Episode 246

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20th Feb 2024

Up Close & Personal with Award-Winning TV host/producer Christine Blanchette | RR246

Today, I am thrilled to be in the virtual presence of a true trailblazer and creative dynamo, Christine Blanchette. She’s not just a producer; she's the charismatic host behind the fitness entertainment show, "Run With It."

Her journey from sales and writing to the captivating realm of television is a narrative woven with passion, perseverance, and an unwavering commitment to turning dreams into reality. Christine shares her wisdom with aspiring content creators, underlining the need for a strong foundation, adaptability, and the courage to recognize what serves you.

So, buckle up for an insightful conversation as we unravel the layers of Christine's fascinating career and glean wisdom from her experiences in the ever-evolving world of media and content creation. Get ready to be inspired!

In this episode, you’ll learn:



  • About turning passion into a career
  • The importance of authenticity and quality over quantity in building connections and collaborations
  • Interviewing techniques and storytelling
  • If you want something great, there has to be a process
  • There is a market, it’s just how you market it


You can reach Christine at: christineblanchette26@gmail.com


Website: https://www.runwithit.ca/


A little about me: 

I began my career as a teacher, was a corporate trainer for many years, and then found my niche training & supporting business owners, entrepreneurs & sales professionals to network at a world-class level. My passion is working with motivated people, who are coachable and who want to build their businesses through relationship marketing and networking (online & offline). I help my clients create retention strategies, grow through referrals, and create loyal customers by staying connected. 


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Transcript
Janice Porter:

Hello, everyone and welcome to this week's

Janice Porter:

episode of relationships rule. I am so excited about my guest

Janice Porter:

today Christine Blanchette. And she is here in Vancouver with

Janice Porter:

me. And here we are on Zoom, of course. But welcome to the show.

Janice Porter:

First of all, Christine,

Christine Blanchette:

Janice, thanks so much for having me

Christine Blanchette:

today.

Janice Porter:

Oh, my pleasure. Christine is, I think, a dynamo

Janice Porter:

with all of the things that she does. And I'm going to let her

Janice Porter:

give you a little bit more detail. But for the minute I'm

Janice Porter:

going to say, when I first met Christine, I knew her to be a

Janice Porter:

producer, I think and so I see on the screen, it says Christine

Janice Porter:

Blanchette productions, so that for sure, she also is a running

Janice Porter:

enthusiast a past marathon, like guru as well as I think you've

Janice Porter:

run eight marathons I think is what I what I read somewhere. Is

Janice Porter:

that correct? Yes, yes. I love the Boston Marathon, right?

Janice Porter:

Yeah. Yes. And I,

Christine Blanchette:

I have to say, if it wasn't for my love of

Christine Blanchette:

running, I wouldn't be here having this conversation with

Christine Blanchette:

you. Because it led to creating my own show. However, it takes a

Christine Blanchette:

team and also a plan a business plan, how to get following your

Christine Blanchette:

passion to leading a show or launching your own show called

Christine Blanchette:

run with it, which started in 2013. Yeah, 15 years to get off

Christine Blanchette:

the ground. But, you know, as I said, it takes a team and a plan

Christine Blanchette:

a proposal, which got accepted, because I went, but it took

Janice Porter:

to stop there for a second because I wanted to

Janice Porter:

just just talk about that in the fact that yes, as you said, you

Janice Porter:

turned your passion for running and everything fitness into a

Janice Porter:

career. Right? You though before that? I think you were writing?

Janice Porter:

Were you at a sale. You were into sales. You were into

Janice Porter:

writing, you did some broadcasting I think back then

Janice Porter:

I'm not sure. But But were you? What was your primary position

Janice Porter:

before this started? Was it writing? Or was it sales?

Christine Blanchette:

Yeah, thanks for asking. Well, it was

Christine Blanchette:

a little both, because what happened was, I did go to BCIT,

Christine Blanchette:

to study. And I did work for CBC TV news temporarily, like a

Christine Blanchette:

contract worker, I should say. But it was in sales. So is in

Christine Blanchette:

sales as a sales support proofing ads, or the Richmond

Christine Blanchette:

news to Delta Optimus. Oh, okay. Yes, and then post media. But

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then I created my own column, or I asked to create my own column

Christine Blanchette:

as to call them runners mine in 2000. And by the Richmond news,

Christine Blanchette:

so that always had an interest in the media. And, and sales and

Christine Blanchette:

writing. I mean, I've always had so much so many interests in in,

Christine Blanchette:

which propelled me to create a show because I didn't know how

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to market. I didn't know how to build relationships, if I didn't

Christine Blanchette:

have a plan, if it just streamlined if you will, you

Christine Blanchette:

know, all those skills are transferable.

Janice Porter:

They are but what I noticed is that, you know,

Janice Porter:

something you just said about you, you know, you you are

Janice Porter:

always fascinated by the media, and so forth. But you also, from

Janice Porter:

what I can tell, were very entrepreneurial, because right

Janice Porter:

from the beginning, because you said you went to the Richmond

Janice Porter:

post, or whatever it was called, and pitched a column that you

Janice Porter:

wanted to do, like, you have to be you were you were trying you

Janice Porter:

were marketing yourself before you realize you were marketing

Janice Porter:

yourself. Right.

Christine Blanchette:

Absolutely. What a great point. I mean, I

Christine Blanchette:

never even thought of it that.

Janice Porter:

And then what I sensed after that is when in

Janice Porter:

2013. When you there's there must have been a pivot reason

Janice Porter:

why this, this happened when you decided that you wanted to do

Janice Porter:

your own show, and maybe you can elaborate on on that. But what

Janice Porter:

you did from what I understand is you picked up the phone or

Janice Porter:

you wrote, you found a contact or relationship that you had to

Janice Porter:

see if you could make this happen. Is that correct? That is

Christine Blanchette:

correct. And what happened was in 2008,

Christine Blanchette:

with the recession, yes. I mean, I loved sales, I loved what I

Christine Blanchette:

was doing. And I was writing for the column. And one day and I

Christine Blanchette:

thought, Oh, my goodness, what am I going to do with my, what

Christine Blanchette:

I'm going to do with myself? I was, I was on deadline, the

Christine Blanchette:

epiphany went up, you know, create my own TV show,

Janice Porter:

just like that. Yeah.

Christine Blanchette:

It's sort of led me down down there, but

Christine Blanchette:

also, Doug Lucas, who I approach from the past from Rogers TV,

Christine Blanchette:

who I was also, I have some of the brightest A broadcast

Christine Blanchette:

background. I approached him, he said, Send me a proposal. So I

Christine Blanchette:

did. And he accepted it. And we went from there. But I had, I

Christine Blanchette:

mean, I guess things happen for a reason. And that's absolutely,

Janice Porter:

absolutely. But it also didn't happen in a

Janice Porter:

vacuum, you connected with a past connection, and made that

Janice Porter:

happen. And, you know, I, I talk about this. So often, when I'm

Janice Porter:

teaching my clients how to use LinkedIn, you know, that it's

Janice Porter:

about the people, you know, it's not about always looking for new

Janice Porter:

people, you have to nurture those relationships you already

Janice Porter:

have, so that if you need to pick up the phone, if you need

Janice Porter:

to connect somebody with the right person you have that I was

Janice Porter:

gonna say Rolodex, but you know what I mean? That that contact

Janice Porter:

list, right, that can help you. So to me, that was really

Janice Porter:

crucial that you were able to do that and brave enough to do it

Janice Porter:

as well. I

Christine Blanchette:

think too, is that people want to help, but

Christine Blanchette:

it's reaching the right people and quality instead of quantity.

Christine Blanchette:

Absolutely. And you never know who can help you. And I think

Christine Blanchette:

too, if that person can't help you, somebody else will. But it

Christine Blanchette:

has to happen organically authentically. It's not like,

Christine Blanchette:

oh, I want help. And then you don't see the person again, or

Christine Blanchette:

because it's always about you. But I made it about if I may

Christine Blanchette:

say, because he wanted me to succeed, but at the same time,

Christine Blanchette:

you know, I'm we're helping each other. We're collaborating,

Christine Blanchette:

because now my work for me still. Oh, wow. Blessing.

Janice Porter:

Yeah. That's, that's very cool. So I also

Janice Porter:

noticed, I mean, what you do you have to broadcast shows you have

Janice Porter:

run with it, which is fitness entertainment, and you have the

Janice Porter:

closing act, which is more about musicians, correct. And

Janice Porter:

celebrities and that kind of thing. So, and influencers in

Janice Porter:

the industry. So how often do you do both? And do you have a

Janice Porter:

favorite? Are they just different?

Christine Blanchette:

They're just different, Janice, but I am

Christine Blanchette:

always recording I'm always doing interviews, and the show

Christine Blanchette:

on novice TV, TELUS, which is to novice TV, which is part of

Christine Blanchette:

TELUS and then there's TELUS Optik. TV. So what I do is like

Christine Blanchette:

every is a monthly show. However, it gets a lot of

Christine Blanchette:

airplay because I repurpose the content. But I also do

Christine Blanchette:

interviews separately, or YouTube or rebel, I think and

Christine Blanchette:

how to pronounce it and or video on demand optic TV tells me

Christine Blanchette:

rather. But I'm always you know, there's such such wonderful.

Christine Blanchette:

Somebody always has a story to tell. There's great content out

Christine Blanchette:

there, but trying to find the nugget, if you will, what makes

Christine Blanchette:

that person so interesting, if you will, you always learn not

Christine Blanchette:

about you being the gas, you're gonna learn from the person

Christine Blanchette:

who's interviewing you. It's a two way street.

Janice Porter:

Absolutely. So um, which Okay, so I also know

Janice Porter:

that you do you do on air broadcasting, like as a guest as

Janice Porter:

well. You've been hosting you hosted the Leo awards, I think.

Janice Porter:

Yes.

Christine Blanchette:

Yes. Well, it was the I had I was at the

Christine Blanchette:

leaderboards for my show. And it was on the red carpet. Okay,

Janice Porter:

yeah. So when you do things like that, like the

Janice Porter:

the red carpet interviews, and and when you are on camera

Janice Porter:

yourself for yourself, not when you're interviewing other

Janice Porter:

people. Did you ever act like do you like doing that? Do you like

Janice Porter:

being that person? Or do you prefer being the the person

Janice Porter:

holding the mic? Well,

Christine Blanchette:

you know what I? Because I love what I

Christine Blanchette:

do. And I'm shy. But it pushes me to try to do it. And I don't

Christine Blanchette:

have any acting skills. Okay. But I just, I just think, Okay,

Christine Blanchette:

I'm, I'm, I know myself, it positiveness will go thinking I

Christine Blanchette:

was I can do this. And it's about the gas and just getting

Christine Blanchette:

the information out and being authentic. I think this will be

Christine Blanchette:

who you are. There's no one like you. And that's how you're not

Christine Blanchette:

going to always please every gas you're not always going to get

Christine Blanchette:

and I get that but I do love what I do. And as I said it

Christine Blanchette:

pushes me it really is like I think sometimes actors are shy

Janice Porter:

are definitely definitely Yeah, and

Christine Blanchette:

I don't know, you know, when it's okay

Christine Blanchette:

to be vulnerable. It's okay to say you're shy, but I I don't

Christine Blanchette:

let it stop me.

Janice Porter:

Oh, that's, that's great. And you also, you

Janice Porter:

also teach, right?

Christine Blanchette:

Yes,

Janice Porter:

I think Yeah. And I could see you being a really

Janice Porter:

good teacher as well. I love teaching as well. It's in my

Janice Porter:

heart and it's in my blood. And if I can teach I'm not It

Janice Porter:

doesn't matter who it is, whether it's little ones or, or

Janice Porter:

older people, it doesn't matter. But if I'm passionate about

Janice Porter:

something, and I can teach it to someone else, it's a bonus. And

Janice Porter:

I think that's where I see you doing the same thing you teach.

Janice Porter:

You teach at BCIT? Yes.

Janice Porter:

Yeah. Kind of fun.

Janice Porter:

Because you went there, right? Yeah. Are you teaching? What are

Janice Porter:

you teaching? Exactly? Oh,

Christine Blanchette:

freelance producing, or social media and

Christine Blanchette:

broadcasts, okay. Yes, yeah. So

Janice Porter:

when I watched a couple of your shows, I was

Janice Porter:

like, Oh, my goodness, this isn't just an interview, you're

Janice Porter:

putting in film footage, and, and so on, as well. So that's a

Janice Porter:

whole different story like than what I do. I sit in my home, and

Janice Porter:

I interview people on my computer, you know, so very

Janice Porter:

different.

Christine Blanchette:

Well, I think what you do is amazing.

Christine Blanchette:

Well, thank you, you asked great questions. And I think it's all

Christine Blanchette:

about being prepared. It's all about the guests. But I also

Christine Blanchette:

think having a conversation is really the key. And I, you know,

Christine Blanchette:

as I said, I love what I do, and I love teaching. And I think

Christine Blanchette:

everything when you go into a classroom, and you probably know

Christine Blanchette:

this, and you learn from the students, it's not always about

Christine Blanchette:

giving the information because they are teaching me to, and it

Christine Blanchette:

becomes such a well, especially

Janice Porter:

in today's world where technology changes

Janice Porter:

quickly, right? Oh,

Christine Blanchette:

yes.

Janice Porter:

There's another app, I write down that someone's

Janice Porter:

told me, but I'll never get to them all. It's crazy. You know,

Janice Porter:

really, you know? Yeah, it's

Christine Blanchette:

hard to keep up. You know, what

Janice Porter:

do you do in terms of equipment? Like, do you

Janice Porter:

have to rent? People? Equipment? Yeah,

Christine Blanchette:

sometimes I do. But I have a crew that has

Christine Blanchette:

their own camera. Okay. And that really is quite helpful. Have a

Christine Blanchette:

mic if, you know, I have access to that, which is really

Christine Blanchette:

important. Yeah. Because there's some people don't want to be

Christine Blanchette:

interviewed virtually. Which I got it. And then you do it with

Christine Blanchette:

studio. Yeah. And, you know, and I think to generally speaking,

Christine Blanchette:

they don't mind me doing virtual injuries for the show like that,

Christine Blanchette:

you know, or TELUS, or Zondra. TV, but they would like it, you

Christine Blanchette:

know, if I have the opportunity to do in person, because it has

Christine Blanchette:

that, you know, body language, you know, of course,

Janice Porter:

yeah, of course, and, you know, looking someone

Janice Porter:

straight in the eye instead of where's that dot, you know, I

Janice Porter:

get. So when you interview people, for either of your

Janice Porter:

shows, have you come across, like, Okay, you interview some

Janice Porter:

celebrities and some famous people and then you interview

Janice Porter:

the guy running the 10k down the street, right, you you've done

Janice Porter:

it all? What do you like to do best?

Christine Blanchette:

Well, you know, what I like? Everybody has

Christine Blanchette:

a story. I was, I would say, Everyone brings something to the

Christine Blanchette:

table, the show on the messenger. So yes, it's great to

Christine Blanchette:

introduce celebrity. Yeah, and great, but I also like to

Christine Blanchette:

interview an entrepreneur, someone who's making a

Christine Blanchette:

difference in the world, charity Sunrun. Because if I have a

Christine Blanchette:

show, that's all celebrities, which is okay, you know, but for

Christine Blanchette:

me, I like to have a mix, because you can learn from a

Christine Blanchette:

person who may has a clothing store and they are giving to

Christine Blanchette:

charity, which I think maybe some of us won't even know that

Christine Blanchette:

then you have the sun run which is an annual event which I

Christine Blanchette:

always take part in then you have a celebrity who is getting

Christine Blanchette:

into fitness because they have to do a part like you know, so

Christine Blanchette:

everybody has a story and this

Janice Porter:

is Hollywood North still as big as it was.

Christine Blanchette:

I think so i think is now because of the

Christine Blanchette:

strike is over. Yeah. Yeah. That there's more opportunities now.

Christine Blanchette:

I'm not an actor or anything, but I can sense that it is

Christine Blanchette:

because I'm getting more press releases. I'm getting more

Christine Blanchette:

people wanting to be interviewed generally. Okay, I don't really

Christine Blanchette:

know too much but I think it's in a better position right now.

Janice Porter:

Yeah, well, it's certainly we should notice it

Janice Porter:

when we're looking watching TV you know, there's nothing with

Janice Porter:

all the streaming that was going on like all came to really

Janice Porter:

pretty much a standstill. Everything that was on Netflix

Janice Porter:

was foreign. Yes,

Christine Blanchette:

yes. Yeah. And everybody needs a job right?

Christine Blanchette:

We all need

Janice Porter:

Yeah, exactly. So I love the fact that your your

Janice Porter:

origin story for for this part of your life was turning your

Janice Porter:

passion for running and everything fitness into a career

Janice Porter:

which I said at the beginning because there aren't many people

Janice Porter:

who can actors do what they love. Right? more today than

Janice Porter:

there were I think, but but it takes a real strong will and

Janice Porter:

determination to make it happen. So how long did it take? I think

Janice Porter:

you said a couple of years before it actually came into

Janice Porter:

fruition, right.

Christine Blanchette:

Two years. And it first aired on Shaw. And

Christine Blanchette:

then I had it both airing on Shaw TV and novice, but now

Christine Blanchette:

it's, it's on novice. But yeah, because in I understand the

Christine Blanchette:

process, the bid process involved. It's like when I send

Christine Blanchette:

something to help you living network, I don't expect it to be

Christine Blanchette:

aired right away, if I'm going to be a distributor that took

Christine Blanchette:

time to so everything is a process, you want something

Christine Blanchette:

great. There has to be a process. You know, sometimes

Christine Blanchette:

we're in the society where, and I'm guilty, too, because we want

Christine Blanchette:

we want it now we want it now. But it's not always the case. In

Christine Blanchette:

2013. Yes, it took two years. Now you're having your own show,

Christine Blanchette:

you can do it. Generally speaking, get it on the air a

Christine Blanchette:

lot quicker, like a podcast, which is great. You know,

Christine Blanchette:

because there's brooms, there's always room for us, because

Christine Blanchette:

we're always learning.

Janice Porter:

Yeah, yeah. But But again, the mark the

Janice Porter:

landscape is getting. What's the word? oversaturated. Still,

Janice Porter:

right, because everybody in their dog now is having a

Janice Porter:

podcast of some sort or another. In fact, I was just I just saw,

Janice Porter:

I got an email from someone that I and she this might be

Janice Porter:

interesting for you actually, I don't know. But there's a girl

Janice Porter:

in California in LA, that I interviewed for my podcast

Janice Porter:

before COVID, maybe early stages of COVID. And she was someone my

Janice Porter:

daughter knew when she was living in LA and, and she kept

Janice Porter:

telling me I should interview Kate Katie, because she was

Janice Porter:

really interesting. And she's an artist and an amazing artist.

Janice Porter:

And she lives in West Hollywood. And she's a bit quirky as a lot

Janice Porter:

of artists are. And anyway, we had a really great conversation.

Janice Porter:

But anyway, she sent me this email that she had another

Janice Porter:

friend of hers. Her name is Sarah. That's my daughter's

Janice Porter:

name, too. But this girl, Sarah and Katie just wrote this book.

Janice Porter:

And what is it called? Hang on one second. It's called. It's

Janice Porter:

called something about cocktails. It's yeah, it's once

Janice Porter:

upon a cocktail. Okay. And what they've done is I think, Sarah,

Janice Porter:

I don't know why I'm telling you this. But I just think it's

Janice Porter:

quite interesting. Sarah is a mixologist. So she's a

Janice Porter:

bartender, I guess. And she makes drinks. And West Hollywood

Janice Porter:

is an area with great history. And so what they're doing is

Janice Porter:

they've got they're taking the the signature cocktail from each

Janice Porter:

of these places, at these bars and hotels, and whatever, in

Janice Porter:

West Hollywood and deal, I guess, looking at the history of

Janice Porter:

each of the places as well. And Katie's done all the artwork for

Janice Porter:

the book, because she's really an interesting artist. So

Janice Porter:

they're on the circuit. So she might be somewhat interesting

Janice Porter:

for you to talk to actually. But um, yeah, I just thought, Okay,

Janice Porter:

it's exploring West Hollywood's cocktail culture. Now. Who's

Janice Porter:

gonna buy that book? I don't know. It's kind of interesting,

Janice Porter:

but I bet a lot of people will.

Christine Blanchette:

Yes. I mean, it's a niche. It's a

Christine Blanchette:

niche. I think it is, I think, you know, doesn't mean it's

Christine Blanchette:

because it's niche doesn't respond to sell market. It's,

Christine Blanchette:

you know, it's out there. And it's different. I think we're,

Christine Blanchette:

like I said before, be who you are. There's no one like you if

Christine Blanchette:

you are unique, authentic. People will recognize that I am.

Christine Blanchette:

And I believe there is a market, just how you market it, how you

Christine Blanchette:

build the relationships, exactly. What do you approach,

Christine Blanchette:

but I also say, what are you wanting? Why do you want to

Christine Blanchette:

create a show? Why do you want to create a podcast? It goes

Christine Blanchette:

back to that why you want to write a memoir? So

Janice Porter:

the kids are the kids, the people that you teach

Janice Porter:

at BCIT? Are they still what is it what is their generally their

Janice Porter:

dream today? How is it different you know, it's got to be

Janice Porter:

different from when you were there.

Christine Blanchette:

While they want to follow what they like to

Christine Blanchette:

do are curious to know about creating a podcast to a YouTube

Christine Blanchette:

series or Tik Tok series, okay, and we want to find something

Christine Blanchette:

that they can build an audience and then go from there. So

Christine Blanchette:

launch their own program or their own presentation, and, and

Christine Blanchette:

following what they their passion, but also buying

Christine Blanchette:

something that maybe EuroCity and they never had the

Christine Blanchette:

opportunity to do that. And I also think they can build

Christine Blanchette:

credibility, because it might be something that they can build

Christine Blanchette:

on. in it for opening a store or startup or, or Okay,

Janice Porter:

so So what are a couple of ideas that are that

Janice Porter:

are happening there now that they want to do? And are these

Janice Porter:

people already in a job job and want to get out of that job.

Christine Blanchette:

Some of them are some of our students.

Christine Blanchette:

There's a magic show. And he always wanted to have a magic

Christine Blanchette:

show. He started when he was a child. But now I want to bring

Christine Blanchette:

this dream into reality. Okay. And I think it's wonderful.

Christine Blanchette:

Yeah. And another student that loves cooking and thinking,

Christine Blanchette:

well, maybe I have a cooking series and start off, and then

Christine Blanchette:

maybe I'll be wrong cooking school. Everyone is different in

Christine Blanchette:

the program. So you have people that are working in the

Christine Blanchette:

industry, but they want to find something else, you know, their

Christine Blanchette:

own show, instead of working for the network. Okay, students who

Christine Blanchette:

are new? And when I say no, they don't, they're not working, but

Christine Blanchette:

they want to create something. And when I say something, can be

Christine Blanchette:

a show or presentation,

Janice Porter:

would you say that the type of students that

Janice Porter:

you have are shy? Like you were? Or are they? Are they

Janice Porter:

entrepreneurial to to begin with? Are they looking for a way

Janice Porter:

to be famous? Like, what what's?

Christine Blanchette:

Well, you know, what I would say they're

Christine Blanchette:

like, they have an entrepreneurial spirit. Because

Christine Blanchette:

they wouldn't be in the class if they weren't curious and finding

Christine Blanchette:

out information and right, and, and then, you know, like content

Christine Blanchette:

creators, like, when I say, Why do you want to be a content

Christine Blanchette:

creator? Is it for fame? Is it for this point, I show them a

Christine Blanchette:

documentary. And, and there's gotta be a reason it's not, it's

Christine Blanchette:

a lot of hard work. Yeah, there is a process like to everything.

Christine Blanchette:

But also knowing if it's going to be sane, you're not going to

Christine Blanchette:

get it journey, you may get it for a while, but it's not going

Christine Blanchette:

to last. Right? To be able to have like, a strong foundation,

Christine Blanchette:

I'll use it like running strong foundation. And it can apply to

Christine Blanchette:

business to foundation string. And then the top is your speed.

Christine Blanchette:

So I've taken that from the running room, I believe. So the

Christine Blanchette:

foundation, the strength and the speed. And I try to carry that.

Christine Blanchette:

And I always say dream it, build it believe it, you also have to

Christine Blanchette:

recognize and also repeat, recognize that this is not

Christine Blanchette:

serving you. And then you go back and see if you can tweak

Christine Blanchette:

it. Because the thing is, yes, I have my own shows, but not

Christine Blanchette:

everyone may not want to do do it, like continue on but they

Christine Blanchette:

can maybe do something on, you know, tick tock, instead of

Christine Blanchette:

having a podcast, they may change it. They, but everyone

Christine Blanchette:

has a presentation at the end of class or Okay. Which is awesome.

Christine Blanchette:

I'm just so inspirational for me.

Janice Porter:

So are they presenting their? Their? Their

Janice Porter:

shows? Okay.

Christine Blanchette:

And they're working hard. And smart.

Janice Porter:

Wait, so the presentation, is it on film?

Christine Blanchette:

Yes, they're going to present they're

Christine Blanchette:

going to present it. And, and they're going to, and I said you

Christine Blanchette:

do not have to have six episodes, you can have one or

Christine Blanchette:

two episodes and present it. Because I believe that you have

Christine Blanchette:

to start, do quality and then go from there. I'm not looking at

Christine Blanchette:

Bonnie, I'm looking at quality. Yes. So.

Janice Porter:

So I think and you've mentioned this word a

Janice Porter:

couple of times. And this is my favorite word. And that's being

Janice Porter:

curious curiosity. And I believe that that is such an important

Janice Porter:

trait to have. And yet I do ask people, usually at the end of my

Janice Porter:

podcast, do they believe that curiosity is innate or learned?

Janice Porter:

What do you think?

Christine Blanchette:

You know, it's such a great question. I

Christine Blanchette:

think we can learn it if we have the right relationships, but I

Christine Blanchette:

also think it's in your blood or in your DNA. Because I remember

Christine Blanchette:

as a little girl I wanted to, I'm curious about this. And I

Christine Blanchette:

think it was a book. Correct me if I'm curious, George? Yes. To

Christine Blanchette:

be mighty. Yeah, it used to be so interested in knowing why is

Christine Blanchette:

this why is that? And my parents used to. Never told me yet.

Christine Blanchette:

Well, my mom's passed, but But yes, I've always been curious.

Christine Blanchette:

Because it's just in me, but I don't know if that's the right.

Christine Blanchette:

I mean, I think it can be learned. But I was it's in my

Christine Blanchette:

DNA to

Janice Porter:

me to Absolutely. But you know, some people

Janice Porter:

believe one, particularly and some another, I think it's a bit

Janice Porter:

of both sometimes But so what are you most curious about these

Janice Porter:

days?

Christine Blanchette:

learning, learning from others? I think,

Christine Blanchette:

really the key ingredient is, is to really foster your

Christine Blanchette:

relationships, your business relationships or taking

Christine Blanchette:

professional development courses, I think is when you

Christine Blanchette:

know is when you don't know. I'm not sad. That's why I'm a

Christine Blanchette:

student too. And I think they were really generally speaking

Christine Blanchette:

like your student. Yes. Learning, I'm in this incubator

Christine Blanchette:

program. And I don't pretend to know it all. Because I'm still

Christine Blanchette:

learning. I think this will be put on this thing. Oh, I know

Christine Blanchette:

everything. No, we don't. We're never. That's what I'm doing.

Christine Blanchette:

I'm always trying to build building blocks, how can I help

Christine Blanchette:

you collaborate? How can I be a better human? And I think how

Christine Blanchette:

you do all that is never stop growing, never stop learning and

Christine Blanchette:

building those relationships, but authentically, because

Christine Blanchette:

sometimes, I listen to my intuition. If I if I may say, I

Christine Blanchette:

feel it doesn't feel right. I remember journalists and members

Christine Blanchette:

for news not gonna tell her her name. She said, Christine, be

Christine Blanchette:

the greatest thing. I'm just paraphrasing. Yeah. Doesn't mean

Christine Blanchette:

to do it. I've always listened to that voice. And I'm always

Christine Blanchette:

correct. What, what is that? I don't want to do this great

Christine Blanchette:

interview with this celebrity, or this great interview with

Christine Blanchette:

this person? Or why do I want to not buy this? Like, whatever,

Christine Blanchette:

you know, and when I don't when I do, listen, I'm very happy.

Janice Porter:

Yeah, I, I'm very big on intuition as well. That's

Janice Porter:

why I don't like to have lots of notes. But I like to go with the

Janice Porter:

flow of the conversation, because I'm curious enough that

Janice Porter:

I think I can carry it. And that's what makes it I find more

Janice Porter:

interesting for me. So and it's, it's all about me. No, just

Janice Porter:

kidding. It's just so like, I am a bit of a what would you call

Janice Porter:

it a pop culture person like I, I am not a, I think when I was a

Janice Porter:

kid in England, I was I, my first part of my little

Janice Porter:

childhood was in England. And I remember at that time, there, we

Janice Porter:

knew somebody who was, I think he was I don't know whether he

Janice Porter:

was a PR person, or an agent for a bunch of television people.

Janice Porter:

But he used to, we used to get to meet all these people. And I

Janice Porter:

was forever getting autographs of people. Right? That was a big

Janice Porter:

thing back then. So even back then I was kind of into that

Janice Porter:

edgy entertainment field. So I have to just ask you, from a

Janice Porter:

strictly selfish point of view, who is the most interesting

Janice Porter:

celebrity that you have interviewed?

Christine Blanchette:

Goodness. I would say I mean, oh, my

Christine Blanchette:

goodness, are all great, Janice. Um, I would say what I felt was

Christine Blanchette:

David Clayton Thomas. Oh, really? He was so

Janice Porter:

for those who may not even know who he is, what

Janice Porter:

was the name of the band? Oh, I know the songs spinning wheel is

Janice Porter:

the one that comes to my mind.

Christine Blanchette:

And you know, you've got goodness. Me

Christine Blanchette:

remember.

Janice Porter:

Isn't that funny, but he was the lead singer,

Janice Porter:

right. Singer. He

Christine Blanchette:

was so humble. And so when he was,

Christine Blanchette:

forgive me, I don't know the name tears.

Janice Porter:

Oh, just a minute. David Clayton, Thomas.

Christine Blanchette:

Sweat, sweat and tears. Yes. Plus, I

Christine Blanchette:

knew there was blood and sweat and tears. I said, you

Janice Porter:

did? Yeah. Spinning Wheel was the big song

Janice Porter:

that I remember. But yeah, yeah. So he was just a nice person,

Janice Porter:

like he was, was and it was during

Christine Blanchette:

the pandemic. And and I interviewed

Christine Blanchette:

him and he, he was just so we had such a great conversation.

Christine Blanchette:

And he was I mean, there's others twos who are listening,

Christine Blanchette:

like naked and breast cancer survivor. So many Jessika you

Christine Blanchette:

know, it's just yeah, so back to that. I mean, genocide. I'm

Christine Blanchette:

sorry, I'm going on here. But I just felt, you know, it gave me

Christine Blanchette:

it was so humble. It just felt very cool.

Janice Porter:

So the last thing I want to ask you about is I

Janice Porter:

think I heard somewhere that you might be writing a book.

Christine Blanchette:

Well, it is coming along. I'm a co author

Christine Blanchette:

of the pursuit three six by by Shelley Lynn Hughes. I'm in that

Christine Blanchette:

book called okay. But yes, I like to write a memoir. I I've

Christine Blanchette:

been asked to do it and And so stay tuned for more. Okay.

Christine Blanchette:

Before but it's it's like I'm not an author and I really

Christine Blanchette:

respect authors when I say my co author has not even so. But I

Christine Blanchette:

want your book to Janet's if your

Janice Porter:

book too. I listened I've, I've got chapters

Janice Porter:

in two books. And that's it. I've never really wanted to

Janice Porter:

write a book. I always wanted to talk to people.

Christine Blanchette:

Yes.

Janice Porter:

You probably have the one that I'm in. That was

Janice Porter:

Deb drumlins book.

Christine Blanchette:

Oh, yes. Yeah, I mean, that one. Yeah.

Christine Blanchette:

There's gonna be in 262.

Janice Porter:

Yeah, I think I might be too. As a matter of

Janice Porter:

fact, I'm talking to her today. Yeah. Anyway. So this has been

Janice Porter:

delightful. And I know that you're still as passionate about

Janice Porter:

running as you were right. Do you still run? Oh,

Christine Blanchette:

yes. And I can't wait till after today, I'm

Christine Blanchette:

going to be out there running and does a bit of fog, but I'm

Christine Blanchette:

not gonna let that stop me or rain. But if I do I take my

Christine Blanchette:

workouts in, you know, inside lift. Yes. So

Janice Porter:

you're still a health, health and wellness

Janice Porter:

proponent? And how long do you think you can run though? Like,

Janice Porter:

really? I mean, I'm good. My knees are good.

Christine Blanchette:

My knees are good. But however, I am

Christine Blanchette:

because I'm older now. When I feel I tweet, like in my IT

Christine Blanchette:

band, yeah, um, they will slow it down, Janice, or I'll do a

Christine Blanchette:

walk. I'll do my stretching. And then I and if I feel it's coming

Christine Blanchette:

on, I'll see a physiotherapist right away. Or a doctor always

Christine Blanchette:

say, you know, you may be running marathons. I'm not

Christine Blanchette:

running marathons anymore. But I'm still active. I'm still

Christine Blanchette:

running. So I can do like, generally speaking like an hour

Christine Blanchette:

and a half. That's my limit. I'm not into marathoning anymore.

Christine Blanchette:

Because I'm in a different chapter of my life right now.

Christine Blanchette:

And in that chapter being the book.

Janice Porter:

Yeah. Well, there are a lot of people in this city

Janice Porter:

that have been

Janice Porter:

influential in terms of running, right, and you're one of them,

Janice Porter:

and I'm trying to remember the girl's name that used to coach

Janice Porter:

on the Sunrun pages. Lynn Lynn. Yeah. What was her maiden name?

Janice Porter:

Oh,

Christine Blanchette:

she was Lynn Williams.

Janice Porter:

Lynn Williams. Right. And then yeah, then she

Janice Porter:

was an Olympic athlete. Was she not? Joining us? Oh, yeah, sure.

Janice Porter:

Yeah. Charmaine crooks? Yeah. Yeah, I met her a long time to

Janice Porter:

go. And then of course, Dr.

Christine Blanchette:

Diane Clemente implement.

Janice Porter:

Yeah. Yeah, chat time. Yeah. They've worked on a

Janice Porter:

lot for that industry in Vancouver. And in Canada in

Janice Porter:

general, right. Yeah. Amazing. So. So this is fun. For me. It's

Janice Porter:

all about people and finding out more about people that I've met.

Janice Porter:

And I'm so glad that you were free to come on my show. And I

Janice Porter:

appreciate your time here. And I do encourage my audience to go

Janice Porter:

find your shows run with it, and the closing act, and they're all

Janice Porter:

on YouTube, right? And on the Telus novice network, and what

Janice Porter:

was the other one? Oh,

Christine Blanchette:

optic TV and Zona TV got its own TV. And

Christine Blanchette:

I have a website run with a.ca. Right? Google my name.

Janice Porter:

Overtime through they'll find you for sure. So

Janice Porter:

thank you again, Christine, for being here. And any last words

Janice Porter:

for my audience? Well, I wanted

Christine Blanchette:

to thank you so much for your time,

Christine Blanchette:

Janice. Such great questions, and it was such a wonderful time

Christine Blanchette:

chatting with you today. Well,

Janice Porter:

it's my delight. Thank you again, and thank you

Janice Porter:

to my audience for being here. And remember, to stay connected,

Janice Porter:

and be remembered

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Relationships Rule
It’s always about Relationships!
Imagine that 68% of our clients leave because they feel we don’t care. Then visualize having authentic heart-based retention strategies, proven to minimize client losses, while organically generating a substantial number of loyal clients through referrals.

Catch a glimpse of how Janice opens a conversation by applying her fine-tuned curiosity. Notice how genuinely interested she is in building a relationship with her guests – heart-based business owners and entrepreneurs. In mere minutes, guests generously share their most sweet and powerful retention systems that you can adopt today!

As a seasoned relationship marketing specialist, Janice invites us to listen in weekly, as she reveals how to nurture and build relationships in real-time.

The Relationships Rule podcast’s aim, is to help you naturally ease your networking fears, so you can adopt strategies that amplify your client list, because the facts are, that today, success is built on a foundation of strong relationships. You can relax now, knowing you can activate your relationship marketing plan, by simply tuning in to Relationships Rule each week.

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Janice Porter

I began my career as a teacher, was a corporate trainer for many years, and have now found my niche in coaching business owners to network at a world-class level.
My passion is working with motivated people, who are coachable and who want to build their businesses through relationship marketing and networking (offline & online). I help my clients create retention strategies, grow through referrals, and create loyal customers by staying connected.