The Front Row Podcast for Entrepreneurs

Deidra is on a quest to help online entrepreneurs find success on their own terms. She is helping them build a business that will feed their soul and bring them freedom and ease into their lives.  In this episode, Deidra answers these questions: 📝 Why are quizzes THE best lead magnet out there? 📝 What are the different ways you can use a quiz in your business? 📝  What type of business...

So often people tell me that they would love to hire a virtual assistant, but they are afraid they won't have enough work for them to do.  They dread the thought of having to stay on top of creating new work for the VA. This episode shows you how recurring tasks lists erases this problem! Take a listen and tell me what you think!

In this episode, I talk about the mindset we all need to adopt in order to succeed with a virtual team.  Specifically:  ✔ Why letting go is important for you to become the visionary and leader of your team ✔ Why you should look at hiring a virtual assistant as an investment rather than as an expense ✔ Why you need to trust your VA rather than being fearful of working with them ✔Tools tha...

So often I hear from people who have hired virtual assistants in the past and have been unsuccessful…they are really frustrated. And honestly, I think that 90% of the time it's because of a failure to communicate expectations. The good news is that there are very simple and effective ways to set clear (and reasonable) expectations! In this short episode, I walk you through those steps, and share s...

Last week we talked about how you could go on vacation for a month if you have a VA, and what you can actually expect of them to not only keep your business running, but how to make sure it thrives.  Today, I want to talk to you about the thriving part, because a lot of people don't realize that beyond the built-in ROI or return on investment of having a VA, there's an actual direct ROI if you set...

Can you leave for vacation knowing that your business is fine without you? Well, yes! I just finished a one-month European tour and it was amazing - it was a true vacation! Meaning, I left my laptop at home. I was able to do this because my team kept the business running without me. If you are ready to ditch the laptop and hit the highway, but are unsure what you should expect from your virtual as...

Steve Gordon is a 2-time entrepreneur, bestselling author of 5 books, including “Unstoppable Referrals”, and his latest book, “The Magnetic Author Method”. He's interviewed over 185 world-class entrepreneurs on “The Unstoppable CEO Podcast.” Steve and his team help smart entrepreneurs go from being the best-kept-secret in their industry to being "The Person Who Wrote the Book" in 30 Days. In this...

In this brand new podcast episode, I chat with Tracy Otsuka, the host of the podcast, ADHD for Smart Ass Women. In this episode, Tracy shares: ✔️ what ADHD is (and isn't) ✔️ why ADHD looks very different in women than it looks in men ✔️ how every person with ADHD has an area of brilliance ✔️ how having an ADHD brain affects entrepreneurship ✔️ strategies that work for entrepreneurs who have ADHD ✔...

In this brand new podcast episode, I chat with Danielle Weil who has been writing copy since 2006 for top online entrepreneurs like Ryan Levesque, Todd Herman, Josh Turner, Selena Soo, and yours truly.

Our guest today has been on the show before, but I had to have him back because there was so much we needed to talk about! Rich Brooks is the founder and president of Flyte New Media, a digital agency in Portland, Maine, and is a nationally recognized speaker on entrepreneurship, digital marketing, and social media. Today, we’re talking about our own remarkability. In this episode, Rich shares: 🤩...

In this brand new podcast episode, I chat with Stefanie Ignoffo, the founder of Plantspiration NFP Inc., and Food For Life Instructor with the Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine. This isn’t the kind of conversation you normally hear on the Front Row Entrepreneur podcast, because a good bit of this is about wellness. But when I discovered Stefanie Ignoffo, I knew I HAD to have her on the...

In this brand new podcast episode, I chat with Michael F. Schein SEO, the founder and president of MicroFame Media, and author of his recent book, “The Hype Handbook”.

Our guest today, Brian Dean, is the founder of Backlinko.com and the co-founder of Exploding Topics. He's been featured on hundreds of major media outlets, including Forbes Inc, Entrepreneur and Fast Company. When I ran across his blog a few months ago, I was completely blown away. In my opinion Brian has mastered what it means to “give value” in his marketing. I started reading everything he was...

Lyndsay Morris has been a guest on my podcast before, but since the last time she was here, she’s experienced more challenges in one year than most people face in a lifetime.

Our guest today is the founder and chief inspiration officer of the top ranked Inspiration Place Podcast, Miriam Schulman. She inspires art lovers to reconnect with creativity, learn new skills and techniques and profit from their art. But even if you aren’t an artist, you’ll love this episode.

In this episode, Janis Carmena shares her journey to creating a multi-six figure e-commerce business on Amazon. In this episode, Janis shares: ✔️ all the ins and outs about the different ways to sell on Amazon (including “retail arbitrage”). ✔️ How anyone can do this...not just the “tech savvy” peeps. ✔️ How to create your own personal brand on Amazon, and more!

What? Schedule a live retreat in the middle of a pandemic? Yep. Great deals are to be had right now. Platforms like Pinterest and Google report that they have NEVER seen so many searches for travel-related content like they have seen during this pandemic. People are desperate to plan a trip, even if it’s well in the future. But what if you schedule something and the pandemic is still here? I’ve go...

In this podcast, I really try to demystify the whole process known as a launch, including the pre-launch phase, by peeling back the curtain and telling you what did - and didn’t - work for me.

This is a really short episode, and I think you'll enjoy it. In less than 12 minutes I was able to squeeze in: ➡︎ The 3 most important files you need to have in your business ➡︎ How to use those files for maximum efficiency ➡︎ And one of the most embarrassing moments of my life.

My pop-up group asked great questions. about hiring your perfect VA. When you have the right person, they will be able to handle a variety of tasks that need to get done, AND they’ll also do so much more. Find out how to become the CEO of your business by hiring your perfect VA.

Systems are everything when it comes to business growth and business growth. I’d even go as far as to say that systems are the key to happiness! That’s true for me, anyway. I love being able to plug into a good, solid system and take out all of the friction. Friction is bad. In today’s episode I break down the way to create systems for your business.

We all have habits, things we do in the same way so much that it’s automatic. We don’t have to think about it; we just do it. Business habits are the same way. It’s really a way to put structure around good habits that are going to help things run smoothly. When these things are getting done regularly with your systems, then you can put your time an energy into the things that only you can do. Lis...

Today’s podcast is incredible! I promise you’re going to find this helpful. Guest Greg McKeown the author of Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less . I have read this book 3 times and when I surveyed my business peers asking which book they found most helpful, Greg’s book was mentioned more than any other. In case you haven’t read the book, I want to explain what essentialism is in the cont...

Every day I see business owners and entrepreneurs rewriting the rules. They are blazing their path in new ways and seeing success. Today’s episode is with Patty Lennon who has redesigned her entire business in the last 12 months. You’ll love her story and I hope this inspires you to rewrite the rules and find success your way, on your terms. We cover sales in depth. I promise you’ll come away with...

Have you ever felt like you needed to shake things up or try something new? After being at home for weeks on end, I was looking for some inspiration. What I found helped me see a consistent pattern. There really can be “order” in the chaos.