The Crowdfire Stories Podcast

Alizabeth suffered from horrible bullying, chronic illnesses, and mental health issues. She turned all that pain into wildly ambitious success. She's written 17 books. She has a makeup line and a soon to be clothing line. She's a blogger and an activist. This is the Wonder Woman we should all be following. In her words, "There is no one in this world who will ever be able to replace you. And when you put your mind to it, I promise that you are an unstoppable energy that has the ability to impact this world for good. You can do it, babe. I believe in you. While it’s not going to be easy, I promise that we will learn to love ourselves together." http://www.curvyhipsandtintedlips.com/ https://twitter.com/curvy_lips https://www.instagram.com/curvyhipsandtintedlips/ https://www.pinterest.com/Tintedlips/

Mary wanted to get back to a better way of life. She wanted to help others eat local sustainable healthy and most of all delicious food. She started a blog to help share recipes and information. She explains, "That’s why I created this blog, to help us all learn more about eating healthy whether that is organic vegetables or grass-fed beef or pesticide free fruit." Her blog is so successful it's being monetized now! http://www.maryslocalmarket.com/ https://www.instagram.com/maryslocalmarket/

Patricia went from not liking crocheting at all to building a little fiber art empire. Her blog PopsDeMilk sells patterns, teaches how to crochet and has an awesome community who love Patricia's creations. It is hard not to love tiny fiber death stars and adorable crocheted bunnies to be fair. Patricia is wise enough to play off of what's trending right now to make an art with the stereotype of being for older people cool again. https://popsdemilk.com/ https://www.facebook.com/popsdemilk https://www.instagram.com/popsdemilk/ https://twitter.com/popsdemilk

Kamelia grew up thinking that travel was expensive and not accessible for someone like her. She took my first big trip in 2006 and was instantly bitten by the travel bug. Working as a nurse, she wasn’t rich, but she was determined to live the lifestyle she craved on a budget she could afford. She started hacking! She's now a master travel hacker and regularly finds international travel deals at insanely low prices! I ask how she monetized such a unique career that she clearly loves. https://www.instagram.com/thehackerette/

Samuel Odekunle is a Social Media and Branding Expert, Entrepreneur and IT Consultant with over 15 years of cross-industry experience. On the podcast, he explains how he built his thriving business and he spills the tea on how to build your own social media marketing. http://samuelodekunle.com https://twitter.com/samuelodekunle

A love for adventure is in Alice's DNA. Her father started taking her on adventures at a young age. In school, she bloomed as an athlete. After college she found a way to combine her love for adventure with her physical abilities to become a stuntwoman including working on Ender’s Game, Now you See Me and Transformers 4 & 5. She's taking those skills one step farther with her adventure & sustainable travel youtube channel and blog. http://www.alicesadventuresonearth.com/ https://twitter.com/AliceLFord https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjGNpX42QLX8OYBLrEJ_Uhg

Mitch grew up with two passions, the great outdoors and technology. Now, as an adult he's on a mission to combine his love for travel with tech. He's succeeding in a big way. He's grown a massive online following. On the podcast, he tells us a little bit about how he built this new travel empire. https://www.unexpectedjourney.co/about-us https://www.instagram.com/unexpectedjrne/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8Z9w9L_cC7o44xDvy0UVLA/about https://twitter.com/Mitch_Summers

Justin is a young entrepreneur. He's still in college but he owns a fashion line and a social media marketing business. He also has a fashion company. I sat him down to ask how he does it all. He gave us great advice on how to create a social media network to help grow. https://twitter.com/imjustinray https://www.instagram.com/imjustinray/

Kim started playing music in the school band. Fast forward and she's released ten albums, completed three tours; 21 States, Caribbean and the UK. That's not all. She's written songs for exclusive ABC and NBC TV network catalogs, a Sony Store music project, charted on Billboard again, and the published one of her first children's book series. She's a natural artist and she has a world of advice in her story for musicians. http://sidefxband.net/about.aspx https://www.facebook.com/SideFXandKimCameron https://www.instagram.com/sidefxandkimcameron/ https://twitter.com/sidefxband

Lukus has built a following around his love for all things nerd! You might think that this was just for fun, right? Talking about comics and movies all day sure sounds like fun, but he did so much more with his passion. He built a social media marketing business. He used his own accounts that he built around what he was passionate about for social proof to prospective clients that he had the chops to build their audiences too. https://twitter.com/LukusIsRight https://www.instagram.com/LukusIsRight/

Grant Maloy Smith is what America sounds like, a singer/songwriter of American Roots music. He describes his sound as "a blend of old country, bluegrass, folk and Celtic influences" He is a member of NARAS (The Grammys®), The CMA (Country Music Association), and The AMA (Americana Music Association) We sat him down and asked him to tell us what he's learned on his journey as a musician. http://www.grant-maloy-smith.com/ https://twitter.com/grantmaloysmith https://www.instagram.com/grantmaloysmith/ https://www.facebook.com/GrantMaloySmithOfficial

John is a musician and a photographer by night and a project manager by day. His very different occupations have created a unique person in John. He's incredibly creative but when he describes his music or art he can describe it much like a project manager. He's built his community around his natural desire to reach out and connect with others not only via music or art, but also via Twitter. Hear John's story on today's episode. https://twitter.com/John__Burns http://www.reflectingme.com/

With his band Everyday Sunday, Trey Pearson has sold hundreds of thousands of records, and amassed millions of streams. He has scored 5 #1 U.S. singles and 20 Top 10 hits. His song “Wake Up! Wake Up!” was the most-played Christian rock song of 2007, and his 2009 album, “Best Night of Our Lives,” broke onto the coveted Billboard 200 chart. Pearson has toured in all 50 states and 20 countries, playing with top Christian musicians such as Toby Mac, Switchfoot, MercyMe, Jeremy Camp, Relient K and others. Recently, Trey Pearson, the founder and owner of Everyday Sunday, has come out of the closet to make national news. His announcement started a national conversation with a television appearance on The View. It has been covered by The New York Times, Billboard Magazine, CNN and more, as he became the most trending topic worldwide on Facebook. http://treypearson.com/ https://www.facebook.com/treypearson https://twitter.com/treypearson https://www.instagram.com/treypearson/

Yamica was born in Portsmouth, NH. She is the oldest granddaughter of the late Jean M. Jones, Portsmouth’s ‘Lady of Song’ and she is great-neice to local jazz legend Sharon “Brown Sugar” Jones. At age 3, she gave her first performance and has been singing ever since. This singer/songwriter can be found performing all over the seacoast with her father, also a local legend in blues, R&B and funk, Pete Peterson https://soundcloud.com/msyamicapeterson/if-you-only-knew-cd-cut https://www.facebook.com/msyamicapeterson https://twitter.com/msmicapeterson http://msyamicapeterson.com/

From Nitro Fuel to Philanthropy, Jes Stockhausen is an ambitious young director living on the road...in his van. In his mobile studio, on top of traveling project to project, he is currently en route to travel the Pan American Highway in his custom built camper van. His professional career launched working as a staff photographer at the eyewear beast, Oakley. He has worked with world class athletes and numerous philanthropic ventures including the Infinite Hero Foundation, Onesight and Team Red,White and Blue. Since, he has worked with companies such as The Enthusiast Network, Oakley Standard Issue and the Vail Vally Foundation and had work published with National Geographic Yourshot, the Matador Network, Topo Designs, Justin’s Nut Butter and more. Find out how he built this dream career on today's episode of #CrowdfireStories http://jesstockhausen.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pg/jesstockhausenphoto http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/profile/854486/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-jes-stockhausen-a8212a21