Best Just Pick Up A Notepad Podcasts (2024)

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064 - Realizing a Gap in the Market with Tia Berens 26:00

2+ y ago26:00

26:00

My guest today is Tia Berens. She is a passionate service-driven entrepreneur, travel junkie, new mom, and active community member involved on several non-profit boards in the Black Hills. In 2019, she founded the Barn at Aspen Acres; a large, modern wedding and events center with its roots in the wide-open spaces of Spearfish, South Dakota. We hav…

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063: Writing Winning Press Releases with Mickie Kennedy 32:15

2+ y ago32:15

32:15

My guest today is Mickie Kennedy. He is an expert at helping small businesses, authors, and startups increase their visibility and credibility. Mickie founded eReleases 22+ years ago after realizing that small businesses desperately need a press release service they can actually afford, giving them access to the media and to a national newswire – a…

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062: Caring For Your Customers with Lavender Menakaya 22:29

2+ y ago22:29

22:29

My guest today is Lavender Menakaya. She is a Nigerian American born in Texas and grew up in Silverspring MD. She is currently based in Alexandria Virginia. She has a bachelor's degree in Business Administration, and high-end professional organizer and is committed to providing you with an opulent home through her de-cluttering and organizing servi…

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061: Growing Your Brand with James Patrick 44:04

2+ y ago44:04

44:04

My guest today is James Patrick. He is an award-winning photographer, best-selling author, entrepreneur coach, podcast host, and public speaker based in Phoenix, AZ. He is the founder of FITposium, an annual conference guiding fitness entrepreneurs to grow their careers. We have talked about the beginnings, best moments, and challenges of the FITpo…

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060: High-end Sales with Luci Dumas 1:00:29

2+ y ago1:00:29

1:00:29

My guest today is Luci Dumas. She is an award-winning PPA Master Craftsman Photographer, business coach, and podcaster. She has enjoyed a successful, profitable, and creatively satisfying full-time career for over 38 years. Her first 12 years were as a high-end wedding photographer. Luci switched to portraits and is the “ baby whisperer" photograph…

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059: Finding Your Zone of Greatness with Anita "AC" Clinton 35:14

2+ y ago35:14

35:14

My guest today is Anita “AC” Clinton. She is a speaker, purpose strategist, author, and the go-to person for all aspects of purpose. She is passionate about helping Purpose-Seekers connect to their purpose, and transition to Game-Changers. Anita is the Founder and President of Anita Clinton Enterprises, LLC, and Be Great Global. She is also the hos…

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058: Smarter Social Media with Arjun Rai 37:11

2+ y ago37:11

37:11

My guest today is Arjun, a New York City-based entrepreneur originally from West Windsor, New Jersey (aka Princeton Junction). Since high school, Arjun has been networking with some of the most well-known entrepreneurs and even worked on a few projects and startups of his own. We have talked about the foundation, challenges, and the future of Hello…

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057: Win The Hour Win The Day with Kris Ward 29:20

2+ y ago29:20

29:20

My guest today is Kris Ward is the leading authority in building your business by building your team. Kris is the founder of the Win The Hour, Win the Day philosophy. She helps entrepreneurs create their W.I.N Team (what is next) team using her signature Super Tool Kits so you can get your Idea to execution and make your ambitions come alive! She s…

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056 - Social Selling with Ryan Dowdy 33:06

3y ago33:06

33:06

My guest today is Ryann Dowdy. Ryann helps 7 and 8 figure CEOs generate daily sales on demand WITHOUT more of their time, by building and training high-performing sales teams. Ryann is passionate about helping successful business owners take back control of the revenue in their business, their time, and their freedom by building a profitable sales …

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055 - Planning For The Future with Steven Goodman 35:32

3y ago35:32

35:32

My guest today is Steven Goodman. Steven Goodman has provided insightful solutions to the challenges of business succession, wealth preservation, and charitable planning, focusing on the needs of owners of closely-held businesses and high-net-worth individuals. He currently serves over 200 clients. He shared more about succession planning, life ins…

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054 - Brand Like The Big Guys with Maureen Mwangi 26:41

3y ago26:41

26:41

My guest today is Maureen Mwangi. She is the brand growth strategist behind some of America’s most beloved brands, like L'Oréal, Chobani, Dove, and Lays. She is the creator of Big Brand Academy, The Product Profit Lab, and Startward Consulting - a consulting firm dedicated to teaching product-based entrepreneurs the sales and marketing strategies t…

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053 - Win Without Pitching with Shannyn Lee 23:33

3y ago23:33

23:33

My guest today is Shanynn Lee. She is the Win Without Pitching Director of Coaching. She spent a decade in senior marketing and communication roles in Fortune 500 companies before moving to a business development leadership role at a well-regarded Seattle design firm. We have discussed why pitching your services bad and what is the best alternative…

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052: Sharing Your Wealth with John Lefebvre 42:12

3y ago42:12

42:12

My guest today is John Lefebvre. He is an author, musician, environmental and social activist, and philanthropist. He is also retired from practicing law. He came to public attention when his company landed the big one on the dot com wheel of fortune with NETeller, an online money transfer platform for the internet gambling industry, which did an I…

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051: Improve your Marketing with Seth Donlin 36:14

3y ago36:14

36:14

My Guest today is Seth Donlin he is the founder and principal strategist of Awen Coaching and we talk about a variety of different topics. We start off with imposter syndrome and we've talked about this on the show before, but I feel like each person has a little bit different take on it and Seth had some interesting facts that I found really surpr…

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050: Finding Financing with Mark Ritter 24:51

3y ago24:51

24:51

My guest today is Mark Ritter. He is the CEO of MBFS and Nu Direction Lending and an expert in all things credit union and small business lending. We discuss the stages of his business; the early years, the biggest challenges, the best moments, and the mistakes and lessons he learned. We also discussed the process of small business loans, the advan…

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049: Crafting Your Message with Rachel Eubanks 36:48

3y ago36:48

36:48

My today's guest is Rachel Eubanks she is a Copywriter and the founder of Inspire To Engage. I pick Rachel's brain about all things, copywriting and she gives some great information about fear a small business owner and you're just starting out and trying to develop your style and tone of the copy that you want from your brand. What are some steps …

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048: Profitably Scaling with Ciara Stockeland 23:15

3y ago23:15

23:15

My Guest today is Ciara Stockeland she is a Serial Entrepreneur and Profit First Certified Coach. She has so much experience in scaling businesses about some of the things you can do to scale a business, and we also talk about if your goal is to sell your business, how do you even go about doing that, what are some things you can do to prepare the …

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047: Securing your Data with Scott Schober 54:29

3y ago54:29

54:29

My today's guest is Scott Schober he is a Cybersecurity and Wireless Technology expert. Scott talk about the target breach that happened years ago, that's when everybody started really pouring resources into Cybersecurity and making sure of their safety. We also talk about small business and what can small businesses do to keep themselves safe. I a…

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046: How to Sell Without Being Sleezy with Annie P Ruggles 44:43

3y ago44:43

44:43

My Guest today is Annie P. Ruggles a founder of the Non Sleazy Sales Academy. She has a great personality. We have a great conversation as she talk about how to best position your business, she also gives a lot of actionable tips on how to overcome sales avoidance and why it even happens to begin with. Annie is the daughter of an award-winning moti…

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045: Relieving Your Pain with Janis Isman 39:08

3y ago39:08

39:08

My Guest today is Janis Isaman she is a movement specialist and the founder of My Body Couture. She talks about her transition from the corporate world and a job and career that had really nothing to do with health into the health profession and how that came about, along with different things and treatments. Janis run a business that dedicated on …

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044: Balancing Your Entrepreneurial Life with La'Vista Jones 30:40

3y ago30:40

30:40

Today, La'Vista and I talked about what self-care looks like during this past year of Covid. Also if you feel like you're burning the candle at both ends, as an entrepreneur. She talks about some steps that you need to take right now to be able to incorporate more time for yourself. All that and much more with my guest today, La'Vista Jones. Today'…

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043: Launch Your Inner Entrepreneur with Charlene Walters 28:47

3y ago28:47

28:47

My guest today is Charlene Walters, she is a mentor and author of launch your inner entrepreneur. Today we talk a little bit about what imposter syndrome is and what you can do to overcome it. If you’re an entrepreneur and you’ve tried something new, likely you felt imposter syndrome before even if you didn’t know exactly what it is so, Charlene is…

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042: Taking Care of Your Health as an Entrepreneur with Shaun Provost 21:10

3y ago21:10

21:10

Today's Guest Shaun Provost Ironman. World Class Triathlete. Marathoner. Runner. Gymnast. The original Live Unbreakable Athlete. She’s the sassy, sarcastic red-head who leads all things Live Unbreakable. From planning your nutrition to coaching you through your workouts, analyzing your training data to preventing or working through injury - Shaun i…

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041: Carole Baskin A Life Changing Year 27:32

3y ago27:32

27:32

My Guest today is none other than Carole Baskin of the Tiger King Documentary on Netflix. I talked to Carole about a number of things concerning Tiger King and her Big Cat Rescue Sanctuary. I asked Carole why she decided to do the documentary in the first place and looking at the past year would she do it all over again. It was fun getting to talk …

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040: Deciding Your Destiny with Kyle Spyrides 32:14

3y ago32:14

32:14

My Guest today is Kyle Spyrides. Kyle is a photographer based out of Perth Australia. I talk to Kyle about the nuts and bolts of being a photographer from how he prepares for shoots to how to best handle difficult clients. Kyle also talks about his life and how his Grandparents made a large impact on who he is today and the advice they gave him tha…

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039: Marketing Your Brand for Free with Brittney Lynn 26:53

3y ago26:53

26:53

My Guest today is Brittney Lynn Founder of the Human Connection Agency. Brittney helps her clients land interviews with top publications like the New York Times. I first heard Brittney on Pat Flynn's Podcast SPI. She shared such great strategies I knew I needed to get her on the show. She shares a ton of great strategies from how to position yourse…

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038: LinkedIn Strategies with Paul Higgins 34:41

3y ago34:41

34:41

My Guest today is Paul Higgins Founder and High Performance Mentor of Build Live Give. Paul is a master of LinkedIn with over 2 million views of his posts. He shares his strategies to create highly effective LinkedIn posts that attract new leads. Is your LinkedIn page just barely filled out? When is the last time you even looked at it? If your answ…

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037: 2020 Year in Review with Craig Staley 21:43

3+ y ago21:43

21:43

Today is my first episode with out a guest. It is just me and you today. I wanted to give you a review of my business and the podcast in 2020. We will discuss a few episodes that really stood out to me in 2020 and take a look at what is in store for the Podcast and my business in 2021. Links to the episodes from 2020 I discuss during this episode E…

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036: Building Technology to Build a Business with David Wachs 29:37

3+ y ago29:37

29:37

My guest today is David Wachs CEO of Handwritten. David has been an entrepreneur since a young age selling candy door to door as a kid to eventually starting a text marketing company before iPhones were a thing. Today though we talked about his current business Handwrytten a scale able robot based solution that writes notes with a real pen and look…

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035: Pivoting During a Pandemic with Melanie Marconi 20:18

3+ y ago20:18

20:18

Today’s guest is Melanie Marconi Founder and CEO of Vida a curated co-working space in Portland Oregon. She talks about what changes she made to adjust during the pandemic. She also talks about the amenities they offer their members. I was really surprised at some of the amenities. They really take a wholistic approach. Melanie Marconi A longtime e…

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034: Running a Digital Agency in 2020 with Jason Call 28:29

3+ y ago28:29

28:29

By Craig Staley/Jason Call

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033: Work Less Hours Be More Fulfilled with Matt Yahes 19:49

3+ y ago19:49

19:49

Today’s Guest is Matt Yahes Founder and CEO of Extend Your Team a Virtual Staffing Agency. Matt talks about how his life as an entrepreneur changed when he transitioned to using VAs in his business. He also gives advice on how to evaluate your processes to figure out what your first VA hire should be. Matt Yahes As the founder of Extend Your team, …

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032: The Nuts and Bolts of a Profitable Business with Connie Vanderzanden 28:40

3+ y ago28:40

28:40

Today’s guest is Connie Vanderzanden Founder of Profit with Connie. Connie is a cashflow and business mentor. Connie talks about the top Key Performance indicators you should be paying attention to. What you should do to have a sound financial plan going into 2021 and maybe most importantly steps we can all take to increase the profitability of our…

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031: Impact of Robots and Artificial Intelligence with Aman Y. Agarwal 35:10

3+ y ago35:10

35:10

Today’s guest is Aman Agarwal founder and president of Sanpram Transnational. Aman is a former business executive and engineer who worked on self-driving trucks in Silicon Valley. Aman is bringing up the average IQ on today’s episode. We talk about uplifting topics like how AI could replace jobs and how we will all eventually need to answer to our …

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030: Podcast Guesting to Attract and Win Clients with Kristin Molenaar 30:29

3+ y ago30:29

30:29

Today’s guest is Kristin Molenar Founder and CEO of Yes Boss. Yes, Boss is a PR company focused on getting their clients guest spots on podcasts. Kristin talks about why podcast guesting can be a great way to get your target clients to buy from you. She also gives some surprising advice on why you should strategically make sure you don’t know how t…

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029: Public Speaking with Brenden Kumarasamy 27:04

3+ y ago27:04

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By Craig Staley

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028: Automate to Eliminate Tasks with Will Christensen 34:00

3+ y ago34:00

34:00

Today we have an expert in all things automation on the show he is Will Christensen Co-Founder of Data Automation. Will shares his expertise on a variety of automation topics. If you are thinking you are overwhelmed and need a few extra hands, hiring might not be your first step. In fact, you may be able to find a few hours in your day just by auto…

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027: Improving Your Sales Process with Sarah Mae Dickinson 30:15

3+ y ago30:15

30:15

Today we have a sales expert on the show her name is Sarah Mae Dickinson CEO of SMD Coaching. Sarah shares her expertise on a variety of sales topics including why having an elevator pitch is so important for your business and the best way to deal with objections. Today's Guest Sarah Mae Dickinson Sarah Mae Dickinson is a Sales Coach for entreprene…

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026: Overnight Success with Andrea Lake 24:42

3+ y ago24:42

24:42

My guest today is Andrea Lake she is a serial entrepreneur having run 14 businesses since 1999. Andrea was also a contestant on The Apprentice in 2006. So being election day of course I had to ask her at least one question about President Trump. All that aside Andrea is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to running a business and gives some great …

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025: The Right Price for Everyone with Rhett Ruehle 24:16

3+ y ago24:16

24:16

Imagine you walked into a business and asked the owner how much are your services and they replied, whatever you can afford. Likely that would be the first time you had ever heard that, right? Well if you ever walk into Rhett Ruehle’s Chiropractic Clinic that is the experience you will have. He allows his customers to pay based on what they can aff…

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024: Building Your Brand with Carey Balogh 25:57

3+ y ago25:57

25:57

Ever wonder what is the best way to enhance your public relations in your community? Or What social media platforms your business should be active on, do you really have time for all of them? Carey Balogh the Chief Executive Groupie of the Public Relations firm Brand Groupies answer these questions and more in today’s episode. Today's Guest Carey B…

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023: Handing Over Your Business To The Next Generation with Marty and David Indursky 25:19

3+ y ago25:19

25:19

Have you ever dreamed about what would happen if your business took off and 10, 20 or even 30 years from now would your kids want to take over the family business? How would you handle it? Would you be able to fully give up control and step back and let your kids run it? Well that is the position Marty Indursky of Encon Mechanical found himself in …

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022: Cold Calling with John Eyres 28:58

3+ y ago28:58

28:58

Today's guest John Eyres is a cold calling expert and President of Business Connections Consulting. John helps his clients develop a program to attract new clients and increase business. John is focused on helping his clients grow their business through cold calling. If you are like me and not really a big fan of cold calling clients John shared so…

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021: Reimagining Design with Christian Giordano 44:25

3+ y ago44:25

44:25

My guest today is Christian Giordano President of Mancini Duffy a century old architecture firm based in New York City. Christian talks about Mancini Duffy’s tech first approach to architecture and how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted how they think about designing workplaces moving forward. Today's Guest Christian Giordano Christian is driven by…

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020: People Do Business with People with Christina Barnett 26:56

3+ y ago26:56

26:56

Today’s interview is with Christina Barnett of Legendairy Milkshake Bar in Nashville Tennessee. Christina talks about the success of The Legendairy Milkshake Bar from lines out the door and down the street when they opened to being featured on the cooking channel and having celebrity customers like Trisha Yearwood and celebrity chef Jet Tila. Final…

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019: Building Confidence with Dale Furtwengler 26:08

3+ y ago26:08

26:08

Today's Guest is Dale Furtwengler, CEO of Teaching Confidence. Dale is a wealth of information. He talked about how you can improve your confidence level in certain areas of your life. He also gives some tools on how to more confidently navigate our lives during the time of uncertainty we live in today. Today's Guest Dale Furtwengler Dale is a form…

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018: Improve Your Productivity with Cathy Sexton 23:41

3+ y ago23:41

23:41

Today's Guest is Cathy Sexton CEO of The Productivity Experts. Cathy is a CPA by trade and recovering workaholic. When the stress of over working herself in the corporate world became to much and started impacting her health, Cathy knew she need to make a change. That's when Cathy went out on her own and began helping clients improve their processe…

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017: Data Driven Agency with Josh Boone 55:26

3+ y ago55:26

55:26

Today's Guest is Josh Boone Founder and CEO of Pure Web Results, a digital marketing consultancy based in Dayton, OH. We talked about a variety of topics from what branding is outside of a cool logo to successful social media strategies for small business owners to implement. Today's Guest Josh Boone Josh is a results-driven business expert with mo…

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016: Improving Your SEO with Eric Seropyan 27:45

3+ y ago27:45

27:45

Today's Guest is Eric Seropyan owner of This is my South Bay a digital agency that specializes in SEO. Eric talks about his top three keys to focus on if you want to get serious about SEO. I love when I get to learn something new and today I learned that was one of those days for sure. Did you know that social media impacts your SEO? I sure didn't!…

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015: Scale Your Business Using Virtual Assistants with Nathan Hirsch 22:52

3+ y ago22:52

22:52

Today's guest is Nathan Hirsch, co-owner of Outsource School. Nathan has been growing businesses since 2009 primarily using virtual assistants. His current business, Outsource School teaches other business owners how to do the same thing. Nathan talked about his keys to successfully outsourcing. He also talks about why they chose to hire team membe…

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