EGGS! The Podcast

Welcome back to Eggs! This week we have special guest Susan Meier. Susan is a brand strategist and visual artist at Susan Meier Studio. She is on a mission to dispel the myth that creativity and strategy are at odds in order to help business leaders electrify their work and amplify their impact.

Susan has developed a unique point of view that is driven by the merger of analytical and creative thinking. She’s devised a set of processes and tools that get teams to problem-solve more creatively, helping them define their mission, vision, and other key differentiators with clarity, bringing their brands to life.

We had a great conversation about all that and more. Take a listen, then rate, like, share and subscribe!

This week on Eggs we have special guest Rylee Meek. Rylee is the founder and CEO of the Social Dynamic Selling System, which turns dinner seminar marketing into a science. After responding to a small ad on Craigslist in 2009, with just $673 in his bank account but a drive for more, Rylee was introduced to a new concept of selling that radically changed his life forever. Since that time, Rylee has gone on to produce over $100 million in sales in the past 9 years. Having now perfected his model through continuous trial and error, Rylee is here now to share his learned wisdom with our listeners. Take a listen—and take notes!

This week on Eggs, we have special guest Lori Hibma. Lori is the CEO and founder of CP Solutions and VMD Services—marketing firms with specialized interest in the healthcare industry. In a really valuable conversation we explored topics ranging from Lori's start in the marketing field, the myth of work/life balance, the challenges she's encountered a woman in business, and how to build successful teams. It was an awesome chat with lots of actionable insights. Tune in, then rate, like, share, and subscribe.

This week's special guest is Ken "Pooch" Van Druten. Ken is the co-founder and director of sound at NVDVM. In laymen's terms, he's a kick-ass front of house sound engineer for some of the biggest musical groups on the planet. Ken came on the show to tell us the amazing story of his life so far coming up through the ranks of the music business to his current post as the lead sound engineer for the legendary rock group, Iron Maiden. It was an amazing show with a lot of cool stories covering his last forty years in the business of music. You're not going to want to miss this one. Tune in, then rate, like, share, and subscribe!

This week on Eggs we have special guest, Grant Aldrich. Grant founded his company, OnlineDegree.com, with a purpose-driven mission: make college more accessible and affordable for everyone. After graduating college with an overwhelming amount of debt, he was determined to change how students embark on their college education. Grant has spent his entire career working in startups with nearly 15 years of experience and 2 prior exits to a publicly traded company. He has been a board member and donor to a number of non-profits, an advisor to many publicly traded companies, and a guest speaker at seminars and graduate school courses. In this episode, we discuss how people can pay less and graduate more quickly from school, how a working adult should choose a school and a lot of unexpected but really valuable conversation of a range of emotional subjects. It was a great and unique show. You're not going to want to miss it.

This weeks special guest is Maddy Martin. Maddy is the head of growth and education at Smith.ai, which provides integrated phone and web chat services for small-to-medium sized businesses including their virtual receptionist & intake service, live website chat, and Keypad cloud phone system. She has spent the last decade growing tech startups from New York to California, and has expertise in digital marketing, small business communications, lead conversion, email marketing, SEO, and event marketing. Here to talk about all that and so much more, join us in welcoming our guest, Maddy Martin.

This week's special guest is John Stoj. John is likely the only Investment Advisor you've ever met who has managed both $3.5 billion and a sushi kitchen! From a career in finance that began on a Wall Street trading floor over twenty-five years ago, with stops at investment & commercial banks, money managers, and even his own hedge fund, John was uniquely prepared to see the financial services industry for what it is: flush with companies and professionals far more focused on their own best interests than their customers. Here to talk about his experience in the business, financial literacy, and more — both during and after the coronavirus crisis — is our guest, John Stoj (pronounced Stoy).

This week on Eggs we have special guest Steve Gordon. Steve is the CEO of The Unstoppable Agency, a firm that helps consultants and digital agencies land great clients by hosting their own podcasts and find success using his proprietary "Podcast Prospecting Method." We had an amazing conversation discussing the importance of podcasting in landing new clients, some of the biggest barriers that keep service businesses from growing, 4 ways of overcoming the biggest challenges in attracting clients to your service-based business, and why you must increase your fees! It was a great conversation with loads of actionable information. Take a listen, then rate, like, share and subscribe.

This week on Eggs we have special guest George Papdeas. George is COO at The Hoth, a large SEO agency based in St. Petersburg, Florida. We had a really interesting discussion about scaling a business utilizing freelance resources and finding opportunity in this post-corona world. He also talked about their recent acquisition of FreeUp a freelance marketplace and how people who have had their work negatively affected by the corona outbreak can ply their trades online as a freelancer through their innovative platform. It was a great conversation with a lot of silver-linings for people worldwide. Take a listen, then rate, like, share and subscribe!

This week's guest is none other than Raitis Purins, head of marketing at the innovative print on demand company Printful.

In the three years since joining the team at Printful has since then led the winning marketing strategy and execution and scaled the marketing team from 5 to 40 people. He is responsible for

content marketing, SEO, PPC, CRO, and affiliate marketing and so much more. In our conversation, we talked about what a "print on demand model" is, how it works, and why it's growing globally. Raitis offered tips for anyone building e-commerce shops from the ground up and how to use print-on-demand manufacturing to increase their brand awareness. It was an interesting conversation with lots of snackable and actionable advice. Take a listen why don't ya, then, rate, like, share and subscribe!