Join us as DJ Staz shares her inspiring 5-year journey with Our DJ Rocks, her evolution into a trainer at DJU, and why joining our team is more than just a job—it's a passion-driven career move as well as incite to the exclusive Our DJ Rocks University Program.

Join me on a whirlwind journey through my recent adventures, from cherry blossoms in DC to the hunt for the perfect office ninja. Tune in for inspiration and insights in less than 10 minutes! Discover the importance of pausing to appreciate beauty amidst chaos, the power of networking, investing in team growth, patience in hiring, and embracing your passions in this episode.

In this episode, we're going to shine a spotlight on the top 5 financial mistakes that many small business owners make—and more importantly, how you can avoid them. From budgeting blunders to tax troubles, we'll cover it all. So grab your favorite beverage, get comfortable, and let's dive into the world of financial empowerment for entrepreneurs. Tune in now for essential insights and expert guidance!

In this episode, we explore the art of balancing financial struggles, restaffing, and the need to cut costs while scaling up your business. Joining us on this Episode is CeCe Todd - a fierce and faithful entrepreneur whose focus is empowering Women entrepreneurs to focus on their unique talents and not get overwhelmed, becoming a badass CEO, and building a brand that is 100% YOU. Join us as we dive deep into the strategies and insights that will help you not only survive but thrive in a rapidly changing business landscape.

Join Kristin in this episode of Love Lead Excel as she delves into the critical process of onboarding and training, whether you're a solopreneur or managing a team. With her upcoming launch of the Our DJ Rocks new class of the DJ University Program and the hiring of a new office admin, Kristin shares her insights and top tips for creating a welcoming environment, crafting effective training materials, and setting clear expectations for success.

The business landscape is constantly shifting, and so are the strategies that drive success. In this episode, we're joined by a seasoned expert, our very own Sales Manager Jennie Smith who brings with them a wealth of knowledge and experience- as the sales manager for Our DJ Rocks, Photobooth rocks and ONYX for the past 6-7 years now. As the great Dolly Parton once said, "We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails." And adjust we have. In this candid conversation, Jennie + I will explore the strategies that have proven effective in this new era of sales.

Happy International Women's Day! 🌟✨ In celebration of the remarkable strides women have made in the professional realm, I'm thrilled to bring you a special episode on Love Lead Excel by Kristin— "Breaking Chains, Breaking Records: Women's Evolution in the Professional Realm." 🎙️💼 Join me on a journey from the era of Mad Men to the present day, exploring the incredible triumphs that have reshaped the narrative for women in business. From the groundbreaking legislation of the 1970s to the inspiring stories of today's trailblazers, we delve into the evolution that continues to break records and pave the way for future generations. Tune in now to uncover the untold stories, celebrate the indomitable spirit of women, and be inspired by the unstoppable force of progress.

In this episode, we're diving headfirst into the world of real, genuine branding and business strategies with the Kaleigh Weiss. She's not only a branding pro but also a business coach and a fractional hospitality and event CMO. We'll be talking about how customer expectations have shifted over the last five years. People nowadays want to see the real deal, not just polished corporate stuff. We'll explore the importance of asking questions, showing some heart, and ditching those scripted interactions. Big companies, take note – authenticity is the new gold standard! We're also going to chat about how your brand directly impacts your bottom line. We'll dive into smart CRM practices, time-saving strategies, and why being present for your clients and partners is a game-changer. And, of course, we'll get into the nitty-gritty of marketing – how to let your unique light shine through. This episode is like a treasure trove of insights into building an authentic brand, growing a successful business, and even discovering a bit more about yourself along the way. So, grab your headphones and get ready for some serious wisdom and inspiration!

Welcome to Love Lead Excel Podcast! On today’s episode, we sit down with Laylee Emadi, an inspiring educator, speaker, and conference host dedicated to serving clients and fellow entrepreneurs. Laylee takes us on a journey from her humble beginnings to where she stands today, offering valuable insights and travel hacks along the way. She shares how she overcame overthinking and perfectionism, emphasizing the importance of taking the first step, even when fear creeps in. As an Enneagram 3, Laylee empowers other creatives by helping them up-level their businesses with confidence and move past rejection. We dive deep into the biggest hurdles facing entrepreneurs and educators in today's industry, touching on topics like visibility, list growth, and leveraging different platforms like TikTok and Instagram. The episode wraps up with exciting details about The Creative Educator Conference and the various education opportunities available to all. Tune in to gain the tools you need to propel your business forward and learn how to embrace challenges on the path to success.

Welcome back to Love Lead Excel by Kristin! In this unchaperoned episode, Kristin takes us on a journey from seasonal home decor transitions to the profound analogy of a vineyard. She shares a powerful story about patience, growth, and cultivating success in both life and business.

In this episode of SEO School, we dive deep into the world of organic SEO, revealing how to achieve top rankings by mastering Google's EEAT guidelines. Discover the art of content creation as the currency of relevance, and gain insights into the significance of monitoring and benchmarking key SEO metrics. Learn to supercharge your strategies with Google's free tools, including Looker Studio, and stay ahead of the game by exploring the latest event industry trends. Join us as we unveil the 'how-tos' of SEO success and navigating the ever-evolving digital landscape.

Join Kristin in this episode as she reflects on insights gained from her recent conversations with industry leaders Brandee Gaar and Nikki Woodyard. Discover the power of letting go, hiring strategically for a Virtual Assistant, transitioning from babysitting to leadership, and the profound impact of lifting others to elevate yourself. As Kristin delves into practical tips and personal experiences, learn how to implement these lessons into your business journey. Whether you're updating onboarding systems or navigating team dynamics, this episode is a guide to fostering growth and leadership in your professional life.

In this episode, we explore the art of running a business that thrives both emotionally and financially. We delve into the significance of incorporating heart and compassion into business practices while still maintaining a focus on profitability. Our guest shares valuable insights on fostering meaningful connections, building trust, and creating a thriving enterprise with purpose and profit in mind. Brandee says “I am obsessed with helping wedding industry entrepreneurs to build profit in their business and to see how incredibly successful they can really be. You CAN love your business and love your life!!!” About: Brandee Gaar is a luxury Event Planner, Thought Leader, Educational Speaker and Host of The Wedding Pro CEO Podcast. She is passionate about teaching wedding business owners how to increase revenue, build profit and book more clients without burnout and overwhelm. Through online courses, strategic group coaching, in-person summits, and her engaging social media channels Brandee is creating a movement of wedding pros who are ready to step into their role as CEO and build the profitable businesses they’ve always dreamed of! Follow Brandee: www.brandeegaar.com www.instagram.com/brandeegaar https://www.facebook.com/BrandeeGaarOfficial https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandee-gaar-683998a/ https://www.pinterest.com/thebrandeegaar/_created/ https://www.youtube.com/@brandeegaar Follow Kristin: IG: @meetkristin Twitter: @meetkristin Follow Our DJ Rocks: IG: @ourdjrocks Check out Our DJ Rocks online at http://ourdjrocks.com

On this episode, Kristin reflects on her mindset and goal-setting process for the new year. She discusses the success triangle, which emphasizes the importance of attitude, behavior, and technique in achieving success. She also explores the concept of a prayer board as an alternative to a vision board, where she maps out areas of her life she wants to work on and includes prayers for each. Kristin believes in maintaining a balanced life and focuses on mental, spiritual, physical, family, financial, personal, and career aspects. She emphasizes the importance of energy and attention in achieving goals and creating habits. Kristin shares her plans for creating a vision board, scheduling team alignment, and choosing a word or phrase of the year. She invites listeners to share their own goal-setting strategies and ideas. In this episode, we discuss: The success triangle A prayer board can be a powerful tool for setting intentions Maintaining a balanced life involves focusing on mental, spiritual, physical, family, financial, personal, and career aspects. Creating habits and setting goals requires reflection, intention, and alignment with personal values. Quotes: "If you ain't got attitude, you ain't going nowhere." - Kristin "Energy flows where attention goes." - Tony Robbins About: Professionally, Kristin is the Founder and CEO of the admired female-owned and operated DJ company, Our DJ Rocks. and Entertainment Brands Photobooth Rocks ONYX Powered by Our DJ Rocks. Based in Orlando, FL. We are a 7 figure entertainment collection of brands that rock 600-800 events a year collectively with our roster of talented DJs and a team of over 20 dedicated event and hospitality professionals. Personally, she is a Believer with a lion's heart, a dash of sass, a perfectly organized real-life Barbie dream townhome, always up for an adventure, playlist for every occasion kinda girl, who loves to travel... but not as much as I love making memories with the people I love. (ask me about my polaroids, mixtiles and memory books). And somewhere in the middle of both of those worlds, my passion for music metamorphosizes into my first debut country album ‘Heartbound’. Follow Kristin: IG: @meetkristin Twitter: @meetkristin Follow Our DJ Rocks: IG: @ourdjrocks Check out Our DJ Rocks online at http://ourdjrocks.com

Today I am joined by Talya Kosstrin with Progressive Trans4Mation - who is very passionate about helping busy professionals gradually transform their health while building their wealth and have a special place in my heart for the hospitality community. Are you a busy professional who is ready to learn how to make the time for your well-being and form new habits toward a happier and healthier lifestyle? Then You NEED to listen to this episode with Talya Kosstrin, Integrative Nutrition Health Coach! Talya Kosstrin, owner of Progressive Trans4mation, is a certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach who learned that it’s absolutely possible to live in a fast-paced environment and still maintain a healthy lifestyle. Talya began her career in the hospitality field. Although she loved planning events, she experienced first-hand the adverse effects of a demanding and stressful job. Talya realized the importance of making the time to plan ahead and take care of her own health so that she could be her best self for others. Over time, she became interested in learning more about positive strategies to deal with the stresses of high-pressure jobs. Talya helps her clients to focus on small, daily steps, and her goal is to inspire them to make gradual changes towards a happier, healthier, and more harmonized life. As clients learn the importance of making the time for self-care, they are less stressed, feel more energized, lose weight, sleep better, and feel a greater sense of self-confidence. They learn that you don’t have to sacrifice your health for your career when you take small steps towards a progressive trans4mation! Follow Kristin: IG: @meetkristin Twitter: @meetkristin Follow Our DJ Rocks: IG: @ourdjrocks Check out Our DJ Rocks online at http://ourdjrocks.com If you’d like a complimentary discovery call - head over to https://www.progressivetrans4mation.com/

You feel burned out, overwhelmed, undervalued, and underpaid—and you’re drowning in your daily CEO to-do list. So in this episode, I’m keeping it real with a conversation about Burn out + Boundaries with Megan Gilliken of the Planners Vault! In this episode we discuss: Transitioning from various phases in business, including hustle, growth, burnout, and selling a business. Imposter Syndrome and tips for quieting that inner critic. Reevaluating personal and professional priorities using a "soul-sucking list." Identifying and focusing on "Heck Yeses" and "Heck Nos" in life and business. Setting 90-day goals and maintaining a healthy work-life balance. About: Megan Gillikin is a serial entrepreneur, a champion of building connection through authenticity and an international speaker who is dedicated to making life easier for wedding pros at any stage of business. Megan's professional mission is to protect heart-centered, high-achieving entrepreneurs from the woes of bad business decisions and crippling burnout by equipping them with tools, resources and mindset shifts to help them thrive in all areas of life. Megan got her start almost 2 decades ago in the hotel and event industry and ventured into the world of entrepreneurship in an unconventional way back in 2010. Her business superpowers include building and selling a successful multi-six figure business, coaching hundreds of wedding industry entrepreneurs on building profitable businesses within her membership The Planner’s Vault, drinking her coffee black, and being able to identify that song playing in the background that no one else can hear. As a professional coach, online community builder, investor in small female-owned businesses, and a recovering people pleaser, Megan is known for sharing her expertise in a relatable, funny and impactful way that has brought success and clarity to thousands of wedding pros across the world through her podcast, Weddings For Real. Megan’s also been voted a top-ranked speaker at conferences such as WeddingMBA, NACE, WIPA, and WeddingPro COR. When Megan isn’t helping entrepreneurs tap into their own inner genius, you’ll find her scribbling big ideas on notebooks, napkins and sticky notes or hanging at home with her husband Jason and three daughters trying to embarrass them with her terrible, yet enthusiastic, dance moves. Follow Kristin: IG: @meetkristin Twitter: @meetkristin Follow Our DJ Rocks: IG: @ourdjrocks Check out Our DJ Rocks online at http://ourdjrocks.com Follow Megan Gillikin: www.theplannersvault.com www.megangillikin.com @weddingsforreal @plannersvault

Join us on this empowering episode as we sit down with Bernadette Girvin and Michelle Taylor, the visionary through leaders behind Women in Wealth (WIW) at Gambin Financial Group, an impactful initiative that is reshaping the landscape of financial planning for women. I am head over heels for their commitment to transforming how women perceive and engage with money. With a commitment to community and to transforming how women perceive and engage with money, Bernadette and Michelle discuss their journey as a thought leader in the financial industry and her passion for driving positive change. Get ready to delve into insightful conversations that explore the intersection of finance, empowerment, and personal growth. Get ready to delve into insightful conversations that explore the intersection of finance, empowerment, and personal growth. In this episode we discuss: 🎙️ Discover how Women in Wealth is reshaping financial planning for women How the need for specialized financial support for women was recognized. Financial planning strategies and investment choices. Overcoming financial challenges and building a healthy relationship with money. How personalized planning contributes to financial success. Importance of reliable advisors in making impactful business choices. About: Women in Wealth (WIW) is an initiative focused on creating a pre-eminent financial planning experience for women that will help change the way they think and feel about money. GFG Solutions help businesses with their financial responsibilities including tax prep, bookkeeping, payroll, and much more. Follow Bernadette, Michelle, GFG Solutions: @women_in_wealth @the.band.tee.ceo @chelletaylor30 @gfgsolutions Check out https://gfgsolutions.com/women-in-wealth/ Follow Kristin: IG: @meetkristin Twitter: @meetkristin Follow Our DJ Rocks: IG: @ourdjrocks Check out Our DJ Rocks online at http://ourdjrocks.com

Step into the world of music with Grammy-winning producer Paul Costa Avgerinos. Delve deep into his artistic journey, from composing soothing melodies that comfort souls to his collaborations with icons like Deepak Chopra. Join us as Paul shares insights into his creative process, business ventures, and the transformative power of prayer, visualization, and affirmations in music and life. What Paul Loves Most About What He does: “I get to make soothing beautiful peaceful music, to calm and comfort the hearts of many souls…” In this episode we discuss: Career Odyssey in Music: Insights into Paul's diverse musical journey and venturing into the business side of the industry. Creative Inspiration: Discover the creative process behind transforming a book into musical compositions, with insights from his work on Deepak Chopra's "Musical Meditations." Navigating Doubt and Success: Paul shares personal anecdotes on overcoming setbacks and doubts, especially in the Grammy nomination process. Evolution of Sound: Exploring the evolution of ambient, space, and electronic music and how technology shapes modern music production. Advice for Aspiring Musicians: Valuable advice and strategies for budding musicians looking to transform their passion into a sustainable career. About: Paul Avgerinos is a Multi-Grammy® Winning artist and producer with over 200 million streams. He's a classically trained multi-instrumentalist and singer with 33 critically acclaimed Ambient New Age albums. Paul is also very active composing & licensing music for film and TV with a catalog of over 9,000 tracks. A full scholarship Graduate of Peabody Conservatory. Paul lives and works in Redding, CT, where the deer pass by his studio windows and the hawks and eagles give inspiration from above. Follow Kristin: IG: @meetkristin Twitter: @meetkristin Follow Paul: IG: @PaulAvgerinos roundskymusic.com Show Notes: Step into the world of music with Grammy-winning producer Paul Costa Avgerinos. Delve deep into his artistic journey, from composing soothing melodies that comfort souls to his collaborations with icons like Deepak Chopra. Join us as Paul shares insights into his creative process, business ventures, and the transformative power of prayer, visualization, and affirmations in music and life. Listen to Paul's Newest Christmas Album Shanti Noel - at https://orcd.co/ykx0oxl

Join me, as I sit down with my very own executive assistant the is the wearer or many hats in the Our DJ Rocks and Photobooth Rocks Operations. Diving right into modern recruiting, hiring, and onboarding from adapting strategies to meet mental health and financial aspirations, to fostering diversity and remaining competitive in a unique job market. We pull back the curtain to give you insight in how we attract and keep our top talent. In This Episode We Discuss: How Mental Health + Financial Goals Impact Recruiting The Evolution of Hiring Tactics Post-Pandemic Recruiting and Casting for Diversity in a Niche Market Establishing Structure Throughout the Hiring + Onboarding Process Staying Competitive in a Flooded Job Market About Casey & Our DJ Rocks: Casey Hasty, the dynamic force behind the Our DJ Rocks, Photobooth Rocks and ONYX operations, serves as Kristin’s executive assistant, office manager, and the ultimate wearer of “all the hats'' in our company Headquartered in Orlando, FL, Our DJ Rocks ,Female-Founded in 2010 & Operated, has built a reputation by putting clients first in every event they do. The company offers a uniquely personal touch, never subcontracting out to other DJs or apprentices. Operating over 500 events annually, they have expanded to offer DJ services for weddings, corporate events, and parties, as well as uplighting, effects, and photo booth rentals. Follow Kristin: IG: @meetkristin Twitter: @meetkristin Follow Our DJ Rocks: IG: @ourdjrocks Check out Our DJ Rocks online at http://ourdjrocks.com

It’s time we create an orbit of badasses around us to take our business and our souls to new heights. Whether you're an entrepreneur, a seasoned executive, or a startup founder, assembling a stellar team is the key to growth. In one of my last sessions with my business coach, Matt Radicelli who also is the founder of Mentor Pods where I have two of my team members enrolled - he used the term - “orbit of badasses.” And I’m like - OMG wait, lemme write that down - WE HAVE to talk about that! And here we are joined by - Matt Radicelli! Want to know more about Mentor Pods? Matt has a special Love Lead Excel page just for you! https://mentorpods.com/loveleadexcel In This Episode We Discuss: What does building an orbit of badasses even mean? How to build this orbit to trigger growth in business The importance of your orbit What impact will it have on you personally About: Matt Radicelli is a lifelong entrepreneur. After 25 years of buying, building, managing, and selling event-industry businesses, he recently exited his largest venture and founded Mentor Pods Group Coaching, where he dedicates the majority of his time helping all types of event-based executives, business owners, and key associates ‘level up’, make better decisions faster, and become the very best versions of themselves. Matt’s rare personality profile makes him a uniquely qualified coach and consultant. With a 50/50 split for creative and analytical skills and an expert-level understanding of all disciplines of business - he helps move the needle in every aspect of business - which is where he got his nickname, “The Business Handyman”. He speaks, coaches, and mentors others throughout the country, but never stops learning. Matt’s Motto, “Decline, Delegate, Do” keeps him on track daily and serves as the founding principle of his coaching methodologies. Above all else, Matt keeps his priorities straight. Family first. Period. Follow Matt @matt_radicelli @mentorpods Follow Kristin: IG: @meetkristin Twitter: @meetkristin Follow Our DJ Rocks: IG: @ourdjrocks Check out Our DJ Rocks online at http://ourdjrocks.com