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On this episode of The Small Business Radio Show…
We look at different options to make your small business more streamlined. Whether you are looking at NEMT software to ensure that your scheduling is on point to speaking to outsourced admin teams, you need to be able to free up your time efficiently. Here is an outline of our three segments:
SEGMENT 1 with Tamara Scott, starting at 0:00: How can small business owners can do more in less time? Tamara Scott is here to share how small business owners can utilize automation, workflows, and analytics to drive results for their companies this year.
SEGMENT 2 with Amir Jafari, starting at 18:00: How can technology drive innovation at your company? Amir Jafari discusses how implementing a smart payments platform can help businesses collect payments faster, free up time previously spent on manual entry, improve cash flows, and mitigate risk.
SEGMENT 3 with Alan Cheesley, starting at 35:45: How can your website do more for your small business? Alan Cheesley shares the five opportunities that most websites miss to drive more leads and new sales.
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More on each segment below.
Segment 1: Tamara Scott is Managing Editor at TechnologyAdvice and SmallBusinessComputing.com. She regularly writes about marketing, productivity, and technology for small businesses.
1:00 – How small business owners can mitigate the effects of the labor shortage by outsourcing.
4:45 – Where do you start with automation to help you achieve more in less time?
8:15 – How can small business owners be more consistent with their marketing?
11:15 – How can small business owners create workflows for their company?
13:45 – How should small businesses use data analytics to figure out where to take their company and better serve their customers this year?
Segment 2: Amir Jafari is the Chief Financial Officer at Plastiq, an intelligent payments platform. Prior to Plastiq, Amir was the CFO for Reputation.com where he led the Accounting, Finance, IR and Legal teams, helping to grow the company despite it being a pandemic year.
18:00 – The ways new technology drives innovation.
20:15 – What have been the innovations in the fintech industry over the last several years?
22:30 – How to make it easier and less risky to collect payments from your customers.
24:30 – How does fintech help businesses mitigate risk?
27:00 – Positive cash flow is a must for a healthy business!
30:00 – Only 12% of businesses accept credit cards today. Why is that?
Segment 3: Alan Cheesley is an early adopter of SEO and recently published the book “DIY SEO”. He successfully used email marketing before MailChimp was invented, and he’s launched products worth many millions using Product Launch Formula.
35:45 – How can you make your website do more for your small business?
38:45 – How do you make your website stand out from the crowd?
41:00 – Which calls to action drive conversions?
45:00 – The five opportunities that most websites miss.
48:00 – What holds small businesses back from properly nurturing their leads?
49:45 – Always be focused on the customer, and always be improving.
