Have you ever thought, I should write a book? If so, or if you want to know more about collaborative publishing, Michelle Vandepas of GracePoint Publishing shares the details and great tips on how to have your book published.
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Have you heard about the Lean Out Method? Join us as we talk with Crista Grasso about using the lean out method to level up, which she developed. We discuss how to build sustainable success, getting off the hustle hamster wheel, how to do less to make more, and why everything starts with a vision.
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Join me as I talk with John Stoj of Verbatim Financial about his journey from money management, to sushi business, to a comprehensive financial planner. John shares why he believes business owners should start with an exit plan when considering a business opportunity and what you should know to protect yourself and your family financially as a business owner.
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When is the last time you assessed your communication skills for your business and yourself? Bill Kurzeja of Professional Success South joins us today, sharing communication skills, confidence and salesmanship. Bill brings awareness to the art of communication and being aware of what is happening around you. Confidence, communication and selling yourself are vital to the success of your business and for promoting oneself.
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In today’s episode, we discuss Marketing Pathways, Marketing Plans and the importance of consistency and frequency with Alex Fakeri of, MOJO Creative Digital. Alex and Ann share why you have to do more than build it and they will come. You have to resonate with people and you can’t be afraid to take chances. These two have collaborated and networked boosting local small businesses while spreading the message of producing creative content and ways to have your message received.
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What is your Market Reality? Damion Lupo joins me today, sharing his wisdom as we delve into your pain points and how you know the market needs or cares about what you have to offer in business. Join us and discover what mentoring is really about. Damion asks how much do you trust yourself and are you ready to do the work? We discuss Brand Promise and why it needs to be consistent throughout your organization plus, other essential ways to take the opportunity to reinvent yourself.
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Are you looking for ways to increase your lead generation and how to get more from your social media content? Join us as we talk with Sarah Noel Block of Tiny Marketing and share the importance of marketing automation platforms, content ideation and how to systemize; creation, distribution and promotion for your business.
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In today’s episode, I talk with Tony Martignetti of, Inspired Purpose Coaching about how to build high-performing teams, living a fulfilling life and improving your human connections in order to avoid stress and burnout.
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Join us as we discuss teamwork, the importance of referrals, leveraging and leadership for small businesses. It's the story of everyone around me - Nikole Dickman would say if you asked her to walk you through her journey. Finding herself in a situation where she was going to be relocated and didn’t want to make the move, she took the severance package and started her own business, Envoy Managed Services. Nikole brought her team on-board, and they walked right back into their previous company as consultants to finish the project her team had started.
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Join me as I talk with Nathalie Gregg, Adjunct Faculty/Leadership & Performance Coach/Speaker. We will be talking about her brand #LeadLoudly, and three ways that women can #LeadLoudly. We also discuss the importance of choosing a word for 2020, mission-critical behaviors needed to excel in 2020, and the role mentorship has played in her success.
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Our conscious beliefs and behavior are tied to our unconscious patterns, and Naheed’s unique process helps you uncover old stories that continue to impact and at times, diminish our success. Once these stories have been uncovered and released, her clients have grown their business by up to 400%, landed senior management positions, and significantly reduced stress in their lives.
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Building your Business' Social Media Presence is crucial to growing your business. It is important to build a community around your brand. In this episode, Ann shares the 3 essential techniques to build your personal brand while growing your business brand. Bonus tip- How do you analyze your marketing campaign? Ann shares the answer.
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In this episode we discuss the difference between your vision and your mission with- Cheryl Cage and Nathan Bourne of MyCORE. Together, they explain why your business needs to invest in the employee experience in order to build the customer experience.
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Today's episode dives into our case study on how our staff worked together to create new content marketing ideas and strategies for our clients. Using an interview format, we highlighted our clients and their small business through daily live videos and podcasts shared across several social media platforms. We promoted our interviews on Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter, Libsyn and our website. We discovered the best way to reach more potential clients and engage our current clients is to use all of the social media platforms and use the tools within these platforms. We have seen the power of content marketing and share our results with you.
We continue to find new ways to reach more people. ASMM Digital Campus was born as a way to share the processes of using social and digital media to reach more clients.
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In this episode, Ann discusses the benefits of cause marketing for your business, what we have learned about trying to run a charity and a business at the same time and what she thinks might be a good alternative.
When you visit the ASMM Digital website you will see that we are dedicated to stopping suicide. Suicide prevention is a very personal cause for me as a business parent and business owner. Through our experience of running and agency in conjunction with a suicide prevention charity is; that people care. People care whether a company is giving back. But, they also care whether the principals care about the cause or are doing it for publicity's sake.
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Join us while we talk to Brian Loebig about how to optimize your business' online profile. Your online presence is the first and last impression that you get to make with your audience. Be sure to make a good impression. In this episode of Small Business Connections, we talk about SEO for businesses as well as personal brands, how to stay connected during the pandemic, how to get started with Google My Business, and why relationship marketing is still important. It is vital for your business to continue to build relationships.
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Many of the same traits that make someone a good entrepreneur also make them prone to suicide. They are strong. They are independent. They are doers, people of action. They care deeply. Because of this, I want to tackle the subject head-on. How are you doing today? What are you doing to protect your mental health? Who do you have to tell when things are going poorly? Do you have a plan for when to ask for help?
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Leadership is a learned skill and even for natural-born leaders have to earn it through constant education. Today's guest of Small Business Connections is a life-long learner and a leader, both naturally and professionally. But, more importantly, he is an observer of what makes a good leader.
Sean Heritage is a proud husband and father who spent most of his adult life serving as a Cryptologic Warfare Officer in the United States Navy. Embarking on Career 2.0, he continues to do much of the same, all the while helping others connect the dots as a leader, team-builder, talent magnet, mind stretcher, and multiplier. His desire to help others realize their potential is grounded in the interest others continue to take in helping him to realize his.
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If small business owners learned nothing during the recent crisis, they learned the importance of having an ecommerce site. Unfortunately many business owners still believe they don't need one because they don't have a product to sell. In this episode we talk about how wrong that is and why you need to start thinking outside the box right now. Michael Carico of AbleSpark joins in this news-breaking discussion.
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This episode of Small Business Connections addresses importance of optimizing your online presence. For too many people, the mere mention of the word optimization is enough to freak them out. But optimizing your SEO, social media platforms, Google My Business account or YouTube channel is not that hard and can make an enormous difference for your business.
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