February 14, 2025 • 32 mins
Are you ready to unlock the secrets of AI and transform your business? In episode 63 of Plus Fitness with Tara, I sit down with Linda Albright, the trailblazing founder of the Albright AI Agency. We dive into Linda's inspiring journey from tech entrepreneur to empowering women-led businesses with AI. Discover how Linda is bridging the gap between apprehension and AI adoption, ensuring women entrepreneurs harness these powerful tools to thrive in a tech-driven world.
Linda shares her passion for supporting women and reveals how AI can revolutionize business operations, from pricing strategies to global market expansion. Plus, get an inside look at Linda's personal fitness journey and how the mind-body connection fuels her success.
Join us for an enlightening conversation on the future of AI, the freedom of digital entrepreneurship, and why embracing technology is crucial for staying ahead. Tune in to gain practical insights and be inspired by Linda's mission to empower women entrepreneurs!
Check out Linda's website: Albrightai.com
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Yours in health,
Tara
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Linda Albright (00:01):
This is the EWN podcast network.
Tara (00:05):
Hi. I'm Tara from Plus Fitness with Tara. I'm a curvy,
fun body positive coach andpersonal trainer. I love
business and fitness. You havethe tools you need to be a rock
star in fitness, a healthy loveof yourself, and help for me,
and sifting through health newswill do that.
I've got fitness topics and,yes, rock stars aren't born.
They're bred and experienced andfired. Let's do this together.
(00:27):
Hi there, and welcome to PlusFitness with Tara, the podcast.
Today, I have guest LindaAlbright on with me.
She's gonna talk about herbusiness, where you can find
her, how to get in touch withher, and her background. So
Linda, please, introduceyourself and, let me know,
what's going on.
Linda Albright (00:45):
Thank you. Linda Albright with the Albright AI
Agency. I'm calling in fromCold, Connecticut in the in the
United States. My background isblending tech and
entrepreneurship and helpingbuild businesses, especially
women entrepreneurs grow theirbusinesses using the latest
tech. So that is my mybackground.
I've done everything from raisemoney to get businesses off the
(01:08):
ground to helping other peopleraise money, get their
businesses off the ground andthe whole 9 yards. But like I
said, my sweet spot is reallyhelping women entrepreneurs grow
because I think the womenlistening to this and you, Tara,
know that when women succeed,the world improves. And I'm
passionate about helping womenget there. So that's my Yes. 30
seconds there.
Yeah.
Tara (01:28):
I love that. No. Because when do women succeed, the world
does improve. And it's not just,you know, fellows here, here in
North America. You know,microloans across the world help
women business owners, you know,have anything from textile
industry to, you know, evenpharmaceuticals just to just to
just to help out with theindustry in their area and build
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up their community.
So, yeah, I totally I mean, thatreally hit me. Women succeed,
you know, we all improve and weall you know, we have the wisdom
to do so. So it's good. Okay. Sotell me, a little bit about
where people can find you onlineif just from the beginning so
that in case they're listening,they wanna find you.
You know, are you where are youon social media? Do you want
(02:09):
them to check out your website?What's, what's the best place
for people to
Linda Albright (02:12):
reach you? Probably best way to get it all
in one is my website, which isalbright. It's albrightai
dotcom. Albrightai.com. Yeah.
Tara (02:23):
And thank you for spelling that out. I think you're the
first guest I've had that Ihaven't had to spell it out. So
it's great because we are audio.So that's the thing. You can't
you can't you know,pronunciation and and isn't a
problem.
It's it's more or less gettingthe correct word in so you
Google doesn't lead yousomewhere else. Okay.
Linda Albright (02:38):
Exactly. Exactly.
Tara (02:40):
Alright. So I've got a little question. You know? Tell
me just about your experiencewith health yourself, you know,
related to fitness andnutrition, whatever you feel
comfortable sharing. And thenwe'll get into, you know, more
about your business if that'sokay.
Linda Albright (02:54):
Yeah. Thank you. Great. So fitness so I've always
used exercise in quotes as, formental stability, like just
emotional mental. I know it'sgood for the body, but it's
better it's it's also good forthe mind.
I used to run-in my earlierdays, not I never broke any
records. I was like the slowestone on the block, but it just I
loved it. And then my bodydecided it didn't love running
(03:15):
anymore and I really fell intoyoga. So currently, I do, yoga
probably about 3 times a week,and then in between because
you're supposed to, I do weightlifting, not because I love it,
but because it's what my body,you know, needs as I get older.
And, yeah.
So that's and I I mean, youknow, you you preach this.
There's a connection betweenmind, body, and spirit. So
however well my body feels ishow well I'm gonna feel, and
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then my business andrelationships will reflect that.
So I love that you're reallyfocusing on this.
Tara (03:43):
Yes. Awesome. Well and and that's what I love. That's great
that I think about a lot ofwomen over the age of I'm not,
you know, trying to, you know,point out a demographic. But any
any woman over the age of 35,it's almost like a shifting
gears.
So, like, oh, now my health is aconcern. Whereas in your
twenties, maybe you weren't asaware. But I do feel that the
journey she's coming up has moreawareness of fitness, but it's
(04:06):
not perhaps as informed byfitness professionals as they
are by fitness influencers. Andso that can be the real danger
is getting the wrong informationinto the wrong hands. But, what
I love about, your business isthat you are what's considered
an early adopter.
You saw the advantage of AI. AndI'd like you to talk about why
(04:26):
you got into the business you'rein right now.
Linda Albright (04:29):
Thank you. I got in the business I'm in right now
because if we go back to when Ifirst started my career, I've
always been, as you said, anearly adopter of disruptive
technologies. What that means isI see technology coming down the
pike and then I capitalize onit. I jump on it because I know
it's gonna disrupt the way we'reused to things going. So I've
done that with, you know,starting a dotcom before people
(04:50):
knew what those were, jumping onwhat's called web 2, which is
kind of the era we're in rightnow where social media and
Internet marketing.
I then got involved in web 3,which is blockchain and crypto.
So all of these, like, veryheady things, but they really
have disrupted the way we knowlife to be. But then I saw a
couple years ago, wait a minute.AI is gonna put those things to
shame. And whether you want itto come down the pike or not,
(05:13):
it's here and it will disruptour lives.
Now disrupt doesn't have to meanbad. Disrupt just means it's
gonna change the way things aredone. So a lot of people are
worried, like, it's gonna takeall the jobs. Well, it will
replace some jobs, but here'sthe here's the the truth is
that, it may not take your job,but someone who knows AI will
take your job. So I am here tobridge the gap between people
(05:36):
sort of being glossy eyed aroundthat topic of AI and actually
using it.
And I'm not talking just aboutchat gbt. It's essentially I
tell people, if you find an areain your business or even your
life that's hard or takes toolong or is frustrating, chances
are there's a tool or a workflowthat can eliminate that. Because
the whole goal with somethinglike AI is let's make life
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easier. Wouldn't we like to havemore time? Wouldn't we like to
work less and make more money?
And this is what these tools cando. So I'm like a kid in a candy
shop because, of course, I lovetech, but I also am so excited
to share and educate women,entrepreneurs, and just women in
general about how to not beafraid, take the leap, and then
you'll love it. That's my goal.
Tara (06:19):
Awesome. Awesome. I love that. And, so can I ask what
made you decide to get into AI?I know you said you're bridging
a gap, you know, and you're anearly adopter, but, you know, I
imagine when you first startedout, you're like, oh, curious
about it.
So what made you actually kindof run the business?
Linda Albright (06:38):
Well, you know, that's a really great, fine tune
question because it's not just atool that's cool. Right? And
it's not just a tool that'sgonna be here whether you want
it to be here or not. Here'sbecause some people would prefer
it's not it's not here. There'stwo reasons.
One is why my focus on women isbecause when women make more
money and are empowered, theworld improves. I have nothing
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against men. Love men. But theway our brains work, the things
we care about, and where weinvest our money has been proven
to raise society. So it's myduty to do what I can to elevate
women, to help them get furtherfaster.
And if they don't adopt AI, theywill get left behind. There's no
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question. There's 2 kinds ofbusinesses, you know, those that
adopt and thrive and those thatdon't and die. You can choose to
be Blockbuster or you can chooseto be Netflix. Most of you
remember Blockbuster went out ofbusiness because they didn't
adapt to Netflix came and andtook over.
So that's one reason. It's it'shere and get on the tree and get
left behind, and I don't wantyou to get left behind. But the
(07:43):
second reason is a little bitmore, heady or ethereal, which
is there's there is a lot ofconcern about AI and the dark
side of AI, and I you can'tignore that. Whether it's are we
all gonna be forced to get chipsin our brains or, you know,
whatever. I don't exactly knowhow it could play out.
I have some ideas, and we wannakeep our eye on that. And I also
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feel like if enough of us withgood intentions and good hearts
are playing in the field of aAI, it will energetically and
logistically balance outwhatever dark forces are going,
you know, going forward with AI.So it's imperative that the good
people sort of adopt this andintegrate this so that it's not
forced upon us. We, as aculture, know what that feels
(08:29):
like. We don't want anythingforced upon us.
We want to be a choice. So ifyou get ahead of the game, you
will have more dominion andsovereignty over how you run
your life. So those are sort ofthe 2, higher level reasons why
I'm really passionate aboutgetting, you know, getting women
educated and on board.
Tara (08:47):
Yeah. I love it. So what I hear from this is kind of one of
the questions I mentioned, whichis, you know, what motivates you
to get up every morning and bein business? I hear what now I I
have a more, expandedunderstanding of how women
succeed and the world improves.You know, you're really focused
on I wouldn't call it I don't Idon't know if it would be I
(09:09):
mean, it's kind of a term thatjust came to my head, you know,
the gender gap.
This is more about enabling theright people to get technology
in their hands to enhance theirlives and create a balance for
their business. And so what Ihear from you is what motivates
you is that you feel this dutyto elevate women so that we, you
know, have this equal balancefrom the get go, you know,
(09:29):
rather than being run over.Right?
Linda Albright (09:31):
Absolutely true. And my background is for 10
years, I ran something calledthe women's wealth revolution,
which, specifically taught womenentrepreneurs how to make more
money. I sort of backdoored somespiritual principles because
that's what I was reallypassionate about, but I I did
that for 10 years and then Iclosed that business. COVID
helped me close it,inadvertently, but anyway. And,
(09:52):
I thought I was kinda done withthat chapter, and I was just
gonna go do corporate consultingAI, which I've been doing.
And then it dawned on me, nope.I'm not done with women. Like, I
can do all the corporateconsulting I want, but I need to
get I need to help women becauseit's it's kinda make it or break
it for this for this for theworld, for our countries. Like,
women need to rise and be berisen and be supported. So
(10:15):
that's the that's the why.
It really is.
Tara (10:18):
Yeah. And, you know, I hear the wow factor in those
statements because it alsobrings me to the next question,
which is, you know, what is itabout running your business that
feels the most rewarding? And Ithink it's for you, you know,
just from the way you'relistening is seeing women
succeed as a broadgeneralization, but also knowing
that the impact they can haveper individual in their
community.
Linda Albright (10:38):
Totally. It's so funny because, anytime a woman
would step into my circle andinvest in whatever program or
coaching I was offering, I wouldget so excited and they would
they would get excited, but Iwas excited not because of money
I was making, but because I knewtheir lives and businesses were
about to change, which then hada ripple effect. Because we all
know when a woman is happy, thewhole world improves. When a
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woman is successful and hasresources, she shares it, she
collaborates, she she partners,she leads. It's just there's no
downside to it.
So, yeah, that is, that that isthat's what does get me up in
the morning. You know? Reallydoes.
Tara (11:15):
Yeah. Is there, you know, you know, if you don't have the
answer to the question rightnow, maybe we'll think about it,
come back to it. But I just hadthe idea, you know, is there
specifically, you know, onecommunity that you've looked at
or one person that you've helpedso far with women, you know,
either inside or outside theeWomen network where you were
just most proud of because theytackle something like AI. You
(11:37):
know, there's still a lot offear about it, you know, going
around the media and stuff. AndI think for what's great about
your business is that you dobridge that gap and can
introduce women to how itbenefits them.
But is there any project thatyou've had yet that you'd like
to talk about?
Linda Albright (11:55):
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So this is like this is my
if I could create my idealbusiness and woman that I get to
work with, this is her. A afabulous woman, she left
corporate to start a wellnesscenter that has yoga and Reiki
and, you know, healing and allkinds of educational things in
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this wonderful community, hadnever run a business before and
came to me and said, I think Ineed AI.
I need AI. And, yes, she doesneed AI, but she also needs some
other business pieces in place,and so nothing makes me happier
than to help that kind ofbusiness grow. And just to give
you a, a snapshot of how AIhelped us right out of the gate,
she was trying to figure outsome pricing answers, how to
(12:38):
price services, what to offer,things like that. And when you
have a brick and mortar like shedoes and you're in a certain
geography, you need to havecomps, you need to know what
what other people are doing. Andusing a very simple AI tool,
within 2 hours, we were able toto really get all the research
we needed about what otherpeople are charging, how they're
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running their programs versuswhat it would have taken pre AI
to get that kind of informationall laid out in a chart.
Boom. So we can make a pricingbusiness decision within, you
know, 3 days that's gonna movefor business forward. And as we
all know, time is money. Youknow, if you have to spend 2
weeks doing something, you'remissing out and it's it's very
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competitive. So that's just asmall example.
I've one other well, someone Iwas working with overseas who
had a wonderful training programand was very successful in, in
that country in France andwanted to bring his his services
to the US. And within about aday and a half, we were able to
translate all of his trainingsand all of his his work into
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English where he's on camera.It's dubbed. You can't tell it's
dubbed. He's speaking Englisheven though he's French native.
And so now he's got an entireworld opened up to him because
of AI. Like, he can he canattack attack the US market.
It's phenomenal. So it's justamazing. Right?
Tara (14:00):
So, Kate, the first story, what I love about that is that
so I know, for example, becauseI used to have a brick and
mortar fitness club that dealtwith plus size individuals for
about 4 years. And, yeah, Imean, doors are closed. At that
time, nobody's talking about thepricing. This is, you know, way
pre COVID, you know. And it's,you know, a notion of pricing or
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willing to share informationeven though you're a woman in
business and they're also awoman in business because
everyone's in the fearmentality.
You know, instead of prosperityand abundance, they're closing
the doors and be like, no. Wecan't talk about that because
you're gonna be our competitor,and we don't want you, you know,
taking our clients. And it tookthem a couple years to warm up.
Do you know what I mean? Butduring that time, I needed
information.
So I had to I have an MBA. Ihave, you know, business
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training and undergraduate aswell. I had to kind of suss out
from other, you know,statistics, you know, what my
pricing should be becausepricing is pricing is so key for
something like that because youhave to figure out what your
overheads are, plus, you know,what you need to cover for your
own fee, plus how to pay thepeople that you're hiring. You
know, it and it has to bereasonable in a price point that
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people will, you know, accept.So just to get ahead of the game
and open that door within a fewhours to get the pricing and
then have everything done in afew days is amazing because it
it takes out all the worryaround, I don't know how to
price what I wanna sell.
So who will validate theexperience? You know, who will
actually pay for that? And if Iget no clients, what do I do
(15:23):
with my pricing? Do you knowwhat I mean? So
Linda Albright (15:25):
Exactly.
Tara (15:25):
Yeah.
Linda Albright (15:26):
Exactly. Yeah. Yeah. I've got so many examples
of quicker, faster, easier. Youknow, it we call it having a
secret genius in your basement.
And, you know, and when I tellpeople there's there's roughly
12 different areas of a businessthat AI could assist, and and so
where do you start? You startwhere your biggest problems are
or where your biggest questionsare in business, and there's a
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tool or a workflow that can makeit easier. You just have to you
just have to be open to looking.And and, personally, I would
just get a guide who knows.Like, you don't need to go
figure this out yourself.
There's those of us who aretrying to blaze trails and make
it easier for the rest of you.So yeah.
Tara (16:02):
Yeah. Okay. So I'm just gonna, mention again, Linda's,
website because I wanna makesure everybody can. If you found
a nugget and you wanna reach outto her and find her, she is, you
know, albrightiiagency.com,albrightaiagency.com. And she's
(16:23):
also on LinkedIn if you wannafind her on Linda Albright
there.
But I just you know, I thinkwhat we just hit was a real
nugget about making businesseasy. Because for sure, like,
just even having someone havethe ability to get into a whole
other language that they are notfamiliar with, you know, to go
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from, you know, full time Frenchspeaking with all the trainings
into English, it's fantasticbecause you're you're breaking
down a barrier of language and abarrier of entry for that person
to have a business in an Englishspeaking world. And, you know,
that has huge, impact. I knowbecause, you know, in Canada, we
have, 2 languages. But, youknow, everybody, you know,
generally in the Englishspeaking parts of Canada hates
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French so much that after grade12, they don't do anything with
it.
You know? But then we have,like, you know, we have
immersions now. We have schools,but, you know, where they're
keeping alive the Frenchlanguage, French tradition. But,
you know, I did grade 12 French.I did immersion in the summers,
you know, but I don't have aFrench speaking background or
even anyone in my family besidesthe fact that we're Metis on one
side is that no to speaks it.
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Do you know what I mean? So,like, there's no way for me to
hear it and continuallypractice. So I'm constantly
listening to stuff like youwould listen to for a French or
exam, like the music, andtranslating just to keep the the
language alive in my head. AndI'm not fluent by any chance,
but I'm just trying to keep whatI've learned over the years, you
know, relevant and so that Ican, when I, you know, go into
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Europe or some other country,understand a little bit about
that language. So the fact thatAI was able to step in and,
like, cross that barrier oflanguage is is a huge it's a
game changer for business.
Linda Albright (18:01):
Well, it's game changer for business. And just
on a personal note, I'm I'm justsmiling because I'm about to
spend some time in Italy, whichhas been on my bucket list
forever. And if you're a digitalnomad, why would you stay in one
place? And so about to go parkmyself in Italy, and I've been
trying to learn Italian and,been taking classes, which is
great, but there are so manygood apps. Most people know
things like Duolingo, butthere's a new AI app called Jump
(18:23):
Speak, and it's really it'sfascinating to look at.
It's a little buggy still, butit's good because it's it's in
the moment. It's adapting to, myknowledge, and it's it's it's
different than the traditionallearning systems, and that's
super cool. But I also realized,oh, you know what? It's fine if
I don't know all my Italianphrases because there's
something called chat gbt that Ican just say, how do you say,
you know, I'd like to go to thebathroom in Italian and then
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I'll just spit it right out andthen I just have to repeat it.
So, I mean, you know, these areobvious things that most of us
know, but it's, you know, thisis why technology when used by
the right people for to makelife easier is just a no
brainer.
You know? Yeah. Just a no. So100%. So I
Tara (19:02):
agree with you.
Linda Albright (19:03):
Yeah.
Tara (19:04):
So can I ask so you you mentioned, like, you might be,
you know, trying to parkyourself in Italy? What is it
about running a business thatfeels the most rewarding? Is it
something like you're able torun this business and travel? Is
that, like, a big big thing for
Linda Albright (19:17):
it? Well, the that's number 1. Couple reasons,
and I've been on my own for,last couple of decades. I did a
little stint where I tried towork for the man, in quotes,
after COVID, and I got hired,you know, some high level VP
jobs and and they were fine,but, boy, it's nothing like
working for yourself. And theythose businesses didn't make it,
which was good for me in in theend because I would rather be on
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my own.
So for those of you who knowwhat it's like to be an
entrepreneur, you you call theshots. It's your rhythm. It's
your timing. It's also you know,there's no paycheck guaranteed
at the end of the day, but tome, that's a a small price to
pay for freedom. But, yeah, I asa digital nomad, I can pick up
and and work from anywhere.
But the other beautiful thingabout this lifestyle is I can
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reach I have a global audience.And my last company, I literally
had a global audience. Sadly,most of my clients I never met,
but that's okay. At least Ireach them and help them with
their businesses. So there'sjust you know, you can never
replace in in person.
I would never try to replace inperson. But when you jump on all
of the tools that are availableto reach more people, have a
(20:19):
bigger impact, you know, createmore abundance for yourself, and
then work from anywhere. I don'tI don't know how you beat that,
to be honest. So
Tara (20:26):
Yeah. 100%. And I I agree with that too because I'm you
know, currently, I think that'sprobably one reason why I looked
about EVO Network when I joinedyears ago because that was 2012
when I think about it gone. Youknow, I don't wanna age myself,
but after a while, you're justlike, I don't even remember
2012. But, I have to laughbecause, you know, I joined it,
and they tried to host an inperson session in Halifax, but
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the person they had was moreinterested about, you know, kind
of, you know, their own impactand how eWarmon Network could
work for them instead of havingeWarmon Network work for
everyone else kind of thing.
So it didn't last very long.But, you know, it was great to
see it, you know, pop up andtry. But I was able to hear
things since then, you know,virtually by, you know, the
(21:09):
online SBIs. Like, and just youknow what I mean? And just
network and create clientsthrough it.
So even though there was nochapter, there was the online
ability. And now since COVID, ofcourse, you know, there's been
more opportunities to do that.But, you know, there's not other
places in person sometimes.Like, sometimes you just gotta
go to a conference and, like,enjoy it. Then during COVID, I
definitely I put my mask on, andit came down to platinum down in
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California.
Do you know what I mean? BecauseLaguna Beach or Newport Beach.
Because I was just I needed tohear what was going on besides
what we were getting news about,you know, for for business and
stuff because I'm still in thefitness and wellness industry,
and it took quite a hit duringCOVID. And, you know, I just I
wanted to make sure I could beaware of, you know, where the
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trends were going or what peoplewere reacting to so I could
adjust accordingly, and itworks. You know?
And one thing what I love aboutwhat you're doing with AI is is,
like, you're seeing how this ishelping people, and you're
working with people that youknow, with clients, like you
just said, that you've never metin person. A bit of a shame, but
at the same time, you have aglobal audience. Do you know
what I mean? So what's perfectis, like, you know, you can you
can reach people and help peoplewherever they are through
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virtual interactions. So, that'sgreat.
And I think it kinda ties intothe fact that, you know, if we
had one thing to help you with,you know, as Ewo network podcast
members and and listening tothis, you know, you know, would
it be, you know, people reachingout to you on a website to help
you with to get in touch with?You know, is there a certain
(22:34):
client that you're looking forspecifically right now? Or, you
know, are you looking for, youknow, you know, collaboration
with other businesses?
Linda Albright (22:43):
Thank you. Oh, yeah. I mean, collaboration is
always the best way to play thegame. So anyone who serves my
ideal client, and my idealclient is a successful business
owner who's at least probablyabout 6 figures and above in
terms of revenue, who's open totechnology, and and is is eager
to grow her business and it'sactually a business versus a
(23:03):
hobby. There's nothing wrongwith a hobby, but serious
business owners.
And so anybody who's servingthat, clientele is my playmate.
And however I can you andhowever you can support me,
great. Let's if you havecomplimentary services, whether
you're a speaking coach or apricing coach or sales coach,
whatever it is, and and we canplay together that way. And so
(23:24):
yeah. So I said who it is I'mlooking for.
And I just, you know, I've I'vestepped away from e women, not e
women specifically, but fromthis market for a little while
to to do more corporate gigs,and I really just love women and
playing and supporting andbouncing ideas off. So however I
can be of service, really, Ihave so much experience growing
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successful businesses. So ifsomeone's struggling in their
business, hit me up. I withinit's like a a 6th sense I have.
Within a couple of amount oftime little bit amount of time,
I can tell you what you're doingwrong and what you need to do to
shift it and hopefully make adifference for you, which is why
it was hard working for otherpeople when I was an employee.
It was like, you're not doingthat right, but you didn't ask
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me my opinion. You know?
Tara (24:10):
Right. I know there's always that little, so I have to
laugh because after I shut downmy wellness, you know, brick and
mortar, I was, you know,offered, you know, different
types of jobs, sitting on boardsand stuff like that. And I was
just like, I know already know.I started out working in Toronto
as an employee and ran myselffrom the crown in the ground. I
had I had 3 business cards.
I was being paid for one job. Doyou know what I mean? Yeah. It
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was wild. Like, I just I mean Imean, it and it it ruined my
mental health.
So, like, what I have to say isI I protect that now. And being
an entrepreneur, I protect that.But I also know with my
experience in business andhaving done that, how important
it is to have, you know, thepillars set up for your
foundation for success, make thecash register ring. And that's
why I identify with the Ewingnetwork so much is because the
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philosophy and the foundationit's set on, you know, the
specific questions you have innetworking, you find out who you
wanna work with pretty fast. Youknow what I mean?
And then you learn about theothers and you collaborate to
share them and propel them out.And that's what I loved about,
you know, listening to you onthe SBI that we had with E Women
Network because I was like, oh,that's interesting. I wanna find
out more. You know what I mean?Yeah.
And I was so I approached you,you know, I'm just like, hey,
(25:17):
you know, would you like to beon the podcast? And we're having
this great conversation andstuff. But we've heard a lot
about, you know, what you loveabout working with women, what
you love about working with aglobal audience and AI. And I'm
just wondering, is there onething about what you do that
bugs you the most?
Linda Albright (25:35):
I don't know if it bugs me as much as it
surprises me. When I say I AI,the I like, you get the lean out
from a lot of women, you know,instead of the lean in. And I'm
like, I wonder what it is that'sso scary. And I realized it's
not just because it'stechnological. It's probably
(25:56):
because we have women'sintuition.
And as I was saying earlier, ifnot in the right hands, AI could
eat us for lunch. There's noquestion. And so I I I respect
respect that women have, asuspicion about it. But I would
what's difficult for me is whenpeople aren't curious enough to
kinda look around the corner ofthat because it's here and it's
not going away. So that's theone thing that has stopped me in
(26:19):
my tracks where I've had tofigure out what am I gonna do
about this.
Yeah.
Tara (26:24):
Yeah. I'm just wondering too, like, is there, like, you
know, back in the maybe I'mdating myself again. But back in
the nineties, in the year 2000when we had the y two ks scare,
and there was all about thestuff. You know, there was
Silicon Valley and then therewas Silicon Valley North in
Canada, which kinda popped. And,you know, I'm just wondering,
you know, is there, like, anykind of tagline yet for AI that
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we need to ignore or look at?
You know? Because it was always,you know, Silicon Valley, you
know, and everyone just, likeit's almost, like, talking about
the cloud. Like, we're gonnamove into the cloud from hard
drives, and everyone's scaredabout that. You know? Yeah.
But we called it the cloud,whereas, like, there's multiple
different ways to get to thecloud. You know? Like, it's not
just one entity. Do you knowwhat I mean? It was almost like
we're talking about something wecouldn't even imagine.
Is that kinda similar to whatyou just described about women
(27:06):
in AI? You know, that kind of,you know, AI for them is it
means so big that they don'tknow how to compartmentalize it
down.
Linda Albright (27:13):
Well, I think I think that's part of it because
this it it even I who whoactively study it and use it,
it's overwhelming for me. So Iunderstand how overwhelming it
is because, like, what is it?How do I use it? Do I have to
use it? All that stuff.
But if you break it down intowhat problem can it solve for me
because it will solve yourproblems. That said, I've I'm
actually designing a talk,because I actually around like
(27:36):
world war 3, AI versus humans.Because I feel like there's this
war going on and we need to makepeace with each other. Really
understand that it will neverreplace our consciousness and
our higher level of awareness.It can't do that.
I don't think it will ever beable to do that. Can it can it
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be sentient robots? Yes. Wherethe where can you interact with
an AI bot and not know it's notAI? Correct.
That's not that far away. Butcan it replace the human spirit?
No. So Yeah. Those are just somesort of higher level questions
that I I love looking at becausewe're we are up against it, not
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in AI, just the whole world andall of their structures are
crumbling.
And it's very unsettling formost of us. You know? Yeah.
100%.
Tara (28:29):
Okay. So we're gonna wrap up in about a minute or so. But,
Linda, it's been a pleasuretalking to you. I love this so
much. So Linda can be found atalbertaiagency.com.
That's albrightaiagency. Yeah. Isaid that correctly.com. It's
albrightaiagency.com. Sorry.
I had from in there, I got alittle trapped. I'm like, wait.
(28:50):
Did I say
Linda Albright (28:51):
the same? Can short you can shorten it to
albrightai.com. Somehow you'rethe agent. You can shorten it.
It was just making Yeah.
Tara (28:59):
You. Perfect. Perfect. And she's on LinkedIn if you wanna
touch base with her there too.Check out her impressive resume
and her post and stuff like thattoo.
But, yeah, I just so I loveeverything we talked about. You
know? Do you have you know, areyou doing that World War 3
event? Are you doing anythingcoming up that we should know
about that you wanna highlightright now that we can help you
out with?
Linda Albright (29:17):
You know what I'm doing is I'm talking to I'm
I'm opening up my calendar for 1on 1 conversations. I'm not, I
did the traditional webinars,funnels, social media for 10
years. I'm not building mybusiness this way again. I've
been there, done that. And foranyone who's trying to follow
those systems and formulas, ifit's not working, it's not you.
(29:38):
It's it's old tech. It's oldtech. I don't wanna tell you not
to do it, but it's old tech. Somy new tech is 1 on 1
conversations and just seeingwhere you're at and and what you
need to do next. Well I do haveyeah.
Go ahead. Go ahead.
Tara (29:51):
No. I was gonna say, similarly, I do feel that simply
because I used to be part of theorganization Beachbody now
called Body and stuff. And itwent through quite a change in
October when it dropped out itsMLM structure. And one of the
things that I realized aboutthen was that I was actually in
the wrong type of business, eventhough it was a side gig and I
didn't have a bigger team.Building a team was not for me
in that method.
Do you know what I mean? Like,it just didn't ever and they
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feel like they works betterbecause people click on a link
and they buy. And that's it.There's nothing else about it.
So for me, you know, it was justfitting the right shoe on.
Do you know what I mean? LikeCinderella at the ball. You
know, I had to find the rightshoe. But the thing is, like,
you know, it's kind of the onething where it's just like like
those systems can work for you.The click funnels, the the
website building, the mailinglist, everything can work for
(30:33):
you.
And certainly something thatEwoo Network highlights a lot
and wants us to do, which isgreat. But if it doesn't fit
your business, it's okay toshift. And what I love about
this is that you have one to oneconversations availability now
that where people can talk toyou because you have your
experience in the wealthbuilding business for women,
where you can give them adifferent perspective, you know,
and open another door for them.
Linda Albright (30:53):
Exactly. Thank you. And, I mean, just simple
things like I like to give apractical tip. So if your
website doesn't have somethingcalled a chat agent, not a chat
box, a chat agent, it will takeyou 10 minutes to put on and it
will make a world of differencein your in your lead traction.
So, like, let me help you justdo the simple things.
You don't have to learn how AIworks and not data science like
(31:15):
I'm doing. There's just simplethings that can really move the
dial. So that's what I'll share.Yeah.
Tara (31:20):
Yeah. Awesome. Alright. Cool. Okay.
Well, we are gonna wrap up.Linda, is there anything else
you wanna chat about before wewrap out? Anything you wanna say
that comes up through ourconversation that you wanna
point out at all?
Linda Albright (31:31):
I just wanna say thank you for being a rock star
and making this case and doingall because it's not nothing's
nothing's, you know, as simpleas we'd like it to be or as
quick as we'd like to begenerally. So thank you for
inviting me to get the messageout, and I'm just here to serve
you in whatever way I can so youand I can talk offline about how
I can do that.
Tara (31:47):
For sure. For sure. Alright, everybody. So that is
Linda Albright. She is availableonline on her website, with
we've had it a few times.
If you haven't heard about it,you can always, you know, find
her on LinkedIn at LindaAlbright or find her at her
website, you know,albrightai.com,
albrightaiagency.com. And, god,you know, it's great to chat
(32:11):
about this because I have afeeling a year from now, if we
book another podcast, we'llwe'll you'll be so busy that
you're just like, hey. I'mcurrently, you know, in Geneva,
you know, at an conferenceonline, you know, hanging with
the peeps and doing my ownthing, and we're gonna be like,
oh my god. You know? How did wenot know that AI was gonna be
this big?
You know?
Linda Albright (32:30):
So Yeah. You're you're first. Right? Yeah. You
know it.
Yeah.
Tara (32:34):
Alright. Thanks very much, Linda, and thanks everyone for
listening. That's it for Plus.This is Tara, the podcast. And,
yeah, Linda Albright, everybody.
Linda Albright (32:42):
Thank you, Tara.
This is the EWN podcast network.
Tara (00:05):
Hi. I'm Tara from Plus Fitness with Tara. I'm a curvy,
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and sifting through health newswill do that.
I've got fitness topics and,yes, rock stars aren't born.
They're bred and experienced andfired. Let's do this together.
(00:27):
Hi there, and welcome to PlusFitness with Tara, the podcast.
Today, I have guest LindaAlbright on with me.
She's gonna talk about herbusiness, where you can find
her, how to get in touch withher, and her background. So
Linda, please, introduceyourself and, let me know,
what's going on.
Linda Albright (00:45):
Thank you. Linda Albright with the Albright AI
Agency. I'm calling in fromCold, Connecticut in the in the
United States. My background isblending tech and
entrepreneurship and helpingbuild businesses, especially
women entrepreneurs grow theirbusinesses using the latest
tech. So that is my mybackground.
I've done everything from raisemoney to get businesses off the
(01:08):
ground to helping other peopleraise money, get their
businesses off the ground andthe whole 9 yards. But like I
said, my sweet spot is reallyhelping women entrepreneurs grow
because I think the womenlistening to this and you, Tara,
know that when women succeed,the world improves. And I'm
passionate about helping womenget there. So that's my Yes. 30
seconds there.
Yeah.
Tara (01:28):
I love that. No. Because when do women succeed, the world
does improve. And it's not just,you know, fellows here, here in
North America. You know,microloans across the world help
women business owners, you know,have anything from textile
industry to, you know, evenpharmaceuticals just to just to
just to help out with theindustry in their area and build
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up their community.
So, yeah, I totally I mean, thatreally hit me. Women succeed,
you know, we all improve and weall you know, we have the wisdom
to do so. So it's good. Okay. Sotell me, a little bit about
where people can find you onlineif just from the beginning so
that in case they're listening,they wanna find you.
You know, are you where are youon social media? Do you want
(02:09):
them to check out your website?What's, what's the best place
for people to
Linda Albright (02:12):
reach you? Probably best way to get it all
in one is my website, which isalbright. It's albrightai
dotcom. Albrightai.com. Yeah.
Tara (02:23):
And thank you for spelling that out. I think you're the
first guest I've had that Ihaven't had to spell it out. So
it's great because we are audio.So that's the thing. You can't
you can't you know,pronunciation and and isn't a
problem.
It's it's more or less gettingthe correct word in so you
Google doesn't lead yousomewhere else. Okay.
Linda Albright (02:38):
Exactly. Exactly.
Tara (02:40):
Alright. So I've got a little question. You know? Tell
me just about your experiencewith health yourself, you know,
related to fitness andnutrition, whatever you feel
comfortable sharing. And thenwe'll get into, you know, more
about your business if that'sokay.
Linda Albright (02:54):
Yeah. Thank you. Great. So fitness so I've always
used exercise in quotes as, formental stability, like just
emotional mental. I know it'sgood for the body, but it's
better it's it's also good forthe mind.
I used to run-in my earlierdays, not I never broke any
records. I was like the slowestone on the block, but it just I
loved it. And then my bodydecided it didn't love running
(03:15):
anymore and I really fell intoyoga. So currently, I do, yoga
probably about 3 times a week,and then in between because
you're supposed to, I do weightlifting, not because I love it,
but because it's what my body,you know, needs as I get older.
And, yeah.
So that's and I I mean, youknow, you you preach this.
There's a connection betweenmind, body, and spirit. So
however well my body feels ishow well I'm gonna feel, and
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then my business andrelationships will reflect that.
So I love that you're reallyfocusing on this.
Tara (03:43):
Yes. Awesome. Well and and that's what I love. That's great
that I think about a lot ofwomen over the age of I'm not,
you know, trying to, you know,point out a demographic. But any
any woman over the age of 35,it's almost like a shifting
gears.
So, like, oh, now my health is aconcern. Whereas in your
twenties, maybe you weren't asaware. But I do feel that the
journey she's coming up has moreawareness of fitness, but it's
(04:06):
not perhaps as informed byfitness professionals as they
are by fitness influencers. Andso that can be the real danger
is getting the wrong informationinto the wrong hands. But, what
I love about, your business isthat you are what's considered
an early adopter.
You saw the advantage of AI. AndI'd like you to talk about why
(04:26):
you got into the business you'rein right now.
Linda Albright (04:29):
Thank you. I got in the business I'm in right now
because if we go back to when Ifirst started my career, I've
always been, as you said, anearly adopter of disruptive
technologies. What that means isI see technology coming down the
pike and then I capitalize onit. I jump on it because I know
it's gonna disrupt the way we'reused to things going. So I've
done that with, you know,starting a dotcom before people
(04:50):
knew what those were, jumping onwhat's called web 2, which is
kind of the era we're in rightnow where social media and
Internet marketing.
I then got involved in web 3,which is blockchain and crypto.
So all of these, like, veryheady things, but they really
have disrupted the way we knowlife to be. But then I saw a
couple years ago, wait a minute.AI is gonna put those things to
shame. And whether you want itto come down the pike or not,
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it's here and it will disruptour lives.
Now disrupt doesn't have to meanbad. Disrupt just means it's
gonna change the way things aredone. So a lot of people are
worried, like, it's gonna takeall the jobs. Well, it will
replace some jobs, but here'sthe here's the the truth is
that, it may not take your job,but someone who knows AI will
take your job. So I am here tobridge the gap between people
(05:36):
sort of being glossy eyed aroundthat topic of AI and actually
using it.
And I'm not talking just aboutchat gbt. It's essentially I
tell people, if you find an areain your business or even your
life that's hard or takes toolong or is frustrating, chances
are there's a tool or a workflowthat can eliminate that. Because
the whole goal with somethinglike AI is let's make life
(05:59):
easier. Wouldn't we like to havemore time? Wouldn't we like to
work less and make more money?
And this is what these tools cando. So I'm like a kid in a candy
shop because, of course, I lovetech, but I also am so excited
to share and educate women,entrepreneurs, and just women in
general about how to not beafraid, take the leap, and then
you'll love it. That's my goal.
Tara (06:19):
Awesome. Awesome. I love that. And, so can I ask what
made you decide to get into AI?I know you said you're bridging
a gap, you know, and you're anearly adopter, but, you know, I
imagine when you first startedout, you're like, oh, curious
about it.
So what made you actually kindof run the business?
Linda Albright (06:38):
Well, you know, that's a really great, fine tune
question because it's not just atool that's cool. Right? And
it's not just a tool that'sgonna be here whether you want
it to be here or not. Here'sbecause some people would prefer
it's not it's not here. There'stwo reasons.
One is why my focus on women isbecause when women make more
money and are empowered, theworld improves. I have nothing
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against men. Love men. But theway our brains work, the things
we care about, and where weinvest our money has been proven
to raise society. So it's myduty to do what I can to elevate
women, to help them get furtherfaster.
And if they don't adopt AI, theywill get left behind. There's no
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question. There's 2 kinds ofbusinesses, you know, those that
adopt and thrive and those thatdon't and die. You can choose to
be Blockbuster or you can chooseto be Netflix. Most of you
remember Blockbuster went out ofbusiness because they didn't
adapt to Netflix came and andtook over.
So that's one reason. It's it'shere and get on the tree and get
left behind, and I don't wantyou to get left behind. But the
(07:43):
second reason is a little bitmore, heady or ethereal, which
is there's there is a lot ofconcern about AI and the dark
side of AI, and I you can'tignore that. Whether it's are we
all gonna be forced to get chipsin our brains or, you know,
whatever. I don't exactly knowhow it could play out.
I have some ideas, and we wannakeep our eye on that. And I also
(08:06):
feel like if enough of us withgood intentions and good hearts
are playing in the field of aAI, it will energetically and
logistically balance outwhatever dark forces are going,
you know, going forward with AI.So it's imperative that the good
people sort of adopt this andintegrate this so that it's not
forced upon us. We, as aculture, know what that feels
(08:29):
like. We don't want anythingforced upon us.
We want to be a choice. So ifyou get ahead of the game, you
will have more dominion andsovereignty over how you run
your life. So those are sort ofthe 2, higher level reasons why
I'm really passionate aboutgetting, you know, getting women
educated and on board.
Tara (08:47):
Yeah. I love it. So what I hear from this is kind of one of
the questions I mentioned, whichis, you know, what motivates you
to get up every morning and bein business? I hear what now I I
have a more, expandedunderstanding of how women
succeed and the world improves.You know, you're really focused
on I wouldn't call it I don't Idon't know if it would be I
(09:09):
mean, it's kind of a term thatjust came to my head, you know,
the gender gap.
This is more about enabling theright people to get technology
in their hands to enhance theirlives and create a balance for
their business. And so what Ihear from you is what motivates
you is that you feel this dutyto elevate women so that we, you
know, have this equal balancefrom the get go, you know,
(09:29):
rather than being run over.Right?
Linda Albright (09:31):
Absolutely true. And my background is for 10
years, I ran something calledthe women's wealth revolution,
which, specifically taught womenentrepreneurs how to make more
money. I sort of backdoored somespiritual principles because
that's what I was reallypassionate about, but I I did
that for 10 years and then Iclosed that business. COVID
helped me close it,inadvertently, but anyway. And,
(09:52):
I thought I was kinda done withthat chapter, and I was just
gonna go do corporate consultingAI, which I've been doing.
And then it dawned on me, nope.I'm not done with women. Like, I
can do all the corporateconsulting I want, but I need to
get I need to help women becauseit's it's kinda make it or break
it for this for this for theworld, for our countries. Like,
women need to rise and be berisen and be supported. So
(10:15):
that's the that's the why.
It really is.
Tara (10:18):
Yeah. And, you know, I hear the wow factor in those
statements because it alsobrings me to the next question,
which is, you know, what is itabout running your business that
feels the most rewarding? And Ithink it's for you, you know,
just from the way you'relistening is seeing women
succeed as a broadgeneralization, but also knowing
that the impact they can haveper individual in their
community.
Linda Albright (10:38):
Totally. It's so funny because, anytime a woman
would step into my circle andinvest in whatever program or
coaching I was offering, I wouldget so excited and they would
they would get excited, but Iwas excited not because of money
I was making, but because I knewtheir lives and businesses were
about to change, which then hada ripple effect. Because we all
know when a woman is happy, thewhole world improves. When a
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woman is successful and hasresources, she shares it, she
collaborates, she she partners,she leads. It's just there's no
downside to it.
So, yeah, that is, that that isthat's what does get me up in
the morning. You know? Reallydoes.
Tara (11:15):
Yeah. Is there, you know, you know, if you don't have the
answer to the question rightnow, maybe we'll think about it,
come back to it. But I just hadthe idea, you know, is there
specifically, you know, onecommunity that you've looked at
or one person that you've helpedso far with women, you know,
either inside or outside theeWomen network where you were
just most proud of because theytackle something like AI. You
(11:37):
know, there's still a lot offear about it, you know, going
around the media and stuff. AndI think for what's great about
your business is that you dobridge that gap and can
introduce women to how itbenefits them.
But is there any project thatyou've had yet that you'd like
to talk about?
Linda Albright (11:55):
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So this is like this is my
if I could create my idealbusiness and woman that I get to
work with, this is her. A afabulous woman, she left
corporate to start a wellnesscenter that has yoga and Reiki
and, you know, healing and allkinds of educational things in
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this wonderful community, hadnever run a business before and
came to me and said, I think Ineed AI.
I need AI. And, yes, she doesneed AI, but she also needs some
other business pieces in place,and so nothing makes me happier
than to help that kind ofbusiness grow. And just to give
you a, a snapshot of how AIhelped us right out of the gate,
she was trying to figure outsome pricing answers, how to
(12:38):
price services, what to offer,things like that. And when you
have a brick and mortar like shedoes and you're in a certain
geography, you need to havecomps, you need to know what
what other people are doing. Andusing a very simple AI tool,
within 2 hours, we were able toto really get all the research
we needed about what otherpeople are charging, how they're
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running their programs versuswhat it would have taken pre AI
to get that kind of informationall laid out in a chart.
Boom. So we can make a pricingbusiness decision within, you
know, 3 days that's gonna movefor business forward. And as we
all know, time is money. Youknow, if you have to spend 2
weeks doing something, you'remissing out and it's it's very
(13:22):
competitive. So that's just asmall example.
I've one other well, someone Iwas working with overseas who
had a wonderful training programand was very successful in, in
that country in France andwanted to bring his his services
to the US. And within about aday and a half, we were able to
translate all of his trainingsand all of his his work into
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English where he's on camera.It's dubbed. You can't tell it's
dubbed. He's speaking Englisheven though he's French native.
And so now he's got an entireworld opened up to him because
of AI. Like, he can he canattack attack the US market.
It's phenomenal. So it's justamazing. Right?
Tara (14:00):
So, Kate, the first story, what I love about that is that
so I know, for example, becauseI used to have a brick and
mortar fitness club that dealtwith plus size individuals for
about 4 years. And, yeah, Imean, doors are closed. At that
time, nobody's talking about thepricing. This is, you know, way
pre COVID, you know. And it's,you know, a notion of pricing or
(14:20):
willing to share informationeven though you're a woman in
business and they're also awoman in business because
everyone's in the fearmentality.
You know, instead of prosperityand abundance, they're closing
the doors and be like, no. Wecan't talk about that because
you're gonna be our competitor,and we don't want you, you know,
taking our clients. And it tookthem a couple years to warm up.
Do you know what I mean? Butduring that time, I needed
information.
So I had to I have an MBA. Ihave, you know, business
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training and undergraduate aswell. I had to kind of suss out
from other, you know,statistics, you know, what my
pricing should be becausepricing is pricing is so key for
something like that because youhave to figure out what your
overheads are, plus, you know,what you need to cover for your
own fee, plus how to pay thepeople that you're hiring. You
know, it and it has to bereasonable in a price point that
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people will, you know, accept.So just to get ahead of the game
and open that door within a fewhours to get the pricing and
then have everything done in afew days is amazing because it
it takes out all the worryaround, I don't know how to
price what I wanna sell.
So who will validate theexperience? You know, who will
actually pay for that? And if Iget no clients, what do I do
(15:23):
with my pricing? Do you knowwhat I mean? So
Linda Albright (15:25):
Exactly.
Tara (15:25):
Yeah.
Linda Albright (15:26):
Exactly. Yeah. Yeah. I've got so many examples
of quicker, faster, easier. Youknow, it we call it having a
secret genius in your basement.
And, you know, and when I tellpeople there's there's roughly
12 different areas of a businessthat AI could assist, and and so
where do you start? You startwhere your biggest problems are
or where your biggest questionsare in business, and there's a
(15:48):
tool or a workflow that can makeit easier. You just have to you
just have to be open to looking.And and, personally, I would
just get a guide who knows.Like, you don't need to go
figure this out yourself.
There's those of us who aretrying to blaze trails and make
it easier for the rest of you.So yeah.
Tara (16:02):
Yeah. Okay. So I'm just gonna, mention again, Linda's,
website because I wanna makesure everybody can. If you found
a nugget and you wanna reach outto her and find her, she is, you
know, albrightiiagency.com,albrightaiagency.com. And she's
(16:23):
also on LinkedIn if you wannafind her on Linda Albright
there.
But I just you know, I thinkwhat we just hit was a real
nugget about making businesseasy. Because for sure, like,
just even having someone havethe ability to get into a whole
other language that they are notfamiliar with, you know, to go
(16:46):
from, you know, full time Frenchspeaking with all the trainings
into English, it's fantasticbecause you're you're breaking
down a barrier of language and abarrier of entry for that person
to have a business in an Englishspeaking world. And, you know,
that has huge, impact. I knowbecause, you know, in Canada, we
have, 2 languages. But, youknow, everybody, you know,
generally in the Englishspeaking parts of Canada hates
(17:08):
French so much that after grade12, they don't do anything with
it.
You know? But then we have,like, you know, we have
immersions now. We have schools,but, you know, where they're
keeping alive the Frenchlanguage, French tradition. But,
you know, I did grade 12 French.I did immersion in the summers,
you know, but I don't have aFrench speaking background or
even anyone in my family besidesthe fact that we're Metis on one
side is that no to speaks it.
(17:28):
Do you know what I mean? So,like, there's no way for me to
hear it and continuallypractice. So I'm constantly
listening to stuff like youwould listen to for a French or
exam, like the music, andtranslating just to keep the the
language alive in my head. AndI'm not fluent by any chance,
but I'm just trying to keep whatI've learned over the years, you
know, relevant and so that Ican, when I, you know, go into
(17:49):
Europe or some other country,understand a little bit about
that language. So the fact thatAI was able to step in and,
like, cross that barrier oflanguage is is a huge it's a
game changer for business.
Linda Albright (18:01):
Well, it's game changer for business. And just
on a personal note, I'm I'm justsmiling because I'm about to
spend some time in Italy, whichhas been on my bucket list
forever. And if you're a digitalnomad, why would you stay in one
place? And so about to go parkmyself in Italy, and I've been
trying to learn Italian and,been taking classes, which is
great, but there are so manygood apps. Most people know
things like Duolingo, butthere's a new AI app called Jump
(18:23):
Speak, and it's really it'sfascinating to look at.
It's a little buggy still, butit's good because it's it's in
the moment. It's adapting to, myknowledge, and it's it's it's
different than the traditionallearning systems, and that's
super cool. But I also realized,oh, you know what? It's fine if
I don't know all my Italianphrases because there's
something called chat gbt that Ican just say, how do you say,
you know, I'd like to go to thebathroom in Italian and then
(18:46):
I'll just spit it right out andthen I just have to repeat it.
So, I mean, you know, these areobvious things that most of us
know, but it's, you know, thisis why technology when used by
the right people for to makelife easier is just a no
brainer.
You know? Yeah. Just a no. So100%. So I
Tara (19:02):
agree with you.
Linda Albright (19:03):
Yeah.
Tara (19:04):
So can I ask so you you mentioned, like, you might be,
you know, trying to parkyourself in Italy? What is it
about running a business thatfeels the most rewarding? Is it
something like you're able torun this business and travel? Is
that, like, a big big thing for
Linda Albright (19:17):
it? Well, the that's number 1. Couple reasons,
and I've been on my own for,last couple of decades. I did a
little stint where I tried towork for the man, in quotes,
after COVID, and I got hired,you know, some high level VP
jobs and and they were fine,but, boy, it's nothing like
working for yourself. And theythose businesses didn't make it,
which was good for me in in theend because I would rather be on
(19:38):
my own.
So for those of you who knowwhat it's like to be an
entrepreneur, you you call theshots. It's your rhythm. It's
your timing. It's also you know,there's no paycheck guaranteed
at the end of the day, but tome, that's a a small price to
pay for freedom. But, yeah, I asa digital nomad, I can pick up
and and work from anywhere.
But the other beautiful thingabout this lifestyle is I can
(19:58):
reach I have a global audience.And my last company, I literally
had a global audience. Sadly,most of my clients I never met,
but that's okay. At least Ireach them and help them with
their businesses. So there'sjust you know, you can never
replace in in person.
I would never try to replace inperson. But when you jump on all
of the tools that are availableto reach more people, have a
(20:19):
bigger impact, you know, createmore abundance for yourself, and
then work from anywhere. I don'tI don't know how you beat that,
to be honest. So
Tara (20:26):
Yeah. 100%. And I I agree with that too because I'm you
know, currently, I think that'sprobably one reason why I looked
about EVO Network when I joinedyears ago because that was 2012
when I think about it gone. Youknow, I don't wanna age myself,
but after a while, you're justlike, I don't even remember
2012. But, I have to laughbecause, you know, I joined it,
and they tried to host an inperson session in Halifax, but
(20:47):
the person they had was moreinterested about, you know, kind
of, you know, their own impactand how eWarmon Network could
work for them instead of havingeWarmon Network work for
everyone else kind of thing.
So it didn't last very long.But, you know, it was great to
see it, you know, pop up andtry. But I was able to hear
things since then, you know,virtually by, you know, the
(21:09):
online SBIs. Like, and just youknow what I mean? And just
network and create clientsthrough it.
So even though there was nochapter, there was the online
ability. And now since COVID, ofcourse, you know, there's been
more opportunities to do that.But, you know, there's not other
places in person sometimes.Like, sometimes you just gotta
go to a conference and, like,enjoy it. Then during COVID, I
definitely I put my mask on, andit came down to platinum down in
(21:30):
California.
Do you know what I mean? BecauseLaguna Beach or Newport Beach.
Because I was just I needed tohear what was going on besides
what we were getting news about,you know, for for business and
stuff because I'm still in thefitness and wellness industry,
and it took quite a hit duringCOVID. And, you know, I just I
wanted to make sure I could beaware of, you know, where the
(21:51):
trends were going or what peoplewere reacting to so I could
adjust accordingly, and itworks. You know?
And one thing what I love aboutwhat you're doing with AI is is,
like, you're seeing how this ishelping people, and you're
working with people that youknow, with clients, like you
just said, that you've never metin person. A bit of a shame, but
at the same time, you have aglobal audience. Do you know
what I mean? So what's perfectis, like, you know, you can you
can reach people and help peoplewherever they are through
(22:14):
virtual interactions. So, that'sgreat.
And I think it kinda ties intothe fact that, you know, if we
had one thing to help you with,you know, as Ewo network podcast
members and and listening tothis, you know, you know, would
it be, you know, people reachingout to you on a website to help
you with to get in touch with?You know, is there a certain
(22:34):
client that you're looking forspecifically right now? Or, you
know, are you looking for, youknow, you know, collaboration
with other businesses?
Linda Albright (22:43):
Thank you. Oh, yeah. I mean, collaboration is
always the best way to play thegame. So anyone who serves my
ideal client, and my idealclient is a successful business
owner who's at least probablyabout 6 figures and above in
terms of revenue, who's open totechnology, and and is is eager
to grow her business and it'sactually a business versus a
(23:03):
hobby. There's nothing wrongwith a hobby, but serious
business owners.
And so anybody who's servingthat, clientele is my playmate.
And however I can you andhowever you can support me,
great. Let's if you havecomplimentary services, whether
you're a speaking coach or apricing coach or sales coach,
whatever it is, and and we canplay together that way. And so
(23:24):
yeah. So I said who it is I'mlooking for.
And I just, you know, I've I'vestepped away from e women, not e
women specifically, but fromthis market for a little while
to to do more corporate gigs,and I really just love women and
playing and supporting andbouncing ideas off. So however I
can be of service, really, Ihave so much experience growing
(23:45):
successful businesses. So ifsomeone's struggling in their
business, hit me up. I withinit's like a a 6th sense I have.
Within a couple of amount oftime little bit amount of time,
I can tell you what you're doingwrong and what you need to do to
shift it and hopefully make adifference for you, which is why
it was hard working for otherpeople when I was an employee.
It was like, you're not doingthat right, but you didn't ask
(24:07):
me my opinion. You know?
Tara (24:10):
Right. I know there's always that little, so I have to
laugh because after I shut downmy wellness, you know, brick and
mortar, I was, you know,offered, you know, different
types of jobs, sitting on boardsand stuff like that. And I was
just like, I know already know.I started out working in Toronto
as an employee and ran myselffrom the crown in the ground. I
had I had 3 business cards.
I was being paid for one job. Doyou know what I mean? Yeah. It
(24:33):
was wild. Like, I just I mean Imean, it and it it ruined my
mental health.
So, like, what I have to say isI I protect that now. And being
an entrepreneur, I protect that.But I also know with my
experience in business andhaving done that, how important
it is to have, you know, thepillars set up for your
foundation for success, make thecash register ring. And that's
why I identify with the Ewingnetwork so much is because the
(24:55):
philosophy and the foundationit's set on, you know, the
specific questions you have innetworking, you find out who you
wanna work with pretty fast. Youknow what I mean?
And then you learn about theothers and you collaborate to
share them and propel them out.And that's what I loved about,
you know, listening to you onthe SBI that we had with E Women
Network because I was like, oh,that's interesting. I wanna find
out more. You know what I mean?Yeah.
And I was so I approached you,you know, I'm just like, hey,
(25:17):
you know, would you like to beon the podcast? And we're having
this great conversation andstuff. But we've heard a lot
about, you know, what you loveabout working with women, what
you love about working with aglobal audience and AI. And I'm
just wondering, is there onething about what you do that
bugs you the most?
Linda Albright (25:35):
I don't know if it bugs me as much as it
surprises me. When I say I AI,the I like, you get the lean out
from a lot of women, you know,instead of the lean in. And I'm
like, I wonder what it is that'sso scary. And I realized it's
not just because it'stechnological. It's probably
(25:56):
because we have women'sintuition.
And as I was saying earlier, ifnot in the right hands, AI could
eat us for lunch. There's noquestion. And so I I I respect
respect that women have, asuspicion about it. But I would
what's difficult for me is whenpeople aren't curious enough to
kinda look around the corner ofthat because it's here and it's
not going away. So that's theone thing that has stopped me in
(26:19):
my tracks where I've had tofigure out what am I gonna do
about this.
Yeah.
Tara (26:24):
Yeah. I'm just wondering too, like, is there, like, you
know, back in the maybe I'mdating myself again. But back in
the nineties, in the year 2000when we had the y two ks scare,
and there was all about thestuff. You know, there was
Silicon Valley and then therewas Silicon Valley North in
Canada, which kinda popped. And,you know, I'm just wondering,
you know, is there, like, anykind of tagline yet for AI that
(26:46):
we need to ignore or look at?
You know? Because it was always,you know, Silicon Valley, you
know, and everyone just, likeit's almost, like, talking about
the cloud. Like, we're gonnamove into the cloud from hard
drives, and everyone's scaredabout that. You know? Yeah.
But we called it the cloud,whereas, like, there's multiple
different ways to get to thecloud. You know? Like, it's not
just one entity. Do you knowwhat I mean? It was almost like
we're talking about something wecouldn't even imagine.
Is that kinda similar to whatyou just described about women
(27:06):
in AI? You know, that kind of,you know, AI for them is it
means so big that they don'tknow how to compartmentalize it
down.
Linda Albright (27:13):
Well, I think I think that's part of it because
this it it even I who whoactively study it and use it,
it's overwhelming for me. So Iunderstand how overwhelming it
is because, like, what is it?How do I use it? Do I have to
use it? All that stuff.
But if you break it down intowhat problem can it solve for me
because it will solve yourproblems. That said, I've I'm
actually designing a talk,because I actually around like
(27:36):
world war 3, AI versus humans.Because I feel like there's this
war going on and we need to makepeace with each other. Really
understand that it will neverreplace our consciousness and
our higher level of awareness.It can't do that.
I don't think it will ever beable to do that. Can it can it
(27:59):
be sentient robots? Yes. Wherethe where can you interact with
an AI bot and not know it's notAI? Correct.
That's not that far away. Butcan it replace the human spirit?
No. So Yeah. Those are just somesort of higher level questions
that I I love looking at becausewe're we are up against it, not
(28:19):
in AI, just the whole world andall of their structures are
crumbling.
And it's very unsettling formost of us. You know? Yeah.
100%.
Tara (28:29):
Okay. So we're gonna wrap up in about a minute or so. But,
Linda, it's been a pleasuretalking to you. I love this so
much. So Linda can be found atalbertaiagency.com.
That's albrightaiagency. Yeah. Isaid that correctly.com. It's
albrightaiagency.com. Sorry.
I had from in there, I got alittle trapped. I'm like, wait.
(28:50):
Did I say
Linda Albright (28:51):
the same? Can short you can shorten it to
albrightai.com. Somehow you'rethe agent. You can shorten it.
It was just making Yeah.
Tara (28:59):
You. Perfect. Perfect. And she's on LinkedIn if you wanna
touch base with her there too.Check out her impressive resume
and her post and stuff like thattoo.
But, yeah, I just so I loveeverything we talked about. You
know? Do you have you know, areyou doing that World War 3
event? Are you doing anythingcoming up that we should know
about that you wanna highlightright now that we can help you
out with?
Linda Albright (29:17):
You know what I'm doing is I'm talking to I'm
I'm opening up my calendar for 1on 1 conversations. I'm not, I
did the traditional webinars,funnels, social media for 10
years. I'm not building mybusiness this way again. I've
been there, done that. And foranyone who's trying to follow
those systems and formulas, ifit's not working, it's not you.
(29:38):
It's it's old tech. It's oldtech. I don't wanna tell you not
to do it, but it's old tech. Somy new tech is 1 on 1
conversations and just seeingwhere you're at and and what you
need to do next. Well I do haveyeah.
Go ahead. Go ahead.
Tara (29:51):
No. I was gonna say, similarly, I do feel that simply
because I used to be part of theorganization Beachbody now
called Body and stuff. And itwent through quite a change in
October when it dropped out itsMLM structure. And one of the
things that I realized aboutthen was that I was actually in
the wrong type of business, eventhough it was a side gig and I
didn't have a bigger team.Building a team was not for me
in that method.
Do you know what I mean? Like,it just didn't ever and they
(30:12):
feel like they works betterbecause people click on a link
and they buy. And that's it.There's nothing else about it.
So for me, you know, it was justfitting the right shoe on.
Do you know what I mean? LikeCinderella at the ball. You
know, I had to find the rightshoe. But the thing is, like,
you know, it's kind of the onething where it's just like like
those systems can work for you.The click funnels, the the
website building, the mailinglist, everything can work for
(30:33):
you.
And certainly something thatEwoo Network highlights a lot
and wants us to do, which isgreat. But if it doesn't fit
your business, it's okay toshift. And what I love about
this is that you have one to oneconversations availability now
that where people can talk toyou because you have your
experience in the wealthbuilding business for women,
where you can give them adifferent perspective, you know,
and open another door for them.
Linda Albright (30:53):
Exactly. Thank you. And, I mean, just simple
things like I like to give apractical tip. So if your
website doesn't have somethingcalled a chat agent, not a chat
box, a chat agent, it will takeyou 10 minutes to put on and it
will make a world of differencein your in your lead traction.
So, like, let me help you justdo the simple things.
You don't have to learn how AIworks and not data science like
(31:15):
I'm doing. There's just simplethings that can really move the
dial. So that's what I'll share.Yeah.
Tara (31:20):
Yeah. Awesome. Alright. Cool. Okay.
Well, we are gonna wrap up.Linda, is there anything else
you wanna chat about before wewrap out? Anything you wanna say
that comes up through ourconversation that you wanna
point out at all?
Linda Albright (31:31):
I just wanna say thank you for being a rock star
and making this case and doingall because it's not nothing's
nothing's, you know, as simpleas we'd like it to be or as
quick as we'd like to begenerally. So thank you for
inviting me to get the messageout, and I'm just here to serve
you in whatever way I can so youand I can talk offline about how
I can do that.
Tara (31:47):
For sure. For sure. Alright, everybody. So that is
Linda Albright. She is availableonline on her website, with
we've had it a few times.
If you haven't heard about it,you can always, you know, find
her on LinkedIn at LindaAlbright or find her at her
website, you know,albrightai.com,
albrightaiagency.com. And, god,you know, it's great to chat
(32:11):
about this because I have afeeling a year from now, if we
book another podcast, we'llwe'll you'll be so busy that
you're just like, hey. I'mcurrently, you know, in Geneva,
you know, at an conferenceonline, you know, hanging with
the peeps and doing my ownthing, and we're gonna be like,
oh my god. You know? How did wenot know that AI was gonna be
this big?
You know?
Linda Albright (32:30):
So Yeah. You're you're first. Right? Yeah. You
know it.
Yeah.
Tara (32:34):
Alright. Thanks very much, Linda, and thanks everyone for
listening. That's it for Plus.This is Tara, the podcast. And,
yeah, Linda Albright, everybody.
Linda Albright (32:42):
Thank you, Tara.
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