Change Your Name, Gain More Customers (Hello, Neighborly!)
When you change your company name, can you change the way you relate to customers? That's what Neighborly (formerly Dwyer Group) is currently finding out. In this, the second in our two-part series about name changes, we learn how the country's largest home-services franchise company is redefining how it relates to customers... all because it changed its name. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
7 Loka 201925min
Change Your Name, Inspire Your Employees (Farewell, Oath!)
Does a corporate name really matter? Yes, says Guru Gowrappan. And he should know. On this episode, we learn why Yahoo and AOL was merged into a company called Oath, why Guru changed the name to Verizon Media, and how renaming the company changed the entire company’s culture—leading to more sales, more collaboration, and a lot less drama. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
30 Syys 201924min
"Why I Stepped Down As Netflix CEO"
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23 Syys 201922min
Do Something New and Scary! James Altucher Explains Why
Entrepreneurs should be life-long learners. They should constantly develop new skills, even if they don’t know the ROI on those skills. And that’s why James Altucher—the former hedge fund manager who’s built and sold many companies—dedicated himself to mastering stand-up comedy. In this conversation, he explains why he kept pushing himself to try something difficult and often embarrassing, and how stand-up has helped him in the most unexpected ways. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
16 Syys 201945min
Bobbi Brown's Secret: Fewer Meetings, More Doing!
What do you do for a second act, when your first act literally changed an industry? That was the question facing makeup powerhouse Bobbi Brown, whose simple line of lipsticks blossomed into the billion-dollar company Bobbi Brown Cosmetics. She left it in 2016 with no plans for what to do next; all she knew was that she was done with corporate life. But she’s since found an answer—expanding into new territories with multiple new brands. But the second act isn’t really so different from the first act, she says: At its heart, everything an entrepreneur does is just about doing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
9 Syys 201926min
Make Change Before You're Forced To
Change will come to every business, but there’s an irony to it: The best time to embrace change is when you see it coming from far away -- when you still have time to plan, and when you aren’t hurting. On this episode, I make my case for making change, and then talk actor Justin Klosky, who switched careers and became a professional organizer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2 Syys 201925min
How to Score With Influencers
Influencers can be a valuable marketing tool: Get your product into their hands, and they might send waves of new fans your way. But how do you actually do that? We talk to Will Ahmed, founder and CEO of a wearable fitness device called Whoop, whose product was almost immediately embraced by the world’s top athletes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
26 Elo 201920min
Are You Giving Customers Too Much Choice?
Can you give your customers too much choice? Vanessa Van Edwards learned that the answer is yes. She used to sell lots of different courses online, but eventually decided to throw them all away. The result was crazy: Profits spiked! If you’re looking to sell online courses—or really, to sell *anything* online—this is the episode to listen to. Thanks to our sponsors: Blip Billboards: Sign up for a free account and get a $25 credit, visit blipbillboards.com/problemsolvers iDashboards: To learn more visit idashboards.com/problem Policy Genius: To learn more visit policygenius.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
19 Elo 201926min
