Founder's Craft with Mike Gonzalez

Your customers want the brands they love to understand what they want, what they’re interested in, and what they believe (both about themselves and the world). In this episode, I talk about the 4 things every brand needs to create a personalization strategy.    "Brand strategy is what you are about, a marketing strategy is what you do to acquire and attract, but a personalization strategy is what you do to keep customers for life."

Have an app idea? Ever dreamed of making a successful app? In this episode, we hear first-hand from Bobby Gruenewald, Pastor of Innovation at Life.Church and the founder of YouVersion. Learn how he navigated these questions in the early days of launching the bible on the Apple App Store. Today, with over 400 million + downloads, YouVersion is available in 60 languages and is one of the most downloaded apps in the world.

Every business was started by a movement or cause. A movement precedes marketing. What is the movement that drives the messaging of your business? In this episode Mike Kim shares 3 questions that lead to clarity within your marketing.  Mike Kim is a business coach and marketing strategist who specializes in personal branding. He has worked with world-renown speakers, consultants, and authors including John Maxwell, Donald Miller, and Catalyst Leadership. 

What can running almost 20 marathons and 2 Ironman championships teach us about ourselves and leadership? Alex Judd shares some timely insight on some of the personal development and leadership lessons training and participating in almost 20 marathons and 2 Ironmans have taught him.  Alex is the host of the Entreleadership podcast and is also a business coach for Entreleadership All Access. 

In this episode of The Founders Craft I talk with Lauren Shippy, Founder of Storywork Consulting all about how to use Strategy to deliver moments of delight to customers. With good user experience comes overwhelming ROI for your business. We talk about why you should use customer journeys in your business strategy to create the ultimate user experience, so you and your customers both win! By using identity based strategy you will not only create experiences that will wow your customers, but also create raving fans that want to tell their friends about your business. Every business should hear this.

Ever struggle to keep up with all of the emails that come into your inbox? In this episode, I sit down with digital organizing expert, Shawn Lemon, to discuss ways you can achieve the inbox zero system through delegation. To find out more about Shawn visit: http://thedigitalorganizer.com  

How to choose the right technology for your business. Shawn Lemon, CEO of The Digital Organizer (http://thedigitalorganizer.com) shares practical tips on how to decide what apps are right for your business.

Do you feel like your phone has become a distraction? No need to feel ashamed, it happens to all of us. In this episode, I share 5 steps to digitally declutter your phone. Download the free step-by-step guide here: http://askmikegonzalez.com/digitaldeclutter/

As any business owner would assume, providing more services is a good thing right? Not as much as you would think…

In this episode, Mike Gonzalez sits down with Sr. Pastor Todd Mullins of Christ Fellowship to unpack how his leadership team designed the culture and values of their organization. Music in this episode: - AllttA - Instrumental by AllttA - Cut to Black - Instrumental by Lemaitre

In this episode, Josh Kellam, an expert at dealmaking, unpacks 8 tips to master the art of dealmaking, and how to negotiate a deal where everybody wins. Music in this episode: - AllttA - Instrumental by AllttA - Cut to Black - Instrumental by Lemaitre    

In this episode, we will hear how Paul Leone, the President & CEO of The Breakers Palm Beach helped craft a world-class culture at America's oldest, privately owned luxury resort.  Music in this episode: - AllttA - Instrumental by AllttA - Cut to Black - Instrumental by Lemaitre - Lights Out - UTAH  

In this episode, Mike Gonzalez interviews the CEO of Woerner Holdings, Lester Woerner shares a powerful principle that saved his business from folding during the market crash of 2008. Music in this episode: - AllttA - Instrumental by AllttA - Cut to Black - Instrumental by Lemaitre    

In this episode Mike Gonzalez shares his story on how he started PerfectHQ, and he gives some tips on how you can discover your why. For more information visit http://perfecthq.com   Music in this episode: - AllttA - Instrumental by AllttA