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This week started with content batching. Batching is an optimizer's tool for ultra productivity. Every month, I create blogs, podcasts, and videos for Carfagno Cleaning and Solo Cleaning School. It takes a ton of time to do each week. I used batching in my cleaning business and in other areas of business over the years. When Teresa's mom was available to watch the kids overnight, we jumped on the opportunity and grabbed a hotel for the night. I got so much done as I batched blog after blog after blog. We also enjoyed time together, so it was a win-win. The following day, I rented an office from my MCBA friend Vernessa Hopkins. Vernessa owns H3 Business Services in Harleysville, PA. The office was perfect and I was able to record all of my podcasts for the upcoming month. My batching goal was to invest a few days and dollars to complete all of my content for a month. I accomplished that! Please keep this in mind. The portion of my batching that related to my solo cleaning business was a small part, so it may not be necessary for you to batch your content. However, you may start sending out newsletters a few times per month, maintain your website, and repurpose content to Facebook and Google My Business. Batching would be a great idea for you at that point.I've been tracking each of my offices from Saturday to Saturday, so I know how long they are taking. Plus, I've made changes to get faster. Over the weekend, I had a difficult email to send. One of these office cleaning clients took me longer because of paint speckles and glitter on the floor as well as increased kitchen areas. I knew I'd have to say something or scope creep would get me! [Before continuing, check out the bonus video, "How do I Deal with Scope Creep" on the Solo Cleaning School YouTube Channel. You'll learn how easy it is for your clients to unintentionally take advantage of you.]When the scope of work increases over time, it causes our cleaning times to increase. The great majority of cleaning companies will NOT raise the price as the scope changes so slowly they don't notice it. Not me! I recognized the potential Scope Creep setting in and knew I would have to send a difficult email. I used the sandwich technique with praise and gratitude in the open and close of the email. In the center, I laid out the areas where the scope has increased. Then I shared how this affects my company. "I clean five offices every Saturday right now. I'm in the process of adding more as well. So when one office starts taking me longer, it ends up costing me money. I'm sure you understand!" Then, I offered possible solutions which either forced them to take ownership and have the staff do more end-of-day cleaning or I would submit a new proposal with higher prices for the increased scope. I was nervous about the outcome as it was surely possible to lose the client, but I had to do this. It's my business and I must run it like one! Fortunately, they responded with consideration and we worked through the solutions together. Ultimately, they decided to take ownership for one portion. The other part, where they've added more kitchen appliances, we decided to alternate half-and-half each week. They gave a little and I didn't raise my prices. It also raised my image of trust and professionalism.Read the rest of this article at the Smart Cleaning School website

Des sculptures de Giacometti déposées au MCBA de Lausanne Le buste de Jim Morrison en bonne compagnie Boualem Sansal, emprisonné et primé

Send us a textIn this episode of CashColorCannabis, we sit down with Jeanette Ward—founding member of the Minority Cannabis Business Association and the powerhouse behind the Nu Project. From her early days helping build one of the nation's first equity-focused cannabis organizations to now leading efforts to fund and elevate Black and Brown cannabis entrepreneurs in the Pacific Northwest, Jeanette shares a journey rooted in purpose, policy, and progress.We dive into how NuLeaf is bridging the funding gap, the legacy of MCBA, and the businesses she's most excited about supporting right now. Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur, investor, or someone passionate about equity in cannabis, this is a conversation you don't want to miss.

À sa mort, Alice Pauli institue lʹÉtat de Vaud son unique héritier, en faveur du MCBA. Lʹexposition permet à lʹinstitution dʹinviter les publics à découvrir ce nouveau pan de leur patrimoine, et de retracer la trajectoire singulière de cette personnalité lausannoise. Camille Lévêque-Claudet, curateur et conservateur, est au micro de Florence Grivel. MCBA. Lausanne, Alice Pauli. Galeriste, collectionneuse et mécène. Jusquʹau 4 mai.

Michel Vust, directeur général de la culture de lʹEtat de Vaud, présente lʹexposition "Etienne Delessert. Illuminateur", conçue en hommage à lʹartiste qui a fait don peu avant sa disparition en 2024 de 220 œuvres au Canton de Vaud. Autodidacte et artiste protéiforme distingué par le Grand Prix suisse du Design en 2023, Etienne Delessert, en 60 ans de carrière, a illustré plus de 80 livres pour enfants, certains traduits en 14 langues, et vendus à des millions dʹexemplaires. Précurseur du nouveau livre dʹimages pour enfants apparu dans les années soixante, il a notamment collaboré avec Jean Piaget, Henri Dès ou encore Eugène Ionesco, et contribué à The Atlantic Monthly, The Boston Globe, Fortune, The New York Times ou encore The Wall Street Journal ainsi quʹaux magazines suisses Construire ou LʹHebdo. Cette exposition co-organisée avec Plateforme 10 et ses musées (MCBA, mudac et Photo Elysée) est à voir à lʹEspace Arlaud du 28 mars au 29 juin 2025. Michel Vust est lʹinvité de Rafael Wolf. Avec lʹinterview-portrait de Yacine Nemra.

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Elle était galeriste, collectionneuse et mécène : Alice Pauli a été une figure incontournable du milieu de lʹart. À sa mort en 2022, elle institue lʹÉtat de Vaud comme unique héritier, en faveur du Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts. Le MCBA lui rend hommage à travers une exposition. Karin Jorio est en compagnie du commissaire de cette exposition, Camille Lévêque-Claudet.

Vallotton comme à la maison. En 2025, le centenaire de la mort de Félix Vallotton offre aux institutions culturelles suisses l'occasion de rendre hommage à cet artiste par des expositions, des événements et des publications. Le MCBA, qui conserve la plus grande collection au monde dʹœuvres de lʹartiste, et la Fondation Félix Vallotton, centre de documentation et de recherches, présentent une rétrospective exceptionnelle. Katia Poletti, Conservatrice de la Fondation Vallotton, et Catherine Lepdor, Conservatrice en chef, MCBA, au micro de Florence Grivel. Vallotton Forever. La rétrospective, MCBA Lausanne 24.10.2025–15.2. 2026.

Let's start this Carfagno Cleaning solo business with a WIN! Last week, I got 5 referrals through my local network (listen to Play Powerball with your Business). The lead from my friend and carpet cleaner, James Hardy, converted to a new office cleaning client! Since this new client is a school, I had to jump through a few more hoops. First of all, I needed to go beyond adding them as a 'Certificate Holder' on my general liability policy. I needed to increase my insurance for this additional customer. This is called 'Additionally Insured'. My current policy provides $2 million of coverage per year at $500 in annual premium. This new client cost me an additional $50, which I count as an expense. I also had to coordinate a cleaning time with the school and their weekend janitor to let me into the building. The school is not in the habit of handing out keys to outside contractors. Spoiler alert: I prayed over this situation as I desire to have offices with the flexibility to clean anytime over the weekend. A few days later, the school made an exception for me and gave me a set of keys! Lastly, this new client is a school for autistic children. I know autism and realize that these students will be on the floor a lot, touching things, and likely touching their faces. Thus, disinfecting of the classrooms and floors was vital. They already had a food & skin safe disinfectant and asked me my opinion for the floors. I researched it and immediately determined it was a bad choice. Why? The title of this episode is "Art Trumps Science". Let's talk science first. The pH was slightly alkaline at 9. The floors are VCT (vinyl composition tile). VCT is commonly used in schools and supermarkets. They are also waxed & buffed on a regular basis to keep a beautiful finish and to protect the tile. My friend James Hardy did the job, so we conferred with him and he agreed. This ph 9 disinfectant had just enough alkalinity to eat away at the wax finish, which would dull it and cause James to come back sooner. Therefore, their disinfectant was a wonderful choice for the refrigerators, microwaves, table tops, door knobs, and light switches, but NOT the floors. I connected with my good friend Mark Lineberry at Universal Janitorial and he recommended the perfect solution. It's called MatPro. The school purchased it and now uses my recommendations for disinfecting and protecting their students and staff. This raised my expertise and trust with the school big time. See! Understanding science is vital. It sets you apart from the basic cleaning service! Another lead from last week was Mike Thompson of Envoy Mortgage from my MCBA group. Mike is a mortgage advisor. What is that? It means he focuses on what's best for his clients. He coaches and consults them, looking at their lending scenario from a holistic approach. Of course he sells mortgage products too. He's a Go-Giver and his clients ask  him to sell to them as a result of his giving approach. Anyway, Mike got back to my estimate and accepted a biweekly option. There's new client #2 for the week!Read the rest of this article at the Smart Cleaning School website

Paysage singulier : celui de la mer, du XIXe siècle à nos jours. À la croisée de lʹhistoire de lʹart et de lʹhistoire de la culture, lʹexposition interroge notre relation à la mer, telle quʹelle se manifeste dans les œuvres figuratives du XIXe siècle à nos jours. Avec Catherine Lepdor, conservatrice en chef et co-curatrice et lʹartiste Sandrine Pelletier. MCBA, Lausanne, Thalassa! Thalassa ! Lʹimaginaire de la mer, jusquʹau 12 janvier 2025

Lʹinvisible de la semaine exerce son métier artistique dans les coulisses du MCBA.Cʹest à Lausanne, au Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts que travaille Stéphanie Ricordeau.Conservatrice-restauratrice, elle veille sur la santé de plus de 10'000 œuvres dʹart. Peintures, gravures, sculptures ou installations contemporaines. Son portrait sonore est signé Xavier Bloch.

Send us a Text Message.Mike Lomuto talks about his first introduction to the plant, activism, working with the Minority Cannabis Business Association and the MCBA's Equity Workshop Tour. MCBA and more. Listen to this episode now This episode is sponsored by Trulieve. If you are a Georgia medical cardholder searching for good quality products, stop by Truelieve. Flower, vapes, edibles, topicals, concentrates, tinctures, and more. Visit one of their five locations in Georgia and find what fits you today.Click link and find the store nearest you Support the Show.President and co-founder of LOCKGREEN Sarah Kiah Morton sat down with us to discuss how the idea of LOCKGREEN came to life, how this business is a family affair, and more.

2024 marque le centenaire du premier manifeste du Surréalisme. Dans ce contexte, le MCBA organise la première exposition thématique consacrée à ce mouvement à Lausanne depuis 1987, et en interroge lʹactualité sans précédent à travers le prisme du jeu. Juri Steiner, directeur du MCBA est au micro de Florence Grivel. Surréalisme, le Grand jeu, MCBA, Plateforme 10, Lausanne, jusquʹau 25 août.

 Much time is needed in this podcast episode to clear the names of several members of Total Life Freedom Philly. Before I share the final installment of 'Who Paid for Lunch Clue', I must share a few things that happened in my cleaning business since my last update. It will be short. Trust me! First of all, I was asked to lead an education piece for my local MCBA networking group. I taught on the "They Ask You Answer" process. I have LOVED this book and implemented it into both of my websites for Carfagno Cleaning and Smart Cleaning School. The group enjoyed the discussion as it gave them much to think about. I had a one-time cleaning job booked at a historic barn & wedding venue. When we got there, the plumber was replacing some parts and had the water turned off to the entire barn. The plumber was willing to give us an hour to "do our thing" with water, but I had to decline as we needed at least 5 hours of water. Ultimately, I rescheduled the job and wasted 2+ hours of my day and potentially $750 of other work I could have scheduled. Here's what I found out. The plumber was due to work on Monday at the barn, but got held up at had to postpone to Tuesday. I was scheduled for all day Tuesday. The plumber lets the barn know late on Monday that he can't make it and he'll come over in the morning. This is find in his isolated world, but in the greater picture, Tuesday was already booked. This plumber should have called the barn and worked out a suitable reschedule date like I did. He didn't and unfortunately, it only cost me not him. If this makes you angry, don't let it. It's my fault. I should have called to confirm the barn Monday night or Tuesday morning to make sure I'd have water. Things happen. I just wish that this plumber was more professional. ​  Okay, the time is here. I love my mastermind community, Total Life Freedom. There are 100 members all over the US and some out of country. Last fall as the restaurants were beginning to open, TLF Philly decided to get together for the first lunch. At the end of lunch, our beloved pastor paid for the table. It was an act of generosity that I so appreciated. I have struggled with accepting gifts, so I declared that I'd pay for the next TLF Philly lunch and made a podcast episode about it called,"Allow a Giver to Give." I had no intention of this free lunch to turn into anything. But that all changed when we met for the second lunch (Don't Fight Google or Facebook, Fight for Lunch). A few of us had the idea to try to pay, but a "Benevolent Benefactor" beat us to it. In my haste, I filed the case with Carfagno & Carfagno, a private investigatory firm in the Philly Area, one of the nation's finest. Our goal at Carfagno & Carfagno was to crack the case of 'Who Paid for Lunch Clue' on January 13th, 2021.Read the rest of this article at the Smart Cleaning School website

 My Total Life Freedom local friends and local networking friend Eric Laylon intersect for a second episode. In "Don't Fight Google or Facebook, Fight for Lunch", my friend Eric Laylon from ReachLocal shared great marketing tips and stats on the digital giants. I followed this with a story of who paid for lunch. In this episode, I am copying the format!  Last week in my local MCBA meeting, Eric ran the business education segment and taught on the benefits of using Alignable for marketing. I've personally avoided it, but Eric gives some great points and tips that may have persuaded me to look into it more. Thus, I wanted to share it with you. LinkedIn is a business platform for business owners and professionals (employees). Alignable is for small business owners locally (not nationally like LinkedIn). The platform is already niched to local and small business owners, which makes it a natural marketing companion to in-person local networking. Alignable has niche groups that you can join of "like interest". Eric says he has gotten so much more business through Alignable vs LinkedIn because of the platform's ability to hyper-niche. Eric explained that you can set up your profile with "who you'd like to connect with". Then, Alignable takes your preferences and puts you in front of those people. Eric uses the premium $30/mo version because the free version limits you to the # of people you can connect with. I thought Eric did a great job presenting Alignable and it really intrigued me. What do you think? Do you use this platform? I'd love to hear about it if you do.​A few leads came in this week. The first one was military-like. My friend James Hardy of the Carpet Guys was in an online group and saw a request for a house cleaner. He was in the process of typing in my name and website when something else caught his attention. The owner of a local cafe gave my name first. He recommended me and then texted me. "Ken, do you clean for the cafe?" I said no, but I do clean the owner's home. Then he told me about the recommendation to Steven Hunsberger. I thanked him and shared that Steven is the president of my chamber and we're friends. Then I contacted Steven and he felt so embarrassed that his friend Ken and the only cleaner of 400 members in his chamber didn't come to mind when he was looking for a house cleaner. There are multiple takeaways here. First, I am so thankful that I was triangulated by multiple friends to recommend me and they all knew each other! Another is that I have done a poor job in communicating that I clean houses to Steven in all of our interactions including our recent breakfast! Steven knew that I cleaned offices, but had no idea that I did houses too. We talked on the phone and I answered all of his questions in hopes of educating him on the various options he had for hiring a house cleaning service.Read the rest of this article at the Smart Cleaning School website

 In this episode, I have an important lesson to share from a new friend of mine in the digital marketing space on the power of Facebook and Google. Eric Laylon is a consultant with ReachLocal. He understands the online landscape more than almost anyone that I know. He's a new member of the MCBA networking group and had a chance to share a presentation on his work. I asked many questions as I wanted to understand a little more of the trends he's seeing in 2021.Google drives 85% of all online traffic and still dominates the online search landscape. Bing is #2 because Comcast uses them as a default, but they use Google ad platforms. Google will continue to dominate. If you're not visible on Google, you're not visible.Google My Business is a free way to create SEO for your business through images, reviews, articles, and deals. Ads are an excellent paid option to generate leads.Eric says you should be investing 3-5% of revenue into marketing for average returns. 8% is aggressive and 3% is slow growth. Invest 60-70% of this marketing budget on digital. This is what the large companies are doing in 2021!Facebook is similar to google. They have 223 million users in the United States alone out of 331 million people. That's 67% of the US is on Facebook. A business page is free and allows you to create interest for your product or service for free. Ads (like Google) are an excellent paid option as well.Thank you Eric for teaching and sharing the trends and stats for 2021! My takeaway is simple. If you ever want to be found in your cleaning business, you have to be on Facebook and Google as they represent 67% of the country and 85% of all online searches. And you can access both for free through a Facebook business page, personal page, Google my business profile.That was quick and to the point! Let's dive more into my own solo cleaning business. I have used digital marketing to grow my solo cleaning company in 2020. I tried everything, but focused on Facebook and Google My Business digitally while attending local networking to round out my marketing strategy. I didn't use any paid advertising and grew my company by $60,000 in revenue in 2020. Going forward, I plan to continue. I did get an idea this past week that I had originally planned in 2019 and never did it. I am the only cleaner in a 300 - 400 member chamber of commerce. Many members know who I am now since I've been helpful in leading webinars for the chamber, but I figured that the majority do not know me. I could cold call them and try to fleece them for business. I don't operate like that. Here's what I'm going to do. I'll make a list of the members that have an office that is a good fit for my office cleaning company. These are buildings under 5,000 - 6,000 square feet that need cleaning weekly or less. Once I have the list completed, I'll send emails with personal videos to the owners or contacts through the chamber to say hi and introduce myself. From there, I'll see who has any interest in connecting more with me. I'll schedule Zoom calls or breakfast meetings with the ones who want to know me. Then I'll add these new friends to my twice-monthly newsletter. I am guessing that 150 of the members fit into my demographic out of 400. Out of the 150, I wouldn't be surprised if I can connect and add 30 to my newsletter. Who knows from there. Those 30 could be 10 clients at $500 - $800/month in the future, which is over $60,000 of annual revenue! Either way, I make new friends. Win-win.Read the rest of this article at the Smart Cleaning School website

 This is the last business update on my new solo cleaning business for 2019. What a way to go out! Andrea Szlavik of A2Z Realtor Pa assures Ken that he is not a cleaner who happens to do business. He is a business person that happens to clean. This is a big difference. Let's dive into this week in my business! We had a business showcase presentation from Laney Landis this week at MCBA. She is the 5th generation owner (over 200 years in the family) of Old Village Paint. I was mesmerized at the history of this American Pre-Civil War paint company. I happened to record this meeting as I wanted to learn each member's business better. This was very fortuitous as Laney was sad she didn't have a recording of her showcase on her family company. Afterward, I told her of my bootleg recording and sold it on the black market for a can of paint. Just kidding. I sent it to her after the meeting and she was so pleased and thankful. As I've shared many times, always look to sow good seeds.I also connected with a few other members after this meeting. James wanted to set up a 1-to-1 breakfast meeting to get to know each other's stories better. Charley wanted me to start sending me cleaning referrals. Paul wanted to connect. I am becoming a trusted face & member and others recognize that and want to get to know me better to refer me. I met Andrea Szlavic on NextDoor last week and she added me to her realtor preferred vendor list. I was very thankful and asked if she would like to grab a coffee and connect. She opted for breakfast at a brand new local spot called Sammy's Bullfrog Cafe in Harleysville,  It was a productive meeting where we shared our business stories with each other while enjoying the new flavor in town. We discovered a common connection as well. I had attended the Growth Now Movement LIVE! Conference in Reading, PA with Justin Schenck. While at this conference, I met another Keller Williams realtor at the same office as Andrea. It's a small world, after all. At the end of the meeting, I asked her this question. "Why did you add me to your preferred vendor list without meeting me or seeing my work quality first?"  Her answer floored me and became the title to this episode. "Because you set yourself apart by reaching out to me first on NextDoor. That told me that you were a business person that did cleaning verses a cleaning person that tried to do business. Most cleaners don't take that initiative."As we parted, she assured me that she would get me out to her team's office in the spring for a real estate cleaning presentation. Then instead of getting in my car, I went back into the cafe and asked to speak to the owner. They were hesitant as they assumed I wanted to complain. Then I told them that I enjoyed the experience and would like to leave the cafe a 5-star review on Google. The hostess introduced me to my breakfast waitress, who was also part owner in the brand new cafe! She was very grateful and told me where to leave these reviews and asked for my cleaning business card. I left one on the cafe's bulletin board and went home. Once I got home, I followed up by giving 5-star reviews on Google, NextDoor, and Facebook for Andrea and the Bullfrog Cafe. Andrea and Kayla (my breakfast waitress) were so thankful. Again, these are good seeds! Read the rest of this episode at the Smart Cleaning School website

«Expérience immersive», «immersion totale», «œuvre à 360°»… Depuis quelques années les expositions promettant de plonger en images et en sons dans les œuvres d'artistes populaires font un carton. Mais l'art immersif ne date pas de l'ère numérique et des jeux vidéos, comme en témoigne l'exposition Immersion. Les origines, 1949-1969, présentée en ce moment au MCBA de Lausanne, qui propose de vivre une expérience multisensorielle de créations recréées pour l'occasion. Pourquoi ce succès de l'art immersif? Toutes ses variations sont-elles comparables? Pour en discuter, Anne Laure Gannac reçoit Camille Lévêque-Claudet, conservateur au Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne et co-commissaire de l'exposition Immersion, Les origines. Avec les chroniques de Florence Grivel qui se demande si tout art n'est pas immersif et de Sarah Clément qui a interrogé Vincent Sager directeur de Opus One, leader suisse romand dans le domaine des expositions immersives. Camille Lévêque-Claudet est l'invité d'Anne Laure Gannac. Exposition : Immersion. Les origines : 1949-1969, Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne, Plateforme 10. Du 4 novembre au 3 mars 2024

In honor of this Juneteenth, Cannabiz Media's Chief Data Officer, Ed Keating sat down with Kaliko Castille of the Minority Cannabis Business Association. The MCBA is the largest national trade association dedicated to serving the needs of minority cannabis businesses and our communities. It represents minority and allied cannabis businesses, aspiring entrepreneurs, and supporters who share a vision of an equitable, just, and responsible cannabis industry. On this Cannacurio episode, Ed and Kaliko discuss how he became a full time cannabis activist, all things MCBA and the objectives behind the association, a deep dive on social equity programs from regulators, and so much more! Head over to http://www.cannabiz.media/cannacurio for a full transcription and find us on social media for more clips of new and upcoming episodes. Interested in joining the movement? Check out https://minoritycannabis.org for more info. Visit http://www.cannabiz.media to join thousands of reputable companies from around the world who are engaging and connecting with the cannabis and hemp industry! You can also find the Cannacurio Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and iHeartRadio.

Une exposition majeure consacrée à lʹœuvre lumineuse et puissante de Lubaina Himid présente, pour la première fois, un survol du travail de lʹartiste britannique, figure influente de lʹart contemporain, de son rôle central dans le mouvement du British Black Art dans les années 1980 jusquʹà lʹobtention du prestigieux Turner Prize en 2017. Nicole Schweizer, curatrice de lʹexposition en partenariat avec la Tate Modern de Londres, est au micro de Florence Grivel. So many dreams, Lubaina Himid, MCBA, Plateforme10, Lausanne, jusquʹau 5 février 2023

Madison Margolin and cannabis visionary Jesce Horton talk about the cannabis industry and changing the culture of cannabis use.Jesce Horton is Chief Executive Officer at LOWD, an award-winning cannabis company that embodies the art of urban craft cultivation. LOWD exists effortlessly at the intersection of urban culture and epic nature unique to the city and the Pacific Northwest. An engineer by education, energy management and automation expert through certification, and horticulturist by passion (plus plenty of time in Amsterdam), Jesce founded LOWD after experiencing successes in medical cannabis cultivation. Jesce also co-founded the Minority Cannabis Business Association. MCBA is the first and largest non-profit organization developed to create equal access and economic empowerment for cannabis businesses, their patients, and the communities most affected by the war on drugs. Catch an interview with Jesce in the Netflix Documentary Grass is Greener.To keep up with Jesce and LOWD, please visit: THELOWD on instagram or https://www.lowd.com.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Join us for a conversation with Louis Darrouzet, CEO of the DFW Metroplex Civic and Business Association (MCBA). MCBA is a nonpartisan, non-profit organization that helps companies, and their employees, make a difference in the community by connecting them with local charities. At the time of our recording, MCBA had 63 member companies and 10 partner charities.Louis is also the CEO of Skillective, a platform that helps connect people with their favorite instructors and influencers.Louis is on a mission to help improve other people's lives through both of these companies. Mcbadfw.orgSkillective.com

Préoccupée par la Jeune fille dans un intérieur pompéien du peintre Charles Gleyre, Stéphanie Lugon, historienne de lʹart, tente de comprendre ce qui constitue lʹeffet obnubilant du tableau qui ne repose pas seulement sur la splendide paires de fesses du modèle. Féministe, humaniste, drôle, piquant, intelligent, un petit bijou que ce livre. Lʹautrice a rendez-vous avec Florence Grivel au MCBA de Lausanne face à lʹœuvre déclencheuse. Stéphanie Lugon, Jeune femme dans un intérieur lausannois éd. Art & fiction.

On this episode, Jesse is back, and the three Gruber men continue the discussion on the state of the Church and how it measures up to biblical precedents. What should you do if you find yourself in an unbiblical model of church? How do you check your heart to make sure you're being humble as you evaluate? What Star Wars references can the guys drum up? You'll have to listen to find out!NEW SHIRT DROP!We are now offering a brand new shirt in the US shop! If you wanted to wear a bold Christian t-shirt this "Pride month" then look no further! Check out the God's Bow Shirt that supports Juan Riesca and his family of Nini's Deli in Chicago! You can learn more about Juan and his amazing testimony by watching the documentary Paint the Wall Black on Youtube.SUPPORT THE LIBERTY COALITION CANADA!Grab one of our Hold the Line Shirts or Hoodies or Come Take It Pulpit shirts to support Liberty Coalition Canada as they cover the Ottawa protests and seek to glorify God in all things. No one likes fake news, so lets support our brothers and sisters on the front lines!US & Canada Store: carpefide.com/shopCREDITSAudio Post Production by Jaeger WincklerJaeger is a high school senior who enjoys writing, theology, audio editing, and music. He has many projects underway, including, but by no means limited to, writing a book, composing musical accompaniments to some of Tennyson's poems, and saving up for college at New Saint Andrews in Moscow, Idaho. You can read more about him and his thoughts at jaegerwinckler.com.

On this episode, Jesse is back, and the three Gruber men continue the discussion on the state of the Church and how it measures up to biblical precedents. What should you do if you find yourself in an unbiblical model of church? How do you check your heart to make sure you're being humble as you evaluate? What Star Wars references can the guys drum up? You'll have to listen to find out!NEW SHIRT DROP!We are now offering a brand new shirt in the US shop! If you wanted to wear a bold Christian t-shirt this "Pride month" then look no further! Check out the God's Bow Shirt that supports Juan Riesca and his family of Nini's Deli in Chicago! You can learn more about Juan and his amazing testimony by watching the documentary Paint the Wall Black on Youtube.SUPPORT THE LIBERTY COALITION CANADA!Grab one of our Hold the Line Shirts or Hoodies or Come Take It Pulpit shirts to support Liberty Coalition Canada as they cover the Ottawa protests and seek to glorify God in all things. No one likes fake news, so lets support our brothers and sisters on the front lines!US & Canada Store: carpefide.com/shopCREDITSAudio Post Production by Jaeger WincklerJaeger is a high school senior who enjoys writing, theology, audio editing, and music. He has many projects underway, including, but by no means limited to, writing a book, composing musical accompaniments to some of Tennyson's poems, and saving up for college at New Saint Andrews in Moscow, Idaho. You can read more about him and his thoughts at jaegerwinckler.com.

SHOW NOTES:Looking for a content link to an article or tidbit from today's episode? Well just stop it because there are none. John "Pops" Gruber brings the Word and the Fire this week as we get to work trying to Make the Church Biblical Again #MCBA... Grab your Bible and let's get to work!LINKS: N/A NEW SHIRT DROP!We are now offering a brand new shirt in the US shop! If you wanted to wear a bold Christian t-shirt this "Pride month" then look no further! Check out the God's Bow Shirt that supports Juan Riesca and his family of Nini's Deli in Chicago! You can learn more about Juan and his amazing testimony by watching the documentary Paint the Wall Black on Youtube.SUPPORT THE LIBERTY COALITION CANADA!Grab one of our Hold the Line Shirts or Hoodies or Come Take It Pulpit shirts to support Liberty Coalition Canada as they cover the Ottawa protests and seek to glorify God in all things. No one likes fake news, so lets support our brothers and sisters on the front lines!US & Canada Store: carpefide.com/shopCREDITSAudio Post Production by Jaeger WincklerJaeger is a high school senior who enjoys writing, theology, audio editing, and music. He has many projects underway, including, but by no means limited to, writing a book, composing musical accompaniments to some of Tennyson's poems, and saving up for college at New Saint Andrews in Moscow, Idaho. You can read more about him and his thoughts at jaegerwinckler.com.

SHOW NOTES:Looking for a content link to an article or tidbit from today's episode? Well just stop it because there are none. John "Pops" Gruber brings the Word and the Fire this week as we get to work trying to Make the Church Biblical Again #MCBA... Grab your Bible and let's get to work!LINKS: N/A NEW SHIRT DROP!We are now offering a brand new shirt in the US shop! If you wanted to wear a bold Christian t-shirt this "Pride month" then look no further! Check out the God's Bow Shirt that supports Juan Riesca and his family of Nini's Deli in Chicago! You can learn more about Juan and his amazing testimony by watching the documentary Paint the Wall Black on Youtube.SUPPORT THE LIBERTY COALITION CANADA!Grab one of our Hold the Line Shirts or Hoodies or Come Take It Pulpit shirts to support Liberty Coalition Canada as they cover the Ottawa protests and seek to glorify God in all things. No one likes fake news, so lets support our brothers and sisters on the front lines!US & Canada Store: carpefide.com/shopCREDITSAudio Post Production by Jaeger WincklerJaeger is a high school senior who enjoys writing, theology, audio editing, and music. He has many projects underway, including, but by no means limited to, writing a book, composing musical accompaniments to some of Tennyson's poems, and saving up for college at New Saint Andrews in Moscow, Idaho. You can read more about him and his thoughts at jaegerwinckler.com.

Amber Littlejohn cut her teeth helping craft policy for an industry built around “a regulated herbal product that the government doesn't like” with the American Herbal Products Association. But when she began consulting for the Minority Cannabis Business Association in 2019, she found herself in love with a new challenge. In this episode of Seed to CEO, Amber talks about how she's helped evolve the organization around its core mission of helping entrepreneurs access and thrive in cannabis markets across the U.S. She shares: How systemic problems for everyone impede equity. Why partnerships – even some that might seem strange to outsiders – are critical to achieving success in cannabis policy. How the association is working to change the trajectory of the industry. Where she sees successes and failures in U.S. cannabis business. Who is Amber Littlejohn? As an attorney and advocate for emerging and embattled industries, Amber has developed and implemented creative strategies for industry, associations, nonprofits and other stakeholder groups. As senior policy adviser at the Minority Cannabis Business Association (MCBA), she helped develop and implement the group's federal policy program. Through her advocacy work, she has developed creative strategies to expand and stabilize emerging markets by engaging and supporting underrepresented business interests and communities. Amber became “employee No. 1” at the MCBA when she took on the mantle of executive director in 2020.

Amber Littlejohn cut her teeth helping craft policy for an industry built around “a regulated herbal product that the government doesn't like” with the American Herbal Products Association. But when she began consulting for the Minority Cannabis Business Association in 2019, she found herself in love with a new challenge. In this episode of Seed to CEO, Amber talks about how she's helped evolve the organization around its core mission of helping entrepreneurs access and thrive in cannabis markets across the U.S. She shares: How systemic problems for everyone impede equity. Why partnerships – even some that might seem strange to outsiders – are critical to achieving success in cannabis policy. How the association is working to change the trajectory of the industry. Where she sees successes and failures in U.S. cannabis business. Who is Amber Littlejohn? As an attorney and advocate for emerging and embattled industries, Amber has developed and implemented creative strategies for industry, associations, nonprofits and other stakeholder groups. As senior policy adviser at the Minority Cannabis Business Association (MCBA), she helped develop and implement the group's federal policy program. Through her advocacy work, she has developed creative strategies to expand and stabilize emerging markets by engaging and supporting underrepresented business interests and communities. Amber became “employee No. 1” at the MCBA when she took on the mantle of executive director in 2020.

Jeannette Ward Horton loved her time in corporate America, working for such mainstream giants as Coca-Cola, but the experience ultimately left her wanting to do something more meaningful. Enter: cannabis. From her early days in the industry, Jeannette noticed a gap in participation between white owners and others, so she decided to change it. She founded NuProject with her husband, Jesce Horton, to give minority entrepreneurs a way to get their piece of the cannabis industry pie. In this episode, Jeannette shares: How she identified what BIPOC communities needed to benefit from the burgeoning industry. What it took to launch a program such as NuProject. How she hopes her program and work will change the face of cannabis. Where the industry can do better. Who is Jeannette Ward Horton? Before entering the cannabis industry, Jeannette had a 15-year career in marketing and communications at companies such as Coca-Cola, The Home Depot and UPS. She switched to the cannabis industry in 2015 to lead marketing and public relations for Denver-based technology company Akerna. Her drive to do more to make her new industry a better place for “Black and brown” entrepreneurs took her to the Minority Cannabis Business Association (MCBA), where she helped develop policy plans. She founded NuProject to help put those theories and policies into play and provide underrepresented communities with a way to benefit from the cannabis industry.

Jeannette Ward Horton loved her time in corporate America, working for such mainstream giants as Coca-Cola, but the experience ultimately left her wanting to do something more meaningful. Enter: cannabis. From her early days in the industry, Jeannette noticed a gap in participation between white owners and others, so she decided to change it. She founded NuProject with her husband, Jesce Horton, to give minority entrepreneurs a way to get their piece of the cannabis industry pie. In this episode, Jeannette shares: How she identified what BIPOC communities needed to benefit from the burgeoning industry. What it took to launch a program such as NuProject. How she hopes her program and work will change the face of cannabis. Where the industry can do better. Who is Jeannette Ward Horton? Before entering the cannabis industry, Jeannette had a 15-year career in marketing and communications at companies such as Coca-Cola, The Home Depot and UPS. She switched to the cannabis industry in 2015 to lead marketing and public relations for Denver-based technology company Akerna. Her drive to do more to make her new industry a better place for “Black and brown” entrepreneurs took her to the Minority Cannabis Business Association (MCBA), where she helped develop policy plans. She founded NuProject to help put those theories and policies into play and provide underrepresented communities with a way to benefit from the cannabis industry.

Don't you love catchy titles?! I do. This one was totally organic and unplanned. It was my turn to present the next education piece at my local MCBA business networking group. I had a topic that I wanted to test on a group of business owners. I do this with newer content. The result was very good. At the end of the talk, the group was discussing who they wanted to bring in as a special guest speaker during an upcoming "bring a guest day" and the group unanimously chose me! They wanted me to do the same talk again. I recorded both and have permission from every member who commented in my talk. As promised, I wanted to give each of them a shout out and link to their business. This podcast is the recording of the second time through this optimization talk, but I put the 10 minute clip from the original talk where we go down the road of Thoroughbreds and Donkeys. Here's a big He-Haw for you! Enjoy this podcast episode and think on the questions I pose in my presentation.Do you need help figuring out opportunities to optimize your customers, employees, and business segments? Make sure to check out the many free & paid resources available at the Smart Cleaning School website. Also, do you have questions for me? Book a free coaching call on my website!MCBA Members MentionedHugh Gbewonyo - Foot SolutionsMarsha Poust - Signs by TomorrowGary Volpe - Volpe EnterprisesColette Melott - CM Business and Accounting SolutionsPaul Osborne - Osborne SolutionsSusan Sloan - Real Health QuotesDr. Claire DeFazio - Windsor Hills ChiropracticRoyce Double R Flight AcademyTom McKee - Edward JonesJim Hardy - The Carpet GuysVernessa Hopkins - H3 Business Solutions 

Karine Vasarino marche sur les pas de Camille et Julie Berthollet à Lausanne, au MCBA. Références musicales : rts.ch/surlespas

Kaliko Castille is the Board Chair and Co-Founder of ThndrStrm Strategies, a digital marketing and strategic communications firm. Before starting ThndrStrm, Kaliko spent 10 years in the marijuana reform movement, starting out as an activist and intern for NORML before going on to start a political action committee to raise money for legalization and eventually start a dispensary. Kaliko went on to run sales and marketing for various cannabis industry startups, eventually leading the business development and marketing teams for National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA). To learn more about MCBA visit minoritycannabis.org --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cannabisdiversity/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cannabisdiversity/support

My friend Charlie Schofield from BQ Basement Systems was sharing a 30-second commercial and introduction at a recent MCBA local networking group meeting. He said something so simple that I wrote it down and knew it would be a podcast!"It's rained a lot lately. Have you had anyone come and check out your home for potential water getting into your basement. Water can crack the foundation and that is a nasty problem to fix." I did a quick google search and found the answer I was looking for on another basement systems company blog. Here's the link to give proper credit."When water from rainstorms, melting snow, broken water lines, landscaping, and bedrock collects around the house, this exerts “hydrostatic pressure” against a home's foundation. This pressure can cause foundation walls to crack and bow, which can result in foundation leaks."I can totally see this happening. The water collects underground against the basement foundation which is concrete. The sitting water alone wedged between the soil and concrete creates the same type of pressure that allows power breaks to function. This creates one method of compression on the foundation floor. The water also seeps into the basement walls and onto the floor. Concrete is rock. When it is wet through, it expands. This puts more compression force on the foundation floor. The combination of these compressive forces causes cracking and bowing of the concrete over time. I hope that made some sense. Here's the simple version. Water along the edge of your foundation or seeping through your walls is bad. You need a professional to proactively fix it before you crack your foundation. In other words, don't allow the crack attack to happen.I thought about this and wondered what the foundation and water represented in our busineses. I have an answer to share. Go back and listen to "Introducing the C3 Experience". In that episode, I thoroughly explain the need for a mission and vision statement for your company along with core values. These collectively communicated and implemented in your company is the foundation. It is a strong concrete floor to build a massive house and business on. Then I considered the potential cracks and what could cause them. I'll use my own core values to show you.Arrogance - Are you losing your desire to learn more, thus believing you're always right. This cracks away at all 3 of my core values - Ownership, Excellence, and Safety.Compromise - Are you cutting corners to get something done. This cracks away at excellence and safety in hopes of reaching more ownership. It doesn't work this way. You can't sacrifice one or more core values to obtain another.  Rushing to get the work done takes ownership, but it compromises safety and excellence as an exampleEntitlement - Do you have the belief that you deserve something or are owed something? Are you grateful for the role you have. This undermines ownership at it's core tenant of taking full responsibility for your thoughts, actions, and results. Read the rest of this article at the Smart Cleaning School website

Composée de quelque 2ʹ400 œuvres acquises au fil des cinquante dernières années, la collection dʹart de la BCV présente une sélection de 25 artistes au Musée cantonal des beaux-arts. Catherine Othenin Girard, curatrice de la collection et de lʹexposition ainsi que Daniel Herrera, Responsable Médias & Communication sont au micro de Florence Grivel. "Unique et multiple. Œuvres récentes de la collection dʹart BCV" au MCBA, Lausanne jusquʹau 9 janvier 2022.

Recently, I was given the opportunity to share an education segment for the MCBA local business networking group. As the co-chair of this committee with Shelby Leight, I have the freedom to share topics I believe will benefit the group. I chose the topic of creating multiple streams of income because I've been on a quest personally to build out a healthy income portfolio of businesses and investments. I've very new at this since we just got of debt last year. Nevertheless, my curiosity lead me to start this discussion and it went really well.I started with a story about people losing their incomes in 2020 as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. I recounted some examples of cleaning business owners and others that I personally know who were hit hard. Everyone in the room related as they all knew someone too. As a group, we went through every year where people felt a significant recession. Thankfully, we had so much wisdom in the room (that's a nice way to say age) and we went back to 1975. Here were the dates: 1975 (gas shortage), 1986 (stock market crash), 1993 (short recession), 2001 (9/11), 2008 (the Great Recession & crash), and 2020 (Covid). We all agreed that history and math teach us something. We have experienced these life-altering shifts every 8-12 years since at least 1975 and we're going to experience them again.Read the rest of this article at the Smart Cleaning School website

Much time is needed in this podcast episode to clear the names of several members of Total Life Freedom Philly. Before I share the final installment of 'Who Paid for Lunch Clue', I must share a few things that happened in my cleaning business since my last update. It will be short. Trust me! First of all, I was asked to lead an education piece for my local MCBA networking group. I taught on the "They Ask You Answer" process. I have LOVED this book and implemented it into both of my websites for Carfagno Cleaning and Smart Cleaning School. The group enjoyed the discussion as it gave them much to think about. I had a one-time cleaning job booked at a historic barn & wedding venue. When we got there, the plumber was replacing some parts and had the water turned off to the entire barn. The plumber was willing to give us an hour to "do our thing" with water, but I had to decline as we needed at least 5 hours of water. Ultimately, I rescheduled the job and wasted 2+ hours of my day and potentially $750 of other work I could have scheduled. Here's what I found out. The plumber was due to work on Monday at the barn, but got held up at had to postpone to Tuesday. I was scheduled for all day Tuesday. The plumber lets the barn know late on Monday that he can't make it and he'll come over in the morning. This is fine in his isolated world, but in the greater picture, Tuesday was already booked. This plumber should have called the barn and worked out a suitable reschedule date like I did. He didn't and unfortunately, it only cost me not him. If this makes you angry, don't let it. It's my fault. I should have called to confirm the barn Monday night or Tuesday morning to make sure I'd have water. Things happen. I just wish that this plumber was more professional. Okay, the time is here. I love my mastermind community, Total Life Freedom. There are 100 members all over the US and some out of country. Last fall as the restaurants were beginning to open, TLF Philly decided to get together for the first lunch. At the end of lunch, our beloved pastor paid for the table. It was an act of generosity that I so appreciated. I have struggled with accepting gifts, so I declared that I'd pay for the next TLF Philly lunch and made a podcast episode about it called,"Allow a Giver to Give." I had no intention of this free lunch to turn into anything. But that all changed when we met for the second lunch (Don't Fight Google or Facebook, Fight for Lunch). A few of us had the idea to try to pay, but a "Benevolent Benefactor" beat us to it. In my haste, I filed the case with Carfagno & Carfagno, a private investigatory firm in the Philly Area, one of the nation's finest. Our goal at Carfagno & Carfagno was to crack the case of 'Who Paid for Lunch Clue' on January 13th, 2021.In Benevolent Benefactor, I laid out the following Clue board of players and my investigatory notes. I'll recap quickly.The Pastor aka John Stange - He paid for the first lunch. He is the leading suspect from multiple players on the board. He denies emphatically! There was even a hypothesis that his wife was the silent partner and called in the payment ahead of time. I confronted John in a text and he denied this false claim.Read the rest of this episode at the Smart Cleaning School website

 My Total Life Freedom local friends and local networking friend Eric Laylon intersect for a second episode. In "Don't Fight Google or Facebook, Fight for Lunch", my friend Eric Laylon from ReachLocal shared great marketing tips and stats on the digital giants. I followed this with a story of who paid for lunch. In this episode, I am copying the format!  Last week in my local MCBA meeting, Eric ran the business education segment and taught on the benefits of using Alignable for marketing. I've personally avoided it, but Eric gives some great points and tips that may have persuaded me to look into it more. Thus, I wanted to share it with you. LinkedIn is a business platform for business owners and professionals (employees). Alignable is for small business owners locally (not nationally like LinkedIn). The platform is already niched to local and small business owners, which makes it a natural marketing companion to in-person local networking. Alignable has niche groups that you can join of "like interest". Eric says he has gotten so much more business through Alignable vs LinkedIn because of the platform's ability to hyper-niche. Eric explained that you can set up your profile with "who you'd like to connect with". Then, Alignable takes your preferences and puts you in front of those people. Eric uses the premium $30/mo version because the free version limits you to the # of people you can connect with. I thought Eric did a great job presenting Alignable and it really intrigued me. What do you think? Do you use this platform? I'd love to hear about it if you do.A few leads came in this week. The first one was military-like. My friend James Hardy of the Carpet Guys was in an online group and saw a request for a house cleaner. He was in the process of typing in my name and website when something else caught his attention. The owner of a local cafe gave my name first. He recommended me and then texted me. "Ken, do you clean for the cafe?" I said no, but I do clean the owner's home. Then he told me about the recommendation to Steven Hunsberger. I thanked him and shared that Steven is the president of my chamber and we're friends. Then I contacted Steven and he felt so embarrassed that his friend Ken and the only cleaner of 400 members in his chamber didn't come to mind when he was looking for a house cleaner. There are multiple takeaways here. First, I am so thankful that I was triangulated by multiple friends to recommend me and they all knew each other! Another is that I have done a poor job in communicating that I clean houses to Steven in all of our interactions including our recent breakfast! Steven knew that I cleaned offices, but had no idea that I did houses too. We talked on the phone and I answered all of his questions in hopes of educating him on the various options he had for hiring a house cleaning service.Read the rest of this article at the Smart Cleaning School website

Self-taught cannabis cultivator and business owner, Brandon Banks, stands up for minority inclusion in the industry both as an individual and as a member of Minority Cannabis Business Association. Listen to his passionate journey of getting into the industry from growing sprouts in his basement to award-winning cannabis strains, and becoming a dispensary owner. Despite more state regulations being progressively created in the US, there are significant gaps on social equity and industry accessibility to minorities. Community reinvestment and license openings are just a couple of goals in the MCBA's work. Their members participate in policy creation to raise these matters and aim for more inclusive legal frameworks. You can get in touch with Brandon at brandonb@minoritycannabis.org or visit https://minoritycannabis.org/ to learn more. Who is Brandon Banks? Brandon Banks is a member of the Minority Cannabis Business Association, the Co-Founder and former Chief Operating Officer of Natural Selections Dispensary in Northglenn Colorado. After years of working for several fortune 500 companies including McDonald's Co, JP Morgan Chase, and Philip Morris, Brandon moved to Colorado and transitioned to the medical marijuana industry. Beginning his career as a master grower he cultivated several award-winning cannabis strains during his time at Green Man Cannabis including High Times Cannabis Cup winning genetics.   About Spectrum Labs At Spectrum Labs, we source local hemp and extract high-quality Full Spectrum Hemp extracts that even our families can use. Spectrum Labs can manufacture these full-spectrum hemp extracts: *Crude *Distillate *Tinctures *Gummies *Lotions *Custom formulations To learn more about Spectrum Labs, visit www.TheSpectrumLabs.com or contact us at (828) 229-7952 Asheville, NC ***If you enjoy the podcast, please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes. It takes less than a minute, and it really makes a difference in helping Apple recommend the show to new listeners. I also love reading the reviews!

Guest: Mary Jane OatmanHosts: Julie & Al Mary Jane Oatman is an enrolled member of the Nez Perce Tribe and descendant of the Delaware Tribe and proud mother of three beautiful people. She is the founder of the Indigenous CANNabis Coalition (ICANNC) https://indigenouscannabiscoalition.com/ and publisher of THC Magazine, host of THC SmokeSignals Podcast and is in the early stages of starting THC Global Media.The mission of Tribal Hemp & Cannabis Global Media (THCGM) is to inform, engage, and connect people around the world in support of the preservation and protection of Indigenous homelands, stories and self. Mary Jane has been dedicated to the preservation and protection of our Indigenous cultures and the restoration of pre colonial economies in hemp and cannabis through storytelling. She has worked for her tribe, as well as state and federal agencies to elevate the protection of tribal sovereignty and to ensure more effective government to government relationships are stewarded by building bridges between diverse stakeholders. In 2009, Oatman was the youngest member appointed by President Barack Obama to serve on the National Advisory Council on Indian Education, while also serving as the first Director of Indian Education for the state of Idaho. Mary Jane has served on the MCBA board to ensure tribal sovereignty is incorporated into their work and also serves as the president of the Idaho ACLU. She loves fishing, gathering and chopping wood for the sweat lodge when she is not searching for stories that heal.The PACE Radio Show airs Wdnesday on PACEradio.net

In this episode, I have an important lesson to share from a new friend of mine in the digital marketing space on the power of Facebook and Google. Eric Laylon is a consultant with ReachLocal. He understands the online landscape more than almost anyone that I know. He's a new member of the MCBA networking group and had a chance to share a presentation on his work. I asked many questions as I wanted to understand a little more of the trends he's seeing in 2021. Google drives 85% of all online traffic and still dominates the online search landscape. Bing is #2 because Comcast uses them as a default, but they use Google ad platforms. Google will continue to dominate. If you're not visible on Google, you're not visible.Google My Business is a free way to create SEO for your business through images, reviews, articles, and deals. Ads are an excellent paid option to generate leads.Eric says you should be investing 3-5% of revenue into marketing for average returns. 8% is aggressive and 3% is slow growth. Invest 60-70% of this marketing budget on digital. This is what the large companies are doing in 2021!Facebook is similar to google. They have 223 million users in the United States alone out of 331 million people. That's 67% of the US is on Facebook. A business page is free and allows you to create interest for your product or service for free. Ads (like Google) are an excellent paid option as well.Thank you Eric for teaching and sharing the trends and stats for 2021! My takeaway is simple. If you ever want to be found in your cleaning business, you have to be on Facebook and Google as they represent 67% of the country and 85% of all online searches. And you can access both for free through a Facebook business page, personal page, Google my business profile.That was quick and to the point! Let's dive more into my own solo cleaning business. I have used digital marketing to grow my solo cleaning company in 2020. I tried everything, but focused on Facebook and Google My Business digitally while attending local networking to round out my marketing strategy. I didn't use any paid advertising and grew my company by $60,000 in revenue in 2020. Going forward, I plan to continue. I did get an idea this past week that I had originally planned in 2019 and never did it. I am the only cleaner in a 300 - 400 member chamber of commerce. Many members know who I am now since I've been helpful in leading webinars for the chamber, but I figured that the majority do not know me. I could cold call them and try to fleece them for business. I don't operate like that. Here's what I'm going to do. I'll make a list of the members that have an office that is a good fit for my office cleaning company. These are buildings under 5,000 - 6,000 square feet that need cleaning weekly or less. Once I have the list completed, I'll send emails with personal videos to the owners or contacts through the chamber to say hi and introduce myself. From there, I'll see who has any interest in connecting more with me. I'll schedule Zoom calls or breakfast meetings with the ones who want to know me. Then I'll add these new friends to my twice-monthly newsletter. I am guessing that 150 of the members fit into my demographic out of 400. Out of the 150, I wouldn't be surprised if I can connect and add 30 to my newsletter. Who knows from there. Those 30 could be 10 clients at $500 - $800/month in the future, which is over $60,000 of annual revenue! Either way, I make new friends. Win-win.Read the rest of this article at the Solo Cleaning School website

On this special episode of the podcast, we are listening in to a presentation from the Career and Professional Development Center about the, "Rochester Legal Diversity Clerkship Program." Special guest Sanjeev Devabhakthuni '10 works for Barclay Damon in Rochester and is a member of MCBA Diversity Committee which sponsors this Diversity Clerkship Program for First-Year law students. The informal Q&A session helped students learn more about this terrific opportunity to work in Rochester, NY over the summer. The Rochester Legal Diversity Clerkship Program is co-sponsored by the MCBA (through its Diversity Committee), the Rochester Black Bar Association, and the Greater Rochester Association for Women Attorneys. The program aims to increase diversity in the legal profession in the Rochester area by attracting qualified first-year law students from under-represented groups within the legal profession to work in paid positions with Rochester area law firms and other legal employers. More from the Career and Professional Development Center: https://www.albanylaw.edu/careers

Entrepreneur, Business Consultant and Corporate Diversity Expert, Tiffany Bowden is the founding President and Co-Founder of the Minority Cannabis Business Association (MCBA) and Co-Owner of Comfy Tree Enterprises. The PACE Radio Show airs Wednesdays at PACEradio.net

As students navigate their college experience, one of the most important steps for them to take is to maintain a connection to their professors. Professors can provide the instruction, guidance, and support to help students excel and thrive during college and beyond. The key to unlocking the potential of that connection is to be proactive. So, in this episode of Speaking of College, Dr. P. and Dr. Aronté Bennett chat about what professors do and how students can develop connections inside and outside of the classroom. Aronté is an Associate Professor of Marketing and the Assistant Department Chair of the Marketing & Business Law Department at Villanova University's School of Business. Aronté offers courses on market research and consumer behavior and her research focuses on marketplace access, vulnerable consumers, and brand image. Her work has been published in the Journal of Consumer Psychology, the Journal of Public Policy and Marketing, and the International Marketing Review. For many years, she served as the faculty advisor to the Multicultural Business Association (McBA), an organization dedicated to supporting business students from all backgrounds. In 2017, she received the O'Donnell Center of Professional Development Student Society Advisor of the Year award for her work with McBA.When Aronté is away from the Villanova campus, she is involved in several local charities, including her current service as president of The Junior League of Philadelphia, Inc., a nonprofit organization with more than 300 active members, dedicated to training women volunteers and leaders. She is also a member of the board of directors of the Fund for the Water Works, a governance organization dedicated to instilling an appreciation for the connections between daily life and the natural environment on the site of Fairmount Water Works, the nation's first urban water supply system.Aronté holds a Bachelor of Science degree and Master of Business Administration from Florida A&M University and a Ph.D. from New York University. In addition to her professional and volunteer activities, Aronté enjoys visiting new restaurants, attempting to cultivate a green thumb, and international travel.The Did You Know segment offers a possible option for how students may be able to earn college credit for prior work experiences. The Ask Dr. P. segment features a listener's question about how to manage homesickness.Time Markers02:10-Welcome Dr. Aronté Bennett06:15-A Professor's Typical Work Week 19:00-Did You Know: College Credit for Work Experiences19:40-Ask the Expert: Aronté's Tips for Engaging with Professors40:32-Ask Dr. P: Suggestions for Addressing HomesicknessResources Mentioned in this EpisodeVU Buyer BehaviorGot a question about college? Email Dr. P. at amelia@speakingofcollege.com 

Bob and Eric sit down with the President of the Minority Cannabis Business Association, Jason Ortiz to discuss his first experience with the criminal justice system, how the association is promoting economic empowerment for communities of color and equal access in the cannabis industry, and how to effectively defund or divert funding police forces to social workers.   Hoban Law Group created The Hoban Minute to get closer to our network, highlight the many voices that make up this multifaceted global industry and provide a broader perspective on cannabis, hemp, and marijuana international markets.    Contact Hoban Law Group for all your cannabusiness legal needs.

Minority Cannabis Business Association with Tiffany Bowden. Entrepreneur, Business Consultant, and Corporate Diversity Expert, Tiffany Bowden is the founding President and Co-Founder of the Minority Cannabis Business Association (MCBA) and Co-Owner of Comfy Tree Enterprises. The MCBA is the first non-profit dedicated to the needs of minorities in the cannabis industry. Comfy Tree Enterprises provides business consultation to cannabis enthusiasts, start-up's and established companies. Honing her entrepreneurial savvy in the corporate arena, Ms. Bowden built a solid reputation as a go-to expert in investor building, grant writing, and contract to bid. During her corporate tenure, Ms. Bowden brought in profits of over 500 Million dollars. She has led business development projects in top companies such as Procter & Gamble, Groupon, Barefoot Proximity, and Arnold Worldwide. An advocate for medical cannabis, Ms. Bowden gained the first-hand experience during a spinal injury of its importance. Using personal experiences as a platform for advocacy, she fights to ensure access to improved quality of life via medical cannabis. Having built a network of over 50,000 cannabis entrepreneurs, many who are women, and minority, Ms. Bowden provides management consulting to entrepreneurs applying for, starting, and managing cannabis businesses. Currently a Ph.D. candidate in Communications and Diversity and Inclusion, Ms. Bowden has a master's specialization in Human Resources, Sales, Training, and instruction. She is a highly sought speaker on issues of cannabis growing, cultivation, and marketing and branding.

Happy Thanksgiving, SOTA listeners! This week Sarah gives us an insight into the MCBA/Jerome Book Arts Fellowships Series XIV exhibition at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts. She also provides some extra content from her live experience at the opening! Jasa is coming back to the Twin Cities for Thanksgiving! So, she has provided her list of must-see art exhibitions for Thanksgiving weekend. Need some places to take the family? Need some places to escape from immense family time? We have suggestions for you! References: Info on the MCBA exhibition – http://www.cathyryanprints.com/cv-info/ – http://www.ioanastoian.com/2018/the-a-z-of-motherhood/ – http://cargocollective.com/pengwu and http://www.mnartists.org/peng-wu – https://cargocollective.com/Jammo Egypt's Sunken Cities @ Mia Walker Art Center Exhibition Calendar Adam White @ Augsburg Art Galleries Selected Works: Fall 2018 @ Bockley Gallery Material Futurity @ Law Warschaw Gallery *due to our researcher's not-so-thorough research, this university gallery will be closed in observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday. However, we thought it was still worth promoting because it's an excellent show! The researcher had to be let go. “Native American group denounces Met's exhibition of indigenous objects” – The Art Newspaper “Metropolitan Museum of Art reclassifies status of Native American art for new exhibition” – The Art Newspaper other things aaia has been up to: http://www.realclearlife.com/news/popularity-indian-costumes-halloween-horror-native-americans/ https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/local/hunterdon-county/2018/10/18/rago-arts-native-american-auction-lambertville/1685833002/ https://www.indian-affairs.org/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sota/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sota/support