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The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
The Rundown with Ramon by Ramon Ray, small business podcast for entrepreneurs - strategies and tips to start, grow and scale your business. Don't miss out - subscribe to this podcast and ZoneofGenius.com - www.zoneofgenius.com/subscribe
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- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
When Should You Be Bold and Stop Playing Safe
When should you stop following the normal process and do something that seems completely crazy? In this episode of The Rundown with Ramon, I use the recent…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
You don't need more content. Use content SMARTER and BETTER.
You do not need to start with a blank page every day. In this episode of The Rundown with Ramon, Ramon shares a practical system for making your best content…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
Bigger is NOT Always Better. The Power of Small Events.
A packed room may look successful, but did the people inside it form useful relationships or create any real business opportunities? In this episode of The…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
AI Cannot do Everything . Here's 7 Things Only Humans Can Do.
AI can make us faster, but speed alone does not build trust, loyalty, or leadership. In this episode, I share seven human skills AI cannot replace: genuine…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
How to Get Referrals Without Being Weird - 10 Ways
Referrals can bring you warmer prospects and stronger conversations, but asking for them can feel uncomfortable. In this episode, I explain how to make the…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
7 Ways to Get News Sales from Old Customers
Your best source of new sales may not be a stranger. It may be someone who already knows you, trusts you and bought from you before. In this video, Ramon Ray…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
The Power of Email Newsletters for Building Your Business - Jason Feiffer
What if growing your business isn't about getting more followers, but building deeper relationships with the right people? Sponsored by Verisign's YourDot.com…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
How to Maximize Your Next Event Attendance
Are you attending business events because they support a clear goal, or because everyone else seems to be going? In this episode of The Rundown with Ramon, I’m…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
Stop Chasing Clicks It's Zero Click Season | Rand Fishken
What if your website traffic is falling, but your revenue is still growing? In this episode of The Rundown with Ramon, Ramon Ray speaks with with marketing…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
24 Ways for a Better Career (and Business)
Did you know you can do so many things to have a better career in your job. Not working in a job, have your own business? These things can help you to build a…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
Why Great Ideas Fail and How to Make Yours Easier to Understand | Tamsen Webster
Why do some great ideas inspire people to act while others get ignored, misunderstood or rejected?In this episode of The Rundown with Ramon, I sit down with…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
5 Numbers You Should Check Each Week to Grow Your Business
Running a solo business can feel busy every day while the most important financial and operational questions remain unanswered. In this episode, I’m going to…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
How to get more customers without advertising?
Want to get more customers without spending more money on advertising?In this episode of The Rundown with Ramon, I share seven practical strategies…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
Stop Writing Proposals, Do This Instead
I’m going to challenge a habit that costs coaches and consultants hours every month: writing proposals for prospects who never established real buying intent…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
Play with AI. Don't be Afraid of It.
AI is moving so fast that even people who work in the industry can't keep up with everything - and Cliff Worley says that's perfectly fine.In this episode of…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
How to hire your first virtual assistant (the right way)
Hiring a virtual assistant can create leverage, but only when the owner provides a clear role, a workable process, and realistic expectations. In this episode…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
Gusto Cofounder on How to Build a Successful Business
What does it really take to build a company that lasts for 15 years? And where is AI actually going beyond chatbots and search? In this episode of The Rundown…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
Your Biggest Competitor is the Indecision of Your Customer
Your biggest competitor may be the customer’s decision to do nothing. Let's talk about why this familiar problem often feels safer than change, how to make the…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
Is the growth you seek bad for you?
More revenue, customers, employees, or locations do not automatically create a better business—or a better life. Ramon Ray challenges entrepreneurs to measure…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
Stop Chatting with AI. Use it to Solve Business Problems | John Lawson
Should you call yourself an AI expert—or use AI to become even better at what you already do?In this episode of The Rundown with Ramon, Ramon Ray speaks with…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
Stop asking for advice if you're not going to take it.
Advice can sharpen a decision - or help you avoid one. Ramon Ray explains how entrepreneurs get trapped in endless opinion gathering, how to ask better…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
AI is Smart and Good Enough. Why do clients still need you?
AI is making competent output faster and cheaper. Ramon Ray explains why entrepreneurs should stop competing on routine production and build premium value…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
Who losses if your dream is too small?
Who loses when you keep waiting, polishing, hiding, or refusing the next responsible step? Ramon Ray challenges entrepreneurs to examine the wider cost of…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
Desperation is hindering your sales. Use urgency instead.
What is the difference between confident urgency and sales desperation? Ramon Ray breaks down the subtle behaviors customers notice, how a weak pipeline…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
Marketing basics like domain names still work says Mari Smith interview with Ramon Ray
Marketing keeps changing—but the fundamentals still workThis conversation powered by Verisign's YourDot.comIn this Marketing 101 conversation, Ramon Ray, small…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
Nobody owes your business anything. Earn it.
Nobody owes your business a click, view, listen, or reply. Ramon Ray explains why that is an opportunity—not an insult. Learn how tension, specificity, strong…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
Stop trying to be affordable. Cheap is killing your business.
Are you keeping prices low to serve customers—or because you are afraid to charge what the work requires? Ramon Ray examines the hidden cost of underpricing…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
Just contacts or relationships. Who is in your network.
Is your network full of relationships—or merely names? Ramon Ray challenges entrepreneurs to examine the difference between recognition and trust, stop…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
Is your offer confusing? It's costing you sales.
If customers cannot quickly understand what you sell, more marketing may only send more people into confusion. Ramon Ray presents a practical 15-minute…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
What are you waiting for permission for?
What important business or personal decision have you been postponing while waiting for someone else’s approval? Ramon Ray explores the difference between…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
Is your business easy to buy from? Maybe you don't need more marketing.
Is your business losing customers after they’ve already shown interest? Ramon Ray examines the friction that prevents attention from becoming revenue—from…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
Would you hire yourself? Here's why or why not.
Would you hire yourself to run your business? Ramon Ray challenges entrepreneurs to conduct an honest personal performance review. This episode explores…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
Is your business really a terrible job?
Are you building a durable business—or creating a demanding job for yourself? Gusto’s 2026 New Business Formation Report found that building financial…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
How to grow from 15,000 to 70,000 followers on LinkedIn?
How do you grow from 15,000 to 70,000 followers on LinkedIn—and turn that attention into real business opportunities? In this episode of The Rundown with…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
What AutoZone Can teach entrepreneurs about building a powerful brand?
What can AutoZone teach entrepreneurs about building a powerful brand? Quite a bit. After my car battery died, AutoZone didn’t simply sell me a replacement—the…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
10 World Cup Lesson We Can Learn about Business
What can the FIFA World Cup teach us about business and life? A lot more than you might expect. In this episode of The Rundown with Ramon, Ramon Ray explores…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
Why Open AI Codex is a Game Changer for Your Business
OpenAI Codex is much more than a coding tool. It represents a major shift from simply asking AI questions to assigning AI real work. In this episode of The…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
How to mess up and bounce back again
In this episode of The Rundown with Ramon Show, Ramon Ray unpacks what it really takes to rebound after you mess up. Whether you made a bad decision…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
How do you build a bigger business without building a huge team?
In this episode of The Rundown with Ramon, Ramon Ray shares how small teams can move faster, stay focused, and create real momentum. He talks about hiring…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
How to go on vacation and still have a healthy business?
How can you get away from your office for a few days and still get work done? How can you go on vacation or go on an extended business trip and still serve…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
How to Maximize Your Network - The Rundown with Ramon Show
Your network is more than followers, contacts, and LinkedIn connections. It is a community of people you can learn from, support, collaborate with, and grow…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
Are You the Best at Anything? - The Rundown with Ramon Show
What is the thing you do better than most people around you? You do not have to be the best in the world to have a gift that creates real value. Maybe you are…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
Who’s Pushing You to Be Better? - The Rundown with Ramon Show
Who is pushing you toward greatness, and who is simply adding noise to your life? In this episode of The Rundown with Ramon Show, Ramon Ray explores the voices…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
How to self-promote without being a jerk
Did you know that self-promotion is a good thing. But it's an underused tool in your brand toolkit that can help enhance your credibility, build your brand and…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
What Did You Learn When It Went Wrong? - The Rundown with Ramon Show
When something goes wrong, it is easy to call it a failure and walk away. But before you quit, ask a better question: What did you learn? In this episode of…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
Is It You or Is It Them? How to Know When You’re the Problem
In this episode of The Rundown with Ramon Show, Ramon Ray explores one of the toughest questions in relationships, business, leadership, and life: when…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
Tired, Overworked, and Still Building - The Rundown with Ramon Show
Ramon is tired, overworked, and drained — and in this season, that might be expected. When you are building something new, expanding a vision, launching a…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
Build a Business That’s Great, Not Just Big - The Rundown with Ramon Show
In this episode of The Rundown with Ramon, Ramon Ray speaks with Jean Moncrief, the new owner of Small Giants, a community of business owners who believe in…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
The Power of Starting Small to Go Big
What if your next big idea does not need to start big? On this episode of The Rundown with Ramon Show, Ramon Ray talks about the power of creating a small…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
Are surface relationships ok in business or personal?
Do all relationships need to be deep, intentional, and purposeful?Some people crave deep friendships. Others are perfectly fine with lighter, more casual…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
Is your passion keeping you from profit?
Is your passion keeping you from profit? In this episode, Ramon Ray, small business expert, talks about the tension many entrepreneurs, creators, coaches, and…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
You don't know the game of business - the great debate.
So many business owners are running hobbies, but they're not running business. Many business owners are running a passion project, which is costing them money…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
I created my own app and I'm not a programmer. You can too.
- Is it time to create an app just for your needs? - Google's task minions are changing search - Are you being paid for your work? - You thought the team…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
UFC on The White House Lawn. Lessons for Entrepreneurs.
- UFC at The White House - lessons for your business - Agent Opus Clip is NEXT LEVEL video making - American Airlines and Starlink - no downtime anywhere? -…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
Is AI our Demise? Is Bernie Sanders Right?
Powerful topics that impact your business, insights and tips to help you get better and better - with Ramon - Is Bernie Sanders right? Is AI our demise? - How…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
Why it's so important to celebrate YOURSELF
Welcome to a brand new show, The Rundown with Ramon Show. - Why is it so important to celebrate you? To celebrate your wins? -Google's slew of NEW…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
Her Journey from Intern to CEO of Duct Tape Marketing
In this episode of The Rundown with Ramon, I sit down with Sara Nay, CEO of Duct Tape Marketing, to talk about her journey from intern to CEO, the importance…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
Going alone is NOT a badge of honor - get help for your business
Kevin Hart's absence - is it affecting his agency? Lessons for all of us in the importance of leadership and active involvement in our companies. How can you…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
Why hiring an operations manager is a POWER move for your business growth.
Why hiring an operations manager is often the next hire for a growing business. We've used virtual assistants, your still overwhelmed, doing too much and not…
- The Rundown with Ramon - small business growth podcast for entrepreneurs
From 16 Employees to 200+: How to Build Legacy, Scale Your Business, and Think Bigger
In this episode of The Rundown with Ramon, I sit down with Jessica Johnson Cope, CEO of a third-generation security firm, to talk about legacy, leadership, and…