The Bcast

This week we talk about our LivePlan YouTube ad with Cameron. Who is Cameron? Well, he hates our YouTube ad...

Show Notes:

- Our LivePlan Ad with John Procopio (:40)

- The YouTube Ad itself (1:41)

- Cameron Reilly from Motherlode.com.au (8:44)

- Be sure to check out Cameron's podcasts (Life of Caesar, Life of Alexander the Great, and The Napoleon Bonaparte Podcast)

- The Social Media Response Flow Chart: http://bit.ly/14wXIiM

- Do you have a positive story from responding to an upset customer? Email us: [email protected] or send us a tweet: @bplans

In our first Bcast Bytes segment, Alex Blumberg joins our CEO, Sabrina Parsons, to talk about Gimlet Media, the Startup podcast, life as a company founder, and why high quality narrative audio content is still what drives him.

(This segment originally aired on Episode 5 of the Bcast.)

This week our CEO Sabrina Parsons spoke with Alex Blumberg (Startup Podcast, Planet Money) about his experience as the founder of Gimlet Media, in our first-ever "Bcast Bytes" segment. Peter and Jonathan talked to Levi King (founder and CEO of Creditera) about why your business credit matters. Then, we shared some of our favorite cloud-based subscription services for personal and business use.

This week, we discuss the Bplans article, 12 Signs You Need to Hire a Manager. Our guest and COO of Palo Alto Software, Noah Parsons, shares his favorite online tools to get your business up and running. We recommend our top picks for TV shows and podcasts that we think you'll love.

Tools Noah recommends:

- Weebly and Squarespace

- Mailchimp

- Grasshopper and RingCentral

- Google Apps

- HelloSign and DocuSign

- Upwork (formerly oDesk and elance)

In this week's episode, Peter and Jonathan talk about Robot Paper, a startup comic book company founded by Brian Wyrick. We also learn how to find a mentor with Caroline Cummings, and chat about how small businesses can use Big Data.

In this week's episode, we use the Bluth's Frozen Banana Stand to show you how to write a business plan in under an hour. We also learn about content marketing from Candice Landau, and share our thoughts on 3D printing.

In this week's episode we discuss:

- 10 Things the Bank Will Ask When You Need a Business Loan

(http://bit.ly/1NKZIVH)

- 5 Things Your Website Must Do (featuring John Procopio)

- Our Thoughts On the Apple Watch

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