https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-u9n9w-1069548
Original airing: September 2, 2020
At the Café, I’ve invited Rich Cocuzzo, the founder and president of Sales Velocity Advisors, to talk war stories, the good, the bad, and the ugly of today’s business environment and to provide some insights on what to do and not to do when it comes to planning your sales strategies and tactics.
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-tpvvz-105f35b
Leilani Quiray, CEO and Founder of BeTheChangeHR took a different route in 2020 during the pandemic. She packed up her car and began traveling the country. But being remote didn’t slow her down. She grew her business, added employees, and managed to have adventure after adventure hiking mountains and scaling rock faces along the way.
Join us at the Business Growth Cafe this week for a special and insightful show with a very special woman.
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-99w4f-105363b
IZO Spirits CEO Gaston Martinez joins me at the Business Growth Cafe to discuss growing the IZO brand during the challenges of 2021. What do you do when one of your primary channels of distribution, restaurants, is not available? How do you grow from one product to eight and maintain the highest level of quality? And, what is the impact on your brand when you’re winning awards competition after competition?
Grab a glass, sit back and let’s sip some Mezcal!
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-26fme-104ca9e
Originally posted August 6, 2019
Have you ever thought and wondered how you became an entrepreneur? What drove you to start your first business? It’s an interesting question. Today at the Cafe, I’m going to talk about where I believe I got my start, motivation. I’m calling this show, life lessons from the #1 plumber, in the #2 business, lessons my father taught me that I never listened to, but found valuable later on in life.
Life Lessons and Unintended Business Advice From the #1 Plumber in the #2 Industry
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-h3vmx-103f76e
Join me and my guest, Michael Haynes, B2B Customer Strategy Specialist and author of the book, Listen Innovate and Grow.
We explore the importance of listening to the market to generate innovative thinking to drive revenue and company growth. This is a fun, insightful, and educational show and one I’m sure you’ll benefit from listening to.
It’s a workshop in 60 minutes!
Click here to learn more about Michael’s book.
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-pg92n-1034e92
When you graduated with your degree and entered the workforce armed with all of the freshly minted knowledge, you were ready to conquer the business world. What you and frankly most of us found out is that we were missing the soft skills necessary to be successful. Most of them, we picked up along the way. How to work effectively, interview, be a leader, network, or even negotiate, these are the essential skills to be successful.
Mark Herschberg, author of The Career Toolkit and I discuss the essential skills for success that no one ever taught you.
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-rmx2k-102ad12
When you think about influencer marketing do the big names pop into your mind? And, of course, so do the big budgets to get on their radar. But, maybe there is an opportunity for small businesses to get on the influencer marketing bandwagon. Consider Micro-Influencers.
My guest today, Aaron Kosinets, CEO of Influencer Hunter, and I explore the world of how businesses can strategically use influencers to help build their business.
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-q2qh4-1023ac1
If you own or manage a business and have employees, you know what a pain in the “ass” payroll can be. It’s not just about cutting the paychecks, it’s about making sure you’re dealing with the taxes, timekeeping, making sure breaks are being taken and everything is being documented.
Today, I have Debbie Biscotti, Senior Product Advisor of Heartland to talk payroll, time tracking, onboarding, Work Opportunity Tax Credits, and much much more.
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-meytj-1017eef
When we think about marketing, the 4P’s come to mind. Product /Service, Place, Price, and Promotion. But today, there are many more P’s, or possibly even C’s, depending on your thinking. Join me at the Business Growth Cafe to explore, and count the number of P’s you might have in your business and how they can impact the growth of your business.
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-vy9rb-100b8d5
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, the conversation on energy conservation and climate change is not new but certainly one you need to participate in.
My guest and expert on the subject, Marc Brener, Director of Renewable & Energy Efficiency Services of Energy Experts International, Inc., is here with me today to help explore ideas and the facts you need to be thinking about. This is an important, educational and stimulating conversation.
