Even in the 21st century, many businesses would tell you that if they could dramatically improve or transform one aspect of their business, it would be their Human Resources department. Despite the advent of technology, and how it has streamlined business as we know it, for many of us, our HR needs are still struggling to keep up. Why? Perhaps it is because HR needs can be difficult to predict at times. It is also true that a great many of a business’ tasks and responsibilities falls to HR. It can be difficult then to create a process that allows a company to meet their varied, ongoing demands. Companies need job placement and workforce solutions relevant to their industry. It shouldn’t be a surprise then the HR software market is expected to grow from USD 6.47 billion in 2017 to USD 9.89 billion by the end of next year. However, the challenge for many businesses is to find software that they can rely on. Where can you turn for this? Enter HR Kangaroo, which is rapidly building a reputation on offering one of the most comprehensive, flexible HR software solutions currently available.

Sarah Chang: What Are The Best Phone Interview Questions To Ask

Boots to Business is an entrepreneurial education and training program offered by the Small Business Administration. The purpose of such programs is to bring the principles of running a business to active-duty service members, veterans, and military spouses. Nearly 1 in 10 ten small businesses in the United States are owned by veterans. That's just one of the reasons why those who assist them, such as our guests today, are so vital on so many levels. For America to have a thriving culture of small business, we must invest in our veterans, and we are so fortunate that today's guests are doing that work. The Ignite Your Business Radio Show is proud to introduce VetBiz’s President and Chief Fear Conqueror Darcella Craven. Joining her as well is Mitchell Fitzpatrick, who joined Darcella’s organization just a few months ago, but who has established himself as one of the many crucial elements within this organization.

Darcella Craven: How To Support Small Business

Entrepreneurs come from every imaginable background. However, there are some things all of us have in common: The fear of taking that first step. For those who want to write a book and start a podcast in support of that book, the task of simply getting started can strike you as a daunting one. How do you begin? LinkedIn can be a great resource for making both of those goals come true. However, what do you do to stand out? How do you use LinkedIn to do more than simply network with other entrepreneurs and businesses? Consider the value of coaching services. With a U.S. market value of $1.02-billion in 2016 alone, coaching has become a significant business unto itself. The best coaches can help entrepreneurs take those first steps, build a foundation for success, and move forward. Created by Scott Aaron, Expert Authority is a program designed to help you draw resources from LinkedIn you didn’t even know were there.

Scott Aaron: How To Socially Sell On LinkedIn

Scott Aaron: How To Socially Sell On LinkedIn (Extended)

Disclaimer: Advisory Services are offered through Inspire Advisors LLC, a Registered Investment Adviser with the SEC. Ignite Your Business Radio Show and Inspire Advisors are not Affiliated.

Biblically Responsible Investing is the practice of making investments that are as based in careful market research as they are in the Christian values of the investor. It is the goal of anyone working in this area to glorify God through an investment process that also reflects the financial needs and goals of the individual. While doing research on this subject, I discovered there are well our 2,000 verses in the bible alone that talk about the subject of money. Everything from putting your hope in wealth, giving, greed, and even debt. Many don’t realize that giving back to the community takes resources. These resources require others that have the means, big or small, to give to the cause. What can you do, if you want to invest wisely and safely through Biblically Responsible investing? Jay Richardson brings more than three decades of financial understanding to individuals, groups, and companies across the entire spectrum of Christianity. I think it’s safe to say that when it comes to the notion that wealth is more than financial assets or investments, few understand this more clearly than Jay.

Jay Richardson: Building Wealth Is NOT Ungodly!

Disclaimer: Advisory Services are offered through Inspire Advisors LLC, a Registered Investment Adviser with the SEC. Ignite Your Business Radio Show and Inspire Advisors are not affiliated.

Biblically Responsible Investing is the practice of making investments that are as based in careful market research as they are in the Christian values of the investor. It is the goal of anyone working in this area to glorify God through an investment process that also reflects the financial needs and goals of the individual. While doing research on this subject, I discovered there are well our 2,000 verses in the bible alone that talk about the subject of money. Everything from putting your hope in wealth, giving, greed, and even debt. Many don’t realize that giving back to the community takes resources. These resources require others that have the means, big or small, to give to the cause. What can you do, if you want to invest wisely and safely through Biblically Responsible investing? Jay Richardson brings more than three decades of financial understanding to individuals, groups, and companies across the entire spectrum of Christianity. I think it’s safe to say that when it comes to the notion that wealth is more than financial assets or investments, few understand this more clearly than Jay.

Jay Richardson: Building Wealth Is NOT Ungodly! (EXTENDED)

Angel Santiago: Do You Judge A Book By It’s Cover? (EXTENDED)

Entrepreneurs can come from anywhere. Visionary individuals whose ideas and passion could potentially change the world. However, it’s one thing to have those ideas. It is something else altogether to know how to connect to the world with those ideas. Where can a young entrepreneur or inventor go? Where can they find the mentorship that can potentially move them to the next level of success? A solution to these questions may come in the form of software. After all, there are over 525, 000 software and IT service companies currently in the United States alone. Surely, one of these aspires to make it easier for young people to receive the mentorship they need to nurture their dreams, evolve their ideas, and take on the world. If you know someone who can benefit from mentorship specific to their goals and interests, you will almost certainly want to introduce them to the remarkable company and service Way Ahead!

Angel Santiago: Do You Judge A Book By It’s Cover?

We all know outsourcing works. However, we also know that sometimes, finding the perfect employee for a specific need for your business is easier said than done. There are tons of places to find freelancers, but this can lead to a kind of trial-and-error process. You may have to waste time, and even money, to find the people you’re looking for. Staffing and recruiting agencies are out there to help streamline the process. For many entrepreneurs, this is the solution they’ve been looking for. In 2019 alone, U.S. sales for the staffing and recruiting sector hit 161-billion dollars. Again, if you’re having outsourcing woes, a staffing agency/recruiting center can help. Yet for some business owners, the struggle to find a truly unique staffing solution is still real. Is there a human element missing to this industry? Do you think that’s what you’ve been missing in your own recruitment goals! Our guest today might be able to help!

Andrew Aston: How To Create The Ultimate Company Culture (EXTENDED)

Andrew Aston: How To Create The Ultimate Company Culture

An Aesthetician from Orange, California asks: I have an old customer that is trying to ruin my business in any way she can. I have tried working with the customer directly to resolve the matter and in the end, the customer is happy with everything, but how do I go about removing the negative review she had originally left on my Yelp business page?

Jessica Carlin: How To Remove A Yelp Review

Restaurant Owner in Boston, Massachusetts: I did a search on my own business and come to find out there is a yelp listing that shows up in the top 5 searches for my business in my area. I never set this Yelp listing up, to begin with. How do I go about deleting my Yelp business account?

Jessica Carlin: How To Delete A Yelp Business Account

Martial Arts Studio in Malibu, California: One of my customers recently let me know that I have a Yelp business page for my martial arts studio, however, I never set it up and I don't know how it ever got set up. When I visited the page myself, it says that the business is "Unclaimed." How do I go about claiming this business since I am the owner after all?

Jessica Carlin: How To Claim A Business On Yelp

CPA Firm in Austin, Texas: I have had my Yelp Business page for a few years now and I get a lot of business from it. The one thing I just can't wrap my head around is why I have legitimate clients that have left me glowing reviews, but yet when I check them out, I don't see them until I go under the, "...other reviews that are not currently recommended" I see the reviews. How do I go about getting these Yelp reviews to be unfiltered like this? And why are they being filtered in the first place?

Jessica Carlin How To Get Back Yelp Reviews That Seem To Disappear

If you love everything about responsible firearm ownership and the 2nd Amendment, it seems likely that you’re always on the lookout for new vendors to support. You want a business that not only meets your firearm purchasing needs, including customizations, but will also include you in a community that is built around advancing firearms knowledge in the most useful and practical fashion possible. While there is no shortage of gun and ammo shops, online or elsewhere, this is one area of interest where you want to be sure you’re trusting what you need to responsible, passionate, and knowledge firearm experts. These are some of the oldest and most powerful tools human beings have ever created. It just makes sense to want to get them from a business that truly understands what you are holding in your hands. If you’re looking for gun customization experts who truly know what they’re doing, then you’re definitely going to want to stick around for today’s interview!

Mark Czarnecki: How To Start A Gun Business

In 2018 alone, the global sports market hit a value of approximately $471 billion dollars. We like sports. We like sports so much, millions of people around the world create and manage their own teams and leagues. This would be the fast-paced world of fantasy sports, which is only getting more elaborate as digital technology continues to evolve. Simply put, if you want to get into fantasy sports, you’re not going to be lacking in options. While games like football remain the most popular for fantasy sports, you can find leagues and players for any sport you can imagine. It has unquestionably become an industry unto itself. However, because fantasy sports represent such a massive entity, newcomers can feel a little overwhelmed getting off to a good start. If you consider yourself to be one of those people, you’re going to get a lot out of today’s episode!

Brian Buschor: What's Fantasy Football All About? (EXTENDED)

Brian Buschor: What's Fantasy Football All About?

Craft breweries of all shapes and sizes represent a very large market these days. Craft beer as an industry generated more than 29.3-billion dollars in 2019 alone. You can find beers, meads, wines, and a variety of spirits, crafted by entrepreneurs from every imaginable background. You can find products and beverages to suit your taste, your interest in the process by which the drink is made, or even just your desire for a good story. Supporting small craft breweries is a fantastic way to support small businesses. It also gives you an excuse to try something new. Have you ever tried mead before, an alcoholic beverage made from honey and water using fermentation? Have you always wanted to? Maybe, you’re already a fan, and you’ve been looking for something distinctive and exciting to try. If you answered yes to any of those questions, and you want to support an amazing small business at the same time, you’re going to want to stay tuned for my conversation with Four Brothers Mead!

Four Brothers Mead: How To Get Started With Brewing Mead? (EXTENDED)

Four Brothers Mead: How To Get Started With Brewing Mead?

It was very difficult to advertise your business online back then because of how complex the process of setting up and managing advertising campaigns, monitoring results, and modifying your strategy based on those results was. Then Yelp came in and changed the advertising game by simplifying the process, making it easier to get feedback from your customers, and giving overall good exposure to your business in your particular niche very quickly.
Working directly with Yelp is still difficult for some business owners who don't have much knowledge in digital marketing. It's not a very straightforward process to monitor your leads and traffic which is coming through Yelp hence limiting your ability to change your marketing strategies.
We have digital marketing experts that will help you in setting up your campaigns through Yelp according to your business niche and help you monitor it and make changes according to the statistics. It's always a better idea to run the numbers to see what you are spending on marketing and how much business you are getting.

Jessica Carlin: Why You Should Not Advertise With Yelp

Over 66, 000 businesses in the United States offer car detailing services. What’s really interesting about that is the fact that the larger car wash chains only represent around 20% of this industry, which continues to grow every year. This means that for the motivated individual, someone who wants to start a potentially lucrative business with a minimum of investment in the necessary resources. Car detailing has proven particularly popular during the pandemic, since it gives the business owner the ability to travel to their clients to clean and make various small improvements to their vehicles. While the initial investment for car detailing is simple, it should be clear that this is also a very competitive that demands a lot in the way of hard work. If you’ve ever wanted to learn more about this industry, or if you really need an exceptional car detailing company in the Santa Clarita Valley region, you’re going to love today’s episode!

Douglas Aston: How To Start A Business As A 15 Year Old?

In this episode, we answer one of the most frequently asked questions about advertising on Yelp - How much does it really cost! As always, we have our Yelp expert Jessica Carlin on board, answering your most sought after queries in using Yelp to bring you business into the limelight of success.

How much does it cost to advertise on Yelp

In this episode we speak to our favorite Yelp expert Jessica Carlin as she discusses the intricacies of customizing your business message on Yelp. The do's, the don'ts and everything in between.

Jessica Carlin: Customizing Your Business Message on Yelp

This episode is all about the Ideal Customer Profile. What does it mean? How does one come up with an Ideal Customer Profile? How does it benefit a business? These and many more questions answered in this weeks episode. Got a questions for Josh? Let us hear them at questions@igniteradioshow.com

Ask Ignite: How to create an Ideal Customer Profile

Brian Banks, from Fort Worth, Texas, talked to us about his business and how to grow his follower base not once, not twice but FOUR times. He has been successful in this endeavor every single time. Brian visits mom-and-pop shops and gives honest reviews of their food. Listen to his episode to find out how he developed his business, the Fort Worth Fatso!

Brian Banks: Always Bring Your Stretchy Pants

The owners of the Farmhouse Siloam, Kelleigh Marin, and Dee are truly an iconic duo. This mother-daughter pair does everything at their wedding venue from FaceTiming clients to providing an extensive list of vendors to ensuring the perfect wedding day. Listen to their episode to find out how they started their business, marketing strategies for a wedding venue, and some unexpected events that could happen when worlds collide!

Kelleigh Marin & Dee: Undercover Narco Officer and Veteran Business Owner

By the summer of 2019, Disney’s run of movies based on Marvel Comics characters had made over 22 billion in ticket sales. This translates to a lot of people who love to buy things like geek-themed apparel. The average geek is spending over $100 a year on apparel specific to their interests. Some are spending several hundred dollars a year. That only covers apparel. And within geek apparel, you can find entrepreneurs and creative minds creating clothing that hits even more specific notes. Do you know someone who loves geek culture, but they’re also an entrepreneur? Perhaps a veteran, as well? Where would you go to buy such specific items? These are questions answered beautifully by our guest, Latoya Cooper from Chic Geek Apparel.

Latoya Cooper: How to start a Geek Clothing Brand

Even if you yourself don’t drink coffee, the odds are pretty good that virtually everyone around you does. In 2015 alone, we spent over 74 billion dollars on coffee here in the US alone. Imagine what the numbers are like for the industry on a global scale!

We like our coffee, is what I’m saying.

It would almost seem as though the world does not need more coffee shops, but that is not the case. One of the most interesting things to emerge in the past decade is the idea that any kind of retail shop be opened with a specific purpose in mind. The story behind our favorite local haunts has become almost as important to us as what we buy itself, including our favorite magical bean. We can basically pick and choose retailers that reflect our own personalities and beliefs.

To that end, if you’ve ever wanted to learn more about coffee shops opened by and for U.S. military veterans, you’re going to love who we’re talking within this episode!

Elliot, Mike, and Peter are the three remarkable human beings behind the Chosen Joe Coffee Company. They are veterans, entrepreneurs, serious students of business. Years of serving our country have given them a love of our nation, a love of all things coffee, and the desire to use their unique and combined experiences and passions to work with and inspire their fellow veterans.

While Chosen Joe Coffee might be a newly-formed brand, these guys are no strangers to business.

The more you learn about their journey from veterans to opening a coffee shop that seeks to inspire and support other veterans, the more impressed we know you’re going to be.

Peter Amara: What is the first step in the marketing research process?

If you take a look around the endless arena of business, and how we communicate with clients, coworkers, and others, you would probably say you wish things would be a little more straightforward. Communication is one of the biggest areas we try to improve within the larger subject of productivity. It is estimated that 75% of global organizations are expected to increase their use of productivity tools in the coming months and years. We’ve seen some amazing tools, concepts, and inventions brought to the forefront, in the name of improving communication, productivity, and more. Our guest today is just one example of the brilliant entrepreneurs who are striving to make not only their work a little easier but the work of those around them, as well. Here at Ignite Your Business, we’re thrilled to talk about Content Snare and more with James Rose!

James Rose: Automation and How To Reclaim Time

Ignite Your Business Radio Show is about and for small business owners and entrepreneurs. Oftentimes, we as small business owners feel like we are an island of one all by ourselves. But, if we take a moment and "zoom-out" to see the bigger picture, we will notice that there is a whole chain of islands all around us, made up of others just like us. Only other small business owners can truly understand the struggles but also the wins we go through. Here on the Ignite Your Business Radio Show, we want to provide you with hope, inspiration, marketing tips, operations advice, and even some humor. After all, we have to enjoy ourselves, life is too short!

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