Growing Business Podcast: Recent Episodes
Danny Bongiorno and Ryan McHugh
The Growing Business Podcast with Danny and Ryan offers a practical approach to growing business through sales. Each week will we discuss our successes and failures in our sales journey to help make the learning curve easier for anybody trying to expand their business. In addition, some episodes will feature guests to offer insight into al types of industries.
In this episode we hosted Liam Kircher, who went from being a realtor in Philly to building a house cleaning business doing 50k per month in revenue. Now, Liam is teaching others how to build a cleaning business for themselves, while also growing his personal brand across social media. He offers tons of great insights in this episode and discusses what the future may hold for him.
In this episode we feature Tim Tedesco and Bill Kostecki, who work together running a financial planning practice. They discuss how they got started working only on commissions, building out a network to provide maximum value for clients, as well as offer some insights into the importance of financial literacy.
In this episode we featured Thomas Rago, who will become a fourth generation owner of Rago Brothers. Rago Brothers has been repairing leather goods for over 100 years, working with many of the largest name brands, as well as servicing customers through in store drop off and mail-in. Thomas gives some insight into what it's like running the shop, as well as where they see the future taking them.
In this episode we discuss Ryan's cleaning company, which recently launched, as well as his goals for the first few months. Next, we discuss what we believe is the difference between big and small businesses and how Danny is working to implement these concepts into Bonji Foods.
In this episode Danny discusses adding products to Bonji and how it will help then company expand, and Ryan dives into the details of leaving his 9-5 and launching his cleaning company.
In this episode we discuss the importance of culture, and how Danny has worked to build a strong culture in Bonji Foods over the year. We believe a positive culture is massively important in creating a successful business.
In this episode we are joined by James Nuveen, who founded his company Nu Age Marketing, which focuses on crafting a high-ROI digital marketing strategy that will make businesses stand out from competition. He discusses lessons learned along the way, and shares his experiences about moving to Colombia on his own.
In this episode Danny and Ryan discuss the importance of systems. Danny discusses some struggles him and Brian faced when starting Bonji and how these lessons ultimately helped them implement effect systems to help grow the business.
In this episode Danny and Ryan dive into their successes and failures with follow ups. In addition, Danny took a trip to Washington, and Ryan got into a side business. Each discuss their experiences and the lessons learned along the way.
In this episode we host our first guest, Josh Davidson. He discusses how he went from flipping sneakers in middle school to building an entire business around it. His expertise in online sales can help anybody make some extra money, and even turn it into a full time business.
Prospecting is a concept that is often made more difficult than it needs to be.
Prospecting is just a fancy word for finding customers in your target audience and making an effort to acquire them.
In this episode Danny and Ryan dive deep into prospecting and how any business can use it to help themselves grow.
Has closing sales ever been a topic that seems cliche? Or maybe a concept that you struggle with when making a sale?
In this episode, Danny and Ryan discuss closing sales!
They dive deep into their experiences to share some of the lessons learned, especially with Danny starting Bonji 4 years ago. Ultimately, there is no magical trick, and this practical advice can help you close your next sale, or get comfortable with the idea if sales interests you!
Have you ever entered a place and didn’t feel comfortable? Do you occasionally not know how what to start a conversation? Or maybe you didn’t have the confidence to ask the question?
Guess what… we’ve all been there! ESPECIALLY in a professional setting.
In this episode, Danny and Ryan discuss Finding Your Voice in business and sales.
That voice is what gives you the confidence to speak to anyone. Your voice is the ‘backbone’ that shows customers and clients you believe in yourself and your ability to deliver an exceptional experience to the customer.
As young men constantly finding our voice and fine tuning our approach, it’s our mission to share helpful tips with you in hopes of avoiding some of the challenges we faced or continue to face along our professionally journey of growing our business.
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Danny and Ryan introduce themselves and give a preview into what they will be talking about as well as plans for the podcast moving forward.