Cold calling isn't dead (You're just doing it wrong): How to Build Relationships Before You Pitch w/Ashley Beck Cuellar

The Invisible Employee: The Hidden Cost of Being a Caregiver and a Professional w/Zack Dempoulos

Did you know that 1 in 5 employees in your workforce is quietly working a second, unpaid job? There are 63 million caregivers in America. That's a 45% jump from ten years ago. And most of them? They're working full-time jobs too. They are Professionals...who are also Caregivers. Zack Demopoulos has been a caregiver since 2011, first for his father, now for his mother. He spent years in HR. He ran a home care business for 13 years. And now he's a caregiver advocate working with large employers to build workplaces where people don't have to choose between their job and caring for someone they love. Zack explains why this is no longer an issue businesses can ignore. We dive into the physical, mental, and financial toll caregiving takes on high-performing professionals and how it directly impacts a company's bottom line through absenteeism, presenteeism, and rising healthcare costs. This is not an episode you want to miss. Especially if you are a caregiver who also is a professional. Check out this episode and please reach out to Zack! --------------- Connect with Zack Website: https://www.invisibleemployeesbook.com/ [https://www.invisibleemployeesbook.com/] Newsletter: https://zacks-newsletter-4a359b.beehiiv.com/subscribe [https://zacks-newsletter-4a359b.beehiiv.com/subscribe] Podcast: https://www.invisibleemployeesbook.com/podcast [https://www.invisibleemployeesbook.com/podcast] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zackdemopoulos/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/zackdemopoulos/] --------------- About Reanimated Stories: Hosted by Roger Jorns, I talk with awesome business leaders about their story and we explore how to reimagine work, life, and design. Connect with Roger: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/roger-jorns [http://linkedin.com/in/roger-jorns] Website: reanimationdesign.com [http://reanimationdesign.com] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@reanimationdesign [https://www.youtube.com/@reanimationdesign] Podcast: https://rss.com/podcasts/reanimated-stories/ [https://rss.com/podcasts/reanimated-stories/] --------------- 00:00 Intro 01:08 Meet The Hosts 02:39 Zack Caregiver Advocate 04:31 Who Counts As Caregiver 06:42 Roger Family Story 09:31 How Zack Supports Caregivers 16:06 Workplace Caregiving Costs 21:26 Building Culture Of Care 24:14 Family vs Work Choice 25:19 Flexibility Keeps Talent 26:28 Why Caregivers Stay Quiet 28:22 Empathy Tools for Managers 29:53 Better Check In Questions 32:50 Leaders Sharing Stories 35:13 Caregiver Resources and ERGs 40:03 Outro

Cold calling isn't dead (You're just doing it wrong): How to Build Relationships Before You Pitch w/Ashley Beck Cuellar

Cold calling does not look anything like it did 20 years ago...honestly, even 5 years ago. If you are relying on high-velocity, unpersonalized AI spam to hit your sales numbers, you are going to get ignored. Meet Ashley Beck Cuellar (Kway-ar), she spent 17 years in automotive marketing.... Then she walked away. No plan. Just knew it was time. What happened next? She ended up running the entire go-to-market motion for a commercial roofing company. Without ever planning to be in roofing. Ashley explains exactly how she researches her Ideal Customer Profile (ICP), why she uses Google Earth before she ever picks up the phone, and why telling a prospect they can hang up on her actually builds immediate trust. Ashley breaks down how she built a $50 million book of business in her last career, through (wait for it)...cold calls and relationships, and o she never sits across the table from her clients. We also talk some LinkedIn strategy and why video DMs are so powerful. If you do any kind of cold outreach....or, like me you've been avoiding it because it feels icky...well, this episode will change how you think about it! --------------- Connect with Ashley Website: https://www.seamlessroofingllc.com/ [https://www.seamlessroofingllc.com/] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashley-beck-cuellar/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-beltran-b39b3b180/] --------------- About Reanimated Stories: Hosted by Roger Jorns, I talk with awesome business leaders about their story and we explore how to reimagine work, life, and design. Connect with Roger: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/roger-jorns [http://linkedin.com/in/roger-jorns] Website: reanimationdesign.com [http://reanimationdesign.com] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@reanimationdesign [https://www.youtube.com/@reanimationdesign] Podcast: https://rss.com/podcasts/reanimated-stories/ [https://rss.com/podcasts/reanimated-stories/] --------------- 00:00 Intro 00:27 Meet Ashley Beck Cuellar 00:41 Name Pronunciation Banter 03:31 Ashley’s Career Pivot 05:28 Joining Commercial Roofing 06:51 CRM Chaos in Construction 08:49 Direct Mail Lessons Learned 10:01 Building Relationships Remotely 11:27 First Cold Call Win 14:05 Follow Up Strategy Breakdown 15:03 Finding Your ICP and Lists 17:31 Research Workflow and Video DMs 19:12 Google Maps Sizing and Targeting 21:23 Sports Research Hook 22:52 Warm Intros Via Network 24:12 Value First Follow Ups 24:52 Cold Call Trust Tactic 26:51 Human In An AI World 30:32 SEO And AI Discovery 33:54 Always Be Learning 35:14 Personality Assessments 37:43 Outro

She Lost Her Job, Lost Her Identity, and Found Both Again on LinkedIn w/Melissa Beth Cohen

"I had never realized how much of my own self-identity and self-worth was tied up in what my title was and who I worked for." Melissa Cohen spent 30 years in fashion where she was a VP at Ralph Lauren. She thought that's where she'd retire. Then 2020 hit. The whole industry shut down and Melissa lost her job. What she didn't expect? Losing her sense of self right along with it. Suddenly, the title that defined her was gone. Facing ageism in the corporate job market and getting ghosted after final-round executive interviews, Melissa decided to stop fighting a broken system. So...She turned to LinkedIn. In this episode, Melissa shares how she went from a corporate fashion exec who never used LinkedIn to becoming a personal branding strategist helping executives, founders, and business owners stand out. She talks about the first post she ever wrote (and almost deleted..honestly I felt this one to my soul), the hard truth about ageism in hiring, and why your LinkedIn profile is doing more for...or against...you than you might think. She also opens up about her new collaborative book, Letters to Lily, an anthology of letters that people from all over the world wrote to their younger selves and where she wrote a deeply personal letter to her younger self about the heavy guilt of traveling for corporate work while raising a family....It's powerful. And it's worth your time. --------------- Connect with Melissa Beth Cohen Website: melissabethcohen.com [http://melissabethcohen.com] Letters to Lily: https://a.co/d/02ajely9 [https://a.co/d/02ajely9] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-beth-cohen/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-beth-cohen/] --------------- About Reanimated Stories: Hosted by Roger Jorns, I talk with awesome business leaders about their story and we explore how to reimagine work, life, and design. Connect with Roger: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/roger-jorns [http://linkedin.com/in/roger-jorns] Website: reanimationdesign.com [http://reanimationdesign.com] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@reanimationdesign [https://www.youtube.com/@reanimationdesign] Podcast: https://rss.com/podcasts/reanimated-stories/ [https://rss.com/podcasts/reanimated-stories/] --------------- 00:00 Intro 01:07 Welcome and Guest Intro 01:36 How They Met at SCN 02:44 Melissa’s LinkedIn Mission 03:20 Letters to Lily Book 05:49 Feeling Alone in Leadership 06:39 From Fashion to LinkedIn 09:47 Personal Branding Explained 12:24 Turning LinkedIn Into Business 16:59 Who She Helps Most 18:43 Stand Out With Insights 20:18 Letters To Lily Origins 22:19 Connection In A Digital Age 23:28 Letter One It Works Out 24:35 Letter Two Working Mom Guilt 27:41 Personal Branding Not Influencing 28:54 Avoid AI Sea Of Sameness 30:56 People Hire People 33:03 LinkedIn Nuggets And Community 34:10 Where To Find Melissa 35:31 Outro

Google Ad Management for Dad-Owned Businesses. Why Being Present Online Means Being Present at Home w/Anneliese

"We had this crazy thought that if they could have advertising taken off their plate... they could go spend some time with their children and be present, guilt-free." Anneliese is a fourth-generation entrepreneur who never planned on running her own business. After 14 years in the corporate advertising world, the pandemic hit. When she was wrongfully terminated for refusing to make 50 cold calls a week while raising an infant, she took her settlement money and launched an ad agency with her husband. Her mission and driving force? What if being present online was the whole reason you could be present at home? That's not just a tagline for Anneliese. It's her whole mission. In this episode of Reanimated Stories, I chat with Anneliese as she shares why she niched down to dads, what it really means to be a marketing vendor broker, and how she helped one client catch bots eating 40% of his ad budget...before it put his family's livelihood out of business! She explains her transition from Never Miss a Moment Consulting to Be Present Advertising, highlighting her mission to take the burden of Google Ads off the shoulders of family-oriented business owners. We also discuss why you should never run Google Ads if you do not know where your clients are actually hanging out, why bots are eating your advertising budget, and what it means to be a "Marketing Vendor Broker." --------------- Connect with Anneliese Website: www.bepresentads.com [http://www.bepresentads.com] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anneliesemvance/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/anneliesemvance/] --------------- About Reanimated Stories: Hosted by Roger Jorns, I talk with awesome business leaders about their story and we explore how to reimagine work, life, and design. Connect with Roger: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/roger-jorns [http://linkedin.com/in/roger-jorns] Website: reanimationdesign.com [http://reanimationdesign.com] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@reanimationdesign [https://www.youtube.com/@reanimationdesign] Podcast: https://rss.com/podcasts/reanimated-stories/ [https://rss.com/podcasts/reanimated-stories/] --------------- 00:00 Intro 00:42 Show Intro and Networking 01:11 Anneliese Background and Niche 02:23 Family Entrepreneur Roots 03:46 Parents Pivot to Business 06:21 Childhood Lessons on Presence 08:12 Corporate Sales and COVID Clash 10:19 Wrongful Termination to Startup 11:44 Homeschooling and New Roles 12:32 Rebrand to Be Present 16:05 Why Niche Down to Families 16:58 Client Story Moving Company 18:57 Generational Growth Mindset 19:15 Helping Clients Grow 20:18 No Contracts Results First 22:17 Marketing Vendor Broker 26:10 Data Driven Ad Strategy 30:45 Lead Quality Call Tracking 33:12 Outro

Emotional Intelligence is Not About Being Nice, It’s About Data. Why Emotional Intelligence Is the Missing Piece in Modern Leadership w/Dana Echert

"It is a whole different skillset to be a leader than it is just to be good at your job. Technical skills are about looking at the work of one... leadership skills are about amplifying the work of many." Dana Echert is the founder of Inspire, where she helps grow leaders with high emotional intelligence. Her background is in HR and learning and development. After years of watching companies build trainings to fix "accountability issues" and "conflict issues," she figured out what was actually broken..... It wasn't the people. It was the system. In this episode of Reanimated Stories, I talk with Dana as she breaks down why the traditional model of promoting top performers into management roles is broken, and why Technical Intelligence (TQ) does not automatically translate to Emotional Intelligence (EQ). Dana explains how the pandemic and the rise of remote work completely shifted the weight of organizational policy onto the shoulders of mid-level managers. If you want to stop treating emotional intelligence as a "nice to have" and start using it as a data-driven tool for business growth, listen to Dana's insights. --------------- Connect with Dana Website: www.INSPIREskillstraining.com [http://www.INSPIREskillstraining.com] http://www.inspireskillstraining.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dana-echert/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/dana-echert/] --------------- About Reanimated Stories: Hosted by Roger Jorns, I talk with awesome business leaders about their story and we explore how to reimagine work, life, and design. Connect with Roger: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/roger-jorns [http://linkedin.com/in/roger-jorns] Website: reanimationdesign.com [http://reanimationdesign.com] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@reanimationdesign [https://www.youtube.com/@reanimationdesign] Podcast: https://rss.com/podcasts/reanimated-stories/ [https://rss.com/podcasts/reanimated-stories/] --------------- 00:00 Intro 00:25 Meet The Host And Guest 01:09 Dana And Inspire Mission 02:19 Leadership Shift Since 2020 06:54 EQ Versus Technical Skills 09:39 Trust And Retention Costs 13:48 Assessments And EQ Lab 17:11 Lead Yourself First 18:50 Leadership Pipeline And Burnout 24:27 Unlimited PTO Example 26:13 Getting Started And Snapshot Tool 30:07 Connect And Spotlight Series 31:35 Outro