Episode 116: Leaders are Readers Clubhouse Edition

In this episode of Small Business Connections, Ann talks about using the Clubhouse app to increase your brand's visibility, why continuous learning is important for business owners, and how to create loyalty from your employees with MyCore co-founder, Cheryl Cage.

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Episode 115: Business Discipline and Accountability

Join us as Ann talks with Jeff Chastain, who formed Admentus to work with entrepreneurial leaders after spending a number of years inside corporate America. Since then, he has worked with numerous small and large businesses to implement various technology solutions to meet their needs.

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Episode 114: Accidental Entrepreneur

Join us as Ann talks with Tatiana Tsoir, a numbers expert with over 15 years of experience helping entrepreneurs and business owners become the boss of their bottom line.

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Episode 113: What's Your Why?

Join us as Ann talks with life coach, writer, public speaker, self-published author and survivor, Kawan Glover. Kawan is a Survivor because he has lived through a stroke and three brain surgeries. He also dealt with suicidal ideations, one attempt, opioid addiction, depression, and has been $1.2 million in medical debt. Despite these hardships, he has started his own company called Overcome Adversity, which leverages his ordeal to help others, as the name says, Overcome their Adversity no matter the shape or form.

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Episode 112: Be a Disrupter

Join us as Ann talks with Matej Harangozo of Digital Science Media, an award-winning entrepreneur, music enthusiast, and innovative technologist. We discuss the difference between being an entrepreneur and being a business owner and learning from failure as an entrepreneur.

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Episode 111: Mindset for Work-Life Balance

In this episode of Small Business Connections, Ann talks about work-life balance, or should it be life-work balance with entrepreneur coach and founder of DTK Coaching and author of Mindset Mondays, David Taylor-Klaus. Work is no more a part of someone’s life than family and David helps people find their balance of life’s rhythm.

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Episode 110: Succession Planning

In this episode of Small Business Connections, Ann talks about succession planning and taking care of your business and yourself financially with Stratus Wealth Advisor, Sam Brownell. Entrepreneurship has many demands and it is vital to plan for your personal and professional future.

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Episode109: What's Next In Digital Marketing

Brian Loebig, of Loebig Ink, returns to ASMM Small Business Connections to discuss what's next in digital marketing. 2020 was a rollercoaster ride for small businesses. 2021 is shaping up to be equally unpredictable. So how are you going to take control of your digital marketing?

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Episode 108: Be the Expert in Your Space

In this episode of Small Business Connections, one of our favorite guests, Dean Forbes returns to talk about being the expert in your space. No matter what reality you’re living in right now, Dean is a coveted High Impact Coach who can turn business owners and teams into in-demand market leaders with the Impact Factor ™ so you can Make An Impact That Matters in the areas of life that matter most to you.

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Episode 107: Turn Your Business Into A Show

Chris Brogan joins us for this episode of the ASMM Small Business Connections Podcast to talk about why you should think about your business as a show. In today’s marketing space, it is more important than ever to figure out how to engage your audience between their purchases when they may or may not want to buy. For 2021 and beyond we continue to find new ways to gain our audience’s attention.

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Episode 106: Podcasting - What You Must Know!

Creating a podcast is a great way to get your message out to the world. It may be the perfect place to start when creating content for your small business. they discuss making the podcasting process less daunting. Today's guest on Small Business Connections is Justin Hornback. They share why you should consider starting your own podcast, what equipment you must have and the process for recording, posting and sharing your podcast with the world.

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Episode 105: Simplify Your Business

In this episode of Small Business Connections, Ann talks about simplifying your business with Nicole Hamilton, Founder & Owner of Homeownering, Inc. Nicole has a passion for mortgages and creates transparency by spending time with consumers. She built her business to help the middle class with homeownership and provides tools to navigate negotiating the best deal with ease.

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Episode 104: What You Need to Know About Remote Work

In this episode of Small Business Connections, Ann talks about the best practices for remote work with Shelly J. Spiegel, CEO & Chief Creative Officer of Fire Engine RED, INC. Shelly started a fully remote business in 2001 and has literally written the book on how to best adapt your business to remote work today.

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Episode 102: The Power of Stories and How to Make Your Story Matter

In this episode of Small Business Connections, Ann talks about the power of stories and how you can powerfully tell your story with Melanie Gow, the Legend Maker and founder of Awaken the Legend Within. Melanie helps people awaken the legend within and learn the keys to telling their story impactfully.

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Episode 101: Living A Life of Bravery

In this episode of Small Business Connections, Ann talks with Life Coach, Alex Ray about self-confidence. Alex Ray is a life coach who helps others in the LGBTQIA+ community overcome insecurity. He teaches bravery as a way to overcome low self-esteem, people-pleasing, and fear of failure. He's a life coach, podcaster, and doggie dad.

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Episode 100: Avoid Scope Creep

In this episode of Small Business Connections, Ann talks about avoiding scope creep, using emojis and how using EQ skills helps small businesses with HelloWoofy Founder and CEO, Arjun Rai.

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Episode 99: Letting Go of Fear

In this episode of Small Business Connections, Ann talks about getting rid of fear as a business owner with Mia Hewett, business coach and founder of Aligned IntelligenceTM. Mia has co-owned and operated a seven-figure business, is an international speaker, and a world-class business coach. Her methodology removes all the blind spots, fear, anxiety, and self-doubt leaving you feeling "free to be me.”

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Episode 98: Public Relations

In this episode of Small Business Connections, Ann talks with Pamela Hart Vines, a communications strategist, filmmaker, and author. As CEO of Troop Public Relations and Vines Film, Pamela creates cinematic video projects and short films for business owners and influencers, using storytelling and promotional strategies to build respected brands for her clients. Pamela is a proud and decorated US Army veteran.

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Episode 97: Never Stop Growing

In this episode of Small Business Connections, Ann talks about ways to never stop growing and the importance of realizing your time value with software entrepreneur, the founder of Onestop Devshop, Geordie Wardman. They discuss how Geordie transitioned from being a forest firefighter to an entrepreneur, ecommerce, time management, pivoting online and Geordie’s favorite books of business. Onestop Devshop builds software for websites and mobile applications for small businesses.

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