Brand Building in a New Era | Shawn Walchef on The Cantore Show | DH063

At Cali BBQ we learned early on that to get people to care about us, we had to reach out to them online. Veteran broadcaster and notable San Diego media personality Chris Cantore (our former podcast guest) featured our Cali BBQ Media story on his The Cantore Show podcast. Recording in his surf hut studio, […]
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: […]
In Just 5 Minutes a Day Find Success With Proactive Sales | Alex Goldfayn (Author) | DH047

Alex Goldfayn only needs 5 minutes of your time. As Alex Goldfayn, best-selling author and the brain behind the “5-Minute Selling” sales system, discusses on the Digital Hospitality podcast that old-fashioned communication method of the proactive phone call still may be the best. Especially in 2020. The heart of the Digital Hospitality thesis comes from serving […]
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 […]
The Evolution of Restaurants is Digital | Walchef on Cantore

To thrive in the modern world, Cali BBQ had to become a digital restaurant. “We learned early on that nobody gave a shit about us,” Cali BBQ owner Shawn Walchef says bluntly on a June 2020 visit to The Cantore Show podcast. “We learned that if we wanted to get people to care about us, […]
Hanging with Cantore in the Surf Hut | Shawn Walchef on The Cantore Show

When we opened up Cali BBQ in 2008, I never dreamed that twelve years later I would have so many close friends in media. Podcasting with the legendary Chris Cantore of Yew Online from his converted surf hut and talking about our Cali BBQ Media journey is something I will never forget. Hopefully you enjoy the […]
Getting Started Guide: Essential Podcast Equipment

Essential Podcast Equipment When Getting Started OK – so you want to start a podcast of your own but have no clue what equipment you need to get started. NO WORRIES! Let me help you out. Below is the list of items that we started out with on our podcast. Please keep in mind that […]