Live Full Work Fun Podcast

It's the season of making plans for the new year. Making plans is so much fun. It's like strategic daydreaming. Planning is essential in business growth. You, as your business leader, must create the vision of how your future self will be. Creating the picture of the future of what you'd like to see happen, where you'd like to go, what you'd like to do to serve your community is an exhilarating fe...

Mary Valloni is a coach, trainer, and author who helps nonprofit leaders raise more funds and marketplace leaders give more funds. Mary is the former Development Director for Special Olympics, the ALS Association, and the American Cancer Society. With over 20 years of fundraising experience, she has coached thousands of individuals and organizations through her proven 7-step process. Mary is the a...

The Scrivener Solutions team implement our client's content marketing plan. All our clients can work from anywhere. They've created their businesses where they aren't geographically tied to an office. They are flexible with their time and are strategic in deciding who they serve. Our clients are at different levels of business growth and have different marketing strategies. Some of our clients are...

I love to learn about other people just like you and me who are making their lifestyle business work. We have the chance to learn about their journey and what they do that jazzes them to keep building their own lifestyle business. Today, you're in for a special treat because you'll be meeting Lora Newman. Lora is the founder and CEO of Zero2Sixty Performance Coaching, the world's premier equine as...

This episode was recorded as I was traveling and experiencing first-hand the realities of working from anywhere. What sparked the episode topic was a friend of mine is so excited to be getting a little RV and asked me how Robert and I managed to stay connected to the internet when traveling. In fact, over the past several months, many folks have asked us how we stay connected as they look into RV...

Sometimes conversations don't always take the path that was planned. I love when that happens because that's when you learn even more allowing ideas to flow. That's what happened today's guest. A few weeks ago, I reconnected with Diane Wolf. I met Diane in Franklin TN as we both attended Ray Edwards Copywriting Academy Live event. We sat at the same table and spent a lot of time learning from one...

"Plans are useless, but planning is indispensable," - Dwight D. Eisenhower Success is one thing. But obtaining long-lasting sustainable business success is another. My guest, Frank Spevak has the formula to not only obtain success, but keep that success over the long haul. Frank is a speaker, online educator, author and business coach. He trains business owners howto quickly develop marketing skil...

This week, I'm wrapping up the three-part series about the Great Resignation with Genesis Eakes and Linda Guild. Each one of us has our unique perspective about the phenomena and what the future holds. If you're tuning in for the first time, or missed the last two weeks, be sure to go back and listen. People in droves are leaving their jobs to find something better. In 2011, I left a career becaus...

People in droves are leaving their jobs to find something better. You cannot go very far before you see a "We're Hiring" sign. "The Great Resignation" is here and it's affecting all of us in one way or another. The pandemic had bought about a mass mindset shift of people wanting something more out of life and demanding a new way of earning a living. Companies everywhere are scrambling to figure ou...

"The Great Resignation" is here. People in droves are leaving their jobs to find something better.   According to an Inc. article: "… during the months of April, May, and June 2021, a total of 11.5 million workers quit their jobs. Recent studies indicate that it's likely not over. A survey of over 30,000 workers conducted by Microsoft found that 41 percent are considering quitting; that number jum...

Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way. --Edward de Bono I don't know about you, but I've been accused of being a workaholic. I do admit that, on occasion, I will allow work to consume my days leaving little room for anything else. Today's guest, Susan Guild teaches us to Wake Up Your Magic by tapping into your creative mind. Sharing...

We're continuing our series about networking with a conversation with my good friend Kat Williams. She's the owner of a local to the Springfield MO area business networking group called Courageous Business Connect . I met Kat many years ago at the beginning of my entrepreneurial journey. She's so bubbly and pours out positivity everywhere she goes. People seem to gravitate to Kat. To me, she seems...

In keeping with this month's series about networking, today's episode is about my networking intentions when I attended Podcast Movement 2021 in Nashville, TN at the beginning of August. It was my first live conference since 2019. I had become accustomed to not going to these types of events. Like most everyone on the planet, I didn't go to any business live events in the last 18 months or more. O...

Have you ever felt a little "reluctant" when it comes to networking? I know I have. As an introvert, it can be daunting to go out and do the whole networking thing. It feels awkward and sometimes forced.   My guest, Greg Peters, totally understands. A computer programmer by training, Greg was the original reluctant networker. Through study, practice, and lots of trial and error, he has been able t...

Just because you're building an online business so that you may not be tied down geographically and can work from practically anywhere, doesn't mean that you shouldn't do any face-to-face networking. In this episode, I share how belonging to a professional networking group early in my entrepreneurial journey jump started my business. Key things to remember when joining a networking group: Attendan...

Becoming an entrepreneur is no easy feat. There's something to learning the right frame of mind to build a successful business. On top of that, marketing is even another level of thinking. Not only must you tap into what your prospects wants and needs are, you must nail down how to effectively communicate who you are, what you stand for, and how you help. In this episode, Nick Carita, owner of Red...

I think my team is pretty amazing. And to have them working at their best, communication is important. Leading a virtual team has its challenges when it comes to communication. Scrivener Solutions uses different communication tools to build our virtual teamwork environment. Each tool serves its specific purpose. This week's podcast focuses on our use of Screencast-o-matic when it comes to staff tr...

When it comes to building a business, most people spend years or even decades figuring out how to grow their business AND get the freedom they really want. That's why I asked David Robertson, master business coach and marketing strategist to this week's show. David helps business owners achieve their goals faster, increase their profit by at least 68% per year, and build high-performing teams, so...

Building a lifestyle business and working from anywhere isn't as glamorous as what you may see in your Instagram feed. When you're seeing perfect images of someone lounging on the beach, cocktail in hand, toes in the sand, and computer on their lap "working" it's easy to be discouraged if your life doesn't look that way. You may be thinking you're doing it wrong. There may be glimpses of toes in t...

Daniela Liscio is a writer, business consultant, corporate lawyer, and creator of How Not To Get Screwed By Your Lawyer, the workshop designed to help business people better manage the relationship with their lawyer to save themselves money and stress. Daniela spent 12 years as a corporate lawyer both in her hometown of Toronto, Canada and in New York City working on mergers and acquisitions, fina...

Often, business growth is stunted because there's a disconnect between the vision and the doing part of what it takes to see the vision through. As a small business owner, I'm sure you feel like you must do everything. Everything seems to be on your shoulders. The longer we're in business and the more we grow, the more important it becomes to have systems in place. You have the vision... but it ta...

Do you ever feel weird or out of place when you're trying to do your own thing? Weird for starting your online business when everyone around you thinks you should be looking for that traditional job. Weird for wanting to pursue your dreams. Weird for wanting to live and work from anywhere? Well if so... know this... you're not alone. Last week, brand specialist, Mike Kim joined me as we discussed...

Personal brand is much bigger and all-encompassing than a logo, a color palette, a nice-looking website, and business cards. Your personal brand is the image you put forth both online and offline. Your values, unique skills, experiences, stories, personality, and image make up who you are and what you stand for. More than ever, people are building thriving businesses around personal brands. Some s...

You must slow down to scale up. That concept seems counterintuitive, doesn't it? On the contrary, slowing down is exactly what you should be doing if you're looking to scale your business. You can't be on that hamster wheel of always trying to cram in more work into your day. Hamster wheels go nowhere. They're just spinning in circles. The faster you run; the faster the wheel goes yet you're still...

The Golden Rule is the principle of treating others as you'd want to be treated. The golden rule really should be remembered in practically everything we do. It's easy in our digital world to feel detached. In this episode, I share one simple concept to remember that will help guide you when it comes to writing emails to your list. Behind every email is a person. When it comes to writing emails, i...