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Prevent Instagram Shadow Banning and 10 More Tips for Your Business
Every Monday 7:30am est, join Ramon LIVE on Clubhouse in Breakfast with Champions, where he shares tips and insights on business and life success. In this episode Ramon talks about Instagram Shadow Banning; Failing in the Trough (Seth Godin tips); Stream yard ads green screens and so much more. Smart Hustle Small Business Podcast ·...
Improve Your Online Reputation -5 Ways To Build Credibility and Trust
As much as 82% of internet users come across fake negative business reviews online. Seeing as almost 34% of the total market value of the world’s biggest companies depends on their reputation, you can begin to realize the importance of online reputation damage control. Improving and maintaining your digital prestige boils down to a strategic and...
How To Create a LinkedIn Newsletter and 9 More Tips
Join Ramon on his LIVE podcast on Clubhouse, "Breakfast with Champions" as he shares his best tips, each week to help you in your business and life. Can America’s Cities Make a Post-Pandemic Comeback? Not one way - “one that favors choice, rather than thinking there’s only one way to live or work,” “The sort...
Stop Self Sabotaging Your Success.
Recently I was the judge of a competition. I’ve judged many competitions - with seasoned business owners and with young students. Most of the competitions are “fast-paced” and require a fast decision. It’s NOT like Shark Tank where there can be 30 or more minutes of deliberation, then some due diligence afterward. This contestant who lost,...
How To Live Your Worst Life. 25 Quick Tips.
We talk a lot about how to live your "best life". But what does it look like if you wanted to know the steps to live your worst life? I'm a host of Breakfast with Champions, one of the fastest-growing shows on Clubhouse (the audio only app). In an episode, I did a "spoof" show...
Customer Relationship Management for Small Businesses: The Benefits of a CRM
What is CRM and why do you need it? CRM is a customer database to help you keep track of customer interactions with your business so you can serve them better. CRM stands for "customer relationship management" CRM helps you follow up with potential customers. The lack of follow up is one of the biggest reasons...
Finding Your Professional Community – 3 Things To Look For
As small business owners navigate the challenges of inflation, the importance of peer support is paramount. Given that online communities have grown 3X in the last seven years, reaching revenues of $1.2 billion in 2021, it’s clear there’s a demonstrated need for such digital kinship. Especially in specific fields like B2B marketing and sales, it...
From Police Officer to Crime Scene Cleaning Business
Laura Spaulding, is the owner of Spaulding Decon. She's a former Kansas City Police Officer, who transitioned to entrepreneurship through a series of tough lessons, school of hard knocks and the joys of the freedom of business ownership. Today Spaulding Decon cleans up messy, toxic, and at times emotionally traumatic crime scenes. But that's only...
Blinds.com Founder Jay Steinfeld Shares His Tips for Your Success
Jay Steinfeld, the founder and CEO of blinds.com, spoke with Ramon Ray, founder of SmartHustle.com on the power of diversity and how he led Blinds.com to be so successful. He started his billion-dollar brand working with his wife and selling blinds out of the back of a trunk! Check out the podcast and Check...
3 Reasons Cybersecurity Should Be A Top Priority
Digital transformation has probably brought a lot of changes to your small business: increases in efficiency, speed, and hopefully revenue. But with those benefits has also come some risk: cyber risk. And while many of the cybersecurity conversations revolve around the government and enterprise business level, with SMBs also depending more and more on digital...
3 Steps to Start Paying Yourself from the Beginning
As a founder and a financial mentor to small business owners. One of those questions I hear time and time again is “Do you start paying yourself from the beginning?” I always reply with a bold, “YES”! As soon as you are profitable and have cash flow available, a piece of that pie belongs to...
How Mentorship Gives Entrepreneurs a Competitive Edge
With many companies today struggling to attract and retain talent, a culture of mentorship will put your company ahead of the competition. Nearly 50 million workers resigned in 2021, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, including a record-breaking 4.5 million quitting last November. Even before The Great Resignation, an estimated 33 percent of new...