Pimp Your Brilliance Podcast

Bryanda Law is the Founder & CEO of Quirktastic - an online community for geeks, nerds, free spirits and the anime obsessed. Their mission is to make the fandom industry more reflective of our diverse society. So her team creates spaces for women and people of color who have interests other than the ones the world automatically places on them.  Bryanda's latest venture the Quirktastic App is helping self-proclaimed geeks find each other and connect. The app also helped her snag a spot in Snap, Inc's (aka Snapchat) Yellow Accelerator. In this episode, Bryanda shares how she landed on the idea for Quirktastic, how she’s used social media to grow her brand, her business model and three tips for building your team. Show Notes - pimpyourbrilliance.com/73   Important Links: Follow me on Instagram - @pimpyourbrilliance Learn more about PYB - pimpyourbrilliance.com Become a member of our learning community - Join The Brilliance Lounge 

Today I'm talking about how to pitch yourself for podcasts. I’ve been wanting to do this episode for months. I'm coming from the perspective of someone who both runs a show and is actively pitching themselves to be featured on other people's podcasts.   Podcasts are growing. The industry is booming right now. There is an increased interest in audio and podcast content. All of the major players are getting into it. Google is indexing podcasts in search results. Spotify has acquired anchor and is making a push to be the biggest player in the game.  So right now is a really great time to be a podcaster. If you don't want to go down the road of launching a show yourself, you can position yourself as a guest expert. In this episode, I’m breaking down exactly what you need to include in your pitch, how to be a good guest, best practices and how to find podcasts that you’d be a good fit for.  Show Notes - pimpyourbrilliance.com/72   Important Links: Follow me on Instagram - @pimpyourbrilliance Learn more about me -

Small business owner, proud mama, and hand lettering enthusiast, Amy Tan is the founder of Amy Tangerine, a brand fully committed to providing creatives with the tools and space to see the bright, shiny side of life. In her day-to-day, Amy makes sweet online content as well as top-end products designed to promote a colorful, positive message. You can meet Amy at the intersection of creativity, passion, and purpose. In this episode, Amy shares how finding a creative outlet as a teen helped her craft a life she loved, how she pivoted from t-shirt designer to scrapbooking and her keys to success.   Show Notes - pimpyourbrilliance.com/71   The Visionary Journal™ is a day planner with vision. Encompassing everything you need to successfully achieve your goals, it seamlessly blends goal setting, visualization, planning your day to day, and regular review to help you get from idea to done.   Learn more about the Visionary Journal by visiting- visionaryjournal.co   Important Links: Follow me on Instagram - @pimpyour

At some point, every creative has to deal with burnout. It's very common, especially amongst those of us wearing all the hats in pursuit of our passions and work that we love. What do you do when you’re burnout and struggling to find your way back? In this episode of Pimp Your Brilliance, I’m sharing my best 4 tips to overcome burnout. Show Notes - pimpyourbrilliance.com/70 The Visionary Journal™ is a day planner with vision. Encompassing everything you need to successfully achieve your goals, it seamlessly blends goal setting, visualization, planning your day to day, and regular review to help you get from idea to done. Learn more about the Visionary Journal by visiting- visionaryjournal.co Important Links: Follow me on Instagram - @pimpyourbrilliance Learn more about me - pimpyourbrilliance.com Become a member of our learning community - Join The Brilliance Lounge

Jennifer Vassel is the author and founder of “I Am Unique!” - a children’s book series and self-love brand aimed to inspire girls and women to rise above their insecurities and share their unique gifts with the world. In this episode, Jennifer shares how she turned an insecurity into a self-love brand, her writing process and why you should share your story even if you’re afraid.   The Brilliance Lounge is open to new members! In a few weeks, I'm going to be releasing my new course Pimp Your Idea: Plan, Create And Sell Your First Digital Product. Members of The Brilliance Lounge get first dibs (Psst! It's included in the membership)! You can join right now for only $30 a month. Join The Brilliance Lounge   Get The Genius Zone Guide Inside the Find Your Genius Zone guide, you'll find exercises to help you pinpoint where your natural talents lie, who your ideal client could be and what your MVP (minimum viable product) should be. To receive a copy of the guide, Text BRILLIANCE to 33777.   Important Links: Follo

One mistake that many creatives are making is thinking that their blog is their business model. I get plenty of emails from people asking about how to start a blog but very few ask me how to create or sell an actual product or service. In this episode, I'm breaking down the difference between a blog, a brand, and a business model + which one you should be focused on. Show Notes - pimpyourbrilliance.com/68   The Brilliance Lounge is open to new members! In a few weeks, I'm going to be releasing my new course Pimp Your Idea: Plan, Create And Sell Your First Digital Product. Members of The Brilliance Lounge get first dibs (Psst! It's included in the membership)! You can join right now for only $30 a month. https://pimpyourbrilliance.com/lounge/   Get The Genius Zone Guide Inside the Find Your Genius Zone guide, you'll find exercises to help you pinpoint where your natural talents lie, who your ideal client could be and what your MVP (minimum viable product) should be. To receive a copy of the guide, Text BRILLI

Want to be more efficient in your business? Well, you're in luck because this week I'm talking with Operations Consultant Jordan Gill. Jordan helps seasonal business owners (wedding planners, tax professionals, LSAT tutors, etc…) streamline their business backend. In this episode, Jordan shares how she went from 0 clients to booked in six weeks, the systems that she could not live without and her unique supportive business model. Show Notes - pimpyourbrilliance.com/67   The Brilliance Lounge is open to new members! In a few weeks, I'm going to be releasing my new course Pimp Your Idea: Plan, Create And Sell Your First Digital Product. Members of The Brilliance Lounge get first dibs (Psst! It's included in the membership)! You can join right now for only $30 a month. https://pimpyourbrilliance.com/lounge/   Get The Genius Zone Guide If you're stuck trying to figure out what skills or talents you can monetize or what exactly you are expert enough to teach, I've created the perfect resource for you. Inside the F

Bari Tessler Linden, M.A., is a Financial Therapist, Mentor Coach, Mama-preneur, and the Founder of The Art of Money. She has guided thousands of people to new, empowered, and refreshingly honest relationships with money through her nurturing, body-centered approach. In this episode, I chat with Bari about why money is never just about the money.   Show Notes - https://pimpyourbrilliance.com/66   I have a brand new resource for you called Find Your Genius Zone. If you're stuck trying to figure out what skills or talents you can monetize or what exactly you are expert enough to teach, I've created the perfect resource for you. Inside the Find Your Genius Zone guide, are exercises that help you pinpoint where your natural talents lie, who your ideal client is and what your MVP product should be.  To receive a copy of the guide, Text BRILLIANCE to 345345.   This episode is sponsored by The Visionary Journal™. The Visionary Journal is a day planner with vision. Encompassing everything you need to successfully ac

Nache’ Snow is a designer, maker, and podcaster. Through the years she’s sold her handmade goods via Etsy, Shopify, and at farmers markets (all while having a fulltime job). She also loves to blog, teach and make videos. Her website NacheSnow.com is a resource website that helps crafters, makers, and creatives pursue their passion by arming them with the best advice about productivity, journaling, and running a creative business so they can effectively accomplish their dreams. In this episode, Nache' is sharing her philosophy for productivity and her best advice for organizing your life to make time for your passion. Show Notes - pimpyourbrilliance.com/65   I have a brand new resource for you called Find Your Genius Zone. If you're stuck trying to figure out what skills or talents you can monetize or what exactly you are expert enough to teach, I've created the perfect resource for you. Inside the Find Your Genius Zone guide, are exercises that help you pinpoint where your natural talents lie, who your ideal

Iyanna Vaughn is the owner & founder of the bookkeeping firm, Lovely Financials Group. She helps women-led empires make and manage their money to fund the lifestyle of their dreams. Running Lovely Financials Group for the past 3 years has allowed Iyanna to understand businesses in their 1st steps to those surpassing 7 figures. Iyanna strives to bridge the gap of financial empowerment for all women entrepreneurs. In this episode of Pimp Your Brilliance, Iyanna breaks down some of the most common money mistakes that new creative entrepreneurs make, shares ways to simplify your money management to eliminate overwhelm and gives her best advice for getting over your fear of money. Show notes - pimpyourbrilliance.com/64   I have a brand new resource for you called Find Your Genius Zone. If you're stuck trying to figure out what skills or talents you can monetize or what exactly you are expert enough to teach, I've created the perfect resource for you. Inside the Find Your Genius Zone guide, are exercises that

There comes a time in every creative business where things just don't seem to be working as well as they used to. It's during these times when you have to decide whether you lean in, pivot or quit. In today's episode, I'm sharing how I knew it was time to pivot, a major decision I've recently made for my brand and where that leaves things going forward. Show Notes - pimpyourbrilliance.com/63 Important Links: Follow me on Instagram - @pimpyourbrilliance Learn more about me - pimpyourbrilliance.com Join The Brilliance Lounge 

Lori Rochino stumbled upon podcasting two years ago and has been hooked since. She created Simply Designed Life Podcast for entrepreneurs who want to simplify their busy lives in order to make room for the things that matter. As a podcasting and productivity coach, Lori knows a thing or two about how to get stuff done.  In this episode, she shares her best tips for being productive as a busy creative. Show Notes - pimpyourbrilliance.com/62 The Visionary Journal™ is a day planner with vision. Encompassing everything you need to successfully achieve your goals, it seamlessly blends setting goals, a vision board, planning your day to day, and monthly review to help you go from idea to done. To learn more visit: visionaryjournal.co  

On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate your mindset? Mindset work is often overlooked but it's important whether you're running a creative business or just trying to achieve a goal. Your mindset and readiness to believe an outcome is possible for you directly effects the level of success you’ll experience. In this episode, I’m sharing 3 powerful ways to level up your mindset. Show notes - keepchasingthestars.com/61 This episode is brought to you by Star Chasers United is a private membership for women entrepreneurs who want accountability & epic support while building their creative businesses and crushing their goals. To get full membership details and to join visit starchasersunited.com

Today’s episode of Pimp Your Brilliance is extra special because it was partially recorded during a podcasting workshop that I taught at Craftcation: Business + Makers Conference. I asked for volunteers from the audience to offer their best tips for Spring cleaning their lives and business.  Thankfully, I had 7 brave ladies step up to the mic and this episode is a result of this collaboration. I’m literally so giddy listen to the audio because this was a fun change of format for me. All of the participants' details are below and I hope you’ll look them up. Show Notes- www.keepchasingthestars.com/59 Join Star Chasers United - A private membership for side hustlers and creative entrepreneurs who want to crush their goals with structured accountability and community support. Become a member by visiting www.starchasersunited.com Craftcation Guests Becky Helms - @thepinksamurai Marcella Hill - @beingmeonpurpose Marie LeBaron - @makeandtakes Anna Newman - Booty Vintage on Etsy Francesca Berrini - unusualcards.com

Sometimes despite our best intentions, things just do not go as planned. We start the year super motivated but end up sidetracked or completely abandoning our plans. So what do you do when that happens? You fix it, of course! This week, I’m sharing 6 steps to get your goals back on track after a rough quarter.   Show Notes- www.keepchasingthestars.com/58   Join Star Chasers United - A private membership for side hustlers and creative entrepreneurs who want to crush their goals with structured accountability and community support. Become a member by visiting www.starchasersunited.com   Plan Your Productive Week Challenge - Join this FREE 5-day email challenge to learn a simple system for planning your most productive week so that you can start executing your ideas quickly. Register at keepchasingthestars.com/productive

In this episode of Pimp Your Brilliance, I’m answering questions from the PYB community about procrastination, productivity and how to better organize your time.   Show notes - keepchasingthestars.com/57   Plan Your Productive Week Challenge   Join this FREE 5-day email challenge to learn a simple system for planning your most productive week so that you can start executing your ideas quickly. Register at keepchasingthestars.com/productive

Danielle Spurge is a maker and craft business educator. Through her work at The Merriweather Council, she teaches creative people how to turn their crafty tendencies into profits. Danielle aims to inspire and support makers in business and share insights from her 8+ years of experience selling handmade work online and working with hundreds of students to do the same.   In this episode of Pimp Your brilliance, Danielle shares her insights on using Etsy as a marketing tool, competitively pricing your products, overcoming social media overwhelm and how to stand out as a new seller.   Show Notes - www.keepchasingthestars.com/56   The Visionary Journal™ is a day planner with vision. Encompassing everything you need to successfully achieve your goals, it seamlessly blends setting goals, a vision board, planning your day to day, and monthly review to help you go from idea to done.   To learn more visit: visionaryjournal.co

The most important lesson that I have learned about time management that no one tells you.   This always makes me remember the most important lesson that I have learned about time management and productivity. Surprisingly, it’s something people rarely talk about and no one ever tells you.   In this episode, you’ll learn:   Why there is no such thing as time management Two things you should be focused on instead A simple technique that will help you learn how to focus Good habits that you need to put into play ASAP   Valuable Resources:   Star Chasers United Pomodoro Method Self Control App Freedom App  

How would you like to have a career that you love?   The idea of creating a career that you love isn’t far fetched. It’s completely possible to do without starting your own business.   This week’s guest, career and leadership development expert Kimberly B. Cummings is the founder of Manifest Yourself, a company that provides in-person and virtual workshops, training, coaching, and resources to women and people of color looking to lead a dynamic career and life.   In this episode of Pimp Your brilliance, Kimberly dishes on building a personal brand, identifying the next step in your career path, and advice for people who don’t love their jobs.   Show Notes - keepchasingthestars.com/54   The Visionary Journal™ is a day planner with vision. Encompassing everything you need to successfully achieve your goals, it seamlessly blends setting goals, a vision board, planning your day to day, and monthly review to help you go from idea to done.   To learn more visit: visionaryjournal.co

This is part 4 of the Fear Less series. Are you using video to grow your creative business? The majority of us are not even though we know that we should. Video is one of the fastest ways to gain an audience that knows, likes and trusts us. So it’s time to add video to our content arsenal. That’s why I invited video expert XayLi Barclay back on to the show to help us get over our fear of being on camera and get our YouTube channels launched. In this episode, she shares how to get comfortable on camera, creating a video on a budget, and why your message is bigger than your mess.   Show notes - https://www.keepchasingthestars.com/53   This episode is brought to you by The Fear Guide- Silence Your Fear And Take Action. If the Chorus Of Fear is regularly singing you out of your dreams, you need to grab this short read jam-packed with exercises that will help you silence those internal voices of fear long enough to take the next small step.   Grab a copy by visiting- TheFearGuide.com