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Gary Vaynerchuk is the poster boy for a small business that has leveraged passion, product, social media to stimulate incredible business growth and community around his brand…

Gary joined and built “Wine Library” through his family liquor store and grew the business from 3 to 60 million using the new age marketing strategies detailed in this book. Keep in mind, that this book was written in 2009 so some things have changed however, the overall message remains the same.

The real take away message from this book is that in the “new age” of life (with social media and just the way people consume information in general), there are opportunities everywhere to not only do what you love but actually create a business out of it.

 It’s a great motivational/business book for anyone in need of a few ideas or a jump start to get you moving in the right direction.

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What is a mastermind? 

Well described by Napoleon Hill in the book, “Think and grow Rich” it is “The coordination of knowledge and effort of two or more people, who work toward a definite purpose, in the spirit of harmony.”.

Masterminding in a group environment with piers sharing the same goals as you will propel your business much faster than doing it all alone. It’s a place to come together and work through challenging problems that you are currently facing or share ideas to help grow.

If you would like more information about how you can grow your business and meet with others who have similar goals and aspirations go to www.smartpizzamarketing.com/mastermind

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YNot Italian, located near Virginia beach, has 5 locations and 350 employees. The journey first began way back in 1993… 

Tony grew up in the pizza business and after moving to Virginia from New Jersey, began the hunt to open his first restaurant. After 2 long years of searching he finally found the perfect spot and quickly realized that he wanted to make sure that everything in the restaurant had a system and treat the business like a franchise. 

Now with 5 locations and 350 employees, Tony has built a tremendous business using social media and technology to reach existing and new customers.

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Ric had taken a family trip to California when they discovered delicious wood fired pizza. His father, who had experience in the restaurant business wanted to bring that style of pizza back to his hometown in Chicago. The family opened the first location of Bricks Wood Fired Pizza and Cafe 2011.

Ric grew up making pizza at Bricks while continuing his education in college and is now the general counsel for the restaurant. 

Brick’s Wood Fired Pizza is a Neapolitan style pizzeria but they also serve salads, soups and sandwiches. 

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Bryan Mull is the digital marketing guy over at Mail Shark but don’t let that title fool you. Bryan is also heavily involved with their direct mail campaigns for their many clients.

I wanted to have someone on the show that works in direct mail everyday and really knows what’s currently going on in the market. I understand after talking with so many successful pizza entrepreneurs, that direct mail is still a big part of their marketing efforts.

With all the technology and social media sites available, restaurant owners can become overwhelmed. They tend to start and stop many different avenues. Even with everything digitally available to you, there is still a need to get information into your customers actual mailbox and not just the mailbox they carry in their pocket.

Bryan and I go over what’s working with mailing campaigns and he also gives us some tips to make the campaigns we may be already doing, work even better.

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Dave Sommers Co-Owner of Mad Mushrooms in Kentucky and Indiana joins me today. Dave and his partner own 4 locations, 2 in Indiana and 2 in Kentucky. Dave was a manager with Mad Mushrooms and always thought he would become a percentage partner in the business, but when the owners wanted out completely Dave decided to partner with someone and buy 50% of the business.

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