DIY For Business

In this episode, we speak with Deborah Johnson, a professional musician, author, and speaker, about finding purpose and unique skills in mid-career halftime. Deborah emphasizes the importance of evaluating core values, identifying what makes you different from others, recognizing your skill set, and discovering your uniqueness. She also shares tips on improving and growing in areas you want to pursue and emphasizes the importance of mindset and daily habits in achieving your goals. Topics Covered: Evaluating core values and identifying purpose Discovering uniqueness and skill set Improving and growing in areas of interest Mindset and daily habits Life transitions and finding direction Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's time to create your career, your success and your joy on your terms. Michele Molitor is a business coach and also a hypnotherapist that works with business owners, to eliminate self doubt or get people unstuck from their unfulfilled lives. Michele has a long history of success coaching managers and company executives her techniques which can also include hypnosis to break through anxiety and burnout, just to name a couple of issues that hypnosis can eliminate. Look into my eyes and check out this episode of DIY for Business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CEO and Author, Vickie Helm shares her insights into how the roles of women are changing. Vickie explains that we all need to look for the opportunities that we are faced with all the time and it's how to engage those opportunities. Vickie also shares how roles are changing in business and how it relates to personal relationships. Just a fascinating conversation that can help everyone understand where business is evolving to. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is the corporate culture you want to have for your company? Does it match with your management style? Does your manager's styles follow yours. Finally, do you have written core values that the company understands and guides the company in a productive and cohesive direction. Matt Blanton asks these questions to his clients and challenges us with these very important questions. Many times they are not addressed when starting a company, because we're all just trying to keep the lights on. Don't get caught in the dark, get enlightened with this episode of DIY for Business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marty Strong is an accomplished leader and an active corporate CEO and Chief Strategist. He is was a member of the elite NAVY SEAL Teams. He uses the leadership lessons learned in the Navy to build corporate leadership programs that demonstrates to existing and aspiring leaders the positive impact of applying flexibility, creativity and decisiveness to achieve results. Learn more about your ad choices.

How do you build the right sales process for your service or product? Liz Heiman, sales expert, helps businesses understand what CRM is right for their needs and how to best utilize that software. A one call close will require different processes versus a sales cycle that might last months. How you manage the customer data and what data will help you close the deal down the road are just some of the tips that Liz helps us with on this episode of DIY for Business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Being good at business doesn't mean you're just as good at marketing. There is so much that goes into building a website that achieves your objectives or has the right call to action. How to properly build up the SEO and create an effective mobile layout are just some of the topics that Narsh Vissa, author of Fifty Shades of Marketing and CEO of Krish Media Marketing shares with you as he explains some of his strategies and marketing principles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cara Zaller, Certified Nutritionist and entrepreneur shares how challenging it has been to raise a family, while starting a business. Learn how she dealt with those challenges and how she become a successful business owner and making such a positive difference in people's lives. Also, get some nutrition tips for business owners that have a packed schedule each day. Let's start taking care of ourselves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

No, we are not suggesting brain surgery, but instead, change your mindset. There are 3 steps to changing how you deal with issues with your company. 1. Define the Problem 2. Understand the reality of the situation. 3. Compare apples to apples to help make an educated decision. These steps will allow your brain to evaluate and address the problems we all face and make better decisions more often. BTW, these all work outside of work too, so don't miss ST Rappaport help us change our mindset. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As a business owner, it sometimes feels like if you want it done right, you have to do it yourself. This is a mistake that many of us make, because the only way to grow your company is to seek qualified help. TJ Murphy is that person if you need help with your website or digital marketing. In fact, TJ helps us with a website that we just created. Learn how he evaluates and assists you in your digital marketing needs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Life on the road, traveling from city to city, promoting your artists and trying to get paid is the life that Lindsey Lerner fell in love with. As her career evolved and gigs were coming in, checks were following, the life on the road becomes even more exciting and grueling at the same time, but why can't she say no to that life. Listen and find out why Lindsey's life is amazing and the lessons she's learned along the way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sophisticated marketers are taking advantage of the data and technology of direct mail. Today's mail pieces can be very customized to every recipient depending on their data. Travis Lee owns a direct mail marketing company that can help your company create the targeted list of people you want to reach with a customized message or picture that will attract that person's interest. Take advantage of the technology and break away from only marketing digitally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join us in an interesting conversation with entrepreneur, Kevin Brent as we discuss the challenges of scaling your company. It's fascinating to know that only 1% of companies grow to more than 50 employees. Why is that? Kevin helps us understand the reasons and how to succeed in leveling up from being a solopreneur. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Kimberly Spencer has figured out how to have the strength to be strong. It comes from dealing with the fears of being weak and shifting those fears into honoring your vulnerabilities. The power to choose and challenging your belief systems is just a couple of techniques that Kimberly shares to help us to make better choices and help us grow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Live the dream and start a business around what brings JOY to your life. Follow your heart and passion and be true to yourself to discover what would make you happy and build a business around it. Erin Baker has figured out how to help in this journey to help us define what success is and how JOY can be measured. Erin has defined the 4 elements of JOY and how you can achieve them in your business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Iris Ichishita, Founder of Toekenz, shares her journey into starting a family friendly platform for children to learn about digital collectibles. Toekenz has created the technology for educating children about NFT's, crypto and other blockchain based technologies with parental controls built in, so families can experience these communities together in a safe and protected environment. Iris also shares how she uses her Toekenz podcast to promote the company and the technology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you need to have a partner to start your company? Many experts recommend having partners that are strong in areas that you aren't, but is that the best advice? Charles Fry has worked with many entrepreneurs and he doesn't feel that's always the way to go. Why not hire a CTO or any high level manager to compliment your strengths instead of making them a partner. There's also positives to well thought out partnerships. Join us for this interesting conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Learn how to replace busy with better. Leah Remillet owns a business that helps business owners change their mindset to let go of tasks that can be delegated and replace them with more important decision making tasks that don't take up so much time. Free up part of your work week to treat yourself to what's important, like family, your own well being or whatever else is important, anything besides always working. Free yourself from guilt and learn some of Leah's productivity hacks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you suffering from feeling like you have a shortage of time with tasks that aren't leading you in the direction you want to go? Don Davis PhD, MBA is the author of the book, Overcommitted. Dr. Davis helps us build the life we want by creating the habits to not be overcommitted. Eliminate stacking tasks on top of each other that can't ever be finished and it leading to a place of despair. Take control and set proper goals to get you back on the right track. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Castenes is the author of, You're Going to be Great at This, A Sales Memoir. What we uncover is that sales mirrors life in so many ways. The similarities to developing relationships, meeting someone on a date, fear of rejection, or including humor into your life are just some of the aspects that we identify that happen in sales and in our personal lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The running joke in entertainment law is everyone wants to use the opening riff of the song back in Black, but there's legal issues that need to be handles for that to be allowed. The podcast Lawyer, Gordon Firemark joins us to educate people on the right to use content for their business. What you can say in entertainment is trickier from a legal perspective than the days of Lenny Bruce or George Carlin. Gordon helps us understand the landmines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sara Phillips is a sales powerhouse that teaches a scientifically proven system that will increase your sales up to 300%. One big piece of the system is identifying and understanding the values of your buyer. Not only understanding, but knowing how to communicate with them in the style they will respond to and create a win/win result. There's so much to learn about the habits of successful salespeople during this episode. Listen and learn the science behind selling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The way you allocate your money will affect your profits. Rocky Lalvani explains how you should value your profits. He explains his behavioral system and habits that will help businesses become more profitable. "The more casual you are with money, the faster it runs away." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The audience questions are finally answered. So many questions for the Russ and Greg come in each week and we dedicate an entire episode to answer some of the most frequently asked questions about our background and our opinions on hot business topics. Join us for a very informative show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Find the harmony in your life by balancing your workload and finding time for the personal priorities in your life. Whether it's family, hobbies or just spending more time with loved ones, figuring out how to make it happen with all the responsibilities at work is difficult. Jim Sabellico, Founder of J. Louis Technology helps us figure out ways to save time at work. Listen and get some great advice and tips from Jim and start enjoying life outside of work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hovalo is an online service that helps business people that are too busy to maintain their profiles and conversations on their dating apps. Koen Geron, Founder & CEO of Hovalo explains how difficult and time consuming it is for busy business people to keep up with having conversations, updating photos and ultimately trying to find the right person while working to build their careers and companies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We all have felt our confidence drop at different times of our lives. How do you get it back and push through those tough time? Shawn Langwell, author of the book, Ten Seconds of Boldness, deals with that challenge. He also talks about goal setting and how visualization helps to achieve your goals. There's so much packed into this episode that will help you at work, but more importantly, in life. Show Links shawnlangwell.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zeno's Boardwalk Sweet Shop was founded in 1948. John Louizes is the third generation in his family to own the business. He has taken it from a small counter selling taffy and knick knacks on the Daytona Beach Boardwalk to multi locations and producing the world's most famous taffy distributed worldwide along with ice cream, chocolate and other treats. Hear how has he taken the family baton and grown the company and how he is preparing the next generation in his family to take it over is discussed on the "sweetest" episode we have ever done! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The topic of Mid-Life Crisis comes up a lot in conversation, but usually not conversations related to starting businesses. Executive Coach Keren Eldad helps us understand the direct correlations to mid-life crisis and how it motivates many to start companies. Keren also discusses how creating a positive mental wellness environment with help your company. We wrap up the conversation with the positive hurdle of how do we take the knowledge we gained to scale the company. Such an insightful conversation with Keren Eldad that shouldn't be missed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Russ gets interviewed by Greg. Yes, a twist that has everyone talking about. Host interviewing host. Greg talks with Russ about one of his true passions, FileMaker Pro. Is Russ the "Pro" in FileMaker Pro? You make the call after listening to Russ share his knowledge and advice for people who want to learn how FileMaker can help their company needs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you lost your motivation and feel like you need to get your energy back? In our interview with author and podcaster, Polly Campbell, we discuss her book, You, Recharged. A lively discussion on how to find that energy you've been looking for. Show Links: Polly's Website | Podcast | Books Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meet one of the hosts of Airquote Law Pod, Jobeth Bowers. You will get the flavor of what Jobeth and his cohosts, Elisabeth and Ariel deliver to you on their podcast as we discuss a variety of topics and share what's going on in our lives. That's the beauty of Airquote Law Pod. You never know what direction they will take each show and that's the fun and it is always fun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What does responsible leadership mean to you? This is the first question that podcast host, Earl Breon asks his guests on The Responsible Leadership podcast. Russ and Greg also chime in on what that term means to them. It's incredible the variety of answers Earl has received over the years. Earl shares how his military background has help him form his shields or leadership and how they all work together in formation to increase the strength of a leader. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meet Thomas Christian, host of The GOATED Podcast on the Winners Edge Sports Podcast Network. Thomas talks about the drive that has gotten him a TV sportscaster job, podcast host and sports writer all while he's still in college. He has the Mamba Mentality that Kobe Bryant was so famous for and is using it to inspire other college students to follow their passion. This is truly an inspirational conversation that you won't want to miss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Russ and Greg tackle the top 5 mistakes that business owners fall into the trap and make. We definitely share our stories of making some of these mistakes ourselves and how to avoid making these mistakes moving forward. Learn from history and give yourself the knowledge to be the best business owner you can be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join us as we debate on the top 10 mistakes that business owners make. We agree with some of the items on this list, but not all of them. We have so much to say about these mistakes and how to improve them that we were only able to get through half the list. Make sure you check back next week for the remaining mistakes that are just as juicy as discussed on this show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People is what drives a business. Let's understand what drives the different people that make up a business. It can be management, staff or the CEO. The better we understand ourselves, the easier it is to improve. Brad Milford, Founder of Build Brilliance and host of the podcast, Unlimited Business Wisdom shares some fantastic ideas on how to be a better version of ourselves. Buildbrilliance.net Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Creating a podcast is so much fun. Creating a podcast network is even more fun! The launch of Winners Edge Podcast Network is here. Russ and Greg have branched out to start a sports and gaming podcast network and on this episode, we interview the host of the East West Football Podcast, Fidel Barraza. Fidel shares his experiences of starting his podcast and describes the persistence it takes to get a podcast recorded and produced each week to hit his professional standards. We all bond over how much we all enjoy podcasting and are excited to be working together with The Winners Edge Podcast Network. EastWestFootball.com https://winnersedgenetwork.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we talk with Drew Merit who joins us to discuss meeting facilitation, visualizing ideas & meetings, and improv. We learn how Drew's skills as a Live Graphic Capture Artist can help a business to brainstorm, share ideas and collaborate. http://meritillustration.com/ https://www.improvmarin.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you been wanting to write a book? If you have, but don't know the first step in writing it, let alone getting it edited, illustrated, published and finally distributed, this is the podcast for you. The Chief Sales Officer for Leaders Press, Andrew Dupy walks you through the process of creating a book that will leave your legacy or start positioning you as an expert in your field to generate leads and brand your business. There are many motivations to writing a book and Andrew will break the process down. Link: https://leaderspress.com/showcase/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join leadership coach and author of the book Cracking the Leadership Code, Alain Hunkins as he shares the 3 secrets to building strong leaders. Not only do we discuss the secrets, but we also get into understanding how people learn and how it differs by generations. Alain talks about how his performing arts background prepared him to be a leadership coach and how he helps people listen with a purpose. These secrets will help in all areas of life, not just at work, so don't miss this interview. Show Links Alain Hunkins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are proud to be celebrating our 50th episode and to celebrate, we are introducing the host of the How to Sell podcast, Scott Bell. Scot is a proven sales coach and consultant for all types of businesses. He updates us on the latest trends and what is working in sales today. We also learn how Russ and Greg got into selling in the beginning of their career. Join us in the celebration episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We look for work-life balance, but how do we achieve it. Business Coach and author, Christoph Nauer, helps us understand the importance of giving ourselves permission to take time for priorities outside of work. Christoph has designed 6 major focuses to balance your life again. Russ loves that one of Christoph's concepts is to use technology to serve you. Greg loves that Christoph talks about delegating work that frees up your time to do what you're good at. Understand the psychology that will allow you to reach work-life balance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conflict resolution is an asset in business. There's not a week that goes by without some type of conflict. Charmaine Hammond is an expert when it comes to communication and resolving conflict. She goes into how to manage the emotions, so parties can actively listen to one another, instead of allowing their filters to get in the way. Charmaine also is the Executive Producer of the award winning movie Back Home Again where the characters are dealing with a tragedy, but learn how to deal with the challenges and recover. Charmaine is such an inspiration and will teach us something that will improve our communication skills. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is there bad P.R.? Yes there is, but nothing you can't come back from. Gary Schneeberger has been in the P.R. business for decades and he describes how to make news that matters. The key concept to be heard is to upset expectations that people or the media has of your company. Gary also goes into how to control an interview with the media and to find the right target for your message. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonny Quintero, host of No Judgement Podcast, shares his unique story of how he learned business from a young age. Selling candy and mowing lawns before he was 10 years old and hiding the money he made in the mattress of his bed was the foundation of how he grew to be successful. Now, he owns a company and teaches all his employees on how they can become a boss and own their own company. It's how Jonny pays it forward and supports his community that makes him so appreciated and makes his podcast so entertaining. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Negotiations happen in all types of relationships. Whether in business, marriage or making a purchase, there is an element of negotiating. Be prepared by understanding what filters you or the person you are transacting with might have. Understand what factors are non-negotiable or have your responses ready for objections that come your way. Alice Shikina, Founder of Shikina Mediation & Arbitration witness these negotiations everyday and helps us understand how to improve our negotiation and mediation skills in this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dennis Mellen's life changed in an instant. One day a successful pilot, the next, medically prevented from continuing his passion. These moments of change happen to all of us and we all need to deal with obstacles and move forward. Dennis has become an executive coach and author of Takes More Than Heart. He helps companies eliminate toxic environments and build healthy cultures. Remove the Energy Vampires and replace them with leaders that have a purpose everyday. Show Links beabean.net takesmorethanheart.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Learn to be a good interviewer. There's so many resources on how to get interviewed, but not many people are properly trained on how to interview well. Mark Herschberg, author of The Career Toolkit, professor at MIT & Harvard, explains some points on how to improve our interviewing skills. Mark teaches how to ask questions that will identify whether the person fits the department or the company culture, or whether they have the skills that will fill an area that might be lacking in the company. That's just the start of the many ways we can improve our interviewing techniques. Show Links thecareertoolkitbook.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you have a passion and want to make it into a business, then just "Make It So" Host of the podcast Starfleet Leadership Academy, Jeff Akin, shares his galactic journey of how he made his love of Star Trek and experience in business management into a successful podcast. Jeff also has a love for professional wrestling and turned that into a career as a wrestling broadcaster. Listen to how Jeff, Greg and Russ have all followed their passions to "Make It So" Show Links Jeff's Mailing List Jeff's Website Jeff's Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices