Biz Women Rock! With Katie Krimitsos

As someone who has run a local business for almost a decade and then grown a successful online business, I’ve been curious to get inside the head of Stacy Tuschl, entrepreneur, mom, business coach and strategist and overall DRIVEN biz woman!  Fifteen years ago, Stacy began a dance competition studio in her parents back yard because she thought it would be fun.  After 3 years, she had 100 people showing up weekly and she realized that she should take her hobby and officially turn it into a business!  Now that business is a million dollar company and she does very little to make it work on a daily basis.     Which is why over a year ago, she launched her online business that provides coaching and education to women who are just as serious as she is about building their empires.     During this wonderful interview, Stacy shares how she was able to take a hobby and turn it into a highly profitable business and why investing in mentors and coaches early on has seriously paid off for her!  She also talks about how

We came into the Emergency Room with my daughter on Sunday, knowing something was seriously wrong with her.   Four days and 3 night later, we’re sitting at the precipice of a discharge, going home with good news.   If you have ever been in the hospital with someone you love, you know that it is a vortex...normal life doesn't exist here and time works completely differently than it does in the outside world.   Which is why since Sunday, I have been understandably unplugged from my normal business workings. I've had to reschedule with clients, podcast guests, podcast interviews (so grateful for the grace and understanding of each of these ladies!) and have overall been absent on social media.   Always one to want to share lessons, I thought long and hard about what I could possibly share with you about this experience that would actually be meaningful to you.   I could talk about the power of delegating…   ...because with just a few messages and Voxers, I was able to give my team what they needed to make sure B

Allie Weitzel has been an active member of the Biz Women Rock community for awhile now, so I was SUPER excited to have the opportunity to strategize with her!  She owns a company called Summit Business Team which provides small businesses with full service accounting, payroll, bookkeeping and strategic financial growth services!  Allie has had tremendous growth and has doubled her business in the past year!     During our call, I help Allie get clarity on two separate issues:   How do I succinctly communicate to potential clients what I do?  (i.e. I’m a “one stop shop and I help everyone!”).  This turned into an understanding of how to not overwhelm her clients with her every single service they offer, but how to instead strategically have successful “discovery sessions” or conversation so she can properly point them in the direction of the packages that would service each client the best!   How can I better manage my time?  I’m so unfocused and can’t seem to get my sh*t together!  During our conversation,

Usually, I like to pick a particular angle or lens with which I’m interviewing my guests because I know they have a particular area of expertise that will benefit you.  But there are so many areas of business that Hilary Hendershott does right that I knew giving you a general insight into how her business brain works would be the most helpful!  Hilary worked in her father’s financial planning business for 13 years before she decided to open her own company.  And in just 3 years, Hilary Hendershott Financial has become a high six figure business, expected to earn $500,000 in revenue by the end of 2017.  During this incredible interview, Hilary shares why she started her own company instead of simply taking over her father’s business, the biggest mistake she made in her first year of business and her specific process on how she hires right and successfully manages a virtual team.     In addition, we talk about the huge impact launching her podcast Profit Boss Radio has made in her business - not just in listene

LIVE COACHING: Creating an Effective Marketing Plan with Heather Robertson-Devine of Books Del Sur   I've had the privilege of coaching and strategizing with Heather Robertson-Devine for months now.  She is incredible and owns Books Del Sur, a company that imports authentic Spanish children's books into the US and makes them available to dual language classrooms all throughout the country.  As a whole, what makes her business so unique is the fact that these books are not just "Little Red Riding Hood" translated into Spanish, but books that are created and written in Spanish-speaking countries and then made available in Elementary school classrooms here in the US so kids can learn authentic Spanish stories.   During this LIVE COACHING session, Heather and I are diving deep into creating a powerful and practical marketing strategy for her ANTI-PRINCESSA series...3 books that each feature a powerful Latin woman - Frida Khalo, Violeta Parra and Juana Azurduy.  She's realized that these particular books have appe

In our previous episode with Jane Atkinson, we learned all about the business of speaking - what your Keynote page should look like on your website and how to charge for your presentations.  And today’s episode is the PERFECT compliment for you if you are doing any sort of presentations - keynotes, online webinars, live workshops and more!  I’m honored to have my good friend Dustin Mathews on the show to share with you the exact anatomy of a powerful and profitable presentation!     Dustin’s background as a very successful online marketer positioned him perfectly to co-found Speaking Empire, a company that helps clients make more money and have a bigger impact by perfecting their presentations.  His book No BS Guide to Powerful Presentations: The Ultimate No Holds Barred Plan to Selling Anything with Webinars, Online Media, Speeches, and Seminars (mouthful, I know) goes through the exact formula to use when giving presentations!  And on today’s show, he literally goes step by step through it all!   We talk ab

I’ve had so many members of the Biz Women Rock community hungry to add paid speaking to their business model, so when a friend recommended Jane Atksinson come on my podcast, I jumped on it!  Jane has been in the speaking industry for 30 years and her company Speaker Launcher offers coaching, education and support services to those who want to either add speaking as a paid item in their income reports or want to create a lucrative business as a full time speaker.  During this incredible interview, Jane pretty much gives you a blueprint on the exact steps you need to take if you are just starting out and what you can do if you’ve been paid to speak and want to continue to do so.   Her advice here is very practical...she literally goes through the anatomy of a Keynote page on your website - what that page should look like and the elements it should have in order to properly represent your offerings and attract the right people who will want to book you!  She also talks about general pricing structures for how to

    7 Things You Can Do TODAY to Grow Your Following   TODAY'S SHOW IS SPONSORED BY... The Biz Women Rock ELITE! The most powerful community built for growth-obsessed business women! Become a member today and get immediate access to targeted education and a sisterhood of women who are just as dedicated as you are and who are here on this journey with you! Become a member today --> http://bizwomenrock.com/elitemembership   *** Most of the questions I receive from the amazing women of the Biz Women Rock community can be distilled down to this one question: How do I make more money? My answer: Get more clients/customers to pay for your product or services. How to I get more clients/customers? My answer: First step: build a community of individuals who know, LOVE and trust you! How do I grow my community? (or “build my following?”) My answer: Do any ONE of these 7 things today!   1. Ask Your Current Community Members to Share This simple call to action is so often overlooked! Get onto the platforms you currently

I promise you, you will feel like you’re sitting down with Denise and I during this incredibly REAL (and explicit...raw language included) conversation about her experience as a Mompreneur.  Denise is the creator of Lucky Bitch, a company that provides education and support to women who want to break through their money blocks and experience financial abundance in their lives.  Since I interviewed her back in 2014, a lot has changed for Denise!  She now has two kids, Willow (3) and George (1) and her business has shot into the stratosphere of success.  I deliberately wanted to have her on to discuss how she’s achieved such great success while having a baby and a toddler!  During the interview, Denise talks very openly and honestly about how she prepared her mind to knowing that she could totally ROCK at both entrepreneur and mom before she even had kids.  We also get into an impassioned conversation about the pull that many of us mompreneurs feel when we really LOVE our work and want to work a lot AND we want

4 Ways the Mompreneur Series Changed How I Approach My Business & My Daughter + Stories from You! This episode is concluding our Mompreneur Series! (Except for the BONUS episode with Denise Duffield-Thomas who will be my guest next week...mompreneur scheduling ;)). I'm so excited to share with you the 4 (+ 1 bonus) ways this series has directly impacted how I show up to my business and my daughter. And, the last half of the show features incredible mompreneur stories from your fellow Biz WomenRock community members! I promise you, you will be touched!   1. My life as a mom and my life as an entrepreneur are not separate. They are, in fact, two different elements of my life that are part of the whole. Just like my right arm and my left arm are two separate body parts, but still work in tandem with each other and are vital parts of my entire body. And this is not how I’ve been approaching mompreneurship. I’ve been so proud of the fact that I’m “100% present” when it’s mommy time and “100% present” when it’s

This conversation definitely went into an unexpected place.  But a very necessary one that we haven’t yet addressed on this series!  Michelle and I end up talking quite openly about the conversations and agreements we have with our spouses that help us make our lives as mompreneurs work!  Michelle Evans is a marketing strategist who helps coaches and influencers attract their perfect target market by creating specific offerings that allow further, targeted conversations to happen in a phrase, she helps people with create and optimize marketing funnels.  She has three kids, ranging from 14 years old to 5 years old and during this conversation, we talk about what it was like to start her business when her youngest was just 8 weeks old (she has a really powerful story about why she decided to do that!), how her business has evolved and most importantly, how she has evolved so she can create a LIFE that she loves...all because she chooses to GET CLEAR on what she really wants and how she can make it happen.  Mich

I think I officially fell in love with Carissa Hill during this interview.  I had the pleasure of meeting Carissa at Podfest Multimedia Expo in February 2017 and I immediately knew that I had to know her and bring her to you.  Carissa is a genius at using Facebook to significantly grow your business and she teaches her results-driven strategies to clients and students all around the world through her courses.  And we’re not talking a small potatoes business here...she replaced her husband’s annual salary in one week during a course launch.  Yeah.  Super cool, right?     At the time of this interview, Carissa is the mom of 6 month old Jayden and the reason why I’m so excited for you to listen to our conversation is because she has absolutely refused to believe that she needs to put her business on the back burner in order to be with her son.  She embodies the mindset that she CAN have a thriving, super profitable business AND spend tons of time with her son.  Yes, she talks about how she manages her time.  And

You may initially think Cheslie Lamie, Personal Injury Attorney was crazy for opening up her private practice when her youngest son was just 6 months old and her older son was a toddler.   But after listening to this podcast episode, you’ll understand that she is actually quite brilliant.  As the sole income provider for her family of four, she definitely had a lot of fear, but ended her first year in business very successfully!  During our interview, Chelsie shares what encouraged her to jump out on her own (with encouraging words from her grandfather), her belief in delegating as much as you can as your budget allows (she shares her favorite tool for outsourcing her grocery shopping!) and what what she does when she’s having a rough day.  We also talk in depth about the baby friendly office she created Monday, Tuesdays and Wednesdays.  During those days, her company provides in-office daycare for her kids, the kids of her team members and the kids of her clients...amazing idea, right?!  She gives some great

I think I subconsciously created this Mompreneur Series because of Maria Dismondy.  She’s been a dear friend of mine ever since we were in a mastermind together in 2015.  We’re currently accountability partners, so I have the advantage of having an intimate view of how Maria manages her business and her kids and I always stand in awe.  Of course she has tough times, times when things don’t go according to plan - which we definitely discuss in this interview - but she has created an incredible mompreneur life that I greatly respect!  Maria is a children’s book author, having written 8 books that teach kids character and she’s also owns Cardinal Rule Press, her publishing company.  She speaks to schools both live and in person and overall, runs an incredibly impressive empire “part time” and from her house!   Maria is the mother of 3 kids, Ruby, Leah and Dexter and during this incredible conversation, Maria shares incredible tips on how she manages her time so she can be a full time mom (read: does not have reg

When I reached out to Kirsten to feature her on this Mompreneur Series, I joked with her that the title of her episode would be Five F*&#^@g Kids and a Business!  Now, obviously, I changed the title to be a bit more appropriate, but that’s pretty much what we’re discussing in this interview.  Kirsten Oliphant is the owner of Create If Writing, a podcast and business that provides education and resources to writers, bloggers and entrepreneurs who want to build their online following and make money through their writing.  During our conversation, Kirsten shares about how her business now looks very different than what it did when she had her first kid and ultimately how her business evolved because of her growing family.  She then gives incredible, practical advice - hacks on how to best manage your time so you’re the best mom and entrepreneur you can be!  From how to organize your schedule to local resources you can take advantage of!  And ultimately, we discuss finding your own place of peace in the ever-

I had the pleasure of meeting Lizz Torgovnick when she became a coaching client of mine in the summer of 2016.  She was just stepping back into her company after giving birth to her first baby, Rosie.  Lizz and her two partners own Sequence Events, an events productions company that specializes in creating memorable experiences for their clients through amazing events.  As the Chief Creative Officer and Founder, Lizz found herself confused about how to show up to her company as her best self, no longer wanting - or able - to work around the clock in the way she had been used to!  In this incredible conversation, Lizz shares how she best prepared to go on maternity leave and set up her team for success without her in the picture (delegation mastery!) and a few of the biggest challenges she had coming back into the business after maternity leave.  She candidly shares about how her biggest ah-ha was taking ownership of her schedule so she could optimize her time and be the best mother and entrepreneur she could

Top Strategies That Make My Life as a Mompreneur Work: A Special Kickoff to the Mompreneur Series   This is a special solo episode where I get to officially kick off the Mompreneur Series! I do this by sharing with you a bit about my journey as a mompreneur and mostly the strategies and tricks I use to make my life as an entrepreneur and mom work!

When I was 27, I read the book Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki.  That was the first time I was introduced to the idea of Financial Freedom.  This idea that I could be the master of my money and create money that could come to me on a recurring basis every month that would take the need to work out of the equation...how I could get out of the rat race.  It blew my mind and ever since, I've been a bit obsessed with Financial Freedom and my money education.   That's why I'm featuring my good friend, Maree Walden Mac Guiness today.  Because she is a real life business woman who actually HAS ATTAINED financial freedom.  And in this episode, she shares with you some of her best tips, tricks, rules and strategies for how she's done it.     As a member of the Biz Women Rock community, she gives you this totally FREE money allocation tool, that will also give you access to a "pop-up" Facebook Group where she'll be available to answer all your questions about money, financial freedom, planning, etc.     You can a

PODCASTING FOR YOUR BUSINESS | The Age of the Influencer with Chris Krimitsos of Podfest The PODCASTING FOR YOUR BUSINESS SERIES is HERE! This series is chalk-full of information for anyone who wants to start a podcast and anyone who is currently podcasti

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