Business Brew Work-From-Home Edition #14 The 14th edition of Business Brew Work-From-Home featured guest Rich Laster from GrowExpand.com. Rich brought his extensive background in sales and business development to talk about how to sell without selling. While you should watch…
What Have We Learned So Far?
A year+ into the pandemic and it’s time to take a look back. What have we learned about marketing, social media, business, and each other? Josh led a discussion centered around how the pandemic has changed just about everything as…
LinkedIn Training Session with SDA Seattle
Early in July 2020, Josh was invited to talk about LinkedIn with SDA Seattle. Curious about LinkedIn and how to use it appropriately? Watch this training!
Look at Your Business Through the Eyes of Your Customer
In times like these, the small details of running a business can be overlooked. Details like is your website mobile-friendly, is all the information filled out correctly on your social media sites, or when was the last time you looked…
A Crash Course in Social Media
The hardest part of social media has nothing to do with knowing anything about Facebook, or Twitter, or Instagram. It isn’t how to use a Facebook Business Page, or how to switch to an Instagram Business Profile, or figuring out…
The Lost Art of Customer Service
Marketing and sales can be tough. But, making it even tougher is not knowing what’s working or what isn’t. This workshop will give you templates to track marketing and sales metrics. By tracking the right data, you can make informed…
Taking it on the Chin
Other than manual labor, sales is one of the toughest jobs. According to Hubspot and an analysis of 8,900 businesses, the average sales close rate is 19%. Nineteen percent! In baseball, a game of failure, a .190 average is abysmal….
Old Dog, New Tricks
Whoever came up with the saying, “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks” was full of bologna. You can teach an old dog new tricks. More to the point, you can learn a new skill and it doesn’t matter…
Fear of Computers
Computers aren’t going anywhere. Technology in our lives will only increase not decrease. For better or worse. Understanding how to use a computer is essential to small business in this day and age. It doesn’t matter what your business is,…
Broken Marketing
Broken marketing happens. A lot. I see it all the time. Businesses that have a broken piece of marketing — a Facebook page they can’t access because it was set up by a niece or friend who “knew social media,”…