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So, are you starting out your business? Or perhaps you've been going at this entrepreneurship thing for a while now and something is just not quite right? You are searching for answers and solutions: Is it time for a mentor? And what IS a mentor anyway? How do you find one? What do you expect to gain from a mentor? Do you just need a little business boost or do you need 911 life support from a men...

Get ready for a trigger topic! DIVERSITY! Listen in while hosts JinJa Birkenbeuel and Esther Ikoro debate the merits of supplier diversity programs in the United States. What is supplier diversity? What is a diverse supplier anyway? Are diversity initiatives working out for underrepresented businesses? Which companies are representing supplier diversity initiatives well? What is the Billion Dollar...

Launching your idea and making it a business, or remaking your existing business or leaving your job when you recognize it's time to strike out on your own can be considered a pivot. Listen to JinJa Birkenbeuel, CEO of Birk Creative and official Digital Coach for Google, Inc. and Esther Ikoro, Content Strategist and Digital Media Producer for Birk Creative talk about their own honest experiences w...

Isn’t it time for a LinkedIn-tervention! JinJa Birkenbeuel, CEO of Birk Creative and official Digital Coach for Google, Inc. and Esther Ikoro, Content Strategist and Digital Media Producer for Birk Creative are back sharing insights on how to use LinkedIn for small business. Esther, a millennial, is bored with LinkedIn. But listen to how JinJa, just shy of the millennial generation, gets Esther su...

One of the biggest challenges we have as a professional services agency is trying to figure out how social media can be used to promote and advertise our services. Well, now there is an answer! Laywer? Check. Photographer? Check. Management consultant? Check. Listen up and learn how to use Instagram specifically for your Super Pro Services company and start growing your audience quickly. The opini...

You have a dream or an opportunity for changing your career or business. Now what? Get insights and tips from JinJa Birkenbeuel, Chief Executive Officer of Birk Creative and founder of The Honest Field Guide Podcast in this episode while she shares her small business start-up story, successes and of course some of her failures and lessons learned along her journey. The opinions expressed on The Ho...

On this episode of The Honest Field Guide JinJa Birkenbeuel, CEO of Birk Creative and official Digital Coach for Google, Inc. and Esther Ikoro, Junior Digital Media Producer for Birk Creative discuss how to use Instagram for small business. Get tips on building a profile, creating good content, strategic "liking" and commenting plus how to connect with the right community. The opinions expressed o...