Ken Courtright: Today's Growth | Growing Business Today, Marketing Your Business For Growth And Success

Most people who go to college and then go right away to go to receive an MBA program are not the entrepreneur; they are the people that work for the entrepreneur. If you are a business owner and you’re growing, you might already have a partner who has an MBA or a finance degree or something that the two of you can bounce off of and grow together. However, if you want to beat the learning curve, be around people who are walking the walk and talking the talk, and take away some action items for your company, there’s no other place to be than college. In this episode, Ken and Kerri share why they’re going back to school and give us a feel of the course and what they attempt to take away from it.   Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here’s How » Join Today’s Growth community today: kencourtright.com Today’s Growth Twitter Ken Courtright LinkedIn

When you look at your business, what move could you make that would literally scare you? Something that would keep you up at night and give you panic attacks, but if you were able to pull it off, your customer would think you are a hero? In this episode, Ken talks about trying some insanity and taking some of your money, time, and intellectual property to go out of your way for your customers such as providing guarantee, doing post-marketing, elevating your products, or adjusting your product pricing. Take a look at your own business and see where you can make an impact and start a revolution.   Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here’s How » Join Today’s Growth community today: kencourtright.com Today’s Growth Twitter Ken Courtright LinkedIn

In August 2018, a lot of websites were hit by the Google Medic algorithm update. The purpose of the update was to improve the match between content and website by identifying an authoritative person behind it. In the middle of this overhaul, several sites have been found not to have a real professional, which resulted in their de-ranking. Understand how you can survive this Google update as Ken shares with you how you can prove your identity and elevate your credibility to see a steady rise in your ranking.

There is always room for growth if we persist in keeping on learning, cultivating, and implementing those we have learned. Ken dives deep into the ways he continues to strive for growth, teaching us how to move to the next level through idea hacking – gathering some great nuggets from other platforms. With idea hacking, you not only read about your industry but others as well, offering you a unique take on the challenges that may have already been solved in a different industry.

Key man insurance is merely life insurance on the key person in a business. It’s been proven year in and year out that companies cannot live without key man insurance. There is also key product insurance. The concept is since nothing technically lasts forever because of entropy and mortality, most major companies today understand that just as much as you need key man insurance, you need key product insurance. However, did you know that there is also key marketing insurance? Learn more about how you can buffer the product insurance and the other products you’re coming out with through marketing insurance.

When was the last time you did a thank you campaign? If you have a business of any kind and you don’t have a structured thank you pattern in your product flow, you might want to consider that. In this segment, Ken shares something that is seldom discussed but they’ve managed to pull off in the most amazing way – Thank You Marketing. One of the age-old ways that has been proven to grow faster is when you involve Thank You Marketing, and he’s going to cover the three steps you can do it.   Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here’s How » Join Today’s Growth community today: kencourtright.com Today’s Growth Twitter Ken Courtright LinkedIn

Words have the power to change and motivate us. It is through it that we learn to connect with one another and find comfort in knowing that we are doing just fine. Ken shares the importance of praise and giving people who mattered to you that nudge and affirmation. It boosts not only their morale but also your gross revenue because they would be inspired to take on their day and do better. Show you care and let people know they are awesome.   Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here’s How » Join Today’s Growth community today: kencourtright.com Today’s Growth Twitter Ken Courtright LinkedIn

In life and even more so in business, we are tasked to deal with our own set of problems. Sometimes, it can be challenging to be asked to face other people’s problems on top of ours. Ken gets honest and stops everything. He talks about learning to respect people’s time, acknowledging how it takes them so much effort to build momentum to work on their tasks only to get disturbed. Ken imparts this vital lesson and advice us on how to call for help appropriately.   Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here’s How » Join Today’s Growth community today: kencourtright.com Today’s Growth Twitter Ken Courtright LinkedIn

The world moves so fast these days that we can’t help but get sucked dry of fuel and motivation. It becomes harder and harder to be excited and go on and grow. Ken shares with you three fillers and three motivators that will push you to growth, as well as excellent advice that would take you back to that place of quiet and inspiration.   Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here’s How » Join Today’s Growth community today: kencourtright.com Today’s Growth Twitter Ken Courtright LinkedIn

Make one decision. That is the piece of advice Ken gave a young gentleman who just sold a pretty sizable business. The 28-year-old man was about to give up with the challenges he was facing. Make one decision, and then manage the decision daily until successful. Every entrepreneur, every leader, or every manager that is a true visionary experience the Shiny Penny Syndrome. They can operate a business at most seven years, then they start looking for the next adventure, especially when they’re not seeing results from the first one. Ken reminds us to ask ourselves to make one decision and manage that only for two work weeks and come out at the end of it determining the positives and the negatives of that decision with four questions for growth. Find out what those are in this episode.   Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here’s How » Join Today’s Growth community today: kencourtright.com Today’s Growth Twitter Ken Courtright LinkedIn

When your business is in a state of flux and growth is stalled, your business is becoming toxic. In today’s competitive market, every entrepreneur should think fast in order to survive because if not, you might lose what you built up with all the sweat and tears in just a blink. With a lot of ideas coming out everywhere, there’s a 100% chance your product is not as unique as you thought it was from the start. In a nutshell, the secret sauce to stop this toxicity is to check out competitor analysis tools and do a competitive research.   Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here’s How » Join Today’s Growth community today: kencourtright.com Today’s Growth Twitter Ken Courtright LinkedIn

When your business is starving, there is no question that it needs constant feeding. A baby is not going to grow without food. Likewise, an adult is not going to continue to age without food. They’re going to physically perish. A business is not different because it’s a living, breathing organism. Ken takes us through part two of what you need to feed in your business, focusing on employee management and leadership.   Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here’s How » Join Today’s Growth community today: kencourtright.com Today’s Growth Twitter Ken Courtright LinkedIn

Growth cannot happen if you don’t feed a child. Similarly, your business is going to starve unless you feed it. What that means is rolling up your sleeves and reinventing yourself and tweaking your vision, even if that means spending the dollars. If you’ve been marketing the same way for years, you’re never going to get anywhere new, you’re never going to reach more people, and you’re never going to reach new heights. Ken shares the secret sauce to making a noise, bringing in the traffic, and making your business grow.   Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here’s How » Join Today’s Growth community today: kencourtright.com Today’s Growth Twitter Ken Courtright LinkedIn

Many people tell Ken that he and his wife and have the ability to see around the corner. They can predict where the industry’s going. They’ve spoken on stages, written books, podcasted, and have this this supposed uncanny idea to see around corners. Ken, however, doesn’t think so. He simply thinks he understands where ideas come from. On this final part of a six-part series called Six Understandings of Growth, Ken talks about understanding where ideas come from, and in his case, they come from God.   Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here’s How » Join Today’s Growth community today: kencourtright.com Today’s Growth Twitter Ken Courtright LinkedIn

A lot of marketing and advertising goes into growing a company. However, there are also a lot of psychological and social aspects, what are called soft skills, involved. On this fifth part of a six-part series called Six Understandings of Growth, Ken talks about how to hold hypergrowth continuously. Learn how you can grow continuously by running a parallel track and simultaneously managing the business you’re in and the business you’re becoming.   Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here’s How » Join Today’s Growth community today: kencourtright.com Today’s Growth Twitter Ken Courtright LinkedIn

There will always be phases that employees go through in each company. This is what a company needs to understand to establish growth. On this fourth part of a six-part series called Six Understandings of Growth, Ken talks about the five phases that everybody goes through in every position they hold. He shares what these phases are and how we can relate to them, as well as the importance of knowing which phase your employees are in if you are a leader.   Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here’s How » Join Today’s Growth community today: kencourtright.com Today’s Growth Twitter Ken Courtright LinkedIn

Communication is essential to a company in order to grow. On this third part of a six-part series called Six Understandings of Growth, Ken talks about effective communication. In order to grow a company fast, you have to be able to relate to every employee working for you, every vendor, and everyone in general. Ken shares the importance of effective communication, and the different types of people and how you can communicate effectively to them.   Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here’s How » Join Today’s Growth community today: kencourtright.com Today’s Growth Twitter Ken Courtright LinkedIn

Growth is one basis of a successful business. On this second part of a six-part series called Six Understandings of Growth, Ken talks about the true definition of net worth. He explains that you and your company’s net worth is directly tied to the net work of the people you associate with and to your net work. He expands further on your net work is not just the hours that you are working but the weight of the things that you are getting done. Learn more about how you can truly grow as he shares strategies on how you can maximize your net worth.   Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here’s How » Join Today’s Growth community today: kencourtright.com Today’s Growth Twitter Ken Courtright LinkedIn

It takes a lot to grow a company. There are certain things that you not think too much about that are partly responsible for consistent growth. On this first part of a six-part series called Six Understandings of Growth, Ken discusses the understanding that belief and faith must be based on things unseen, not seen when it comes to business growth. Learn how having the belief and faith in some things that are unseen can make you grow in a way you’ve never grown before.   Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here’s How » Join Today’s Growth community today: kencourtright.com Today’s Growth Twitter Ken Courtright LinkedIn

Not everyone wins at life, no matter how you or they think. However, this does not mean that you quit trying. Especially in the business setting, people in the company thrive when they are understood. Ken covers some fundamentals on why some people, no matter how right they are, just never win the conversation or a sale. He brings up the four kinds of people that walk planet earth and shows the winning points that you can grab to succeed, starting with the concept of “model them and explode.”   Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here’s How » Join Today’s Growth community today: kencourtright.com Today’s Growth Twitter Ken Courtright LinkedIn