Startup BizCast

 Startup BizCast Episode 47 [13:30m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

I was racking my about the topic of this week’s Startup BizCast, when Casey Quinlan came along. She suggested talking about business storytelling … and I think it’s a great idea. My guest this week is Casey, who is the owner of Mighty Casey Media. She says if I have to put her “in a box” she’ll answer to the title of communications consultant. She prefers to be called a business storyteller, however. In this week’s Startup BizCast interview, she gives us advice on how to leave the pie charts behind in your presentations, and start telling memorable stories.

I pre-empted this week’s BizCast Brief due to lack of solid news out there, but please check out this week’s Small Business Recommended Reading.

Links mentioned in this week’s episode:
Mighty Casey Media (www.mightycasey.com)

Startup BizCast is produced by BizPodz, the corporate podcast production service from EndGame Public Relations, LLC. For more information on how your business can take advantage of the social media revolution, please visit www.endgamepr.com/podcasts.

Startup BizCast’s theme music is “Dangerous Toys” by George Fletcher’s Bourbon Renewal. The full version of the song, along with other music by the same artist, can be downloaded at Podsafe Music Network.

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 Startup BizCast Episode 46 [15:00m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

I’ve had a lot of “firsts” on this show recently. Just a couple of weeks back I had a co-host for the first time. This week, in episode 46, I have two guests at the same time! Jimmy Vee and Travis Miller are co-authors of the book “Gravitational Marketing: The Science of Attracting Customers”. They bring us some advice on advice on how to pull customers toward your business … without spending a lot of money.

I do have one correction from this interview. I referenced episodes of Startup BizCast that talk about online news release distribution. Those episodes are #5 and #7 … not #7 and #10 as I said. Those episodes can be found by scrolling back through the blog to summer 2007 … or by going to the 2007 archive. One cool bonus if you listen to those shows — you’ll get to hear the catchy old Startup BizCast theme music!

Links mentioned in this week’s episode:
Gravitational Marketing (www.gravitationalmarketing.com)

Feedback Hotline: (206) 339-4366

Startup BizCast is produced by BizPodz, the business podcast production service from EndGame Public Relations, LLC. For more information on how your business can take advantage of the social media revolution, please visit www.endgamepr.com/podcasts.

Startup BizCast’s theme music is “Dangerous Toys” by George Fletcher’s Bourbon Renewal. The full version of the song, along with other music by the same artist, can be downloaded at Podsafe Music Network.

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 Startup BizCast Episode 45 [8:15m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

It’s time to hear from the winner! This week I interview Grant Mucha, the lucky winner of the Startup BizCast Small Business Week Contest. He was selected next week and wins about $2,000 worth of prizes. In episode 45, I talk with him about his business, Degrama, and how he became a small business owner. Just so you don’t think I’ve switched formats, he lays some small business advice on us!

In this week’s BizCast Brief, Bush on SMB, UK bosses want pregnancy details, and social networking for SMB in Baltimore.

Links mentioned in this week’s episode:
Degrama (www.degrama.com)

Feedback Hotline: (206) 339-4366

Startup BizCast is produced by BizPodz, a business podcast production service from EndGame Public Relations, LLC. For more information on how your business can take advantage of the social media revolution, please visit www.endgamepr.com/podcasts.

Startup BizCast’s theme music is “Dangerous Toys” by George Fletcher’s Bourbon Renewal. The full version of the song, along with other music by the same artist, can be downloaded at Podsafe Music Network.

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 Startup BizCast Episode 44 [21:30m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This is a very special episode of Startup BizCast. Not only is it finally time to announce the winners of the Startup BizCast Small Business Week Contest, I brought in a co-host to help me with it. Plus, we get to talk about advice from our listeners!

In this episode I team up with my wife and fellow public relations practitioner, Jennifer! We conduct the drawing for the contest, and announce the grand prize winner as well as the second and third place winners. We also discussed the best advice given by you, the listeners, in your contest entries. It’s a fun episode that’s unlike any Startup BizCast before it!

In this week’s BizCast Brief, I have stories about video from Small Business Week festivities, Dell revamps the Vostro, and a new place to match business buyers and sellers.

Startup BizCast is produced by EndGame Podcast Production, a service of EndGame Public Relations, LLC. For more information on how your business can take advantage of the social media revolution, please visit www.endgamepr.com/podcasts.

Startup BizCast’s theme music is “Dangerous Toys” by George Fletcher’s Bourbon Renewal. The full version of the song, along with other music by the same artist, can be downloaded at Podsafe Music Network.

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 Startup BizCast Episode 43 [10:30m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Corporate Philanthropy is simply “good works” on a slightly larger scale. Instead of an individual volunteering time or money to a local nonprofit or helping a neighbor, it’s the weight of an entire company moving toward the goal of helping the community. This week’s guest on Startup BizCast is Ami Kassar of credit card company Advanta. He’s the company’s Chief Innovation Officer and also developed the KivaB4B program, which launches on April 15. It allows Advanta customers to donate money to entrepreneurs overseas who have a great idea, but not a great deal of money.

In BizCast Brief, historic pessimism among small business owners, concern about a lack of legal immigrant workers, and small business owners calling on spouses for help.

And … one last reminder: Don’t forget about the Startup BizCast Small Business Week Contest! The contest ends on April 12 … which is just a few days away. At stake is an estimated $2,000 in prizes! The grand prize winner will receive free services from online press release newswire PRWeb, search engine and Internet marketing firm NetSearch Direct, and online data backup company Carbonite. The grand prize winner will also be interviewed on Startup BizCast, and will have plenty of opportunities to plug his/her business during the episode! There are also second and third place prizes. For full details, please go to www.startupbizcast.com/contest.

Links mentioned in this week’s episode:
KivaB4B (www.kivab4b.org)

Startup BizCast is produced by EndGame PR Podcast Production, a service of EndGame Public Relations, LLC. For more information on how your business can take advantage of the social media revolution, please visit www.endgamepr.com/podcasts.

Startup BizCast’s theme music is “Dangerous Toys” by George Fletcher’s Bourbon Renewal. The full version of the song, along with other music by the same artist, can be downloaded at Podsafe Music Network.

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 Standard Podcast [10:15m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

I’ve been talking a lot about U.S. Small Business Week lately, in relation to the Startup BizCast Small Business Week Contest. This week my guest will give us some details on when Small Business Week got started, why it’s important, and what will be going on that week to celebrate entrepreneurship. My guest is Jack Bienko from the U.S. Small Business Administration, who is the National Small Business Week Sponsorship Co-Chair.

In this week’s BizCast Brief segment, I have stories about a drop in small business owner economic confidence, the U.S. is cheap cheap cheap, and the best towns in which to start a business.

Speaking of the Startup BizCast Small Business Week Contest … don’t forget to enter before it’s too late! The deadline for entries is April 12. The grand prize winner will receive free services from online press release newswire PRWeb, search engine and Internet marketing firm NetSearch Direct, and online data backup company Carbonite. The grand prize winner will also be interviewed on Startup BizCast, and will have plenty of opportunities to plug his/her business during the episode! There are also second and third place prizes. In all, Startup BizCast is giving away an estimated $2,000 in this contest! For more information, please go to www.startupbizcast.com/contest.

Links mentioned in this week’s episode:
National Small Business Week homepage (www.nationalsmallbusinessweek.com)

Startup BizCast is produced by EndGame PR Podcast Production, a service of EndGame Public Relations, LLC. For more information on how your business can take advantage of the social media revolution, please visit www.endgamepr.com/podcasts.

Startup BizCast’s theme music is “Dangerous Toys” by George Fletcher’s Bourbon Renewal. The full version of the song, along with other music by the same artist, can be downloaded at Podsafe Music Network.

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 Startup BizCast Episode 41 [14:55m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In this week’s Startup BizCast, we’re talking once again about how to get your small business website to rank higher on the search rankings. We’ve talked about news release distribution, and this week the topic is article distribution. The two have some similarities. Mainly, the goal is the same — building incoming links to your website. My guest this week, Jim Baldwin from Search Engine and Internet Marketing Firm NetSearch Direct, tells us why it’s a good tactic, and has tips on how to do it.

Also in this episode — a reminder that Startup BizCast is running a contest to celebrate Small Business Week in the U.S., which is April 21-25. At stake in the contest is approximately $2,000 in prizes. For more information on the prizes and how to enter, please visit www.startupbizcast.com/contest.

As if that wasn’t enough, BizCast Brief returns this week with stories about the small business credit crunch and two well known companies expanding their small business VOIP offerings.

Links mentioned in this week’s episode:
NetSearch Direct (www.netsearchdirect.com)

Article distribution site examples:
Article Trader (www.articletrader.com)
Articles Base (www.articlesbase.com)
Article99 (www.article99.com)
Article Post Robot - automated article posting software (www.articlepostrobot.com)

Article example:
Simple Steps for SEO and Social Media Beginners

Startup BizCast is produced by EndGame PR Podcast Production, a service of EndGame Public Relations, LLC. For more information on how your business can take advantage of the social media revolution, please visit www.endgamepr.com/podcasts.

Startup BizCast’s theme music is “Dangerous Toys” by George Fletcher’s Bourbon Renewal. The full version of the song, along with other music by the same artist, can be downloaded at Podsafe Music Network.

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 Startup BizCast Episode 40 [14:30m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Ever feel like you run around all day putting out business-related fires? Feel like you’re chasing your tail? Feel like you’re in a game of whack-a-mole? See where I’m going? Sam Carpenter, CEO of telephone answering service Centratel says all of those statements applied to him. He was working 100 hours a week and not getting anywhere. Then, he says, he found a system to perfect his life, his relationships, and his business. Now, he says he’s working a couple of hours a week and making more money than ever. He’s written a book called Work the System, that tells us how he did it. In this week’s Startup BizCast interview, I talk to Sam about his book and his system.

ALSO in this week’s Startup BizCast, details about the Startup BizCast Small Business Week Contest! I’m so excited about this contest, I can hardly contain myself. The contest has three prize levels, with the total prize pool worth nearly $2,000! Details on prizes plus instructions on how to enter are available in this episode and on the contest page.

Links mentioned in this week’s episode:
Work the System (www.workthesystem.com)

Startup BizCast is produced by EndGame PR Podcast Production, a service of EndGame Public Relations, LLC. For more information on how your business can take advantage of the social media revolution, please visit www.endgamepr.com/podcasts.

Startup BizCast’s theme music is “Dangerous Toys” by George Fletcher’s Bourbon Renewal. The full version of the song, along with other music by the same artist, can be downloaded at Podsafe Music Network.

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I just checked my feedback hotline number, and found that it was no longer working! The service I use for the number deletes your account if it’s not used for a month. Unfortunately, I haven’t been getting any feedback (hop to it, people!), and thus it was deleted.

So, I created a new number. The Startup BizCast Feedback Hotline Number is now (206) 339-4366. This is also the number that will be used for the Startup BizCast Small Business Week Contest, so I’m glad I checked it!

 Startup BizCast Episode 39 [13:00m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Just about everyone has stopped denying it. The U.S. economy is at the very least souring, and could already be in a recession. As small business owners, we need to be particularly sensitive to changes in the economy because, generally speaking, our businesses are rather fragile. This week’s guest on Startup BizCast is Jody Keenan, the Director of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Virginia Small Business Development Center. She has some great advice on what you should be doing to help your business weather the storm.

In this week’s BizCast Brief, leap year trouble for Microsoft’s Small Business Server, small business owners are conflicted over presidential candidates, and information about National Small Business Week in the U.S.

Also this week — an exciting announcement about the upcoming Startup BizCast Small Business Week Contest! You can hear more in this week’s episode, or read more here.

Links mentioned in this week’s episode:
U.S. Small Business Administration (www.sba.gov)
SBA’s SBDC Locator Map

Startup BizCast is produced by EndGame PR Podcast Production, a service of EndGame Public Relations, LLC. For more information on how your business can take advantage of the social media revolution, please visit www.endgamepr.com/podcasts.

Startup BizCast’s theme music is “Dangerous Toys” by George Fletcher’s Bourbon Renewal. The full version of the song, along with other music by the same artist, can be downloaded at Podsafe Music Network.

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