Ask an Expert by Propelo

Rick Gilbert, the founder of a popular lifestyle apparel company in Portland, Oregon, called Grafletics, shares clever ways he’s adapted his retail and eCommerce business during the pandemic. Even though revenues are off 50% they’re actually looking to invest in a larger retail location.

Bill Lyons, Founder and CEO of Griffin Funding, a mortgage company that has excelled by staying focused on a niche market, Veteran Funding, which earned them the fastest-growing company in San Diego. He shares insights on how you hire for culture, talks about market trends, and has actionable business insights.

Nick Middleton runs an agency that develops marketing campaigns for summer camps, a sector that has been hit especially hard these past few months. He shares several different ways that camps are getting creative and innovative to pivot in the face of cancelations or changing restrictions. He also shares interesting marketing opportunities including Facebook eCommerce platforms and FREE AdWord fun...

Looking at an educational system that has missing teachers, and even textbooks, today’s Ask an Expert guest developed a virtual learning platform over 10 years ago to help give education to kids in need. Evan Erdberg is the President and Founder of Proximity Learning and has created a video-based educational platform that pairs remote teachers to students and classrooms in need across the country.

Barrett Ersek, Founder and CEO at Holganix started his first multi-million dollar business at age 16 thanks in large part to his grandfather who had him do book reports on sales and business books. Two successful exits later he’s on his third business where he’s revolutionizing the lawncare, and all things that grow from the soil, with a positive benefit on our environment.

Rohit Talwar, Founder and CEO of Fast Future, talks about how we’re in a one-time opportunity to rehearse how we want our future to be. He also says that now is a time to get back to basics, to start really actively listening, to focus on training and learning, and surround yourself with people who will encourage and challenge you and your ideas.

Samuel Monnie is an acclaimed speaker, author, and consultant focused on Marketing Transformation, and also co-hosts the “Across the Pond: Marketing Transformed” podcast. Today he talks about business responsibilities in the current societal climate focused on racial inequalities. He highlights some companies that have historically been focused on equality, talks about how customers are demanding...

After navigating the last recession, today’s Ask an Expert guest Richard Davis, President of a full-service agency, concentrated his efforts on developing a crowdsourcing platform to connect talented writers across the world with companies in need of a slogan. Richard also explains why businesses need to make sure they continue to be aggressive with their marketing, and which channel they should l...

Howard Behar, former President and Boardmember of Starbucks, joined the company when there were just 28 stores, and by the time retired there were over 15,000. Howard shares the most important thing for their quick growth. Quick hint, it’s not about the coffee (which just happens to be the title of a popular book he wrote, and it’s something that you should be focused on with your business today.

Dave Kurlan, who started out as a musician, realized at an early age his real talents were in sales and has been running a sales training firm working with SMB’s to Fortune 500 companies. In this Ask an Expert segment Dave shares cold calling strategies, sales hiring tips (hint: don’t trust your gut), pivot strategies, and how to leverage video for selling in today and future environments. q3XujAD...

John DiJulius is considered the preeminent customer service experience leader by big brands from all over the world from The Ritz Carlton, Lexus, Starbucks, Progressive Insurance, and more. In this Ask an Expert interview John explains how by focusing on three things—Culture, Customer Experience, and Accountability—you can create a world-class customer experience.

Jack Daly, and sales and motivational speaker, shares key mindset approaches to achieving success. He’s built several successful businesses, and equally, if not more incredible, has done over 95 marathons and 15 ironmans — all after the age of 46.

Summer Erickson has worked with some of the biggest brands from Visa, Shutterfly, and Gap, and has created a consulting firm to help businesses accelerate performance through customer acquisition, retention, and loyalty. She shares insights on why your why matters, how you should look to pivot, and how you should engage your customers in today’s environment.

Heather Anderson, former executive editor at Credit Union Times and founder to The Oasis Group, shares how credit unions are uniquely positioned compared to regional banks during this economic crisis. She also details what they need to be keenly focused on right now.

Within a two-month period Jessica Jones, onboarded at infoUSA as VP of Talent, got promoted to GM and had to adapt to a global pandemic. She shares how one of the biggest takeaways is focusing on employee mental health.

Nick Lateur, National Sales Manager for IMAGEN Brands, shares the attention-getting series he’s developed, and the approaches he’s taken to becoming a social media guru… so much that he’s been promoted to IMAGEN’s social media director.