Beste Right Action podcaster (2024)

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Up and into the Future! | Up and to the Right | Episode 62 51:17

3y ago51:17

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Business Pivot Triggers Practical Approaches to Pivots What's Next for Up and to the Right? Contact Beyond 50 Percent https://beyond50percent.com stephen.krausse@b50p.com IG & TW @beyond50percentAv beyond50percent

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Happy Lucky’s Teahouse Owner Interview | Kari and George Grossman | Up and to the Right | Episode 061 56:57

3y ago56:57

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In this episode of Up and to the Right I'm excited to have Kari & George Grossman owners of Happy Lucky's Teahouse. We'll talk about getting started in 2009 and adapting to a wildly changing business environment in 2020. About Happy Lucky's With a commitment to quality, selection, and community, Happy Lucky’s creates a highly interactive, informati…

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2021 Small Business Trends | Up and to the Right | Episode 060 40:12

3y ago40:12

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Is it click bait? To be fair, click bait isn't my plan. In fact, I think it's important that we separate the small business trends for 2021 that matter to us as owners from the 'trends' over which we have no agency, no resources to follow or that simply don't apply. Let's figure out which windmill to chase! See the full show notes: https://b50p.inf…

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The Best Book for Building Small Business | Up and to the Right | Episode 059 31:26

3+ y ago31:26

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Best Book for Small Business Show Contents 00:00 Pre Show 00:16 Program Start 01:20 Introduction 01:41 News & Updates 04:40 Let's talk about reading! 16:43 Let's get practical! 17:35 Sidebar on book length... 19:30 Working a Book 24:48 My New Reading Experiment 30:07 Show Close & Contact Info I asked the internet... "What book was the most effectiv…

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Small Business Priority | 4Get 2020 Time to Move On | Up and to the Right | Episode 058 35:58

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Full Show Notes: https://b50p.info/uattr058 Small Business Priority | 4Get 2020 Time to Move On 2020 is finally over. There will be plenty of blogs, podcasts, articles and videos reviewing 2020 and predicting 2021. Not here... not today. As small business owners, we need to focus on what IS... NOW and figure out what needs to be done at this moment…

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Starting Up a Small Business - What is a 'Small Business'? | Up and to the Right | Episode 057 32:42

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Show Notes: https://b50p.info/uattr057 What is a Small Business? Over the years I've come across a lot of misinformation about what it means to be a small business. Sometimes people think it's determined by the number of employees, sometimes by revenue, even by the corporate structure. As we'll see below it's actually easy to understand why there i…

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Starting Up a Small Business - Small Business Regulations | Up and to the Right | Episode 056 30:33

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Full Show Notes: https://b50p.info/uattr056 You've come up with a great business idea. You've started your business and things are going great when out of the blue a great potential customer asks: "What's your export control code?" Don't know? You're not alone and export control is just one of the seemingly endless regulations that may (or may not)…

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Using the Power of Leverage in Business (in a good way) | Up and to the Right | Episode 055 30:23

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Show Notes | https://b50p.info/uattr055 It's time to roll up our sleeves and get to work! Physics in Business. At first, it might not seem like the two are closely connected. I've found that the principles we use to describe our physical universe often have parallels in the business world. The power of leverage in business is often thought of as a …

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What did Newton Know about Action in Small Business | Up and to the Right | Episode 054 34:49

4y ago34:49

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Get the show notes: https://b50p.info/uattr054 I put a lot of effort into running and growing my business. I'm sure you do too! What do we get for that effort? I'm not talking about. the long-term effects of our actions resulting in new revenue or market growth. What reaction do we expect from this particular action? Let’s get… mechanical!…

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Working ON Your Business With FLOW and Megan Denae Anderson | Up and to the Right | Episode 053 44:02

4y ago44:02

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Get the Show Notes: https://b50p.info/uattr053 If you picked two words to describe entrepreneurship they would very likely be longly and busy. Really... REALLY busy! I can speak from personal experience that being a small business owner can leave you feeling alone as well as fill your time with a stream of seemingly critical tasks. How can entrepre…

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What did Newton Know about Making an Impact as a Small Business | Up and to the Right | Episode 052 29:20

4y ago29:20

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See the full Show Notes: https://b50p.info/uattr052 What did Newton Know about Creating Impact as a Small Business? Everything we need to know about making an impact as a small business... Newton knew in 1686!? Really? Newton’s 2nd Law states that Force = Mass * Acceleration. How can understanding one of the fundamental laws of physics help us make…

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What did Newton Know about Small Business Communication? Objects Rest and Motion | Up and to the Right | Episode 051 25:30

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Everything we need to know about small business communication... Newton knew in 1686!? Really? An object at rest tends to stay at rest unless acted upon by an outside force. An object in motion tends to stay in motion in the same direction unless acted on by an outside force. If these trends sound familiar ... A customer who is happy tends to stay …

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Draining Content Creators Dry | Up and to the Right | Episode 050 27:33

4y ago27:33

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Show Notes: https://b50p.info/uattr050 Consuming content has become a byword. We all want to learn and grow personally and professionally. To that end, we read or listen to books, watch videos, take online courses, and consume any number of other types of content. Have you ever stopped to consider whether or not the content you’ve consumed has actu…

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Small Business Startup Tips... You May Have Missed | Up and to the Right | Episode 049 31:06

4y ago31:06

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Show Notes: https://b50p.info/uattr049 A small business startup can be overwhelming. So much so that many people choose not to and many of us who do start small businesses often miss a piece of the small business puzzle. In this episode, I’m going to share three things you need to do when you’re starting your business that might not be on your list…

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When Should I Hire a Consultant? | Up and to the Right | Episode 048 40:57

4y ago40:57

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Full Show Notes: https://b50p.info/uattr048 When Should I Hire a Consultant? Hiring a consultant is bringing an ‘outsider’ into your business and can be an intensely personal experience. What’s in this episode for you?! When should you hire a consultant? We’ll talk about hiring consultants in small businesses and my own 2020 adventure in bringing h…

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Jeff Allen with Allen Service | Pivot to Profit - 002 | Up and to the Right 1:05:13

4y ago1:05:13

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Jeff Allen, Allen Service, Plumbing, Heating, and Air Jeff, his brother Mike, and the team at Allen Service, Plumbing, Heating, and Air, have been operating as an ‘essential business’ through the current crisis. A small business succeeding during the COVID-19 pandemic, Jeff and his team prioritize employee and customer safety while still providing …

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P2P - How the Pandemic Affected My Businesses | Pivot to Profit - 001 | Up and to the Right 42:08

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Full Show Notes & Resources: https://b50p.info/p2p001 Being a small business owner is challenging in the best of times. During periods of economic uncertainty that challenge becomes more difficult. In 2020 we're faced with those economic concerns but they are combined with a serious global pandemic and the groundswell of difficult but necessary soc…

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Practical Profit in Small Business | Up and to the Right | Episode 047 39:12

4+ y ago39:12

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Reminder: What is a Business Principle? When I talked about what made a business principle I ended up here: A business principle is a concept that is both foundational and relevant to all businesses. This set a pretty high bar when it came to identifying what were business principles and what were strategies, missions and tactics. Profit made the c…

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Practical Cash Management in Small Business | Up and to the Right | Episode 046 45:31

4+ y ago45:31

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Reminder: What is a Business Principle? When I talked about what made a business principle I ended up here: A business principle is a concept that is both foundational and relevant to all businesses. This set a pretty high bar when it came to identifying what were business principles and what were strategies, missions and tactics. Cash management m…

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Adding Value as a Small Business | Up and to the Right | Episode 045 33:40

4+ y ago33:40

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Reminder: What is a Business Principle? When I talked about what made a business principle I ended up here: A business principle is a concept that is both foundational and relevant to all businesses. This set a pretty high bar when it came to identifying what were business principles and what were strategies, missions and tactics. Communication mad…

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Practical Communication in Small Business | Up and to the Right | Episode 044 37:21

4+ y ago37:21

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Reminder: What is a Business Principle? When I talked about what made a business principle I ended up here: A business principle is a concept that is both foundational and relevant to all businesses. This set a pretty high bar when it came to identifying what were business principles and what were strategies, missions and tactics. Communication mad…

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Practical Planning in Small Business | Up and to the Right | Episode 043 34:52

4+ y ago34:52

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Does Planning Matter to Small Business? The first thing we need to establish is whether or not planning matters to small businesses. At first, you might be thinking to yourself ‘Well of course planning matters!” but let’s be real here… as small business owners we have a tendency to fly by the seat of our pants more than we might like to admit. A la…

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Practical Vision in Small Business | Up and to the Right | Episode 042 41:07

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Does Vision Matter to Small Business? Do we really need to write down our “Vision” as small business owners? Isn’t that just a Wall Street thing? Being clear about your vision is about more than wall hangings or motivational posters. It’s about more than a twitter post or an infographic. It’s about more than customer relationships or product develo…

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Principles of Small Business Success | Up and to the Right | Episode 041 41:14

4+ y ago41:14

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When I started Beyond 50 Percent my aspiration was to connect business owners with ‘proven principles and practical action’. It made then, and still makes, perfect sense in my head but I’ve found that when someone asks for an example of a proven business principle I was suddenly less clear on what it meant in practical terms and left with something…

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Plan it Like it's Software | Up and to the Right | Episode 040 43:02

4+ y ago43:02

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If you’re running a business or thinking about it you would be forgiven for feeling completely overwhelmed. It’s true, there is a lot to do and never enough time to do it. What is a business owner to do? Read, learn, get a consultant or coach? Yes… those are all good things but at the end of the day when you’ve read “Eat that Frog” and you’re ready…

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Wow... That was Lucky! | Up and to the Right | Episode 039 28:11

4+ y ago28:11

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Full show notes: https://b50p.info/uattr039 (link will be live a few hours after the show!) We have an interesting relationship with luck. When something goes well we use it in a self effacing way like 'lucky break'. When things go badly we use it to distance ourselves from the event 'just bad luck'. When we're breaking outside norms… we're pushing…

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Finding Business Wisdom Where the Wise Conflict | Up and to the Right | Episode 038 33:01

4+ y ago33:01

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Full show notes: https://b50p.info/uattr038 (link will be live a few hours after the show!) Have you ever read a business, leadership or self improvement book... or really any book... and thought "Wow that's really smart, insightful and helpful!" only to read another book two weeks later that recommends the polar opposite? Yeah... me too! This week…

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Getting the Most Out of the Video Gear You Already Have | Up and to the Right | Episode 037 57:36

4+ y ago57:36

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Full show notes: https://b50p.info/uattr037 Video was here to stay before COVID-19 but with the increased pressure of social distancing we're now seeing more businesses adopting video. Video can add value by allowing us to have a more effective conversation than a phone call alone (most communication is non-verbal and totally lost on the phone); it…

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Getting Value Out of Zoom and Video Conferencing | Up and to the Right | Episode 036 47:47

4+ y ago47:47

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If you haven't heard of Zoom, you probably will. Zoom is a video and teleconferencing platform that has seen a large increase in use as businesses change the way they communicate. They've been in the press for two major reasons lately. One - the explosive growth during social distancing. 2nd they have been faulted for security concerns. There is a …

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Let's Build a Revenue Stream | Up and to the Right | Episode 035 36:14

4+ y ago36:14

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Full show notes: https://b50p.info/uattr035 Any change in the economic environment will show us vulnerabilities in our business. A major disruption or crisis will drive the point home by showing us weakness in our business whether it's an unsustainable expense structure or too few revenue streams & narrow sales channels. Let's build a revenue strea…

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Sometimes... You Just Grind | Up and to the Right | Episode 034 25:45

4+ y ago25:45

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Full show notes: https://b50p.info/uattr034 Monday I didn't even take calls for work and I went from random task to random task not getting anything done. That's how the week started for me. Here's the story in my head "This week has been…" unproductive a bummer wasted low vibration hard disappointing I wasn't inspired for a topic for the livestrea…

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Bridging Crisis: Getting 'there from 'here' | Up and to the Right | Episode 033 38:58

4+ y ago38:58

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Full shownotes: https://b50p.info/uattr030 If you're in business long enough you're going to have to endure some kind of economic crisis. In my professional career we haven't gone more the eight years without a major disruption to the economy. While the current crisis regarding COVID19 is serious, it only represents another in an unending series of…

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Does Your Small Business Really Need to Grow? | Up and to the Right | Episode 032 18:24

4+ y ago18:24

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Full Show Notes: https://b50p.info/uattr032 "When you stop growing... you start dying!" Seriously...?! This is what we have to offer the people who have the courage to create value in our economy? Instead of setting your sights on arbitrary business 'growth'... let's talk about what you want out of your business and design a system to bring you the…

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Scaling Benefits for Your Small Business | Up and to the Right | Episode 031 29:17

4+ y ago29:17

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As a small business owner, it can seem difficult to compete with the benefit packages of well established, larger corporations. Startups can share this problem as well when they begin trying to attract talent. How do you design a benefits package for your team when you don't have the financial resources required to put a competitive package togethe…

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Open Book Management | Up and to the Right | Episode 030 26:41

4+ y ago26:41

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Find the show notes at https://b50p.info/uattr030 Open Book Management shares financial information with employees with the expectation that they use that information to feel confident that the owner trusts them and that they can see where the company is spending money and how they might be able to help. Let's get open... or maybe not? Benefits • P…

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What's in My Business Bag? | Up and to the Right | Episode 029 29:53

4+ y ago29:53

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See the full show notes: https://b50p.info/uattr029 Productive mobility allows us to add value to our businesses when we aren't in the office. This gives us the freedom to work from a wider variety of locations improving our quality of life. But how do we make the most of this time? I've been using this kind of mobility for quite a while now and I'…

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Export Control for Small Business | Up and to the Right | Episode 028 39:28

4+ y ago39:28

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See the full show notes: https://b50p.info/uattr028Av beyond50percent

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Good Policy Bad Policy | Up and to the Right | Episode 027 28:26

4+ y ago28:26

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I'm on a mission to stop structured ineptitude this week and I have my sights on policies! It makes me crazy when I get on the phone, chat, personal conversation or email exchange that results in the customer support person on the other end is basically hogtied so they can't actually assist me in solving my problem. "I'm sorry... I don't have acces…

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Moving Your Small Business | Up and to the Right | Episode 026 40:53

5y ago40:53

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Visit the show notes page on our website! https://b50p.info/uattr026 Well the 2nd Livestream went great... except that I streamed it on the wrong Youtube channel! Noob mistake #1. I also forgot to record the audio separately so I had to rip it from the stream. It worked but not quite the quality I shoot for. In this livestream/episode I wanted to t…

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Getting Value Out of a Business Model 35:00

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See the show notes: https://b50p.info/uattr025 Welcome to the recording of my first livestream! There were a few hiccups in the beginning but we got through it! In this livestream/episode I continue the discussion from the last episode (audio only sorry) of Up and to the Right when we talked about the definition of a business model. This time I tal…

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What is a Business Model? | Up and to the Right | Episode 24 24:25

5y ago24:25

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See the full show notes: https://b50p.info/uattr024 It’s time to roll up our sleeves and get to work with another episode of the Up and to the Right Podcast. Have you ever tried to explain how your business makes money? At first it might seem like a silly question. But let's take a closer look and see if we can get some value out of the business mo…

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Money Doesn't Mix | Up and to the Right | Episode 23 17:23

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See the show notes: https://b50p.info/uattr023 Let’s see… A little something from our personal account… A little from our business account… Let’s just give it a little mix here... Hi, I’m Stephen Krausse with Beyond 50 Percent and it’s time to roll up our sleeves and get to work with another episode of the Up and to the Right Podcast. When you’re r…

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4 Acquisitions 4 Lessons | Up and to the Right | Episode 022 24:43

5+ y ago24:43

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M&A or mergers & acquisitions might not be on the tip of your tongue as a small business owner but as we plan for retirement or other transitions, acquisition begins to find its way into our world. Hi, I’m Stephen Krausse with Beyond 50 Percent and it’s time to roll up our sleeves and get to work with another episode of the Up and to the Right Podc…

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Plancrastination… 1st Cousin of Analysis Paralysis | Up and to the Right | Episode 021 48:46

6+ y ago48:46

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http://b50p.info/uattr021 On February 13, 2017 I published Episode 13 of Up and to the Right… I should have known that the 13th episode published on the 13th day of the month was a bad omen. Anyway, after Episode 13 I started planning... and stopped producing... ...and it took over a year for me to get back on track! In episode 21 of up and to the …

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Organizing for Practical Humans | Up and to the Right | Episode 020 28:22

6+ y ago28:22

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http://b50p.info/uattr020 Show Notes I have three places I really push organization my electronic files my backpack my office/podcast production desk I could do better but these are my major work areas so while I have piles of office supplies or old records that could definitely use a good purge… they don’t effect my day to day work. In episode 20 …

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See the Problem, Hear the Customer, Speak Only Thoughtfulness | Up and to the Right | Episode 019 1:11:17

6+ y ago1:11:17

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Show Notes: http://b50p.info/uattr019 Do you have customer service skeletons in your closet? Does the skeleton of your patronage linger in the closet of a business that just plain blew it? For me, sadly… both are true. Episode 019 of Up and to the Right we’ll take a look at some moldering bones in my own customer service closet along with two examp…

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Windows 10 is Great – Still Using a Mac | Up and to the Right | Episode 018 45:10

6+ y ago45:10

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http://b50p.info/uattr018 If you put all the clever marketing campaigns aside does it really matter if you’re Mac or Windows? Episode 018 of Up and to the Right is about my journey from Windows to Mac; how and why it matters to business owners and what you need to think about when it comes to deciding on a technology platform for your business. Spo…

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Social Media Channel Surfing | Up and to the Right | Episode 017 44:15

6+ y ago44:15

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http://b50p.info/uattr017 Do you use social media to promote your product, service or business? Did you know that there or over 300 social media websites and that number is growing?! Whether your a social media luddite like yours truly... or a social media maven there's simply no ignoring the power and impact of social media. In episode 17 of Up an…

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Should My Pricing be on My Website? | Up and to the Right | Episode 016 25:37

6+ y ago25:37

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It’s unanimous… according to article after article service providers should have pricing listed on their websites. Funny thing though… if you start looking at many professional service provider’s websites there is a distinct lack of transparent public pricing. In episode 16 of Up and to the Right we’ll explore this apparent conflict and I’ll share …

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Recycling the 4 P's of Marketing | Up and to the Right | Episode 015 40:15

6+ y ago40:15

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About 58 years ago Edmund Jerome McCarthy introduced us to the ‘four P’s of marketing’. It could be argued that a lot has changed since then. In this episode of Up and to the Right we’ll adapt this easy to remember marketing tool to our modern marAv beyond50percent

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