www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com Being a guest on podcast can be a great way for you to get in the front of new audiences and to help you build your brand.  My guest is going to share with you how to go from boring to soaring and become a great guest. 

​Mark Deal is a nationally recognized expert and local leader in Podcasting. He serves as the Founder of Podcast GUEST Academy, CoFounder of Podcast EDITOR Academy, and is the Organizer of Podcast Atlanta, The worlds 2nd largest and fastest growing local podcast group which is how we met waaaay back!

He also works as a podcast director for various branded podcasts. His primary focus is showing people how to take their podcast and guest appearances from boring to soaring with measurable impact.

www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com Dawn Fitch is an author, speaker and the founder and CEO of Pooka Pure and Simple, an artisan bath and body company. After battling illness and feeling the need to adopt a healthier lifestyle, she began making and selling her own products. The response was tremendous. That’s when the realization hit that she had an incredible business idea and Pooka was born!

The company has grown from Dawn making products on her stove in her apartment to a showroom in Kearny, NJ. The products are currently sold in various Whole Food markets, were featured on QVC and sold online and through various distributors.

Dawn has been a speaker and panelist for many events including the Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Conference, Girl Scouts of America Gold Awards and National Black MBA Associations’ National Conference. She has been featured on The Today Show, CBS Evening News, Our World with Black Enterprise, PIX11 News, Arise TV and various TV outlets. In 2012 she graced the cover of Black Enterprise Magazine and was featured in Essence Magazine in 2019 as one of their top 20 Black Beauty Brands.

Dawn has been the recipient of many awards including, The Influencer Award for Entrepreneurship given by the Urban League, the Black Executive Award given by the African American Chambers of Commerce, and an Agent of Change award from the National Council of Negro Women.

She is a health advocate and uses her platforms to support women and especially women suffering from auto-immune diseases, to explore natural healing and lifestyles. She started a FB community called The Best Life Tribe, where women could share and learn about alternative health and healing. The Group began in November 2017 with 20 women and has grown to over 5000 women.

www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com Solita Roberts is the founder of Style To Impact, a personal styling and image consulting agency that helps high- performing, purpose-driven women entrepreneurs and professionals refine their personal style and build a wardrobe that reflects their brand, make them feel confident so that they can attract their ideal clients, get better-paying role and speak up for what matters.

Solita believes that if more women show up in a confident and purpose-driven way, dreaming bigger, raising our voices for what matters, and becoming leaders in the companies we work and our communities, we will change the status quo. It is not just for ourselves but also for our daughter; if they can see themselves in us, they can dream without limits.

It’s a fact that we need more women to step up, to take on leadership roles, to change the way the world sees us, and in some cases, how we see ourselves. We need the tools, confidence, and wardrobe to do.

Solita started Style To Impact to equip women with the clarity, confidence, and closet they need to speak on stage, on video, to serve on board, start businesses or run for higher office.

It’s what she calls Women Empowerment Through Stye.

Before launching her business, Solita worked in the banking and finance industry for over 15 years, holding certificates in Risk Analysis and Management, Credit Analysis and Lending, and Wealth Management from the University of the West Indies.

Contact Information: Solita Roberts
Image Coach & Speaker, Style To Impact
Email: solita@styletoimpact.com
Website: https://styletoimpact.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/styletoimpact/
​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/styletoimpact

www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com  My guest today is Chris Stone and we will be talking all about podcasting and Amazon Live Streaming.  Did you know that you can now live stream on Amazon?  Well you can and in this episode Chris shares how he got started live streaming on Amazon and is now making some passive income as a result.  So check out this episode and share it with your friends.

Chris Stone – President, Cast Ahead
With a 25+ year history in the music industry with Sony, driven and passionate entrepreneur
Chris Stone founded the Podcast and Live Streaming Consultancy Cast Ahead after the success of his own co-hosted podcasts changed his life. 

At Cast Ahead, Chris thrives on enabling driven entrepreneurs, influencers, thought leaders and enterprises to express their story and elevate their reach while extending their efficiency in that process.

In the same way Chris was able to work with multi-platinum artists, record label executives and
creatives of all levels – he’s found great joy seeing other Live Streamers, Keynote Speakers and
Podcasters achieve their own creative, financial, physical and spiritual success.  

He’s produced videos for keynote speakers like Victor Antonio and Sam Silverstein, produced virtual, physical and hybrid live conferences for corporations, consulted, developed and produced podcasts like The Sales Energizer, Sales Influence, Launch Your Live, Make Headway and Power Couples Rock.

He also co-hosts a weekly Amazon Live show “Dealcasters Live” with Jim Fuhs of Fuhsion Marketing. “I truly believe that everyone deserves to be heard by using their own voice in their own way,” Chris states, “My goal is to be a team member with other passionate entrepreneurs
& ambitious businesses by integrating podcasting and/or live streaming into their business goals, educate their customers in a creative way – which will in turn attract more listeners, viewers & customers.

I hope you enjoyed this interview with Chris.  Be sure to join me again next Thursday for another great guest.

Until Next Time
Make It A Great Day!
Audrey Bell-Kearney, The Voice Of Gwinnett

​Jerrilynn B. Thomas is the founder of Smart Women Partner & Grow Rich. Jerrilynn helps women increase their leads, brand awareness, and influence using LinkedIn by facilitating collaborative marketing partnerships between them.  She creates high profile large scale collaborative marketing projects that busy business and professional women from a wide range of industries can plug their businesses into so they can step out from the crowd on LinkedIn. Whether you are an author, coach, consultant, professional, work for Corporate America, etc., Smart Women Partner & Grow Rich has a collaborative marketing project that can help you boost your LinkedIn visibility. The projects include the One Million Woman Link Up, Main Street Marketing to Women Initiative, Women’s News Bureau, and more. For more information about Jerrilynn and Smart Women Partner & Grow Rich, visit https://smartwomenpartner.com and follow her on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/smartwomenpartner/

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​Caylin White is the founder of CBCInked and digital marketing consultant in the Atlanta area. 

Caylin create Artfirmations - positive artistic affirmations for daily wellness. I am also the founder of CBCInked - all things creative marketing and content training. Marketing in a Box is a new training course coming soon including digital marketing training in one simple download - so stay tuned if you are interested in marketing yourself or your brand.

I’m known for being a marketing magician, avid artist, organic food enthusiast, content marketer, WordPress student and advocate, semi-professional video gamer, stellar podcast guest, positive energy person, and lover of all things creative. 

I hail from Michigan (hi to the Mitten!), and am now a transplanted peach in Atlanta, GA. Catch me hanging with my husbear, side-kick step-daughter and adorable rescue pup, Sophie.

 Chef Hank Reid Hank Reid is the Founder and Executive Director of Trinity Community Culinary Institutes, Inc. a non-profit organization purposed to establish an educational and creative learning program, offering classroom instruction, seminars, workshops and employment training to the local community in a recreational environment in the area of Culinary Arts. The foundation of TCCI is strengthened upon the desire to support the everyday challenges parents face to help their young adult sons and daughters transition into self-sufficient, productive adults.

​In 1990 Chef Hank made the transition from the Architectural Engineering field to pursue his underlying passion for Culinary Arts. While studying Mathematics at Clark-Atlanta University as a Dual Degree Major he combined his entrepreneurial spirit and his culinary skills and starting a catering business from his dorm room. Armed with only a hot plate and a toaster oven Chef Hank realized he had the gift to do a lot with very little. A true Southerner from Griffin Georgia, a small town forty miles south of Atlanta, Chef Hank began to worry less about how he would fund his education in the engineering field and more about how he could explore his talent for cooking. Rather than totally abandoning a career in Engineering, Chef Hank transferred to Southern Polytechnic in Marietta, GA to pursue an Architectural degree while working in the Baking and Pastry department of the Atlanta Hilton and Towers in downtown Atlanta.

Unable to share his love for Culinary Arts with the pursuit of an Architectural degree, Chef Hank made a full commitment to his passion and enrolled in the Culinary Arts program at the Art Institute of Atlanta and accepted a part-time position at a prestigious fine dining establishment, Carbo s Café and a full-time position with Houston s as a lead production Chef. As Chef Hank excelled in and earned his degree at the Art Institute, he took an active handson learning approach to his training by working through the ranks of a popular string of Liberty House Restaurant Group establishments; OK Café, Blue Ridge Grill, Kudzu Café and Bones. In 1994, Hank was appointed the Executive chef of Lulu s Bait Shack Restaurant and Bar, specializing in Louisiana Creole cuisine, in the popular Buckhead community known for its active night-life and multitude of restaurant and bar options. From there continued his Cajun Cuisine tour as the Executive Chef at Comeuax s Louisiana Bar and Grill.

​In 1999 Chef Hank would work his way into the dual role of Executive Chef and Assistant General Manager of Cripple Creek Taphouse and Grill, an upscale lodge theme casual dining concept in the fast growing suburbs of Gwinnett County located north of Atlanta. Throughout his culinary endeavors, Chef Hank always made time for kids in his community. As a volunteer baseball coach for the DeKalb County Recreation Department, Hank not only excelled as a Chef, husband and Father, he embraced the responsibility of mentoring young men and women in that community. In 2000 Chef Hank moved to Snellville, GA with his wife Rachael and two sons Davonta and Chace and immediately fell in love with the community. There was an instant desire to get involved as he did in DeKalb County so he repositioned himself in the culinary industry by accepting a position as General Manager of Woody s Barbeque located right in the heart of the Snellville Community. The blessings for Hank and his family continued. The convenience of a position at a restaurant very close to home was topped by the birth of Hank and Rachael s third, fourth and fifth children, triplet daughters; Niiah, Neeyah and Neenah. As his culinary career continued to thrive as Chef Hank remained focused on his efforts in the community.

As the founder of Trinity Athletics of Snellville, Hank established this non-profit organization to support the youth in the local community focused on programs for students addressing physical and social health deficiencies. It offered support in the areas of athletic camps, seminars and study groups relating to academics, personal finance, social interaction, peer pressure and physical health. Additionally, he served three terms on the W.C. Britt Elementary School Council and one term as P.T.A. Co-President. In 2006 Chef Hank was appointed to the City of Snellville s Parks and Recreation Board where he served for two terms. After a four year run with Woody s Barbeque, Chef Hank remained in the same location for another two years after the Woody s franchise left town and Ground Round, an American Cuisine concept from the north, came in. In 2006, Chef Hank began the most natural process for a person with his level of experience. He began the process of opening his own establishment. That establishment was to become the town favorite Trinity Bistro and Coffee Bar. Chef Hank and his family enjoyed two years of success until the harsh economy of 2008 claimed the small businesses of many including Trinity Bistro. The passion never left Hank as he vowed to be back in the fold of the Snellville community.

Forced to work outside the community, Hank spent two years with the growing Panera Bread Corporation and then the call came for Chef Hank from Sweet Georgia s Juke Joint, a popular Southern cuisine concept right in the middle of downtown Atlanta. He was appointed to the prestigious position of Executive Chef. Tailor-made for Hank s style of cooking, the Juke Joint quickly rose from average ratings to an internationally recognized downtown Atlanta eatery. Chef Hank enjoyed great success making one television appearance after another. He continued to grow the Juke Joint brand and stabilize the organization s cuisine with quality traditional recipe building and establishing concise cost-effective culinary procedures resulting in the increase of the company s bottom line. Seemingly the job of a life time, Chef Hank was still not content with his path. He embarked upon what would be the culmination of all his experiences, Trinity Community Culinary Institutes, Inc. This is Chef Hank s true dream, a community enrichment program taking all of his experiences and the greatest attributes of all of them, organizing them with the purpose of sharing and offering direction, helping kids and inviting the entire community to experience the joy of cooking by opening a recreational style culinary school. TCCI, short for Trinity Community Culinary Institute is purposed to provide community enrichment by offering a recreational Culinary Arts program designed to offer essential direction to community youth that will develop a population of young men and women better adapted to be contributors to society than detractors from it. Its goal is to be a resource for an alternative recreational outlet for families in the community by hosting activities accenting the fun, creative and competitive elements of Culinary Arts. Chef Hank declares an obligation to enhance the hospitality aspects of the community by establishing student-run dining and catering operations and supporting local dining establishments with quality human resources from the local community.

​TCCI also positions itself to lead other organizations with similar ideas and encourage them to put some action behind your passion. Chef Hank opens the door and sets the table to unite a coalition of Cultural Arts innovators purposed to activate the creative nature in all young adults, nurturing their dreams into constructive, productive reality. Finally in a role Chef Hank has desired for years, his dedication and commitment has never been greater and the community has been very receptive and even excited about TCCI. He is currently serving the Snellville Community as an Executive Board member of both the Snellville Economic Development Council and Integrity Christian Academy of Snellville. Chef Hank is also a potential Mayoral appointee to the Snellville Board of Appeals. In addition, a number of political figures have endorsed Chef Hank s community enrichment program which will support TCCI s goals to establish the concept anywhere there is a need for support to young men and women starving for positive encouragement and realistic hope for their futures.