Building Your Brand with Monique A.J. Smith

In this episode of the Give It Up Podcast, Margo Hinton sits down with educator, consultant, and sports entrepreneur Monique A.J. Smith, host of A Chat in the Garden Podcast and Hampton University sport's management professor with over 30 years in athletics administration.  Margo and Monique discuss her career evolution from internship, to public relations, to Sports Information Director, to NCAA Consultant, to Athletic Administration entrepreneur. Monique shares her insights on branding, leadership, and entrepreneurship in sports, and how she built a thriving platform that amplifies the voices of African American women athletic administrators.  This conversation is rich in storytelling and strategy for personal success, as well as, building your brand.     1:45 - Introduction 5:00 - Best Thing I Heard Today 7:15 - I never thought about that 10:00 - Practice is Over 12:30 - Where can I get a Hot Air Balloon?   14:00 - First Female Full-Time Sports Information Director 16:45 - Janet A. Lee (First CIAA Woman AD)  21:00 - Compliance Director  24:00 - Time to Move On (Roots hitting my Pot) 27:00 - NCAA Leadership Consultant 30:00 - Create a Need 32:00 - Promoting Other People 35:00 - Consultant Work and Entrepreneur Transition 38:00 - What Have I done Well/People need it 40:00 - Bought the Land 44:00 - Identifying Burnout 46:00 - You're never gonna leave you 49:00 - Using Therapy Tools  52:00 - EB Henderson Stay Tuned! 54:00 - Be in Motion     https://margohinton.com Visit My Store Visit Monique's Store