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#167: P2 - How to Market Your Business Using Organic Social Media

Billie Asmus, inventor of the Repaint Tray, is back to share with us in Part 2 of this series how she is leveraging organic social media to grow exposure and sell her product. We discuss knowing when it's time to hire help, utilizing influencers for content exposure, and just being willing to ask people to share your content. If you want to know how to leverage social media, with a degree in marketing and communications, this entrepreneur knows where to start. 

#166: P1 - How to Market Your Business Using Organic Social Media

Billie Asmus, Inventor and entrepreneur of the Repaint Tray, is with us to discuss her journey with organic social media as a business owner. This is first hand experience from a product based business owner on how she is leveraging social media to spread the word about her business. We discuss posting frequency, the type of content to share, and more. Tune in today!

#165: How to Buy from Alibaba

Ever wanted to buy something from Alibaba, but were not sure where to start? This episode is for you. Bekkah covers when it can be a good idea to utilize Alibaba, how to negotiate, what sort of shipping time to expect, and so much more. Take a listen on your favorite platform.

#164: What to Look for When Investing in Multifamily Housing

Scott Jacobson, 20 year veteran real-estate investor, explains what metrics you should be looking to see in a property's financials if you're hoping to invest in a multi-family property, as well as advice in working with a syndicate group of investors. Take a listen!

#163: How to Evaluate a Commercial Building for Your Business

Bekkah covers why it’s important to be patient in looking for a property, evaluating if you can grow in the space, if it has enough parking and easy accessibility, considering a property on the national historic registry, and more! Listen now!

#162: How to Become a Property Manager

Rena Freeman shares how to build a property management business. Rena covers getting the correct licensing, managing all of your properties efficiently, how to vet possible renters, ways to price yourself in a way that makes sense for property owners, how to maintain great customer service relationships with your tenants, and advertising your rental openings. All this and so much more, take a listen!

#161: How to Navigate Commercial Property Grants as a Business Owner

Have you ever wondered what resources are available to business owners for commercial properties? This episode covers how to look for grants within your region, what questions to ask as you prepare for your grant application, when to start spending money on your project, when you should apply, and how to encourage your local region to make more economic development funding available to small business owners. If you’ve ever wanted to find ways to make a building renovation project more affordable for your business, this episode is for you! Take a listen!

#160: How to Evaluate Buying a Business That Has Buildings and Property

Richard Parker has bought 13 different businesses personally and has spent 34 years working with acquisitions and mergers. In this episode, he discusses how to separate the value of a business from the value of real estate. Richard covers how you should consider how the actual property rental costs, noting that many business owners paying themselves rent for the use of the property space the business occupies or won’t pay themselves any rent at all. These two distinct differences are big items to consider when projecting what you will need to factor into your own costs of running the business once you acquire it. This tip, and so many more are in this episode. Take a listen!

#159: What to Look for When Buying a Multi-Family Property

Brandon Freeman discusses how he has built his rental investment portfolio, and explains how to calculate a cash on cash return so you can understand for yourself how to strategically build your own portfolio. He discusses why he separated out his property management company from his assets, and how he keeps a mix of short term and long term rentals to maintain a diversified amount of cash flow options for his business.

#158: What is a Good Location for a Business?

Bekkah explains what factors you may want to consider when you open up a physical storefront! This episode covers considerations such as whether you are hiring employees, being in the right location for your target market by researching your target market demographic, exploring overall city and regional resources that may be available to your business, and leveraging what your business will bring to the community when choosing a site location.