Pitchin' and Sippin' with Lexie Smith

This week on the Pitchin’ and Sippin’ podcast, we are doing another solo recording by your host and yours truly, Lexie Smith. This episode is focused on reviewing and analyzing the State of PR 2021 Report by Muck Rack. I help break down all the big numbers and stats recorded from the more than 1600 surveyed communications professionals into a digestible audio format. Tune in to learn all about how...

Today we are talking with Jessica Abo who is a highly sought-after media trainer, storytelling coach, award-winning journalist, and best-selling author. Jessica started her public speaking career when she was only 15 years old and has spoken everywhere from TEDx, Facebook, Delta Airlines, Microsoft, WW, and the United Nations to hundreds of nonprofits and schools. Working more than 20+ years as a...

Rita Kakati-Shah is an award-winning gender, diversity, inclusion, and career strategist, best-selling author, TV show host, speaker and advisor to Fortune 500 companies, and the Founder and CEO of Uma, an international strategy, coaching and training platform that empowers confidence, inspires success and builds leadership and resilience in women and minorities. A keynote speaker and guest lectur...

Today we’re talking with PR Pro Carolyn Sutton, Founding President of Carolyn Sutton PR, a boutique public relations firm specializing in local and national lifestyle clients, and Brand Your Brand ™, a content creation company that creates meaningful, styled content for clients and brands across the country. With more than 18 years of public relations experience, Carolyn and her team go beyond the...

Gesche Haas is the Founder and CEO of Dreamers & Doers, a private collective that amplifies extraordinary entrepreneurial women through thought leadership, authentic connection, and access. Dreamers & Doers has built a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem of over 34,000 women globally and also publishes a monthly newsletter, The Digest, that curates top resources for female founders. Gesche...

Diane Schwartz is the CEO of Ragan Communications, a media and training company that serves communicators with best-in-class events, training, membership organizations and award-winning service journalism with the Ragan, PR Daily, Communications Week, and Workplace Wellness Insider brands. She joined Ragan in 2019 after 23 years at Access Intelligence, where she was senior vice president and group...

Olivia Christian has been working as a brand strategist for over 15 years. Through her workshop, Own Your Story, Olivia coaches professional teams and one-on-one clients in a methodology for crafting a concise and compelling personal brand story.  She has shared her workshop with international audiences including corporate teams at Google, Twitter, and Visa, at conferences like Girlbossrally, and...

Today’s guest, Giselle Ugarte is the definition of a guest trifecta—although her resume and skill set go far beyond the power three. A former radio personality, television host, and, at one point, a full-time blogger, today Giselle is a motivational speaker, online performance coach, marketing consultant, and a social media early adopter, influencer, and master of TikTok with more than 60M views,...

An entreprenista at heart, today’s guest—Stephanie Cartin walked away from her corporate career in 2012 to follow her passion to launch SocialFly, a leading social-first digital and influencer marketing agency based in New York City that has been named to Inc. 5000's fastest-growing private companies two years in a row. Stephanie is also the co-host of the Entreprenista Podcast and the co-fou...

We are kicking off season 2 with the one and only Fatou Barry—a Guinean-born, NYC-raised cultural strategist best known for her work in communications and community building. Fatou is the founder of AB Media Group and PR Girl Manifesto, a digital community of over 40,000 professionals in the communications field. The community works to re-imagine the PR and Communications space while supporting it...

Download Podcast Transcript We’re officially wrapping up season 1 of the Pitchin’ and Sippin’ podcast, and in honor of such, we’re doing something a bit different today. I’ve decided to solorecord and give you a quick run-down of the “State of the Media in 2021.” Every year I look forward to receiving the latest and greatest industry stats—the two reports that I consistently reference are produced...

Download Podcast Transcript Brittany Mobley is a Publicist, graphic and web designer, and the owner of Culturit Public Relations and Design Co. based out of West Bloomfield, Michigan. In today’s episode, Brittany and I talk about how she managed to scale a six-figure agency during the pandemic as a first-time mom and while securing a masters degree. She gives us her best PR dos and don’ts, resourc...

Download Podcast Transcript Monica Medellin is a director, producer, CEO, and co-founder of The Gnar Gnar Honeys. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Monica focuses on stories related to diversity, identity, and social justice. Her work has been featured on Vice, Conde Nast, The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, and at The Women’s March on Washington. Previously a video producer at The...

Download Podcast Transcript We’re talking with Kim Argetsinger, a mindset coach, business mentor, and podcast host who’s obsessed with how the brain works, all things mindset, business psychology, and relationship-based marketing and PR. She holds a BA in Psychology with honors from the University of Miami and is a Mentor Masterclass Certified Life Coach. Featured as an expert and coach across doz...

Download Podcast Transcript Megan Beauchamp is a Los Angeles-based writer and editor with over ten years of experience in digital publishing. She is currently the managing editor at the modern career platform Create & Cultivate and was previously the managing editor at MyDomaine, a leading women’s lifestyle site. Her work has appeared in a number of notable publications, including House Beauti...

Hey guys we’re doing something a bit different this week on the Pitchin’ and Sippin’ Podcast. I thought it was about time you guys learn a little bit more about the host behind the show - me! In 2020 I had the honor of being interviewed on one of MY favorite podcasts - Self Made Sister with Anna Keenan. By day Anna is a Marketing and Philanthropic Manager for a female owned billion dollar company....

Download Podcast Transcript Today's guest, Jasmin Jiménez, is a full-time senior publicist for PPG, a global manufacturer of paints, coatings and specialty materials before PPG, Jazmin worked as a publicist for Ancestry, the leading family history and at home DNA company, a Senior Account Executive for  Edelman, the largest PR agency in the world, and she began her career by working at a vari...

Download Podcast Transcript Today’s Newsworthy Founder is Praise Santos, the founder behind the photography studio ComePlum and fellow lover of puns, pretty things and people. Praise lives in San Francisco, California, where she does silly dances to loosen up female entrepreneurs during their personal brand photoshoots, builds her Google map locations of colors around the city to create eye-catchi...

Download Podcast Transcript Ruksana Hussain is an award-winning journalist with 20 years of experience working with local, national and international print and digital media for consumer and trade markets. As a magazine editor, features generalist, and contributing writer for outlets such as Apartment Therapy, Luxury Travel Magazine, California Apparel News, Dining Out, Delta Skylines, Edible Busi...

Download Podcast Transcript Today’s guest is working to take the training wheels off talk. Michaële Antoine, Founder of Curios, is a master facilitator, educator, and consultant focused on equipping individuals, teams, and the community with the practical skillset to have conversations that matter. In the  episode to follow, Michaële and Lexie dive into the topic of brave dialogues - specifically,...

Download Podcast Transcript Trying to start your own business is hard, but is even harder if you are a woman! Our guest today is Julia Steele, the Head of Marketing and Communications at IFundWomen, the go-to funding marketplace for women-owned businesses and the people who want to support them with access to capital, coaching, and connections. Julia shares with us some golden tips to pitch your i...

Download Episode Transcript Today’s guest is Thatiana Diaz, Senior Editor for Refinery29's first Latinx cross-platform channel, “Somos.” Refinery29 is a leading media and entertainment company focused on women, with a global audience footprint of 249 million across all platforms. In addition to serving as the Senior Editor of Somos, Thatiana is a Beauty Contributor at Refinery29 where she pro...

Download Podcast Transcript Our guest today is Mar Yvette, an LA-based lifestyle writer and editor who has worked with some of the world’s most recognized media companies including E! News, ABC, Citysearch, Huffington Post, Playboy Magazine, and Good Day LA. She's the founder and editor-in-chief of Homegirl Talk , an online platform that connects and promotes women from all walks of life, par...

Today’s guest is Theresa Christine, freelance travel writer, podcast host, and photographer. With bylines in outlets such as Lonely Planet, Forbes, LaPalme Magazine, Huffington Post, Insider and many others, Theresa writes about topics spanning from global women’s issues, to interesting locals, couples’ travel, design, festivals like Burning Man, entrepreneur and small business profiles, and more....

Download Podcast Transcript Beauty comes in all shapes, sizes and shades: this is what today’s guest strongly advocates for and believes! Nimi Fafowora is the founder and owner of The Beem Box: a beauty subscription box for black, Indigenous and people of color. As seen in various media outlets, including Elle, Cosmo, and Cratejoy, Nimi wears many hats as the owner of The Beem Box, overseeing acqu...