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This is Small Business Conversations from Profits Plus Solutions. A program where we visit with expert individuals who provide awesome insight and new ideas of how to increase your profits plus build your business for the future. We find experts on small business accounting, marketing, ownership transition, leases, sales skills, merchandising, and most every aspect of ownership in your small business.
Your host is Tom Shay, principal of Profits Plus.

Small Business Conversations Tom Shay

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This is Small Business Conversations from Profits Plus Solutions. A program where we visit with expert individuals who provide awesome insight and new ideas of how to increase your profits plus build your business for the future. We find experts on small business accounting, marketing, ownership transition, leases, sales skills, merchandising, and most every aspect of ownership in your small business.
Your host is Tom Shay, principal of Profits Plus.

    Tom Hubler visits Small Business conversations with Tom Shay to discuss family businesses

    Tom Hubler visits Small Business conversations with Tom Shay to discuss family businesses

    A family business; a wonderful situation if everyone is working together. But often there are situations; parents that won't give responsibility to a child; siblings that can't agree or siblings where one works very hard and the other does not. These are just a couple of examples. Tom Hubler visits to share an hour full of ideas of the important components of a family business.

    This was a fascinating visit with a gentleman who truly showed and shared a high level of expertise. If your business has multiple family members involved, this is a good investment of your time to listen.

    • 1 hr
    Dick Calio, POS expert visits Small Business Conversations and Tom Shay

    Dick Calio, POS expert visits Small Business Conversations and Tom Shay

    With all the changes in the way people act and shop, what do you need to do differently with your point of sale system? What is the number one concern you should have for your business? What opportunities are there for you to take advantage of in your business? Can you easily handle cashless transactions?

    Dick Calio, POS expert, spent the hour with us to answer your questions about what opportunities and challenges are before us as the economy begins to reopen.

    • 1 hr
    Jacob Curtis discusses Opportunities or Traps in your small business

    Jacob Curtis discusses Opportunities or Traps in your small business

    You utilized your gut feeling when you decided to purchase or start your small business. All small businesses have opportunities for growth that come their way. There are also what appears as an opportunity that turns out to be a trap.

    Jacob Curtis, CPA shares his methodology for determining how to make the decision in your small business.

    • 1 hr
    An extraordinary small business owner, Heidi Kaisand, shares her story on Small Business Conversations with Tom Shay

    An extraordinary small business owner, Heidi Kaisand, shares her story on Small Business Conversations with Tom Shay

    Heidi Kaisand has quite the story that she shares on Small Business Conversations. A decade ago she started a quilting store. Eight years ago she added to those responsibilities her work with the industry magazine, American Quilt Retailer. A year later she purchased the publication and is now the publisher and editor. She also creates online academies for other business owners in the trade.

    Her business is unique in that it finds ways to include the customers with their purchases. Heidi makes equipment available for the customers to use and she has multi-day camps for customers who travel hours to buy and use the equipment. The second floor of the building is part dormitory and part workshop for the customers.

    Heidi has an amazing story and you can hear the details in this month's Small Business Conversations with Tom Shay

    • 59 min
    A view from Dave Wendland who has seen thousands of small businesses

    A view from Dave Wendland who has seen thousands of small businesses

    The July Small Business Conversations brings a very unique perspective to looking at small business. Dave Wendland has seen and worked with thousands of small businesses through his company Hamacher Resource Group.

    We ask Dave to share his experiences of the traits of the best small business owners he has seen and worked with; easy to understand with ideas of how you can duplicate these special traits.

    • 1 hr 2 min
    Devon Clements discusses "brand voicing" for small businesses with Tom Shay on Small Business Conversations

    Devon Clements discusses "brand voicing" for small businesses with Tom Shay on Small Business Conversations

    Do customers identify your business because of low prices? Is it because it is you, the owner, is seen and heard in your advertising? Perhaps your business is known for supporting a local animal rescue organization.

    None of these are brand voicing.

    Listen as Devon Clements of J Schmid Creative Agency explains, discusses and shares examples of how developing the way you connect with your customers can retain customers and bring new customers to your business. That is brand voicing.

    • 58 min

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Great for Any Business Owner!

Very knowledgeable host! The guests are incredible too!

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