Celebrate the small wins in every aspect of your business. Christy has much to be thankful for and she uses this episode to give you updates on where her business is. The pier, well it is rolling along like you would expect. There are highs and lows that any roller coaster would have. …
Sometimes you have to be willing to give up a small amount of success, so that you can achieve greater things. In this episode, Christy interviews Angie Swartz. Angie has built a successful social media marketing firm, helping local businesses with their social media strategy. But along the way, she knew that she wasn’t living …
Constantly changing and evolving in your business is critical for survival. After a year of doing a 5 day a week podcast, Christy announces some changes to her podcast format. There’s a new direction that is much needed that she will be taking with the Brick and Mortar Reporter podcast. Listen to this episode …
Patrick Conlon started a brick and mortar store to figure out how to run it effectively, and then build an online presence. Patrick was able to do what so many local business owners want. He was able to work himself out of his business by spending several years working ON his business. He …
It’s hard to have a gloomy outlook when you live in Key West. Business at Mallory Square is crusing along as expected. There hasn’t been a huge peak yet, but it will come. Christy shares how her online business is going and also gives a sneak peak into some of the guests she has …
Zig Ziglar said it best when he said, “You can get everything you want in life, if you help enough other people get what they want.” The importance of building relationships was never really evident through all of my years working for other people. So, I have had to learn this lesson the hard …
Seth Godin calls it the dip. I call it one bad week. If it is the “dip” then that is great news, because statistically, the rebound is coming. Every business has good weeks and bad weeks. If you know your business is sound, the bad weeks won’t make you question your sanity. A …
The Brick and Mortar Reporter Podcast celebrates one year! Without much fanfare, the Brick and Mortar Reporter Pdcast launched on March 1, 2014. We didn’t know what we didn’t know, so those first few months were slow going. We are thankful for the support of friends and family who have been with us since the …
As a natural introvert, I am scared of networking. Don’t judge. It’s more common than you think. Networking doesn’t come naturally to me, but even beyond that, I miss more than half of the networking opportunities that come into my life because I am not looking for them. I sit idly by and the …
When your business is doing well, it doesn’t mean that there aren’t areas to improve. Maybe it’s just me, but I am constantly fiddling with things. I can’t help myself. Many times, I am doing it to try to drive a positive change in revenue. Other times I am trying to lower my cost …