The BusinessZone with Crystal & Gilbert

Odyssey Weathers is a Kentucky native living out my dreams in Los Angeles! Helping people, making people happy, and putting people on to amazing products and services that make their lives easier is my thing. She's kind of obsessed with Social Media, trending topics, and using technology to make the world a better place. 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:40 Welcome Crystal and Gilbert 00:21:34 Guest: Odyssey Weathers, ODD Media

Today's topic: Helping helps micro, small, and women-owned business enterprises become business-ready, contract-ready, and bank loan-ready. 

To take your business to the next level, being a minority-owned, woman-owned, or veteran-owned small business opens a lot of doors for you with Local, County, State, or Federal contracting agencies. Today we are providing you with the necessary steps to get the process going. 

Guest: Ginger Campbell, Publicist, Live Events Guru, SNAP Publication, Inc. SNAP Productions is an integrated communications company that has been in business for almost 30 years. We help companies increase visibility and awareness for their products and services through live/virtual event production, public relations, marketing, branding, and outreach. We also help companies save money as a one-stop shop--you don't have to go to several agencies to get your communications needs met.

Since World War II, the U.S. has experienced 12 recessions, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) — an average of one every six years. Indeed, recessions happen, they are more common than most people realize, and most business managers are likely to encounter several over the course of their career.

It's crucial for business owners and managers to prepare their organizations to survive, and possibly even thrive, through the next recession, whenever it comes.

Here are 27 actionable ideas that have helped protect many companies in various industries during past recessions. These strategies may not all be appropriate for any particular business, but selecting the right ones from this list can help to recession-proof any organization.

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A weekly online video radio show that brings businesses, entrepreneurship, supplier diversity, information, and opportunities through collaboration with contract providers and lenders. The BusinessZone, we educate, encourage, inform and inspire the business owners and entrepreneurs in our global communities.

his platform can help you grow your business through heightened visibility “on-air” and via YouTube.com and Facebook.com.

Co-hosts: Crystal Mitchell, Business Coach | Educator | Entrepreneur | Speaker Gilbert Buchanan, Business Coach, Founder, SmallBizPro

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Bridging the Gap in Communication through Language Guest: Katherine Jimenez, Language Specialist, KJ Interpreting Throughout my journey as a language specialist with over 10 years of experience, I've had the pleasure of developing a real passion for helping clients bridge the gap in communication. And as an educator with over 30 years of experience, assisting students with cultivating a successful style of learning, for me is a calling and honor to facilitate. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~A weekly online video radio show that brings businesses, entrepreneurship, supplier diversity, information, and opportunities through collaboration with contract providers and lenders. The BusinessZone, we educate, encourage, inform and inspire the business owners and entrepreneurs in our global communities. This platform can help you grow your business through heightened visibility “on-air” and via YouTube.com and Facebook.com.

Co-hosts: Crystal Mitchell, Business Coach | Educator | Entrepreneur | Speaker

Gilbert Buchanan, Business Coach, Founder, SmallBizPro

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Today's guest: Gil Cargill, Gil Cargill, Author, Sales Coach, Founder & CEO of Cargill Consulting, Inc.

Today business owners are in the fight of their lives. Most of them have no additional revenue sources they can tap into for financial support during lean times – and their marketing and advertising aren’t working as well as they used to. In fact, for many small business owners, marketing isn’t producing any results for them at all, and their financial situation is growing more desperate by the day. 

With forty years of experience, Gil has assisted over 7000 business-to-business salesforces. He has designed a unique program to provide all sales organizations with a blueprint for MAXIMIZE GROWTH and PROFITABILITY.  Gil says to give him 45 minutes, and he can help you find thousands of hidden dollars in your business.

Candidate for City Council in Santa Clarita 2022

Guest: Selina Thomas, CEO and Founder of 6 Degrees HR Consulting, host of a podcast on the SCV Signal, and a recent candidate for Santa Clarita City Council.

Ms. Thomas has a Masters in Human Resources and is a Nationally Certified Human Resource Specialist. As one of only two (MBEs) Minority Business Enterprises in Santa Clarita, she works closely with many local companies, employment attorneys, and insurance brokers to assure the compliance and infrastructure of small businesses. Selina Thomas is currently running for Santa Clarita City Council. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A weekly online video radio show that brings businesses, entrepreneurship, supplier diversity, information, and opportunities through collaboration with contract providers and lenders. The BusinessZone, we educate, encourage, inform and inspire the business owners and entrepreneurs in our global communities.

This platform can help you grow your business through heightened visibility “on-air” and via YouTube.com and Facebook.com.

Co-hosts: Crystal Mitchell, Business Coach | Educator | Entrepreneur | Speaker

Gilbert Buchanan, Business Coach, Founder, SmallBizPro

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We’re starting new businesses, and jobs, and cultivating prosperous Black business communities.

California SBDC’s Inclusivity Project℠ partners with passionate entrepreneurs and forerunners to build resilient, profitable, companies and shape the next generation of Black entrepreneurs.

Business Financial Literacy is the cornerstone of successful businesses. Today on The BusinessZone we are closing our Financial Literacy Month with a discussion on Budgeting and financial forecasting as tools that companies use to establish a plan for where management wants to take the business—budgeting—and whether it is heading in the right direction—financial forecasting.

Live streaming on Facebook and YouTube, Friday, 3 PM PST, join us. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A weekly online video radio show that brings businesses, entrepreneurship, supplier diversity, information, and opportunities through collaboration with contract providers and lenders. The BusinessZone, we educate, encourage, inform and inspire the business owners and entrepreneurs in our global communities.

This platform can help you grow your business through heightened visibility “on-air” and via YouTube.com and Facebook.com.

Co-hosts: Crystal Mitchell, Business Coach | Educator | Entrepreneur | Speaker

Gilbert Buchanan, Business Coach, Founder, SmallBizPro

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Money Smarts Financial Business Literacy Month, Part 2 - Talking Money Smarts -

Why is financial literacy so crucial among business owners? It's about understanding how money works, how to spend money to make money, and knowing that your decisions are likely to affect the profitability of your business. In addition, financial literacy for business owners is essential since it helps them make better choices about what to do next. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A weekly online video radio show that brings businesses, entrepreneurship, supplier diversity, information, and opportunities through collaboration with contract providers and lenders. The BusinessZone, we educate, encourage, inform and inspire the business owners and entrepreneurs in our global communities.

This platform can help you grow your business through heightened visibility “on-air” and via YouTube.com and Facebook.com.

Co-hosts: Crystal Mitchell, Business Coach | Educator | Entrepreneur | Speaker

Gilbert Buchanan, Business Coach, Founder, SmallBizPro

Subscribe so you don’t miss our shows: http://www.youtube.com/c/BusinessZone...

Let’s connect: Instagram – @thebusinesszone9665

Twitter – @thebusinesszone

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