Biz Women Rock! With Katie Krimitsos

I’ve had the privilege of working 1on1 with Lisa Hetrick since the summer of 2017 and what I’ve discovered in that time about her work ethic, her persistence and her devotion to getting her art into the hands of as many people as she possibly can is why she’s my guest today.     Lisa is the creator of Indigo Jade Art (https://indigojadeart.com/).  She creates art that brings more happiness and joy into the world.  During our conversation, Lisa shares why she decided to bring her art direct to the consumer and how she’s doing that successfully!   She shares how she spent one year creating art for the sake of art...not with the intention to sell it.  This act allowed her to heal from a painful business break up that changed everything for her.  This year allowed her to discover an entirely new style of art that she became dedicated to sharing with the world so each individual who experienced it could heal, find joy and feel uplifted!   We touch on her Instagram strategies, how and why she’s re-organized her web

Nicole Carver is the Founder and CEO of Carver Concierge, a company that handles all of the things that busy professionals need to get done in our lives, but don’t make us money or we don’t enjoy.  Personal assistant and lifestyle services on steroids.     The intention of today’s episode is to take a look back on the year that Nicole has experienced and share some of the major focuses she had in order for her to experience 300% growth!  And she credits it all starting from ONE MOMENT...her hot seat at last year’s Biz Women Rock Retreat.     During our conversation, we talk about the core issue she brought to the hot seat - how do I charge what I’m worth? - and how her insights from that hot seat completely transformed how she showed up to her business thereafter.     She shares 3 major stepping stones that has given way to her massive growth this year:   Redefining her packages Investing her time and money into working ON her business Becoming the CEO of her company and leading a team   But don’t think we’

Hilda Gore is the amazing woman behind Holistic Hilda (https://www.holistichilda.com/), a site dedicated to helping others create optimal health practices.  She’s a passionate podcaster who hosts a show called Wise Traditions.  This podcast is a project of the The Weston A. Price Foundation and they and Hilda have very positive and supportive working relationship with one another!   During this LIVE COACHING CALL, Hilda’s wanting to get clarity around what she should do to help her take the success she’s had as the host and producer of this podcast and leverage it to build her own brand doing what she truly loves...podcasting and teaching about podcasting.     So we dive into a variety of options that will ultimately pay homage to the platform she currently has with Wise Traditions (almost 1 million downloads!) and allow her to position herself as an authority in the podcasting space.   But we go even deeper.  It’s not just about positioning Hilda as a podcasting authority...it’s about doing that in a way tha

One of my favorite parts about the Biz Women Rock community is that I have the opportunity to become good friends with so many of you fabulous ladies!  A giant highlight has been becoming friend with Tina Conroy.  She’s been a member of the community for years and it’s been such a pleasure getting to know her as a coaching client, a Mastermind participant and even a featured guest at the upcoming Biz Women Rock Retreat (she’ll be doing special yoga and Reiki sessions)!     Today Tina and I are having an in-depth conversation about how you can tap into your intuition, your inner voice, your spiritual self (whatever you want to call it) in order to produce big results for you in your business.  And ultimately, so that you can thoroughly enjoy your journey as a woman entrepreneur!     Tina is the host of The Intuitive Woman Podcast and a spiritual teacher, Reiki practitioner and yoga instructor who is passionate about helping people (mostly women) deepen their experience as a spiritual being in this world.     I

I’ve been a fan of the Boss-Mom podcast for awhile now and I knew I had to get its host and Founder of the Boss Mom Movement, Dana Malstaff on my podcast to share her wisdom with you.  Truthfully, we could have just recorded our pre-interview bantering about all things business and it would have given you a fly-on-the-wall view of how passionate, serious and strategic we both are at growing our businesses (and perhaps at some point I’ll take my recorder with me to a happy hour with some of my fellow women entrepreneurs!).  But for the sake of today’s episode, I wanted to give you access to Dana’s brilliant knowledge on SALES FUNNELS.   To some, they’re scary.  To some, they’re overwhelming.  To some, they’re the lifeblood of their business!  Whatever a funnel is for you, I promise you that today’s episode will give you a ton of information about how to create a funnel that works FOR your business - i.e. brings in more revenue, builds deeper relationships with your potential customers and more!     During this

Ready to create some MASSIVE RESULTS for your biz in 2018? Then the Biz Women Rock Retreat was designed just for you! The Biz Women Rock Retreat is your opportunity to focus on YOU for 3 days! How often do you have uninterrupted time to fully envision what you want your business to BE, the RESULTS you want it to produce and strategize on HOW to make it all happen? The Biz Women Rock Retreat is the perfect combination of intensive exercises, group masterminds, partner shares, goal setting, annual planning, accountability and FUN! Throughout Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Katie will lead you through strategic exercises that will assist you in solidifying your 2018 business vision, extract SMART goals that will pave the way to your success, create a doable action plan that proactively drives your scheduled activities for the year and glues you together with an intimate group of business women who can join your 2018 Success Team! Weaved throughout the weekend are opportunities for you to indulge i

If your packages are vague, your income will be vague.   I don't care if you're struggling to pay rent next month or you're a $5 million business. This is a crucial concept I've seen over and over again in businesses and a major reason you're not bringing in the kind of money you want! On today’s episode, I'm sharing my thoughts and 3 STRATEGIES you can use to get CLEAR on your packages (i.e. what you offer to potential clients!). If you’re struggling with not bringing in enough income or you’re not converting conversations into clients, then this is the episode for you!! *** The Biz Women Rock Retreat is officially open and happening December 1-3, 2017 in Orlando, Florida! Come join us for an intimate, powerful and luxurious experience that will help you get clear on what you want your business to be in 2018 and create a solid plan for making it happen! You’ll be part of an amazing sisterhood...other women just like you who are hungry to grow businesses they love! Spaces are limited, so reserve your spot tod

This episode is perfect for you if you’ve ever wanted to host a live event to help your business grow or if you already host live events, but want to do them better.  I couldn’t be happier to interview the fabulous Shelli Warren today!  She owns SheConnex, a company that provides women entrepreneurs, leaders and professionals the space to become better leaders and grow their businesses!  She is a coach and creates live events for amazing women to connect.   Shelli shares how she built her entire business from hosting live events and during this interview, she shares so many great tiny and big ways she’s done it!  She talks about how she structures her events, how she markets them and how she ensures that every attendee has an amazing experience!     Check out more about Shelli and SheConnex here → http://sheconnex.com/

1 + 1 = 2   Math.  You need to know it.  It is impossible to survive in your business if you can’t generate more revenue than expenses.  Your number one priority in business is to create a profitable company.  Without your business being profitable, you can’t do anything else.  You can’t continue serving your clients.  You can’t continue to expand.  You can’t give to others.  You can’t employ others and create financial success for them.  So learn your numbers.  Get familiar with Profit & Loss statements, financial forecasting, budgeting and Sales.   RESPECT YOUR TEACHER   There are some teachers you seek out and others who come into your life unexpectedly.  They all have something to teach you.  Take in the lessons and implement them in your business.  There’s no need to be the class rebel who gives your teachers a hard time.  It doesn’t benefit anyone.  Learn what you need to and move onto the next lesson.   TAKE NAPS   If you looked at the popular rhetoric of what it takes to be a successful

Kathleen Ventura is a lifestyle coach for high driving women entrepreneurs and professionals.  For years, she’s helped women design lives and businesses they love by helping them get clear about their values and creating from there.  During this intense and passionate interview, Kathleen and I have a conversation about how you can get out of the mindless hustle of growing your business and make sure you’re growing intentionally.     What does that mean?  It means getting quiet with yourself and asking yourself two very important questions...WHAT do I really want and WHY is that important to me?  Having the courage to answer these questions for yourself will help you see what your dream life - and your dream business - can truly be!   We also discuss the new evolution of personal branding...the power of taking those values and beliefs and injecting them INTO your business in a way that feels good for you.  This could mean something as mild as stating the WHY you offer the products and services you do (because

Alyson Porter has been a member of the Biz Women Rock community for a long time!  But there was a season where I never heard a peep out of her...she was quiet.  And then, one day, she messaged me saying she was back in action and that she had spent the year completely re-tooling her business (or, launching a brand new business, to be more appropriate) and that she was finally coming up for air.     So, naturally, I had to find out more.  And what she shared was her journey of outsourcing and scaling...the good, the bad and the ugly!     Alyson was already running a products business when she realized she needed help.  She went on the search for virtual assistants to help her run her business and just like that, she felt like she had her life back!  Friend after friend began asking her about her outsourcing and pretty soon, Alyson found herself in the beginning stages of building what is now known as GBY Solutions, an agency that provides virtual assistant services so you can focus on what you LOVE in your bus

As I sit and write this, it’s 1:00 pm on Sunday. I’m sitting at my friend’s mother’s house in Apopka, Florida...two hours east of my home in Tampa. According to the news reports today, Hurricane Irma is going to hit my home of Tampa pretty hard. So here we are. My husband, daughter, bird and 13 other friends evacuated to a place we’re pretty sure will withstand the winds, rain (and possibly tornadoes) that we’re expected to get over here later tonight. I wish I had a business lesson for you here. Something genius I could share with you as it relates to dealing with down time, or focusing your energy, or preparing for the worst, but hoping for the best kind of analogies. But I don’t. My mind is occupied. My body is exhausted. And my nerves are shot. So I figured I would just reach out and talk with you. To tell you that I’ve been amazed at how overwhelming this experience has been. How emotional. How stressful. → I want to share the story about how I really wanted to evacuate early on, how I wanted to escap

When I first found out that Alissa Daire Nelson was a coach who leveraged the Strengths Finder assessment to help her entrepreneur clients, I did a quiet little eye roll.  I had done that “personality test” before and even though it was interesting, I didn’t really get a lot out of it.  But after being a guest on her podcast - which forced me to take the test again - I was overwhelmed by how practical her analysis was and how easily it seemed to make things fit right into place.   Which is why I’m bringing her brilliance to you!  During this incredible interview, Alissa shares a bit about her business journey and how she ended up evolving into a strengths coach and why she fell in love with it as a tool to help others!  She then gives a quick description of Strengths Finder and what makes it so unique and finally, we do a deep dive into MY STRENGTHS ANALYSIS!     I wanted you to see how practical this tool actually is, so I offer myself as a test dummy for your amusement. ;)  Alissa walks me through two of my

Hannah Smolinski is a newbie entrepreneur.  Just a few months ago, she started her own business, Brighten Up Financial, a company that provides financial consulting services to intermediate businesses who want to increase profits.  Hannah began our LIVE COACHING CALL wanting to get clear on how to best present herself to potential clients and figure out who her ideal avatar actually is.  What eventually transpires, however, is Hannah and I getting clear on where she actually shines, which leads us to creating the ideal initial package she can offer to her potential clients!  Knowing this helps us back into who her ideal clients would be which then opens up the doors for how to create more packages based on their needs.     However - and this is a big however - we discuss the giant elephant in the room...the fact that Hannah is brand new and the folks she wants to help are not...they are pretty seasoned business owners.  So, how can she start to attract her ideal client?  We talk about practical ways she can i

Michelle Mosher is the owner of Southshore Insurance Professionals.  Her company offers all types of insurance, including auto, home, flood, business, recreational, etc.  But her products are a commodity.  There are thousands of others like her who do exactly what she does, offer exactly what she does and who can give you, the person looking for the best price, the exact same quote.     So, how does she differentiate herself from everyone else?  That’s what we’re discussing on today’s LIVE COACHING call.  I’m able to help Michelle get clarity around two very special things that make her different than everyone else and we then get to work brainstorming on ways to accentuate and GROW each of those!   In this episode, we rattle through a ton of great ways to market to a local community (online and offline) but how not to turn away business that’s not local.  We did a mini analysis of Michelle’s website so it could do a better job leveraging her differentiators and enticing those who are ready to do business wit

This episode was made for you if...a) you LOVE podcasts or b) you are a podcaster or c) you are a passionate entrepreneur and you want to see behind the scenes of what it really takes to manifest a giant vision.   Chris Krimitsos is a community builder, event creator, podcast lover and movie maker (and yes, he’s my husband).  And during today’s interview, I’m talking to him about the super high quality documentary he made about the power of podcasting called The Messengers: A Podcast Documentary.  The movie is an incredible inside view of what podcast is, why it’s so powerful and why we podcasters do it.  I’m obviously biased in saying this, but it’s an INCREDIBLE MOVIE!   I’m featuring Chris and this movie for two reasons.  One is because I believe his journey of bringing this movie to life and getting it to compete with major Hollywood productions in iTunes is a beautiful business case study we can all learn from.  And two because I’m asking for your help.     If this podcast has ever given you ANY VALUE AT

For almost a decade, Angie St. Pierre has been helping other people in their businesses.  She’s acted as an Administrative and Personal Assistant and because of this, has mastered efficiencies, processes, systems, marketing, social media and oh so much more.  In December 2016, she made the decision to go out on her own and help build her OWN business.  While she started out being a for-hire assistant for her clients - actually doing the work they needed done, she’s transitioned into consulting and strategizing for them instead, educating them on how they can better run their back offices, sharing tools and resources that can help them run a more efficient business and also strategizing on how they can market their businesses in creative ways.     During this live coaching session, Angie was stuck and her head was clustered with all the things she SHOULD be doing to grow her business (sound familiar?) ;).  So, I started where I usually start with any new client...I asked her what her dream biz looked like in h

At the moment I’m writing this, we’re deep into July.  And it’s about this time of year that I start hearing rumblings from clients, Elite members and members of the general Biz Women Rock community on how they can ensure they crush the goals they created at the beginning of the year.  Or, more appropriately, this is the time of year where most of us do a “check in” on where we are.   And, most often, when we pick our heads up above the daily weeds of our business, we’re struck by either how far away we are from our goals or how much our business has evolved since the beginning of the year and we feel a bit lost as we look upon the next few months ahead of us.   So I created this simple Mid-Year Reset process so you can have a simple way to get back into focus in your business in a way that will breathe new life into your activities over the next few months!   I’ve even created a FREE MID-YEAR RESET GUIDE for you!  It’s a fillable guide with prompts to all the steps so you can easily walk yourself through thi

I’ve had the pleasure of watching the incredible growth of my friend Lauren Davenport for years now.  Her company Symphony Agency is in my backyard (Tampa/St. Petersburg) and I’ve seen her go from a solo service provider to running a multi 7 figure business with 20+ employees.  Symphony Agency (http://symponyagency.com) is a full service marketing company that provides innovative strategies and implementation for their clients, both digitally and traditionally.     But it didn’t start that way.      During this incredible interview with Lauren, we get deep into her journey as an entrepreneur.  How she started in 2010 as a social media strategist and manager (that’s what we would call it now...back then it didn’t have quite that sophisticated of a title) and why she uprooted her entire business and moved to a city where she knew NO ONE (there was a very strategic business reason behind this!).  She shares about what she did to establish herself and her brand in a new market and how she eventually learned how t

Lifesquire is a personal assistant service that began in Oklahoma City and after 7 years of success, they began franchising out their model and Amanda Broadway was one of its first franchisees.  She purchased the franchise in December 2016 and what made them special, according to Amanda, was their culture - how their staff members interacted with each other and their clients and how the company itself interacted with the community.     And now, Amanda find herself in the first year of growing her franchise in a different city and state (in Bradenton, Florida) and she’s figuring out that she needs clarity on WHAT she should do and WHAT actually works to make her new franchise successful in a different market!   During this LIVE COACHING CALL, I help Amanda get clear on what her most important priorities are, who her avatar really is and help her back into what actions she can take to acquire the kind of clients she really wants!  We also discuss how she can create the specialness of the team culture that she l