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High Velocity Radio: Mike Young with The Makeover Master

July 22, 2020 by angishields

High Velocity Radio

High Velocity Radio: Mike Young with The Makeover Master

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Mike Young is the founder of The Makeover Master, host of the top-rated “Made Over Podcast”, author of “Made Over: How To Create A Powerful Brand That Will Transform Your Business & Save Your Life” and a seasoned entrepreneur.

Mike is the creator of the “Mentorship Makeover Business Growth System”, as part of what he considers his life’s work and duty to help others avoid the hellish 8.5 years of debt, pain and growing pains (and $200,000+) he spent buying every book and course he could afford, traveling to every seminar and event imaginable trying to get his business to work.

Be sure to check out Mike’s free course, Business Makeover Accelerator and The 5-Minute “Blind Spot” Challenge.

You can pick Mike’s brain here and connect with him on LinkedIn. Follow The Makeover Master on Facebook and Instagram.

Franchise Marketing Radio: Michael McFall with BIGGBY COFFEE

July 22, 2020 by angishields

Franchise Marketing Radio

Franchise Marketing Radio: Michael McFall with BIGGBY COFFEE

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Michael McFall doesn’t have a yacht, a podcast or an MBA, and you won’t hear him talking about being disruptive, leveraging assets or changing paradigms. He is, however, the founder of Global Orange Development, the co-CEO of BIGGBY COFFEE®, a fast-growing $100-million-dollar coffee franchise with 250+ locations across the Midwest and quickly expanding into the East Coast in 2020, and is author to the Inc. Original, Grind.

Mike’s story in the business world began during the Spring of 1997 when he and BIGGGBY founder Robert Fish went on their ‘infamous’ walk to discuss Mike’s role within the company which at the time had one location in East Lansing, Michigan. Two hours later, they were no longer talking about Mike managing a second store, but were agreeing on terms for creating a franchise and growing the brand. A handshake sealed the deal, and suddenly, they were partners of what is now the third-largest coffee franchise in the United States.

Having originally started with BIGGBY in 1996 as a minimum wage barista, Mike has since held every subsequent position within the company, including his current title as co-CEO (May 2016). Mike believes his time in each of his previous roles has allowed him to form a bond with his employees based on understanding, credibility, and respect. Two decades later, Mike shares his personal experiences having led Biggby through survival mode, stability, and aggressive growth.

One of many turning moments for Mike as a leader was the realization that just because BIGGBY was making money, didn’t mean they were doing a great job. From employees leaving without any notice to those who had no passion in what they were doing, Mike and his co-CEO came to the conclusion that something needed to change. After that pivotal moment, Mike was committed to making positive improvements, including creating a workplace culture based on love.

Connect with Michael on LinkedIn and follow BIGGBY COFFEE on Facebook.

Klippit Founder Chike

July 22, 2020 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Klippit Founder Chike

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Klippit is influencer marketing done right. For marketers, we help them create influencer marking campaigns that can be measured, and scaled. For influencers, we help them get compensated for the exposure they give brands across various platforms.

Chike founded Klippit with the belief that everybody is an influencer regardless of your follower count on social media.

Born and raised near Washington DC, Chike received a BA in Economics from the University of Maryland.

Follow Kippit on Twitter and Instagram.

About Our Sponsor

OnPay’s payroll services and HR software give you more time to focus on what’s most important. Rated “Excellent” by PC Magazine, we make it easy to pay employees fast, we automate all payroll taxes, and we even keep all your HR and benefits organized and compliant.

Our award-winning customer service includes an accuracy guarantee, deep integrations with popular accounting software, and we’ll even enter all your employee information for you — whether you have five employees or 500. Take a closer look to see all the ways we can save you time and money in the back office.

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BRX Pro Tip: New Studio Partners See Existing Show Concepts

July 22, 2020 by angishields

BRX Pro Tips

BRX Pro Tip: New Studio Partners See Existing Show Concepts

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BRX Pro Tip: New Studio Partners See Existing Show Concepts

Stone Payton: [00:00:00] Welcome back to BRX Pro Tips. Stone Payton and Lee Kantor here with you. Lee, let’s talk a little bit about getting your studio off the ground. A new studio partner, one of the most important activities a new studio partner can engage in is looking across our network and taking notice of the existing show concepts, the show categories, the clients that are already in place in those other studios. Wouldn’t you agree?

Lee Kantor: [00:00:29] Absolutely. One of the first things we tell any prospective sponsor or studio partner is that all of our work is published. We have everything out there for the public to see. So, if you’re a new studio partner, and you’re part of the Business RadioX team, the first thing I would do is kind of look at each one of the studios that already exist and look at each one of the shows that have already been sold. And once you realize, you’ll see some familiar faces in terms of what we call these folks, the butcher and the baker. These are kind of the staples of studios that these are the areas in the industries that have already shown and are already actively using the platform to benefit themselves in each of these markets.

Lee Kantor: [00:01:17] So, if you look you’re going to see some professional service folks who’ve already bought shows. Those are commercial real estate, wealth management, healthcare sales, printers, IT folks, anybody that’s in business-to-business professional services, CPAs, attorneys, bankers, those are already areas that somebody in the network has sold one of those folks something. So, now you’re new to a market, you can go to those same kind of vertical industries, and you don’t have to kind of hypothetically show them this could work for them. You can say, “Look, it’s already working in these three markets for other folks that are in your same industry.”

Lee Kantor: [00:02:01] This is such an advantage when you’re trying to sell something that’s new to folks who hadn’t heard of you before. You already have proof we exist. You already have proof we serve business folks. And now, you have specific proof that it’s working for somebody in these markets. They can go and listen to the shows. They can call up those clients to ask them how it’s working. You have built in case studies in a variety of industries that you didn’t have to do anything to get. By being part of the family, you get that to use for your business. So, remember, if you don’t have clients in each of these niches, the first thing you do is start interviewing some of those folks, get them in your studio, make them aware of the service that we’ve already done for folks just like them in other markets, and sell them something.

Brandon Cockrell with Linchpin Sales Interactive

July 21, 2020 by angishields

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Atlanta Business Radio

Brandon Cockrell with Linchpin Sales Interactive

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After more than a decade of working in sales and marketing for large corporations, Brandon Cockrell started Linchpin Sales Interactive four years ago with the sole purpose of helping businesses and e-commerce brands turn their marketing and advertising into profits.

Being all about results, he now runs one of the only true performance-based digital ad agencies in the world.

Connect with Brandon on LinkedIn and follow Linchpin Sales Interactive on Facebook.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode

Why Brandon got into social media and digital marketing
How businesses should use social media and the internet to generate more inbound opportunities for their product and/or service
Things that should be considered before starting an online store or looking to provide an eCommerce solution to sell your product or service
Best practices to help you start seeing results asap
The biggest misconceptions when it comes to social and internet marketing

About Our Sponsor

Follow OnPay on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

BRX Pro Tip: The 360 Net

July 21, 2020 by angishields

Patti Dismukes with HUNTER Technical

July 20, 2020 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Patti Dismukes with HUNTER Technical

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Patti Dismukes is a senior business leader with over 25 years of experience leading professional services offerings for multiple companies. Patti’s career reflects a demonstrated track record in leading successful large-scale transformation initiatives and optimizing financial management processes. She is known for leading and launching new initiatives, motivating and leading diverse teams and maximizing resources to meet client goals.

Currently, Patti is the Vice President for Professional Services for HUNTER Technical, a well known and established services organization headquartered in Atlanta. She has served in a leadership capacity for several other companies and led several enterprise-wide transformation initiatives focused on growing the company’s business model to adapt to changing marketing conditions and disruptive market forces.

Patti’s dedication to improving the lives of young girls and women lead to her involvement with such organizations as Women in Technology, TechBridge, Year Up, and the creation of Wine & Therapy – a gathering of over one hundred of Atlanta’s top female Executives. She currently serves as the Board President for Women in Technology, an Executive Ambassador for TechBridge, Patti was awarded the 2019 Ann Cramer Volunteer Award recognized for her exemplary volunteerism in the technology community. She also received the 2019 TAG Sales Leadership Community Award. In 2019, Patti started a new scholarship offered through Women in Technology.

Connect with Patti on LinkedIn and follow HUNTER Technical on Facebook.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode

How IT Staffing is doing during COVID-19
What the candidate market is like
How companies are hiring during COVID-19
What trends HUNTER Technical is seeing in the market
How WFH affected business

About Our Sponsor

Follow OnPay on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

Learning Insights Radio: Matthew Harrison with Jackson Healthcare

July 19, 2020 by angishields

Learning Insights

Learning Insights Radio: Matthew Harrison with Jackson Healthcare

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Matthew S. Harrison, PhD currently works at Jackson Healthcare as Vice President, Human Resources. In this role he is responsible for planning, directing, and overseeing all human resources and administrative service functions for various Jackson Healthcare companies, and leads delivery in the areas of talent management/acquisition, learning & development, employee relations, performance management, organizational development, change management, job & compensation analysis, HR metrics & reporting, and diversity & inclusion.

Previously, Dr. Harrison served in leadership roles at Manheim, McKesson, The Weather Channel, and Comcast focusing on talent management/acquisition, learning & development, organizational effectiveness, diversity & inclusion, and HR business partner work.

Dr. Harrison also currently serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Industrial/Organizational Psychology at The University of Georgia. He is a published diversity researcher and is renowned for his research on the topic of colorism. His master’s thesis received wide publicity–being featured on websites such as CNN, CNBC, ABC News, was reported in various newspapers and media outlets across the US (and United Kingdom), and received an initial inquiry from an executive producer of The Oprah Winfrey Show.

Focusing in the area of workplace diversity, Dr. Harrison has authored a number of books chapters as well as several academic journal articles. He currently serves as a member of the American Psychological Association, Society for I/O Psychologists, Academy of Management, and sits on a few local boards in the Atlanta area.

Most recently, Dr. Harrison was recognized as one of Emory University’s Distinguished 40 Under 40 Alumni and was listed as an “Influencer” by The Atlanta Tribune magazine. He has also received Diversity Leadership Awards from the National Diversity Council and the Technology Association of Georgia.

Dr. Harrison is a graduate of Emory University (B.A.) and The University of Georgia (M.S. & Ph.D.).

Connect with Dr. Harrison on LinkedIn.

ATDC Radio: Take 5 – Stories of Fundraising and Product Launches From Georgia Technology Startups

July 17, 2020 by angishields

About Your Host

Jane McCracken returns to ATDC as a Startup Catalyst, having started her career here many years ago. She then moved into venture capital and investment banking both in the United States and Europe before joining an early-stage, medical diagnostics company as chief financial officer. During her time there, she raised $60 million and completed eight international acquisitions. The company was listed on both the London and Oslo stock exchanges.

Jane then worked with two venture-backed companies. She joined the founders of an online travel company as CEO, and took it from startup to the world’s second-largest hotel booking site before Travelocity acquired it. At the request of her venture investors, Jane then joined a computer games developer as CEO and turned around the faltering enterprise before it was sold to a NASDAQ-listed games company.

Most recently, Jane was CEO of an oncology-focused clinical research company, which grew from startup to a multinational firm with $15 million in annual revenue and offices across Europe and the United States. The company was financed through its own cash flow and was sold in early 2012 to a larger clinical research organization.

Jane continues to work with fast growing companies — in interim and full-time positions — as a consultant, board member, and angel investor. In addition, Jane has served on boards for public and private companies, as well as government-related and non-profit organizations. She is a frequent speaker and panelist at conferences, companies, and universities and is an active volunteer in her community. Jane obtained her bachelor’s degree from Wake Forest University and her master’s degree at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Connect with Jane on LinkedIn.