079: Product Development and Entrepreneurs – Megan Tull

Posted on June 10, 2014 by Kalynn Amadio

Megan Tull

Today’s guest is going to help us with product development among other things. There is a need for products or programs to sell if you are a service provider. Having actual products will allow you to leverage your intellectual property. After all, that’s what you’re selling people, right?

Megan Tull is a wife, a mother of three and an entrepreneur. She currently owns two companies, Silverlining Concepts, LLC and Ultimate Bodies Pilates. Megan is an Entrepreneur Success Strategist, a Transformational Leader, Speaker, Author, a Certified Life Coach and a Comprehensively Trained Certified Peak Pilates Instructor. She is the creator and host of the globally recognized Step Into Success Summit for Women Entrepreneurs.

Megan has been an entrepreneur for over 25 years and has built 7 businesses from the ground up, so she knows a thing or two about business. She has also helped 1000’s of small business owners reach their financial goals. She customizes personalized packages to assist individuals in transforming their mind, their businesses and their lives. Her specialty and her passion is to empower individuals to own their value to they can share their gifts and get paid generously for it! Megan also teaches her clients how to live authentic, joyful lives focusing on self-care life balance and life purpose.

She is currently writing a book, that encompasses much of the work she assists her clients with called “The Passion Belief Method – Own Your Value and Earn Your Worth”. She’s so excited to be fulfilling one of her lifelong dreams by writing this book. The book is expected to be out in Fall of 2014. To learn more about Megan and her work, visit: www.megantull.com

Product Development and Entrepreneurs – Megan Tull

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069: How To Start A Business with Ellen Rohr

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Kalynn Amadio

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Ellen Rohr

You may be an entrepreneur, but do you really know how to start a business? Ellen Rohr – The Plumber’s Wife turned Business Makeover Expert® – teaches the few things that make all the difference to your business success: Easy financial clean up, profitable pricing and powerful business planning. Ellen nearly sank her own family’s plumbing business. Then, she learned how to keep track of the money and make more of it. In turn, she has helped thousands of business owners start, fix and grow their companies.

Ellen is a successful franchisor, helping launch a plumbing franchise to 47 locations and $40 million in sales in under 2 years. Now, she is the president of Zoom Drain and Sewer, LLC, a new franchise company launching in Summer 2014. She is a columnist for Huffington Post, PHC News, and a contributor to many business journals and trade magazines. She provides “in the trenches” insight that business owners can relate to.

Ellen is the author of four business basics books: Where Did the Money Go?, How Much Should I Charge?, The Bare Bones Biz Plan and The Weekend Biz Plan.

How To Start A Business with Ellen Rohr

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059: Marketing Strategies for Smart Entrepreneurs – David Newman Do It! Marketing

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Kalynn Amadio

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David Newman

If your best marketing strategies were easy, effortless and enjoyable – how much more successful could your small business be? Our guest knows a lot of Marketing Strategies for Smart Entrepreneurs and he shares a boatload of them on this Episode 59 of #ACTLOCALmarketing.

David Newman is a nationally recognized marketing expert and author of the Amazon #1 bestseller Do It! Marketing: 77 Instant-Action Ideas to Boost Sales, Maximize Profits and Crush Your Competition.

David runs a marketing strategy firm dedicated to making thought-leading entrepreneurs and executives more successful. David’s clients and audiences include Oracle, IBM, American Express, and Wells Fargo in addition to trade associations, non-profits, and entrepreneurial businesses of all sizes.

David is a regular blogger for the American Management Association and for Vistage, the world’s largest CEO peer group organization, and his small business marketing advice has been featured and quoted in The New York Times, Investors Business Daily, Sales & Marketing Management, Selling Power, Entrepreneur Magazine, and hundreds of media outlets throughout North America. Free marketing resources are available online at doitmarketing.com

Marketing Strategies for Smart Entrepreneurs – Episode 59 Podcast

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057: New Business Trends 2014 w/ Laurie McCabe

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Kalynn Amadio

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Laurie McCabe

It’s a New Year… and in the business world that means new trends. Business is always changing and to keep up, we need an expert to keep us on track. Today on ACT LOCAL we speak with Laurie McCabe about Mobile, the Cloud, and Social Marketing 2014 trends in the Small to Mid-sized business space.

Laurie McCabe brings more than 20 years of experience in the IT industry to her current role at SMB Group. Laurie has built widespread recognition for her capabilities and insights in the small and medium business (SMB) market in several areas, including cloud computing, mobile solutions, business solutions, social networking and collaboration, and managed services.

Prior to SMB Group, Laurie worked in analyst roles as a Partner at Hurwitz & Associates; Vice President of SMB Insights & Solutions at AMI-Partners; and Vice President at Summit Strategies, where her original research of the emerging cloud computing model earned her broad recognition as a thought leader in this area. Laurie’s nine years at Digital Equipment Corporation, including her last role as Director of Market and Competitive Intelligence, provide her with critical experience from the vendor perspective.

Laurie has earned widespread recognition for her insights into small and medium business (SMB) technology adoption, requirements and challenges. She is a 2013, 2012 and 2011 Small Business Influencer Awards Champion a winner of the 2012 SMB 150 Awards, and blogs often at http://lauriemccabe.com/

New Business Trends 2014

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041: Relationship Marketing with Cheri Martin

Posted on July 15, 2013 by Kalynn Amadio

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Cheri Martin

This week, my guest and I discuss relationship marketing and social networking online, including some of the whys and what-fors. At times, business networking is not easy or comfortable for many, however, it’s important to remember it is simply networking. Although certain people gravitate toward online networking because there is less to worry about if you’re shy, you really need to understand how to make it work for you.

Cheri Martin is a Social Networking Visionary with 15 years of online marketing experience and is co-founder of WCN Interactive, a Social Business Marketing and Coaching company, and is always eager to share her expertise with others through training, coaching ,and speaking of how to utilize the various social networking sites to attract more business, excel in Social Media, and grow their vision. Cheri launched www.TheGPSAcademy.com , an online Social Business learning center, in January 2012 with internationally respected Leadership Expert, John C. Maxwell’s Team..

Relationship Marketing

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037: Grow Your Business – The Newsletter Guru: Jim Palmer

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Kalynn Amadio

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Jim Palmer

Is it possible to grow your business in the current economy? Some say, “Yes,” while others are skeptical. Which skills are effective? What about your mindset? Having the right mindset and developing your personal mastery skills and capabilities require a commitment to personal growth. My guest, this week, shares with us that growing a business in this economy is not only probable, it’s possible with the right mindset.

Jim Palmer is a marketing and business building expert and host of the hit weekly Web TV show, Newsletter Guru TV. Jim is also the host Stick Like Glue Radio, his weekly podcast on smart marketing strategies. He is best known internationally as ‘The Newsletter Guru’- the go-to resource for maximizing the profitability of customer relationships.

Jim is the founder of Custom Newsletters, Incorporated, parent company of:

No Hassle Newsletters
No Hassle Social Media
Concierge Print and Mail on Demand
Success Advantage Publishing
Custom Article Generator
Double My Retention
The Magnetic Attraction and Retention Training Program

Jim is also the acclaimed author of four great books:

The Magic of Newsletter Marketing – The Secret to More Profits and Customers for Life
Stick Like Glue – How to Create an Everlasting Bond With Your Customers So They Spend More, Stay Longer, and Refer More
The Fastest Way to Higher Profits – 19 Immediate Profit-Enhancing Strategies You Can Use Today
It’s Okay To Be Scared – But Never Give Up

To learn more about Jim and his work, visit: http://www.thenewsletterguru.com/

Grow Your Business

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