More than a Few Words

A cold call should really be called a new call because your goals is simply to build a new relationship.  Start the conversation with your power presentation. This is short, maybe eight to ten seconds which identifies who you are, what you do, and ultimately, what problem you can help somebody solve.  While you won’t make a sale in ten seconds you need to capture the attention of the other person...

On January 7, 2010 we published the first episode of More than a Few Words on Podbean.  We had no idea how where the journey would take us, but we were hoping for a little fun and good conversations along the way.   Today, we are popping the champagne corks as we toast to the first decade.  Sam Von Tobel joins Lorraine as she talks about the roots of this popular podcast as where she thinks it wil...

As a leader it can be frustrating when employees make mistakes but it may not be their fault. Before you blame them, Randy Clark suggests you step back and ask the following questions to be sure you gave them the best chance for success.  Have they been trained?  Were your expectations clear?  Do they have the tools?  Were their actions impacted by something outside their controls Were they follow...

Kerry Kathleen Heaps, founder of Book, Speak, Repeat  joins Lorraine for a conversation about becoming a public speaker. If you want to grow your professional speaking business focus on your story.  Think about the experiences and life lessons which make you uniquely qualified to give a presentation. Structure your presentation as a series of stories, not facts.  Your audience will remember the st...

Awkward, Alone, and Afraid If you are nervous and anxious when attending a new networking event and the thought of  shaking someone’s “maybe unwashed hands”  gives you chills, then this conversation with Raven Richardson may be just what you need to hear this morning! 

If you are like most business owners you have developed a skill for making gut decisions. But my guest Dr. Gleb Tsipursky thinks that might just be the wrong way to approach your business decisions.   The author of multiple articles and several books on the subject, including his new one. Never Go With Your Gut   he presents a logical and easy to follow alternative. Listen to learn his five easy s...

Every day for the past six years, Robby Slaughter has been asking a question of the day. Sometimes, silly, sometimes serious these questions generate responses between friends and strangers.  I sat down with Robby to understand why he does it, and what he has learned along the way. Look for Robby’s question every day on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/robby.slaughter

If you could go back and start your business over, what would you change? This week's guest Barry Magliarditi has three processes he wishes he had impletemented soon.  About Barry Barry Magliarditi is the founder and director of The Game Changers. He has been recognised for his thought leadership by the 30 under 30, 2015 Telstra Business awards and was chosen as Australian Coach of the Year for th...

Like the index in the back of a book, you web site map outlines all the information on your website. It is a powerful tool while you are building the site. And when you are done it will help search engines index the information correctly.   This week, our project lead, Britt Baue explains how she builds a site map

We have all attended meetings where nothing got done. Maybe there were great discussions, and maybe you had lots of notes when you left, but nothing changed. This week, out guest Randy Clark, the author of the new book, "You Can't Talk Shit Done" explains you need a plan behind the words.    From weekly updates to companywide mission statements, businesses fail when there is too much talk and not...

Susan White, co-host of the Joy Powered Workspace Podcast   dropped by for a conversation about creating a work environment where people look forward to walking in the door every day.    About Susan Susan White is the CEO of Susan Tinder White Consulting, a Collaborator with Purple Ink, co-host of  The JoyPowered Workspace Podcast , and co-author of  The JoyPowered™ Team . Susan has a passion for...

We all have lots of contacts, but most of the people we know are just that, contacts.  Only a small, select few are true strategic relationships for us in our business.  But those select few drive us to be better, hold us accountable and help us find the fire within that we need to achieve great things.  This week, my guest David Nour explains how we can cultivate those very special relationships....

Thinking about a side hustle?  Or maybe you have an employee who wants to do some freelance work on the side.  In this episode, we talk about the do's and don'ts of cultivating work on the side.  Our guest is Laura Briggs, a writer, entrepreneur and author focusing on the impact of the freelance economy.

Monday morning at Roundpeg, right around 11 am, we set up the camera and shoot a Facebook live video.  Why do we do it?  That's the topic of this week's episode of More than a Few words, with Sam Von Tobel, the new host of Monday Morning at the 'Peg. 

Life happens and sometimes it is hard to keep the distruptions of your life or of your employee's lives outside the workplace. This week's guest Lisel Mertes believes that you shouldn't have to keep those two parts of your employee's lives separate.  As a matter of fact, learning to bring emplathy into the workplace is actually good for business.   

When you are developing social media, where does the information come from? How do you figure out what to write?  These are questions we get asked every day as we write content for companies as different as a flooring installer, to a bean company to a tech firm. So Lorraine sat down with Staci Seber our social media specialist t ofind out some of the tricks of the trade.

Many of us started out as a solo entrepreneur. However, somewhere along the way the business grew and we had to make that transition from worker bee to business owner. Today, my guest Matt Zentz of Market Path shares his journey from developer to owner.  

As we get close to the 10 year anniversary of More Than a Few Words, I've been digging around in my archives.  This week I've put together two episodes that both deal with small businesses and the economy. Although the episodes are 10 years old, there's a lot of relevance for business owners today. This first episode starts with a story, but it's really about business owners using the economy and...

We've all been there, with so many things to do, feeling overwhelmed and stuck.  If you find yourself staring at  a to-do list that is three pages long, or a giant task between you and success, then today's conversation with Andrea Liebross is just what you need.   

Robby Slaughter is a man who uses time well.  The author of five books, he dropped by to talk about his newest one, The New Science of Time Management.    We can't change the amount of time we have, but we can change how we think about it.      More than a Few Words is a production of Roundpeg.

Just when you got used to millennials, along comes Gen Z. As these younger professionals are now entering the workforce and making their own purchase decisions they bring a very different set of experiences and a different set of values to those interactions. In today's covnersation with David Vogelpohl, VP, Web Strategy of WP Engine shares the results of a survey looking at generational differenc...

Let's face it, most companies need a little HELP with their content.  This week, my guest Kevin Mullett shared his special forumula for content HELP.  Humanize Your Message Encourage Conversation Listen First Promote Less.  Be sure to download the  Content Opportunity Report: About Kevin Kevin Mullett, is the Director of Visibility and Social Media at MarketSnare , a product that helps multi-locat...

Today, Heneka Watkis Porter is a succesful entrepreneur.  How did she get there, and what did she learn along the way?  Listen to today's episdoe to find out.    About Heneka Heneka Watkis-Porter is a serial-entrepreneur, author, speaker, fashion designer and podcaster. She wakes up every day with a grateful heart as she lives her purpose of “life transformation through inspiration”. She is the fo...

This is a special episode of More than a Few Words, recorded live at She Podcast, a women's podcasting event.  Lorraine caught up with JoDee Curtis of the Joy Powered Podcast and Danielle Ireland of Don't Cut Your Own Bangs to talk about why business owners need to get out of their office and attend events like this, how to deal with the information onslaught and set priorities on which ideas to p...

One to one marketing is great, but it takes a lot of time. This week, my gest Anna Osherov, an Eventologist explains that events allow you to be more productive, with one to many marketing. About Anna Anna is the founder of The Holistic Business Hub,  a boutique venue that supports and empowers business people to bring their vision to life. By providing a successful space where people run demonstr...