I’d be willing to bet that you won’t find anyone with the same type of experience as Brigette Young of Modern Muse Company.   She brings record promoting, catering-event planning, private flight attendanting and all that she’s learned from these and more to help her clients.  Hers is a more personal approach to marketing.  One that isn’t found as often today.  But should be.  Today we’ll get to hear about:

• Brigette’s path through radio promotions, event-planning, being a private flight attendant and then as COO for a marketing company before starting Modern Muse Company.
• How business owners can best keep up with all the changes in marketing, social media, etc. and what to focus on.
• Why telling your story is so important to your business’ success .
• What a business owner should focus on when it comes to marketing.

Modern Muse Company website

Brigette’s email address:  Brigette@ModernMuseCo.com

Brigette’s phone number:  323-839-2870

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Nina has a like totally fascinating story.  Growing up in the 80s as an authentic Valley Girl, she has always sought involvement in the arts and done what she can to help others.  Now she’s making sure Glendale Arts thrives and provides the community with the support of the Arts that is so very important.   Today we’ll get to hear about:

• How a degree in dance, and experience in event planning helps with her role at Glendale Arts.
• What Glendale Arts does to help children in the community including a special internship program.
• The grant program that Glendale Arts sponsors and a local artist’s grant story .
• What are the main events Glendale Arts sponsors each year.
• How Nina helps make sure that donations go to what sponsors want them to go (unique idea, huh!)
• The importance of supporting the arts and how to do so.

Glendale Arts website

Alex Theatre website

Nina’s email address:  NCrowe@GlendaleArts.org

Nina’s phone number:  818-243-2611, ext. 11

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Madonna, Britney Spears and opera.  3 things that you wouldn’t think of as having any connection.  But this week’s guest has had a fascination with each one at some point in her life.  Tiffany Ho has always loved to sing.  When she was younger it was Madonna and then Britney Spears.  Then she got more interested in classical music and eventually she developed a passion for opera.  This is not a whim or something easy to do.  It takes years and years of dedicated work to really become good.  Today we’ll get to hear about:

• Why Tiffany became interested in classical music at an early age.
• How music history opened her eyes to aspects of regular history she never really appreciated.
• Why opera is really all about storytelling.
• What the future may hold for opera.

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Sit back and enjoy one of the most fun episodes so far.  80% entertaining stories and 20% mall and shopping info.   Brent Gardner has managed malls throughout the U.S. from under 200,000 sq. ft. to over 1.5 million sq. ft.  One of the hardest working, most loved and totally fun people in Glendale today.   We get to find out why Brent will be so missed when he leaves the area to go manage Fashion Show on the Las Vegas strip in the next month.  Today we’ll get to hear about:

• Why Brent got into mall management and where it’s taken him.
• The ‘random guy’ story – how he met his wife in New Orleans.
• The hilarious cruise ship, gameshow wedding proposal.
• Advice about when to go to the mall if you don’t like crowds or want the best deals.
• What the future holds for malls and for the shopping experience.

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Dave “Chachi” Denes has not only worked in almost every possible position in radio, his company Benztown is now helping transforming it.  And for good measure, the podcast industry too.  His entrepreneurial journey is fascinating and we not only dive into the subjects of radio and podcasting, but also a shared passion for books about the path to success.  This episode is like a Champagne brunch of motivation, inspiration, the entrepreneurial spirit…and it’s lots of fun too!  Today we’ll get to hear about:

• How Chachi learned all about radio production and why he left the industry to go on his own.
• Ways that the radio industry changed over the years and why there’s a need for Benztown.
• Music, intros, outros, commercials – the glue that holds radio shows together.
• Advice for podcasters to set them apart from the crowd.
• Great charities that Benztown supports in some really unique ways.

Benztown website

Benztown Facebook Page

Benztown Radio on Twitter

Benztown Radio on Instagram

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Homelessness is a problem that is all around us but is also one we wish would just go away.  Unfortunately it hasn’t gone away.  In fact it has continued to grow.  One group that is trying to do something about it is Ascencia in Glendale.  They may not have the solution to the overall problem, but they are doing their best to help lift people out of homelessness one at a time.  Today we’ll get to hear about:

• Why Los Angeles is ranked number two in the country for homeless population.
• What the police do to help with the situation.
• How Ascencia offers more than just a place to sleep and food to eat..
• Why Ascencia gets double the national average when it comes to results.

Ascencia website

Ascencia main number:  818-246-7900 (ext. 100)

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Podcasts are an audio medium.  But social media doesn’t accept just audio for posts.  So then how to you get word out on Facebook and Instagram or even Linkedin about your podcast episode.  In a way that immediately gets people’s attention.   Oliver Wellington will tell us how Headliner solves these problems for both podcasters and even for non-podcast businesses.  And solves it for them for free!  Today we’ll get to hear about:

• How Oliver went from touring as a rock band guitarist to plunging headfirst into the startup trenches.
• Why video is taking over the marketing world and how Headliner helps anyone take advantage of the trend.
• The Airbnb story about an “11 star experience” and how Oliver and Headliner work towards that.
• Headliner audiograms and short videos that are easy to make and stand out on social media.

Headliner website

Oliver’s email:  Oliver@Headliner.app

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Ed is one of the nicest people you’ll ever meet and that is almost a necessity in his chosen career.  For 20 years, Ed has been a funeral director and he definitely feels a calling to help people who are going through one of life’s most difficult situations:  Losing a loved one.   Here’s a chance for you to find out more about funerals in a way that is private and probably more comfortable for you.  Today we’ll get to hear about:

• How Ed went from correctional officer and highway patrolman, to a crime scene investigator and then to a 20 year career as a funeral director.
• What kind of training a funeral director goes through both here in California and in Illinois where Ed started.
• How funeral directing in California is different from how it is in Illinois.
• The best way to prepare for an eventual funeral so that you don’t have to deal with all the details during that stressful time when someone has just passed away.

Mentioned in this episode:

Glendale Funeral Home website

Glendale Funeral Home phone number:  818-242-0258

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Podcast host, published author, CA and FL real estate agent, retired Chiropractor.  That’s just some of the your podcast host’s history.  In this episode, Jay Lieberman of Conejo Valley Advice Givers podcast guest hosts and explores it all!  Find out what it’s like when two podcast hosts get together for a conversation…   Today we’ll get to hear about:

• The story behind the mustache.
• Why all the careers and what’s the background behind the transitions.
• Developing a real estate approach in an unconventional way.
• Opinions about the current real estate market.
• What motivates Ron and why.

Mentioned in this episode:

Ron’s Facebook Post About His Mother’s Last 3 months

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Painting of her younger sister Kim that Lauren did 14 years ago.

“So for me, painting is the way I can share a part of myself and how I see & experience the world…”

Lauren Dohring is quite an amazing artist.  Her paintings have a special quality that you don’t see from many artists alive today.  Her career began when she learned that you can make a representation of a lampshade with just shapes.  2 ovals and 2 straight lines.  That concept captured her interest and imagination and began her journey as an artist.  She shares more about that journey and advice from the lessons she’s learned along the way.   Today we’ll get to hear about:

• Very simple but very clear and descriptive definitions of what drawing is and what painting is.
• What fundamentals are important to become skilled as a painter.
• The various possible ways to learn more about drawing and painting and which ones Lauren recommends.
• If the skills of drawing and painting can be learned or if they’re dependent on natural talent.

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