THE CAMPFIRE CIRCLE | executive visibility, thought leadership, brand storytelling, personal brand, Linkedin marketing

If trying to publish your perspective on LinkedIn between Zoom calls, Slack pings, and Outlook dings isn’t working for you, then batching content for LinkedIn might! I know, batching content can feel impossible when it’s hard enough to write even one post! But in this podcast episode, I provide real examples of how you can overcome 4 common barriers to easefully stay visible and attract the opport...

Kel Haney joins us to share a case study of what can be possible for your impactful business when you build a strong personal brand as a go-to guide on LinkedIn. Kel’s an outbound fundraising expert who’s all about “Taking the Ick out of The Ask.” While she’s fundraised for decades, she’s begun sharing her stories and insights as a thought leader this year - while also growing her nonprofit coachi...

Good LinkedIn content is action-oriented. It gets people on the same page to move forward in alignment with your shared vision. So, where do we get these great ideas for LinkedIn content … that builds trust, provides value, helps people grow, and sparks conversations? Join me for this solo episode as I share some ideas to inspire your next LinkedIn post as you grow your visibility and influence as...

I am a huge Ruchika Tulshyan fangirl. You'll learn why as you listen to this replay of our conversation from last year! Since then, Ruchika has operationalized a new way to highlight the voices of historically underrecognized folks with her #AmplifyJuly campaign. As she shared, if you have a platform and influence, you have a responsibility to use your privilege in a tangible, actionable way...

The language we use about ourselves and our story matters! In some ways, it creates our own reality … and the reality with which others see us through. That’s why I knew I had to kick off The Campfire Circle podcast with the one and only Quinn Conyers - this is a replay of the very first episode. When you listen to this episode, you’ll get why too! You'll love Quinn's take on discount di...

Your LinkedIn profile is a living, breathing landing page for your business and thought leadership brand – which changes and evolves over time!   Join me for an over-the-shoulder listen as I update my own LinkedIn profile and share exactly what I’m doing. Take inspiration to optimize your own profile and stand out as you stand up for your mission and small business. In this episode: [02:56] The #1...

Resonance > reach. And, quality is more important than quantity - which is easier said than embodied. This is where we have to unlearn the deep, entrenched inclination towards MORE. Towards always scaling, producing the biggest results, or having access to the most eyeballs and earholes. None of that is actually necessary (and it may not even be helpful to your goals.)  This episode is about “m...

Creativity is a skill that builds our influence, recognition, and changemaking capacity, and it’s not just for the reasons you might think. Without creativity, we can’t imagine our way out of the status quo. It’s our ability to dream up a new kind of future that will spark the just transition that we're working towards. If you work on a problem you are deeply passionate about, it’s your creat...

I’ve recently been invited to some awesome spaces to talk about being “Lazy on LinkedIn” – or spending one intentional hour a week on LinkedIn to move the needle in your business. I love talking about this and it seems to resonate so in today’s episode, I’m sharing my 3-part framework that makes being Lazy on LinkedIn possible.  So, how do we show up as go-to consultants, coaches, or service provi...

Imposter thoughts stop so many impactful entrepreneurs and executives from getting visible and building their thought leadership – especially on a platform like LinkedIn. But the most effective and long-lasting way to build trust and community as an expertise-based small business is to SHARE that expertise publicly, imperfectly, clearly, and proudly! In this solo episode, I outline Dr. Valerie You...

Do you want to turn your audience into a COMMUNITY? When people feel like they’re doing all the right things on LinkedIn but not getting traction, they're usually not tapping into the power and potential of community building.  Listen in to steal my LinkedIn polls strategy and start engaging in conversations with the people who raise their hand!   “ Showing up as a thought leader means you’re...

I recently launched my LinkedIn Content Sprint, where I bring folks through a process to easefully batch six months of thought leadership content for LinkedIn. This launch actually felt easeful and dare I say – fun? What was different? I dedicated the time and space to share strategic pre-launch content. This solo episode shares actionable insights on what you can do on LinkedIn to prep your audie...

Being a change agent is never going out of style. Today, I'm sharing one of my own guest interviews. It’s with some of my favorite peeps: Jon, Becky, and Julie (aka the We Are For Good team ) as part of their series ‘ 9 Nonprofit Trends That Matter in 2023.’ If you don't yet know about the We Are For Good podcast, they are THE podcast for changemakers with nearly 400,000 downloads and an...

If trying to publish your perspective on LinkedIn between Zoom calls, Slack pings, and Outlook dings isn’t working for you, then batching content for LinkedIn may. I did a LinkedIn poll to find out what keeps social impact leaders from batching thought leadership content. In this episode, I provide real examples of how you can overcome those barriers to easefully stay visible and attract the oppor...

Imposter thoughts are natural. Human psychology sets us up to think about past negative experiences more than the kudos, compliments, and high fives flowing our way. We internalize those negative experiences into stories that we continue to tell ourselves - making it tough to show up as an embodied leader and guide. My favorite tool to beat imposter thoughts (AND content blocks) is the High Five f...

Casey Handy-Smith is the founder and managing attorney of C. Handy Law, an intellectual property and entertainment law firm.  She partners with Black creatives and entrepreneurs to build a solid legal foundation and negotiate their worth. In this episode, Casey shares actionable advice on getting your legal house in order as a personal brand or creative entrepreneur, dealing with the inevitable le...

Myths and misconceptions about LinkedIn are everywhere but LinkedIn has CHANGED, folks. It’s the most effective and worthwhile social media platform to grow your social impact business. Plus: you don’t have to spend much time creating content or endlessly scrolling. In this solo episode, I’m exploring the reasons you should spend your time on LinkedIn. I’m going to mythbust the five most common mi...

Mariah Coz is a business architect, a multimillion-dollar mentor, and the founder of Fearless CEO. She’s been in the game for so long that I called her the “Dumbledore” of online business. 🧙 This is a fab conversation about building community inside your group program, imagining up the most empowering enrollment experience for high-ticket offers, using the “Champagne Client” approach to speak to...

One year after launching this podcast, I’ve discovered some benefits that anyone wanting to get more visible as a go-to guide should know about. Yes, there are obvious benefits like brand awareness and credibility, but there are five specific and surprising benefits of launching and hosting a podcast that you may not expect. Plus, I’m sharing my best advice for folks thinking about starting a podc...

Emily Grubman approaches naming with the big-picture thinking of a brand strategist, the linguistic lust of a writer, and the sober practicality of a trademark lawyer (although she’s the first to tell you she’s definitely not a lawyer). She partners with early-stage startups and “solopreneurs” to name and launch their vision. But it’s not just about naming your business. As you get more visible as...

Bernice Chao and Jessalin Lam are the co-authors of The Visibility Mindset , a book that explores a variety of stereotypes and barriers faced by Asian professionals , including the bamboo ceiling and the model minority myth. Their book provides straightforward and real-life leadership examples to help AAPI and allies navigate pitfalls and challenges as we move forward in growing our visibility, ca...

In this solo episode, I’m talking about the four most common barriers to thought leadership and visibility on LinkedIn that I hear and work with and offering up suggestions that have been helpful for me personally and for my clients: from both a strategy perspective and a ‘systematically limited beliefs’ perspective. You already have the lived experience, the stories, the passion, and the credibil...

Kamilah Martin builds safe & empowering communities for Black women and other women of color who have recently transitioned to nonprofit consulting . She navigated the nonprofit world herself for twenty years and in 2020, with the world feeling turned upside down, she resigned from an organization whose lived values no longer aligned with hers. She took a risk as the primary breadwinner for he...

The skills you've gained up to this point are completely valid. But too often, women aren’t sure if they can “own” previous experiences from their full-time jobs in their thought leadership content, now that they’re consultants, service providers, or coaches. As in, if it wasn't explicitly in our job title, we don't have permission to say we've got expertise in it. In this solo...

Tatiana O’Hara is an agency and team operations coach who doesn’t just help create organizational charts or SOPs. She helps people recover from the grind: patterns of overwork, perfectionism, over-delivery, and ongoing worry that if we don’t do it all ourselves, things will fall apart. "Even with the concept of being booked and busy, you slowly start to link your value to your output and don&...