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Farzad Rashidi, co-founder and lead innovator of Respona - a PR software that combines personalization with productivity - explains what he sees as the “correct” strategies to build quality SEO, or search engine optimization.Getting yourself or your business to the top of Google search is not easy, and it takes a significant investment of time as well as novel strategies. Most importantly: spamming people should not be one of them. Farzad and Jennifer cut through the noise of misinformation and malpractice, delivering step-by-step guidance on how to build a foundation and then construct a tower of SEO success. The conversion spans on-page and off-page stages of SEO, SEO tools, keywords, a formula for prioritizing, understanding user intent to create content, and building connections with relevant subjects.From speaking about the most common mistakes in his field to the importance of backlink building vs. content creation, Farzad shares gems for listeners, on their journey to becoming …

The five stages aren’t just for grief: in this episode, Jennifer Dawn will dive into the five stages of business. Jennifer Dawn has coached many leaders and entrepreneurs through the most difficult seasons of their lives. When you feel like your success is becoming stagnant, look at the five stages of business and figure out what stage you’re in. You can’t level up by skipping stages, but you can listen to this podcast and find ways to take your business to the next stage. Happy Productive with Jennifer Dawn: Grow Your Business Without Giving Up Your Life Episode 61 August 24, 2022 ★ Episode details: https://share.transistor.fm/s/e4740430 ★ Additional episodes: https://JenniferDawnCoaching.com

When was the last time you invested in yourself? Took a leap of faith? Did something that scares you? Jennifer dives into the benefits of going on a business retreat. UNBREAKABLE retreats equip you with the skills and motivation to conquer whatever is in your way - even if that thing is an obstacle course! Getting out of your day to day environment and leaving your comfort zone are just two of the benefits of our retreats. Whether you’re ready or not, it’s time to do something that intimidates you. Happy Productive with Jennifer Dawn: Grow Your Business Without Giving Up Your Life Episode 59 August 10, 2022 ★ Episode details: https://share.transistor.fm/s/a9adac2d ★ Additional episodes: https://JenniferDawnCoaching.com

It’s time to weed out the bad apples. Most employees will show their true colors within the first few weeks of hiring. As a business owner and coach, Jennifer Dawn has learned some lessons about toxic employees. Her advice? “Micromanage until they earn your trust.” If a new hire is apprehensive about you micromanaging them, they’re not the right person for their role. Happy Productive with Jennifer Dawn: Grow Your Business Without Giving Up Your Life Episode 60 August 17, 2022 ★ Episode details: https://share.transistor.fm/s/9bf53dfd ★ Additional episodes: https://JenniferDawnCoaching.com

A multiple-seven-figure ecommerce business owner, Leslie Kuster is the CEO of “Back From Bali'', as well as a consultant, business lifestyle mentor, and a woman on a mission to empower women. Leslie tells us the transformational story of her seven-figure business success, and how she started, grew, and built her business with no background in the industry. She shares her struggles and entrepreneurial mistakes and how all started to change with learning processes and tools from Jennifer’s Profit First program. Leslie explains that there are seven steps for success, but knowing what you want and being honest with yourself is the first, and most important, step. Jennifer and Leslie discuss the importance of habits, why multitasking is not possible, and about the power of paying yourself first. Also, If you think that working on allocations and income statements is boring, maybe Leslie’s input will change your mind. Honesty, investing in yourself, and learning from coaches and mentors: …

Burnout is real. Jennifer talks about the topic from her heart, with her personal experience of exhaustion, and the importance of taking care of our mental health and overcoming burnout. The show title says it all: “Listen to this if you’re exhausted.” Why? Because, you might be thinking, “How on earth can I possibly survive this?" Jennifer talks through ways in which you can take care of yourself while, importantly, still being able to push through and complete your work. Jennifer’s comfort zone is “working hard”. But she realized that making some changes in her life and taking certain actions need to happen even if it is hard and uncomfortable to build new habits and mindsets. In this episode, we’re going to recap what happened and how you can use this information to make changes in your life. And the truth is, taking care of yourself first, so that you can do everything else better, will absolutely be worth the effort Happy Productive with Jennifer Dawn: Grow Your Business Wit…

Today’s episode takes a closer look at a very specific aspect of running an online business; Search Engine Optimization (SEO). What exactly is it? It’s the process of improving your website to increase its visibility for searches. In other words, it’s how easily people who are looking for you on Google can find you. Just think of how often you turn to Google to find an answer or a service provider. Those search results on that first page, those sites have good SEO. In this episode, we deep dive into all aspects of SEO, what it is, how to optimize it, how to get results, what to avoid, and everything in between. My guest, SEO-expert John Vuong, shares valuable insight that he’s gathered from running his SEO agency, Local SEO Search, for eight years plus the decade he spent in advertising. Through his years in the industry, he has served over 5,000 local businesses and has built his agency from 3 people to now a group of 40 in-house experts covering all aspects of SEO. In this episode, …

Help, tools, and resources will invariably end up in your world, but they often come in too many different forms (courses, healers, teachers, coaches, therapists) to be able to take immediate and important action. Jennifer shares her road to success with its many curves - from being a successful entrepreneur facing failure to working in a fancy corporate position, getting screwed in a partnership, searching for herself, and then finally realizing her potential. In the darkest period of her life, she decided to do something crazy - invest her last bit of savings in her own development. Waiting for the ‘beaming light’ that will guide you to success will probably be futile, because it may never come. If you remain paralyzed, waiting for the right moment, you’re just going to end up stuck in a rut. It can take years to find your purpose and passion, and if you stand still, you’ll be standing in the way of your own success. Knowing how important growth is to achieving your goals, Jennife…

Today I am joined by a media personality and award-winning CNBC syndicated talk show host and producer, number-one best-selling author, inspirational speaker, organizational psychologist, filmmaker, broadcast journalist, life balance coach, a retired professor, and lounge lizard, Dr. Marissa. The list of accomplishments goes on and on and this episode truly shows why.As Dr. Marissa strongly believes, we were born to be happy. Happiness is a birthright that we have forgotten. Most of us go from being a worry-free kid who can truly enjoy life to being an adult who is constantly bombarded by trauma, pain, shame, and judgement. In fact, 7 out of 10 people have gone through some sort of past trauma that still haunts them in the present day. All of this gets in the way of our ability to truly be happy. So what can we do about this? We chose differently. We see what is causing us unhappiness and dis-ease, and we chose a new path, a new reality for ourselves. It all lies in the power of choic…

When John Davis was 22 years old, he was told by doctors they were not sure if he’d ever walk again. John had picked up a heavy box of clay and broke his spine in two. He collapsed and was paralyzed. He was told for a fact he’d never have a physical career. However, John did not let that day take his dreams away. In fact, he went on to live the life of an action hero. He’s been a professional fight director and a stunt man for stage and screen. He's an artistic director of three regional theme parks, a sword-fighting comedian, a motivational speaker, an author, and a coach. He’s also taken his inspirational message to 16 countries around the world, including the frontlines of Iraq and Afghanistan, on 6 USO tours.How was John able to overcome his diagnosis and not let his circumstance define him? His mindset. John decided that day that he was in charge of his own experience, that despite what happened to him, he decided what was possible for him, not what others told him. Despite all t…

Today I am joined by Heather Dawn (and no, we are not related), a Certified Clinical Nutritionist and the founder of Conscious Nutrition. Her mission is to help provide a solid foundation to teach others how to nourish themselves with their food. Heather is a recovering Type-A nutritionist seeking perfection, only to realize the body is brilliant, and we just have to learn how to listen. Our relationship with food can be quite complicated. Like any relationship, it can contain limiting beliefs, judgments, and habits that can hold us back from being the healthiest version of ourselves. Many of us have an emotional attachment to food, making it so difficult to restrict ourselves or follow deprivation diets. Taking a deeper look at our food habits can serve as a gateway into looking deeper within ourselves. Are we using food to numb out? Are we using food to fill a void? Are we using food because we have a scarcity mindset? Are we using food to avoid unresolved emotions? In order to use …

Today I am joined by a special guest, Michaela Donato, a designer and decorator who is passionate about helping people take the overwhelm and decision making out of their dream home. She is committed to making your dream space serve you, your lifestyle so that everything becomes easier and more beautiful.In this conversation, Michael walks us over the process of working with a designer and she shares her best tips on how to make this a smooth and ultimately rewarding experience. But beyond design, we also discuss the importance of having the right space around you. In order to attain a happy and productive state, we need to be in spaces that support us and allow us to evoke the emotions that make us feel good. Join us on this episode as we go over the importance of having trust in your designer, how to gain self awareness to find what works for you, why it’s worth investing in your space, and so much more. We hope you've found today's episode of the Happy Productive Podcast inspiring.…

Today I am joined by Bobbi Kahler, who was given a 2% chance of living when she got sick and collapsed 17 years ago. Cut to today where she is a speaker and trainer with over 20 years of experience. She’s built a coaching career where she has worked with over 3,000 people and has become an entrepreneur, author, podcast host, workshop leader, avid athlete and resilient survivor.Through her own personal transformation journey she has learned that no matter what we are facing, thriving is absolutely possible. We are the authors of our stories and it is our choices, day in and day out, that dictate what kind of life we are able to live. Bobbi is no stranger to adversity having faced childhood abuse, and needing to work multiple jobs at 23 just to say afloat. But through her perseverance, resilience and life lessons she’s learned, she rewrote her own narrative. In this episode Bobbi and I share an insightful conversation on how important our choices are, how much power we actually have ove…

In this special guest episode, I am joined by Rick Heyland, who is a published author, public speaker, podcast host and professional coach. He has been consulting for almost 35 years to help people businesses improve their performance. He is the founder of Continuous Improvement 4 Life, a consulting practice dedicated to help people and organizations find purpose and live with purpose to achieve extraordinary results. Rick and I share similar passions in uncovering the secret formula to be both happy and productive. He conducted a fascinating survey of almost 1500 people spanning over 4 countries to pinpoint the common denominators of the happiest and the most productive people. He then took the results and wrote his book Live Your Purpose, a step-by-step guide to setting up and managing your best life. In our chat we uncover what he found from his survey plus all of his years working in this field trying to uncover what do the happiest people have in common? We also discuss how to fi…

Today I speak in depth about one of my favorite topics, HAPPINESS. But not just happiness, the science of happiness. I am joined by a very special guest, Scott Crabtree. Scott is the founder of and Chief Happiness Officer at Happy Brain Science. Scott empowers individuals and organizations to apply findings from cutting-edge neuroscience and psychology to boost productivity and happiness at work. When I first heard of Scott, I knew we spoke the exact same language, and I was not wrong.In our chat, we take a deeper look at what it means to actually thrive instead of just being happy, and as Scott puts it, it does come down to a science. We also break down the 5 areas of well-being, which also happens to be the basis for the goals in my Best Planner Ever. Scott also shares how he got into this work by sharing his experiences working at Intel as an executive for many years and what drove him to switch career paths and devote himself to the science of happiness. As he puts it “if you real…

I am back with a solo episode (it has been a while), but it feels so good to have an intimate chat with you all. In this episode I share a couple of anecdotes that taught me great lessons about pace. What I learned was that when I overexert myself, and push too hard, that can rob my joy. And when joy is missing in something that I do, I know that is when I need to pay attention and re-calibrate. In this go go go world we live in, we can move at such a fast pace that it comes at the expense of our own happiness. That is simply no way to live.In times when you feel like your pace is too fast, you are overexerting yourself, I invite you to take an honest look at the pace you are going and whether it is serving you at the highest level. Do you need to slow down just a little bit, just to that point where your joy comes back? On the flip side, if you are not making any progress on your goals, do you need to bump up the pace and start taking daily intentional action? In this episode I share…

Today’s topic is so important in having a successful and thriving business, customer service. I am joined by my guest, Dr. Kelly Henry. Dr. Henry, aka the Customer Service Doctor, was an award-winning chiropractor for 20 years where he helped his patients live healthier lives with the foundation of providing exceptional customer service. Since 2018, Dr. Henry has used his system to coach business leaders on improving customer service to create incredible growth and profits. These days without happy customers a business simply cannot survive. You can have an excelled product or service, a kick-ass team, and have everything you need to run a successful business but if your customers are not happy, you will simply not survive. On the flip side, customer retention, customer loyalty, and customers leaving positive reviews or better yet spreading the word about your business could keep you afloat even in difficult times. We definitely saw that during Covid. With Dr. Kelly we discussed the c…

Today is a very special episode as I am joined by an incredible woman with an incredible story. Jess Sinclair is a life coach and speaker, but beyond that she is a woman who has overcome major hardships in her life and has come out on top. This is by far one of the most powerful stories I have ever heard.Jessica was abused at a very young age, grew up in poverty, her parents were divorced, and she got pregnant at 16. Needless to say the cards were stacked against her. However, none of that let her stop her from what she really wanted to do - go to college. Not only did she graduate high school while raising her child and working a part-time job, but she was elected President of her class, graduated in the top 10% of her class and was in the National Honor Society. Then she not only fulfilled her dream of going to college, but she also graduated with a bachelor's degree, then a master's degree and purchased her first home by the age of 25. Now she's the owner of her own business where …

Do you ever find yourself finishing a work day absolutely drained with energy? Do you sit on the couch, eat pizza and watch TV as your "prize" for working a 8/10/12 hour day? That certainly used to be me. So when I saw that Kate Hutson had tips on how to finish off the work day not drained but actually full of energy, I knew I had to have her on.Kate is an executive life coach and speaker who helps women develop courage and leadership skills with her coaching practice, Shattered Glass Coaching. Her and I sit down and talk about what you can do to keep your energy high, regardless of how long or how hard you work. It certainly is possible, and it comes down to the decisions you make throughout the day.From starting the day off with the right intention, to the importance of changing sceneries, Kate and I have a wonderful value-packed discussion you will absolutely love!You can find Kate at www.shatteredglasscoaching.com We hope you've found today's episode of the Happy Productive Podcas…

In today’s solo episode I share an anecdote from a recent trip I took with my husband to Sedona for his 50th birthday. Nothing went according to plan, absolutely nothing, but it was a wonderful opportunity for me to practice surrendering and practicing the art of the pivot. When you make plans, life laughs right? Life will almost never go according to plan, and in those moments we absolutely have a choice whether we are going to let that ruin our moods, ruin our day, ruin our experience, or worse. When we choose to surrender and pivot instead we are choosing to be willing to go in a different direction. In that choice we open ourselves up to solutions and possibly even better outcomes. Relinquishing control and staying open to other possibilities has been such a key in my overall happiness. I truly believe mastering the art of the pivot is a really essential life skill. When I surrender to the present and I surrender to how things want to unfold (despite of what I want), my joy and my…

Working from home has become a reality for many during these unprecedented times. For some, it's what they are used to and for others, it's become something they've had to get used to, and for many, it's still an adjustment they have yet to get used to.So how do we optimize our productivity while working from home when there is no separation between work-life, and personal-life? How do we turn off our work-mode when we are now working on our kitchens or our bedrooms? How do we set healthy boundaries with our clients, our children, and ourselves?These are all topics I discussed with my very special guest on this episode, Lori Baker-Schena, a leadership coach and professional speaker who works with business owners and entrepreneurs all across the country to increase their business by enhancing employee satisfaction.So join me in this episode as we deep dive into how to stay productive and motivated while working from home. We hope you've found today's episode of the Happy Productive Pod…

My childhood was not the easiest of childhoods. In fact, my story had quite a rough start, and it created a lot of trauma that I carried with me for many years. Looking back, my life could have taken a very different direction, but I adopted a mentality early on which helped shape the course of my life, and that is that nobody was coming to rescue me. I understood this even as a young 13-year old girl. I would tell myself that what happened to me would not beat me, it would not ruin my life, and I decided back then that I would be happy despite my life not having been ideal. This is a mentality I've taken on well into adulthood, and one I credit for helping me get to where I am today.Life can be hard, we can all agree on that. But we all have the choice to do, act and be who we want to. When we decide to stop waiting for someone else to save us, and we take full ownership of our lives, we become our own heroes. When we make choices that are aligned with the goals we want to achieve, a…

In this special guest episode, I am joined by Anthony Poponi, who is a Chief Happiness Officer on a mission to reclaim joy in workplaces and communities by inspiring leaders to foster community, spark laughter, and create a culture of motivation and inspiration. As a keynote speaker and workshop leader, Anthony has years of experience working with groups to unlock untapped potential and foster authentic happiness. We had a great discussion deep diving on both topics of happiness and productivity. Anthony shared some amazing tips on how he is able to stay productive, a quick way he inserts gratitude every single day, and the relationship between happiness and success. We also discussed how we have both been able to tap back into our own happiness after challenging periods in our lives. As Anthony points out, "opportunities for happiness are all around us" and I believe that 100%. So join me in this episode to see how you can insert more happiness into your life. We hope you've found to…

Inspired by the collaborative book project I am working on, called The Energy of Abundance, I have created a 3-part series on my journey with abundance. I previously released Part 1: The Abundance Series: Patience. Here in part 2 I focus on Trust.It is no secret that my start to life was not the easiest. I've gone through many hardships that left a lot of trauma and a lot of "why me" behind. At one point, life was really hard. So in order to attain what I thought would lead me to happiness, I turned all my focus on growing my bank account. I thought money would solve all my problems. That's what abundance meant right? I was wrong.No matter how much I earned, there never seemed to be enough. It wasn't until I learned that abundance is an inside job where things truly began to change. During the hardest times of my life, I learned I could still feel abundant despite what I was going through. By committing to higher emotions, I started to rediscover trust, trust that everything was happe…