Accelerate Your Business Growth

Geoff Atkinson joins us to explain the importance of optimizing our websites and focus on SEO consistently. Geoff is the former SVP of Marketing at Overstock.com where he introduced SEO and grew the organic channel from $0 to $300 million in the late 2000s. He is now the Founder-CEO of Huckabuy, a software company based in Park City, UT that is disrupting the $80B SEO services industry with a tech...

There are three ways to increase profit in business. More sales, higher prices, or lower costs. Each of those depend on leadership. Mike Lloyd shares some great insights and ideas about leadership. After 10 years as a professional photographer and educator, Mike took his knowledge of leadership, communication, and education to the commercial clients he shot for. He led sales trainings, worked on s...

What if you could avoid some of the pitfalls of business ownership and growth? Wally Gustafson joins us to talk about this very thing. Wally is a small business owner with 19 years of entrepreneurial experience. He had investors in a startup company that eventually failed. He created without investors a basement business that turned into a multi-million-dollar online retail business. Wally has see...

Vlad Edelman joins me to discuss marketing automation, entrepreneurship, and productivity for small business owners. Vlad is the founder and CEO of Targetable, a marketing automation company that uses machine learning to program social campaigns for restaurants. Targetable has 20 employees, is projecting 3M in revenue for 2020, and a big contact with a globally recognized brand, Buffalo Wild Wings...

Gain access to funding even with personal credit challenges. Stephanie Lawrence provides us with specific steps to creating a business credit score. Stephanie is a Credit Specialist with 12 years of experience working on improving personal credit and building business credit. After struggling with her own credit challenges and paying double-digit interest rates, she said enough is enough and went...

Time management expert Julie Morgenstern shares how to organize your day from start to finish to make the most of your time inside and outside of the office. Through her tips and strategies, you will learn how to create an environment that helps you thrive and avoid burnout. For over 30 years, Julie Morgenstern has been teaching people all around the world and at all stages of life how to overcome...

Many CEOs and executives aspire but struggle to achieve work/life balance, leading to stress and guilt. Ari Rastegar joins us to share how hiring friends and family is the ultimate solution to finding this balance. Ari Rastegar is known for his specialized expertise in real estate and his contrarian investment strategies. He is considered a leader of the next generation of real estate managers. He...

As of 2019, 66% of companies allow their employees to work remotely while 16% of companies are fully remote. Ariel Schur helps us understand how employees can navigate working remotely, as well as how employers can maximize this concept. Ariel Schur, LCSW is the CEO and sole founder of ABS Staffing Solutions. Her high-touch, service-oriented approach has been a refreshing change to the industry. A...

Dolores Hirschmann shares her thoughts on how to align your marketing, sales, and overall communication tactics to the CORNERSTONE IDEA of your business. Find out why it is important to move from talking about what you do to talking about what you stand for. Dolores Hirschmann is an internationally recognized STRATEGIST & COACH. She helps clients clarify their “idea worth sharing”, design their co...

In the digital age, video content is no longer exclusively controlled by traditional media. Anyone can record video and publish it across various social media platforms, but few are doing it. Rob Deptford shares why it's important for individuals and businesses to get on board, and how to do it well. Rob Deptford is a video creator, presenter and on-camera speaking coach with a background in broad...

Why do businesses fail? What kind of actions can we do right now to give us the best chance of success? Businessman and author Dan Cooper offer us some real-life, practical advice drawn from his own experiences and those leaders he serves in his KC based organization, Acumen. Dan Cooper is the co-author of a new book, Sharpen: A Guidebook for Business Ownership and Adventures in Leadership. He is...

Sales technology is growing faster than ever before and sellers have a wide variety of tools available to them. Gessie Schechinger joins us to talk about the power of the tools in the market today and what will be available to your business in the next 5 years. Gessie Schechinger is the laziest salesman in America as well as Chief Revenue Officer for the OnCourse Sales Engagement Platform. Gessie...

Oscar Trimboli joins me to share how listening is contextual and relational. Oscar is on a quest to create 100 million Deep Listeners in the world. Oscar is on a quest to create 100 million Deep Listeners in the world. He is an author, Host of the Apple Award winning podcast — Deep Listening and a sought-after keynote speaker. He is passionate about using the gift of listening to bring positive ch...

Scott Miller shares his tips on how to be the best manager and leader possible to bring out the best in your team no matter what level you are in your company. Scott serves as FranklinCovey’s executive vice president of thought leadership. He is the host of On Leadership with Scott Miller, a weekly leadership webcast, podcast, and newsletter that features interviews with renowned business titans,...

Entrepreneurs start with a great idea and drive to succeed, but they are all faced with common challenges like gaining access to capital, gaining access to top talent, and meeting the needs of their customers. David Ciccarelli, CEO and co-founder of Voices.com, shares how the discipline of being intentional is the key to moving your company forward.  David Ciccaarelli is an entrepreneur at heart....

Eric Holtzclaw joins us to explain how, much like those awkward teenage years, companies experience an awkward growth phase where they need solid strategies in place to move them successfully from adolescence to maturity. Eric is a serial entrepreneur with 30 years of experience turning business concepts into revenue-making realities. Eric helped found of one of the first profitable Internet enter...

Matt Baker joins us to talk about how to make sure you have the money you need to be sustainable and grow. Matt is a money strategist and business coach who’s passionate about helping entrepreneurs solve their most challenging problems. As VP of Corporate Strategy and International Expansion at FreshBooks, Matt is helping millions of self-employed pro’s grow their businesses and get paid faster. T...

In this episode Ethan Beutet explains why adding video to your prospecting email is such a powerful tool. Learn how to start incorporating video into your prospecting process to dramatically enhance your results. Ethan is Chief Evangelist at BombBomb, a software company that helps working professionals rehumanize their businesses. Ethan believes that business relationships should be built upon con...

Rylee Meek shows us how dinner seminar campaigns bring both sale success and help business owners take their marketing to the next level. Rylee spent years working in sales and, although he was successful at it, he was selling things that he wasn't excited about. So he founded the Social Dynamic Selling System, a thriving company that has generated over $80 million in the past eight years. His pas...

Chris Shipferling joins me to uncover myths and share tips for successfully selling your business. Chris is the Managing Partner at Global Wired Advisors, where he advises and supports organizations of all sizes as they sell their digitally native or e-Commerce businesses. Chris and his team have built multiple online and e-commerce platforms and completed hundreds of business sales ranging from $...

Maria Pesin joins us to share some ideas on building your business through bootstrapping. Maria is a fashion industry consultant and senior apparel industry executive with more than 25 years of field experience. She is the author of 14 Essential Truths Everyone in the Fashion Business Should Know and the CEO of Vibe Consulting. She has constructed and implemented business plans for New York appare...

Kelly Glover shares how to build your brand and get more clients by being a guest on podcasts. Kelly is the CEO of The Talent Squad: a podcast booking and publicity agency, and has spent almost two decades working in media as a talent agent, radio host, podcast producer, and celebrity interviewer (I'm talking John Travolta and Joaquin Phoenix level). Her myriad experiences in media have allowed he...

Did you know that multinational companies are looking  to buy goods and services from woman, minority, LGBT, veteran and disability-owned businesses? Some business owners don’t realize these opportunities are out there; others get certified but don’t take advantage of the opportunities. This episode gives business owners practical tools for identifying opportunities for their diverse businesses an...

Research  shows  that strategic thinking is the most valued leadership skill in business, yet  only 32% of organizations teach their managers how to facilitate strategic conversations. Rich Horwath,  New York Times  best-selling author,  CEO of the Strategic Thinking Institute, Trainer and Coach, shares how managers can shift from tactical to strategic thinking to set a clear strategic direction f...

In this episode, Justin Goodbread shares tips and stories to help the listeners increase their business's value and determine the business's worth. Justin Goodbread, CFP®, CEPA®, CVGA®, owner of Heritage Investors and FinanciallySimple.com, is a nationally recognized financial planner, financial educator, wealth manager, author, speaker, and entrepreneur. Armed with 20+ years of experience startin...