The Smart Hustle Magazine Entrepreneur of the Year awards honors business owners, entrepreneurs and champions of small business who best exemplify the hustle, the Smart Hustle, of entrepreneurship and the small business community. Considered leaders by their peers, Smart Hustle Magazine Entrepreneur of the Year honorees are professionals who demonstrate success in business ownership and...
Being young (and black) can be a challenge for Isaiah Joyner of boutique concierge company, Reserv. But through the power of networking, confidence and daily affirmation he's growing his business. I had a discussion with Isaiah about the power of networking, persistence and follow up and some of the many gems, listen to our interview...
On the occasion of the January 2018 Shankminds Mastermind, by Peter Shankman I interviewed Jeff Lenchiner, founder of the popular blog, Inside Hoops. He shared with me four quick tips for how every business owner can get the most out of content marketing. Listen to the interview below. 1. Build credibility 2. Set yourself apart in some way. Everything's...
Remember when the iPhone was introduced ten years ago? Over oohs and ahhs, Apple founder Steve Jobs promised us it would revolutionize the business world—and it has. Now it feels like a new technology comes out every day that promises to help companies improve efficiency, but how do you know it’s the right fit—and...
Successful business is about 4 things. The products (or services you offer), the team that helps you executive them, the processes and systems you have in place to make it all happen and most importantly your ability to deliver exceptional customer service to your customers. In order to make this happen, winning company implement CRM...
These are the tools Ramon, entrepreneur, best selling author and global speaker, uses in HIS businesses. Click the partner links and check them out for yourself! SCROLL down to see Ramon's annoying video. Teachable - 0nline courses - Ramon created Smart Hustle University using Teachable. It's easy to use and powerful. You can create online courses to...
With new sales and marketing tools entering the market virtually every week, businesses are ditching older solutions to make way for the new. In fact, research from InsideSales.com shows that companies in North America are already spending more than $15 billion on sales acceleration tools, while Gartner predicts that enterprise CRM alone will be...
I recently looked at some of the tasks that I completed over the past week. I realize that I accomplished them in a quarter of the time that it would've taken me five years ago. I am more efficient due to new marketing automation technology available to me. Marketing automation tools have turned the digital...
Recently I created Smart Hustle University as a way to share my version of getting more customers, keeping your current customers and more with my tribe. It's a growing list of online courses focused on personal branding, sales, social media and more. I created it using Teachable. Now that I've created my first online course, I...
Follow up, follow up, follow up. It's one of the most important "sales" tactics every business owner needs to understand. However, there is a fine line between nicely following up and being an annoying jerk. In this video, Ramon Ray shares his tips on the power of follow up, but doing it nicely. You can...
