Carolyn Green has been a successful marketing strategist for 20+ years, working with small businesses scaling through marketing efforts. In 20 years, she's seen it all from old school advertising style marketing to now using social media, AI and platforms to extend a service based business' reach.

In this episode, we talk about

• increasing the number of clients served using one simple tool
• the way to make your business phone ring NOW
• when it's time to hire a professional marketer for your business

Key Takeaways

• normalizing success by hanging out with successful people
• how to do marketing stage by stage to make it affordable and manageable
• how to choose the right marketing professional for your business

"Your success brings you more work." - Carolyn Green

"The customer should have a smooth journey." - Carolyn Green

"The painful piece of [business] growth is realizing 'I can't be The [Only] One anymore because things are falling through the cracks.'" - Jennie Bellinger

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What You Need to Grow Podcast is presented by Badass Podcast Mastery and Jennie Bellinger, C.P.C.

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Today's guest is Danielle Thompson of Goldspun Support.

Danielle is the founder of Goldspun Support - Helping Fractional Directors ditch the admin and reclaim the work they love. Operational partner. Strategic support. Business best friend. Co-podcast host on top ten charting "Business and a Brew", best-selling author, loved by clients & audiences alike.

She’s part cheerleader, part operations ninja, and fully committed to helping brilliant women stop drowning in admin and start scaling with sanity. With 10+ years’ experience and zero time for fluff, Danielle’s all about practical fixes, proper freedom, and unapologetically running a business on your terms.

Burned out in corporate, allergic to hustle culture, and powered by mindset tools and Malibu and Coke - Danielle brings real talk, real solutions, and the kind of operational gold that makes business feel good, raising awareness of how to sustain inner connection to overcome challenges in life and business.
We cover

• her burn out story
• opportunities presented by The Universe
• how she became one of the first virtual assistants

3 Key Takeaways

1. the importance of listening to your inner voice and self care
2. pay attention to signs from The Universe
3. how to listen to your intuition

Get Danielle's book, The i in Resilience for $1 here: www.goldspunsupport.com/the-i-in-resilience

Connect with Danielle here:

Facebook Profile: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=656212089

Facebook Business Page: https://www.facebook.com/goldspunsupport

LinkedIn URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniellethompson-goldspunsupport/

Instagram Link: https://www.instagram.com/goldspunsupport/

What You Need to Grow Podcast is presented by Badass Podcast Mastery and Jennie Bellinger, C.P.C.

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Dr. Ivan Misner is the Founder & Chief Visionary Officer of BNI, the world’s largest business networking organization. Founded in 1985, the organization now has over 11,400 chapters in 76 countries throughout every populated continent of the world. Last year alone, BNI generated 17 million referrals resulting in more than $27.1 billion dollars’ worth of business for its members.

Dr. Misner’s Ph.D. is from the University of Southern California. He is a New York Times Bestselling author who has written 32 books including his newest – Networking is a Marathon Not a Sprint. He is also a columnist for Entrepreneur.com and has been a university professor at several universities as well as a member of the Board of Trustees for the University of La Verne.

Called the “Father of Modern Networking” by both Forbes and CNN, Dr. Misner is considered to be one of the world’s leading experts on business networking and has been a keynote speaker for major corporations and associations throughout the world. He has been featured in the L.A. Times, Wall Street Journal, and New York Times, as well as numerous TV and radio shows including CNN, the BBC, and The Today Show on NBC.

He has traveled to all seven continents of the world, including Antarctica.

He has been recognized by the Red Cross for his philanthropic work and was also recognized as “Humanitarian of the Year” by 210 Magazine in California, USA. Additionally, he has been the recipient of the John C. Maxwell Leadership Award. He is the Co-Founder of the BNI Charitable Foundation and is married to Jody Misner. Oh, and in his spare time!!! He is also an amateur magician and a black belt in karate.

Ivan's Newest Book:
Networking is a Marathon, Not A Sprint BUY IT HERE

What You Need to Grow Podcast is presented by Badass Podcast Mastery and Jennie Bellinger, C.P.C.

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Want to get paid to share your message with the world? What if you could ALSO build your business at the same time?

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Want to connect with Jennie Bellinger?

Email: jennie@badassdirectsalesmastery.com

Website: https://whatyouneedtogrow.com

Text: 1-618-920-9837

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