Business Mastery Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Dawn talks with Juli Hamilton, owner of Something From the Garden, a seasonal country store in rural Van Wert County, Ohio.  In this episode… Who is Juli Hamilton and who does she serve? (1:29).   Juli started as 3-season business because winter is very cold in Northwest Ohio. What is Something from the Garden Today?  (3:04). Juli’s college degree and her passion is in horticultur...

Send us Fan Mail Dawn talks with Dr. Maritsa Yzaguirre-Kelley. Dr. Maritsa holds a doctorate in counseling ministries, is a nutritional therapist, and author of “Get Off The Couch” & “The Hypnotic Language Of Success’’. She is also the former executive Director of one of the country’s leading drug and alcohol treatment centers. Currently, as the owner of Obtaining Mastery, she tours the countr...

Send us Fan Mail Dawn talks with Abigail Langridge, owner of Poppins PA, an agency that helps busy business owners live life seamlessly.       In this episode… Who is Abigail and whom does she serve? (1:31).  As a Personal Assistant, what does Abigail do to help women reach their goals? (2:02). How in the world does working 13-14 hours a day not lead to burn out with Abigail’s clients? (3:23).  Wh...

Send us Fan Mail Dawn talks with Kristen Westcott, a business growth strategist and copy writer, who collaborates with entrepreneurs in the online space who might be having a tough time getting their big ideas from their head to paper or to their website, or those who just don’t have time to do it themselves.     In this episode… Who is Kristen and whom does she serve? (1:22).  What about being cu...

Send us Fan Mail Dawn talks with Amanda Miller, owner of Cedar Mill Farms and Flock Mercantile and Makerspace and Chief Marketing Officer at Revival Design Studio in rural Ohio.      In this episode… Who is Amanda Miller and whom does she serve? (1:44).  How Amanda found the space where Flock Mercantile and Makerspace is located. (2:35).  Why a Mercantile and Makerspace? (6:05). Why downtown Celin...

Send us Fan Mail Dawn lays out the details of wholesale and consignment selling for product-based businesses. This is a great way to get your products in front of other audiences and you should know the intricacies involved.    In this episode… Why would you want to do this? (2:40).  How to get started with wholesale or consignment sales? (4:15).  What about expectations? (7:19). Things to think a...

Send us Fan Mail Dawn talks with Catherine Kontos, Founder of RetreatBoss, a company that specializes in creating exclusive and successful retreats and offers certification courses for those wishing to excel in the retreat business. The RetreatBoss™ Certification program was created as an accumulated fusion of many years' worth of retreat building experience through selling, assessing venues...

Send us Fan Mail Dawn talks with Darren Jacklin, founder of the “Until I Become” philosophy that teaches persistence and never giving up. Darren grew up with learning disabilities, barely passed public high school, lived on the streets and on welfare, and he attempted suicide multiple times.  Throughout his upbringing, he was repeatedly told that his disabilities would forever keep him from amount...

Send us Fan Mail Dawn talks with Lisa Kelly, founder of successful coaching company Life Unlimited, about mindset, pivoting, risk taking, and evaluating your business. In this episode… Who is Lisa Kelly and whom does she serve? (1:28).  How do you know if you are stuck in your business; not just caught in “the way business is”. (2:34). How Lisa found her path to coaching. (4:47).  How to evaluate...

Send us Fan Mail Dawn talks with Joe Dichiara, a CPA for over 40 years, on the biggest mistakes small businesses make, finding the right financial pro for your business, and the steps you can take now to have a solid year.  In this episode… Who is Joe Dichiara, and whom does he serve? (1:37).  Joe’s thoughts on having a business finance professional look at your numbers. (4:09). How can business o...

Send us Fan Mail Dawn talks about three steps you need to take when formulating your next sales strategy. She talks capacity, understanding your customers, customer relations and customer service, brainstorming new ways to sell your products, SWOT analysis, and ROI analysis.    Use these three steps to find the next place to make sales in your business.             In this episode… What you need t...

Send us Fan Mail Dawn talks with Parm Saggu, who teaches us how to align with nature to naturally boost mood, improve focus, enhance creativity, and get deeper rest. Parm is a spiritual teacher and owner and founder of Parm’s Yoga.                 In this episode… Who is Parm Saggu and whom does she serve? (1:29).  Work/life balance and staying in your purpose. (2:22) Since the Pandemic, have we g...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode… Who is Marie Miller and whom does she serve? (1:29).  What is a brand and what is brand voice? (2:49) Why the questions your marketing expert asks you are important. (5:27). Why consistency in everything about your branding is important. (7:11).  Why does every business need a brand management plan and what having one does for brand consistency? (8:49).  Your busi...

Send us Fan Mail Dawn talks with James M. Powell, an expert on the science of intuition, about tapping into our intuition and using it to make better business decisions.               In this episode… Who is James M. Powell and whom does he serve? (1:29).  In everything we learn about running a business, why don’t we learn about tapping into our intuition in business school? (2:58) The meaning of...

Send us Fan Mail Dawn talks with Heidi Brown about the importance of authenticity in business. They discuss how authenticity is important in your bringing your unique gifts and talents to the world through your business.             In this episode… Who is Heidi Brown and whom does she serve? (1:30).  How can we tune in better to what our heart desires and then do the physical things needed to ach...

Send us Fan Mail Dawn talks with Holly Carter, who runs Oxalis Integrative Support Services, a company of Cannabis Compliance Experts. The company specializes in helping their clients maintain compliance with governmental regulations in the cannabis industry.             In this episode… Who is Holly Carter and whom does she serve? (1:24).  The importance of compliance and making sure you are cond...

Send us Fan Mail Dawn talks with her daughter, Katie Lanham, a new business owner, about starting a new business; the trials and tribulations, emotions and mindset involved in all of it.           In this episode… Who is Katie Lanham and whom does she serve? (1:28).  What was the first thing Katie decided to create when she started Art Bard Candles? (1:56) Katie explains what her emotional state w...

Send us Fan Mail Dawn talks with Suzie Flynn, CEO of Suzie Flynn Coaching, a mindset and business coach who specializes in coaching Virtual Assistants (VA) and helping them unlock their money blocks. Dawn and Suzie discuss all things VA.             In this episode… Who is Suzie Flynn and whom does she serve? (1:24).   What do Virtual Assistants do and why would someone need one? (2:03) Coaching V...

Send us Fan Mail Dawn talks with Leanna Gantt, the CEO of TookTake, a company that produces medication dosage reminder labels about taking the company from something she needed for herself to scaling for a supercenter sized company.          In this episode… Who is Leanna Gantt, and who does she serve? (1:30).   A bout with breast cancer started all this for Leanna. (1:59) How do TookTake labels w...

Send us Fan Mail Dawn talks with Mark Verville, Executive Director of the Van Wert County, Ohio, Chamber of Commerce.        In this episode… Who is Mark Verville, and who does he serve? (1:29).  Besides ribbon cuttings for new businesses, what else does the Chamber of Commerce do to support local businesses? (2:54) Why should an online business join their local Chamber of Commerce? (4:43). The Ch...

Send us Fan Mail Dawn talks with Aimee Odom, an expert on masculine and feminine energy, about people tapping into the uniqueness of themselves.         In this episode… Who is Aimee Odom, and who does she serve? (1:39).   What do masculine and feminine energy even mean? (2:30). How to start to find that balance. (6:46). How do we tap into the intuition of our energies? (8:39).  How do we lead fro...

Send us Fan Mail Dawn talks with Rose Lounsbury, a simplicity coach for female professionals, about all the things we can do to help keep our businesses from driving us crazy.        In this episode… Who is Rose Lounsbury, and who does she serve? (1:22).   If I just had 4 days, I could get everything under control… (5:16) Where does the busy entrepreneur even start to simplify? (8:06). When you do...

Send us Fan Mail Dawn talks with Rosanne Reid, a Digital Marketing Expert.  In this episode… Who is Roseanne and who does she serve? (1:28).  What is digital marketing? (2:56). How important is it to have a digital presence? (5:04).  What you need to think about when establishing a social media presence and what platforms you should consider joining. (7:29).  How can someone leverage automated sch...

Send us Fan Mail Dawn talks with Olivia Hickman, a Women's Empowerment Mentor, about when it is time to make a pivot and find new lines of revenue.         In this episode… Who is Olivia Hickman and who does she serve? (1:23).   How to find your purpose. (2:00). What are some things you should be looking for that indicate adding new lines is the right thing for you? (4:00).  How you can tell...

Send us Fan Mail Dawn talks with her husband, Mike Kennedy, about their coffee business, Convoy Road Coffee Roasters. They started this new business 7.5 years after Mike’s near fatal accident and this episode deals with Mike’s new normal and how he has to do things a little differently this time around.           In this episode… What happened that led to starting this new business. (1:30).  How i...