How a Kansas City Mom Influencer Made Content Her Full-Time Job

S2E13 - Welcome to Be Life Changers – https://linktr.ee/kathycoatesevents Sharing Local Love… stories of purpose, impact, and growth in business and life. ---------- Kansas City's KC Cool Mom, Tori Wade, went from free play-café passes to a full-time creator business, and now she coaches new creators for free. Kathy Coates and Tori talk about competing for the same brand deals, why small businesses should invest in local influencers, and how building a career around your kid actually works.

S2E12 - Welcome to Be Life Changers – https://linktr.ee/kathycoatesevents Sharing Local Love… stories of purpose, impact, and growth in business and life. ---------- Michelle McNeil started making bracelets to survive her own grief. Eleven years later M&MDesigns makes sensory items for adults and kids who need therapeutic support — including plenty of people who swear they don't. She and Kathy Coates launch the Gabriel Givens special edition line at the Monster Market Bash on October 10th. W

S2E11 - Welcome to Be Life Changers – https://linktr.ee/kathycoatesevents Sharing Local Love… stories of purpose, impact, and growth in business and life. ---------- Kathy Coates put herself on the spot with a jar of questions she'd never seen — and admitted the way she'd been introducing herself sounded more like a resume than a person. In 30 to 60 seconds each, she works through who she is, who she helps, and what she wants people to remember. Try the same questions at home and see whether

S2E10 - Welcome to Be Life Changers – https://linktr.ee/kathycoatesevents Sharing Local Love… stories of purpose, impact, and growth in business and life. ---------- "I clearly heard the Lord say, 'Slow down.'" Kathy Coates had just gotten her third speeding ticket in a matter of months — and the message wasn't about her driving. Business and efficiency coach Anne Wisdom joins her to talk about "addition by subtraction," why Q3 is the last real window to reset your year,

S2E9 - Welcome to Be Life Changers – https://linktr.ee/kathycoatesevents Sharing Local Love… stories of purpose, impact, and growth in business and life. ---------- He turned pizza into a platform! Court built the KC Pizza Pass to help Kansas City's independent restaurants get discovered, and it grew into something bigger. Today we're sitting down with him to talk creators, community, and why "spray and pray" marketing is dead. Grab your own KC Pizza Pass at kcpizza

S2E8 - Welcome to Be Life Changers – https://linktr.ee/kathycoatesevents Sharing Local Love… stories of purpose, impact, and growth in business and life. ---------- Imagine sitting at your favorite neighborhood tavern on a casual Sunday afternoon, joking about buying it, and suddenly walking out with the keys. This is the raw, unfiltered story of how Danny and his wife acquired Mae’s Tavern in Kansas City on a whim—and the exact moment a realization about their family legacy le

S2E7 - Welcome to Be Life Changers – https://linktr.ee/kathycoatesevents Sharing Local Love… stories of purpose, impact, and growth in business and life. ---------- Taylor Jezik fell out of a third-story window at 14 and spent her first year of high school in a wheelchair. Today she runs Charlie Hayes, TJ Events, and Aria Anneliese, and co-owns Hometown Olathe Family Farm. She sits down with host Kathy Coates Newman to talk motherhood, raising entrepreneurial kids, choosing collaboration over