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Breaking the Consultant Hustle Cycle with Rachel Minion
Rachel Minion built her consulting practice around one core insight: the feast-or-famine cycle isn’t inevitable — it’s a systems problem. In this episode she breaks down how she automated 80% of a key role, what makes case studies actually convert, and how she’s helping clients hit 42-52% year-over-year growth without hiring anyone new.
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What a Nonprofit Consultant Taught Me About Why Your Marketing Isn’t Working
Bruce Ashford of The Ashford Agency joined the Unscripted Small Business Podcast to break down why most small business marketing fails — and it’s not a tactics problem. It’s a message problem.
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Mason McCumber on AI Agents, Agentic Workflows & Building Smarter Business Systems
Mason McCumber, SEO and AI consultant at buildwithmm.com, shares why most business owners are still driving the AI themselves — and why the real shift is becoming the dispatcher. Practical frameworks for agentic workflows, long-term AI memory, and knowing when automation beats AI entirely.
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Marc Pitts of DiscountVapePen.com on SEO Survival in a Regulated Industry
🎙️ Unscripted Small Business Podcast Marc Pitts of DiscountVapePen.com on SEO Survival in a Regulated Industry The founder who had to become an SEO practitioner because paid ads were cut off — on 13 years of building an e-commerce brand in one of the most regulated categories in the country. ▶ Listen to the Episode…
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Running a Botanical Wellness Brand: What One Founder Learned About Products, Regulations, and Building a Business Without a Playbook
🎙️ Unscripted Small Business Podcast Running a Botanical Wellness Brand: Products, Regulations & Building Without a Playbook Mark Gilliland of Kyoto Botanicals on six years building a THC-free hemp CBD brand without a paid media option — and why momentum is his most important business strategy. ▶ Listen to the Episode What does it take…
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Building a Spa Empire: Denise Dubois on Beauty, Wellness & Sustainable Business Growth
🎙️ Unscripted Small Business Podcast Building a Spa Empire: Denise Dubois on Beauty, Wellness & Sustainable Business Growth The founder who opened her first spa in 1987 on the 90/10 rule of aging, why consistency is the only strategy that works in wellness, and how membership models change the game for service businesses. ▶ Listen…
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Dominating Cookeville Home Renovation, Additions & Remodeling : H&H Construction
🎙️ Unscripted Small Business Podcast Dominating Cookeville Home Renovation, Additions & Remodeling: H&H Construction The husband-and-wife team behind H&H Construction on why every job matters, why construction is like a marriage, and the design philosophy that starts with how you want your space to feel. ▶ Listen to the Episode A conversation with the husband-and-wife…
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The Collaboration Formula That Beats Working Hard (VCR = Vision + Capability × Reach)
🎙️ Unscripted Small Business Podcast The Collaboration Formula That Beats Working Hard — Chad T. Jenkins & the VCR Formula Founder of SeedSpark on Vision + Capability × Reach, why you have a WHO deficiency, and how collaboration is the fast pass to entrepreneurial growth that 50 companies couldn’t teach alone. ▶ Listen to the…
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Strategy First: Why Small Business Marketing Fails Without Foundation
🎙️ Unscripted Small Business Podcast Strategy First: Why Small Business Marketing Fails Without Foundation Sara Nay of Duct Tape Marketing on why beautiful websites fail, the customer journey framework every SMB needs, and why you can’t plan marketing further than three months anymore. ▶ Listen to the Episode Sara Nay of Duct Tape Marketing on…
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The Entrepreneur Mindset With Andrew Poles
🎙️ Unscripted Small Business Podcast The Entrepreneur Mindset With Andrew Poles Executive coach and ultra marathon mountain biker on why founder growth and business growth are the same flywheel, why bigger isn’t better intrinsically, and how to know when it’s actually time to scale. ▶ Listen to the Episode Host: Daniel Hill | Unscripted Small…