The Thoughtful Entrepreneur

Powerful digital marketing campaigns. Today the guest on the show is Spencer Padway, the CEO of SearchNurture .  SearchNurture is a digital marketing agency that serves consumer marketing manufacturers. They began as a digital marketing academy in 2007 and with agency work on the side that took off and repurposed their business. To this day, they still implement the education portion of what...

Be the next big thing. Today we're joined by Marc Ensign, the CEO aka The Big Cheese at LoudMouse. LoudMouse is a branding and marketing company that leads you from concept to launch using personalized strategies for each client. They know the ins and outs of marketing and how to skyrocket a brand. They also specialize in SEO work and logo and website design, lead generation and more. Learn more a...

Get your business out of zombie mode. Today we're joined by Henry Daas, Owner of Daas Knowledge. Henry is a serial entrepreneur and began his first business 30 years ago and had many successes and fails. He got into coaching 10 years ago and decided to sit down and create what he calls a "purposeful business." Daas Knowledge is a coaching company offering support to other entrepreneurs and busines...

Rise up. Today we're joined by Caitlin Strempel, the CEO of Rising Ranks Digital. Rising Ranks Digital is an SEO and digital strategy agency. They work with anyone from lawyers and coaches to companies and corporations. They are women-lead with a team of 5 women and one man working together to help clients get the best results and empower women in fields dominated by men. Caitlin believes everyone...

Communication is currency. Joined with us today is Mike Acker, the Communication Coach at Steps to Advance and author of the book Speak with No Fear. Mike grew up with a speech impediment and during his childhood he had to take speech class. From early on he was driven to complete the work and learn to communicate better. Then, his family moved to Mexico and learning Spanish in front of others hel...

Learn to live happier. Joined with us today is Bunny Young, Founder of A Better Place Consulting. Bunny is a business therapist, virtual speaker and facilitator. She empowers others to take the power back into their own hands and make change for good. A Better Place Consulting is a work life alignment agency and they work one-on-one and with groups of work teams. They specialize in helping others...

Chew toys with a bark. Joined with us today is Michael London, the Founder and CEO of Bow Wow Labs.  Bow Wow Labs provides the best pet treats and toys for dogs. Pets are like family and at Bow Wow, they ensure that your pet will be happiest with a selection of chews and toys for any type of dog. They have a revolutionary new toy that has delicious treats inside that you can replace again and...

Apparel with swag. Joined with us today is Jeremy Parker, the Co-Founder and CEO of Swag.com. Jeremy creates promotional products for brands and can ship internationally with thousands of addresses at once. They have 5,000 customers and have had to pivot fast during COVID-19 but thankfully they received extreme success. They make products simplified and streamlined to create the highest quality pr...

Mentoring entrepreneurs to live for joy! The guest with us today is Melonie Taylor, the Chief Energy Officer of Success on Purpose.  Melonie spent many years as an oncology nurse, and felt herself getting burnt out after a wrist injury in 2010. In 2011, she went through a massive period of growth and discovered her true self. She began working on her business full time 3 years ago and has a t...

Guiding future leaders. The guest with us today is Elinor Moshe, the Founder of The Construction Coach . Elinor is Australia's first construction coach. She does construction management and her business and podcast is all about staking her authority in her field. She guides, inspires, and directs future leaders and industry professionals to achieve more recognition. Elinor strives to create qualit...

Leads with LinkedIn. The guest with us today is Sarah Santacroce, the CEO and Founder of SarahSantacroce , and launching a book titled The Gentle Marketing Revolution. Sarah is a LinkedIn profile writer and teaches others how to use LinkedIn to scale their business. She is currently taking a pivot into gentle marketing such as email marketing and other strategies. Sarah says she's a hippie turned...

Become more capable. The guest with us today is Lisa Faberga, the Founder and CEO of Lisa Faberga International. Lisa helps successful women reclaim their agency and solidify their legacy. The power in all of this is capacity and expanding your view of it. She works as a mentor and helps other business women with topics like visibility, purpose, money, embodiment, structure, and boundaries. Learn...

Innovative solutions. The guest with us today is Margaret Ng, the Owner & Founder of M3E Change Management and Organizational Development. Margaret provides corporate clients with custom professional services in change management, organizational development, learning strategy, and team building. She is a 7 figure business owner now after leaving corporate 3 years ago. M3E works with companies...

Spectacular exit events. The guest with us today is Bart Rupert, Managing Partner at Stone Peak Alliance . Stone Peak Alliance is a dedicated group of mergers and acquisition specialists with a pure passion for getting owners massive exits. When Bart was growing up, his parents told him he needed to be a doctor or a lawyer. He quickly realized he wanted to be an executive in a company. He went to...

Digital marketing for influencers. The guest with us today is Mae Karwowski, the CEO and Founder of Obviously.  Mae provides quality influencer marketing with a tech platform that pairs you with the best in class influencer. Obviously helps build relationships between influencers and has worked with large brands like Ulta, Amazon, and Sephora to grow globally. They are an innovative company a...

Personalized just for you. The guest on this episode is Sean Lowery, the CEO & Founder of United Monogram. Sean began his business in his mother's basement called T-Shirt Boy. Now he is running a 7 figure e-commerce and clothing shop called United Monograms. His clothing brand features personal stitched monograms for women. His wife is the creative side and he is the business side and they wor...

Picture perfect. The guest on this episode is Josh Rossi, the CEO, Owner, and Viral Photographer at Josh Rossi Photography. Josh runs his photography business along with another web domain called Fulltime Photographer where he offers courses teaching photography skills. His work also dives into photography software, marketing, and scaling your business as an artist. What sets him apart from other...

A precise approach to real estate investment. The guest on this episode is Jonathan Tuttle, the Principal at MidWest Park Capital. MidWest Park Capital helps solve the affordable housing issues by investing in mobile home parks. They are a private real estate investment firm providing accredited investors with exclusive access to high-yield investments. Jonathan says they achieve this by acquiring...

Attract top-tier talent. The guest on this episode is Rob Kelly, the Co-Founder and CEO of Ongig. Ongig is a cloud platform that takes boring job descriptions and makes them into dynamic inclusive job descriptions. They are a recruiting software business and can revamp any job type and make it seem desirable and applications will come flying in. Rob has been in business for 10 years and when coron...

Building safer communities. The guest on this episode is Michael Ayalon, the CEO of Greek University. Michael is a keynote speaker focusing on building safer communities for Fraternities and Sororities. He began Greek University in 2015 and found that he could not solve all of the problems. He started interviewing people that had knowledge on intense issues and hired them to be a part of his team....

Develop commercial software applications. The guest on this episode is Frank Zinghini, the Founder and CEO of Applied Vision.  Applied Vision is a software and device engineering firm started in 1987. They use Code DX, with a groundbreaking application security vulnerability testing platform that combines a variety of open-source and commercial testing tools into one environment. Frank helps...

Tried and true marketing strategies. The guest on this episode is Jordan West, the Chief Marketing Officer at Mindful Marketing and Little and Lively. He is also the host of the Podcast Secrets to Scaling your E-Commerce Business. Jordan is the Founder of Mindful Marketing and also runs a children's clothing business with his wife, called Little and Lively. The clothing company took off and is now...

Achieve financial freedom. The guest on this episode is Bernard Reisz, the Lead Strategist at ReSure Advanced Financial Planning Concepts and 401 Checkbooks. Bernard doesn't agree with fancy titles in the financial industry. He feels like he's seen clients be told that they had to depend on an expert with fancy letters and titles behind their names all too often. His message is about fostering fin...

A performance that will profit. The guest on this episode is Tom Jackobs, the Impact Pilot at JackobsEffect Inc. Tom has been a serial entrepreneur for the past 30 years. He's also owned a fitness center for 9.5 years. He enjoys public speaking and finds it the best place to sell. At JackobsEffect, they coach people how to tell their stories effectively and gain sales. He has worked with functiona...

Stop feeling frustrated with finances. Today on the show with us is Parker Stevenson, the Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer at Evolved Finance and host of the podcast The Bottom Line by Evolved Finance. Evolved Finance is a bookkeeping site for online business owners. They provide guides on how to run business smoothly and offers coaching as well. They teach other business owners how to grow s...