November 18, 2025 • 33 mins
Janelle Jones is a highly accomplished marketing strategist and successful entrepreneur. Learn about effective marketing strategies and how they propelled her small business to new heights. Janelle shares her insights on business growth, offering a clear marketing strategy for success.
Janelle Jones is a marketing strategist, entrepreneur, and founder of Infusion Enterprises and 4kiddos. With a Master’s in Digital Marketing and over a decade of experience, she helps entrepreneurs and families grow with smart strategies and creative storytelling. She's also a homeschooling mom who is passionate about blending business, family, and travel into a meaningful life. Janelle Jones is a marketing strategist, entrepreneur, and homeschooling mom who thrives on helping others turn their ideas into impactful, profitable brands.
She is the founder of Infusion Enterprises, a digital marketing agency that empowers coaches and entrepreneurs, particularly single mothers, to grow their businesses with clarity and confidence. She is also the founder of 4kiddos, a family-friendly event and activity marketplace designed to make it easier for parents to discover fun, book easily, and play happily with their kids. With over a decade of experience and a Master’s in Digital Marketing, Janelle has worked with a range of creators, startups, and educational companies, specializing in building sustainable marketing strategies that cut through the overwhelm. Beyond business, she is passionate about worldschooling her children, blending travel and education to create lifelong memories. Janelle’s mission is simple: to use creativity, strategy, and storytelling to empower creators and families to build the lives and businesses they dream of.
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Email: hello@janelleajones.com
Business: 4kiddos
Website: www.only4kiddos.com
https://janelleajones.com/
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Janelle Jones is a marketing strategist, entrepreneur, and founder of Infusion Enterprises and 4kiddos. With a Master’s in Digital Marketing and over a decade of experience, she helps entrepreneurs and families grow with smart strategies and creative storytelling. She's also a homeschooling mom who is passionate about blending business, family, and travel into a meaningful life. Janelle Jones is a marketing strategist, entrepreneur, and homeschooling mom who thrives on helping others turn their ideas into impactful, profitable brands.
She is the founder of Infusion Enterprises, a digital marketing agency that empowers coaches and entrepreneurs, particularly single mothers, to grow their businesses with clarity and confidence. She is also the founder of 4kiddos, a family-friendly event and activity marketplace designed to make it easier for parents to discover fun, book easily, and play happily with their kids. With over a decade of experience and a Master’s in Digital Marketing, Janelle has worked with a range of creators, startups, and educational companies, specializing in building sustainable marketing strategies that cut through the overwhelm. Beyond business, she is passionate about worldschooling her children, blending travel and education to create lifelong memories. Janelle’s mission is simple: to use creativity, strategy, and storytelling to empower creators and families to build the lives and businesses they dream of.
CONTACT DETAILS:
Email: hello@janelleajones.com
Business: 4kiddos
Website: www.only4kiddos.com
https://janelleajones.com/
Social Media:
LinkedIN - https://www.linkedin.com/in/janellejspeaks/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/janellejspeaks
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/janellejspeaks
Remember to SUBSCRIBE so you don't miss "Information That You Can Use." Share Just Minding My Business with your family, friends, and colleagues. Engage with us by leaving a review or comment on my Google Business Page. https://g.page/r/CVKSq-IsFaY9EBM/review Your support keeps this podcast going and growing.
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Speaker 1 (01:45):
Welcome, welcome to Just Minding My Business Media. I am
so happy that you joined us today and I am
ecstatically happy to bring to you today miss Janelle Jones,
who is a marketing strategist, entrepreneur and founder of Infusion
Enterprises and For Kiddos, which helping entrepreneurs and families grow
(02:10):
through creativity, strategy and storytelling. Wow, welcome Janelle. And I'm
not go ahead and start with for Kiddos. I saw that.
I was like, I like that.
Speaker 4 (02:24):
Thank you, thank you.
Speaker 5 (02:25):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (02:26):
For Kiddos is a pain point of mind everything. I
feel like when you start business, you want to start
from a pain point. What is missing in the marketplace?
And every day I'm a homeschool mom, so I'm looking
for kids activities for my kids, and there wasn't a
place where they're locally based. Activities are just locally based
where I can come on and say, let me book
this event, let me go to this activity. I have
(02:46):
to look through event bright scroll look forever. I have
to look in a Facebook group, I have to look
on Google what things to do in Atlanta. It's terrible.
So I decided to create that business.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
Wow, that's because I'm telling you, when my son was little,
you know, trying to do stuff, and you know, they
don't understand boundaries when they're small. It's it's like mommy
working right now? What is that? Yes?
Speaker 4 (03:16):
No, and they're knocking on the door. They want to
come in, they want to say hello. In the Zoom meetings,
it's just too much.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
Yes, yes, so tell us now, how does that? How
do you find the activities for families?
Speaker 4 (03:31):
Yeah, so I'm looking at anybody who hosts events for kids.
So I'm going through event right, I'm searching there. Then
they have the newsletters, local based newsletters that they send
out activities. I'm going signing up for all those newsletters,
and anybody I see that is listed on newsletter, I'm
reaching out to them. So it's a lot of outreach
to these different organizations and saying, hey, this is something
that i'm launching, would you sign up to be a
(03:52):
host on our platform? And so they start listening their
events on the platform for my audience.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
Wow, love it and there you go walking together.
Speaker 4 (04:03):
Yes, yes, because they need that I have their target audience.
They're trying to figure out where their target the target audiences.
They're spending ad money, they're posting on events, event right,
they're spending ads on event right instead of doing all that.
There's your target audience right here.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
Alrighty, now that's what I'm talking about. That is definitely
outside the box. So if people want to connect to
that part of you, how they do so them?
Speaker 4 (04:30):
Yeah, they can go on to onyfour kiddos dot com
and they can register and it's just like event right,
You're able to create a profile and search through events
on the website. If you do host events for kids,
you can once you register, you can apply to be
a host.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
And this is in the whole state of Atlanta.
Speaker 4 (04:47):
This is in what nationwide. We're focused on Atlanta and Louisville,
but definitely can anybody can register.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
Oh okay, well I like that nationwide.
Speaker 4 (04:59):
Think we're growing, We're getting there. We started in a
lands and we went to Louisville and we're just going
from there.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
I know. That's right, that's awesome. And what's that website? Again?
Speaker 4 (05:11):
Only O N L y the number four kiddos ki
d d os dot com.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
Okay, okay, I'll make sure I have that in the
show notes because that's definitely needed and more needed. Yeah,
that's so funny. How kids are you know? I would
be in my office working, my son is with my
husband upstairs. He gonna come all the way downstairs and
(05:38):
ask me for a glance of milk. I'm thinking to myself, Okay,
why don't you just with your father closer to the
refrigerator than me.
Speaker 4 (05:50):
I constantly tell my then retraining, like mommy is not here,
We're gonna retrain you to call dad because the first
thought is to call mom.
Speaker 5 (05:58):
Right.
Speaker 4 (05:58):
But if we retrain them, then less my belief is
at less percentage of the time you'll come to me
if I can retrain you to call dad right.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Right, especially if he's an a site right right? Wow? Okay,
So let's change focus on ehesion enterpricess Ye tell us
about that.
Speaker 4 (06:22):
In Fision Enterprises, my marketing agency. So I started out
as a tutor in Atlanta. This is it all ties
together and won a way, shape or form. So I
was tutoring in Atlanta, running around the city, and if
you know, Atlanta. You know, it's huge. Metro Atlanta is
very huge. Not the city, but the whole Metro Atlanta.
And so I had two kids from Gwenett all the
way down to South Fulton. So it was huge. And
(06:43):
so I decided that I could no longer do that.
I was gonna have kids. I knew that I was
destined to have kids. I said, I've got to figure
out something else. So I stopped my tutoring agency. I
gave my tutors. I said, hey, look, you guys are
going to take over these clients. And I got on
a plane and I went to a retreat in Bali,
and I started talking to the ladies there in Bali,
and they said, you know what you are, a hustling hotties.
(07:06):
You are always hustling. You have a side hustle. Start
a business teaching people how to start a side business.
So I did that, and then I realized I was
doing a lot of marketing for the people that came
through hustling hotties and then just random clients that would
approach me. So I decided to go back to school
get a master's in digital marketing and launched the digital
marketing agency and kind of just went from there and
(07:28):
it just kept going.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
Wow. Wow, that's definitely a journey, my ba. That's a
story for sure. Wow. So what do you offer your clients?
What kind of services?
Speaker 2 (07:44):
So?
Speaker 4 (07:44):
Yeah, So I have a client that just signed up
recent this today and she's we're doing a ninety day
strategy for her. So what do you need to get
the results that you want? So she wants brand awareness,
So we're going to make a strategy for her to
build brand awareness so people know that her brand is
out there because she's not launching till January. I have
another client right now that I'm doing engagement for, So
(08:05):
they're on four different social media platforms and I'm just
sharing with their audience different thoughts as I'm basically a
ghostwriter for the main face of their brand, and I'm
sharing information to build up the brand again, to build
brand awareness. So marketing is more so like making people
aware that this brand exists so they can eventually get sales.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
Yes, yes, I like that. I like that. I mean
I have started doing that and it is definitely involved.
You have to be very consistent and a storyteller.
Speaker 4 (08:38):
Yes, definitely, it's all about that. So you've got to
get that story down pack. If you have a founding story,
like I'm telling the founding story of four kiddos, people
are like, oh, I relate to you, and so they're like,
you know how you said you relate You understood what
my pain was. People relate to that story. So when
you have a business, you want to tell them your story,
even though it feels like, oh, I feel vulnerable. I
(08:59):
don't want to put myself out there. No, that's what's
gonna get you the sales. That's gonna get your audience.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
Yes, absolutely, absolutely. Otherwise you have best kept secret.
Speaker 4 (09:09):
You don't want to be that.
Speaker 1 (09:13):
But sure. Wow. So if people want to connect to
infusions and Enterprise, that's how they do.
Speaker 4 (09:19):
So that one is under my name. So it's Janelle
j A n E L L e A Jones dot com.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
Okay, because let me see, because you.
Speaker 4 (09:29):
Found you found the Infusion Enterprises dot com. So what
I do just give people a little hint of things.
I have two sides of it. So I have high
end clients, which are government contracts that I do. That's
the Infusion Enterprises dot Com. And then when I work
with my personal client small businesses, I use the met
be me the face of the brand for Janelle Jones
dot com.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
Oh okay, okay, So I did see on the infusions
that you, uh you are a certified.
Speaker 4 (09:57):
Uh women's own small business.
Speaker 1 (09:59):
I am, yes, So talk a little bit about that
because I know there's women out there that may be
interested in getting that status but just don't know how
to go about it.
Speaker 4 (10:09):
Well, back in the day, I've been in business for
a while, So back in the day, you were able
to self certify on the SBA website. That means that
you didn't have to pay any money. You could just say, hey,
I'm a woman owned business. Fill out all the forms
you have to have, all your documentation. Of course, you
would send them everything and show that you are a
female business, you're the owner of the business, and all
that type of stuff, and then you would get a
certification saying that you're a woman owned small business. So
(10:31):
you could do business with the government, small the SBA,
all of that type of stuff. They'll send you referrals. Nowadays,
there is organizations that will certify you as a woman
owned business. I think it costs typically about five or
six hundred dollars and you can talk to those organizations
give them the same paperwork that I had to turn
into the SBA, and they'll certify you as a women
(10:52):
owned small business.
Speaker 1 (10:54):
Oh okay, okay, okay, because I know that I've talked
to some women in my cool that was interested in
getting that done. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (11:04):
No, it's very helpful. When I applied for government contracts,
there was one I had all the sort of I'm black,
I'm minority own, I'm women owned, everything, except I didn't
have military right, so they were like, you're not a veteran.
And then so they the person who won had was black,
women owned and a veteran. She had all the checkmarks.
(11:24):
So you want to get as many of those if
you're interested in the government contracts as possible.
Speaker 1 (11:29):
Oh okay, understood, understood. Wow, So this is amazing. I
am this tickled tank of meeting you today because this
you just have great stuff. Yeah, and definitely, like you
mentioned before, pains painkillers because a lot of I know
(11:51):
with the social media, I mean I do a lot
of my own stuff, and it's like one whole day
it's Daddy caterd to social media.
Speaker 4 (12:03):
Yeah, it's very time consuming. What we have to think
about it is that as entrepreneurs and small business owners.
We wear a lot of hats, so that one day
that you spent is actually somebody's full time job. Right,
So we're gonna give ourselves. I have a client that
says she doesn't like for people to say give grace,
but I'm gonna say it today. I'm gonna try to
not say this so often, but give ourselves grace that
(12:25):
we are getting it done in just one day.
Speaker 1 (12:27):
Right.
Speaker 4 (12:27):
But I'm what I like to do, probably like you,
is to sit down and just get it done right,
bash it out, schedule it out, and forget about it.
It's done.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
Yes, yes, yes, yes, that's the whole idea. You know,
because my like a podcast, it pretty much goes out
on Thursdays six o'clock pm Eastern Top. So Thursdays Wednesday
I start prepping. Thursdays I push out yes and br
(13:00):
days I push on my little marketing stuff out for
the weekend. So I got a little schedule on on
unless something out of the norm happens, and you know
how that goes.
Speaker 4 (13:14):
There's always something random happening for me.
Speaker 1 (13:18):
Oh my god, It's like when it's when nothing happens
in the day, that's a great day.
Speaker 4 (13:26):
I'm telling you every day. I could. I have a
story every day. I call my husband every time.
Speaker 5 (13:29):
I'm like, let me tell you what happened to day.
Speaker 1 (13:35):
I know it's amazing, it's always something. But you have
found a way to blend business, family, and trap.
Speaker 4 (13:47):
Yes, yes, I call it brand fusion. I'm working on
a book for this where I'm telling people how to
do it. I'm still writing it, but it's almost done.
But yes, it's called brand fusion what I'm doing, and
it's basically you. I'm using my lifestyle that I want
and I created the business after the lifestyle, after I
decided how I wanted to live. So that way, I'm
not working in my business. I haven't enjoying my life,
(14:11):
and my business is just contributing to my life.
Speaker 1 (14:14):
Ah. I love that, and that's the way it should be.
Speaker 4 (14:17):
Yes, Yeah, because we get so bogged down and working
every day and pushing like what are we doing all
this for? To pay bills? Like what's the point? So
I want to enjoy my life, So I make a
list of things that I want to do. Now how
much money do I need to make to make that happen.
I work in the opposite and.
Speaker 1 (14:35):
That sounds logical to me because we all you know,
trying to make the money first and then make the plan.
Speaker 4 (14:43):
Right, No, make the plan first. What do you want
to how much is it going to cost you? Do
you need ten thousand? Do you need fifty dollars? What
do you need to make your goals happen? And then
go back and make the money. Now what can I
sell to make that fifty thousand dollars? Well, I can
sell ten strategy sessions five thousand dollars apiece, and I've
made fifty thousand dollars.
Speaker 1 (15:04):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (15:06):
Yeah, that's how I work. That's how my brain works, and.
Speaker 1 (15:10):
That's a good way for your brain to work. Now
you got me rethinking.
Speaker 4 (15:16):
Yeah, so when they sell when you're selling low ticket,
Let's say that I'm selling a digital product and I'm
selling my digital product for ten dollars. Okay, Well I
have to sell way more of ten dollars to get
to that fifty thousand dollars as opposed to just selling
one big thing or a couple of big things to
get to that same amount of money. So you put
in way more work selling that ten dollar item than
(15:36):
you will that five thousand dollar item.
Speaker 1 (15:39):
Wow, And that's interesting because a lot of people haggle
over price, you know, because they and I'm probably guilty
of it too, because we want to try to please everybody,
but everybody ain't designed what you offer well, and no
(16:04):
matter how want you, what I have found free and
cheat is no value.
Speaker 4 (16:12):
Yeah. Yeah, I think it depends on the income limits, right,
the income amount that they make. So let's say, for example,
the people that I charge five thousand dollars for.
Speaker 5 (16:21):
They don't haggle.
Speaker 4 (16:22):
The lady that I just did the strategy that I'm
doing the strategy SESSI Before I told her, I said
it's gonna be fifteen hundred dollars. She didn't blink an eye.
She said, send me an invoice. It wasn't a big deal.
But when you have people that pay you five hundred
dollars or three hundred dollars, there's a negotiation because they
can't afford it. That's that's and that's what it is
at the end of the day.
Speaker 5 (16:40):
So that means that you need.
Speaker 4 (16:41):
To elevate the type of clients that you're going after.
Speaker 1 (16:43):
Yes, yes, yes, indeed. So how do you go about
getting in those circles, especially if you are newly a
new business and you, first of all, you are already
scared to death. You don't want to hear you know
too many times. So how do you get yourself in
(17:05):
a position to be able to have those hot paid
clients that don't blink?
Speaker 4 (17:14):
Yeah definitely, So I say start where you are. So
you might not be at five thousand dollars. You might
be at a two hundred and fifty dollars strategy, So
you're not going to be able to sell that five
thousand dollars because you're just not confident enough, like you're saying,
you're scared already.
Speaker 1 (17:27):
Right.
Speaker 4 (17:27):
Right, Let's say you go to a chamber of commerce,
right and your talk and your networking, and you find
a client, Well, your comfort level is only two hundred
and fifty dollars, Sell that two hundred and fifty dollars,
get the you know, the feedback, get the testimonial, and
then bump up your price, double it five hundred next
time until you hit your max ceiling of comfort level.
Speaker 1 (17:49):
Yeah all right, that's a good tip.
Speaker 4 (17:52):
Yeah, definitely. And that's when remember the chamber of commerce,
remember the associations, whatever you business that you're in, whatever
your industry that you're targeting. There is an association, lawyers Association,
police association, what. There's associations for every industry. So go
to the association meetings, become a member, talk to people, network,
tell them what you're trying to do. People will send
(18:13):
you clients all the time.
Speaker 1 (18:15):
Okay, okay, that's good to know. I mean, I mean
right now, I mean, I know I haven't been to
any meetings in a good bit. That's one of the
goals for me to get more visible in person, because
I think the pandemic kind of like spoiled all of
(18:35):
us to sit behind the screen and you know, meet
people all around the world. It's definitely can make you lazy.
Speaker 4 (18:44):
It's so funny because I was thinking that same thing myself, like, oh,
I love being inside, but literally every time I've gone outside,
I've been outside the whole summer right, going and doing
things because I'm running the business from Atlanta and Louisville,
so I have clients here and clients there for kiddos.
So every time time I go outside, now I'm getting
a client. And these are not little clients. These are
big clients that are paying a decent amount of money
(19:06):
just by stepping outside. And what the lady who signed
up today. I met her from going outside and I
met her two weeks ago and she said, I was
looking for you and it was so easy. This is
so easy to find what I'm looking for. So just
putting yourself in those areas where people are actually looking
for your services. So I wouldn't say, if I'm in marketing,
don't go to the marketing associations. Go to other associations
(19:29):
because everybody in that association is going to be doing marketing, right,
So don't go to your association, go to your industry
that you're targeting association.
Speaker 1 (19:38):
Yes, because most people number one, don't have time. It's
very consuming work. They just want the results. They just
want put me out there and let it be yes.
Speaker 4 (19:53):
Yes, And I want you to do it for me.
Speaker 1 (19:55):
That's it exactly. I don't want to do that. And
like you said, it's it's a lot of work and
it's very consistent work. You cannot You have to have
a schedule for it. Yes, definitely have a you have
to have a schedule. Wow, So again, how do people
I'm gonna have to make sure I get that the
(20:17):
Janelle website as well.
Speaker 4 (20:21):
I will give it to you Jane L. A. Jones
dot com is the website.
Speaker 1 (20:24):
Okay, well that's easy enough. How do you blend all
of us with your family? You know? Balance? How do
you get that balance? I don't.
Speaker 4 (20:41):
I think I told you I homeschool my kids, So
I don't. I don't know if I mentioned that on
the recording, but I meant I homeschool my kids. So
we are on a very strict schedule just so that
I can get it all done. So in the morning
is when I homeschool my kids. Until about eleven o'clock
they have lunch. I kind of spend a little time
with them, you know, whatever I need to do, clean
up the kitchen, that kind of thing. Twelve o'clock they
(21:03):
go down for nap. I'm basically doing my business. From
twelve to three, when they're napping or quiet time in
their room. The nine year old doesn't want to nap
anymore quiet time in their room. From twelve to three,
I'm taking phone calls, I'm creating content. Whatever I need
to do. I have a to do list, a very
strict to do list. These are the things that need
to be done after three o'clock. From three to about five,
(21:25):
I'm just doing random things. It may be additional work.
It may be time with the kids. I may take
them to the park, different things like that. After five
o'clock is dinner and bed for the kids, so I'm
spending that time with them. And at seven o'clock I
start working again, so I may have a commerce call,
like I have the well builder circle out for some
coaching at seven o'clock, and then I may have to
(21:46):
make some content whatever I need to do. After seven
o'clock is a little more two hours more work time.
Speaker 1 (21:52):
Okay, so you just break it up. Break it up. Yeah,
I know, because our homeschooled as well. My son he
started homeschooling at four and luckily my daycare provider helped
me with that because at that time I was in college,
I'm working, and a whole bunch of stuff going on,
(22:15):
so she pretty much helped me with the homeschooling. And
then when he got eight years old, I think I
put him in a private school that had six kids
class because I didn't want him to be going to
a total oblivion going into a classroom with thirty kids.
He was been like done, you know what I'm saying.
(22:37):
And then we did that for a few years and
then we went back to homeschooling. Yes, and I really
liked the homeschooling. I really liked it a lot because,
you know, he we were done by pretty much eleven,
and we went to school all year round, I know,
(22:58):
summer breaks. Now you go to school half a day
every day.
Speaker 4 (23:04):
Yep, that's us as well, and we just keep going
year round. And he's nine now. He's doing fourth grade
work where he's his goal is to get to the
sixth grade by the end of the public school school year.
That's his goal is to get to because it doesn't
take much. And I'm like, the fourth grade work is
really too easy for him, if I'm gonna be honest
with you, Yeah, that homeschool gives you the available the
(23:25):
ability to kind of push your kids to the level
that you want them to go to.
Speaker 1 (23:30):
Yes, exactly, because I think my son finished at sixteen.
He finished and was in college at sixteen, and that's
from the homeschool.
Speaker 5 (23:43):
Yeah, he told me twelve. It is his goal.
Speaker 4 (23:45):
Today, he told me that he wants to be in
college at twelve.
Speaker 1 (23:47):
Oh wow. He definitely he might not be emotionally ready
for that, No, not at all.
Speaker 4 (23:54):
He's a boy.
Speaker 1 (23:55):
No, yeah, because at sixteen, my son he wanted to
go off and I'm like, you know what, you might
be academically there, but I don't think you emotionally there yet. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (24:07):
Boys think a little longer than girls. I can see
my daughter doing it, but not him. He can do
college classes at home, how about that? But actually live
on can know?
Speaker 1 (24:17):
Yeah? Yeah, because he is just I said, I don't.
I don't feel like jumping on no plane. If something
jump off and.
Speaker 5 (24:26):
We do, we will if we know, yeah, you know it,
we went.
Speaker 1 (24:35):
On, we will in our heartbeat. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (24:38):
Oh mama bear mode, I'm sure.
Speaker 1 (24:43):
Wow. So we have a lot in common because the
reason why I put my son in because at the
time I was living in Baltimore and when D became passing.
Speaker 4 (24:55):
Mm hmm.
Speaker 1 (24:56):
D has always been due over to me, and I
knew at that point that I would probably be down
the Board of Education every week complaining about the curriculum
and unnecessary stuff that I could avoid.
Speaker 5 (25:18):
You would hate it.
Speaker 1 (25:19):
Right now.
Speaker 4 (25:20):
I just know a mind that said the A is
no f it's forty and below what I just saw something.
I don't know how true that is. I don't know
because I'm not in the school, but I would just
I don't even know what to say. They're just they're
making it too easy. They're floating his kids bike.
Speaker 1 (25:39):
And and that's terrible because at four my son was
already doing cursive writing. It's already counting.
Speaker 4 (25:47):
Mm hm.
Speaker 1 (25:48):
He knew all this alphabet.
Speaker 4 (25:52):
Speaking Spanish.
Speaker 1 (25:53):
Yes, yes, same year, Yes, same year. And it's like
when nada. Their brains are like sponges. They want to
know everything. Mm hmm yep, exactly, and that is really
the time to really push them to their limit, to
see where they fall.
Speaker 4 (26:15):
Yep, yep it is. And these kids, I don't know
what's going on. I really don't.
Speaker 1 (26:21):
With the shootings, Oh god.
Speaker 4 (26:23):
Let's not even talk about that. I just I don't
know how they do it. I don't know how parents
do it. I can't even do it. I saw a
baby when I was driving and say, getting off the
school bus and he couldn't get him off the bus.
And I was like, what's taking so long? And he
came off and he was a baby, literally a baby,
probably three or four years old.
Speaker 5 (26:40):
I'm like, what is this school?
Speaker 1 (26:46):
Oh my goodness, yes indeed this is yes, So honey,
you're definitely doing the right thing with the home school
because I've absolutely loved it. We did the Rebecca Christian Yeah,
so that way he got the religion with the education
because it was it was wonderful. I really liked it.
(27:09):
I liked it, and I think that's where we're headed
because there's too much fear right now and sending your
kids to school.
Speaker 4 (27:19):
Yeah, it's no longer a safe space anymore. You know,
school was the place to go, your your teachers, like
your second mom, you know what I mean, at least.
Speaker 1 (27:26):
The yeah or no, not at all? Wow wow, So
for kiddos.
Speaker 4 (27:35):
Yes, for kiddos.
Speaker 1 (27:36):
I know, we've been talking about everything under the sun. Yes,
it's a lot of things because I mean, as a
business owner, especially with kids, you can't do anything with them. No,
you have to include them in the day.
Speaker 4 (27:58):
You do you do. I've found like there's a trampoline
place not far from me. So they have a membership
twenty dollars a kid for the whole month. Look, I
signed up for that membership so fast. So it's two
hours every day. I think we go there three days,
three days a week. And they jumped their heart out
and I'm just typing away on the computer getting my work.
Then they have Wi Fi. Let's go. Okay. Yeah, so
(28:21):
it's you just have to find what's gonna work for
you and for yours as a mom and an entrepreneur.
You have to find that balance.
Speaker 1 (28:29):
You do you do, and it's south there. Because when
my son was coming up, it was Chucky cheese. Uh.
We lived dead like every single day. Yes, matter of fact,
he's thirty, he almost thirty now. And while I find
while I found some Chuck e Cheese chips and a
(28:51):
drawer because we went there like every single day.
Speaker 4 (28:56):
Yes, yes, I think I saw something of bringing out
an adult virgin. I was like, wait a minute, oh yeah,
but chuck e Cheese version.
Speaker 1 (29:10):
We meat all of that, yes, yes, as we you know,
doing the business, the family, the husbands and everything else
in between. I could definitely go for a Chuck E
Cheese for adult.
Speaker 4 (29:26):
He little some some you know, yes, yes in d wow.
Speaker 1 (29:35):
So again, Janelle, this has been so delightful. You were
my only interview today and this was like delightful and
more delightful.
Speaker 4 (29:46):
Thank you, Thank you so much. I had a good time.
Speaker 1 (29:49):
Yes, yes, indeed, so again for kiddos, how do people
connect with that, yes.
Speaker 4 (29:55):
Please register at only four kiddos dot com. But the
number four O n L Y the number four kiddos
k I d d os dot com.
Speaker 1 (30:03):
Okay and for the the marketing right.
Speaker 4 (30:09):
Yeah, so if you want to see my smiling face,
you would go to Jane la Jones dot com janew
j A n E l l E the letter A
J O n E s dot com.
Speaker 1 (30:20):
Now your group, tell me a little bit about your group.
Speaker 4 (30:24):
I have a coaching group that I offer. It's called
Wealth Build a Circle. It's female driven. Most are in
the group is females and our goal is to build wealth.
So each of them have a different business that they're growing,
working in collaboration and partnership with each other. It's holding
each other accountable, having co working days. The goal is
(30:44):
that we can't do anything without wealth. It's like we're
pulling from ourselves giving all our energy. But we need
money to help other people. And of course the world
is not about money. Our thing is not about money,
but we need it to help others. So that's what
the group is about about. How do we build wealth?
How do we maximize AI? Because you and I haven't
(31:04):
spoken about AI, but AI is like changing the world
right now.
Speaker 1 (31:08):
Yes, it's mindfulness.
Speaker 4 (31:10):
So how do we capitalize on AI and use it
in our businesses to be able to help us to
grow and so we can do less and have more time.
Speaker 1 (31:19):
So is this so bad?
Speaker 5 (31:21):
Yes?
Speaker 4 (31:22):
Yes, yes, I will send you some information about it
if you're interested. Definitely, yes, yes me.
Speaker 1 (31:28):
I mean I love collaboration because you know when you talk,
when you talk to other people, you learned so much.
Speaker 4 (31:37):
Yes, yes, And we have some amazing women. One lady
is a doctor and she does herbal medicine and tells
you how to use herbs to be able to heal yourself.
Another lady she is a metaphysical specialist. Another lady she
is she's out the workforce and she's teaching people how
to transition because we've had three hundred thousand black females
(32:00):
become laid off from COVID their jobs. She's helping people
to make that transition. What do we do with these women?
Are they starting businesses? Are they looking for a new job?
What are they doing right? So, and then we have
another girl she's starting a YouTube channel. And so I
just have all kinds of things happening in the group,
trying to figure this out together.
Speaker 1 (32:21):
Right, that's about figuring it out the gapp Yes.
Speaker 4 (32:25):
There's more power and one I know something, you know something.
We could bring it together.
Speaker 1 (32:29):
Yes, that's how I feel. Yes, I'm telling you God
is bringing me my people, yes, one by one.
Speaker 4 (32:38):
Yes, Yes, that's how he works, right, And I've been
calling it in like I'm like, this is my time.
I've just been saying that out loud, this is my time. Lord,
let it happen. And that's what's been happening. The synchronicities
and everything that everybody's doing is just fabulous.
Speaker 1 (32:53):
Yes, yes, indeed, yes, indeed, Well I am so happy
to me too. This has been, like that said, a
delightful conversation. We probably went off in the bolivion, but
it was all good because the connection is real and
authentic and you, my people.
Speaker 4 (33:17):
Thank you so much for having me Aida. This was fabulous.
Speaker 1 (33:20):
Thank you, and we're definitely gonna be connecting because I
like how you Bob.
Speaker 4 (33:25):
Thank you so much.
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Speaker 1 (01:45):
Welcome, welcome to Just Minding My Business Media. I am
so happy that you joined us today and I am
ecstatically happy to bring to you today miss Janelle Jones,
who is a marketing strategist, entrepreneur and founder of Infusion
Enterprises and For Kiddos, which helping entrepreneurs and families grow
(02:10):
through creativity, strategy and storytelling. Wow, welcome Janelle. And I'm
not go ahead and start with for Kiddos. I saw that.
I was like, I like that.
Speaker 4 (02:24):
Thank you, thank you.
Speaker 5 (02:25):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (02:26):
For Kiddos is a pain point of mind everything. I
feel like when you start business, you want to start
from a pain point. What is missing in the marketplace?
And every day I'm a homeschool mom, so I'm looking
for kids activities for my kids, and there wasn't a
place where they're locally based. Activities are just locally based
where I can come on and say, let me book
this event, let me go to this activity. I have
(02:46):
to look through event bright scroll look forever. I have
to look in a Facebook group, I have to look
on Google what things to do in Atlanta. It's terrible.
So I decided to create that business.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
Wow, that's because I'm telling you, when my son was little,
you know, trying to do stuff, and you know, they
don't understand boundaries when they're small. It's it's like mommy
working right now? What is that? Yes?
Speaker 4 (03:16):
No, and they're knocking on the door. They want to
come in, they want to say hello. In the Zoom meetings,
it's just too much.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
Yes, yes, so tell us now, how does that? How
do you find the activities for families?
Speaker 4 (03:31):
Yeah, so I'm looking at anybody who hosts events for kids.
So I'm going through event right, I'm searching there. Then
they have the newsletters, local based newsletters that they send
out activities. I'm going signing up for all those newsletters,
and anybody I see that is listed on newsletter, I'm
reaching out to them. So it's a lot of outreach
to these different organizations and saying, hey, this is something
that i'm launching, would you sign up to be a
(03:52):
host on our platform? And so they start listening their
events on the platform for my audience.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
Wow, love it and there you go walking together.
Speaker 4 (04:03):
Yes, yes, because they need that I have their target audience.
They're trying to figure out where their target the target audiences.
They're spending ad money, they're posting on events, event right,
they're spending ads on event right instead of doing all that.
There's your target audience right here.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
Alrighty, now that's what I'm talking about. That is definitely
outside the box. So if people want to connect to
that part of you, how they do so them?
Speaker 4 (04:30):
Yeah, they can go on to onyfour kiddos dot com
and they can register and it's just like event right,
You're able to create a profile and search through events
on the website. If you do host events for kids,
you can once you register, you can apply to be
a host.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
And this is in the whole state of Atlanta.
Speaker 4 (04:47):
This is in what nationwide. We're focused on Atlanta and Louisville,
but definitely can anybody can register.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
Oh okay, well I like that nationwide.
Speaker 4 (04:59):
Think we're growing, We're getting there. We started in a
lands and we went to Louisville and we're just going
from there.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
I know. That's right, that's awesome. And what's that website? Again?
Speaker 4 (05:11):
Only O N L y the number four kiddos ki
d d os dot com.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
Okay, okay, I'll make sure I have that in the
show notes because that's definitely needed and more needed. Yeah,
that's so funny. How kids are you know? I would
be in my office working, my son is with my
husband upstairs. He gonna come all the way downstairs and
(05:38):
ask me for a glance of milk. I'm thinking to myself, Okay,
why don't you just with your father closer to the
refrigerator than me.
Speaker 4 (05:50):
I constantly tell my then retraining, like mommy is not here,
We're gonna retrain you to call dad because the first
thought is to call mom.
Speaker 5 (05:58):
Right.
Speaker 4 (05:58):
But if we retrain them, then less my belief is
at less percentage of the time you'll come to me
if I can retrain you to call dad right.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Right, especially if he's an a site right right? Wow? Okay,
So let's change focus on ehesion enterpricess Ye tell us
about that.
Speaker 4 (06:22):
In Fision Enterprises, my marketing agency. So I started out
as a tutor in Atlanta. This is it all ties
together and won a way, shape or form. So I
was tutoring in Atlanta, running around the city, and if
you know, Atlanta. You know, it's huge. Metro Atlanta is
very huge. Not the city, but the whole Metro Atlanta.
And so I had two kids from Gwenett all the
way down to South Fulton. So it was huge. And
(06:43):
so I decided that I could no longer do that.
I was gonna have kids. I knew that I was
destined to have kids. I said, I've got to figure
out something else. So I stopped my tutoring agency. I
gave my tutors. I said, hey, look, you guys are
going to take over these clients. And I got on
a plane and I went to a retreat in Bali,
and I started talking to the ladies there in Bali,
and they said, you know what you are, a hustling hotties.
(07:06):
You are always hustling. You have a side hustle. Start
a business teaching people how to start a side business.
So I did that, and then I realized I was
doing a lot of marketing for the people that came
through hustling hotties and then just random clients that would
approach me. So I decided to go back to school
get a master's in digital marketing and launched the digital
marketing agency and kind of just went from there and
(07:28):
it just kept going.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
Wow. Wow, that's definitely a journey, my ba. That's a
story for sure. Wow. So what do you offer your clients?
What kind of services?
Speaker 2 (07:44):
So?
Speaker 4 (07:44):
Yeah, So I have a client that just signed up
recent this today and she's we're doing a ninety day
strategy for her. So what do you need to get
the results that you want? So she wants brand awareness,
So we're going to make a strategy for her to
build brand awareness so people know that her brand is
out there because she's not launching till January. I have
another client right now that I'm doing engagement for, So
(08:05):
they're on four different social media platforms and I'm just
sharing with their audience different thoughts as I'm basically a
ghostwriter for the main face of their brand, and I'm
sharing information to build up the brand again, to build
brand awareness. So marketing is more so like making people
aware that this brand exists so they can eventually get sales.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
Yes, yes, I like that. I like that. I mean
I have started doing that and it is definitely involved.
You have to be very consistent and a storyteller.
Speaker 4 (08:38):
Yes, definitely, it's all about that. So you've got to
get that story down pack. If you have a founding story,
like I'm telling the founding story of four kiddos, people
are like, oh, I relate to you, and so they're like,
you know how you said you relate You understood what
my pain was. People relate to that story. So when
you have a business, you want to tell them your story,
even though it feels like, oh, I feel vulnerable. I
(08:59):
don't want to put myself out there. No, that's what's
gonna get you the sales. That's gonna get your audience.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
Yes, absolutely, absolutely. Otherwise you have best kept secret.
Speaker 4 (09:09):
You don't want to be that.
Speaker 1 (09:13):
But sure. Wow. So if people want to connect to
infusions and Enterprise, that's how they do.
Speaker 4 (09:19):
So that one is under my name. So it's Janelle
j A n E L L e A Jones dot com.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
Okay, because let me see, because you.
Speaker 4 (09:29):
Found you found the Infusion Enterprises dot com. So what
I do just give people a little hint of things.
I have two sides of it. So I have high
end clients, which are government contracts that I do. That's
the Infusion Enterprises dot Com. And then when I work
with my personal client small businesses, I use the met
be me the face of the brand for Janelle Jones
dot com.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
Oh okay, okay, So I did see on the infusions
that you, uh you are a certified.
Speaker 4 (09:57):
Uh women's own small business.
Speaker 1 (09:59):
I am, yes, So talk a little bit about that
because I know there's women out there that may be
interested in getting that status but just don't know how
to go about it.
Speaker 4 (10:09):
Well, back in the day, I've been in business for
a while, So back in the day, you were able
to self certify on the SBA website. That means that
you didn't have to pay any money. You could just say, hey,
I'm a woman owned business. Fill out all the forms
you have to have, all your documentation. Of course, you
would send them everything and show that you are a
female business, you're the owner of the business, and all
that type of stuff, and then you would get a
certification saying that you're a woman owned small business. So
(10:31):
you could do business with the government, small the SBA,
all of that type of stuff. They'll send you referrals. Nowadays,
there is organizations that will certify you as a woman
owned business. I think it costs typically about five or
six hundred dollars and you can talk to those organizations
give them the same paperwork that I had to turn
into the SBA, and they'll certify you as a women
(10:52):
owned small business.
Speaker 1 (10:54):
Oh okay, okay, okay, because I know that I've talked
to some women in my cool that was interested in
getting that done. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (11:04):
No, it's very helpful. When I applied for government contracts,
there was one I had all the sort of I'm black,
I'm minority own, I'm women owned, everything, except I didn't
have military right, so they were like, you're not a veteran.
And then so they the person who won had was black,
women owned and a veteran. She had all the checkmarks.
(11:24):
So you want to get as many of those if
you're interested in the government contracts as possible.
Speaker 1 (11:29):
Oh okay, understood, understood. Wow, So this is amazing. I
am this tickled tank of meeting you today because this
you just have great stuff. Yeah, and definitely, like you
mentioned before, pains painkillers because a lot of I know
(11:51):
with the social media, I mean I do a lot
of my own stuff, and it's like one whole day
it's Daddy caterd to social media.
Speaker 4 (12:03):
Yeah, it's very time consuming. What we have to think
about it is that as entrepreneurs and small business owners.
We wear a lot of hats, so that one day
that you spent is actually somebody's full time job. Right,
So we're gonna give ourselves. I have a client that
says she doesn't like for people to say give grace,
but I'm gonna say it today. I'm gonna try to
not say this so often, but give ourselves grace that
(12:25):
we are getting it done in just one day.
Speaker 1 (12:27):
Right.
Speaker 4 (12:27):
But I'm what I like to do, probably like you,
is to sit down and just get it done right,
bash it out, schedule it out, and forget about it.
It's done.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
Yes, yes, yes, yes, that's the whole idea. You know,
because my like a podcast, it pretty much goes out
on Thursdays six o'clock pm Eastern Top. So Thursdays Wednesday
I start prepping. Thursdays I push out yes and br
(13:00):
days I push on my little marketing stuff out for
the weekend. So I got a little schedule on on
unless something out of the norm happens, and you know
how that goes.
Speaker 4 (13:14):
There's always something random happening for me.
Speaker 1 (13:18):
Oh my god, It's like when it's when nothing happens
in the day, that's a great day.
Speaker 4 (13:26):
I'm telling you every day. I could. I have a
story every day. I call my husband every time.
Speaker 5 (13:29):
I'm like, let me tell you what happened to day.
Speaker 1 (13:35):
I know it's amazing, it's always something. But you have
found a way to blend business, family, and trap.
Speaker 4 (13:47):
Yes, yes, I call it brand fusion. I'm working on
a book for this where I'm telling people how to
do it. I'm still writing it, but it's almost done.
But yes, it's called brand fusion what I'm doing, and
it's basically you. I'm using my lifestyle that I want
and I created the business after the lifestyle, after I
decided how I wanted to live. So that way, I'm
not working in my business. I haven't enjoying my life,
(14:11):
and my business is just contributing to my life.
Speaker 1 (14:14):
Ah. I love that, and that's the way it should be.
Speaker 4 (14:17):
Yes, Yeah, because we get so bogged down and working
every day and pushing like what are we doing all
this for? To pay bills? Like what's the point? So
I want to enjoy my life, So I make a
list of things that I want to do. Now how
much money do I need to make to make that happen.
I work in the opposite and.
Speaker 1 (14:35):
That sounds logical to me because we all you know,
trying to make the money first and then make the plan.
Speaker 4 (14:43):
Right, No, make the plan first. What do you want
to how much is it going to cost you? Do
you need ten thousand? Do you need fifty dollars? What
do you need to make your goals happen? And then
go back and make the money. Now what can I
sell to make that fifty thousand dollars? Well, I can
sell ten strategy sessions five thousand dollars apiece, and I've
made fifty thousand dollars.
Speaker 1 (15:04):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (15:06):
Yeah, that's how I work. That's how my brain works, and.
Speaker 1 (15:10):
That's a good way for your brain to work. Now
you got me rethinking.
Speaker 4 (15:16):
Yeah, so when they sell when you're selling low ticket,
Let's say that I'm selling a digital product and I'm
selling my digital product for ten dollars. Okay, Well I
have to sell way more of ten dollars to get
to that fifty thousand dollars as opposed to just selling
one big thing or a couple of big things to
get to that same amount of money. So you put
in way more work selling that ten dollar item than
(15:36):
you will that five thousand dollar item.
Speaker 1 (15:39):
Wow, And that's interesting because a lot of people haggle
over price, you know, because they and I'm probably guilty
of it too, because we want to try to please everybody,
but everybody ain't designed what you offer well, and no
(16:04):
matter how want you, what I have found free and
cheat is no value.
Speaker 4 (16:12):
Yeah. Yeah, I think it depends on the income limits, right,
the income amount that they make. So let's say, for example,
the people that I charge five thousand dollars for.
Speaker 5 (16:21):
They don't haggle.
Speaker 4 (16:22):
The lady that I just did the strategy that I'm
doing the strategy SESSI Before I told her, I said
it's gonna be fifteen hundred dollars. She didn't blink an eye.
She said, send me an invoice. It wasn't a big deal.
But when you have people that pay you five hundred
dollars or three hundred dollars, there's a negotiation because they
can't afford it. That's that's and that's what it is
at the end of the day.
Speaker 5 (16:40):
So that means that you need.
Speaker 4 (16:41):
To elevate the type of clients that you're going after.
Speaker 1 (16:43):
Yes, yes, yes, indeed. So how do you go about
getting in those circles, especially if you are newly a
new business and you, first of all, you are already
scared to death. You don't want to hear you know
too many times. So how do you get yourself in
(17:05):
a position to be able to have those hot paid
clients that don't blink?
Speaker 4 (17:14):
Yeah definitely, So I say start where you are. So
you might not be at five thousand dollars. You might
be at a two hundred and fifty dollars strategy, So
you're not going to be able to sell that five
thousand dollars because you're just not confident enough, like you're saying,
you're scared already.
Speaker 1 (17:27):
Right.
Speaker 4 (17:27):
Right, Let's say you go to a chamber of commerce,
right and your talk and your networking, and you find
a client, Well, your comfort level is only two hundred
and fifty dollars, Sell that two hundred and fifty dollars,
get the you know, the feedback, get the testimonial, and
then bump up your price, double it five hundred next
time until you hit your max ceiling of comfort level.
Speaker 1 (17:49):
Yeah all right, that's a good tip.
Speaker 4 (17:52):
Yeah, definitely. And that's when remember the chamber of commerce,
remember the associations, whatever you business that you're in, whatever
your industry that you're targeting. There is an association, lawyers Association,
police association, what. There's associations for every industry. So go
to the association meetings, become a member, talk to people, network,
tell them what you're trying to do. People will send
(18:13):
you clients all the time.
Speaker 1 (18:15):
Okay, okay, that's good to know. I mean, I mean
right now, I mean, I know I haven't been to
any meetings in a good bit. That's one of the
goals for me to get more visible in person, because
I think the pandemic kind of like spoiled all of
(18:35):
us to sit behind the screen and you know, meet
people all around the world. It's definitely can make you lazy.
Speaker 4 (18:44):
It's so funny because I was thinking that same thing myself, like, oh,
I love being inside, but literally every time I've gone outside,
I've been outside the whole summer right, going and doing
things because I'm running the business from Atlanta and Louisville,
so I have clients here and clients there for kiddos.
So every time time I go outside, now I'm getting
a client. And these are not little clients. These are
big clients that are paying a decent amount of money
(19:06):
just by stepping outside. And what the lady who signed
up today. I met her from going outside and I
met her two weeks ago and she said, I was
looking for you and it was so easy. This is
so easy to find what I'm looking for. So just
putting yourself in those areas where people are actually looking
for your services. So I wouldn't say, if I'm in marketing,
don't go to the marketing associations. Go to other associations
(19:29):
because everybody in that association is going to be doing marketing, right,
So don't go to your association, go to your industry
that you're targeting association.
Speaker 1 (19:38):
Yes, because most people number one, don't have time. It's
very consuming work. They just want the results. They just
want put me out there and let it be yes.
Speaker 4 (19:53):
Yes, And I want you to do it for me.
Speaker 1 (19:55):
That's it exactly. I don't want to do that. And
like you said, it's it's a lot of work and
it's very consistent work. You cannot You have to have
a schedule for it. Yes, definitely have a you have
to have a schedule. Wow, So again, how do people
I'm gonna have to make sure I get that the
(20:17):
Janelle website as well.
Speaker 4 (20:21):
I will give it to you Jane L. A. Jones
dot com is the website.
Speaker 1 (20:24):
Okay, well that's easy enough. How do you blend all
of us with your family? You know? Balance? How do
you get that balance? I don't.
Speaker 4 (20:41):
I think I told you I homeschool my kids, So
I don't. I don't know if I mentioned that on
the recording, but I meant I homeschool my kids. So
we are on a very strict schedule just so that
I can get it all done. So in the morning
is when I homeschool my kids. Until about eleven o'clock
they have lunch. I kind of spend a little time
with them, you know, whatever I need to do, clean
up the kitchen, that kind of thing. Twelve o'clock they
(21:03):
go down for nap. I'm basically doing my business. From
twelve to three, when they're napping or quiet time in
their room. The nine year old doesn't want to nap
anymore quiet time in their room. From twelve to three,
I'm taking phone calls, I'm creating content. Whatever I need
to do. I have a to do list, a very
strict to do list. These are the things that need
to be done after three o'clock. From three to about five,
(21:25):
I'm just doing random things. It may be additional work.
It may be time with the kids. I may take
them to the park, different things like that. After five
o'clock is dinner and bed for the kids, so I'm
spending that time with them. And at seven o'clock I
start working again, so I may have a commerce call,
like I have the well builder circle out for some
coaching at seven o'clock, and then I may have to
(21:46):
make some content whatever I need to do. After seven
o'clock is a little more two hours more work time.
Speaker 1 (21:52):
Okay, so you just break it up. Break it up. Yeah,
I know, because our homeschooled as well. My son he
started homeschooling at four and luckily my daycare provider helped
me with that because at that time I was in college,
I'm working, and a whole bunch of stuff going on,
(22:15):
so she pretty much helped me with the homeschooling. And
then when he got eight years old, I think I
put him in a private school that had six kids
class because I didn't want him to be going to
a total oblivion going into a classroom with thirty kids.
He was been like done, you know what I'm saying.
(22:37):
And then we did that for a few years and
then we went back to homeschooling. Yes, and I really
liked the homeschooling. I really liked it a lot because,
you know, he we were done by pretty much eleven,
and we went to school all year round, I know,
(22:58):
summer breaks. Now you go to school half a day
every day.
Speaker 4 (23:04):
Yep, that's us as well, and we just keep going
year round. And he's nine now. He's doing fourth grade
work where he's his goal is to get to the
sixth grade by the end of the public school school year.
That's his goal is to get to because it doesn't
take much. And I'm like, the fourth grade work is
really too easy for him, if I'm gonna be honest
with you, Yeah, that homeschool gives you the available the
(23:25):
ability to kind of push your kids to the level
that you want them to go to.
Speaker 1 (23:30):
Yes, exactly, because I think my son finished at sixteen.
He finished and was in college at sixteen, and that's
from the homeschool.
Speaker 5 (23:43):
Yeah, he told me twelve. It is his goal.
Speaker 4 (23:45):
Today, he told me that he wants to be in
college at twelve.
Speaker 1 (23:47):
Oh wow. He definitely he might not be emotionally ready
for that, No, not at all.
Speaker 4 (23:54):
He's a boy.
Speaker 1 (23:55):
No, yeah, because at sixteen, my son he wanted to
go off and I'm like, you know what, you might
be academically there, but I don't think you emotionally there yet. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (24:07):
Boys think a little longer than girls. I can see
my daughter doing it, but not him. He can do
college classes at home, how about that? But actually live
on can know?
Speaker 1 (24:17):
Yeah? Yeah, because he is just I said, I don't.
I don't feel like jumping on no plane. If something
jump off and.
Speaker 5 (24:26):
We do, we will if we know, yeah, you know it,
we went.
Speaker 1 (24:35):
On, we will in our heartbeat. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (24:38):
Oh mama bear mode, I'm sure.
Speaker 1 (24:43):
Wow. So we have a lot in common because the
reason why I put my son in because at the
time I was living in Baltimore and when D became passing.
Speaker 4 (24:55):
Mm hmm.
Speaker 1 (24:56):
D has always been due over to me, and I
knew at that point that I would probably be down
the Board of Education every week complaining about the curriculum
and unnecessary stuff that I could avoid.
Speaker 5 (25:18):
You would hate it.
Speaker 1 (25:19):
Right now.
Speaker 4 (25:20):
I just know a mind that said the A is
no f it's forty and below what I just saw something.
I don't know how true that is. I don't know
because I'm not in the school, but I would just
I don't even know what to say. They're just they're
making it too easy. They're floating his kids bike.
Speaker 1 (25:39):
And and that's terrible because at four my son was
already doing cursive writing. It's already counting.
Speaker 4 (25:47):
Mm hm.
Speaker 1 (25:48):
He knew all this alphabet.
Speaker 4 (25:52):
Speaking Spanish.
Speaker 1 (25:53):
Yes, yes, same year, Yes, same year. And it's like
when nada. Their brains are like sponges. They want to
know everything. Mm hmm yep, exactly, and that is really
the time to really push them to their limit, to
see where they fall.
Speaker 4 (26:15):
Yep, yep it is. And these kids, I don't know
what's going on. I really don't.
Speaker 1 (26:21):
With the shootings, Oh god.
Speaker 4 (26:23):
Let's not even talk about that. I just I don't
know how they do it. I don't know how parents
do it. I can't even do it. I saw a
baby when I was driving and say, getting off the
school bus and he couldn't get him off the bus.
And I was like, what's taking so long? And he
came off and he was a baby, literally a baby,
probably three or four years old.
Speaker 5 (26:40):
I'm like, what is this school?
Speaker 1 (26:46):
Oh my goodness, yes indeed this is yes, So honey,
you're definitely doing the right thing with the home school
because I've absolutely loved it. We did the Rebecca Christian Yeah,
so that way he got the religion with the education
because it was it was wonderful. I really liked it.
(27:09):
I liked it, and I think that's where we're headed
because there's too much fear right now and sending your
kids to school.
Speaker 4 (27:19):
Yeah, it's no longer a safe space anymore. You know,
school was the place to go, your your teachers, like
your second mom, you know what I mean, at least.
Speaker 1 (27:26):
The yeah or no, not at all? Wow wow, So
for kiddos.
Speaker 4 (27:35):
Yes, for kiddos.
Speaker 1 (27:36):
I know, we've been talking about everything under the sun. Yes,
it's a lot of things because I mean, as a
business owner, especially with kids, you can't do anything with them. No,
you have to include them in the day.
Speaker 4 (27:58):
You do you do. I've found like there's a trampoline
place not far from me. So they have a membership
twenty dollars a kid for the whole month. Look, I
signed up for that membership so fast. So it's two
hours every day. I think we go there three days,
three days a week. And they jumped their heart out
and I'm just typing away on the computer getting my work.
Then they have Wi Fi. Let's go. Okay. Yeah, so
(28:21):
it's you just have to find what's gonna work for
you and for yours as a mom and an entrepreneur.
You have to find that balance.
Speaker 1 (28:29):
You do you do, and it's south there. Because when
my son was coming up, it was Chucky cheese. Uh.
We lived dead like every single day. Yes, matter of fact,
he's thirty, he almost thirty now. And while I find
while I found some Chuck e Cheese chips and a
(28:51):
drawer because we went there like every single day.
Speaker 4 (28:56):
Yes, yes, I think I saw something of bringing out
an adult virgin. I was like, wait a minute, oh yeah,
but chuck e Cheese version.
Speaker 1 (29:10):
We meat all of that, yes, yes, as we you know,
doing the business, the family, the husbands and everything else
in between. I could definitely go for a Chuck E
Cheese for adult.
Speaker 4 (29:26):
He little some some you know, yes, yes in d wow.
Speaker 1 (29:35):
So again, Janelle, this has been so delightful. You were
my only interview today and this was like delightful and
more delightful.
Speaker 4 (29:46):
Thank you, Thank you so much. I had a good time.
Speaker 1 (29:49):
Yes, yes, indeed, so again for kiddos, how do people
connect with that, yes.
Speaker 4 (29:55):
Please register at only four kiddos dot com. But the
number four O n L Y the number four kiddos
k I d d os dot com.
Speaker 1 (30:03):
Okay and for the the marketing right.
Speaker 4 (30:09):
Yeah, so if you want to see my smiling face,
you would go to Jane la Jones dot com janew
j A n E l l E the letter A
J O n E s dot com.
Speaker 1 (30:20):
Now your group, tell me a little bit about your group.
Speaker 4 (30:24):
I have a coaching group that I offer. It's called
Wealth Build a Circle. It's female driven. Most are in
the group is females and our goal is to build wealth.
So each of them have a different business that they're growing,
working in collaboration and partnership with each other. It's holding
each other accountable, having co working days. The goal is
(30:44):
that we can't do anything without wealth. It's like we're
pulling from ourselves giving all our energy. But we need
money to help other people. And of course the world
is not about money. Our thing is not about money,
but we need it to help others. So that's what
the group is about about. How do we build wealth?
How do we maximize AI? Because you and I haven't
(31:04):
spoken about AI, but AI is like changing the world
right now.
Speaker 1 (31:08):
Yes, it's mindfulness.
Speaker 4 (31:10):
So how do we capitalize on AI and use it
in our businesses to be able to help us to
grow and so we can do less and have more time.
Speaker 1 (31:19):
So is this so bad?
Speaker 5 (31:21):
Yes?
Speaker 4 (31:22):
Yes, yes, I will send you some information about it
if you're interested. Definitely, yes, yes me.
Speaker 1 (31:28):
I mean I love collaboration because you know when you talk,
when you talk to other people, you learned so much.
Speaker 4 (31:37):
Yes, yes, And we have some amazing women. One lady
is a doctor and she does herbal medicine and tells
you how to use herbs to be able to heal yourself.
Another lady she is a metaphysical specialist. Another lady she
is she's out the workforce and she's teaching people how
to transition because we've had three hundred thousand black females
(32:00):
become laid off from COVID their jobs. She's helping people
to make that transition. What do we do with these women?
Are they starting businesses? Are they looking for a new job?
What are they doing right? So, and then we have
another girl she's starting a YouTube channel. And so I
just have all kinds of things happening in the group,
trying to figure this out together.
Speaker 1 (32:21):
Right, that's about figuring it out the gapp Yes.
Speaker 4 (32:25):
There's more power and one I know something, you know something.
We could bring it together.
Speaker 1 (32:29):
Yes, that's how I feel. Yes, I'm telling you God
is bringing me my people, yes, one by one.
Speaker 4 (32:38):
Yes, Yes, that's how he works, right, And I've been
calling it in like I'm like, this is my time.
I've just been saying that out loud, this is my time. Lord,
let it happen. And that's what's been happening. The synchronicities
and everything that everybody's doing is just fabulous.
Speaker 1 (32:53):
Yes, yes, indeed, yes, indeed, Well I am so happy
to me too. This has been, like that said, a
delightful conversation. We probably went off in the bolivion, but
it was all good because the connection is real and
authentic and you, my people.
Speaker 4 (33:17):
Thank you so much for having me Aida. This was fabulous.
Speaker 1 (33:20):
Thank you, and we're definitely gonna be connecting because I
like how you Bob.
Speaker 4 (33:25):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (33:27):
Thank you, and thank you audience for tuning in. We
appreciate you as well. Thank you to our guests and
you our value audience. Let's stop you by. We truly
appreciate you. Many blessings to you and yours
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