We Blowing Up: Recent Episodes

David Merritt

Hosted by the Merritt family; Doug, Dustin, David and Drew. We Blowing Up Podcast takes you on our small, family owned business journey where we grew our business from $1m to $10m, and now find ourselves trying to figure out how to take it to $100m and beyond. Because we want to Blow Up!

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We Blowing Up Podcast you'll be introduced to a close nit family trying to figure out how to grow a family business. The challenge they face is how to grow their nearly 30 year old business from 10 million dollars in annual sales, to 100 million.

Follow these guys as they do what they do best which is winging it in business decision making. Not always the best path forward but as you'll find out, old habits are hard to break as they discover the choices they made that were good, and those that flopped.

There will be ups, and you can be sure there will be downs as these guys try to figure out how to blow up their small family business. Anyone who runs a business understands the challenges that business owners face. The correct path forward isn't always obvious, and it requires taking risks, and the results can be unpredictable.

So learn from the mistakes you'll see in this series, and benefit from those decisions that were solid. Either way, you should find We Blowin Up to be informative, insightful, entertaining, and more.

The individuals in this series include the business Founder, and CEO, Doug Merritt, and his three Sons; Dustin, the VP of Sales, Drew, the VP of Marketing, and David, the President who handles a bit of everything.

What you'll learn in episode 6:
Live VS Virtual Business Events
Cracking the Social Media Code
Growing Pains
Act Like Your Working!
Da Pizza Boyz
Bad Service is Killing Your Business!

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We Blowing Up Podcast you'll be introduced to a close nit family trying to figure out how to grow a family business. The challenge they face is how to grow their nearly 30 year old business from 10 million dollars in annual sales, to 100 million.

Follow these guys as they do what they do best which is winging it in business decision making. Not always the best path forward but as you'll find out, old habits are hard to break as they discover the choices they made that were good, and those that flopped.

There will be ups, and you can be sure there will be downs as these guys try to figure out how to blow up their small family business. Anyone who runs a business understands the challenges that business owners face. The correct path forward isn't always obvious, and it requires taking risks, and the results can be unpredictable.

So learn from the mistakes you'll see in this series, and benefit from those decisions that were solid. Either way, you should find We Blowin Up to be informative, insightful, entertaining, and more.

The individuals in this series include the business Founder, and CEO, Doug Merritt, and his three Sons; Dustin, the VP of Sales, Drew, the VP of Marketing, and David, the President who handles a bit of everything.

What you'll learn in episode 5:

The WORST Sports Franchise of All Time
The Daily Grind Mindset
Ideas VS Execution
Gamify Business for Max Production
How to Handle Plummeting Email Engagement
Building Relationships in Business
Success in Business without Establishing Relationships
Is Meeting in Person Important in 2022?

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We Blowing Up Podcast you'll be introduced to a close nit family trying to figure out how to grow a family business. The challenge they face is how to grow their nearly 30 year old business from 10 million dollars in annual sales, to 100 million.

Follow these guys as they do what they do best which is winging it in business decision making. Not always the best path forward but as you'll find out, old habits are hard to break as they discover the choices they made that were good, and those that flopped.

There will be ups, and you can be sure there will be downs as these guys try to figure out how to blow up their small family business. Anyone who runs a business understands the challenges that business owners face. The correct path forward isn't always obvious, and it requires taking risks, and the results can be unpredictable.

So learn from the mistakes you'll see in this series, and benefit from those decisions that were solid. Either way, you should find We Blowin Up to be informative, insightful, entertaining, and more.

The individuals in this series include the business Founder, and CEO, Doug Merritt, and his three Sons; Dustin, the VP of Sales, Drew, the VP of Marketing, and David, the President who handles a bit of everything.

What you'll learn in episode 4:

The Most Unsuccessful Commercial in the World
Importance of Clear Concise Communication
Getting Roasted in the Comments Section
Small Business Blog and Youtube Discussion
Are Giveaways a Good Strategy for Business Growth?
Majors vs Minors
The Best Kept Youtube Creator Secret
Grant Cardone vs Dave Ramsey

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We Blowing Up Podcast you'll be introduced to a close nit family trying to figure out how to grow a family business. The challenge they face is how to grow their nearly 30 year old business from 10 million dollars in annual sales, to 100 million.

Follow these guys as they do what they do best which is winging it in business decision making. Not always the best path forward but as you'll find out, old habits are hard to break as they discover the choices they made that were good, and those that flopped.

There will be ups, and you can be sure there will be downs as these guys try to figure out how to blow up their small family business. Anyone who runs a business understands the challenges that business owners face. The correct path forward isn't always obvious, and it requires taking risks, and the results can be unpredictable.

So learn from the mistakes you'll see in this series, and benefit from those decisions that were solid. Either way, you should find We Blowin Up to be informative, insightful, entertaining, and more.

The individuals in this series include the business Founder, and CEO, Doug Merritt, and his three Sons; Dustin, the VP of Sales, Drew, the VP of Marketing, and David, the President who handles a bit of everything.

What you'll learn in episode 3:

Dealing with Anxiety and Panic Attacks in Business
How Blowing Up Your Business Actually Works
Strategic Partnerships are Vital for Exponential Growth
Value of Relationships in Business (Relational vs Transactional)
The Pain of Discipline vs The Weight of Regret
Create the Celebrity Effect to Blow Up Your Business

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We Blowing Up Podcast you'll be introduced to a close nit family trying to figure out how to grow a family business. The challenge they face is how to grow their nearly 30 year old business from 10 million dollars in annual sales, to 100 million.

Follow these guys as they do what they do best which is winging it in business decision making. Not always the best path forward but as you'll find out, old habits are hard to break as they discover the choices they made that were good, and those that flopped.

There will be ups, and you can be sure there will be downs as these guys try to figure out how to blow up their small family business. Anyone who runs a business understands the challenges that business owners face. The correct path forward isn't always obvious, and it requires taking risks, and the results can be unpredictable.

So learn from the mistakes you'll see in this series, and benefit from those decisions that were solid. Either way, you should find We Blowin Up to be informative, insightful, entertaining, and more.

The individuals in this series include the business Founder, and CEO, Doug Merritt, and his three Sons; Dustin, the VP of Sales, Drew, the VP of Marketing, and David, the President who handles a bit of everything.

What you'll learn in episode 2:
How do you get to 80% margin when selling commoditized product?
Differentiating yourself in a competitive market
Your business better know your CAC and LTV
2 Vital Business Metrics for Success
Effective Branding and Marketing in a Boring Industry
Doing the job vs Doing the Job Well
This is what I'm talking about
Salespeople are a bit different
Average Joes win in the End

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This is the first episode in the We Blowing Up Podcast series, where you'll be introduced to a close nit family trying to figure out how to grow a family business. The challenge they face is how to grow their nearly 30 year old business from 10 million dollars in annual sales, to 100 million.

Follow these guys as they do what they do best which is winging it in business decision making. Not always the best path forward but as you'll find out, old habits are hard to break as they discover the choices they made that were good, and those that flopped.

There will be ups, and you can be sure there will be downs as these guys try to figure out how to blow up their small family business. Anyone who runs a business understands the challenges that business owners face. The correct path forward isn't always obvious, and it requires taking risks, and the results can be unpredictable.

So learn from the mistakes you'll see in this series, and benefit from those decisions that were solid. Either way, you should find We Blowin Up to be informative, insightful, entertaining, and more.

The individuals in this series include the business Founder, and CEO, Doug Merritt, and his three Sons; Dustin, the VP of Sales, Drew, the VP of Marketing, and David, the President who handels a bit of everything.

In this episode you'll get a mixed bag of things including;

  • The Boneheads guide to creating a podcast
  • How to convert content into customers
  • Who the "We Blowing Up" podcast is for
  • Drew, on what he's personall committed for
  • Lessons learned so far on 10Xing our business
  • Marketing the old days vs. how things are today
  • Drew and a Mullet
  • The path to business ownership
  • And why redundancy is so important

With so many things covered, it's no wonder why this episode runs well over an hour. But staying true to form, from start to finish, it's a typical fly by the seat of your pants approach to podcasting, that's unscripted with topics and discussion that evolves naturally. No track to run on, and no scripts. What you get is spontaneous and real.