The Secret Art of Business

Media and a Microphone Dare

Neal Bell has owned and operated White Rock Media since 1999, helping advertisers reach their customers via paid media for over twenty years. In 2015, Neal founded Maamos Kitchen, a company dedicated to helping people cook at home more easily via a range of ready-to-cook meal kits produced and sold at grocery stores throughout Ohio (and beyond). What is his creative outlet? You are going to have to tune in and find out!

Daydreams and Song Writing

Bill Troy is the Co-Founder of The Polaris Institute. The Polaris Institute is a community of people utilizing the Polaris Process(TM), a science-based approach to life optimization through neurological performance. He is also the author of the book "CLICKSAND: How Online Marketing Will Destroy Your Business (And the Unlikely Secret to Saving It)" and it is described as an explosive wake-up call and warning for business owners about the dangers and hypocrisy in online marketing.
The Polaris Institute: https://polarisinstitute.net
The Bill Troy songbook: https://song.space/7h7c76
 

Building the Best Life with Life Together

Denise And Dennis Blankemeyer are Co-Owners of Crow Works and Ghostwriter Public House. Even if you have never heard of Crow Works, I can almost guarantee that you have sat upon their American-made furniture. And Ghostwriter? That is a fabulous place to eat, book a room, or plan your next event. Denise and Dennis have made for TV story of love and an artistic business that you can listen to here. https://www.crowworks.com https://ghostwriterph.com
 

Barbies, Business, and Creating an Entry to Entrepreneurship

Cindy Monroe is the Founder of Thirty-One Gifts and the author of "More Than a Bag," most importantly, she is helping women create the businesses and lives they've always wanted for the last 20 years. Cindy has also received numerous awards for her business and her leadership. In this podcast, she talks about business and Barbies and how this all connects to how she got to where she is today. Listen in, and you will see why I admire Cindy so much. https://www.mythirtyone.com/us/en/

Games and More Games Build Strategy

Kristin Harper worked in Corporate America for 20 years before founding Driven to Succeed, an award-winning global market research and consulting firm. Based on her experience with iconic brands, she now offers her clients four core services: EthnoGraphics™, Better Ideaz™ Brainstorming, The Collaboratory Concept Lab, Speaking, Training & Consulting. You can learn more about Kristin and her business in this podcast. You can learn more about her business here, too: https://www.driventosucceedllc.com/

Imagining, Visualizing, and Storytelling

David Pullan is the Founder and Director at The Story Spotters. David and The Story Spotters offer coaching, training, and consulting. They take the moments that matter and help you ignite them through the art, craft, and science of story. They will help you use story in four ways. The stories you spot, shape, and share. The stories you trigger through your behavior. The stories you hear through present, warm, and powerful conversation. The stories of self-belief you tell yourself about yourself. You will enjoy David's spirit and view of life and you will love this conversation. https://thestoryspotters.com/

Sports of All Sorts and the Mastery of Sales

Amy Franko is the Founder and Owner of Amy Franko Associates, where she helps organizations transform sales culture, ignite sales growth, and build high-impact leaders through her strategic selling programs. With a childhood full of sports and a writing talent, Amy is now an author and is recognized as a LinkedIn Top Sales Voice. Amy is the leading expert in modern sales strategies—including in-demand sales training programs, sales strategy, and as a sales keynote speaker and leadership keynote speaker. She is also the author of "The Modern Seller." https://amyfranko.com/

Science and the Art of Educating Children

Kent Johnson is the CEO of Highlights for Children and Advocate for Children, yes, that Highlights for Children. He has such a great story; he started his career as a scientist and joined the family business because he believes in everything they do. At Highlights, they believe that childhood is a short, sweet season and that season is critically important. Everything that Kent and his team do at Highlights for Children reflects this belief. Which makes Kent the perfect guest. https://shop.highlights.com

Soccer Strategy Builds an Award Winning Business

Alexander V. Johnson is a Founding Partner of Mixt Solutions, leading it to be one of the fastest-growing companies in America, according to Inc. Magazine. Alexander discovered early on that by pivoting the company in a completely new direction, they could grow quickly by helping clients achieve better results in Amazon sales. Since then, they have consulted and grown some of the largest brands in sports nutrition, health and wellness, grocery foods, and beauty. It is best described as a turnkey solution to manage sales, logistics, customer service, and marketing on various third-party platforms. Learn more about Mixt Solutions here: https://www.mixtsolutions.com

The Shy Kid Becomes the Public Speaker and Storyteller

Donte Woods Spikes defines himself as a storyteller but is also an author, filmmaker, TEDx speaker, educator, and Founder of Empathize With Me. His perspective on education is from the front lines, and from that experience, he became the storyteller for education, the arts, and so much more. Tune in and stay tuned as he is soon leveling up to develop more content to share with the world and keep the conversation going on the value of the arts and the creativity within us all, not to mention topics on childhood hunger, toxic masculinity, homophobia, race and the challenges of educating children who are still processing severe trauma. Regarding the topics, Donte said himself, “Everyone is invited into this conversation.” https://www.dontewoods-spikes.com/ 

That Karate Kid Can Now Save Your Life

Corey Jones is The Safety Man. Corey started with a love for karate, then had a career in law enforcement, and now consults with multi-billion-dollar companies in safety, security, and survival, preparing them for emergencies. He will speak about anything that keeps you worrying, including how to keep your children safe when involved with law enforcement. How does a person like this disengage? Dogs, of course! You can learn more about Safetyman Consulting at https://www.safetyman.co/Stay safe!

Child Soldier To Investigative Intelligence Services

Mario Bekes is the Founder of Insight Intelligence and acts as an architect and designer of solutions in corporate investigations, human intelligence, and surveillance techniques in government and corporate sectors. He may be the greatest Visionary I have ever met. During his childhood, he imagined a life beyond being a 14-year-old soldier and created one beyond his dreams. Mario's story is riveting and inspiring. Please listen to his amazing story, and you can learn more about Mario's companies here: https://insightintelligence.com.auhttps://www.mariobekes.com.au/

From Surfing to Cognitive Neuroscience

Dr. Mark Williams has worked with thousands of students, teachers, health professionals, and company directors keen to understand how their brain works. His new book, “The Connected Species: How Understanding the Evolution of our Brain Can Change the World,” is now available. He is a professor of cognitive neuroscience with over 25 years of experience conducting behavioral and brain imaging research focusing on our social skills. His work has been highlighted in the media both locally [e.g., Mirror Mirror (Channel Ten), Our Brain, Magic and the Brain, Music and the Brain, Making Australia Happy (ABC), Sunrise (Channel 7), Screen Time is Affecting Learning (SkyNews)] and internationally [e.g., The Guardian (UK), New York Times (USA), Economist, New Scientist, Leading Edge, (BBC: UK), Science in Action (BBC; International)]. Through my talks and strategies, I explain what we now know about how our brains learn and adapt and how we can improve schools and workplaces.https://www.drmarkwilliams.com/

VIP Life After Playing Jesus

You will love this conversation I had with Bob Corff. For decades, Bob has been the authority on voice technique in Los Angeles. Bob mastered his voice coaching techniques during a long-lived acting career. The actor/singer played lead roles in many acclaimed stage productions, including Jesus in "Jesus Christ Superstar," Claude in "Hair," and Danny in "Grease." Bob started singing in a garage band named "The Purple Gang," which eventually recorded with MGM Records. Soon thereafter, he began singing on Broadway and eventually started acting. He appeared in over 100 episodes of network television. He was 12 years into his acting career when the actors' strike hit in the 1980s. At that time, he ventured into coaching and became one of the most sought-after teachers in Hollywood. Bob has since taught hundreds of A-list celebs. If you want to be trained by "The One," you can reach him here: https://www.corffvoice.com. He also has audio courses you can download. His client list is amazing; you will see why they love him!

A Guitar Degree That Creates A Sales Leader

Keith Weightman is a business leader and Regional Vice President of National Accounts with Bullhorn. Guitars were his first love, and you can listen here to find out how that passion led him to great sales success by staying creative daily. And those brilliant notes that we talked about? Here is a link to his newsletter and how he takes notes: https://serve2sell.beehiiv.com/. And you can contact Keith through LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/kweightman