Time to Thrive - Marketing Strategies For Small Business

Updated: 28 Jul 2025 • 92 episodes
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Tactical and practical marketing ideas, strategies and resources for small business owners and entrepreneurs. Bethany Meadows has been the president of Vertical Solutions Media for the past 16 years. Vertical Solutions Media is a full-service marketing agency located in Birmingham, Alabama. They specialize in brand development, content marketing and growth strategies. Get out of survival mode! It's your TIME TO THRIVE! Learn more about free resources, marketing training and strategy coaching for business owners at www.TimeToThriveInBusiness.com

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Racheal Cook 28 Jul 2025 • EN

The Life-First Business Revolution (Racheal Cook)

Is hustle culture burning you out? In this empowering episode of Time to Thrive, Bethany Meadows sits down with business strategist and CEO Collective founder, Racheal Cook, to challenge the traditional model of entrepreneurship. Racheal shares her revolutionary approach to building a life-first business—one that prior

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What if the key to stronger marketing isn’t more automation—but more human connection? In this episode of Time to Thrive, we sit down with Casey Cheshire—Marine veteran, marketing automation expert, and host of over 500 podcast interviews. As the founder of Ringmaster Conversational Marketing and author of Marketing Au

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What happens when you combine military precision with entrepreneurial heart? You get Walter and Tasha Carter—co-founders of Maximize Growth and a dynamic husband-and-wife duo helping organizations elevate their leadership, communication, and team performance. In this episode of Time to Thrive, we explore the most commo

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What does it take to go from life-threatening trauma to thriving entrepreneur? In this powerful episode of Time to Thrive, host Bethany Meadows sits down with Nick Prefontaine—top motivational speaker, 3x best-selling author, and founder of Common Goal. At just 14 years old, Nick suffered a devastating snowboarding acc

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In today’s polarized world, consumer decisions are influenced by more than just price and quality—values and worldview play a major role. In this episode, we sit down with Chris Peterson, author of Red & Blue Customers and co-founder of LifeMind, to explore how small business owners can refine their marketing strategie

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Want to start a side hustle but not sure where to begin? In this episode of Time to Thrive, host Bethany Meadows sits down with Nick Loper, founder of Side Hustle Nation, to share practical strategies for launching and growing a successful side hustle. ✅ Low-risk side hustles you can start while keeping your full-time

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