“How to Become the Center of Influence Through Rising Tide Podcasting” with Kimberly Sumpter of the Sistahs Connect Podcast

Tracy Hazzard
Authority Magazine
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8 min readSep 20, 2019

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I make sure to create posts and content that assists them with understanding how to find and subscribe to my show. Having meet-ups and creating explainer videos have also helped me to get over that hurdle.

As part of my series of interviews about “How to Become the Center of Influence Through Podcasting”, I had the pleasure of interviewing Kimberly Sumpter is a Jersey City, NJ native and the host of the Sistahs Connect podcast. She is a Community Business Academy Instructor for Rising Tide Capital, a non-profit organization dedicated to transforming lives and communities through entrepreneurship and the owner of the Wax Kandy Candle Company.

Thank you so much for doing this with us! Can you tell us the “backstory” about why or how you got started as a podcaster?

In February 2018, I decided to create a private Facebook group in hopes of finding other women who were also looking for a positive and uplifting community on social media. Most importantly, I wanted to facilitate and encourage the women within the group to connect with one another. In the span…

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Tracy Hazzard
Authority Magazine

Podcasting Expert Strategist; Host of 7 top podcasts: The Binge Factor; New Trust Economy; Feed Your Brand; Product Launch Hazzards; WTFFF?! Podetize Co-Founder