Rain or Shine | Marketing & Entrepreneurship Podcast

Jayd Hupaelo is a Small Town Saskatchewan Mama who started B&B Craft Supplies from home while taking care of her newborn baby. Her wholesale bead company has become super successful (a leader in North America!) in a very short amount of time - but it was a rocky road to get here…  Jayd started her business while she was navigating postpartum depression. She knew she needed some sort of creativ...

If you have ever felt like.. You have doubts that your success was warranted. Maybe it was luck. You don’t feel deserving of being in the spot you’re in or singing praise for your wins Feel like someone is going to find out about “the real you” sooner or later. Trouble taking compliments  If so, you’ve probably experienced imposter syndrome, right along with an estimated 70% of the population . Th...

Darling Mimosa is a bright sparkling orange mimosa in a can. Made with Ontario wine and real orange juice. No preservatives or additives. The idea for Darling Mimosa started with a few friends, hanging out in a kitchen, making brunch and realizing that there were no canned mimosas on the market! After doing some research, they found that no one was making canned mimosas so they quickly got work. T...

If you're listening to this show it's my BEST GUESS that you already ARE a successful business owner OR that you are working to start your business and it's all starting to come together.  And perhaps you tune into this show because of the 100's of interviews with successful entrepreneurs that inspire you or perhaps you enjoy the behind the scenes stuff that I share in solo episodes. Regardless, y...

Chandler Honey sells the BEST Canadian Raw Honey that is creamed and then naturally flavoured with Créme Brûlée, Yuzu & Berry & Orange Grove. In this episode, we talk about… Why Tique followed in her parents footsteps and launched an infused honey brand? What it was like to launch a company during the pandemic & how she sampled the products. Building her brand and finding her voice on...

Do you look forward to creating? When you build your digital portfolio, does it feel exciting to be adding work to it? It's easy to get caught up in creating content for an audience of one million, or ten million, or even just a thousand.  But the truth is that if your work doesn't make YOU better, than you'll give up when it feels hard.  So ask yourself, who is your audience of one? And how can y...

As an entrepreneur, there are a million decisions that need to be made on a daily basis. Some of these are small and insignificant (what should I post on social today), but others can have a major impact on the future of your business (aka when should I throw in the towel and call it quits on a business that isn’t working) When you're faced with a big decision, it can be difficult to know what the...

Desperate energy is something that you should avoid if you want to be successful in business.  It's actually toxic and will turn people away from working with you or even paying attention to your content.  Desperate energy is characterized by a sense of urgency and desperation. You might feel like you're running out of time to make this business work or that you have to sign the client RIGHT NOW. ...

This week on the Visionary Life Podcast I sat down with Danielle Weibe, founder of Business Babes Collective. Her live events, entrepreneur masterminds and her Top Podcast are CRUSHING IT right now and you definitely will want to learn how she’s built such a successful business. Now as a new mom, she’s finding BALANCE among it all - but still managing to do what she loves, everyday. In this episod...

Are you a small business owners that is struggling to find balance between work and health? If you answered yes, you're not alone. Juggling the demands of a business can be tricky. It might feel like you traded a 9-5 for the 24/7, or that you’ll never get a real day off. But your health needs to remain a priority as you work hard to grow your business! Even making the smallest of changes in your d...

Joy McCarthy is the Founder of Joyous Health, she's an award-winning Certified Holistic Nutritionist and best-selling author of The Joyous Cookbook, Joyous Detox and Joyous Health. A passionate natural beauty lover, Joy also has a line of natural hair-care, skin care and body care products that she founded in 2013. Joy has been featured in hundreds of publications and she lives in Toronto with her...

Midday Squares is a Canadian Snacking Chocolate Company based out of Montreal, founded by Jake Karls, Lezlie Karls, and Nick Saltarelli (yes, they are family!) Have you ever wondered what it's like to Build a Family Chocolate Empire, and stay grounded and sane while doing it? (My guess is that NO, you haven't!) But in case you were wondering what it WOULD be like, I decided to bring you an epic in...

In this episode, I am sharing 5 Ways To Use Social Media to Grow Your Service Business. As a business owner, you know that social media is a powerful tool to reach new clients and grow your business. But with so many platforms and options, it can be tough to know where to start—or what the right strategy is for your business.  In this podcast, we'll share some success principles that all business...

Welcome to an Ask Me Anything! In this episode, I take questions from my Instagram Account and answer them. The questions include: What is my educational background? How did I get into Mountain Biking? What is my favourite Social Media Platform? Why do I love camping and going on back-country canoe trips? How to connect with more clients to grow your business And more! Learn more about The Visiona...

This week, I’m sitting down with Marc Gordon: a marketing expert, award winning keynote speaker & internationally recognized thought leader in the field of customer experience.  And, I’m asking him about EACH of these 3 things! I wanted to know HOW he became a marketing expert, he shares tons of tips for those who aspire to speak on stages like he does, and he gives us the rundown of what’s re...

This podcast describes how you can start a successful coaching or consulting business this year! Did you know that coaching is one of the fastest-growing professions in the world? In 2022, the coaching industry is expected to be worth $2.3 billion! If you're looking to start a successful coaching business, now is the time to do it. Here are just a few of the reasons why you should start your own c...

Henrietta Devine is an enabler of all Good Things: good conversations, good connections, good product, and good vibes. She is the founder of Tagulan (a Vancouver-based company creating super-soft sustainable, tees, tanks and comfies). In this episode we chat about: Being EFFING Brave! Why it's important to have a deep MISSION behind your business Her early career path as a Criminal Lawyer (& h...

Everyday, people choose to spend money with your business for a REASON. Do you know what that reason is? Are you clear on that thing that sets you apart from your competitors? My guess is that many of you listening are thinking, well I kinda know… I think… I could figure it out. But without clear positioning right now, you are leaving money on the table while your customers choose to work with a c...

There are a million little ways to turn a ROUTINE CLIENT INTERACTION into a remarkable one, and today I’m going to focus on 3 of them! In our fast-paced, mostly digital world, it's easy to get caught up in the transactional aspects of our work and in our lives.  We fire off emails rather than picking up the phone, We cut straight to the chase rather than asking our customers how their weekend was,...

Say hello to this weeks guest, Emma Stern. Emma takes us behind the scenes and shares How She Built Felix Health, Canada’s first end-to-end digital healthcare platform. This week, we are chatting with Emma Stern, co-founder and chief operating officer of Felix Health, Canada’s first end-to-end digital healthcare platform—from diagnosis to delivery, we make it easy to get prescription treatments. ...

Today I’m chatting with Devon Turcotte, a Certified Career Strategies and the owner and founder of Careerified, a career exploration service. Devon is doing really important work in our world, which involves helping GenZ to build intentional careers and to support mental health by helping them find their path. The pressure to decide on a career path at such a young age is unnecessary and unfair. K...

Pack your bags—we're going on an adventure! In this episode, we're exploring how you can GET OUT OF A RUT by getting OUT of your routine! Refresh your senses and open your mind to all the possibilities in your life and in your business, through Micro Adventures. This is your chance to find inspiration again, if you feel like you've lost it. For more inspiration, visit: www.kelseyreidl.com

I had a conversation with Jason Brown that totally blew my mind, because he thinks outside of the box and challenges his way of being & thinking every single day. He's always challenging his own beliefs and looking at things from different perspectives. This allows him to come up with new and innovative solutions to problems, including his recent venture of launching dripdrop.gg, the mental fi...

Lana Pribic is a certified Professional Life Coach, founder and host of the Modern Psychedelics podcast, and boudoir photographer. What is Core Energy Coaching? Tips for people who feel like their energy is stagnant and that they are living a mediocre life? How she prepared herself to quit her 9-5 and go all in on building her life coaching business Aligning her work with her core values Why she s...

When you think about starting a business, the first thing that comes to mind is probably a product-based venture.  But service businesses can be just as successful – and they have a lot of advantages over product businesses. In this article, we'll take a look at three different types of service businesses you can start.  So if you're thinking about starting your own business, listen on! You may ju...