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Send us a textBack after a long Hiatus due to personal reasons, but the fight goes on...What we discuss today?-A's fans still suck and it makes me happy and laugh-Sacramento not what it was cracked up to be, and no one cares-SF Giants still using Farhan regime and will lead to losing more-49ers easy 2025 schedule-49ers 10.5 over/under for 2025 season....doable?-Warriors and Curry too old for mind-games & need help ASAP-NEVER buy season tickets, especially those with PSLsTILL NEXT CAST!!!Support the showhttps://twitter.com/BonfantiniB

Send us a textBack at it with another horror movie people! I had a baby, I moved, I think I saw a moose at some point in the last two weeks at work! Its been kinda crazy! Just like this movie! Its got everything! Monkeys, DEAD BEATS DADS and hibachi murders!AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENINGPLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTAGRAM:https://instagram.com/fromdusktilldonpodcast?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y    

Send us a textBack in the office and feeling the AREC hangover? After 2 intensive days of learning, you're probably buzzing with inspiration – and maybe a bit overwhelmed with what to do with all the information. If your head's spinning with ideas, your notebook's overflowing, and you're craving clarity, this is The AREC Hangover Cure:A concise summary of the top insights from ARECClear, actionable steps to implement the best ideasIt's time to put the BEST ideas into action!Highlights:04:57 - Robin Banks – Harnessing energy & focus10:13 - Will Guidara – Unreasonable hospitality & extraordinary experiences19:14 - Steven Bartlett – The 5-Buckets Framework23:03 - The power of storytelling25:00 - Finding happiness in the now27:04 - Authenticity & connection33:19 - Success through confidence, obsession & emotional discipline39:54 - The importance of executionSpeakers featured: Robin BanksWill GuidaraSteven BartlettAdrian OddiMark MathewsTim GroverMauricio UmanskyTony O'DohertyLana Samuels The 'AREC25 Summary' eBook and 'The Million Dollar Agent Roadmap' 30-module course is exclusively in the Real Estate Gym: https://realestategym.com.au/

Send us a textBack again to drop some ranks of the best team books to read as well as top 5 costumes in comics!Music [00:00]Buzz Ad [00:14]Intro [01:10]Best Team Books and Top 5 Costume Designs [08:42]Outro [26:38]Please like and subscribe if you'd like to hear more comic talk!(Bi-weekly shows dropping on Wednesday)Social Media:Facebook -  https://www.facebook.com/CBJpodcastTwitter -  https://twitter.com/CbJpod  (@CBJpod)Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/cbjpod/  (@CBJpod)Youtube - https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCTDcugHYqAbgjwbdGWbZjnA/Buzzsprout - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1206320Currently listed on Apple, Stitcher, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and many others!Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

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Send us a textBack with ya this week!  The bros sit down and hit that record button on a glorious Saturday with lots going on.  We catch back up on The Last Of Us and wonder is the show going too woke?  Another show we are looking forward to gets delayed which has us concerned.  A few other entertainment items that came across are super interesting.  We say goodbye to some legends that left us last week as always.  Over in MLB the commish decided to reinstate Pete Rose and others which is of course way too late.  The Texas Rangers are just an average team at the moment.  The NFL schedule was released and we jump in and look at the most exciting games on paper at the moment.  The Dallas Stars are in the thick of the NHL playoffs and has us feeling great.  Hit that play button if you're having as much fun as we are!   Cheers!!https://linktr.ee/eskimobrotherspodcastwww.YouTube.com/@eskimobrotherspodcast

Send us a textBack with a little switch-up—enjoy this live recording from my book club diving into Part Two of my best-selling book Healthy as Fck.*As always, I'm serving up real talk on practical habits, fitness strategies, and my unfiltered thoughts—no fluff, all fire.This time, we zoom in on the habit loop—trigger → behavior → reward—and what it actually takes to break the bad ones and build new, better ones on purpose.We get into the power of the keystone habit—the one move that sets off a domino effect in every area of your health.7 Habits of Highly Healthy MFs:Fill half your plate with veggiesGo the F*ck to sleepBack away from the booze (or the damn Pepsi)Chill the F*ck out and meditateEat everything — just way lessMove your body. Often.Prep your damn mealsI can hand you the blueprint — but the only one who can build with it is you. You're also the only one who knows what a truly meaningful reward looks like for your brain and life.Would I change anything?Nope. I wrote this book because I stand by every word.But—if I rewrote it today, I'd go deeper into neurodivergent psychology and how it affects the habit loop. And I'd definitely ease up on the “clean only” rules like tossing all plastic or going 100% plant-based—that's not the hill we need to die on.Bottom line: ditch the distractions. Focus on the 7.That's how you get healthy—and stay that way—for real.What's Inside:What the hell is a habit loop?How to interrupt bad habits and create new, better ones.The 7 habits of highly healthy MFers.The impact of neurodivergent psychology on the habit loop.You heard me on my 7-habit soapbox, and you even heard from some of my audience. What habits are you stellar with and which ones have you with a first-class ticket on the struggle bus? Let me know on Insta!Mentioned In This Episode:Registration is now open for the Membership ExperienceOonagh Duncan (@oonaghduncan) on Instagram Fit Feels Good Goals, Grit and some Woo Woo Shit with Oonagh Duncan Leave me a voice note on Speak Pipe! 

Send us a textBack to the found footage, this time a guy is way determined to catch a haunting (and a few other things) on video. Does he get more than he bargained for? Do I know why I asked that question? They always get more than they bargained for, it's a horror movie. And this one is "Paranormal Activity".Look at us on InstagramFollow us on Twitter (or don't we're not really there - and you probably shouldn't be either. And yeah, we know, the dumb name changed)Hit us up with comments and suggestions at horrorcurious@gmail.comRate! Review! Recommend!

Send us a textBack with you this week!  The bros sit down and have their good buddy from Iowa back on the show.  He's the host of the Nooner Nation podcast and returns to chat it up with the bros!  Thats what it is.  An all time babble fest where we navigate through and just shoot the sh*t!  There's no script here in this one and we just run through all kinds of greatness.  Kids sports and how it takes up a parents time and especially money.  The NHL playoffs are well underway and we jump in and talk about our teams and how much we are loving the games.  More talk about the late great Val Kilmer and his body of work.  We all miss ya, Val.  Then its just more blabbing and catching up.  We hope you enjoy the nonsense and absolutely off the wall BS'n with bros!  It's what we do best!  Hit that play button out there and be sure to check out Nooner Nation as well for us!  Cheers!https://linktr.ee/eskimobrotherspodcastwww.YouTube.com/@eskimobrotherspodcast

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Send us a textBack in 2013, when Pope Benedict stepped down, I was concerned for the future of the Church and threw my hat into the ring.  I am not sure how many votes I got but the vigorous insistence of the Vatican that they had never heard of me convinced me that my impact was real.  There were even rumors that my candidacy had been received better than some had expected.  At that point I thought my religious career was over but when I heard that President Trump had declared himself a candidate I reconsidered and decided to enter the race.  (Trump: "I would like to be Pope.  That would be my number one choice."  He also endorsed Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York). Here is my statement of my reasoning and also a report on my 2013 declaration. 

Send us a textBack in 2003, Ryan Malcolm became a familiar face across Canada as the first-ever winner of Canadian Idol. After a whirlwind year that included performing with artists like Elton John and Kelly Clarkson, Ryan returned to his roots just west of Kingston. Over the past 20 years, he's worn many hats: musician, restaurant manager, Buddy Holly onstage, and now, real estate agent.In this episode, recorded in mid-April 2025 from his home in Prince Edward County, Ryan reflects on life after Idol, the twists and turns of his career, and what he's been up to lately. We also touch on his connection to the area — including his father, John Malcolm, who was a guest on this podcast back in 2016.Our theme music is “Stasis Oasis”, by Tim Aylesworth Follow us on Facebook, Linkedin, Instagram, & Threads Send comments & suggestions to thekingstonianpodcast@gmail.com Episodes also air weekly on CJAI at 101.3fm (Tue. at 4pm)

Send us a textBack at it with another episode and we have SB Shmack and Jizzle the Mayor w/ special guest Brody Mac in the building. Talking life experience's, top 5 lists and music influences. Tap in we in motion. FOLLOW BLAZE1DIZ ON INSTAGRAM @BLAZE1DIZ_https://www.instagram.com/blaze1diz_?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qrFOLLOW JIZZLE THE MAYOR ON INSTAGRAM @JIZZLE_THE_MAYORhttps://www.instagram.com/jizzle_the_mayor2pz?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==FOLLOW SB SHMACK ON INSTAGRAM @SBSHMACKhttps://www.instagram.com/sbshmack?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==SUBSCRIBE TO THE OFFICIAL YOUTUBE CHANNEL FOR EVERYTHING BEHIND THE BARZ AND NO INVITE NETWORKhttps://youtube.com/@ribirthmediafilmz?si=vl0GptxD22g1q2npSupport the show

Send us a textBack to the movies! In this episode I check out the new horror/suspense film Drop!

Send us a textBack to reality at last, the party reconvenes at Sekerak's tower. Now they just need to locate their captor, their belongings and their IndigoGet in touch with us! Shoot an email to TheMadnessTable[at]gmail.com or shoot us a DM over on Discord, Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook!Enjoying the show? Buy us a cup of ko-fi! Loving the show? Become a monthly supporter over on Patreon and receive exclusive access to digital TMT content!Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition playthrough of Out of the Abyss adventure module, written by Wizards of the Coast.Dungeon Master: William JohnstonAll NPCs: William JohnstonIndigo Honeydew: Andrew WalkerSephel: Brendan ProalScylla / Lara Whippen: Sam ConklinAUDIO:Ice Cavern | Tabletop AudioLatin Electro #10 | DmyraCosa Peluda | DmyraEndgame | Tabletop AudioBlackberry's Hedge | Secret JaneNerbuldar | Ambient MixerAnd Darkness Grew Like a Tree | Doctor TurtleNight Sky | Jar of FliesKevin Macleod | Air PreludeKevin Macleod | Dreams Become RealFind us on social! https://linktr.ee/TheMadnessTableor on our our website: https://themadnesstable.buzzsprout.com

Send us a textBack from their trip to Puerto Rico, gay roommates Daniel (Gen X) and Julio (Gen Z) recount their first travel experience together, including the beaches, the drinks, the drag queens, and the boys (in speedos). The two discuss what makes a vacation a gaycation and how to successfully survive one with friends.  Support the show

Send us a textBack with you this week with a new one!  The bros welcome back their buddy and all time leading guest for this one!  We jump right in and take a look at what has become the biggest opening movie for a video game adaptation ever.  Over in the entertainment world the Fyre Fest 2 organizer and creator still claims it's a go even though the places its supposed to be say it is not.  Legendary band had some original members call it quits.  We pay our respects to some people who passed on this past week.  Including a huge actor we love Val Kilmer.  Over in sports the NHL has a new all time leading goal scorer now.  The NFL owners have passed a couple of new rules for next season.  Then we take a look at how well the Texas Rangers have started this year off and we hope it keeps rolling.  Ending it all on some crazy and funny stories of course!  Hit that play button!  Cheers!!https://linktr.ee/eskimobrotherspodcastwww.YouTube.com/@eskimobrotherspodcast

Send us a textBack by popular demand - Mikeybalzz joins Pat and Trey to recap the Big Bass Splash on Guntersville, talk Big G bass genetics, and look ahead to Redcrest week. Grass, chatterbaits, and good ol' fashioned grassroots fishing talk. A solid hang with laughs and local insight.Support the show

Send us a textBack by popular demand, this throwback episode is one of the most-loved and highly downloaded from The Property Unleashed archives. In this episode, Mark Fitzgerald dives deep into one of the most essential skills every successful property investor must master: deal sourcing.Whether you're sourcing deals for your own portfolio or packaging them for other investors, knowing how to find, negotiate, and secure the right opportunities is the key to building a sustainable and profitable property business. In this classic session, Mark breaks down the core strategies and insider tips that can set you apart in a competitive market.Mark shares 8 expert tips to help you master deal sourcing and avoid the common mistakes that hold investors back:• Why networking is the foundation of successful deal sourcing• How to use data to uncover hidden property opportunities• Building strong relationships with agents, landlords, and investors• Recognising and avoiding time-wasting deals early on• Negotiating confidently and ethically to secure win-win outcomes• The power of follow-up and staying front of mind with key contacts• Common pitfalls new deal sourcers face—and how to sidestep them• Developing the right mindset to consistently source profitable dealsVALUABLE RESOURCES:Download your free Deal Stacker Spreadsheet to analyse deals quickly and accurately:Get it hereGrab the free Ultimate SA Business Builder eBook – your 10-step guide to building a thriving SA business:Download nowExplore more free tools, eBooks, and masterclasses:www.thepropertyunleashed.comJOIN OUR COMMUNITY:Connect with like-minded property investors and join the conversation:Join the Property Unleashed Facebook GroupCONNECT WITH ME:Facebook: Mark FitzgeraldInstagram: @markfitzgeraldentrepreneurLinkedIn: Mark FitzgeraldYouTube: Subscribe hVALUABLE RESOURCES: Visit www.thepropertyunleashed.com to explore are free Property Ebooks and guides in Rent-to-Rent, Serviced Accommodation, Deal Sourcing and and also our FREE training masterclasses to help you generating a sustainable income through property. https://www.facebook.com/groups/816926952556608 to meet like-minded property investors and be a part of the community. CONNECT WITH ME: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.fitzgerald.7921Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markfitzgeraldentrepreneur/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-fitzgerald-59200079/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgwQNC72nEJQ0tKkKERdQOQThreads: https://www.threads.net/@markfitzgeraldentrepreneur http://www.thepropertyunleashed.com

Send us a textBack at ya  for the third time with our combined list of $50 and under books to collect! Whether its the rule of cool, speculation, or just good ol value, these are our recommendations at the $50 price point. Music [00:00]Buzz Ad [00:14]Intro [01:10]$50 [02:23.5]Outro [24:38]Please like and subscribe if you'd like to hear more comic talk!(Bi-weekly shows dropping on Wednesday)Social Media:Facebook -  https://www.facebook.com/CBJpodcastTwitter -  https://twitter.com/CbJpod  (@CBJpod)Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/cbjpod/  (@CBJpod)Youtube - https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCTDcugHYqAbgjwbdGWbZjnA/Buzzsprout - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1206320Currently listed on Apple, Stitcher, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and many others!Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

Send us a textBack with you this week!  The bros sit back down together on a lovely Saturday afternoon to pop the tops and hit that record!  We react to all the massive news out there about the next Avengers film!  Check out some other exciting entertainment news and react to what few old stars have been saying.  Probably seen the last of the Impractical Jokers crew.  Fyre Fest 2 is still a thing.....the guy promises.  We pay our respects to some legends we lost this past week as always.  Over in the sports world, MLB has officially started and we have some serious high hopes for our Texas Rangers even though we question the bullpen.  We check out all the new food options at our home ballpark and wonder if we'll be brave enough to try some.  Then we end it all with some crazy funny stories as always!!  Hit that play button out there for us and enjoy!!  Cheers!!https://linktr.ee/eskimobrotherspodcastwww.YouTube.com/@eskimobrotherspodcast

Send us a textBack again with two hours of great tracks picked with the upmost care, especially for Boomers but anyone who enjoys Golden Oldies.From Crosby Stills & Nash to the Four Tops.......the Lovin' Spoonful to KC & the Sunshine Band, and everything in between. The regular features; the Motown Moment, the Sounds of Surf and the Sixties-Nine.Playlist on my Facebook page: Golden's Oldies (The Chris Golden Show).

Send us a textBack and better than ever! Taking a look at Alex Jensen's first two new hires for his staff. Plus, Utah faces big portal entries for both men's and women's basketball, and, Harlan on Hoops part II + much more! Runnin' Utes TicketsRunnin' Hoops Podcast 30% Off Exclusive Deal! – FlyFitTees

Send us a textBack in 2017, David Richards rose to fame with the book "Whiskey & Yoga." In 2020, he rose up the charts again with his next book "The Lighthouse Keeper."  Then his writing found a whole new depth and purpose with the success of his groundbreaking book, "Love Letters to the Virgin Mary, The Resurrection of King David." Get ready for a thought-provoking and soul-searching journey with an author that challenges the depths of our understanding.  Do not miss this.  Listen now.Contact David and check out his projects on his website: http://www.davidrichardsauthor.com/Contact us:Rumble/ YouTube/ IG: @powerofmanpodcastEmail: powerofmanpodcast@gmail.com.Twitter: @rorypaquetteLooking for Like-Minded Fathers and Husbands? Join our Brotherhood!"Power of Man Within" , in Facebook Groups:https://www.facebook.com/groups/490821906341560/?ref=share_group_linkFree Coaching Consultation call whenever you are ready... Message me!Believe it!

Send us a textBack at ya with our combined list of $25 and under books to collect! whether its the rule of cool, speculation, or just good ol value, these are our recommendations at the $25 price point. Music [00:00]Buzz Ad [00:14]Intro [01:10]$25 Books [02:46.5]Outro [28:30]Please like and subscribe if you'd like to hear more comic talk!(Bi-weekly shows dropping on Wednesday)Social Media:Facebook -  https://www.facebook.com/CBJpodcastTwitter -  https://twitter.com/CbJpod  (@CBJpod)Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/cbjpod/  (@CBJpod)Youtube - https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCTDcugHYqAbgjwbdGWbZjnA/Buzzsprout - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1206320Currently listed on Apple, Stitcher, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and many others!Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

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Send us a textBack with you this week we go!  Bros got some catching up to do after what felt like a long week.  First up we jump in and take a look at some of the good entertainment news out there as always.  Finally a release date for Happy Gilmore 2.  Will it be a flop or a really good sequel all these years later?  A very legendary horror movie is coming up on it's 50th anniversary and doing some cool things.  One of our favorite content creators out there was robbed and held at gunpoint.  Not a made up story it seems.  We pay our respects to some legends that left us this past week.  Then we jump over to the sports world.  Our hockey team the Dallas Stars are all in after making a massive trade at the trade deadline.  Over in the NFL we take a look at some craziness happening right before free agency started.  Then finally we end it all on some crazy stories and some really dumb people.  Hit that play button out there for us!!  Cheers!https://linktr.ee/eskimobrotherspodcastwww.YouTube.com/@eskimobrotherspodcast

Send us a textBack in our original fashion exchanging our uncensored opinions between just the two of us, we examine whether it is possible to maintain friendships with people who see the world through a different lens.We analyze when it is possible and even encouraged to maintain friendships with people who have opposing viewpoints versus when this feat proves to be a fruitless effort.We share personal anecdotes which illustrate when our differences with others have brought us closer together and when these fundamental differences have driven us farther apart, and if that means the end of the friendship for good.We philosophize about the impact topics like politics and medical freedom have over our friendships and whether it matters if your closest friends are virtual or in person.In an age of dogma and division, we emphasize the lost art of toeing the line of nuance.Join us for more of these dicussions on the inside of our virtual community, rebelliUS. Support the showJOIN OUR NEW, PRIVATE COMMUNITY! DONATE (Thank you!!

Send us a textBack with you this week with a brand new one!  The bros come in hot right off a quick trip down south to Austin, TX for all the NASCAR races and festivities.  We're tired and have some hangovers but that is all part of the experience.  We jump right in to some news over at Lucasfilm that excited everyone for a bit, then ended up not being true.  Then we take a look at some other entertainment news out there in the world.  The second attempt at the Fyre festival is supposedly happening but if you believe that, then we got some bad news for ya.  We pay our respects to some legends that we lost this past week and one of them has a very weird circumstance to it.  After that we jump over to the NFL as some good changes are coming to the 2025 season.  Some recent offseason moves are already happening for one of our teams as well.  Spring Training is well underway for MLB and our Texas Rangers.  Then we end it all up on some really insane and crazy stories out there like always!  Hit that play button for us and enjoy!  Cheers!https://linktr.ee/eskimobrotherspodcastwww.YouTube.com/@eskimobrotherspodcast

Send us a textBack at ya with our combined list of $10 and under books to collect! whether its the rule of cool, speculation, or just good ol value, these are our recommendations at the $10 price point. Who knows, we may do more price tiers moving forward! Hope you enjoy.Music [00:00]Buzz Ad [00:14]Intro [01:10]Top Books for $10 or Less [04:19]Outro [28:03]Please like and subscribe if you'd like to hear more comic talk!(Bi-weekly shows dropping on Wednesday)Social Media:Facebook -  https://www.facebook.com/CBJpodcastTwitter -  https://twitter.com/CbJpod  (@CBJpod)Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/cbjpod/  (@CBJpod)Youtube - https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCTDcugHYqAbgjwbdGWbZjnA/Buzzsprout - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1206320Currently listed on Apple, Stitcher, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and many others!Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

Send us a textBack with another episode! Did I have a bad dream because of this movie? No, but she is super creepy. Come follow along as we pick apart the mechanics of this robot movie! Support the showWe are trying out a new format so let us know how you like it. Like subscribe and leave us a review. 5 stars makes us feel fabulous! You can find more witty commentary on all our favorite movies at Two Chicks Talkin Flicks Email twochickstalkinflicks@gmail.com Twitter @2chicksNFlicks Instagram @twochickstalkinflicks https://linktr.ee/Twochickstalkinflicks https://www.buzzsprout.com/1326058

Send us a textBack with you this week fresh off a holiday weekend the bros sit down again and hit that record button!  First up, one of our favorite shows ever has come to an end.  Cobra Kai released their remaining episodes for the final season and we break it down and the show as a whole.  We'll always enjoy this one!  After that we check out a couple of other entertainment things out there then we take a look at the 2025 Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame nominees.  Some of them should already be in while others will make you wonder.  Over in the sports world we check out how amazing Team USA is doing in the four nations hockey tournament.  And finally it's officially spring training season in MLB and we check out our Texas Rangers and take a look at what to expect over there.  Hit that play button out there for us and crack a cold one!  Cheers!https://linktr.ee/eskimobrotherspodcastwww.YouTube.com/@eskimobrotherspodcast

Send us a textBack your bags, we're going on a trip! Today I am speaking with Mark Domanski, Director of Destinations, who oversees the build and expansion of the immersive miniature exhibits at Little Canada. In this conversation, you'll hear about the design and creative collaboration within Little Canada, as well as the attraction's origin story. You'll learn about the interdisciplinary nature of the build team, and materials and techniques used to create the models.You'll hear how storytelling happens in the space, including the incorporation of Indigenous voices, in consultation with Indigenous communities. Finally, Mark shares his ‘not to be missed' list of what to see when you check out the space for yourself. I'm all about interesting projects with interesting people! Let's Connect on the web or via Instagram. :)

Send us a textBack with ya this week with a new one!  The brothers are fresh off of Super Bowl Sunday and feeling a bit tired, well at least one of us.  Before the big game talk we jump in and talk about some entertainment news out there.  We're excited about the final episodes of Cobra Kai dropping this week.  There's some new documentaries coming soon that will be extremely interesting.  The Costco guys dropped a new song and it's a banger.  Over in the sports world we take a look at quite possibly the worst trade in NBA history.  The Dallas Mavericks really traded away their franchise superstar.  In baseball news, pitchers and catchers start reporting to spring training this week.  We take a look at the Texas Rangers players expected to be in the lineup every day and what to expect.  Elvis Andrus will be inducted into the Rangers hall of fame and Adrian Beltre gets a statue.  We jump over to the NFL and take a look at all the award winners and pro football hall of fame inductees.  Then we take a look at the Super Bowl and how it turned out to be one of the worst in recent memory for us.  Between the game and the halftime show it was a big let down.  Ending it all with some crazy stories as always!  Hit that play button out there for us!  Cheers!!https://linktr.ee/eskimobrotherspodcastwww.YouTube.com/@eskimobrotherspodcast

Send us a textBack by popular demand - our review of the [axr] 2025 Salary Guide! In this episode, Andrew Cannock & Ben Carnegie give you a deep dive into our latest salary guide, including: What to expect from Sales, Marketing & Category roles in 2025 Market trends and industry insights What the numbers meanWhat we are looking for as recruiters when recruiting these roles and how we refer back to this guide  Role scope and in-demand skills for each role type How to level up in your career and make great career decisionsIt's a great listen, so tune in now, and don't forget to download our 2025 salary guide here: https://bit.ly/2025-salary-guide

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Send us a textBack again this week with a brand new one for you out there!  The bros sit down back in studio together and record a banger!  First up, we're hoping Tik Tok will stick around forever and it appears it will be.  We jump over to another social media platform and check out some of the absolute worst music people have made and made reels to showcase it.  We've got another company that has come out with their own AI robot with an emphasis on certain things.  Elon Musk is out there making strides in being able to travel the world by space ship and cutting down significant travel times.  A couple of new documentaries out there to check out.  Then we pay or respects to some big time legends that passed this last week.  Over in the sports world, MLB doesn't have a salary cap and the Dodgers just keep spending money at will and don't care about the salary tax.  A former Ranger has officially left for a new team.  In the NFL we chat about all of the head coaching openings across the league including the now Dallas Cowboys head coach spot and who is going to take it.  Ending it all on some crazy stories and of course including our dumbasses of the week as always!!  Hit that play button out there for us!!  Cheers!!https://linktr.ee/eskimobrotherspodcastwww.YouTube.com/@eskimobrotherspodcast

Send us a textBack in 2018, Royce predicted that Emergency Risk Protection Orders (ERPO's, "Red Flag" laws, etc.) would be merely a foundation for expanding them into power-gobbling monstrosities that destroy your God-given rights. And now, his prediction is coming to pass.Tune in and share!Support the showAskari Media GroupBuy Paul Eberle's book "Look at the Dirt"Paul Eberle (lookatthedirt.com)The Deadly Path: How Operation Fast & Furious and Bad Lawyers Armed Mexican Cartels: Forcelli, Peter J., MacGregor, Keelin, Murphy, Stephen: 9798888456491: Amazon.com: BooksVoice of the Blue (buzzsprout.com)

Send us a textBack in October, Theologian Wes Huff and ancient civilizations researcher Billy Carson recently had a debate on the Mark Minard podcast.Billy argues that biblical texts are inaccurate and that even the crucifixion did not happen, while Wes, a biblical scholar with expertise in ancient manuscripts, counters this position with evidence of the Bible's historical reliability and unique origins.The aftermath of the viral debate then landed Wes on The Joe Rogan Experience, where Wes was able to share in detail on one of the world's most influential podcasts, why the bible can be trusted.The regulars react to the debate, the episode on Rogan, and how we should rightly celebrate the public dismantling of lies. ------------------------Questions, comments, or feedback? We'd love to hear what you think! Send them to provokeandinspire@steiger.org, or send us a message on Instagram.Click HERE to receive news, thought-provoking articles, and stories directly in your inbox from Ben, David, Luke, and Chad!Join the Provoke & Inspire Discord Community!Click below to follow the regulars on Instagram!Ben PierceDavid PierceChad JohnsonLuke Greenwood

Send us a textBack in May of 2024, we had the incredible pleasure of welcoming our friend Kenny Coleman of Bourbon Pursuit fame to Lexington, Kentucky to celebrate all things This is my Bourbon Podcast with us and to chat with some of our friends in the industry. From Bardstown Bourbon Company to RD1 Spirits to Dark Arts (and even Pursuit United), we've got some great conversation and chats happening that you can't miss. Enjoy, and Happy New Year!Become a patron of the show at http://www.patreon.com/mybourbonpodcastLeave us a 5 star rating and review on your podcast app of choice!Send us an email with questions or comments to thisismybourbonshop@gmail.comSend us mail to PO Box 22609, Lexington, KY 40522Check out all of our merch and apparel: http://bourbonshop.threadless.com/Leave us a message for Barrel Rings at 859.428.8253Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mybourbonpod/Twitter: https://twitter.com/mybourbonpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mybourbonpod/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thisismybourbonpodcastPayPal, if you feel so inclined: PayPal.me/pritter1492Link to our Barrell Rye Armagnac Finished Pick: https://shop.whiskeyinmyweddingring.com/products/barrell-private-release-rye-1a03Support the show

Send us a textBack from their holiday break, gay roommates Daniel (Gen X) and Julio (Gen Z) serve up season two of the pod with two new segments: Hot Topics (featuring exploding Teslas, drones, and Beyonce - oh my!) and Icon or I Can't (featuring RuPaul's Drag Race season 17). As they catch up on the last couple of weeks, they reflect on the new connections they've made, the old ones they've reestablished, and how forging connections, in general, can help change one's perspective and life. Support the show

Send us a textBack in 2009 Jonathan Goldstein wrote an entertaining book entitled "Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bible!"  For those looking for orthodox teaching, it might veer a bit off base.  But for those looking for 15 minutes of entertainment, maybe you will like this.  

Send us a textBack in 1989, we all got the warm and fuzzy feels when Christmas came around. It was a time to reflect before the year ended, binge Christmas movies, and think of others. It really is the most wonderful time of the year.And then it got even more wonderfuller. There was a new family on the block, and they believed in spouses lying to each other, taking underage kids to the dog races, and choking their son in disgreement.Where did this show come from? Who were the creatives behind it?WOuld "moth" have made a better tattoo?All these questions, and more, will be answered in this look at THE SIMPSONS ROASTING ON AN OPEN FIRE!Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good podcast!

Send us a textBack in the 7th century BCE coins were introduced to trade for services or goods. Before the introduction of coins people would barter for services by trading time or items. In today's modern society we have become blinded by how much money we have and truly have forgotten the fundamental purpose… it's a tool. We often get caught up in the day to day wants and desires such as going on trips or buying the latest technology but often regret our decisions later once the damage is done. Let's take a moment to talk about how our viewpoints of money can help us thrive, or for others, struggle to survive. Take our quick quiz to see how protected you are https://flveterinaryadvisors.com/protected-assessment/Find our book "Unleashed: The Financial Clarity Every Veterinarian Needs" at https://lnkd.in/ehqujdf8-----Extra resources galore!Listen to more episodes: https://flveterinaryadvisors.com/smarter-vet-financial-podcast/Watch the no cost 5 part video course to review your finances and see where you could be doing better in your finances.5 Foundational Steps to Financial Balance Video Course-http://series.flvetadvisors.com/Find out what you could be overlooking within your practice by taking our brief assessmentTest My Personal Financial IQ-https://flveterinaryadvisors.com/personal-test/Sign up for a complimentary phone call to talk about how to get better use of all the cash inside your practice.Schedule a time-https://flveterinaryadvisors.com/contact-usCheck out our social media channelsFacebook-https://facebook.com/flvetadvisorsLinkedIn-https://linkedin.com/company/flvetadvisorsYouTube-https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAK-PzGDIch3vzKiAjWVrQQ

Send us a textBack on December 20, 2021, we debuted our very first Mini Book Shoutouts! And wow - what a journey it has been to quickly spotlight a few books. We have now done 64 of these Shoutouts episodes, meaning we've highlighted 256 books!So here's just a little encore of our first Shoutouts episode because w're getting nostalgic here during the holidays!Cattie's pick:- The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd- The Guest List by Lucy FoleyOaky's pick:- This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki- Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

Send us a textBack and Better than Ever!  Fresh off of Thanksgiving, which dish would you keep, trade, start, and cut from your family's table?  The future is bright, but it definitely has some dark corners...what do you think about the metaverse?  We are back for a full episode this week so sit back, relax, and enjoy!Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies - The Beltway BriefingListen for of-the-moment insider insights, framed by the rapidly changing social and...Support the show

Send us a textBack again for part 2 with Duffy on “From the Flood to Babel”. Focusing on Genesis 11, you will get some really good read time and thinking! The WORD reveals so much. Simple truths…. Fascinating revelations. Let's have some fun! Support the showCheck out what's happening locally with “1LoveHTX” and ways to get involved. www.1LoveHTX.org

Send us a textBack in 1986, Cleveland was going through it! unemployment rates were well above the country average, They would be known as 'The Mistake on the lake'That was until United Way had a super, fantastic idea! They would release...... 2 million balloons into the sky!!! What could go wrong?! They would do this, and it would gain them a spot in Guinness book of records, and naturally, this would entice tourists to come to Cleveland, and just all their troubles would be miles awayThis is the story of Balloonfest 1986Support the showIf you're interested in receiving bonus episodes, early release dates, an everything scary sticker and ‘thank you' as well as a shout out on our regular feed! Please join at Patreon//everythingscarypod571

Send us a textBack again...and short of a small AI hiccup mid show, another smooth podcast about everything and nothing.  This week, we talk about what we would do with 6 extra hours a day (or was it 8), what dream job have you never had, AI strikes again, and of course some great suggestions for your upcoming weekend.  All that and more, sit back, relax, and enjoy!Support the show

Send us a textBack for the chilling third installment of House of Horrors, our friend Stephen joins us as we dive into horror trilogies, video game creepypastas, top video game Halloween costumes, and of course, our spooky mount rushmores. Slender Man approved. http://www.betterhelp.com/TheBarnThis episode is sponsored by www.betterhelp.com/TheBarn and brought to you as always by The Barn Media Group. YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/@TheBarnPodcastNetwork SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/09neXeCS8I0U8OZJroUGd4?si=2f9b8dfa5d2c4504 APPLE https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1625411141 I HEART RADIO https://www.iheart.com/podcast/97160034/ AMAZON https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/7aff7d00-c41b-4154-94cf-221a808e3595/the-barn

Send us a textBack in the 70s, most things were designed to ruin children. Jarts, doctors smoking in the exam room, steel playgrounds, and television movies about kids getting killed. So naturally, we decided to review the most egregious of these, Salem's Lot. Mostly tame by today's standards, this Stephen King vampire classic broke our little brains and we're pretty bitter about it.Stick around to the end when we measure ourselves up against Elle Magazine's top 25 Halloween movies.  The horror.

Send us a textBack on the mic, we have three distinguished gentlemen for another episode. Coach E, Xen, and Mr Taboo Timmons jump right into Game For All Seasons Shade room edition to discuss the "Marriage " affairs of a hip hop couple. What would they do if the shoe was on one of thier feet? You'll be surprised by the answers of the trio. After that Coach E has something to get off his chest, you know vent a little bit. We all know how he is with his Ohio State Buckeyes. They took a tough loss and Coach E has to verbalize his thoughts and feelings about it. Then it is never the right time to talk about the Browns because of the way the session has played out. The guys break down the game vs. the Philadelphia Eagles. As usual Coach E leaves us with a post game word titled "Unlock It" 

Send us a textBack at it after a week off.  Give it a listen to see if it made any difference.Visit to the Corporate OfficeNewt's Come for the Burgers, stay for Sara's new hair style!"Up North"Shoutout Jim's old friends Bruce S and Rob KHow will the Vikings blow it this year?RIP Pete Rose--they made an example out of youUpdating "the list"Heaven's GateRIP Kris KristoffersonRadio Game1970 through 1974 Classic Rock AlbumsLed Zeppelin III and IV, Black Sabbath Paranoid, Who's Next, Doors, Dark Side and moreFrank Zappa--the original Jesse Ventura#Newt's#Budgie#HawkwindTheAscertainers@gmail.comSunday Morning Coming Down Kris Kristofferson & Johnny Cash - Sunday morning coming down (1978 Johnny Cash Christmas Show) (youtube.com)Queen, It's Late Queen - Its Late (youtube.com)Neighbors, The Doors scene "Neighbors" (1981) Earl sees Captain Vic cooking spaghetti (youtube.com)

Send us a textBack from a surreal, emotional summer. But, I came through it understanding far more about myself, and why film gets so personal for some of us. There is an alleged Crystal Lake update. Terrifier 3 opens and can do something hilarious and important.Robert Englund makes it official. And there's drama at the drive-in.  On X: @BloodPopcornPod

Send us a textBack again for a Duffy Deep Dive. Join us as Duffy goes deeper into our talk about, “If I Knew My Death!” A discussion from last week about following the ONE who knows it all! We will take a deeper look at who Satan is, details about him, where he came from and how his fall all happened. Duffy's notes can be found here if you'd like to follow along!  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hfBPTFu1N_dK2pFpPv3cVpyvwUCPL2NM/view?usp=share_linkSupport the showCheck out what's happening locally with “1LoveHTX” and ways to get involved. www.1LoveHTX.org

Send us a textBack into the spiritual realm Mitch and Amanda go on today's episode! They break down the Law Of Attraction from a unique perspective and riff on the truth about God and how to manifest a life of your dreams.Connect with us!YoutubeEmailInstagramMitch - SubstackMitch - InstagramMitch - FacebookAmanda - YoutubeAmanda - InstagramAmanda - SubstackPlease share the show and leave a rating and review!

Send us a textBack from gallivanting around Europe the gang are back in business with the hangovers to prove it. Whilst Jaz was celebrating the end of season in Paris and Barcelona the boys were reminded that their partying days are behind them at The Diamond League Final in Brussels. A certain Shot Put champion may be to blame. There also much to discuss about the upcoming IOC Presidential race and the exciting Commonwealth Games announcement as well as some special guests with quick chats to the likes of Dina Asher Smith, Cole Hocker, Georgia Brown and Daryl Neita.  Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what you think on all our socials. Thanks for listening and follow us on Social Media at Twitter - (@BackstraightB) Insta - (@BackstraightBoysPodcast).

Send us a textBack in 2018, Dan Gomer and I were filming a commercial, and decided to record a podcast talking through his lessons learned in Real Estate, and how he's evolved throughout his career.Check out the Live To Grind podcast for some more throwback episodes like this! Let's work together further:- https://accelerantmediagroup.com/- https://www.igniteandelevate.com/Share your thoughts with me on Instagram! @brandontadams Contact me: www.brandontadams.comText me: (563)217-6850

Send us a textBack on epsidoe 176 it was the beginning of Season 5 and I was out in Reno, NV Keynote speaking at a conference. I recorded that episode before the conference so this episode is a recap of how it actually went! In short, it was AMAZING and I'm so honored and grateful for the amazing opportunity! Thank you to Nevada Governer's Council on Developmental Disabilities!!In the episode I mentioned a gentalmen that does magic and also just so happens be autistic! His name is Cody Clark and you can find him at https://www.codyclarkmagic.com/. Thank you to our partner this week:Buzzsprout! You can get $20 credit to your account when you sign up!https://kateyfortun.com/buzzsproutSign Up Here and get $20 credit to your account!Stay in the loop with the new Different Ability® product I'll be launching!Sign Up Here!Shop new products here!Places you can reach me at:Website:https://kateyfortun.com/https://kateyfortun.com/podcastInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/kateyfortun/https://www.instagram.com/differentabilitypodcast/

Always being reachable via phone or text can significantly impact your business's reputation and growth. It signals to your clients and potential customers that you value their time and business, leading to more sales. Digital Marketing Consultant, Patrick Smith, talks about the strategy, implementation, and automation of missed call, text back technology for small business owners to avoid leaving money on the table.1. Learn the impact of lost opportunities that occur when business calls are not immediately responded to2. Learn how technology and automation can open the doors for discussion with callers even when a human is not available to take the call in the moment3. Learn how missed-call, text-back mobile technology integrates with many popular direct messaging platformsMeetPatrickSmith.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/onlinevisibility/https://www.revealio.com/

Aleksei Dovzhikov, entrepreneur and investor. More than 20 years of experience in the development, management and investment in IT projects. Aleksei is the founder and ideologist of eLama.ru, the largest online advertising automation service. Also in Aleksei's portfolio are such companies as TextBack, Yagla, Varwin, Dioram, Yalla, Beams, TRINET and others. In recent years, Aleksei has been focusing on projects in the field of virtual and augmented reality, as well as developing the direction of syndicated deals in foreign startups. FIND ALEKSEI ON SOCIAL MEDIA LinkedIn | Facebook | VKontakte ================================ SUPPORT & CONNECT: Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/denofrich Twitter: https://twitter.com/denofrich Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/denofrich YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/denofrich Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/den_of_rich/ Hashtag: #denofrich © Copyright 2022 Den of Rich. All rights reserved.

In this episode of the #TEXTBACK, we have Bro. Joe Smith with us this week. Bro. Joe is from Parkway Church in Madison, MS. He is a worship leader at his church, apart of MS Allstate Choir, and serve in many other areas in the church. But above all these areas of the church, he has a motto that he lives by: Being Unseen. The goal of any ministry is not to glorify ourselves, but to glorify Jesus and Him only. It's never about us but all about Him.Also check out Draylin Young's album: "Unseen" Link is here! https://www.draylinyoungmusic.com/Follow me on social media:Instagram: @Text10MinFacebook: @Text10MinistriesReceive Daily Devotionals: Text “@text10m” and send to “81010”Intro Music: Tech Showcase - MorningLightMusic.ioPodcast Music: Come 2Gether - Ooyy

In this episode of the #TEXTBACK, we are bringing a special guest to the Text 10 Podcast.  Text 10 Ministries is purposed to Strengthen, Encourage, and Build! In this episode we talk about Emily's Starbucks experience with the servant's apron, humility, submission to authority, and more! As she shares her experience, we can easily look at who we are to reflect each day as a servant of Jesus Christ. I believe this episode will encourage  you and bless you richly! Follow me on social media:Instagram: @Text10MinFacebook: @Text10MinistriesReceive Daily Devotionals: Text “@text10m” and send to “81010”Intro Music: Tech Showcase - MorningLightMusic.ioPodcast Music: Come 2Gether - Ooyy

Helpful links from the episode: Whitespark Review Checker Tool Jira ClickUp IFA 2019 Conference LSA Conference GatherUp TextBack feature FULL SHOW NOTES00:11 Aaron Weiche: Episode Four - Building and Running Remote Teams.00:16 INTRO: Welcome to the SAAS Venture Podcast, sharing the adventure of leading and growing a bootstrap SAAS company. Hear the experiences, challenges, wins, and losses shared in each episode, from Aaron Weiche of GatherUp and Darren Shaw of Whitespark. Let's go.[music]00:42 AW: Glad to be back on the SaaS Venture Podcast. I'm Aaron.00:46 Darren Shaw: I'm Darren.00:47 AW: We are back to recording action, probably three weeks between our last episode, as we've both been a little bit busy taking on other things.00:56 DS: Yeah.00:56 AW: And with that, for me, some of the highlights or things that have gone on, one, we did our first large show as an exhibitor. We were at the International Franchise Association convention in Las Vegas, and that was really great. Probably somewhere between 35 and 50 what I would consider solid conversations where we have the contact info of who the buyer would likely be and understand a lot about where they're at in their scenario and things like that. So that was really exciting, and good to get past, too, 'cause there were a lot of unknowns in not having done a show of that size with thousands of attendees. I wanna say there was 4,000 at the show, so that was really helpful to get through.01:42 DS: You talk to Andrew Beckman there? He's from Location3. He goes on to me about how awesome that show is, it's great...01:47 AW: Yeah, those guys... Yeah, Location3 had two or three booths there. I didn't make it over to talk to them. I know a couple others from that organization as well, but I saw their booths, didn't talk to them. I was busy talking to prospects, man.02:01 DS: That's great. So okay, you said you talked to about 35 solid leads when you were there, and then how many of those leads have converted to follow-up conversations, and have you actually closed any of them since you were at the show? 02:17 AW: Right, so that's the big next phase. The show was just last week, got home Thursday night, and then yeah, this week has been sending out emails, a few responses, and trying to get demos in place. So that's kind of the next piece, and the next of figuring out, "All right, what do those numbers look like?" Because you're totally correct, it's one thing to be excited about... And you need those conversations to start top-of-funnel there, but it is how fast and who are the ones that you can actually get to the table and turn into customers? So I'll definitely have more data on that the next time you and I talk.02:53 DS: And know what I'd love to know? I would love to know, okay, this is what you spent to go to the show in terms of getting the booth, cost of travel, cost of expenses with hotel and everything while you were there. Then looking at it six months later, and then calculating the lifetime value of the customers that you were able to close from it, and determining what's the ROI on that? Because I always wonder that about exhibiting at conferences. And IFA sounds pretty good, 35 solid leads sounds really good to me, and so I'm curious to know if you actually have a positive ROI in the end.03:29 AW: Yep, next episode I'll share those numbers and anything of what we're looking at. The really good news, no, it's not cheap to do it, but it only takes a couple of decent deals to easily make that back. And the other thing that I look at, too, is five of our competitors were there, and if we're not there in that conversation and in that room, then we're already losing. So there is some brand awareness and being seen. And this is our first time there, too, we had a lot of people say, "Oh, I've never seen you guys before." So repetition's important. We already signed up for their 2020 event in Orlando. But yeah, next episode, I'll report on where I'm at with those 'cause it definitely is of interest to me as well.04:08 DS: Yeah, for sure. And there's another side benefit, I think, of these things. So you might have talked to 35 people, but GatherUp was looked at by hundreds, thousands of people. They saw you, they looked at your banner, they got the sense that you do review stuff and that two months later when they're thinking about it, they're like, "Yeah, we should consider GatherUp, we know they're one of the players in this space."04:34 AW: Absolutely.04:35 DS: And so there's other stuff, you can't measure that, you don't know who those people were, and you don't know if it's because they saw you at the IFA show.04:42 AW: Yep, totally correct. And some of the conversations were a little longer term where people are like, "All right, we're in with somebody until this date, but let's stay in touch because I definitely wanna talk to you. It seems like you have more to offer or would be better to work with." So completely.04:58 DS: Well, that sounds exciting, good.05:00 AW: Yeah, totally exciting. We were supposed to have a big feature release today on our new inbound text feature called TextBack. We ran into some snags through a carrier, through Verizon this week and kinda had to self-diagnose between Verizon and Twilio, and trying to work with either one of those is almost no help, so a lot of self-investigation. We have a handle on it now, but we had to push back a couple of days till a Monday launch, which pains me, but totally the right thing to do because we couldn't push it out without it working for one of the major carriers consistently.05:37 DS: Can you describe that feature? How does it work, TextBack? 05:40 AW: Yeah, so TextBack, each location would have a number, so a local restaurant or a local store would have a mobile number that any customer in the store would see signage or on their receipt that says, "Text the word feedback to this number," And then it auto-replies with the link and says, "Great, now leave us feedback on how your experience was. So it's a easy way for a consumer to self-opt-in, and especially in industries like restaurant or retail, where giving up your email address or your phone number might not be part of the purchase process, but it gives real-time access.06:14 DS: Oh my god, I love it. That's so good! I really think about that for some of these retail type clients that... They're not collecting emails or phone numbers at the checkout. They don't have time for that, they're not messing around, they're just ringing people's orders, though, right? 06:31 AW: Yes.06:32 DS: And so that kind of a thing. And you could also put it on a card that you drop in a bag, right? 06:36 AW: Absolutely. Any print way or signage way you can get it in front of them can absolutely be used, and yeah, just as you alluded to, you get real-time feedback, you get them through your review process, those are all wins for the customer and the business. And then, yeah, then you can capture their mobile number or their email for future communication as well. So I'm really excited about it, and so that was really hard to know that it was gonna come out today and then be like, "Oh yeah, just kidding, guys. It's gonna be a couple more days," but better to get it right.07:08 DS: I'm super familiar with that. We're always gonna launch it, and then we're like, "Oh, we found more things. We've gotta figure this out before we can launch."07:15 AW: Yeah, totally. And other that, we talked last time about rebuilding or buying billing systems. I had a really good demo today with one of the two that I'm looking at, and I think I have a favorite in it, and has all of the things that we needed in the billing system, all of the features. A couple others that were on our wish list but are there, so we kind of turned over a ton of information to them, and they're gonna build out a really detailed personal demo for us in a couple of weeks. And we'll have our larger team on with that, somebody from product and our CFO and myself, and hopefully we can make a decision on that, so that's exciting. And then we've had two new hires in the last couple weeks since we talked, too. We hired another developer for our team, so our development team's up to five. And then we've hired a new PM, so one of our co-founders has served in our PM role the last couple years, and he was looking to kind of... He was there because we needed that role filled more so than it being a passion of his. So we've actually brought on an experienced PM, and it's already going awesome, it's been a great hire only two weeks in, and our current PM is super ecstatic, and we're already seeing some benefits of some of his experience. So a lot packed into the last three weeks since we talked.08:37 DS: That's fascinating, the PM thing. I've always thought about that, having a project manager, a dedicated project manager to oversee stuff. Because right now, that's kind of me, but I do 10 other things at the company, so I'm not the best person to be managing the development projects. And sometimes I'm the road block. It's like, "Okay, we wanna add these features. Hey, Darren, can you describe your vision for this?" I'm like, "Yeah, maybe next week," and they're just sitting around trying to find things to do and picking off bugs from our task system.09:09 AW:  We've always had a product manager role who oversees that and helps set... For the dev team, helps set priorities for them, and orchestrate the sprints and tickets, be the leader of Jira, all of those types of things. And to me, what it allows me to be is I serve more as that VP of product then, where I can help with vision and direction, and getting feature specs started, and wireframes, and that kind of stuff, but leave that product manager to handle all of the air traffic control-type stuff for what's flying around, 'cause as you know, there's just so much of it.09:48 DS: That's funny that you mention Jira. I have a developer on my team that said that he would quit immediately on the spot if I ever introduced Jira to the company. [laughter]10:00 AW: It's one of our core systems, it's great for tracking, ticketing, moving things around everything else. So our team would probably quit without Jira.10:08 DS: Yeah, it is industry standard. The guy had worked with it at his previous position and he just hated it. And we now use a system called ClickUp that we use to manage all of our tasks, and everybody at the company is madly in love with it. It's amazing, we love ClickUp.10:22 AW: Nice. Yep. Well, any time you have something that aids in process organization, efficiency, things not falling through the gap, it's such a win, right? 10:33 DS: Yep, totally. So building system, who's the winner? Are you willing to say, or are you gonna hold that answer...10:41 AW: Yeah, I'll hold that until we have a final... 'Cause what if they listen to my podcast and then they know how badly I love them and I can't negotiate price even harder? 10:49 DS: Good point, good point. All right, yeah. [chuckle10:53 AW: Yeah, I'll definitely share that with you too, especially after we get through... By the time we talk next time, I'll have had this personalized demo and I'll have a very accurate view. And I'll also have the opinions. I've done all this leg work, and now I'm gonna bring in our team and get their reaction to them, so hopefully theirs... I would think theirs will align with mine, but they'll definitely have some different perspectives from their areas of how they interact with it and what they'll have to integrate with it and things like that.11:21 DS: Yep. All right, well, from my side, have launched our new review tool. We finally did it. We did it, Aaron, can you believe it? 11:29 AW: Yeah, I feel like we should just shut down the podcast now 'cause that was...11:34 DS: I know.11:34 AW: The cliffhanger of every episode, and now what do we have to live for anymore? The review tool has been launched.11:40 DS: I know, well it's just first version, so we can keep cliffhanging off of the the next version that we're gonna launch of it, which will be a paid version of it. So it was just this free tool now, but we have a broader vision for a paid version, and so we can keep a cliffhanging on that for the next few episodes, for sure.11:57 AW: Nice. It's the continuous thread through our podcast throughout its life.12:02 DS: That's right, the life.12:03 AW: I obviously... I saw lots of tweets, I tweeted about it, I used it, I sent you some feedback on it. How did everything go with it? 12:12 DS: It went amazing, and Dmitri, our developer of that tool, he's so great. Basically, we have an internal feedback mechanism where it's like, "See something wrong with the results? Click here to leave your feedback." And so we got quite a bit of that, we got about 12 pretty valid reports that we looked at. And so he then just started picking them off, he'd be like, "Okay, I see what's going on here, and we fix it, fix it," and now it's like we tried our best. That's why it took so long to test it very well and get it working to what we thought was 100%, which turns out to be it was about 90%. And then customer stress testing after launch was amazing, because it gave us all this additional feedback, and we found a few extra bugs, and we've stamped them out. Now the thing is just working so nicely, I just love it. It's such a great tool. I'm so happy with how it launched.13:06 DS: I don't know if I mentioned this last time, but... So it was experimental. We had been looking at... And we'll get into... This is actually quite related to our conversation that we wanna talk about related to remote teams, but we'd been talking about hiring a developer out of Bulgaria, 'cause I have a company established in Bulgaria as well, and so we did some interviewing here and there, and it just... None of the candidates ever really stood out that, "Oh, we have to hire this person." But we had this idea that we would put a job posting out to the local university here and have them send it up to the computing science department, and we probably got about 20 good applications for this part-time job. It's a good job for a comp sci student to get some skills while they're still in school. And this one guy that applied seemed really great, so we hired him. He works part-time, he submits his hours, and he's the guy that built the entire tool; no other developers were involved. He built that complete system in about three months, and I'm just so thrilled with it. And so this concept of hiring part-time students is like... I'm like, wow, we had such huge success with Dmitri, I wanna try and find some more developers. And because we're a remote company, I can hire across the whole country, I could hire out of any university in the country. And so I would like to hire a couple more these part-time developers.14:29 AW: Yeah, that's a... No, as we talk about remote teams, I think that, what you just stated, kinda threads in line with something we can talk about, and it's finding what works for your company and your culture, and knowing that, "Hey, this is something we can repeat based on these things."14:43 DS: All right, should we talk about remote teams? 14:45 AW: Yeah, well yeah, before that I wanted to hear about... You went to the LSA, the Local Search Association event in San Diego, and I know you talked there, but how was that event?14:55 DS: Yeah, so that was great. It was early last week. It's the first time I've been to an LSA event, and it's more businessy than agencies, so lots of the events, like the Local U events, or you go to MozCon or some of the... MnSearch Summit, you get a lot of agencies and SEO people at these events. LSA was great because there's a lot of big business, there's a lot of vendors there, so you have... A lot of the SaaS players in our local search space were there. So the conversations were very interesting, it was great to look at other products, I had some great talks with Neil Crist from Moz. And my presentation went really well, too. I was bringing local search ranking factors, which I was a bit worried would be... People are getting tired of hearing it, but it seems to me like the audience, it was fresh info for them, so that was also good.15:47 DS: But some of the topics were really good, and one that I got a lot of value out of was this topic on churn. So the session title was Customer Retention, Reducing Churn, and Moz looked at this, and so Neil Crist from Moz gave an interesting presentation with a few takeaways about... They did this report, it was sort of this state of the local search industry. They surveyed a bunch of people, and so he went through that report. And Brendan King did a presentation on... They analyzed over 2000 SMBs for this retention study, and they've been studying this for over three years, and they were asked a number of questions, and so they were able to pull from their data, which was... A number of them were things like does the quantity of products that a single SMB is purchasing affect retention? And the resounding answer was yes.16:48 DS: So if you have multiple products, and you can get the person to sign up for more than one, then their retention rate will go through the roof. And it makes a lot of sense because they would become dependent on you for many different things. It's not just this one thing that they could easily find a competitor for, it's like, "We like to have all of our stuff with Whitespark. We've got our review management there, we've got our rank tracking, we have our citation analysis, we're using them for our citation building." So if you look at... In my business's case, if I looked at all of our clients and I found the ones that have lots of different products and services, those are the clients that'd be the most likely to stick with us. And so the takeaway there is cross-sell. If you can cross-sell, you can get all of your clients... If someone's on one thing but not the other, getting them to be interested in using some of these other products will definitely have a positive impact on retention. I thought that was a pretty interesting insight. And of course, you wanna do that anyways, that cross-selling.17:53 DS: One thing I thought was interesting was user engagement. So this is something that I don't do a good job of measuring, but I would like to measure more. They found 151% lift in retention if you can get a person engaged in your product every day. So GatherUp is really well-positioned for this, if you have people logging in every day and adding new customers, then that's a great way to get them actively engaged on a regular basis, if you think about our product. So the takeaway there is what is the value you can provide that makes your tool indispensable? What is the metric you can give them that will help them on a daily basis? And so I've been thinking about that and trying to figure out what we can do in our products for each of... How can I get someone coming back to the tool every day? It's on their start button, it's part of their daily morning routine where they check something. If you help them get that, then you'll definitely get a higher retention rate.18:52 DS: Adding more services makes you indispensable. I think that's what we talked about, so sort of expanding your services. I don't know, would that apply to you? We could do it because we are this all-in-one... We wanna provide a whole bunch of stuff around local search, whereas you just focus on reviews. And Vendasta is... Their data is gonna be skewed towards this because they do offer a massive marketplace of all these different products and services, right? 19:17 AW: Yep.19:18 DS: They did say that that would have an impact, the more different things that people sign up for. I don't know how... How could that apply to GatherUp, do you think? 19:25 AW: Yeah, for us it kind of applies into all the different things that you can do. Reviews is the easiest thing people understand about us, but when you get into, you... Just as you alluded to, you wanna be adding customers. Some do that manually, some do it through an automation tying into their CRM or their POS, so that's good. But the feedback coming in daily, and reading each piece of feedback that comes in, then using... We have a feature called auto-tagging that helps you build themes of what they're talking about. In April, we're launching a report that'll help you see the sediment of all the different mentions that they have, and which ones are impacting your five-star reviews, which ones are impacting your one-star reviews, replying to customers, replying to reviews, replying to direct first-party reviews.20:14 AW: So yeah, there's definitely a lot of opportunity for that, what they're getting after, what we internally just call that stickiness, like how do you become something... We actually had a great comment from a new customer we brought on of decent size, a well-known brand, and the first day they launched they basically said to our customer success team, they were like, "We're addicted to watching the screen and watching new feedback come in," and that's one of those you're like, bam, hooked. So trying to find ways to achieve those. And yeah, churn is such a... It's an important thing we talk about a lot, we measure it by customer segments, we look at it a lot, and we're constantly talking on ways to reduce it. And it's kind of different for each of our different segments between a small business, a multi-location business, and an agency reseller as what leads to account churn.21:07 DS: Yep, that makes sense. Another thing that I though was pretty cool from the presentation was this concept of verticalization. So if you service a specific industry, let's say it's healthcare, or it's storage, or it's legal. So if you focus on that, apparently, according to their data, you have a 34% lift in retention, you're gonna retain your customers better. And I think that makes sense, too. People think, "Well, I'm working with a specialist in that particular area."21:39 AW: Yep. Even when it comes down to your messaging, right? You're speaking their language.21:43 DS: Yes.21:43 AW: You understand what they're trying to achieve, the nuances and context of their relationships. We definitely see the same thing, and that's been a slow-moving change for us is getting from trying to be everything to everyone to really focusing and saying, "Yeah, we'll take you if you're these other things, but we've really found out that there's five or six industries that we work really well with, and we should try to maximize that."22:08 DS: That's interesting, yeah. I've also thought of this as one of the future things, 'cause we're building a larger all-in-one local marketing platform and service, and so once we have that it's... The Whitespark version is the general public one, so it's like, "Yes, we offer this to any industry, and it's gonna work just fine for any industry." But one of the things that's funny is that the service is actually exactly the same. For the most part, it doesn't really have much of a difference if you're in storage versus healthcare; there's very few differences. But we could identify those differences and then speak to them and adjust the software just a tiny bit to meet those different needs and launch a new version of it. It'd be like... Let's say it was storage, it'd be like the storagelocalmarketingsystem.com, and it's basically exactly our system and exactly our services and our processes, but tweaked slightly and a whole new marketing platform for it, and it's sort of this verticalization that we would... It would all be run from the one company, and so it's like storage marketing provided by Whitespark, but it looks like it's... So in some sense, it's really just the perception, the perception that you're getting a storage-specific system. You know what I mean? 23:30 AW: Yeah, no, there's a lot of opportunities for personalization in your marketing, that's a big win.23:35 DS: And maybe they would be on a different domain and everything would log in different, and it would be branded slightly different, but generally it's the same product. It's an idea I've had, particularly around automotive, actually. I think there's an opportunity in automotive.23:47 AW: Nice, I like it. You might have to further that one down the line.23:50 DS: Yes, we'll talk about that later.23:52 AW: All right.23:53 DS: That's much later.23:54 AW: Cool. Well, hey, that's... We have been busy, that's a lot of updates, and so let's get to our main topic for the day. And this is kind of fun, it actually comes from... We actually had a listener question, so some validation for us, we at least have one person listening on a regular basis, which is awesome. Kane Jamison reached out to us on Twitter, he is the founder of Content Harmony, and he shared in a tweet, "I know a part of Darren's team is distributed internationally. I'd love to hear more about making that work for SaaS development and building a team of devs in a manner that would be pretty interesting. What are policies and safeguards to make that successful?" So I thought we both actually run remote teams, my dev team's overseas as well, so I saw this as a great talking point on the things that we see being important to building and having a remote team. So maybe real quick, Darren, do you just wanna touch on your team size and what your distribution looks like? 24:54 DS: Yeah, totally. We have a team size right now of five, and so that's... There's three in Edmonton... Two in Edmonton, one in Calgary, one in Nanaimo, BC, and Dmitri, our part-timer, is in Edmonton as well. So we haven't gone international for our dev team.25:15 AW: Yep. The five is just your dev team?25:18 DS: Yep, that's just the dev team. The company's bigger than that. I have a whole company established in Bulgaria that is our service side, so they do all of our citation, audit, and clean-up service.25:27 AW: And how many do you have over there?25:29 DS: I think it's around 12.25:31 AW: Okay.25:31 DS: Yeah. And then that team is led by Nyagoslav Zhekov, and he is actually located in Malaysia, so we're all over the place. We definitely have a lot of employees. And I've got one in the US, and then most of the other team, like support and SEO and marketing, that is in Edmonton, except for Allie, and Allie's SEO, and she's over in Toronto. So yeah, we're all over the place for sure.26:00 AW: Yeah, and same with us, we're a team size of 18 total. Our dev team of five is all overseas, four in Poland, and one is in the island of Cypress, he used to live in Poland, but moved to the island of Cypress maybe two years ago now, so same type. And then the rest of our company distributed between the US and Canada as well. We do have a little bit of a nucleus here in the Minneapolis area now, just from people in my network that I've recruited or hired on, so we do have five people here in the Twin Cities now, just from how connections and past work experiences work. But other than that, all across coast to coast.26:41 DS: So that's interesting, how come Poland? How did you end up building a team there? 26:45 AW: Yeah, our lead engineer, Lucas, who is located in Cypress. I believe Don, one of our co-founders, originally found him on WorkUp or one of those types of sites, and ended up just on a contract, and dove into it, and did really well. And yeah, he's been with us ever since, four plus years now. So it's one of those, just an internet job board and that's how it happened and where we chose to go. The thing that's allowed it to grow, at first what we tried to do is, in the early days we ran our company very flat, there wasn't somebody who owned a department or was a manager, or a lead, or anything else like that. And we tried to, "All right, let's hire a dev here." We hired a dev from India, we hired a dev from Mongolia, we hired a dev from Texas. And what ended up happening on almost all of those is they failed for one reason or another, either culture fit or communication, or quality of work.27:47 AW: And we finally just went back to Lucas and said, "All right, you're fantastic. You're basically writing everything in the app right now. Who do you wanna hire?" And that led him to being the one to building the team. So he's the one now that, if we know we have room to expand, like with this recent hire, I go and be like, "Hey, we have the ability, we either need a developer or a senior developer. You know what you kinda need as far as a skill set to be complementary and what you need," and he goes through the process of posting, and interviewing, and giving out the tests, and following up, and then coming back to me and being like, "All right, here's the one or two, and which one do you think or why, or here's the one I suggest, and here's salary requirements," and it goes from there. So for us, we ended up learning, letting him own that and build a team that responds to him well, that he can own, that he can train, absolutely the right way to go. And we have a great team of rockstars now, and I'm happy that we're adding one more.28:40 DS: Awesome, and then I had a question: How do you pay your remote dev team? 28:45 AW: Yeah, we pay them as contractors, so it's an hourly rate, but we do... Once they've been with us for a while, we do do some benefits of paid holidays and things like that that we allow them to include on their invoice. So it is a contractor relationship, but we treat them as a direct member of our team. They're not a contractor at arm's length, they're all on all-team calls and things like that, so it is... Minus the way you have to handle paperwork and out-of-country employees and things like that, we handle them as a contractor.29:18 DS: Yeah, and do they invoice you and you pay them through PayPal? Is that the method?29:23 AW: Oh boy, I'd have to ask on how we pay them, but yes, they invoice and we pay them, and they get paid... It's one of the benefit... Many of them have commented, "I submit and you guys pay me right away, always on time, not used to getting that on all our deals," and I think that's where we've seen our retention. Everyone minus this new hire, we hired... All of our devs have just been with us for years now. Our second most recent hire came on maybe eight or nine months ago, and then now that is the next one that we're just hiring right now. So we've had... Everything that Lucas has done, we've had great retention, we've had a couple that haven't worked out along the lines, but he's just done a great job.30:03 DS: How do they report their hours? Do they give you a sort of sheet that explains, "Okay, for this day I worked three hours, and this is what I was working on on those days"? 30:11 AW: Yeah, we really haven't had to, just based on... With this group, we haven't had to be that detailed. They put together their hours, but everything that they're doing is there in Jira, and we work very outcome-based. It's all about hitting the goals in our sprints, and getting the things accomplished, and closing tickets out. And we have a much tighter pulse on it than having to measure up, like, "Worked on this feature for three hours, this feature for two hours." We don't have to get that specific. Now, as we grow we might have to, or if we hit some under to average performers, we might have to, but with the group we have right now, I don't have to coach people up on, "I need you to work harder." More than anything in our company right now, sometimes I have to tell people, "Hey, step back, take a few days off, [chuckle] don't be so dedicated," which is both a blessing and a curse.31:03 DS: Sounds good, yeah. And now let's talk a little bit about communication with this remote team. So do you talk to them or does your lead developer do all of the organization of this dev team? 31:18 AW: Yeah, it kind of splits into a few different ways. Lucas, our lead, is the most fluent in English. He speaks English very well. He and I almost daily on Slack or in conversations, every now and then we'll do a phone call. We have a weekly meeting that Lucas is always part of as the head of engineering, and then once a month the entire dev team will join us as well. So we keep a lot of open lines of communication. We're actually looking at right now one of the... We lay out budgets for education and materials and things like that. And I think actually some of our dev team actually wants to take English classes just because that is...31:58 DS: Cool.32:00 AW: Yeah, yeah, really cool, right? And it helps unify the team even more.32:03 DS: That is one the big benefits for our Bulgarian team, so I'll cover up to $1200 in Bulgarian dollars, Bulgarian leva per year for English language training, because it helps them with their job, so I'm happy to give them that. They have to go on their own time, off-hours or whatever, but I will pay the expense.32:26 AW: Yep, no, that's great, that's an awesome, awesome perk. Yeah, it's things like that. And then separate to our all-team meeting, then the product team, so five engineers in Poland... We do have two part-time front-end devs in the US that are local here in the Twin Cities that handle front-end, then our product manager, our lead designer, and our product marketer, they're all on a call once a week as well where they all participate, going through the sprints, the features, all the things that are there. So our team, we've established a lot of both fixed and loose communication that really helped bridge all that stuff together.33:04 AW: And then lastly, we just have to be delicate. It's an eight-hour time difference for me in the Central Time Zone, so you know... I know if I get up early at 5:00 or 6:00 AM, that's a great time to be talking, interacting with those guys, as their window closes around 10:00 or 11:00 AM for us.33:24 DS: Right. You ever get up at 5:00 or 6:00 AM?33:26 AW: I do all the time.33:27 DS: Oh my god.[laughter]33:29 AW: Once upon a time, Darren, I would work until 5:00 AM and then go to bed, but having four kids, that definitely changes how those things go. So I often will wake up around 5:00 AM, and I'm on email by 5:30 and Slack by 5:30 or 6:00 AM. And I find it to be really productive. I'll do a couple hours and then a lot of times I'll go to the gym for an hour, and then I'm in the office by 9:00, but I've already cranked out a couple hours of work before that.33:56 DS: And you're in bed by 10:00, roughly? 33:58 AW: Absolutely. I'm an old man that way, and if you stretch me... When we were at that show in Vegas, and the last night we stayed out till 1:00 or 2:00 in the morning, I was wrecked the next day. [chuckle]34:09 DS: Sure. [chuckle] Yeah, yeah. For us, by the time we get Violet to bed, it might be 8:30, 9:00 o'clock, and that's the only time Jill and I have to hang out, so we'll watch a show while we fold laundry, and it's always 11:30, midnight, 12:30 by the time we're in bed sleeping, so I don't know, I can't do ten o'clock.34:33 AW: I know. I know you run a little later than me just from the emails I get from you sometimes are when I'm sleeping, so...34:39 DS: Yeah, right.34:40 AW: So one thing I wanted to circle back to with hiring your student and that working out so well, do you feel that's because of... You have a really good training process in place or a really good peer system? That to me, any time you hire someone with less experience or no experience, you're really dependent on do you have the right onboarding and training and guardrails to make them successful? What does that look like for you guys, or what did you learn in this process? 35:10 DS: Sure, great question. We do not have an excellent... We have a terrible onboarding process, it's like, "Hey, here's a project. Can you work on it?" And so I think we mostly just lucked out with Dmitri. So you hire somebody... One of the big things, I think, if you're gonna hire somebody is you have to hire... Especially if it's a student, you're not hiring somebody that just is talking... Only has school experience. They must have built applications in their own free time, that's the kind of person you wanna hire. When you know that they can take a concept to application to delivery and launch something into the world, once they've done that once or twice, that's the kind of person that I would wanna hire. So I would never hire a student that did not have that under their belt. And so Dmitri had that. He had built a couple of things in the past, and so we knew he had the ability, and we also knew that he worked with our exact development stack. So Laravel and Vue, that's what we build everything in, and that's where he built his applications in, so we knew he could just hit the ground running. He did not need any training, he knew how to build applications.36:18 DS: And so we have a good support system through Slack where it's like, "Okay, any questions come up?" 'Cause he did have to interface with some of our crawling technology in order to build this thing. And so our dev team would support him. So if he has a question, he would pose it to the dev team in the dev channel and Slack, and he would get answers. And I would direct him there for a few things too. I'd be like, "Oh, you might not know, but we have this thing, and here's a link to it, it's one of our admin tools," and he's like, "Oh perfect. I could definitely use this."36:49 DS: And so he had the ability to program out of the gate, and those would be the requirements for hiring students going forward. First, number one, they are already really familiar with our particular development stack, we don't have to train them. And number two, they have launched applications to the world that we can actually play with, use, try out, and even look at their code for those applications. So that's the way we'll hire students in the future. And if I put a job posting out to five universities and none of the applicants have that, then it's no big deal. In fact, I'm gonna put those as requirements in the application, and I will actively discourage people from applying if they don't have that, because we don't wanna get overwhelmed with resumes from people that we know we're not gonna talk to.37:34 AW: Yeah, those are great ideas for sure. One other thing that I would add to that that I've always adhered to and I think our team here has learned and adapted to is just short cycles when you show your work and share it, instead of taking it...37:50 DS: Oh, yeah.37:50 AW: Yeah, being head down for two weeks, and then when you emerge it's the wrong direction with the wrong thing and everything. It's like, no, every day let's surface some work so that we can see we're on the right path.38:01 DS: Yeah, and I was pretty blessed to have Jessie actually. Jessie was a very strong project manager for this, because she was constantly looking at the tool and thinking about it from the user perspective, and being like, "Oh, well, what about this, what about that?" And so her and Dmitri worked really hand-in-hand to push this thing into production, and I would pop in every few days and offer my suggestions. And so there was a lot of collaboration with this project. It wasn't just like Dmitri is in his dorm room working on this for three weeks, and then comes out, and we'd be like, "Oh, that's all wrong." Yeah, no, it was active collaboration every time he was working, which was great.38:44 AW: Yep, totally. How do you guys... Another key thing to me is how do you replicate the happy hour culture or the grab a friend and go to lunch culture that you get in a physical office when things are remote? Do you guys look at that at all, or how do you help them develop these personal relationships when everybody's kind of walled off to each other, to a certain extent? 39:06 DS: Yeah, it's a really great question. We've struggled with it for our entire existence. There are a few things: One, we have our daily scrum channel, people can put in what they've got there. We try to encourage calls, so different teams will get on calls and talk about stuff rather than just doing it all typing through Slack. We find that to be productive. We have a channel in Slack which is our really weak version of some kind of culture. We call it Fun Times, where people can just post, "Hey, look at this hilarious video on the internet."39:42 AW: We have that, it's called... Ours is just called the Random Channel. [chuckle]39:46 DS: The Random Channel, right. Someone comes across something funny on the internet and they share it, and then people talk about it. And other things that get shared in Fun Times are just like someone's working on a renovation project in their house, and so they'll post photos of like, "Hey, look, I installed my sink last night, check it out." And so the Fun Times channel is exactly that, it's this sort of water cooler where people can just chat about stuff with their colleagues.40:13 DS: And it's helpful, but it doesn't get us as close to a culture of face-to-face as we would like, and so we also, with our local Edmonton team, we get together once a month, every third Friday of the month we have... We call it a Team Day, and it's generally a pretty unproductive day. It's slightly productive because we get that face time where we can talk about projects, but there's not a ton of work getting done on those days because we haven't seen each other for a month, and so we chat, and we talk about life, and we drink coffee, and then we all go for a nice meal together, and the company picks up the bill all day, and we all just hang out. And we always go home early on those days, too. I leave at 3:30 and I go to the gym, and everyone else basically leaves at 3:30 so they can miss traffic. So it's just one of these days where we... It's productive in it being a break, and it's productive in us getting some face time and hanging out a little bit, and collaborating on projects in person.41:13 AW: Yeah, no, that's good, those are definitely some good ideas. And that's just an area for people, I think, to really think about. We try to get past those in the Random Channel in Slack, and encouraging communication, and sharing what people are doing personally. Last year we did our first all-North American summit, so we brought everybody in from California, Washington, New York, Toronto, all into Minnesota, and we rented out this 12-bedroom cabin in Northern Minnesota, and that week was amazing. We had 13 people all together, and did small groups, and did breakouts, and it was nine to five work. And then we did an escape room mystery room, we did dinners together, we went out on the boat, just did as many of those things as possible. And this year we're gonna try to do one in Toronto so that all of our guys from Poland can come over and do an all-company. But that one week of face time and being around each other and having personal conversations and beers or burgers or whatever it is, that just catapults you so much further forward than a Slack call.42:23 DS: And I think that... On one hand, I believe that the regular office chit-chat is overrated. People don't actually want that. They love the fact that they... Most of my employees enjoy that they can be at home and not having someone show up at their cubicle asking them questions. They get to focus on their work, get stuff done, and I think they're more productive. But eventually it gets a little quiet and lonely, and so it's nice to get out once in a while, and it's nice to check in on our Random Channels. When we had our Christmas party, we flew in employees from the rest of Canada, and so we had a nice team day that day where it was easy, and then in the afternoon we all went bowling together, which was fun, and then we had a really nice Christmas dinner. So that was the one time that I've flown people in. I generally don't have the budget to do these kinds of summit that you describe, but we'll get it there.43:19 AW: Yep. We've just... We didn't the first few years, and now we've just made it part of it. And we have a lot of other small team get-togethers and executive retreats and things like that where we might pull in other people if they're located close by just to try to further that face time as well. But to your comments on getting rid of some of the noise and the daily chit-chat and things like that, the way I just frame this up is I wanna build a company where it's really about working at your best. And everyone is different from that, some people crave people. So with that, if somebody needs a co-working space, or we just got an office in a co-working space here in the Twin Cities 'cause we have five people here, so we got an office that has three desks, but any of the five can rotate in and use it, and there's public spaces there too, and then we can rent the conference room there for when we need to have a bigger meeting.44:10 AW: So to me it's where do you work at your best? And for some people it is in complete silence, never leaving their house and whatever else, and for others, they need some stimulation, or they want collaboration, or they want human interaction. And I think I'm trying to work towards that, how do we provide as many of our employees with as many of those opportunities to work at their best? 44:30 DS: Yep, no, that's really good. Co-working has come up in my company too, and I keep going back and forth on it. I'm still trying to decide if it makes sense. Now, do you find the co-working space sits empty much? 44:42 AW: We've only been into it three or four weeks and so I haven't... I've made it in there three or four times myself. Now, next week we have two people flying into town, they're coming in to meet the rest of the Minnesota team 'cause a couple of them haven't met face-to-face, so we will have seven or eight people in there. We're doing a happy hour with our part-time dev, so we'll be making crazy use of it next week, and then after that, I don't know. I would like to think that there's one out of our four or five in there every day or every other day, but I'll have to set up a Nest cam to know that. [chuckle]45:18 DS: You spy on them.45:20 AW: [chuckle] They'd love that.45:23 DS: [chuckle] Exactly. Aaron's checking out the co-working office all the time. You get nothing done 'cause you're just staring at the camera.45:29 AW: Totally. All right, well, I think those are... I think we alluded to communication is very key within remote teams, understanding, and as you pointed out, hiring people that have already done the right things, that are self-starters, that can work autonomously. That's really important. And then finding a way to build and instill culture and make people feel connected and that they belong, not only to the mission and vision of the company, but to their peers and to each other are definitely key aspects in building a remote team, development team or not.46:04 DS: Yeah. And it's hard. It is harder with remote to build that connection between the employees, but, I don't know, maybe it's not that necessary. It's been working very well for us for almost over 10 years now. So yeah, it's been good for us.46:18 AW: Yeah. Awesome.46:20 DS: Yep.46:21 AW: So we've gone pretty extended today, but maybe... What's a couple of things that you have going on or you'll be up to in the next few weeks before we talk again? 46:30 DS: Yeah. I'm a little bit slammed trying to get ready for Brighton. I have to do a full day of training, and I have to do a presentation as well. So I've been dong this interesting case study. This is all local search stuff, not really SaaS stuff. And so I'm busy with that. In terms of team development and SaaS launches, we're plowing through on our review checker tool, so trying to build the paid version of that. We're also getting pretty close to launching our updated version of the local citation finder. So I can definitely talk about some of the development stuff that's going on in those. And I got a bunch of tweaks to make to our rank tracker. I don't know, just keep plugging away at all of this stuff. I don't have anything really big on their horizon over the next few weeks.47:16 AW: That's the name of the game is keep plugging away, isn't it? 47:18 DS: Yep, one foot in front of the other.47:20 AW: I'm hoping... Hopefully we'll talk about our launch of a few different features, a couple of UI enhancements that are somewhat related, I'll tie it back to when we talk next time. Some of it is to help address some churn and things we see as needing to happen and trying to make that easier for the customer and our product. And that TextBack feature, that inbound SMS feature, I'm really excited to get that. Our beta tests have gone really well, so I'm excited to get that out. And then next week I'm going to London for a week. But yeah, just vacation, just my wife and I, and yeah, I tried to book a meeting with a client and a prospect meeting and she said, "No way, I rarely get time with you." So it is seven days of vacation, so I had to give in.48:07 DS: And so wait, what are the dates of those?48:09 AW: March 14th through the 21st.48:11 DS: Fantastic. When you get back you can tell me all the things that I should do when I'm in London for a couple days.48:16 AW: All right, I will scout it out for you and set you up with Aaron's TripAdvisor.48:22 DS: Wonderful, yeah, sounds good.48:24 AW: All right. Well, fantastic work, my friend. We covered a heck of a lot today, our longest episode ever. We'll have to work on being less wordy or tackling less topics next time, but hopefully everyone found it...48:35 DS: Less topics.48:35 AW: Yeah, [chuckle] less topics, there you go, because the conversation on it is great.48:39 DS: Yeah, it's been good. Thank you, Aaron. Good time.48:42 AW: Yep. Thanks, Darren. Thanks everyone for joining us on The SaaS Venture, and we'll talk to you next time. And don't forget, if you love what you're hearing, please drop us a review in iTunes. And just as we did this week, we would love to answer if there are listener questions. You can ping either Darren and I on Twitter. We are both very active and easy to track down there. So we'll talk to you next time.49:04 DS: Talk to you next time.[outro music]

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