SPM #93: It’s Not All Sunshine & Rainbows w/Tony Gemignani

  What’s it really Like To Build A Pizzeria Business w/ Tony Gemignani If you’ve been in the pizza industry for any length of time, attended the Pizza Expo or have read PMQ Pizza Magazine then you are very familiar with my guest today.  Tony Gemignani is a successful restauranteur and “Pizziola.”  On this show, we … Read more

SPM #90: John Arena of Metro Pizza

John Arena of Metro Pizza Las Vegas Owning 5 locations with 2 more that are licensed out is no easy feet. John from Metro Pizza joins me to chat about what it’s like through the years of growing this business. Having operated for many years and also teaching a class about operating a pizzeria business at a … Read more

SPM #73: Motivating and Business Building

Building a Pizza Franchise  Way back in episode 15 of the Smart Pizza Marketing show I interviewed Michael Lamarca of Master Pizza. Since then Michael and I have had many conversations about doing another show and talking about the process of building a franchise. Michael isn’t with us on this episode but his President is! … Read more

SPM Live: What To Do After Hiring- The Training Episode

Training Your Staff For Success So every Monday night over on Blab (for now at least) we have SPM Live. We talk about a particular topic for about 30-45 minutes then after we hang out and answer questions from the live audience. Next weeks may be on a google hangout ;).  A few weeks ago … Read more

Replay: SPM Live HR Rountable (Ideas for employee retention)

Getting Clear on Your Vision For Your Business, Staff and Yourself For this weeks live we talked all about creating a vision for not only your business, but for yourself and your staff. The problem many have in the restaurant business is finding and training good help.. or so they think.  Being a clear communicator … Read more