Small Business Resource Show

Mark is a results driven marketing and business development professional with a unique blend of expertise in marketing planning, advertising, public relations, social media marketing and sales, overlapping traditional and online marketing solutions to delivering results. As director of marketing for 20 years for a hospitality management company startup, Mark created opportunities for system-wide growth by developing and executing a cohesive marketing plan for both chain restaurants and hotel properties in PA, SC and NC. Currently President of Core1Marketing, Mark provides cost-effective solutions that make a difference in the growth of small businesses in a variety of industries including medical, legal, health, service, insurance, retail and non-profits.

Crystal Seitz is the President of the Americana Region which is our county's visitors bureau. In this episode we discuss the current growth we are experiencing here in Berks County. Why it is booming, and why local business owners should be excited for this to be happening.

We discuss how we are able to take advantage of incoming traffic no matter what type of business we have and what we are projecting to future growth.

Make sure to visit www.visitpaamericana.org for more information

One of the toughest things to do in business is to get your employees to become fully engaged with what it is your do every day in business. In this episode, Gary breaks down how you can tell if they are engaged and how to reinvigorate their enthusiasm for what it is they do every day.

For more information, check out www.sbrassociation.org

Brennan Reichenbach' s focus is in D&B Elite's Home Remodeling Division. Brennan, like Dan Gring, also started in construction while attending Elizabethtown College. Brennan worked for Ryan Homes in the Washington, D.C. metro area. After receiving his degree in Business Administration, Brennan moved on to become a construction site superintendent for Richmond American Homes in the company's Delaware Valley Division, building homes in Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. In 2010, Brennan founded D&B Construction Group with Dan Gring. With 13 years of construction experience, Brennan has built 250 houses and won awards for community of the year and customer service.

D&B Elite is a full-service, design/build construction company located in Berks County, Pa. We provide complete construction services for residential and commercial construction services. From new homes, custom homes, and remodeling projects to office, retail, medical, and industrial projects.

At D&B Elite, they believe their people set them apart from the competition. Whether it's building new homes or communities, a home remodeling project, or commercial construction, D&B Elite is committed to the highest level of service. Offering a combined 58 years of construction industry experience, D&B Elite's goal is to meet every individual clients' residential or commercial needs with quality materials, vast design and build experience, attention to detail, and most importantly, superb customer service.

Satisfying their clients and seeing their vision come to life is their number one goal. They work closely – from beginning to end – with all of their clients; incorporating all of their ideas and needs into their individual project, while providing practical solutions to problems, and recommendations for every aspect of their home, commercial office or development project.

Are you running a successful, sustainable business? What's the best way to check if you are? In this episode we sit down with the founder of the Small Business Resource Association Gary Siebert and we go over the 4 Steps you need to make sure you have in place to build and grow a sustainable business.

For even more resources make sure to sign up as a member of the SBRA at www.sbrassociation.org

Conor Delaney has built a career as a business and community leader for the last decade by his belief in bringing his "blue-collar work ethic" to his daily duties leading various corporate entities and community organizations. Delaney believes in "servant leadership" which means that he does not expect more of any person on his team than he would expect of himself. He believes in working in and among the departments at Good Life and working side by side with the rest of his leadership team. His transparent nature, positive attitude and creative leadership has led to great success in each of the various Good Life Companies.

Is your business concept ready to launch? That new product coming out of your company ready for market? As small business owners we are always ready for the next idea, the next big thing. But, is it time to go yet?

In this episode we sit-down with the CEO of the Small Business Resource Association and we talk about the things you need to make sure you have in order BEFORE you GO!

If we lack discipline we will lack success. It takes consistent effort in all parts of our life to get what it is we want. Just like showing up for your health and your relationships...business is no different. You have to put in the reps necessary to come out of winner.

On this weeks episode we bring Gary Seibert back on the show to talk about how discipline created success for him and how you're able to start implementing practices to ensure your success.

Dena Breslin, MSPAS, CTACC, has had a full and varied 20 year career path, from specialty sales rep in a top 5 pharmaceutical company, to practicing medicine as a physician assistant, to a stay-at-home, then work-from-home mom with a thriving multi-million dollar party plan business, to a life, business and relationship coach. Currently an ICF Certified Life Coach, Dena's coaching practice, myaHAMind, incorporates one on one coaching, executive, small business & group coaching, teleseminars, and public speaking. Her simple focus is to quiet the voice in our heads that has us believing something that is simply untrue and does not serve us for where we want to go. Her passion is to retrain the mind to hear the REAL you, and lay the groundwork for new habits for a new life story. An entrepreneur at heart, who thrives on curiosity and reinvention, it was in 2009 that a ground-breaking opportunity with Touchstone Crystal by Swarovski presented itself. As a Founding Leader with Touchstone, Dena still works toward the personal development of the women and men on her team. And, more than people realize and understand, direct selling allows viable earning power. "A six-figure income may not be what someone desires, however, earning $60-120/hour working part time, four or five days a month, can change someone's life. There are no magic start up kits, no magic companies. If you run an organization right, then you are a CEO, developing and using the very same business and leadership skill sets that any corporate CEO is using." Dena is a retired Master Physician Assistant, with 7 years practice in Gastroenterology. Her experience is both inpatient and outpatient care. Her Pharma Sales experience was uniquely specific to the launch of HIV/AIDS drugs here in the US and Canada in the early 1990s. What a wonderful path so far......each experience building on the preceding one.