Scott Joseph. Marketing for Small Business. Episode 386 with The Real Brad Lea (TRBL)

Scott Joseph's passion is to get sales and marketing to operate as a unified, high-performing machine. Scott started his journey in the automotive industry selling cars long before my car dealerships or J&L Marketing was even a thought. Today, Scott's role is the same in all of the companies he is fortunate to own and lead. Scott focuses on innovation, strategic alliances, improving business plans and the overall vision.   In this episode, Scott and Brad discuss the importance of marketing for small businesses and what it means to your business today to be successful. 00:00 Intro 02:03 "Digital is so easy as long as you have someone who understands the data; know your numbers." - Scott Joseph 04:30 How Scott got started selling cars 08:20 "I'm going to start marketing for car dealerships, not sell." - Scott Joseph 11:51 What Brad had to do to keep the lights on at LightSpeed VT 14:19 "The number one thing you must have is a great General Manager because if you have that, you have a license to print money." - Scott Joseph 15:00 AI 22:30 The accidental advertisement 24:03 "If you are an owner of a business you want to have the faith and trust that nothing is going on behind the scenes." - Scott Joseph 28:00 P&L's in the car dealer business 31:12 What you can do next month to increase your sales 34:00 The power of having a jet 38:30 The media 40:51 Top five things to be successful  44:31 "Start with your belief system and let it impact the result." 48:12 Brad's top 5 51:18 "The knowledge is irrelevant if you do not follow it." 51:42 Shout-out to #75Hard 56:00 Water 58:29 Check out Scott's podcast, website, and give him a follow!