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Ask Christina First
by Amazing Women and Men Of Power
Ask Christina First hosted by Christina L. Suter an Amazing Women and Men Of Power show production powered by Raven International. Join us each week for business news, amazing content and have your questions answered as well as get tips about small business management skills and special guest speakers on a variety of business topics. After more than 10 years as a small business coach, experienced business owner Christina Suter is ready to share her knowledge and experience with you. To find out more about or to book a free one on one strategy session - contact her directly [email protected]
Episodes
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Steps to Introduce Your Customer to Your Brand
In this episode of Ask Christina 1st we get into the topic of branding. In reality branding is the totality of who you are. How you handle each element of business is an overall result of you, which is your brand. In the elements of business, each aspect is a vital source for the functionality of...
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How to Differentiate Yourself From Your Market
In this episode of Ask Christina 1st, we dig into how to differentiate yourself from your market. The three main suggestions are you are already doing it, your nature and your own bias and lastly company culture. All three of these embody the totality of who you are which create your business.…
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Grassroots Networking
In this episode of Ask Christina 1st, we dive into the meaning of grass roots networking and why this is a major part in becoming a trusted expert in your field. Networking and marketing can be distributed in many forms like social media and advertising, however there are other ways to truly...
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Marketing Materials Are a Necessity
What do you do for marketing your business? What materials do you invest in that help you get the word out? In this episode of Ask Christina First, we again focus on marketing as marketing is a necessity if you want to continue running your business. There are different ways that you can market...
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Marketing- You Need to Be Found
Are you a small business owner that shies away from marketing? Do you feel like marketing to any capacity is salesy? This mindset can actually negatively affect your business. Of the 4 cornerstones to running a business, marketing is one of the most important. The term marketing gets a bad rap...
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Good Hearted Business Owner & Customer Service
In this episode of Ask Christina 1st, Christina focuses on being the good hearted business owner and how it affects your customer service. Sometimes in being a good hearted business owner, pricing your product properly to include time spent on customer service may be overlooked. Determining if...
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Customer Service & Urgency
In this episode of Ask Christina First, we learn how to deal with customer emergencies and why adding time into your daily schedule is necessary in order to handle these emergencies as they come in. A major first step is understanding and accepting that emergencies happen and will happen on a…
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Good Hearted Business Owner & Systemic Systems
In this episode of Ask Christina first, we explore both the pros and cons of being a good hearted business owner and how that can affect your systemic systems. The past few episodes have been on systems, but Christina focuses more on why as a good hearted business owner, those systems are...
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Peter Senge Systemic Systems P1
In this episode, Christina continues with Systemic Systems giving us the background on Peter Senege who was responsible for bringing the concept of systemic systems to the forefront in his book “The 5th Discipline” published in 1990. The core design of systemic systems boils down to culture and…
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Urgent vs Important
In this episode of Ask Christina 1st, we dive into the importance of Urgent vs Important. As we know all successful business have a good handle on what we call time management. However things arise daily that may through a wrench in that well thought out daily schedule that may require our...
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Good Hearted Business Owner and Time Management
Are you a good hearted business owner that shys away from time management? In this episode Christina directs her attention to the good hearted business owner and talks about why a time management system is better suited for you. Time management can be daunting to start if you feel as though the...
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Your Clients Emergencies Are Not Yours
In this episode of Ask Christina 1st, we talk about client emergencies and how they affect how you run your business. Can you ever remember a time where your client made you feel frantic and out of control? Well that happens when we fall into the trap of allowing our clients emergencies to become...
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Systemic Systems & Why Do I Care Pt. 2
In this episode of Systemic Systems Why Do I Care Part 2, Christina takes us even further with pointing out how to determine if your current systems are effective in regards to your business and overall performance. Every morsel of what you handle in and with your business is a system. From how…
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Systemic Systems & Why Do I Care Pt. 1
In this episode of Ask Christina 1st, she takes us on a journey through the system of the manufacturer and the distributor and how that process and relationship is a prime example of a systemic system. Successful systems require successful habits that allow for proper tracking and monitoring. A...
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Time Management: Project Delegation and Freedom & Due Date
In this episode of Ask Christina First, we explore how to delegate and the steps you can take to make that transition. When your small business grows, there are tasks and projects that will require outside input regardless if you are capable of doing them yourself. This can be a difficult...
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What to Delegate & What to Keep
In this episode of Ask Christina First, we explore how to delegate and the steps you can take to make that transition. When your small business grows, there are tasks and projects that will require outside input regardless if you are capable of doing them yourself. This can be a difficult...
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Implementing a Time Management System Pt. 2B
During our last leg of Christina’s Time Management series, we end with understanding the importance of shared systems and project delegation. When running a business, one of your greatest assets will be how well you communicate with your employees. As the owner of the company, it is your...
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Implementing a Time Management System Pt. 2A
We are back at it with Implementing a Time Management System. As time management continues to be a very important topic for Christina, we continue the conversation around getting things done. Whether you're running a small business or running a household, tasks are inevitable and getting them…
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Implementing a Time Management System Pt. 1B
In this episode of Implementing a Time Management System Pt. 1B, Christina finally gets us to a point where we understand the concept of time management. In this show each system is broken down even further with an emphasis on action and what that means for either a task or project. Each project...
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Implementing a Time Management System Pt. 1A
Implementing Time Management Systems Pt. 1A brings us to a place of understanding time management and how each category requires a system. In Time Management Now, Christina talks about the importance of time management and the different sectors associated with it. In this show we go even further...
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Time Management Now
In this episode of Ask Christina 1st, we get a big lesson on time management, which is more than a vital part of everyone's life regardless if you're an entrepreneur, agent, parent, coach, runner, etc… Time Management Now takes us to the part where immediate results directly reflect our...
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Inventory Management: More Than FIFO
In this episode of Ask Christina 1st, Christina helps us clean up our inventory to find out what we have, what we need to get rid of and how. For small business owners that have inventory, a great place to start is finding out what it is you're selling the most of and what you're selling the...
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Do You Really Know What Your Product is?
Today Christina talks about a very important question and that is do you really know what your product is? For those of you that do, congratulations, but for those who don’t, here are some ways to help you define what that might be. The first step in discovering what your product is is to...
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Marketing: Defining a Clear Product
In this episode of Ask Christina 1st, defining a clear product is the goal. How do your clients understand the process of your product? Christina asks us to take out a piece of paper and a pencil so that, with clarity, we can begin to define the steps we use to get our clients to understand what...
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All Systems Overview
In this episode of Ask Christina 1st, Christina opens us up to all systems overview. Systems are the ways in which each part of your business functions. They also can go down on a scale of how well you are implementing these systems in your business and how you can improve them over time. Similar...
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9 Core Business Elements & How Essential They Are
In this episode of Ask Christina 1st, we talk about the 9 Core Elements and How Essential they are for small business owners. Starting off with product, customer service and systems we learn the key elements for each one and how to garnish all we can from them. The 9 elements are key components…
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Spiritual Principles in Business Pt. 4&5 Customer Service & Team Management
In this episode of Ask Christina 1st, Christina continues with her spiritual principles in Business series. This show focuses on customer service and team management. Implementing your spiritual practices in these two forms of business can help in tremendous ways by bringing forth clarity…
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Spiritual Principles In Business & Marketing
In this episode of Ask Christina 1st, Christina shares her insight on what it means to incorporate spiritual practices into your business. As a firm believer in doing your business that is your purpose, Christina forces us to dig inside why we hesitate to market ourselves. Drawing on experiences…
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Spiritual Principles in Business: Leadership & Cash Flow
In this episode of Ask Christina 1st, Christina encourages us to rethink how we spend time on our leadership skills and also our Cash Flow. As a small business owner, you hold the responsibility of making sure your employee’s and yourself are in a good space. Christina talks about us walking into...
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Spotting Customer Trends in Your Business
Who are your customers and how do you keep track of them? Discovering what’s trending about your customers can help you better understand what your customers need. The three trends you need to pay attention to are who are your best customers, what are your customers buying more of and how do you...
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Identifying Trends in Your Industry
How do you know when there is a change in your industry? Do you read up on it or do you watch videos? Do you ask others in your field or do you attend conferences and workshops? Spotting trends in your business is a very effective way to remain an expert in your field. Being knowledgeable about…
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Is Your Industry Moving On Without You?
How is your purpose connected to your business? Although this may seem like a heavy question, its without a doubt the reason you started your business and it probably has something to do with your purpose. Even if you never thought that deep into it, your business is indeed a part of your purpose...
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Who Are You In Your Industry
Do you ever ask yourself who you are in your industry or how you differentiate yourself from your competitors? No matter the industry you're in, it's important to understand who you are up against, who you can learn from, and where your particular market is heading. The amount of effort and...
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Your Business, Your Stress, Your Instinct
Are you stressed? Is your business causing you this stress or are you unsure of where it’s coming from? Stress is a very generic emotion that is derived from a cause or situation and in order to fix what is, the problem at its core needs to be revealed and then dismantled. If your business has...
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Your Business & Your Stress
As a small business owner there are times when you experience stress or at least sense a feeling of urgency when it comes to your business. Symptoms of stress can be anything from feeling anxious, not sleeping well, snapping at others, to screaming, overeating or overspending. Stress is an...
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Systemic Systems
What do you know about systemic systems? Do you have systems in place for every aspect of your business and if so how do these systems help? What we all need to know as small business owners is that we all have systems in place that regulate how we want our business to run. However, over time…
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Finding a Balance Between Work & Life
Finding the balance between work and life, we could say is the ultimate dream. How come finding this balance can be so difficult especially when you are a business owner juggling a family, a marriage, a business, school, accounting, life and everything in between? Where is that silver lining that...
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3 Styles of Small Business Owners
How many sides can one person take on when it comes to running a business and are these sides necessary for the type of business you are running? Christina helps us figure out the three main types of small business owners and which are love and connection, discipline and punishment, and lastly...
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Good Hearted Business Owner & Team Management
How does being a good hearted business owner affect how you treat your employees? Are you too soft in how you handle task distribution or do your frustrations get tangled up in how you delegate? Being a small business owner comes with a slew of challenges, but also it comes with great fulfillment...
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Bruce Norris - How I Got Started
In this episode of Ask Christina 1st, she interviews Bruce Norris of The Norris Group on how he got started in real estate. Bruce who has three plus decades in the real estate business and shares who, what, when, where and why he was able to create his expansive real estate career. Dealing with…
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Delegation & Your Leadership Style
In this episode of Ask Christina First we dive into time and leadership style. Are you the knit picker- are you the manager always looking over the shoulder of your employees, expecting your staff to be mini versions of you, and checking in so many times that you could have just done the project...
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Good Hearted Business Owner & Leadership
In this episode of Ask Christina 1st, she challenges the belief that you can’t be kind and good and still do necessary business tasks such as marketing your products or services or pitch sales. Your purpose is to lead and that means having the willingness to be right and wrong and to know that…
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The Currency of Employment
The Currency of Employment is an episode about how to remain a friendly employer without crossing the boundaries of becoming friends with your employees. It is natural for us as entrepreneurs to want to be friends with our employees; we’re all personable people, so it happens. The thing you must…
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Interview w. David Thompson
In this episode of Ask Christina 1st, she interviews real estate investor David Thompson of Thompson Realty. David earned his MBA in finance from Thunderbird School of Global Management, and graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. degree from Arizona State University. After spending twenty years in…
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Why Employees Leave Pt. 2
In this episode of Ask Christina 1st we continue our conversation on why employees leave. This show, however Christina breaks down from the perspective of the employer and how the employer can better understand the culture of their business. A great way to start assessing this is by asking…
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Why Employees Leave Pt. 1
In this episode of Ask Christina First, we focus on why employees leave. Now you may have a ton of ideas, however the one that stands out the most is how employees feel about their boss or person in charge. If you're the boss/lmanager, how you interact and engage with your employees determines if...
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Goodhearted Business Owner & The Bottom Line Pt. 2
In this episode of Ask Christina Suter we focus on part two of the Bottom Line. The culture of America as a whole, and among many small business owners is that we don’t want to be thoughtless in our business. We are anti-big business because it can be heartless, greedy, and does not revolve…
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Interview w. Brent Kesler
In this episode of Ask Christina 1st, we gladly jump back into real estate with Brent Kesler from the Money Multiplier. Brent originally from Kansas, but lives in Florida started his career as a chiropractor. Finding himself almost a million dollars in debt, Brent took it upon himself to attend a...
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Good Hearted Business Owner & The Bottom Line pt. 1
In this episode of Ask Christina Suter we focus on the Bottom Line. The culture of America as a whole, and among many small business owners is that we don’t want to be thoughtless in our business. We are anti-big business because it can be heartless, greedy, and does not revolve around a human or...
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Curbing Your Business Expenses
In this episode of Ask Christina 1st, we talk about curbing your business expense and what it means. Business expenses are broken down into two categories, fixed and variable. Fixed are the core expenses that don’t move a lot, these expenses have a monthly payment commitment, a contract, or an...
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Ask Christina First hosted by Christina L. Suter an Amazing Women and Men Of Power show production powered by Raven International. Join us each week for business news, amazing content and have your questions answered as well as get tips about small business management skills and special guest speakers on a variety of business topics. After more than 10 years as a small business coach, experienced business owner Christina Suter is ready to share her knowledge and experience with you. To find out more about or to book a free one on one strategy session - contact her directly [email protected]
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