BIZSOUP Podcasts

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The Liquidation and Closeout Business

04-02-21 Welcome to the world of secondary wholesalers! Tyan Kugler, CEO of Plan B Distribution, one of the nation’s largest secondary wholesalers, is going to talk about the fascinating world of the liquidation and closeout business. Nothing gets wasted and everything gets recycled!

  • Buying and Selling Unwanted Inventory
  • Cash is King
  • Steps to Getting Rid of Inventory
  • Competition for Inventory

Billboard Advertising: A New and Improved Way of Reaching a Mass Audience

 03-24-21 Take everything you remember about billboard advertising and throw it out the window. Lynn Palmer, VP of Sales for Clear Channel Outdoor is going to talk to John about how Billboard advertising has changed by tapping into the digital information revolution. You won’t want to miss this one! 

  • Entrepreneurs are Problem Solvers
  • Data and Failure. Why are They Your Two Best Friends?
  • Picking an Idea and Growing a Business

Xero Shoes: Moving Forward by Going Back in Time

 03-17-21 What if you discovered that all the benefits from shoes – comfort, padding, arch support, and raised heel was wrong. What if It was just a marketing ploy to get you to buy shoes. Steven Sashen, the eccentric CEO from Xero Shoes says less is more when it comes to shoes and to the health and fitness of your foot. Check it out!

  • Entrepreneurs are Problem Solvers
  • Data and Failure. Why are They Your Two Best Friends?
  • Picking an Idea and Growing a Business

Entrepreneurs: Then and Now

 03-10-21 Jason Feifer is the Editor-in-Chief at Entrepreneur Magazine but he acts more like an entrepreneur than an editor. He writes and hosts webinars, he’s the host of multiple podcasts, he produces and stars in his online videos, he blogs, he’s a keynote speaker, writer, humorist, producer, life coach… He is redefining how people work in Post Covid America

  • Entrepreneurs are Problem Solvers
  • Data and Failure. Why are They Your Two Best Friends?
  • Picking an Idea and Growing a Business

Authority Branding: Right Message, Right Clients, Right Revenue

03-03-21 Curt Mercadante Combines Tao Te Ching with a large dose of Entrepreneurial knowhow. Start with an uncarved block of wood and make sure from it you create the right message and the right clients. This will bring you the right income.

  • The Four Pillars: Attention, Accuracy, Alignment, Authenticity
  • What is Your ‘One Sentence’ Impact Message?
  • Adapt, Thrive, and Grow
  • Who Do I Want to Serve? What Do They Want? How Can I Get It to Them?

Reaching Super Humanness in Yourself AND Your Business

02-26-21 Karen Love Lee doesn’t mince words. If you need help in your business or personal life, Karen can help. However, she’ll be honest and truthful and her process might not be easy for you. But it may end up being the best thing you ever do for yourself.

  • Getting to the Root of the Problem
  • #1 Dream Killer: Unconscious Fear
  • Having the Courage and Willingness to Pivot and Change
  • How Childhood Trauma Shapes our Lives

Managing CHAOS

02-24-21 Susan Fennema is a chaos-killing, clutter-kicking, disorder-fighting maven. She loves beating the pants off of disorganization and taking paper where it belongs… to the shredder! She’s the CEO, or Chief Eradicating Officer, at Beyond the Chaos, and she can help you eradicate chaos!

  • Controlling the Chaos by Building Systems
  • Expectations:  What Do You Want It to Be Verses What It Is
  • Filling Gaps by Identifying Problems and Putting a Process in Place
  • Putting People in the Right Seats Doing the Right Jobs…Including You!

Track and Measure: Key Ingredients for a Successful Business

 02-19-21 What are you spending your marketing money on? How are you tracking your results? Who are you trying to reach? Mitch Levinson, the CEO from Creative SIZZLE gives business owners some great marketing advice

  • Brand, Branding, and Lead Generation
  • Updating Your Message Based on Your Tracking Report
  • What are You Spending Your Money On? How Are You Tracking It? And, Who Are You Trying to Reach?

Attract and Scale with Organic Marketing

 02-17-21 Are you tired of paying through the nose for advertising on digital platforms? Listen to Lloyd Yip describe how he uses organic marketing to sell his high ticket items and be successful doing it!

  • Attract and Scale: What Does it Mean?
  • Who Are Your Customers and Where do you Find Them?
  • Your Digital Community: Understanding the Different Formats

Born to Lead

 02-12-21 Loving what you do, strong work ethic, being honest with yourself, knowing your strengths and weaknesses…this sounds more like a comic book caricature of the 1950’s than a businessman. But Alex Kuhn means every word of it!

  • Love What You Do and Doing it The Best You Can
  • Being Honest with Yourself: Knowing your Strengths and Weaknesses
  • Showing True Compassion for Your Employees

Building Clarity into Your Business Life

02-10-21 Where are you? Where do you want to go? And, what are your roadblocks? This is what Stu Massengill asks business owners who need clarity in their business.

  • The Power of Networking and Commun-icating
  • F.O.R.M. From Occupation, Recreation, and Motivation
  • Where Are You? Where Do You Want to Go? What Are the Roadblocks?
  • Your Psychology is the Chokehold on the Growth of Your Business

The eCommerce Disruptor

02-05-21 There are many, many ways to skin the eCommerce cat. But have you ever heard of marketing a product you don’t even have yet in the supply chain? Well, that’s exactly how serial eCommerce expert Kevin Zhang made 20 million in his first year.

  • Marketing vs. The Supply Chain
  • E-Commerce Toolkit
  • Selling Before Having Inventory
  • Stop Scroll Effect

Am I Going to be Ok? Helping Businesses Get Closer to the Things That They Want

02-03-21 Do you need an amazing CPA? How about an expert financial advisor? Do you need someone to help you set some personal AND business goals? How about someone who can prioritize the things that you want from the things that you need? Dan Nicholson and Nth Degree CPAs is that and more!

  • Am I Going to be Ok?
  • “More” is Not Always the Answer to Everything
  • Profit and Preference Based Priorities
  • The Asymmetric Bet

Strategic Tax Planning: Getting the Most out of The Tax Code

01-29-21 Boris Musheyev is a tax strategist for attorneys. But in this podcast he’s going to tell you why paying a one-time fee to have a tax advisor do your taxes is a bad idea. There is a very good chance you are not getting all you can out of your tax man. Boris Musheyev tax strategist extraordinaire is going to show you the light!

  • Creating an Entity. Start with an LLC
  • Opening a 401K for Your Employees: Know the Rules 
  • Adding Your Kids to the Payroll
  • Tax Free Employee Health Premiums

Building Success for Entrepreneurs in the Black Community

01-27-21 Paris Pendelton, an entrepeneur, musician, and radio talk show host, opens up about her struggle to achieve success and how she is using what she has learned to help others in her community.

  • Diva Hustle Radio: Combining a Talk Show with Music
  • Using Hip Hop as a Positive Voice for Change
  • Teaching Aspiring Entrepreneurs Business Basics
  • Choosing the Right Business

The Democratization of Digital Advertising

01-22-21 For our 100th podcast we have the pleasure of talking with Strategus cofounder and SVP Joel COX. If you are a small business and want the inside scoop on how to advertise on TV alongside the big boys for a fraction of the cost AND have it targeted to your area then this is for you!

  • Powerful TV Advertising for the small and Medium Business Community
  • Consumer Choice and Advertising relevance
  • Anonymous Consumer Targeting
  • Advertising Access to the Open Internet of Streaming Video: Episodes, Movies, Documentaries, and Live events

Optometrist Turned Super Powered Amazon Seller

01-20-21 If you are looking for a blueprint on what you need to do to become a successful sellar on Amazon, look no further. Listen to this podcast. Study it. Take notes and follow along as Travis Zigler, an entrepreneurial mastermind along with his wife, Jenna, are building an EYELOVE empire!

  • Facebook, YouTube, E-mail, blogs… All Point to Amazon
  • Consumers Don’t Care About the Product, They Want to Know if the Product is the Solution to Their Problem
  • Brand Defensive Ads, Keyword Based Advertising, Product Targeting Ad
  • Advertising Budget

Health, Fitness, Wellness, and Diet: Key Ingredients for a Successful Business

01-15-21 Like most successful enrepreneur’s Matthew Januszek has several unique qualities. He’s wise beyond his years. He’s unafraid. He’s disciplined, creative, and humble. I’m guessing he’s also a pretty darn good CEO.

  • Building Rapport with Clients
  • Understanding Your Strengths and Weaknesses
  • Staying Mentally Focused and Being Accountable for Everything You Do
  • Managing Your Business After Success: A Whole New Ballgame

Social Media Marketing: Learn from the Experts

01-13-21 How would you like to wake up one morning to find out that your social media marketing was being handled by one of the best SMM companies in the business? It would feel pretty good right? Bad Rhino could be the answer to your dreams.

  • Start with a Plan: do not “Post and Pray”
  • Test, Test, and Test Again. Go with What Works
  • 100-Year-Old Sales Funnel: Let Them Know You Exist, Get Them Interested, Close the Deal
  • Educate: Today’s Consumer is More Savey Than Ever Before

Search Engine Optimization: Improving Your Organic Visibility

01-08-21 Travis Bliffen takes us into the world of Search Engine Optimization in a way that anyone can understand. His down home approach will set you straight and provide you with the information you need to get ahead of the pack.

  • What is SEO?
  • What are the Terms People Search for That Are Most Related to Your Business?
  • What is Your Competition Doing that You’re Not?
  • Should You Do It Just Because You Can or Are There Budget Restrants?

Squircle: Where Science and Nature Come Together

01-06-21 Francis Cholle talks about adult learning concepts and cognitive science that can help your organization solve complex problems AND work better as a team. a great to do list for 2021!

  • Combining the Logical Mind with the Emotional Mind
  • Paying attention to Intuition
  • Making You and those Around You Better
  • Becoming a More Well-Rounded Businessman

The Taxman Cometh for the Self Employed

01-01-21 If you need a quick education on taxes then listen to this podcast. Sandy Botkin knows taxes and he can help you and your business save money.

  • Keeping Track of your Expenses and Mileage
  • Advantage of a Home-based Business
  • Three Important steps to Managing your Taxes
  • Essential Occupations for Financial Independence…and Peace of Mind

Living Trusts, Land Trusts, LLC’s Explained

12-31-20 Are you one of those people out there without a Living Trust? Have you wanted to do it but just haven’t had the time? Well, now is the time and Liran Aliav is here to provide the service.

  • What is a Living Trust?
  • Avoiding Probate
  • Umbrella Insurance
  • Land Trusts

Become an Amazon FBA Seller!

12-23-20  If you are a person with a product idea and want to say goodbye to your boss and go into business for yourself selling your branded product on Amazon, it could be a life-changing decision.

  • Developing a Brand Within Amazon
  • Using Amazon as a Sales Channel
  • Identifying Products and Profit Margins
  • Traffic and Conversion: Having the Right Messaging

A Sea Change Coming in the Way Employees Get Paid

12-18-20 Matthew Kopko is a very smart guy with a very smart idea. His company will revolutionize the way employees get paid.

  • What is DailyPay and How it Going to make the Bi-Weekly Payroll Obsolete?
  • How Once-a-Month Payroll Payments Don’t Allow Employees to Access Money when They Need It
  • A Good alternative to Low Income, High Turnover Companies
  • Employee Savings on average $1,205 a year in overdraft fees and late fees

Entrepreneurs: The struggles Within Us

12-16-20

  • Changing Self Sabotaging Behaviors to Help Your Business
  • The Split: Desire vs. Pushback
  • Sustainability: Joyfulness from Within
  • Coherence: The Flow Between the heart and the Brain

Helping Restaurants Get Through the Tough Times

12-11-20

  • Getting Control of Fixed and Variable Costs
  • Increased Sales Does Not Necessarily Mean Increased Profits
  • Working Towards a 45 Per Cent Gross Margin
  • Trusting Your Team: Delegate Vs. Abdicate 

How the New Administration Might Change Your Tax Outlook and Retirement Savings Plan

12-09-20

  • Possible 401k Tax Changes
  • Tax Increase or No Tax Increase and How May it Effect Your Bottom Line
  • Tax Changes to Watch Out for and How to Prepare for the End of The Year

Building a Social Media Empire One Webinar at a Time

12-04-20

  • Using Business Basics: Exposure, Attract, Convert
  • The Webinar as an Important Marketing Tactic
  • Identify the Product, then Price Point, then What Are You Willing to Pay for a Customer
  • Strategy and Principles, Tactics, Refine and Scale

Finding the Perfect Remote Candidate for Your Business

12-02-20

  • The Vision: Understanding the Client’s Needs
  • The Hiring Funnel: Identifying a Good Fit for Both Parties
  • Selling a Position to the Best Candidate
  • Creating a Comfortable Interview

Everything Starts with an Idea in Someone’s Mind

11-27-20
From the founder and host of BIZSOUP Media comes a message to all entrepreneurial hopefulls: It all starts with an idea. You don’t have to reinvent the wheel, you just need to put a spoke in it. So get out there and do it and let BIZSOUP help you along the way.

Making Money on YouTube

11-25-20 Chris Myles, aka, benjisdad is one of those natural YouTube up and comers. His likability, smarts, and realness make it easy for people to follow along and learn something!

  • The Value of YouTube
  • Add you Voice to the Conversation
  • Affiliate Marketing and Service-Based Products
  • Start Small. Find a Niche

Get an Education in Stock Market Trading

11-20-20

  • Raging Bull Traders Training Members in Real Time
  • An Opportunity to Emulate Successful Traders
  • Managing Money is Like Playing Poker
  • Everyone Should Learn and Understand the Stock Market

Tax Saving Tips for Small Business

11-18-20 If you’re going to call your company elitetaxcut.com you better deliver. And deliver Ms. Landhorian does. and at the end of it all, you may have a CPA for life

  • Common Tax Mistakes
  • Children Employees
  • Overlooked Deductions
  • Depreciation Schedules

Helping People Make Their Business Legit

11-13-20

  • Understanding The Cost of Business
  • Missing the “What Ifs”
  • LLC’s: The Preferred Entity for Small Businesses

NNN Investment Properties: A Good Investment?

11-10-20

  • What is a NNN Lease
  • NN Lease vs. NNN Lease
  • Understanding the Investor
  • Not All NNN Leases Are the Same

How to Organize Your Business and Optimize Your Sales

11-06-20   Are your sales sluggish? Maybe it’s time to bring in reinforcements. Lisa Peskin has the power, muscle, and experience to help turn around your business.

  • Creating a 30, 60, 90 Day Game Plan
  • Reverse Engineering your Sales Plan
  • Taking Time for Business Development
  • Know Where Your Business Comes from and Set Smart Goals Around It

How Money Works and How to Use It

11-04-20

  • Triangle Wealth – Earn, Save, Invest
  • Value and Ability
  • Gaining Financial Control
  • Earn More Than You Spend and Earn A Lot!

Autonomous Security Robots - Coming to a Community Near You

10-30-20

  • Physical Deterrence
  • Collects Terabytes of Data: License Plates, Facial Detection, Cell Phone detection, Thermal Scans 
  • Broadcast Audio Warnings, can be Used as a Loudspeaker by Police
  • Eyes, Ears and Tools for Police and Guards to do Their Job More Effectively

Take Your Business Expertise and Write a Book!

10-28-20

  • Clarifying Your Idea: Who’s it For? What is it Going to Teach? What’s your Motivation?
  • Where Does a Book Fit into Your Business?
  • Making Your Book Your Best Business Development Tool
  • What Format: Digital, Audio, Paperback, or Hard Cover?

The New World of Content and Content Distribution

10-23-20

  • theresandiego.com: a New On-Line Enter-tainment Resource
  • Social Media: The New Community News-paper
  • Marketing for a viewership Niche
  • Advertising Online: Measurable, Trackable, dynamic, and Affordable

Living Trusts, Land Trusts, LLC’s Explained

10-21-20

  • What is a Living Trust?
  • Avoiding Probate
  • Umbrella Insurance
  • Land Trusts

Navigating through The Perpetual E-Commerce Minefield

10-16-20

  • Sales Tax Issues
  • Selling your Product Independently
  • Trademarks are the Underused Form of Intellectual Property
  • Dealing with Amazon

Understanding the Power of Today’s Security Systems for Small Business

10-09-20

  • Hard Wire vs. Wireless
  • Human Security Guard vs. Video Cameras
  • Innovations in security Systems

Changing the World One Animal at a Time

10-09-20

  • A Man’s Love of Animals
  • Profit vs. Nonprofit
  • Helping Families Find the Right Pet
  • Creative Marketing. Puppies Sell!

Investment Opportunities and 401k Dos and Don’ts for your Employees

10-07-20

  • Is an Investment Property a Good Idea Now?
  • Fiduciary VS. Suitability Requirement. Know The difference
  • Diversify with Long Term Results
  • Managing Assets in a Fluctuating Market

Tradigital Marketing

10-02-20

  • Digital Marketing Dynamics
  • Traditional Marketing Advantages
  • Getting the Most Out of Your Investment 
  • Working Hard and Getting Paid

It’s Party Time! Stress reducing virtual Games for your Business

09-30-20

  • From Live Fun to Virtual Fun
  • Interactive Fun is Important to a Healthy Business
  • Holograms Are a Reality
  • Graffiti Wall: Unique and Different Marketing Tools

The Importance of an IT Helpdesk

09-25-20

  • Always Update Software
  • Have Good Malware on Your Computer
  • Keep a Remote Data Back-Up
  • If you don’t Know, Don’t Open It

The Entity Market: Knowing When, Where, and How to Incorporate

09-23-20

  • What Is an Entity?
  • What Type of Entity Should Your Small Business Create?
  • Asset Protection
  • E-Commerce and Product Liability

The Ubiquitous Yelp. It's Even Better Than You Think!

09-18-20

  • The Origins of Yelp
  • How Yelp Works
  • How to Deal with A Critical Review
  • Using Yelp as an advertising tool for Your Business

Suzi Vlietstra: The Perfect Entrepreneur

09-16-20

  • Having a Passion and Seeing a Need
  • Building on an Existing Skill set
  • Finding the Right People to Make Your Vision a Reality
  • Push Thru vs. Pull Thru Distribution

The Changing Landscape of TV Advertising

09-11-20

  • Dave Miles built his agency’s brand in real estate
  • Creating a technology platform that’s breaking the mold in advertising
  • From the Great Recession to Covid, Dave manages through by putting people first

Scanners: Necessary Equipment in the Small Business Environment

09-09-20

  • Creating a Unique Product
  • Building a Business Out of Necessity
  • Looking for Industry Experts from Around the World too Buid a Great Product

Starting a Business Can Be Tough. Let Daven Michaels Help You Reach Your Goals

09-04-20

  • 3 Day Master Class Begins September 28
  • How to Drive Traffic to Your Business
  • Great Opportunity for Those Just Starting Out

Financial State of Affairs with Brent Wilsey

09-02-20

  • Asset Manager vs. Financial Planner: what’s the difference?
  • Is There a Stock Market Bubble?
  • Strong Dollar vs. Weak Dollar
  • Small Caps: worth investing in?

Improving Your Physical and Mental Well Being with Clar8ty

08-28-20

  • A vegetarian Lifestyle at 16
  • Building a Business with Passion and Purpose
  • Expanding the Business to Include People of All Ages

Writing a Business Plan. It’s Like a Map. Where Are You Going?

08-26-20

  • Why Do I Need a Business Plan?
  • BizPlanBuilder. A helpful tool
  • Your Business is a Product. Keep Records!
  • OSHA and Other Small Business Dangers

The Taxman Cometh for the Self Employed

08-21-20

  • Keeping Track of your Expenses and Mileage
  • Advantage of a Home-based Business
  • Three Important steps to Managing your Taxes
  • Essential Occupations for Financial Independence…and Peace of Mind

Avoiding Business Disasters in an Abnormal Covid-19 World

08-19-20

  • Human Nature vs. Logic
  • Economy vs. Safety
  • How Fear can Lead to Economic Instability
  • Changing the Way we Relate to our Customers

David Kay; An Entrepre-neurial Journey From Selling Computers to Designing Vocabulary Word APPs

08-14-20

  • Early Success with KAYPRO Computers
  • Educational Vocabulary CD-ROMs
  • KnowledgeCrunch APP: The Latest and Greatest

Etiquette Strategies in a Masked Up, ZOOM Watching, No Touch, Social Media World

8-12-20

  • Social vs. Business Etiquette
  • Everything is Based on Social Communica-tions and Social skills 
  • Build the Relationship Before you Talk Business
  • Handling Conflict

Marketing Yourself: There’s a Right Way, a Wrong Way, and an eZWay

08-07-20

  • Keeping the Faith
  • Surrounding Yourself with the Right Team
  • Keeping Content Consistent: Consistency is Key
  • Using eZWay’s 38 Shows, 4 Networks, 18 TV Channels to Move Your Message Forward

PIChain: Sustainable Compliance. Fighting for a Global Cause

08-05-20

  • What Does Sustainable Compliance Mean?
  • Blockchain Technology: Keeping Your Assets Secure
  • Bitcoin and Ethereum: Currency of the Geeks?
  • Deep Tech: AI, and other scientific advances and innovation

Understanding Bankruptcy: the When, Where, What, and How.

07-31-20

  • Personal vs. Business Bankruptcy: Chapter 7, 11, and 13 Differences
  • Negotiating with Lenders and Landlords
  • Chapter 11 Prepackaged Bankruptcy
  • Throwing Good Money after Bad: Knowing when to file for Bankruptcy

The Financial Health of the US: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going

07-28-20

  • Inflation vs. No Inflation: Not Now. Maybe Later
  • Valuation of the Dollar. Weak is Good!
  • Second Guessing China as a Place of Business Growth
  • Politics. If Blue Wins Do Taxes Go Up? Maybe, Maybe Not

Credit Card Processing: The Many Ways (good and bad) It Effects Your Business

07-24-20

  • What you need to know about your processor before it’s too late
  • What it means to be a “high risk” business and why it shouldn’t matter
  • Doubling profit could mean trouble for your business – here’s why

Building an E-Commerce site through Amazon. How Ambitious and Thick skinned are You?

07-22-20

  • Modes of selling on Amazon: Arbitrage, Wholesale, and Private Label
  • Order Fulfillment: Merchant Fulfillment (MF) vs. Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) 
  • How important is customer information to your business because you might not ever see it
  • What can you do that your competition can’t? Be Smart, never give up, and be passionate about your work

Managing Your Digital Information with Cloud Communication Services

07-17-20

  • UCaaS (United Communication as a Service)
  • The resiliency and money saving value of a cloud based system
  • Access information from anywhere in the world.

Adapt, Change, or Die. The Chairman of C-Suite Network talks tough love to Businesses during this difficult time

07-15-20

  • In Chaos there is opportunity and learning. Be open to changing the business model
  • The Job of the business leader; be the most strategic person in the room
  • Make sure the right people are in the right jobs; and that includes politicians!
  • Bring a sense of fun, a sense of wonder into the workplace

IGEL CEO talks about the next generation Edge Operating System for cloud workspaces

07-10-20

  • Eliminate the dozens of devices running Windows
  • Hi Fidelity, high security experience on any device, anywhere
  • No need to constantly update hardware and software

Make a splash! How to build your personal brand with the 'Cool Branding Guy' Roy Smoothe

07-03-20

  • Show up strong, show up well and enhance the perception you have created online
  • Build a perception and a story of you and your company on social media
  • Branding Process – Attention, Attraction, Engagement, results!
  • Know your company’s jewels and figure out how to you make them sparkle in the marketplace

More on licensing from licensing expert Steven Ekstract: licensing your invention, social media influencers, and more!

07-01-20

  • Doing good and making money at the same time.
  • Build equity in your business.
  • Making your business scalable.
  • Entrepeneur vs. small business owner: which one are you?

Pictionary Creator Rob Angel Shares his Inspirational Story of Grit and determination

06-26-20

  • If you wait for all the pieces to be in place, you’ll never get started.
  • Life is about Flow. Turning fear into a challenge.
  • A simple action can change your mindset.
  • If you’ve got an idea, control it, hold on to it, and protect it.

Turn Your Beloved Old Bike Into a Helpful friend with EBikeKit

06-24-20

  • The evolution of the E-BikeKit business.
  • Electric bikes: Building on the electric car craze
  • Converting almost any bike is now possible
  • If not technically inclined, let an E-Bike dealer help

Post COVID-19 June Business Review. Winners and Losers

06-19-20

  • Covid-19 Eight Trillion Dollar Price Tag
  • 401K Retirement and Contributions
  • Bankruptcies of Large Big-Box Companies: Investment Opportunities?
  • Manufacturing Overseas: Coming Back Home?

Mindset Driven Marketing: Understanding the Mindset of your Customers

06-16-20

  • What does the customer want and need?
  • Synergizing your sales force and marketing team into one dynamic force.
  • Navigating through social media by understanding your product and where the customer looks for that product.
  • How simple or complex your product is can help determine your customer’s mindset.

Have you Wanted a Jingle for Your Business? Let Jingle Writer Cary Reich Show You The Way

06-12-20

  • Capturing an idea with words and music that people remember
  • Setting yourself apart from the competition
  • Identifying what your brand is or should be

Tom Matzen, Chief Movement Maker, Wants You to be The Best Entrepreneur You Can Be

06-10-20

  • Doing good and making money at the same time.
  • Build equity in your business.
  • Making your business scalable.
  • Entrepeneur vs. small business owner: which one are you?

Is Owning a Franchise Your Dream? Listen to former CEO of Mail Boxes Etc. Jim Amos help you decide

06-05-20

  • What does franchising mean?
  • Are you a good candidate to own a franchise?
  • Unit Economics: the litmus test of a good or bad franchise

When You Absolutely Must Keep Someone or Everyone on the Other Side of the Glass - Riot Glass

06-03-20

  • Fighting the bad Guys with new methods of protection.
  • Aesthetically pleasing Glass. No need for ugly bars.
  • Opportunities for Glazers, Glass Installers and Framers.

Part 1: Consumer Product Licensing: What Is It and Why You Might Need It.

05-29-20

  • What is licensing?
  • Coming to market better, faster, and quicker by leasing a well-known trademark

Interrupting the Food Chain During the Covid-19 Crisis. How Minor Interruptions Can Have Devastating Consequences.

05-22-20

  • Facts and Misconceptions about the Meat Industry.
  • Who Protects the Farmer?
  • The Politics of Raising Animals for Slaughter. How Do we Find Solutions?

The New Business Norm. What Does That Mean in a Post Covid -19 World?

05-15-20

  • There will be change but not as much as you think.
  • Businesses will have to change and adapt: permanently or temporarily?
  • Inflation Today? Tomorrow? More likely 2021.

From Chaos to Calm. CEO and Author Holly Duckworth Teaches Us to be Mindful in a COVID-19 World

05-13-20

  • Setting an intention each day.
  • Being present in the moment. Finding peace and joy in the doing!
  • What you visualize you actualize
  • Finding an emotional connection with business clients

Managing Your Properties AND Your Tenants During the COVID-19 Crisis

05-08-20

  • A Stay on Evictions. Now What?
  • What do you do if your tenants can’t pay?
  • ROI: What you can you expect in the coming months.
  • Real Estate opportunities? 

Marc Siden, CEO of Cloud Water Brands Builds a Marketing Masterpiece. Will It Sell? With a Little Luck it Just Might

05-06-20

  • Why CBD? What’s it Going to Do For Me or Not do For Me?
  • Sometimes it’s better be Lucky than Good. Marc Siden’s Journey into the Unknown.
  • Smart Packaging, Novel Idea, Eclectic Tastes Makes the Product Stand Out

Your Digital Backbone: How to Effectively Manage Your business’ Resources, People, and Information

05-01-20

  • Scheduling Takeout? Building a subscription structure for your business.
  • Predictability of your Service and Cashflow: Turning an ad hoc service into a scheduled delivery service.
  • Omni Channel Applications. What Does That Mean?

You Can Take a Sledge Hammer to it and it Still Won’t Break. Riot Glass for Business and Home Security

04-29-20

  • Fighting the bad Guys with new methods of protection.
  • Aesthetically pleasing Glass. No need for ugly bars.
  • Opportunities for Glazers, Glass Installers and Framers.

Drone Technology is Sky High with Opportunity. If You Love to Fly This Could Be It.

04-24-20

  • The future of Drones in Business: Not just for taking photos.
  • Integrating Cloud technology into your Drone’s capabilities.
  • Identifying the Many different job Opportunities the Drone Industry is Finding its Way Into.

Starting a New Business: Building on What you Know

04-22-20

  • Vivid-Pix CEO talks about his new company
  • Three things any new business needs: Good product, having credibility in the marketplace, Getting people to believe in you
  • Controlling Money, Measuring your Progress, Staying creative, allowing for surprises

Point of Diminishing Returns: When to Stop Using Your Family Members as Warehouse Personnel

04-17-20

  • Packaging and Sending Your Product: Making the Transition from Garage to Fulfillment Center.
  • How a Fulfillment Company can help your Brand and Your Customers.
  • Fulfillment Steps: Receive, Process, Pick, Pack, Inventory, Ship

Keeping Lawyers at Bay. How to Protect Your Business from Covid-19 Lawsuits

04-15-20

  • Simple Safegards protecting you from unhappy Employees
  • Business Interuption Coverage: Does it Apply to COVID-19?
  • How to Protect Yourself Whenan Employee Gets Sick
  • The Three Major Liability Concerns of Small Business

Market Yourself on LinkedIn With a Little Bit of Help From Rhonda Sher

04-10-20

  • Banner and Headline – Making a great first impression.
  • “About” isn’t about you. It’s about your business
  • Share or Repost, That Is The Question
  • The Three P’s Present-Prospect-Profit

Mayor Rebecca Jones: Leading the Way in Times of Uncertainty

04-03-20

  • Serving two masters: State Mandates vs. Residents Wishes. 
  • Get Involved! The importance of knowing what your local leaders are doing. Are they looking out for you? 
  • Looking at the big picture. Making the right decisions for the good of the community. 

Preparing for Financial Growth After the Pandemic

04-01-20

  • We are NOT going into a recession.
  • Anywhere between 3 and 4 trillion dollars is going to come into the economy over the next 5 months.
  • Banks are Stronger than Ever. They can handle the strain and need to carry the ball for a few months.

Insights of a Successful Entrepreneur

03-27-20

  • Entrepreneurs Should ALWAYS have a Branding Site.
  • Having someone who can be objective about your business and who is not in your business is extremely valuable.
  • Try and focus on one thing. And if you work long enough, you’ll get it right.

Seeing an Opportunity Where Most see an Obstacle

03-25-20

  • Seek counsel and ignore people’s opinions.
  • The biggest thing that holds people back is fear – it’s their big “BUT”.
  • What would you be doing if you stopped worrying about what other people thought?

Part Three: What to do When a Virus Hits your Computer

03-18-20

  • Understanding how hackers work.
  • Learning how to protect you and your company from hackers
  • Hacking computers is a multibillion dollar business. It’s not if, it’s when. Be prepared.
  • What is the Dark Web?

Buy a Plane or a Boat and Eliminate Sales Tax

03-11-20

  • How to legally and ethically purchase a plane, boat, or vehicle and not pay taxes
  • Undertanding exemptions
  • Learn the tips, tools, and technics for documenting fuel, maintenance, and hangar or slip reciepts

Keeping your business safe from hackers (Part II)

03-04-20

  • Protecting yourself and your business from Hackers.
  • Creating “Islands of Security” in your business.
  • The three Security Initiatives every business needs to have in place in order to do business with other companies.

How to Acquire Distressed Properties and Convert Them into Income Producing Assets

02-19-20

  • Why securing section 8 housing provides automatic payments from the government.
  • The difference between a private equity fund and an REIT.
  • How operating without debt decreases your chances of losing money in an economic downturn.

Securing your Digital Assets and IT Security

02-19-20

  • How to protect yourself from malicious network traffic.
  • Identifying Phishing Attacks.
  • How a service like BorderLAN can keep your entire network secure to prevent viruses and data breeches.

The Current Political and Social Climate of Horse Racing

02-12-20

  • Why local racetracks are closing and being replaced by real estate.
  • How the simulcast of major horse races has had a major impact on smaller local tracks.
  • Why people should expect to see an enhancement of existing racetracks as opposed to new ones being constructed.

Augmented Reality and Artificial Intelligence: What You Need To Know

02-12-20

  • How small businesses will eventually be able to use AI the same way large corporations and the military can.
  • Why scientists are redefining robots as “cobots” because cobots help the scientists instead of replacing them.
  • Why technology will assist workers to maximize production and minimize cost without eliminating jobs.
  • How automated economies of sale will benefit small business owners.

Get Your Product on The Counter of 5,000 Convenience Stores

02-05-20

  • How to leverage relationships.
  • Increase volume through testing and getting confirmation of sales on the launch.
  • Having the right product to sell.
  • Gain convenience store distributors and convenience stores while you test.

How To Market a Product That Has a Lot of Competitors And Win

02-05-20

  • How finding a void in a market can be helpful for the success of your product.
  • Why infusing your product with love is the key to success.
  • Why funding is key to helping you achieve success.

How To Get Your Product Into a Hotel Chain

01-22-20

  • How the process of getting your product into a hotel chain can take a lot of time.
  • Why it is important to start small and gain the confidence of your local hotel first.
  • The places you can go to exhibit your product to get you noticed by hotels.
  • Why it’s imperative to know your limitations and not reach past them.

Meeting Failure Head On and Coming Out The Wiser

01-22-20

  • The many different moving parts to oversee to make sure a company runs smoothly.
  • Using food as a marketing strategy.
  • Why it is important to pick a product that has a global presence.
  • Why you should remain patient in the developing process.

Martin Lopez discusses His book, "The Curiosity Theory": A Novel Way To Look At Life

01-15-20

  • Why curiosity gives people insight in order to understand others.
  • How taking your business to the next level requires communication, alignment, and collaboration.
  • Why it’s important to be responsible for a conversation.
  • Why the alignment within your team is so important for success.

Home equity Line of Credit: When it Can Be Used Effectively

01-15-20

  • Why you should try to get a HELOC a credit union before going to a bank.
  • How different divisions in banks deal with separate issues.
  • Why homeowners should use a HELOC when purchasing trade fixtures.
  • How you can use a HELOC multiple times after paying it off.

The Tips, Tools, and Techniques for Covering Your Assets

01-15-20

  • The five most important things that a restaurant should do to be successful.
  • Key elements to a restaurant’s survival.
  • How to cook up all the business tools you need using one software online.

Surpressing Private Information From The Public Platforms

01-15-20

  • How to sign the petition for ‘The Right to be Forgotten’, which would give Americans the opportunity to remove from Google and other platforms certain information that should be considered private.
  • How it should be a basic right for people to remove information about them on the internet.
  • The one solution Reputation Defender offers as help is suppressing information that people want private.

The Right to be Forgotten - When Online Privacy is Important

01-15-20

  • Learn about ‘The Right to be Forgotten’ campaign and a person’s right to privacy.
  • How the EU (European Union) privacy guideline principles can be laid down in the USA.
  • The number one tip small business owners should be looking for in the ‘Right to be Forgotten’ movement.

Seth Greene talks about Marketing, with Compelling Calls to Action.

01-15-20

  • 3 things to do in your business monthly to get new business.
  • 4 examples of powerful subject lines that really work.
  • How telling a compelling and emotional story about a product or service is a great way to get someone’s attention.