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Whether in your business or personal life, making deals—from the biggest ones that take months to finalize and involve teams of lawyers to the nominal ones that are sealed with a handshake after a 10-minute chat—is an art. Deal making is a craft that, when done well, requires a skillful, visionary and inspired application of key principles and methods to create a desirable end result. What are the secrets to masterful deal making? In this show, Arthur Wylie offers basic steps to becoming an ace dealmaker—skills that will help bolster your position whether you’re negotiating for a railroad or a rental car, and whether you’re acting on behalf of a worldwide organization, a sole proprietorship or just your own personal finances.   Among his current endeavors, Arthur Wylie is an executive at Global Entertainment Holding's Film Fund, a publicly traded film production firm currently building a $100 million dollar film fund. His duties there range from capital raising, film production oversight, distribution, to mar

Jane Applegate, the author of Highlights from 201 Great Ideas.. the top 10 ideas for growing, promoting and managing your company, will be joining us to talk about t 10 of those 201 Great Ideas.  Jane is one of America's most respected small business experts. She's the author of four books, including 201 Great Ideas for Your Small Business, published in all formats by Wiley. She's the host and producer of Tech Essentials, a new, online show about small business technology, sponsored by Microsoft.  Jane's company, The Applegate Group, creates original web and video content for big companies serving small business owners. Clients include: Bloomberg, Cox Communications, Microsoft and Pitney Bowes. A former syndicated columnist for theLos Angeles Times, Jane covers small business for OpenForum.com, Bloomberg.com and other websites. She's produced small business programs for Bloomberg, CNN and CNBC. For more information visit: www.theapplegategroup.com. Today's show is sponsored by Szarka Financial. Szarka Financi

Why is great writing and content marketing so important to the modern Small Business Owner? Join me and my guest Stephanie Frank to find out. Stefanie Frank is an entrepreneur and triathlete who lives, works and trains in southern Nevada, USA. She supports entrepreneurs and small business owners to write clear, influential, inspiring marketing materials that not only get bottom line results but are aligned with each client’s big vision of why she’s in business.   Stef writes awesome, customized content for private clients, offers private writing coaching, and has created an affordable high level “do it yourself” writing and content marketing program for creative, forward thinking entrepreneurs who believe in the power of great writing to help effect change in the world. Today’s show is sponsored by WIN Cleveland and Vision 21. WIN Cleveland is an organization that empowers female professionals by creating new access points for individual business development. They support one another by providing continual pr

Negotiating is critical to business success. Kathleen Burns Kingsbury joins us to talk about this important subject and help us understand how to be successful when negotiating. This show is sponsored by WIN Cleveland and Vision 21. WIN Cleveland is an organization that empowers female professionals by creating new access points for individual business development. They support one another by providing continual professional growth, sharing a wide variety of ideas and resources and assisting select women-based charities within their community. Visit www.wincleveland.org for more information. Vision 21 is an entrepreneur resource and development center that was created to assist established and aspiring entrepreneurs successfully launch and grow small business enterprises throughout Greater Cleveland. Visit www.visiontwentyone.org for details. Kathleen Burns Kingsbury is a wealth psychology expert, internationally published author, speaker, certified professional coach with a Masters Degree in Psychology, and

Barbara Weaver Smith will be joining me to talk about the value and process of key account management. Too often we are so focused on the hunt that we forget to nurture our current client relationships. Then we lose them without understanding why. Understanding key account management will help you maintain your client base while builing more relationships. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This show is sponsored by WIN Cleveland and VIsion 21. WIN Cleveland is an organization that empowers female professionals by creating new access points for individual business development. They support one another by providing continual professional growth, sharing a wide variety of ideas and resources and assisting select women-based charities within our community. Visit www.wincleveland.org for more information. Vision 21 was created to assist established and aspiring entrepreneurs in successfully launch and grow small business enterprises throughout Greater Cleveland. Visit www.visiontwentyone.org for details. Kurt Mortensen will be joining us to discuss the lessons from his book The Law of Charisma. You don't want to miss this show. Find out how you too can harness your charisma for business success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jim 'Mr. Energy' Smith will be joining us today to discuss the value of exemplary customer service. Jim is an outstanding trainer, speaker, and bestselling author. He is the president of JIMPACT Enterprises and travels the world bringing his unique style to corporations in need of improvement and change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices