Category: Small Business Marketing – Then & Now

Episode Seventy Eight – Brian Harbin, Grit.org

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What’s in a name?

Well when it comes to a business, it can be everything.  It could also be incredibly challenging when you have picked a name and that URL is not available.

So what do you do?

Panic?  Start over?

Well some business owners contact a domain broker.

Our guest for this episode of Small Business Marketing – Then & Now is Brian Harbin, whose company, Grit,org, is first and foremost a domain brokerage where they have successfully closed thousands of domain transactions stretching well into the 8 figures..  But they are so much more.

They also created two programs to teach and implement life and success principles through entrepreneurship and athletics. These include GritUniversity.com – summer internship program for college students designed to develop young entrepreneurs and instill life and success principles and GritCamp.com – summer sports camp for ages 6-12 to build mental, physical, and emotional toughness.

He shares his journey on building all three of these entities and how he has connected all together to teach a new generation of entrepreneurs.

To learn more, please click Grit.org.

As always, this podcast is brought to you by Profit Master Business Solutions, implementing measured marketing for small businesses while calming the chaos and creating the confidence and competence to exceed expectations.

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Episode Seventy Seven, Donna Cooper, Tubular Travel

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The journey of entrepreneurship is not for the faint hearted.  It can bring you incredible rewards, but also its share of challenges.  But when you create that perfect item, the one that people have a true need for, then it becomes a worthwhile journey.

 

Our latest guest on Small Business Marketing – Then & Now, is Donna Cooper, the president of Coopergirl Productions who launched Tubular Travel to market her invention –  the Tube Travel Pillow.  It is a neck pillow that you can pack clothes into.  It doubles as a sneaky way to avoid paying excess baggage fees.

 

She shares her experience with every aspect of bringing an idea to fruition and then to market, including patents and trademarks, overseas manufacturing, importing and U.S. Customs, marketing and fulfillment. She also details the highs and lows of marketing a travel product during this period of Covid.

 

To learn more, or to purchase your own Tube Travel Pillow, please click https://tubulartravel.com/.



As always, this podcast is brought to you by Profit Master Business Solutions, implementing measured marketing for small businesses while calming the chaos and creating the confidence and competence to exceed expectations.

 

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Episode Seventy Six – Mateen Diop, My All Things Educational, LLC

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Throughout life, it is extremely important to continue to learn. Education is at the heart of all aspects of life and business and making sure you are learning at your highest capacity and what you are learning is providing you with the strongest classroom experience can bring you growth and incredible value.

 

Our guest for this latest episode of Small Business Marketing – Then & Now, is Dr. Mateen Diop of My All Things Educational, LLC.  Mateen helps schools and school districts implement a school leadership development model that engages school principals in a continuous and sustained reflective self-inquiry process designed to develop leadership capacity. This, in turn, provides stronger guidance to teachers who then provide stronger skills and teaching experiences in the classroom.

 

He shares his journey from the classroom and principal’s office to his current role and how he has marketed himself and his business along this journey.

 

To learn more about his services, click https://www.myallthingseducational.com/.

 

As always, this podcast is brought to you by Profit Master Business Solutions, implementing measured marketing for small businesses while calming the chaos and creating the confidence and competence to exceed expectations.
 
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Episode Seventy Five – Moses Torgeman & Johnny Geffen, Eco Grizzly

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Chim chiminey, chim chiminey, chim chim cher-ee

A sweep is as lucky as lucky can be

Chim chiminey, chim chiminey, chim chim cher-oo

Good luck will rub off when I shakes ‘ands with you

That’s what comes to mind when you think about people who work on chimney’s…..Burt dancing on the roof on London.  However, there are successful chimney companies that have effectively built a business that does not include any dancing.

Eco Grizzly is a full-service chimney and fireplace company in the greater Los Angeles area. Most business owners look to find a good location to start their business.  These entrepreneurs decided to see what was needed in an area and went to created that business to serve that need.

My guests, Moses and Johnny, share their journey in determining how to take their skills and create a customer focused business. They used their talents in marketing to develop a business that has earned hundreds of 5 star reviews and created a reputation that is eagerly shared by their customers.  Their story is an exceptional example of how good planning and great strategy can bring success to a business.

You can learn more about them at https://www.ecogrizzly.com/.

As always, this podcast is brought to you by Profit Master Business Solutions, implementing measured marketing for small businesses while calming the chaos and creating the confidence and competence to exceed expectations.

Click www.profitmasterbusinesssolutions.com.

Episode Seventy Four – Carlos Ivanor, Ivanor Law Firm

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Have you ever had a dream about going into battle but you do not bring a weapon?  That’s how people feel if they have a legal issue and they do not have a good attorney by their side.

Well my guest for this episode of Small Business Marketing – Then & Now is a great attorney.  Carlos Ivanor, of the Ivanor Law Firm in Orlando, Florida, is the managing partner of a multi practice law firm that represents clients in the areas of Criminal Defense, Family Law, Immigration, and Personal Injury. He is also one of the National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers.

Carlos is a hands-on attorney who meets with each of his clients personally and has been a huge advocate for the Spanish speaking people of Central Florida. He shares his journey that began as an Assistant Attorney General and Assistant Public Defender, to opening his law firm in 2005 and all the ways he has marketed his successful law firm.  Carlos’ passion for people comes out in everything he has done to reach people and lets them know that he is there to fight for them.

You can learn more at https://www.ivanorlaw.com/.

As always, this podcast is brought to you by Profit Master Business Solutions, implementing measured marketing for small businesses while calming the chaos and creating the confidence and competence to exceed expectations.

Click www.profitmasterbusinesssolutions.com.

Episode Seventy Three – Cohl Workman, Thunderbird Pools & Spas

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For the latest episode of Small Business Marketing – Then & Now, our conversation is about the pool business and the growth that some owners experienced during the initial stages of Covid.

 

Cohl Workman is the owner of Thunderbird Pools and Spas, an award-winning custom pool builder, designing gorgeous pools and spas for families just like yours in the greater Phoenix area. He shares with us how he started in the business working for another company and building up his experience so he could one day become a business owner himself.  In fact, he ended up owning three separate businesses.

 

This episode is truly a successful journey story of an entrepreneur with vision.  To learn more about Thunderbird Pools and Spas, click https://www.thunderbirdpools.com/.

 

As always, this podcast is brought to you by Profit Master Business Solutions, implementing measured marketing for small businesses while calming the chaos and creating the confidence and competence to exceed expectations.

 

Click www.profitmasterbusinesssolutions.com.

Episode Seventy Two – Katherine Grooms, Accounting & Tax Solutions LLC

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Once January comes around, it’s not just the new year, its Tax Season!  Bookkeepers, accountants, CPA’s and tax preparation providers hunker down, get focused and put their full attention to their clients for the next quarter plus.


I am so excited to share this latest episode of Small Business Marketing – Then & Now with my guest Katherine Grooms of Accounting & Tax Solutions LLC.  Katherine is focused on her clients all twelve months of the year, providing multiple layers of added value while providing exceptional services to small to medium-size businesses and corporations handling accounting, payroll, and tax functions.  Her multi-state business also provides hands-on service for individual and their tax preparation needs.


She shares her journey where she was guided by a mentor to start her business while in school and the lessons she learned through developing relationships and growing her network to create a thriving business.  She provides great detail on how she built the successful Accounting and Tax Solutions and the growth path she has developed for the future.


To learn more, please click https://accttaxsolutions.com/.


As always, this podcast is brought to you by Profit Master Business Solutions, implementing measured marketing for small businesses while calming the chaos and creating the confidence and competence to exceed expectations.


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Episode Seventy One – Gabrielle Garcia & Sandy DeAngelis, Love Gigi Event Design

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Planning an event is a job in itself.  Many specific details, from the invitations to the giveaway items, and the entire event itself.  And there are exceptional individuals to help provide you with the incredible event that will create memories for a lifetime.

 

I am fortunate to have two as my guests for the latest episode of 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 – 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 & 𝐍𝐨𝐰.

 

Gabrielle Garcia & Sandy DeAngelis are a mother -daughter team of event planners who have taken the Jacksonville, Florida industry by storm.  Their company, Love, Gigi Event Design values uniqueness and all the little details that can sometimes be forgotten in the midst of preparing for a wedding.  They work tirelessly to create a special environment that guests will remember forever. And they and their team have created one memorable event after the other,

 

They share their journey of launching the business after the experience of planning Gabby’s own wedding.  They also discuss how they developed a network of vendors and happy customers who have provided them with a flow of referrals that has helped make their business explode.

 

To learn more about Love, Gigi Event Design, please click https://lovegigievents.com/.

 

As always, this podcast is brought to you by Profit Master Business Solutions, implementing measured marketing for small businesses while calming the chaos and creating the confidence and competence to exceed expectations.

 

Click www.profitmasterbusinesssolutions.com.

Episode Seventy – Page Park, Tulsi Rose Yoga

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There are many ways to address and rechannel grief. Our guest for our 70th episode of Small Business Marketing Then & Now has used yoga as a tool to process grief for both herself and her clients.

 

Page Park is a business owner who has taken her passion for teaching and has developed Tulsi Rose Yoga, to help those who are grieving.  Through grief yoga, her clients have a physical outlet for all of the baggage that grief makes you carry. Grief yoga will not take away your pain, it will teach you how to embrace it mentally and physically

 

She shares her personal journey for why she launched her yoga studio and how she has marketing to her growing audience.

 

For additional information, click https://www.tulsiroseyoga.com.

 

As always, this podcast is brought to you by Profit Master Business Solutions, implementing measured marketing for small businesses while calming the chaos and creating the confidence and competence to exceed expectations.

 

Click www.profitmasterbusinesssolutions.com.

Episode Sixty Nine – Wendy Caverly, Crusaders Networking

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Networking is a skill that can be learned, but the true experts are born with that ability to meet new people and bring them into your community.

 

Wendy Caverly, our guest for our latest episode of 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 – 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 & 𝐍𝐨𝐰, is a networking expert.  She shares a tremendous about of information and effective strategies to network for building your network and for developing the right prospects for your business.  She developed a business to teach individuals and sales teams to crack the code on the true value of connections.  She helps them gain confidence in their skills and to develop the strategies to have a long-term vision develop the network, and funnel, they need to succeed.

 

To learn more, please click www.WendyCaverly.com.

 

As always, this podcast is brought to you by Profit Master Business Solutions, implementing measured marketing for small businesses while calming the chaos and creating the confidence and competence to exceed expectations.

 

Click www.profitmasterbusinesssolutions.com.