The Business of Business - Two Daughters & Their Dad

Welcome to Season 3!  We want to thank our listeners for your support. We’re thrilled to be starting our 3rd year of talking about all things entrepreneurial.

Today we welcome entrepreneur William Alfreds, owner of Sleek & Stylish in Swedesboro, NJ.  William is a teacher, barber and long-time entrepreneur who believes in having many “side dishes.”  His positivity is contagious; he starts off the discussion by saying don’t be afraid to make decisions about being an entrepreneur.

He shares a lot of nuggets for fellow entrepreneurs:

• There are no days off when you’re an entrepreneur
• When you love what you do it’s not work
• Be anchored in one thing but develop side dishes that support one another
• People love doing business with people they love
• Have a Winning Attitude 
• In every setback there is a seed of opportunity
• Worry and anxiety add nothing to your life
• Social media is a free business card

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Jennifer Faith Dempsey has been in the beauty industry for over 10 years. For the last 5m years, she has owned J. Faith Hair Studio. She brings her experience on how she balances entrepreneurship and motherhood. Check out Jen’s blog.

Staci Joy Dempsey is an insurance agent, a mom, and a busy non-profit volunteer. She truly understands what it means to be an entrepreneur. Staci serves as the podcast's host.

Jack Dempsey is the dad who heads up this busy family. He is a founding partner in Dempsey, Weiss & Associates, an Elmer, NJ-based insurance and investment firm that began more than 30 years ago.

With today’s episode Season 2 is a wrap!  We can’t thank our listener’s enough for following us on their entrepreneurial journey.

Today, we look back over this season’s 23 episodes and share some of our favorite nuggets.

- Fill your own tank first; don’t be caught with no wine in your grape – Madi Still of Be Still Nutrition

- Be sure your spouse/partner is 100% all in – Enoch Stevenson Insurance

- Entrepreneurship is a drive that one has – Jennifer Barbeau of Mountain Girl Farm

- Your WHY had to be strong enough to keep you in the game – Michelle Seiler Tucker

- You can’t build your business without blood, sweat & tears – Monica Mehalishick of The Nourished Nest

- Treat people how you want to be treated – Joe Lancellotti

- Be prepared and strap on the seatbelt – Mary Lou Hanlon of PetMinders

- It’s called show BUSINESS not show talent – Michelle Tomko of Tomkomedy

- Your team must believe in your mission and culture – Doug Hayes of Covenant Mercies

- Social media is about planting seeds – Tina Samyan of Joyful Restoration

We can’t wait to kick off Season 3 on Nov 15, 2021

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Jennifer Faith Dempsey has been in the beauty industry for over 10 years. For the last 5m years, she has owned J. Faith Hair Studio. She brings her experience on how she balances entrepreneurship and motherhood. Check out Jen’s blog.

Staci Joy Dempsey is an insurance agent, a mom, and a busy non-profit volunteer. She truly understands what it means to be an entrepreneur. Staci serves as the podcast's host.

Jack Dempsey is the dad who heads up this busy family. He is a founding partner in Dempsey, Weiss & Associates, an Elmer, NJ-based insurance and investment firm that began more than 30 years ago.

Welcome to Part 2 of what exactly is marketing!  In this episode the Dempseys delve into marketing versus selling with a focus on established businesses.

From discounting and loyalty programs to customer referrals, Jack, Staci & Jennifer share some important things to consider including knowing the difference between marketing to your current customers versus attracting new ones.

One important thread throughout the discussion is defining your customer and targeting your marketing to attract that type of customer.

The Nugget Alerts abound:
- Be established yet be nimble
- Referrals work
- Know how your customers found out about you
- Marketing builds your brand and then your following
- Attract clients who will refer clients like them
- 80% of your profits come from 20% of your clients
- All clients have plenty of options

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 Jennifer Faith Dempsey has been in the beauty industry for over 10 years. The last 3 1/2 years she has owned J.Faith Hair Studio. She brings her experience on how she balances entrepreneurship and motherhood.

Staci Joy Dempsey is an insurance agent, a mom and a busy non-profit volunteer. She truly understands what it means to be an entrepreneur.  Staci serves as the podcast's host.

Jack Dempsey is the dad who heads up this busy family.  He is a founding partner in Dempsey, W

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Jennifer Faith Dempsey has been in the beauty industry for over 10 years. For the last 5m years, she has owned J. Faith Hair Studio. She brings her experience on how she balances entrepreneurship and motherhood. Check out Jen’s blog.

Staci Joy Dempsey is an insurance agent, a mom, and a busy non-profit volunteer. She truly understands what it means to be an entrepreneur. Staci serves as the podcast's host.

Jack Dempsey is the dad who heads up this busy family. He is a founding partner in Dempsey, Weiss & Associates, an Elmer, NJ-based insurance and investment firm that began more than 30 years ago.

So what exactly is marketing?  In this first of a two-part series, The Dempseys delve into marketing versus selling and focus on new start-up businesses.

From events, flyers, going door to door and sending pretzel trays, all the way to run on multiple social media channels, Jack, Staci & Jennifer share what’s worked for them and what doesn’t.

One important thread throughout the discussion is the importance of metrics as well as discovering what works best for you and your business - at each stage of your business.

The Nugget Alerts abound:
 - there is a difference between marketing and selling
-  you must be creative
-  cast a wide net
- define your ideal client
- evaluate, evaluate, evaluate
- if you aren’t on social media you aren’t in business 
- messages must be current and relevant
- data is king
- not being “good” at technology is not an excuse 
- you have to be able to be googled

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 Jennifer Faith Dempsey has been in the beauty industry for over 10 years. The last 3 1/2 years she has owned J.Faith Hair Studio. She brings her experience on how she balances entrepreneurship and motherhood.

Staci Joy Dempsey is an insurance agent, a mom and a busy non-profit volunteer. She truly understands what it means to be an entrepreneur.  Staci serves as the podcast's host.

Jack Dempsey is the dad who heads up this busy family. 

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Jennifer Faith Dempsey has been in the beauty industry for over 10 years. For the last 5m years, she has owned J. Faith Hair Studio. She brings her experience on how she balances entrepreneurship and motherhood. Check out Jen’s blog.

Staci Joy Dempsey is an insurance agent, a mom, and a busy non-profit volunteer. She truly understands what it means to be an entrepreneur. Staci serves as the podcast's host.

Jack Dempsey is the dad who heads up this busy family. He is a founding partner in Dempsey, Weiss & Associates, an Elmer, NJ-based insurance and investment firm that began more than 30 years ago.

This fast-paced episode is filled with some common themes as well as a few new ones.

Christina (Tina) Samyan of Joyful Restoration Integrative Energy Medicine, Coaching & Counseling shares her incredible story of how she opened her own business while remaining true to herself and her vision.

Tina shares her personal story about why she wanted to be a licensed clinical social worker as well as the mentors she had along the way.  She also shares her outlook on what propels someone to be an entrepreneur.

Staci, Jen and Jack also recognize some common themes around social media, mentoring, the need to adapt and the need to be committed to your vision.

The Nugget Alerts are plentiful:
 - keep adapting
 – get an office, get a phone and just start
– find a mentor/guide to help with the push to get started
– you have to trust yourself in all things
– be authentic to who you are; do what’s natural
– social media is not about the likes; it’s about planting seeds
– challenges can lead to changes that lead to more freedom
 – always operate your business out of a great vision
 – think about what it would feel like if your business was already established
 
 
 Christina (Tina) Samyan of Joyful Restoration Integrative Energy Medicine, Coaching & Counseling can be found at:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/www.joyfulrestoration.org

Website - http://www.joyfulrestoration.org/

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Jennifer Faith Dempsey has been in the beauty industry for over 10 years. For the last 5m years, she has owned J. Faith Hair Studio. She brings her experience on how she balances entrepreneurship and motherhood. Check out Jen’s blog.

Staci Joy Dempsey is an insurance agent, a mom, and a busy non-profit volunteer. She truly understands what it means to be an entrepreneur. Staci serves as the podcast's host.

Jack Dempsey is the dad who heads up this busy family. He is a founding partner in Dempsey, Weiss & Associates, an Elmer, NJ-based insurance and investment firm that began more than 30 years ago.

Welcome to the Business of Business - Two Daughters & Their Dad Podcast!

Today Jack, Jennifer and Staci talk about the challenging of hiring in what is truly an "employee's market".

How can a young business  compete with the incentives, bonuses and promotions currently being offered for even entry level positions?  And, how do you handle the high expectations for salary, hours and work, for true entry level positons?

For the Dempsey businesses, the answer centers around the role that business culture plays in hiring and firing.

Nugget Alerts:
- Make it to be insantity if someone doesn't want to work for you
- Sell your long-term vision
- Money isn't evenything
- With technology your culture is on display at all times
- Culture manages your business in the absence of leadership
- Culture means everyone acts in the spirit of the business
- Every Client, Every Team Member, Every Time

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Jennifer Faith Dempsey has been in the beauty industry for over 10 years. The last 3 1/2 years she has owned J.Faith Hair Studio. She brings her experience on how she balances entrepreneurship and motherhood.

Staci Joy Dempsey is an insurance agent, a mom and a busy non profit volunteer. She truly understands what it means to be an entrepreneur.  Staci serves as the podcast's host.

Jack Dempsey is the dad who he

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Jennifer Faith Dempsey has been in the beauty industry for over 10 years. For the last 5m years, she has owned J. Faith Hair Studio. She brings her experience on how she balances entrepreneurship and motherhood. Check out Jen’s blog.

Staci Joy Dempsey is an insurance agent, a mom, and a busy non-profit volunteer. She truly understands what it means to be an entrepreneur. Staci serves as the podcast's host.

Jack Dempsey is the dad who heads up this busy family. He is a founding partner in Dempsey, Weiss & Associates, an Elmer, NJ-based insurance and investment firm that began more than 30 years ago.

One of the things we have learned on this podcast is that businesses come in all shapes & sizes.
 
 In this episode we are joined by Doug Hayes, Founder and Director of Covenant Mercies, an international nonprofit based in Glen Mills, PA.  Their mission to serve orphans in collaboration with indigenous local churches in the developing world.

Doug shares his story on how he took his vision and turned it into an international nonprofit starting with finding funding, securing partners both in the US and in several African countries, educating donors and learning to communicate through cultural, language and generational gaps.

He also shares with Jack, Jennifer and Staci about the importance of finding the right people who believe in your vision, a theme we have heard before.

Nugget Alerts:
- your team must believe in your mission and culture
- we don't sell the need but the results of the program
- Business must learn to adapt to communicate in new ways to new generations
- put the right people on the bus
- Strategically, it is vital to establish a track record of accountability to succeed in a good negotiation
- be nimble in your thinking and adapt your plan as needed


Doug and Covenant Mercies can be found:
Covenant Mercies Website
Covenant Mercies Facebook
Donations & Child Sponsorships

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Jennifer Faith Dempsey has been in the beauty industry for over 10 years. For the last 5m years, she has owned J. Faith Hair Studio. She brings her experience on how she balances entrepreneurship and motherhood. Check out Jen’s blog.

Staci Joy Dempsey is an insurance agent, a mom, and a busy non-profit volunteer. She truly understands what it means to be an entrepreneur. Staci serves as the podcast's host.

Jack Dempsey is the dad who heads up this busy family. He is a founding partner in Dempsey, Weiss & Associates, an Elmer, NJ-based insurance and investment firm that began more than 30 years ago.

Welcome to the Business of Business - Two Daughters & Their Dad Podcast!

Being a comedian is easy right?  Like all you need to do is be funny?  Listen in as comedian and entreprenuer Michelle Tomko, of Tomkomedy, explains about how comedy is really a business.

Michelle talks about how she got her start in the business of comedy as well as acting, writing, teaching and blogging.  She shares that, while her friends often think she doesn't do anything during the day, she is a very busy entreprenuer working on her business and her talent each and every day.

Jack, Staci and Jennifer learn that Michelle hires out for roasts [ and a wide variety of other shows and event - so the daighter will be planning a surprise in the future!

Nugget Alerts:
- in entertainment, work and pleasure often bleed together
- most people like to hide their embarrassing moments; comedians put it out there for all to see
- there is not a straight line from point A to point B
- it's called show BUSINESS not show TALENT

Michelle Tomko can be found:
Website
Tomkomedy Facebook
Instragram, Twitter & TikToK - search for Tomkomedy
YouTube

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Jennifer Faith Demps

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Jennifer Faith Dempsey has been in the beauty industry for over 10 years. For the last 5m years, she has owned J. Faith Hair Studio. She brings her experience on how she balances entrepreneurship and motherhood. Check out Jen’s blog.

Staci Joy Dempsey is an insurance agent, a mom, and a busy non-profit volunteer. She truly understands what it means to be an entrepreneur. Staci serves as the podcast's host.

Jack Dempsey is the dad who heads up this busy family. He is a founding partner in Dempsey, Weiss & Associates, an Elmer, NJ-based insurance and investment firm that began more than 30 years ago.

Welcome to the Business of Business - Two Daughters & Their Dad Podcast!

So you're a busy entreprenuer; working day in and day out in your business.  How do you find time to work on your business?  Later at night?  Early in the morning?  You let all that slide?

Staci, Jennifer and Jack have a frank, and sometimes differing discussion about doing just that!

Both Jennifer and Staci talk about hearing Jack in their heads and  they share a secret that sometimes when the "kids" are together they warn each other when they are "going to sound like dad".

If you struggle with finding time for the business stuff, including developing vision, then tune in.

Nugget Alerts: 
- Freedom of time doesn't happen early on
- Start small but dream BIG!
- Always re-evaluate
- Bring in people with the capacity for more
- When you keep hearing the same thing you should stop & listen
- One thing that is non-negotiable is to be the best version of yourself

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Jennifer Faith Dempsey has been in the beauty industry for over 10 years. The last 3 1/2 years she has owned J.Faith Hair Studio. She brings her experience on how she balances entrepreneurship and motherhood.

Staci Joy Dempsey is an insurance agent, a mom and a busy non profit volunteer. She truly understands what it means to be an entrepreneur.  Staci serves as the podcas

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Jennifer Faith Dempsey has been in the beauty industry for over 10 years. For the last 5m years, she has owned J. Faith Hair Studio. She brings her experience on how she balances entrepreneurship and motherhood. Check out Jen’s blog.

Staci Joy Dempsey is an insurance agent, a mom, and a busy non-profit volunteer. She truly understands what it means to be an entrepreneur. Staci serves as the podcast's host.

Jack Dempsey is the dad who heads up this busy family. He is a founding partner in Dempsey, Weiss & Associates, an Elmer, NJ-based insurance and investment firm that began more than 30 years ago.

Welcome to the Business of Business - Two Daughters & Their Dad Podcast!

Today we are joined by entreprenuer Mary Lou Hanlon, founder of PetMinders.   Mary Lou shares her experience of growing her business over the past 28 years to not only petsitting but to world-class dog training and dog training equipment manufacturing as well.

Mary Lou talks about the challenges of post-Covid staffing challenges, continued client growth and overcoming an 80% drop in revenue literally overnight.  She also delves into the development and production of products.

Seize the day is the theme of this passion filled episode!

Nugget Alerts: 
- Be prepared and strap on the seatbelt
- Entreprenuers have to work extremely hard but you will have a level of flexibility
- A benefit is you get to decide where you want to spend your time
- Be creative in the way you want your business to develop
- Believe in your idea; you must be completely sold on it
- Be 100% committed it will work; then figure the rest out
- The most successful entreprenuers have a support system all around them
- Never hire someone you are unsure about
- In time of trouble change your mindset to the next one is right around the corner

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Mary Lou Hanlon  & Petminder can be found:
Petminders Website
Facebook
Pet Training Products

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Jennifer Faith Dempsey has been in the beauty industry for over 10 years. For the last 5m years, she has owned J. Faith Hair Studio. She brings her experience on how she balances entrepreneurship and motherhood. Check out Jen’s blog.

Staci Joy Dempsey is an insurance agent, a mom, and a busy non-profit volunteer. She truly understands what it means to be an entrepreneur. Staci serves as the podcast's host.

Jack Dempsey is the dad who heads up this busy family. He is a founding partner in Dempsey, Weiss & Associates, an Elmer, NJ-based insurance and investment firm that began more than 30 years ago.