Heartbeat For Hire with Lyndsay Dowd – Details, episodes & analysis

Jacquie has spent over 30 years in mainstream consumer media. Working on iconic brands ranging from Country Life to FHM, and Grazia to The Sun and The Times. Jacquie’s expertise has covered trading, creative partnerships, sponsorship and affiliate deals. Jacquie has worked across different platforms – with the majority of her experience nestled in mainstream press, digital and events. Jacquie co-founded Visible Inc with Jane Evans in 2019. Their mission is simple – to unleash the power of midlife women. Easy to say – slightly more challenging to deliver.To know more about Jacquie visit her website:

www.visiblestart.com

Melanie Borden is the Founder & CEO of The Borden Group, where she helps Founders, C-suites, and Executives align their real-life expertise with impactful strategies to unlock opportunities and build meaningful relationships at scale. With a strong foundation as a marketing executive, Melanie has leveraged extensive expertise to bridge the gap between online marketing strategies and brand-building for both corporate and personal brands.Melanie's approach combines proven strategies, tools, and insights developed through a journey of personal and professional growth, along with extensive work with clients across various industries. Areas of expertise include marketing strategy and execution, building in-house agencies, budget optimization, strategic vendor partnerships, enhancing digital footprints through social media, reputation management, online monetization, and streamlining advertising processes for maximum impact.Melanie's work and insights have been featured in leading publications such as Entrepreneur, LA Weekly, New York City Biz List, New York Weekly, and The Wall Street Journal. Additionally, she is a proud member of the Forbes Agency Council.To know more about Melanie visit her website:

www.humantobrand.com

Ryan Lavarnway, a former Major League Baseball catcher, is now a sought-after leadership coach and keynote speaker. With a 15-year MLB career that included winning the 2013 World Series with the Boston Red Sox, Ryan also represented Israel in the World Baseball Classic and Olympics. A Yale standout, he set records and earned MVP honors internationally. Today, Ryan inspires audiences with his dynamic approach to unlocking leadership potential and fostering a winning mindset.

To know more about Ryan visit his socials:

Instagram: @rlavarnway

Linkedin: @ryanlavarnway

Lori Bush is a CEO, speaker and a woman committed to the science of skincare.  In 2007, Bush partnered with the founders of Rodan + Fields, to lead the company’s pivot out of department stores and into the direct selling channel.

As CEO, Lori took the company from re-stage to the largest independent premium skincare brand in the U.S. At the time of her retirement in 2016, the company was valued at $1.5 Billion with continuing high double-digit YoY revenue growth.

In May of 2020, Lori launched Solvasa, a new company and a new category in wellness she calls integrative beauty. The company, co-founded with leading Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon, Dr. Ritu Chopra, was inspired by her post-retirement experience with breast cancer and based on recognition of macro trends with unmet needs in the areas of beauty and wellbeing.

Bush is frequently asked to share her professional knowledge as a speaker and writer in the areas of beauty, wellness, women’s leadership and consumer commerce. She is co-author of the best-selling beauty and wellness book, Write Your Skin a Prescription for Change.

To learn more about Lori, you can follow her on Linkedin: ⁠

linkedin.com/in/lori-bush-1a5577a

Want to learn how to take your sales, investor, or elevator pitches from trash to straight CASH?  Or have your prospects throwing money at you every time you open your mouth? 

Then, it's time to learn how to convert conversations into currency with the Pitch Queen, Precious L. Williams. Her company, Perfect Pitches by Precious, teaches you the tools and tenacity to pitch with power, sell with storytelling, and develop a masterful mindset for communication.

Precious is a 13-time national elevator pitch champion. She has also been featured on "Shark Tank," CNN, Wall Street Journal, Forbes Magazine, Black Enterprise Magazine, Essence Magazine, the movie "LEAP."

Her current clients include Microsoft, LinkedIn, Google, NBCUniversal, Federal Reserve Bank, Intuit Quickbooks, Yelp, Harvard University, and more. Precious is a dynamic international professional speaker, effective corporate trainer and 4X bestselling author.

To learn more about Precious, you can go to her websites:

https://perfectpitchesbyprecious.com

https://perfectpitchgroup.com

or you can follow her on Linkedin: ⁠

https://www.linkedin.com/in/precious-l-williams/

Rebecca Ahmed is an award-winning speaker, business consultant, and an Energy Leadership Index™ Master Practitioner (ELI-MP), which is an exclusive training in human energy and how we can experience, express, and expand it in ourselves and others. Rebecca is also a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coaching Federation (ICF).

To learn more about Rebecca, you can go to her website:

https://energeticimpact.com

or you can follow her on Linkedin: ⁠

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-ahmed-802a9514/

How do you go from Undercover Prostitute to Empowerment Speaker and Trainer for leaders? After a debilitating accident that forced Diane to slow down led Diane to find her grit.  She had to shed her undercover persona both in work and in life and through a series of terrible experiences she discovered her true power. 

Diane is a consultant, speaker, podcaster, trainer and coach dedicated to helping people access everything they already have within themselves. Diane formed her own company called SPAlife-  Spa stands for Seek Power Always. She has a masters degree in HR Management and certification as a Life Coach.

To learn more about Diane, you can go to her website:

https://dianehalfman.com

or you can follow her on Linkedin:  ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/dianehalfman/

Morgan Ingram is a sales rep who happens to be a sales coach that coaches sales teams how to use modern-sales techniques that bolster pipeline, leverage social media, schedule net new accounts and cold call with confidence. He is the host of the podcast and YouTube Channel called The SDR Chronicles, with more than 100 videos providing SDRs and sales reps with motivation, advice, and tactics for their sales journey.

His work has been featured in Forbes, Sales Hacker, the Hubspot blog, and the Harvard Business Review. Morgan has trained top companies like Snowflake, Zoom and Salesforce to evolve their prospecting game to schedule meetings.

He was named a “Top Sales Voice” by LinkedIn in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2022.

To learn more about Morgan, you can follow him on Linkedin:  ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/morganjingram/

Erin Brown got her start in NYC pedaling Xerox equipment while moonlighting as a stand up comic. Four day jobs, a handful of TV & radio commercials, and countless comedy performances later, Erin headed to Hollywood and began crashing events with her personal red carpet doing tongue & cheek interviews.   This stunt evolved into an award-winning web series ‘Hot on the Red Carpet’ which featured some pretty famous faces.  

Today Erin is the CEO of her own company, Hot Red Carpet, where she helps people supercharge the vibe of their events with customized and unforgettable 'hot red carpet' experiences including  live and virtual emcee performance, Survey Sayz - a high energy and engaging team building game, one-on-one confidence coaching, and speaking appearances.   

Stress causes 80 percent of illness, so all of Erin's work centers on increasing the levity of any occasion adding value that feels good. She encourages everyone to stop and notice the daily Red Carpet moments.  

To learn more about Erin, go to her website:  https://hotredcarpet.com

Or you can follow her on Linkedin:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/erin-brow...

Rich “Trigger” Bontrager is all about making people shine on camera.  He works with speakers, entrepreneurs, coaches and business owners and teaches media skills, dynamic speaking, how to build engaging virtual events, building confidence, your brand and image.  Rich has been in broadcasting for 30 years and is the CEO of Rock the Stage Media.  He is the creator and host of How To Rock the Stage Show, airing live each Wednesday night. Rich hosts the National Speakers Association (NSA) podcaster, author forums, and the new NSA LIVE show Behind the Stage. Entrepreneurs, executives, and speakers hire Rich to unleash their brand authority by learning media-savvy skills that help them shine on camera and stage.

To learn more about Rich, go to his website:

rockthestagemedia.com/

Or you can follow him on Linkedin:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rich-trigger-bontrager-presentationcoach/