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Upping your business game. Networking and Data tools

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Topic: Upping your business game. Networking and Data tools Broadcast Date: May 9th, 2019 at 5:00p Est/4:00P Cen/3:00p Mtn/2:00p Pac Join co-hosts Ray Pillar, Owner of Molly Maid Aurora-Naperville, Fred McMurray of Westvyne and Holly A Ford of Zarian Firm International as they discuss Upping your business game. Networking and Data tools , ongoing franchisee development,  financing, franchise accounting, purchasing, growing your franchise, improving your franchisee performance, brand positioning, expanding franchise concepts, franchisee marketing, legal issues, franchisor marketing and selling your franchise and with David Alexander , CEO of High Achievers, LLC. Our 2nd guest is Alison Alvarez, CEO of Blaspoint.co Our Guests: David Alexander , CEO of High Achievers   Alison Alvarez , CEO of Blaspoint.co   Co-hosts, Holly A Ford womansplainer to Ray and Fred.   Chat live  to new episodes on Thursdays at 4p central. Call in on Thursdays at 323-580-5755. Liste...

Key Minerals For Treating Anxiety And Depression

One in every four Canadians has depression severe enough to require treatment at a particular stage in their life, according to Health Canada. While depression remains among the most common mental disorders,  it is also the most treatable . Many people seek medication in hospitals, but there is a better and more natural way. Nutrition is a significant influencer of the onset, severity, and duration of a depressive episode. Patients living with depression often have a deficiency of a range of essential vitamins and minerals necessary for optimal brain function. Here are vital minerals that you should include in your diet to ease anxiety and depression. Chromium Though the brain only needs chromium in small amounts, without it, you will have low levels of serotonin, melatonin, and norepinephrine which are responsible for controlling moods and emotions. Besides lifting your spirits, it also balances brain metabolism and contributes to blood pressure regulation. Common sources of this ...

Make Time for Creativity

I’ve been a business owner since 2010, and before that, I worked long hours as a school teacher and administrator. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve found that I have a harder time responding to and recovering from stress. When my husband suggested that I needed to find a creative outlet, I signed up for some drawing classes and enjoyed myself, but I didn’t have a burning desire to pull out the pencils when I was feeling a need to de-pressurize. On a lark, last year I signed up for a “beach art with resin” class with my mom. We both created beautiful pieces and decided we wanted to buy some materials to create a few more. Last summer, a friend of mine was holding an art fair on his property in Arroyo Grande, California, so my mom and I nervously signed up to have a booth. We had no idea if anyone would want to buy our work, but to our surprise, we sold several pieces that day. That was all the incentive we needed to buy a tent and start signing up for area ...

Uber Experiences April 29 - May 3

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      I was having coffee and talking to some friends this week when I mentioned that I had to wrap-up because I had to start “Ubering”. They both looked at me funny and one of them said “I didn’t know you were driving for Uber, how long have you been doing it?” Back on December 18, 2018, I was informed that I was going to be out of work effective January 1, 2019 as my company had been sold and my position was being eliminated. I have been let-go from companies before, mostly because the companies were going out of business, and this was the first time it was a complete shock as it came out of no-where! It was hard to take at first for many reasons: 1) I liked where I was working and had no plans to leave, 2) I worked with some really good people, and 3) I really liked the services we offered and that I sold. Needless to say, I have spent the better part of the last four months looking for a job. I had a short stint with selling insurance as ...

TODAY IS NATIONAL “ADOPT A SHELTER PET DAY”

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If you, or someone you know is looking for a new “Forever Best Friend”, please consider adopting a shelter animal instead of buying one in a store. You may be saving a loving creature from euthanasia. (The number of animals that will be euthanized this year is estimated to be about 1.5 million!) One way to search for your Forever Best Friend is to use The Shelter Pet Project website:      https://theshelterpetproject.org/pet-search/ When I entered my zip code to perform a local search for dogs, it came up with over 500 results!!  The purpose of The Shelter Pet Project is to attempt to make shelters the first place potential adopters turn when looking to get a new pet, ensuring that all healthy and treatable pets find loving homes. Being able to search through this many pictures makes the process easy to find and fall in love with your potential Forever Best Friend. Chipotle, the dog we rescued in 2014, and the inspiration for my upcoming Music Video ...

The Pun Club

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pun [pən] NOUN puns  (plural noun) a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings. “the pigs were a squeal (if you’ll forgive the pun)” synonyms: play on words  ·  wordplay  ·  double entendre  ·  double meaning  · [more] VERB puns  (third person present) make a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word. “his first puzzle punned on composers, with answers like “Handel with care” and “Haydn go seek”” ·  [more] I love puns and great one-liners! They are so cheesy and so ridiculous, but every time you say one to someone, you will at least get an “Oh brother” and a smile from the person you are saying it to. Over the years I have found that part of my daily life includes me throwing-out at least one or two funny lines. Growing-up, I had thre...

A New Era of growth for Neighborly franchisees and beyond - Pillars of Franchising

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Topic: Molly Maid – A New Era of growth for franchisees of Neighborly and beyond.  Broadcast Date: April 25th, 2019 at 5:00p Est/4:00P Cen/3:00p Mtn/2:00p Pac Join co-hosts Ray Pillar, Owner of Molly Maid Aurora-Naperville, Fred McMurray of Westvyne and Holly A Ford of Zarian Firm International as they discuss a new Era of growth for franchisees of Neighborly , ongoing franchisee development,  financing, franchise accounting, purchasing, growing your franchise, improving your franchisee performance, brand positioning, expanding franchise concepts, franchisee marketing, legal issues, franchisor marketing and selling your franchise and with Mary Kay Liston, CFE, President of Molly Maid® and Mitch Cohen, CEO of  Performax Franchisee Advisors & a Jersey Mike’s Subs franchisee. Our Guests: Mary Kay Liston , CFE, President of Molly Maid® Mitch Cohen , CEO of  Performax Franchisee Advisors & a Jersey Mike’s Subs franchisee. Co-hosts, Holl...