Grand Connection Podcast

Susan Jarema
  • 5.0 (3)
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Updated Weekly

The Grand Connection Podcast is your home for community, collaboration, and meaningful business growth. Hosted by Susan Jarema, Chief Connection Officer and co-founder of The Grand Connection, this show helps heart-centered entrepreneurs build trusted relationships, gain genuine visibility, and grow with purpose. Through the Connect, Create, Collaborate framework and the GRAND Growth Model, you'll learn how to build confidence, strengthen partnerships, expand your reach, and create opportunities rooted in generosity and community. Each episode brings stories, practical insights, and simple actions to help you grow with more clarity, confidence, and ease. If you’re ready for a place where introverts and extroverts feel welcome, where learning and leadership go hand-in-hand, and where business feels lighter because we grow together, you belong here.

  1. 1d ago

    How to Sell Without Pressure by Understanding the Buyer’s Brain With Patrick Seaton | 044

    What changes when sales and marketing begin with understanding the person receiving the message rather than perfecting the message itself? Susan Jarema speaks with Patrick Seaton, creator of Ask Alex and co-author of A Crocodile Brain Can Make or Break Your Sale, about the neuroscience behind communication, trust, and the buying process. Patrick explores why people naturally communicate from their own thinking style, how too much information can create resistance, and why effective selling is less about persuasion and more about helping someone understand a problem worth solving. Their conversation connects closely with the Grand Connection philosophy of value first, sales second. Stronger relationships emerge when communication creates space for people to feel heard, respected, and involved in their own decisions. From AI-assisted communication to trust-building and thoughtful questioning, Patrick offers a grounded approach to creating visibility and business growth through connection rather than pressure. What You’ll Hear: AI can increase productivity while still producing communication that sounds better to the sender than it feels to the receiver.Understanding different thinking styles reveals why a message that feels clear to one person may fail to connect with someone else.Effective communication becomes more inclusive when data, process, relationships, and future possibilities are thoughtfully balanced.Sales begins to feel different when the focus shifts from presenting solutions to understanding problems worth solving.The SPIN framework creates space for buyers to explore the situation, problem, implications, and value of change before a solution takes centre stage.Too much information can interrupt a buyer's decision process, even when it is shared with enthusiasm and good intentions.Examining financial, productivity, risk, and emotional implications can help make an overlooked problem more tangible.AI can become a thought partner rather than simply a content generator when it introduces perspectives the communicator might otherwise miss.Objections can signal that the seller and buyer have moved out of sync, creating an opportunity to reconsider the pace and direction of the conversation.Trust includes both character and competence, reinforcing the Grand Connection emphasis on relationships that create the foundation for meaningful collaboration and shared growth. Meet the Guest: Patrick Seaton Patrick Seaton is the creator of AskAlex, a neuroscience-based communication thought partner that runs inside Claude as an MCP. His work sits at the intersection of brain science and AI-assisted marketing. His focus: making sure what your stack generates actually lands with the person receiving it, not just the person sending it. Website - https://askalex.coach/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickseaton Book - https://www.amazon.com/Crocodile-Brain-Make-Break-Your ebook/dp/B0CZL4W1PQ/ref=mp_s_a_1_1 Meet the Host: Susan Jarema Susan Jarema is a marketing strategist, internetologist, and founder of The Grand Connection. She helps entrepreneurs grow through collaboration, smart strategy, and high-impact digital presence. Susan is also president of New Earth Marketing, where she builds brands, websites, and ecosystems designed for real growth. Connect with Susan and the Grand Connection Community: Website: https://grandconnection.ca/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/grand.connection Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GrandConnectionCommunity Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grandconnection.ca/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/66749100 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxq03yde7nb57HKV1hhztYA Lead Magnet Workbook https://grandconnection.ca/lead-magnets-guide-workbook/ Access your Grand Growth Bundle and Free Guest Pass: https://grandconnection.ca/gifts We are proud to have Grand Connection Podcast on the High Vibe Podcast Network. Grab your free gift from Susan in our Our High Vibe Gift Vault. Love this show? Check out the other shows on the High Vibe Podcast Network. Share the Love ✨ If this episode lit something up in you… tag us on Instagram @HighVibeLeaders and let us know your biggest takeaway! 🦋 Don’t forget to rate & review — it helps us reach more conscious rebels like you. 🔊 Listen & Subscribe 🎧 Apple Podcasts 🎧 Spotify 🎧 Amazon Music 🎧High Vibe Podcast Network

    How to Sell Without Pressure by Understanding the Buyer’s Brain With Patrick Seaton | 044

  2. Sep 27

    From Connection to Referrals and Partnerships: The ASCEND Collaboration Ladder | 043

    What turns a promising business connection into a relationship strong enough to support referrals, opportunities, and meaningful collaboration? Susan Jarema introduces the ASCEND Collaboration Ladder as a practical way to recognize where a professional relationship stands and what its next natural step might be. Moving from authentic connection through trust, referral readiness, shared opportunities, collaboration, and deeper partnership, Susan shows why strong relationships rarely need to be rushed. The focus stays on curiosity, value alignment, follow-through, and Grand Giving rather than transactional networking or keeping score. The ASCEND framework also reinforces an important idea within the GRAND Growth Model: meaningful growth does not always require meeting more people. Sometimes greater opportunity comes from strengthening the relationships already present, opening doors where genuine alignment exists, and allowing collaboration to develop at a pace that supports trust. What You’ll Hear: Strong collaboration often develops through a series of natural relationship steps rather than beginning with a large proposal or immediate business opportunity.Authentic connection creates space for curiosity before either person needs to decide what a business relationship should become.Trust grows through alignment, consistency, shared values, and the experience of seeing how another person follows through.Referral readiness depends on more than being known and trusted. Clear understanding of expertise, ideal clients, problems solved, and credible results makes meaningful introductions easier.Opportunities can extend far beyond client referrals, including introductions, speaking opportunities, podcast appearances, shared content, and connections to valuable resources.Grand Giving becomes practical when relationships create genuine opportunities to open doors for one another without keeping score.Small collaborative experiments can reveal compatibility, communication style, reliability, and audience alignment before a larger partnership is considered.Deepening a partnership can be just as valuable as continually seeking new connections, especially when an existing collaboration already works well.Not every relationship needs to reach every level of ASCEND. Different connections can remain valuable as referral partnerships, trusted resources, speaking relationships, or supportive professional connections.Sustainable relationship-based growth comes from recognizing where a connection currently belongs and choosing the next appropriate step rather than forcing momentum. Meet the Host: Susan Jarema Susan Jarema is a marketing strategist, internetologist, and founder of The Grand Connection. She helps entrepreneurs grow through collaboration, smart strategy, and high-impact digital presence. Susan is also president of New Earth Marketing, where she builds brands, websites, and ecosystems designed for real growth. Connect with Susan and the Grand Connection Community: Website: https://grandconnection.ca/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/grand.connection Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GrandConnectionCommunity Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grandconnection.ca/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/66749100 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxq03yde7nb57HKV1hhztYA Lead Magnet Workbook https://grandconnection.ca/lead-magnets-guide-workbook/ Access your Grand Growth Bundle and Free Guest Pass: https://grandconnection.ca/gifts We are proud to have Grand Connection Podcast on the High Vibe Podcast Network. Grab your free gift from Susan in our Our High Vibe Gift Vault. Love this show? Check out the other shows on the High Vibe Podcast Network. Share the Love ✨ If this episode lit something up in you… tag us on Instagram @HighVibeLeaders and let us know your biggest takeaway! 🦋 Don’t forget to rate & review — it helps us reach more conscious rebels like you. 🔊 Listen & Subscribe 🎧 Apple Podcasts 🎧 Spotify 🎧 Amazon Music 🎧High Vibe Podcast Network

    From Connection to Referrals and Partnerships: The ASCEND Collaboration Ladder | 043

  3. Sep 20

    Grand Mixer Retreat Planning: Pricing, Safety, and Experience With Blaney Teal, Sheri Rosenthal, and Lori McDowell | 042

    What makes a retreat sustainable for the host, meaningful for participants, and valuable to the wider community? Susan Jarema and co-host Steve Brossman bring together retreat leaders Blaney Teal, Sheri Rosenthal, and Lori McDowell to explore three foundations that support stronger retreat experiences: financial clarity, thoughtful protection, and purposeful design. Blaney reframes profitability as part of responsible retreat planning, starting with expenses, break-even numbers, profit goals, and realistic pricing. Sheri highlights the often-overlooked responsibility of protecting participants and hosts through appropriate insurance, legal documents, emergency planning, and professional guidance. Lori returns the conversation to purpose, showing how transformation, community connection, and her give-back effect can deepen the experience beyond the retreat itself. Together, their perspectives reflect the Grand Connection philosophy that meaningful growth becomes lighter and more sustainable when expertise, relationships, and responsibilities are shared through trusted collaboration. What You’ll Hear: Retreat profitability begins with understanding the complete financial picture rather than choosing a ticket price first.Sustainable pricing includes more than venue and food costs. The host’s expertise, energy, preparation, and desired profit belong in the calculation too.A sold-out retreat is not automatically a profitable retreat, creating an important distinction between attendance and financial sustainability.Participant trust is strengthened when safety, legal responsibilities, emergency planning, and clear expectations are treated as foundational rather than secondary.International and domestic retreats can carry different insurance and regulatory considerations, making qualified professional guidance an important part of planning.Written agreements, cancellation policies, participant information, and contractor documentation can create greater clarity before unexpected situations arise.Retreat purpose can become a practical decision-making filter for choosing the location, activities, experience, and intended transformation.Meaningful experiences can strengthen relationships beyond the retreat itself when participants have a clear pathway to continue the connection or work.Lori McDowell’s give-back effect expands retreat impact by connecting the experience with a relevant need in the host community.The Grand Mixer itself demonstrates the Connect, Create, Collaborate philosophy, showing how complementary partners can share expertise, audiences, responsibilities, and opportunities without trying to build everything alone. Co-Host: Steve Brossman Steve Brossman is a 9-time Amazon Best-Selling Author who has built multiple 6- and 7-figure international businesses. He has supported many of our members, including myself, with high-value training that brings clarity to their Bankable Story and helps them sell their programs with ease. Through his signature FLOW Selling System, Steve empowers entrepreneurs to create inspired desirability and sell authentically without ever feeling pushy or salesy. https://stevebrossman.com Featured Guest: Sheri Rosenthal Sheri Rosenthal, founder of Wanderlust Entrepreneur® and CEO of Journeys of the Spirit®, is the world’s leading retreat strategist. With over 20 years of experience and 1,000+ retreats managed globally, she’s guided 25,000+ coaches, healers, and heart-centered entrepreneurs to plan, fill, and profit from transformational retreats that change lives while creating sustainable, thriving businesses. https://www.wanderlustentrepreneur.com/ Free Gift - Profitable Retreat Formula 4-Part Video Training Series - A retreat resource for practical guidance on planning, protecting, and creating more sustainable retreat experiences. The Profitable Retreat Formula | Wanderlust Entrepreneur Featured Guest: Lori McDowell Lori McDowell is an international speaker, best-selling author, TV host, and retreat strategist who helps purpose-driven business owners grow their income, impact, and legacy through extraordinary retreat experiences. As the founder of Reimagine U Strategies, Lori designs and facilitates transformational retreats that create lasting results, meaningful connections, and unforgettable experiences that change lives and create ripples far beyond the retreat itself. https://yourextraordinarylife.net/ Free Gift - Breakthrough Blueprint - Explore how transformational retreats can strengthen connection, community, and business growth. Breakthrough Blueprint Featured Guest: Blaney Teal Blaney Teal is a Retreat Business Strategist, bestselling author of *Profitable Retreats 101*, and co-owner of a boutique Caribbean retreat venue. She helps coaches, consultants, and entrepreneurs create profitable, transformational retreats that deepen client relationships, expand their impact, and generate new revenue through proven strategies and real-world experience. https://mbxevents.com/ https://offthegridretreats.com/ Free Gift - Profitable Retreats 101 - A guide for practical support with planning, pricing, promoting, and hosting a retreat that makes financial sense. Profitable Retreats 101 by Blaney Teal Meet the Host: Susan Jarema Susan Jarema is a marketing strategist, internetologist, and founder of The Grand Connection. She helps entrepreneurs grow through collaboration, smart strategy, and high-impact digital presence. Susan is also president of New Earth Marketing, where she builds brands, websites, and ecosystems designed for real growth. Connect with Susan and the Grand Connection Community: Website: https://grandconnection.ca/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/grand.connection Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GrandConnectionCommunity Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grandconnection.ca/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/66749100 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxq03yde7nb57HKV1hhztYA Lead Magnet Workbook https://grandconnection.ca/lead-magnets-guide-workbook/ Access your Grand Growth Bundle and Free Guest Pass: https://grandconnection.ca/gifts We are proud to have Grand Connection Podcast on the High Vibe Podcast Network. Grab your free gift from Susan in our Our High Vibe Gift Vault. Love this show? Check out the other shows on the High Vibe Podcast Network. Share the Love ✨ If this episode lit something up in you… tag us on Instagram @HighVibeLeaders and let us know your biggest takeaway! 🦋 Don’t forget to rate & review — it helps us reach more conscious rebels like you. 🔊 Listen & Subscribe 🎧 Apple Podcasts 🎧 Spotify 🎧 Amazon Music 🎧High Vibe Podcast Network

    Grand Mixer Retreat Planning: Pricing, Safety, and Experience With Blaney Teal, Sheri Rosenthal, and Lori McDowell | 042

  4. Sep 13

    Giving Without Overgiving: Creating Healthy Boundaries With Shelly McClintock | 041

    When does generosity stop feeling generous and start quietly draining the person who is always willing to help? Susan Jarema and life coach Shelly McClintock explore the line between meaningful giving and overgiving, especially for entrepreneurs and high-achieving women whose identity can become tied to being dependable, productive, and needed. Shelly McClintock connects overgiving with self-trust, boundaries, vulnerability, delegation, and the willingness to receive support. Susan Jarema brings the conversation into entrepreneurship and the Grand Connection approach to intentional collaboration, where generosity becomes more sustainable when people contribute from their strengths instead of trying to carry everything alone. Their discussion reframes boundaries not as withdrawal from community, but as a way to preserve the energy required for genuine connection, purposeful giving, and shared growth. What You’ll Hear: Generosity can become overgiving when personal value becomes connected to being useful, needed, or constantly available to others.Self-trust changes the way decisions are made, creating space between external expectations and what genuinely feels appropriate.A strength such as dependability can begin working against someone when being “the strong one” makes receiving help feel uncomfortable.Entrepreneurship does not automatically create freedom when old patterns of overwork and over-responsibility follow someone into the business.Delegation becomes more relational when it is viewed as an opportunity for other people to contribute their own strengths and abilities.Vulnerability supports genuine connection because polished competence alone cannot create the depth of relationship that collaboration requires.Productivity can be reframed by separating what matters now from tasks, worries, and responsibilities that do not actually need immediate attention.The power of a pause creates room for more intentional decisions before a generous impulse becomes an unwanted obligation.Healthy boundaries can strengthen collaboration by directing time and energy toward relationships, contributions, and opportunities that are genuinely aligned.Receiving support becomes an important part of the Connect, Create, Collaborate framework because sustainable growth depends on allowing others to participate rather than carrying everything alone. Featured Guest: Shelly McClintock For decades, Shelly McClintock did what so many high-achieving women do — gave everything to everyone else and called it purpose. As a life coach and founder of Pioneer Coaching, she now helps high-achieving women recognize where over-giving and over-performing have quietly replaced their own needs, their own voice, and their own sense of self. Connect with Shelly McClintock LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/shelly-mcclintock-professional Gift: Your Life Toolbox - https://pioneertogether.com/lifetoolbox Your Life Toolbox is a guide to help you remember the AMAZING tools already in your toolbox AND create a wish list for the new tools you wish were part of your Toolbox. This gift comes with a 45-minute Toolbox Audit Call where I work together with you to build Your Toolbox so that you are more equipped when the next life-maintenance issue arises. Meet the Host: Susan Jarema Susan Jarema is a marketing strategist, internetologist, and founder of The Grand Connection. She helps entrepreneurs grow through collaboration, smart strategy, and high-impact digital presence. Susan is also president of New Earth Marketing, where she builds brands, websites, and ecosystems designed for real growth. Connect with Susan and the Grand Connection Community: Website: https://grandconnection.ca/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/grand.connection Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GrandConnectionCommunity Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grandconnection.ca/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/66749100 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxq03yde7nb57HKV1hhztYA Lead Magnet Workbook https://grandconnection.ca/lead-magnets-guide-workbook/ Access your Grand Growth Bundle and Free Guest Pass: https://grandconnection.ca/gifts We are proud to have Grand Connection Podcast on the High Vibe Podcast Network. Grab your free gift from Susan in our Our High Vibe Gift Vault. Love this show? Check out the other shows on the High Vibe Podcast Network. Share the Love ✨ If this episode lit something up in you… tag us on Instagram @HighVibeLeaders and let us know your biggest takeaway! 🦋 Don’t forget to rate & review — it helps us reach more conscious rebels like you. 🔊 Listen & Subscribe 🎧 Apple Podcasts 🎧 Spotify 🎧 Amazon Music 🎧High Vibe Podcast Network

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  5. Sep 7

    Mind Development and Resilience: Lessons From 65 Years of Learning With Allan Roberts | 040

    What becomes possible when a person stops treating an old limitation as a permanent definition of what can be achieved? Susan Jarema speaks with Allan Roberts, mindset master coach, author, mentor, and longtime Grand Connection member, about more than 65 years of studying mind development and putting those principles into practice through profound change. Allan traces his journey from leaving school believing he was “too stupid to learn” to rediscovering a deep yearning for learning through goal setting, commitment, belief, and excellence. His experiences with sight loss, serious health challenges, writing, public service, and mentoring two young women show how resilience can involve adapting rather than simply pushing harder. Their connection through the Grand Connection also reflects the spirit of Connect, Create, Collaborate, where knowledge grows through trusted relationships and shared learning. Throughout the conversation, Susan and Allan explore awareness, curiosity, reflection, mentoring, and his A-to-G framework as grounded practices for continuing to move toward meaningful goals. What You’ll Hear: Early messages about ability can shape an entire future, yet the right encouragement and evidence can reopen a person’s belief in what is possible.Goal setting becomes more meaningful when commitment, belief, and a standard of excellence are developed alongside the goal itself.Lifelong learning is presented not as a formal achievement, but as an ongoing habit of curiosity, reflection, and personal development.Resilience can mean changing direction when circumstances make the original path impossible, while continuing to contribute in a new way.Personal challenges can create opportunities for service, mentoring, writing, and community involvement rather than becoming the end of meaningful growth.Mentoring becomes a two-way relationship when the mentor remains open to learning from different generations, perspectives, and cultures.Greater awareness creates space to examine what sits underneath mistakes, habits, distractions, and repeated patterns.Curiosity keeps the mind active by encouraging deeper investigation instead of accepting things only at surface level.The Grand Connection’s Connect, Create, Collaborate philosophy comes to life through relationships where knowledge, encouragement, and opportunities are shared across generations. Featured Guest: Allan Roberts Allan Roberts is an inspirational speaker, author, mentor and mindset coach who has spent more than 65 years developing and sharing the principles of Mind Development. Now 81, Allan has overcome significant personal, financial and health challenges, strengthening his belief in resilience, adaptability and never giving up. He is the author of several books, including Wake Up, Don't Let the World Pass You By, The Great Bank Heist Mystery, Mountains and Rivers, and Rambling Wreck to Recognition: The Professional Speakers Handbook, as well as a co-author of several collaborative books. Today, Allan is passionate about mentoring the next generation, helping young people discover their potential, and supporting charitable causes as he champions youth for a better tomorrow. Connect with Allan Roberts: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allan-roberts-183a49104/ Meet the Host: Susan Jarema Susan Jarema is a marketing strategist, internetologist, and founder of The Grand Connection. She helps entrepreneurs grow through collaboration, smart strategy, and high-impact digital presence. Susan is also president of New Earth Marketing, where she builds brands, websites, and ecosystems designed for real growth. Connect with Susan and the Grand Connection Community: Website: https://grandconnection.ca/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/grand.connection Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GrandConnectionCommunity Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grandconnection.ca/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/66749100 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxq03yde7nb57HKV1hhztYA Lead Magnet Workbook https://grandconnection.ca/lead-magnets-guide-workbook/ Access your Grand Growth Bundle and Free Guest Pass: https://grandconnection.ca/gifts We are proud to have Grand Connection Podcast on the High Vibe Podcast Network. Grab your free gift from Susan in our Our High Vibe Gift Vault. Love this show? Check out the other shows on the High Vibe Podcast Network. Share the Love ✨ If this episode lit something up in you… tag us on Instagram @HighVibeLeaders and let us know your biggest takeaway! 🦋 Don’t forget to rate & review — it helps us reach more conscious rebels like you. 🔊 Listen & Subscribe 🎧 Apple Podcasts 🎧 Spotify 🎧 Amazon Music 🎧High Vibe Podcast Network

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  6. Aug 31

    Referral Ready: The Missing Step in Relationship-Based Selling | 039

    What makes someone genuinely easy to refer? Susan Jarema explores the space between being well-liked in a community and being clear, trusted, and prepared enough for someone to confidently make an introduction. Referral readiness is positioned not as a quick networking tactic, but as an evolving process built through listening, clearer offers, meaningful proof, consistent relationships, and thoughtful follow-up. Through the R READY framework and the ASCEND Collaboration Ladder, Susan shows how referral relationships can develop naturally from authentic connection into shared opportunities and deeper collaboration. She also examines the less-discussed side of referrals: receiving them well, navigating relationships that feel one-sided, setting honest boundaries, and recognizing that generosity does not always return through the same person. The larger message reflects the Grand Connection approach to Connect, Create, Collaborate: sustainable growth becomes easier when clarity and trust make it simple for others to understand, remember, and recommend meaningful work. What You’ll Hear: The subtle difference between being known in a community and becoming someone others feel confident recommending.Why referral readiness may reveal gaps in an offer, message, proof, or follow-up that networking alone cannot solve.A way of listening for the language potential clients actually use rather than relying only on professional terminology.What changing markets and emerging tools can reveal about whether an offer still reflects what people genuinely value.Why clearer referral clues can make an introduction easier without turning relationships into transactional exchanges.The deeper responsibility that comes with a referral when another person is placing part of their own reputation behind an introduction.How repeated positive experiences can gradually move a relationship from connection toward referrals, partnerships, and collaboration.What may be missing when referrals are being given generously but are not flowing naturally in both directions.A more thoughtful way to handle relationships where a direct referral does not feel appropriate or aligned.Why becoming referral ready is less about completing a checklist and more about continually listening, testing, refining, and strengthening relationships. Meet the Host: Susan Jarema Susan Jarema is a marketing strategist, internetologist, and founder of The Grand Connection. She helps entrepreneurs grow through collaboration, smart strategy, and high-impact digital presence. Susan is also president of New Earth Marketing, where she builds brands, websites, and ecosystems designed for real growth. Connect with Susan and the Grand Connection Community: Website: https://grandconnection.ca/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/grand.connection Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GrandConnectionCommunity Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grandconnection.ca/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/66749100 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxq03yde7nb57HKV1hhztYA Lead Magnet Workbook https://grandconnection.ca/lead-magnets-guide-workbook/ Access your Grand Growth Bundle and Free Guest Pass: https://grandconnection.ca/gifts We are proud to have Grand Connection Podcast on the High Vibe Podcast Network. Grab your free gift from Susan in our Our High Vibe Gift Vault. Love this show? Check out the other shows on the High Vibe Podcast Network. Share the Love ✨ If this episode lit something up in you… tag us on Instagram @HighVibeLeaders and let us know your biggest takeaway! 🦋 Don’t forget to rate & review — it helps us reach more conscious rebels like you. 🔊 Listen & Subscribe 🎧 Apple Podcasts 🎧 Spotify 🎧 Amazon Music 🎧High Vibe Podcast Network

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  7. Aug 23

    The Ultimate Marketing Masterclass: Collaboration in Action | 038

    What changes when marketing becomes less about doing everything alone and more about building the right relationships around shared value? Susan Jarema introduces Kimberly Day’s Ultimate Marketing Masterclass as a practical example of collaboration already at work, bringing together Chuck Anderson, Steve Gaston, Eric Lofholm, Susan Jarema, and Blaney Teal around complementary approaches to visibility, sales, authority, community, and business growth. Across the conversation, affiliate partnerships expand access to trusted audiences, clear positioning strengthens authority, consistent sales activity creates momentum, and group experiences open opportunities for deeper connection. Susan brings these ideas together through the Connect, Create, Collaborate framework, showing how intentional networking can grow into referrals, partnerships, shared audiences, and recurring opportunities. The larger theme is a grounded one: meaningful growth becomes lighter and more sustainable when expertise, relationships, resources, and visibility are shared rather than built in isolation. What You’ll Hear: A different way to think about where the next client may already be waiting, especially when growth feels too dependent on one audience or platform.A closer look at the kinds of relationships that can quietly expand reach without requiring constant self-promotion.Why becoming known for something specific can change the way prospects perceive value before a sales conversation even begins.The hidden tension between growing demand and protecting time, and what starts to matter when a business becomes too dependent on one person.A useful reframe around sales goals that can bring more clarity to what needs attention now rather than someday.What consistent follow-up can reveal about the difference between having a sales pipeline and actively managing one.Why group experiences can shift visibility, authority, and trust in ways that one-to-one conversations often cannot.A reminder that knowing a marketing strategy and actually building a rhythm around it are two very different things.Susan Jarema explores what changes when networking becomes more intentional and starts before anyone enters the room.The Connect, Create, Collaborate framework offers a way to see how simple connections can develop into deeper partnerships, shared visibility, and opportunities that continue to grow. Featured Guests: 𝘊𝘩𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 - 𝘈𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵 https://www.linkedin.com/in/limitlesschuck/ 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 Chuck Anderson is a trusted authority in affiliate management with over 20 years of experience recruiting, training, and managing high-performing affiliate programs. He specializes in helping coaches, consultants, and event hosts build scalable affiliate systems that consistently fill their practices and events to capacity. 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘎𝘪𝘧𝘵: 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨: 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘎𝘦𝘵 𝘈𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘴 & 𝘍𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 Learn the exact business model, software tools, and recruiting strategies you need to launch a profitable affiliate program in 10 days or less. Includes proven methods for finding affiliates to actively promote your offer and deliver immediate results. https://www.cmapn.com/free-gift?sa=sa0045129946cf23a3fa55d3b1d0247e4118eceaa9 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘎𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯 - 𝘕𝘰. 1 𝘈𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘰𝘯 𝘉𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳, 𝘉𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵 https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevegaston/ 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 Steve Gaston, known as 'The Catalyst for Success,'. He specializes in empowering entrepreneurs through personalized business growth strategies, with a focus on building strong relationships to achieve sustainable success. 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘎𝘪𝘧𝘵: 𝘈 𝘎𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘛𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘚𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘖𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 Access the world's most accessible high-level mentorship platform with one Golden Ticket to the multi-award-winning Masterclass Sessions. https://𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐩𝐨𝐝.𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.𝐜𝐨𝐦/𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐓𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭2026 𝘌𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘓𝘰𝘧𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘮 - 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳, 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳 & 𝘉𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳 https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericlofholm/ 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 Eric Lofholm is an internationally recognized sales trainer, speaker, and bestselling author with over 20 years of experience helping entrepreneurs and sales professionals grow their income and impact. He has trained thousands worldwide on sales, marketing, and business development, and is known for simplifying the sales process into practical, actionable strategies. As author of The System and other books, Eric specializes in helping business owners generate more leads, close more sales, and build predictable long-term success. 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘎𝘪𝘧𝘵: 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘗𝘋𝘍: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 + 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 Receive a complimentary digital copy of Eric Lofholm's published book, The System, featuring the proven sales and business principles he's used to help thousands of entrepreneurs generate more leads, increase sales, and grow their business. https://ericlofholm.lpages.co/the-system-pdf/ 𝘚𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘯 𝘑𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢 - 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘕𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanjarema/ 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲 Susan Jarema is Co-founder of Grand Connection and President of New Earth Marketing. With over 25 years of marketing experience, she helps entrepreneurs grow their networks, build strategic partnerships, and increase visibility. 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘎𝘪𝘧𝘵: 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘎𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 3 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘊𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 Experience Grand Connection with a complimentary guest pass to attend up to 3 virtual events. Discover a welcoming community of entrepreneurs who believe in meaningful connections, collaboration, and grand giving. Guest Pass: https://grandconnection.ca/free-guest-pass/ 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘭 - 𝘙𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘉𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘖𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘳 https://www.linkedin.com/in/blaneyteal/ 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 Blaney Teal is a Retreat Business Strategist, entrepreneur, and co-owner of Playa Sonrisa, a boutique retreat destination on Mexico's Caribbean coast. She helps coaches, consultants, authors, and service-based business owners transform their expertise into profitable, transformational retreat experiences. Blaney is the author of the Amazon #1 b

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    How can visibility grow into something more meaningful than reach alone? Susan Jarema speaks with Kevin Devecioglu about podcasting, thought leadership, community building, and the role of AI in modern business. Their conversation explores how clear positioning, consistent educational content, and listening closely to an audience can turn visibility into stronger relationships, shared opportunities, and sustainable growth. The discussion also reinforces a central idea behind Connect, Create, Collaborate: technology can expand reach, but trust, generosity, and human connection remain at the heart of meaningful business growth. What You’ll Hear: Podcasting can become a long-term visibility channel when it is treated as part of the business rather than an extra marketing task.Thought leadership grows through useful, educational content that builds trust instead of relying on constant promotion.Market research and careful observation can reveal gaps, clarify positioning, and help shape content around real audience needs.Short-form and long-form content can work together to create more ways for people to discover and engage with a brand.An audience becomes more valuable when leaders listen closely, ask what is needed, and create opportunities for meaningful participation.Strong communities do not have to do everything alone. Complementary networks can expand relationships, visibility, and access to expertise.AI can make business more efficient, but human connection, conversation, and trust remain essential to sustainable growth. Featured Guest: Kevin Devecioglu is the founder and host of The American Business Podcast (ABP): The Voice of American Business. ABP is an educational, independent and nonpolitical business podcast. Kevin is also the founder of America's Virtual Chamber of Commerce& Industry (AVCCI) powered by ABP. AVCCI is a virtual chamber of commerce that is fully integrated with The American Business Podcast (ABP) to support, promote, uplift and connect American businesses, nonprofits, manufacturers and the business community. Kevin has more than three decades of business experience. He has experience in variety of industries such as manufacturing (discrete and process), import/export international trade, wholesale/distribution, consulting and AI powered enterprise software industry. Kevin is a published author, public speaker, and board member. Connect with Kevin: Website: www.Americanpodcast.tv Youtube: www.youtube.com/@Americanbusinesspodcast https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39130748/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm17956460 Meet the Host: Susan Jarema Susan Jarema is a marketing strategist, internetologist, and co-founder of The Grand Connection. She helps entrepreneurs grow through collaboration, smart strategy, and high-impact digital presence. Susan is also president of New Earth Marketing, where she builds brands, websites, and ecosystems designed for real growth. Connect with Susan and the Grand Connection Community: Website: https://grandconnection.ca/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/grand.connection Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GrandConnectionCommunity Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grandconnection.ca/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/66749100 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxq03yde7nb57HKV1hhztYA Lead Magnet Workbook https://grandconnection.ca/lead-magnets-guide-workbook/ Access your Grand Growth Bundle and Free Guest Pass: https://grandconnection.ca/gifts We are proud to have Grand Connection Podcast on the High Vibe Podcast Network. Grab your free gift from Susan in our Our High Vibe Gift Vault. Love this show? Check out the other shows on the High Vibe Podcast Network. Share the Love ✨ If this episode lit something up in you… tag us on Instagram @HighVibeLeaders and let us know your biggest takeaway! 🦋 Don’t forget to rate & review — it helps us reach more conscious rebels like you. 🔊 Listen & Subscribe 🎧 Apple Podcasts 🎧 Spotify 🎧 Amazon Music 🎧High Vibe Podcast Network

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The Grand Connection Podcast is your home for community, collaboration, and meaningful business growth. Hosted by Susan Jarema, Chief Connection Officer and co-founder of The Grand Connection, this show helps heart-centered entrepreneurs build trusted relationships, gain genuine visibility, and grow with purpose. Through the Connect, Create, Collaborate framework and the GRAND Growth Model, you'll learn how to build confidence, strengthen partnerships, expand your reach, and create opportunities rooted in generosity and community. Each episode brings stories, practical insights, and simple actions to help you grow with more clarity, confidence, and ease. If you’re ready for a place where introverts and extroverts feel welcome, where learning and leadership go hand-in-hand, and where business feels lighter because we grow together, you belong here.

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  • Creator
    Susan Jarema
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    45
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © Copyright 2026 Susan Jarema
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    Grand Connection Podcast