The Small Business Association of Michigan's Small Business Weekly Podcast

On this week’s SBAM Weekly Podcast, Michael Rogers talks with Monica Mitidieri, the owner of Monica’s Gourmet Cookies and a member of the Michigan 50 Companies to Watch for 2020. She started as a small caterer but now has her cookies in stores across the state. “I think it was just literally calling and finding out who it is that you need to talk to, not just oh, here's some cookies, tell me what you think later,” she says. “You really need to speak to somebody that's the decision maker.”

The Small Business Association of Michigan is the only statewide and state-based association that focuses solely on serving the needs of Michigan’s small business community. We have been successfully serving small businesses like yours in all 83 counties of Michigan since 1969. We’re located in Lansing, just one block from the Capitol.

Our mission is to help Michigan small businesses succeed by promoting entrepreneurship, leveraging buying power and engaging in political advocacy. When small businesses band together through the Small Business Association of Michigan, they achieve more than they could on their own. 

Our 28,000+ members are as diverse as Michigan's economy. From accountants to appliance stores, manufacturers to medical, and restaurants to retailers, what unites the SBAM membership is the spirit of entrepreneurship…a spirit that drove you to start and continue to operate your own business because you believe you can do something better than anyone else is doing it!

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On this week’s SBAM Weekly Podcast, Michael Rogers talks with SBAM member Beth Milner, owner of Beth Milner Jewelry in Marquette and a member of the Michigan 50 Companies to Watch for 2020. “My jewelry really shows the things that people love about Michigan’s Upper Peninsula so you’re seeing natural scenes and little landscapes and trees,” she says. “Another thing that I think sort of sets us apart is we use primarily recycled metal.”

The Small Business Association of Michigan is the only statewide and state-based association that focuses solely on serving the needs of Michigan’s small business community. We have been successfully serving small businesses like yours in all 83 counties of Michigan since 1969. We’re located in Lansing, just one block from the Capitol.

Our mission is to help Michigan small businesses succeed by promoting entrepreneurship, leveraging buying power and engaging in political advocacy. When small businesses band together through the Small Business Association of Michigan, they achieve more than they could on their own. 

Our 28,000+ members are as diverse as Michigan's economy. From accountants to appliance stores, manufacturers to medical, and restaurants to retailers, what unites the SBAM membership is the spirit of entrepreneurship…a spirit that drove you to start and continue to operate your own business because you believe you can do something better than anyone else is doing it!

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On this week’s SBAM Weekly Podcast, Michael Rogers talks with Ken Whitinger, CEO of Mid-Michigan Interactive, an online marketing business and VIP member of the Small Business Association of Michigan. He says it’s important to make the visibility of your COVID policy a part of your online marketing. “It’s crucial for your website and Google, and you can post it on Facebook, what your precautions are.” 

The Small Business Association of Michigan is the only statewide and state-based association that focuses solely on serving the needs of Michigan’s small business community. We have been successfully serving small businesses like yours in all 83 counties of Michigan since 1969. We’re located in Lansing, just one block from the Capitol.

Our mission is to help Michigan small businesses succeed by promoting entrepreneurship, leveraging buying power and engaging in political advocacy. When small businesses band together through the Small Business Association of Michigan, they achieve more than they could on their own. 

Our 28,000+ members are as diverse as Michigan's economy. From accountants to appliance stores, manufacturers to medical, and restaurants to retailers, what unites the SBAM membership is the spirit of entrepreneurship…a spirit that drove you to start and continue to operate your own business because you believe you can do something better than anyone else is doing it!

(music licensed from www.jukedeck.com)

On this week’s SBAM Weekly Podcast, Michael Rogers talks with Lesley Delgado, owner and president of Strategic Recruiting Services in Novi and a VIP member of the Small Business Association of Michigan. “As business people we need to be thinking remote first,” she says. “Remote is going to continue. All the statistics we see out there say that 30 percent of our workforce by 2021 will remain remote and work virtual.”

The Small Business Association of Michigan is the only statewide and state-based association that focuses solely on serving the needs of Michigan’s small business community. We have been successfully serving small businesses like yours in all 83 counties of Michigan since 1969. We’re located in Lansing, just one block from the Capitol.

Our mission is to help Michigan small businesses succeed by promoting entrepreneurship, leveraging buying power and engaging in political advocacy. When small businesses band together through the Small Business Association of Michigan, they achieve more than they could on their own. 

Our 28,000+ members are as diverse as Michigan's economy. From accountants to appliance stores, manufacturers to medical, and restaurants to retailers, what unites the SBAM membership is the spirit of entrepreneurship…a spirit that drove you to start and continue to operate your own business because you believe you can do something better than anyone else is doing it!

(music licensed from www.jukedeck.com)

On this week’s SBAM Weekly Podcast, Michael Rogers talks with Ginny Sherrow who, with her husband Matt, owns the Fenton Winery & Brewery (recently named to the Michigan 50 Companies to Watch list for 2020.) “I really believe it’s all about the people,” she says. “It’s about the people who work at our business and the people who visit our business. We’re very focussed on experience, we’re focussed on connecting and being passionate about taking care of our employee family and taking care of our guests.”

The Small Business Association of Michigan is the only statewide and state-based association that focuses solely on serving the needs of Michigan’s small business community. We have been successfully serving small businesses like yours in all 83 counties of Michigan since 1969. We’re located in Lansing, just one block from the Capitol.

Our mission is to help Michigan small businesses succeed by promoting entrepreneurship, leveraging buying power and engaging in political advocacy. When small businesses band together through the Small Business Association of Michigan, they achieve more than they could on their own. 

Our 28,000+ members are as diverse as Michigan's economy. From accountants to appliance stores, manufacturers to medical, and restaurants to retailers, what unites the SBAM membership is the spirit of entrepreneurship…a spirit that drove you to start and continue to operate your own business because you believe you can do something better than anyone else is doing it!

(music licensed from www.jukedeck.com)

On this week’s SBAM Weekly Podcast, Michael Rogers talks with Mike Schipper, founder and CEO of InsITe Business Solutions, a member of the Michigan 50 Companies to Watch list for 2020. InsITe provides technology solutions for business and manufacturing. “Focus on continually improving the value that you are providing,” Schipper says. “Growth is nice, but it’s more meaningful when your results are focussed around the success of your clients and the community.”

The Small Business Association of Michigan is the only statewide and state-based association that focuses solely on serving the needs of Michigan’s small business community. We have been successfully serving small businesses like yours in all 83 counties of Michigan since 1969. We’re located in Lansing, just one block from the Capitol.

Our mission is to help Michigan small businesses succeed by promoting entrepreneurship, leveraging buying power and engaging in political advocacy. When small businesses band together through the Small Business Association of Michigan, they achieve more than they could on their own. 

Our 28,000+ members are as diverse as Michigan's economy. From accountants to appliance stores, manufacturers to medical, and restaurants to retailers, what unites the SBAM membership is the spirit of entrepreneurship…a spirit that drove you to start and continue to operate your own business because you believe you can do something better than anyone else is doing it!

(music licensed from www.jukedeck.com)

On this week’s SBAM Weekly Podcast, Michael Rogers talks with Chris Beardslee, executive vice president of Allied Insurance Managers, Inc., of Rochester Hills, and a VIP member of the Small Business Association of Michigan. He says an important new property/casualty coverage line is cyber liability. “Additionally, we’re seeing a lot of things with directors and officers' liability and employment practices liability that are a direct result of either COVID or some of the other social movements that have been going on across the country,” he says.

The Small Business Association of Michigan is the only statewide and state-based association that focuses solely on serving the needs of Michigan’s small business community. We have been successfully serving small businesses like yours in all 83 counties of Michigan since 1969. We’re located in Lansing, just one block from the Capitol.

Our mission is to help Michigan small businesses succeed by promoting entrepreneurship, leveraging buying power and engaging in political advocacy. When small businesses band together through the Small Business Association of Michigan, they achieve more than they could on their own. 

Our 28,000+ members are as diverse as Michigan's economy. From accountants to appliance stores, manufacturers to medical, and restaurants to retailers, what unites the SBAM membership is the spirit of entrepreneurship…a spirit that drove you to start and continue to operate your own business because you believe you can do something better than anyone else is doing it!

(music licensed from www.jukedeck.com)

On this week’s SBAM Weekly Podcast, Michael Rogers talks with Chip LeFleur, President of LeFleur Marketing and a VIP member of the Small Business Association of Michigan. When it comes to marketing, “the whole scene has changed, of course,” he says. “There’s much less foot traffic in brick-and-mortar stores. Trade shows have largely been cancelled or delayed. And so, what we’ve been able to do is come up with some pretty creative solutions to that.”

The Small Business Association of Michigan is the only statewide and state-based association that focuses solely on serving the needs of Michigan’s small business community. We have been successfully serving small businesses like yours in all 83 counties of Michigan since 1969. We’re located in Lansing, just one block from the Capitol.

Our mission is to help Michigan small businesses succeed by promoting entrepreneurship, leveraging buying power and engaging in political advocacy. When small businesses band together through the Small Business Association of Michigan, they achieve more than they could on their own. 

Our 28,000+ members are as diverse as Michigan's economy. From accountants to appliance stores, manufacturers to medical, and restaurants to retailers, what unites the SBAM membership is the spirit of entrepreneurship…a spirit that drove you to start and continue to operate your own business because you believe you can do something better than anyone else is doing it!

(music licensed from www.jukedeck.com)

On this week’s SBAM Weekly Podcast, Michael Rogers talks with Lynn Golodner, Chief Creative Officer & Owner of Your People, a marketing and public relations company based in Huntington Woods. “The make-it-or-break-it for your company could be the human interface, and so it’s important to try and humanize a brand in some way so a lot of times your brand story begins with how you were created, what your origins were,” she says.

The Small Business Association of Michigan is the only statewide and state-based association that focuses solely on serving the needs of Michigan’s small business community. We have been successfully serving small businesses like yours in all 83 counties of Michigan since 1969. We’re located in Lansing, just one block from the Capitol.

Our mission is to help Michigan small businesses succeed by promoting entrepreneurship, leveraging buying power and engaging in political advocacy. When small businesses band together through the Small Business Association of Michigan, they achieve more than they could on their own. 

Our 28,000+ members are as diverse as Michigan's economy. From accountants to appliance stores, manufacturers to medical, and restaurants to retailers, what unites the SBAM membership is the spirit of entrepreneurship…a spirit that drove you to start and continue to operate your own business because you believe you can do something better than anyone else is doing it!

(music licensed from www.jukedeck.com)

On this week’s SBAM Weekly Podcast, Michael Rogers talks with Nicholas Tazzioli, Organizational Development Manager for Fifth Wheel Freight in Kentwood, to learn more about the firm’s recognition as a member of the 2020 Michigan 50 Companies to Watch. “The biggest and most difficult part about the industry is that we are a middleman between the customer who needs their stuff there on time and a truck driver that’s trying to deliver it there on time,” he says. “There’s going to be a million issues that happen in between that process.”

The Small Business Association of Michigan is the only statewide and state-based association that focuses solely on serving the needs of Michigan’s small business community. We have been successfully serving small businesses like yours in all 83 counties of Michigan since 1969. We’re located in Lansing, just one block from the Capitol.

Our mission is to help Michigan small businesses succeed by promoting entrepreneurship, leveraging buying power and engaging in political advocacy. When small businesses band together through the Small Business Association of Michigan, they achieve more than they could on their own. 

Our 28,000+ members are as diverse as Michigan's economy. From accountants to appliance stores, manufacturers to medical, and restaurants to retailers, what unites the SBAM membership is the spirit of entrepreneurship…a spirit that drove you to start and continue to operate your own business because you believe you can do something better than anyone else is doing it!

(music licensed from www.jukedeck.com)