The Back-StoryIn this episode of the Work at Home Rockstar Podcast, Tim Melanson sits down with Stéphane Joanis, the principal of SJ Performance LLC. Stéphane dives into his strategies for helping clients become more effective while reducing stress. He discusses his...
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Unlocking Success: Insights on Business, Self-Awareness, and Intuition with Brad Smith
The Back-StoryIn this episode of the Work at Home Rockstar Podcast, host Tim Melanson chats with Brad Smith, founder of Stellar Insights, Inc. Brad dives into his journey of helping clients achieve business success by focusing on self-awareness, strategic...
Boosting Efficiency and Finding Freedom: Kris Ward’s Entrepreneurial Insights
The Back-StoryIn this episode of the Work at Home Rockstar Podcast, host Tim Melanson engages in a captivating discussion with Kris Ward, the author of Win the Hour, Win the Day. Kris is renowned for helping entrepreneurs work smarter, not harder, enabling them to...
Supercharging Business Success with Legal Expertise and AI Integration: An Interview with Matthew Fornaro
The Back-StoryIn this episode of the Work at Home Rockstar Podcast, Tim Melanson sits down with Matthew Fornaro, a legal expert who assists small and medium-sized businesses with their litigation and transactional needs. They discuss Matthew's journey in building his...
Transforming Air Travel with Lita Quetnick: A Deep Dive into Private Space
The Back-StoryIn this episode of the Work at Home Rockstar Podcast, host Tim Melanson interviews Lita Quetnick, the CEO of Private Space Airways. Lita shares her journey from managing employee travel for Daimler Chrysler to launching her own company focused on...
Mastering Business Growth with Strategy, Leadership, and Delegation – Featuring Henry Swarey
The Back-StoryIn this episode of the Work At Home Rockstar Podcast, host Tim Melanson interviews Henry Swarey, a seasoned business strategist and leadership coach. Henry shares his extensive entrepreneurial journey spanning over 20 years, shedding light on how he...
Overcoming Succession Pitfalls with Business Transition Sherpa Laurie Barkman
The Back-StoryIn this episode of the Work at Home Rockstar podcast, Tim interviews Laurie Barkman, also known as the Business Transition Sherpa. Laurie shares her journey of becoming a CEO, the challenges of customer concentration risk, and the importance of planning...
Empowering Your Business and Team for Ultimate Success with Mike Abramowitz
The Back-StoryProtected time is a set amount of time dedicated to a task without interruptions. In this episode, Mike Abramowitz, co-founder of Better Than Rich, joins Tim and shares his experience of how his business successfully operates and produces good results...
Digital Age Parenting and Business Mentorship with Hillary D. Simpson
The Back-StoryIn the latest podcast episode, Tim dives deep into parenting with Hillary Simpson, a renowned parent success coach from HGS Enterprises. They talk about the dual role of technology as a tool for advancement and a potential pitfall. They discuss parents'...
Mastering Fatherhood: Balancing Health, Family, and Business with Javier Montes
The Back-StoryJavier Montes, the founder of Focused Father Mastermind, joins Tim in today's episode. Javier shares his inspiring story of overcoming Bell's palsy and finding balance as a father, entrepreneur, and individual seeking health and wellness. His...
Hunting for ‘Nos’: The Road to Entrepreneurial Success with Dan D. Johnson
The Back-StoryIn this podcast episode, Tim is joined by Dan Johnson, a Failure Transformation Expert. Dan, shares his personal story of success and offers valuable insights and advice for entrepreneurs. He emphasizes the importance of execution and not being afraid to...
Delegating to Elevate: Business Efficiency in a Remote World with Dan Moran
The Back-StoryIn this episode, Tim interviews Dan Moran, founder of Solidan. Dan’s journey from working in makeshift offices to becoming a remote work advocate is a testament to adaptability and resilience. His story, shared in a recent podcast, sheds light on the...
Startup Success and Web 3.0 Insights with Eric McHugh
The Back-StoryThe entrepreneurial journey is likened to navigating uncharted waters, and no one knows this better than Eric McHugh, the innovative mind behind ShopX Labs and Dataing. In this episode, Tim talks with Eric about the world of digital commerce. They...
Harnessing The Power Of Books For Lifelong Success And Development With Nick Hutchison
The Back-StoryNick Hutchison of BookThinkers joins Tim in this episode to talk about the undeniable connection between success and our learning habits. He talks about why he believes flipping through the pages of a physical book might just be your secret weapon in...
From Setback to Success: Revolutionizing Work-Life Balance with Katie Santoro
The Back-StoryHave you ever wondered how a crushing setback could unexpectedly pave the way to success? Katie Santoro, the CEO and founder of River City Virtual Assistance, joins Tim with a tale that's as enlightening as it is empowering. She opens up about her...
Charting Success in the World of Remote Work and Well-being with Ken Paskins
The Back-StoryToday, Tim talks to Ken Paskins, the CEO of ShiftSpot, who offers an illuminating perspective on managing a business and catalyzing substantial growth within it. Drawing parallels between the strategic shuffling of top operators in SEAL teams and...
Financial Wake-Up Calls and Mastering Business Acquisitions with Richard Parker
The Back-StoryIn today’s episode, Tim is joined by Richard Parker, the business acquisition wizard behind Diomo and RichardParker.com. They talk about Richard’s journey, from leveraging a cold to clinch the Sega Video rights deal in Eastern Canada to outlining the...
From Stage Fright to Standing Ovation: Mastering Public Speaking with Sean Tyler Foley
The Back-StoryWhen Sean Tyler Foley, managing director of Total Buy-In, found himself on the precipice of a speaking engagement alongside Tony Robbins, he did the unthinkable — he turned his expertise into a book under a nail-biting deadline. Today, Sean Tyler joins...
Unlocking Success in the Virtual Assistant Industry with Natalie Guzman
The Back-StoryEver dream of hitting six figures in 90 days? Natalie Guzman, CEO of Nadora Org, did exactly that - and she’s here to share how! Natalie’s journey to success as a virtual assistant has been nothing short of extraordinary; her relentless passion for a...
From Sole Proprietorship to Successful S Corp with Denise Cagan
The Back-StoryEver felt the cold grip of uncertainty choke your ambitions as a business owner? Denise Cagan, CEO of DCA Virtual Business Support, has walked that path and emerged victorious. In a candid chat, she takes us on her journey of transforming a faltering...
Turning Litter into Gold: Journey To A Six-figure Cleaning Business with Brian Winch
The Back-StoryStrap in; we're about to embark on a journey of entrepreneurial grit and determination with Brian Winch, the man who turned cleaning litter from parking lots into a six-figure business. We uncover Brian's early days, the hurdles he had to jump, and the...
From VHS Rentals to Successful Entrepreneurship with Steve Cloward
The Back-StoryGet ready for a rollercoaster ride as we walk you through the incredible journey of Steve Cloward, owner of Advanced Home Pros. From renting out VHS tapes at 17 to building successful businesses, Steve's life is an inspiration. Despite grappling with...
Leading, Loving, and Living Better with Matthew Brackett
The Back-StoryMatthew Brackett, a Senior Leadership Coach, Educator, Mentor, and Founder of Brackett Alliance, has 30 years of experience in the field of education and the development of individuals in successful personal and professional leadership. Trilingual, he...
Business Scaling Through Automation With Michael Dallas-Petersen
The Back-StoryAs we delve into his story, Michael unveils the various hurdles he encountered along the way, illustrating how these obstacles shaped his path to success. His tenacity and unwavering determination propelled him forward, leading him to discover innovative...
Live Pain-Free Through Osteopathy with Sylvain Mancuso
The Back-StoryAfter studying physiotherapies and working with many rugby, football, and basketball teams, Sylvain Mancuso pursued his studies in Osteopathy in a 5-year course that allowed him to develop his expertise in understanding the causes of pathologies. Sylvain...
How To Gain Your Money, Freedom, and Purpose with Jean-Luc Boissonneault
The Back-StoryJean-Luc started with no money and became a millionaire by the age of 30. He wrote 8 books. Has created 12 businesses in different fields, including a fitness studio chain, a start-up incubator, and the first meditation franchise in the world. 8 years...
Grow Your Business Through Modern Marketing Strategies with Alex Thoric
The Back-StoryAlex Thoric is the founder of a marketing agency, Thor Marketing, and Co-Founder of Building Income on Demand. A digital marketer that had a great experience working with different industries such as spas, gyms, coaches, consultants, real estate, and...
Unlocking Success Through Law Of Attraction with Victoria Gallagher
The Back-StoryVictoria M. Gallagher is a worldwide leader in Hypnotherapy, a best-selling author, an international speaker, a life success coach, and a renowned authority on the Law of Attraction. She has dedicated her life to empowering people all over the world to...
Building Culture and Connection in Remote and Hybrid Teams with James Simmons
The Back-StoryHe shares the importance of investing in the right people, and using the right approach in hiring and delegation. He shares his secrets to finding the right leader for a team, as well as the decision-making process when it comes to paying senior hires....
Break Through The Six-Figure Ceiling As An SLP with Ana Workman
The Back-StoryAna Workman is the CEO of Absolute Therapy, LLC, a company devoted to helping speech therapists create a stress-free career and feel valued by becoming a six-figure SLP. She is a Bilingual Speech-Language Pathologist, a Certified Autism Specialist, and...
Building Big Brands and Creating Big Impact with Vinnie Potestivo
The Back-StoryVinnie Potestivo is an industry-leading media and talent innovator widely known for his inclusive and impactful approach to brand building and personal brand development. He is an Emmy Award-winning Brand Advisor with a 25 years track record of guiding...
Automating For Success With Michelle Nedelec
The Back-StoryAn international bestselling author, Michelle is an expert in entrepreneurialism and the founder of Awareness Strategies. She’s run her own series of companies for over 22 years and, for over 15 years, has been helping Managers and Executives to...
Scaling Businesses And Increasing Cash Flow With Sheles Wallace
The Back-StoryFor over 10 years, Sheles has helped business owners and C-level executives achieve their goals and take their businesses to the next level. Her clients have achieved double- and triple-digit growth in profitability accomplished through improvements in...
Building Podcasts From The Ground Up with Sunny Gault
The Back-StorySunny Gault is passionate about helping professionals achieve their podcasting goals. In 2005, she started her first podcast in her backyard. Her show was discovered by a popular video-sharing site which earned her a job and launched her podcasting...
How To Get Record-Breaking ROI From PPC Ads with Ameet Khabra
The Back-StoryAs a veteran PPC advertising specialist, Ameet Khabra has helped her clients achieve as high as a 500% increased ROI from their digital advertising campaigns. Her work has included managing over $4 million in ad spend for a single client, as well as...
Why Is It Important To Surround Yourself With The Right People with Jason Skeesick
The Back-StoryJason Skeesick is a US Army veteran, coach, and entrepreneurial evangelist. His company, Spear and Clover, helps businesses with good leaders, talented teams, and strong playbooks go from perennial contenders to championship dynasties. He is a father,...
Juicy Alcohol-Free Life with Kay Allison
The Back-StoryIn 1999, Kay Allison was a Senior Vice President at a global ad agency, and a single mom as her drinking escalated to the point that it got so bad that she decided to go alcohol-free. Since then, Kay increased her income 6x, met and married a man she’s...
How To Optimize For Growth With Growth Strategist Amy Birks
The Back-StoryAmy Birks can see the future. No, she doesn’t use a crystal ball or some time-travel device. Amy was born with the ability to see the biggest, brightest, most vibrant potential in everyone and everything she encounters. She combines that superpower with...
Building A Successful Business And Being A Parent With Keri Cooper
The Back-StoryKeri Cooper, LCSW, is the owner of Keri Cooper Holistic Therapy in northern New Jersey. In her private practice, she counsels teens and works to give them the tools they need to navigate life. Keri takes a holistic approach to therapy, looking at the...
Success From Ground Up with Real Estate Investor Peter Vekselman
The Back-StoryPeter Vekselman is a seasoned investor and has been a leader in the real estate industry for over 30 years. He has successfully done over 3,600 deals. Today, he leads a team of real estate professionals who continue to close deals across the country....
Nigel Thomas – What It Takes To Grow A Business With CEO Nigel Thomas
The Back-StoryNigel Thomas is the CEO of Alpha Inbound. Having previously built a 7 figure agency and consulted many 7 and 8-figure DTC brands on their marketing strategy, Nigel knows what it takes to implement complex paid social campaigns at scale.Show NotesI love...
Sheevaun Moran – Scale Up Despite Challenges
The Back-StorySheevaun Moran is a business advisor, master coach, quantum energy thought leader and Energetic Solutions founder. She uses business principles with energetic techniques to help more than 25,000 entrepreneurs, CEOs and leaders bring instant focus and...
Katie McManus
The Back-StoryKatie's motto is "stop being a weenie", which speaks perfectly to her belief that anything can be accomplished with a little bravery. Katie had a lucrative - but unsatisfying career - in Sales and Marketing for years. Until one day she walked out to...
Richard White – Your Team Must Understand your Why
The Back-StoryRichard White has been a founder and deeply entrenched in the Silicon Valley startup scene for the last two decades. He was Product Design lead at Kiko.com, the startup that Justin Kan and Emmett sold on eBay for $258K. He went on to found UserVoice,...
Emily McGuire – Aweber
The Back-StoryWith lessons learned over a decade in tech, sending thousands of email campaigns, and working on email campaigns earning over $80 million in revenue, Emily loves sharing the mistakes and strategies of email marketing done well. You’ll typically find her...
Barbara Fletcher – Barb Fletcher & Associates
The Back-StoryBarbara Fletcher believes that to be at your best, you must be resilient. She is inspired to train & coach using effective, simple strategies that will help people create the life they choose. When people are resilient, their lives change. People relate...
Lucas Root – SGIC Consulting
The Back-StoryFrom his strong roots at Fortune 500 companies and on Wall Street to developing smaller but powerful brands, Lucas has built a strong track record of successes that includes many speaking engagements, podcasts, publications, and his best-selling “Work...
Michael Brooks – goLance
The Back-StoryMichael Brooks is the founder of the brand new freelancing platform goLance. He’s also well-known as a successful entrepreneur, published author of two books, a college professor, and an investor. He is a strong believer in harmony, teamwork, loyalty,...
Molly Rose Speed – Virtual Assistant Management
The Back-StoryMolly Rose is a talented strategic thinker with cultivated skills in online tech solutions, systems, and processes that improve company efficiencies. With a background in finance and analytics, Molly Rose started her own business in 2014, serving online...
Farzad Rashidi – Respona
The Back-StoryFarzad Rashidi is the lead innovator at Respona, the all-in-one link-building outreach software that helps businesses increase their organic traffic from Google. He previously ran the marketing efforts at Visme, where he helped the company gain over 14...
Roger Nairn – JAR Radio
The Back-StoryRoger is a lateral thinker, problem solver, strategist, and finder of new ways. He believes in the power of the happy customer and spent years managing client relationships and building brands for world-famous agencies like DDB and Cossette. Throughout...
Barbara Ramirez – My Virtual Partnr
The Back-StoryBarbara, co-founded My Virtual Partnr in 2015 to put together their corporate and strategic planning background and expertise and create a simple strategic planning program for Small Businesses, like yours, that are seeking to scale in business. They...
Dr. Steve Yacovelli – Top Dog Learning Group
The Back-StoryDr. Steve Yacovelli has been in the leadership, learning and development, change management, and diversity and inclusion consulting space pretty much his whole career (about twenty-five years). In his consulting experience he’s seen some leaders...
Jennifer Arthurton – Old Chicks KNow Sh*t
The Back-StoryJennifer Arthurton is the creator and founder of Old Chicks Know Sh*t, a community and podcast (of the same name) designed to inspire and support midlife women in chasing their dreams and creating their kick-ass next chapter. In addition, Jennifer is an...
Michelle Thompson – Awesome Outsourcing
The Back-StoryMichelle teaches people how to delegate and outsource tasks correctly so they can gain back their time and their lives. Awesome Outsourcing, LLC specializes in organic Facebook and LinkedIn lead generation, creating omnipresent content for entrepreneurs,...
Kimberly Spencer – Crowning Yourself
The Back-StoryMeet Kimberly Spencer, award-winning high-performance coach, and trainer, Amazon best-selling co-author, international motivational speaker, and the founder of CrownYourself.com, helping high achieving visionary leaders build their empire and sparkle...
Kevin Rizer – Always wear pants
The Back-StoryKevin Rizer is the founder and CEO of Emmy’s Best Pet Products, an e-commerce company. https://emmysbestpets.com/ . Kevin founded and hosted the popular Private Label Movement - a podcast on Amazon and e-commerce where he interviewed some of the biggest...
Mike Moll – Using Video Outreach Marketing
The Back-StoryMike is the founder of Market Me, a consulting firm focused on helping entrepreneurs and business owners connect with the businesses who need them. Constantly striving to provide his clients with simple, cost-effective ways to find new leads and land...
Jim Gale – Grow your own food
The Back-StoryAt age 19, Jim first learned about the power of writing his goals. From the practice of inspired visioning, he became a 4-time All American and National Champion wrestler. After college, he moved to Hawaii, backpacked through 37 countries, lived with the...
LUMO – Breaking up with your BS
The Back-StoryLuscious Mother is a coaching company for moms, created from a desire to see women live fully expressed lives, bringing their best to motherhood, relationships, and career. A Luscious Mother lives her life on purpose, from a place of pleasure, curiosity,...
Dustin DeVries – Getting things done
The Back-StoryDustin has been living and breathing software development for over 20 years. He is the Co-Founder of Caffeine Interactive Technologies, an agency that focuses on planning strategies and architecture, ensuring that software implementations are...
Craig Cannings – Is Freelancing for you?
The Back-StoryHe is the co-founder of Freelance University with his wife, Kelly. Craig has had the privilege of helping over 20,000 students in 75 countries realize their dreams of launching a portable, freelance business (and lifestyle). He has enjoyed the great...
Scott Hirsch – Helping you do what you love
The Back-StoryScott is CTO at TalentMarketplace. He completed his degree in computer science and business administration before working as first a web developer and then as a Salesforce consultant before building the systems at TalentMarketplace. In his spare time, he...
Trav Bell – The Bucket List Guy
The Back-StoryTrav Bell is The Bucket List Guy...The Worldʼs #1 Bucket List Expert. As a self-appointed ʻBucket Listologistʼ, Trav helps people live their Bucket List before it’s too late! His unique life-engagement message really wakes you up, stops ground-hog days...
Kirk Cooper – Teaching Business Automation
The StoryKirk Cooper is the CEO and founder of Ecom Automation Gurus. Living in Aurora, Colorado, Kirk was a former high school teacher who got tired of the 9-5 life and decided to take a leap of faith and build his own company from the ground up. Now, EAG builds...
Naresh Vissa – Fifty Shades of working from home
The StoryNaresh Vissa is the Founder & CEO of Krish Media & Marketing – a full service e-commerce, technology, development, online, and digital media and marketing agency and solutions provider. He has worked with CNN Radio, Clear Channel Communications, J.P....
Vinay Raman – Grit and Determination
The StoryVinay Raman from Raleigh, CEO of CAARMO, helps businesses and employees unlock their hidden potential, opportunities to maximize, and risks to mitigate through our Performance Intelligence software tool. He has built decision-making tools that help you more...
Kinga Mnich – Keep it Simple
The StoryDr. Kinga Mnich is an international social-psychologist, educator and speaker specialist in emotions, positive psychology and gender. Her work solves myths of emotions by breaking down the complexity of the social & cultural concepts. Through her...
Dr. Vaneeta Aggarwal – Higher Learning Online
The StoryDr. Vaneeta Aggarwal, founder of L'strategyq Advisors is award winning Woman Entrepreneur, author & speaker, former Educationist from Delhi University, India with PhD in Semiconductors. With experience of 26 years, she developed 3 core business areas for...
Eric Seropyan – Always keep learning
The StoryThis Is My South Bay is a digital marketing agency located in the South Bay region of Los Angeles. Our agency specializes in helping small to mid size businesses gain exposure online with a variety of digital marketing strategies. We are an agency that...
Christopher Hamze – PIVOT
The Storyteelaunch is a leading print on demand fulfillment company. We take your design ideas and orders and fulfil them from start to finish. When someone orders on your website, we will print the product, ship the product and act as a customer liaise if anything...
James Neilson-Watt – Simple businesses scale
The StoryIn 2019, James launched an online program to help healthcare practice owners to fill theirpractices with their ideal clients so they can generate more revenue and impact morepeople. With eight months he grew it to 7 figures - fast forward to now without...
Mike Arnold – The book on Working from Home
The StoryMike is the author of the book, “Slacking Off: A Successful Way to Work from Home” and he wrote it especially for those who are considering to work or are working from home and for anyone who has experienced the same things I mentioned earlier. He has been a...
Samit Patel – Crowdfunding your business
The StoryI have been a successful/ failure entrepreneur for around 15 years, starting off as a nightclub promoter in London to help pay for university tuition fees and making over $1,000 a week. I graduated in the worst financial crisis in 2009 and tried my hand at...
Howie Zales – Always Prepared
The StoryHowie Zales is an Emmy Award winning Camera Operator who turned his passion for television broadcasting into several entrepreneurial endeavors. Howie created HJZ Productions, Inc in 2000 to address the need for professional level sports crewing/staffing in...
Christine & Elizabeth – The Right Connections
The StoryDr. Elizabeth Pritchard From never fitting in, bullied at school, sexually abused as a child to becoming anoccupational therapist and past president of Occupational Therapy Association NZ,a researcher at Monash University who nailed her PhD in three years,...
Benjamin Donhardt – The right fit
The StoryI'm a passionate entrepreneur who realized his ability to help people and their businesses achieve phenomenal results through staying true to myself and my customers. I come from humble beginnings, from a low socio-economic area of western Sydney. I struggled...
Rachel Luther – Checking off your list
The StoryRachel Luther is an entrepreneur who was a virtual assistant before people knew what virtual assistants were. After growing her VA business from a one-woman show to a team of talented professionals who provide all areas of back office virtual support over the...
Jordan West – know your strengths
The StoryWhen I was 23 I decided to buy a Taco Del Mar restaurant... I knew I had made a huge mistake at 2pm the first day when only 3 customers had walked in... (and two of them were my parents haha) For 5 years I worked hard to grow sales every way I could think of...
Jack McColl – The KingofDebt
The Back-StoryMy name is Jack McColl (@kingofdebt) on IG and I am a serial 6-figure entrepreneur, financial coach, and former pro athlete. Currently I run a coaching / consulting program when I teach entrepreneurs how to build their credit so they get approved for top...
Episode 13 : Tiji Thomas
Tiji Thomas loves teaching and helping others overcome the fear of selling. He has built 3 different million-dollar companies & has produced over $500,000,000 in sales. He especially looks forward to working with coaches, entrepreneurs, consultants & other...
Episode 12 : Nathan Hirsch
I started off selling textbooks in my dorm room before discovering Amazon. I scaled a 25 million dollar Amazon business selling toys and baby products, but always struggled to hire help. College kids were unreliable and no US adults wanted to work for a 20 year old...
Episode 11 : Gerri Detweiler
Gerri Detweiler is a leading, nationally recognized financing and credit expert, with more than 20 years of experience. During the 2008/2009 financial crisis, Gerri was interviewed hundreds of times, providing insightful expertise and actionable advice for traversing...
Episode 9 : Mads Singers
Mads has more than 10 years of experience in Fortune 500 companies, such as Xerox and IBM, and more than 7 years of experience coaching and consulting online entrepreneurs. He has also spoken at many larger events such as CMSEO, TiECon, DCBKK & DMSS Bali, SEO Spring...
Episode 8 : George Papadeas
George Papadeas is the COO of The HOTH, aka Hittem Over The Head, an SEO and content creation platform devoted to bludgeoning its clients with awesomeness. When The HOTH was founded in 2010, the SEO space was filled with sketchy service providers who offered poor...
Episode 3 : Jarod Spiewak
Jarod Spiewak is an entrepreneur and international speaker who has helped service-based businesses generate millions of dollars in revenue through Search Engine Marketing. He runs his agency, investment companies, and consultancy all from the comfort of his...
Episode 1 : Marc Mawhinney
Marc Mawhinney is a lifelong entrepreneur who helps coaches get more clients (without paid advertising!). He achieves this with his coaching programs, his podcast (Natural Born Coaches), his Facebook group (The Coaching Jungle) and his exclusive hard copy newsletter...