This week, I welcome Kent Lewis on the podcast. He is the founder and CEO of Anvil, an online marketing company founded in 2000, two years after Google officially launched as a search engine. As one of the oldest search engine marketing agencies in the Pacific Northwest, and one of the most award-winning in the United States, Anvil prides itself on its ability to generate measurable results for its customers. 

On this episode, we'll be discussing online reputation management and how to defend your company's brand online. Your online reputation determines how others perceive your business when they search for or stumble upon it online. 

As someone who has a background in PR and SEO marketing, Kent will share some great advice for companies of any size. 

TikTok has become the fastest growing social media app in the world and one of the fastest apps to reach a billion subscribers in history.

What many business owners may not realize is it offers an unprecedented opportunity for businesses to promote their products to a younger audience of prospects & customers. 

On this episode, my guest Adam Knihtila will explain how he uses the platform in the financial industry to educate the public and grow his customer base at the same time. 

On this episode, we'll be featuring guest interviews at POLYCON 2021 in Salt Lake City, Utah. 

These include an interview with Andrew Pokelwaldt, of the ACMA, and Brannon Pittman of HK Research discussing Gelcoat issues. 

I'll also be talking with Russ Powers of Chem-Trend about their line of primers, sealers, cleaners, and mold release products. 

Lastly, I'll be talking with Steve Barnett and Josh Jenkins of GemTech Research Company, a new member of the ICPA. They've developed a proprietary technology that improves the aesthetics and the physical properties of cultured marble and solid surface.

This week, Michael Sherlock joins me on the show to discuss her most recent book Sales Mixology: Why the Most Potent Sales and Customer Experiences Follow a Recipe for Success. 

Don’t be fooled by the name, or the hair color. Michael Sherlock is serious about business. Before launching her global training company, Shock Your Potential, Michael was Vice President of US Sales for two multi-national companies, responsible for net revenue exceeding $75 million and as many as 500 employees at a time.

Michael was also chosen as #12 of the Top Female Entrepreneurs to Watch in 2021 by EnterpriseLeague.com.

This week Bobby Brooks joins me again to share some of the latest updates with Books Molds. As many know, Bobby Brooks began working in the composites industry in 1984, when he was hired by the mold and prototype department at Mortar Creek Plastics in Elmore, Alabama. He was quickly promoted to Shop Supervisor and continued there as a Master Pattern Maker until 1999, when he launched his own business – Brooks Molds. 

On this episode, we'll be discussing some of the details of POLYCON 2021 coming up in two weeks. 

Jennifer Towner and Larry Branan join me again along with ReBecca Erdman of Sand and Swirl Inc. and Kirk Williamson of Tyvarian to discuss the details of Polytech training as well as the breakout sessions on Tuesday. 

This week, I welcome Amie Devero, author of the book Powered by Principle. In the course of six years of research for this book, she distinguished many of the key characteristics common to the thousands of companies/ organizations that maintain better than average results & ethical performance over the long term.

We'll be discussing these key characteristics on today's episode. 

To compete and be profitable in today’s marketplace, you need big, creative solutions and you need them now.

Just as you follow a recipe to cook a great meal, there is a recipe to create great ideas. 

This week I welcome Roger Firestein to the show to discuss how to come up with breakthrough ideas in your company. Roger is the author of the book Create in a Flash: A Leader's Recipe for Breakthrough Innovation. He has trained more people to lead the creative process than anyone else in the world. He is the Senior Faculty member at the International Center for Studies in Creativity, and President of Innovation Resources, Inc.

You can learn more about Roger and access some of the resources he references on this podcast episode by visiting https://rogerfirestien.com. 

This week, I welcome Chris Hurdleston of ACS International to discuss the topic of reducing the weight of your cultured marble parts to save help manufacturers save money on resin, labor, installation, and shipping costs. 

This week I welcome Lynn Price on the show. Lynn is a former attorney and author of the book Negotiate It! How to Crush Your Fears, Develop Your Negotiation Muscle, and Gain Power in the Workplace. 

In addition to being an author, she's also a speaker, and consultant with over twenty years of experience providing creative business solutions to clients and executives.

She's worked for a national engineering firm, a top-four telecommunications company, a mergers & acquisition firm, and even had a stint with an award-winning advertising firm.

In 2014, Lynn was selected as a “40 Under 40” by Ingram’s Business Magazine in Kansas City, which recognizes up-and-coming leaders in the business community.