Running the Bases today with AJ Titus, President of Signarama and Starpoint Brands at United Franchise Group. Signarama is the world’s largest sign and graphics franchise. A.J. is the son of United Franchise Group CEO Ray Titus and grandson of franchise mainstay, Roy Titus. AJ explains how his family started the Minuteman Press franchise 40 years ago and Signorama 37 years ago, and now owns various brands and companies such as shared office space, business brokerage, signage graphics,...

Running the Bases today with Mark Carpenter, Chief Storyteller: Helping people teach, lead, sell, and inspire through intentional storytelling for business Today’s guest is a serial storyteller. Growing up he loved humor, telling stories, and exaggerating his real-life experiences as a middle child trying to stand out.   He grew up in a home surrounded by books from his English Teacher Mom, which only increased his love of stories.  He leveraged his abilities into a marketing communications...

Running the Bases today with John Jonas, Founder and CEO of OnlineJobs.PH Today’s guest is a self-professed “Terrible Employee”, and we can see why.  On Monday mornings, when others are brushing their weekends off to get back into the office grind, he is most likely still out in the Mountains in Utah, where he lives with his wife and 5 kids.  An extreme sports enthusiast, today’s guest is an avid backcountry skier and mountain biker.  His helmet cam videos of him racing down the slopes can...

Running the Bases today with Adam Chronister: Digital Marketer, Speaker, Investor, and Philanthropist.  The 2021 Spokane Washington winner for best SEO Company - the Founder of Enleaf Marketing Adam is a fun and passionate entrepreneur, small business owner, digital marketer, speaker, investor, world traveler, philanthropist, student, husband, father and some might say Fashionista.   How many of us have matched clothing or in his case their glasses to their laptops?  Hailing from the Great...

Running the Bases today with Gil Bar-Lev from HomeRoots. Gil Bar-Lev is a serial entrepreneur specializing in e-commerce, technology, and software engineering. He had the opportunity to work for Toys R Us and Amazon, and was awarded the most innovative web store award from Amazon in 2013. Growing up in a family of CPAs, he was always interested in coding and software development, which led him to start the Home Roots platform, a digital B2B wholesale solution. Gil advises entrepreneurs in the...

Running the Bases today with David Wilde, Founder, CEO and Creator of Wilde One Films. David Wild is a digital media producer who has created five feature films, a crime series, and dozens of short films. He began acting in his thirties to meet girls and eventually ended up in London to attend an acting school. He has since learned how to make a movie, from coming up with an idea to doing the marketing work to getting the finance. Now, he is working on a novel based on a movie he produced for...

Running the Bases today with Anne Gannon, Principal at The Largo Group. The Largo Group offers innovative solutions to businesses and individuals to meet their accounting and bookkeeping needs. They specialize in monthly bookkeeping, tax services, and business consulting focused on improving efficiencies and the bottom line. Today’s guest grew up playing competitive golf.  Raised In Fort Lauderdale, her parents would buy her plane tickets and send her all over the country to play in...

Another episode of “The Random Show”! I always appreciate the opportunity to sit down with one of my favorite SEOs, business leaders, and all-around good guy - Kyle Roof. An enjoyable, educational and informative session with a couple of guys intent on business growth, security and spending time with family. Kyle first appeared on the show in June 2021 - a lot has changed in Kyle’s life since then.  We catch up on all the good stuff! Some background on Kyle….he’s responsible for...

Running the Bases today with Andrew Stallings Founder and President of the Athelo Group. With over 15 years in the arena of sports and entertainment, Stallings has put all of his chips in on the rising tide of sports athletes and properties. With a brevity of knowledge on the brand, property, and media marketing side of sports - Stallings is looking to bring a unique and innovative dialogue to how the evolution of sports can be brought front and center to a whole new audience of...

Running the Bases today with Peter Balunek the Founder at Peter’s Safaris - a unique socially conscious luxury safari company that explores fascinating corners of our world.  Peter’s Safaris started in 2015 and has grown to spend over 65 weeks on Safari -including locations like Africa, India, and Alaska. Peter shares his experience of his first safari in 2014 - that ultimately changed his life.  He returned from that trip and shortly after, started his own safari tour company, taking...

Running the Bases today with Ted Kubaitis, Founder and CEO of SEO Tool Lab. Ted has innovated software solutions that drive results for over 20 years for companies spanning the globe. Our guest today is quite a rockstar in the Digital Marketing industry.  A native of Illinois, he attended the flagship university - the University of Illinois in Urbana Champaign.  While there, he studied Computer Science and had the opportunity to research at The National Center for Super Computing Applications...

Running the Bases today with James Barrood, Founder and CEO of Innovation+ helping leaders, companies, Higher Ed institutions, and communities grow and drive innovation. “Thoughtfully bringing people together” -  Today’s guest has a history of knowing what the next top trend is going to be, and he is an expert in working a room to connect the right people together in support of entrepreneurs and their ideas.     He is among the top leaders of the east coast’s innovation ecosystem.  For...

Running the Bases today with Andy McDowell Founder of Generate Your Value. Andy is an Entrepreneur/Small Business Coaching Services Business Owner and Podcaster, and former Aviation Business Leader.  And, Andy is our first guest to sing the National Anthem at an MLB Game! Our Guest today says he is an Engineer by trade and a creative by nature!  An Aviation Systems expert  - Our lifelong Aviation Enthusiast - has an Engineering Degree from Georgia Tech,  and a Masters from Georgia State in...

Running the Bases today with Mark Mars & Adam Smith of Niche Website Builders. Niche Website Builders is an agency for people who want to create profitable content blogs. They started NWB (literally a few months before the pandemic) because they couldn’t find a service that would fulfill their needs within the website investing space.  Together, they created Niche Website Builders, an agency for investors who want to buy and sell blogs. As the largest agency in their space, they’ve...

Running the Bases today with Garrett Baird, from The Neat Company. The Neat Company is reinventing bookkeeping for small business owners. Leveraging their legacy in document scanning and storage, they are making the mundane (but necessary!) steps to manage your company's books and prepare to file taxes simple - nice and Neat. Our Guest today is the former President and CEO at The Neat Company in Philadelphia.  He graduated from Cornell and dove into the Web Development and Product Management...

Running the Bases today with Simon White, Co-Founder at Local Blitz Marketing in San Diego, California. Simon is an international marketing expert, national speaker, author, real estate investor, and Founder/CEO of Local Blitz Marketing. He has spoken nationally at real estate conferences. His articles can be found regularly in a national real estate magazine. What do you call a British Engineer who crosses the pond to find his way in the tech industry, but realizes his fortune and...

Running the Bases today with Molly Gebler, Managing Partner of The Inn of Chagrin. The Inn of Chagrin is a 15-room historic inn located in downtown Chagrin Falls.  Recently, the Inn celebrated the renovated rooms designed by ‘Project Runway’ star Chrisitan Siriano. Molly is a LOVER of all things LOCAL - if there was a NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS Award for promoting one’s LOCAL COMMUNITY - our guest would be at the top of the Podium. As the - former Executive Director for the Chagrin Valley...

Running the Bases today with Luke Taylor the CEO & Founder of Traderman Wines - a unique Ohio based wine distributor.  Traderman is a privately owned Akron, OH based “boutique” distributor dedicated to selling an excellent variety of wines to restaurants, country clubs and wine shops throughout the state of Ohio. Luke Taylor started Traderman by recognizing the need for a small, focused boutique wine service that bridges the gap between vineyard and consumer. Luke shares his story from...

Running the Bases today with Aiko Stevenson the Founder at Mika & Milo - a luxurious children's apparel brand located in Hong Kong.  Award-winning cashmere for kids, Mika & Milo was born out of a rich history in textiles: Aiko's family has been working with natural fibers for well over a century. Aiko had a distinguished career in Broadcast Journalism before setting her sights on being an entrepreneur and small business owner.   Aiko, who was educated in the United Kingdom, went on...

Running the Bases today with Stephen Wible.  Stephen is the Director of Business Development for Credit Suite, Inc. – The recognized leader in teaching business owners how to “Build Business Credit” that is NOT tied to your social security number. Stephen is a Marine Corps veteran with a deep background in real estate sales, flipping and property management, print manufacturing, building and obtaining business credit. He has founded and led multiple successful companies and has had as many as...

Running the Bases today with Nicole Morgan, CEO and Founder of Resolute PR.  Resolute PR is an integrated PR and marketing agency with a mix of public relations consultants, digital marketing strategists, graphic designers, and media buyers.  Nicole has over 14 years of public relations and branding experience.  She shares how she started from the ground up with one employee in a coworking office space, to a thriving PR agency helping hundreds of clients build their brands.  Nicole reflects...

Running the Bases today with Arjun Rai - the Founder and CEO of HelloWoofy.  HelloWoofy is a cloud-based social media management platform for businesses across all industries. Arjun shares how he took an idea and passion to help small businesses to launch a successful SaaS operation providing artificial intelligence for digital marketing. Arjun Rai is a NYC-based entrepreneur who is on a mission to support small businesses with the power of visualized data science and artificial intelligence...

Running the Bases today with Morgan Taylor, CEO of Teamworks Group. For seven years, Taylor owned an agricultural business, growing and shipping hay worldwide. The company was very complicated, dealing with perishable products, maritime transport, labor unions, local & international rules, regulations, and endless red tape. He learned that running a business meant dealing with a lot of variables and problems while building a solid culture and sustainable revenue. Morgan’s most recent...

Running the Bases today with Terry Samuels, Co-Founder of Salterra Web Design. This “Sailor of the Year” has had quite a journey to his current endeavor of running a successful web design and SEO agency.   US Navy, Real Estate Investor and Home Flipper to thought leader in the digital marketing world - Terry has a marvelous story to tell. Salterra Web Design was established 12 years ago after Terry and his wife Elisabeth found themselves caught in the housing and credit bust of 2008/09. As in...