CULTURE CRUSH RX Brenda Silveus with Pioneer Title Agency

July 13, 2018 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

CULTURE CRUSH RX Brenda Silveus with Pioneer Title Agency

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CULTURE CRUSH RX Brenda Silveus with Pioneer Title Agency

In this episode of Culture Crush Rx, Deb chats with Brenda Silveus of Pioneer Title Agency. Brenda shares the details of several of Pioneer’s incredible initiatives to give back to the community and foster a work environment where everyone feels like family. Pioneer Title Agency has 70 offices across the state of Arizona and more than 600 employees – yet the company president Keith Newlon knows each person’s name and makes an effort to connect. Brenda shares about their 30th anniversary partnership with the Arizona Trails Association in which the entire company teamed up to cover all 811 miles of the Arizona National Scenic Trail and doubled their goal of raising $30,000 for the organization and their ongoing to efforts to engage the staff in loving the communities they serve.

Culture Crush Rx listeners will enjoy learning about a family-run business that truly cares about its people and its communities. If you’re wondering how you can cultivate a business based on doing good, this episode is for you!

Pioneer Title Agency has operated under the basic philosophy of ‘Commitment to Service’ since its inception in 1985, which extends to a commitment to service to the community. A proud family-owned business with 76 branches including Pioneer offices as well as sister company, Yavapai Title Agency, focuses on title insurance, escrow, trustee sales and builder-related trust services.

This is a business deeply rooted in their people, each of whom helps to drive far more than just the bottom line. They have helped us to embody a culture that is firm in its belief of helping others, their communities and each other.

Brenda Silveus is the Northern Arizona Area Manager for Pioneer Title Agency.

Named the 2017 Citizen of the Year by the Arizona Daily Sun and both the 2011 Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce Athena Award Winner as well as a 2016 Phoenix Business Journal Outstanding Women in Business honoree, Silveus has been a member of Pioneer Title Agency since 2003. She is currently the president of the Flagstaff Symphony and a past-president and graduate of the Flagstaff Leadership Program as well as a past-president of the Northern Arizona Association of REALTORS, Northland Family Help Center, Housing Solutions of Northern Arizona and Soroptimist International of the Arizona Peaks, respectively.

Currently, Silveus also serves on the board of directors for Housing Solutions of Northern Arizona. In 1997, she helped to found Hope’s Closet, a non-profit organization working to provide clothing to women who are working on returning to the workforce for professional interviews and meetings.

Silveus is deeply involved in the community stewardship vision, ideas and program development for Pioneer branches across Arizona.

Follow Pioneer Title Agency on Facebook.

ABOUT CULTURE CRUSH Rx

Culture Crush Rx is an exploration of what makes a great company culture, how successful leaders create it, and how it affects the overall success of the company. We highlight the companies in our community who are crushing it with culture and get practical tips from local experts on how to do the same.

Each episode, we dive into real-life experiences, tips, and best practices for creating a healthy work environment in which everyone is functioning at their highest level and finding joy and satisfaction in their work. Whether you’re a top-level leader, a startup entrepreneur, or part of team, we aim to provide you with valuable insights to help make your work enjoyable and your life well-rounded.

If company culture isn’t consciously created, it will still be created.

ABOUT YOUR HOST

Deb Caron is the owner and principal consultant of Anahata Marketing, a Phoenix-based marketing and brand communication consultancy that focuses on empathic listening and content creation to foster real connection between businesses and the customers they serve. She hosts Culture Crush Rx as part of her personal passion for helping people live healthier, more fulfilling, well-rounded lives. Deb is also a registered yoga teacher and she truly enjoys sharing her knowledge and love for the practice with her community. Deb can be reached at deb@anahatamarketing.com and on Linkedin.

Pensacola Business Radio: guest- Lane Kawaoka/Simple Passive Cash Flow

August 24, 2017 by angishields

Pensacola Business Radio

Pensacola Business Radio: guest- Lane Kawaoka/Simple Passive Cash Flow

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Lane Kawaoka is a City Project Engineer and a Licensed Professional (PE) with a Masters degree in Civil Engineering with an emphasis in Construction Management and a Bachelors in Industrial Engineering both from the University of Washington in Seattle, WA. Aside from his day job, he is the co-owner of MPFE Investments which invests in Class B/C value-add Apartment buildings and manager of the Simple Passive Cashflow Fund.

Lane’s passion project SimplePassiveCashflow.com, is a free podcast and online learning resource in passive real estate investing. Working as a high paid professional in Corporate America and frustrated by the traditional wealth building dogma, Lane was compelled to inspire and mentor other working professionals on how to do real estate investing and build their own portfolios. Lane urges other working professionals just get started by utilizing their highest and best use (their day job) to save the for the 20% downpayment for a conventional loan to acquire a single family home rental. The Simple Passive Cashflow method is to only buy investments with a healthy cashflow buffer that can withstand a market downturn. Lane has gotten so much appreciation for his work via these kind words from his audience.

In addition to mentoring, Lane also partners with beginning investors who want to build their portfolio, but are too busy to handle direct investments. He uses his engineering mind, investing knowledge, and network to optimize investment returns for others via a diversified fund backed by real estate called “The Simple Passive Cashflow Fund.”

Pensacola Business Radio: Guests-Mitch Stephens My life and 1000 Houses

August 15, 2017 by angishields

Pensacola Business Radio

Pensacola Business Radio: Guests-Mitch Stephens My life and 1000 Houses

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My First Book MY LIFE & 1, 000 HOUSES: Failing Forward to Financial Freedom

MY LIFE & 1, 000 HOUSES: Failing Forward to Financial Freedom by Mitch Stephen is an exhilarating book of an amateur entrepreneur who stumbles upon the long standing revelations of business, money, love and life while struggling to find financial freedom. The journey eventually culminates into the purchase and sale of over 1, 000 properties.

But make no mistake, this book is about falling down and getting back up. As thought provoking as it is entertaining, this memoir and motivational story of self-empowerment will touch the gamut of your emotions; laugh and cry, but more importantly, be inspired.

Pensacola Business Radio: Spotlight Episode-Jerry Shannon/Pensacola Opera, Chris Prefontaine-Smart Real Estate Coach

July 20, 2017 by angishields

Jerry Shannon/Pensacola Opera

The Pensacola Opera is pleased to launch our new corporate partnership program for our 35^th Anniversary Season. Pensacola Opera produces an informative, full color, and 80+ pages program book that is distributed to our patrons at each performance throughout the season— offering an ideal vehicle to reach our sophisticated audience. Share your message with an audience of over 6,000 members from the greater Pensacola area and beyond. The community finds Pensacola Opera’s mainstage productions an exceptional entertainment experience rivaling those of larger markets. By purchasing your advertisement and supporting Pensacola Opera, your company receives brand awareness and loyal patronage from our audience. We invite your firm to join us to increase your visibility while you realize your philanthropic goals.

Why Pensacola Opera?

Increase your recognition in our community
Showcase to your employees and clients that you support local arts & culture
Receive unique recognition and Opera related entertainment benefits

Each year, our mission is to enrich the culture of Northwest Florida and without sponsorships from corporations and individuals like you, this would not be possible. Donations and sponsorships help sustain our organization and benefit the community which we serve. Additionally, if you reserve your space by July 31^st you will receive an early bird discount rate on your advertisement.

Chris Prefontaine has had multiple careers within the real estate industry over more than 25 years. During the 1990s, he built more than a hundred single-family homes. From 1994-2000, he owned a Realty Executives franchise in Massachusetts, before selling his real estate brokerage to Coldwell Banker. In the past, Chris, his wife, Kim, and their business partners have converted numerous multifamily homes into condominiums, and converted single family ranch homes into colonials in growth neighborhoods. Chris has a passion for continuous education and helping others grow to their full potential. He has coached more than 30,000 people throughout the United States and Canada since the year 2000. The family business in Newport, Rhode Island, buys four to ten properties per month, mostly via lease-purchases and owner financing, and has engineered more than 75-million dollars of real estate transactions. The company also coaches and helps negotiate deals with Joint-Venture Partners around the country. Chris’s achieved Best Selling Author with his book Real Estate on Your Terms – Create Continuous Cash Flow Now, Without Using Your Cash or Credit.

AGLCC, Occasional Occasions, TP Corporate Lodging, Lab Monkey

May 17, 2016 by angishields

Midtown Business Radio

AGLCC, Occasional Occasions, TP Corporate Lodging, Lab Monkey

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AGLCC, Occasional Occasions, TP Corporate Lodging, Lab Monkey

3rd Tuesday means the AGLCC is with us in studio. Co-hosts, Emma Foulkes and Bruce Logue sat down with Occasional Occasions’ Carlton Brown, TP Corporate Lodging’s Tim Miller, and President of Lab Monkey and new AGLCC President, Jack Kinley.

Emma shared some upcoming events hosted by AGLCC, including the Procurement Expo held 5/23, where entrepreneurs can learn about the procurement process around supplier diversity that, should they obtain certification as LGBTBE’s, can truly help them grow through those supplier relationships.

Carlton Brown has been providing catering services for over 24 years in the Atlanta area. He learned how to cook when he was in his 20’s coming out of the military. He decided to go to culinary school to learn while working in corporate jobs. He explained he was pulled into the catering business somewhat by accident, when a friend asked if he would prepare some food for a party. He was called with inquiries about providing catering services by guests who had attended the event.

From there his business continued to grow by word of mouth and he ultimately decided to leave the corporate world to be a full time caterer running his own business. We talked about how he enjoys the way the catering business flows over the challenges of having a brick and mortar restaurant. Carlton also explained how he had to learn how to market his business and the value of networking, which was aided greatly through his involvement with the AGLCC.

TP Corporate Lodging was founded when Tim Miller purchased the firm and ultimately changed the name after having worked with the company for a number of years. He explained the name was inspired by his childhood goal of having a chain of “TP Inn’s”, named after his name, Timothy Paul. He worked in the hotel business for a period of time and learned of the challenges and stresses around it before going to work in the corporate housing space, where he found he enjoyed the business model.

The company provides executives and other individuals/families who need a nice, furnished home for a period of time that exceeds what a hotel’s cost would reasonably bear. Tim explained that they have housing options that span the range of upper-middle to high end apartment residences, both in-town and in the suburbs, depending on the needs of the clients.

He talked about the fact that this type of housing is frequently utilized by the movie industry, giving him the opportunity to have provided residences for several well-known celebrities. Tim is also an AGLCC member and shared the fact that his experience as a member has also provided relationships that have helped his business grow.

Jack Kinley founded Lab Monkey, a creative consultancy, helping to craft and share a business’s story effectively, primarily with their internal clients across large enterprises. The name was a college nickname he earned in college, working all-nighters in the computer lab. He enjoyed the free-spirited, creative environment of his experience in college working on various projects and thought it would be a name that was both interesting as well as representing the dynamic of his firm.

The company hires high-level executives who are still interested in working. They leverage their experience and credibility to serve the needs of their clients (typically businesses with 1000 employees or more) to effectively identify and share their stories with the employees who work for them to increase engagement and buy-in with the brand.

Jack is also the incoming President for AGLCC and explained his involvement with advancing the AGLCC’s ability to increase awareness of the organization to the community. Having gotten to work so closely with the executives through the process, which was actually done through an engagement with Lab Monkey, he was inspired to become part of the leadership team himself.

Special Guests:

Carlton Brown, Owner, Occasional Occasions By Carlton

Tim Miller, President/Owner, TP Corporate Lodging

Jack Kinley, Founder/CEO, Lab Monkey

Emma Foulkes, Managing Partner, Foulkes & Steele Wealth Management

Bruce Logue, Managing Partner, The Corbel Group at Keller Williams

AGLCC

April 19, 2016 by angishields

Midtown Business Radio

AGLCC

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It’s the 3rd Tuesday of the month, which means I’ve got Emma Foulkes and Bruce Logue of Atlanta Gay/Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (AGLCC) in the studio. We featured Dillard Jones, of The Concierge Guy, Dan Dunlop of Dunlop Productions, and Vickie Irwin, Diversity Manager for Georgia Power. We talked about their respective businesses, value of being a member of the AGLCC, and why it makes sense to get your small business certified as a LGBT Business Enterprise.

Check back soon for more information!

Special Guests:

Emma Foulkes, Managing Partner, Commonwealth Business & Retirement Services

BA, Information Systems, University of Phoenix–San Diego
Executive Program in Financial Planning, University of Georgia
Atlanta Business Chronicle/NAIFA – Top Female Financial Advisor in Atlanta, 2013 & 2014
Advocacy Chair, Financial Planning Association of Georgia

Bruce Logue, Managing Partner, The Corbel Group at Keller Williams

Previous Fulfillment Account Manager, Palm Coast Data
Former Methods/Procedures Training Manager, AT&T/CitiBank Universal Card Services
Previous Graphic Designer, Westinghouse Electric Company
Active volunteer, Atlanta Pet Rescue and Adoption

Dillard Jones, Founder, The Concierge Guy

Vickie Irwin, Diversity Manager, Georgia Power Company

Dan Dunlop, Founder, Dunlop Productions

Pensacola Business Radio – 03.30.16 Guests: Walter Pierce / Levin Rinke Realty

March 30, 2016 by angishields

Pensacola Business Radio

Pensacola Business Radio - 03.30.16 Guests: Walter Pierce / Levin Rinke Realty

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Walter Pierce / Levin Reinke Real Estate

Aside from buying and selling real estate, Walter enjoys many other activities. His wife and four children are his top priority and he spends a great deal of time with his family. He also takes time for sailing, tennis, water sports, and reading for enjoyment as well as education. He is an active member of First Church Pensacola and ICON, the Pensacola LEAD-ers, Pensacola North Rotary, Teaches Sunday school, serves on the NBCook SAC, and is a partner in education with a local school. He enjoyed spending time teaching JA, Serving NE Sertoma and Gulf Coast Crime Stoppers, as well as acting as Rotary Liason to the CHS Interact club, and facilitator and group leader for Outback America and Rotary International district 6940 RYLA.

It’s a 30-year commitment. Start the relationship off right. Whether it’ s fixed or adjustable, for 15 or 30 years, buying a home is most likely the single largest purchase of your life. A commitment like that shouldn’ t be taken lightly. You need someone who definitely knows where the relationship is going.Someone who’ s serious about real estate and can guide you through the complicated process of buying a home; Someone to ease your mind and explain every detail.

You know someone to talk to and more importantly, someone who will listen. I am committed to making sure that you are comfortable during the entire home buying experience, and that you are satisfied in the end.

Everyone knows that a good relationship takes work. So when it comes to buying a home, work with someone who will work with you.

Is your property easy to show?

When you list your property for sale, you should do your part to get the maximum number of showings by making it easy to show. More showings mean more offers, and more offers mean you are more likely to get a higher price, and sell quicker!

Typically, after a realtor has searched the MLS and found a few suitable homes to show his buyer, he or she will call the listing agents or listing offices to get showing instructions and to make appointments to see the properties. Having been in this position many times, I can tell you how frustrating it is to get the listing agents voicemail but not get a return call in a reasonable time. When that happens, we will usually cross that property off our list.

I always answer my phone and it follows me home, or to my car, or to my desk at the office. Agents or buyers interested in seeing my listings reach me easily and that helps increase the number of showings.

Some instructions state “Listing Agent Must Accompany.” When an agent is showing four or five properties, it is virtually impossible to accurately predict arrival time at a particular listing. And if he or she arrives early, or the listing agent arrives late, an awkward wait with clients results. Some unscrupulous listing agents use this technique as a device to deliberately limit showings by other agents to increase their odds of selling the property themselves, thereby doubling their share of the commission. A seller might think the listing agent is showing extra initiative by agreeing to accompany every showing. Don’t be fooled — This is a bad idea.

Showing instructions might also state “24-hour notice required” or “appointment required.” Either of these is also sure to lose some agents and their buyers.

The best way to make your property accessible to agents with potential buyers is with an electronic lockbox. There are some very successful buyers’ agents who will not show a house that’s not on a lockbox. Don’t have them skip your house!

Some sellers fear for the security of their home and may not realize the safety features incorporated in this system.

Heres how it works. The lockbox containing your house key is secured to your front door. Licensed agents, active members of the Realtors Association, have an electronic key that looks and works something like a TV Remote. If a key were to be lost, there are two safeguards preventing its use by an unauthorized person. First, it is password protected and its internal password is updated on a daily basis at the agents base station or “cradle.” Second, each time it is used, the agent must enter his own private pin number. The SUPRA electronic lockbox itself, is an electronic marvel. Before releasing its contents, it verifies the key has been updated that day, and that the user has entered his correct PIN. It also records the name, license number, company and date and time used, for each opening. This information is later transmitted to a mainframe computer and is available online anytime, to the agent who owns the lockbox. Cheaper combination lockboxes do not have any of these security features.

A lockbox on your door does not interfere in any way with your entering or leaving your house. You work your door locks the same way you always did.

So, sellers — Make your home easy to show. Pick Walter Pierce who answers his phone and who uses electronic lockboxes.

DON’T LOSE BUYERS

MAKE YOUR PROPERTY EASY TO SHOW

walterpierce.com

walterpierce.levinrinkerealty.com

AGLCC

March 3, 2016 by angishields

Midtown Business Radio

AGLCC

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I recently hosted Susanne Baugh, of Q&A Events on Midtown Business Radio. As we got to talking, she mentioned that I should meet Emma Foulkes, Presidnt of the Atlanta Gay Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. Because the respective missions of the chambers of commerce and Business Radio X have such overlap in the business environments we serve, I was pleased to reach out to her.

As the AGLCC’s website explains, “The AGLCC exists to promote the economic growth and advancement of our LGBT and allied business members, our non-profit organizational members as well as our corporate partners and their employees, through advocacy, leadership, education and support.”

When not overseeing AGLCC activities, Emma is Managing Partner at Commonwealth Business & Retirement Services. She’s a Certified Financial Planner, and has been advising entrepreneurs and high income earners in the Atlanta area since 2001. She provides retirement and business transition planning services in addition to others.

Bruce Logue is Director of Networking for AGLCC, and Managing Partner/Realtor at The Corbel Group at Keller Williams. The firm is comprised of a team of residential real estate specialists who use a unique combination of technology, creative and effective marketing, and tailored customer service to help their clients buy, sell, and invest in real estate. The Corbel Group offers a boutique style approach to real estate services while providing world class results.

Jan Stepp has been in the promotional products business for many years, and is the founder of Pizazzz Promotions. She shared how she takes a consultative approach with her clients to determine who they are trying to reach, the mission of their brand, and makes recommendations for how to best position themselves in front of prospects most effectively. She is also actively involved in AGLCC, hosting the chamber’s Vinings networking events.

Pizazzz is your one stop source for creative advertising specialty, promotional items and printed materials! The company can provide literally any item you can imagine with a logo on it! They have the perfect idea for: customer appreciation, trade show giveaways, sales meetings, grand openings, sales incentives, safety programs, open house, mail enclosures, event promotions, political campaign items, fund raising promotions, banners, table covers, labels, forms, stationary, brochures, holiday gifts, food gift items, non-profit donor gifts, embroidered and screen printed items, cards for any occasion, calendars…if it can be logoed, they have it 🙂

Pizazzz Promotions prides themselves on creative ideas, personal service, competitive pricing and on-time delivery! They work within your guidelines and budget to provide the perfect marketing and promotional items to fit your needs.

Alicyn McLeod is a CPA and Tax Partner with FinLogic, a tax and business advisory firm focused on growing service-based enterprises. She’s an ambassador for the AGLCC as well as a corporate partner. FinLogic employs a forward-thinking approach and their experts focus not just on where your company has been, but rather where you want your company to go.

The firm assists businesses in becoming more profitable, more streamlined and helps them resolve technical issues associated with financial reporting, taxation, debt acquisition and capital acquisition strategies. Whether you are in the process of starting your own business, selling your business or are somewhere in between, the professionals at FinLogic have the experience you need to navigate the issues faced in today’s business world.

David Olt is a doctor of chiropractic and the clinical director of Integrated Chiropractic Center, a Buckhead‐Atlanta practice he founded in 2000. A Georgia‐licensed chiropractor certified by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Dr. Olt has been in practice for 21 years. He has provided pain and wellness care to thousands of patients.

He applies an integrated approach to pain care and health care that combines the effectiveness of several disciplines to support “whole person” care including chiropractic care, spinal and postural screening, corrective exercise instruction, nutritional counseling and massage therapy. His practice offers a one‐to‐one approach to spine and extremity pain relief that is non‐surgical, non‐pharmaceutical and focused on long‐term health and wellness.

Dr. Olt is a frequent speaker at lunch and learns and hosts the AGLCC Buckhead business builder luncheon. He has earned recognition for chiropractic care (Top 10 Chiropractors in Atlanta) and for business and community involvement (Four Avenues of Service, AGLCC Member of the Year 2014). Dr. Olt also serves as an examiner for the Chiropractic National Boards.

Special Guests:

Emma Foulkes, Managing Partner, Commonwealth Business & Retirement Services

BA, Information Systems, University of Phoenix–San Diego
Executive Program in Financial Planning, University of Georgia
Atlanta Business Chronicle/NAIFA – Top Female Financial Advisor in Atlanta, 2013 & 2014
Advocacy Chair, Financial Planning Association of Georgia

Bruce Logue, Managing Partner, The Corbel Group at Keller Williams

Previous Fulfillment Account Manager, Palm Coast Data
Former Methods/Procedures Training Manager, AT&T/CitiBank Universal Card Services
Previous Graphic Designer, Westinghouse Electric Company
Active volunteer, Atlanta Pet Rescue and Adoption

Jan Stepp, President/Founder, Pizazzz Promotions

Former Board of Directors, Atlanta Gay Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
Previous Sales Account Manager, Freight Forwarders
Former VP Sales/Marketing, Gunold & Stickma

Alicyn McLeod, Tax Partner, FinLogic LLC

CPA, University of Georgia
CGMA
Previous Tax Manager, Moore Colson
Former Tax Senior, Bennett Thrasher

David Olt, DC, Integrated Chiropractic Center

DC, Life University
BS, Marketing & Management, Miami University

David Scott with Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate, Elaine Bylos with Unforgettable Voyage, and Vanda Teixeira with To Be A Woman

May 15, 2015 by Mike

Business Leaders of Today

David Scott with Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate, Elaine Bylos with Unforgettable Voyage, and Vanda Teixeira with To Be A Woman

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Chris Horne, Vanda teixeira, Elaine Bylos, Tess Turrin, David Scott — Chris Horne, Vanda Teixeira, Elaine Bylos, Tess Turrin, David Scott

David Scott/Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Metro Brokers

Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Metro Brokers is one of the largest real estate marketing companies in Georgia. They currently have 25 offices and specialize in both residential and commercial real estate. Visit their corporate website at www.metrobrokers.com or you can visit David’s personal company website at http://davidscott.metrobrokers.com

Elaine Bylos/Unforgettable Voyage & Cruise Planners American Express

Unforgettable Voyage is a Cruise Planners American franchise, specializing in the customization and planning of exquisite land and cruise vacations to destinations around the globe.

Vanda Teixeira/To Be A Woman

To Be A Woman is the platform of true empowerment for women who are ready to awaken their true power and for companies that are serious about supporting women’s empowerment. Recognized at the United Nations as a Stand Out Program.