{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"BrandKamp Podcast","home_page_url":"https://www.brandkamppodcast.com","feed_url":"https://www.brandkamppodcast.com/json","description":"Pull up a log, gather round the campfire, and get ready to hear from some of the best & brightest business owners in the world. It’s the _**Masters of the Business Universe**_ series at BrandKamp.\r\n\r\nCome along, camp out with us, and learn from business owners who are incredibly skilled and successful at what they do, as they share their secrets of how they did it.","_fireside":{"pubdate":"2020-11-04T05:00:00.000-05:00","explicit":false,"owner":"BrandsFormation","image":"https://assets.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images/podcasts/images/6/60378698-fa6a-4a16-99fc-fdfb2b29d231/cover.jpg?v=6"},"items":[{"id":"8fa73dde-70ba-4b9d-9659-5d25651b2aa0","title":"112: How to Grow from AM Radio to the #1 Privately-Owned Radio Group in America","url":"https://www.brandkamppodcast.com/112","content_text":"Pull up a log, gather around the BrandKamp campfire and get ready to hear from another Masters of the Business Universe. These are real-life business success stories that we can all learn valuable lessons from.\n\nIn this episode, our host Chuck Mefford chats with Duke Wright. He walks us through how he went from a Polka Band and a tiny AM radio station to owning the #1 Family/Privately Owned Broadcasting Group in America! ","content_html":"

Pull up a log, gather around the BrandKamp campfire and get ready to hear from another Masters of the Business Universe. These are real-life business success stories that we can all learn valuable lessons from.

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In this episode, our host Chuck Mefford chats with Duke Wright. He walks us through how he went from a Polka Band and a tiny AM radio station to owning the #1 Family/Privately Owned Broadcasting Group in America!

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Pull up a log, gather around the BrandKamp campfire and get ready to hear from another Masters of the Business Universe. These are real-life business success stories that we can all learn valuable lessons from.

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In this episode, our host Chuck Mefford chats with Ron Stone. Ron graduated from East Carolina University and went straight into accounting. He soon went from CPA to head of an entire broadcast group. He took the worst station in the market and brought it up to #1, and now he is the king of radio turn around!

","summary":"Interview w/ Ron Stone CEO of Adams Radio Group","date_published":"2020-09-29T23:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/60378698-fa6a-4a16-99fc-fdfb2b29d231/3a8ed576-d777-4cff-8603-ca1e250d2624.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":65118432,"duration_in_seconds":2350}]},{"id":"3e370f18-618f-4244-8ead-3fca7e57e3b5","title":"110: Become the Coolest Hardware Store on the Planet","url":"https://www.brandkamppodcast.com/110","content_text":"Pull up a log, gather around the BrandKamp campfire and get ready to hear from another Masters of the Business Universe. These are real-life business success stories that we can all learn valuable lessons from.\n\nIn this episode, our host Chuck Mefford chats with Cris and John Hinkle. They tell us how they got to Joplin, through Texas, with many life experiences to become the coolest hardware store on the planet!","content_html":"

Pull up a log, gather around the BrandKamp campfire and get ready to hear from another Masters of the Business Universe. These are real-life business success stories that we can all learn valuable lessons from.

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In this episode, our host Chuck Mefford chats with Cris and John Hinkle. They tell us how they got to Joplin, through Texas, with many life experiences to become the coolest hardware store on the planet!

","summary":"Interview w/ Cris and John Hinkle of Hinkle's Hardware","date_published":"2020-08-18T05:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/60378698-fa6a-4a16-99fc-fdfb2b29d231/3e370f18-618f-4244-8ead-3fca7e57e3b5.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":65286389,"duration_in_seconds":2415}]},{"id":"82e1f6c5-2ecd-4001-b6ff-a91dac65acbf","title":"109: How to Put a Family Owned Broadcast Business on Steroids","url":"https://www.brandkamppodcast.com/109","content_text":"Pull up a log, gather around the BrandKamp campfire and get ready to hear from another Masters of the Business Universe. These are real-life business success stories that we can all learn valuable lessons from.\n\nIn this episode, our host Chuck Mefford chats with Don and John Zimmer. They tell us all the secret tools they use for advertising and how they worked hard to be a 50-year overnight success! Learn how they get 80% of their business in large 52-week contracts with their valued customers.","content_html":"

Pull up a log, gather around the BrandKamp campfire and get ready to hear from another Masters of the Business Universe. These are real-life business success stories that we can all learn valuable lessons from.

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In this episode, our host Chuck Mefford chats with Don and John Zimmer. They tell us all the secret tools they use for advertising and how they worked hard to be a 50-year overnight success! Learn how they get 80% of their business in large 52-week contracts with their valued customers.

","summary":"Interview w/ Don and John Zimmer of Zimmer Communications","date_published":"2020-07-28T05:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/60378698-fa6a-4a16-99fc-fdfb2b29d231/82e1f6c5-2ecd-4001-b6ff-a91dac65acbf.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":58560830,"duration_in_seconds":1993}]},{"id":"cc2a1574-a3d6-4c61-b6a4-eb7a05fc992d","title":"108: From Ground Zero to One of the Largest Dental Practices in the Midwest with Advertising ","url":"https://www.brandkamppodcast.com/108","content_text":"Pull up a log, gather around the BrandKamp campfire and get ready to hear from another Masters of the Business Universe. These are real-life business success stories that we can all learn valuable lessons from.\n\nIn this episode, our host Chuck Mefford chats with Terry Cowgill. He knew he would become a dentist from a very young age. Growing up, Cowgill's father was a dentist, so he spent most of his young life working with him at the office. He takes us on a journey of how he put his faith and effort into marketing and built his business from the ground up.","content_html":"

Pull up a log, gather around the BrandKamp campfire and get ready to hear from another Masters of the Business Universe. These are real-life business success stories that we can all learn valuable lessons from.

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In this episode, our host Chuck Mefford chats with Terry Cowgill. He knew he would become a dentist from a very young age. Growing up, Cowgill's father was a dentist, so he spent most of his young life working with him at the office. He takes us on a journey of how he put his faith and effort into marketing and built his business from the ground up.

","summary":"Interview w/ Terry Cowgill","date_published":"2020-07-23T11:30:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/60378698-fa6a-4a16-99fc-fdfb2b29d231/cc2a1574-a3d6-4c61-b6a4-eb7a05fc992d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":63112405,"duration_in_seconds":2090}]},{"id":"f7f5ea3e-00d4-444b-b35c-bdf5f90a7fe2","title":"107: How Do You Become a Millionaire Selling Pizzas?","url":"https://www.brandkamppodcast.com/107","content_text":"Pull up a log, gather around the BrandKamp campfire and get ready to hear from another Masters of the Business Universe. These are real-life business success stories that we can all learn valuable lessons from.\n\nIn this episode, our host Chuck Mefford chats with Kerry Peterson. He can see flavors like a composer can see music. He took a bread recipe and started one of the most dominant pizza joints in the midwest. He takes us on the journey of how his slogan came to be. How he was able to take his prices from cheap pizza to premium pizza, and most importantly, how he used the BrandKamp system to up his sales to over 5 million dollars in one year by selling pizzas.","content_html":"

Pull up a log, gather around the BrandKamp campfire and get ready to hear from another Masters of the Business Universe. These are real-life business success stories that we can all learn valuable lessons from.

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In this episode, our host Chuck Mefford chats with Kerry Peterson. He can see flavors like a composer can see music. He took a bread recipe and started one of the most dominant pizza joints in the midwest. He takes us on the journey of how his slogan came to be. How he was able to take his prices from cheap pizza to premium pizza, and most importantly, how he used the BrandKamp system to up his sales to over 5 million dollars in one year by selling pizzas.

","summary":"Interview w/ Kerry Peterson of NorthernLights Pizza","date_published":"2020-06-16T04:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/60378698-fa6a-4a16-99fc-fdfb2b29d231/f7f5ea3e-00d4-444b-b35c-bdf5f90a7fe2.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":63778018,"duration_in_seconds":2007}]},{"id":"5d4319d5eee1090001721fc1:5df3eac04e483376a7393136:5e9f1362906bfb52209882f2","title":"106: How Does a Newspaper Reporter End Up Owning One of the Top Research Companies in the Country?","url":"https://www.brandkamppodcast.com/106","content_text":"Pull up a log, gather around the BrandKamp campfire and get ready to hear from another Masters of the Business Universe. These are real-life business success stories that we can all learn valuable lessons from.\n\nIn this episode, our host Chuck Mefford chats with Gordon Borrell. He started in the newspaper business, and as mainstream media began to shift, he was at the front of the pack. He not only was building websites in the early days of the internet but also started the first website for a TV network in the '90s.","content_html":"

Pull up a log, gather around the BrandKamp campfire and get ready to hear from another Masters of the Business Universe. These are real-life business success stories that we can all learn valuable lessons from.

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In this episode, our host Chuck Mefford chats with Gordon Borrell. He started in the newspaper business, and as mainstream media began to shift, he was at the front of the pack. He not only was building websites in the early days of the internet but also started the first website for a TV network in the '90s.

","summary":" Interview w/ Gordon Borrell","date_published":"2020-04-21T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/60378698-fa6a-4a16-99fc-fdfb2b29d231/40d2af45-c98a-40b7-bb82-6bd349d7420c.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":57667312,"duration_in_seconds":2883}]},{"id":"5d4319d5eee1090001721fc1:5df3eac04e483376a7393136:5e7ccfe98de73428c728f329","title":"105: How Do You 3x the Assets of a Credit Union in 10 Years?","url":"https://www.brandkamppodcast.com/105","content_text":"Pull up a log, gather around the BrandKamp campfire and get ready to hear from another Masters of the Business Universe. These are real-life business success stories that we can all learn valuable lessons from.\n\nIn this episode, our host Chuck Mefford chats with Bruce Zmolek. We dive deep into how he became the president of Firefighters Credit Union. Most importantly, we learn how he tripled the assets of a credit union by selling trust and hope to his customers!","content_html":"

Pull up a log, gather around the BrandKamp campfire and get ready to hear from another Masters of the Business Universe. These are real-life business success stories that we can all learn valuable lessons from.

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In this episode, our host Chuck Mefford chats with Bruce Zmolek. We dive deep into how he became the president of Firefighters Credit Union. Most importantly, we learn how he tripled the assets of a credit union by selling trust and hope to his customers!

","summary":" Interview w/ Money Man Bruce Zmolek","date_published":"2020-03-26T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/60378698-fa6a-4a16-99fc-fdfb2b29d231/510d8311-2bfc-463e-8ac1-1e220ff94d34.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":50597532,"duration_in_seconds":2529}]},{"id":"5d4319d5eee1090001721fc1:5df3eac04e483376a7393136:5e61830bf11f6b3cb9716e5d","title":"104: How Does a Small Law Firm Become One of the Biggest and Best in Central Minnesota?","url":"https://www.brandkamppodcast.com/104","content_text":"Pull up a log, gather around the BrandKamp campfire and get ready to hear from another Masters of the Business Universe. These are real-life business success stories that we can all learn valuable lessons from.\n\nIn this episode, our host Chuck Mefford chats with Michael A Bryant. He started as a hockey goalie until he decided to go to law school, taking night classes. It’s a great story. Learn the biggest mistakes you can make as a lawyer and how to dominate any town and become the #1 top of the mind law firm.","content_html":"

Pull up a log, gather around the BrandKamp campfire and get ready to hear from another Masters of the Business Universe. These are real-life business success stories that we can all learn valuable lessons from.

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In this episode, our host Chuck Mefford chats with Michael A Bryant. He started as a hockey goalie until he decided to go to law school, taking night classes. It’s a great story. Learn the biggest mistakes you can make as a lawyer and how to dominate any town and become the #1 top of the mind law firm.

","summary":"Interview w/ Super Lawyer Michael A Bryant","date_published":"2020-03-05T18:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/60378698-fa6a-4a16-99fc-fdfb2b29d231/b977f39b-1fbc-4529-aeab-996083f489cc.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":36947508,"duration_in_seconds":1847}]},{"id":"5d4319d5eee1090001721fc1:5df3eac04e483376a7393136:5e2a002d83e9c52fc87b0bb3","title":"103: How Does a Former DJ Build a Multi-Million Dollar Book Empire?","url":"https://www.brandkamppodcast.com/103","content_text":"Pull up a log, gather around the BrandKamp campfire and get ready to hear from another Masters of the Business Universe. These are real-life business success stories that we can all learn valuable lessons from.\n\nIn this episode, our host Chuck Mefford chats with Johnathan Rand. He is a college dropout turned radio DJ then became a horror novelist. Most authors make a fatal mistake thinking it's easy to be a writer. It takes time, self-discipline, and failure to become a best selling author. With his hard work ethic, he wrote 110 books and has sold 7 million copies.","content_html":"

Pull up a log, gather around the BrandKamp campfire and get ready to hear from another Masters of the Business Universe. These are real-life business success stories that we can all learn valuable lessons from.

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In this episode, our host Chuck Mefford chats with Johnathan Rand. He is a college dropout turned radio DJ then became a horror novelist. Most authors make a fatal mistake thinking it's easy to be a writer. It takes time, self-discipline, and failure to become a best selling author. With his hard work ethic, he wrote 110 books and has sold 7 million copies.

","summary":"Interview w/ Author Johnathan Rand ","date_published":"2020-01-27T09:30:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/60378698-fa6a-4a16-99fc-fdfb2b29d231/d8cebe11-28a9-49e3-aa8a-cc9bf126e75d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":46817614,"duration_in_seconds":2340}]},{"id":"5d4319d5eee1090001721fc1:5df3eac04e483376a7393136:5e29f77ecdcdf2247d8c7595","title":"102: How Do You Grow a Business from Nothing, to Over $7 Million a Year?","url":"https://www.brandkamppodcast.com/102","content_text":"Pull up a log, gather around the BrandKamp campfire and get ready to hear from another Masters of the Business Universe. These are real-life business success stories that we can all learn valuable lessons from.\n\nIn this episode, our host Chuck Mefford chats with Steve Hotsenpiller of Steve's Pest Control, Inc. We learn how he became one of the largest family-owned pest control companies in the country. Get the secrets of how you go from a Camero and a spray can to 58 work trucks.","content_html":"

Pull up a log, gather around the BrandKamp campfire and get ready to hear from another Masters of the Business Universe. These are real-life business success stories that we can all learn valuable lessons from.

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In this episode, our host Chuck Mefford chats with Steve Hotsenpiller of Steve's Pest Control, Inc. We learn how he became one of the largest family-owned pest control companies in the country. Get the secrets of how you go from a Camero and a spray can to 58 work trucks.

","summary":"Interview w/ Steve of Steve's Pest Control, Inc.","date_published":"2020-01-23T14:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/60378698-fa6a-4a16-99fc-fdfb2b29d231/9587fb8d-3e5d-48b5-a549-ddc0c514d2b6.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":57257712,"duration_in_seconds":2862}]},{"id":"5d4319d5eee1090001721fc1:5df3eac04e483376a7393136:5df3eb05bb72483f9d9a74e0","title":"101: How a Kitchen Business Grew From 2 to 4 Million - In Less Than 3 Years","url":"https://www.brandkamppodcast.com/101","content_text":"Pull up a log, gather around the BrandKamp campfire and get ready to hear from another Masters of the Business Universe. These are real-life business success stories that we can all learn valuable lessons from.\n\nIn this episode, our host Chuck Mefford chats with Brad Schrock of Kitchenland USA on his Amish upbringing and how his business began. Most importantly, we learn how he doubled his sales from 2 million to 4 million in less than three years","content_html":"

Pull up a log, gather around the BrandKamp campfire and get ready to hear from another Masters of the Business Universe. These are real-life business success stories that we can all learn valuable lessons from.

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In this episode, our host Chuck Mefford chats with Brad Schrock of Kitchenland USA on his Amish upbringing and how his business began. Most importantly, we learn how he doubled his sales from 2 million to 4 million in less than three years

","summary":"Interview w/ Brad Schrock of Kitchenland USA","date_published":"2019-12-13T15:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/60378698-fa6a-4a16-99fc-fdfb2b29d231/7146e781-e35a-484b-b81c-6173482f4554.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":59365271,"duration_in_seconds":2968}]}]}