Serial Entrepreneur Show Nicole Schmied and Matt Deulley

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Did you know 60% of your sales are waiting for you in the follow-up?
 
While working for Angi (formerly known as Angie's List), Alex and his co-founder realized something was missing in the digital world. Even though consumers have shifted to shopping online, they still weren't converting — until they got them on the phone.
 
Meet Alex Levin. He is a Harvard graduate and the co-founder and CEO at Regal.io. Regal.io believes in the power of a personal touch in an increasingly digital world. They have helped the sales teams at 150+ of the fastest growing B2C brands drive over $2B in revenue — SoFi, Angi, The Farmer's Dog, and Vroom to name a few. Today, Alex shares how AI can help industries be smarter, but how human touch is still needed to build trust and to treat each customer like one in a million.
 
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What if you knew the two metrics to unlock your best marketing campaigns for your exact audience? What if forecasting your success was as easy as looking at a weather app?
 
In this mini-episode, Nicole gives you three things you should be looking at when it comes to your customer data. We know, we know — BIG data is scary. But Nicole promises that if you can check the weather, you can also uncover marketing that resonates with your audience (even if you’re not a numbers person). Grab Nicole's cheat sheet below.
 
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Do business owners retire? They can when they build to sell!
 
In this episode, we’re on-location! Nicole meets with three special guests to talk about how to buy or sell a business, profitably.
 
Meet Marc Ruiz, wealth advisor and partner at financial planning firm Oak Partners, Scott Steinwart, the first VP and regional chief sales officer for a large Midwestern bank, First Merchants Bank, and Terry McMahon, CPA with McMahon & Associates who has almost 50 years of experience in valuations, buy-sell agreements, marital dissolution, and estate planning.
 
Today, they share stories to highlight their best practices for planning, what the bank is looking at during an acquisition, and how having a “football team” of professionals makes all the difference.
 
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Visit: McMahon & Associates
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**The opinions voiced in this material are for general information only and are not intended to provide specific advice or recommendations for any individual.
This information is not intended to be a substitute for specific individualized tax or legal advice. We suggest that you discuss your specific situation with a qualified tax or legal advisor.
Nicole Schmied with SmartCookie Media, Marc Ruiz with Oak Partners, Terry McMahon with McMahon & Associates, and Scott Steinwart with First Merchant's Bank are separate and unaffiliated entities from LPL Financial.**

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Did you know it only takes three seconds for someone to decide if they want to work with you? What does your last headshot say about you?
After leaving her home in Ukraine to move to the United States, Masha built a successful wedding photography business that all started in her garage. But after photographing a client who beat stage four leukemia, Masha knew she wanted to bring more meaning to her life's work. Masha Ray is a branding and portrait photographer out of Tampa, Florida — she's also a SmartCookie VIP client. She comes from a family of artists and now helps entrepreneurs ditch the boring headshots for ones that help them stand out among the crowd.
 
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Are you looking to have more sales conversations in your business?
 
Calling all photographers (& High Ticket Service Providers too): Stop sharing your current photos -- make them scroll-stopping and book more conversations. In this mini-episode, Nicole will walk you through the BEST images to use on social media and your website when it comes to getting quality calls (AND the reason the most common methods won’t work). Because you likely don’t have time to learn one more thing…she gives you the exact framework she's built for her private VIP clients! The 7 Do's and Don'ts of Marketing Images are linked below.
 
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When's the last time someone gave you some tough love?
 
Nicole calls her one of the best business coaches our show has ever hosted. Michelle Vroom was the breadwinner of her household, but she wanted more for her family. So while on maternity leave — and with the support of her husband, she left her cushy corporate job to find the freedom and flexibility all entrepreneurs want. With 15 years of marketing and PR experience, she started offering business coaching to women entrepreneurs and is on her way to her first $1M. Listen in as she tells us about the mistakes she made along the way and how they made her come back stronger and smarter.
 
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