Young and Profiting (YAP) with Hala Taha

Hala Taha: I Failed Three Times Before I Found Success (Be Better Podcast)

Oct 28, 2022

38:10

Are you scared of failure or rejection? Do you hold yourself back from following your dreams because you don’t want to fail?

Hala Taha is proof that having a fear of failure is detrimental to success. After getting fired from two jobs and losing her opportunity to become a reality TV star, she focused her energy on hosting the Young and Profiting podcast, which is now a #1 Education podcast across all platforms.

Today, we are listening to her tell her story on the Be Better podcast with Donald C. Kelly, a Top 29 Salesforce Influencer. Hala and Donald discuss Hala’s background in radio and her first entrepreneurial venture, The Sorority of Hip Hop. They talk about why Young and Profiting grew so quickly and how Hala willed Jordan Harbinger of The Art of Charm to become her mentor. Hala also reveals how she leveraged LinkedIn to grow her podcast.

Topics Include:

- Hala’s background in radio

- Transitioning into blogging

- Getting scouted by MTV

- Quitting the entertainment industry

- Leveraging entrepreneurial skills to become an intrapreneur

- Why did Hala want to run Young and Profiting alone at first?

- Why did Young and Profiting blow up?

- Leveraging LinkedIn to grow YAP

- Landing YAP’s first client, Heather Monahan

- How did Jordan Harbinger become Hala’s mentor?

- And other topics…

Hala Taha is the host of Young and Profiting Podcast, frequently ranked as a #1 Education podcast across all apps. Hala is also the CEO of YAP Media, a full-service social media and podcast marketing agency for top podcasters, celebrities, and CEOs. She is well-known for her engaged following and influence on Linkedin, and she landed the January 2021 cover of Podcast Magazine.

Donald C. Kelly is the Founder and Chief Sales Evangelist of The Sales Evangelist, which aims to eliminate confusion from B2B selling so sales professionals can consistently hit their target each month. The Sales Evangelist offers instruction and courses on proven sales strategies. He hosts the Be Better podcast and The Sales Evangelist podcast.

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Connect With Donald C. Kelly:

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