Curiosity and Storytelling | Business Coaching Call with David Meltzer | DH055
Lessons are best taught by stories. As humans, we learn best by hearing — and making sense of — stories that resonate with us. It helps to better understand a confusing world to hear a narrative with a moral. On this special episode of the Digital Hospitality podcast, we bring you inside another of Shawn […]
Social Media Helps You Be a Better Leader | Bulgarian Mayor Pavel Gudzherov
When it comes to mainstream media in an election year, social media gets a bad rap in regard to politics and leadership. But maybe it’s not always that way. On the other side of the world from San Diego, Bulgarian Mayor Pavel Gudzherov is making the most of modern media tools to show progress, engage […]
SLAM DIEGO! Padres Inspires Creative Food and Drink Menu Items in San Diego
The Friar Faithful are so devoted to their San Diego Padres that team-inspired food and drink options are now available in town, including Cali BBQ’s own SLAM DIEGO cocktail, a Mango Machado IPA, and even El Niño pizza. NBC7 News and Lauren Coronado reported on our Slam Diego Fishbowl Cocktail To Go at Cali BBQ, […]
The ‘Four Ps’ of Content Creation: Plan, Produce, Publish, Promote | Stover Harger III (Cali BBQ Media) | DH051
Stover E. Harger III is telling brand stories — and so should you. To be successful at anything, you have to know your “Why.” For Stover Harger III, content publisher and digital strategist for Cali BBQ Media (and producer of this very podcast Digital Hospitality), his “Why” as a content creator has always been simple: […]
Repurposing Content to Build Online Communities | Business Coaching Call with David Meltzer | DH050
Be featured on the Digital Hospitality podcast. All you have to do is send us your best business strategies, tech tips, and other info to us podcast@calibbq.media. Cali BBQ Media strives to help small businesses survive — and thrive — in 2020 and beyond. Visit https://calibbq.media online to learn more about our business and lives. Digital Hospitality | […]
Digital Strategy and Tips To Help Restaurants Thrive in Tough Times
As restaurants and other businesses struggle through difficult times during the pandemic, an emphasis on digital growth and online hospitality can help them survive — and even profit. Cali BBQ owner/operator Shawn Walchef and Sydney Lynn from Restaurant Solutions, Inc. were guests on ABC News10 in San Diego to talk about the state of restaurants […]
Become the Martha Stewart of Your Industry | Daina Falk (Hungry Fan) | DH046
Martha Stewart and Michael Jordan. You won’t find two individuals with stronger brands than them, but you’ll only find one individual pulling inspiration from them in equal parts. Meet Daina Falk, CEO and Founder of Hungry Fan. As an entrepreneur with a bestselling cookbook and many more accolades to her name, Daina Falk found motivation […]
Becoming a Digital Media Machine | Aaron David Roberts (Rising Tides Creative) | DH045
How does a business become a media company? One of the first steps is by hiring a creative team to help you turn your life into digital content. In 2019, Aaron David Roberts, the president and founder of Rising Tides Creative, was called upon by restaurant owner and podcast host Shawn Walchef to help him and […]
Local Business Podcast talks Digital Hospitality with Shawn Walchef
Loyal listeners of the Digital Hospitality Podcast had the recent pleasure of hearing marketing mastermind Bruce Irving talk pizza, pivoting and podcasting on the Cali BBQ Media podcast in July 2020. Podcast host and Cali BBQ owner Shawn Walchef also hopped on Bruce Irving’s Local Business Podcast to discuss why every owner should dive into […]
How to Avoid Burnout with Scaling Systems and Personalized Automation | Ravi Abuvala | DH044
Ravi Abuvala has a challenge for any aspiring entrepreneur, but only if you choose to accept. “If you’re saying that you don’t have the time to build a personal brand, actually clock how much time you’re looking at other people’s personal brands,” Ravi Abuvala said. “Clock how much time that you’re on Instagram, you’re on […]