Digital Chatter

Digital Chatter Episode #017: Tara Wilder Eric Sharpe: Hello and welcome everyone to another episode of Digital Chatter. I'm your host, Eric Sharpe. And today I am with the effervescent Tara Wilder, who is the Founder and Online Marketing Strategist of Envivo. Welcome Tara. Tara Wilder: Thank you so much for having me, my friend. Eric, how are you today? Eric Sharpe: I'm doing well. So if you couldn't tell Tara and I are friends. Actually we've done some work together and I figured it was about darn time I had her on my show. Tara Wilder: Yeah, it's about time. Eric Sharpe: It's about darn time. So, Tara, I, you know, I want to start everyone off as usual with, tell us how did you get into business, into owning your own business? Tara Wilder: I was naive is the short answer. So, let's see. Where shall I start? So I, when I went to college, I went to college to get a degree in psychology and my intention was to become a graphic.. no not a graphic designer. To go on to get my phd in clinical psychology, become a psychologist. Halfway through I decided, you know, I don't feel like talking to people all day cause that's basically what it is. And it was actually a lot more than just that. But I realized that psychology was just not the industry that I wanted to go into. So I decided to just finish that up, finish up that degree, get married to my high school sweetheart. And I tried to find jobs both in psychology and in web design and.. Because web design, I've been doing it since I was 12 years old. Really, really like it. Tara Wilder: So, but I couldn't find jobs in either area and I was neither under nor overqualified for any of these positions. I had the hardest time finding a job in one of those fields. So I applied to one retail position. I thought it was a sales position. I got hired. Turns out I was a cashier. So I run around saying I was a cashier with a bachelor's degree and I'm still bitter about it to this day. So I decided to take life into my own hands. I, so I took the job because we were broke newlyweds and needed money. Right. Eric Sharpe: Yeah. You gotta get the money in the door, right? Tara Wilder: Yes. Yeah. So I mean, I wasn't prideful about it. But I tried to move up in the company, didn't work out very well, so I decided to start a freelance web design company. And so I just put up a website, tarawilder.com I got some business here and there and then a local IT company reached out to me. Tara Wilder: And basically after we talked a little bit, they offered me what was my dream job at the time. So they were expanding their creative services department and wanted to have somebody who would head up that effort, basically. Like develop the services, get the leads, close the leads, can perform the services and then eventually hire people. And before that, I started getting experience in online marketing as well. And it was like a dream for me. And my dream job almost literally landed in my lap because how they found me was they typed in web designer Daytona beach and they found my website. They reached out to me, we had a conversation and they offered me the job all because of the power of the web. Eric Sharpe: Wow. That's awesome. That's a great story. Tara Wilder: I love it. I love it so much. And it actually has three lessons. And if I may just share real quick. First of all, I had a web presence that even got found on Google. I should have looked it up, but it's something like a million or 2 million results or something when you type in web designer Daytona beach. So first of all I showed up. Secondly, they liked what was on my website and so they reached out to me and when we interacted what I showed to them was accurately, I was in alignment with what was on my website. So my website accurately represented who I was and they kept me on until I left the company because I continued to be in alignment with who they thought I was online.

Eric Sharpe: All right. Hello and welcome everyone to another episode of Digital Chatter. I'm your host, Eric Sharpe. And today I've got Liz Giorgi here who is the founder and CEO of Mighteor. Tell me, what is Mighteor? Tell me a little bit about it. Liz Giorgi: Yeah. Mighteor is an Internet video production company and what that means to us is we provide professional video services for all the places that you watch video online. So when brands are thinking about building an awesome...

Digital Chatter Episode #015: Amy Waninger Eric Sharpe: Hello and welcome everyone to another edition of Digital Chatter. This week I have my, uh, my guest is Amy Waninger, who is someone who I've never met before, but she is the CEO of Lead at Any Level. Amy, go ahead and say hi to everyone. Amy Waninger: Hello! Thanks for having me, Eric. Eric Sharpe: Yeah, you're welcome. So, Amy we got introduced actually through through someone who you've never met as well, but I started looking...

Digital Chatter Episode #014: Emi Kirschner Eric: Hello and welcome everybody to another Digital Chatter series. My name is Eric Sharpe and today I am with Emi Kirschner. Emi, say hi to everyone. Emi: Hey everybody. Eric: All right. Emi is a lot of things and let me look at my list here. Emi is a business coach, a speaker and author, a serial entrepreneur and an investor and Emi, we just kind of went through the list. You're so many amazing things and I look forward to learning a little...

Digital Chatter Episode #013: Corrina Sephora Eric: Hello and welcome everyone to today's Digital Chatter. We are live and I am Eric Sharpe, your host. My guest today is Corrina Sephora. She is an artist entrepreneur, which is fairly rare nowadays I would say. And uh, she's a sculptor and Corrina tell us a little bit more about who you are and what you do. Corrina: Alright. Well first of all, thank you for being here. And thank you for checking us out. And a little about myself. I guess...

Digital Chatter Episode #012: Brendan Alen Barrett Eric: Hello and welcome everyone to today's Digital Chatter. I'm Eric Sharpe and we have our guest today Brendan Alen Barrett. He is a sales coach, trainer, and a podcaster, and a father and he's going to tell you a little bit more about himself. So Brendan take it away. Brendan: Hey, thanks Eric. Thanks for having me. Yeah, so I do a bit of training. I do a bit of coaching. Hm, probably.. The people that I work with most are...

Digital Chatter Episode #011: Sandy Lawrence Eric: Hello and welcome everyone to another episode of Digital Chatter. My name is Eric Sharpe and today my special guest is Sandy Lawrence. Sandy Lawrence go ahead and say hi to everyone. Sandy: Hi Eric. Hi everyone. This is great. I'm so excited Eric about being here with you, seeing you again. And my thanks to Michelle Scism that we both know who is my coach, my business coach and through her I met Eric and now here I am. That's what I love...

Digital Chatter Episode #010: Michael Cowherd Eric: Hello and welcome everyone to Digital Chatter Live. And we've got a special edition going on today. Here is my guest Michael Cowherd Michael: What's going on everyone. Happy to be here. Thanks Eric for having me. Finally linked up and I was on time this go around and I was a.. I made you pick me up so... Eric: This is true. Yeah, I picked up Michael to make sure he'd show up with this one. So Michael is an entrepreneur. Of course. He's...

Digital Chatter Episode #009: Christian Zimmerman Eric: Hello and welcome everyone to Digital Chatter. My name is Eric Sharpe and today I'm here with Christian Zimmerman. Go ahead and say hi! Christian: What's up guys, how's everybody doing? Eric: All right. Well Christian is the co-founder and CEO of Qoins. Qoins is an app on both app stores, on the iOS and the Google Play Stores. And it allows people to pay back their debt easily using their spare change. It's a really cool app and I...

Digital Chatter Episode #008: Michele Scism Eric: Welcome everyone to Digital Chatter. Today my guest is Michele Scism. She is a business coach and the founder of Decisive Minds and serial entrepreneur. Michele say hi to everyone. Michele: Hey everybody so excited to be here and be with all of you. Eric: All right. So Michele you are truly an expert in business and I brought you on today because I want people to learn a little bit about how you got started. So why don't you go on ahead and...

Digital Chatter Episode #007: Brian Lofrumento Eric: Hello everyone and welcome to Digital Chatter. My name is Eric Sharpe and I'm here today with Brian Lofrumento. Brian, say hi. Brian: Hi Eric. Glad to be here. Super excited to talk to your audience today. Eric: Heck yeah, man. So Brian is actually has ended up being a great friend of mine. I have watched him grow over the last couple of years and vice versa, no doubt. And Brian is very similar to me. We are both young Internet...

Digital Chatter Episode #006: Susan Weeks Eric: Hello and welcome everyone to another episode of digital chatter. My name is Eric Sharpe and today our wonderful guest is Ms. Susan Weeks. Susan, say hi. Susan: Hello everybody, nice to speak to you all! Eric: So Susan is an entrepreneur and she is a podcaster, in fact a professional podcaster. She has been running her business for over five years and helping people develop their podcast. And we're going to learn a little bit about Susan...

Digital Chatter Episode #005: Camron Bodily Eric: Hello everyone and welcome to Digital Chatter. My name is Eric Sharpe and today I'm here with Camron Bodily. Camron say hi to everyone. Camron: Hey everyone. My name is Camron from The Bodily Works. Good to be here. Eric: Well, I'm glad to have you on Camron. Especially because you and I are actually very similar people, and we'll get into that here. So Camron is a tech entrepreneur. In fact he is working from his home office today. And...

Digital Chatter Episode #004: Gregg Burkhalter Eric: Hello and welcome everyone to Digital Chatter. Today, my guest is Gregg Burkhalter who is a recognized authority on LinkedIn and personal branding. So Gregg say hi to everyone. Gregg: Hello everybody! Eric: So Gregg has trained countless professionals across the United States. And Gregg actually I've almost just barely caught one of your live courses but essentially you help people brand themselves in market themselves using LinkedIn and...

Digital Chatter Episode #003: Alan Smithson Eric: Hello and welcome everyone to the Digital Chatter Series. Today my guest is Alan Smithson. Go ahead and say hi. Alan: Hey what's going on everybody. Eric: So Alan, if you couldn't tell already, he's a futurist, he's an entrepreneur and he's a proud father. Alan is a DJ and an inventor. And we're going to hear a little bit about what he has accomplished today and what he is going to be doing this year. So Alan tell everyone a little bit...

Digital Chatter Episode #002: Aaron Gravett Eric: Hello and welcome everyone. I'm Eric Sharp and this is Digital Chatter. And today I have as my guest Aaron Gravett. Aaron, say hi to everyone. Aaron: Hello everyone. Eric: So Aaron is the former Director of Global Sales and Marketing for IHG and he is currently a consultant out in the field working in the hospitality industry. And has quite the career doing business strategy and marketing. Aaron, tell everyone a little bit more about...

This is the first interview of Digital Chatter with Andy Cabistan, an entrepreneur and business go-getter. Eric: Hello and welcome everyone to the Digital Chatter Series. Today I have a good friend of mine, Andy Cabistan with me. Everyone say hello to Andy. Andy: Hello hello! Eric: All right, so, Andy you are an entrepreneur. You are literally in the thick of everything right now. You have a small business with big hopes and dreams and it's all based around communication and helping...