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Maximize Your Google Business Profile with Marilyn Jenkins' New Book Maximizeyourgbp.com Show Notes About the Guest(s): Marilyn Jenkins is the CEO of MJ Media Group, LLC, and the founder of Law Marketing Zone. With over a decade of experience in digital marketing for local businesses, Marilyn helps her clients harness the power of Google to grow their businesses. She has helped numerous clients reach seven figures in revenue and achieve 5x to 14x ROI for their marketing efforts. Episode Summary: Welcome to The Chris Boss Show, where the host brings on the smartest people in the world to discuss topics ranging from CEOs and authors to thought leaders and visionaries. In this episode, Marilyn Jenkins, CEO of MJ Media Group, LLC, and founder of Law Marketing Zone, joins the show to discuss the power of Google Business Profiles (GBP) and how local businesses can maximize their online presence. Marilyn shares insights from her book, "Google Business Profile Training Guide," and explains how businesses can use GBP to drive traffic to their websites and increase phone calls to their offices. She emphasizes the importance of maintaining a positive online reputation and provides best practices for managing GBP effectively. Key Takeaways: Google Business Profiles (GBP) are free business listings on Google that can significantly impact a local business's online visibility. Maximizing a GBP involves claiming and verifying the profile, filling it out with accurate information, and consistently updating it with photos, videos, and posts. GBP can drive traffic to a website and increase phone calls by providing potential customers with essential information and engaging content. Connecting GBP to Google Ads can enhance the performance of paid digital ads and improve visibility in local searches. Maintaining a positive online reputation involves responding to reviews, both positive and negative, in a professional and timely manner. Notable Quotes: "It's surprising how many people don't realize the power of their Google Business Profile. They think it's just for reviews." - Marilyn Jenkins "By maximizing your Google Business Profile, you can be found whenever people search for you locally." - Marilyn Jenkins "The more information you give on your Google Business Profile, the more often you're going to show up in searches." - Marilyn Jenkins "Running Facebook ads is a great way to get your business out there and engage with potential customers." - Marilyn Jenkins "Google is moving towards zero-click searches, where they provide the answer directly on the search results page. Maximizing your GBP can help you take advantage of this trend." - Marilyn Jenkins

22 Tammi 202429min

Recipe for a Charmed Life by Rachel Linden https://amzn.to/492omQI “Heartfelt, heartwarming, joyful, and uplifting. You can't go wrong with a Rachel Linden book.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber After a day of unrivaled disappointments, a promising young chef finds every bite of food suddenly tastes bitter. To save her career, she travels to the Pacific Northwest to reconnect with her estranged mom, and discovers a family legacy she never suspected in this delicious novel from the bestselling author of The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie. American chef Georgia May Jackson has one goal—to run her own restaurant in Paris. After a grueling decade working in Parisian kitchens, she is on the cusp of success. But in one disastrous night, Georgia loses her sous-chef position, her French boyfriend, and her sense of taste! Renowned for her refined palate and daring use of bold flavors to create remarkable dishes, Georgia is devastated to discover her culinary gift has simply...vanished. When she receives a surprising invitation from her estranged mother, Georgia flees to a small island near Seattle hoping the visit will help her regain her spark in the kitchen. As she tentatively reconnects with her mom, a free-spirited hippie eager to make up for her past mistakes, Georgia realizes there is something about the enigmatic island she just cannot piece together. Good luck charms start appearing in the oddest places. Her neighbor is a puzzlingly antagonistic (and annoyingly handsome) oyster farmer. And her mom keeps hinting at a mysterious family legacy. With the clock ticking and time running out to win her dream job in Paris, Georgia begins to unravel some astonishing secrets that make her wonder if the true recipe for a charmed life might look—and taste—very different than she ever imagined. About the author Rachel Linden is a novelist and international aid worker whose adventures in over fifty countries around the world provide excellent grist for her writing. She is the author of Ascension of Larks, Becoming the Talbot Sisters, and The Enlightenment of Bees. Currently Rachel lives with her family in Seattle, WA where she enjoys creating stories about hope, courage and connection with a hint of romance and a touch of whimsy.

21 Tammi 202429min

Break Through: Master Your Default Mode and Thrive by Hosein Kouros-Mehr https://amzn.to/4234lHv Yourdefaultmode.com "Break Through is a fascinating, science-backed exploration of the default mode network (DMN), considered to be the actual location of ‘self’ in the brain. Understanding and healing our DMN is a promising way to tackle society’s mental health epidemic.” - Rick Doblin, PhD, Founder of MAPS What's stopping you from being truly happy and at peace? Could it be your wandering mind that constantly revisits painful thoughts and bad habits? Scientists now have a name for the wandering mind—the default mode network (DMN), a barrier that can prevent you from enjoying life. Your DMN takes you away from the present moment and encourages you to ruminate on the past and future. This can lead to painful conditions—mental knots—like stress, anxiety, emotional pain, addiction, and depression. Fortunately, you can break through this wall to the blissful peace in your core. Backed by scientific data, Break Through connects the medical and spiritual realms on a journey of inner healing. With a holistic approach, you can master your default mode and rise to your best self. Unlock health, happiness, and inner peace, and open the door to new possibilities that you once deemed impossible.About the author Hosein Kouros-Mehr, MD, PhD is an author and physician-scientist who has spent over two decades in cancer research and drug development. Thanks to his background, Hosein recognized the extraordinary ramifications of a recent scientific discovery: the default mode network (DMN), which encodes the human ego and influences our thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. Recognizing the profound impact of this breakthrough on self-understanding (both from clinical and personal experience), he wrote "Break Through: Master Your Default Mode and Thrive" to help readers master the DMN and live happier, more fulfilling lives. Hosein is also the author of two futuristic novels, "Extinction 6" and "Project Bodi: Awaken the Power of Insight," that explore the inner workings of the mind. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and children.

21 Tammi 202443min

HOW TO TELL IF SOMEONE IS LYING: GAVIN STONE REVEALS THE METHODS USED BY GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS & INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES TO DETECT LIES! by GAVIN STONE https://amzn.to/3U8cpF0 Would you like to learn the techniques to spot the lies and get to the truth? How to tell if someone is lying will teach you the methods used by the best in the world for deception detection. You will learn about the psychology behind why people lie or hide truth, and then how to spot it using Stone's technique of CCA or Combined Communication Analysis. This takes into account, body language, non-verbal cues, psychology, the analysis of statements and other factors that brings them all together, to allow you to spot a lie! The step by step methods will teach you simple techniques to master all of the various methods and bring you toward reaching expert level, making you confident in using them all simultaneously, with ease. In this powerful book you'll discover actionable skills that will deliver instant results, such as: The only two reasons people tell a lie! How to easily read the body language in other people. Speed-read people, decipher body language, detect deception, and get to the truth. Learn skills used by professional law enforcement, MI6, CIA, FBI and the US military. How to spot the verbal signs that prove someone is being dishonest. The questions to ask to instantly reveal guilt. Mastering CCA (Combined Communication Analysis - created by Gavin Stone) Techniques that will get you to a full confession and discover what the truth really is How to apply these techniques in various situations throughout your life, whether dealing with your partner, parents, colleagues, or friends And so much more! How To Tell If Someone is lying is a ground-breaking, honest, down-to-earth, and easy to apply must-read for anyone who wants to learn the art of deception detection. Like Stone, it’s the real deal.

20 Tammi 202423min

Dead Man's Hand: A Pike Logan Novel (Pike Logan, 18) by Brad Taylor https://amzn.to/3U9BLlS New York Times bestselling author and former special forces officer Brad Taylor is back with a propulsive and topical edge-of-your-seat thriller featuring Pike Logan as he goes head-to-head with Putin’s henchmen. To finally end the war between their nations, a rogue band of Ukranian partisans known as the Wolves teams up with members of Russia’s military intelligence to assassinate Vladimir Putin. But Putin is aware of the traitors in his midst and assigns the loyal commander of the Russian National Guard to root them out. It’s a mission Victor Petrov is expected to undertake after he prevents Sweden from joining NATO—by assassinating a deputy minister of foreign affairs. After receiving intelligence about the threat in Sweden, the United States sends Pike Logan to identify Petrov’s target—only for him to get caught in the crossfire between Putin’s agents and the Wolves. When the smoke clears, Pike makes no effort to stop the Wolves on their ultimate mission, believing it just, until he discovers that their operation has unimaginable consequences. For Putin is preparing a devastating endgame: activating the Dead Man’s Hand nuclear response that will launch Russia’s missiles in the event of his death. . .

20 Tammi 202424min

Searching for Patty Hearst: A True Crime Novel by Roger D. Rapoport https://amzn.to/4b5jRq8 On the night that Patty Hearst was kidnapped in 1974, journalist Roger D. Rapoport, was a short drive away in his El Cerrito home. He quickly became one of the primary reporters covering the saga as it unfolded in real time. His reporting gave local and national readers a window into one of the most bizarre and polarizing crimes in U.S. history. Now, fifty years later, he has written a novel, Searching for Patty Hearst, that draws heavily from that time. In this compelling new book, he explores alternative theories of the crime and delves into the complex psychology of many of the key actors in a drama that kept the country riveted. Using the techniques of fiction, Rapoport gives voice to much of the story that fell outside of the bounds of journalistic coverage. “I wrote this novel because I believed the American public deserved nothing but the truth,” he says. With a wry sensibility and insider knowledge that Rapoport is one of the few people to possess, Searching for Patty Hearst, goes beyond the tabloid headlines to tell the story in all its depth. Rapoport takes on such questions as: Why did Patty participate in the kidnapping of a high school student hours before six of the SLA kidnappers were killed in a firefight with the Los Angeles police department? Did celebrity coroner Thomas Noguchi, whom Rapoport interviewed, mishandle the autopsies of six SLA victims? Why did Patty’s lawyers dump her fiancée Steve Weed as a key witness at her trial at the last minute? It’s often said that fiction can offer insights into the truth that reporting can’t. If that is the case, the story of Patty Hearst, the SLA, and the kidnapping that carved them into the American psyche just may be told for the first time with Searching for Patty Hearst.

19 Tammi 202437min

Radiant Heat by Sarah-Jane Collins https://amzn.to/4b5Em68 When a catastrophic wildfire suddenly rips through a woman’s hometown, she thinks she is lucky to have survived . . . until she finds a dead woman in her driveway, clutching a piece of paper with her name on it. . . . The blaze came out of nowhere one summer afternoon, a wall of fire fed by blustering wind. Yet, somehow, Alison is alive. She rode out the fire on the damp tiles of her bathroom, her entire body swaddled in a wet woolen blanket. As flames crackled around her, the bitter char of eucalyptus settled in the back of her throat, each breath more desperate than the last. The wildfire that devastated the Victoria countryside Alison calls home sets in motion a chain of events that threatens to obliterate the carefully constructed life she is living. When Alison emerges from her sheltering place, she spots a soot-covered cherry red car in her driveway, and in it, a dead woman. Alison has never met Simone Arnold in her life . . . or so she thinks. So what is she doing here? As Alison searches for answers across Australia’s scorched bushlands, she soon learns that the fire isn’t the only threat she’s facing. . . .

19 Tammi 202425min

Now, Near, Next: A Practical Guide for Mid-Career Women to Move from Professional Serendipity to Intentional Advancement by Cynthia Bentzen-Mercer, Kimberly K Rath https://amzn.to/3vLCa3u For many women, mid-career feels a lot like a merry-go-round. You start off, eager to jump in. You pick the pink pony and hold on tight. Uninhibited, you move to the zebra during the first stop. Look, Mom, no hands! However, at some point over the next twenty-plus years, you look up, and you're still on the same ride, with the same cast of characters, going in circles. You need a bigger playground! Now, Near, Next debunks the myth that putting your head down and working hard is the best way to realize your fullest potential. Energizing self-agency means taking control of your path ahead. Instead of conforming to social norms or other people's expectations, you look forward with intentionality, action, and reflection. It is time to amplify your potential by making room for yourself, bringing forethought to your journey, and developing a road map to your Now, Near, Next.

17 Tammi 202434min