Good Girls Get Rich Podcast

Interview with New York-based fashion columnist and personal branding expert Sharon Haver. Topics talked about Sharon's family background, family's financial status when she was young and the lifestyle she grew up with which her mother chose for her. How she started her career in the fashion industry despite her parents' disapproval Analogy between off-price retail store Loehmann's and her belief that you can afford what you want to afford. She basically grew up learning how to look great in any budget Karen relates how Sharon grew up just like CNBC's Karen Finerman, who said that she was raised as "Calvinist" basically saying that her mother bought her girls Calvin Klein clothes because she wanted that to be all they knew so that when they were out on their own and they were on college they will have to earn enough money to pay for the lifestyle that they were accustomed to. The creation of the FocusOnStyle fashion blog in 1999 at a time when blogs weren't popular yet Stepping into your star power so that y

Topics discussed during this episode: The power of simple planning Learn how powerful planning can be for your life and business How to start with planning and why it must start with your life Business goals must start with your life goals. Starts with "how do you spend your day?" How to Create the life that you want Writing down your life goals and why you should write it down Dreaming big! Why you should plan out your ideal day Why you should create the day that you want, the week you want, the month you want, the life you want. Just plan out your day. What are your income goals for 2018? Creating an income goal that supports your life goals. As you grow your network, you grow your income. Incorporate goals around growing your network. Important reason why you should start building your email list Using a calendar to plan things out! Learn what a non-traditional calendar is. As you plan things out, you're making your life easier and your profitability easier as you're moving into the next few months. Impor

Interview with guest distance runner, author, Spanish teacher,  diversity educator, and "Fat Girl Running" blogger Mirna Valerio. Topics: How Mirna addresses issues of "body shaming," for instance, when she received a horrible message from someone who accused her of being a liar and a fraud at running because of her body weight She identifies herself as a fat woman participating in ultra marathons, the kind where everyone is expected to be thin. She recounts her health struggles that made her realized that women deserve to be looked after Valerio talks about women in the outdoors campaign, which pertains to the need for women to enjoy activities with nature. How Karen was introduced to Mirna. The impact of hurtful words on someone's confidence Valerio believes that the job of adults is to educate girls in schools that they are worthy, they are powerful, they are strong, they are able and then to inculcate that attitude so that the girls will learn them. How boarding school has changed herself from being shy

In this podcast episode, Karen talks about: The importance of building the front end of the business for entrepreneurs how to drive traffic to your website how to generate leads and initiate customer interest into your products or services how to build an email list   How to build the front end of your business Live streaming (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn importance of a call to action and how to do this Guest blogging everywhere importance of a call to action and how to do this Producing consistent content (consistency of blog posts, live streaming) Insights: You need to be building a front end so you can deliver the "amazingness" of your products and services to your valued and potential clients. Start connecting with people who can bring success and profitability to your business. Do the busy-work on LinkedIn. Take care of your profile. Start connecting with people on the front end because as you start doing that, you can start messaging people that want to have profitable and valuable co

Podcast interview with storytelling coach and former radio presenter Marsha Shandur Learn the power of storytelling Create a version of yourself by telling compelling personal stories How to talk about yourself in a captivating way without bragging How to talk about yourself like a rockstar without sounding arrogant and without making people hate you How celebrities like Taylor Swift make themselves interesting to people Learn how to humble-brag appropriately! Learn how to market yourself as an influencer Tell your life story in a manner that captures the heart of your audience.  Utilize social media like LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter strategically to market yourself and build a network of people Insights: When you're telling a story, you're adding value to someone.  Tell people something that is exciting about you.  Tell tiny stories of tiny moments in your day.  You don't have to give away all of your personal life in social media. I create what I want people to see. Be genuine in a way that you would.

In this episode Karen discussed: how to become a social media influencer with focus on podcasting benefits and of attending podcasting conferences for online entrepreneurs podcasting as an influencer platform how to start a podcast how to choose titles / topics for your podcast three things you need to do in order to create a successful and profitable digital influencer platform identify your strengths, passion and hobbies create a plan on how you are going to execute your influencer platform maintain consistency in your chosen influencer platform [Tweet "Do things you are passionate about whether or not you are paid for doing it."]   Insights: Do things you are passionate about whether or not you are paid for doing it. It's easy to do things you'd love to do You have to claim that influencer status, you have to own that influencer platform, and you have to be that influencer. Start your influencer status using LinkedIn and join my mini training to take you step by step! How to start to create a brand that

Karen Yankovich's podcast interview with guest mindset and performance coach Kerry Petsinger.   Who is Kerry Petsinger: A physical therapist turned into mindset and performance coach/entrepreneur. She helps people think big and deal with the resistance in their way to success She assists individuals who are stuck in their jobs and lives in order to move forward and achieve a great sense of fulfilment and success. In this episode, guest Petsinger talks about: "success that matters" Purpose-driven goals How she made a transition from working as a physical therapist to obtaining a clinical doctorate degree to establishing a coaching business How to find a business that fits with one's ideal workday, schedule, and life How to find confidence to have the life that you want How she started monetizing her passion of helping people for being an article writer, blogger, influencer How to open up with your partner about switching to a different path How she started establishing her online business and building a c

"It's okay to be good, it's okay to be rich…and let's do this and change the world together." -          Women are the main breadwinners in most families but paid lesser than men -          Women needs to learn how to use social media and LinkedIn to show their confidence and how amazing they are with the world -          Learning to be comfortable and good at what you do -          Do business with the best in the business, not with mediocre ones -          Karen shares her story when she was 16 years old and she went to her high school boyfriend's house on a Christmas eve; how she felt about being the center of attention among adults there, how she got along with a predominantly adult male group and beat them in a card game she knew nothing about in year 1977, a time when societal norms did not allow girls to be the one to go to boys' houses. -          Do what is expected of you  -          There's so much unlearning to do in order to show up as a "good girl" -          Women empowerment, how great you are