Assuming that money is the only value exchange employees are interested in can leave employers missing opportunities to build strong teams, cultivate great workplace cultures, and leave employees feeling appreciated in the workplace. Check out this episode of The Daily Coffee Pro by MAP IT FORWARD to gain insight into how you might reconsider your approach to compensating your employees.
Read MoreIn the coffee industry, whether you're a small business owner or a coffee professional, there seems to be a stigma against "not knowing". When an industry progresses this way it can lead to many challenges in evolving and discovering due to a lack of openness (which is needed for innovation). In this episode of the Daily Coffee Pro by MAP IT FORWARD, we'll explore why leaning into what you may not know that you don't know in coffee can be your ultimate alley in your career and business.
Read More"Business will show You everything you never wanted to know about yourself" - it's a phrase I'm well known for saying and ask anyone who's gone into business for themselves and they'll sit you down and tell you a few stories about how the journey almost broke them. 100% of people will tell you that it changed them. For some, it forged them into grittier more successful people, while for others it left them bitter, depressed, and anxious. Find out while despite this, you should think about doing it anyway!
Read MoreTarra Samuelson is a long-time coffee professional, originally from the California coffee scene, recently relocated to Phoenix, Arizona. Tarra is also a member of the coffee consultants mastermind group www.mapitforward.org/coffeeconsultantmastermind. Follow Tarra at @alittletea
Read MoreRunning a small business is hard work. Trying to run a profitable small business in the coffee industry is even harder work (especially a cafe). Attempting to run a profitable coffee small business under the challenges of a global pandemic with constant staff shortages is proving to be increasingly more challenging than ever before. In this episode of the Daily Coffee Pro by MAP IT FORWARD, we’ll explore 4 tips to help you increase your profit margins quickly after implementation.
Read MoreOpening a small business in the coffee industry seems fun and exciting, and it is! It’s also exhausting and filled with blind spots that leave you little to no energy (or budget left) to focus on a plan to get new customers through the doors and to your digital assets. Brand exposure, lead generation, and sales conversation are all a part of the strategy to acquire new customers i.e. a Customer Acquisition plan. In this episode of the podcast, we’ll go deep into why you need one!
In a previous episode of the podcast, we recently spoke about the importance of having a website if you’re a small business. In this episode of the podcast, we want to discuss the importance of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and why it should be a focus of your website traffic generation strategy.
Read MoreKunaal Singh is a long-time professional specialty coffee barista based in Sydney, Australia. Check out his Instagram @kunsin to be taken on beautiful coffee and food adventures around Sydney.
Read MoreGarrett Oden is a copywriter and coffee marketing consultant based in Austin, Texas. You can visit his website here: https://coffeemarketingschool.com/
Read MoreJethro Sepulveda is an Architect and co-owner of multi-location cafe and roasting brand, Das Cortez, as well as the coffee tasting room, Baristas Bravos based in Tijuana, Mexico.
Read MoreDiego and Fabiola Baraona are 6th generation coffee producers on the Los Pirineos Estate in El Salvador and the children of Gilberto Baraona who recently passed from COVID. Connect with Diego and Fabiola on Instagram @lospirineoscoffee
Read MoreSara Alali is a coffee professional and business owner in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Sara is also the host of the new MAP IT FORWARD Middle East Podcast released in Arabic across the Middle East region on March 7th through podcast listening apps and on the MAP IT FORWARD Youtube channel, each weekday in the region.
Read MoreToday on the last episode of 2020 for the MIF podcast we're joined by 6 of the 7 members of one of our MIF Leadership Mastermind Groups: Angelo De Blasio and Matteo Giordano from Pane e Latte in Adelaide, Australia, Jethro Sepulveda from Baristas Bravos and Das Cortez in Tijuana, Mexico, Kristina Orchard from Altitude, a cafe in QLD, Australia, and Jimmy Canali from Starbucks now based in Colorado, USA. MAP IT FORWARD Online Group Mastermind Coaching available in Coffee Roasting and Leadership/Business Development at www.mapitforward.org/groupcoaching.
Read MoreAndrew Hetzel is an agricultural value chain and trade specialist currently focused on coffee in PNG. https://www.coffeestrategies.com/
Read MoreBuying social media followers for your coffee brand comes with pros and cons. In this episode of the podcast, we'll explore what they are and what to consider if you're thinking about it.
Read MoreCommunication skills are a game-changer for those who learn, practice, and lean into the discomfort of engaging in difficult conversations. Assertiveness is the practice of clear, concise, and fair communication that is respectful of your rights as the communicator while also being respectful of the rights of the person(s) you're communicating with. As times shift and the landscape changes in the coffee industry, assertiveness may be the tool to help you navigate this new territory in the new coffee industry.
Read More2020 is revealing a time of cultural, political, economic, and governmental revolutions all happening at different paces. Far too often we can avoid getting involved in voting and understanding politics because we either feel that we're uninformed or we feel that our vote won't count. Let's have a chat about why you should exercise your right to vote no matter how challenging the obstacles are ahead of you. PLEASE, exercise your voice with your vote!!
Read MoreWe're hearing many cafe owners complaining about the challenges in trying to find staff in the middle of a global pandemic. Having a strategic approach to firing for your coffee focused business is important. We explore it in this episode of the podcast.
Read MoreJames Hoffmann is a coffee Youtuber, co-owner of Square Mile Coffee Roasters, World Barista Champion 2007, and Author. www.jameshoffmann.co.uk
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