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Interview with Author, Money Expert and Podcaster Laura Adams

Over 80% of small businesses have just one employee — the owner. Does this sound like your business? That’s why it’s more important than ever for solopreneurs to protect their finances. Laura Adams is the best-selling author of Money-Smart Solopreneur – A Personal Finance System for Freelancers, Entrepreneurs, and Side-Hustlers. VisitLauraDAdams.comorFinder.com

Laura has been featured on most all major news outlets, including ABC, Bloomberg, CBS, FOX, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and many more, and she hosts the top-rated “Money Girl” Podcast.

Subjects discussed with Laura Adams in podcast include:
• Why do so many solopreneurs neglect the long-term well-being of their personal finances?
• Retirement accounts in building a secure financial future
• The financial challenge with insurance, be it health or life
• Key ways to create a “self-employed benefits package”
• What are first steps to shoring-up your personal finances with a benefits plan?
• How to keep your benefits plan easy to administer
• Financial considerations for early-stage versus late-stage start-ups
• Tips on how to maintain a personal benefits plan over the long term

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We love entrepreneur success stories on the Home Business Podcast. And what’s there not to love in a business journey that began with a $25 thousand dollar loan from a loan shark? Meet Julie Roy (TheJulieRoy.com), best-selling author of The Multi-Million Dollar Mompreneur - Achieve Business Mastery, Uncommon Freedom and Legacy Wealth.

Julie Roy is an author, mom, wife, business owner, business mentor, speaker, podcaster and coach. Julie Roy shares takeaways from her journey to financial freedom and a fulfilling life. While offering insights and concrete action items to help anyone striving to propel their business too.

Subjects discussed in podcast include:
• What inspired Julie Roy to write The Multi-Million Dollar Mompreneur?
• The importance of beginning with the end in mind
• Setting ambitious yet achievable goals
• Maximizing your ROL— “Return on Life.”
• How being a mother is integral to Julie’s sense of identity as a successful businesswoman
• What’s fundamentally wrong with striving to balance work and family?
• Harmonizing the demands of running a business and raising kids
• Advice for aspiring entrepreneurs wary of giving up the steady income of a salaried job
• Tips on cultivating connections
• What is one thing a podcast listener should do tomorrow morning to be a better entrepreneur?

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[caption id="attachment_170500" align="aligncenter" width="750"] Julie Roy, best-selling author of The Multi-Million Dollar Mompreneur.[/caption]

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Interview with Leading Advertising CEO Jeff Swartz

Are you ready to learn how Geofencing and other Digital marketing tactics can grow your business? Then let’s say hello to Jeff Swartz, CEO of Ethic Advertising Agency (www.ethic-ads.com). Jeff Swartz is also an advertising entrepreneur, ad tech creator, and Founder of Qujam. Established in 2014, Ethic Advertising delivers hyper-targeted digital advertising solutions. They’re ranked among the 50 best agencies in the U.S

[caption id="attachment_167824" align="alignright" width="400"] Jeff Swartz is CEO of Ethic Advertising Agency and an expert on Digital Advertising[/caption]

Subjects discussed in podcast include:
• What exactly is Geofence advertising?
• How can small businesses take advantage of GeoFence technology?
• Good first steps to get started with geofence advertising
• Qujam - the first do-it-yourself Geofence Advertising platform for small businesses.
• What’s the latest on the of foundation of digital marketing - display banner ads?
• Should you do Digital Audio Advertising?
• Advice on Native Advertising
• Using Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to rank higher in search results
• Social media marketing on Facebook, Linked-In and Twitter
• What are good ways to get started with video and video pre-roll
• What is one thing a podcast listener should do tomorrow morning, to improve his or her digital marketing?

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[caption id="attachment_167826" align="alignleft" width="1000"] Jeff Swartz, CEO of Ethic Advertising Agency[/caption]

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Interview with Ann Lightfoot and Kate Pawlowski

[caption id="attachment_160570" align="alignright" width="300"] Ann Lightfoot and Kate Pawlowski are the Dynamic Duo behind Done ^ Done Home[/caption]

Do you want to learn more about the social media success secrets and BIZ-building story of this mother-daughter dynamic duo? Done & Done Home is a professional organizing and decluttering business owned by mother-daughter team Ann Lightfoot and Kate Pawlowski.

Whether getting ready to put your home on the market, managing an estate, preparing to move, or just in need of a thorough clear out – Ann and Kate’s multi-million dollar Done & Done Home (www.DoneAndDoneHome.com) handles it all.

Subjects discussed in podcast:
• How their business was born when a friend needed help with a move
• What started as a mother/daughter duo organizing closets and hauling trash has turned into a multi-million dollar business
• Company business operation that currently employs 18 women
• Their first online course successfully marketed through Facebook Ads
• How they make Instagram work for sales and bringing in new clients
• Capturing emails for a strong and responsive newsletter list
• How they use Reels to grow their business
• Any good family drama that drifts into their business?
• What does the future hold for the business moguls behind Done & Done Home?
• One thing a podcast listener should do tomorrow morning to improve his or her own business

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The online competition for attention and engagement has never been more intense. And the rapid rise of Artificial Intelligence - AI - is exponentially increasing the challenge. To stand out from the crowd and compete, home business owners must get their business - and its brand - AI-ready.

Nothing is going to shock up our home business world more than Artificial Intelligence. And who better than Karen Tiber Leland to help get us ready for AI? Karen is founder of Sterling Marketing Group (www.SterlingMarketingGroup.com) and best-selling author of The Brand Mapping Strategy: Design, Build and Accelerate Your Brand.

Karen has been interviewed by the Today Show, CNN, Fox News and Oprah. She has presented at TEDx and many well-known colleges.

Subjects discussed in podcast include:
• What should any home-based business owner understand about AI?
• A first AI step is to teach Google who you are
• Seven straightforward steps to prepare a business brand for AI
• Taking a fresh look at your target audience
• Creating an abundance of online, high-quality content; and making that process easier
• Success tips to monitoring your online reputation
• How to “flip the focus” of your social media
• More success tips to prepare your brand for AI
• What is one thing a listener can do tomorrow morning to get ready for Artificial Intelligence?

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[caption id="attachment_159070" align="alignleft" width="500"] Karen Tiber Leland, founder of Sterling Marketing Group[/caption]

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On the Home Business podcast, we love entrepreneur success stories. James Rosseau hits that target. James Rosseau is a hip-hop media owner, CEO and author of the new book Success on Your Own Terms: 6 Promises to Fire Up Your Passion, Ignite Your Career and Create an Amazing Life. (www.jamesrosseausr.com)

James shares an inspiring blend of personal setbacks and triumphs, smart strategies, and lessons learned on his way from a North Philadelphia neighborhood to a Fortune 100 boardroom.

Subjects discussed in podcast include:
• Being a Christian hip-hop media owner
• Perspectives gained from being on a Fortune 100 boardroom
• Inspiration behind authoring his book “Success on Your Own Terms”
• Embracing your passion
• Performing with progress versus perfection
• Fulfilling the promise to “Parlay Your Platform”
• Promoting with a purpose
• Putting your success plans into action
• One thing a listener can do to achieve success on his or her own terms

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[caption id="attachment_158732" align="alignleft" width="500"] Hip-hop media owner, CEO and author James Rosseau is a hip-hop media owner, CEO and author[/caption]

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Efficiency Bitch! There, I said it. But before you think I’m bad-mouthing my guest, Melissa Leon, know that she is the author of Efficiency Bitch - How Ambitious Women Can Have It All Without Doing It All. She uses the letters B.I.T.C.H. as an acronym to define the five areas she focuses on to live the life she designed: Bank, InBox, Time, Connection, and Harmony. Melissa has even trademarked the phrase!

Melissa Leon is a 20-year corporate finance professional, a mother of three, an author, a small business owner, and a lover of as she says “having her cake and eating it too.” Melissa is the owner of Two Sense Consulting (www.TwoSenseConsulting.com) as its CFO. Melissa Leon has learned to be an expert on balancing life between work and family.

Subjects Discussed in Podcast Include:
• The heart of BITCH - "having your cake and eat it too?"
• Tips for women to better manage money and personal finances
• How can a female entrepreneur better manage her time and what Melissa calls their “inbox of life”?
• The importance of building a “strong village”
• The challenge for women who are working business around and raising kids
• Advice to anyone – men or women - on balancing multiple roles in life?
• what is ONE thing a listener can do tomorrow morning to start being their own “Efficiency Bitch?”

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[caption id="attachment_158409" align="alignleft" width="500"] Melissa Leon is a 20-year corporate finance professional, a mother of three, an author, and a small business owner,[/caption]

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Have you had a “Wonder Hell” moment? That time when you have achieved success, which gives you an increased hunger for something bigger? Which leads to a great deal of uncertainty, self-doubt, anxiety and stress. According to best-selling author, international speaker and renowned life coach Laura Gassner Otting (www.lauragassnerotting.com), success is wonderful, but it's also “Hell.” So she has a new book Wonderhell, Why Success Doesn't Feel Like It Should . . . and What to Do About It.

Laura dares audiences to find their voice, and generate the confidence needed to tackle larger-than-life challenges. She wants to help you to lead, manage and mentor others to achieve increased business success.

Laura’s TEDx on Wonderhell was chosen as an Editor’s Pick, and is quickly approaching 1M views;, and was featured on the TODAY Show, Good Morning America, Oprah Daily, Harvard Business Review, and others.

Subjects discussed in Podcast Include:
• “Impostor syndrome” - How do we overcome it?
• Make your own luck through manifestation and hard work
• How can we quiet our perfectionist tendencies and allow ourselves to fail?
• Managing our uncertainties and our “what ifs”
• Can we better learn from others and accept being a “beginner”?
• Creating a community of those who bring out our best – and cutting off those who don’t!
• What is one thing you can do tomorrow morning to overcome “Imposter Syndrome”?

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[caption id="attachment_156750" align="alignleft" width="500"] Laura Gassner Otting, author of the book Wonderhell,[/caption]

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Are you using Instagram to maximum marketing effect in your Home-Based Business? Let’s let Corey Walker, author of Instagram for Business for Dummies, show us the way.
Instagram is a dominant social media platform, particularly for businesses. Instagram also seems to be challenging the longtime dominance of Facebook. A few questions to ask: what are effective ways to use Instagram, why should we invest in Instagram, and what is a good posting frequency?

Richard “Capt’n’” Henderson interviews Corey Walker, owner of The Marketing Specialist (www.TheMarketingSpecialist.com). She gives practical advice on how to better your reach with Instagram.

Subjects discussed in podcast include:
• What are the most effective ways to use Instagram right now?
• Why should a business invest in Instagram?
• Success factors for creating a good Instagram post
• How can businesses find the time to post lots of Instagram content?
• What exactly are “Reels” and how can these help you in your business?
• One thing a podcast listener can do tomorrow morning to get better at marketing with Instagram

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[caption id="attachment_156464" align="alignleft" width="1184"] Corey Walker, owner of The Marketing Specialist[/caption]

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After 12 years of modeling on the QVC channel, what is a model to do? Tara Lassiter decided to trade fashion modeling for funnels. Tara found that by launching an online business with the help of funnels, this helped her escape what she calls her “golden handcuffs.” 
Today Tara Lassiter helps entrepreneurs achieve time freedom by packaging their talents into digital products, building life-first businesses, & growing impactful personal brands. Richard “Capt’n’” Henderson interviews Tara (www.TaraLassiter.com) on how you too can “up your digital marketing game” with funnels. 
Subjects discussed in podcast include:
•    How Tara made the leap from QVC model to digital marketer
•    How did acting & modeling make Tara a better marketer?
•    Where should entrepreneurs look to get started in online marketing?
•    The basics behind using funnels for lead generation  
•    How can a budding entrepreneur create a simple lead funnel?
•    Building “sustainable traffic strategies” that are linked to funnels
•    Capturing email addresses and nurturing these leads into customers
•    How the phrase “passive income” can be disingenuous
•    What is one thing you can do tomorrow morning to get started with funnels and lead generation?
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[caption id="attachment_155877" align="alignleft" width="500"] Tara Lassiter[/caption]

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