Design is not just about looking pretty. It's about effectively communicating your message, gaining trust, and making sales. In this episode, long-time designer Torie Mathis and her non-designer cohost Sean go over basic design principles and some easy-to-follow tips that will have your beginner designs looking professional. With these simple guidelines and the tools available you never have to hire our your design work again.

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Are you scared to start something new because you might fail or might not do well at first? The truth is we all start as a beginner. We all start shitty. Michael Jordan wasn't the GOAT when he started. Warren Buffet didn't start a finance genius. Gary Vaynerchuk went through years of Wine TV being shitty before anyone ever watched him. They all rose to the very top BUT only after taking imperfect action. In this episode, Torie Mathis and her cohost Sean talk about how to push through the ugly, uncomfortable, awkward phase and why you cannot and should not skip it. Get ready to take action and embrace starting shitty.

Hate your job? Despise your clients? Or is that bridge-job feeling more like a torture cell than a bridge to anywhere? What do you do when you look around and you're not where you want to be? In this episode, Torie Mathis and her cohost Sean talk about their journey to escaping low-paying, misaligned, crappy jobs for their true passions and why being served a crap sandwich doesn't mean you have to make a meal of it. 

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Sometimes the worst experience imaginable turns into the best thing after all. Life's funny that way. In a freak accident, I broke my hip and coupled with 9/11 my Army career was kaput. Sean severely injured his back and suffered through 2 grueling back surgeries ending his Air Force and law enforcement career. Life didn't go as planned. In this episode, we recount the severe injuries that lead to our entrepreneurial journeys and to a life we couldn't have imagined. Sometimes it's good it didn't go as planned.

Website design has come a long way since I started coding websites. Business owners can now easily design their own or get a decent little site for a fraction of the price it was a few years back. Easy, however, doesn't mean it's designed with sales and conversions in mind, and most of you are missing out big time. In this episode, Torie Mathis and her cohost Sean talk about the five website upgrades your website is missing that will cost your business, google ranking, and profits.

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This past year, every business experienced unexpected situations, but in business, this isn't new. No matter how much you plan there are always going to be things that don't go as planned. Things change. People change. The economy changes. Maybe it's you that changes. As a business owner, you have to be flexible. In this episode, Torie Mathis and her cohost Sean talk about how to navigate through difficult times due to the unexpected. 

Is blogging a waste of time for your small business? Is writing blog articles a thing of the past like VHS tapes and common sense? Should blog posts be thrown out with 2020? In this episode, Torie Mathis and her cohost Sean talk about the state of blogging for small business today. Sean talks about his experience with blogging recently and what results it got for his local small business, Miles Through Time Automotive Museum.

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Are you not getting enough sales from your website? Or maybe your website isn't generating enough leads or calls. Even if your website is beautifully designed it may be lacking what it takes to get customers to take action. On this episode, Torie Mathis and her co-host Sean talk about website mistakes that keep you from generating calls, sales, and leads and how to fix them. If you want more leads, more calls or more sales from your website this episode is for you. 

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Nothing really prepares you for life as an entrepreneur. But if I could put my finger on the one thing that helped me the most on my entrepreneurial journey it would be my time in the military. In this episode, Sean, an Air Force Veteran, and I, an Army Veteran, talk about how the military shaped our businesses, our health, and family. In ways we never would have expected it, it prepared us for the challenges, failures, and successes we have today. Hoah!

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In 2017, Sean Mathis started Miles Through Time Automotive Museum with one car, his Pop's 1959 Cadillac Coupe De Ville. Since then he has had a wild ride, from moving locations, changing services, and juggling over a million dollars worth of exhibits. Sean and I talk about humble beginnings, challenges, successes, and what's in the future for Sean and Miles Through Time.

You can find out more about Miles Through Time at milesthroughtime.com

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