Monday Morning Radio

Is podcasting an effective marketing tool?  Bo Bennett sure thinks so. The serial entrepreneur just launched his 7 th  podcast –  The Dr. Bo Show.  “Dr. Bo” – who has a Ph. D. in social psychology – finds that podcasts deliver a steady stream of customers for his various ventures, including online courses, public speaking, and ebooks.  Why? Dr. Bo says many people have brains that are hardwired to...

The odds that would-be inventors will cash in their innovations for a giant payday are astronomically small. Each year tens of thousands of Americans – driven by a hunger to make life a little simpler or more rewarding – aim to bring their innovations to market.   The vast majority of them fail.   For more than 30 years, InventHelp , a Pittsburgh-based inventor service company, has aimed to improv...

  There are more than ¾ of a million franchise establishments in the U.S. and that number continues to leap every year.     Stacy Swift advises individuals who are considering investing in a franchise how to narrow the vast field down to the right one. In fact, Stacy, who owns and operates FranNet offices covering five states, likens her role to that of a marriage matchmaker, bringing together fra...

Real-time market intelligence, gathered 24/7/365, is so quaint.   Whether online, at a live event, or in retail stores, the new equation is 60/60/24 – every second, every minute, every day. No one does this better or understands its vast, vast power better than Elaine Feeney, president and CEO at Wayin, a small company – (backed by Scott McNeally – the former Sun Microsystems co-founder and CEO) –...

Customer Experience – which is often abbreviated as CX – is rapidly surpassing price and product as the #1 brand differentiator.   Nonetheless, Denise Graziano , this week’s guest on Monday Morning Radio , reports that six out of every ten companies have done zilch to improve their CX.   Denise, owner of Fairfield, CT-based Graziano Associates , is an expert on the subject of CX and how it impacts...

On April 10th, more than 500 WILD businesswomen and students will gather near Boulder, Colorado for a one-day conference that has become a must-attend symposium for women at all stages of their careers. W omen I nspiring L eadership D evelopment – or WILD – is the brainchild of Cindy Carillo , a multi-millionaire entrepreneur, who built the non-profit WILD from the ground up three years ago and se...

Davia Temin is in the business of creating, building, and rescuing reputations. As the founder of New York-based Temin and Company , she has advised dozens of Fortune 500 CEOs, entrepreneurs, authors, and politicians on the best methods to secure their image in the public arena. This week on Monday Morning Radio , Davia tells listeners how to forge thought leadership and reputation management into...

In fewer than eight years, Sharon Vinderine  has built a North American network of more than 70,000 families who help her company evaluate toys, baby goods, and other consumer products. Sharon is founder of PTPA Media  – Parent Tested, Parent Approved – and her Toronto, Ontario-based company and its PTPA Seal of Approval have become the gold standard when it comes to certifying family-friendly pro...

Mike Agugliaro  was an electrician so busy working  in  his business he had no time to work  on  his business. Finally, Mike and his partner took the time to rethink their business category. The result is  Gold Medal Service,  the largest home service provider in Central New Jersey, generating $23 million a year and climbing. Listen in on this week's edition of Monday Morning Radio  as Mike tells...

You’d be hard-pressed to find any American industry riper with entrepreneurial opportunity than senior care.   But knowing there is a bundle to be made and actually doing it are two entirely separate matters.   This week on Monday Morning Radio , Porsha Vogt shares her strategy to build Golden Care  – a concierge elder care provider in Southern California – into a model of both quality and profita...

Scott Edinger is a business treasure hunter.     As head of Edinger Consulting Group  and a contributor to Forbes and the Harvard Business Review , Scott excels at helping business owners and executives unearth potential leaders in their midst – the kind of men and women who are crucial to long-term success, but don’t fit the conventional mold of executive-track employees. This week on Monday Morn...

Immediately after you listen to this week’s edition of Monday Morning Radio , how much of what you heard will you retain?  About 50%.   Two days from now, that percentage will plummet to 25%. Learning to become a better overall listener can provide you and your business a strategic edge, which is why this week’s guest, Marian Thier and her company, Listening Impact , are in such great demand.   Ma...

With so much attention these days focused on e-commerce and optimizing the customer experience online, many Main Street businesses have lost of art of connecting with – and impressing – customers face-to-face. Pamela Herrmann, founder of Reach Across the Register , coaches the owners of brick-and-mortar businesses how to win customer loyalty within the first 10 seconds of their arrival – and even...

Women may be every bit as talented as men, even more talented, but they often fall behind in the business world because they haven’t mastered the rules of networking, office politics, and self promotion. This week on Monday Morning Radio , Bonnie Marcus , founder of Women’s Success Coaching , shows women business owners, entrepreneurs and professionals how to get ahead and stay ahead in today comp...

When America is living through a “Me” generation, we admire bold, assertive people. This is that time when multilevel marketing thrives and hard-sell pressure tactics work best. And the most cutthroat salesmen of all go into the business of selling replacement windows. But when the pendulum has swung into a “We” generation – such as we’re in today – we admire people who are considerate. Michal Boh...

With more than 750 million impressions, it’s no wonder that Google Play named Drew Bartkiewicz ’ social messaging app one of this year’s best. The app, lettrs – spelled l-e-t-t-r-s – morphs the art of personalized letter writing – complete with postage stamps and original signatures – into the digital age. Lettrs is already changing the way some companies, products and nonprofits brand and fundrai...

"All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible.” When Lawrence of Arabia wrote those words, he could easily have been speaking of Julian Flores of  GetOutfitted.com . Julian’s dream was that skier...

Brian Lawley trains business owners and executives to be "product CEOs."  Like the CEO of a company, a product CEO - formally known as a Product Manager - oversees every aspect of bringing a successful product to market, including knowing customers, technology, trends and the competition.   Brian, founder of 280 Group  in Campbell, California, has worked his magic for companies including Apple , D...

Tom Doyle , his wife, and seven kids started their business around their kitchen table 16 years ago. Basically, they laminated cards that allowed high school swimmers to track their progress without getting soggy. Today, Evanston, Illinois-based Bag Tags  is one of the premier event credentials and baggage tags companies in the United States, punching out more than 1 million tags annually for clie...

You don't have to be Jewish to love Kosher food…or to profit handsomely from it.   Thousands of business owners from around the world turned out earlier this month for the 26th annual Kosherfest trade show, a showcase of kosher food and beverage industry. This week on Monday Morning Radio the event's founder, Menachem Lubinsk y, explains why so many non-Jewish business owners are hopping aboard th...

What would you do if you controlled a high-value URL such as Thanksgiving.com ? This week's guests on Monday Morning Radio share a thick slice of their plans to grow their newly launched site into an Internet force and profit generator.  Kyle Cox , founder and CEO of Grateful Ventures , which runs Thanksgiving.com , is the former president and founder of the phenomenally successful site, SheKnows....

Two times every workday, for 90 minutes, employees at Santa Barbara-based ONTRAPORT  go radio silent. That means no phone calls. No incoming or outgoing email. No staff meetings. And no socializing.   How do ONTRAPORT's employees react to being unplugged so frequently?  They absolutely LOVE it. In fact, the company's "Time Block" is one of several unique aspects of ONTRAPORT's culture that has fue...

There are business owners who are good at what they do but not necessarily good people. And there are good people who own businesses, but are not necessarily good at what they do. Paul Batz has built a thriving practice coaching clients how to be BOTH good people and savvy business captains.  Paul is the founder & president of Good Leadership Enterprises  in Minnesota.  This week on Monday Morning...

New York Times bestselling authors Bryan and Jeffrey Eisenberg are out with their latest blockbuster book, Buyer Legends , a Master Class that shows companies large and small how to use customer narratives to turbocharge sales and transform business cultures. Bryan and Jeffrey are recognized global authorities in marketing optimization, analytics and customer experience design.  With their new boo...

How does the outlook for your small business compare to that of other owners across the United States? This week on Monday Morning Radio , hear the exclusive results of a survey of 600 small business owners who were asked their feelings on a variety of topics, including the financial health of their companies, plans to hire, employee benefits, and how they maintain a work/life balance.   Our guest...