S1:E9 - 3-2-1 PROFITS - It's all about the Details

10/14/21 • 62 min

If your business is growing, it’s changing. If it’s changing, it’s probably becoming more complex, requiring more resources - in every respect. Many business owners experience growing pains, each unique to each of them. Expanding capabilities, onboarding of new employees and customers, even a physical move to a bigger and better location are all positive sides of growth but also bring added stresses.

When Chris Chitwood decided his auto detailing business in Dayton, Ohio had outgrown his home garage, he and his wife knew it was time to change - to take a chance on something bigger and better. In this episode of 3-2-1 PROFITS - THE PODCAST, your host Gery Deer talks with Chris about how he took his first steps toward growing his business, Dayton Detailing, and where it’s leading him today.

Chris is certified with the International Detailing Association as a Certified Detailer and Skills Validated detailer. He is also certified for the installation of OptiCoat professional-grade ceramic coatings and paint protection film.

Dayton Detailing is located at 3876 Indian Ripple Rd Suite B Dayton, OH 45440. You can call them for more information at (937) 409-9337, or visit their website www.daytondetailing.com

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Dayton Detailing is located at 3876 Indian Ripple Rd Suite B Dayton, OH 45440. You can call them for more information at (937) 409-9337, or visit their website www.daytondetailing.com

Promotional considerations are provided by GLD Enterprises Communications, Ltd., our advertisers, and guests of the program.

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S1:E8 - 3-2-1 PROFITS - Sales! Are you listening?

In this episode of 3-2-1 PROFIT$ – THE PODCAST, your host Gery Deer talks with lifelong sales professional Matt Borgert.

Matt Borgert is a consummate sales professional, with a skill set that starts with great listening and genuine care and understanding for those he’s working with. He was born and raised in Dayton, Ohio, one of six kids and youngest of 3 boys, and so competitive by nature. His father was self-employed in the insurance business (sales skills being somewhat second nature in that regard) and he graduated with a BA in Business Management with Marketing Minor from Eastern Michigan University.

By the age of 30, Matt was working in the hotel/resort and convention hospitality industry where he’d been put in charge of sales and marketing operations for a $44-million hotel company in Cleveland. Clearly, he had the sales chops for it. Over his 10 years in that role, the company was able to increase revenues to $55 million while reducing annual sales and marketing expenses from $5 million to $2.8 million.

In 2000, the hotel company was sold, and Matt returned to Dayton, partly due to the change in the business and to help care for aging parents. Since then, he’s been involved in a variety of sales and marketing work from franchise recruitment to the legal field. He took the time to come by our studio and share his experience, insights, and advice about the past, present, and future of sales - a skill that, the more it changes, the more it stays the same.

This episode of 3-2-1 PROFIT$ – THE PODCAST was recorded to audio and video at the GLD Enterprises Communications, Ltd. studio in Greene County, Ohio.

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GLD Communications Presents- 3-2-1 PROFITS - THE PODCAST - S1:E10 Your Chamber and You (Live!)

If you own a business anywhere in the U.S., you’ve probably either joined or been approached to join the local chamber of commerce. Chamber membership can provide a great resource to any size or type of business - if the organization is well managed.

What is a “chamber of commerce?” A chamber of commerce is a not-for-profit, regional organization of business owners, entrepreneurs, and private citizens who come together in an effort to promote the interests of their local business community. Chambers are typically run by a paid staff, led by the CEO or Executive Director with input from a board of directors.

Chambers of commerce leverage their group resources to help member businesses of any size obtain affordable healthcare, discounts on member products and services, and save money on promotions and marketing. That said, every chamber is different and the overall personality, value, and effectiveness of each membership depends largely on three things: 1) the size of the region being served, 2) the size of the organization and 3) the leadership of the chamber.

In this episode of 3-2-1 PROFITS - THE PODCAST, host Gery Deer has a conversation with Wendy Rodgers, President and CEO of the Beavercreek Chamber of Commerce in Greene County, Ohio. Gery talks to Wendy about her experience as the newly-minted head of her chamber and how the members have responded to the work she and Operations Manager, Chris McClure, have done to add value and grow relationships within the membership.

But that’s not all! This episode of 3-2-1 PROFITS - THE PODCAST was recorded in front of a live audience of chamber member professionals and local business owners! During the episode you’ll hear our audience’s responses to the conversation and a few of them have some questions for our guest as well!

More About our Guest

Before being hired to this position, Wendy Rodgers served three years on the chamber board of directors where she held positions as 2020 Board Chair and 2021 Vice Chair. Wendy has been a licensed realtor since 2018 and is currently with Irongate Realtors in Beavercreek. Prior to that she spent almost 20 years as a certified paralegal.

Wendy’s drive for community service certainly does not end at the chamber’s office door, however. In addition to her duties there, she is also president of the Beavercreek Kiwanis Club, served on the Beavercreek Zoning and Appeals Board and is involved in many other community outreach and volunteer programs.

3-2-1 PROFIT$-THE PODCAST is a Media Production of and trademarked by GLD Enterprises Communications, Ltd. Copyright 2021, GLD Enterprises Communications, Ltd., All Rights Reserved. Produced and Engineered by Julie Barth. Executive Producer and Host Gery Deer.

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