Shark Bite Biz - Business Growth Podcast

The digital world can be confusing. Add in a global pandemic and it feels like total chaos. What's your digital strategy? How do you reach your customers? SEO? Pay-Per-Click ads? Truth is that most companies are spending way too much during the pandemic on the wrong type of digital marketing. Shark Bite Biz's David Strausser chats with Kris Reid of Ardor SEO about how to invest into predictable re...

The path you take for business success often times isn't the path you envisioned. Being aware and open to opportunities that arise is critical because that opportunity may be what takes you to your ultimate dream. Today's guest did just that. Shark Bite Biz's David Strausser chats with Grammy Award winning artist Paul McCoy, lead singer of 12 Stones, best none as the "Wake me Up" guy from Evanesce...

A ton has changed with your business. Employees are working from home now, so what should be the dress code? Is it an employers market or an employees market? How will work from home impact base salaries for new hires? Shark Bite Biz's David Strausser chats with Kelly Loudermilk, owner of BuildHR, about all of your dire human resources pandemic questions.

So many questions with your tax bill because of the ongoing global pandemic. What about automating payroll taxes, job costing, time & attendance? Don't forget that PPP forgiveness and Covid-19 tax provisions are downright confusing. Shark Bite Biz's David Strausser chats with Charles J. Read, founder & CEO of GetPayroll.com about all the complicated tax topics during the pandemic.

Let's face it, with so much uncertainty in the United States, business leadership is tough. Making the right decisions and nurturing your people to grow into top performing all stars is critical. Shark Bite Biz's David Strausser chats with Curtis Smith of Thee Executive Panel about leadership, coaching high-potentials, the "intelligent mindset", and much more.

Since we started the podcast, one of the biggest recurring themes we've seen is about now being the time to create content and even more content after that. It's a great time to re-brand and just put out as much as you can. Shark Bite Biz's David Strausser chats with the OG of podcasters, Jim Malliard of "The Malliard Report" on the ground rules for getting into podcasting.

Mental health is tough. Juggling work, family, work from home, virtual school and trying to find that separation between life and work is tough. For every one business that's grown during the pandemic, there's about 10 that are having major setbacks. Shark Bite Biz's David Strausser chats with a star in the psychotherapist world, Zeahlot Lopez of The Vida System, about how to handle the mental str...

Being a business owner is tough. Sometimes the path you take is totally different from where you actually end up. The path is full of trials, errors, and unexpected twists and turns. Shark Bite Biz's David Strausser interviews Buck Johnson, backing vocalist and keyboardist for the legendary rock band, Aerosmith and The Hollywood Vampires. David and Buck chat about how a country musician ended up j...

Running a laser tag business is pretty cool, right? Up until the whole world shuts down because of a virus and you can't operate anymore. Shark Bite Biz's David Strausser chats with Victor Pellegrini, owner of Bullseye Lasertag, about all the maneuvers his business made to stay alive during the ongoing pandemic.

Are you adding to the joy-deficit or are you bringing some much needed joy to your community, team, and customers? Are you playing offense or defense with your brand? Is your business a brand or a commodity? Today's episode is going to help you focus your on re-branding your business during a global pandemic. Shark Bite Biz's David Strausser chats with Ed Howie of the YouTube Super Podcast, "Howie...

How do you sell during a global pandemic in 2020? Good question, right? Some industries have relied on in-person demos and meet and greets to build a relationship, but how do you digitally transform a sales cycle? It's a tough question that Shark Bite Biz's David Strausser explores with SAP Business One ERP sales extraordinaire Jeff Strand of Vision33.

Buying a well established business 18 months ago probably seemed like a solid idea at the time. Really, who could have predicted half of what is being called the year of 2020 to have had happened in this lifetime? Shark Bite Biz's David Strausser chats with Kiani Wong, the President & CEO of Kaka'ako Kasuals about all the changes she had to enact quickly to survive a business that's been hurt by t...

Many people are unemployed. People are working from home. Offices are empty. The Real Estate Market is actually doing pretty strong, but what does the future hold? Shark Bite Biz's David Strausser discusses with Blayne Pacelli of Rodeo Realty the future of the real estate market.

Times are tough, no way around that. How can you be a strong leader during uncertain times? It's tough. Lead by example and all the other clichés exist, but during unprecedented times, can you really follow them? How do you have to change and adjust? Shark Bite Biz's David Strausser interviews the amazing Vernon Webb of Webb Group Leadership Development to talk about how to be a leader during the...

Many businesses switched to selling via ecommerce once the pandemic hit. Sounds cool until you realize that you have to deal with State and Local tax codes that can be burdensome. How do you manage this? Shark Bite Biz's David Strausser interviews John Regan of Avalara  about how to digitally transform and automate the hectic tax system of the United States.

The 25th episode of Shark Bite Biz has arrived and is all about showing you the money! Finances are hard. Doesn’t matter if personal finances or your business financial status, unless you are Jeff Bezos, it is way tougher than usual.. Host David Strausser interviews Danny Li of Eagle Strategies and New York Life to chat about money and some business success stories during the current health crisis...

Shark Bite Biz's David Strausser chats with Todd Seligman of Tiger Pig Entertainment about the current status of the entertainment industry. Todd and his wife are small business owners that have some pretty awesome production technology that's been put on hold due to the ongoing global pandemic. David chats with Todd about these struggles and some pop culture. And yes, Baby Yoda makes an appearanc...

Crazy times right now. Everything is changing. People and busineses alike are starting to re-evaluate how they do business. Why do they do what they do how they do it? Is there a better way? The one positive that came out of this global pandemic is that innovation is a driving factor right now. Shark Bite Biz's David Strausser interviews Bob Berry, a Principal at AnswerLab about the evolving busin...

It's tough being a business owner right now. Sometimes you just have to get to the basics though and be a storyteller to get your message out. Many businesses are using the pandemic to revamp the way they do everything from business processes to marketing. It's a great time to reinvent. In today's episode, Shark Bite Biz's David Strausser chats with actress, writer, and producer, Shanna Forrestall...

The restaurant industry has been hit hard. Today's episode talks about the food industry and how exactly it can digitally transform in order to find a future for tomorrow. Shark Bite Biz's David Strausser chats with Shawn Walchef of Cali BBQ Media on how restaurants can achieve growth during this global pandemic. On top of that, Shawn talks about the tough losses his own personal restaurant has ha...

How much do you know about NAFTA or the brand new USMCA? What about the impact that the global pandemic has had on the busiest land border crossing in the world, San Ysidro / Southern San Diego and Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. Shark Bite Biz's David Strausser chats with Jason M-B Wells, the Executive Director of the San Ysidro Chamber of Commerce about how this virus has impacted the Baja Cal...

The music industry has been hit hard. What most people do not realize is that this is something that has an impact on more people than just superstar artists. It impacts people on all around from bars, to food vendors, to roadies, to t-shirt manufacturers. It has a much larger impact than one thinks. For this special Labor Day episode, Shark Bite Biz's David Strausser interviews the legendary musi...

Your margins are probably thin. It's hard to contract a sales rep that you so desperately need to grow your business. Everything was turned on its head because of the global pandemic. David Strausser of Shark Bite Biz chats with Pete Paisley, CEO, Duplais Group LLC to discuss how you can use somebody like his agency in order to up your market share in a time of uncertainty. Pete and David also dis...

We are passing through an unique period of time. The global pandemic was extremely difficult to be prepared for, but yet here we are. If your business depends on products or parts from another business, how well do you know your supplier? How well do you know your supplier's supplier? There is a whole chain reaction of disruption happening in the manufacturing and distribution world and you really...

Everybody had a pretty solid business plan back in January. Then March happened. Everything you thought you knew evaporated. Your company, if it wasn't shut down, was faced with major challenges due to the global pandemic. Your marketing campaigns may have been considered "out of touch". Suddenly your company had to re-evaluate all of your branding, creatives, images, and full marketing plan to ad...