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Be a PROFITABLE Badass Small Business Owner — 732 episodes

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1

Pretend You're Buying Your Business: What Would You Find?

2

When Is the Right Time to Hire?

3

This One Fear Might Be Costing You Thousands in Profits

4

Your Business Numbers Are Part of Your Journey

5

When It's Time to Quit... and When It's Time to Fix Your Business

6

Stop Confusing Busy with Successful

7

Should You Use QuickBooks for Personal Finances?

8

Should You Raise Prices Because of Gas Costs? How to Decide the Right Way

9

What Makes Your Business Different?

10

Easy Way to Know if it is Worth the Money

11

Find Hidden Profits in Your Last 90 Days

12

Subcontractor Bookkeeping Mistakes That Can Cost You Money!

13

I Haven't Taken a Vacation in 10 Years… Here's Why That's a Problem

14

You Do Not Have to Grow a Big Business to Make Great Money

15

Sales Don't Matter If There's No Profit

16

How Much Should You Pay Yourself as a Business Owner?

17

If You Want Profit, It's Time to Get Serious

18

Building a Business as an Introvert (Yes, It's Possible)

19

Is the Customer Always Right? Let's Be Honest

20

How I Learned to Read a Profit & Loss and Why I Teach Others

21

You'd Never Let a Customer Not Pay You | So Why Are YOU Doing It?

22

Most Business Owners Do This Wrong!

23

Want Your Most Profitable Year Ever? Then Start with This!

24

3 Important Questions Every Business Owner Should Ask Going Into a New Year

25

You're Using Profit First Wrong & Here's How to Fix It

26

Why Breaking Out Your Sales Is a Total Game Changer

27

Why Your Business Needs Retained Earnings (Like… Yesterday)

28

Why Profit Matters More Than Sales!

29

Stop Being Shocked at Tax Time | Do THIS Instead!

30

Want to Grow Your Business? Be Ready to Pay the Price

31

Are You a Broke Business Owner?

32

Your Business Isn't Growing | Here's Where to Start

33

Stop Letting Bad Bookkeeping Cost You Money!

34

The Most Powerful Leadership Tool You're Not Using: Questions

35

Your Profit Roadmap: How to Plan Every Quarter for Success

36

The #1 Tool You're Not Using to Grow Your Sales & Profits

37

Your Customers Are Begging to Pay You (But You're Ignoring Them)

38

Why Your Business's Bank Balance Might Be Lying to You

39

Stop Driving Yourself Broke! Are You Wasting Money in Your Business?

40

Are Your Sales Actually Costing You Money?

41

The Broke Business Owner: How Debt Is Stealing Your Profits

42

Why You Can't Keep Great Employees (And How to Fix It)

43

Why Your Profit and Loss Statement Is More Important Than You Think!

44

Can You Make $100K in Profit with Your Small Business?

45

Want More Sales? Focus on These 3 Things

46

This Is Why You're Losing Sales & Profits (And Don't Even Know It)

47

Grow Your Profits with Just 1 Hour a Day

48

Why I'm Rethinking Everything After 9 Years!

49

This One Mistake Could Be Costing You a Ton of Profit!

50

From Struggling to Profitable: What Happens When You Actually Do the Work

51

You are Sabotaging Your Profits!

52

STOP Mixing Business & Personal Money (Big Mistake!)

53

Did You Create a Business or a Job?

54

Understanding Cash Basis vs Accrual Basis for Small Business Owners

55

STOP Spending Money on Crap You Don't Need

56

Why Are You Working for Free?

57

Your Profit Has 3 Jobs and this is Why You Think You Aren't Profitable!

58

Not Getting Stuff Done? It Might Just Be Your WHY

59

When is it Not OK to Raise Your Prices?

60

You Are More Profitable than You Think!

61

Profit and Loss and Percentages Don't Have to Be Confusing

62

What is ROI and Why is It So Critical to Your Small Business

63

Use this TRICK Before You Spend Money in Your Business!

64

Taxes Suck! Don't Make it Worse!

65

Understanding COGS & EXPENSES Can Make You More Money!

66

Your Customer Service Might Be Costing You Profits!

67

Make More Money Using Your Year Ending Profit & Loss Income Statement

68

Here is What Holds the Key to You Crushing Your Sales & Profits!

69

Is Your Business Ready for the New Year

70

This Bad Habit is Costing Your Business Thousands of Dollars!

71

Cost of Goods Sold for Beginners: 10 Things You Should Know

72

Are You Paying Yourself Wrong in Your Small Business?

73

10 Things to Know about a Profit and Loss Statement

74

The #1 Mistake Causing You to Have a Crappy Profit & Loss Statement

75

My Love for Profit and Loss Statements

76

I Think the Person Doing My Books is Stealing From Me!

77

2 Reports Every Small Business Owner MUST KNOW to be Profitable

78

Are You the Reason Your Business's Sales Aren't Growing?

79

Is it Time to Shut Down Your Small Business?

80

Credit Cards are Killing Your Business's Profit!

81

Having a 4th Quarter Plan in Your Small Business

82

5 Mistakes Causing You to Leave Money on the Table in Your Business

83

Why Aren't You Paying Yourself Correctly in Your Small Business?

84

I'm Back...Did You Miss Me?

85

How Understanding Cost of Goods (COGS) Can Lead to More Profit

86

Are You a Profitable Badass Business Owner?

87

​Do You Need Goals to Have a Successful Small Business?

88

Where Did the Money Go?

89

5 Mistakes Small Business Owners Make

90

How Your Inventory Might Just Be Costing You Sales & Profits in Your Small Business

91

Creating More Sales in Your Small Business

92

The Dark Side of Having a Brick & Mortar Small Business

93

Warning: This Common Business Mistake Could Land You in IRS Hot Water

94

3 Types of Profit You Need to Understand in Your Business

95

The Cost of Not Being In Stock

96

Is Your Pricing Strategy a Goldmine or a Disaster Waiting to Happen?

97

Boost Your Sales: Unveiling the True Money-Makers in Your Small Business

98

Two Calculations to Know in Your Small Business

99

Where's My Money?

100

Where Was I Last Week & Let's Talk Customer Service

101

I FAILED - Why I Closed the Doors to My Small Business

102

Don't Let an Employee Bonus Become a Nightmare for Your Small Business!

103

Can You Afford to Have a Brick & Mortar Location?

104

Everything Impacts Your Profits - Don't Make These Mistakes

105

How to Review Your Year Ending Profit & Loss Income Statement

106

Why Your Competition is More Profitable than You Are

107

RANT: Why Do Businesses Do This?!

108

7 Key Pillars of a Strong Business Foundation

109

Look for Profit Opportunities Using This Simple Trick

110

Will You Crush Your Business in 2024?

111

Boost Your Business Profits: Using 5 Core Strategies

112

Is Your LACK OF CASH FLOW Killing Your Business?

113

What Is a Balance Sheet for Your Small Business

114

Supercharge Your Business Success in 2024 by Having a Plan

115

STOP Letting them STEAL YOUR Business!

116

This Pricing Mistake Could Be Costing You Thousands In Profits

117

The Powerful Tool Ignored by Most Small Business Owners

118

A Quick Way to Identify Opportunities in Your Small Business

119

You Are Using Facebook Wrong! Do This Instead to Grow Your Small Business

120

Pay Your People What They Are Worth

121

Are You Setting Your Business Up to Fail?

122

What Most Small Business Owners Forget This Time of the Year

123

You Are Paying Yourself Wrong in Your Small Business

124

The Truth About Small Business Debt: Myth vs. Reality

125

Can You Make $100,000 in Your Small Business?

126

Grow Your Business with a Kick-Butt Team

127

Grow Your Business Without Working Yourself to Death

128

The Secret to Profit Growth: Profitable Business Owners Focus on This

129

The 3 Key Areas to Focus on to Grow Your Business

130

Is Honesty the Best Policy in Business?

131

Putting Your Business First: Firing Customers/Clients

132

Bad Employee Or Is it You?

133

TRY THIS to Increase Your Customer Frequency

134

Do THIS to Run a Better Business & Get IMMEDIATE RESULTS

135

Are You Using the GPS for Your Small Business?

136

Your Small Business: What the Heck Does a Chicken, an Egg & a Pig Have to Do with it?

137

Create More Sales in Your Small Business with These Tactics

138

STOP Making this MISTAKE When Looking at Your COSTS/BILLS in Your Small Business

139

5 Ways YouTube Can Help You Grow Your Small Business

140

The Secret Struggle: The Lonely Road of Running a Small Business

141

Will Technology Spell Doom for Your Small Business?

142

The REFERRAL Source YOU MUST Use

143

Why Are You Only Doing Employee Work?

144

The Scariest Thing I've Done on This Podcast

145

Stuck in a Rut & Can't Get Out

146

Can One Small Action Create More Profits?

147

Do You Even Know What You Want?

148

Successful on the Outside, Crumbling on the Inside

149

A POWERFUL Tip to Help You Use Your Business Numbers to Grow Your Business

150

Did You Raise Your Prices too High?

151

Don't Make this Marketing Mistake

152

Your Team Isn't Letting You Down, You Are Letting Them Down

153

How Atomic Habits Can Help Small Business Owners Like You

154

Is it a Sales Game or a Profit Game?

155

Can a Mentor Actually Hurt Your Business?

156

How Your Operational Expenses are Impact Your Pricing

157

Are You Letting Your Emotions Get in the Way of Your Pricing?

158

Growing Your Side Business with a Full Time Job

159

4 Reasons Your Business Might Be Stuck

160

Why Are You Still Not Looking at the #1 Tool for Profits in Your Business?

161

Staying Motivated in the New Year

162

You Are Costing Yourself Time & Profits!

163

Should You Start a 2nd Business or Expand Your Current Business?

164

Marketing Your Small Business – Some Things to Keep in Mind

165

What Would You Give Yourself? | How Does Your Business Rate?

166

Are You Mentally Stuck?

167

The Stairway to Success

168

Create More Profit | Time to Review Your Operational Expenses

169

3 Key Ways to Increase Your Sales

170

Time to Review Your Prices for the New Year

171

Ticked Off Customers Suck! | Dealing With Upset Customers

172

Improving the Profit on Your Best-Selling Item

173

Improving Your Profits | The Pumpkin Plan Method

174

Set Your Self Up for Success in 2023 – Start Now!

175

Should You Panic Over the Recession?

176

Is Facebook Dead for Your Business?

177

Motivated and Focused When Business is Slow

178

Plenty of Money to Make this Year!

179

Stop Burying Your Head in the Sand on Your Business Numbers!

180

Is Your Business Debt Getting Out of Control?

181

Growing a Business the Wrong Way

182

Understanding What You & the Business Needs Monthly to Survive

183

Create More Profit thru Improving Your Business Processes

184

Hiring for Profits Not for Sales

185

Pricing – Do You Include Your Personal Expenses?

186

5 Must Read Books for Small Business Owners

187

What is Profit First? | Will it Really Help You Be More Profitable in Your Small Business?

188

How to Deal with Cheap Customers

189

Before You Spend a Dime on Advertising - DO THIS!

190

Is it Really Doom & Gloom for Your Small Business

191

Why You Need to Include Your Labor Hours in Your Cost of Goods Sold

192

7 Mistakes Business Owners Make with their Profit & Loss Income Statement

193

Your Profit & Loss Income Statement is the Key to Unlocking Your Profits!

194

Profits Are Being Left on the Table Due to This One Thing

195

How to Find Good Employees In 2022

196

WOW! 500 Episodes of the Badass Business Owner Podcast!

197

What Would They Say About Your Business?

198

Is it a Bad Thing that You've Created a Job vs a Business?

199

Where I Look When a Business Is Struggling

200

Your Business's Minimum Value at Any Given Time| The Balance Sheet

201

5 Mistakes Small Business Owners Often Make

202

How Do You Keep Your Business Going When Life is Throwing You Curveballs?

203

Walk the Business Thru the Eyes of a Customer | The Customer Experience

204

Does it Take Passion to Be Successful in Your Small Business?

205

Slowing Down to Speed Up to Grow Your Profitability

206

Can You Afford to Expand into a Brick & Mortar Building?

207

A Tough, Honest Conversation About Your Employees

208

What Keeps You From Learning Your Business Numbers

209

Does Your Business Really Need it?

210

How Much Should You Have as an Advertising Budget in Your Small Business

211

Should You Expand Your Service Area? | The 5 Mile Rule

212

You're a Fraud

213

Are You a Flawed Business Person?

214

Your First Priority Each Morning as a Business Person

215

This One Sales Hack Can Create More Profit & Sales in Your Small Business

216

Small Business Owner Pain Points | Which Pain Point Are You Experiencing?

217

Does Customer Service Even Matter?

218

Time to Get Rid of that Extra Inventory!

219

You Might Not Be as Profitable in Your Small Business as You Think

220

What Is It You Do? | The Answer Might Surprise You

221

Yes! You Do Have Cost of Goods in Your Business!

222

Your Business Taxes – Don't Make the Same Mistake I Did!

223

Make More Money in Your Business – Know Your Business Numbers

224

3 Ways to Boost Your End of Year Sales

225

Start 2022 Strong in Your Business by Focusing on these 3 Areas

226

Time to Check Your Prices!

227

Why Aren't You Paying Yourself?

228

What Does Your Customer Want?

229

An Easier Way to Set Business Goals | Try the 12 Week Year Method

230

Sales Do Not Mean Someone is Profitable

231

Answer the Damn Phone!

232

The Next Generation of Entrepreneurs

233

Passionate Business Owner You vs Business Minded You

234

5 Mistakes Costing Small Business Owners Thousands in Profits Dollars

235

Increase Profits without Increasing Sales

236

Check Your Pricing | Here is What to Look for When Reviewing Your Pricing

237

What Are Your Business's Weaknesses?

238

There is NO ONE to Hire!

239

Do You Have Raving Fans

240

No Sales? Do This First!!

241

Copy & Add Your Secret Sauce!

242

Sometimes You Just Need a Vacation

243

The Wheels Fell Off! Now What??

244

Are You Setting Your Business Up to Fail?

245

What Lessons Did Your Business Learn from the Crazy Covid Year?

246

Stop Chasing Business All Over the Place!

247

3 Common Mistakes Small Business Owners Make

248

Crazy Busy Doesn't Mean You Are Successful

249

Study the Storm of Your Busy Season

250

Time to Pivot from Sales to Profits

251

Whip Out Your Profit & Loss Income Statement!

252

Grow Your Business by Tapping into Your Tribe

253

Who Do You Think You Are Talking To?

254

Maximize the Profits of Your Seasonal Business

255

Your Communication Sucks!

256

20 Ways to Stop Flushing Profits Down the Toilet!

257

Do You Need to Use Social Media in your Local Business?

258

Empower Your People & Increase Your Profits

259

Learn These Business Numbers First!

260

Help! I'm Losing Business!

261

You Must Remember this to Make More Money in Your Small Business

262

Why Not Grow Your Business Together?

263

Why Not Grow Your Business Together?

264

How to Prepare for a $15 Minimum Wage

265

What Profit Stage is Your Business In?

266

How Does Your Customer See Your Business?

267

3 Levels of a Business Owner's Pay

268

Have You Looked Yet? | How Did You Finish Financially Last Year in Your Business?

269

Have You Set Up Your Google Business Page Yet?

270

Payroll is Your #1 Controllable Expense

271

Transitioning the Point of Contact in a Business

272

Your Employee Wage vs Your Owner's Profits

273

Real Estate Agents Can Be Money Trees for Your Small Business

274

10 Questions You Should Ask About Your Business

275

Pay Your People What They Are Worth

276

What is the Best Option to Increase Your Sales? – Run the Numbers

277

Set Your Sales Goal Around Your Profit Goal

278

The 8 Steps to Earning $100,000 in Profits in Your Small Business

279

The TRUE Lifetime Value of Your Customer

280

Is It Time to Recalibrate Your Small Business?

281

Coronavirus Round 2 - Is Your Business Prepared?

282

Are the People You Are Surrounding Yourself With Making You Better or Holding You Back?

283

Do This Before You Do That Huge Bid

284

Time to Reset & Get Your Business Back to the Basics

285

How You Can Use Your Average Ticket to Figure Out the Customers Needed to Hit a Sales Goal

286

Are You Targeting the Right Customers?

287

Franchisees - Do Not Get Screwed When the Franchise Does This!

288

Are You Creating Raving Fans in Your Small Business?

289

Do You Know the Cost of that Debt?

290

6 Stages of a Small Business

291

Breakdown the Big Sales Goal You Have for Created

292

Business Doesn't Fall in Your Lap!

293

Lessons from the EMyth Revisited by Michael Gerber

294

Know Your Customers Better Than They Know Themselves

295

It's All About the Systems in your Business

296

Why on Earth Did You Start the Business?

297

It's Never Too Early to Start Planning for the New Year

298

Don't Let Your Competition Get in Your Head!

299

What Exactly Does Working "ON" Your Business Mean? | Part of the eMyth Revisited Series

300

What Your Business Could Learn From McDonalds | Part of the eMyth Revisited Series

301

Where on Earth Are You Taking Your Business? | Part of the EMyth Revisited Series

302

Why is Your Business Acting Like a Child? | Part of the EMyth Revisited Series

303

Why You Aren't Making the Money You Should in Your Business | Part of the EMyth Revisited Series

304

Becoming a Better Business Owner | Part of the EMyth Revisited Series

305

Are You Paying Customers to Use Your Business?

306

Stop Chasing Customers You Have No Business Chasing

307

Why You Should Graph Out Your Business Sales

308

Stop Being a Broke Business Owner

309

MINDSET: What is Going On Between Your Ears?

310

The Time Management Fallacy

311

Sales Needed to Hit Your Personal Income Goal

312

Are You Stuck in the Rat Race

313

Would You Like Fries with That?

314

What Podcast Should Sm Biz Owners Listen To?

315

Why You Want to Break Down Your Sales & COGS

316

Why You Need to Flex How You Deal with People

317

Focus on This Monthly to Make More Money in Your Business

318

You Need an Elevator Pitch for Your Business

319

How Your Inventory Might Be Costing You Sales & Profits!

320

How Can I Be so Broke When I'm So Busy?

321

What Would You Do with a $1,000 in Your Business?

322

Why You Need to Always Study Your Competition

323

What Does a Kid's Book & Your P&L Have in Common?

324

Do What Is Right by Your Community

325

How Much Money Do You Want to Make in Your Business?

326

Why You Need FAQs on Your Website & Google Page

327

Stop Throwing Money Away - The Sunk Cost Fallacy

328

This Doesn't Make You a Bad Business Owner

329

Stop Making Excuses for Not Knowing This!

330

What Are You Waiting For?

331

Are You Setting Aside Taxes for the Business?

332

Which Customer Are You Aiming for in Your Small Business?

333

Help! My Profit Margin % Dropped After Hiring Employees!

334

Stop Throwing Those Marketing Dollars Away!

335

How Much Does that Employee Cost?

336

The Toughest Conversation You Will Ever Have

337

Why Things Change

338

Why Your Words Matter in Your Business

339

Do the Local Math

340

Simplifying Your Business

341

Do You Know Your Burn Rate?

342

How Do You Know?

343

Even the Lone Ranger had Tonto

344

Is Your Business Financially Ready for a Shutdown?

345

Are You Running Today's Business or Tomorrows?

346

Are You Wasting Money Driving in Your Business?

347

Stop Doing this Silly Practice in Your Business

348

The Basics of Your Profit & Loss Statement Report

349

Brick & Mortar Businesses Are on My Heart Today

350

Don't Hire Until Your Run the Numbers!

351

What to Do While Quarantined to Help Your Business Survive and Come out Strong!

352

What to Do in Your Business When the World is Crazy

353

Beware of Business Advice You Get from Everyone

354

Tell Me Your Favorite Product or Service in Your Business

355

Stop Using Pay & Spray Marketing in Your Business!

356

Looking for Sales Opportunities Everywhere You Go

357

Hiring for Your "Why" and Not Just the Job

358

Gross Profit vs Net Profit

359

If You Confuse You Lose

360

Your Accountant is Your Business Partner - Start Using Them!

361

Why Every Local Small Business Owner Should Read the eMyth Revisited

362

Understanding the Business Owner Experience in Your Small Business

363

Understanding the Customer Experience in Your Small Business

364

KYBN: Understanding Your Profit & Loss Detail

365

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

366

KYBN: Getting Out of Personal & Business Debt

367

Stop Thinking Like a Victim in Your Business

368

Where Are Your Sales Coming From

369

How to Turn Around the Family Business

370

KYBN: Diving into Last Years Numbers

371

FAN FAVORITE: 17 Ways to Increase Profits

372

Do This to Help Make Your Business Numbers Make Sense

373

What Stood Out This Year Doing the Podcast & Coaching Sessions with Local Business Owners

374

You Have the Ability to Understand Your Business Numbers!

375

5 Things to Work on When Business is Slower

376

Do You Have Money Laying Around in Your Business?

377

Does Your Business Grab Their Eyeballs?

378

KYBN - More Sales Doesn't Necessarily Mean More Profits

379

The One Weekly Appointment You Can't Miss in Your Small Business

380

KYBN - Using Your Numbers to Hit Sales Goal in Your Small Business

381

Do You Have a Business, Job or Hobby?

382

Time for a Business Health Check!

383

How to Motivate an Older, Mature Workforce?

384

KYBN - How Much Money is that Referral Worth?

385

Help Your Customers Get to Know You

386

KYBN - The Power of Stacking

387

Create Instant Sales | Contact Your Past Customers / Clients

388

KYBN - How to Pay Yourself in Your Small Business

389

Knowing vs Understanding

390

KYBN - Use Your Business Numbers to set Your Business Goals

391

5 Lessons Big Box Retailing Taught Me About Running a Small Business

392

KYBN - What is Your Balance Sheet | For Local Small Business Owners

393

Are Your Best People Really Your Best People?

394

KYBN - Retained Earnings in Your Small Business

395

Setting Up Your Local Small Business for Success in the New Year

396

KYBN - The #1 Calculation all Local Small Business Owners Need to Know

397

Thoughts After 300 Episodes of the Local Small Business Coach Podcast

398

KYBN - How to Set Up a Good, Better Best Offering and Make Money!

399

What is Possible in Your Local Small Business?

400

KYBN - Get Those Marketing Dollars Working for You

401

Should You Try a Temp Agency in Your Small Local Business?

402

KYBN - Pay Attention to Your Reoccurring Revenue

403

Don't Forget Who Brought You to the Party!

404

KYBN - How to Set a Sales Goal from Your Profit Goal

405

Stop Blaming Your Competition!

406

KYBN - Profits First and Why in Your Local Small Business

407

Stop Being a Victim of Your Success

408

KYBN - Credit or Cash for that Purchase?

409

Your Strengths vs Weaknesses in Business

410

KYBN - Income (P/L) Statement Coaching Lessons

411

Are Leads from Thumbtack, Home Advisor, & Angie's List Worth It?

412

KYBN - Bookkeeping is the Past But Key to the Future

413

7 Ways to Scale Your Business

414

KYBN - The Know Your Business Numbers Course is Ready

415

Time to Refresh Your Batteries

416

KYBN - Where to Franchise Fees Go on the Income Statement?

417

Whats In a Name?

418

KYBN - Why You Should Include Labor Hours in Your Cost of Goods Sold

419

What is Your USP | Your Unique Selling Proposition

420

KYBN - Gross Margin Dollars vs Gross Margin Percent

421

Just Do It!

422

KYBN - Do Your Numbers Support Expanding Your Service Area

423

Are Your Customers Cheap

424

KYBN - The Cost of Keeping Poor Performing Employees

425

Do You Have More Business Than You Can Handle?

426

KYBN - Can You Afford that New Employee

427

Are You Being a Boss or a Coach?

428

KYBN - How Much are Your Broken Processes Costing You?

429

Why You Need a Simple Employee Checklist

430

KYBN - RANT - Why You Need to Know Your Dang Numbers

431

The 5 Mile Radius Rule for Your Local Business

432

KYBN - Using Your Profit Loss to Determine Your Hourly Wage

433

How a Mindmap Can Help You in Your Business

434

KYBN - Diving Into Your Profit & Loss Expenses

435

An Expensive Lesson to Learn - The $10,000 Business Mistake

436

KYBN - What Goes Into Your COGS

437

Fine Tune Your Elevator Speech

438

Breaking Down Revenue on Your Profit & Loss Statement

439

Too Busy to Work "ON" the Business vs Just "IN" the Business

440

KYBN - Are You Leveraging Your ROI?

441

What You Could Learn from Jack Welch on Leading Your Team

442

KYBN - Calculating Out Gross Margin

443

Stop Shooting Yourself in the Foot!

444

KYBN - Understanding Your Profit and Loss Statement

445

4 Fears Holding You Back

446

KYBN - What is Your Business Break Even Point?

447

9 Lessons I Learned from My Ice Cream Shop

448

How to Find Money Laying Around

449

Having Boundaries for Family Owned Businesses

450

Find a Need and Fill It

451

KYBN - Markup vs Margin - Why Your Local Small Business Might Be Missing Your Margin Goal

452

BONUS: You Don't Have to Be Alone!

453

Are You a Badass Business Owner?

454

Why Do You Do What You Do

455

Coach, Cheerleader and Mentor

456

Hiring that First Employee

457

Don't Assume Your Customers Know What to Do Next

458

I'm a DumDum! Are You?

459

BONUS: 2 Quick Great Business Best Practices

460

​Getting Your Business Ready for a Possible Recession

461

Close Down Your Business or Pivot?

462

Why I Believe You Can Earn $100,000 in Profits in Your Business

463

What the Pareto Principle Means in Your Business

464

How to Handle Minimum Wage Increases & Your Profitability

465

Quit Passing Along Those Credit Card Fees

466

Do Your Employees Suck?

467

BONUS Take the Audio Challenge

468

Doing This Will Increase Your Sales & Profits

469

What You and Michael Jordan Have in Common

470

Stop Using Facebook Wrong for Your Local Business

471

Stop that Stinkin Thinkin_Crap Happens

472

BONUS: Don't Forget to Generate Leads for January

473

Why Are Customers So Cheap?

474

Why Email Needs to Be Part of Your Marketing Strategy

475

Bonus_My Tony Robbins Experience

476

Should You Pay for Leads? | Is Home Adviser, Angie's List, Next Door & Thumbtack Something You Should Try?

477

Being a Business Owner Can Be a Lonely Gig

478

Diving Into Your Numbers and Setting a Great Plan

479

You Must Always Be Learning & Taking Action!

480

Time to Start Planning for the New Year

481

Why You Must Add Your Business to Google

482

Hiring People for Your Small Business in a Tight Labor Market

483

Would You Hire Yourself - Your Report Card

484

Your Lack of Cash Flow Is Killing You!

485

You Must Know this One Thing About Your Seasonal Business

486

17 Ways to Increase Your Small Business Profits Tomorrow

487

Have You Ever Thought of Quitting Your Small Business?

488

Increase Your Sales by Increasing Your Ticket Average

489

Increase Your Sales by Increasing Your Customer Frequency

490

Increasing Your Sales by Increasing Your Customer Count

491

7 Leadership Lessons I've Learned Thru the Years

492

Why You Are Working Hours 60 - 70 Hours a Week?

493

Making Leaps by Focusing on One Thing

494

Lessons Learned from Watching Small Business Revolution

495

5 Things You Are Doing that are Ticking Off Your Customers

496

Do You Own Your Business Or Does it Own You?

497

Why You Need to Stay in Touch with Your Past Customers

498

What to Do if Your Business Isn't Taking Off

499

Grow Your Business By Being Curious About Your Numbers

500

What Should Your Employee Return on Investment Be?

501

Never Be Embarrassed By What You Dont Know

502

Stop Working to Survive and Start Working to Thrive!

503

How Are You Making Your Customers Feel?

504

Why on Earth Do I Do This Podcast Every Week?

505

When Should a Badass Business Owner Ask for Help?

506

Time to Clean House and Get Rid of a Few Things Holding Your Business Back

507

How Can You Grow Your Local Small Business?

508

Look at Your Business as if You Just Bought it - What Would You Do Differently?

509

When is the Right Time to Raise Your Prices?

510

11 Reasons You Are the CEO of Your Small Business

511

A Debt Free Business Leads to More Profits

512

What Keeps You From More Sales and Profits?- YOUR PROCESSESS!

513

You Must Give Away Free Stuff to Your Customers

514

People Love Doing Business with Other People

515

Do Your Employees Know Your Standards?

516

What to Expect When You Leave Your Job to Start Your Own Business

517

Know You - Trust You - Then Profitability

518

How Do You Survive those Seasonal Swings in Your Business?

519

How to Learn from Frustrated Customers

520

Do You Know Your Monthly Nut?

521

Why You Should Join a Networking Group

522

The #1 Thing That Holds Your Business Back

523

Best Practices for On-Boarding Your New Employees or Day Help

524

You MUST Focus on Your Pipeline to Level Off Your Sales Swings

525

What Are KPIs and Why Are They Important to You?

526

Leaving Your Customers Better Than You Found Them

527

Do You Have Limiting Beliefs About Money?

528

Are You Suffering from Monkey Mind?

529

Should You Be Answering the Phone After Hours?

530

How Do You Grow Your Business While Working Full-Time?

531

Knowing these 7 Business Terms & Numbers are the Difference Between Being an Employee and a CEO

532

Are You on Track for Your Annual Sales and Profit Goals?

533

How to Handle Someone That Will Not Pay

534

Learning to Say No to Business and Others

535

I Can't Be More Invested in Your Business!

536

Are Customers/Clients Slipping Thru the Cracks?

537

Is it Wrong to Be Motivated by Money

538

Focus on New Home Owners to Grow Your Business

539

What Pain Point Are You Solving for Your Customers?

540

The Single Biggest Lesson I Learned in My 1st Local Small Business

541

How Do You Pay Yourself First? - You Must Read Profit First

542

When Are You Going to Start Investing in You?

543

How Much Training Should New People Get?

544

3 Reasons Local Small Business Owners Cant Get to 6 Figures

545

Can You Build a Business and Work Full Time Elsewhere?

546

Mistakes Are Proof You Are Trying!

547

How Do You Get More Customer Testimonials for Your Local Small Business

548

What is Your Business's First Impression Online?

549

Where on Earth is the Money Going

550

Getting Back to the Basics – The Key to Consistent Performance

551

My Business is Failing - Should I Sink or Swim?

552

Sometimes You Just Have To Fire Some Customers / Clients

553

Should this Handyman Niche His Business

554

Getting Serious About Your Business

555

Understanding Your "Why" Will Blow Up Your Business

556

The 5 Stages of Your Local Small Business

557

Preparing for Competition Coming to Town

558

Make Sure You Are Investing in Yourself

559

Why You Need to Do a Business Health Check

560

[Making Money Series] Are Your People Hurting Your Personal Hourly Wage

561

[Make More Money Series] - Fix Broken Processes to Improve Your Average Hourly Income

562

[Make More Money Series] - Creating the Profits Needed to Increase Your Average Hourly Income

563

[Make More Money Series]– Using Sales the Right Way to Earn More Income Per Hour

564

[Make More Money Series] – Increasing Your Hourly Income

565

How Much Money Do You Earn an Hour?

566

Why are Cleaning and Landscapers Businesses Disappearing?

567

Competing with Out of Area Competitors

568

When #2 Gets Their Shot at Being #1

569

Dealing With a Good Employee Doing Bad Things

570

4 Must Have Goals for the New Year

571

Should You Use YouTube and Email in Your Local Small Business

572

Stop Making Excuses for Your Business Challenges

573

What to Look for When Buying a Local Small Business

574

33 Free or Low Cost Local Marketing Ideas for Your Local small Business

575

How to Stay Motivated When Business is Down

576

Are You Choosing to Have the Best Team?

577

When Do I Know It Is Time To Hire Your First Employee

578

Breaking Down How to Pay Yourself First

579

How to Market to a 55+ and Older Community

580

Bookkeeping - A Necessary Evil - STOP LOSING MONEY!

581

How to Deal with Teenage Employees

582

How to Increase Your Sales in the Winter Months

583

Should You Do a Billboard for Your Local Small Business

584

The Pros & Cons of Having a Family Business

585

How Do You Prevent Becoming a Victim of Your Own Success?

586

How to Make Sure You Pay Yourself!

587

10 Must Have Items on Your Local Small Business Website

588

You Work Way to Hard Not to Get Paid!

589

Ep 115 - Why Being a Local Small Business Owner is Great in Today's World

590

Ep 114 - You Need to Know Your Numbers to Hit Your Profit

591

Ep 113 - 10 Lessons from the Profit as told by Marcus Lemonis

592

Ep 112 - When is it Ok to Fire a Customer or Client

593

Ep 111 – What Not to Do When You Are Slammed with Business

594

Ep 110 - How Some Weeks Just Suck and how to Survive the Rough Patches of Your Small Business

595

Ep 109 - What is Your Unique Selling Point?

596

Ep 108 - Stop Assuming to Know What Your Customers Want

597

Ep 107 - The Power of Testimonials in Your Local Advertising

598

Ep 106 – Staying Engaged with Your Past Customers & Clients

599

Ep 105 - Understanding Your Cash Flow in Your Local Small Business

600

Ep 104 - Attitude, Amplify & Action = A Success Business

601

Ep 103 - Is Your Small Business Recession Proof?

602

Ep 102 - Merchandising Ideas from Big Box Retailers

603

Ep 101 - Hire the Best, Train the Best & Develop the Best

604

Success Saturday - Don't Over Think Your Decisions

605

Ep 100 - My Podcast Learnings Mirror Our Small Business Learnings

606

Ep 99 - Do You See Yourself Achieving Your Business Goals

607

Ep 98 - Identifying the Tools & Resources to Execute Your Sales Gameplan

608

Success Saturday - Solid Foundations and Patience

609

Ep 97 - 11 Processes You Need to Make Sure Aren't Broken in Your Small Business

610

Ep 96 - 11 Ways to Reduce Your Expenses in Your Business

611

Ep 95 - Reduce Your Product Costs to Boost Your Small Business Profits

612

Success Saturday - Are You Using Time Blocking?

613

Ep 94 - Time to Develop a Gameplan with your Sales Ideas

614

Ep 93 - 19 Ideas to Increase Sales in Your Local Small Business

615

EP92 - Time to Get the Ball Rolling Towards Higher Profits in Your Small Business

616

Success Saturday - Take a Holiday Off Once in Awhile

617

Ep 91 - Should You Do Postcards as Part of Your Advertising Plan

618

Ep 90 - Make Sure You Are Presenting a Professional Image

619

Ep 89 - 5 Tips for Handling Customer Complaints

620

Success Saturday: Make Time or You

621

Ep 88 – Do Your People Respect You?

622

Ep 87 – Do You Have a Problem or an Opportunity?

623

Ep 86 - Empower Your Team & Stop Micromanaging Them

624

Success Saturday - Procrastination: One Bite at a Time

625

Ep 85 - Can You Motivate Anyone?

626

Ep 84 - Learn to Be a Great Listener in Your Local Small Business

627

Ep 83 - FREE eBook: 8 Steps Local Small Business Owners Need to Take to Make $100,000 in Profit

628

Success Saturday - Focus vs Multitasking

629

Ep 82 - How Can a New Real Estate Agent Grow Their Business

630

Ep 81 - You Must Respect Your Customer / Client's Time in your small business

631

Ep 80 - The Quality of Your Work Says What You Stand For

632

Success Saturday: How's Your Day Going?

633

Ep 79 - Types of Social Media Your Local Small Business Should Be On

634

Ep 78 - Your Lobby Tells Your Customers How Much You Care

635

Ep 77 - Teach Your People to Be Better Than You

636

Success Saturday: Start Your Day in a State of Freaking Awesomeness

637

Ep 76 - How Do You Handle Time Clock Watchers?

638

Ep 75 - Do More Sales Cure All? Nope. Here's Why

639

Ep 74 - Do You Have a Vision for Your Small Business?

640

Success Saturday - Don't Be Derailed By Negative Feedback

641

Ep 73 - When Do You Jump Ship & Go Out on Your Own?

642

Ep 72 - Should You Focus on One Product or Service?

643

Ep 71 - What Every Small Business Could Learn from QuikTrip (QT)

644

Success Saturday: Are You Busy & Blessed?

645

Ep 70 - Should You Be Doing Performance Reviews?

646

Ep 69 - Do You Live Up to Your Commitments?

647

Ep 68 - Do You Have a Big Hairy Audacious Goal?

648

Success Saturday: Do You Have Problems or Opportunities?

649

Ep 67 – How to Get Realtors to Tell Their Clients About Your Small Business

650

Guest Teacher: 6 Steps to Facebook Marketing

651

Ep 66 - Don't Have Your Profit Tied Up in Inventory

652

Ep 65 – Payroll is Your Biggest Controllable Expense

653

Success Saturday: Are You Having Fun Each Day?

654

Ep 64 - What I'm Working on For You...the Local Small Business Owner

655

Ep 63 – Do You Need a Website for Your Local Small Business

656

EP 62 - How to Achieve Work Life Balance

657

Success Saturday: Are Distractions Preventing Your Success?

658

Ep 61– Q & A: How to Transition Your Business When Your Body Starts to Breakdown

659

Ep 60 – 7 Lessons Learned from My 1st Local Small Business

660

Ep 59 - 3 Myths to Why You Can't Find Good Help for Your Business

661

Success Saturday - Does it Matter What Time Your Get Up? NO!

662

Ep 58 – Q & A: Can a Positive Outlook Really Make a Difference?

663

Ep 57 – Understanding Your Product Costs

664

Ep 56 – 3 Ways You Kill Your Small Business's Growth

665

Success Saturday: Does Your Business Have a Clear Vision?

666

Ep 55 - Q & A: How to Turn Around Your Business's Reputation

667

Ep 54 - Is the Customer Always Right?

668

Ep 53 – Catch Your Employees Doing Something Right

669

Bonus: Success Saturday - The Power of Words

670

Ep 52 – Should Sign Twirling Be Part of Your Advertising?

671

Ep 51 - 7 Powerful Things to do Today to Turn Your Employees into a Great Team

672

Ep 50 - 8 Mistakes that Could Be Costing You Time

673

Bonus: Success Saturday - Find Positive People to be in Your Life

674

Episode 49 – Q & A: Employee Fraternization

675

Ep 48 – Give Your People Permission to Screw Up

676

Ep 47 – 10 Questions Local Small Business Owners Need to Ask as they Head into the New Year

677

BONUS: Success Saturday - Positive Mindset vs Negative Thoughts

678

Ep 46 – Q & A Do I Need an Employee Manual?

679

Ep 45 – Should you Hang Out with Your Employees After Work?

680

Ep 44 - Do You Own a Business or Just a Job?

681

Bonus Episode: Success Saturday - Which Road to Take

682

Ep 43 Q & A How Much Should I Budget for Advertising?

683

Ep 42 – What are Best Practices & Why You Need Them

684

Ep 41 The 5 Pros / 5 Cons I Learned from Owning a Franchise

685

Bonus Episode: Success Saturday - The Best Gift You Can Give

686

Ep 40 – Q & A How to Drive Sales During Seasonal Slow Months

687

Ep 39 – Should You Share Your Financials with Your Employees?

688

Ep 38 - Do You Need a College Degree to Run a Successful Business

689

Bonus Episode: Success Saturday - Are You Suffering from a Lack of Inspiration?

690

Ep 37 Q & A: When Should I Hire an Assistant Manager

691

Ep 36 – How Lack of Communication Can Kill Your Business

692

Ep 35 - What You Can Learn from Big Box Retailers & the Power of Add On Items

693

Bonus Episode: Success Saturday - Your people are the key to your success!

694

Ep 34 - Q & A Help! I Keep Losing Employees

695

Ep 33 - 4 Ways Turnover Costs You Thousands of Dollars a Year

696

Ep 32 – 7 Reasons Your Employee Turnover Might Be High

697

Bonus Episode: Success Saturday: Finding Your Daily Motivation

698

Ep 31 Q & A: How Can an Introvert Drum Up Business?

699

Ep 30 - What Are Loss Leaders and Why Your Small Business Needs Them

700

Ep 29 - Think Like a Leader Not a Manager

701

Bonus Episode: Success Saturday - Build Your Own Dream

702

Ep 28 – Q & A – Any Advice on How to Save My Business from Failing?

703

Ep 27 - 5 Ways Your Local Small Business is Growing or Dying

704

Ep 26 - Time to Start Planning Next Years Business Goals for Your Small Business

705

Bonus Episode: Success Saturday: Don't Compare Yourself to Others

706

Ep 25 Q & A: Frustrated By Lack of Sales in Pool Cleaning Business

707

Ep 24 - How I Survived a Failed Business

708

Ep 23 - You Have to Do the Work!

709

BONUS: Success Saturday: Believe You Can!

710

Ep 22 – Q & A: Do Car Wraps Really Work?

711

Ep 21 – 25 Reasons Local Small Businesses Fail

712

Ep 20 - The 3 Ways to Increase Your Local Small Business's Sales

713

Ep 19 – Q & A: Dealing with Problem Employees in Your Local Small Business

714

Ep 18 - Why Your Small Business Needs a Sales Journal or Log

715

Ep 17 - Walk Your Local Small Business Thru Your Customer's Eyes

716

Ep 16 - Q &A: Help, I Need More Advertising! for my Local Small Business

717

Ep 15 Is Your Local Small Business Failing Due to Your Success?

718

Ep 14 – Learning from Other People's Mistakes & Successes to Grow Your Local Small Business

719

Ep 13 - Q &A: Finding Help that Sticks Around for Your Local Small Business

720

Ep 12 - Your People Are Your Greatest Asset in Your Local Small Business

721

Ep 11 - Partner with a Real Estate Agent to Double / Triple Your Sales in Your Local Small Business

722

Ep 10 - Q &A: Starting a Local Business to Pay off Your Debt

723

Ep 9 - Your Small Business's "Brand" and What it Stands For

724

Ep 8 - Customer Service is Your Small Business's Secret Sauce

725

Ep 7 – Q &A: How Can I go from $35k to $100k Profit in my local small business?

726

Ep 6 - Standing Out from Your Competition

727

Ep 5 - Is Your Ego Getting in the Way of Your Small Business's Success?

728

Ep 4 - The 8 Steps Local Small Business Owners Need to Take to Make $100,000 in Profit?

729

Ep 3 - Can Local Small Business Owners Make $100,000 in Profit?

730

Ep 2 - Working On Your Business & Not Just In Your Business

731

Being Open to Change in Your Local Small Business

732

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