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Accelerate Your Business Growth

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Featured on Inc.com's list of 100 Podcasts That Will Make You Smarter, Better, and Wiser, MSNBC's Your Business, and on the Fit Small Business list of best small business podcasts, this show is designed to help small business owners, salespeople, and new entrepreneurs with the various aspects of business success. We have a great lineup of guests and topics scheduled. We’ll be talking about everything from sales to employee issues; from technology to social media; from work-life balance to exploring uncharted territory. The host, Diane Helbig's goal is to help you remove challenges so that you can realize your own success with your business. Be sure to subscribe to the iTunes channel or follow this podcast so you never miss an episode! Small business owners face challenges in a variety of areas throughout their ownership journey. For some the challenge is creating a sales strategy that brings results. For others dealing with employees can be very challenging. Growing pains come up at startup, growth, and exit. Marketing and branding are two topics that can be confusing for businessowners. Leadership and communication are also areas where leaders struggle. Finding answers, ideas, resources, and tools can make the journey easier. The guests who join Diane are experts in their fields. They provide actional expertise so the small business owner, leader, or salesperson can put those ideas into action. The host, Diane Helbig, has over 20 years of experience in business leadership and sales. She advises small business owners and trains professionals on leadership, selling, customer service, and time management. The podcast provides her with another way to get valuable information in front of businessowners, sales professionals, and business leaders. No matter what country you are in, from the United States to Canada to Australia to the European Union, the answers in each episode are valuable. Leaders in every industry can connect with the experts and learn from them. What’s your pain? Succession planning? Marketing? Business growth? Hiring? Legal and/or accounting issues? Family business challenges? Sales? Strategic planning? Dealing with employees? Creating structure and process? Networking successfully? Prospecting? Account management? Using discovery to grow? If it’s a business topic we have the guests who can help you. Many guests are bestselling authors and offer free resources or promotions on their products or services. Some of them have podcasts as well so you can tap into their guests as well. The guests have been curated from all over the world to bring you relevant, timely ideas you can implement immediately. Some evergreen topics include: podcasting, branding, marketing a small business, social media marketing, business systems, entrepreneurial dreams, leaving a legacy, team building, servant leadership, SEO, cashflow, emotional intelligence, cold outreach, cold calling, investing, ideal client, bottom line, sales development, adaptive leadership, feedback, workforce development, decision making, profit, goal setting, trust based selling, personal brand, mindset, scale small business, fear of selling, marketing strategies, LinkedIn, revenue generating, click funnels, lead generation, how to sell more, negotiation, digital marketing, small business tax, culture.

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How To Be Liberated From Business CHAOS

July 24, 2017 10:30 - 52 minutes - 47.2 MB

Small Business Owners are heroes without capes.  A constant swirl of small details create a constant tension between "too much" or "not enough” with very little relief, while everyone else thinks that you are a multimillionaire because you run a business.  This chaos is something that you can built OUT of your business with four intentional steps: 1) Vision/Mission/Values, 2) 3 Customized Roadmaps, 3) Org Structure/Roles/Meetings, and 4) Process IMPLEMENTATION.  Scott Beebe joins us to walk u...

From Prisoner to CEO

July 20, 2017 10:30 - 36 minutes - 32.5 MB

All of us face adversity at one time or another. The big question is, what are you going to do about it? Author and former CEO Jay Coughlan talks about the choices we all have to make to succeed and achieve our dreams, and how those choices are most critical when dealing with the inevitable trouble and hurdles we all face from time to time in our lives. Jay got hurt on a construction job and decided to go to the local community college and take a marketing course. He knew immediately that he ...

80/20 Sales and Marketing

July 17, 2017 04:00 - 1 hour

Perry Marshall joins us to share his thoughts on how you can improve your results by implementing some simple, effective tactics. Perry is one of the world’s most expensive and sought-after business consultants. Clients seek his ability to integrate engineering, sales, art and psychology. He launched two movements in modern marketing. His Google AdWords books laid the foundations for the $100 billion Pay Per Click industry, and techniques he pioneered are standard best practices. He wrote the...

Marketing Multipliers: Small Changes, Big Profits

July 13, 2017 10:30 - 44 minutes - 39.8 MB

Marketing Multipliers are simple, low-cost and no-cost tools that can deliver more new clients from the same marketing you're doing right now. Kevin Donlin has been involved in marketing since 1994, when he sold one of the first ebooks online, payable by check and you had to mail it to a post office box. That was e-commerce in 1994! From 1995 to 1998, he was Webmaster for FedEx.com, where he worked with the pioneers of online marketing. Since 1998, he’s been a copywriter and marketing adviso...

How To Grow Your Business - From Anywhere!

July 10, 2017 10:30 - 44 minutes - 39.4 MB

Frank Cottle has spent the last 30 years delivering to the needs of startups and small businesses; here, Frank delves into the digital age of offices, how people stay connected and productive even when working countries apart, and the time and cost effectiveness of choosing virtual versus physical office space. Frank also grew his company to be the largest provider of virtual offices in the industry, and will share how he made his business a long-term success. Frank Cottle is a recognized ex...

How To Sell Without Selling

July 07, 2017 10:30 - 59 minutes - 53.5 MB

Terry Dean is sharing today on how you can sell more of your products and services online without being salesy.  Good marketing attracts ready-to buy clients. Ethical persuasion is NOT manipulation. These proven methods allow you to guide, encourage, and share value with your customers even before they ever spend a single penny with you. You don’t have to wait for someone to become a customer before adding value to their life.  Terry Dean went from delivering pizzas for Little Caesars are $8...

How to Sell Without Selling

July 07, 2017 04:00 - 59 minutes

Terry Dean is sharing today on how you can sell more of your products and services online without being salesy. Good marketing attracts ready-to buy clients. Ethical persuasion is NOT manipulation. These proven methods allow you to guide, encourage, and share value with your customers even before they ever spend a single penny with you. You don’t have to wait for someone to become a customer before adding value to their life.  Terry Dean went from delivering pizzas for Little Caesars are $8 a...

What is Artificial Intelligence and Why It’s the Next Big Thing

July 03, 2017 15:00 - 45 minutes - 40.6 MB

Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Apple are all saying that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the next big thing. So what is it and how is it going to impact your life and your business? Join award winning technology entrepreneur, Dale Beaumont, as he discusses this all important topic. And learn all about BRiN, the world’s first business advisor powered by AI. Dale is an award-winning technology entrepreneur, international speaker and author of 16 best-selling books. Dale started his first busi...

Forget breaking through the noise, Get in on the conversation

June 26, 2017 10:30 - 54 minutes - 49.3 MB

Marketing at its heart is starting a conversation with someone who could be a great customer.  With all of the modern tools it should be easier, but instead, it's gotten noisier. Tom Schwab of Interview Valet claims trying to break through the noise is impossible and could actually hurt you. Instead, you should be trying to get in on the conversation they are already having.   Using targeted podcast interviews and a proven system, he has consistently shown conversion rates 25 times better tha...

Successful Tactics and Strategies to Win Clients

June 19, 2017 10:30 - 56 minutes - 50.4 MB

David A. Fields joins us to share his insights into this very important topic. From the 5 Marketing Musts to The Turn, to what you should be doing immediately, you'll gather incredible ideas for improving your results. Best-selling author and acclaimed speaker, consultant, and mentor David A. Fields helps build lucrative, lifestyle-friendly consulting practices. He has guided consultancies ranging from one-person startups to the consulting divisions of some of the world’s largest companies. D...

Small Business Marketing: Crawl Before You Run

June 12, 2017 10:30 - 41 minutes - 37.2 MB

Small business owners want to make the most of their time and money, especially since a recent Vistaprint Digital poll found that 38% of small business owners believe overcoming lack of resources will be the biggest marketing challenge this year. In this podcast, Scott Bowen, VP & GM of Vistaprint Digital, and will explore the progression small business owners should take when marketing their business—what he calls the “crawl, walk, run” evolution. The “crawl” stage includes establishing a co...

Igniting Your Team’s Natural Sales Ability

June 05, 2017 10:30 - 38 minutes - 34.5 MB

In today’s environment there is an “overload” of information in regards to business and especially selling. Many of these books teach “canned lines” and “techniques” for emulating top sales people or how to close the deal. After studying many of these books, studying some of the top sales teams in the world, and building his own high value books of business, Jonathan Furman has come to the conclusion that Igniting a sales team’s TRUE natural sales ability is possibly one of the purest, powerf...

Are You Making These Sales Closing Mistakes?

May 29, 2017 04:00 - 1 hour

James Muir joins us to share impactful sales techniques he's developed over a stellar sales career. James is a professional sales trainer, speaker and coach and Vice President at NextGen Healthcare and during the course of his 30+ year career he has shattered records as both a field rep and manager. He has sold-to and spoken for the largest names in technology and healthcare including HCA, Tenet, Catholic Healthcare, Banner, Dell, IBM and others. As you might imagine, with all that experience...

Close Massive B2B Deals With LinkedIn Ads

May 22, 2017 10:30 - 39 minutes - 35.5 MB

LinkedIn Ads is the most overlooked and underappreciated social ads platform, and by far, the most powerful. It closes massive B2B deals and recruits successfully for any white-collar position. AJ Wilcox shares how to approach them to receive full benefit. AJ is a long-time digital marketer who fell in love with the LinkedIn Ads platform back in 2011. Since then, he's scaled and managed among the world's most sophisticated accounts worldwide. In 2014, he founded B2Linked.com which specializes...

Using Online Courses To Add Educational Content To Your Marketing

May 15, 2017 10:30 - 54 minutes - 49.2 MB

No matter how tech-savvy you are you you can use online courses/lessons to add value to your marketing materials (and for your customers).  Regardless of your industry there is a great opportunity for business owners to reach more people than ever and grow their business quickly.  Chris Badgett is my guest for this episode and shares a lot of valuable information on how you can add courses to your marketing efforts. Chris Badgett is the CEO and cofounder of LifterLMS. He’s an online course c...

Finding Harmony in Business and Life

May 08, 2017 10:30 - 53 minutes - 48.1 MB

Finding positive ways to create harmony in all parts of our lives is "Job 1" if we hope to be successful for the long haul. And it's completely possible with just knowing how to be more intent on that every day! Dr. Lynn Wicker will share her thoughts and ideas with us about this important issue. Dr. Lynn Wicker is a certified speaker, trainer, and success coach. She has 30 years of experience in public education, holding various leadership positions in K-12 and higher education, including d...

Making the Most Your Professional Presence

May 01, 2017 10:30 - 52 minutes - 47.2 MB

From LinkedIn to professional directories, small business owners have been quick to grab any opportunity at online promotion. Our web person tells us it all helps with SEO. Cynthia Bemis Abrams joins us to talk about how to make sure you are maximizing your online presence. Cynthia is a public relations and leadership consultant based in Chicago, Illinois. Her practice today focuses on social online presence, strategic communications, writing and messaging. In addition to working with clients...

Maximizing Mobile For Business Success

April 24, 2017 10:30 - 42 minutes - 37.9 MB

The mobile revolution provides all businesses with opportunities to connect with their clients on a more personal, and engaging way. SC Moatti joins us to explain this phenomenon and provide us with ideas we can use in our businesses. SC is a mobile veteran from Silicon Valley and a recognized thought leader on mobile, innovation and leadership. While serving as an executive at mobile pioneers like Facebook, Trulia and Nokia, Moatti launched and monetized mobile products that are now used by ...

The Leadership Gap

April 20, 2017 10:30 - 41 minutes - 37.3 MB

Lolly Daskal is one of the most sought-after executive leadership coaches in the world. Her extensive cross-cultural expertise spans 14 countries, six languages and hundreds of companies. As founder and CEO of Lead From Within, her proprietary leadership program is engineered to be a catalyst for leaders who want to enhance performance and make a meaningful difference in their companies, their lives, and the world. Based on a mix of modern philosophy, science, and nearly thirty years coachin...

The 10% Entrepreneur

April 17, 2017 10:30 - 39 minutes - 35.4 MB

Pat McGinnis joins us to talk about the concept of the 10% entrepreneur. It's an interesting idea about having a side business and growing it while you work full time. Our conversation is based on the book of the same title. Patrick is a venture capitalist and private equity investor who is the author of the international bestseller, The 10% Entrepreneur: Live Your Startup Dream Without Quitting Your Day Job, published in 2016 by Penguin Portfolio. As a 10% (or part-time) Entrepreneur, he has...

Stop Selling and Start Leading

April 10, 2017 04:00 - 57 minutes

Demanding buyers expect more from sellers. But what? Our preliminary research shows that sellers are more successful when they replace stereotypical sales behaviors with leadership behaviors. As a leader, you’ll align your actions with your behaviors. You’ll inspire your buyers instead of merely pitching them. You’ll challenge them and collaboratively co-create insights. You’ll encourage them to try new things and celebrate successes together. Best of all, you won't feel "icky" about selling....

Cultivate A Thriving Business

April 03, 2017 10:30 - 50 minutes - 45.2 MB

Entrepreneurs are passionate about their business when they start up. As the business grows, sometimes they lose their passion due to feeling overwhelmed when they tackle all business activities on their own. I'll talk with Divya about how an entrepreneur can grow their business while keeping their passion for the business alive. Divya Parekh is an internationally-known business relationship and leadership coach and speaker.  Divya heads The DP Coaching Group, which helps entrepreneurs, lead...

Tax Strategies Your Accountant Never Told You

March 27, 2017 11:30 - 32 minutes - 29.2 MB

Craig Cody joins us to share his thoughts on the value of proactive tax planning. He's got some great ideas that I'll bet your cpa never told you. Craig Cody is a Certified Tax Coach, Certified Public Accountant, Business Owner and Former New York City Police Officer with 17 years experience on the Force. In addition to being a Certified Public Accountant for the past 15 years, he is also a Certified Tax Coach. As a Certified Tax Coach, Craig belongs to a select group of tax practitioners thr...

Stand Out, Get Noticed…. and Grow Your Business

March 21, 2017 01:00 - 1 hour - 59.9 MB

I’m talking with Adele McLay about the 7+1 Ps of Personal Branding on today’s episode. You don’t want to miss this information packed conversation! Adèle McLay has been a successful business consultant/adviser and coach/mentor to businesses – big and small – for over 25 years.   Adèle is also a successful entrepreneur, owning several multi-million businesses and an investor. Adèle founded the brand:  Small Business Huge Success™ which informs and inspires small business owners around the wor...

Professional Productivity for Growth and Profit

March 20, 2017 11:30 - 57 minutes - 51.7 MB

Eric Bloom joins us to share what he knows about productivity and it's relationship to growth and profit. As Eric says, "No one cares about productivity.  Small business owners care about the time and money it provides.  Every minute saved is time we can be finding new customers, building new products or play games with our kids.  Every dollar saved provides additional profits, improved cash flow and/or frees up cash to invest in company growth." A former corporate executive, for the past se...

Cultivating A Creative Life And Business

March 16, 2017 10:30 - 45 minutes - 40.7 MB

Writer and artist Jane Dunnewold describes strategies she’s developed to help anyone live a more satisfying and creative life. Her topics  include defining and generating creative stamina, stumbling blocks to living creatively and how to overcome them, the concept of personal “alignment” and what it means for you, and dismantling the Committee - those pesky critics in our heads.                                  You can begin wherever you are. You just need to  take the first step! Unlock the...

The Value Of A Client-Centric Mission

March 13, 2017 11:30 - 52 minutes - 47.3 MB

Alex Charfen returns to the podcast to share some really valuable ideas around your company’s mission. You don’t want to miss this episode! Make sure to visit his site to get a free copy of his book. And listen to the end for an incredible offer from Alex. Alex has spent his life seeking to understand how to make business grow, which evolved into the question, “How do you help people grow?” Through his research and years as a top consultant to billionaires, the Fortune 500 and Global 100, th...

How to Build Your Business to Position it for Growth

March 06, 2017 12:30 - 48 minutes - 43.4 MB

Josh Brown joins us to talk about the value of running your business like a franchise. We explore the how-to of franchising as well as how you can run your business better by thinking of it as a franchise. Josh is a Franchise Attorney and Founder of the Law Office of Josh F. Brown. In addition to working with franchisees and franchisors, Josh helps businesses learn to run their business like a franchise even though they're not one. While based in Indiana, he has built a thriving national pra...

The 10 Biggest Tax Myths that are Draining Your Profit and Slowing Your Growth

February 27, 2017 18:00 - 1 hour - 54.6 MB

If you’re like most business owners, you’ve probably received lots of “scary” tax advice on everything from mistakes to avoid, restrictions on what you can deduct and specific rules on your tax strategy should look like. Unfortunately, much of this advice is based on myth – and will cost you thousands of dollars.   John will share strategies you can use to legally, morally, and ethically lower your personal income taxes. John Pollock doesn’t just talk about entrepreneurship – he lives it. As...

The Truth About Social Media Marketing

February 20, 2017 18:00 - 39 minutes - 35.2 MB

Corinna Essa has a keen understanding of how and why social media marketing is key to business growth. She joins us to share her tips and techniques. Corinna is known internationally as the go-to person when it comes to social media marketing. She was raised in Greece and at the age of 17, left to London to study television production only to have her dreams shattered as she discovered the very unstable nature of the industry and the myth of careers…    Quickly discovering a few powerful st...

Tips For Dealing With Business Disputes

February 13, 2017 18:00 - 51 minutes - 46.7 MB

Stephen Kane joins us to share tips on how businesses can deal with business disputes when they arise, protect themselves from disputes arising in the first place and limit their liability in general. We'll cover litigation, small claims, arbitration, mediation, arbitration and mediation clauses, how to think about drafting contracts, limiting liability in contracts, insurance and incorporating.   Stephen is Founder and CEO of ArbiClaims, an online dispute resolution platform. He is also a ...

Permission Granted: Stop Asking for Referrals

February 06, 2017 18:00 - 55 minutes - 49.5 MB

For decades the definition of referrals has been broadened and diluted to a catch all phrase for many types of sales tactics and in the process rendered the idea of referrals useless. Stacey Brown Randall joins us to share what she’s learned about generating and receiving referrals WITHOUT asking.   Stacey Brown Randall has one focus in life.  To help business owners avoid business failure. She knows – she’s been there, done that and got the t-shirt. What Stacey learned when her first busi...

How To Use Podcasting To Grow Your Business

January 30, 2017 18:00 - 49 minutes - 44 MB

Jessica Rhodes shares her expertise around using podcasting in your business. Whether you want to be a podcaster or a guest or both, you’ll find out how to go about mastering podcasting as a business tool. Jessica is the founder and CEO of InterviewConnections.com, the premier Guest Booking agency for podcasters and guest experts, and she is the acclaimed author of Interview Connections: #RockThePodcast From Both Sides of the Mic! Jessica is the host of Interview Connections TV, where each ...

Why and How You Can Launch a Profitable Online Course in 2017

January 16, 2017 18:00 - 45 minutes - 40.9 MB

Danny Iny joins us to discuss the changes in the landscape of education, online and offline, and how they create an excellent opportunity for entrepreneurs and educators to use the democratized access provided by the internet to launch an online course business (or even an online education empire). He'll include actionable tips on marketing, selling and building a course, as well as explaining why you should do it in that order. Danny is the founder of Mirasee, host of the Business Reimagine...

The 3 Strategic Tools Every Entrepreneur Needs

January 09, 2017 18:00 - 47 minutes - 42.8 MB

Today we’re talking with Damion Lupo about how to have a business that thrives instead of dies. An entrepreneur at heart, Damion started his first business at age 11, and has started 30 more since.  He is the founder of his own martial art, Yokido ™, and holder of 3 other black belts.  Damion paid for his first rental house with a VISA, bought 150 houses in 7 states over next 5 years and then went through a $20,000,000 meltdown in 2008.  Today he runs an Austin based FinTech dedicated to Disr...

Thriving in 2017

December 05, 2016 13:30 - 56 minutes - 51.1 MB

There is no better way to close out the year than to talk with Cameron Brown of the Thriving Collective. Cameron shares some poignant thoughts on how to grow your business, and yourself. Listen closely to what Cameron has to say. It can make a huge difference in your results. Born and raised in outback Australia, Cameron R. Brown has turned his dream and passion for helping others into a socially conscious company that has impacted millions of lives. With a mission to connect, inspire and ch...

Why Successful Marketers Create their Own Fresh Tracks

November 28, 2016 18:00 - 59 minutes - 53.4 MB

Marketing is something we all have to do. It can be challenging, and rewarding. Kelly Robbins joins us to talk about what we should be doing so our marketing is working for us.  President of Kelly Robbins Coaching, Kelly Robbins is an author, entrepreneur and teacher that coaches entrepreneurs to live on purpose and create Fresh Tracks. Kelly publishes the www.FreshTrackswithKellyRobbins.com podcast, which helps listeners create the confidence to cut their own fresh tracks in life and busine...

How to Hire and Manage Sales Reps as an SMB Owner

November 14, 2016 18:00 - 54 minutes - 48.9 MB

Chris Cahill will sharen what's needed before you can financially and operationally afford to hire a Sales Rep and how to effectively manage them yourself once they're on your team.  Chris has been helping small businesses grow since age 9. He is a lawyer with an MBA, but has been in the trenches for 30 years as a Sales Person, Manager and Consultant in local B2B services. He's going to discuss whether an Owner is ready to hire a Sales Rep and the challenges of managing them thereafter.   T...

The Art of Social Selling on LinkedIn

October 24, 2016 17:00 - 51 minutes - 46.4 MB

With over 430 million members and 49% of them being key decision makers, LinkedIn has now become the most powerful networking and marketing tool of the 21st Century. But how many of us really know how to use it? In this interview Alex will share the 3 steps to mastering LinkedIn and how business owners can use it to generate leads, build their personal brand, connect with the media and secure partnership opportunities.  As founder of Linkfluencer Alex focuses on the strategic direction and g...

How To Become An Educated Consumer of Data

October 10, 2016 17:00 - 49 minutes - 44.3 MB

If data is not interpreted correctly and used properly, it can’t add the appropriate value to each and every facet of an organization. Dr. John H. Johnson, PhD, co-author of EVERYDATA: The Misinformation Hidden in the Little Data You Consume Every Day will join us to talk about how businesses can, and should, use data to grow.  John H. Johnson, PhD is president and CEO of Edgeworth Economics, and a professional economist, expert witness, author, and speaker.  Today's show is sponsored by Au...

How Can You Compete During Times of Rising Customer Demand

September 26, 2016 17:00 - 46 minutes - 42 MB

Organizations have been scrambling to hire "customer experience" officers and proclaiming that they are focusing more on customers. Yet studies show that customer satisfaction is going down, not up.  Why? PeopleShock. Customers, empowered by easy access to competing products and services (and other customers’ reviews),  are setting the bar higher than ever. Tema Frank will share her ideas on how to manage this PeopleShock. Tema is a customer experience & digital marketing  pioneer. Her podcas...

Powerfully Positioning Yourself to Profit with Media

August 22, 2016 17:00 - 1 hour - 55.5 MB

One of the best ways to get powerfully position for profits through the media is to focus on designing a higher level profits model for your short, mid and long media success. Alicia Waters joins us to talk about this important topic. Alicia Nicole Waters! is a cross industries entrepreneur who is very passionate about bringing her total essence to the world through cross-pollinating her gifts throughout diverse industries. Some of her primary roles that she serves in are a media communicatio...

Small Business is Big Business to Hackers

August 08, 2016 17:00 - 59 minutes - 53.8 MB

Everyday you hear about companies being hacked, held for ransom, and locked out due to viruses. Morgan Wright shares his expertise with us on this very important topic. Morgan spent the first 17 years of his career in state and local law enforcement as a highly decorated officer, state trooper and detective in Salina, KS. In 2000, he left for Washington, DC where he has spent the past 15 years leading investigations and creating solutions to prevent major cybersecurity attacks on behalf of t...

Smart Marketing & Business Building Strategies

July 25, 2016 17:00 - 50 minutes - 44.9 MB

Jim Palmer has a unique brand of smart marketing & business building strategies & is best known internationally as “The Newsletter Guru”. He joins us to share his ideas on how to implement better strategies to build your business. Jim is an expert at helping other business owners achieve higher levels of success. Jim specializes in small business marketing, client retention strategies, how to grow a profitable business, newsletter marketing and entrepreneur success tips. He is also the author...

Understanding Your Entrepreneurial Personality Type

July 11, 2016 17:00 - 1 hour - 56.7 MB

Have you ever wondered what kind of entrepreneur you are? Well, listen in to this show when Alex Charfen shares what he's learned about Entrepreneurial Personality Types. Best-selling author Robin Sharma recently described Alex Charfen as the most progressive entrepreneurial mind on the planet. A highly sought-after speaker on entrepreneurial awareness, Alex has spoken around the world for tens of thousands of entrepreneurs and top global businesses. He has spent his life seeking to understan...

Planning Ahead -Preparing For The Second Half Of The Year

June 27, 2016 17:00 - 40 minutes - 36.4 MB

The year is half over. So, it's a great time to take a look at where we are in relationships to our goals.  Are we on track? Do we need to pivot? How should we proceed? We'll talk about an effective review and planning process you can implement today! I'll be facilitating the conversation so bring your ideas and questions. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com and Expert Insights. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whe...

How to Double Your Business With an Automated Marketing Funnel

June 13, 2016 17:00 - 58 minutes - 52.7 MB

Jeremy Reeves joins us to share his expertise on creating an automated marketing and sales funnel. He'll even share some action steps you can implement immediately. Jeremy is a sales funnel specialist & the owner of www.JeremyReeves.com. He builds advanced marketing funnels for his own side businesses AND his private clients & has added over $40 million in revenue for his client in the past few years alone. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com and Expert Insights. Audible.com is a leadin...

Learn To Fail Fast In Sales

May 23, 2016 17:00 - 48 minutes - 43.8 MB

Wondering how you can accelerate your sales success? Join us for this episode when Timo Rein, founder of Pipedrive, shares his thoughts on the value of failing fast in sales. Timo Rein is the co-founder & president of Pipedrive. Timo has 15 plus years of sales experience as a salesman, sales manager, trainer/publisher & software entrepreneur. Based on this experience, he is passionate about helping entrepreneurs & their salespeople improve their sales strategies, processes & mindsets.  Today...

Make The Most Of Your Networking Efforts

May 09, 2016 17:00 - 45 minutes - 40.7 MB

We all should be networking and building relationships that will help us grow our business. There are right, and wrong ways of going about this activity. Join me to talk about some techniques that work, as well as behaviors to avoid. Today's show will be an open discussion. Got a question or idea? Join the discussion in the chat room or call in. Let's dig deep into this very important topic. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com and Expert Insights. Audible.com is a leading provider of s...

Journaling and Emotional Resilience

April 11, 2016 17:00 - 29 minutes

Back in 1995, Kim founded Upward Motion, a company that used simulation software to identify top performers for companies to hire. What she found was that there is one differentiating factor between top performers and everyone else: they have a high degree of emotional resilience. This means, the ability to bounce back from diversity quickly. She also discovered that journaling drastically sped up this process. Kim has since designed Frame of Mind Coaching, a coaching program that combines th...