Networking and Marketing Made Simple

About Kelly Smith:  Angela Kelly Smith is a marketing strategist, host of the Marketing Chat Podcast, and founder of the Women Podcasters Academy. Her mission is to help entrepreneurs create the successful business of their dreams through strategic marketing that establishes them as authorities in their field and helps them attract more of their ideal clients.  She created the Women Podcasters Academy to support women start and growing their own podcasts with a full course on podcasting, a supportive community of fellow podcasters, and weekly live trainings. Angela Kelly Smith Marketing Strategist & Website Designer Founder of the Women Podcasters Academy Host of the Marketing Chat Podcast 412.726.6995 kelly@angelakellysmith.com www.angelakellysmith.com www.womenpodcastersacademy.com The Doors To Our Expert Authority Mastermind Are Officially Open From Today Until Wednesday the 5th.  Click here to learn about joining and booking a call with us: https://www.thetimetogrow.com/expertauthority

In today's episode, Nancy and I, for the first time take a deep look into our Expert Authority Mastermind. Yes....We have a mastermind that if you are ready to uplevel your business, have big audacious goals that you want to achieve, and you want to be recognized as an expert in your space, then book a call here to see if it's the right fit for you:  https://scottaaron.as.me/ Also, don't forget to sign up for our LinkedIn Workshop beginning tomorrow at 8 pm EDT:  https://www.thetimetogrow.com/amateurtoexpertonlinkedin

About Julie Saillant:  Julie Saillant is an Intuitive Business Strategist & Coach who helps her clients reconnect to their hearts & access their power.  Julie helps leaders release negative blocks, go from a mindset of scarcity to abundance, and give you unshakeable confidence. Find out more about Julie and all she has to offer at www.juliesaillant.com Don't forget that registration is now open for our final LinkedIn Intensive of the year. Click here to register: https://www.thetimetogrow.com/amateurtoexpertonlinkedin

In today's episode, we are going to talk about the 3 big talking points of the free version of LinkedIn vs the paid version of LinkedIn:  1. Amount Of Searches Per Month 2. "Who Has Viewed Your Profile" 3. Search Filters Don't forget to sign up for our final LinkedIn Intensive of the year: https://www.thetimetogrow.com/amateurtoexpertonlinkedin

 About Chris Williams and Group Coach Nation:  Hey, There! I’m Chris. Let’s be honest, before “Success,” there was failure… Lots of failures… AND confusion, overwhelm fear, anxiety, embarrassment, exhaustion, shame, imposter syndrome, and…even a little hope. Well, to save you and me a lot of time, let’s fast forward through the dozens of business ideas that either completely did not work or never really worked well enough to keep pursuing. Hey, I’m not here to impress you… it’s an unfortunately common startup story. Eventually, I started getting traction as an entrepreneur. Things started to look up. I figured out marketing and sales, started uncovering the power of systems, and learned how to succeed with a few key team members. Our business was growing, and my time was becoming FREE! Every entrepreneur’s dream! Funny thing about success. Once you find it, everyone else wants to know where you found it. The odd thing is that most successful people don’t know where they found their success. For many of us, success just happens over years of hard work, sleepless nights, and maxing out our credit cards. I built my first mastermind. Within 7 weeks of launching my first group with only 7 members paying $5,000 per person, I became part of 7 life-changing stories I will never forget. Those people changed their lives, changed their businesses, and changed, most importantly, themselves. After tons of trial and error, I anchored down every process, team structure, leadership pattern, lead gen, sales, and scale system needed for ongoing success. Now my team runs all of those processes on my behalf. I get to focus on teaching and transforming other experts. It’s the coolest thing ever! And that’s what Group Coach Nation is all about. Helping business experts, coaches, speakers, and subject matter authorities experience the feeling of freedom and exhilaration when your expertise is turned into a vibrant and sustainable business model. I have never seen an expert-based business model that stacks up to high-ticket group coaching programs (or masterminds). This is the most effective, high-profit margin, organically based, rapidly scalable foundation I have ever seen in the authority-based marketplace. Group Coach Nation is the #1 resource for step-by-step guides to creating and/or scaling your high-ticket mastermind. The best part about GroupCoachNation.com is that it’s broken down into 3 sections: Beginner Advanced Pro so you can find your resources, your community, and your growth. Inside every level of Group Coach Nation, we set aside positions, titles, and prestige. We invest in each other. We talk openly about what’s working and what’s not. We fix things, support each other, and open doors for everyone. Welcome to Group Coach Nation! I am truly glad you are here. 🙂 Every resource here is designed to empower you to create and/or scale your own high-ticket mastermind. Find out more at www.groupcoachnation.com Don't forget that registration is now open for our final LinkedIn Intensive of the year. Click here to register: https://www.thetimetogrow.com/amateurtoexpertonlinkedin

I think by now, we know the basic ways of creating leads on social media... Send a connection, someone accepts, we then send a warm and inviting message, we book a discovery call, and if all goes well, it turns into business in some way, shape, or form. But what are some "outside the box" ways of generating leads on LinkedIn: 1. Growing Your Email List 2. Write A Book/Start A Podcast 3. Make LinkedIn Your Social Media Platform For Leads and Sales Don't forget to register for our final LinkedIn Masterclass Of The Year:  https://www.thetimetogrow.com/amateurtoexpertonlinkedin

About Maria Husch:  It was over 30 years ago in my small hometown somewhere east of Vienna. Back then I was already designing rooms and advising people. While others were playing with Barbies & Co, I set up "happy homes". You may remember (there was no internet yet) the small floor plans in the real estate advertisements in the newspapers. I drew them big – everything was to scale by hand because we didn't have a copier – and then we started. Armed with the mail-order catalogs, I set up these paper apartments (at that time we didn't have IKEA catalogs - wow, that would have been a dream). In my mind's eye, a family (my ideal customer) with all the wishes and needs ... and then I created "happy homes", a happy home. No wonder, Who would have thought back then that today I... helped shape over 1,000 happy homes in over 10 countries. I have already advised over 300 companies, from small one-person businesses with an office in the bedroom to large corporations with countless locations. brought a breath of fresh air into the classrooms of more than 20 schools in Vienna and the surrounding area. have a successful online TV show with up to 4,000 viewers per episode. I have an award as “ Businesslady of the City Vienna ” in my office, which I also received at the Hotel Waldorf Astoria (it still existed back then) in New York City. over 10,000 people read my messages, my postings & co, even though I supposedly can't write (as my mother still says today). I am a regular guest on the ORF, in Austrian daily newspapers, in magazines, and in various online media - always when it comes to the topic of space, order, and co. I am a qualified furnishing and Feng Shui consultant, and coach and also have a master's degree in economics. From all this knowledge I have created my very own mix of styles. travel the world and earn my money at the same time, which is what I always wanted. I am the founder of the I LOVE MY HOME community, in which hundreds of members take a small step to change their rooms every day and thus show appreciation for themselves and their rooms. Find out more at www.mariahusch.com Don't forget that registration is now open for our final LinkedIn Intensive of the year. Click here to register: https://www.thetimetogrow.com/amateurtoexpertonlinkedin

In this episode, we are going to take a deep look at 3 ways of how to create income using LinkedIn.  There are many tactics and strategies out there when it comes to making money online. There are also similar strategies when it comes to creating income using social media platforms specifically. In regards to LinkedIn, I have found there are 3 specific ways to leverage the platform that can result in increased income for your business: 1. Connect with your ideal customer/client 2. Book at least 5 calls per week 3. Create content that educates/informs/and builds trust Register For Our Final LinkedIn Workshop Here: https://www.thetimetogrow.com/amateurtoexpertonlinkedin

About Kristen and Affinity By Day:  My name is Kristen Day. I am a digital marketing and online business strategist, specializing in web design, social media strategy, and data analytics. I’m passionate about working with and educating driven entrepreneurs to create a holistic, effective, and profitable process they actually want to use. I was able to secure a remote position as a data analyst for an ad agency. This job educated me on the internal strategy behind digital marketing, but it also showed me something else…the MAJOR gaps in the online service industry with regards to providing business owners a holistic, effective, and profitable digital process they can actually understand AND use. I watched over and over again as my employer onboarded new clients into a multi-year contract, promise them amazing results, build them a website, ran ads on Facebook and other platforms, and then… little to no real results. Worse than that, the client didn’t own the rights to anything. If they wanted to take their business elsewhere, they lost all of their digital assets. Even if they could get the website into their name, they had no idea how to use it. Having personally had the experience of trudging through learning the skills and seeing the prevalence of the people we are meant to serve being taken advantage of relentlessly, I strive to not only provide holistic service but also to educate entrepreneurs about their digital landscape. I want you to know that there is a version of your business online that is not overwhelming, not scary, and not overly frustrating. There is a world where that piece of that business is manageable, profitable, and understandable. Connect with Kristen here: https://affinitybyday.com/ Grab here freebies here: https://affinitybyday.com/tools-and-freebies/ Don't forget to grab a copy of my brand new book, "The LinkedIn Book For Sales and Marketing" here: https://amzn.to/3wDn9yi

It is beyond important nowadays to work smarter, and not harder. All too often we get sucked into the "scroll holes" of social media, and sometimes it's hard to get out. What I have found is that when you have a system or a structure in place in regard to how you utilize social media, you will be on your way to set yourself up for success. In regards to LinkedIn specifically, there are 3 ways to leverage the platform that takes little to no time at all: 1. Block out time each morning to do the things you need to do to move your business forward 2. Plan your content ahead of time so you aren't thinking about what it is that you want to post 3. Use a content scheduling tool like the one we have (BYOB Social) to take the content creation piece off of your plate Purchase my new LinkedIn Book Here: https://amzn.to/3wDn9yi Find out about BYOB Social Here: https://www.thetimetogrow.com/BYOBSocialPostingOfficial Sign up for BYOB Social Here: https://expertauthority.thrivecart.com/byob-social-monthly-subscription/