Maximize Your Brand with Markeith Braden

Financial Wellness Is Critical To Your Overall Health - And Financial Literacy Is The Key   Financial health can dramatically improve one's life and prevent hardships. Financial health means you have the ability to reach your goals, take advantage of opportunities and gives you flexibility to pursue your dreams. The only way to achieve financial health is through financial literacy.   Today, I spe...

Entrepreneurs have a lot of responsibilities to juggle, which often lead to non-stop workdays and sleepless nights.   The hustle and overwork culture naturally drives entrepreneurs to burn out, whether in the short or long term. Today, I want to share some simple, yet powerful changes leaders can make in their daily routines to live healthier and more successful lives.   Join my Brand Maximizer Co...

So you've decided to organize a conference. Quite a task!   Hosting a conference is an intricate dance that requires careful choreography, exceptional planning skills, and a dash of creativity. A successful conference can come in all shapes and sizes, from 200 people over a weekend to 15,000 for a week.  If you've been handed the mantle to organize a conference, you might be wondering where to sta...

Starting a business? Have a current business that could use additional funding?   As an entrepreneur, one of the main challenges you face is securing sufficient funding to advance your business. That's where small business grants come into play.   Grants are funds given to tax-exempt nonprofit organizations or local governments by foundations, corporations, governments, small businesses and indivi...

  Everywhere we look on social media, video is the thing. No matter if your on Facebook, Instagram or TikTok video is king. Video storytelling has the unique ability to connect with people on a deep, emotional level. By combining visuals, sound, and narrative, you can create a sensory experience that resonates with your audience.   Today, we talk to video documentary expert, Jude Charles. For over...

Do you want to build your visibility on LinkedIn? Wondering which LinkedIn features can help? LinkedIn, holds a goldmine of opportunities for businesses. With over 722 million users and spanning 200 countries and territories worldwide, LinkedIn's expansive reach in the business world is unquestionable. By leveraging LinkedIn, businesses can gain access to this massive pool of professionals and pot...

"The sale is not complete until the money is in the bank...but you must collect it first." - Dee Bowden Collections are uncomfortable for everyone involved on both ends of the unfinished transaction - the flustered customer dodging the persistent calls of companies with outstanding invoices for goods or services rendered, as well as corporate employees tasked with the job of acquiring the money bu...

Ever felt like that you're not reaching your fullest potential, and you know that there's more to your life than what you're currently experiencing.  Or maybe, you know that it's time for you to move to your next level professionally or entrepreneurially.  In this episode, I speak to one of my mentors, who I have been following and had a relationship with for a very long time. We discuss his brand...

You deserve to bet on yourself, but no one can make you do it. Either you're interested in being the master of your own fate or you're content with living life on the side lines, waiting for someone to decide when you get to play and when you have to ride the bench. Betting on yourself is the fastest way to success. Waiting for the world to give you permission to be great is the slowest way to med...

There's a saying, "if it doesn't make money, it doesn't make sense." I heard that in a sitcom that I was watching the other day, and when we think about our businesses, we have to think about the money. In today's episode, we're going to be talking about how to create a solid financial foundation for your online business, or for any business as a matter of fact.   It's important to think about the...

A business is not a business unless that business has clients or customers. The number one reason why you are in business, is to be able to provide value to individuals who need the service or the product you have. In this episode, we're going to be talking about how do you connect and communicate to those clients, so they become individuals who want to patronize your business and be someone who m...

Most often when starting a business, we talk a lot about strategy, building relationships, making sure that you know your ideal client or customer.   Additionally, we talk about how to plan appropriately for scale, but rarely do you hear people talk about the mindset of being an entrepreneur or a small business owner. Rarely, do you hear people talk about spiritual principles as it pertains to bus...

How do you position yourself to become the go-to person in your niche or in your industry? How do you position yourself that people know that you are the authority in the thing or in the industry for which you want to place your value and your name at? Well, in this episode, we're going to be talking about commanding your brand, and how you really position yourself in a way that people know that y...

Being intentional is about bringing a commitment, focus, and attention to something important to you.  If you want to be intentional every day you need to get clear upfront about what you want to achieve and then take action on achieving it. In this podcast episode I interview Miara Shaw, LIFE & BUSINESS STRATEGIST AND TRANSFORMATIONAL SPEAKER. Miara and I discuss the significance of being intenti...

Each week I share with you my tagline, "I help Corporate Executives and high level Career Professionals to maximize and monetize their personal brands online, so they stop being the best secret and become known and paid for their expertise.  In this episode, we're going to be talking about how you can become known through podcasting and paid by creating your own online course.  I believe that podc...

Personal branding is crucial to cultivating a successful career. Marketing yourself and your career as a brand is more than just about creative business cards or pretty fonts– it's about how you present yourself to potential clients, customers, and anyone else imperative to your career. Your brand is an indication of what you have to offer, and can make or break your success. It's also indicative...

Today, marketing is very much about engineering the customer experience. Creativity, once the focal point of creating a marketing campaign, has been superseded by analytics, which in themselves are used to drive creativity.  The new marketing business model is powered by technology and data analysis – and driving engagement, customer experience and revenue is the focus of insightful business outco...

We all have a purpose.  We all have significance, & every single day we have to make a choice between whether we're going to walk in faith or allow fear to keep us back.    In this episode I talk with Carlisha Williams Bradley,  who knows all about choosing Faith over fear, because she wrote a book about it.  This episode is going to be motivating, inspiring and help you to get into action & activ...

With more and more females breaking into the world of entrepreneurship, there is one thing that becomes inevitable: more Mompreneurs. Women all around the world are breaking the mould more than ever, taking control of their lives and destiny through the vehicle of entrepreneurship. Despite what people may think, mompreneurs don't take their foot off the gas once they've had kids - many push even h...

An irony of human life is that we all possess a higher purpose, yet many of us have no idea what it is. Have you ever asked yourself, "What is my purpose here? Am I meant to do more with my life than take care of myself?" So how do you discover your higher purpose? In this episode, I share an interview I did with speaker and author Robert Kennedy III .   After 10 years in the classroom as a scienc...

It takes a dedicated amount of time and energy to build good, strong, lasting business relationships today. They are such an integral and necessary part of success, but people don't seem to want to put in the work. In this rewind episode, I interview Jason Treu - Business & Executive Coach.   Jason is a business and executive coach. He's a leading expert on influence, networking and leadership. At...

One of the best ways to eventually become your own boss is to start a side hustle and build your self-employed income, while you still have the safety and security of your 9 to 5.  What's more is that starting a side hustle can pad your income, &  create career-changing opportunities you wouldn't have normally stumbled upon at your full-time job.  Do You Find Your Asking These Questions? 1."How do...

Vicky Murgatroyd  is the Chief Empowerment Officer of  Life Empowerment Project  i n Perth Austrailia Vicky Murgatroyd transformed her own life from a downward spiral into an infinite upward curve after discovering the world of personal development. After losing her Mum and finding that her partner was cheating on her just weeks later, drugs became an escape route that almost engulfed her complete...

Each of us is born brilliant. Then we spend the rest of our lives having our brilliance buried by people, circumstances, and experiences. Eventually, we forget that we ever had genius and special talents, and our brilliance is locked away in a vault deep within. So we settle for who we are, instead of striving for who we were meant to be. In this episode, I share an interview I did with American s...

Over the last 7 years I have been on this entrepreneur journey of learning how to be a true business owner. I actually dipped my toe in 2 years prior, but really got serious about it after being laid off my job in 2014. Over the years, I have learned a great deal & still learning so much. The last 12 months has had me really evaluating my journey as an entrepreneur, to the point I felt the need to...