Cloud Talk Radio

Listen in to Neil and Keith Eneix as they demystify the confusing algorithm updates for beginners. If you’ve heard about these updates but have been unsure about what they all mean to your business then you will want to listen in as Neil Eneix from Fannit Marketing Services discusses how to discover if your business has been hit with a penalty from Google and how to recover from that penalty.

Important Resources Mentioned:

How to Recover From Google Updates:
http://seattle-seo.net/google-algorithm-update-recovery/

Keyword and Penalty Discovery Tool:

http://www.semrush.com/

Technology Spotlight:

https://www.zoho.com/

Inbound Marketing Services:
http://fannit.com/

Today we are talking with Fannit Partner and Senior Marketing Strategist, Tony Lael. Tony is experienced in the financial sector as well as building multiple companies including the popular financial dashboard software Corelytics.

Tony discusses the top 3 signs that you're probably stressed with your finances. He also talks about how to break past that first phase of finances so you can releave stress and solidify company goals. Finally, there's 5 different roles you should have in your company to keep your finances organized. Tony discuses those as well as some tips to outsourcing some of those roles to your CPA. 

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Budget Sheet

Find the attached budget sheet which is an example of categories. We run our budget on a quarterly basis which means we project quarterly and change budget categories based upon our spend the previous month. Quarterly periods helps us attain our budget goals much easier... enjoy!

Are you looking to get more business from you website in your local area? Keith Eneix goes through an easy to understand guide to setting up and optimizing your website to get better local results for your niche related key-terms.

Keith Eneix also covers some of the common mistakes business owners and SEO’s make when trying to optimize their website locally. Be sure to listen in to the very end of the show to hear the top 4 mistakes you need to avoid.

Be sure to listen in each week on Tuesday at 10am PST as Robert J. Chandler and Keith Eneix discuss important topics related to cash flow management, marketing, and leadership training.

We are talking with George Huang who is the owner of Freedompreneur. A Freedompreneur is someone who's greatest motivation for being in business is the freedom of time, money, energy, and spirit to be, do, experience, and have that which brings the most excitement and fulfillment in life.

I’m really excited to have George on the show today as we discuss three critical areas of management in business that will drastically impact your profit margins.

Be sure to tune in each week on Cloud Talk Radio at 10am PST to hear more great industry leader interviews that can help your business grow to the next level.

We are talking with Adam Feldstein, he’s the chief product officer at MOZ. Adam has been head of product at Moz for the last six years, and has had a blast meeting the community and working with their amazing team to design and create tools and services to help people improve their online presence.

Right now, about 50% of businesses are cloud based companies. By 2020 it’s expected that 80% of companies will be using mostly cloud based tools. I’m excited to be talking with a true pioneer in the SAAS industry. 

Be sure to tune in as we learn the inside story on how MOZ brought their SAAS solutions to market and some of the common pitfalls businesses should avoid to get early wins with their SAAS solutions.

Ready to gear up for the new year? 

This week we are discussing part two of making New Year’s resolutions for your business. We’ll be talking about Top Leader Quotes to Help You Break Out from the Pack in 2015. The quotes will be taken from an online book written by Steve Peterson, who is the VP of Marketing & Channel for CellarStone, Inc. The title of his book is, “The Great Accounting Cloud Land Rush” and is based upon the top 140 quotes made at the QB Connect conference.

Listen in to Keith Eneix interview the VP of Marketing at FUNDBOX, Jordan MacAvoy. Keith discusses this interesting new technology that helps small businesses cash flow their business on the invoices of their clients. Listen in as Jordan describes how the latest changes in technology have allowed FUNDBOX to make lending easy for small businesses through a greater grasp of data.

Be sure to tune in each week on Cloud Talk Radio at 10am PST to hear more great industry leader interviews that can help your business grow to the next level.

Listen in as Keith Eneix interviews accounting and finance leader Stephen King about how to work SMART in building an effective team for your company. Stephen King, (President of GrowthForce) is a recognized industry leader in providing cloud-based bookkeeping and controller services for growing businesses. Stephen's thirty-plus years of accounting knowledge, coupled with system and software design, led to his creation of GrowthForce.

Stephen King's cheat sheet to hiring the right kind of people. Remember, the rule is the right behavior always wins over skills any day. 

Working SMART:

SNAP – Quick to solve problems and lead.

Meaning – Find meaning in what our company does.

Accountable – We do what we say and we say what we mean (keep promises).

Resourceful – Find new better faster ways to do everything you do.

Team – Dedicating to work well with others.

According to an article on the Harvard Business Review 70% of family-owned businesses fail or are sold before the second generation gets a chance to take over. Just 10% remain active privately held companies for the third generation to lead.

Today’s interview, we are going to be talking with a dad and son team about 5 Do's and Dont's of Running a Successful Family Business. Sometimes family businesses can be a disaster, when in reality, a well-run family company can be the strongest business out there. Jedd and Taylor Parker are owners of Rain City Promotions which is a successful marketing company in Seattle.

Are you looking to take your business to the next level? Listen to Dan Bowser who has over 20 years of experience in helping business owners get to the next level of success. From building the proper foundation to selling your business, Dan, discusses 4 keys to unlocking the profit potential of your company and the perfect timing for selling your business.

Be sure to tune in each week on Cloud Talk Radio at 10am PST to hear more great industry leader interviews that can help your business grow to the next level.