Kandas has created a 5-Day Gratitude Journal and is offering it free of charge at https://momgeek.com/gratitude-journal/

In this fun episode, your host Marcel Brown banters with Kandas Rodarte, digital marketing pioneer, award-winning speaker, metastatic breast cancer thriver, and a 25-year veteran of working from home!

Kandas and Marcel discuss her extensive experience of her working from home career while raising a child from baby to empty nest. She also discusses battling the challenge of loneliness by reaching out and creating community online.

About Marcel Brown:

Marcel Brown, known as the Most Trusted Name in Technology, is a nationally recognized technology expert with nearly 30 years of professional experience. The leading authority on The New World of Technology, Marcel has been featured on multiple national TV and radio appearances, quoted for numerous published articles, and his blogs have received national attention. His research on the Lost Steve Jobs Speech and Lost Steve Jobs Mouse went viral on the Internet and was subsequently spotlighted on numerous national media outlets. Having worked for large organizations such as Hearst Communications, Washington University School of Medicine, and Anheuser-Busch, Marcel has made a name for himself running his own technology services and consulting company for the last 20 years. Focused primarily on the needs of small businesses and home offices, Marcel is intimately familiar with the technology needs of business owners and professional people, including personal computing devices and services from Apple, Google, and Microsoft. And of course, during his 20+ years of running his own business, Marcel has been working from a home office, gaining incredible experience and insight into the working from home lifestyle.

About Kandas Rodarte:

Kandas Rodarte is a digital marketing pioneer, award-winning speaker and metastatic breast cancer thriver. Kandas developed a relationship-based marketing system that resulted in a continuous flow of repeat business and referrals for her family-operated custom furniture company. She calls this the Marketing Colander, and it is the cornerstone of her coaching practice today.

Connect with Kandas Rodarte:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GratitudeGeek/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gratitudegeek/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KandasRodarte
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gratitudegeek/
Website: https://momgeek.com/
 

Connect with Marcel Brown:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/marcelbrown
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarcelBrownTech
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcelbrown/
Website: https://marcelbrown.com/
Show: https://WorkingFromHomePodcast.com

In this episode, your host Marcel Brown interviews Suzanne Overstreet, an independent certified health coach who works from home and helps others who work from home create healthy habits around eating and hydration, sleep and energy, mindset, movement, and supportive surroundings.

Suzanne and Marcel discuss the positive impact of the flexibility of working from home on kids and family, the challenge of time management and ideas on how to be better at it, balancing family time with work time, and using business and health coaches to help keep ourselves accountable while working from home. Suzanne then shares 6 good health habits for people working from home. 

About Marcel Brown:

Marcel Brown, known as the Most Trusted Name in Technology, is a nationally recognized technology expert with nearly 30 years of professional experience. The leading authority on The New World of Technology, Marcel has been featured on multiple national TV and radio appearances, quoted for numerous published articles, and his blogs have received national attention. His research on the Lost Steve Jobs Speech and Lost Steve Jobs Mouse went viral on the Internet and was subsequently spotlighted on numerous national media outlets. Having worked for large organizations such as Hearst Communications, Washington University School of Medicine, and Anheuser-Busch, Marcel has made a name for himself running his own technology services and consulting company for the last 20 years. Focused primarily on the needs of small businesses and home offices, Marcel is intimately familiar with the technology needs of business owners and professional people, including personal computing devices and services from Apple, Google, and Microsoft. And of course, during his 20+ years of running his own business, Marcel has been working from a home office, gaining incredible experience and insight into the working from home lifestyle.

About Suzanne Overstreet:

Suzanne started a health journey in February of 2018 with the goal of losing some weight and feeling comfortable on the campaign trail with her husband. Suzanne lost 80 pounds on her own health journey, but the weight loss ended up being just the beginning. What she didn't expect was a transformation in mindset, passion, and purpose. Now she is a full time Independent Optavia coach who specializes in helping her clients transform their mindset as well as their body by using the simple system Optavia offers plus her own Mindset Transformation program. Suzanne incorporates complimentary one-on-one and group coaching for her Optavia clients, and addresses the healthy habits of eating and hydration, sleep and energy, mindset, movement, and supportive surroundings. To begin a complimentary health assessment session, complete this form and she will reach out to schedule a consultation:

https://form.jotform.com/221026192056144

Connect with Suzanne Overstreet:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/suzanne.j.overstreet/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suzanne_joy_overstreet/
 

Connect with Marcel Brown:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/marcelbrown
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarcelBrownTech
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcelbrown/
Website: https://marcelbrown.com/
Show: https://WorkingFromHomePodcast.com

In this episode, your host Marcel Brown interviews Corey Piper of Piper Media Group, an award wining video production company based in St. Louis, MO. Corey tells the story of starting a working from home business during the pandemic, how he and his wife handled unexpectedly getting thrown together into working from home at the same time, the differences in working from home as an employee vs working from home in your own business, the blessing and curse of the flexibility of working from home, the importance of networking with other professionals to get human interaction, the value of doing certain tasks first to create routine and structure your day. Corey also shares 5 tips for improving the quality of videos people shoot from home and the importance of video in social media promotion.

About Marcel Brown:

Marcel Brown, known as the Most Trusted Name in Technology, is a nationally recognized technology expert with nearly 30 years of professional experience. The leading authority on The New World of Technology, Marcel has been featured on multiple national TV and radio appearances, quoted for numerous published articles, and his blogs have received national attention. His research on the Lost Steve Jobs Speech and Lost Steve Jobs Mouse went viral on the Internet and was subsequently spotlighted on numerous national media outlets. Having worked for large organizations such as Hearst Communications, Washington University School of Medicine, and Anheuser-Busch, Marcel has made a name for himself running his own technology services and consulting company for the last 20 years. Focused primarily on the needs of small businesses and home offices, Marcel is intimately familiar with the technology needs of business owners and professional people, including personal computing devices and services from Apple, Google, and Microsoft. And of course, during his 20+ years of running his own business, Marcel has been working from a home office, gaining incredible experience and insight into the working from home lifestyle.

About Corey Piper:

Corey Piper is an award-winning filmmaker/Videographer with a passion for telling stories and the founder of Piper Media Group. Whether he's writing a script for a commercial or interviewing the president of a Not For Profit organization, Corey is always thinking about how his team can deliver the most value. Corey and his team believe that video is the best way to 'Attract Attention with Intention' and they are always finding new ways to do it more effectively and efficiently.

Connect with Corey Piper:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PiperMediaGroup
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coreyapiper/
Website: https://www.pipermediagroup.com
 

Connect with Marcel Brown:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/marcelbrown
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarcelBrownTech
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcelbrown/
Website: https://marcelbrown.com/
Show: https://WorkingFromHomePodcast.com

In this episode, your host Marcel Brown does his first interview with two people: Mary and Amadeus Nunaley, online course creation experts who are the co-founders of The Lavender Dragon Team and also a mother and son business duo.

Mary and Amadeus, who live by the motto that "home is where the heart is," talk not only about their experience of working from home as a family business and its unique challenges including setting the boundaries and expectations of work/family relationships and balance, but also the experience of home schooling children while working from home. Additionally, some interesting stories about the challenges of home repairs while trying to work from home, a discussion of having the option of a co-working space or backup location to work in case of issues at home, and the importance of creating structure and setting boundaries for working from home professionals.

About Marcel Brown:

Marcel Brown, known as the Most Trusted Name in Technology, is a nationally recognized technology expert with nearly 30 years of professional experience. The leading authority on The New World of Technology, Marcel has been featured on multiple national TV and radio appearances, quoted for numerous published articles, and his blogs have received national attention. His research on the Lost Steve Jobs Speech and Lost Steve Jobs Mouse went viral on the Internet and was subsequently spotlighted on numerous national media outlets. Having worked for large organizations such as Hearst Communications, Washington University School of Medicine, and Anheuser-Busch, Marcel has made a name for himself running his own technology services and consulting company for the last 20 years. Focused primarily on the needs of small businesses and home offices, Marcel is intimately familiar with the technology needs of business owners and professional people, including personal computing devices and services from Apple, Google, and Microsoft. And of course, during his 20+ years of running his own business, Marcel has been working from a home office, gaining incredible experience and insight into the working from home lifestyle.

About The Lavender Dragon Team:

The Lavender Dragon Team helps you structure your content into an online course, drawing on our forty years of course creation experience. We build engaging and on-brand online games to consolidate learning and keep learners coming back for more.

Connect with The Lavender Dragon Team:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lavenderdragonteam/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lavender-dragon-team/about/
Website: https://lavenderdragonteam.com/
 

Connect with Marcel Brown:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/marcelbrown
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarcelBrownTech
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcelbrown/
Website: https://marcelbrown.com/
Show: https://WorkingFromHomePodcast.com

In this episode, your host Marcel Brown interviews his first international guest: Anja Riemer-Grobe, Online Business Manager, CEO of Management Made Easy, and the creator of Delegation Nation!

Anja and Marcel discuss her 7 plus years of working from home and the challenges of working with the early days of Zoom, the struggles being an international user of technology in a US-centric world, and keeping work and personal time structured. As a skillful project manager, Anja also shares a variety of tips for those of us living the work from home lifestyle such as structuring your work day by setting boundaries for ourselves, ideas for handling our kids, establishing good organizational habits, effective time blocking, the importance of taking breaks, and setting the right expectations for ourselves when making the transition to working from home.

About Marcel Brown:

Marcel Brown, known as the Most Trusted Name in Technology, is a nationally recognized technology expert with nearly 30 years of professional experience. The leading authority on The New World of Technology, Marcel has been featured on multiple national TV and radio appearances, quoted for numerous published articles, and his blogs have received national attention. His research on the Lost Steve Jobs Speech and Lost Steve Jobs Mouse went viral on the Internet and was subsequently spotlighted on numerous national media outlets. Having worked for large organizations such as Hearst Communications, Washington University School of Medicine, and Anheuser-Busch, Marcel has made a name for himself running his own technology services and consulting company for the last 20 years. Focused primarily on the needs of small businesses and home offices, Marcel is intimately familiar with the technology needs of business owners and professional people, including personal computing devices and services from Apple, Google, and Microsoft. And of course, during his 20+ years of running his own business, Marcel has been working from a home office, gaining incredible experience and insight into the working from home lifestyle.

About Anja Riemer-Grobe:

Anja is the founder and CEO of Management Made Easy, an Online Business Management Service that focuses on building trust in client relationships by leveraging virtual tools, remote team work, and online operations to create a consistent client-focused service experience for her clients.

With Delegation Nation she also created a community for visionary content creators who want to get control of their chaos and frustration in business so they can live and work in their zone of genius. 

With her unique approach of combining well-organized structures and processes in the backend and strong trust-building client experiences on the frontend of the business she inspires and supports her clients to bring more authenticity and integrity into the business world.

Connect with Anja Riemer-Grobe:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OnlineBusinessManagementMadeEasy/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anja-riemer-grobe/
Website: https://www.anja-riemer.de
 

Connect with Marcel Brown:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/marcelbrown
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarcelBrownTech
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcelbrown/
Website: https://marcelbrown.com/
Show: https://WorkingFromHomePodcast.com

In this episode, your host Marcel Brown interviews Jennie Bellinger, Certified Professional Coach and host of the award winning Badass Direct Sales Mastery Podcast - which was recently featured in Podcast Magazine!

Those of us who work from home still need to network professionally. However, the skillset for networking while working from home can be different than in-person networking. Marcel and Jennie discuss the proper mindset for networking from home and Jennie shares 4 tips for networking while working from home. 

About Marcel Brown:

Marcel Brown, known as the Most Trusted Name in Technology, is a nationally recognized technology expert with nearly 30 years of professional experience. The leading authority on The New World of Technology, Marcel has been featured on multiple national TV and radio appearances, quoted for numerous published articles, and his blogs have received national attention. His research on the Lost Steve Jobs Speech and Lost Steve Jobs Mouse went viral on the Internet and was subsequently spotlighted on numerous national media outlets. Having worked for large organizations such as Hearst Communications, Washington University School of Medicine, and Anheuser-Busch, Marcel has made a name for himself running his own technology services and consulting company for the last 18 years. Focused primarily on the needs of small businesses and home offices, Marcel is intimately familiar with the technology needs of business owners and professional people, including personal computing devices and services from Apple, Google, and Microsoft. And of course, during his 20+ years of running his own business, Marcel has been working from a home office, gaining incredible experience and insight into the working from home lifestyle.

About Jennie Bellinger:

Jennie Bellinger is a Certified Professional Coach and the host of the Badass Direct Sales Mastery Podcast. She works with badass direct sales moms who are ready to double their monthly income. An entrepreneur since 2010, she understands the desire to contribute to your family's future and be present with them in the here and now, and how difficult balancing those two priorities can be. So Jennie has learned the hard way (while building two separate businesses, raising two kids, and navigating a divorce) to fulfill that need to contribute and be there for her children.

Jennie is also known as The Direct Sales Domme. Luckily, as a Certified Professional Coach, her methods are very effective, not painful.

Connect with Jennie Bellinger:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/badassdirectsalesmastery
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/badassdirectsalesmastery/
Website: https://badassdirectsalesmastery.com
The Badass Direct Sales Mastery Podcast: https://badassdirectsalesmastery.com/subscribe-to-podcast/

Connect with Marcel Brown:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/marcelbrown
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarcelBrownTech
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcelbrown/
Website: https://marcelbrown.com/
Show: https://WorkingFromHomePodcast.com