Our Two Cents Podcast

Anthony Garcia is a highly regarded sales expert, bestselling author, and motivational speaker with over 20 years of experience. He is passionate about helping companies achieve remarkable growth and scale by enhancing the skill and efficiency of their sales process. Anthony's expertise in training and developing successful sales teams have earned him top accolades in various sales fields. His international best-selling book, "Catapulting Commissions," has been recognized by Selling Power Magazine as a must-read for sales professionals seeking to elevate their performance. His valuable insights have been featured in renowned publications like Forbes, Selling Power, New York Weekly, and Success Magazine. As the host of the popular Catapulting Commissions podcast, he shares interviews and strategies from top sales performers and entrepreneurs, inspiring his audience to reach their full potential. With his dynamic presence, Anthony is in high demand as a keynote speaker, where he motivates and empowers business owners and sales professionals to achieve exceptional growth and surpass their goals.

Welcome back to episode 3 of our sales and marketing mini series! John Duffield welcomes back Anthony Garcia, founder of Anthony Garcia Inc as they discuss how to access a company and develop a process to train their team in order to create monthly recurring revenue. Anthony explains how he believes there is not one sales methodology that fits every industry but rather the importance of creating a strong sales team so you receive the most out of your marketing efforts. Anthony touches on AI and how it has become a helpful tool that is now more commonly used.

LEARN MORE ABOUT ANTHONY GARCIA:

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: @anthonygarciainc

Facebook: Anthony_Garcia

YouTube: AnthonyPaulGarcia

LinkedIn: Anthony_Garcia

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnthonyPGarcia

Welcome back to episode two of our sales and marketing mini-series! Dave Plivelich and John Duffield welcome back Dustin Pitcher, the co-owner of Dirty Bird Guns & Ammo, a local firearm and gunsmithing store. Dustin outlines the difficulties of advertising in his industry and how he had to think of creative solutions like collecting emails, creating reward programs, and having monthly giveaways. He started his business career in the car industry, where he then moved to sell yellow page digital products, which led him to work for The Marcom Group, where he learned the ins and outs of sales and marketing. He stresses the importance of using CRM (Customer Relationship Management) solutions and creating marketing strategies to increase your sales.

LEARN MORE ABOUT DIRTY BIRD:

Website: https://dirtybirdusa.com/

Address: 2420 Mohawk Street #700, Bakersfield, CA 93308

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 661-387-5200

Welcome to the first episode of our mini series on Sales and Marketing! Our hosts John Duffiled, Troy Burden, and Dave Plivelich sit down to discuss what to expect out of this series and how sales and marketing isn't a one size fits all. Dave emphasizes how every industry requires a different plan and what works for some doesn't work for others. Meanwhile, John explains how important it is to track how much business you have received from your marketing efforts to determine if your plan is working. If you're looking for more sales and marketing knowledge, tune into this week's episode!

LEARN MORE ABOUT JOHN DUFFIELD:

Website: www.bakersfieldaccountants.com/

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 661-488-7000

Instagram: bakersfieldaccountants

Facebook: John_Duffield

LinkedIn: Offices_of_John_Duffield

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE MARCOM GROUP:

Website: www.themarcomgroup.com/

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 661-489-4444

Instagram: MarcomGroup

Facebook: The_Marcom_Group

LinkedIn: marcom_group

YouTube: The_Marcom_Group

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE LYNN COMPANY:

Website: www.lynncompany.com/

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 661-873-2200

Facebook: The_Lynn_Company

LinkedIn: Lynn_Company

Kyle Jones is joined in studio with his daughter Ella Jones as they welcome back Krista and Bryce Horton. Since we spoke to them last they have created Drink Horton, a go-to cocktail of coconut rum mixed with diet. Krista has also partnered with Ulta and Sephora for limited edition products! Bryce is also working on a Golf apparel line and hopes to launch it this year. If you want to Keep up with The Hortons tune into this week's episode and see if their story can inspire your entrepreneurial endeavors.

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE HORTONS:

Websites: https://drinkhorton.com/

www.kristahorton.com/

Instagram: krista.horton

bryce_horton

Facebook: Krista_Horton

Mikin is an accomplished Executive Director/CEO with over 25 years of experience in the small business and association world. With a focus on the small business and commercial construction industry, she has represented and served 550 companies, fostering business development, education, and collaboration among industry professionals and community partners. Mikin excels at building and managing efficient and collaborative teams. Her success is rooted in her expertise in business development, relationship building, collaboration, exceptional team building, and strategic problem-solving. Alongside her professional achievements, Mikin is passionate about workforce development and empowering young professionals to find their path to success. She believes in nurturing talent and providing opportunities for growth and development. Mikin's commitment to mentoring and guiding emerging professionals further strengthens her impact in the industry. Notably, she led the successful rebuilding and rebranding of a business after a major embezzlement incident and reputation damage, demonstrating her resilience and ability to overcome challenges while maintaining a focus on fostering opportunities for the next generation of professionals.

Scott Hanson welcomes Mikin Plummer the Director and CEO of Kern County Builders Exchange. She has been with KCBEX for 10 years and was tasked with rebuilding their reputation after the company underwent a public scandal. Her goal is to help anyone who is in or related to the construction industry by providing quality services, industry education, safety training, political advocacy, networking opportunities, and construction resources.

LEARN MORE ABOUT KERN COUNTY BUILDERS EXCHANGE:

Website: www.kcbex.com/

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 661-324-4921

Instagram: kerncountybuilders

Facebook: KernCountyBuildersExchange

LinkedIn: KC_Builders_Exchange

John Duffield and Danielle Alcala sit down with Alberto Colmenares, a local alcohol infuser. He learned the basics of infusing in Hartford CT in 2013, and since then has developed it to a point where he believes its quality deserves a brand. He touches on the aspects of the business that he had found difficult as well as the aspects he loves the most. Alberto has developed four main flavors and discusses his plans for expanding by introducing his infusions to local stores and bars.

LEARN MORE ABOUT CASA COLMENARES:

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 530-305-9033

Instagram: @casacolmenaresinfusions

Yiuvany Aguilar was born in a typical Peruvian family as the eldest of four children. As a registered nurse by profession, Yiuvany has experienced true pain, frustration, and grief endured by patients and families. She decided to specialize as a holistic nurse, life coach, and Mindfulness and Self compassion teacher, to help her patients, and later, those resources were applied in her own grieving journey.

Dave Plivelich and Dustin Pitcher sit down with Yiuvany Aguilar Onofre, a local holistic nurse specializing in integrative therapies, like GEMT, Mindfulness and Self Compassion. Being a nurse causes Yiuvany to face love and loss everyday so she wrote a guidebook that focuses on navigating life's many challenges. The book is Pearls of The Soul: Facing Adversity With Love, and you can purchase it from Amazon. If you have recently faced a tragedy and are struggling, please listen to this week's episode to hear Yiuvany's inspiring advice.

LEARN MORE ABOUT YIUVANY AGUILAR ONOFRE:

Website: www.amazon.com/PEARLS-SOUL-FACING-ADVERSITY-LOVE/dp/B0BR7CBWMP

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: yiuvany_aguilar

Facebook: YiuvanyAguilarOnofre

LinkedIn: Yiuvany_Aguilar_Onefre

Tracy is a marketing, political and public relations strategist with over 25 years of experience. She has engaged broad coalitions to support businesses at the local, state and federal levels. She is the founder and CEO of Providence Strategic Consulting, Inc. A firm that represents water, oil and gas, healthcare, defense technology, carbon capture and storage (CCS), government entities, agriculture, national business associations, mining, solar, telecommunications and other exceptional industries and projects. Tracy has represented political candidates at the city, county, state and federal levels as well as multiple successful statewide ballot initiatives. Currently, the firm lobbies government on behalf of business and is a frequent commentator on radio and TV for political analysis, business advocacy and public relations. The firm markets most of the top California political slate mailers. In December 2017, after a rigorous vetting process, Providence was accepted as a partner in Worldcom Public Relations Group®. Worldcom provides access to the international creative capability of over 2000 communications professionals in 115 cities, in 49 countries on six continents.

Troy Burden sits down with Tracy Leach the President and CEO of Providence Strategic Consulting, a local business that specializes in strategic communications for existing businesses as well as effective advocacy resulting in successful project entitlements and permitting. Tracy explains the importance of effective public affairs as well as building public and political support. She also helps guide projects through government permitting all the way to construction. Tune into this week's episode to learn more about public relations and how beneficial it is to our local community.

LEARN MORE ABOUT PROVIDENCE STRATEGIC CONSULTING INC.:

Website: https://provconsult.com/

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 661-327-1698

Instagram: @provconsult

Facebook: Providence_Strategic_Consulting

LinkedIn: ProvidenceStrategicConsulting

Twitter: @Prov_Consulting

The Beautiful Bakersfield Awards is the biggest night in Bakersfield's civic life, recognizing individuals, businesses and organizations for accomplishments completed during the prior year to improve quality of life and help make Bakersfield better. Every year since 1990, the Chamber looks forward to highlighting the most positive and heartwarming stories from our fellow community members.

Amanda DiGiacomo sits down with Roberta Nilsson who is the chairman of this year's Beautiful Bakersfield Awards as they discuss what to expect at this great event. Look out for Our Two Cents Podcast since we will be conducting interviews at the after party! We hope to see you there!

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE BEAUTIFUL BAKERSFIELD AWARDS:

Website: https://beautiful.bakochamber.com/

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 661-327-4421

Instagram: @BakoChamber

Facebook: Beautiful_Bakersfield

Kevin Burton, has put over 30 years in community service, and always finds a way to give back to the community he was raised in. He has worked as an EMT, Paramedic, Bakersfield City Reserve Firefighter, and Harvey Hall's PR/Marketing Director. He helped Harvey Hall run his first campaign for mayor along with his twin brother Brent. He then went on to become a political consultant for Gene Tackett, and worked for Law Offices of Young Wooldridge.He was also the President for the San Joaquin Community Hospital Foundation and he is now the Administrator of Client Relations and Governmental/Public Affairs for Klein DeNatale Goldner. In addition to his extensive professional career he also helped raise several million for the now AIS Cancer Center at Adventist Health Bakersfield as well as helped raise millions for the Breast Center, and the then expansion of the Cardiac Services at Adventist Health Bakersfield.

Dave Plivelich and Jon Slikker Jr. are joined in studio with Kevin Burton as he walks us through his impressive career journey from working as an EMT to being the Administrator of Client Relations and Governmental/Public Affairs for Klein DeNatale Goldner. His love for the community is clear and he discusses the millions he has helped fundraise for local cancer and health centers here in Bakersfield. Kevin is also a part of multiple boards here in Kern County and advises anyone who is starting out to become a part of our giving community. If you are looking for a heartwarming and inspirational story tune into this week's episode.

LEARN MORE ABOUT KLEIN-DENATALE-GOLDNER:

Website: www.kleinlaw.com/

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 661-485-2100

Instagram: @kleindenatalegoldner

Facebook: Klein-Denatale-Goldner

LinkedIn: Klein_Denatale_Goldner