After bad business practices left me nearly bankrupt in 2014, I got serious and got educated, turning my small business doing wedding flowers into a seven figure empire. Today, I teach entrepreneurs, side-hustlers, and weekend-warriors how to live businesses and lives they love, although there's a little something for everyone here! To find a specific episode, get a little taste of what we talk about, or find special information like links and freebies, check out the episodes below!
Welcome to Zimmerman Podcast Episode 92! Today, we’re talking about how to reboot your booking process. We’ve all experienced seasons where we can’t seem to get clients to book our services. You’re either not getting any inquiries at all or you’re getting inquiries only to have people ghost you after you’ve invested time and energy into booking them. Either way, it’s frustrating!
Read MoreWelcome to Zimmerman Podcast Episode 82! Today, I’m sitting down with Mesh Lakhani. Mesh is the host of Talk Money Podcast and the co-founder of Lola Media. Mesh is an incredible storyteller who seamlessly blends his creative brain and his finance-focused mind, which I know so many of my listeners who are creative entrepreneurs can relate to.
Read MoreWelcome to Zimmerman Podcast Episode 64! Today, I’m sitting down with Kelsey Murphy, online coach, podcaster, and mom. Kelsey has been a coach for Marie Forleo’s B-School, has spoken to corporations like Twitter, and is passionate about helping women create businesses that support the lives they want to live.
Read MoreWelcome to Zimmerman Podcast Episode 63! Today, I’m interviewing Whitney Eckis about how to run a healthy online business. Some of us have been working online for years, managing teams through Zoom and Google Docs. But for others, these past few months have been a sudden and rushed transition to virtual business.
Read MoreWelcome to Zimmerman Podcast Episode 61! Today, I’m sitting down with real Zimmerman student Carrie Black. Carrie is a floral designer who spent months taking my webinars and smaller classes until she dove in and bought The Power of Pinning. Carrie’s been where so many of us have been before… strapped for cash and struggling to find a sure-fire way to market our business when we don’t have extra money to spend on something that won’t work. That’s where the Power of Pinning comes in. Once Carrie heard about how Pinterest was working as a marketing tool for us over at Zimmerman, she knew it was the best money she could spend on her business.
Read MoreWelcome to Zimmerman Podcast Episode 60! Today, I’m sitting down with real-deal Zimmerman student Emily Phillips. Emily is an artist who discovered her passion for floral design while living overseas with her husband. Once returning to the U.S., Emily started investing in her floral business and found Zimmerman education after realizing that I’m also an entrepreneur… with young kids… building and growing a business while also being a present mom and a healthy human. Emily bought The Power of Pinning, my easy-to-understand Pinterest for business course, and has been loving the course AND her Pinterest results ever since.
Read MoreWelcome to Zimmerman Podcast Episode 59! Today I’m sitting down with a real live Zimmerman student, Jessica Alderton. Jessica is here to talk to us about her experience with transforming her business with Pinterest. Listen, I can tell you about how Pinterest has worked for me until I’m blue in the face, but what matters more is what students like you think about their Pinterest journey through The Power of Pinning. Creative, small business owner, floral designer, student, and mom Jessica is here to do that.
Read MoreWelcome to Zimmerman Podcast Episode 58! Today I’m sitting down with one of my all-time favorite guests, Ashley Nell Tipton. My listeners who are Project Runway fans might recognize her as the show’s season 14 winner. Ashley is passionate about plus-sized fashion and turned her love for sewing and design into a real-deal business right out of school.
Read MoreWelcome to Zimmerman Podcast Episode 53! Today I’m sitting down with Tracy Matthews, the creator of Tracy Matthews Jewelry and Creatives Rule the World, and Flourish and Thrive Academy. Tracy creates beautiful heirloom pieces that have been featured in stores around the world and worn by people like Orlando Bloom and Halle Berry. I’m so excited to share our conversation with you.
Read MoreWelcome to Zimmerman Podcast Episode 51. Today, I’m sitting down with Tim Burt, author, speaker, producer, podcaster, and marketing expert behind Tim Burt Media. Tim uses his marketing genius to create online ads that reach the masses, help with international presidential campaigns, and turn small business owners into millionaires.
Read MoreWelcome to Zimmerman Podcast Episode 49. Today I’m welcoming Elizabeth Hartke to the podcast. Elizabeth is a strategist who teaches entrepreneurs how to scale their influence and income without sacrificing their time and values.
Read MoreWelcome to Zimmerman Podcast Episode 47! This week is the fourth episode of my branding mini-series with my branding expert and website designer Kathryn Joachim of Creme brands.
Read MoreWelcome to Zimmerman Podcast Episode 45! This week is the third episode of my branding mini-series with my branding expert and website designer Kathryn Joachim of Creme brands.
Read MoreWelcome to Zimmerman Podcast Episode 43! This week is the second episode of my branding mini-series with my branding expert and website designer Kathryn Joachim of Creme brands.
Read MoreWelcome to Zimmerman Podcast Episode 41! I’m so excited because today, we are introducing a new mini-series to Zimmerman Podcast. I’ve invited my personal website creator and brand designer Kathryn Joachim of Creme Brands to the podcast for her first of four episodes that will focus on brand strategy and specifics.
Read MoreToday on the podcast, Rachel and I are talking about branding and websites! For any blooming business-owner, a website is an essential piece to your business. Rachel and I are talking about the essential aspects to building a brand, why it’s so important to have a website, and our personal experiences with branding and how to up-level your branding as you grow.
Read MoreIt’s time for another episode of Questions with Rachel! In this episode, Rachel asked me all about my new book, Sleeping with a Stranger, which will be available in stores and online April 7th 2020. We also talked about what I had to sacrifice to get this book written, what it really means to find balance and take care of yourself before you take care of anyone else, and how I’m feeling about making my carefully-guarded personal life so public when the book launches. Hint. Everyday I wake up and tell myself there’s still time to pull the book. If you’re ready for some honest conversation and even a few book sneaks, keep reading and then have a listen to this episode!
Read MoreFor this episode, I chatted with one of my students, Cammie Palmer! I first met Cammie when she was in the wedding of a bridal client, before I even created my signature course, The Business Behind the Blooms. Cammie then bought BBB to help her figure out how to run her wedding rentals and floral business. Cammie shared with me how she changed her money mindset through my program Know Your Numbers so she could turn her barely surviving business into a flourishing career. So let’s give a big Zimmerman Podcast welcome to Cammie, who has had the unique position of seeing me up close as a floral designer and wedding planner, to a brand new educator, and now a seasoned coach and mentor. Let’s dive in.
Read MoreWhat do women’s cycles, floral workshops, and Frozen 2 have in common? They’re all topics of questions from this episode of the Zimmerman Podcast. We discussed the logistics and finances behind workshops, what happens when you have an unhappy bride who leaves a bad review, and ways to get stuff done on days you don’t feel motivated. Let’s get started!
Read MoreFor this episode I got to sit down with THE Sheri Salata. Sheri is the co creator of The Pillar Life, author of The Beautiful No, and former co-president of Harpo Studios and the Oprah Winfrey Network. She was also the executive producer of the The Oprah Winfrey Show. While her list of accolades is long, Sheri tends to define herself by the simple title that has most defined her life: storyteller.
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