Accelerate Your Business Growth

Jessica Rhodes shares her expertise around using podcasting in your business. Whether you want to be a podcaster or a guest or both, you’ll find out how to go about mastering podcasting as a business tool. Jessica is the founder and CEO of InterviewConnections.com, the premier Guest Booking agency for podcasters and guest experts, and she is the acclaimed author of Interview Connections: #RockThePodcast From Both Sides of the Mic! Jessica is the host of Interview Connections TV, where each week she helps her viewers rock the podcast from both sides of the mic. She hosts/co-hosts three podcasts: Rhodes to Success, The Podcast Producers and The Parenting Rhodes. The Podcast Producers was selected by Apple as a “How to Podcast” show in iTunes and has also been included in the syllabus for a course about podcasting and audio journalism at Western University in Ontario, Canada. Jessica has been a speaker at Podcast Movement, Podfest.us and Dream Business Academy. She lives in Rhode Island with her husband and two kids. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth.

I’m talking with Adele McLay about the 7+1 Ps of Personal Branding on today’s episode. You don’t want to miss this information packed conversation! Adèle McLay has been a successful business consultant/adviser and coach/mentor to businesses – big and small – for over 25 years.   Adèle is also a successful entrepreneur, owning several multi-million businesses and an investor. Adèle founded the brand:  Small Business Huge Success™ which informs and inspires small business owners around the world to achieve greater sustainable profitable success in their businesses. Adèle’s written two business books:  BIG Profits – 12 Strategies to Substantially Grow YOUR Business Profit, and Branded You – How To Stand Out in Business and Achieve Greater Profitability and Success. She has several other business books currently in the writing pipeline for publishing in 2017. She's also an experienced and engaging keynote and motivational l speaker.  Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth.

Danny Iny joins us to discuss the changes in the landscape of education, online and offline, and how they create an excellent opportunity for entrepreneurs and educators to use the democratized access provided by the internet to launch an online course business (or even an online education empire). He'll include actionable tips on marketing, selling and building a course, as well as explaining why you should do it in that order. Danny is the founder of Mirasee, host of the Business Reimagined podcast, best-selling author of multiple books including Engagement from Scratch!, The Audience Revolution, and Teach and Grow Rich, and creator of the acclaimed Audience Business Masterclass and Course Builder’s Laboratory training programs, which have together graduated over 5,000 value-driven online entrepreneurs. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth.

Today we’re talking with Damion Lupo about how to have a business that thrives instead of dies. An entrepreneur at heart, Damion started his first business at age 11, and has started 30 more since.  He is the founder of his own martial art, Yokido ™, and holder of 3 other black belts.  Damion paid for his first rental house with a VISA, bought 150 houses in 7 states over next 5 years and then went through a $20,000,000 meltdown in 2008.  Today he runs an Austin based FinTech dedicated to Disrupting Wall Street by getting people off the Wall Street Roller Coaster and in control of their money and financial future. Damion is the author of 5 published books with two more being released in 2017. Connect with Damion at www.TotalControlFinancial.com. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth.

There is no better way to close out the year than to talk with Cameron Brown of the Thriving Collective. Cameron shares some poignant thoughts on how to grow your business, and yourself. Listen closely to what Cameron has to say. It can make a huge difference in your results. Born and raised in outback Australia, Cameron R. Brown has turned his dream and passion for helping others into a socially conscious company that has impacted millions of lives. With a mission to connect, inspire and change the world, Cameron loves helping people dream big, live fully and make an impact. Connect with Cameron at www.thrivingcollective.com Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth.

Marketing is something we all have to do. It can be challenging, and rewarding. Kelly Robbins joins us to talk about what we should be doing so our marketing is working for us.  President of Kelly Robbins Coaching, Kelly Robbins is an author, entrepreneur and teacher that coaches entrepreneurs to live on purpose and create Fresh Tracks. Kelly publishes the www.FreshTrackswithKellyRobbins.com podcast, which helps listeners create the confidence to cut their own fresh tracks in life and business. Kelly created her first business over 15 years ago so she could work from home and raise her 3 daughters, truly embracing the entrepreneurial spirit. Today she continues to help others create fresh tracks by helping them live their divine purpose, live life as a fun adventure, and discover how to lead the right clients to their door consistently. Today’s sponsor is Audible.com, a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth. Access episodes anytime from anywhere by calling (701) 719-9844.

Chris Cahill will sharen what's needed before you can financially and operationally afford to hire a Sales Rep and how to effectively manage them yourself once they're on your team.  Chris has been helping small businesses grow since age 9. He is a lawyer with an MBA, but has been in the trenches for 30 years as a Sales Person, Manager and Consultant in local B2B services. He's going to discuss whether an Owner is ready to hire a Sales Rep and the challenges of managing them thereafter.   Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Get your trial and free book here. Access episodes at any time by calling (701) 719-9844

With over 430 million members and 49% of them being key decision makers, LinkedIn has now become the most powerful networking and marketing tool of the 21st Century. But how many of us really know how to use it? In this interview Alex will share the 3 steps to mastering LinkedIn and how business owners can use it to generate leads, build their personal brand, connect with the media and secure partnership opportunities.  As founder of Linkfluencer Alex focuses on the strategic direction and growth of the business to totally transform how business owners and entrepreneurs market their business and be the go-to place for the best LinkedIn training and education in the world. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth.  Linkfluencer was recently recognized by Inc Magazine as the: "World's leading online community for LinkedIn training", rated by Anthill Magazine as one of the top 100 most innovative companies for 2015 and won the people's choice awards.

If data is not interpreted correctly and used properly, it can’t add the appropriate value to each and every facet of an organization. Dr. John H. Johnson, PhD, co-author of EVERYDATA: The Misinformation Hidden in the Little Data You Consume Every Day will join us to talk about how businesses can, and should, use data to grow.  John H. Johnson, PhD is president and CEO of Edgeworth Economics, and a professional economist, expert witness, author, and speaker.  Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com and Expert Insights. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth. Expert Insights is my bestselling book straight from this show. It includes the wisdom of 10 of the guests I’ve been honored to have on the show. Each chapter provides information you can use in your business today. It is available on Amazon.com.

Organizations have been scrambling to hire "customer experience" officers and proclaiming that they are focusing more on customers. Yet studies show that customer satisfaction is going down, not up.  Why? PeopleShock. Customers, empowered by easy access to competing products and services (and other customers’ reviews),  are setting the bar higher than ever. Tema Frank will share her ideas on how to manage this PeopleShock. Tema is a customer experience & digital marketing  pioneer. Her podcast, Frank Reactions, focuses on customer experience in the digital era. Tema has helped Bank of America, the Government of Alberta, the Royal Bank of Canada, and many small organizations improve their online & offline customer experience & marketing. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com and Expert Insights. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth.  Expert Insights is a compilation of episodes from this show. Pick up a copy today on Amazon.com.

One of the best ways to get powerfully position for profits through the media is to focus on designing a higher level profits model for your short, mid and long media success. Alicia Waters joins us to talk about this important topic. Alicia Nicole Waters! is a cross industries entrepreneur who is very passionate about bringing her total essence to the world through cross-pollinating her gifts throughout diverse industries. Some of her primary roles that she serves in are a media communications mentor, cross industries branding specialist, cross niche journalist and speaker for diverse industries. She is a multimedia personality, published author of over 90 books and an ordained minister. She is CEO of The Global Trinity Empires, which include Alicia “Waters” Cross Industries Intl, Global Evolutionary Leaps Inc., & Many Ways To Abundant Publishing. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth.

Everyday you hear about companies being hacked, held for ransom, and locked out due to viruses. Morgan Wright shares his expertise with us on this very important topic. Morgan spent the first 17 years of his career in state and local law enforcement as a highly decorated officer, state trooper and detective in Salina, KS. In 2000, he left for Washington, DC where he has spent the past 15 years leading investigations and creating solutions to prevent major cybersecurity attacks on behalf of the U.S. Departments of Justice, Defense and Homeland Security, and for several private sector clients. In addition to testifying before Congress on matters of cybersecurity, he has appeared numerous times on national TV, radio and print media as an expert on computer crime, cyberterrorism, computer intrusions and crime investigations. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com and Expert Insights. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth. Expert Insights includes the wisdom of 10 of the guests I’ve been honored to have on the show. Each chapter provides information you can use in your business today. It is available on Amazon.com.

Jim Palmer has a unique brand of smart marketing & business building strategies & is best known internationally as “The Newsletter Guru”. He joins us to share his ideas on how to implement better strategies to build your business. Jim is an expert at helping other business owners achieve higher levels of success. Jim specializes in small business marketing, client retention strategies, how to grow a profitable business, newsletter marketing and entrepreneur success tips. He is also the author of five books, is the host of the Stick Like Glue Radio show and the hit Web TV show Newsletter Guru TV. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com and Expert Insights. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth. Expert Insights includes the wisdom of 10 of the guests I’ve been honored to have on the show. Each chapter provides information you can use in your business today. It is available on Amazon.com.

Have you ever wondered what kind of entrepreneur you are? Well, listen in to this show when Alex Charfen shares what he's learned about Entrepreneurial Personality Types. Best-selling author Robin Sharma recently described Alex Charfen as the most progressive entrepreneurial mind on the planet. A highly sought-after speaker on entrepreneurial awareness, Alex has spoken around the world for tens of thousands of entrepreneurs and top global businesses. He has spent his life seeking to understand how to make business grow, which evolved into the question, How do you help people grow? Leveraging this drive and his experiences consulting to billionaires, Fortune 500 and global 100 companies, and some of the most successful people in the world, Alex discovered the Entrepreneurial Personality Type (EPT). He is the author of “Entrepreneurial Personality Type: Your guide to the most important and misunderstood people among us.”  Visit Alex Charfen to learn more.  This show is sponsored by Audible.com and Expert Insights. 

The year is half over. So, it's a great time to take a look at where we are in relationships to our goals.  Are we on track? Do we need to pivot? How should we proceed? We'll talk about an effective review and planning process you can implement today! I'll be facilitating the conversation so bring your ideas and questions. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com and Expert Insights. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth. Expert Insights is my bestselling book straight from this show. It includes the wisdom of 10 of the guests I’ve been honored to have on the show. Each chapter provides information you can use in your business today. It is available on Amazon.com. I am thrilled to share with all of you that this show made the list of the 100 podcasts to listen to if you want to be smarter, wiser, and better on inc.com, and it is on the list of the best small business podcasts on Fit Small Business.