The Best Small Business Podcast

158 - The Art of Listening - Social and Emotional Listening

What positive components can you bring to your next meeting so your team or clients sense the positive and construction improvement?

157 - Futurecast - Build Your Action Plan For the Next 6-12 Months

156 - Three Years Of Weekly Podcasts - What We've Learned!

155 - Futurecast - What We See Over the Next 6-12 Months

Rich & BJ take a long look forward to help your business survive and thrive during the pandemic.

154 - Long Term Goal Setting In A Short Term Goal Time

There are only three possibilities for your business in the future: It will be the same. It will be worse. It will be better. What option will you choose?

153 - Let Your Data Drive BIG Results

Most business owners don’t understand they have a powerful amount of information they can access every day.

152 - How To Price Your Products & Services For Success

Do you have a good handle on your costs that affect your final prices/rates/fees? What can the market bear?

151 - SEO Checklist For Your Business Site

So you know what SEO really is? What is SEM? You need to be up on what is happening in search today. 

150 - How To Smartly Expand Your Business To New Areas

Which way are you thinking of expanding? Who can help you?

149 - How To Reach The Right People At The Right Time

Who are your targets? We want you to THINK BIG here. Don’t think small.  

148 - How To Get More Business From Past Clients

147 - Conferences - What Will They Look Like In The Next 5 Years

146 - How To Transform Your Company Into A Virtual Business Success

145 - Industry Disruption - How Will New Tech Affect Your Business

144 - The Pros and Cons of Pro-Bono Work

You have to be strategic when choosing the RIGHT organization, company, or person.

143 - Knowing When It's Time To Make BIG Changes

There are many measures in your business that will trigger a massive change.

142 - No Office Teambuilding - Rumor Super Spreaders

Your job is to run the company. How can you get ahead of a rumor or comment when everyone is working from home?

141 - No Office Teambuilding - Managing A Virtual Workforce

Communicate frequently to your team to increase their productivity and stop chasing down your problem children to make sure their work is being done.

140 - Be Real - Authenticity in the Marketplace

Authenticity is the best way to lead and the only way to maintain sustainable success as an organization. 

139 - Why Great Entrepreneurs Have No Rules

Fearless people, see all the opportunities, and they are motivated by their dreams. Here are some behaviors we have observed in highly successful clients.

138 - How To Hit The Pause Button To Grow Your Business

Sometimes we need to take the time and step away from the day-to-day maintenance of our business, find a quiet place, step back, and think about the future of where you’d like to go with your business.

137 - Taking Care Of Your Employees = The Best Marketing

Bring them into the conversation. Show them the facts, ask for creative solutions. They are some of the best solution providers. 

136 - How To Prepare Your Business For 'After' The Crisis

This is a different podcast this week -- instead of the four tips that we usually provide, we want to ask you 10 questions so you and your business are prepared for after the crisis. 

135 - The New Rules - Develop A Work Structure At Home

We have a few more tips than usual (6) - because we’ve been told by our listeners that this topic is so, so important! We were happy to help them out.

134 - The New Rules - How to Make Painful Decisions

Rich & BJ discuss how to prepare yourself for the road ahead with facts and level-headed thinking.

133 - The New Rules - Reach Out To Your Clients Past & Present

Everyone is a little bit scared - it time for you to reach out to your clients/customers to see if they need help, information, assistance, or just someone to talk to. Rich & BJ will show you how to do it easily so you reach out professionally.

132 - Writing Your Book To Build Your Brand

When was the last time you read a powerful self-help/business book? BJ & Rich give you clear directions on the why, what, and how of launching a book to build your brand.

131 - Managing From Afar - How To Stay Connected With Remote Employees

Your entire team is working from home — this has never happened before. How do you keep the engine running? How do you keep the productivity up? How do you manage them so they will stay energized and focused?

130 - How To Keep Your Business Healthy During A Pandemic

129 - Eliminate Procrastination & Get Things Done

Be honest - we all do it. We let things go to the point where we're scrambling to meet that deadline. We hate ourselves, yet we never learn. Let's try to fix that.

128 - Conflict In The Office - What Are Your Next Steps?

Today we’re going to talk about your problem children - when things aren’t going right with your staff and there’s conflict. What do you do?

127 - Why Getting Started is More Important Than Succeeding

Taking action in your business is scary - we frequently let analysis-paralysis sneak in and halt our actions. Learn how to come to terms with your fears and move forward with vigor.

126 - Culling the Herd - Knowing when to Drop a Client

We have great clients and we have stinky clients. You know who they are: clients that don’t fit, clients that don’t get it, or clients that out-grow you. It's time to cull the herd.

125 - Time Management Strategies That Work

Today we’re going to tackle your awful time management practices. You’re always late -- you never hit your deadlines -- why does it seem that some people are able to get the most out of every minute of the day?

124 - How Champions Stay Motivated

Most business owners are pummeled daily with new problems, issues, and sometimes catastrophes. It’s hard to stay positive. But there are many high-performers who knock it out of the park every day and never let problems get them down. 

123 - How To Build Your Personal Brand

From your message, name, and logo, to your company slogan and reputation, it’s how the public knows you.  You are your company, and establishing a strong personal brand is essential to the growth and success of your business.  

122 - 4 Ways To Grow Your Leadership Skills

As a leader, you should look inward and focus on your own abilities and what you need to work on - ask yourself how you can find ways to empower and inspire your team. Growth in leadership is mandatory, not optional. You can change your future, by changing your habits today. 

121 - How To Guarantee Repeat Business

Clients come and go all the time. The magic of a successful business is making sure they stay with you again and again.

120 - Assess Your Organizational Culture with These 4 Questions

An enthusiastic, focused, and motivated staff delivers a successful, happy company. Rich & BJ deliver four questions you need to ask to get this done.

119 - How To Build A Powerful Plan For 2020

Too many businesses forgo the 'massive' planning process because it's too daunting - and they fly by the seat of their pants all year long. Rich and BJ deliver a quick business planning tool for 2020 that can fit on one page. 

118 - Sell & Keep More Clients Using The CARE™️ Method

Selling is a difficult process for most small businesses and entrepreneurs. Many people forget there are a number of basic business actions to sales that will exponentially increase your bottom line. Rich’s CARE™️ Sales Model is going to help you today.

117 - What Situation Can Bring Risk To Your Company?

What are those major situations that can happen to you? Today we're going to help you effectively plan so they don’t severely impact your bottom line.

116 - Conferences & Events - How To Maximize Your ROI

But then you get there and realize it's a 'cattle call' with thousands of people all fighting for the same room, speaker, vendor, and chair that you want. Today, we’re going to give you a few tips to make the most out of your event or conference.

115 - Give Presentations That People Will Talk About

The best platform to communicate the power of your business is to give memorable presentations. Most people get too complex and wordy - today we’re going to show you how to keep your presentation simple, easy to understand, and powerful.

114 - If You Aren’t Engaged, Your Employees Won’t Be Either

We all have bad days, but you should never bring your raincloud to the office. It will affect the disposition, behavior, and productivity of the people who work for you. Today, we’re going to help you get engaged every day and spread the warmth to your team. Reach out - let us know how we're doing: [email protected] Check out Rich: www.richgee.com Check out BJ: www.nurenu.com

113 - Why You Need To Regularly Hire More Workers

Growth is a natural evolution for business - if you’re not growing, you’re shrinking. Healthy businesses understand that a regular, consistent in-flow of workers will bring higher bottom lines. Reach out - let us know how we're doing: [email protected] Check out Rich: www.richgee.com Check out BJ: www.nurenu.com

112 - Most Managers Don't Know How to Coach People. But They Can Learn

Many managers try to wing their interactions with their staff. The best leaders regularly motivate, energize, and engage their people. Today, we’re going to give you a number of key tips to help you do that. Reach out - let us know how we're doing: [email protected] Check out Rich: www.richgee.com Check out BJ: www.nurenu.com

111 - How Do You Grow? Listen To Your Customers

Most businesses try to ‘wing it’ when it comes to anticipating what your customers are looking for in a product or service. One of the best ways to figure out what’s their next move is to ASK THEM. We’re going to show you a few secrets on how to uncover your best customer’s buying habits. Reach out - let us know how we're doing: [email protected] Check out Rich: www.richgee.com Check out BJ: www.nurenu.com

110 - How To Pitch Your Service To A Big Company

Big companies today are very fickle - one day they like you, the next they’re onto the next shiny object. It’s executive ADD.  You need to pinpoint their pain, capture their imagination, and solve the problems that keep them awake at night. Your pitch needs to encompass all of these elements.  Reach out - let us know how we're doing: [email protected] Check out Rich: www.richgee.com Check out BJ: www.nurenu.com

109 - What Is The Next Little Thing In Your Business

It's the final quarter of the year - you won’t believe how big an effect you can have by doing something SMALL. Small incremental adjustments can make all the difference. Instead of throwing up your hands and admitting defeat with BIG projects - think of a small tweak you can make to your business to make it more productive, efficient, or profitable.  Reach out - let us know how we're doing: [email protected] Check out Rich: www.richgee.com Check out BJ: www.nurenu.com