In this episode Jody Grunden, Co-founder of Summit CPA Group and Partner at Anders CPAs + Advisors, joins our host Diane Helbig to discuss the role of dynamic forecasting in ensuring business growth. With more than 20 years of experience in public and private accounting, Jody has discovered that many small business owners don’t know why they need a forecast; and if they do know that they need one, oftentimes, they aren’t sure how to create one.

Jody Grunden is an accounting visionary with over 20 years of experience. He co-founded Summit CPA Group in 2002. As the leading provider of Virtual CFO Services in North America, Summit provides professional Virtual CFO Services for over 100 companies across the US, helping business owners dive deep into the financial side of business to maximize profits, minimize taxes, and increase cash flow. Jody is also an industry speaker and a published author.

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Each episode of this podcast provides insights and education around topics that are important to you as a business owner or leader. The content comes from people who are experts in their fields and who are interested in helping you be more successful. Whether it’s sales challenges, leadership issues, hiring and talent struggles, marketing, seo, branding, time management, customer service, communication, podcasting, social media, cashflow, or publishing, the best and the brightest join the host, Diane Helbig, for a casual conversation. Discover programs, webinars, services, books, and other podcasts you can tap into for fresh ideas. Be sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode and visit Helbig Enterprises to explore the many ways Diane can help you improve your business outcomes and results.

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Emanuel Rose joins our host Diane helbig and they dive into an insightful conversation that offers a fresh perspective on connecting with today's young, discerning consumers-Generation Z. We expertly unpack the power of authenticity in marketing, revealing strategies for building trust, fostering loyalty, and resonating with Gen Z's core values.

Emanuel Rose was raised on the West Coast of the United States. He has spent over three decades earning a reputation in cutting edge marketing. As an author and expert in the field, Emanuel specializes in direct response advertising, and content marketing at his digital agency, Strategic eMarketing. His passion lies in helping companies achieve business success with authentic storytelling. Emanuel’s unique approach to marketing strategies has resulted in countless clients reaching their goals.

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Each episode of this podcast provides insights and education around topics that are important to you as a business owner or leader. The content comes from people who are experts in their fields and who are interested in helping you be more successful. Whether it’s sales challenges, leadership issues, hiring and talent struggles, marketing, seo, branding, time management, customer service, communication, podcasting, social media, cashflow, or publishing, the best and the brightest join the host, Diane Helbig, for a casual conversation. Discover programs, webinars, services, books, and other podcasts you can tap into for fresh ideas. Be sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode and visit Helbig Enterprises to explore the many ways Diane can help you improve your business outcomes and results. 

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Melissa Morris joins our host Diane Helbig to discuss overwhelm and where it comes from. We explore when ops issues manifest as self-sabotage, the most common areas of opportunity that operational streamlining uncovers, the relationship between operations and profitability, and more. 

As the founder of Agency Authority, a project management and operations consultancy for agency owners, Melissa uses her 10 years agency experience to help business owners maximize their team, increase their productivity, and grow their profits. Firmly committed to breaking the ‘long hours and bad pay’ stigma, she and her team help business owners and their team members do the work they love without sacrificing client satisfaction, the bottom line, or their own sanity.

If you are a small business owner or salesperson who struggles with getting the sales results you are looking for, get your copy of Succeed Without Selling today. Learn the importance of Always Be Curious.

Each episode of this podcast provides insights and education around topics that are important to you as a business owner or leader. The content comes from people who are experts in their fields and who are interested in helping you be more successful. Whether it’s sales challenges, leadership issues, hiring and talent struggles, marketing, seo, branding, time management, customer service, communication, podcasting, social media, cashflow, or publishing, the best and the brightest join the host, Diane Helbig, for a casual conversation. Discover programs, webinars, services, books, and other podcasts you can tap into for fresh ideas. Be sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode and visit Helbig Enterprises to explore the many ways Diane can help you improve your business outcomes and results. 

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With the explosion of martech that provides the opportunity to optimize campaigns with near real-time data, many companies have focused too much on what are their results this month or quarter. But optimal, long-term growth is achieved with a balance of brand and leadgen marketing. In this episode, Louis Gudema joins our host Diane Helbig to talk about the fundamental differences between brand and leadgen marketing, why brand helps leadgen but leadgen does not build your brand, and the one key element that even small companies can use to compete more successfully.

Louis Gudema helps B2B companies build their brands and generate leads as a fractional CMO. He also mentors MIT startups and leads an annual marketing boot camp for the MIT community. Louis speaks frequently on marketing and has written for such leading business sites such as The Harvard Business Review. He's recently published a second edition of his Bullseye Marketing book. His new side hustle is ghostwriting and co-writing business and marketing books.

If you are a small business owner or salesperson who struggles with getting the sales results you are looking for, get your copy of Succeed Without Selling today. Learn the importance of Always Be Curious

Each episode of this podcast provides insights and education around topics that are important to you as a business owner or leader. The content comes from people who are experts in their fields and who are interested in helping you be more successful. Whether it’s sales challenges, leadership issues, hiring and talent struggles, marketing, seo, branding, time management, customer service, communication, podcasting, social media, cashflow, or publishing, the best and the brightest join the host, Diane Helbig, for a casual conversation. Discover programs, webinars, services, books, and other podcasts you can tap into for fresh ideas. Be sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode and visit Helbig Enterprises to explore the many ways Diane can help you improve your business outcomes and results. 

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In this episode, Professional Voice Coach John Henny joins our host Diane Helbig to discuss the power of an effective, confident speaking voice. John addresses the common fears people often experience, such as Impostor Syndrome, when they are called to speak at a meeting, lead a presentation or gather in a social situation. John also explores and demonstrates tips and techniques to improve the sound and tone of your voice for a more self-assured, productive experience in business or social setting.

John Henny has decades of experience coaching professional voice users at Corporate Businesses, the US Military, Sports Announcers, Voice Over and Performing Artists to become more effective communicators. Author of three Amazon bestselling books, hosts the popular podcast The Intelligent Vocalist (with over 500,000 downloads) has 130,000 subscribers with 14 million views on YouTube, and is a seasoned on-line course creator with an extensive library of training courses for Voice Professionals.

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Each episode of this podcast provides insights and education around topics that are important to you as a business owner or leader. The content comes from people who are experts in their fields and who are interested in helping you be more successful. Whether it’s sales challenges, leadership issues, hiring and talent struggles, marketing, seo, branding, time management, customer service, communication, podcasting, social media, cashflow, or publishing, the best and the brightest join the host, Diane Helbig, for a casual conversation. Discover programs, webinars, services, books, and other podcasts you can tap into for fresh ideas. Be sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode and visit Helbig Enterprises to explore the many ways Diane can help you improve your business outcomes and results. 

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Jesse J Frye, CEO + Client Experience Coach joins our host Diane Helbig to explore the power of client experience and how it can help your service-based business reach its fullest potential. Whether you run a small or medium size business, understanding the impact of your client's experience is critical to long-term success. We cover how to identify critical gaps, pinpoint friction points, and use customer experience insights to improve revenue and retain customers.

Jesse Frye is a Client Experience (CX) Speaker & Coach who helps small professional services-based business owners take their client experience to the next level by understanding how to engage, impact and retain customers. Jesse facilitates powerful hands-on workshops that help business owners and their teams to identify their unique customer journey and how to identify critical gaps in their existing client experience.

If you are a small business owner or salesperson who struggles with getting the sales results you are looking for, get your copy of Succeed Without Selling today. Learn the importance of Always Be Curious

Each episode of this podcast provides insights and education around topics that are important to you as a business owner or leader. The content comes from people who are experts in their fields and who are interested in helping you be more successful. Whether it’s sales challenges, leadership issues, hiring and talent struggles, marketing, seo, branding, time management, customer service, communication, podcasting, social media, cashflow, or publishing, the best and the brightest join the host, Diane Helbig, for a casual conversation. Discover programs, webinars, services, books, and other podcasts you can tap into for fresh ideas. Be sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode and visit Helbig Enterprises to explore the many ways Diane can help you improve your business outcomes and results. 

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Andrea Liebross joins our host Diane Helbig to explore where overwhelm comes from as small business owners begin to grow. Discover how you can apply planning strategies that work for you. These are strategies that will be actively used and implemented on a daily basis, not just living in a drawer to never be looked at again.

Andrea Liebross is an author, certified business and life coach, and host of the Time to Level Up podcast. She’s known for helping high-achieving women entrepreneurs make the shift from overwhelm to freedom so they stop thinking small and start thinking big. Through her work, she guides bold, ambitious women to create their own secret sauce for success by combining two ingredients - the right mindset and solid systems.

If you are a small business owner or salesperson who struggles with getting the sales results you are looking for, get your copy of Succeed Without Selling today. Learn the importance of Always Be Curious

Each episode of this podcast provides insights and education around topics that are important to you as a business owner or leader. The content comes from people who are experts in their fields and who are interested in helping you be more successful. Whether it’s sales challenges, leadership issues, hiring and talent struggles, marketing, seo, branding, time management, customer service, communication, podcasting, social media, cashflow, or publishing, the best and the brightest join the host, Diane Helbig, for a casual conversation. Discover programs, webinars, services, books, and other podcasts you can tap into for fresh ideas. Be sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode and visit Helbig Enterprises to explore the many ways Diane can help you improve your business outcomes and results. 

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It's a crowded field out there, and business owners need to differentiate themselves to stand out. In this episode, Nancy Erickson joins our host Diane Helbig to share how writing and publishing a nonfiction book can establish you as an expert, increase your credibility, attract a following, and expand your business. And when your book is finished, you can repurpose the content for other revenue-producing products, like keynotes, workshops, seminars, video training, and online courses. All you need is an idea to get started!

Nancy Erickson, The Book Professor coaches professionals to become authors of high-impact nonfiction books that will establish them as experts, increase their credibility, and help attract a following. All you need is an idea to get started.

Nancy Erickson is the owner of two book-related businesses, The Book Professor® and Stonebrook Publishing, a nonfiction publishing house. In 2022, she was named a Top 10 Book Coach in the US by The Coach Federation.

If you are a small business owner or salesperson who struggles with getting the sales results you are looking for, get your copy of Succeed Without Selling today. Learn the importance of Always Be Curious

Each episode of this podcast provides insights and education around topics that are important to you as a business owner or leader. The content comes from people who are experts in their fields and who are interested in helping you be more successful. Whether it’s sales challenges, leadership issues, hiring and talent struggles, marketing, seo, branding, time management, customer service, communication, podcasting, social media, cashflow, or publishing, the best and the brightest join the host, Diane Helbig, for a casual conversation. Discover programs, webinars, services, books, and other podcasts you can tap into for fresh ideas. Be sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode and visit Helbig Enterprises to explore the many ways Diane can help you improve your business outcomes and results. 

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Stephanie Nivinskus joins our host Diane Helbig to explain how engaging and persuasive copy attracts attention and inspires immediate action, driving sales and scale for your business! Stephanie is the CEO of SizzleForce Marketing, a FractionalCMO agency that services scaling companies. Since 1995 she’s beendeveloping brand-building marketing campaigns that've been usedby companies including Starbucks, Quiksilver, and The NFL along with thousands of privately owned companies. Stephanie has written for Forbes and Entrepreneur magazines and is the author of the international #1 best-seller,"Absolutely Unforgettable: The Entrepreneur’s Guide To Creating A Heart-Centered Brand And Standing Out In A Noisy World."

If you are a small business owner or salesperson who struggles with getting the sales results you are looking for, get your copy of Succeed Without Selling today. Learn the importance of Always Be Curious

Each episode of this podcast provides insights and education around topics that are important to you as a business owner or leader. The content comes from people who are experts in their fields and who are interested in helping you be more successful. Whether it’s sales challenges, leadership issues, hiring and talent struggles, marketing, seo, branding, time management, customer service, communication, podcasting, social media, cashflow, or publishing, the best and the brightest join the host, Diane Helbig, for a casual conversation. Discover programs, webinars, services, books, and other podcasts you can tap into for fresh ideas. Be sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode and visit Helbig Enterprises to explore the many ways Diane can help you improve your business outcomes and results. 

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