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 31! Today I’m sitting down with one of my favorite Real Housewives of Miami stars, Lea Black! Lea is a business wizard, and today, she’s sharing all about her annual gala, how to work your connections big and small, how to execute your work excellently, and how to run a successful business. Lea is so fun to listen to! I can’t wait for you to hear Lea’s story and get some signature Jessica-style tough love from Lea herself!
Read MoreToday on the Podcast, I’m sitting down with my one and only Instagram expert, Katie Selvidge. Katie is the only person I trust to share wisdom and knowledge about the what and why of Instagram. If you’ve struggled with Instagram numbers, metrics, and mindset, you’ve gotta listen to this episode!
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 MoreWelcome to Zimmerman Podcast episode 25. Let’s welcome Ashley Krupp to the podcast. Ashley is a Business Behind the Blooms (BBB) student who bought BBB in the spring of 2018. Ashley hopped on a one-on-one mentoring call with me and we were about 10 minutes in when I realized I needed to interview her on the podcast! Ashley is sharing about the power of education, finding clarity through imperfect action, and she even asks me some of her biggest business and floral questions. So if you want to be a fly on the wall for a mentoring session, now’s your chance! There’s no doubt in my mind you’re going to love this episode and love Ashley even more. She’s a Team Zimmerman favorite.
Read MoreWelcome to Zimmerman Podcast episode 23. On today’s episode, I interview my personal Pinterest manager, Kathryn Moorhouse. She’s a Pinterest marketing educator and online marketing mentor who teaches small business owners how to simplify their online marketing strategies and use Pinterest effectively so they can create a profitable business that gives them the time freedom they've been searching for.
Read MoreWhat do you do when your perfect corporate work environment turns into a drama-filled nightmare? What do you do when your business idol tells you that no one will take your dreams seriously? How do you follow your dreams when you’re trying to provide for your family? Those are the questions Estie Rand faced before she left her corporate job to become a small business consultant.
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 MoreWelcome to Zimmerman Podcast episode seventeen! In this episode, I interviewed my nutritionist and friend, Cara Clark, of Cara Clark Nutrition (CCN). Cara is a nutritionist for professional athletes, celebrities, and me! Today, we’re talking about how we met, how I convinced Cara to take me on as a client, and how to simplify the building blocks of nutrition so we can fuel our bodies, hearts, and minds.
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 MoreWhy does it seem so easy for kids to own what they’re proud of, but it’s so much harder for us adults? As we head into the last day of 2019, I want to talk about how we can celebrate our 2019 accomplishments, take inventory of some things that maybe need a little work, and plan for the future.
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.
Read MoreIn this episode of the Zimmerman Podcast, I interviewed the amazing Jill Zarin. You might know her from her Real Housewives of New York fame, but she’s also a mom and a multi-passionate business-woman, with a handful of titles to her name, including author, speaker, Vice President of Jockey Hosiery, marketing consultant at her late husband’s company Zarin Fabric Warehouse, and owner of Jill Zarin rugs. If you know me, you know I’m a total Real Housewives fan-- it’s 100% my guilty pleasure-- so I’m so excited I got to chat with Jill! I gave a warm Zimmerman welcome to THE Jill Zarin.
Read MoreWhat better way to celebrate our 14th wedding anniversary than having none other than Brian Zimmerman on Zimmerman Podcast! This is basically the very first time Brian has ever entered the Zimmerman space with me, and I am so excited for y’all to get a sneak peek into who we really are and what our partnership is like. We’re sharing our secret to growing up and growing old together, how we run our finances so they’re a means of connection in both the lean years and in the years of abundance, and why we hate the term “breadwinner.”
Read MoreI had such a blast chatting with Tawnya Falkner, the creator of Le Grand Courtage sparkling wines for Zimmerman Podcast episode 010. While there’s obvious crossover between myself in the wedding industry and Tawnya in sparkling wine, today Tawnya and I focus more on the overlap we have in creating powerful brands, turning passion projects into actual monetized businesses, reverse engineering creative ideas, and how to define your destination so you can plan your journey.
Read MoreBeekeeper’s Naturals founder and CEO, Carly Stein is on the podcast today! Carly’s mission is to improve the health of humans and bees alike, which is why she left her job on the trading floor at Goldman Sachs to launch Beekeeper’s Naturals full-time in 2016.
Read MoreWelcome to the first episode of Questions with Rachel! Rachel is a Bloomer turned Zimmerman team-member, which means we first connected because she took my course the Business Behind the Blooms, and then she came on to the Zimmerman team in January of 2019. Rachel has a foot in both worlds-- she’s a student and floral designer, mom and entrepreneur, but she also gets to see the inside of team Zimmerman and the inside of my brain as she helps me communicate with our audience and students.
Read MoreOn today’s episode we’re talking everything email! I can’t think of anything less sexy to talk, but hear me out: Over the years, I’ve both seen and experienced how much an unruly email inbox can derail an entire day. I truly believe that productivity is won and lost in your inbox. Because how can you get anything done when you’re constantly solving other peoples’ problems? Put your email on “do not disturb,” because I’m telling you exactly how to keep email from derailing your business.
Read MoreToday, I’m chatting with Katie Selvidge. Katie created the online and print publication Cottage Hill. Katie loves real inspiration and wholehearted living, and used her experience as a magazine editor to shape the content of her program, Mastering Instagram for Creatives which is, by the way, the only Instagram course I believe in.
Read MoreToday on the Zimmerman Podcast, we’re chatting boundaries. Specifically, how on earth can you be a good mom and a good business owner at the same time? I haven’t always been good at walking this fine line, and to be honest, there are still weeks when I struggle.
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