Hala Taha: I Failed Three Times Before I Found Success (Be Better Podcast)

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)

YAP Media Network

Education, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Business, Self-improvement

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Are you scared of failure or rejection? Do you hold yourself back from following your dreams because you don’t want to fail? Hala Taha is proof that having a fear of failure is detrimental to success. After getting fired from two jobs and losing her opportunity to become a reality TV star, she focused her energy on hosting the Young and Profiting podcast, which is now a #1 Education podcast across all platforms. Today, we are listening to her tell her story on the Be Better podcast with Donald C. Kelly, a Top 29 Salesforce Influencer. Hala and Donald discuss Hala’s background in radio and her first entrepreneurial venture, The Sorority of Hip Hop. They talk about why Young and Profiting grew so quickly and how Hala willed Jordan Harbinger of The Art of Charm to become her mentor. Hala also reveals how she leveraged LinkedIn to grow her podcast. Topics Include: - Hala’s background in radio - Transitioning into blogging - Getting scouted by MTV - Quitting the entertainment industry - Leveraging entrepreneurial skills to become an intrapreneur - Why did Hala want to run Young and Profiting alone at first? - Why did Young and Profiting blow up? - Leveraging LinkedIn to grow YAP - Landing YAP’s first client, Heather Monahan - How did Jordan Harbinger become Hala’s mentor? - And other topics… Hala Taha is the host of Young and Profiting Podcast, frequently ranked as a #1 Education podcast across all apps. Hala is also the CEO of YAP Media, a full-service social media and podcast marketing agency for top podcasters, celebrities, and CEOs. She is well-known for her engaged following and influence on Linkedin, and she landed the January 2021 cover of Podcast Magazine. Donald C. Kelly is the Founder and Chief Sales Evangelist of The Sales Evangelist, which aims to eliminate confusion from B2B selling so sales professionals can consistently hit their target each month. The Sales Evangelist offers instruction and courses on proven sales strategies. He hosts the Be Better podcast and The Sales Evangelist podcast. Sponsored By: The Jordan Harbinger Show - Search for The Jordan Harbinger Show (that’s H-A-R-B-(as in boy)-I-N-(as in nancy)-G-E-R) on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts Connect With Donald C. Kelly: Be Better Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/be-better-bhgre/id1611029996 The Sales Evangelist’s Website: https://thesalesevangelist.com/ The Sales Evangelist’s Podcast: https://thesalesevangelist.com/the-sales-evangelist-podcast/ Donald’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donaldckelly/ Donald’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/DonaldCKelly?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Donald’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/donaldckelly/?hl=en More About Young and Profiting Download Transcripts - youngandprofiting.com Get Sponsorship Deals - youngandprofiting.com/sponsorships Leave a Review - ratethispodcast.com/yap Watch Videos - youtube.com/c/YoungandProfiting Follow Hala Taha LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/htaha/ Instagram - instagram.com/yapwithhala/ TikTok - tiktok.com/@yapwithhala Twitter - twitter.com/yapwithhala Learn more about YAP Media Agency Services - yapmedia.io/ Join Hala's LinkedIn Masterclass - yapmedia.io/course Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	On Times Radio.
0:02.0	Welcome everybody.
0:03.0	We are going to talk about the most Googled stories of the year.
0:05.0	What would your last Google search be?
0:07.0	A really dangerous question.
0:08.0	No, it was incredibly anodyne.
0:10.0	You do the romance, I'll do meaty.
0:12.0	That sums us up.
0:13.0	This is what you signed up to when you decided to listen to us.
0:16.0	Jane Garvey and Fee Glover live on Times Radio.
0:19.0	Monday to Thursday, 3-5pm.
0:21.0	Listen on DAB Radio online on your SmartSpeaker and the Times Radio app.
0:26.0	And tune into their podcast or fair anytime.
0:42.0	What's up, young improvfitters.
0:43.0	Today on YAPP, we're replaying an interview I had on the Be Better podcast hosted by Donald C. Kelly.
0:49.0	In this episode, we talk all about failure.
0:51.0	Now guys, I only played the best guest interviews that I've done.
0:55.0	I do about two or three a week.
0:57.0	And so this one's really good.
0:58.0	We go into all my failures like getting fired from hot 97.
1:01.0	MTV pulling the plug on my reality TV show right before it was supposed to air.
1:05.0	And not getting an opportunity I wanted at Hewlett Packard,
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