Business Growth Café

Business Growth Café

Insights and actionable steps you can incorporate into your business.

Episodes

May 6, 2022 4 mins

People are in relationships with brands. Where does your brand stand? Customers come to know you by how you behave, not by how you say you behave. Brands are evaluated and understood by their actions, not necessarily by their intentions. Above all, your brand must be meaningful and relevant to your audience. If it doesn’t motivate, persuade, or change behaviors and attitudes then . . . what’s the point? Today for your 5-Minute Brea...

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Whose responsibility is it to take ownership of a customer-first strategy? Customer experience is key to the success of any company, and ensuring this positive relationship with your brand depends on your ability to truly know your customer, and ultimately deliver on your brand promise. Only when you know the voice of your customer can you truly improve upon your crafted strategy to better serve those who interface with your brand....

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I'm guessing you're like me.  Your calendar is jam-packed with meetings.  But the one with the most meetings doesn't necessarily win.  Listen in for an idea to plan time in your day.

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May 2, 2022 5 mins

At the end of all of the planning, you need to execute.  What are the right tactics that reach your target customer at the right time, regardless of whether you're building awareness, generating interest, or making the sale?

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May 1, 2022 5 mins

What's your brand's product or service differentiation strategy?  Do you even have a point of differentiation?

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April 30, 2022 5 mins

You want to change.  Tried with the status quo.  But what resistance do you need to overcome to achieve that change?

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April 29, 2022 4 mins

Take a short break from your day  - how persistent are you in your marketing activities?

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April 28, 2022 5 mins

Take a short break from your day. How relevant is your brand messaging to your customers? 

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April 27, 2022 6 mins

Take a short break from your day! Let's talk about the importance of research.

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April 26, 2022 5 mins

Take a short break from your day to talk Brand

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April 25, 2022 4 mins

Take a short break from your day to listen to how consistency is key in your marketing.

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Jason Locklin, Founder and CEO of CloudCompli joined me at the Business Growth Cafe for a frank conversation about the ups and downs of starting and growing a business.  

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Krista Hollingsworth, Chief Revenue Officer for Consilien, joins me at the Business Growth Cafe to talk about CyberSecurity, Risk medications and Ransomware, and how to protect yourself.

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Is there a right time to bring in a sales coach/trainer for your organization? Joining me at the Business Growth Cafe is Leslie Groene, President of Groene Consulting. Leslie's company has been helping companies for over 24 years set up, train, and manage sales organizations. In this episode, we'll explore various strategies, tips, and recommendations to get your sales team heading in the right direction for success.

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INBRACE CEO John Pham joins me at the Business Growth Cafe to discuss how his company focuses on improving people’s lives.

We explore his experience launching startups helped him to build a new kind of company; integrating advanced orthodontic methods, practice development, healthcare software systems, lean manufacturing, systems management, and marketing & sales excellence to innovate purposefully and nimbly. His efforts have been...

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Leilani Quiray, CEO of be the change HR joins me once again on the Business Growth Cafe to bring her year-long journey as she traveled the US while growing her business, and personally as well.  As a regular guest on the show, Leilani shares life and business lessons that everyone can benefit from.

 

www.bethechangeHR.org

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Sales and Marketing are your growth engines for your business.  That's why it's important that the relationship between sales & marketing are in alignment to drive business growth and profitability. 

Today my guest, Rich Cocuzzo, President of Sales Velocity Advisors, and I discuss the relationship between sales and marketing, as well as our own challenges in growing our individual businesses.

 

Visit www.salesvelocityadvisors.com t...

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Karl Pontau, founder of Squash and Stretch Productions joins me at the Business Growth Cafe to discuss the power of storytelling and animation to communicate complex ideas, simply. 

Karl’s mission is to improve the lives of people around the world by telling engaging stories that build empathetic connections and inspire positive change. 

You can find Karl’s LinkedIn profile here: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kpontau

As a special fr...

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Five hundred million plastic straws are used daily, and with many states and cities issuing bans on single-use plastics, what's the alternative?  Well, it's UrthPact! UrthPact is now the leader in compostable manufacturing focused on developing products from earth-friendly materials.

UrthPact CEO Paul Boudreau joins me at the Business Growth Cafe to discuss his mission to keep 25 billion plastic pieces from reaching the oceans and ...

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Steve Hoffman, CEO of Founders Space, one of the world’s leading startup accelerators, with over 50 partners in 22 countries joins me on the Business Growth Cafe to explore and discuss the world of startups.

Founders Space was ranked the #1 incubator for overseas startups by Forbes and Entrepreneur Magazines. Hoffman is also a venture investor, founder of three venture-backed and two bootstrapped startups, and author of several awa...

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