Brilliant Ideas

Struggling to stay consistent and productive as a solopreneur? In this episode, Kelly Leardon shares her revolutionary approach to time management for entrepreneurs with ADHD or non-traditional thinking styles. She introduces a day-batching system and her Work Hard, Play Hard, Rest Hard framework, helping small business owners achieve follow-through without burnout.

Key highlights from the episode include:

• Why traditional product...

Creating a successful digital product takes more than great content—it requires strategic copy that turns browsers into buyers. In this episode of Brilliant Ideas, Gina Whitehouse, conversion copywriter and host of the 7-Figure Copy Podcast, shares her journey and explains why the right messaging can make or break your sales.

Here’s what you’ll learn from Gina in this episode:

• The pivotal moment when Gina realized that sales page...

Ever wonder how entrepreneurs turn their skills into digital products that actually sell? In this episode, Samantha Brown shares her journey from professional organizer to founder of the Pro Organizers Academy, where she helps women build their own organizing businesses.

Samantha explains how she transformed her hands-on service business into a digital product ecosystem with online courses, membership programs, and coaching, all wit...

What if burnout isn’t about doing too much, but about doing too much of the wrong things?

In this episode, I sit down with Gillian Gabryluk, health coach and founder of Sileo Coaching, to talk about what she calls a “nervous system crash” and how it forced her to rethink everything about how she was living, working, and showing up for her family.

Gillian shares how ambitious women often fall into the trap of trying to “do it all”, on...

How can you share your personal story in your business without oversharing? In this powerful conversation, brand strategist Lisa Borin Miller, founder of Intentional Brand School, shares how to use vulnerability safely to build a brand that truly connects.

If you’re a health or wellness practitioner who’s walked your healing journey, your personal story can be one of your most powerful brand assets—when used with intention. Lisa exp...

Ever felt pulled between your entrepreneurial ambitions and your marriage? That tension is exactly what we explore in this candid conversation with relationship coach Monica Tanner, who drops this game-changing perspective: "Your partner can be passionate about YOU without being passionate about what you're passionate about."

Drawing from her upcoming book "Bad Marriage Advice," Monica reveals how ...

Lidia Axe reveals that the key to landing coaching clients isn't endless social media posting, but leveraging your existing network through her TRUST framework. She shares her three-step process for turning warm leads into paying clients without the pressure of traditional sales tactics.

• The TRUST framework focuses on borrowing trust from your existing network to gain clients quickly
• Cold leads on social media...

What if your brand isn't broken, it's just misunderstood? Heather Schaefer, the bold brand strategist, explains why most business owners are doing branding backwards and how to fix it.

• Understanding the critical difference between branding and marketing
• Why branding must come before marketing to avoid wasting resources
• How a proper brand strategy saved a client 77% in revenue in just 60 days
• T...

Ever find yourself stuck in pricing paralysis? You're not alone. 

In this candid, tough-love episode, I'm challenging the conventional wisdom around digital product pricing. While high-ticket offers have their place (particularly for programs offering extensive access to your expertise), I've discovered that clinging to this model exclusively was preventing me from helping countless people who weren't r...

Sales funnels don't have to be complicated; they can be simple, guided paths that help people go from curiosity to purchase without feeling pushed. The key is creating a straightforward journey that builds relationships naturally, making the sale feel like the logical next step rather than a high-pressure situation.

• A funnel is just a series of steps from stranger to buyer: awareness, interest, desire, action
• ...

Navigating website analytics often feels like decoding a foreign language, full of charts, graphs, and numbers that seem important but leave most small business owners scratching their heads. 

What does all this data mean for your bottom line?

Philippa, a digital marketing veteran with 25 years of experience transforming raw data into revenue growth, cuts through the confusion with remarkable clarity. She explains that the ...

Kate Pope is revolutionizing how parents think about introducing solid foods to their babies. As founder of Regenerative Cooking School and a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, she's created the Baby Biome First Foods Plan—a program that's helped thousands of families naturally reverse symptoms like eczema, allergies, and digestive issues through strategic food introduction.

What makes Kate's approach so powe...

Kendall Cherry, ghostwriter for multi-million dollar startups, shares transformative insights on overcoming the fear of selling through authentic storytelling, addressing the guilt that keeps many entrepreneurs from effectively marketing their services.

• Identifying the "starving artist narrative" that reinforces guilt around making money from creative endeavors
• Taking "sales field trips" to obse...

Renee shares how she transformed her personal knee pain journey into a thriving business that helps thousands of women worldwide regain mobility and freedom from pain. She reveals the simple strategy that grew her email list to over 20,000 people and regularly fills her webinars with hundreds of engaged participants.

• Discovering alternative methods to healing knee pain after traditional medical advice failed
• Buildi...

Tim takes us behind the social media curtain to reveal uncomfortable truths about what's really happening in our feeds. Having operated in the gray areas of Instagram growth, he shares startling insights: up to 40% of social media traffic might be fake, strategically engineered through automated engagement tactics designed to trigger reciprocation. This isn't speculation – it's based on firsthand experience running s...

Shannon Russell shares her journey from being a TV producer for 16 years at MTV, VH1, and TLC to becoming a career transition and business coach who helps women create their second act success. She discusses transferring skills from a traditional job to entrepreneurship and the importance of mindset shifts when changing careers.

• Identifying transferable skills is crucial when pivoting careers
• Planning a strategic e...

What if the key to building a powerful brand isn't found in fancy logos or clever taglines, but in truly knowing yourself? This thought-provoking conversation with branding expert Hersh Rephun challenges everything you thought you knew about personal branding.

"Know yourself before you brand yourself" isn't just Hersh's motto—it's the foundation of his revolutionary approach to helping entrepr...

Ever catch yourself endlessly planning that digital product without actually building it? You're not alone. In this candid conversation with goal coach Debi, we uncover why so many brilliant ideas never make it past the Google Doc stage—and exactly how to break that cycle.

Debi reveals the four psychological barriers keeping you stuck: fear of judgment, lack of clarity about your concept, knowledge gaps in implementat...

Have you ever felt pressured to hide your personality behind a professional facade in your business? What if the quirks, stories, and experiences you've been downplaying are actually your greatest assets?

In this illuminating conversation, Gregory shares how authenticity transforms not just how clients perceive you, but how you connect with yourself as a business owner. Drawing from his own journey through cancer and ...