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Accelerate Your Business Growth
By Diane HelbigBusiness
Accelerate Your Business Growth episodes
- Article Writing for Business SuccessLet’s talk about marketing your business with my guest Diana Ennen of Virtual Word Publishing. Are you doing enough and getting the results you want? So many today just aren’t. That’s why we want to show you how you can get more for all you do and how to take your marketing full circle.That’s right. We'll show you how just one article can be used in many ways to help you grow your business.Diana Ennen has been a leader in the work-at-home industry since opening her business in 1985. She’s the president of Virtual Word Publishing at http://www.virtualwordpublishing.com, where she specializes in publicity and marketing and PR and VA Coaching. She’s the author of numerous books on business start-ups and has been featured in major media including CBS4News, Fox News, CNN, Woman’s World Magazine, USA Today, Wall Street Journal.Today's show is sponsored by Robert H. Gray, CPA and ICNS. Robert H. Gray, CPA, Inc. is a business advisor to new and growing enterprises. They provide timely, personalized accounting, planning and tax services. They are also Certified QuickBooks Advisors. Their focus is on planning, rather than reacting to events. Please visit www.rhgraycpa.com for more information.Are hidden IT system problems costing your business time and money? Unless you have the time, expertise and manpower to continuously monitor your servers, network and workstations, chances are they aren’t functioning at their peak. Let ICNS Managed Services be your 24-7 remote IT Lifeline – on site but out of site. Call 440-891-0465 or visit www.icnsinc.com to learn more.58 min
- Strategic Financial Planning Tips for SmbsBusinesses have different life cycles and the business needs change depending on the cycle that it is in. My guests are Rick Martin, CFP® & Chuck Conrad, JD of Szarka Financial. This program will explore financial planning implications and techniques for a business as it grows from a start-up into an established business and eventually to the point of transition, whether it is by sale or succession to a family member.Today's show is sponsored by ICNS Managed Services. Are hidden IT system problems costing your business time and money? Unless you have the time, expertise and manpower to continuously monitor your servers, network and workstations, chances are they aren’t functioning at their peak. That means your IT system is actually costing you money in the form of wasted time, service calls and lost productivity. Let ICNS Managed Services be your 24-7 remote IT Lifeline – on site but out of site. Call 440-891-0465 or visit www.icnsinc.com to learn more.1 hr 2 min
- Entrepreneurial DNA - How Yours Can Work For or Against YouDiscover your Entrepreneurial DNA and how that DNA should impact the type of business you launch, the team you build and the business model you design. Join me for a lively discussion with Joe Abraham, author of Entrepreneurial DNA: The Breakthrough Discovery That Aligns Your Business to Your Unique Strengths.Joe Abraham has been involved in the startup and growth of over 20 companies ranging from IT and health care to consumer goods and motorsports. To date, those companies have generated in excess of $450 million in revenues from startup. He is CEO of bosiDNA.com.BOSI (acronym for Builder, Opportunist, Specialist, and Innovator) is a behavioral quadrant that segments budding and practicing entrepreneurs into 4 "DNA's." BOSI was discovered in a startup incubator and has been the subject of over 3 years of R&D with thousands of entrepreneurs participating.Today's show is sponsored by ICNS and Szarka Financial. Are hidden IT system problems costing your business time and money? Let ICNS Managed Services be your 24-7 remote IT Lifeline – on site but out of site. Call 440-891-0465 or visit www.icnsinc.com to learn more.Szarka Financial’s 25 years of business have included a strong commitment to educating their clients and others on timely and important financial topics and basic financial principles. They offer a full range of planning services for individuals, employees, and business owners across Northeast Ohio. Visit www.szarkafinancial.com for details.1 hr
- Entrepreneurial DNA - How Yours Can Work For or Against You
Discover your Entrepreneurial DNA and how that DNA should impact the type of business you launch, the team you build and the business model you design. Join me for a lively discussion with Joe Abraham, author of Entrepreneurial DNA: The Breakthrough Discovery That Aligns Your Business to Your Unique Strengths.
Joe Abraham has been involved in the startup and growth of over 20 companies ranging from IT and health care to consumer goods and motorsports. To date, those companies have generated in excess of $450 million in revenues from startup. He is CEO of bosiDNA.com.
BOSI (acronym for Builder, Opportunist, Specialist, and Innovator) is a behavioral quadrant that segments budding and practicing entrepreneurs into 4 "DNA's." BOSI was discovered in a startup incubator and has been the subject of over 3 years of R&D with thousands of entrepreneurs participating.
Today's show is sponsored by ICNS and Szarka Financial. Are hidden IT system problems costing your business time and money? Let ICNS Managed Services be your 24-7 remote IT Lifeline – on site but out of site. Call 440-891-0465 or visit www.icnsinc.com to learn more.
Szarka Financial’s 25 years of business have included a strong commitment to educating their clients and others on timely and important financial topics and basic financial principles. They offer a full range of planning services for individuals, employees, and business owners across Northeast Ohio. Visit www.szarkafinancial.com for details.
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1 hr - Show Change - The Law of CharismaToday's show was supposed to feature Susan Swartzwelder and Diana Geremia, and was to be sponsored by ICNS and Robert H. Gray, CPA, Inc. However, due to a family emergency I am rerunning one of our most popular shows - The Law of Charisma with Kurt Mortensen. I hope you enjoy it.The original show will be rescheduled. I apologize for any inconvenience.1 hr
- Growing a Strong Small BusinessThis week we have two great guests, Tina Potts and Jennifer Chernisky. Tina will be talking with us about the resurgence of small business. In our second segment, Jennifer will share her thoughts on the value of outsourcing your non-core business tasks.Tina Brinkley Potts is a prominent small business consultant, coach and speaker. She has a 10 year history of guiding business owners and entrepreneurs on how to achieve greater potential, increased revenues and efficiency by using technology.Jennifer Chernisky is the President and Founder of Jennasis and Associates. The Jennasis team includes 14 industry experts, including two graphic designers, a web designer, a social media expert, numerous writers, an event coordinator, a marketing director and numerous virtual assistants.Outsourcing has become a valuable tool for small business success. Many businesses have found the need to oursource tasks that don’t have to be handled in-house. They receive lower cost top quality work without potential personnel headaches. This frees them up to focus on their core competencies.Today's show is sponsored by ICNS Managed Services. Are hidden IT system problems costing your business time and money? Unless you have the time, expertise and manpower to continuously monitor your servers, network and workstations, chances are they aren’t functioning at their peak. That means your IT system is actually costing you money in the form of wasted time, service calls and lost productivity. Let ICNS Managed Services be your 24-7 remote IT Lifeline – on site but out of site. Call 440-891-0465 or visit www.icnsinc.com to learn more.58 min
- How To Sell the Way Your Customers Want To BuyBuyers have changed the way they buy, but sellers – which includes all small business owners – have been struggling to keep up with these changes. And many business owners actually make it difficult for their buyers to buy, without realizing it.Are you making classic, easy-to-avoid marketing and selling mistakes? Find out when I interview Kristin Zhivago, a “revenue coach” for CEOs and entrepreneurs. Kristin has developed a way for business owners to find and sell to new customers more successfully, by understanding how and why their current customers bought from them.Kristin Zhivago is a revenue coach who helps CEOs and entrepreneurs grow their companies. She works with them to improve the results from their marketing and selling efforts, but also works extensively on team building, leadership, corporate agility, and processes, so that companies are able to keep the promises they make to their various audiences. Kristin also helps companies make the shift from company-centered to customer-centric. She has interviewed literally thousands of customers for her clients and has become an expert on the customer’s buying process.Today's show is sponsored by ICNS. Are hidden IT system problems costing your business time and money? Unless you have the time, expertise and manpower to continuously monitor your servers, network and workstations, chances are they aren’t functioning at their peak. That means your IT system is actually costing you money in the form of wasted time, service calls and lost productivity. Let ICNS Managed Services be your 24-7 remote IT Lifeline – on site but out of site. Call 440-891-0465 or visit www.icnsinc.com to learn more.1 hr 3 min
- Own Your NicheManipulative sales tactics, long sales letters with big and bold headlines, and spammy emails aren’t the only way to get visibility and capture sales online. Join me and my guest Stephanie Chandler to talk about how to own your niche and gain the visibility you want.Stephanie Chandler is an author of several books including Own Your Niche: Hype-Free Internet Marketing Tactics to Establish Authority in Your Field and Promote Your Service-Based Business, From Entrepreneur to Infopreneur: Make Money with Books, eBooks and Information Products, and LEAP! 101 Ways to Grow Your Business. Stephanie is also founder and CEO of BusinessInfoGuide.com, a directory of resources for entrepreneurs, and Authority Publishing, a custom publisher specializing in non-fiction books. A frequent speaker at business events and on the radio, she has been featured in Entrepreneur magazine, BusinessWeek, Inc.com, and Wired magazine, and she is a contributing blogger for Forbes. Today's show is sponsored by ICNS. Are hidden IT system problems costing your business time and money? Unless you have the time, expertise and manpower to continuously monitor your servers, network and workstations, chances are they aren’t functioning at their peak. That means your IT system is actually costing you money in the form of wasted time, service calls and lost productivity. Let ICNS Managed Services be your 24-7 remote IT Lifeline – on site but out of site. Call 440-891-0465 or visit www.icnsinc.com to learn more.1 hr
- Avoid the Biggest Business Transition Mistakes SMBs MakeHave you come up with a plan for who will take over your business when you retire? Have you shared your plan with anyone else? There are many risks for small business owners when it comes to transitioning their business, whether to a family member, employee or through a sale. Unfortunately, family businesses experience high failure rates, especially during periods of generational transition. Anywhere from 50 – 70% of businesses don’t survive after the first generation retires. How do you prepare, and what are the major “what if’s” to prepare for? Listen to Les Szarka, CEO of Szarka Financial, as he discusses some of the financial issues related to transitioning a business as you prepare for retirement.Les is Chief Executive Officer, founder and co-owner of Szarka Financial. He has been a financial advisor and retirement planning specialist for over 25 years. Les builds deep relationships with his clients and has a profound commitment to help them reach their financial goals and objectives. Holding dual bachelor’s degrees in finance and marketing from Cleveland State University, Les is a Certified Financial Plannertm (CFP®), a Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) and a Registered Securities Principal through FSC Securities Corporation. He is also a member of the Financial Planners Association (FPA). Today's show is sponsored by Vision 21. Vision 21 is an entrepreneur resource center in Northeast Ohio. Visit www.visiontwentyone.org for details.56 min
- Create An Ongoing Pipeline of LeadsMisty Williams will be joining me to talk about leveraging the top two strategies for creating an ongoing pipeline of leads. Misty is a marketing expert who helps speakers, authors, coaches and consultants develop strong, marketable platforms and a solid Marketing Gameplan; her marketing team partners with her clients to execute their gameplans to grow their businesses. She delivers her strategy-packed presentations at conferences and meetings across the country to help demystify the marketing maze, support her clients in finding their breakthroughs, and super-charging their campaigns to take their businesses to the next level.Today's show is sponsored by Szarka Financial and Robert H Gray CPA, inc. Szarka Financial’s 25 years of business have included a strong commitment to educating their clients and others on timely and important financial topics and basic financial principles. They offer a full range of planning services for individuals, employees, and business owners across Northeast Ohio. Visit www.szarkafinancial.com for details.Robert H. Gray, CPA, Inc. are business advisors to new and growing enterprises. They provide timely, personalized accounting, planning and tax services. They are also Certified QuickBooks Advisors. The firm blends their technical expertise with the business owner’s knowledge to become trusted advisors for business and personal issues. Their focus is on planning, rather than reacting to events. Please visit www.rhgraycpa.com for more information.1 hr 2 min
About Accelerate Your Business Growth
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Featured on Inc.com's list of 100 Podcasts That Will Make You Smarter, Better, and Wiser, MSNBC's Your Business, and on the Fit Small Business list of best small business podcasts, this show is…
designed to help small business owners, salespeople, and new entrepreneurs with the various aspects of business success. We have a great lineup of guests and topics scheduled. We’ll be talking about everything from sales to employee issues; from technology to social media; from work-life balance to exploring uncharted territory. The host, Diane Helbig's goal is to help you remove challenges so that you can realize your own success with your business. Be sure to subscribe to the iTunes channel or follow this podcast so you never miss an episode! Small business owners face challenges in a variety of areas throughout their ownership journey. For some the challenge is creating a sales strategy that brings results. For others dealing with employees can be very challenging. Growing pains come up at startup, growth, and exit. Marketing and branding are two topics that can be confusing for businessowners. Leadership and communication are also areas where leaders struggle. Finding answers, ideas, resources, and tools can make the journey easier. The guests who join Diane are experts in their fields. They provide actional expertise so the small business owner, leader, or salesperson can put those ideas into action. The host, Diane Helbig, has over 20 years of experience in business leadership and sales. She advises small business owners and trains professionals on leadership, selling, customer service, and time management. The podcast provides her with another way to get valuable information in front of businessowners, sales professionals, and business leaders. No matter what country you are in, from the United States to Canada to Australia to the European Union, the answers in each episode are valuable. Leaders in every industry can connect with the experts and learn from them. What’s your pain? Succession planning? Marketing? Business growth? Hiring? Legal and/or accounting issues? Family business challenges? Sales? Strategic planning? Dealing with employees? Creating structure and process? Networking successfully? Prospecting? Account management? Using discovery to grow? If it’s a business topic we have the guests who can help you. Many guests are bestselling authors and offer free resources or promotions on their products or services. Some of them have podcasts as well so you can tap into their guests as well. The guests have been curated from all over the world to bring you relevant, timely ideas you can implement immediately. Some evergreen topics include: podcasting, branding, marketing a small business, social media marketing, business systems, entrepreneurial dreams, leaving a legacy, team building, servant leadership, SEO, cashflow, emotional intelligence, cold outreach, cold calling, investing, ideal client, bottom line, sales development, adaptive leadership, feedback, workforce development, decision making, profit, goal setting, trust based selling, personal brand, mindset, scale small business, fear of selling, marketing strategies, LinkedIn, revenue generating, click funnels, lead generation, how to sell more, negotiation, digital marketing, small business tax, culture.