Smarter Business Podcast - Business Advice with a Video Bent

This episode features vidwheel's own Director of Business Development, Paul Greiner, interview Matthew Pelkey, a Partner at Colligan Law, a law firm focused on serving entrepreneurs and startup businesses. Matt talks about authentic content marketing, mentorship, management and the importance of time management.

https://colliganlaw.com/

Check out the video here and be sure to subscribe to receive future episodes. If you prefer an audio podcast subscribe to the Smarter Business Podcast at this link - https://vidwheel.com/smarter-business-podcast/

Our goal with this podcast to deliver high-quality, actionable tips and advice from business leaders. Advice that will help you succeed. Oh yeah and that video bent - we are going beyond the typical business tips, we are going to explore the use of video with these business leaders too, from marketing to sales, to internal communications - how they use it and how it impacts their businesses. Thanks for tuning in.
 
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Nickel City Graphics LLC is now vidwheel LLC. 

We wanted a new name, a new identity, a clear identity, and a new, clear voice, to go with a new focus and position. vidwheel LLC is an end-to-end video agency, which means we work closely with our clients to plan, execute, AND effectively implement high-quality video to help improve multiple aspects of their businesses. 

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Are you looking to generate more leads? Or maybe better leads?

Could your sales team use some modern help demonstrating your product, developing relationships, and closing deals?

Would you like to efficiently recruit and train top talent?

Or perhaps you’d like to show the world who you really are, reinforce your culture, and expand your brand?

Video can do that. And we can help.

vidwheel LLC is an agile video agency that fully partners with our clients to plan, execute, and effectively implement high-quality video to help elevate multiple aspects of their businesses.

Some companies help with strategy and planning. Some companies produce video. Some companies help distribute video for outreach purposes. We do all three, we do it well, and we do it at a price point that makes sense.

https://vidwheel.com/

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Transcript:

Neil K Carroll - In this episode of The Smarter Business Podcast, we introduce Paul Greiner as the interviewer. Paul handles bizdev here at vidwheel, and this time, Paul's chatting with Matt Pelkey, partner at Colligan Law, a law firm focused on startup and business law. Paul and Matt talk about management, how to create authentic content marketing that works, and the value of mentorship. If you like what you hear, please subscribe wherever you're taking in this podcast, share, and leave a comment. We're always looking for feedback, and your interaction can help people find this show.

Paul Greiner - Matt, thanks for coming out.

Matthew Pelkey - Glad to be here.

Paul Greiner - Appreciate your making the trip.

Matthew Pelkey - Yeah.

Paul Greiner - In your busy, busy schedule I know you've got going on these days. What I wanna talk about really with Matt is he's a partner from Colligan Law, and beyond just Colligan, who does focus on startup and business law, you've got a whole bunch of other things going on. That's a nice way to put it.

Matthew Pelkey - And I have to stare at my page for this, which is not great form, but I can remember the title. So you're a partner at Colligan. You are an adjunct

Raj Suchak, the founder of GritSeed, a recruitment software company that is changing the way you find and vet candidates, chats with John Osberg on this episode of the Smarter Business Podcast.

Raj talks about the role that video plays in recruitment, startup businesses, and best practices.

https://gritseed.com/

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Our goal with this podcast to delivery high-quality, actionable tips and advice from business leaders. Advice that will help you succeed. Oh yeah and that video bent - we are going beyond the typical business tips, we are going to explore the use of video with these business leaders too, from marketing to sales, to internal communications - how they use it and how it impacts their businesses. Thanks for tuning in.
 
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Nickel City Graphics LLC is now vidwheel LLC. 

We wanted a new name, a new identity, a clear identity, and a new, clear voice, to go with a new focus and position. vidwheel LLC is an end-to-end video agency, which means we work closely with our clients to plan, execute, AND effectively implement high-quality video to help improve multiple aspects of their businesses. 

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Are you looking to generate more leads? Or maybe better leads?

Could your sales team use some modern help demonstrating your product, developing relationships, and closing deals?

Would you like to efficiently recruit and train top talent?

Or perhaps you’d like to show the world who you really are, reinforce your culture, and expand your brand?

Video can do that. And we can help.

vidwheel LLC is an agile video agency that fully partners with our clients to plan, execute, and effectively implement high-quality video to help elevate multiple aspects of their businesses.

Some companies help with strategy and planning. Some companies produce video. Some companies help distribute video for outreach purposes. We do all three, we do it well, and we do it at a price point that makes sense.

https://vidwheel.com/

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Neil K Carroll - We are back again with another episode of the Smarter Business Podcast with John Osberg as the interviewer. John chats with Raj Suchak, founder of GritSeed, a company that is changing the way that people go about recruitment. John and Raj talk about recruiting, start-up businesses, and best practices. If you like what you hear, please subscribe where ever you're taking in this podcast, and please share and leave a comment. We are always looking for feedback, and your interaction can help people find this show.

John Osberg - This is another episode of the Smarter Business podcast. I'm John Osberg, a local entrepreneurial business professional. I have the pleasure of having joined me, Raj Suchak. Raj, welcome.

Raj Suchak - Thank you, thank you, John. It's great to be here, thank you for having me.

John Osberg - Raj is with a company here locally in Buffalo called GritSeed, and actually, I'm just gonna let Raj talk a little bit more about what you're doing at GritSeed and maybe more about your background.

Raj Suchak - Great, thank you again. It's really great to be here. So I'm the founder of GritSeed. GritSeed is a software company based right here in Buffalo.

Episode number 8 of the Smarter Business Podcast features Christine Howard, owner of EB Howard Consulting a firm that provides non-dilutive funding options and funding evaluations for businesses and non-profits.

We chat about a recent video that we produced that featured Christine, non-dilutive funding and women in the startup world.

https://www.ebhoward.com/

If you like what you hear, please subscribe wherever you are taking in this podcast, and please leave a comment - we are always looking for feedback and it can help people find the show.

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Our goal with this podcast to deliver high-quality, actionable tips and advice from business leaders. Advice that will help you succeed. Oh yeah and that video bent - we are going beyond the typical business tips, we are going to explore the use of video with these business leaders too, from marketing to sales, to internal communications - how they use it and how it impacts their businesses. Thanks for tuning in. 

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Are you looking to generate more leads? Or maybe better leads?

Could your sales team use some modern help demonstrating your product, developing relationships, and closing deals?

Would you like to efficiently recruit and train top talent?

Or perhaps you’d like to show the world who you really are, reinforce your culture, and expand your brand?

Video can do that. And we can help.

vidwheel LLC is an agile video agency that fully partners with our clients to plan, execute, and effectively implement high-quality video to help elevate multiple aspects of their businesses.

Some companies help with strategy and planning. Some companies produce video. Some companies help distribute video for outreach purposes. We do all three, we do it well, and we do it at a price point that makes sense.

https://vidwheel.com/

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Christine Howard: Yeah, I do all the things. No, it's E.B. Howard Consulting and we are a full service, non-dilutive, development and evaluation company. And that's a lot to take in right there. So what we do three things, really, three services or products for our clients. We help them find funding, non-dilutive funding, meaning they're not going to take equity out of their company or their program or their project to get that funding. The second thing we do is help them prepare for that funding. And that might mean proposal preparation or helping them with the documentation behind the scenes. And then the third thing is evaluation. So a lot of times when there are public dollars involved, the funder wants reporting. Did you do what you said you were going to do with the dollars? Did you meet your goals and objectives? If you didn't, that's OK. But we want evidence that you made strides towards those and that's evaluation in a nutshell. So yeah, we find it apply for and measure it. Our target audience tends to be STEM based organizations, meaning they're trying to solve social, environmental or just industrial problems that are going to benefit the community in some way, shape or form. And it could be Higher Ed, could be K through 12, could be a nonprofit organization, but a lot of our clients are startups that are doing things from maybe they're working on cardiovascular technique, you know, stroke treatment. Sure, maybe it's cancer treatment. Maybe it's, you know, real time water contamination detections or maybe it's something in the Department of Defense sphere.

This episode, we're trying something new, this time, a friend of the podcast, John Osberg is going to do the interviewing and his guest today is Pat Whalen, director of TReC a new business incubator in Niagara Falls, NY developed by the Niagara Global Tourism Institute. Pat has a long history of starting businesses and helping other folks start businesses, too and has awesome insights to share.

https://trecbyngti.com/

If you like what you hear, please subscribe wherever you are listening to or watching this podcast, and please feel free to leave a comment - we are always looking for feedback.

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Our goal with this podcast to deliver high-quality, actionable tips and advice from business leaders. Advice that will help you succeed. Oh yeah and that video bent - we are going beyond the typical business tips, we are going to explore the use of video with these business leaders too, from marketing to sales, to internal communications - how they use it and how it impacts their businesses. Thanks for tuning in.
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John Osberg: Hi, everyone. Welcome to another episode of the Smarter Business Podcast. I'm John Osberg, a local entrepreneurial business professional. Excited to have Patrick Whalen here of the Niagara Global Tourism Institute, who operates track also coworking space in Niagara Falls, New York. Patrick, welcome. Thanks for being here.

Pat Whalen:  Thanks for having me.

John Osberg:  All right. So, you know, we're here to talk a little bit about Patrick's background. Learn more about what he's doing in Niagara Falls, New York. Some of things he's done previously in Buffalo, New York, which have all been really exciting things. So, if cool, I'm going to jump right into it, Pat.

Pat Whalen: Sure. Let's go.

John Osberg: So on my list here, first thing I want to do is maybe an introduction personally and professionally on who you are and what you've done. A lot to talk about.

Pat Whalen: When you get old guys on here, it's gonna take a while and get.

John Osberg: A lot of awesome accomplishments though. Pat.

Pat Whalen: Yeah. So. Well, let's start with the present. We just had a soft opening. I call it a soft opening on November 4th of a coworking incubator in Niagara Falls, New York, as you mentioned, called TReC. The Niagara Global Tourism Institute operates it. We have Sherpas.  

Pat Whalen: Talk a little bit about the story behind Sherpas. TReC is our name. It does have a meeting, those four letters. We don't tell anybody what it is though. So, we thought about a trek and a trek up Mount Everest. And the more I thought about that, the more we thought, well, this is an interesting thing. How do you get to the top of Mount Everest? So, I did some research and found that on average year twelve hundred people try. Six hundred make it. Six hundred don't. So, lore is that 50 percent of all new businesses fail. So, I thought, well, that's an interesting parallel. And the people that make it to the top of Mt. Everest, all of them have a Sherpa.

In this episode of the Smarter Business Podcast we feature CJ Maurer, founder, and owner of The Gist. They are an inbound marketing agency that designs and executes strategies that create sustainable growth for their clients. We talk about CJ's, career journey and why it's important to outsource certain aspects of your business.

https://www.thegistcontent.com/

If you like what you hear, please subscribe wherever you are listening to or watching this podcast, and please feel free to leave a comment - we are always looking for feedback.

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Our goal with this podcast to delivery high-quality, actionable tips and advice from business leaders. Advice that will help you succeed. Oh yeah and that video bent - we are going beyond the typical business tips, we are going to explore the use of video with these business leaders too, from marketing to sales, to internal communications - how they use it and how it impacts their businesses. Thanks for tuning in.

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Transcript (partial):

Neil K Carroll: Hi. Welcome to the Smarter Business Podcast. This episode features CJ Maurer, the founder of The Gist. They are an inbound marketing agency that designs and executes strategies that create sustainable growth for their clients. We talk about CJ's, career journey and why it's important to outsource certain aspects of your business. If you like what you hear, please subscribe to wherever you're taking this podcast and leave a comment. We're always looking for feedback and it can help people find the show. 

Neil K Carroll: On this episode of the Smarter Business podcast, we have CJ Maurer. CJ, welcome. 

CJ Maurer: Thanks, Neil. 

Neil K Carroll: Yeah. CJ is starting up a new company called The Gist. And now I'm gonna give CJ a moment to kind of walk through what your services are. 

CJ Maurer: Well, first of all, thank you for having me here. I don't know how long it took me trying to poke you to get me on this podcast. 

Neil K Carroll: It's a very, very popular podcast to be on. 

CJ Maurer: Well, I just love the idea of making content and doing podcasts like I want to be part of it. It's something I'm looking into myself as well. But no, seriously, thanks. This is cool. I love what you're doing. The Gist is an inbound marketing agency, simply put. So, a lot of people know inbound marketing is a process for generating leads and then nurturing those leads. And certainly, we help businesses do that. But really, my view of inbound is a process of enabling marketers and business owners to really look at the entire business lifecycle through marketing, sales, and customer service, identify opportunities to reduce friction, provide amazing customer experience and build loyal relationships that really help unlock sustainable growth. And if that sounds vague, I can kind of understand, but it's really about applying the same principles that you use to make it easier for people to engage with you at the top of the funnel through lead generation and follow up and things like that and applying that through sales and customer service as well. That's really what inbound marketing is as a mechanism to unlock growth. 

Neil K Carroll: Excellent. So in terms of maybe products or services, if you were to go and tell somebody kind of this is what we do. You would say inbound services consulting or do you 

Tim Bouchard, the CEO, and partner at Luminus, an agency that creates meaningful brand development and marketing strategies for businesses.

Tim talks about his experience with vlogging, the growth of his business and Buffalo's first coworking space.

https://luminus.agency/

Check out the video here and be sure to subscribe to receive future episodes. If you prefer an audio podcast subscribe to the Smarter Business Podcast at this link - https://vidwheel.com/smarter-business-podcast/

Our goal with this podcast to delivery high-quality, actionable tips and advice from business leaders. Advice that will help you succeed. Oh yeah and that video bent - we are going beyond the typical business tips, we are going to explore the use of video with these business leaders too, from marketing to sales, to internal communications - how they use it and how it impacts their businesses. Thanks for tuning in.

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Nickel City Graphics LLC is now vidwheel LLC. 

We wanted a new name, a new identity, a clear identity, and a new, clear voice, to go with a new focus and position. vidwheel LLC is an end-to-end video agency, which means we work closely with our clients to plan, execute, AND effectively implement high-quality video to help improve multiple aspects of their businesses. 

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Are you looking to generate more leads? Or maybe better leads?

Could your sales team use some modern help demonstrating your product, developing relationships, and closing deals?

Would you like to efficiently recruit and train top talent?

Or perhaps you’d like to show the world who you really are, reinforce your culture, and expand your brand?

Video can do that. And we can help.

vidwheel LLC is an agile video agency that fully partners with our clients to plan, execute, and effectively implement high-quality video to help elevate multiple aspects of their businesses.

Some companies help with strategy and planning. Some companies produce video. Some companies help distribute video for outreach purposes. We do all three, we do it well, and we do it at a price point that makes sense.

https://vidwheel.com/

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Neil Carroll [00:00:06] Hi, welcome to The Smarter Business Podcast. This episode features Tim Bouchard, a partner and the CEO of Luminus. Tim was the president of AAF Buffalo for two years and has recently been named to The Buffalo 40 Under 40. He talks about the early development of his business, his experience with vlogging, and how video, in general, has impacted the growth of his own business. If you like what you hear, please subscribe wherever you're taking in this podcast, and please leave a comment. We're always looking for feedback and this can help people find this show. 

Neil Carroll [00:00:45] Welcome to this episode of The Smarter Business Podcast. This month we have Tim Bouchard from Luminus, and Tim, what is your title these days? 

Tim Bouchard [00:00:56] I am one of the two partners and chief executive officer. 

Neil Carroll [00:01:00] Alright, you may be the first CEO we've had on the podcast. So do you want to tell everybody, Why don't you kind of intro yourself and Luminus? 

Tim Bouchard [00:01:12] Yeah, my background in marketing is in the development space and a little bit of design. I went to UB. Been local here in Buffalo f

Alex Villafranca, one of the founders of Arbeit Software, a company that empowers businesses with powerful contact solutions. From calling solutions to hosted VoIP office phone systems.

Alex talks about how he uses video to prove Arbeit's expert status. And as a bonus, you'll hear more about how World of Warcraft can help you grow your network and business.

https://www.arbeitsoftware.com

Check out the video here and be sure to subscribe to receive future episodes. If you prefer an audio podcast subscribe to the Smarter Business Podcast at this link - https://vidwheel.com/smarter-business-podcast/

Our goal with this podcast to delivery high-quality, actionable tips and advice from business leaders. Advice that will help you succeed. Oh yeah and that video bent - we are going beyond the typical business tips, we are going to explore the use of video with these business leaders too, from marketing to sales, to internal communications - how they use it and how it impacts their businesses. Thanks for tuning in.
 
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Nickel City Graphics LLC is now vidwheel LLC. 

We wanted a new name, a new identity, a clear identity, and a new, clear voice, to go with a new focus and position. vidwheel LLC is an end-to-end video agency, which means we work closely with our clients to plan, execute, AND effectively implement high-quality video to help improve multiple aspects of their businesses. 
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Neil Carroll [00:00:06]This episode of The Smarter Business Podcast features Alex Villafranca. Alex is one of the co-founders and CEO of Arbeit Software, which is a communications platform that allows modern and more efficient communication between businesses and consumers. Alex also produces video content for Arbeit Software, and he goes into how he uses video to prove Arbeit's expert status. Bonus, you'll hear more about how World of Warcraft can help you grow your network and business. As always, if you like what you hear, please subscribe wherever you're taking in this podcast, and please leave a comment. We're always looking for feedback, and it can help people find this show.

Neil Carroll [00:00:49] Welcome to this episode of The Smarter Business Podcast. This month we have Alex Villafranca from Arbeit Software. And Alex, I'll give you an option to kind of introduce yourself and your company.

Alex Villafranca [00:01:05] Yeah. So Alex Villafranca, one of the co-founders and CEO of Arbeit Software. We are a communications platform that allows businesses to communicate with consumers in a modern, more friendly way. And essentially what that is, is we make, I mean, we have a few different products, but we have an autodialer is our first product that we launched about five or six years ago. That's what got us into this. It's not the most friendly way of communicating with consumers, but that was our first product. We have a phone system for businesses. We have a compliant communications platform that eliminates the need for robocalls for businesses, but allows them to still reach consumers in just as a productive and efficient way. So, yeah, that's what Arbeit is and what we do.

Neil Carroll: [00:01:56] That's excellent. And I think one of our first conversations we discussed your radio spots that you were doing. Right? For your phone system.

Alex Villafranca: [00:02:07] With Duke Nukem as our voice over.

Neil Carroll: [00:02:10] Which was excellent and memorable.

Alex Villafranca: [00:02:12] Yeah, people loved it.

Tony DeSimone, Owner, and founder of You're The Expert Now, a business consulting firm is our third guest on the Smarter Business Podcast.

Tony talks about his podcast, Entrepreneur Island, his new book, Small Business Blind Spots: Solutions to the Eight Most Common Challenges Business Owners Fail to See. A short, actionable book that you can use start working on your business today.

Check out the video here and be sure to subscribe to receive future episodes. If you prefer an audio podcast subscribe to the Smarter Business Podcast at this link - https://vidwheel.com/smarter-business-podcast/

Our goal with this podcast to delivery high-quality, actionable tips and advice from business leaders. Advice that will help you succeed. Oh yeah and that video bent - we are going beyond the typical business tips, we are going to explore the use of video with these business leaders too, from marketing to sales, to internal communications - how they use it and how it impacts their businesses. Thanks for tuning in.

Holly Nowak - Owner - HMN Resources - interviewed by Neil K Carroll

To sign up for HMN Resources' online harassment training contact - [email protected]

Burak's Bio - https://vidwheel.com/burak-spoth-video-production-specialist/

This time around we feature Holly Nowak, founder, and owner of HMN Resources. She is a neighbor of ours here at vidwheel, a fountain of HR knowledge and all-around skilled business owner. Look or listen for Holly, to say the least HR thing she can think of, her story of taking the leap into some video marketing and a lot of other relevant business info. 

If you like what you hear, please subscribe wherever you are listening to or watching this podcast, and please feel free to leave a comment - we are always looking for feedback.

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Our goal with this podcast to delivery high-quality, actionable tips and advice from business leaders. Advice that will help you succeed. Oh yeah and that video bent - we are going beyond the typical business tips, we are going to explore the use of video with these business leaders too, from marketing to sales, to internal communications - how they use it and how it impacts their businesses. Thanks for tuning in.

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ACV Auctions logo - https://www.acvauctions.com/

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Joe Neiman, Chief Customer Success Officer and founder of ACV Auctions stopped by for the first episode of the Smarter Business Podcast. 

Joe talks about the ACV Auctions logo, discusses some of their video projects and gives a very simple tip that he has used to grow his business. All of that and book recommendation by one of the most recognizable and successful people in the startup scene in Buffalo, NY.

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Neil Carroll: [00:00:06] Hi welcome to the smarter business podcast. Business advice with a video bent. Our goal with this podcast is to deliver high quality, actionable tips, and advice from business leaders that can help you succeed. Oh yeah, and that video bent, we're going beyond the typical business tips. We're going to explore the use of video with these business leaders too. From marketing to sales, to internal communications, how it impacts their businesses. So thanks for tuning in. We are publishing this series on YouTube in video format, and wherever you download your podcasts. Please subscribe to get access in the future, and to stay in the loop with these business altering tips and advice.

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Neil Carroll [00:00:52] Welcome to the first smarter business podcast. So the idea here is that we're gonna give some business tips with a bit of a video bent. Our inaugural guest for this podcast is Joe Neiman who is with ACV Auctions. What's your title now Joe. 

Joe Neiman [00:01:09] Today it is Chief Customer Officer. 

Neil Carroll [00:01:13] Excellent, and I'm going to ask you first Joe, just can you tell anybody who doesn't know what ACV Auctions is, who you guys are, what you do. 

Joe Neiman [00:01:26] Absolutely. ACV Auctions is a Buffalo-based startup. So we got going about five years ago, and have built a pretty decent sized company here in Buffalo. We, our customers are car dealers, and we've created a marketplace where they buy and sell used cars between, between each other. So we are disruptive to the physical auctions. Most consumers don't have any idea that this industry exists but there's something like 20 million cars a year that get bought and sold between car dealers at auctions. So we're leveraging technology and a lot of people. So we're over 800 employees now all over the country, about 400 or so in Buffalo, but this is, this is how you want startups to pan out. We're, we're very lucky, very blessed. We've made a lot of mistakes but have fortunately recovered quickly. And yes we're d