Running the Bases with Small Businesses

Running the Bases today with AJ Titus, President of Signarama and Starpoint Brands at United Franchise Group. Signarama is the world’s largest sign and graphics franchise. A.J. is the son of United Franchise Group CEO Ray Titus and grandson of franchise mainstay, Roy Titus.

AJ explains how his family started the Minuteman Press franchise 40 years ago and Signorama 37 years ago, and now owns various brands and companies such as shared office space, business brokerage, signage graphics, embroidery, screen printing, food and charcuterie under the United Franchise Group umbrella. He also advises other working parents about staying in touch with their families and shares the lessons he learned from his father about values such as honesty, hard work, and respect. AJ emphasizes the importance of research, passion, and hard work for entrepreneurs looking to enter franchising and reminds us that even small businesses can make a difference in their communities.

Key Lessons

• A third-generation entrepreneur can own and manage multiple businesses and brands.
• Working parents can stay in touch with their families by setting aside time for them.
• Even small businesses can make a difference in their communities by following core values such as honesty, hard work, and respect.

To learn more about AJ and Starpoint Brands visit: www.starpointbrands.com

Grab AJ’s Book - The List: Lessons From a Father

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Running the Bases today with Mark Carpenter, Chief Storyteller: Helping people teach, lead, sell, and inspire through intentional storytelling for business

Today’s guest is a serial storyteller. Growing up he loved humor, telling stories, and exaggerating his real-life experiences as a middle child trying to stand out.   He grew up in a home surrounded by books from his English Teacher Mom, which only increased his love of stories.  He leveraged his abilities into a marketing communications and public relations career, then later as a college professor and corporate facilitator. Now, he teaches people how to more intentionally tell stories that teach, lead, sell, and inspire to accomplish business and personal goals.

He is the co-author of the best-selling book “Master Storytelling: How to Turn Your Experiences Into Stories that Teach, Lead, and Inspire” and co-creator of the Master Storytelling Workshop. Leveraging a 20-year career in corporate communication and a subsequent 15 years of Corporate facilitating training.

When he’s not training, speaking, coaching, or creating new content, he is likely hiking or snowshoeing in the mountains, playing the piano, bragging about his grandchildren, or writing children’s books

Key Lessons

• Storytelling can be used to connect and build relationships, as well as to inspire teams, remember information, and pass values and traditions.
• Platforms such as LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok can be used to leverage storytelling in a business setting.
• Mark encourages listeners to take risks and make their dreams a reality, offering a free ebook download to those interested.

To learn more about Mark and Storytelling visit: www.master-storytelling.com

Check out Mark’s Book

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The Science Behind Good Storytelling

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Running the Bases today with John Jonas, Founder and CEO of OnlineJobs.PH

Today’s guest is a self-professed “Terrible Employee”, and we can see why.  On Monday mornings, when others are brushing their weekends off to get back into the office grind, he is most likely still out in the Mountains in Utah, where he lives with his wife and 5 kids.  An extreme sports enthusiast, today’s guest is an avid backcountry skier and mountain biker.  His helmet cam videos of him racing down the slopes can give you whiplash from watching.  

When he’s not on the mountain, you might find him at the Lake - boating, windsurfing, or even flying around with a Jet Pack like Iron Man. He has a lot, a LOT of Time to spend with his family and his hobbies!!  

He created the world’s largest website for finding Virtual Assistants in the Philippines.  His company has over 2 Million resumes, and he currently has over 500,000 employers worldwide.

Key Lessons

1. Hiring someone from the Philippines can be a great way to find success in business.
2. There are no back-end costs or communication restrictions when hiring online.
3. Providing value to employees is essential for efficient time and resource management.

To learn more about John and hiring VA’s visit: https://www.onlinejobs.ph/

One VA Challenge

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Running the Bases today with Adam Chronister: Digital Marketer, Speaker, Investor, and Philanthropist.  The 2021 Spokane Washington winner for best SEO Company - the Founder of Enleaf Marketing

Adam is a fun and passionate entrepreneur, small business owner, digital marketer, speaker, investor, world traveler, philanthropist, student, husband, father and some might say Fashionista.   How many of us have matched clothing or in his case their glasses to their laptops?  Hailing from the Great State of Washington, this Spokane business entrepreneur founded his successful digital marketing company in 2009 and has contributed to digital marketing campaigns for some of America’s largest brands including Smiths, The Dallas Fort Worth Airport, and the University of Idaho.  His insights and training tools have appeared in Social Media Week, MarketMuse, SEMRush, SERranking,and many more. This hardworking and dedicated entrepreneur is often on the road traveling for speaking engagements or just dedicated travel to see the world.

Key Lessons

1. Adam Chronister encourages entrepreneurs to invest in themselves and seek out mentors to open up growth opportunities.
2. He suggests wearing something unique to conferences to make a lasting impression.
3. He offers free SEO tools to his clients.

To learn more about Adam and Enleaf visit: www.Enleaf.com

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Running the Bases today with Gil Bar-Lev from HomeRoots. Gil Bar-Lev is a serial entrepreneur specializing in e-commerce, technology, and software engineering. He had the opportunity to work for Toys R Us and Amazon, and was awarded the most innovative web store award from Amazon in 2013. Growing up in a family of CPAs, he was always interested in coding and software development, which led him to start the Home Roots platform, a digital B2B wholesale solution. Gil advises entrepreneurs in the DTC and B2B space to have a killer product and invest in marketing to stand out in the competitive market.

Key Lessons

• Gil Bar-Lev is an experienced serial entrepreneur in e-commerce, technology, and software engineering.
• He was awarded the most innovative web store award from Amazon in 2013.
• He advises entrepreneurs in the DTC and B2B space to have a killer product and invest in marketing to stand out in the competitive market.

After attending a trade show in North Carolina, Gil went from a career in e-commerce to creating the HomeRoots platform, a digital B2B wholesale solution. HomeRoots is a platform for small and medium-sized businesses selling furniture and home decor items to enter the American market.

It works with factories worldwide to get its products into the US, and then lists them on its platform. These products can then be sold to retailers and end consumers. HomeRoots is a B2B platform that makes it easier for companies to purchase wholesale goods.

They have three fulfillment centers in New Jersey, Ohio and LA, and are raising $12 million in new funding.

Gil’s thoughts for entrepreneurs 

• Passion, Listen, Pivot, Don’t be defensive - Better to raise prices than compromise value or product integrity
• Leverage Relationships - Don’t do everything yourself
• Get Feedback - Find out what they like and dislike about your product

To learn more about Gil and HomeRoots visit: https://www.homeroots.co/

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Running the Bases today with David Wilde, Founder, CEO and Creator of Wilde One Films. David Wild is a digital media producer who has created five feature films, a crime series, and dozens of short films. He began acting in his thirties to meet girls and eventually ended up in London to attend an acting school. He has since learned how to make a movie, from coming up with an idea to doing the marketing work to getting the finance. Now, he is working on a novel based on a movie he produced for the  TV series Crime Lord. 

Very excited about today’s Guest.  A TRUE CREATIVE, Our guest today takes our Small Business Genre in a new Space for our Podcast!  While he does run a Traditional Digital Media Agency, His PASSION lies with his company Wilde One Films.  He has made five feature films, a crime series, and dozens of short films, and he has a novel coming out at the end of the year.  His works have been shown on Amazon Prime & Apple TV to name a few.  His IMDB Page lists him with 26 Producing Credits, 27 Editing Credits, 25 Writing Credits, 19 Acting Credits and 17 Cinematography Credits. 

David’s Podcast - Wilde World

Watch - Crime Lord

Mad World Series

Randy’s Favorite Baseball Movies:

Bull Durham

The Natural

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Running the Bases today with Anne Gannon, Principal at The Largo Group. The Largo Group offers innovative solutions to businesses and individuals to meet their accounting and bookkeeping needs. They specialize in monthly bookkeeping, tax services, and business consulting focused on improving efficiencies and the bottom line.

Today’s guest grew up playing competitive golf.  Raised In Fort Lauderdale, her parents would buy her plane tickets and send her all over the country to play in tournaments.  Through this nomadic lifestyle (as she calls it) - she gained a real affection for employees in the hospitality industry.  

As a teen, she was often at country clubs and courses where she didn’t know many people and the amazing workers at the club were often very kind to her and she gained much appreciation for how hard they worked.  She had a very successful golf career as a Student-Athlete, she went on to play 1 year professionally in the LPGA.  

After realizing playing golf for money wasn’t going to be her forever career - she went back to school earning her Masters in Accounting and becoming a CPA.  She spent many years as a successful CPA in large Boston area firms, often sitting in meetings and realizing she didn’t love the impersonal nature of the big Agencies.  

Her confidence and drive that she learned playing golf kicked in and she left the big agency world - founding her boutique accounting agency in 2015, where she is rewriting some accounting rules. The founder and Principal of the Largo Group - Anne Gannon.

To learn more about Anne and The Largo Group visit: https://www.thelargogroup.com/

Things we touched on:

Anne’s Book:  Shotmaker: An Owner’s Guide to Creating a Winning Business

Shotmaker Podcast

Free Webinars from The Largo Group

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Another episode of “The Random Show”!

I always appreciate the opportunity to sit down with one of my favorite SEOs, business leaders, and all-around good guy - Kyle Roof.

An enjoyable, educational and informative session with a couple of guys intent on business growth, security and spending time with family.

Kyle first appeared on the show in June 2021 - a lot has changed in Kyle’s life since then.  We catch up on all the good stuff!

Some background on Kyle….he’s responsible for developing and implementing all SEO techniques used by the SEO agency High Voltage SEO and the SEO tool PageOptimizer Pro. Kyle is also the co-founder of Internet Marketing Gold, a global community of 3000+ SEO professionals who test and prove cutting-edge SEO techniques.  Kyle has been featured in many respected publications and is a regular speaker on SEO and business leadership at conferences worldwide.

I hope you enjoy the show - we sure had fun making it happen!


A few things we touch on……..

The Algebra of Happiness

Vision Boards

Ashwagandha

Living in Chiang Mai

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Running the Bases today with Andrew Stallings Founder and President of the Athelo Group. With over 15 years in the arena of sports and entertainment, Stallings has put all of his chips in on the rising tide of sports athletes and properties. With a brevity of knowledge on the brand, property, and media marketing side of sports - Stallings is looking to bring a unique and innovative dialogue to how the evolution of sports can be brought front and center to a whole new audience of consumers.

Today’s guest has been quoted as saying “If your Failures are outweighing your successes you’re doing it right”.  He’s okay with the word no and has no trouble going after what he wants.  A Sports Enthusiast with an incredible Work Ethic, Creativity and Drive, our guest today has a company many people only dream about.  On any given day, you can find him at a Nascar Track, at the Beach for a Wind Surfing or Beach Volleyball Competition, or near the ring for a boxing match.  He might be at a photo shoot, a media press session, or hosting a day of meetings with prospective partners hoping to work with his vast network of clients and teams.  He doesn’t like the word “Agent” and much prefers the word “Management”.  

Welcome to the show Andrew Stallings, President and Founder the Athelo Group - Where Athletes meet Opportunities.

To learn more about Andrew and Athelo Group visit: https://athelogroup.com/

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Running the Bases today with Peter Balunek the Founder at Peter’s Safaris - a unique socially conscious luxury safari company that explores fascinating corners of our world.  Peter’s Safaris started in 2015 and has grown to spend over 65 weeks on Safari -including locations like Africa, India, and Alaska.

Peter shares his experience of his first safari in 2014 - that ultimately changed his life.  He returned from that trip and shortly after, started his own safari tour company, taking families and individuals on adventures of a lifetime.

But, Peter has built more than just a tour company - he’s built a company that provides a means to make a difference: in the lives of those he travels with, in the countries he visits, and the animals he introduces to the world.  It’s a business with a purpose to make a difference.  As Peter says - he has a responsibility “To whom much is given, much is expected.”

It really is a fascinating show as we explore the journeys and mission of Peter’s Safaris.

Learn more about Peter Balunek and Peter’s Safaris at https://peterssafaris.com/

Items of Note from our discussion:

Satao Wildlife Foundation 

Documentary Film - The Third Conflict

South African MLB Player - Gift Ngoepe

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