The Boss Mom Podcast

How to work with designers & service providers with Dana & NJ. In this episode, Dana and NJ go through the ins and outs of hiring and working with designers and service providers. This episode is sponsored by Biz Chix Podcast. Listen to the podcast: [smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bossmom/Episode2016720-2020Creative20Ways20to20Create20Your20Opt-in20with20Dana202620NJ.mp3" title="Episode 170: How to work with designers & service providers with Dana & NJ"] Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes: In this episode you'll hear: Ways that business owners hire designers and service providers. Signals to recognize that you need to hire help. Different ways to consider hiring and bringing on help. Asking yourself if you're far enough in your business to give someone the correct information of what you're doing in your business. Be honest with yourself if you're open to advise from those you bring in. You have to respect and trust that person. What tools you use when having a team. Talking about uncomfortable subjects are a must. Empowering those on your team to do the roles you've hired them for. Equip those you hire. Our Podcast Sponsor: Biz Chix Podcast BizChix.com encourages, educates, and promotes entrepreneurial women with educational content and training, a community support system, masterminding, coaching, and events. Natalie Eckdahl, MBA, is a business coach, professional facilitator, keynote speaker and host of the Biz Chix Podcast which iTunes featured as a top New Business Podcast in March 2014. Listen to the podcast here. Recommended links and resources: *Affiliate links present Interact She's Building her Empire Kathleen Kobel Trello Trello Training Episode 121: Breaking up with clients that don't fit with Dana and NJ Annual calendar Boss Mom Retreat Vintage Meet Modern Samantha Johnston Boss Mom Fitting Call Boss Mom Facebook group Can I quote you on that? You have to respect the person and value them. Be open to their expertise. - Dana Empower and equip those you hire to work for you. - NJ Connect with Dana & NJ Dana: Instagram / Boss Mom Facebook Community (her total happy place) NJ : Website / Instagram (her total happy place) We would LOVE it if you'd leave a podcast rating or review on iTunes. We also know it can be kind of tricky to figure out. Here are a few step by step instructions on how to leave an iTunes rating or review for a podcast from your iPhone or iPad Launch Apple's Podcast app. Tap the Search tab. Enter the name of the podcast you want to rate or review. Tap the blue Search key at the bottom right. Tap the album art for the podcast. Tap the Reviews tab. Tap Write a Review at the bottom. Enter your iTunes password to login. Tap the Stars to leave a rating. Enter title text and content to leave a review. Tap Send. We love hearing from you guys! If you've got a question about today's episode or want to leave us some inbox love, you can email us at hello@boss-mom.com Or, you can always find both of us hanging out in our Boss Mom Facebook Community.

This is a Nurture Your Business segment with Dana. Dana talks about how you need to work your mind and diversify your knowledge intake. Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes: In this episode you'll hear: Your brain works because we work it. Becoming engrossed in something and the importance of diversifying how we work our brains. Having other experiences outside of work. The world is bigger than the niche we've created. How Dana's diversifying their dinner conversations. Referenced in the show: *affiliate links may be present. Space Balls Trello Training Boss Mom Academy Boss Mom Facebook community Can I quote you on that? The world is bigger than the niche we've created. - Dana Connect with Dana: Instagram / Boss Mom Facebook Community (her total happy place) We love hearing from you guys! If you've got a question about today's episode or want to leave us some inbox love, you can email us at hello@boss-mom.com Or, you can always find Dana hanging out in our Boss Mom Facebook Community. We would LOVE it if you'd leave a podcast rating or review on iTunes. We also know it can be kind of tricky to figure out. Here are a few step by step instructions on how to leave an iTunes rating or review for a podcast from your iPhone or iPad Launch Apple's Podcast app. Tap the Search tab. Enter the name of the podcast you want to rate or review. Tap the blue Search key at the bottom right. Tap the album art for the podcast. Tap the Reviews tab. Tap Write a Review at the bottom. Enter your iTunes password to login. Tap the Stars to leave a rating. Enter title text and content to leave a review. Tap Send.

How to Manage that Stress & Anxiety with Celeste Coffman. In this episode of the Boss Mom Podcast, Celeste gives practical tips on handling overwhelm and taking care of yourself physically, emotionally and psychologically. This episode is sponsored by Boss Mom Academy and Boardroom. Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes: In this episode you'll hear: How Celeste started her counseling practice and her journey into motherhood. What her counseling practice looks like and her goals are for nurturing women. How our bodies tell us about what is happening psychologically. Why women deal with overwhelm. Teaching your kids to respect themselves and boundaries. Where Celeste starts to be helpful to her clients and tips to help you overcome stress or overwhelm. Having the right mindset to succeed. Respecting priorities and being busy. Making better mornings to keep down the stress. Sponsor: Boss Mom Academy and Boardroom The Boss Mom Academy is a group coaching program for those who are working to build their business. Also open for enrollment is the Boss Mom Boardroom is a mastermind program for already established Boss Moms. Boss Mom coaching is currently open so make sure to schedule a Boss Mom fitting before the end of February. Recommended links and resources: The Happiness Advantage Productivity Project Goodnight Sleep Site Trello Training Trello Cozi app Chatbooks Boss Mom Facebook Community Can I quote you on that? I focus on nurturing women in my counseling through life events. - Celeste Anxiety is like paying interest on a purchase you haven't made yet. - Celeste We're going to have the skills we need to meet the challenges that come up. - Celeste More about our guest, Celeste Coffman. Celeste Coffman is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified School Counselor who is passionate about teaching clients research-proven strategies for managing anxiety and stress. With over a decade of experience in the field, Celeste prides herself on bringing wit, enthusiasm, and encouragement to the counseling room. Her private practice, Thoughtful Journey Counseling, thrives with in-person clients while her membership site, QuietMindCollective.com provides practical weekly lessons on stress and anxiety management. For Celeste's free resources for anxiety, visit her freebies section. Website / Facebook / YouTube Connect with Dana: Instagram / The Boss Mom Facebook community (her total happy place) We love hearing from you guys! If you've got a question about today's episode or want to leave us some inbox love, you can email us at hello@boss-mom.com Or, you can always find both Dana hanging out in our Boss Mom Facebook Community. We would LOVE it if you'd leave a podcast rating or review on iTunes. We also know it can be kind of tricky to figure out. Here are a few step by step instructions on how to leave an iTunes rating or review for a podcast from your iPhone or iPad Launch Apple's Podcast app. Tap the Search tab. Enter the name of the podcast you want to rate or review. Tap the blue Search key at the bottom right. Tap the album art for the podcast. Tap the Reviews tab. Tap Write a Review at the bottom. Enter your iTunes password to login. Tap the Stars to leave a rating. Enter title text and content to leave a review. Tap Send.

Creative Ways to Create Your Opt-in with Dana & NJ. In this episode, Dana and NJ talk all things opt-ins from creation to execution to following through on emailing your list. This episode is sponsored by Biz Chix Podcast. Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes: In this episode you'll hear: Your opt-ins should be relatable make a connection. Giving enough value for the currency exchange of an email address. How to provide time-sensitive information to your email list. Don't assume that people don't want to hear from you. They've signed up to hear from you. Tips for making a great opt-in. You should start with where you want people to go. What the flow of the opt-in for Boss Mom. Creating great opt-ins. Good opt-ins for opt-ins. Opt-ins for bloggers. Our Podcast Sponsor: Biz Chix Podcast BizChix.com encourages, educates, and promotes entrepreneurial women with educational content and training, a community support system, masterminding, coaching, and events. Natalie Eckdahl, MBA, is a business coach, professional facilitator, keynote speaker and host of the Biz Chix Podcast which iTunes featured as a top New Business Podcast in March 2014. Listen to the podcast here. Recommended links and resources: *Affiliate links present Chandler Bolt - Self-Publishing School Kendra Hennessy - Mother Like a Boss Interact Quizzes Boss Mom Facebook group Can I quote you on that? It's not just an email address, it's an opportunity to talk with someone. - Dana Your opt-in matters, it's like a first date. - Dana Connect with Dana & NJ Dana: Instagram / Boss Mom Facebook Community (her total happy place) NJ : Website / Instagram (her total happy place) We would LOVE it if you'd leave a podcast rating or review on iTunes. We also know it can be kind of tricky to figure out. Here are a few step by step instructions on how to leave an iTunes rating or review for a podcast from your iPhone or iPad Launch Apple's Podcast app. Tap the Search tab. Enter the name of the podcast you want to rate or review. Tap the blue Search key at the bottom right. Tap the album art for the podcast. Tap the Reviews tab. Tap Write a Review at the bottom. Enter your iTunes password to login. Tap the Stars to leave a rating. Enter title text and content to leave a review. Tap Send. We love hearing from you guys! If you've got a question about today's episode or want to leave us some inbox love, you can email us at hello@boss-mom.com Or, you can always find both of us hanging out in our Boss Mom Facebook Community.

This is a Nurture Your Business segment with Dana. Dana asks you if you're cheating on your business or if you're monogamous with it. This show is sponsored by Pierce Social. Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes: In this episode you'll hear: Asking yourself if you're cheating on your business. How having a monogamous relationship with your business benefits your business. If your business had ears, would it feel like it was loved? How the book, The Profit ties into business. Are you connecting and communicating to your business? Your business is a relationship. Our Podcast Sponsor: My Proxy Fox A new, app that will change your life! Do you get stressed out trying to coordinate leaving the house? Welcome to My Proxy Fox…the super smart app that allows you to enjoy time away because everything that matters at home is being managed just the way you like. No more frantic list making before you leave. Input details now, update when necessary, and enjoy the benefits of a well-prepared proxy for years to come. Life is stressful enough and it's impossible to remember everything when you're racing around at the last minute. Our streamlined list templates will prompt you to consider as many details as possible. Don't leave them guessing! Life is stressful enough and it's impossible to remember everything when you're racing around at the last minute. Our streamlined list templates will prompt you to consider as many details as possible. Don't leave them guessing! Get the app for a limited time! Referenced in the show: *affiliate links may be present. Episode 160: Focus, Focus, Focus... Squirrel The Profit Azul Terronez Boss Mom Academy Boss Mom Facebook group Can I quote you on that? Boss Mom as a business has never questioned my loyalty. - Dana May you go swift and far. - The Profit Connect with Dana: Instagram / Boss Mom Facebook Community (her total happy place) We love hearing from you guys! If you've got a question about today's episode or want to leave us some inbox love, you can email us at hello@boss-mom.com Or, you can always find Dana hanging out in our Boss Mom Facebook Community. We would LOVE it if you'd leave a podcast rating or review on iTunes. We also know it can be kind of tricky to figure out. Here are a few step by step instructions on how to leave an iTunes rating or review for a podcast from your iPhone or iPad Launch Apple's Podcast app. Tap the Search tab. Enter the name of the podcast you want to rate or review. Tap the blue Search key at the bottom right. Tap the album art for the podcast. Tap the Reviews tab. Tap Write a Review at the bottom. Enter your iTunes password to login. Tap the Stars to leave a rating. Enter title text and content to leave a review. Tap Send.

Taking Personal Development Mainstream with Alexi Panos. In this episode of the Boss Mom Podcast, Alexi talks about building a life where she can have a family and a thriving business at the same time. This episode is sponsored by Trello. Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes: In this episode you'll hear: How Alexi and her husband are preparing their business for kids before having them. Building their life in the adventures they want to have and how they add their business to that life. Integrating life and business intentionally. Adding team members from your tribe. How Alexi grew her tribe. Being real and authentic. Alexi's journey to starting a non-profit and her coaching business. Sponsor: Trello Allow transformation in your life by using Trello to organize your business, home, and life. Put all your ideas and thoughts into order visually using Trello. Get Dana's Trello training now for free! Recommended links and resources: The Upcycling Toy Club book Boss Mom Facebook Community Can I quote you on that? The more I move into myself, the easier it becomes. - Alexi Panos My realness attracts those who like me. - Alexi Panos The simple things are what we're all missing. - Alexi Panos More about our guest, Alexi Panos. I'm Alexi Panos, and I am an artist of life. Some would label me a Transformational Thought Leader, others would say I'm a Conscious Content Creator, but I believe it is all just amazing forms of ART. Through my art, I am insanely committed to empowering others to own their greatness and live a life they are completely OBSESSED with. I am on a mission to make personal development mainstream by synthesizing big ideas into fun, bite-sized nuggets of goodness that spread throughout the world and create a ripple effect of positivity and love. Website / Facebook / YouTube Connect with Dana: Instagram / The Boss Mom Facebook community (her total happy place) We love hearing from you guys! If you've got a question about today's episode or want to leave us some inbox love, you can email us at hello@boss-mom.com Or, you can always find both Dana hanging out in our Boss Mom Facebook Community. We would LOVE it if you'd leave a podcast rating or review on iTunes. We also know it can be kind of tricky to figure out. Here are a few step by step instructions on how to leave an iTunes rating or review for a podcast from your iPhone or iPad Launch Apple's Podcast app. Tap the Search tab. Enter the name of the podcast you want to rate or review. Tap the blue Search key at the bottom right. Tap the album art for the podcast. Tap the Reviews tab. Tap Write a Review at the bottom. Enter your iTunes password to login. Tap the Stars to leave a rating. Enter title text and content to leave a review. Tap Send.

How to Leverage a Live Event with Dana & NJ. In this episode, Dana and NJ share what to do after you attend a live event. This episode is sponsored by Biz Chix Podcast. Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes: In this episode you'll hear: If you want to leverage the event, follow these steps. Follow up with others Plan time to make the most of the notes you took during the event Log all of your expenses, catalog your receipts and handle bookkeeping Make money goals surrounding the event Budget for more events Create space to relax and give yourself space to process Tips for event hosts and attendees on selling after the retreat. Be open and flexible with your scheduling. How to decide what kind of conferences you should attend. Cover photo by CJ Thomas Photography. Our Podcast Sponsor: Biz Chix Podcast BizChix.com encourages, educates, and promotes entrepreneurial women with educational content and training, a community support system, masterminding, coaching, and events. Natalie Eckdahl, MBA, is a business coach, professional facilitator, keynote speaker and host of the Biz Chix Podcast which iTunes featured as a top New Business Podcast in March 2014. Listen to the podcast here. Recommended links and resources: *Affiliate links present Episode 158: How to Leverage a Live Event with Dana & NJ The Higgins Creative Natalie Gingrich - Project Manager Melissa Whaley CJ Thomas Photography Alt Summit Autumn Witt Boyd Thinkific Alexi Panos Boss Mom Facebook group Can I quote you on that? A business card is useless unless you use it. - NJ Connect with Dana & NJ Dana: Instagram / Boss Mom Facebook Community (her total happy place) NJ : Website / Instagram (her total happy place) We would LOVE it if you'd leave a podcast rating or review on iTunes. We also know it can be kind of tricky to figure out. Here are a few step by step instructions on how to leave an iTunes rating or review for a podcast from your iPhone or iPad Launch Apple's Podcast app. Tap the Search tab. Enter the name of the podcast you want to rate or review. Tap the blue Search key at the bottom right. Tap the album art for the podcast. Tap the Reviews tab. Tap Write a Review at the bottom. Enter your iTunes password to login. Tap the Stars to leave a rating. Enter title text and content to leave a review. Tap Send. We love hearing from you guys! If you've got a question about today's episode or want to leave us some inbox love, you can email us at hello@boss-mom.com Or, you can always find both of us hanging out in our Boss Mom Facebook Community.

This is a Nurture Your Business segment with Dana. Dana shares her productivity secrets on how to create batching habits in your calendar that save you time and help get more done. This show is sponsored by Pierce Social. Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes: In this episode you'll hear: Time batching is an evolution. What it looks like to create a batching schedule when you've got young children. How Dana currently batches now. Knowing yourself and your schedule for batching your own time. Batching from a daily basis and a monthly basis. Options for batching your own work. Know what you are batching before you batch. Our Podcast Sponsor: Pierce Social Is social media management a huge time suck for you? Pierce Social's free 5 Day Challenge is designed to help you reduce the time spent on your social media marketing tasks & create a system for managing it. This challenge includes a free Trello board. Get her free challenge NOW! Pierce Social is also sharing the love and offering the Boss Mom listeners a 40% discount on her NEW workbook through February 10th. They can use the discount code BOSSMOM. Referenced in the show: *affiliate links may be present. Trello Training Episode 72: Nurture Your Business: Why you should take your calendar more seriously with Dana Boss Mom Academy Boss Mom Facebook group Can I quote you on that? I found out what worked for me with the amount of time I had. - Dana Batching is all about getting into the mode, being productive and getting what needs to be done, done. - Dana Connect with Dana: Instagram / Boss Mom Facebook Community (her total happy place) We love hearing from you guys! If you've got a question about today's episode or want to leave us some inbox love, you can email us at hello@boss-mom.com Or, you can always find Dana hanging out in our Boss Mom Facebook Community. We would LOVE it if you'd leave a podcast rating or review on iTunes. We also know it can be kind of tricky to figure out. Here are a few step by step instructions on how to leave an iTunes rating or review for a podcast from your iPhone or iPad Launch Apple's Podcast app. Tap the Search tab. Enter the name of the podcast you want to rate or review. Tap the blue Search key at the bottom right. Tap the album art for the podcast. Tap the Reviews tab. Tap Write a Review at the bottom. Enter your iTunes password to login. Tap the Stars to leave a rating. Enter title text and content to leave a review. Tap Send.

Taking Lifes Bumps and Turning Them into Success with Mary Kathryn Johnson. In this episode of the Boss Mom Podcast, Mary Kathryn shares how she's created business through bumps in the road. This episode is sponsored by Thinkific. Listen to the episode: [smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bossmom/Episode2016120-20All20Things20Sales20Funnels20with20Dana202620Expert20Dawn20Marrs.mp3" title="Episode 162: Taking Lifes Bumps and Turning Them into Success with Mary Kathryn Johnson"] Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes: In this episode you'll hear: Mary Kathryn's journey through miscarriage, pregnancy and motherhood. How her store, Mommy Loves, started. The lessons that Mary Kathryn has learned as a business owner. The birth of her blog and podcast, Parent Entrepreneur Power. Her new business venture, Beauty Tech Tools. How she decided what businesses she enjoys and her entrepreneurial identity. Creating passive income and systems that work. Sponsor: Thinkific A smooth platform that quickly uploads your courses so you can make a great looking course to create passive income. They support video and content hosting, and integration with multiple popular tools like Acuity, Typeform, Google and more. Get one month free of Thinkific for our Boss Moms. Recommended links and resources: Dana's interview on Parent Entrepreneur Power Say Bump and Take a Left Boss Mom Facebook Community Can I quote you on that? I decided that if I could get through all of this, if I can do this, I can do anything. - Mary Katherine The part of business I love, I call that my entrepreneurial identity. - Mary Katherine More about our guest, Mary Kathryn Johnson. As an Author, Entrepreneur and Mom, Mary Kathryn Johnson has created online success since 2003. A fall while pregnant with her second son landed her with two broken legs, her first book, and her first business. Mary is now using that 13 years of roller coaster family and business success to help parents uncover their entrepreneurial identity so they can create family freedom, and she is now building her fourth business helping health and beauty professionals do the same. Uncover your Entrepreneurial Identity to Create Family and Financial Freedom Stop chasing the next dollar, and start embracing your unique power to serve your clients and create your business freedom. Join my free 7 day email video guide to uncover this for yourself. Parent Entrepreneur Power social media: Facebook / Instagram / Twitter Beauty Tech Tools social media: Facebook / Instagram / Twitter Connect with Dana: Instagram / The Boss Mom Facebook community (her total happy place) We love hearing from you guys! If you've got a question about today's episode or want to leave us some inbox love, you can email us at hello@boss-mom.com Or, you can always find both Dana hanging out in our Boss Mom Facebook Community. We would LOVE it if you'd leave a podcast rating or review on iTunes. We also know it can be kind of tricky to figure out. Here are a few step by step instructions on how to leave an iTunes rating or review for a podcast from your iPhone or iPad Launch Apple's Podcast app. Tap the Search tab. Enter the name of the podcast you want to rate or review. Tap the blue Search key at the bottom right. Tap the album art for the podcast. Tap the Reviews tab. Tap Write a Review at the bottom. Enter your iTunes password to login. Tap the Stars to leave a rating. Enter title text and content to leave a review. Tap Send.

All Things Sales Funnels with Dana & Expert Dawn Marrs. In this episode, Dana and guest Dawn Marrs talk about sales funnels and passive income. This episode is sponsored by Biz Chix Podcast. Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes: In this episode you'll hear: How to use sales funnels to build relationships and passive income. Creating a great thank you page. Walking through the Boss Mom funnel. Defining and creating a funnel. Putting focused effort into one thing that you're really good at. Writing great blogs that feed into your funnel. Our Podcast Sponsor: Biz Chix Podcast BizChix.com encourages, educates, and promotes entrepreneurial women with educational content and training, a community support system, masterminding, coaching, and events. Natalie Eckdahl, MBA, is a business coach, professional facilitator, keynote speaker and host of the Biz Chix Podcast which iTunes featured as a top New Business Podcast in March 2014. Listen to the podcast here. Recommended links and resources: *Affiliate links present Trello Training Pat Flynn Zapier Thinkific Natalie Gingrich Olivia Demoray Photography Kerstin DeBoer artist Pixart Printing Lilah Higgins Boss Mom Facebook group Can I quote you on that? Until someone understands the problem they are facing, you won't sell anything. - Dana Get really clear on the services you offer before you create your funnel. - Dawn Connect with Dana & NJ Dana: Instagram / Boss Mom Facebook Community (her total happy place) Dawn: Website (her total happy place) We would LOVE it if you'd leave a podcast rating or review on iTunes. We also know it can be kind of tricky to figure out. Here are a few step by step instructions on how to leave an iTunes rating or review for a podcast from your iPhone or iPad Launch Apple's Podcast app. Tap the Search tab. Enter the name of the podcast you want to rate or review. Tap the blue Search key at the bottom right. Tap the album art for the podcast. Tap the Reviews tab. Tap Write a Review at the bottom. Enter your iTunes password to login. Tap the Stars to leave a rating. Enter title text and content to leave a review. Tap Send. We love hearing from you guys! If you've got a question about today's episode or want to leave us some inbox love, you can email us at hello@boss-mom.com Or, you can always find both of us hanging out in our Boss Mom Facebook Community.