Blue Collar Business Podcast

039 – Make Money Online with Pat Flynn In this episode we welcome Pat Flynn from the Smart Passive Income blog. Pat shares with us how he started a blog to keep track of the notes he was putting together in preparation for the Leed Exam. Pat explains that he had been writing for a [...] You just finished reading 039 - Make Money Online with Pat Flynn! Consider leaving a comment!

038 – What is Legacy? During tonight’s show I talk about how I joined the web site at http://letsblogoff.com and am writing regularly based on the subject of the week. I break down legacy into three categories. 1. Your work legacy 2. Your public legacy 3. Your personal legacy Here are your action points – [...] You just finished reading 038 - What is Legacy?! Consider leaving a comment!

037 – The Power Of Community In this episode I share some of my feelings on what it means to build a community. I talk about the struggles we have as service professionals when it comes to BNI type groups. This current economy is a tough one and we aren’t interested in sitting across the [...] You just finished reading 037 - The Power Of Community! Consider leaving a comment!

036 – Can’t Buy Me Loyalty In this week’s show I discuss an article from the New York Times where the writer has decided that employee loyalty is financially driven and the goal of a business owner is to pay just enough to keep the employees around, but not so much that it hurts your [...] You just finished reading 036 - Can't Buy Me Loyalty! Consider leaving a comment!

035 – “Use Twitter To Grow Your Influence” with guest Nick Lovelady On this week’s show Nick Lovelady joins me again to talk Twitter. He shares with us how he got started using twitter and how he manages the 1,798 (currently) people he follows. Nick explains that 58% of the people on twitter make over [...] You just finished reading 035 - "Use Twitter To Grow Your Influence" with guest Nick Lovelady! Consider leaving a comment!

034 – Communicate Like A Pro In this episode I share the good, bad and ugly of communicating using email. Email can be a form of communication that makes you look like a pro or a heel. I know because I’ve been on both sides of the equation. In this episode I share some of [...] You just finished reading 034 - Communicate Like A Pro! Consider leaving a comment!

033 – What I Did Wrong And How You Can Avoid It In this show I talk about 4 things I should have done differently over the last 7 years. I don’t know if these 4 things, done differently, would have saved my company but it sure would have made it less painful and I [...] You just finished reading 033 - What I Did Wrong And How You Can Avoid It! Consider leaving a comment!

032 – Facebook Success Secrets with Libby Webb of New Market Bar-B-Q Wow did Libby give us a world of content! This show ended up being a “How To” on building an audience for your Facebook Business Page. Libby Webb is owner of New Market Bar-B-Q located in New Market, AL. In this show Libby [...] You just finished reading 032 – Facebook Success Secrets with Libby Webb ! Consider leaving a comment!

031 – Blogging Success Secrets with Nick Lovelady of Cupboardsonline.com This week’s show was nothing less than spectacular! Nick Lovelady with http://cupboardsonline.com joined us to share his blogging experience and strategies with us. There are a lot of people waiting for this to be released so rather than try to write a big fancy summary [...] You just finished reading 031 - Blogging Success Secrets with Nick Lovelady! Consider leaving a comment!

030 – Blue Collar Talk Back – answers to your emails In this show I answer email questions from Jeff Price, Jeffrey Hatch and Chuck Hover. I also play a voice mail feedback from David Nash of http://studio27b.net letting us know what he thinks about the show. Topics covered were… 1. Pricing and how it [...] You just finished reading 030 - Blue Collar Talk Back - answers to your emails! Consider leaving a comment!

029 – Understanding Personality Types Using Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator In this show Brent Green joins us to discuss personality types. He helped me work through the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator (also known as MBTI) and I wanted to share this great content with my listeners. Brent breaks down the four pairs of preferences also known as [...] You just finished reading 029 - Personality Types Using Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator! Consider leaving a comment!

028 – Survive A Short Sale In this episode we welcome back Gregg Pechmann of Pechmann Coaching. Gregg and I have many things in common. We both like the NFL. We both think our wives and kids are awesome and we both have gone through short sales of our homes. Gregg just happens to do [...] You just finished reading 028 - Survive A Short Sale! Consider leaving a comment!

027 – RRP and Lead Certification In this episode we welcome Sean Lintow Sr with SLS Construction who is a self made RRP expert. Over on his blog he has written over 40 stories on RRP. Sean explains that only 40 states require you to be EPA certified. Ten other states have implemented their own [...] You just finished reading 027 - Introduction to RRP and Lead Certification! Consider leaving a comment!

026 – A Business Plan That Works As I promised in the Mailing List I had one of my business coaches, Chuck Bowen, in this episode sharing with us his business planning system he calls The Simple Strategic Plan. Chuck takes us through all 9 steps during this episode and shares with us some great business planning [...] You just finished reading 026 - A Business Plan That Works! Consider leaving a comment!

025 – What I Learned From Uncle Alex We spent Thanksgiving weekend in Manchester TN with my wife’s family. During that time I had a chance to visit with my wife’s uncle Alex. Alex was forced to shut down his restaurant back in 1996. He has never lost his passion for serving others and exercised [...] You just finished reading 025 - What I Learned From Uncle Alex! Consider leaving a comment!