Biz Women Rock! With Katie Krimitsos

The Great 8: The Top 8 Most Downloaded Episodes The Great 8 Series features an 8 week countdown of the top 8 most downloaded shows on the Biz Women Rock podcast. There's a reason these shows have been listened to by so many people all over the world! #7 is Linda Galindo with Linda Galindo Consulting...enjoy! *** How do you build a million dollar consulting practice? Listen to our Interview with Linda "Accountability" Galindo, Founder of Galindo Consulting to find out! Consultant, author, speaker and educator, Linda Galindo teaches leaders how to bring accountability into their organizations to significantly improve performance. She specializes in working in healthcare and government – bringing the principles of accountability to organizations where it is truly needed – at the leadership level. She's written 3 books and shares her story about how she's built such a successful consulting practice, how she wrote her books and how she trains CEOs how to completely shift their companies through accountability. She

The Great 8: The Top 8 Most Downloaded Episodes The Great 8 Series features an 8 week countdown of the top 8 most downloaded shows on the Biz Women Rock podcast. There's a reason these shows have been listened to by so many people all over the world! #8 is Alexis Wolfer of TheBeautyBean.com...enjoy! *** How do you build a media company with a purpose? Listen to our Interview with Alexis Wolfer, Founder of TheBeautyBean.com to find out! Alexis Wolfer started her online magazine TheBeautyBean.com as a way to give women an amazing beauty magazine with subtle empowerment to love themselves and their bodies. Having struggled with body image and an eating disorder at a younger age, Alexis was determined to have an impact on women's sense of self in a fashionable and trendy way! Her unique company has been featured on many other media outlets and she is often called upon to be a fashion or beauty expert on other media outlets. In this inspiring interview, Alexis shares how she started the company and how she's exper

Smart. Driven. Passionate. These are words I would use to describe Lisa Steele, founder of Fresh Eggs Daily. She started her Facebook Page in 2011 when her friends got tired of her posting so many pictures of her backyard chickens she loved so much. After awhile, she started her blog and quickly jumped on the opportunity to monetize it and build a great brand! With over 654,000 likes on her Facebook Page, 700,000 visitors to her blog each month and 20 different revenue streams, this girl knows what she's talking about! We are privileged to hear her talk about her Facebook Page strategy, how she's monetized her blog (so many great ideas!) and how she deals with haters. Lisa is a wealth of information and I can't wait for you to learn from her experience! http://bizwomenrock.com/243

In this solo episode of Biz Women Rock, Katie shares the top 10 lessons she's learned as a new mompreneur. When you're a working mom, every little nugget of wisdom to help you be successful as a mom and an entrepreneur helps! http://BizWomenRock.com/242

Some of the best stories after the interview is done. Here's a cool little snippet on mompreneuriship that happened after the interview. Enjoy!

Shannon had been working in "entrepreneurial" jobs for years before she started Dream Local Digital. Specifically, she had been with big startups like Car.com helping them build their companies online. So when she started her company, she was ahead of the game in thinking about systems and scaling, how to cultivate investors and how to create culture. All of which has massively impacted her company's success since it started in 2009! In this amazing interview, Shannon shares how she manages scale and customization all at the same time (great insights!), how she established an impactful culture (in a super simple way) and how she was able to manage being a brand new mom and a brand new entrepreneur at the same time! http://BizWomenRock.com/241

Lee Caraher is hilarious. And smart. And successful! Thirteen years ago, she started a Public Relations and Marketing company called Double Forte that helps clients connect with their ideal audience in creative and impactful ways. She is also the author of Millennials and Management, a book that has established her as an expert in the field and given her opportunities to speak and give workshops (and write more books). During this amazing interview, Lee talks about the foundational steps she took when she decided to launch her business, how she has found her ideal clients, what leadership lessons she's had to learn with 33 employees in 3 different locations and how to FOCUS to make sure she can get the most important things done in her business, for her family and her life! She's an extraordinary entrepreneur and woman and I know you'll learn a ton from her! http://BizWomenRock.com/240

Denise Brosseau has been an entrepreneur since the '80's. Through her business journey, she's picked up a lot of lessons and has fallen in line with her purpose: to help women in business accomplish all the things they want to accomplish. She did that through her involvement in the founding of Springboard Enterprises, an organization that has helped women raise over $6 BILLION in venture capital, the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs, which she grew into 7 different locations and now through Thought Leadership Lab, where she helps women become thought leaders in their fields. In this amazing interview, we discuss the importance of multiple streams of revenue, the value of building a network in business and how asking for help can literally mean the difference between life and death for your business! http://BizWomenRock.com/239

Before becoming a podcaster, Smita Singh owned and sold two different franchise companies...a Kumon tutoring business and a toy store retail business. Her current project, the Womenpreneur Strategies for Success podcast started as a passion project and has turned into a five figure business in just 3 short months! In this amazing interview, Smita shares about how she has been able to make her business work as a very active mother, how she sold her businesses and how she's structured her consulting packages since she's started her podcast. We also have a lively discussion about women and all the different ways we finance our businesses! http://BizWomenRock.com/238

Amy knew she would make a living with her words as a young kid. A talented writer of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and just about every type of writing you can imagine, her love of words and teaching helped she and her husband start Enable Education. They create teaching and learning content and technology that's engaging, innovative, inclusive and collaborative. In this interview, Amy discusses how to establish a relationship with clients and "go back to the well" getting more and more business from current clients. She also shares how she and her husband have worked together so well all these years and how she organizes herself! http://BizWomenRock.com/237

Before Tracy Moore became the first licensee for the full service Marketing firm Marketing Eye, she had major success as a franchisee for Young Rembrandts, an after-school creative activities program for kids. In just 5 short years, Tracy built up her accounts from 5 to over 90! In this very informative interview with a sharp entrepreneur and business woman, Tracy discussed the best ways to figure out what franchise is best for you, the difference between licensing and franchising and how to really leverage LinkedIn for your outbound marketing! http://BizWomenRock.com/236

Mimi Kozma loves cooking. And though she's never been trained as a chef, she knew she wanted to do something meaningful with her passion. So in early 2015, she launched her own YouTube TV Show called Food Hero Mimi Kozma, a beautiful show about giving back to local heroes by showering them with love, food and special extra surprises. It's a wonderfully touching show! Just one season in, Mimi discusses how her YouTube Channel has attracted 250,000 views already, what she does on a daily basis to grow her personal brand and audience, why she's doing an IndieGoGo campaign and what her monetary strategy is. It's a fascinating conversation with a tremendous business woman! http://bizwomenrock.com/235

Heather Chauvin didn't start taking her business seriously until she was diagnosed with stage 4 Cancer. During her treatment, working with her clients helped keep her soul filled! Heather is a coach and educator to parents (mostly moms) who are having difficulty dealing with their children. She helps them better approach their kids and become the parents they want to be! In this amazing interview, Heather shares about how she restructured her business after she had healed from Cancer, how she structures her group coaching (mastermind) programs and how she continues to be ambitious and forward-moving with her business while being so peaceful! http://BizWomenRock.com/234

After years of trying to build her company, Patricia Talavera and her sister decided to completely rebrand and start all over. They created Save Your Time Biz Solutions, which creates customized Wordpress websites for women entrepreneurs. When I asked how she markets and acquires clients, she was quick to say 'relationship marketing!' In this amazing interview, Patricia goes into detail on how she leverages Facebook groups - and how she acts in those groups - to create a solid flow of business. She also discusses why niching down your target market will open up so many opportunities for you! http://BizWomenRock.com/233

With four years of business development and sales under her belt at Groupon, Jayna Cooke became the CEO of EVENTup in 2014. EVENTup is a marketplace for those who are looking for a venue to find traditional and unique venue spaces in their desired area. It's an amazing tool! Jayna thrives in the startup phases of a business and during this inspiring interview, she discusses how to manage the sometimes awkward buildup of a marketplace (where there are two camps: the consumers coming to search and the venues who need to be there for it to work!). She also talks about her leadership tips as an entrepreneur and how she prioritizes her day. She's a very driven business woman with a lot of passion! http://BizWomenRock.com/232

After 5 years of being a doula (an advocate, organizer and support for pregnant and post-partum couples), Alice decided to launch YourDoulaBag.com because she saw the need in the marketplace for products that doulas want. She then started YourDoulaBiz.com, an SAS (software as a service) product that helps doulas manage their business. She has also created 100% Doula, which will provide online training and a membership community, which will then become the home for all the doula resources! In this amazing interview, Alice shares how she's building THE place to go for this unique, niche audience. She'll also discuss a clever way she markets to the few and accesses the many! She's an incredible entrepreneur whose focus on the small niche of doulas is proving very powerful! http://BizWomenRock.com/231

Deborah Heisz is the Co-Founder of Live Happy, a media company that produces a print magazine and a robust online platform! Between their physical and online magazine subscriptions, they have a circulation of 400,000 people! In this incredible interview, Deborah talks about her experience as one of the people who helped launch the current SUCCESS Magazine and how that experience has impacted Live Happy. We talk about the best strategies she has for building an audience, what works for traffic generation, and what she does when things aren't so pretty! http://BizWomenRock.com/230

Leslie was a stay at home mom of two young girls when she had her a-ha moment to create Grill Charms. From idea to market took just 18 months! In this incredible interview, Leslie shares her wisdom on how she went to market so quickly, gives great tips on how to find manufacturers, what you can do to rock your own PR and the effect that being on the first season of Shark Tank had on her business! She is a powerhouse! Most importantly, this business story ends with her licensing out her product to a fantastic company while she sits back, earns her royalties and spends time with her family! http://BizWomenRock.com/229

Alexi Panos will blow your mind! A former model, singer and TV host, Alexi transferred her experience and her celebrity into a thriving community and business! She launched her business AlexiPanos.com so she could live out her purpose: helping others to live the lives they love! Starting with a podcast, then YouTube videos (which now average 30,000+ views) and her writing, Alexi has done a tremendous job of building her tribe! In early 2015, she launched her first program, the Bridge Method alongside her fiance Preston Smiles. In this inspiring interview, you'll hear the intricate details about how Alexi had a six figure launch for her program, how she makes money on YouTube and how she accidentally gets instant feedback from those in her program! You'll also hear her big vision and how her next step is taking her workshops and message out throughout the world! http://BizWomenRock.com/228

Michelle Evans isn't your average marketing consultant. She's a corporate trained, high energy, super passionate, hands-on brilliant mind who works with businesses who are already marketing, but not getting the results they want. She provides one on one consulting, creating custom plans for each of her clients and runs masterminds as well. Michelle launched her podcast Breaking Free Podcast in January 2014 and talks about the impact it's had on her company. In this amazing interview, Michelle shares the specifics of her sales funnel - how she attracts potential clients, how she stays in touch with them, how she communicates with them and ultimately, how she closes them. She also discusses the major attitude shift she had to do with money in order to really make her business work and to charge what she was worth! http://BizWomenRock.com/227