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LTB 94 | Mortgage Market Disruption

Disrupting The Mortgage Space With A Unique Startup with Ira Zlotowitz

In marketing, we use the words “disruption” and “new” almost interchangeably. Usually, innovations or new technologies come to market in compliance with industry market standards. Other initiatives, however, come ready to disrupt a space with a new plan and a completely new set of standards. This week, we’re excited to welcome back an incredible guest, Ira Zlotowitz. In our conversation, he discusses his latest, most groundbreaking startup, GPARENCY. The entire mortgage industry infrastructure has changed immensely over the years, and Ira is prepared to be a guiding light for those who want to get into it.

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LTB 93 | Customer Experience

Creating ‘Moments of Magic’ Within Your Customer Experience

Winning over and retaining customers hinges on whether or not you can provide a great customer experience. If you want loyal customers, you have to build relationships with them and create “magic moments” that keep them coming. This is the central piece of our episode as I sit down for an insightful conversation with Shep Hyken, the leading customer service and experience expert. Shep talks about how he learned to create great customer service experiences and how you can set a gold standard for your company.

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How to Be Your Greatest Self Without Counting a Single Calorie

What do celebrations, festivals, holidays, and birthdays all have in common? It’s the food! During these times, we tend to eat (and overeat) foods (and lots of treats) that our bodies aren’t used to. Therefore we’re left feeling bloated, uncomfortable, and often unhappy with ourselves. What do we do then? This week, our guest is Isaac Schulman. Listen as he shares his personal story and experience in the Dr. Bo’s diet program. He explains not only how he achieved his target weight, but exactly how you can too. He also goes into detail about how his passion for Dr. Bo’s led him and his wife to actually buy out and grow the company together.

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Changing Your Perspective Changes Everything—with Charlie Harary

Often, we don’t realize that we are our greatest weapon for positive change and that changing our lives is all about perspective.

Charlie Harary is a business executive, author, and prolific speaker known internationally for his charismatic, passionate, and sophisticated lectures, seminars, and keynote addresses. In this fascinating interview, he speaks about the mental obstacles that hold us back from achieving the joy, fulfillment, and success that we all crave, and how by rewiring our minds, we’re able to see the path that will lead us to the life we truly desire. He offers practical ways that business leaders can reframe our perspectives to achieve success, how to avoid the dangers of measuring ourselves against others, and the key to developing a company that is not just a service or a product, but a people-first business. Please listen and enjoy!

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How to Become Permanently Profitable—with Mike Michalowicz

Exciting things are happening at the Let’s Talk Business Podcast! We’re looking forward to launching our next season and will be implementing incredible tweaks and changes, so be sure to stay tuned. Until then, we’re bringing back some of your favorites from the legendary Season 1. For the next few weeks, we hope you enjoy these oldies but goodies, and we’ll let you know as soon as we are ready to launch the next season!

 

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How to Establish Your Business Exit Plan―with Randy Long

One of the most important things to know when you enter any building is where the exit is. The same should be said for your business. It’s best to have a business exit plan in place because you never know what could happen and when you might need it. Joining host Meny Hoffman is Randy Long, CEO and Founder of Long Business Advisors (BraveHeart Business). He is also the author of The BraveHeart Exit: 7 Steps To Your Family Business Legacy and, more recently, Bulletproof Your Exit: How to Prepare Your Business and Your Family for a Successful Business Exit. Randy discusses why and how you should already be planning for contingencies for you and your company. It’s never too early to start, so tune in and find out what you should already be doing for your business.

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5 Creative Ways To Clear Your Biggest Business Hurdles―with Meira Spivak

Innovation is key to any successful business. Even more so when you’re met with a business hurdle you just can’t solve. Meira Spivak is the director of Oregon NCSY and a seasoned speaker who has helped many by sharing techniques that can help anyone innovate on demand. She sits down with host Meny Hoffman and talks about the five templates of her Strategic Inventive Thinking or SIT Method and how you can use it to find opportunities in your biggest business hurdles. Meira believes that creativity and innovation are skills that you can develop and shares the tools to help you do just that.

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What’s Your Big Why? A Mindset That Will Grow Your Company—with Susie Carder

Your mindset comes from your big WHY. If there’s no bigger why and you’re doing it all for the money, you won’t grow your company. It has to be that passion that motivates you and gets you out of your bed. Meny Hoffman’s guest in this episode is Susie Carder, who went from being a low-paid hairdresser to becoming an entrepreneur and creating not one but two $10-million companies. Susie talks with Meny about the importance of having the mindset before the skillset to being successful in your business. Listen to this episode and discover Susie’s “WHY” and how it helped her succeed. Tune in!

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