On Episode 57, Trinity and Mike talk about how including virtual coaching, teaching and selling can help your business during Covid 19. There are many ways to incorporate this technology but please make sure it works.  It is getting hard for people because they have not been able to meet face to face with their regular customers, clients and friends.

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This is the time for people and businesses to move from selling to helping.  One of the ways to assist customers is probably going to involve technology. Whether it is online tutorials, gaming, school, or virtual reality to learn a skill, check out your technology before you go live so you know it works.

MENTIONED ON THE SHOW

Noom

Alicia Jurado

Zoom

GoToMeeting

House Party

Oak City  Technology

Duo

NASCAR iRacing

NBA H.O.R.S.E.

Canva

In Episode 56, Trinity and Mike talk about why businesses go under.  With a special application to the circumstances surrounding Covid19, one of the things we have to ask ourselves is what other services can we provide our customers. 

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In the current small business climate, it is imperative that we stay creative with ways to keep our doors open. Whether it is coming up with new services to provide our clients or developing new partnerships, we also have to make sure we have enough money to stay open.  It is important to have a 6 month emergency fund.  It is also a good idea to keep our credit clean to develop a line of credit. 

In Episode 55, Trinity and Mike talk about how to build referrals while working from home during Coronavirus and the best way to contact a client to stimulate a conversation.

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Trinity has built her real estate business in a short period of time by referrals.  It is not easy to do, but if your plan is in place it can be done.  We talk about weekly phone calls to clients, building and maintaining a database and prospecting for new clients.  Trinity also gives her tips on how to engage a client on the phone and how to leave a voicemail that will guarantee a return call.

MENTIONED IN THE SHOW

House Party app

Brian Buffini

Bob Burg

F.O.R.D. (Family, Occupation, Recreation, Dreams)

In Episode 54, Trinity and Mike interview our local LinkedIn Queen, Debra Mathias, on how she earned that title.  She takes us back to the 2008 crash of the economy that led her to get on LinkedIn and how she built her empire from that point in time.

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Debra talks about her roots in the Triangle and that she was the 3rd baby born in the Fuquay-Varina hospital.  She tells about how she came to be a respected corporate trainer and helped several companies grow their sales via LinkedIn.  She also says her biggest challenge is getting people to understand what LinkedIn is and how it can work.  If you know Debra a little, you should not be surprised she races cars in SCCA.  

MENTIONED ON THE SHOW

Drago Bratic, Oak City Technology

SCCA (Sports Car Club of America)

Connect To Clients

Wake Tech

The Ohio State University

Duke University

Breast Cancer survivor

In Episode 53, Dr. Dauv Evans talks about what it is like to be a boss.  He goes on to talk about having that boss mentality when you are the employee and why you should take ownership of a project or a situation.

In Episode 52, Drago Bratic of Oak City Technology shares some simple, cost effective and easy ways for people stuck at home to post about their business.  His description of how to make and post a video, "You have a camera and a face."

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With many people working from home in March and April, Drago, who also produces our podcast, gives us tips on what to do to drive traffic to our website.  His best tip is put a note at the top of your website saying you are still open for business.  He also breaks down the best ways to approach posting on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.  We naturally had to talk about how positive podcasts can be for a business.

MENTIONED ON THE SHOW

Purple Comma

Oak City Technology

Aggregators and Local Directories

Earfluence and Jason Gilliken

Best Buy

Four Square

Circle Pages

Chambers of Commerce

In Episode 51, Trinity and Mike talk to Dr. Dauv Evans of The Gallus Collective about having that Boss mentality.  His tells his kids, don't forget to breathe and inhale opportunities and exhale results.

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Dr. Dauv talks at length about finding his voice and how he got to the point of being a nationally known speaker, trainer and author.  Eventually he wants to do a documentary, but in the meantime he wrote 3 books.  He makes a point to tell people when in doubt start your own event.  He did that with the Gallus Event.  Not only has it lead to numerous paid engagements for him, but it allowed him to provide a stage for upcoming speakers.

MENTIONED IN THE SHOW

Oak City Technology

Wine & Wisdom

Wine Down Wednesday

Kevin Snyder

GoToMeeting

Vicki Gregor

Don't Forget to Breathe and 

In Episode 50, Trinity and Mike ask LinkedIn Queen Debra Mathias what are the top 3 mistakes we make on LinkedIn.  We don't spend enough 

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Debra Mathias of Connecttoclients.com shares the top 3 mistakes we make on LinkedIn.  We all get connection requests all the time, but do we handling them the right way.  We also don't describe ourselves correctly in our banner and headline.  One of the proactive things we should be doing to connect and engage with other members is to join groups. 

MENTIONED IN THE SHOW

GoToMeeting

Zoom

Google Hangouts

Connecttoclients.com

Grammerly

Oak City Technology

Scott Sams, Dynamic Print Solutions

In Episode 50, Trinity and Mike talk with LinkedIn Queen Debra Mathias about going after the low hanging fruit on LinkedIn.  While many of us are working from home during these unusual times, Debra talks about how to engage with your first connections on LinkedIn to stay in touch with your top referral partners and clients as you keep your business moving forward.

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Debra talks about the first thing everyone should do, which is get on LinkedIn and go through your first connections and reach out to them.  There are probably many of them you have not talked in some time. Since many of us are working at home, you can set up a Zoom or GoToMeeting call and reconnect.  Debra also talked about doing virtual training and virtual classes.  Many people have some extra time at home and could be available to join one of your classes.  She also recommended posting three times per week on LinkedIn. 

MENTIONED ON THE SHOW

Connecttoclients.com

Jeff Young, #TheLinkedInGuru

GoToMeeting; LogMeIn

Rachel Knopf, RiteRug Flooring

Jenny Midgley, Girls Who Do Stuff podcast

In Episode 48 of the Wired 2 Change podcast, Susie Silver of Susie Silver Art gives advice to budding artists about how to start and grow their business.  She also talks about her artistic styles and believe it or not, they don't involve brushes.

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Susie talks about how she lost herself as an artist and eventually found her way back.  Her styles are very different than others.  She does not use a brush.  She describes her work as contemporary and clean with no images. Her styles are Liquid Media, Resin and Spaces.  You can go to www.susiesilverart.com. Susie also offers tips about how artists can go about getting their work noticed and start their own business.