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The SmallBizChat Podcast: Hit It & Quit It with Sarah Durham, Joel Libava, & Brandi Mitchell

December 15, 2022 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Hit It & Quit It with Sarah Durham, Joel Libava, & Brandi Mitchell featured imageSarah Durham is an entrepreneur and creative consultant passionate about helping entrepreneurs. She founded Big Duck in 1994 to help nonprofits increase their visibility, raise money, and communicate more effectively. Now, she serves on its board of directors after selling the business to her employees in 2021. Sarah now provides coaching to entrepreneurs, nonprofit leaders, and women in leadership roles through her firm Compton Durham. For more information, you can go to comptondurham.com. 

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Joel Libava is The Franchise King® and a franchise veteran with 20+ years of experience. He is the author of two books on buying and researching franchises. In addition, he is a franchise owner advisor, working one-on-one with people who want to explore franchise ownership in the safest way possible. He also owns and operates the longest-running blog in franchising. Find out more at thefranchiseking.com.

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Brandi Mitchell is known as the brand producer for her creative ability to fuse entertainment, marketing, inspiration, and storytelling into a bankable brand. As President of Koris Media, she is the secret sauce that the nation’s top 2% of experts, entrepreneurs, consultants, and coaches choose when they’re looking to build an iconic brand, uplevel their positioning, and build powerful packaging that elevates their visibility. She is the founder of the Produce Your Own Brand Method, a four-time author and filmmaker. For more information, you can head over to brandimitchell.com.

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Three of my amazing guests – Sarah Durham, Joel Libava, and Brandi Mitchell – join me simultaneously for a fun, lighthearted, rapid-fire round of my favorite business questions.

We get their opinions on a few business tools, some old-school marketing tips, and some great books for aspiring business owners.

Listen to the podcast below:

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This week on SmallBizChat Podcast:

  • Fun, fast-paced round of questioning.
  • Our guests’ favorite podcasts.
  • Their favorite business app.
  • Their favorite old-school marketing tip.
  • Plus a few other questions about great resources for up-and-coming business leaders.

Resources Mentioned:

  • BossQuiz: https://bossquiz.com/ 

Podcasts Mentioned:

  • The Small BizChat Podcast
  • The Produce Your Own Brand Podcast

Apps Mentioned:

  • WordPress
  • Canva
  • Notion

Books Mentioned:

  • Traction by Gino Wickman
  • Killing Giants by Stephen Denny
  • Sam Walton: Made in America by Sam Walton
  • Disrupt You! by Jay Samit

Connect with Sarah Durham:

  • Website: https://www.comptondurham.com/ 
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahdurham/ 

Connect with Joel Libava:

  • Website: https://www.thefranchiseking.com/ 
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/FranchiseKing 
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joellibava/ 
  • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/joellibava 

Connect with Brandi Mitchell:

  • Website: https://www.brandimitchell.com/ 
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/brandimitchell6 
  • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/brandimitchell6 
  • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iambrandimitchell 

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Melinda F. Emerson, “SmallBizLady” is America’s #1 Small Business Expert. She is an internationally renowned keynote speaker on small business development, social selling, and online marketing strategy. As CEO of Quintessence Group, her Philadelphia-based marketing consulting firm serves Fortune 500 brands that target the small business market. Clients include Amazon, Adobe, Verizon, VISA, Google, FedEx, Chase, American Express, The Hartford, and Pitney Bowes. She also has an online school, www.smallbizladyuniversity.com, that teaches people online marketing and how to start and grow a successful small business and publishes a blog SucceedAsYourOwnBoss.com. Her advice is widely read, reaching more than 3 million entrepreneurs each week online. She hosts The Smallbizchat Podcast and is the bestselling author of Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months, Revised and Expanded, and Fix Your Business, a 90 Day Plan to Get Back Your Life and Reduce Chaos in Your Business.

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