• Most PODCASTERS ARE LAZY ABOUT MARKETING
    Jan 12 2026
    Most Podcasters Are Lazy About Marketing
    • After five years in the podcasting industry, I've realized that many podcasters lack real marketing skills for promoting a business or service.

    • My podcast marketing style evolved from:

      • Sixteen years of owning a French-themed inn

      • Experience as a French wine specialist

      • A deep understanding of how to create fun, excitement, and emotional connection around a business

    • After observing what the vast majority of my colleagues are doing, I believe it's time to call this out.

    Here's Why
    • When you are interviewed on a podcast, there is usually a paid sponsor.

    • That sponsor receives:

      A pre-roll ad

    • A mid-roll ad

    • An end-roll ad

    • These ads are promoted and marketed during your interview.

    • After the interview:

      • You are sent a recording

      • You are expected to upload it to an app

      • You must then market it across multiple social media platforms

    • This process can take hours—sometimes days—of frustration on your part

    The Reality of Podcast Advertising
    • Audiences dislike advertising, regardless of the sponsor.

    • Listeners often switch to another podcast that has no ads.

    • In reality, you are not the one being featured.

    • The sponsor who paid for the advertising is the true focus.

    • Millions of podcasters follow this same model.

    My Approach Is Different
    • I transferred my marketing skills from:

      Owning Le Petit Chateau Inn

    • Working as a French wine sales specialist

    • Into a specialized approach: Podcast Marketing Services.

    • I represent clients who offer products or services that improve their communities.

    • I interview my clients and tell their story.

    • I have a gift for embellishing my clients in a way that:

      • Creates emotional connection

      • Attracts qualified leads

      • Makes sales easier and more natural

    Learn More
    • What I do for each client is outlined on my Opportunity Card.

    • Send me an email, and I'll be happy to share it with you. valerie@allinourminds.com

    This is what podcast marketing is all about at my company :CHEZ VALERIE llc

    REQUEST MY OPPORTUNITY CARD TODAY

    RESOURCES:

    valerie@allinourminds.com

    www.allinourminds.com

    PODCASTER EXTRAORDINAIRE:

    JR SPARROW is a GREAT INTERVIEWER and STORY TELLE

    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wv-uncommonplace-uncommon-conversations/id1368068056

    MERCI

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    9 Min.
  • Risk Taking: Use Your Capacity for CHANGE
    Jan 6 2026
    You Have a Great Capacity for Change
    • Accepting failure means being willing to make mistakes.

    • In marketing, that willingness is essential — yet many businesses refuse to change.

    • I often see companies repeating the same language:

      • "Digital content

      • How to Train Your AI
      • With no creativity, fun, or fresh perspective

      • ( contact me for full OPPORTUNITY CARD valerie@allinourminds.com)

    • When I bought 40 acres and three houses to turn a circa-1900 farmhouse into Le Petit Château Inn, no one supported the idea.

    • After opening, I made a very embarrassing mistake.

    • My website showed photos of French and Italian vineyards.

    • The first guests arrived… and immediately left.

    Why?

    • They believed they were booking a château surrounded by vineyards.

    • The images created the wrong expectation.

    • I removed the photos immediately and hired a professional photographer.

    • That failure changed everything.

    • (https://calendly.com/vahail1956/15min DISCOVERY CALL link)
    • From then on, I committed to constant marketing innovation:

      • New ideas

      • New offers

      • New ways to stand out

    • A major success for Le Peti Chateau inn:

      • Le Petit Château Inn was featured as the centerfold in Le Figaro.

    • Constant change matters:

      • Even when it's uncomfortable

      • Even when it's embarrassing

      • Even when it's just a small adjustment

    • Change takes courage.

    • Today, I apply those same lessons to my podcasting and marketing services.

    • I help others take creative risks, generate qualified leads, and grow their businessses -because I have lived it

    • RESOURCES:
    • WHAT PODCASTERS SHOULD BE DOING FOR YOUR BUSINESS:
    • QUICK TIPS: 1) USE HEADLINER A FREE APP TO BEGIN BOLD MARKETING: 2)USE A POWERFUL PODCAST HOSTING SITE TO DISTRIBUTE YOUR PODCAST GLOBALLY AUTOMATICALLY
    • 3) ANALYZE PUBLISHED STATS
    • CONTACT ME FOR THE FULL FIVE STEPS FOR MY PODCAST MARKET SERVICES SERVICES valerie@allinourminds.com
    • free 15 minute discovery call https://calendly.com/vahail1956/15min

    Merci

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    7 Min.
  • FIND YOUR WINGS IN 2026
    Dec 30 2025

    FIND YOUR WINGS

    FOLLOW THESE Three Great Truths TO FIND YOUR WINGS

    TAKE a few simple action steps to create your inner power:

    You are the most powerful person in your life:

    1. Keep a promise,
    2. forgo a grudge,
    3. Forgive an Enemy

    You have a great Capacity for Change:

    1)Try to Understand

    2)Decry Complacency

    3)Deserve confidence

    Your are the solution to YOUR FUTURE :

    1)Speak your love

    2)Speak it again

    3) Speak it Still Once Again

    ACT LIKE IT

    YOGA -

    www.yoga-nut.com yogilindsayc@gmail.com

    Yoga Nut On-Demand CORPORATE:(available for individual membership and bulk purchase for work groups) - The business portal is designed just for the corporation.:access 24/7

    WINE-

    Billecart - Salmon, A luxury champagne- the pinnacle of Champagne. The rose' $125- +. The rose is blended 20% Pinot Meunier, 30% Pinot Noir, 50% Chardonnay. Blanc de Blanc 100% Chardonnay. A blend of Chardonnay from the five Grand Crus of the Cote des Blancs (Avize, Chouilly, Cramant, Oger, Mesnil sur Oger). $199

    CONTACT

    VALERIE@ALLINOURMINDS.COM

    www.allinourminds.com

    merci et auvoir 2025

    bonne annee 2026

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    3 Min.
  • ALTERNATIVE GIFTING IDEAS NOW
    Dec 15 2025

    THESE ARE THE BEST IDEAS FOR ALTERNATIVE GIFTING HANUKAH AND CHRISTMAS: from YOGA NUT www.yoga-nut.com

    DO IT YOURSELF - BIUILD A GIFT PACKAGE

    STOCKING STUFFERS THAT WON'T GO TO THE LANDFILL

    GIFT CARDS

    Choose a WELLNESS PACKAGE for your COMPANY or YOURSELF

    Yoga Nut Worksite Wellness Services Founder of Yoga Nut, Lindsay Coward, has the best gift ideas.

    www.yoga-nut.com yogilindsayc@gmail.com

    Yoga Nut On-Demand CORPORATE:(available for individual membership and bulk purchase for work groups) - The business portal is designed just for the corporation.:access 24/7 to recordings, wellness sessions added every month, so much more

    www.yoga-nut.com yogilindsayc@gmail.com

    Yoga Nut solves:

    Team Connection, Retention, Reduce Mental Stress

    Yoga Nut Individual Membership solves

    The Yoga Nut On-Demand Wellness individual membership::

    - New monthly sessions, coordinate with the season and newsletter

    - Monthly Reset (a 10-15 minute livestream zoom)

    - Weekly Inspirational Email

    Solves: STRESS, AGILITY, ANTI-AGING NATURALLY

    Lindsay Coward, MPH

    Team Development Specialist, Speaker, Corporate Yoga Instructor

    www.yoga-nut.com

    704.640.2066

    LinkedIn

    Instagram

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    7 Min.
  • OPEN YOUR GIFTS: 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
    Dec 2 2025

    OPEN YOUR GIFTS and the TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS

    For this Holiday season I am focusing on our ALIGNABLE ARTISTS:

    BECAUSE WOULDN'T IT BE FUN TO SHARE THEIR TALENTS WITH THE COMMUNITY;

    SECOND DAY of Christmas. ( I skipped the first day..)

    TWO TURTLE DOVES AND THE PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE

    ALISE KABAKOFF https://knitmesewme.com

    KNIT ME SEW ME

    ARBA COOPER

    DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIST

    https://arbacooper.com/home

    This Holiday season I want you to realize that YOU have unopened gifts and talents.

    You only need to unwrap and use them

    Price Pritchett Ph.D tells us in his famous book you2 ( you squared, that most of us use less than ten percent of our talents, skills, potential.

    An added bonus of this HOLIDAY PODCAST, is that I am guiding listeners to the ALIGNABLE MEMBERS websites whose talents and gifts are exceptional.

    You can purchase products and services for Holiday gifts now!

    YOGA NUT : corporate Wellness Curated for Your Business, Employees and Functions:

    Yoga Nut On-Demand (available for individual membership and bulk purchase for work groups) - main difference is that when for a business it is a portal designed just for them with access to recordings, wellness session dates, etc.

    Lindsay Coward MPH

    Team Development Specialist, Speaker, Corporate Yoga Instructor

    Founder of Yoga Nut

    https://www.yoga-nut.com/

    704.640.2066

    WINE - HOLIDAY WINES AS GIFTS

    HOLIDAY WINES

    Holiday Gifts for wine connoisseurs and collectors: We always seem to over spend at the Holiday. Knowing that, I chose some very special wines that are easy to find, yet very special for the discerning wine connoisseurs and collectors. These are wines that I have enjoyed multiple times and been to their vineyards. These are special wines meant as gifts. I did not choose everyday wines. Being a Francophile, I lead with the French wines first. Chateuneuf du Pape Domaine de L'Harmas, Everyone knows this appellation in Rhone. CDP's can vary greatly in their flavor profile due to terroir and production techniques. What stands out about Domaine L'Harmas is that the wine is immediately accessible- easy to drink because the tannins are very soft. $35 - $60.

    RESOURCES

    ALISE KABAKOFF https://www.knitmesewme.com/

    ARBA COOPER https://arbacooper.com/home

    YOGA NUT https://www.yoga-nut.com

    https://www.yoga-nut.com/

    contact valerie@allinourminds.com

    www.allinourminds.com

    Merci

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    7 Min.
  • The Meaning of Being An Artist
    Nov 14 2025

    • This month — and this time of year — represent philanthropy for me.
    • I find myself drawn to artists, because so many of them are struggling.
    • We often equate the phrase "struggling artist" with finances or fame, but sometimes the
    struggle runs much deeper.
    • For Tokunbo Agosu — known as TOKS — the struggle has been shaped by tragedy and
    loss.
    • His roots run deep in the vibrant culture of Nigeria, before he continued his journey to
    Canada.
    • His mission and vision are "to create a place of purpose, recovery, and grace."

    https://nwind.substack.com/p/artist-journal-series-1-ep-3
    • When you grow close to artists and dive deeply into conversation with them, you
    discover how much of their life experience — especially the challenges — are expressed
    through their art.
    • Toks is one of those artists who defies the traditional "struggling artist" image.
    • He battled years of depression after losing his father to cancer.
    • Darkness deepened when he later lost his baby girl.
    • Toks held tightly to his faith, believing that a better life could rise from the grief of losing
    both his child and his father.
    • His passion for art transformed that struggle into purpose.
    • He began creating wall art and cushions as part of his healing.

    https://nwindart.com/collections

    • This life-changing intervention — choosing creativity as a path through sorrow — is a
    step not many people would be brave enough to take.
    • Through his beautiful and functional art pieces, he found a way to rise above the darkness
    and begin again, slowly and intentionally.
    • You can feel that journey reflected in the simplicity yet vibrant energy of artistic endeavors

    Toks is also taking part in his own philanthropy.

    He is donating a portionf rom the proceeds of his art sales to support BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

    BUY TWO CUSHIONS, GET ONE FREE PLUS FREE SHIPING ON ALL ORDERS

    https://nwindart.com/collections

    RESOURCES

    QUOTING FROM TOKUNBO AGOSA

    "From Loss to Light
    From those ashes, Woven Wonders was born.

    
https://nwind.substack.com/p/artist-journal-series-1-ep-3
    The artwork arrived gradually through reflection, through tears, through healing.
    The deep grays and blacks in my designs hold the memory of that season.
But look closely, and you'll see bright bursts of color running through them.
They are not merely artistic choices, they are declarations:
    Hope lives here.
Healing lives here.
Joy returns slowly, but surely.
    These colors are my testimony that beauty can rise from brokenness, and that even in the deepest sorrow, light still insists on emerging."

    RESOURCES

    • RESOURCES YOGA and WINE

    KUNDALINI YOGA PROSPERITY

    https://youtu.be/AxefrkDOOY8?feature=shared

    • WINE and FOOD It's the HOLIDAYS sand NEW ZEALAND HAS PLENTY OF bubbles Among the most well-known and respected are Kim Crawford, Governors Bay, Kia Ora, Oyster Bay, Cottesbrook, Whitehaven, Grey Rock, Nobilo, Cloudy Bay, Cupcake Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough, Framingham, and Villa Maria New Zealand.$15.99 - $19.99
    • CONTACT VALERIE HAIL

      VALERIE@ALLINOURMINDS.COM

      WWW.ALLINOURMINDS.COM

      Merci

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    8 Min.
  • IF YOUR BIG DREAM IS TAKING FOREVER TO REALIZE
    Nov 5 2025
    Chris Hill created a concept of eco-luxury vacations that include philanthropic volunteering.
    The vision began in 2002, during a trip to South Africa, where he helped build a home for a local family. Hands Up Holidays
    That experience was more fulfilling than his successful finance career in London, inspiring him to pursue a new path.
    He launched Hands Up Holidays, which later included this additonal concierge service for Impact Destinations. Impact Destinations – EcoLuxury
    His background in finance became an advantage — many of his former colleagues became early investors.
    For over 20 years, Impact Destinations has curated hands-on philanthropic travel experiences for families.
    Chris recognized a growing trend among his clients: many families are "cash rich and time poor."
    Parents want their children to have meaningful experiences that build empathy, compassion, and global awareness.
    Families now seek out Chris specifically to design philanthropic eco-luxury vacations.
    Examples of unique, hands-on volunteer experiences include:

    Working with wildlife experts to rescue a rhinoceros from poachers and relocate it to a protected sanctuary.
    Traveling to Baja, California, to release newly hatched sea turtles into the ocean, supporting marine conservation.

    Every itinerary emphasizes sustainability, including:

    Eco-lodges sourced from local and renewable materials
    Clean-burning stove projects that eliminate open-flame cooking and reduce respiratory illnesses

    Impact Destinations and Hands Up Holidays prove that travel can be luxurious for the traveler — and life-changing for others.

    RESOURCES

    Preview YouTube video About Impact Destinations - transformational luxury travel

    Chris Hill and His Journey Creating HandsUpHolidays and Impact Destinations https://youtu.be/9RvAFlFg-8g?si=qOTApDLk4x_KcxR0
    • Chris Hill's FIRST philanthropic travel brand Hands Up Holidays

      search here for exquisite Eco Luxury lodgings: Costa Rica leads the world in its commitment to eco-luxury, with a large number of sublime properties, including Kasiiya, El Silencio, Lapa Rios, and Pacuare Lodge. Hands Up Holidays

      🔗 Impact Destinations – EcoLuxury

    • RESOURCES YOGA and WINE

    KUNDALINI YOGA PROSPERITY

    https://youtu.be/AxefrkDOOY8?feature=shared

    • WINE and FOOD It's the HOLIDAYS sand NEW ZEALAND HAS PLENTY OF bubbles Among the most well-known and respected are Kim Crawford, Governors Bay, Kia Ora, Oyster Bay, Cottesbrook, Whitehaven, Grey Rock, Nobilo, Cloudy Bay, Cupcake Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough, Framingham, and Villa Maria New Zealand.$15.99 - $19.99
    • CONTACT VALERIE HAIL

      VALERIE@ALLINOURMINDS.COM

      WWW.ALLINOURMINDS.COM

      Merci

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    12 Min.
  • Endangered Wildlife, Poachers Are Their Monsters: Impact Destinations are Their Heroes
    Oct 27 2025
    POACHERS DON'T NEED COSTUMES

    • While many of us are caught up in ghosts and goblins this week, ECO LUXURY TRAVEL vacations focus on saving wildlife from the real monsters: poachers.

    • CHRIS HILL, creator of IMPACT DESTINATIONS, continues the mission to ensure every vacation has a PHILANTHROPIC SIDE.

    • Poachers are haunted by greed — but travelers can provide volunteerism, philanthropy, and legacy.

    • By adding a philanthropic donation, you can:

      • Relocate endangered rhinos to safe sanctuaries

      • Support rehabilitation by world-class veterinarians

      • Rebuild villages into sustainable homes using local talent

    • This is a vacation that leaves an impact and creates a legacy that lasts into eternity.

    • Designed for a special traveler who wants to leave a place better than they found it, whether by:

      • Protecting endangered wildlife, or

      • Modernizing communities with clean water access

    • Chris Hill, CEO, curates your vision directly — no travel agents involved.

    • Watch the video to experience ECO LUXURY VACATIONS with IMPACT DESTINATIONS:

      • A unique blend of philanthropic donations and family volunteerism

      • A once-in-a-lifetime experience that creates environments of unimaginable magnificence

    Impact Destinations Video

    Attachments area Preview YouTube video About Impact Destinations - transformational luxury travelPreview

    https://youtu.be/ZYxbShkeCQU Impact Destinations

    KUNDALINI YOGA PROSPERITY

    https://youtu.be/AxefrkDOOY8?feature=shared

    Wine and Food : New Zealand wines are known for its diversity. The viticultural areas on the two main islands, North and South Island..A good example is South Island's Rippon Vineyard in Central Otago Church Road, Craggy Range

    RESOURCES

    Hands Up Holidays ltd

    • RESOURCES

      Chris Hill's second philanthropic travel brand Hands Up Holidays

      search here for exquisite Eco Luxury lodgings: Costa Rica leads the world in its commitment to eco-luxury, with a large number of sublime properties, including Kasiiya, El Silencio, Lapa Rios, and Pacuare Lodge. Hands Up Holidays

      🔗 Impact Destinations – EcoLuxury

      CONTACT VALERIE HAIL

      VALERIE@ALLINOURMINDS.COM

      WWW.ALLINOURMINDS.COM

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    12 Min.