The Classy Career Girl Podcast

Christie Mims is a professional certified coach who built her coaching business, The Revolutionary Club, into a Forbes Top 100 site for careers. After serving over 1,000 paying clients she got a ton of questions on how she did it, and Coach Pony was born!  Because career happiness sometimes comes with a side of entrepreneurship, Christie has a passion project for new and struggling coaches, she is dedicated to giving them the information and community they need to succeed.

Julie Broad is an Amazon Overall #1 Best Selling Author, an International Book Award Winner, and recipient of the Beverly Hills Book Award for Best Sales book. As an entrepreneur and successful real estate investor she was also awarded the Top 20 under 40 Award. Her latest venture, Book Launchers, helps entrepreneurs and professionals build their brand and boost their business by writing, publishing, and selling a top quality book.    So excited because today we are talking all about writing and launching a book.

Lisa Canning is a coach, parenting, interior design and lifestyle expert in Toronto Canada. She is the mom of 7 children and she shares her strategies for balancing life and business through her online courses and her new book, The Possibility Mom coming out in early 2019.

Sami Gardner is former Librarian and current World Traveler who kickstarts careers as a location-independent career coach and LinkedIn consultant. She inspires artistic, techie, and socially conscious types to craft their career and businesses on their terms.   I’ve been really looking forward to this because we get to focus in on Linkedin! And I’ve been getting so many questions about LinkedIn!

Kate White is the New York Times bestselling author of twelve murder mysteries and thrillers and several popular career books, including The Gutsy Girl Handbook: Your Manifesto for Success, based on her groundbreaking bestseller, Why Good Girls Don’t Get Ahead but Gutsy Girls Do. For 14 years, Kate was the editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine, where she increased overall circulation by 30 percent and made Cosmo the #1 magazine in the U.S. in single copy sales.     Our audience loves hearing from Kate. Your last interview on our podcast was one of our most downloaded episodes so I am thrilled to have Kate back to interview her! 

I have a lot of network marketers ask me questions about their business and I have to be honest, I don't do network marketing and don't have experience in it. BUT, I've always thought that the same strategies I teach in my membership site would work perfectly for network marketing. That's why I was so excited to interview our guest today because I agreed with so much of what she had to say about marketing yourself online and branding yourself no matter what business you are growing. I think you are going to love this episode as much as I did. Mariko Briley is the founder of Yoobly, Yoobly provides entrepreneurship training that teaches home-based business professionals how to GROW their business using social media and other online marketing strategies. Mariko grew up in a network marketing home and noticed her mom encountered the same problem as all of her new clients did- they did not treat their network marketing like a real business and needed help.  This, along with her knowledge of online lead generation

How can you control fear? And how can you control what you think? When you are stuck in a job, it's tough I know. I used to have a client that made my life miserable and it was so incredibly hardly to stay positive! I know many of you are stuck in the same situation, so today's guest is going to help you navigate the mental game of making a career change.

What do you do when you are really mad and need to communicate something to an employee, boss or co-worker? It's tough right. I'm excited to introduce you to our guest today, she's amazing and you are going to get so many valuable insights about effective and authentic communication.   A dedicated healer and instructor, Marilyn teaches people across the globe to develop their talents, allowing access to the answers that sit in the seat of their souls. Integrity is the cornerstone of her work, and Marilyn’s priority is to see her clients embrace the happiness they are genuinely entitled to experience. As a psychic medium, healer, teacher, author, and speaker, she is devoted to using her abilities to bring awareness and enlightenment to every life she touches.

If you want to find the #1 thing that is holding you back from getting job offers and dive into the hidden job market outside of job boards so you can stop wasting time, you are going to love this episode. My guest is going to teach you how to cut your search process in half with only high payoff activities. Let's dive in!

How do you get to the next level in your career? If you are struggling with what's next, you are going to love this episode where my guest walks you step by step through the 7 habits of highly successful women so you can live your calling and your life.   Dr. Lizette Ojeda is an award-winning psychology expert and an authority on career development. As a tenured associate professor, she teaches career counseling, conducts research on career development, and mentors doctoral students. She has been nationally recognized for her work and has published in Journal of Career Development, The Encyclopedia of Positive Psychology, and The Handbook of Career Counseling for Women. She is a licensed psychologist and has helped hundreds of people achieve their career & life goals. As a multi-passionate career woman, she helps high-achieving women have their "career cake" and eat it, too. She believes career women should not have to choose between living their calling and living their life.

We are switching it up today because it's my due date! Since this is pre-recorded I don't know if the baby will be here yet but there would be no baby without the help of my friend Karenna who I interview today on the podcast. If this podcast episode was around 8 years ago it would have saved me a lot of heartaches. So even though you may think fertility is a little off topic, my dream and journey to become a mother are so closely linked to designing a career and life that makes me happy and fulfilled. I hope you enjoy this different episode and if you are struggling with fertility and miscarriage, just know that you are not alone.

I get the most website traffic from Pinterest. This is because a few years ago I realized that it was full of my target market. I focused on building up my Pinterest audience for an entire year. I pinned everyday. I messaged other pinners. I made sure every single one of my over 2,000+ blog articles had a pin image and was on Pinterest.    And, this one strategy has brought in so many leads over the years. On today's podcast, I wanted to give you a peek behind the scenes at my Pinterest strategy. Now, this episode was recorded in 2016 but the strategies and mindset behind Pinterest remain exactly the same.

I got so many great ideas about growing and leading a team in today's episode. If you have a team now or want to have one someday, you are going to love this episode.   Sarah Chancey is the FOUNDER and CREATIVE DIRECTOR of Chancey Charm wedding planning and design. She and her team come alongside brides and take the stress out of planning! She serves wedding planners as they build a career they love and learn the ropes of the industry and that's why she’s in business. She believes it’s possible to find a creative career with freedom and flexibility to focus on what’s important: your faith and your family.

If you are feeling stuck in your income growth, it might have to do with your mindset. I know when I started a business, I had a lot of mindset blocks that I needed to move past in order to grow. I'll share what I learned and the resources that really helped me in today's episode.

I love interviews! Said no one ever. Yikes, so much to think about and prepare for. I remember being so nervous about my interviews and I hated not knowing what questions were going to be asked. That's why I know this episode is going to be so popular because our guest expert is going to break down exactly how to answer some of the top interview questions! So let's dive in!

Being stuck is no fun. My very first course I created was the Get Unstuck Bootcamp long ago in 2011. So it's near and dear to my heart to teach you how to get unstuck so you can see all the incredible opportunities that are waiting for you. So I've devoted an entire episode on getting unstuck. I hope it helps to move forward today!

I'll be honest, I am an introvert and definitely not a natural networker and I have had to learn myself how to network. So all this stuff in today's episode, I'm learning right along with you! How can you prepare for an event? What do you do at a networking event? How should you follow up after an event? All questions that are answered in this podcast episode!!

Are you guilty of being on Facebook all day? Did you know that it can actually help you find a new career? If you are job searching, I want to let you in on a little secret. There's a huge opportunity to use social media to find a job right now. I highly encourage you to try it out. In our membership site, LYCF, we have trainings on using every type of platform to find a job. But today, we are just going to focus on ONE. It's one of my favorites. Facebook.

I can't even tell you how many times I said yes when I should have said no in my former corporate career. I made pretty much everyone of these communication mistakes when I was in my corporate job. So don't be like me and listen to the amazing wisdom of our guest today!