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This week, we’re chatting with Sandy Bradford, Director of Business Development at Lifesigns. This successful Memphis-based medical practice provides prevention-focused medical exams. At Lifesigns, they believe that employee wellness is essential to business health and go above and beyond to ensure that. In fact, they provide nearly 1,000 medical exams a month while saving businesses money and employees’ time!

Building a great team is one of the most critical aspects of a successful service-based business! This week, we’re talking to Ben Buffington, the President and CEO of Hi-Speed Industrial Service. We’ll be talking about the fundamentals of a successful service-based business, the qualities to look for in top-performing employees, and creating a management team that’ll knock it out of the park every time.

Ready to dive in? Give a listen to one of our best episodes for business leaders to date!

Networking and real estate go hand in hand. 🤝

In this episode of Biz School, Alex gets down to business with Morgan Tate, principal property manager at River City Land Company. This Memphis-based real estate brokerage and property management firm currently manages 850 rental properties in the area!

Listen in as they discuss the ins and outs of working with property owners, dealing with maintenance issues, and how having a strong referral network leads to growth. 📈

This week, Biz School is all about education! Leigh Mansfield is an award-winning educator who currently serves as the president and CEO of Junior Achievement Memphis. 

This groundbreaking organization is dedicated to educating students about entrepreneurship, financial literacy, and workforce readiness through hands-on experience. 

In this episode of Biz School, Alex and Leigh discuss the importance of education and the many ways leaders can help educate the next generation in their very own communities! 

Be sure to tune in for this informative episode and learn more about the impact you can make through education! 

We spend a lot of time talking about gaining leads, but what about when the leads come to you? This episode of Biz School is all about closing deals!

This week, I’m talking to Scott Hansen, founder and CEO of LeadSigma - a company that ensures that every inbound lead gets a call and helps your team know when and how each follow-up happens. 

When it comes to closing a deal, Scott has what you need. Before LeadSigma, he developed Professional Chats - a company he grew to 150 employees - before selling to Ruby Receptionists. 

If you’re ready to dive in, let’s get down to business! Tune in to the newest episode of BizSchool and find out the key to closing inbound deals. 

Want the most concise view of what happened in orthodontic practices in 2020? We’ve got it in this special episode of Biz School! Alex welcomes Ryan Moynihan of GAiDGE to discuss aggregate data collected across 1,500 orthodontic locations last year. What was the trend with new patient calls, consults, new starts and more? Watch this episode to find out!

This week on BizSchool, I’m sitting down with Jean McGhee to talk about all things growth. A number of things go into building a successful brand, and Hollywood Feed hits the main points off the bat. With exceptional customer service that has fans raving and quality, American-made products on almost every shelf, Hollywood Feed is thriving in a time when retail stores are closing around the country. Check out this week’s episode to learn everything from what goes into choosing a new dog food brand to how Hollywood Feed adapted their strategy while dealing with COVID-19.

If you’ve ever found yourself wondering which areas of SEO you should focus on and what factors make it most successful, this episode of BizSchool is for you! 

 

Join Alex for a fascinating conversation with SEO expert Adam Heitzman, who was named as one of Forbes’ “Top 15 SEO Gurus You Should Know” in 2015. Adam’s agency has also been recognized by respected SEO publications like Search Engine Land and U.S. Search Awards. 

 

Alex and Adam go deep into what makes SEO work, and also discuss why knowing a client’s needs is the key to producing exciting results.

With a cold snap happening all across the country, it’s the perfect time to settle in with a steaming cup of coffee and check out the latest episode of Biz School! Listen in as Alex chats with Troy Watts, a former member of the U.S. ski team and current ski instructor in Breckenridge, Colorado. Episode 8 is all about TEAMWORK—Alex and Troy discuss building a solid team from selection to retention, what business owners can do to encourage excellence from every team member, and how important it is to identify leaders on your team and empower them!  

We’re bringing a whole lot of Memphis grit and grind to the sixth episode of Biz School! I could think of no better example of the true Memphis hustle than my friend, Jerry King of King Limousines. From driving across the country 15 years ago to purchase his first limo, he now runs a fleet of high-end, high-demand limos and party buses. We talk about how how he built his business after leaving a job at Marriott, and how covid has affected business (and how he has made it through). And it sounds like his secret to success is actually something his mother taught him from the time he was little.

If you like stories about someone with an idea working hard day after day to make their dream a reality, you don’t want to skip this episode! Also, stick around at the end for a few great moments once the cameras shut off, but the conversation with Jerry kept rolling!