Brett Trainor Unplugged

By Brett TrainorBusiness Entrepreneurship Education Self-Improvement

Brett Trainor Unplugged episodes

November 27, 2019 26. The 3 Stages of Startup Growth and How to Breakthrough (w/ Brett Trainor)
If you are a regular listener to the podcast, you know I usually have discussions with guests.

In this episode, we're going to be doing something a little bit different. Today, I'm not interviewing anyone, and I'm actually going to host and guest on my own show.

I review the 3 stages of startup growth, the common thresholds where founders get stuck, and how to prioritize focus for each stage of growth.

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/bretttrainor

www.BrettTrainor.com
20 min
November 19, 201925. How to Jumpstart Your Marketing from A Shark's Perspective (w/ Kenneth Kinney)
On this episode, we welcome Kenneth Kinney to the program. Kenneth is the host of “A Shark’s Perspective,” a nationally recognized podcast featuring the "who’s who" of experts and thought leaders in marketing, and he's the VP of Marketing and Digital Strategy at Ai Media Group, a leader in performance marketing. Kenneth is a highly accomplished and creative marketer, growth executive, consultant, and speaker. He is passionate about lead generation, leveraging data in omni-channel strategies, driving growth, digital marketing, advanced TV, and helping make marketers better.

Here's what we cover in today's episode:
Why you need to invest in marketing early
How smaller companies can compete with bigger brands
Why you need to have a marketing strategy
Don’t create content to just create content
Why data is critical
48 min
November 12, 2019 24. How a Serial Entrepreneur Cracked the Code on Word of Mouth Marketing w/ Bill Bice
On this episode, we welcome Bill Bice to the program. Bill is the CEO and Founder of Boomtime. Boomtime built the world's first marketing-as-a-service platform: fuse.

Bill is a serial entrepreneur, he is passionate about helping small businesses grow. Bill started his first company at age 18, growing ProLaw Software into the largest law firm automation system for small and mid-size law firms. Bill's goal at Boomtime is to enable smaller businesses to more effectively compete with their larger competitors.
41 min
November 05, 2019 23. Customer Experience as a Differentiator w/ "The Godfather of Customer Service," Bob Furniss
On this episode, we welcome Bob Furniss to the program. Bob is the Godfather of Customer Experience. He spent his entire 30+ year career helping companies of all sizes better connect with their customers. Bob was awarded the ICMI Lifetime Achievement Award and has also been recognized as a Top 50 Contact Center Thought Leader. He is also an author and a keynote speaker.

You can reach Bob at [email protected] or follow him on Twitter: @bobfurniss.
49 min
October 29, 201922. How to Grow and Scale a Startup, Even If You Don't Enjoy Running One (w/ Shark Tank Winner, Martin Hill)
On this episode, we welcome Martin Hill to the program. Martin is the CEO, Founder and inventor of The Beebo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CK4izXDxLA

The voice you heard a moment ago is that of Martin Hill. Martin is the CEO, Founder and the inventor of the The Beebo. The Beebo is a free hand bottle holder designed to enhance the feeding time between you and your baby. On this episode, Martin shares his unbelievable growth journey. It was an amazing combination of ingenuity, timing and a successful pitch on the shark tank. Plus, Martin even announces that his company is for sale at the end of the show.

Questions we answer:
How he was able to get an investment from Shark Tank investors Lori Griener and Ashton Kutcher
How he scaled a fast-growing company with only a couple of employees
Why Martin doubled down on understanding the flaws with his design
How he was 1 of 100 that were selected out of 50,000 to appear on Shark Tank
How he leveraged outsource partners to scale his business
Why he decided to sell the company

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/martin-hill-33b88ba9

Website: https://www.thebeebo.com/

Twitter: @the_beebo

Instagram: the_beebo
48 min
October 22, 2019 21. Modernizing the Coaching & Leadership Industry w/ Nicole Wood
On this episode, we welcome Nicole Wood to the program. Nicole is the CEO and Co-Founder of Ama La Vida. Ama La Vida is an innovative leadership and career coaching company. They believe that there doesn't need to be a tradeoff between success and happiness and that with the right tools, coaching and accountability, everyone can find meaning and purpose in their work.

38 min
October 16, 2019 20. How iZooto.com Scaled to Over 15,000 customers in Less Than 3 Years w/ Vivek Khandewal
On this episode, we welcome Vivek Khandelwal to the program. Vivek is a co-founder and COO of iZooto. iZooto is the World's First Owned Audience Marketing Platform that helps media publishers and retailers to own, build and engage their audience using web push notifications. Over 15,000 marketers push over 18B notifications every month to engage their audience and drive repeat traffic.

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/khandelwalvivek

Website: https://www.izooto.com/

Twitter: vivekk
49 min
October 09, 2019 19. How Podcasting Drives an 80% Response Rate w/ James Carbary
On this episode, we welcome James Carbary to the program. James is the Founder and CEO of Sweet Fish Media. Sweet Fish Media produces podcasts for B2B companies. Their service allows you to partner with your ideal clients to create industry specific content through an interview-based podcast.

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jamescarbary

Website: SweetFishMedia.com

Twitter: jamescarbary

Book Referenced: https://www.tablegroup.com/organizational-health
44 min
October 01, 2019 18. How Conversational Marketing Increased a Company’s Sales Pipeline by over 300% w/ Lindsay Kelley
On this episode, we welcome Lindsay Kelley to the program. Lindsay is the Vice President of Content and Digital at Telit. Lindsay is an inbound and marketing expert that has is using conversational marketing to help drive large increases in qualified, new business leads to her organization’s sales teams.

Lindsay has over 20 years of experience in marketing, both from the start-up world and large enterprise organizations.

She has been at the forefront of marketing innovation, whether it was the early days of marketing automation on the current revolution of chat bots and conversational marketing

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsaykelley/

Twitter: lvkelley

Website: https://www.telit.com/
49 min
September 24, 2019 17. How SocialBee.io Grew From 0 to 30 Employees in Less Than 2 Years w/ Ovi Negrean
On this episode, we welcome Ovi Negrean to the program. Ovi is the Co-Founder of Chief Executive Bee of SocialBee.io

SocialBee.io offers which offers social media management tools, training and teams.

LinkedIn Company: https://www.linkedin.com/company/socialbee.io/about/

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ovidiunegrean

Twitter: https://twitter.com/OviNegrean

Website: http://socialbee.io/
40 min