The odds that would-be inventors will cash in their innovations for a giant payday are astronomically small.

Each year tens of thousands of Americans – driven by a hunger to make life a little simpler or more rewarding – aim to bring their innovations to market. The vast majority of them fail. For more than 30 years, InventHelp, a Pittsburgh-based inventor service company, has aimed to improve the odds for their inventor-clients.

This week on Monday Morning Radio, InventHelp’s Nicole M. Lininger, who has worked for the company for more than 13 years, recounts some of the savvy methods used by the lucky few who do beat the long odds. Hint: Persistence pays.

Discover why you MUST have your own Wikipedia profile and how to generate one. Read Dean Rotbart's groundbreaking series here.

Photo: Nicole Liniger

Posted: April 27, 2015

Monday Morning Run Time: 28 minutes 23 seconds 

There are more than ¾ of a million franchise establishments in the U.S. and that number continues to leap every year.  

Stacy Swift advises individuals who are considering investing in a franchise how to narrow the vast field down to the right one. In fact, Stacy, who owns and operates FranNet offices covering five states, likens her role to that of a marriage matchmaker, bringing together franchisor and franchisee for what she hopes will be a happily – and profitably – ever after.

Learn the secrets of a successful match this week on Monday Morning Radio.

Stacy is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart, co-host of Business Unconventional, the one-hour radio newsmagazine that aired weekly on News/Talk 710 KNUS AM in Denver.

Be sure to follow Dean on Twitter: @RepToolChest and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!

Photo: Stacy Swift, FranNet

Posted: April 20, 2015

Monday Morning Run Time: 32 minutes 40 seconds 

Want to learn how to generate free publicity and social media "buzz" for your business?  Schedule a one-hour phone consultation with Monday Morning Radio co-host Dean Rotbart: 1-303-296-1200. Limited slots now booking for May and June 2015.  

Real-time market intelligence, gathered 24/7/365, is so quaint.  Whether online, at a live event, or in retail stores, the new equation is 60/60/24 – every second, every minute, every day.

No one does this better or understands its vast, vast power better than Elaine Feeney, president and CEO at Wayin, a small company – (backed by Scott McNeally – the former Sun Microsystems co-founder and CEO) – that is already generating giant ripples. 

Listen in this week on Monday Morning Radio, as Elaine Feeney gives host Dean Rotbart a private tour of the cutting edge of social marketing.

Discover why you MUST have your own Wikipedia profile and how to generate one. Read Dean Rotbart's groundbreaking series here.

Customer Experience – which is often abbreviated as CX – is rapidly surpassing price and product as the #1 brand differentiator. Nonetheless, Denise Graziano, this week’s guest on Monday Morning Radio, reports that six out of every ten companies have done zilch to improve their CX. 

Denise, owner of Fairfield, CT-based Graziano Associates, is an expert on the subject of CX and how it impacts revenue, client retention, and overall brand image. She recently led a national SCORE workshop on the subject of CX.

Denise is interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart, co-host of Business Unconventional, the one-hour radio newsmagazine that aired weekly on News/Talk 710 KNUS AM in Denver.

Be sure to follow Dean on Twitter: @RepToolChest and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo. The best things in life really are free!

Photo: Denise Graziano, Graziano Associates

Posted: April 6, 2015

Monday Morning Run Time: 29 minutes 11 seconds

Want to learn how to generate free publicity and social media "buzz" for your business?  Schedule a one-hour phone consultation with Monday Morning Radio co-host Dean Rotbart: 1-303-296-1200. Limited slots now booking for April and May 2015.