The Boss Mom Podcast

Have you ever noticed how easy it is to find yourself in a sales funnel without realizing it? It happens to us all the time. We grab on to that thing that sounded great and we wanted, and all of a sudden we find ourselves in a funnel!   While sales funnels can sometimes feel scary, and have gotten a bad name at times, funnels are actually a beautiful thing when approached correctly.    In this epi...

To celebrate another year of making my way around the sun, I thought it would be fun to reflect on and share the 10 best pieces of advice I can think of that sum up how I live my life and why I think we've been able to create so much success with Boss Mom. So, here it is....all my juicy bits of wisdom, downloaded just for you!

In today's highly socialized culture, it can feel like system overload trying to figure out how, when and where to leverage the power of live social media for your business. But, we know we're supposed to do it....right?   Well, in this episode NJ and I are sharing a little about how we approach "going live" in our businesses and a few practical bits of wisdom and strategy to help you figure out h...

For this Nurture Your Business segment I decided to bring in the lovely Monica Froese, Founder of Redefining Mom and Creator of Busy Moms Building and Pin Practical to chat all about Pinterest strategy!   This is not an area of expertise for me personally, but Pinterest is totally a tool that can be invaluable to you and your business, so I wanted to bring in someone with a wealth of knowledge and...

In this episode I am chatting with Monica Froese all about the realities of being a working mom, the plethora of things that need to be changed in corporate company culture and how women can create better work arrangements for themselves and their families.   Monica Froese is a mom, wife, author, and entrepreneur with an MBA degree in finance and a wildly popular blog, Redefining Mom, that she wri...

In this episode we are having a little bit of fun diving in to answer the question, "What would you have done differently?"   We're talking life, business and beyond as we let you in on the things we've learned over the years as boss moms and how we would have done things differently to produce different outcomes.   Referenced in the Show: Dawn Marrs All Up in Your Lady Business Adoption Star Juli...

Full disclosure: you're about to hear from four women packed into one hotel room, chatting it up, laughing, and talking over each other into one mic. It is kind of epic - but also filled with some golden nuggets of goodness. Tune in to hear from Stacy Tuschl of She's Building Her Empire , Brandy Salazar from Balance is Possible , and Rachel Adams of Lost 2 Found in 90 Days .   For additional show...

Branding is kind of a big thing in the world of an entrepreneur and it's something you want to make sure to get right so that you are set apart and set up to successfully connect and communicate with the right people.   But honestly? Branding can go so much further beyond business, which is something I'm chatting about with my lovely guest, Cathy Olson.   Cathy has been beautifying brands and desi...

Let's be honest - we all started businesses to make money, right? Sure, we have gifts and passions and hopefully a drive behind why we do what we do  other than pure financial gain. But at the end of the day, our businesses wouldn't be businesses if there wasn't revenue being generated. The challenge is that actually getting to the point of generating revenue can be a really big challenge, especia...

Let's talk project management, baby! As business owners, managing projects is a huge part of running our businesses (and lives!) each day. Everything we do involves managing our time, whether we are actively aware of doing it or not. When we  are proactive about managing our time and our projects, we can be so much more effective and keep ourselves on track. In this episode I'm going to break down...

Sometimes you come across those people in life who completely blow your mind....and Julie Stoian is one of those people. Julie is a full-time digital marketing consultant and tech coach, web designer and blogger, trainer and teacher, making her mark on the Internet with several blogs and websites. An award winning lifestyle blogger as well, she was chosen as Anderson Cooper's blogger of the day in...

Ok ladies, we have officially reached our 200th episode and wanted to have a little fun as we celebrate this milestone and thank you all for tuning in each week! In this episode NJ and I are getting a little silly with a game of "Never Have I Ever".....which you'll quickly see doesn't follow the rules at all. You're sure to hear things you've never heard before, and we tried to sprinkle in some re...

So, let's talk about how to be a good boss. This is a question I get asked a lot, since we've grown a pretty great team here at Boss Mom. I'm by no means a perfect boss (I have to remind myself regularly that no one is!) but there are some things that I've learned will definitely help you be a better boss when you get to the point of hiring and leading team members in your business. What I always...

Ok ladies, you are in for a real treat because this conversation I had with Tonya Dalton, the Founder and CEO of inkWELL Press , was seriously amazing. Tonya started her first business as a SAHM in 2009 and by 2011, her husband was able to leave corporate America to work alongside her. Late in 2014 she decided to follow her true passion - inkWELL Press which has grown at a rapid pace thanks to the...

One of the biggest things that can often trip business owners up, especially those who are just starting out or who are thinking about started something new, is uncertainty surrounding how qualified they are to do whatever it is they are thinking about doing. How can we know if we are expert enough? What are the criteria we should use to decide if we're really ready to start the next thing? Do we ...

I want to talk to you today about questions....beautiful, amazing, glorious questions. The questions we ask of both ourselves and other people can literally change the way we think, experience, perceive, act, connect and engage. But.....are we asking the right ones? Recently I attended the first part of a certification training I'm going through this year in appreciative inquiry called  Leading wi...

As moms and entrepreneurs it can be a real challenge to prioritize our health and self care. But as you know, everything begins to fall apart when we don't! Shivani Gupta is a mother, entrepreneur, educator and healer with a huge passion for helping learn how to take better care of themselves through a holistic, Ayurvedic approach to health and wellness. As the founder of Fusionary Formulas, a lin...

I get asked pretty often about how exactly to go about effectively launching something the  right  way. In case you haven't noticed, launching (like sales funnels) is kind of a big deal these days. If you have an online business and create something that you want to sell successfully online, having an effective launching strategy and plan is a must. But where should you begin? In this episode NJ a...

So today we're doing something a  little  different for this Nurture Your Business segment. I've invited my real life and business best friend,  Dawn Marrs  (who is a total sales funnel QUEEN) to join us for a conversation all about the purpose and psychology behind sales funnels and you do NOT want to miss it!! (Disclaimer: there may have been a couple  glasses  bottles of wine involved in this o...

Raise your hand if you've ever felt like an imposter in your own life or business? Raise two hands if you've let those feelings keep you from stepping into the fullness of what you believe you were made to do? Yeah....you're not alone. I work with amazing and incredible women every day who have  so  much to give, but who struggle to move past their own internal limitations and believe that what th...

In the ever changing world of business we've seen lots of trends come and go. More recently a movement of mostly female entrepreneurs has emerged describing themselves as being "heart centered" - and we totally love the phrase However, it seems like many people struggle with thinking that being heart centered  and  profitable in business are mutually exclusive. In this episode, NJ and I are diggin...

Totally gotcha with the title, didn't I? I know...and it was completely intentional ;) In case you haven't noticed, over the past few years the 50 Shades of Gray books and movies have taken the world by storm - and for good reason! In terms of subject matter, they are pretty controversial, but clearly people have eaten it up. Recently I had a conversation with a friend chatting about some interest...

Ladies, hold onto your seats for this episode because you are about to have your world rocked (in the best way). Today I am diving deep into topics like mental health and racial reconciliation with  Monique Melton , a relationships coach, Creator of the  Esther 4:14 Experience , speaker and author of  EntrepreFriendships . For Monique, all of her work is central to building relationships and helpi...

Self care is one of those things we boss moms often talk about.....a lot more than we actually  do . Am I right?? Boss mom life is not for the faint of heart as we constantly try to juggle #allthethings with as much grace as possible. In today's episode you'll hear super real conversation surrounding the realities of self care (or lack thereof!) and some of our thoughts and ideas on how to get pra...

Recently I was taking with someone about this subject who suggested that it would make a great podcast episode - and I totally agreed, so here we are! Knowing and understanding the concept of opportunity cost in both life and business is super important, and in this episode I'm breaking down what exactly it is, how to assess it and how to use it as a tool to make better decisions. Listen + subscri...