Clicks and Bricks Podcast

If you already own a business or want to start a business in the future, most have goals like doing what you love and hitting goals that help you have a better life. Doing that is the dream for a lot of business owners and that is exactly the kind of person that todays guest likes to work with! 

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Welcome back to the 128th Episode of Clicks and Bricks! Today is an amazing podcast so be sure to check this one out there's a lot packed into a short time. Ken is speaking with Joe Joe Siecinski. Joe is a business owner with a long list of achievements and experience. They start off by Joe telling his story on how he got into his business Brainshare. Brainshare has helped many business owners and they talk about how a lot in this podcast. Going form Goalsetting, and how something as simple a a few calendar tricks to help you work your way towards owning a profitable small business or even all they way up to a big business. These tips work any goal you have.

02:00 Helping others 

05:15 Time is your most valuable asset 

06:50 Goal Setting 

07:40 Calendar  

10:20 Create a schedule 

10:00 Creating a successful business top tips 

16:00 Quotes to change your life 

20:00 How to find what works for you 

24:30 How to more forward 

28:00 Setting up SWAG

About Joe: Joe dedicated his life to have a positive impact on every person and business he comes in contact with. He focuses on enabling businesses to become profitable commercial enterprises and increasing the valuation of those businesses. Joe has over 40 years of experience with, 25 years of working with big companies and during those years he has worked with over 2000 companies nationwide, with over 1000 of those being small businesses.   

About Brainshare: Guiding CEOs and Executive Teams who want to develop and grow in confidence, agility, awareness, and leadership essentials in order to expand their influence, communicate effectively, cultivate strong relationships, and develop others so the company can focus on the 5 Disciplines of exponential growth.  

WHAT I CAN DO FOR YOU: I help bring clarity to how CEO’s and their executive teams lead and manage their organizations. I will use my experience, proven systems, tools, processes, and resources to guide you to great business, one that is achieving ultimate, optimal success.  

MY APPROACH: Leading the way for exponential growth by focusing on the 5 Disciplines that serve the key constituents a company requires to become sustainable, predictable, stable, consistent, and emotionally connected to your customers, your community, and your team:  

Contact Joe: 

WebURL http://www.brainsharebyjoe.com/

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

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/jsiecinski

Twitter https://twitter.com/actioncoach_sc

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/jsiecinski

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Signing a non-compete can hold you back from alot of things including building you own business! If you have to sign one for your employment we go over a few steps to take on protecting yourself.

Academy Starts February 15th: https://clicksandbricksacademy.com/

Welcome back to Clicks and Bricks 127th Episode. Ken is talking to Chuck who is the founder of Specialty Fitness and with over 25 years of experience in the industry he knows what he is doing. We start off by hearing the story of how he got into this area and what led him to be his own boss. There's a lot in the story but the main focus is a non-compete. Chuck has an opinion on them that is backed by real life experience. Do you agree with his perspective on them?

About Chuck:

Chuck Herman has over 25 years of commercial and specialty fitness equipment experience. Chuck’s hands on, consultative approach and attention to detail allow him to service a full spectrum of needs for all commercial applications. Chuck earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Exercise Physiology from The Ohio State University and his MBA from Cleveland State University. Chuck’s enthusiasm for his business is unmistakable and he is always willing to talk about his favorite hobbies, his kids, baseball and practicing what he preaches: fitness.

About Specialty Fitness:

At Specialty Fitness Equipment, we ask a series of comprehensive questions in order to help you make well informed purchases that are customized to your clientele, business, goals and budget. Whether you buy from us, or not, use our years of expertise and knowledge to help guide your fitness equipment decision. Call one of our specialists today!

Contact Specialty Fitness:

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SpecialtyFitnessEquipment/

Twitter https://twitter.com/fitnessequipoh

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/specialtyfitnessequipment

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Success leaves hints and today we talk quite a bit about the best habits on being a successful business owner and compete with bigger companies. Do these habits work for every business? That's for you to try. Comment and let us know if you adopt any of these qualities.  

Academy starts February 15th: https://clicksandbricksacademy.com/ 

Thanks for joining us today for the 126th episode of Clicks and Bricks! Today Ken is speaking with Dahlia Fahmy. There's a lot of good stuff in there they you can use if you are a small business owner. Dahlia is the founder of Sports Ortho and has 9 locations up north and is crushing the industry competing with huge companies that most of you have heard of. There are a lot of reasons that she is able to pull this off but it all comes down to how hard she works and the habits that she lives by in order to grow her business and herself. We cover those habits in todays episode so don't miss this one. See if you can apply or or all of them in order to grow your business. 

01:00 What do you do? 

03:09 Peds Physical therapy 

05:30 Mindset of business owner

06:45 You get what you go looking for

07:50 Best Habits to be successful

09:50 Work balance for success of small business 

11:50 More traits of a successful business owner 

17:00 How to get into the business 

21:30 Finding the right therapist for you  

About Sports Ortho: Sports and Ortho Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine, helping you find the relief you seek. The only mission we have at our practice, Sports and Ortho Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine, is to help you reach your highest physical potential. Treatment plans are individualized for each patient and are aimed toward the achievement of your goals. When you arrive, one of our Beverly, Bridgeport, Lincoln Park, Northwest Side Chicago, Glenview, and Evanston physical therapists will design a treatment plan just for you, taking into account your symptoms, medical history, and any health restrictions you may have. At Sports and Ortho Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine, we look forward to watching you achieve your recovery, health, and fitness goals! With our care and commitment, we know that it is possible to help anyone who walks through our doors, one patient at a time.  

Contact The team: Web https://sportsandortho.net/contact-us/

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SportsandOrtho1

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/sports-and-ortho-physical-therapy/

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sportsandortho1/?hl=en

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Hiring and finding people who want to work after the pandemic has been tough for almost all small business owners. It has required us to be more creative and lenient as a work environment. Today we talk all about keeping a workplace culture that employees want to have!

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Today in episode 125 of Clicks and Bricks, Ken is speaking with Leni Rivera. Leni has a lot of knowledge on building a positive culture and positive workplace experience. She wants to see the work environments move forward. She tells us her very colorful story about how she got into business and what makes her happy to work. The biggest chunk of information that we get from todays episode is all about making decisions for your employees from a place that shows that you care about them, because over the next few years people are not going to work in places that do not make them happy.

01:00 Employees market after the pandemic 

02:20 Motivation to start business 

05:45 A happy employee is a good employee 

07:35 Company Culture 

09:45 More money on payroll 

11:00 Employee perspective 

15:12 Desk job vs. Deskless job 

19:00 Learning new tricks 

21:00 Employees value 

28:00 Making Decisions 

About Leni and her brand: 

 With a career spanning over 20 years across 3 continents in senior leadership roles in Interior Design, Real Estate Development, and Global Workplace Services, along with finishing a master's degree in Organizational Psychology, she has the unique ability to understand the impact of a physical environment on employee behavior, on business growth, and in expressing a culture.   She is also the author of the first book in the industry, owner of WorkplaceXperience Consulting, and creator of the Workplace of You.  

Contact Leni: 

Facebook https://facebook.com/WorkplaceXperience-2158250877795999Twitter https://twitter.com/WorkplaceXp

LinkedIn  https://linkedin.com/in/leni-rivera-0286ba15

Email [email protected] 

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsQDdyZFn6XzLJpdKBfdfoA?view_as=subscriber

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Getting customers is the easy part. However keeping your customers coming back is when the work starts. Linda explains how she uses a relationship based customer approach to build and keep clients loyal to her brand.

In Episode 124 of Clicks and Bricks Ken is speaking with Linda Freeman. Linda Freeman is the founder of multiple companies and has a lot of knowledge to offer. She tells us the story about how she got started when she left the comfort of a corporate job to be her own boss. Shes very passionate about doing things that she loves to do, but more importantly she is an advocate for having personal relationships with clients in small business in order to keep them coming back to you. She uses her strengths of relationship building to keep her customers loyal to her brand. We transition into how helping others helps you keep moving forward and the importance of having a vision on where you are going.

About Linda Freeman:

Linda Freeman has been practicing yoga since the 1980's and was certified in Integrative Yoga Therapy in 2006 by Joseph LePage at the IYT Center in Brazil. She is certified in Dr. Fishman's method for Hips & Knees and has completed advanced training in Yoga for Bone Health based on Dr. Fishman's research and proven results increasing bone density for those with Osteopenia and Osteoporosis., as well as his Yoga Training for Piriformis & Shoulder. Known for her individualized attention and student focus, she specializes in gentle, therapeutic yoga. Her yoga work integrates her background in dance movement and holistic therapies. She and her husband, Chester, also teach swing dance in the Hudson Valley. Visit www.got2lindy.com for more info on her dance classes. Linda also is a life coach and runs Create Your Life Workshops.

Contact Bliss Body Yoga:

WebURL http://blissbodyoga.com/about.html

Facebook http://www.facebook.com/blissbodyoga

Twitter http://www.twitter.com/blissbodyoga

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As a business owner we are told to give up sleep in order to pass up our competition. It is the exact opposite, losing sleep will make you fall behind and here is a few reasons how.

Today in Episode 123 of Clicks and Bricks Ken is talking to Subaila Zia who is a Certified sleep doctor with a lot of knowledge to offer us today. We start by talking about what she does and how she got into it, then we move into some talk about HIPPA Compliance and California requirements. Theres a few good tips in there about what to do before starting a business, the importance of domain names. Then finally we move into the big question about why you need more sleep as a business owner, you will be surprised by her answer. Tell us in the comments if you knew all 3 reasons.

01:00 What you do

02:15 Transition story

10:00 HIPPA compliance

11:30 California Requirements

12:15 Name permits

15:00 Tips to starting a business

16:45 BAA explanation

18:30 Domain names

20:20 Reasons why business owners should care about sleep

22:30 Don't constantly hustle 

3:30 How will technology change our future

About Subaila: Dr. Subaila Zia is a board-certified, fellowship trained Sleep, Pulmonary and Critical Care specialist physician. She is the founder and CEO of Telemedora. She has experience in taking care of patients in urban and rural settings. Dr. Zia has been invited to speak on healthcare related topics in conferences, TV and different media platforms. Her interests include adding value to patient care via telemedicine and healthcare innovation. She enjoys music and reading books. Entrepreneur, healthcare leader, public speaker and AI enthusiast. Interested in healthcare innovation, digital health and telemedicine. Focused on closing healthcare delivery disparity. in urban and rural healthcare with diverse group of patient population.

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Business can only stay open if their is a profit margin. Without profits in your business it is not able to thrive and stay open, Lisza will give you answers on how to increase those profit margins. She's got 30 years of experience in her market and knows what she is talking about.

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Today in episode 122 of Clicks and Bricks we learning from Lisza Crisalle about profits in your business. She give us the 3 best tips about how to take your business in the right direction when it comes to the numbers. She starts off by telling us her founding story and what inspired her to get into the nutrition industry, she gives some good insight about when you need to change in your business or to pivot when necessary, then move right into 3 tips to increasing profits. She STRONGLY supports you to have a mentor in your business because sometimes when your dealing with an issue in your business you cant see it from the right angle and a mentor will help you do that. Lastly she explains how important it is to value your time. Time is an asset and it is an asset that you cannot get back, so using your time properly and efficiently is important.

About Excersize and Nutrition Works:

We are a team of health professionals dedicated to educating Health, Fitness & Wellness Entrepreneurs on cutting edge business practices, nutrition systems, and the best quality health and supplement products for the lowest prices. We provide products that promote optimal health. Our products come from top manufacturers whom we’ve chosen because of their commitment to quality, effectiveness and safety.

We make our health a priority. We consider our workouts part of our daily routine. We depend on high quality sports nutrition and supplements to improve our workouts and maintain our health.

Contact Lisza:

Twitter https://twitter.com/NutritionCert

YouTube http://www.youtube.com/NutritionCert

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/4085639

Email http://[email protected]/

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This mother used her love of Chinese Medicine to start an Acupuncture business and believes the business owner mindset requires you to overcome perfection, become adaptable, and never limit yourself. The only ceiling that you have as a business owner is the glass ceiling that you put on yourself. If you have struggles with any of those while running your business watch how Angie Weber  handles those things.

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In Todays episode of Clicks and Bricks Ken is Speaking with Angie Weber from AcuHaus about her founding story and what motivated her to be her own boss and run a business in something that she truly feels passionate about. She is a master of her craft and knows what she's talking about when it comes to Chinese medicine. Her and Ken bounce ideas back and forth about eastern and western medicine, She gives a great bit of advice for a mother who wants to run a business, as well as 3 key mindset traits that every successful business owner should adopt from overcoming perfection, being adaptable, and never limiting yourself. They jump right into hitting milestones and achieving goals and some talk about stress relief as a business owner after those long 60+ hour weeks.

About Angie:

Dr. Lipson's focus is in modern acupuncture techniques for muscle/nerve conditions, pain management, internal conditions, and cancer support. By combining her years of training in the healthcare industry, sports science, and specialized training in Zhengzhou, China, she is able to integrate Chinese medicine with her Western medical background to provide well-rounded patient care.

Dr. Lipson's approach to patient care is to complement Western medicine with her Eastern medicine training.  She regards emotional wellbeing, sleep, exercise, and nutrition as important factors in the general healing processes of the body.

Her scope of practice includes traditional Chinese acupuncture, trigger/motor points (dry needling), cupping, gua sha (dermal friction), tui na (Chinese medical massage), Chinese herbs, nutrition, and supplements.

Contact The AcuHaus Team:

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/acu_angie

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/drangieweber

Twitter: https://twitter.com/acu_angie

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Every business owner wants to love what they do, and every leader wants a good team around them. However having a good team comes at a cost, you need to the resources and the proper emotional intelligence in order to create a solid team.

If you know you can get more out of your marketing check out the Clicks and bricks academy: https://clicksandbricksacademy.com/

Today in Episode 120 of Clicks and Bricks we are talking to Chris Kunze, the owner of Kunze Analytics and he has a lot to say about being a leader, finding a good team, the cost of a good team, how to become part of that team, emotional intelligence importance of a leader, and taking that leap to start your own business. It was a great experience and we had a lot of fun talking about this because hiring and firing is something that not a lot of business owners put a ton of thought into.

About Kunze Analytics:

At Kunze Analytics, we PREDICT EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE using Assessments and help you decide with data. With over 15 years in the testing industry, we excel at correlating your weighted Key Performance Indicators and metrics (for example, sales revenue, profit margin, and annual employee appraisal results) with Assessment data you've collected during workshops, training events, and in particular while screening job applicants. We offer our clients using the Talassure MX Assessment published by Talexes, LLC custom Success Patterns using proprietary Artificial Intelligence optimization. We sell the GENOS International Emotional Intelligence Selection Assessment designed exclusively for screening and hiring of job applicants. For users of the Caliper Profile and Caliper's Analytics Platform, we do supplementary predictive HR Analytics. For clients using game-based Assessments, we work with the R&D team at Persona-Labs to create and validate each video game based on desired business outcomes. Finally, at Kunze Analytics, we correlate psychometric data from just about any reliable test publisher estimating Assessment ROI before implementation. This is accomplished using the well-established BCG Utility Equation. Kunze Analytics boasts of elated Mom & Pop to Fortune 100 clients.

Contact the Kunze Team:

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/kunzeanalytics

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kunzeanalytics

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv0EsP0l_uysVnF6dWtI3GQ/featured

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kunze-analytics

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The pandemic was a major black swan event for everybody in business, Nevin Explains how moving quicker and more nimble is the key to staying ahead of any obstacles that are in your way. If you have ever used a wet sanitary wipe,  you have used a product that Nevin is involved with.

About Nevin:  

I am a product development trailblazer, marketing innovator, and advancement architect who provides the vision and strategy necessary to lead organizations through increased levels of awareness, market share, and revenue growth. A highly analytical and results-driven manager, I offer proven experience connecting a technical problem-solving mindset with consumer awareness.

Contact Nice-Pak:

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/NicePak

Twitter https://twitter.com/JoinNicePak

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/nice-pak-products-inc-/

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