Multiply Your Success with Dr. Tom DuFore
You’ve worked hard to build your business and now it’s time to grow. Join Tom DuFore, CEO of Big Sky Franchise Team, each week as he interviews leading entrepreneurs, executives, and experts who share their misses, makes, and multipliers. If you are a growth-minded entrepreneur, investor, or franchise company, then this is the podcast for you. Big Sky Franchise Team is an award-winning consulting firm and its consultants have advised more than 600 clients, including some of the largest companies in the world. Tom has the unique perspective of the “franchise trifecta,” by being a franchisor, a franchisee, and a franchise supplier.
Episodes
Do you integrate your personal branding with your business? Do you think you should? Our guest today is Adam McChesney, and he shares with us insights about how building your personal brand will support your business growth as well.
TODAY'S WIN-WIN:
Double down on building your own brand, especially your personal brand.
LINKS FROM THE EPISODE:
- This episode is sponsored by Zoho, https://www.zoho.com/franchise/
- Schedule your...
Do you have a B2B offering in your business? If not, have you thought about adding one? If you are franchising your business, or considering it, franchising is a B2B option for expansion. Our guest today is Jermane Cheathem and he shares with us insights into B2B selling.
TODAY'S WIN-WIN:
Finding a business to business play for your business or being more effective at it, will make your business better.
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Do you have some projects or new offerings that got lost along the way in their development? How did that happen? Our guest today is Dre Baldwin, who shares with us how many failures in business are actually a failure of execution.
TODAY'S WIN-WIN:
You may be good at lots of things, but you need to make sure you have the one thing that you own. What is the one thing you own? “Success is the pursuit of a worthy ideal....
How does getting in tune with your own emotions play into the effectiveness of your leadership? And how does it impact your relationships? Our guest today is Randy Lyman, and he talks through what he calls the third element.
TODAY'S WIN-WIN:
Getting in Harmonic Resonance with the 3 categories of experiencing the world improves your relationships with other people.
LINKS FROM THE EPISODE:
- This episode is sponsored by Zoho,...
How are you caring for yourself? And, are you addressing that nagging pain you’ve had for a while now? Our guest today is Dr. Fawad Mian, who talks about keeping your body healthy.
TODAY'S WIN-WIN:
Do something that provides significant value to the people around you.
LINKS FROM THE EPISODE:
- This episode is sponsored by Zoho, https://www.zoho.com/franchise/
- Schedule your free franchise consultation with Big Sky...
How are your speaking and presenting skills? Have you thought about how being a good speaker might help your ability to lead? Our guest today is Carmen Sederino, who is an expert on public speaking.
TODAY'S WIN-WIN:
Don’t underestimate the value of your speaking in your business.
LINKS FROM THE EPISODE:
- This episode is sponsored by: Zoho https://www.zoho.com/franchise/
- Schedule your free franchise consultation with ...
What do you think of when you hear the word "virtuous"? And, what does it mean to be virtuous? Can virtue exist in a business?
Our guests today are Ethan Slaughter and Debbie Philpott, who are my co-authors of our new book called: Virtuous Business: A Model Approach. In this episode, we talk about the idea of virtuousness as a leader and within an organization.
TODAY'S WIN-WIN:
Virtuous leaders set the tone for ethica...
How do you scale a franchise brand to hundreds of locations while maintaining quality, consistency, and franchisee satisfaction? Our guest today is Jordan Levine, Chief Operating Officer of Stretch Zone with more than 425 franchise locations, and he shares with us insights about how they have put money where their mouth is.
TODAY'S WIN-WIN:
"Good brands put their money where their mouth is."
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Is your business getting found in local search? Or is it getting lost? Our guest today is Chris Gray, who is a local search expert who shares with us to help local service based businesses get found and dominate their market.
TODAY'S WIN-WIN:
AI will amplify your competence or incompetence.
LINKS FROM THE EPISODE:
- Schedule your free franchise consultation with Big Sky Franchise Team: https://bigskyfranchiseteam.com/.
- This ...
What is your process for onboarding franchisees? Do you have thoughts or ideas on how to improve? Our guest today is Ryan Parsons, who shares with us how onboarding is critical to franchise success sharing insights with roughly 1,000 franchises.
TODAY'S WIN-WIN:
No unloving pass offs.
LINKS FROM THE EPISODE:
- Schedule your free franchise consultation with Big Sky Franchise Team: https://bigskyfranchiseteam.com/.
- You ...
We are celebrating our 10-Year Anniversary at Big Sky Franchise Team and we want to say, "Thank you!" We appreciate the support of you, dear listener, as well as our clients, team members, referral partners, suppliers, friends, family, the franchise community, and the many others that have helped shape who we are. Thank you for having us be a part of your journey.
This episode is powered by Big Sky Franchise Team.
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Have you thought about building your business for a successful exit? Maybe you want to grow through franchising and then sell it? Our guest today is Nate Collins and he shares with us how to avoid an unsuccessful exit.
TODAY'S WIN-WIN:
Understand who you want to sell your business to.
LINKS FROM THE EPISODE:
- Schedule your free franchise consultation with Big Sky Franchise Team: https://bigskyfranchiseteam.com/.
- You can vis...
Do you ever wonder if you are wasting money on your marketing efforts? Or how do you navigate today’s big changes in paid marketing? Our guest today is Jeff Greenfield, and he shares with us his marketing insights and the changing paid advertising landscape.
TODAY'S WIN-WIN:
Aspire to be less wrong today than you were yesterday as there is no right answer to measurement.
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How do you build community in franchising? Community with your franchisees, with the local neighborhoods your franchisees serve? Our guest today is Bron Launsby, and he shares how Slick City Action Park, is building community within his franchise system.
TODAY'S WIN-WIN:
Building community internally and externally with your franchisees and the neighborhoods they serve.
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How are you creating referrals in your business? Do you have a process or system for doing it? Our guest today is Stacey Brown Randall, who is a repeat guest from episode 147. Stacey shares with us how delivering a referable client experience creates a multiplier effect
TODAY'S WIN-WIN:
Small talk is not relationship building.
LINKS FROM THE EPISODE:
- Schedule your free franchise consultation with Big Sky Franchise Team: h...
When is it time to bring in a CFO into your business? And, better yet, how do you find success in working with a CFO? Our guest today is Carla Titus, who gives us a CFO’s perspective on your business.
TODAY'S WIN-WIN:
There are a lot of CFOs out there. Bring attention to those different CFOs to find the expertise that the CFO brings to their clients to find the right fit.
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Our guest today is Michael Drew a publishing veteran who’s helped 131 books hit major bestseller lists and co‑authored Pendulum.
TODAY'S WIN-WIN:
There are two teams in your life that set you up for success: 1. The teams who choose you to be on their team; 2. The second are the people who you choose to be on your team.
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Our guest today is Marcos Moura, who shares his journey from working as a kid at a Blimpie franchise to now being the Chief Development Officer with Amada Senior Care with more than 300 franchise locations.
TODAY'S WIN-WIN:
“Just because you buy a franchise, doesn’t mean that you are going to do it for the rest of your life.”
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How are you storing and managing your internal documents? Do you have a process or a system? Our guest today is Therman Trotman, who shares with us how SharePoint might be the best kept secret for your business.
TODAY'S WIN-WIN:
People over technology.
LINKS FROM THE EPISODE:
- Schedule your free franchise consultation with Big Sky Franchise Team: https://bigskyfranchiseteam.com/.
- You can visit our guest's website at:&...
What is your plan for getting found in AI searches? Do you have one? Our guests today are Lauryn Wang and Lisa Villafane, and they share insights on how to get found in AI searches.
TODAY'S WIN-WIN:
Getting started with some sort of AI plan and strategy. No decision is a decision.
LINKS FROM THE EPISODE:
- Schedule your free franchise consultation with Big Sky Franchise Team: https://bigskyfranchiseteam.com/.
- You can v...
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