Work From Your Happy Place With Belinda Ellsworth

Jonelle Swiger is from a quaint town in rural West Virginia and has been married to Chris for almost 12 years and together they have 2 active boys Slate 11 and Sawyer 8.   Being an exchange student to Australia sparked a lifetime love of travel and eventually led her to become the travel manager for Mylan Pharmaceuticals.  Shortly after getting married, she and her husband started a pipeline business together in 2004.  Her heart was never into the corporate lifestyle  and just last month was able to step away from the day to day operations of their business thanks to Traveling Vineyard so she could have the flexibility she’s always desired.     Since joining Traveling Vineyard the end of November 2014, she has earned the incentive trip for 2 twice, was the 2015 Rookie of the year, promoted to Director in December, has a team of 129 and has sold over $75,000 worth of wine.

Josef Aukee is a marketing communications consultant and writer/editor working primarily in B2B communications for the healthcare, financial, travel and entertainment industries. Josef has worked in various roles for Consumer Reports, Blue Shield of California, Delta Dental, McKesson, Smart Meetings, Live Oak Bank with many other contract consulting and editorial assignments for technology, travel and music industry-related publications, services and websites. His work has covered a range of services, including journalism, brand development, product marketing planning, customer testimonials, event promotion, advertising, print collateral, digital communications and video content development.  

Willa Doss is her own #girlboss. Born in Santa Monica, California, she is the founder of a natural skincare and beauty brand. At the age of 12, Willa started on the path of entrepreneurship. Conceived with the help of her mother, Christy Prunier, Willa Skincare products was born after the sixth grader realized that most cosmetic companies are geared toward an older crowd; their formulas can be too heavy, irritating, and heavily perfumed for young girls. Willa wants the world to know: you can own your own business—even before you can drive or vote. From acne products to lip gloss, Willa, the girl, has helped develop every product in the willa collection with the assistance of top labs, green chemists, and a celebrity make-up artist. She’s also traveled the country talking to girls about protecting their skin and jumpstarting their futures. When she’s not painting with watercolors (she’s a leftie) or writing pals back on Instagram (a challenge because… see previous), Willa is trying to live up to her name which

Tara LaMagna is a National Sales Leader and Executive Director with Lemongrass Spa Products. She is passionate about educating others in regards to chemical free skin care. Among her many accomplishments she also has a team of over 300 consultants nationwide and it is her mission to help them reach their dreams!

Gregory Jbara currently stars as “DCPI Garrett Moore” on the hit CBS police drama BLUE BLOODS. He won the 2009 Tony Award©,  the Drama Desk Award©, and the Outer Critics Circle Award© for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his role as “Jackie Elliot” in the Broadway production BILLY ELLIOT the musical. A University of Michigan Alumnus, he Co-Founded IMPACT Dance Company under the University Activities Center in 1980 (Still in existence today). He's also a founding member (1981) of the internationally renowned University of Michigan Musical Theatre Training Program within the University of Michigan School of Music. He then graduated with a BFA in Acting in 1986 from The Juilliard School. He currently resides in his Happy Place of Los Angeles with his wife Julie and sons Zachary and Aidan.

Karan is a senior executive director with The Pampered Chef and has had a successful career with them for the past 24 years. What started out as a passion for cooking and wanting to have a little extra fun has turned into a multi-million dollar business with close to 800 consultants on her team. She lives in beautiful Traverse City Michigan with her husband Steve and her 4 Cavalier King Charles Spaniels. Karan's Krazy Kitchen

Sandi Krakowski is an angel investor and a radical ‘new generation’ author who built a $20 MILLION dollar empire with her self-taught skills. She is known in the business world for her teachings on Faith At Work, empowering women and is famous for talking about what everyone sweeps under the rug! As a Facebook Marketing Expert, she was noted by Forbes as a Top 20 Online Marketing Influencers of 2014, Top 20 Women Social Media Influencer and a Top 50 Social Media Power Influencer. http://www.arealchange.com https://www.facebook.com/SandiKrakowskiBiz http://arealchange.tv/ https://twitter.com/sandikrakowski  

Jessalyn Pito comes to us today from Middletown, Ct. She hasbeen in direct sales for 24 years and with her present company thelast 13.She was working full time when she started her direct salesbusiness, however, she was looking for a flexible way to make extramoney to pay down credit card debt she had acquired from being asingle mom with no child support. One year later she was able toquit her job as she had an intentional plan in place to make thathappen.In addition to being able to quit, she earned many rewards alongthe way:First Consultant to reach One Million Dollars in PersonalSales
Top National Salesperson 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2013
Top National Recruiter 2006, 2009
Top National Leader Developer 2010
Top 10 National Sales and Recruiting 2003-2013
Gold Leaf Executive Club 2004-2013, 2015
Leader of a Million Dollar Team 2005-2015
Top National Building Leaders Award at Leadership Conference2005,2008

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Ari Weinzweig is CEO andco-founding partner of Zingerman's Community of Businesses, whichincludes Zingerman's Delicatessen, Bakehouse, Creamery, Catering,Mail Order, ZingTrain, Coffee Company, Roadhouse, Candy Manufactoryand the newest business—Cornman Farms.  Zingerman’s producesand sells all sorts of full flavored, traditional foods in its homeof Ann Arbor, Michigan to the tune of $60,000,000 a year in annualsales.  Ari was recognized as one of the “Who’s Who of Food& Beverage in America” by the 2006 James Beard Foundation andhas awarded a Bon Appetit Lifetime Achievement Award among manyrecognitions. Ari is the author of a number of articles and books,including Zingerman’s Guide to Better Bacon (Zingerman’s Press),Zingerman’sGuide to Giving Great Service,Zingerman’s Guide to Good Eating (Houghton Mifflin), Zingerman’sGuide to Good Leading, Part 1: A Lapsed Anarchist’s Approach toBuilding a Great Business, and Zingerman's Guide to Good Leading,Part 2: A Lapsed Anarchist’s Approach to Being a Better Lead

Marcella Kvick has been in the industry for 23 years and iscurrently with Nerium International.  She started as a stay athome who was looking for a way to stay home with her kids whileearning a little bit of money.  She grew it alongside herfamily and now her children don't need her time but they are incollege so still need her money!  Direct sales has given herboth the time and money to grow her family.  She lives inNorthern California with her husband and their 16-year-old. Her oldest son just graduated dental hygiene and is working fulltime and her middle son attends UCSD and is working toward a degreein computer engineering. 

Great pop vocal music, quick witted humor and overall likeability give Three Men and a Tenor a unique style of engaging performance that cannot be matched. The group has performed on stages with Jay Leno, The Beach Boys, Lee Greenwood, Chuck Berry, and Dionne Warwick, and was featured in a national PBS-TV special "Three Men and a Tenor- In Concert" broadcast in Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Boston, Miami, Las Vegas and Nashville. The group was honored as Michigan's Best Entertainment twice and have headlined national stages, festivals and fairs for over 24 years with a powerful blend of vocal harmonies and feel-good music for all ages.www.threemenandatenor.comhttps://www.facebook.com/THREE-MEN-and-a-TENOR-68657701426https://twitter.com/3menandatenorhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIdu-VF9w8mArtDkdwPy0lA  

With over 1,400 people in her organization, the largest organization in Premier Designs Jewlery, she has over 200 "Leaders" in her downline. Melissa has personally held over 1,300 Jewelry Shows! She has been a National Speaker and Trainer for Premier Designs over the past 28 years!She and her husband Greg have 3 Amazing Children ... 2 married daughters and a son who recently graduated from college, along with 5 grandchildren all under 5 years old.Find them at http://howmayiserveyou.com/ 

John Lee Dumas is the Founder and Host of EOFire, a top-ranked, daily podcast featuring interviews with today's most inspiring and successful entrepreneurs. John & EOFire have been featured in Forbes, TIME and Inc. Magazine.He can be found at www.eofire.com

Gina has come from a varied background, growing up working with her parents on the family farm and then later working in their family business which they had for 25years.So owning her own business has always been ‘normal’ to Gina. It is of no surprise coming from that background that she has been part of many ‘adventures’ that have led her on the path to being where she is today.Gina’s past successes include building a substantial Amway business and becoming one of Australia’s top Sales Managers for the Bessemer Cookware company. Her biggest success she says though, has been marrying her amazing partner in life, Karl Moore and their 3 most gorgeous children, Julia – 12yrs, James - 9 yrs & Emily 6yrs.Gina is a big believer in family life and loves being able to spend the time she wants to as a Mum & Wife. Supporting, nurturing and encouraging her children to always ‘Think Big’ because creating the ideal lifestyle you want with an abundance of time, and money to enjoy it is something we all strive for i

Kristine is a Direct to Corporate Senior Director that helped to launch Origami Owl, a customizable jewelry company that tells stories with lockets + charms. She has grown a team to almost 10,000 Designers across the US + Canada. She has been in direct sales for over 17 years and has risen to top Leadership positions and driven many company cars. She is married to Brandon for 18 years and has a daughter, Sydney (13) and a son Tanner (11).You can contact Kristine at yourlocketstory@gmail.com or find her at https://kstevens.origamiowl.com/  

Carrie Hartunian Smith is a natural when working alongside business owners and entrepreneurs keeping one goal in mind: growing their business! Whether that translates into building brand awareness or creating marketing and sales strategies to tap into an existing clientele base or specialized niche, Carrie has proven her abilities to develop and implement solid result-driven action plans.Having a diverse background in retail, hospitality, event production and promotions, in 1993, Carrie started a joint venture -- building a startup media company growing revenue to nearly $100 million before selling in 2007. After the sale of the company, she stayed on with the new organization being an integral part of their aggressive acquisition strategy, 5 companies in 18 months, growing revenue to over $500 Million. Carrie’s 20+ years in executive management and passion for media and marketing has been the dominant motivation in her professional life.As a highly regarded, dynamic and  success-oriented business executive,

Having never really considered a career in direct sales, Rachel found Jamberry at the busiest time of her life. With her husband deployed in the US Military, homeschooling her children and involved in a plethora of outside commitments, she decided to take on the challenge and earn enough to hire someone to clean her house. A little over three years later, she is now one of the top earners at Jamberry, the third to hit the highest rank in the company and leads an amazing team of over 40,000 consultants.Find her at: https://www.facebook.com/nochiptipshttps://www.youtube.com/user/rachelhusehttps://nochiptips.jamberry.com/us/en/  

Bob Burg is a sought-after speaker at company leadership and sales conferences sharing the platform with everyone from today’s business leaders and broadcast personalities to even a former U.S. President.Bob is the author of a number of books on sales, marketing and influence, with total book sales of well over a million copies. He was named by the American Management Association as one of the Top 30 Most Influential Thought Leaders in Business for 2014.Bob is an advocate, supporter and defender of the Free Enterprise system, believing that the amount of money one makes is directly proportional to how many people they serve. He is also an unapologetic animal fanatic, and serves on the Board of Trustees of Furry Friends Adoption & Clinic in his town of Jupiter, Florida.Find him at http://www.burg.com/

As a content and social media specialist, Lindsay helps business and entrepreneurs harness the power of social media to generate sales, leads, and overall brand awareness.  Her creative and engaging content strategies will increase your reach online as well as help generate loyal ambassadors.  The key to content marketing is to say the right thing at the right time, and Lindsay will help you establish meaningful and profitable relationships with your customer.  It has been a privilege to have Lindsay Tompkins work with us here at Step Into Success with our social media strategies.Links:http://media-market.ca/ 

Belinda Ellsworth is the creator and host of Work From Your Happy Place. Normally she's the voice that you’ll be hearing as the Interviewer, but today Belinda will be interviewed by her colleague Lydia Martin!  Belinda is the author of the best-selling book, Direct Selling for Dummies, she’s trained thousands of sales representatives, managers and executives, and worked with more than a hundred different direct selling companies.Belinda has had over 30 years in the direct sales industry, and she’s been asked to be a corporate consultant, motivational speaker and trainer of many top direct selling companies.  In 2015, she won the Direct Selling Association Ethos Partnership Award, and this is awarded to the industry’s leading influential trainer.  From a very young age, Belinda has always had the entrepreneurial spirit. She’s very excited about interviewing entrepreneurs from all different types of businesses and companies and sharing their stories.While playing in a band, she began her own direct sales career