We Are Here - SouthCoast.fm - South Coast MA Entrepreneurs & Business

Brandan Burke is the CEO of B.B. Cuts, a company aimed at creating an on-demand app for beauty & barber services. Think of GotChew (or Lyft) for your hair needs, delivered to your work or home. Enrolled in the Summer cohort of EforAll, Brandan and his team are looking forward to the all of exciting milestones ahead. For a We Are Here first, we’ll have Brandan come back in 90-days after the program ends. One of the most valuable areas of the EforAll program is the story arc young entrepreneurs create for themselves. Coming into the program thinking their business will launch the way they envision it, to seeing how much they change during the accelerator. I’m looking forward to having Brandan back to see the difference. If you liked this episode, consider subscribing to the email list or leaving us a review on iTunes and sharing this post on social media!

Today we’re joined by Suzanne Ramos, Business Technology Instructor at Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School. I met Suzanne through the SouthCoast Emerging Leaders ceremony last year as one of the award recipients. Aside from the many job titles she holds around the Fall River area, I was really excited to talk to her about her efforts connecting students with local businesses. A few years ago I won a EforAll pitch contest with an idea that bridged the connection of would-be website developers with local businesses & non-profits. I still think the idea has traction today, a reason why I was excited to interview Suzanne. You can also find & support her efforts at many other Fall River organizations: https://gfrrec.org/ http://gfrpartners.com/ https://unfr.org/ Thanks for listening today, if you like the show, please share it on social media. Don’t forget to subscribe to stay connected!

Patti Rego from WeLoveFallRiver Facebook page joins the livestream today to talk about what she's been doing for small businesses during these trying times. 

Owners of The Barre New Bedford, Gigi & Kelsey, join us to talk about the recent events of COVID-19 and how they are launching a new online component to add value to existing members.

In this previously recorded livestream with Ross Nunes, we talk about the impact of COVID-19 on his business and what his next steps are for Salon B. 

This is a previously livestreamed roundtable with Sarah Athanas, Shelley Cardoos, and Marlissa Briggett on the We Are Here Facebook page. Here's how they've been adjusting to the COVID-19 impact and what they are doing to get through it.

Getting a proper website designed is important for your brand, and let’s face it, your bottom line. Here’s the problem that I see most new business builders run into: they agonize over design. This can lead to stalled launches or wasting time in areas that don’t really matter. The last thing you want is to spend hours over which color blue to use. In this episode, I’ll cover 14 tips to help you get through the speed bumps that hold us back while changing the priorities that make a website work. If you enjoy this episode, please share it!

Today's episode is a recording of a South Coast Content Creator's group livestream that I had with Sarah Athanas of Groundwork in New Bedford. We talk about our early beginnings in content marketing, how it's grown over the years, and how we keep ahead on new trends. If you've heard of content marketing and how it can benefit your business, but have no idea how, give this episode a listen. Also, don't forget to join the free content marketing group on Facebook! South Coast Content Creators & the We Are Here podcast are here to help!

Today we're chatting about goal setting & accountability for the new year. Don't measure the wrong results or give up too soon on the big changes you're making starting on New Year's day. Give your plan some time and really invest in the long haul to see it through. Also, if you're looking to join a great group supporting each other's content marketing efforts, consider looking at my group, South Coast Content Creators. It's a great place to network and get some accountability with all of your web marketing efforts.  Don't forget to tell others about the show and leave us a review on iTunes, Google, or Spotify!

If you're looking for a great non-profit organization to volunteer time or donate to, look no further than Chris Antao's Gnome Surf project. Chris joins the episode today to tell us how he's taking an idea often talked about as "just surfing" and re-framing the conversation as innovative healthcare. We cover how he got the idea started, what areas of marketing he and his team are winning at, and what the particular challenges he faces raising money on the South Coast. If you enjoy today's episode, don't forget to subscribe and share this post & episode with others!

Earlier this year, I had the pleasure of joining the Southcoast Emerging Leaders Committee to offer a small (tiny!) part in pushing this program forward. Over the years, I had heard about the initiative but hadn't fully felt the gravity of it all -- until now. What does this program do? What do they stand for? Could I actually make an impact? Friend of the show Shelley Cardoos connected me with today's guest, Beth Perdue, and after a 30-minute coffee meeting at the Pink Bean in Fall River, I was convinced. If you're a business on the south coast, you don't want to miss your opportunity to get involved and nominate an emerging leader you know. Grab your tickets, $30 for the October 3rd reception at UMass Dartmouth Woodland Commons 5:30-7:30PM

Finding those first few customers to buy your product isn't easy. In today's episode, I highlight the top 2 things most business owners aren't doing well, and when corrected, start to the cycle of engaging more potential customers. Read the full post and show transcript here: http://southcoast.fm/audience-and-email-capture/

Allison Faunce, the founder of South Coast Open Air Market, is growing her business from Somerset to a new location in downtown New Bedford. I invited her on to the podcast to talk about the new challenges she faces growing the brand and have her teach us how to increase brand awareness to reach new markets.  I really enjoyed this episode and I hope you do too. Don't forget to subscribe to the newsletter and stay connected for all of the new episodes. Don't forget to share this with your friends and colleagues! 

There's so much for entrepreneurs to learn through art & creativity and who better to teach us than Dena Haden! You can find Dena at the Co-Creative Center in New Bedford, Superflat NB and in about a billion other community endeavors. There's so much to learn in today's episode and I hope you get a chance to thank Dena for sharing her lessons with us. Enjoy and don't forget to share (and subscribe) the episode with others!

I'm excited to sit down with my good friend Jeremiah Hernandez of EforAll to chat about his new role at the organization and how he got started as an entrepreneur in downtown New Bedford.  If you like the show, please share with others to help get the word out and don't forget to subscribe to never miss an episode!