Amanda Cook is a certified holistic health coach and digital strategist for the wellness industry. After a corporate career in sales and marketing, Amanda started her own natural health + beauty blog, VintageAmanda.com. In her weekly Wellpreneur podcast, Amanda shares her digital marketing experience and inspiring interviews to help wellness entrepreneurs grow a healthy business online!
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Top Quotes from Amanda Cook:
- “I absolutely love new media; it’s really the core of my business.”
- “I’m really using podcasting as the medium to reach my audience and that’s just been fantastic.”
- “One thing I find just amazing about podcasting is that we all face this attention challenge with new media; everyone is so busy that it’s just hard to get people’s attention and get them to focus on you, and I find that podcasting really works well there because you actually get somebody to listen to you for 30 or 40 minutes once a week… It really develops a relationship between you and the people at a much deeper level than can happen just in blogging.”
- “The podcast is generating clients for my programs.”
- “I absolutely love Buffer… It’s saved me so much time. I love it. I tell everyone about it.”
- “Even if you enjoy it sometimes, you need to pull yourself out of it so that you can focus on the more strategic stuff.” [on running a business and hiring others to do some of the work]
- “You’re not going be able to just pick the first person that comes to you and assume they’re going to be right for the job.” [on hiring virtual staff]
- “You have to know how to do it first yourself.” [on delegating tasks to other people]
- “There’s something so powerful about making that personal connection and meeting people.” [on attending the New Media Europe conference and meeting other people]
Resources:
- 1-Day Business Breakthrough podcast
- She podcasts
- On Being podcast
- Buffer
- Zoom.us
Key Timestamps:
- [spp-timestamp time=”00:30″] – Host Mike Russell introduces and welcomes the episode’s guest, wellness entrepreneur Amanda Cook
- [spp-timestamp time=”01:20″] – How Amanda is using new media for her own personal brand and business, WellpreneurOnline.com
- [spp-timestamp time=”02:16″] – On her passion project, VintageAmanda.com
- [spp-timestamp time=”02:37″] – Amanda talks about podcasting and how it has been the primary vehicle for her business
- [spp-timestamp time=”04:04″] – How Amanda got started with podcasting
- [spp-timestamp time=”05:37″] – Amanda shares her thoughts on British etiquette and the differences of terms
- [spp-timestamp time=”06:21″] – Amanda’s top three blogs and podcasts
- [spp-timestamp time=”06:58″] – Why Amanda recommends Chris Ducker’s and Pat Flynn’s 1-Day Business Breakthrough podcast
- [spp-timestamp time=”07:37″] – Amanda shares another favourite podcast, She podcasts
- [spp-timestamp time=”08:40″] – Another recommendation from Amanda, On Being
- [spp-timestamp time=”09:43″] – New media tools that Amanda cannot live without
- [spp-timestamp time=”09:50″] – Why Amanda loves Buffer
- [spp-timestamp time=”11:51″] – On working with a virtual assistant
- [spp-timestamp time=”13:27″] – Amanda shares her experience of finding people to work with and the right workflow
- [spp-timestamp time=”14:57″] – On hiring several people for specific tasks
- [spp-timestamp time=”15:14″] – Amanda shares her new discovery for video conferencing
- [spp-timestamp time=”16:07″] – What makes Zoom different from Skype
- [spp-timestamp time=”16:57″] – Amanda shares some of the key features of Zoom
- [spp-timestamp time=”17:34″] – On meeting with other UK podcasters
- [spp-timestamp time=”18:44″] – How Amanda found out about the New Media Europe conference and what made her decide to go
- [spp-timestamp time=”19:18″] – Amanda’s excitement about seeing Natalie Sisson and other people she sees virtually
- [spp-timestamp time=”21:08″] – Where to learn more about Amanda online
- [spp-timestamp time=”21:29″] – Mike thanks Amanda and wraps up the show
Find Amanda online!
- Websites – WellpreneurOnline.com and VintageAmanda.com
- Twitter – @VintageAmanda
Coming up next…
Join Mike as he talks to the online international coach, John Murphy!
Grab the chance to get a discounted registration to the New Media Europe conference this coming September just by listening to the end of the show.