Posts tagged small business owners
Business Relationships

In this episode of Small Business Connections, Ann talks with Intimacy and Relationship Coach, Orla Quinn. Orla's passion is to help couples create their 5 Star Relationships through her 8-week program. She uses a combination of couple consultation, teaching methodology, and skills-based training to deliver a consensual communication, sensual touch, and conscious connection curriculum that promises to reset relationships to 5 Star Potential.

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All About Social Selling

In this episode of Small Business Connections, Ann talks with Alexander Low, Head of Enterprise Strategy and Operations of Lately. Prior to joining the team at Lately, Alexander launched multiple global social selling initiatives (one of which LinkedIn themselves point to as the success case), leading the development, training and execution for tens of thousands of employees on LinkedIn and other social channels. Alex is also a LinkedIn Sales Navigator master, a member of the Sales Enablement Society and hosts the star podcast (ironically) named Death of a Salesman.

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Low Hanging Fruit - Marketing Mums Sneak Peek

This week, take a sneak peek at the new Marketing Mums podcast. Learn what it takes to market your small business successfully and what you can do to boost your business today. Eavesdrop on Ann as she begins a conversation on all things marketing.

Ann Discusses:

  • The importance of networking

  • Different types of networking

  • Social media optimization

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Cultivating Culture

In this episode of Small Business Connections, Ann talks with Eric Reed - CEO and Co-Founder of reed5group and frequent guest lecturer at IU Kelley School of Business. A Renaissance man whose expertise has been honed through a variety of perspectives, Eric’s success in business growth is rooted in his proven sales and marketing leadership and sophisticated marketing media strategies.

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Building Business Connections

In this episode of Small Business Connections, Ann talks with Lloyd Malech, a seasoned trial attorney who offers his professional legal services in the areas of divorce, family law, child custody, child support and domestic violence. With more than 26 years of trial experience to his name, Mr. Malech has highly honed legal skills. He has proven himself time and again — achieving excellent results in the courtroom and at the negotiating table.

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Maximize Your Business

In this episode of Small Business Connections, Ann talks with Courtney DeRonde. Courtney is a CPA and Managing Partner of TDT CPAs and Advisors, a boutique advisory and accounting firm for small businesses and nonprofit organizations. They help overwhelmed, successful leaders understand and maximize financial information so they can achieve better results and move their organization to the next level.

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Peak Performance

In this episode of Small Business Connections, Ann talks with Dan Duckworth, founder of The Crucible Life — an online community for changemakers— and the host of The Changemakers Masterclass. Dan is an expert in transformational leadership, helping leaders in every industry and sector and at every level of authority to answer the call of the changemaker and achieve the trophy goals that they care most about.

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Consulting vs. Coaching

In this episode of Small Business Connections, Ann talks Consulting vs. Coaching with Sara Evans of Sara G. Evans Career Consulting. Sara is a career consultant for motivated professionals who need a change for the better. As an experienced leadership development, organizational design, and change management consultant for Fortune 100 companies, federal institutes and academic institutions, Sara is well-versed in switching (and yes, even losing) jobs.

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Reaching Growth Potential

In this episode of Small Business Connections, Ann talks with Meghan Lynch, the CEO of Six-Point Creative, a brand strategy agency that helps “second-stage” companies break through growth plateaus. As part of her mission to help small businesses challenge the goliaths, Meghan has served as an expert advisor to second-stage clients in a wide range of industries, from fast-casual restaurants to industrial manufacturers.

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Marketing Your Podcast - The Perfect Pitch

In this episode of Small Business Connections, Ann talks about marketing your podcast and the perfect pitch with Rich Perry, the co-author of Bankroll Your Mind – an International #1 Best Seller in multiple business, success, and leadership categories.

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Creating a Niche to Grow Your Business

In this episode of the Small Business Connections podcast, we are joined by Allison Williams, the owner of the Williams Law Group and the founder of the Law Firm Mentor. Allison specializes in helping law firms systemize their processes, grow their revenue and lead a firm without the chaos that is often involved in this endeavor.

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Making Your Website Work

Sure, you could go to Wix, Squarespace or WordPress to build a website but is that going to be the answer for your specific needs? In this episode of Small Business Connections, Ann speaks to Dick Rabil of Slice® Works about all of the things most small business owners forget.

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Leaders are Readers Clubhouse Edition

In this episode of Small Business Connections, Ann talks about using the Clubhouse app to increase your brand's visibility, why continuous learning is important for business owners, and how to create loyalty from your employees

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Business Discipline and Accountability

Join us as Ann talks with Jeff Chastain, who formed Admentus to work with entrepreneurial leaders after spending a number of years inside corporate America. Since then, he has worked with numerous small and large businesses to implement various technology solutions to meet their needs.

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What’s Your Why

Join us as Ann talks with life coach, writer, public speaker, self-published author and survivor, Kawan Glover. Kawan is a Survivor because he has lived through a stroke and three brain surgeries. He also dealt with suicidal ideations, one attempt, opioid addiction, depression, and has been $1.2 million in medical debt. Despite these hardships, he has started his own company called Overcome Adversity, which leverages his ordeal to help others, as the name says, Overcome their Adversity no matter the shape or form.

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Be a Disrupter

Join us as Ann talks with Matej Harangozo of Digital Science Media, an award-winning entrepreneur, music enthusiast, and innovative technologist. We discuss the difference between being an entrepreneur and being a business owner and learning from failure as an entrepreneur.

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Work/Life Balance is Killing Us

In this episode of Small Business Connections, Ann talks about work-life balance, or should it be life-work balance with entrepreneur coach and founder of DTK Coaching and author of Mindset Mondays, David Taylor-Klaus. Work is no more a part of someone’s life than family and David helps people find their balance of life’s rhythm.

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Succession Planning

In this episode of Small Business Connections, Ann talks about succession planning and taking care of your business and yourself financially with Stratus Wealth Advisor, Sam Brownell. Entrepreneurship has many demands and it is vital to plan for your personal and professional future.

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109: What's Next In Digital Marketing

Brian Loebig, of Loebig Ink, returns to ASMM Small Business Connections to discuss what's next in digital marketing. 2020 was a rollercoaster ride for small businesses. 2021 is shaping up to be equally unpredictable. So how are you going to take control of your digital marketing?

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