Christmas Wishes From Christy

Christmas Wishes From Christy

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, and all the others…HAPPY HOLIDAYS!  Cherish each other, reconnect with your values, enJOY the season!

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Connecting Over Cocktails – An Interview with Jennifer Brian, Make & Muddle

Connecting Over Cocktails - An Interview with Jennifer Brian, Make & Muddle

On this episode of Small Business Success Talk, Christy interviews Jennifer Brian, Cocktail Evangelist, to find what it took to create Make & Muddle as a unique addition to the spirits industry. The two  discuss everything from Jennifer’s love of hosting to her favorite drink experiences and the really good things that can happen over a good pour.

 

Jennifer’s BIO

With over 25+ years in the hospitality business as a caterer and mixologist specializing in luxury events and intimate gatherings, Jennifer Brian is the Cocktail Evangelist here to spread the good news about booze! Her cocktail company, Make & Muddle, produces a line of all natural craft cocktail mixers in Louisville, KY designed to do the heavy lifting in a mixer so that folks can have a delicious, three-ingredient craft cocktail from their home. Additionally, Jennifer is the founder of Jennifer Brian Events and is an Executive Bourbon Steward.

Tourism and Small Business Making Communities Stronger

Small Business And Tourism Making Communities Stronger

On this episode Christy and her guest, Janette Marson discuss how small business impacts and is impacted by tourism. 

 

 

 

Janette’s Bio

Tourism industry executive Janette Marson is the President and CEO of ShelbyKY Tourism in Kentucky. Prior to her post with ShelbyKY Tourism, Marson was the Executive Director of the Lake Cumberland Tourist Commission in Russell County, Ky. With a vast career in marketing, advertising, broadcasting and public relations, Marson is also the President of the Kentucky Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaus and holds a Travel Marketing Professional Degree from STS Marketing College at the Univ. of North Georgia and an Advanced Certificate in Tourism.

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Marketing

3 Key Activities to do for marketing in your business each year

3 Key Activities to do for marketing in your business each year

It’s a new Marketing Mavens episode for Small Business Success Talk! Grab your note-taking tools and get ready to focus on setting yourself up for success in the coming year(s). 

The Marketing Mavens: – Christy Smallwood, Host (Eagle Eye Strategic Marketing & Chrysaetos Strategic Leadership Development) – Amy Torres (Director of Marketing, Inc.) – Kristina Stubblefield (SoIn Media Group & The Ring, The Bling, and All The Things) – Brittany Murphy (One Thing Marketing)

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Interior Design

Designing the future through mentoring with Liz Toombs

Designing the future through mentoring with Liz Toombs

In this episode of Small Business Success Talk, Liz Toombs, Owner and Designer of PDR Interiors, talks about successfully running and growing her business for almost two decades and the passion to mentor young women in business through her niche work with Sorority houses across the U.S.

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Liz Toombs is known as the go-to decorator for sorority interiors on college campuses. The work of Toombs and the PDR Interiors team can be seen on over 90 campuses spread across 22+ states. A leader in the decorating industry for nearly two decades, Toombs is a graduate of the University of Kentucky and an alumna of Alpha Gamma Delta. Mentoring women is a keystone of PDR, something Toombs learned to value through her fraternity experience. Helping to preserve that experience for current and future members of women’s organizations is what drives Toombs to focus on sorority housing projects. In addition to PDR’s vast work in Greek housing, the firm also offers comprehensive services for private residences. A trusted media resource, Toombs is quoted in notable outlets including The Huffington Post, The Associated Press and Realtor.com. She and the company were featured on MSNBC’s “Your Business” in a profile about the brand’s business acumen. Additionally, Toombs launched and hosts the “Sorority Chat” podcast, which features interviews with leaders in the national Greek system. Toombs resides in Lexington, Ky., where she is very involved in giving back to the community through the Junior League and other local charities. She created The Mary Estes Memorial Scholarship in honor of her mother, who passed away from cancer in 2012. The scholarship is awarded annually to a Univ. of Ky. College of Agriculture, Food and Environment student who has lost a parent from cancer. Toombs enjoys exercising, spending time on Lake Cumberland and almost always has a book in her hands. She shares her home with her husband, Billy, and their frequently Instagrammed dogs, Wendel and Bartlet.

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Food

Southern Cravings and Learning To Grow A Digital Business with Anna Kate Goshko

Southern Cravings and Learning To Grow A Digital Business with Anna Kate Goshko

On this episode of Small Business Success Talk, Christy interviews Anna Kate Goshko, Owner & Creator of SouthernCravings.com. Learn about this digital business that isn’t just about recipes, it’s about SOUL food. And Anna Kate shares some of her challenges, and best advice for being in business. Plus, you know there’s going to be a good story or two!

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How to be great at customer service

How to be great at customer service

In this episode Christy shares a short story of horrible customer service along with four ways to be great at customer service and what leaders need to do to support their teams in providing excellent service.

A lifetime of loving people with Terri Paige

A lifetime of loving people with Terri Paige

Welcome Terri Paige, a CEO and Co-Founder of Medical Transformation Center, to share with you her story of growing up a “country doctor’s” kid and how that foundation gave her the passion for people that translated into her current business. After experiencing how the healthcare industry had changed to become more transaction-driven, Terri and her husband decided to develop a business that addressed root issues of a person’s health. She shares some great advice in this episode.


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Terri Paige
Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder


Terri Paige grew up helping her father, a primary care physician, in his office from an early age, and has dedicated much of her professional life to helping others live their best, most productive and active lives possible.

With her husband Dr. Carl Paige, she founded and ran a primary care medical practice for 23 years, then in 2013, opened Medical Transformation Center focused on the cellular medicine approach to health. These healthcare pioneers embraced this innovate approach to medicine following Terri’s own health crisis after the birth of her eighth child. This very personal struggle set them on the path to cellular medicine.

Born out of a deep desire to improve how people care for their bodies, Medical Transformation Center offers cutting-edge cellular and regenerative products and services delivering the most advanced treatments for optimal aging, regenerative and restorative care. Under Terri’s leadership as CEO, it has become a regional hub of innovation, advancing optimal health through cellular medicine, and helping the body heal itself.

Terri and Carl Paige educate, counsel, and aid their patients on the path to health through regenerative and functional medicine practices.

As CEO, Terri is responsible for growing the practice and staying ahead of the curve while offering the newest medical breakthroughs to maximize energy, improve strength, treat and prevent disease, and extend health.

The Western Kentucky native earned her BS in Accounting at the University of Kentucky and began her career in corporate accounting and auditing at Fortune 1000 firms.

Terri Paige is a Fellow of the International Seeds Scientific Research and Performance Institute, Certified Lifestyle Coach through the American Academy of Anti-aging, Regenerative and Functional Medicine (A4M) in conjunction with the Metabolic Medical Institute (MMI), and
Certified Professional Performance Coach (CPPC) through SourcePoint Training.

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Marketing

Authenticity in marketing and more with the Marketing Mavens

Authenticity in marketing and more with the Marketing Mavens

Amy Torres with Director of Marketing, Inc., Kristina Stubblefield with SoIn Media Group, and Brittany Murphy with One Thing Marketing join host, Christy Smallwood, to talk about authenticity in marketing, positioning your brand authentically, and a few other meaningful marketing insights. This is one to take notes with!

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Marketing Mindset

Experimentation is part of reinvention with Charlene Burke

Experimentation is part of reinvention with Charlene Burke

This episode of Small Business Success Talk is conversation about evolving as a business model and owner. Charlene Burke shares her approach of experimenting as a part of business growth – it’s never failure, it’s learning what works and what doesn’t.

BIO: Charlene Burke is a perpetually curious writer of content and sales copy. She uses emotionally gripping stories and persuasion principles to connect your message with your audience for stellar results. How? By asking better questions of her clients and their ideal buyer. Only then can she find the real reason the ideal buyer needs the solution offered.

She is the owner of two newsletters: BurkesBits.com, a weekly newsletter where she shares her experience and tips about mindset, marketing, copy, and social selling with hundreds of subscribers. EmailCopySecrets.co, a bi-weekly newsletter where she shares what works to keep your reader’s attention and get them to take action.

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