DeaconCast

Episode 46

Fri, 5 Feb 2010 16:46:00 GMT

Saint Timothy and Saint Titus

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:20:00 GMT

Episode 43

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:53:00 GMT

Episode 44-The Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:01:00 GMT

Episode 42

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:10:00 GMT

Episode 41

Fri, 8 Jan 2010 21:59:00 GMT

Episode 40

Thu, 7 Jan 2010 21:59:00 GMT

Episode 39

Wed, 6 Jan 2010 21:55:00 GMT

Episode 38

Tue, 5 Jan 2010 21:53:00 GMT

Episode 37

Mon, 4 Jan 2010 21:53:00 GMT

Episode 36

Sun, 3 Jan 2010 21:50:00 GMT

Episode 35

Sat, 2 Jan 2010 21:47:00 GMT

Mary, Mother of God

Fri, 1 Jan 2010 19:57:00 GMT

The Seventh Day of Christmas

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:55:00 GMT

The Sixth Day of Christmas

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:54:00 GMT

The Fifth Day of Christmas

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:52:00 GMT

The Holy Innocents

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:50:00 GMT

The Feast of the Holy Family

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:49:00 GMT

Saint Steven

Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:44:00 GMT

Christmas 2009

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 03:18:00 GMT

Christmas Eve

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:47:00 GMT

The Fourth Wednesday of Advent

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:15:00 GMT

The Fourth Tuesday of Advent

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:12:00 GMT

The Third Sunday of Advent

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:39:00 GMT

The Second Saturday of Advent

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:20:00 GMT

The Second Friday of Advent

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:49:00 GMT

The Second Thursday of Advent

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:16:00 GMT

The Second Wednesday of Advent

Wed, 9 Dec 2009 20:51:00 GMT

The Second Tuesday of Advent

Tue, 8 Dec 2009 20:50:00 GMT

The Second Monday of Advent

Mon, 7 Dec 2009 20:49:00 GMT

The Second Sunday of Advent

Sun, 6 Dec 2009 20:47:00 GMT

The First Saturday of Advent

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 20:44:00 GMT

The First Friday of Advent

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 20:41:00 GMT

The First Thursday of Advent

Thu, 3 Dec 2009 20:38:00 GMT

The First Wednesday of Advent

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 20:34:00 GMT

The First Tuesday of Advent

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 21:37:00 GMT

The First Monday of Advent

deaconmike@charter.net — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:34:00 GMT

The First Sunday of Advent

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:26:00 GMT

The First Sunday of Advent

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:23:00 GMT

Episode 15

mike@miningthestore.com — Sun, 7 Dec 2008 17:07:00 GMT

This is a special edition of Mining the Store. On September 27, 2008 I had the privilege of leading a session at Podcamp Ireland. The one-day event was held at the Hotel Kilkenny (pictured) in the beautiful city of Kilkenny. Episode 15 is a recording of the session. I hope you enjoy it.

Our music is The Christmas Song by Calvin Owens and you can find it at the Podsafe Music Network.

Comments are always welcome and our contact information is listed to the left.

Episode 14-New Beginnings

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:40:00 GMT

Welcome to Mining the Store, the podcast for small business owners who want to mine more gold from their businesses. This is Episode 14. This episode's contents:

00:00 "Carol of the Bells" by Doug Astrop from the Podsafe Music Network.
01:17 Changes coming to Mine Your Own Business. Tacony Corporation and the http://tacony.typepad.com/
05:08 My rules for life planning: Do what you enjoy. Do what you're good at. Set up multiple streams of income so you're never dependent on any one person or company.
07:34 Google Docs is a great application even if it is AWOL tonight.
09:18 Antitrust laws. The feds are serious. There's a good ebook on the subject from the Federal Trade Commission. There's a link to the free book at Mine Your Own Business.
11:28 If you're in business, you need to be on LinkedIn.
10:45 Changes are coming to Mining the Store
17:20 Mining the Store is a member of the Blubrry Podcast Network.

Episode 13

Mon, 3 Nov 2008 03:37:00 GMT

Welcome to Mining the Store, the podcast for small business owners who want to mine more gold from their businesses. This is Episode 14. This episode's contents:

00:00 An audio clip from the hilarious movie classic, "Waking Ned Devine."
01:00 Some thoughts from our trip to Ireland.
01:30 There are similarities between Irish and American culture and there are differences. Has Ireland benefited from the exchange?
03:20 Two weeks on the Emerald Isle aren't enough to see everything.
03:48 Podcamp Ireland
05:30 Social media should be a tool that fits the task at hand. Are we altering the task to fit the tool?
09:00 If you aren't using Skype, you may be missing a real money-saving opportunity.
10:45 Changes are coming to Mining the Store
13:10 We need your comments to make MTS a real conversation.

Mining the Store Episode 12

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:38:00 GMT

Welcome to Mining the Store, the podcast for small business owners who want to mine more gold from their businesses. This is Episode 12.
This time on Mining the Store

00:30 We're headed to Ireland.
00:50 Podcamp Ireland
01:30 Web 2.0 as a source for travel information.
03:55 Contacting Mining the Store
04:35 Using Skype to keep in touch.
05:11 It was quite a week in the US financial markets.
07:23 If you screw up the business should you walk away with millions of dollars???
09:55 The volatility of the exchange rate.
11:15 Thanks for listening.

Mining the Store Episode 11

Sat, 6 Sep 2008 17:50:00 GMT

Welcome to Mining the Store, the podcast for small business owners who want to mine more gold from their businesses. This is Episode 11. There's no "I" in podcast, so your comments are very important. You can leave a comment here on the show notes page. Or, you can email your comment to mike@miningthestore.com. If you'd like to leave an audio comment, you can attach an mp3 file to your email. Skype users can leave an audio comment at mike.buckley3. My Twitter ID is michaelbuckley and you can also find me on Friendfeed. Mining the Store is a member of the blubrry podcast network, http://www.blubrry.com. This time on Mining the Store 0:57 RIP Don LaFontaine and Jerry Reed 2:47 Google introduces it's Chrome Browser. Is it just another browser, or the beginning of an Internet revolution? 7:15 Google introduces Chrome with a comic book. 8:28 Unintended consequences of Chrome's launch. 1. Read the terms of service. 2. Be aware of what's being said about you on the web. 3. When something goes wrong, admit it and fix it right away whether you're a multi-billion dollar company or a one person home-based business. 12:15 Watch what you say about politics in a business context. 14:40 If you must comment, at least be logical about it. Dumb statements will cause others to question your credibility in other areas. 16:38 Politics as marketing. How do you sell Dr. Pepper or Seven Up to a nation of cola drinkers? 20:10 Mike O'Laughlin is a pioneer in the use of web 2.0 to promote his business. The Irish Roots Cafe provides a lot of good stuff for anyone searching for their Irish ancestors. 21:34 Your favorite podcaster will lead a discussion at Podcamp Ireland on September 27. 22:27 If you know anything about Alpha Buckley who lived in Peru, IN back in the 1850's, I'd love to hear from you.

Episode 10

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:52:00 GMT

Welcome to Mining the Store, the podcast for small business owners who want to mine more gold from their businesses. This is Episode 10.

There's no "I" in podcast, so your comments are very important. You can leave a comment here on the show notes page. Or, you can email your comment to mike@miningthestore.com. If you'd like to leave an audio comment, you can attach an mp3 file to your email.

Skype users can leave an audio comment at mike.buckley3.

My Twitter ID is michaelbuckley and you can also find me on Friendfeed.

Mining the Store is a member of the blubrry podcast network, http://www.blubrry.com.

This time on Mining the Store

1:30 Thanks to the Podcast Sisters for the shout out.
1:57 Podcamp Ireland and the Podcamp Ireland Podcast
2:44 Changes at FaceBook and Del.icio.us
5:13 Putting a name with the voice: Bill Kennedy
7:10 Tacony Corporation and Baby Lock Tech
Hundreds of retailers descend on St. Louis to see the newest in high tech sewing products and to place big orders.
10:26 The trip. Your podcaster proves that people will spend money for the things they want.
10:42 The exchange rate. The dollar's getting stronger.
13:36 The Olympic brand.

Episode 9 Our First Remote

mike@miningthestore.com — Sat, 2 Aug 2008 22:44:00 GMT

Welcome to Mining the Store, the podcast for small business owners who want to mine more gold from their businesses. This is Episode 9.

There's no "I" in podcast, so your comments are very important. You can leave a comment here on the show notes page. Or, you can email your comment to mike@miningthestore.com. If you'd like to leave an audio comment, you can attach an mp3 file to your email.

Skype users can leave an audio comment at mike.buckley3.

My Twitter ID is michaelbuckley and you can also find me on Friendfeed.

Mining the Store is a member of the blubrry podcast network, http://www.blubrry.com.

This time on Mining the Store

:50 Me whining about being hot.
1:25 Call for comments
1:48 Help a Reporter Out
        You could be come famous or at least recognized for your expertise.
4:02 Would you fly an airline called Derrie-Air
        People respond to creative advertising, even when the company's made up. Thanks to Patrick Byers at the Responsible Marketing blog.
6:00 Mark Cuban's tax plan. You're going to like it.
7:34 Podcamp Ireland. I'm going to camp.
9:25 Common Craft, computer stuff for dummies.
10:32 The Podcast Sisters
         Krishna De
         Anna Farmery
         Heather Goringe

Episode 8

mike@miningthestore.com — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:00:00 GMT

Welcome to Mining the Store, the podcast for small business owners who want to mine more gold from their businesses. This is Episode 8.

There's no "I" in podcast, so your comments are very important. You can leave a comment here on the show notes page. Or, you can email your comment to mike@miningthestore.com. If you'd like to leave an audio comment, you can attach an mp3 file to your email.

Skype users can leave an audio comment at mike.buckley3.

My Twitter ID is michaelbuckley and you can also find me on Friendfeed.

Mining the Store is a member of the blubrry podcast network, http://www.blubrry.com.

This episode we focus on bad customer service. But first, notice our new blog page. We've moved the show notes page from our podcast host, Libsyn to WordPress. We hope you like the new look.

3:15 Poor customer service
4:25 Macy's fails to deliver.
8:20 Zoli Erdos and expired Milka chocolate from Belgian Chocolate Online.
13:21 A hospital drops the ball when it comes to looking out for the customer.
17:25 Conclusion. We have to put the customer first to survive.

Episode 7

Wed, 2 Jul 2008 16:40:00 GMT

Welcome to Mining the Store, the podcast for small business owners who want to mine more gold from their businesses. This is Episode 7.

There's no "I" in podcast, so your comments are very important. You can leave a comment here on the show notes page. Or, you can email your comment to mike@miningthestore.com. If you'd like to leave an audio comment, you can attach an mp3 file to your email.

Skype users can leave an audio comment at mike.buckley3.

My Twitter ID is michaelbuckley and you can also find me on Friendfeed.

Mining the Store is a member of the blubrry podcast network, http://www.blubrry.com.

Today we're going to take a look at inexpensive, but very effective, ways to promote your brand, both your personal brand and your business brand. We'll talk about ways to turn the dozens of random contacts you make every day into prospects for your business.

01:08 How many prospects have you talked to today? You may be surprised at the answer.
03:25 The value of gift certificates.
05:43 How to turn casual meetings into B to B sales.
06:41 Logo clothing is a conversation starter
07:56 So is a professionally produced name tag.
08:20 Say "cheese". Why you need a supply of good photos.
08:55 The "elevator speech"
12:10 Generation "Y", baby boomers, and social media

Helpful links:

Marketing Your Retail Store in the Internet Age by Bob and Susan Negen.
The Profitable Retailer by Doug Fleener and Patricia Luebke
Baby Lock Sewing Machines Dealer Locator
Elevator Speech Dos and Don'ts
The Perfect (Elevator) Pitch

Episode 6

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:19:00 GMT

Welcome to Mining the Store, the podcast for small business owners who want to mine more gold from their businesses. This is Episode 5.

There's no "I" in podcast, so your comments are very important. You can leave a comment here on the show notes page. Or, you can email your comment to mike@miningthestore.com. If you'd like to leave an audio comment, you can attach an mp3 file to your email.

Skype users can leave an audio comment at mike.buckley3.

Our music is called "Shenandoah" and it's by Larry Allen Brown from the Garage Band web site, find it here.

Mining the Store is a member of the blubrry podcast network, http://www.blubrry.com.

Happy Father's Day!

1:50 The long-awaited Firefox version 3.0 will be available this coming Tuesday, June 17. They hope to set a world record for the most copies of software downloaded in one day. The new version is said to be more secure, faster, and less of a memory hog. There are other new features as well.

4:17 LifeClever offers a list of ten free on-line photo editing applications. We tried one, Splashup, and it worked pretty well.

5:35 High gas prices, the economy, the Internet, and small business.

10:00 Question of the week. Do your loved ones take your on-line work seriously? If not, how do you deal with it? Let's talk about it.

More on Baby Boomers

Wed, 4 Jun 2008 14:02:00 GMT

As a follow-up to episode 5's discussion of baby boomers, here's a link to a post on the same topic from Mine Your Own Business.

Episode 5

Mon, 2 Jun 2008 04:38:00 GMT

Welcome to Mining the Store, the podcast for small business owners who want to mine more gold from their businesses. This is Episode 5.

There's no "I" in podcast, so your comments are very important. You can leave a comment here on the show notes page. Or, you can email your comment to mike@miningthestore.com. If you'd like to leave an audio comment, you can attach an mp3 file to your email.

Skype users can leave an audio comment at mike.buckley3.

Our music is called "Shenandoah" and it's by Larry Allen Brown from the Garage Band web site, find it here.

Mining the Store is a member of the blubrry podcast network, http://www.blubrry.com.

2:04   Harvey Korman
2:45   Missouri Department of Revenue--How not to do customer service.
6:57   78 million Baby boomers are a diverse group.
         US boomers range in age from 44 to 62
         They ARE on the internet
         44% of internet users age 50+ have broadband service
         They use the web for a variety of purposes.
         If you're not reaching out to boomers, you're missing business.
10:45 Contact me on Twitter and Facebook.
         http://twitter.com/michaelbuckley
11:16 Anna Farmery--Healthy Business Relationships
         http://www.theengagingbrand.typepad.com
12:23 More Anna--The Engaging Brand Episode 167, Joe Medina
         Brain Rules
13:12 Minor League Baseball, the Gateway Grizzlies, and good marketing.
16:34 Donna Papacosta--Adding time codes to show notes
         http://trafcom.typepad.com/blog/

Episode 4

mike@miningthestore.com — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:06:00 GMT

Welcome to Mining the Store, the podcast for small business owners who want to mine more gold from their businesses. This is Episode 4.

There's no "I" in podcast, so your comments are very important. You can leave a comment here on the show notes page. Or, you can email your comment to mike@miningthestore.com. If you'd like to leave an audio comment, you can attach an mp3 file to your email.

Skype users can leave an audio comment at mike.buckley3.

Our music is called "Shenandoah" and it's by Larry Allen Brown from the Garage Band web site, find it here.

Mining the Store is a member of the blubrry podcast network, http://www.blubrry.com.

We learn a valuable lesson in sales from a beer vendor at Busch Stadium.
On paying $7.95 for a beer and why you have to ask the right questions to find out your customer's real objection.
Why a mission statement is the critical first step in growing your business.
Why you won't see "get rich quick" ads on this page.

How important are small businesses to the U.S. economy?

Fri, 9 May 2008 11:19:00 GMT

Small firms:
â Represent 99.7 percent of all employer firms.
â Employ about half of all private sector employees.
â Pay more than 45 percent of total U.S. private payroll.
â Have generated 60 to 80 percent of net new jobs annually over the last decade.
â Create more than half of nonfarm private gross domestic product (GDP).
â Supplied 22.8 percent of the total value of federal prime contracts in FY 2006.
â Hire 40 percent of high tech workers (such as scientists, engineers, and computer
workers).
â Are 52 percent home-based and 2 percent franchises.
â Made up 97 percent of all identified exporters and produced 28.6 percent of the known
export value in FY 2004.
â Small innovative firms produce 13 times more patents per employee than large
patenting firms, and their patents are twice as likely as large firm patents to be among the
one percent most cited.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census; Advocacy-funded research by
Kathryn Kobe, 2007 (www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs299tot.pdf); Federal Procurement
Data System; Advocacy-funded research by CHI Research, 2003
(www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs225tot.pdf); U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Current Population Survey; U.S. Dept. of Commerce, International Trade
Administration.

Episode 3

mike@miningthestore.com — Fri, 2 May 2008 04:14:00 GMT

Welcome to Mining the Store, the podcast for small business owners who want to mine more gold from their businesses. This is Episode 3.

There's no "I" in podcast, so your comments are very important. You can leave a comment here on the show notes page. Or, you can email your comment to mike@miningthestore.com. If you'd like to leave an audio comment, you can attach an mp3 file to your email.

Skype users can leave an audio comment at mike.buckley3.

Our music is called "Shenandoah" and it's by Larry Allen Brown from the Garage Band web site, find it here.

Mining the Store is a member of the blubrry podcast network, http://www.blubrry.com.

According to my wife, I should lighten up, so welcome to Mining the Store Lite--half the fat and calories of our regular podcast with all the flavor.

Looking for great free software? Here are two "best of" links. PC Magazine's "Best Free Software" and CNET's "Webware 100".

Results of our field trip to Branson, MO, the "live entertainment capital of the United States."

Could your keyboard be 500 times dirtier than your toilet seat? The BBC says yes.

MTS finally gets into Twitter. It's a lot more than we thought it was.

Check out what I do at my day job at the Mine Your Own Business blog.

It's My Podcast and I'll Brag If I Want To

mike@miningthestore.com — Mon, 7 Apr 2008 19:47:00 GMT

When it comes to strenuous physical exercise, I can watch someone else do it all day. If that someone happens to be related, I'm definitely there.

Yesterday, son Tim completed the St. Louis Half Marathon (that's thirteen point one miles) in a time of 1:51:45. With gasoline at more than $3.00 per gallon, I'm lucky to drive 13.1 miles in under two hours.

Seriously, his mother and I are very proud of him. Through diet and exercise he has trimmed down and gotten himself into excellent shape. We've seen him running mile after mile during the sometimes brutal St. Louis winter to reach this point. Training to be a distance runner is a very lonely and solitary pass-time. It takes a tremendous amount of discipline to push yourself out the door in sub-freezing temperatures, often in the dark, to do the training necessary to compete in a spring long-distance race.

Oh, yeah. While he wasn't running, he's been doing the work necessary to receive his master's degree and to accept a teaching position at a local university.

To stay with the theme of Mining Your Own Business, persistence is one of the most important traits any entrepreneur can possess. Much like Tim's training, sometimes you have to push yourself out the door when you'd really rather go back to bed. But it's that extra effort that marks the difference between champions and the rest of us.

Episode 2

mike@miningthestore.com — Tue, 1 Apr 2008 03:54:00 GMT

Welcome to Mining the Store, the podcast for small business owners who want to mine more gold from their businesses. This is Episode 2, more of a mile stone than you might think. Only 98 to go to reach 100!

There's no "I" in podcast, so your comments are very important. You can leave a comment here on the show notes page. Or, you can email your comment to mike@miningthestore.com. If you'd like to leave an audio comment, you can attach an mp3 file to your email.

Skype users can leave an audio comment at mike.buckley3.

Our music is called "Shenandoah" and it's by Larry Allen Brown from the Garage Band web site, find it here.

Mining the Store is a member of the blubrry podcast network, http://www.blubrry.com.

The Shane Company

Blendtec--Makers of the Total Blender

Show notes:

A review of Joseph Jaffe's latest book, Join the Conversation--How to Engage Marketing-Weary Consumers with the Power of Community, Dialog, and Partnership.

Links:

Ark Building for Dummies--No link. I made it up. It hasn't rained 40 days and 40 nights......yet.

Join the ConversationpHow to Engage Marketing-Weary Consumers with the Power of Community, Dialog, and Partnership

Jaffe Juice, the blog and podcast

My review of JTC on Amazon.com

Episode 1

mike@miningthestore.com — Sun, 9 Mar 2008 17:44:00 GMT

Welcome to Mining the Store, the podcast for small business owners who want to mine more gold from their businesses. This is Episode 1, our first official program.

There's no "I" in podcast, so your comments are very important. You can leave a comment here on the show notes page. Or, you can email your comment to mike@miningthestore.com. If you'd like to leave an audio comment, you can attach an mp3 file to your email.

Skype users can leave an audio comment at mike.buckley3.

Our music is called "Shenandoah" and it's by Larry Allen Brown from the Garage Band web site, http://www.garageband.com/song?%7Cpe1%7CS8LTM0LdsaSlZFO_ZGE.

Mining the Store is a member of the blubrry podcast network, http://www.blubrry.com.

Show notes:

Backup and Save--Don't do as I say, do as I do. Save your work regularly and whatever you do, backup your files and store the backup media away in a location away from your computer. Mine Your Own Business is the Tacony Corporation blog.

MyMoney.gov
Here's something free from your favorite uncle, Uncle Sam. Good consumer advice available by mail or download.

Keith Burtis' Magic Woodworks
Keith used the power of social media to sell out of his hand turned wooden bowls and earn enough money to pay off his fiancee's engagement ring, just in time to pop the question at Podcamp Toronto.

Joseph Jaffee is a social media guru, and author of Join the Conversation.

Kappy's Department Store--My first job (at age 14) introduced me to the best retailer I've ever known. And he didn't even own a computer. Social media tools are just that---tools. Don't let the tool get in the way of the conversation.

Episode 0 2/7/08

mike@miningthestore.com — Fri, 8 Feb 2008 03:14:00 GMT

Welcome to the Mining the Store podcast, episode 0.

Links:

Our music is Shenandoah by Larry Allen Brown, from the Garage Band web site. http://www.garageband.com/song?%7Cpe1%7CS8LTM0LdsaSlZFO_ZGE

Mine Your Own Business, the Tacony Corporation blog. http://www.tacony.com/myob.

Squidoo. http://www.squidoo.com

LinkedIn. http://www.linkedin.com

Facebook. http://www.facebook.com

MyRagan. http://www.myragan.com

Del. icio.us. http://www.del.icio.us.

Second Life. http://www.secondlife.com.

StumbleUpon. http://www.stumbleupon.com.

Digg. http://www.digg.com.

Google Alerts. http://www.google.com/alerts