Small Business Miracles Podcast

Giving back through volunteerism and mentorship is altruistic. It’s also selfish because you get so much of the feels out of it! We caught Theodis Watson to talk about his mentorship, volunteerism, community development, and financial literacy. Plus, some very timely advice on using AI to create unoriginal content on your website.

Cami Travis Groves is a transformation coach who wants to stop all those self-limiting beliefs you have so you can run that business like a champ. You want a marketing tip? This week we talk about the importance of investing in UX - the way a user experiences your brand.

The best-performing company executives are those who can fall in love with their brand. That’s what we hear from EAG chief marketing officer Jeff Randolph, with a nod to Steve Jobs. If your company is hiring, look for employees are ready love what your company stands for.

Speaking of falling in love, and out of love, Jeff introduces us to Kelisen Binder of The Binder Firm. Kelisen is an attorney who specializes in collaborative, uncontested and mediated divorces. Not all divorces are messy and expensive. Kelisen makes the process as painless as possible, with sensitivity for the family and a desire to achieve an amicable outcome for all parties. Kelisen Binder, a delightful divorce attorney with a sense of humor. Don’t miss this episode!

Your business's website, from your home page to the back pages full of detailed product information, is where you make that first impression on a shopper. To kick off our podcast, EAG chief marketing officer Jeff Randolph explains that up to 90% of a purchase decision is made during a visit to a company’s website before the prospect talks to a live person.

Next, we’ll hear Jeff speak with Natalie Julien, President & CEO of CASA of Johnson & Wyandotte Counties. CASA stands for Court-Appointed Special Advocates. Natalie’s organization recruits and trains volunteers who are assigned to advocate for children in the foster care system. It’s each CASA advocate’s mission to know a child and work for what’s in that child's best interest. CASA volunteers help judges develop a fuller picture of a child’s life and make well-informed, child-focused decisions.

Since 1985, CASA has empowered children who have experienced abuse and neglect by seeking a safe and permanent home for each child. CASA volunteers in Johnson and Wyandotte Counties dedicate more than 11,000 hours to children every year.

A strategic content plan is more than a bunch of blog articles. In the opening segment of this podcast, EAG chief marketing officer Jeff Randolph has some smart statistics and observations on how successful businesses leverage content to be found for what they do well.

In our main event, you’ll meet two lively gentlemen from Apex Business Advisors, an EAG client. Doug Hubler, company president, and Andy Cavanaugh, senior advisor, talk about their 23-year-old firm that makes a market for selling and buying businesses. Selling your company is nothing like selling your house. It takes two to five years of confidential, focused planning to prepare and maintain the continuity of a company before it can be sold.

In this episode, we’ll introduce you to Kyle Dennis, EAG’s Director of Research & Development and the newest member of the EAG team. Kyle comes to EAG with its recent acquisition of Useagility, a design research and strategy firm focused on human-centered interfaces and experiences.

Kyle talks with EAG chief marketing officer Jeff Randolph about his approach to helping client companies understand their customers through innovative, on-the-ground research. “People are complicated,” Kyle says, and shares some of his methods to tap into their attitudes and behavior. Also, find out what Kyle drives to the office, what arcade game he slays, and what movies he’ll never watch.

Who produces all these fun and interesting Small Business Miracles podcasts? It’s our very own Theo Terry, Marketing Coordinator at EAG. We snagged Theo from the radio industry, which means he knows a thing or two about making us all sound good. After we hear from Theo, EAG Chief Marketing Officer Jeff Randolph brings us the wisdom of Todd Davisson, founder and creator of Soul Stirring. Todd, a Certified Professional Career Coach, talks to us about getting over fear, doubt and resistance. Are you willing to risk the embarrassment of growth? Change is scary. Not changing is scarier.

In this energy-infused podcast, EAG Chief Marketing Officer Jeff Randolph talks to Marketing Director Paul Sage about the value of making your message clear and simple. Then we’ll hear the story of Elaina Paige Thomas, owner and founder of The Next Paige Talent Agency. Elaina made a big shift from professional dancing with A-list performers to running a company that helps other creative individuals realize their dream careers. Entrepreneurship is all about resilience and agility, just like dancing.

This podcast starts with savvy advice from Heather Silliman, Associate Vice President of Client Services, who counsels smaller businesses to plant their flag in one place and grow from there. Then Jeff Randolph, chief marketing officer at EAG, introduces us to the coolest (make that the coldest) entrepreneur in Kansas City. Meet James Thomas, founder and owner of Brain Freeze Mobile Daiquiri Shop. When COVID changed our lives and laws, Mr. Thomas leveraged an opportunity to bring fun, frozen cocktails to people wherever and whenever they wanted.

The interns have taken over the podcast! Join our 2023 Summer interns Kazmyn and Giselle as they walk down memory lane and give you a review of some of their favorite things growing up, the challenges they face as the new school year approaches and how working at the coolest marketing agency has blossomed into a newfound friendship.

This episode, your host and EAG’s chief marketing officer, Jeff Randolph has the first of what he promises to be several conversations with Erin Dechman, EAG’s director of campaign strategy. Hear how AI will change Google Search for users and advertisers, plus Erin’s optimistic take on the world of the unknown until the robots take over. Then, Sam Kulikov, partner at Social Apex and Kansas City Pioneers’ CMO joins in. If you don’t know about Pioneers, this is a chance to learn about this esports org with one of the best teams in the world.

In this episode we talk to Crissy Dastrup who is leveraging her personal brand to help her community. You want tips? Please welcome Senior Art Director Ashley Tebbe who will help you know your UX from your UI.

EAG’s chief marketing officer, Jeff Randolph, kicks off this podcast with our senior art director, Ashley Tebbe, and a quick discussion on how we make sure websites are accessible and user friendly. Listen and learn what Lucky Orange is. Then, we move on to our featured guest, Danica Cherry, grants manager at Samuel Rodgers Health. Sam Rodgers is a primary care clinic serving all, regardless of cultural barriers or ability to pay. With a mission to raise funds to support and grow Sam Rodgers, Ms. Cherry knows that “No” means “Not right now.” Plus, find out why Danica is yelling in her office.

Let’s get visual! In this episode, Jeff Randolph, EAG’s chief marketing officer talks about interactions and images with EAG’s senior art director, Ashley Tebbe, and architect, Chris Gillam of Jones Gillam Renz, a Kansas City architecture firm. Find out where these two creative minds get inspired and what brands they love.

EAG’s chief marketing officer, Jeff Randolph, explains the concept of the Content Bubble without bursting yours and chats with multi-brand franchise owner, Braden Posey, on innovation, inspiration, growing brands and his desire to help people flourish in their careers.

Jeff Randolph of EAG introduces us to Yext, something every retail business needs to use for keeping customers and prospects up to date on store hours and location information. Then, Jeff talks with Joy Broils, a former attorney who now owns and operates Hustle & Ground, an innovative seller of gift boxes full of locally sourced goodies to surprise and delight your friends and customers.

Welcome to the Small Business Miracles podcast! In this one we talk marketing tips with the pending Google Analytics 4 transition and we have a helpful analytics tip in SpyFu.com. We’ll close with an interview with IN Kansas City magazine — a print, online, and custom content company in Kansas City that is helping businesses communicate. They can make a difference.

In this podcast, EAG’s chief marketing officer, Jeff Randolph, tells us about an important and necessary new tool to make your website compliant and accessible for everyone. Then, Jeff meets with Terrell “TJ” Jolly, founder of Integrity Capital Management, a firm serving residential property owners and tenants with honesty, diligence and expertise.