Armchair Strategists

Armchair Strategists

By Kent Gustavson and Randy BakerBusinessMarketing
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Armchair Strategists episodes

  • 32. Plastic and Business

    🧴Plastic in our world. 0:30

    💳Paying with a plastic card. 4:40

    😞Responsible and irresponsible forms of debt. 5:09

    💰Student loans. 8:24

    🔔Credit Card: The Great Swindle. 11:29

    💣Advice on how to use credit cards. 12:32

    😃How to recognize a good investment. 13:58

    💸Be aware of how you spend your money. 16:07

    🥰We are doing it differently: https://thoughtleaderpath.com/

     📲 https://www.talktokent.com/ and https://www.talktorandybaker.com/  

    19 min
  • 31. Mountain Lions, Lions, and Business

    🌄Nittany Lions. 0:28

    😱Lions make two types of loud noises. 1:28

    🦁Randy's close encounter with a lion. 3:27

    🆘Predators in business. 5:46

    3️⃣Small startups have three objectives in their business. 6:33

    🔥Switching from a product to a business is tricky. 8:00

    ❓Are you building a business for acquisition or building it for success? 8:27

    😲Strategy against mountain lions attacks: Make yourself big. 11:16

    🐅Petting a tiger: Make it hard or you will get swatted. 12:50

    https://www.talktokent.com/ and https://www.talktorandybaker.com/  


    https://thoughtleaderpath.com

    19 min
  • 30. What's the Deal with LinkedIn

    🥴Unusual connection request Randy received 2:03

    💹LinkedIn is a public marketplace of ideas. 4:43

    🌐LinkedIn is a news source. 6:37

    🔗Connecting with people, companies, and executives. 7:10

    ▶️Starting a business: Don't ignore networking opportunities. 11:04

    🗨️Our experience with LinkedIn accounts.12:33

    🎆Build attraction first. 14:52

    ⚠️Devote one hour a week to your LI--Don't let others do that work for you. 15:49

    https://www.talktokent.com/ and https://www.talktorandybaker.com/  

    https://thoughtleaderpath.com/  


    19 min
  • 29. Balloons and Business

    🎈99 Red Ballons 0:28

    🎶Judy Dunaway a balloon instrumentalist. 1:25

    🌄Hot air balloon adventure. 2:46

    💭Balloons in business 3:52

    💬Don't trust your own hot air as you're building a business. 6:52

    ♨️Balloon in the microwave. 9:13


    https://thoughtleaderpath.com/

    17 min
  • 28. Risky Business

    🎞️Everybody's trying to reenact the Risky Business scene. 0:51

    🥶Life can be risky. 1:40

    🙃Risk in the business is not the same as a risky business. 5:00

    💭Think about the risk-reward assessment. 5:41

    📉Some of the biggest companies are born in economic crises. 6:52

    🌞Stepping out of the norm is very useful. 8:01

    👣Try to mitigate the risk by taking small steps. 8:52

    🤩Step into your own authenticity. 11:17

    🤠What you see as your flaw might be your feature.  12:07

    😎Finding oddity: The Core program. 13:26

    https://thoughtleaderpath.com/  


    18 min
  • 27. Sneaker Speaker

    👟🔊 Heels on wheels and sneaker speaker. 1:47

    😲 The speaking industry is struggling. 2:54

    ☝️ Don't use the phrase "virtual speaker" in your profile. 4:18

    🗣️The transition from a speaker to a solution speaker. 5:08

    💫 Adding more content is not a solution: going back to the core is. 7:53

    👀 Do speakers need coaches? 8:21

    🆘 Sneaky advisers are "helping" speakers but old tricks are not working. 10:47

    🪄 Where is the real magic? 11:03

    ⌛ It's time to find a new platform. 14:30 

    🫂 Speakers, stop speaking to sneakers and start speaking to real people. 15:46

      https://www.talktokent.com/ and https://www.talktorandybaker.com/
    Video: https://www.facebook.com/kentgustavsonphd/videos/617919492437075/
    https://thoughtleaderpath.com/

    17 min
  • 26. Lies Experts Tell

    🥸 The expert industry is full of people who are telling lies. 1:04
    👀 What should you expect from an expert-if they all start with lies? 2:58

    😫 Webinars: What a waste of time. 5:20

    💡 The B.S. detector all of us have changed in the last few months. 8:00
    🧐 One thing can't solve all your problems. 11:00

    🤔 All good ideas: But what do you actually need right now? 13:59

    🗝️ Key advice. 14:29

    🛑 We try to avoid lies and exaggeration. 15:02

    😵 The business world is changing-Be careful to follow it closely: 16:23

    🧩 Don't buy just a part of the solution. 18:52
     https://www.talktokent.com/   and  https://www.talktorandybaker.com/   
    https://thoughtleaderpath.com/

    20 min
  • 25. Randy the Sea Turtle and Business

    🐢Randy the sea turtle from Florida. 0:32
    🐟Randy is a hungry turtle. 4:46
    🦈Predatory actions in businesses. 6:25
    🥇Businesses that can afford to pay more to acquire a customer will win. 7:26
    🎣Marketing metaphor: Should you let your food come to you or go hunting? 10:37
    💨Living in captivity: Free yourself from the binds. 11:01
    🗣️Business and turtles: https://www.talktokent.com/ and https://www.talktorandybaker.com/
    https://thoughtleaderpath.com/

    13 min
  • 24. Microphones and Business

    😲Unwisely spent weekend days get amplified into a bigger problem. 1:49

    📣Why do we want to amplify our voices? 4:36

    🔊It is all about amplifying your message to the right people. 6:12

    💨Is Instagram really amplifying your voice? 7:29

    🔊Amplifying voices in the expert industries. 9:43

    🎙️Amplify your voice:  https://www.talktokent.com/ and https://www.talktorandybaker.com/

    https://thoughtleaderpath.com/




    16 min
  • 23. Business and B.S.

    🇦🇺Throw me a shovel to dig me out of the B.S. 1:08

    ⚡Destroying some myths in the expert industry. 2:52

    💩#1 You have to work 80 hours a week to make any money.  3:17 

    💩#2 Fail fast and fail forward crap. 5:35

    💩#3 Just do the right Facebook ads. 9:23

    💩#4 Just keep working at it until you succeed. 11:40

    ☝️Most business owners are unprepared for running a business. 18:52

    🧐Armchair Strategists: cutting through the noise and B.S 20:09

    🧑‍🚒If you want to make $80.000 a month: https://www.talktorandybaker.com/ 20:55  

    🧑‍🚒Say yes to the money and also to the impact on the world: https://www.talktokent.com/ 21:29
    https://thoughtleaderpath.com/

    23 min

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