Marketing Yourself: 5 Tips to Demystify Video

One of my core messages as a Media Coach is Everyone Needs To Be Good On-Camera. Not because you aspire to be on television but because in a sea of social media content, video rules and if you’re not creating fresh, custom video content you’re missing a huge opportunity. Regardless if you’re a solopreneur, small […]

Goal Setting 101: Blueprint to Success

“If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll end up someplace else.” —Yogi Berra It’s always the right time to set goals. One of my goals for 2019 is to blog more 🙂 Fact: Success takes determination, focus, and effort. Working aimlessly without a plan is the hamster wheel approach and will result in wasting a […]

TV HOSTING CLASS! Hosting for Brands + Home Shopping Channels

Like Christmas, my annual Hosting for Home Shopping, Infomercials & Branded Content class with Sean De Simone only happens once per year and this year it’s July 21st in New York City. There is a lot of opportunity in this space for experienced hosts, lifestyle experts and influencers but it’s highly competitive. Sean has cast […]

7 Bevelations That Will Change Your Life

  “Do The Work, Identify Your Intentions, Know Your Worth, Don’t Be Tempted By Shiny & know that things are subject to change so REMAIN OPEN” – Bevy Smith I’m starting off 2017 sharing the incomparable Bevy Smith’s professional story because it could be your story. Bevy made it happen. A one-woman tour de force, […]

My Personal Manifesto Part One (A Work In Progress)

  ICYMI corporate and personal manifestos have replaced mission statements. Manifestos are not new and they are all around us. The Declaration of Independence is a manifesto as is Dr King’s I Have a Dream speech. This is what a good manifesto does: Clarifies your vision and purpose while connecting us to you emotionally. Once you […]

What Could Billy Have Done Differently?

I’ve been following many threads about L’Affaire Billy Bush. Many young television hosts have asked what could one do differently in a similar situation, because if you work in the Celebrity Industrial Complex, it is almost guaranteed you will encounter some version of this. Cajoling the talent goes with the territory. Several people have shared […]

My Q&A With Amy Vanderoef: Risk, ReInvention, Reward

Aside from my family, the New York Rangers one day winning The Stanley Cup again and maybe Idris Elba becoming a friend, nothing warms my heart like great feedback from a client. Yes, my ego enjoys the boost. But more than that it confirms my purpose: To help people be heard in order to do […]

Baxter Abel: Training The Trainer

A month ago, on Easter Sunday, we brought Baxter home from Sean Casey Animal Rescue in Brooklyn. An enormous yellow lab, we joke Baxter is part Labrador, part polar bear and all Abel. What little we know of Baxter’s backstory (or Baxstory – get it?), he was picked up on the streets of the Bronx and […]

How To Be A Champion

Is it just me or does your dad send you tons of email forwards? I don’t know how he has time for golf or gets anything done in retirement with all the email forwarding he does. The good news is he finally learned to cut and paste and bcc… I cannot lie I hit delete […]

How To: Podcast According to Mike Janela

Podcasts are all the rage. So I was flattered when Mike Janela invited me to be a guest on his podcast. Mike took one of my TV Hosting Classes in 2015 and ran with the idea of focusing on what you can control in your career: Marketing yourself. Guess what? Not long after our interview, Mike […]