Entrepreneurship and being a small business owner have a lot of things in common with baseball. In this episode, we talk about 5 things small business ownership have in common with America's past time - baseball!   If you own or are thinking about starting a small business, then this is a great look and what you're in store for. Baseball is a game that is really a game within many games on the field, just like entrepreneurship can be for many of us. This video talks about many aspects of both and the similarities and, ultimately, lessons we, as entrepreneurs, can learn from the game of baseball.   For instance, have you realized that if you fail 7 out of 10 times as a big league hitter, and did so for 15 years, you'd be in the Hall of Fame? Baseball, just like owning a business, can mean you're dealing with failures over and over again. It's how you deal with these failures that can be the difference of being in the Hall of Fame (or meaning you're profitable as a business owner) or if you end up being just a part-time player, earning the league minimum. What do you want to be? A Hall of Famer or out of the league after a year or two?  What are your thoughts? What lessons can you learn about owning a small business from the game of baseball?   For more about today's podcast, check us out at The Shawn Campbell Show on both Facebook and Instagram!

This is a powerful conversation with two special guests of the show, Leon Adams and Yvonne Bacon, both of whom are empowerment coaches. We talk about several subjects that revolve around the topic of mindset and appreciating yourself first and foremost to move forward to living the life you want to live. Definitely a must-listen to episode! 

Be sure to catch this motivating video with myself and Special Guest, Tricia Beck, a new author of the just-released Mentoring Lifts and Inspires: Women Empowering Women. Find out what inspired Tricia to not only write her first book but also do it in only in 5 months! And, oh by the way, the book debuted at #1 in it's category in Amazon just this week! 

You can find Tricia's book on Amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/Mentoring-Lifts-Inspires-Women-Empowering-ebook/dp/B08F9X16VY

When was the last time you did a video for your social media marketing? It's not as complicated as you may think and you really don't have an excuse why you can't do at least one or two a month. Here are a few tips and some motivation to get you going! 

This of LinkedIn as your opportunity to network with people online at any time. If you were networking in person, would you go in and immediately ask for the sell? No, you wouldn't and you shouldn't do so on LinkedIn either. Here's the biggest mistake I'm seeing and an alternative to this bad tactic.

This is a real easy platform to overthink. Trust your gut, be consistent and provide your audience good content - plus a few other ideas for you. 

This one is a biggie and one that you need to understand when putting together your social media marketing program. 

What are the qualities that you should be looking for when hiring someone to work on your website, SEO or social media? Here are my two cents. 

Had an interesting conversation with a client today about growth strategy. What's yours? Are you planting a lot of trees or just one big one? 

Part of being an entrepreneur is knowing that there's always something new to learn. If you're not learning something new everyday, you're probably not going to be in business for long.