Episode 200 – Looking Back And Looking Ahead – Some of My Favorite Guests

Welcome to Episode 200… It’s been almost 2 years since I started the Bacon Podcast. One of the things I love about this podcast is interviewing some incredible guests. You get to listen in on my conversations with people who I want to learn from and you get the opportunity to learn along with me…

Episode 197 – How To Eat An Elephant & Land A Whale with Mark S. A. Smith

Mark S. A. Smith designs and implements customer acquisition systems that find and recruit customers for disruptive products. He speaks at entrepreneurial events delivering pragmatic ideas to grow and succeed. He is an electrical engineer, media technologist, computer programmer, hardware salesman, software marketer, and business owner who works with leaders who must develop the best…

Episode 196 – The 3 Big Mistakes People Make When Reading Google Analytics

The biggest asset you have in your business (aside from you) is data! Knowing your numbers is key to running your business and doing your best to predict the future. Google Analytics is a stalworth in measuring traffic to your website because so many people use it. It has become the de-facto tool and a…

Episode 195 – Be Disruptive To Create New Business with Mark S. A. Smith

Mark S. A. Smith designs and implements customer acquisition systems that find and recruit customers for disruptive products. He speaks at entrepreneurial events delivering pragmatic ideas to grow and succeed. He is an electrical engineer, media technologist, computer programmer, hardware salesman, software marketer, and business owner who works with leaders who must develop the best…

Episode 194 – How-To Turn Disruption & Chaos Into Calm & Clarity

There is this great book called “Blue Ocean Strategy” that talks about not being in the space where all the sharks are feeding but go to the ‘Blue Ocean’ where the water is clear and there is less competition for food (clients). What you have to do is be disruptive, or become different enough so people will…

Episode 191 – How-To… Can You Build A More Cohesive Marketing Message? with Paul B. Evans

Paul Evans helps companies discover, develop and deploy their core message. He been an entrepreneur owner for 27 years and started 8 businesses. He loves bacon as much as Brian. While most training companies focus only on the bottom line, Paul helps entrepreneurs, like yourself, create a complete lifestyle business. You should be able to…

Episode 190 – 5 Things You Need To Change Today That Will Ignite Your Business

Every business could use more clients.  If you have too many send some our way! Many businesses fall for the tactic du jour. Let’s try some Facebook or Google Ads. Let do some webinars or seminars. These tactics can work, but there are some core business principles that may help you become more effective and successful. In…

Episode 188 – It’s Your Reputation… You Should Own It! Especially Online?

What is your most valuable asset? Some may say it’s your house or your car? Others may say it’s your health! In business, I would say it’s your reputation. Are you protecting your reputation? When was the last time you Googled yourself and your business? What did you find? Hopefully, it’s all good, but make sure…

Episode 186 – How To Maximize New Social Media Tools For Your Audience?

The only constant, in the social media world, is change. Platforms come and go and then the remaining ones start to morph. Instagram is starting to morph info Snapchat. Facebook is the new hot go-to tool for live video. Google Hangouts is no more but Google is adding live video chatting like Apple Facetime. So how…

Episode 185 – Writing Ebooks For Influence & Profit – With Kristen Joy

Kristen Joy decided she was “unemployable” at the tender age of six when she started her first business making and selling pet rocks. She’s never been able to “hold down a real job…” ever. A serial entrepreneur, in 2003 she turned her life-long love of reading and writing into a full-time career she LOVES, teaching…