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Tactical Tip: How Much Time Do I Need to Prep My Home for Market?

October 22, 2020 by angishields

Customer Experience Radio

Tactical Tip: How Much Time Do I Need to Prep My Home for Market?

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Jill Heineck’s Tactical Tips for Selling Your House in Today’s Environment

Transcript

Lee Kantor: [00:00:05] Welcome to Jill Heineck’s Tactical Tips For Selling Your House In Today’s Environment. I’m Lee Kantor. Jill, today’s question is, how much time do I need to prep my home for market?

Jill Heineck: [00:00:15] Typically, it’s a two to four week prep time. But with the current environment that we’re in, sometimes it’s taking a little longer, particularly, when we can’t have as many contractors helping us prep. At the same time, we have to spread out the timing for having work done on a property. So, for example, if you’re having repairs done, there might be two or three different contractors that are involved in that if you’re having paint and carpet done, if you’re having staging done. So, it does take a little bit longer now during the COVID environment we’re in. But I would say as a rule, most motivated sellers will want to get their prep work done within two to four weeks of signing a listing agreement.

Lee Kantor: [00:01:01] For more answers to your real estate questions, please go to heineckandcompany.com

Joi Sumpton with Step ‘n Wash

October 22, 2020 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Joi Sumpton with Step 'n Wash

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Dunwoody-based Joi Sumpton grew up wanting to be an entrepreneur like her mom. She graduated from San Marino High School and then attended Pasadena City College for two years. She was hired with Delta in 1989 as a flight attendant and has spent 31 years with the company.

Now in 2020, Step ‘n Wash is being installed in venues and attractions, national chain restaurants, Fortune 100 companies, major international airports and more throughout the U.S., Canada, UK, Mexico, Panama, South Korea, Costa Rica, Norway and the U.A.E with over 1 billion children now having used Step ‘n Wash to wash their hands!

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What You’ll Learn in This Episode

What led to creating Step ‘n Wash, and how much time elapsed between the idea and an actual prototype of the product
The biggest challenge since starting Step ‘n Wash
How COVID-19 has impacted the business
If reception of the product has been different in Atlanta vs. other cities since the product is manufactured here in metro-Atlanta
What’s next for Step ‘n Wash

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GWBC Radio: Charday Oldacre with NueWay Studios

October 22, 2020 by angishields

GWBC Radio

GWBC Radio: Charday Oldacre with NueWay Studios

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With an extensive agency background in digital advertising and branding, our founder Charday Oldacre honed her creative and strategic skills working on projects for global brands like Coca-Cola, Sea World, and AMC Theatres.

But after spending years working in other agencies, Charday recognized a gap that needed filling. She noticed there was a shortage of diversity and inclusion and lacked a safe place for forward-thinking creatives.

So in 2014, NueWay Studios was born, comprised of a team of people from all walks of life and across multiple creative disciplines. In 2018 NueWay Studios was selected by UpCity as one of the top 15 branding agencies in Atlanta, and in 2019 Charday was recognized for her leadership and impact in entrepreneurship by the Atlanta Business Chronicle, which shortlisted her for the Small Business Person of the Year Award in the Emerging Entrepreneur category.

In December of 2019, Charday was awarded the Young Entrepreneur of the Year award by the Small Business Awards, and NueWay Studios was listed #4 out of 100 of the top 100 Small Business Visionaries.

Charday Oldacre ensures NueWay maintains an inclusive culture while demonstrating strategic design-thinking with a collaborative client-first approach to guarantee that clients will continue to experience mind-blowing results.

Connect with Charday on LinkedIn.

About GWBC

The Greater Women’s Business Council (GWBC®) is at the forefront of redefining women business enterprises (WBEs). An increasing focus on supplier diversity means major corporations are viewing our WBEs as innovative, flexible and competitive solutions. The number of women-owned businesses is rising to reflect an increasingly diverse consumer base of women making a majority of buying decision for herself, her family and her business.

GWBC^® has partnered with dozens of major companies who are committed to providing a sustainable foundation through our guiding principles to bring education, training and the standardization of national certification to women businesses in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina.

GWBC Radio: JoAnne LaBounty with Spartanburg Meat Processing

October 22, 2020 by angishields

GWBC Radio

GWBC Radio: JoAnne LaBounty with Spartanburg Meat Processing

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JoAnne LaBounty is President/CEO of Spartanburg Meat Processing Co. Inc., a USDA inspected meat processing plant providing fully cooked pork ribs and BBQ to both retail and foodservice customers domestically and globally, allowing them the sumptuous taste of slow cooked, restaurant quality ribs in 10 minutes or less, at a price that fits with today’s economic needs.

Spartanburg Meat Processing was founded in 1999 by Ms. LaBounty and partners. Ms. LaBounty became the sole owner in February, 2002 and certified as a woman owned business in March 2003. JoAnne has surrounded herself with quality management including 2 of her children. Production in the Spartanburg, SC facility has grown from 2 million pounds in 2002 to 8 million pounds in 2019. 2020 is projected to be another year of growth topping 9 million pounds of processed products.

Covid 19 has influenced the Company to pivot to other items their sales team can offer adding over 8 new items both in perishable and non perishable. JoAnne along with sales director, Mallory Smith partnered to launch an new desert Company: Voulez-Vous Foods, LLC.. Voulez-Vous Foods has designed a line of Decadent Deserts for the Adult taste. Spartanburg Meat Processing has taken on the line and will serve as Distributor.

A passionate civic and community leader, Ms. LaBounty has held numerous board positions including Junior Achievement, TD Bank Board of Advisors, SC SBA Board of Advisors and USC Upstate Foundation Board of Directors. She is a proud member of Greater Womens Business Council and the Women’s President Organization.

Over the years, a number of organizations have recognized Ms. LaBounty’s business and community efforts including 2005 Minority Person of the Year, 2007 Business Person of the Year, 2012 Enterprising Woman of the Year, 2015 50 Fastest Growing Companies recognized by American Express and 2016 SC SBA Person of the Year.

Ms. LaBounty was born in New Mexico, grew up in Vermont and now resides in South Carolina with her fiancé. Ms. LaBounty studied at Kennedy Western University (BA Business and Marketing), Darden School of Business, Protocol School of Washington and Harvard Business School (OPM48) class of 2016.

Ms. LaBounty is an avid reader, enthusiastic world traveler, part time golfer and fulltime mom to Great Dane Duke and Border Collie Molly.

About GWBC

BRX Pro Tip: There is No Wrong Contact or Connection

October 22, 2020 by angishields

BRX Pro Tips

BRX Pro Tip: There is No Wrong Contact or Connection

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BRX Pro Tip: There is No Wrong Contact or Connection

Stone Payton: [00:00:00] Welcome back to Business RadioX Pro Tips. Lee Kantor and Stone Payton here with you. Lee, under this heading of cast a wide net, I mean, the truth of the matter is there really is no wrong contact or connection, is there?

Lee Kantor: [00:00:16] No. I think that when you’re working to try to persuade someone at a company to be aware of what you have to offer or to sell them something, I don’t think you can start in a wrong place. And I think that’s a misconception that a lot of folks have because they think that I have to get to this one person with the magic golden ticket, or else, it’s not worth my time pursuing that. And then, they create this kind of impossible situation that, then, they say, “Oh, well, I couldn’t find it. And so, I’m out and I move on.”

Lee Kantor: [00:00:49] In our business model, it’s easy to just find anybody at the company to interview because it’s aligned with our mission. We want to tell a million positive business stories. So, anybody in the company is kind of a good contact for us. And once you have that good contact, and you serve that person well, they’re going to be open to telling other people in the company about the work that we do. And so, eventually, we can and usually do get to the right person.

Lee Kantor: [00:01:15] And then, the benefit of getting the right person down the road is, now, we have multiple people who like us and they’re championing our work. So, it’s still a win. You still win in the long run. You don’t have to rush, and it doesn’t have to be this binary all or nothing. You can kind of work your way to the right person over time if, like us, you have the heart of service and you want to help folks. So, it doesn’t matter who in the company that you serve. Just get in there, serve somebody, do a good job and work your way to the person who will help you get to, ultimately, where you want to go.

Franchise Marketing Radio: Bob Lehner with 360 Painting

October 21, 2020 by angishields

Franchise Marketing Radio

Franchise Marketing Radio: Bob Lehner with 360 Painting

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Bob Lehner is a Navy veteran and owner of Frisco’s 360 Painting, a residential and commercial painting franchise. Due to the pandemic, Lehner’s business was down -49% in April.

Today, Lehner has seen a 113% sales increase as businesses have reopened across Frisco and surrounding communities in addition to homeowners spending more time at home than ever before.

360 Painting has taken on additional precautions since the start of the pandemic by requiring employees to wear their masks while painting in homes and businesses and practicing social distancing while working with customers

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Unstuck Author Craig Lemasters with GXG

October 21, 2020 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Unstuck Author Craig Lemasters with GXG

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Craig Lemasters is an author, entrepreneur, investor, and board member with more than two decades of success in executive leadership positions, now dedicated to helping senior leaders get unstuck on the major growth challenges to their businesses.

Craig works with global enterprises, focused on identifying knowledge gaps, aligning organizations around their strategic direction, and enabling critical decision making. Craig previously served as the CEO of Atlanta-based Assurant Solutions, a subsidiary of Fortune 500 Assurant, Inc.

During his tenure, he led Assurant’s digital transformation and expansion into a global enterprise with a presence in 25 new markets around the world.

Connect with Craig on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode

Craig’s new book Unstuck, which is available for pre-order
The key message of Unstuck
What leadership means to Craig
The time Craig was stuck professionally
How businesses can become stuck and the process to help them become unstuck
How Craig gets people to share their business secrets with other leaders who they don’t even know
How leaders can be proactive and use Craig’s advice before they get stuck

About Our Sponsor

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BRX Pro Tip: Meaningful Connections

October 21, 2020 by angishields

BRX Pro Tips

BRX Pro Tip: Meaningful Connections

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BRX Pro Tip: Meaningful Connections

Stone Payton: [00:00:00] And we are back with BRX Pro Tips. Stone Payton and Lee Kantor here with you. Lee, when we’re talking about success metrics, one of the key success metrics in our world is meaningful connections. Speak to that a little bit.

Lee Kantor: [00:00:17] Sure. Before I get to that though, it’s important to kind of understand how other organizations create what they say is a success metric. For some people, it could be somebody went to the website or somebody downloaded some content. In their world, that’s super important and they’re high-fiving because of that. In our world, we’re looking farther down the funnel, and we’re trying to get to a relationship of some kind. So, I like to kind of think about the velocity to a meaningful connection inside the target company.

Lee Kantor: [00:00:52] Now, in our world, we’re able to invite people on shows. And when you do that, you get a high connect rate and people want to do that because it serves them, and it’s good for them, and their career, and their business to be able to tell the story about the work they’re doing because it’s important to them. And when you do it that way, you’re able to really quickly find a meaningful connection in your target company.

Lee Kantor: [00:01:17] And the way that we keep scores, are they going to respond back to that invitation to be a guest? Are they going to say, “Yeah, count me in. What do I have to do?” Are they going to, now, schedule that interview? Are they going to then take your call when you have a pre-call or post-call after the interview in order to help them get the most out of it?

Lee Kantor: [00:01:38] Now, you have a relationship, a relationship with a person that matters to you. Now, that’s a metric I can get behind. That’s really a success metric. Somebody coming to my website or somebody downloading content anonymously and who I can’t really get to or who won’t respond to any type of call that I’m making to them, that’s not really a success metric in my book. So, if you have a machine that can get you in front of meaningful connections in a repeatable, predictable manner, do that all day long, rinse and repeat.