Focusing on profits, not just revenue Delegating...

If you’ve ever had a book idea but didn’t know what to do next, then this podcast episode is for you.  Amanda Tice is a successful curve model who has worked the past twelve years for and with well-known retail clients such as Nordstrom, Target, Saks, and Hanes. She is a University of Chicago grad, a body-positivity advocate, a former TV journalist, and a very proud mom to her son, George.  She is...

Donald Kelly has a belief that “anyone” can sell if they have the desire. Early on in his sales career, Donald struggled with sales, but through the proper training and coaching, he became a top-performing seller. Donald hosts a popular sales podcast called “The Sales Evangelist," which has been mentioned in Entrepreneur Magazine, Forbes, Inc, HubSpot, and Success as a top B2B sales podcast....

In this episode, I'm breaking down how I am planning and goal setting for 2022. I haven't sat down and done serious planning like this in a couple of years. Now that I'm back in the swing of things, I want to share how I'm doing it because it may be helpful to you. I'm also sharing some of my NEW free resources here in the show notes of this episode. The tools I use to run...

If you want to earn publicity fast and grab some low-hanging fruit, then you need to be newsjacking. What is it and how do you do it? I break it down in this podcast episode. Make sure you listen because if done wrong, it can backfire in a very ugly way. If you want to check out my updated free course, just visit PitchPublicityProfit .com. In three days,  I teach you how to pitch to earn publicity...

Today, we’re talking to one of my media mentoring clients! After being a stay-at-home mom to TRIPLETS, she started working as a health coach, then pivoted to encouraging women, focusing on moms – specifically self-esteem for moms. “I needed to start doing this for me. I’ve evolved as a person and I’ve changed what I need and that’s who I’m serving,” Marta Spirk said. “I needed something for myself...

5 Simple Steps to get Featured in the Media Without Spending a Dime I’m back! I’ve been busy with a little vacation out of the country and business coaching. I just hired joined not one but two masterminds.  I’ll talk about this in this podcast, an upcoming masterclass called 5 Simple Steps to get Featured in the Media Without Spending a Dime, and five questions to consider if you’re wondering, &q...

In this episode, Rob Balasabas, the Partnership Manager at TubeBuddy talks about how to start creating revenue as a creator, what revenue streams to implement first, how to grow a brand new YouTube channel, and what to do once you start picking up traction. He also goes into detail about the five steps every content creator must make when they start, like: Do the research first - use TubeBuddy for...

She started out as a blogger and co-founded quite the resource in 2013 bloggers use to make money with ads. It’s called Mediavine. In this episode, Amber Bracegirdle shares how Mediavine helps bloggers grow their business and make money. Plus, what’s coming up long term for bloggers? Amber tells all! Amber Bracegirdle joined Mediavine in 2013 to help found Food Fanatic. A food blogger since 2008,...

Organic Pinterest Traffic Strategy Dos and Don'ts with Christine Wheeler The best social media platform to use to drive traffic to your blog is Pinterest. Hands down. Christina Wheeler is the founder of Pinnovation Media, and in this episode, she is going to share top tips for small business owners, bloggers, product sellers, and service providers to use Pinterest effectively. If you’re going...

How Lindsay Padilla built and grew Hello Audio (even after someone tried to steal it) Lindsay Padilla is the CEO of Hello Audio. I met her in a mastermind for SaaS founders… and we were a handful of females in a group full of men. I invited her on my podcast because I’m very impressed with what she’s been able to do with her software, Hello Audio, in such a short time. So, I wanted to get all the...

How to Become an Instagram Influencer in 9 Steps with Christina Galbato Influencer marketing is HUGE today. Yes, it is misunderstood and so many people think they know how it works, but few actually do. To dive deeper into how it works and how people make living as Instagram influencers, Christina Galbato is pulling back the curtain and sharing her experience as an influencer and a coach to future...

How To Make Money On Etsy Without Making Anything with Madison McCarty About a month after Madison McCarty opened an Etsy store, she was making $1,000 with her new side hustle. Some of what she sells, she doesn’t even make herself! I found Madison on TikTok when a 60-second video breaking down her process went viral. It intrigued me so I asked her to come on the Become a Media Maven podcast to bre...

When COVID hit, Michelle Dempsey Multack quit working on her marketing agency business and started a new business with a new vision, new brand, new niche… everything was new! Less than a year later, she’s the host of a successful podcast, built a massively engaged social media following, and landed a book deal with Simon & Schuster - a life-long dream of hers. In the episode, my friend Michell...

Adaleta Avdic is a digital creator and host of the Get an Adaatude podcast. She left her job working as a tourism marketer to go full-time as a content creator.  In this episode, you’ll hear her take on the two big mistakes content creators make that hold them back from going full-time. She also shares two strategies for growing your Instagram account and engagement overnight. Adaleta also shares...

It’s hard to get out of the day-to-day and work on your business instead of in it. In this podcast episode, Mike Michalowicz shares how you can get started delegating the things you need to do so your business can thrive while you’re on a 4-week-long vacation. He also shares the number one mistake people make when delegating and the easy fix. Michael Michalowicz is an American author, entrepreneur...

JJ Ramberg launched an app to help podcasters and podcast listeners connect. In this episode, she’s going to talk about how she built not one, but multiple tech companies… and how she gets people like Kim Kardashian West to tweet about them! Over the last 13 years, JJ Ramberg hosted a show for NBC News called Your Business, a podcast called Been There Built That and a series on BBC World News call...

Today, so many people want to be part of “the media”. That means different things to different people, but the overall goal is to be seen and to build a brand that will lead to profit. In this episode, Trae Bodge is sharing how she starting working as a freelance writer and how that work has snowballed into so much more under the media umbrella in various forms in multiple places. She also shares...

I love productivity and efficiency. In past episodes, I’ve shared what works for me but today I’m bringing you a true expert to share productivity hacks that actually work. In this podcast episode, Adi Klevit is going to share key tips to increase productivity when everything you’ve tried before has failed, what it means to systematize your business and how to do it, and examples of results you ca...