[00:00:03] Welcome to the Business Chop podcast, where our guests speak on meeting the challenges of entrepreneurship, as well as offer tips and advice on business, marketing, technology, and more. Whether you are a newbie or seasoned professional, this episode is for you. I am your host, Audrey Wiggins. Let's chop it up.

[00:00:29] Hello, Chop Squad and friends, and happy new year. Audrey Wiggins, the tech diva, is here to bid farewell along with you of 2024 and welcome 2025. Just remember what's in your hands, what you have in your hands. Okay, never forget that. These are the gifts, all your talents, all your wisdom and your knowledge. Your creativity is right here.

[00:00:53] So plug into it and let's move on with excitement and with vigor into the new year, making things happen for ourselves, for our families, for our communities, for our region, for the world, right? One person at a time. One person can make a difference.

[00:01:09] And so the two adages I like to talk about is, you know, how do you bite, how do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. Just make sure you're chewing and grinding up, grinding that meat up real good so you can swallow it, not swallowing it whole.

[00:01:21] We don't want you choking out there, right? We want to have good digestion, as well as the other famous saying is, the journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

[00:01:34] One step, all right? Just one step. And there's a gospel song that talks about if we take one step, God will do the rest. Okay, I'm wanting that one as well. We want to move forward definitely with wisdom.

[00:01:47] So just wanted to come by and wish you well. And hopefully we get involved next year. Let's do some more. You're doing your podcast. Let me know how I can help you, help with your marketing.

[00:01:59] Because most of you remember, I retired. Oh, I got something crazy going on here. I retired this year. So I'm done, folks, at the Cleveland State University that I want to call them out because jobs are blessings, right? Jobs fund dreams, right? Jobs fund our dreams, okay?

[00:02:18] They also fund our livelihoods, our shelters, and our clothing, and our meals. I keep up with my glasses.

[00:02:26] So sometimes we get tired of going to work and it's like, oh, God, please deliver me for this job.

[00:02:31] But just remember, when you get tired, just remember what it's actually doing for you. And those of you who have been blessed enough to have never worked for anybody except yourself or your family, keep going and spread that wealth, all right? Let's just keep it going.

[00:02:46] But congratulations to everyone if you're just starting or if you've been out there 5, 10, 15, 20, over 30 years and more.

[00:02:52] Wishing you the best and keep pushing and keep chugging along and also want to invite you to come to our January Summit Elevating the Union Entrepreneur.

[00:03:02] This one's all about jump-starting your success for 2025. So it really doesn't matter where you are in your business.

[00:03:09] You could be a novice, a newbie, or, you know, seasoned entrepreneur. There's always room for improvement.

[00:03:16] We can relearn things that we already know. And that's what I like about being a lifelong learner is that you're staying current, relevant, building relationships and keeping your relationships strong because we need each other to make things happen.

[00:03:29] Not just for, you know, for customers to get paid. We are in business to make money. We need mentors. We need mentor. We need to be mentors and be a mentee.

[00:03:38] And it's always like there's three levels that we need. We need somebody that's going alongside us about where we are. We need the person that's behind us so we can help bring them forward.

[00:03:48] And then we need to be mentored by the ones that's some paces in front of us so we have some aspiration.

[00:03:54] Okay, this is where I want to go. I need to make this happen. And we're not being those people. We're being us.

[00:03:59] But the journey, the character, the know-how, the skill sets that take us to those, you know, help us to make those steps.

[00:04:07] That's what I'm more of where I'm getting at as far as the emulation goes.

[00:04:11] And to help us to trash that imposter syndrome, just throw that stuff away in 24.

[00:04:19] I ain't carrying that crap with me into 2025.

[00:04:24] And I want you to do the same thing. We got to get rid of that.

[00:04:27] All right. It's sometimes just easier said than done.

[00:04:30] But just, you know, that's where our mentors come in handy on them knees, praying and calling out to God and, you know, your spouse or your friends.

[00:04:40] Hey, help me. I'm slipping over here now.

[00:04:43] And, you know, if you need to see a psychologist, please do.

[00:04:47] There's nothing wrong with that. And very helpful.

[00:04:50] I've done it and wanted some more.

[00:04:52] I've had guests on my original shows and then get some more on here now talking about our mental health and, you know, our well-being before something happens.

[00:05:00] Just having that person that we can trust to bounce things off and really be vulnerable with us.

[00:05:06] We need to be able to be vulnerable to walk in our greatness.

[00:05:09] And so always remember that.

[00:05:10] So going forward. All right. So I want you to make sure that you plug in with this year's summit.

[00:05:15] Bit.ly jumpstart your success 2025.

[00:05:19] Get signed up and have some robust speakers.

[00:05:21] You're doing three days this week, y'all, this year.

[00:05:24] So Thursday, Friday, Saturday.

[00:05:26] OK, Saturday will be our sessions that will go from 9 to 3, 3.30 is we'll have the Transformational Dream Team back.

[00:05:34] Some of the other members that are part of it on Friday night for the fireside chat going to be doing that, talking about entrepreneurship, ups and downs and just, you know, just the journey.

[00:05:44] Sometimes it's good just to sit around the table and just talk.

[00:05:49] All right. So we're going to talk about being an entrepreneur and, you know, how bad it has affected our lives and, you know, what we've got out of it and what we hope to get out of it, you know, even still.

[00:05:59] So there's hundreds of years between all of us. So as Winksery get plugged into that, last time we had Dionne Jones and she came, she got us off with our rumps and got us going.

[00:06:09] I was in the chair and I thought, wow, I had a good workout. I started feeling my heart rate going up.

[00:06:15] So I was excited about that. So we hope to bring her back with that.

[00:06:19] And Thursday, we're trying to plan something very special for that Thursday.

[00:06:22] So I don't have that quite worked out yet, but you'll be seeing it as we post on the event page, as well as the different social channels.

[00:06:29] So make sure you stay plugged into what I'm doing and the other speakers, you'll be able to follow them as well.

[00:06:35] Kind of also try something new instead of like the traditional Zoom webinar.

[00:06:39] I'm going to try to bring in almost, you know, the elements of a live event where you have the lobby with the exhibitors and your sponsors.

[00:06:47] So we're going to work that out as well. So definitely if you want to take part in being a virtual exhibitor and be a sponsor for the summit coming up, you know, we have the four of them.

[00:06:58] So we'll work out some discounts, you know, some bonuses that we've signed up for all four.

[00:07:03] So look for that as well. Again, bit.ly slash jumpstartyoursuccess2025.

[00:07:10] And I want to make sure that everybody, let me pull up the last episodes, make sure you plug in to these last episodes that we did for the year.

[00:07:19] The last one, I'm going to go backwards here.

[00:07:21] Eight laws of irresistibility, leveraging AI for small business growth.

[00:07:26] That was with Shahar Boyan.

[00:07:28] And I think she's going to be part of the summit as well.

[00:07:31] So she's going to be doing, of course, AI from shy to spotlight.

[00:07:36] Caroline Basowski, and I was just on her show as well.

[00:07:38] So make sure you look for that inspired choice.

[00:07:41] And this is all about inspiring entrepreneurial relief.

[00:07:44] She was an accountant and she went from being an accountant to, and that was an entrepreneur business as well.

[00:07:51] But, you know, it's all about crunching the numbers.

[00:07:54] She was shy.

[00:07:55] And this woman has made, I think this past year, over 800 or something episodes.

[00:07:59] She was out there daily talking.

[00:08:01] She's from Germany.

[00:08:02] She's learned English.

[00:08:03] It's just, oh my gosh, she was a fireball.

[00:08:06] Y'all, picture your success.

[00:08:07] Strategic branding through John DeMotto's lens.

[00:08:10] This man is up in New York City.

[00:08:11] I'm ready to pack my bags and go up there and get a photo shoot done, y'all.

[00:08:15] Okay?

[00:08:17] We have Breaking Free, how mid-career men can escape corporate burnout and build their own business with Anna Yernova.

[00:08:25] Oh my goodness, that was awesome.

[00:08:26] All my shows are awesome.

[00:08:27] I always say that.

[00:08:28] I'm excited about my guests.

[00:08:30] And, you know, because they do bring it.

[00:08:32] They bring the value.

[00:08:33] And I'm just really excited about all of you who have been a guest on the show and those who go through the camera getting all new ones lined up already.

[00:08:41] From impossible to inevitable, Keith Ellis on 10 times the goals, magic questions.

[00:08:47] That's his thing.

[00:08:48] Magic questions.

[00:08:49] And the $10,000 mindset.

[00:08:51] Okay?

[00:08:52] So get ready.

[00:08:52] Listen to that podcast.

[00:08:53] And I want you to get ready to shell out the 10K.

[00:08:56] Okay?

[00:08:57] Because he's going to be worth it.

[00:08:58] Listen up.

[00:08:59] All right.

[00:09:00] From hidden to headline.

[00:09:01] Building brand authority with PR and media with Leonard Shiner.

[00:09:06] He's got some different strategies and things going on with PR.

[00:09:10] You're going to want to listen to him.

[00:09:11] And next we have from ads to AI.

[00:09:14] How email marketing can transform your revenue in 90 days with Cat Buber Day.

[00:09:20] And if you know anything about me, I love me some email marketing.

[00:09:23] But we got to stay compliant, y'all.

[00:09:25] All right.

[00:09:25] Creating a Culture of Innovation.

[00:09:28] Insights from Nick Jane.

[00:09:30] All right.

[00:09:31] And so we're going back.

[00:09:32] I'm sure I'm in October.

[00:09:33] I'm almost back to September.

[00:09:35] Boosting your online business.

[00:09:37] Strategy, strengths, and room for growth with who?

[00:09:40] Me.

[00:09:40] Your host with the most.

[00:09:42] Audrey Tech Deva Wiggins.

[00:09:44] All right.

[00:09:45] And before that, we had, excuse me, unlocking personal freedom and purpose.

[00:09:51] How the shine curve empowers creators to scale with intent and impact.

[00:09:58] Oh, wow.

[00:09:59] He was on one of our speakers.

[00:10:00] We're going to get him back too.

[00:10:02] All right.

[00:10:02] What's next here?

[00:10:03] Solving the $650 billion distraction crisis.

[00:10:07] What?

[00:10:08] With Lori Sates.

[00:10:09] Her mission is to improve focus and productivity.

[00:10:13] All right.

[00:10:14] So it must be $650 billion of lost stuff out there.

[00:10:18] We want to gain that back.

[00:10:20] And we're going to jumpstart our success and get back our $650 million collected dollars.

[00:10:25] All right.

[00:10:26] Empowering families.

[00:10:28] How Office on the Go makes senior benefits and paperwork easy.

[00:10:32] And this is with Pamela Coleman.

[00:10:33] That's a very different twist because a lot of times we talk about the actual services and things and tools that we need to run and work our businesses.

[00:10:43] But we also are people, right?

[00:10:44] So we have, we may have elderly parents at home.

[00:10:47] We may be taking care of siblings or spouses.

[00:10:50] And so Office on the Go is a great help with that.

[00:10:53] And this was a fun one from Macquarie, Ghana to Atlanta.

[00:10:57] How Blooms Bar Innovative Nightlife Concept is Shaping Global Hospitality.

[00:11:03] So if you're in Atlanta area, if you're out in Ghana, make sure you get to Blooms Bar.

[00:11:08] And you can look it right up on the internet and they'll welcome you home as if you belong there.

[00:11:14] So that was, that was awesome.

[00:11:16] And then we had 120 Days to Elevate, Building Momentum for Your Entrepreneurship.

[00:11:23] And this, that was with me.

[00:11:25] And so that was, we were building up, coming on, going towards the end of the year.

[00:11:29] It's like we're going towards the new year now with what we need to do.

[00:11:33] So that's a lot of our, a lot of my podcasts and guests that we had the last part of the year.

[00:11:40] So plug in, you know, there's lots more, 52 for this year and we had the previous year.

[00:11:45] So it was exciting to thank, thank you, Chop Squad and everyone for your, for your listenership and downloads and sharing the podcast.

[00:11:54] And I ask that you just continue to do that because independent media, we can't do it without your support.

[00:12:01] We just can't.

[00:12:03] So we support one another and, you know, let's get the word out.

[00:12:07] Subscribe, share, like, rate.

[00:12:10] We need, we need those ratings and reviews.

[00:12:13] Very important for the algorithms to help us grow and stay relevant.

[00:12:17] So thank you again.

[00:12:19] God bless you.

[00:12:19] Happy new year.

[00:12:20] I look forward to seeing you on January 23rd, 24th and 25th at Jumpstarting Your Success 2025.

[00:12:29] Thanks guys.

[00:12:30] You take care.

[00:12:31] Hello, fellow entrepreneurs.

[00:12:33] It's the Tech Diva.

[00:12:34] If you're like me, it's been a long year.

[00:12:37] Are you ready to elevate your business and see real success?

[00:12:40] Meet me and my colleagues for a power pack three days at Elevating the You and Entrepreneur Virtual Business Summit.

[00:12:47] Jumpstart Your Success 2025, January 23rd through January 25th.

[00:12:52] Sponsorships available.

[00:12:53] Get details at bit.ly slash jumpstartyoursuccess 2025.

[00:12:58] Bit.ly slash jumpstartyoursuccess 2025.

[00:13:02] And let's win together.

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