I told the story about how my client, Ali, started her podcast by trusting and following her joy. Another thing I love about this story is that she treated the podcast as an experiment. No one knew if it would pay off. There was no guarantee that Ali would enjoy as much as she hoped. […]

The final Circular Summit I attended dealt with how to pitch the media, and featured Kim Weisul of Inc. Among the many direct, candid, helpful advice she gave about pitching was this: “say in one sentence what your company does and why are you different? This is HARD for service providers.” Damn. Why is that? […]

I figured out a short, crisp way of explaining what I do during the Circular Summit: I have a marketing company, Simply Put Strategies. I help women entrepreneurs become sought-after experts and thought-leaders in their industries. It felt good to have a concise way of introducing myself. It’s perhaps the first time I felt confident […]

Different is great I was blown away when I realized that the first day of the summit would be spent outside, going on various adventures to get to know the summit attendees! Choices included brewery and distillery tours, hiking, cheesemaking and more. It was a dynamic, invigorating, natural way to get to know people and utterly more interesting […]

My client Ali tells the story of why she started her podcast, Glambition® Radio, in 2014: She was on a call and listening as her team talked about launches and clients and events. She was a little checked out and doodling on a pad of paper. Things had started feeling predictable: the same, the same, […]

Vulnerability. I love it. I’m here for it! I’ve listened to Brené’s TED Talks and nodded my head and felt moved to tears. I’ve read (two of) her books (and counting). But have you noticed? Vulnerability has become another one of those words that’s bandied about so much that it’s lost meaning. A neighbor word […]