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Episode #128- Insider Tips on Having a Successful Book Launch
Does the idea of a book launch seem completely daunting to you? In this episode, Kim Stewart, speaker and book launch team manager join hosts, Kathi Lipp and Michele Cushatt to discuss building a book launch and how to simplify the process with your sanity intact....
Why Speak? Sharing Your Message Despite the Fears
As I paced the unknown bedroom, my nerves were a bundle of knots. I kept going over the notes for my talk, and my heart wondered, "Why? Why speak? I could do anything else." My tummy was upset. My brain was in overdrive, and I doubted if sleep would come, especially...
Episode 127: Sharing the Bad of One’s Life to Show the Goodness of God
When bad stuff happens to us... we write and speak about it! Many of our platforms have been born from coming through something, or many things, that were hard and being able to see the goodness of God throughout our journey. Their is a skill in talking about the...
Camera! Set! Action! Take your Message to a New Audience!
What a wonderful age to live in where your message can be broadcast through so many channels … Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, and your personal website. Many of you are already using these platforms. Take your message to the big screen I want to encourage you to take...
Episode 26: Facebook Live: What, Why and How to Make it Work for You
In this practical episode, hosts Michele Cushatt and Kathi Lipp introduce the strategies of Facebook Live. It can be rather intimidating to jump on Facebook and start talking but it's a proven community builder. Kathi and Michele charge those interested in using this...
Interview With Amy Carroll, Part 3: Building a Platform with Heart
Join us for Part Three of our interview with Amy Carroll on building a successful platform. In this final portion of our interview, Amy and Cheri Gregory discuss building a platform with heart — the best things you can do, the worst mistakes you can make, and how...
Podcast Episode 25: How to Handle the Waiting
Waiting is often a painful enterprise. Watching others gain the success and platform you desire tests the strongest faith. Especially when you know God has given you a message to share. Wendy Pope, author known for life change through her in-depth Bible Studies and...
Interview with Amy Carroll, Part 2: Find Your Platform in Community
Join us for a second part to our interview with Amy Carroll on building a successful platform in part two - find your platform in community. Cheri: So, the secret to building a successful platform is becoming a speaker for Proverbs 31 or another major ministry. Right?...
Episode #24 To Self-publish or Not to Self-Publish
To Self-publish or Not to Self-Publish? That is the question! Fortunately, for those of us who are contemplating self-publishing, author and mentor, Sherri Johnson addresses the journey that is bringing one's work to our audience in written form. Hosts Kathi Lipp and...
Why My Platform Isn’t about Me: Interview With Amy Carroll, Part 1
Cheri Gregory sat down with Amy Carroll to talk platform. In her first interview, they tackle the subject of creating a platform that isn't about the speaker or that is self-serving. If you are are wrestling with platform or why my platform isn't about me, read Amy's...
How Leverage Helped Me Launch My Podcast
As an avid podcast listener, I always thought it would be kind of fun to start my own show. But, all the what-ifs always kept me from taking the plunge. While attending Leverage, I overheard a conversation with a couple of gals who were in the podcast world, so I...
Episode 23 How to Get Out of Overwhelmed as a Communicator
In this episode, successful authors and speakers Michele Cushatt and Kathi Lipp talk to Cheri Gregory, Christian communicator and co-author of the newly-released "Overwhelmed." Kathi and Cheri share insight from their book, personal stories, candor, and practical...
Tips for Writing a Spiritual Memoir
by Michele Ule I'd never thought of writing a spiritual memoir until I had a run in with a stranger on a blog. One day I wrote a comment on a Christian site that hit someone the wrong way. I knew she was opinionated, but I never expected her to declare, "I doubt...
Episode #22 The Struggle of Identity
In this episode, Kathi Lipp and Michele Cushatt discuss the trappings communicators often fall into in the area of identity. Between Amazon rankings, ticket sales at your events and followers on Facebook, it can be so difficult to be rooted in our true identity....
Handling the Mess of Ministry and How to Minister in the Middle of It
My husband and I have been in ministry for all of our 25 years of marriage. Although I came from non-Christian home, my husband, Scott is the product of a pastor and marriage and family counselor. I entered ministry with idealistic (and let’s face it, unrealistic)...