Buddy Rathmell
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Using Google Maps & Local SEO to grow your business. Five Simple Steps to get more leads from your GMB/GBP. Free Guide: https://t.co/j8LCOczvkT
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Joined May 2007
Another client, another winner. Does it make sense for us to talk about you winning the Google Maps game for your business and location?
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My mom, fighting injustice, one piece of junk mail at a time!
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My daughter thought she bombed an interview recently. They hired her over 10 other applicants. After she was hired she asked why they hired her when she felt like didn't perform that well in the interview. They told her that she easily maintained eye contact and was able to
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One of my friend's boys build a raft each summer and spend 4-5 days floating down the Susquehanna River. They are college age now but started doing it in high school. Awesome tradition and they will never forget the memories. The dads should borrow the raft at the end and
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My daughter (20 years old) is in Thailand getting dental work done and saving us truckload of money. She had a bunch of cavities that needed filling and 4 molars removed which are $1000-$3000 each. On the low end her work was going to be about $7000 at a local dentist in
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@abigailmarone Fox had a story and it said it was up to 25% of Gen Zers were bringing parents to interviews.
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@sweatystartup My parents required us as kids to write a letter to my grandparents each week before we got our allowance. I continued to write them regularly in college and as an adult because it became a habit.
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@simplesamtx I would guess so. Someone it must be auto charged to their account with the barcode.
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I am in Cancun, Mexico and didn’t want to offend the guy at the hotel desk so I asked, “is is safe here at night or 50/50?” . What do you think he said?
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I spent 7 hours at a entrepreneur / lawyer's office who owns 5 businesses. I billed him for 3 to get his website back up and running. Then we spent 4 hours talking business and life. At the end of the day, when both of our wives were wondering where we were I said, "I
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I always tried to teach my kids to be entrepreneurial. But it didn't always go as I dreamed it would. Once my daughter needed money, but instead of asking how to earn money, she got her own idea. She made mud and threw it all over our truck. The she came into my office
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@JTorreCoaching Yeah we taught the kids to look adults in the eyes when they were younger and to have a firm handshake which was also modeled and expected at Karate for them.
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My thumbs are free! I broke my arm 6 weeks ago and haven’t been on X all that much. Got the cast off yesterday and I am happy to be back in the X game.
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Did I just screw up my marriage? . Will I be able to send my kids to college?. It was May 2016. Those were the questions I was asking myself. I had just experienced the worst year of my life building, opening, running and shutting down 2 businesses in 2 different countries and
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@RosserJobs Yeah, especially because a lot of parties go into the evening. :-) You can show up at 5 10K richer and still have fun.
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@blmnke I am meeting with a naturopathic doctor (I think she is an OBGYN but acts like a naturopathic doctor) tomorrow who wants to talk about marketing and about organizing trips to Costa Rica to take them to vetted medical care with a side trip to the beach and the whole trip will be.
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My daughter was talking about creating an instagram business but was worried about the impact on her soul but she wanted a life with time and location freedom. I told her to come set appointments and do admin with me and she could work harder, less, but make more money and it
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Once we had a miscue in our family and our 14 year old, Jack, was stuck at school after basketball practice without a ride home. I texted him and told him to scrounge a ride home. He "couldn't" find one so I drove down and picked him up. At dinner that night we were talking
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@ForecastSuccess Amazing quote. Makes me want to get out there. I have rafted and canoed down rivers but never anything like this with a big group of friends. Would be great to do. This was my last boating trip.
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@sweatystartup I had to fill out a questionnaire recently and 2 of the questions were who is your favorite person to follow on X and your least favorite person. I answered @sweatystartup for both. :-).
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What's one of your favorite places on the planet? . Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland is definitely mine. Bonus points if you post a photo!
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Scored two goals in my soccer game. One before I broke my arm and one after. 😀
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Out on the Appalachian Trail with my 81 year old father this morning.
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Had my best day in business ever this week. $30K in contracts closed in a day. Much thanks is due to you the good people of X / Twitter because it literally wouldn't have happened without you. There are many more but especially thankful for:. @trentjhughes who helped me hire
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@emmettito_ So true. Crazy. In actuality it’s probably safer now we were just shielded from a lot of the stuff that went on without the internet.
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@SuccessWithJake Call their bank ahead of time and ask them to have $34 million in nonconsecutive / non marked bills because you have check you want to cash. I'll charter a plane and meet you at the closest airport. ;-).
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I came back from Thailand to help my 92 father-in-law who got covid in Jan and lost 35 pounds. He is pretty weak and can't really be left alone yet. He needs help walking and getting meals. He spent 7 weeks in the hospital and has had problems with bladder control but refuses to
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Do you ever fail the "Are you a robot test?" .Asking for a friend. But seriously?!?
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The wife and I are heading to Germany for a couple of months. First trip sans kids to serve outside an Air Force base and also run my business. Thankful for my staff that do the heavy lifting for Map Winners.
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Feel so blessed to have a 20 minute loop trail on my property. I have zero excuses to not get in 10k steps a day. 😜
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@alischwanke So crazy! Now that non competes aren't a thing I guess everyone is open game. :-).
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@VarangianMD That would be funny. Don’t think any judge is going to send an 80 year old to prison over 55 cents but stranger things have happened.
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@AwayConsultant If there is anything you can do to make it happen Christian school or home school in general are the way to go. Praying for wisdom and finances for you as I shut my laptop. 🙏.
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Those on government payroll and government assistance should only get half a vote in elections. My only political tweet of 2024.
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@ClarkforNTexas It's so crazy. I think I would have a direct question for the parent as to why they were there but the interview would pretty much be over at that point.
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"Boys always fall for a stop watch.". My wife just got me. She came home with a power washer and said, "There's a lot of hoses and everything. It's going to take a while to get this set up." . I told her from the minute it hit the deck she would be power washing within 5
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I've realized after almost a decade out of hands on Anti Human Trafficking work that the heaviness of a broken world will never leave my soul. The weight of the heaviness and grief rises up and surprises me still from time to time. At the same time, I am finding more joy in
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The wife and I hit a Christmas market tonight in Trier, Germany.
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A Pretty Good Lyft. Last week in Baltimore, Uber charged me $85 for a trip that usually costs $20. I looked into the way their "surge pricing" model actually works, and didn’t like what I learned. So today, after checking out of my hotel in Oklahoma, I called Lyft instead and was
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A combination of being on X, applying what I read in the Bible, deciding to level up in '24, faster execution and hanging out with an awesome group of entrepreneurs at a cigar club has been changing my life rapidly. One of the things I have been trying to do more is to reach
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I signed a 24K client today. There were many seasons when that would have been the highlight of my day. Today's highlight and it's not even close was @AustinLinney taking time out of his day to share his hard earned wisdom and insight with my daughter, Adrianne, to help her
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My friend Scott is buying a church to convert to a hunting/fishing lodge across from the fire station he already owns. $90K purchase.$30K renovation. Should rent for $500 a night and he anticipates about 200 rentals a year. = $100K gross income. He has experience with
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Where do your Standard Operating Procedures live? . We have been building ours in Google Docs and Sheets but's getting a little cluttered.
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Does anyone in SMB use OKRs as laid out in Measure What Matters or do you find KPIs, big rocks, or something else most helpful?
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Just had a guy get upset that I required a background and credit check that was going to cost him $30. Do people rent places without background checks? . Is there anyway that is better for potential renters that also protects owners?.
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We were living in Thailand and I got a text from a friend in another country in Asia "There is no time to explain but you need to go rescue this girl, Amy" . They gave me Amy's phone number and I texted her and then called and we came up with a plan of where I would pick her up.
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This is what we do on a daily basis:. A business signs up with us. We optimize and rank their business on Google Maps, making them more visible to local customers. Our efforts:. Boost their online presence.Drive more leads through organic traffic.Fuel business growth by
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@sweatystartup I almost always try to encourage them at one point on the call for who they are and something they did or taught me. When I was 16 my dad had me follow him after I got home from school to drop off one of our cars at someone's house who bought it. When I got there I found.
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@ealvareztheswig Agreed. A friend just recommended reading the book the Anxious Generation because of how much technology is impacting everyone but especially kids.
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Adult Kid Parenting Hack . When we were young adults my wife and I were told we didn't come home enough and didn't stay long enough with the 'rents when we did. We felt like we came home frequently often skipping trips to see friends and it felt unappreciated. Intention we
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My latest client built his own indoor soccer stadium on his property. He invited me to join about 20 guys in a friendly league he started. I played last night for the first time in 3 years. SO MUCH FUN!
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@mimiroro @sweatystartup We lived about 4-5 hours away for 7 years then moved to Germany for my last two years of high school. It was a fun way to stay connected and I still have most of the letters my grandma wrote to me over the years.
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39: The number of school years my kids collectively had before college. ZERO: The number of conversations I had with teachers or coaches in defense of my children or expressing frustration at the job the teacher was doing. I always coached my kids to have the hard conversations
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Turns out @FounderKyle is a real person and not just an anonymous X account. Thanks for the great conversation and advice on my business.
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‘Merica. Shooting clays at Duck Island Lodge in the Outer Banks.
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Sherpas don't measure the number of personal summits but rather the number of people they have helped summit. What if we measured our businesses by the number of lives we improved immensely including both employees and customers?
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My wife writes guests names on a wall hanging before they visit. She never mentions it, but at some point during their stay they see it, make a remark, smile and feel loved. Feel free to pop in anytime, but if we know you are coming, we'll make sure you name is on the board.
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If you get Google Reviews, you might want to bookmark this ideal Google review response. I wouldn't make every review like this but every tenth review to be filled out like this would be good and adding elements of this type to the other reviews is a good thing. In every
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@J_Edwards81 Also 75% of customers would rather start the conversation with a text vs a phone call.
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@ChrisLoveHere Yeah I think inside the hotel and on the beach side you are fine. Earlier today a guy approached me and asked if I was looking for something suspicious. I laughed and told him know. I think he was just selling weed.
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4 sentences into my journal before I realized I was writing one sentence a line like on X. :-)
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Shout out to all the moms and dads of young boys. "It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men." – Frederick Douglass. There may be nothing more important that you do today that a word of hope, belief or encouragement to your young boy. Take 20 seconds to
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My wife and I first met 34 years ago today in Germany. I am the guy in the short shorts on the van and Jen is next to me. We celebrate each Aug 5th. :-)
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What do you think is the reason for most entrepreneur's success, in one word?.
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When I jumped on X I wasn't planning on it having anything to do with my current business. I have 3 meetings today that all originated because of X. 10 am meeting with a potential client with 500+ locations that came from a referral from @NeelBParekh. 12 pm Grow Your Brand
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I feel like @ShannonJean & @mhp_guy are even more famous when they show up on my living room TV. Love it that my YT feed and newsletters are increasingly filled with people I see every day on X.
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Tired of people in your DM's offering you a great Landing Page or 30-50 Qualified leads in a month? . Child's play. If you need 600K qualified leads hmu. I know a guy.
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Think Different Thursday. In honor of fantasy football kicking off I am choosing a story from the life of Ja'Marr Chase, my starting wide receiver. Bengals WR Ja’Marr Chase Wanted To Become Neighbors With Best Friend Joe Burrow So Bad He Went Door To Door To Buy A Home Close To
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