Winning at Small Business

My business partners and I recently had an owners retreat to reflect on 2016 and plan for 2017. One of the key things we focused on was defining the core operating principles for The Marketing Squad. During this podcast, I share some insights on the importance of developing core operating principles for your organization. I also share a special announcement about Louisville Dream Funders.

In this episode of Winning at Small Business, we discuss how the Bullet Journal task management system has helped our team get more stuff done. Adam, Joel, and Josh share 4 ways your website might be scaring people away. Josh also gets a promotion! Please post your feedback and comments on our website at https://themarketingsquad.com/is-your-website-scaring-people-away.

In this episode, we discuss three things you need to begin developing your marketing game plan. We also delve into how to blog through the FAQ page on your website to make it more meaningful to website visitors and generate more organic SEO traffic. 

During this episode, we discuss whether marketing is art, science, or a combination of both. Our featured guest is Judson Kovascktiz, our creative maestro at The Squad. He shares with us his perspective on design, his most favorite podcasts, and why he loves working at The Squad. We also have some fun talking the marketing application of VR in future. And of course, you don't want to miss out on the lame business joke of the day.

If you ask ten different people what business development is, you will probably get ten different answers. Joel and I discuss our perspectives on what business development means. We are joined by one of our team members, Josh Ahlers, to discuss his recent blog post titled "Your Website Reminds Me of Route 66." Trust me, you don't want to miss this conversation! We also stumbled on a fun new segment we are going to be adding to future episodes.

This episode of Winning at Small Business introduces my co-host, Joel Gerdis. We talk about the recent updates to Twitter and some ideas to help you rev up your online lead generation strategies. Our feature interview is with Bryce Raley, the founder of The Marketing Squad.

In this special episode, we hosted a live podcast recording and interviewed guests from our open house. Guests include Action Coach, Unified Technologies, Kinetic, Holy Mole Taco Truck, and more. 

In this episode of Winning at Small Business, I share four strategies that will help you create a culture of getting things DONE in your personal and professional life.

In this episode of Winning at Small Business, I share the very first iTunes review for this podcast. I also highlight 12 key takeaways from the Entreleadership 1-Day event I attended last week. A blog post by Stephanie Vozza caught my attention and I had to share the content of her blog about the 7 Habits of Self-Made Millionaires. Vozza also referenced Tom Corley's book, "Rich Habits: The Daily Success Habits of Wealthy Individuals."

In this episode of Winning at Small Business, I share a recent experience of purchasing items for fill shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child. I also recently attended the Entreleadership 1-Day event with Dave Ramsey, Chris Hogan, and Christy Wright. I share one of my key takeaways from the event about the reality that we will disappoint people in life and how important it is to chose to disappoint the right people. This episode ends with a discussion about the 7 small business traps that many entrepreneurs and business leaders fall into.

Guarding your mind is one of the most important things you need to focus on each day. During this episode, I talk about the importance of carefully choosing the things you allow into your mind because of the direct impact it has on your success. I answer a listener question regarding the social media sharing tools I use. I close this episode by introducing the Millionaire Book Tribe concept and sharing an open invitation for 20 people to become Beta testers of the program.

During this episode we discuss three business lessons from The Martian with Matt Damon. We also have some unintentional fun with "UMs".

This is the very first episode of Winning at Small Business! I am a podcast newbie, so be patient as I grow in my podcasting skills.